Chapter 271 Sun Chu was forced to marry
Sun Chu picked up the chopsticks and picked up the homemade tofu.
"Ms. Su, don't be so nervous, let's eat and talk at the same time."
Su Xueru was extremely anxious and couldn't calm down at all, so she couldn't eat at all.
She poured two cups of tea and handed one to Sun Chu.
"If Mr. Sun is not sincere, then there is no need for us to talk."
As long as she wanted to escape, even if Su Chengzong blocked her waterway, she could still find another way!
Sun Chu put the tofu slices into Su Xuerong's bowl.
"I'm Sun Chu, the owner of Qianjin Casino, and the man who will soon become Miss Su's husband. Meeting Miss Su and saving you was purely accidental, and I came to Wanfu Temple to investigate you and see if I can win you over and put out the war that hasn't started in Ningzhou City yet. If there is a war, my casino and restaurant will be the first to be robbed."
After saying that, he gave Su Xuerong a piece of explosive news.
Su Chengzong forced him to marry into the Su family, gave him Su Rui, and asked him to go to the Su family to propose marriage five days later.
The news shocked Chuntao so much that she choked on her saliva and coughed several times, attracting the attention of the guards in the distance.
Su Xuerong also widened her eyes and looked at Sun Chu in disbelief.
"Are you gay?"
No matter how you look at it, this man doesn't look like someone who would like to have a sexual relationship with someone else!
Moreover, is Su Chengzong crazy?
For the sake of money, he gave his son and daughter to Sun Chu as playthings!
Sun Chu avoided Su Xuerong's question and asked the previous question again.
"Miss Su knew that General Su was heading for a dead end, so why didn't she persuade him?"
After Su Xuerong knew that Sun Chu was also a victim of Su Chengzong, her nervous mood subsided a lot and her thoughts became clearer.
"Before answering Mr. Sun's question, I would like to ask you a question first."
"Excuse me, Miss Su."
"If the way to stop the war is to kill my father, what will you do?"
"Then kill him. I hate being forced to do things I don't want to do, and I also hate people coveting my property!"
The moment he finished speaking, Sun Chu threw the chopsticks away.
The chopsticks pierced into the pillar of the pavilion, going three feet into the wood.
Su Xuerong didn't expect Sun Chu's martial arts to be so high. She was shocked and answered the questions he asked.
"I don't persuade him because I want him to die."
Now that things have been said, there is nothing to hide.
After hearing such outrageous words, Chuntao wanted to rush into the pavilion and cover Su Xuerong's mouth.
"Ahem, Miss, please be careful with your words."
She couldn't understand why the young lady was so frank with Mr. Sun, whom she had just met today?
Su Xuerong ignored Chuntao and looked at Sun Chu in confusion.
"With your martial arts skills, it would be easy for you to kill my father. Why would you rather be forced to compromise than do it?"
If this scumbag died, she wouldn't have to risk her life to escape.
Sun Chu was a little hungry. After eating a few bites of food, he looked at Su Xuerong.
Her face was very calm, but her eyes were filled with overwhelming hatred.
He put down his chopsticks and explained, "Su Chengzong has not yet made his intention to become emperor public. He is not a traitor now, but the commander of the garrison in Ningzhou City. If I kill him, not only will the emperor execute his entire clan, but I will also be hunted down by Su Chengzong's men and die in Ningzhou City."
It is easy to kill someone, but difficult to clean up the mess.
Moreover, it is not enough to just kill Su Chengzong, all his men must be killed as well.
Otherwise, after Su Chengzong's death, those who wanted to take his place would go to war, causing chaos in Ningzhou City.
Su Xuerong understood the hidden meaning of Sun Chu's words.
She also understood why he chose her to cooperate with him to resolve the disaster caused by Su Chengzong.
She often goes in and out of the garrison. Not only does she know who Su Chengzong's men are, she can also get the defense map and catch all the rebels in one fell swoop!
Su Xuerong wanted to laugh when she thought about how she had previously speculated that Sun Chu was working with Su Chengzong to plot against her and wanted to marry her.
She even made mistakes sometimes.
"What is Mr. Sun going to do? What do you need me to do? What benefits can I get?"
Sun Chu looked at Su Xuerong who had regained her composure and asked, "You are not Su Chengzong's biological daughter, right?"
These words were like a thunder, exploding in Su Xuerong's mind.
She instinctively denied it, "What are you making wild guesses about!"
Chuntao could no longer stand outside the pavilion.
Countless ways of killing and silencing people emerged in his mind, but in the end he gave up.
Because Sun Chu's martial arts skills were too high, she couldn't kill him.
Sun Chu looked at Su Xuerong's face, which was trying hard to hide but could no longer remain calm, and the corners of his lips rose slightly.
"Ms. Su, I have no ill will towards you. I hope you can be sincere so that we can discuss cooperation."
"You should know that if I hadn't helped you take the pills for your heart disease, you would have died."
Su Xuerong also hated being threatened and snorted coldly in a bad mood.
"If you hadn't rushed to the carriage, I wouldn't have hit you, and I wouldn't have fallen ill and fainted."
Sun Chu recalled the scene of saving Su Xuerong.
The way she got out of the carriage did not look like she had fallen out due to inertia.
But what does this have to do with him?
He doesn't have the ability to predict the future, so is there anything wrong with saving people?
"Why didn't you tell me that I shouldn't have stopped the carriage and let it run over more civilians?"
Su Xuerong also knew that Sun Chu had done nothing wrong and had said nothing wrong.
She just argued because she was emotional.
Her mind was a little confused, and she asked Sun Chu while rubbing her temples.
"What on earth do you want to do?"
Sun Chu continued to pick up his chopsticks and eat, talking as he ate.
“When I came to Ningzhou City, I passed through Haixi County and met a wealthy businessman who had moved his family south, escorted by twenty escorts.
They were all slaughtered by officials who disguised themselves as bandits and robbed the escorts, and the young women were all bullied. ”
Su Xuerong couldn't bear to see women being bullied.
She asked angrily, "Are those officers and soldiers my father's men?"
"yes."
"How do you know? How is the rich businessman's family? How are those women?"
"The wealthy merchant's family encountered the officers who were escorting the Qi family. The officers killed all the soldiers and bandits in time, saving the woman from being humiliated.
The officials also learned from the soldiers and bandits that Su Chengzong had controlled the prefect and the governor and was rebelling.
Moreover, there were many officers and soldiers who disguised themselves as bandits to rob people, and many civilians suffered every day.
What's worse, Su Chengzong also selected merchants who brought silver bills into the city and killed them and robbed them. ”
The more Su Xuerong listened, the colder she felt.
After she knew that Su Chengzong was planning a rebellion, she focused on escaping.
Unexpectedly, he was even more cruel than she thought!
"You knew something was wrong in Ningzhou City, but you still came to the trap. Why?"
Sun Chu met Su Xuerong's sharp eyes and said something half true and half false.
“What merchants least want to see is a chaotic world. If Su Chengzong succeeds in enclosing a piece of land and becoming a king, other places will follow suit, and the entire Beichen Kingdom will be in chaos, so his ambition must be nipped in the bud.
The reason why I risked my life to go into the city was to help Qi Yanzhou kill Su Chengzong, stabilize the situation in Beichen Kingdom, keep my business going, and make him owe me a favor. ”
Naturally, he would not reveal his true relationship with Qi Yanzhou.
This is to prevent the emperor from targeting him and taking away the business empire he has built over the past three years!
Su Xuerong felt that what Sun Chu said made sense, so she believed him.
After all, Qi Yanzhou is very likely to be the next king.
His favor is more valuable than ten thousand taels of gold, it's worth the risk!
She asked, "Why does Mr. Sun think that I am not Su Chengzong's biological daughter?"
The fact that she no longer called him "Dad" meant that she acknowledged Sun Chu's guess.
Fifteen years.
Her mother and she had worked so hard to keep the secret a secret for so long that they even fooled Su Chengzong, but failed to fool an outsider.
Sun Chu told Su Xuerong all the clues he had found.
"Although these can't prove anything, they can show that you are not a good girl. You have been pretending in front of Su Chengzong, so I threw out a brick to attract jade and tricked you."
Su Xuerong suddenly realized that Sun Chu's step-by-step testing had exposed her true colors.
"As expected of a businessman known as a 'business genius', I am not as good as you in calculating people's hearts."
Sun Chu smiled and said, "I am just a nobody. I am not even one-tenth as good as the royal family, officials, and noble families."
After that, in order to ease the atmosphere, he teased, "To be honest, Miss Su, I did think of using the beauty trap on you to turn you against me, and I also thought of arresting you and forcing you to compromise. I didn't expect that before I could implement it, God sent a better way to us."
Su Xuerong raised her eyebrows slightly, "Mr. Sun thinks highly of me."
"Miss Su is the person Su Chengzong cares about the most, so it's only right that she should be valued."
"He only cares about himself. Let's get back to the point. How do you plan to deal with Su Chengzong? What do you need me to do? What benefits will you give me?"
"Actually, I was just following orders. Qi Yanzhou sent his men to Ningzhou City. Miss Su, why don't you take some gifts and go to Qianjin Casino to meet that person in the name of thanking me?"
Su Xuerong nodded, "Okay, at 5 p.m., I will visit you on time with gifts."
"Okay, eat now. The food is getting cold."
Sun Chu didn't expect that the vegetarian food in Wanfu Temple was so delicious.
When he put down his chopsticks, all three dishes and one soup were finished.
When leaving, Su Xuerong suddenly asked, "Mr. Sun, you promised Su Chengzong that you would go to the Su Mansion to propose marriage in five days. Is there any deep meaning behind this time?"
"Miss Su, please ask Zhang Zhou, Qi Yanzhou's subordinate, about this question."
After Sun Chu finished speaking, he left the pavilion and walked away.
Chuntao immediately entered the pavilion and stared at Su Xuerong with wide eyes.
"Miss, why did you tell everything to Master Sun?"
Su Xuerong thought of the only impulse in her life and said with a smile: "It's worth a gamble."
If they win the bet, they won't have to risk their own death.
She did not have enough confidence to swim out of the lake with Chuntao and her mother.
As for losing the bet...
She felt that she would not lose!
But now there is a big problem that needs to be solved.
"Chun Tao, sit down. Don't worry, your young lady knows what's going on."
Chuntao thought that what had happened had already happened and there was nothing she could do to change it, so she sat down next to Su Xuerong.
"Miss, what should we do next?"
"Wait until I meet Qi Yanzhou's men."
"Then I will go back to the mansion now and get some gifts from the storehouse as a thank you gift to Master Sun."
Su Xuerong grabbed Chuntao's arm and shook her head.
"No hurry, there are still two hours until the afternoon. Go to the dining hall and eat something first. I will talk to you later."
"I am not hungry. If you have anything to say, please say it now, young lady."
"Don't be willful, go ahead."
Chuntao obediently stood up, cleaned up the dishes on the stone table and took them to the dining hall.
Su Xuerong looked at the lake beside the pavilion, and the problem that she urgently needed to solve emerged in her mind.
According to Sun Chu, Su Chengzong will be finished within five days.
Treason is a capital crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of the family, and all members of the Su family will be implicated.
She had to find a way to get away from the Su family before anything happened to Su Chengzong!
It is impossible to break off the relationship.
First, Su Chengzong would not agree.
Second, it would alert the enemy and make Su Chengzong wary.
Is there any way to legitimately leave the Su family without being suspected?
marriage!
After Su Xuerong thought of the answer, her slightly pale thin lips curled up.
Now there is a suitable candidate.
Sun Chu!
Before, she was worried that Sun Chu and Su Chengzong had conspired to set up today's situation and wanted to use rumors to force her to get married.
Unexpectedly, less than an hour later, she wanted to use today's events to force Sun Chu to get married.
Of course, this marriage is a show!
"We'll get married in three days. Is it too late?"
After Su Xuerong muttered something, the guard's words came from afar.
"Miss Jiu, I got your medicine back."
"Bring it here."
The guard who returned to the Su Mansion to report the situation walked to the pavilion with medicine for treating heart disease and handed it to Su Xuerong.
Su Xuerong took the medicine, her eyelids drooped slightly, hiding the disgust in her eyes.
"What did my father say when he found out I wanted to stay at Manpuku-ji?"
"The general said that there will be a wedding in the mansion soon, so the young lady will stay for a day or two and then go back. The general has also sent people to arrest the person who wanted to kidnap the young lady, and there will be news soon. The young lady should not worry about it and take care of herself."
"Okay, I see. What's the happy event in the mansion?"
The guard replied, "The general didn't say it explicitly, but I made some inquiries and found out that the fourth young master and the sixth young lady, who are both in a relationship, are going to marry the owner of the Qianjin Casino."
As he said this, the corners of his mouth twitched.
It is unheard of to marry your children to a homosexual man!
Su Xuerong frowned slightly and pretended to be embarrassed and said, "The person who saved me before was the owner of Qianjin Casino. Could it be that my father wants to marry all three of us brothers and sisters to him?"
Guard: “…”
It was such a coincidence that he didn't know how to answer.
Because the general's original words were, kill the lecher who ruined Miss Nine's reputation!
When he heard this, he lamented that the man was unlucky and was about to lose his life for saving others.
"Miss Nine, the general didn't know that the one who saved you was the owner of Qianjin Casino. He ordered to kill him. Do you need me to go back to the mansion and tell him?"
"No, with my father's ability, he will soon know who he wants to kill."
After Su Xuerong finished speaking, she asked, "How are the people who were hit by the horse?"
"Miss, the doctor has treated them. Two of them are seriously injured, but their lives are not in danger."
"Is the consultation fee enough?"
"The doctor said it was enough, but the follow-up medication will cost extra money."
Su Xuerong took off the golden hairpin on her head and handed it to the guard.
"You go and follow up on this matter. I'll pay for all the consultation and medicine costs, and give them some compensation."
"As you command."
Not long after the guards left, Chuntao returned to the pavilion.
Su Xuerong told her that she wanted to marry Sun Chu, take her husband's surname and leave the Su family.
Chuntao felt that this method was inappropriate.
"Miss, a fake marriage is still a marriage, and your future son-in-law will definitely have some reservations."
"Silly girl, I just want to live a happy life in my lifetime and I won't get married."
Su Xuerong was very clear about how bad her health was.
Not to mention giving birth to a child, even having sex is difficult.
No man would marry her as his wife!
Chuntao knew the reason why Su Xuerong didn't get married. She felt sorry for her and changed the subject.
"Miss, if you marry Mr. Sun, you can let me be your dowry maid. What will Aunt Fang do?"
You can't have a dowry bride, right?
"I'll ask this question when I meet Qi Yanzhou's men."
If I need her help, I can't just not give her any benefits.
***
After leaving Wanfu Temple, Sun Chu returned to Qianjin Casino.
Seeing that he was injured, Qi Yanzhou asked coldly, "Did Su Chengzong do it?"
"Well, when you capture him and chop off his head, tell the executioner to blunt the knife and chop him more often to avenge me."
"No problem. Have you found out anything about Amelia Su?"
Sun Chu nodded, "Let me drink some tea and change my clothes first, then I'll tell you in detail."
After saying this, he went back to his room, removed the wooden stopper from the copper pipe in the corner, and rang the copper bell beside it.
The ringing sound will travel along the iron pipe to the secret room in the backyard.
The purpose of the iron pipe in the secret room is to eavesdrop.
But the iron pipe in Sun Chu's room had a different function. It was used to allow the people in the kitchen to deliver bath water to him.
After a while, the servant brought water upstairs and adjusted the water temperature.
Although the wound on Sun Chu's neck was not deep, contact with water would affect its healing.
So he simply washed it.
After taking a shower, Sun Chu changed into clean clothes and went to Qi Yanzhou's room.
He made a long story short and told Qi Yanzhou everything that happened today.
Qi Yanzhou looked Sun Chu up and down, his eyes raised with a playful look.
"Broken sleeves?"
Sun Chu rolled his eyes speechlessly.
"How could I have known that Su Chengzong was so cruel that he would not even let go of gay men, and he wanted me to marry two at once, pretending to be building a plank road but secretly plotting against Chencang!"
He let his son be molested and his daughter gave birth to a son for him. How could this old man come up with such an idea!
Qi Yanzhou smiled and patted Sun Chu on the shoulder.
"It's just a delaying tactic. Don't pay any attention to him."
Sun Chu slapped Qi Yanzhou's hand away and stared at him with a fake smile.
"Is there any benefit from such a huge sacrifice?"
"Didn't Atang use the recipe to get you to get information in Ningzhou City? You did your job, what benefit do you want?"
"Tsk, what a stingy miser!"
Sun Chu just said it casually and didn't really want any benefit.
"Su Xuerong will be here soon. Have you thought about how to talk to her? I think curing her heart disease is a good bargaining chip."
With Ye Chutang's medical skills, even if he couldn't completely cure her, he could at least reduce her chances of getting sick and allow her to live a few more years.
This is an irresistible temptation for a dying person.
Qi Yanzhou and Sun Chu have different ideas.
“Atang has never diagnosed Su Xuerong’s pulse. Before I know whether she can cure Su Xuerong, I won’t promise anything for her.
What I can give Su Xuerong is the freedom she has been secretly planning for all these years, her true life experience, and the opportunity to kill the enemy who killed her father. ”
Sun Chu thought this made sense and nodded in agreement.
"Then follow your idea. If she is used well as a chess piece, we can take Ningzhou City without bloodshed."
"Don't worry, the opportunity has been given to me, I won't let it slip away!"
Time passed quickly and soon it was Shenshi.
Su Xuerong showed up at Qianjin Casino on time with a thank-you gift.
Because of her poor health, she looked frail and sickly, and was out of place in the smoky and chaotic gambling house.
The steward had already received instructions from Sun Chu and immediately led Su Xuerong and her maid to the private room on the second floor.
He asked the servant to make a pot of the woman's favorite fruit tea.
"Miss Su, please wait a moment. The boss will be here soon."
When the fruit tea and snacks were served, Sun Chu and Qi Yanzhou, who had changed his appearance, arrived.
After Sun Chu asked the servants to leave, he introduced: "Miss Su, this is the Zhang Zhou I told you about."
This was the name Qi Yanzhou used when he transformed himself into a merchant from Liangzhou.
Su Xuerong looked at the plain-looking Qi Yanzhou and asked, "Can Master Zhang be Master Qi's boss?"
"I am the master's confidant and can make decisions on his behalf on small matters."
After saying that, Qi Yanzhou and Sun Chu sat down opposite Su Xuerong.
"Killing Su Chengzong is a small matter?"
"Tell the masters that it's a small matter."
"If it's a small matter, why do you want to cooperate with me? Can't you solve it yourself?"
Su Xuerong's test did not make Qi Yanzhou angry.
He explained: "Killing Su Chengzong is easy, but it is difficult to keep the people of Ningzhou City from being implicated. The master loves the people and wants to solve Su Chengzong quietly and capture his men in one fell swoop."
"With less than a hundred escort officers, it is impossible for them to capture Su Chengzong and his confidants in one fell swoop."
This is the issue that Su Xuerong is most worried about.
If it is impossible to wipe out all of Su Chengzong's men, it is better not to take any action.
Because once Su Chengzong is angered, no one will suffer.
In the end, it is still the people who suffer!
Qi Yanzhou did not hide the fact that Su Xuerong was mobilizing troops. "Don't worry, Miss Su. There will be at least 10,000 people available by then. Is that enough?"
Su Xuerong was slightly surprised by the number of people and nodded, "That's enough."
Not all of the 60,000 troops stationed in Ningzhou City wanted to follow Su Chengzong in rebellion.
Because they knew very well that Su Chengzong did not have the talent to lead, let alone the qualities to be an emperor.
The chance of rebellion failing is 100%!
However, they were forced by the situation and had to follow Su Chengzong in committing treason by confiscating their property and exterminating their clans.
If given a choice, they would definitely turn against Su Chengzong and stab him in the back.
Su Xuerong thought about this and said, "There are about 20,000 generals and soldiers who are loyal to Su Chengzong. If I get the city defense map, 10,000 people will be enough to take down his 20,000 people."
After hearing what he wanted to hear, Qi Yanzhou asked, "Miss Su, please tell me your conditions."
Su Xuerong had already thought of the conditions before coming to Qianjin Casino.
But she didn't bring it up right away. Instead, she asked, "Can I know how Master Zhang plans to deal with Su Chengzong first? I will only cooperate if you are absolutely sure."
Qi Yanzhou poured a cup of fruit tea for Su Xuerong and Chuntao respectively.
"As long as Miss Su gives me the city defense map and tells me who supports Su Chengzong, my master will be able to quietly control Ningzhou City and resolve the crisis."
He was not in a position to say specifically how to deal with Su Chengzong.
He couldn't even say when to act.
Because he had to be on guard against Su Xuerong, just in case.
When Su Xuerong saw that Qi Yanzhou didn't tell her any specific plans, she knew he was on guard against her.
She asked again, "Master Zhang, do you plan to get the list of people who support Su Chengzong and defeat them one by one?"
Qi Yanzhou said nothing.
Su Xuerong added: "I have a good way to accurately and quickly capture Su Chengzong's people."
This aroused Sun Chu's curiosity.
After all, it's about military strategy.
He asked, "What is Miss Su's solution?"
Su Xuerong's eyes fell on Sun Chu and she said with a smile, "We'll get married in three days!"
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