Chapter 594: The Shen Family: The Throne Pusher
The young and strong people from Lingshui Village who were traveling with us were all ashamed after hearing what had happened.
As for the sons of Guan Lao San and his men who had gone home with the others to move food, they even felt like they wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. They had no idea about this, but as the sons of those men, they could not clear themselves of the injustice.
To them, it's just yellow mud falling down the crotch, it's shit if not shit.
The villagers who were originally close to them quickly moved away from them.
The team split into two halfway. The town guards originally arranged by Mr. Xu, Mr. Yue's three sons, and the young and strong men from the Zhou and Li families, who were relatives of the Xu family, all followed Wei Qi and others and separated from the young and strong team of Lingshui Village.
No one knows what will happen in the future, but for now, they can only go their separate ways.
The Zhao family members brought by Zhao Rui were very interested in the giant wolves, but unfortunately, now was not the time to catch them. However, the giant wolves that he targeted would eventually be caught.
As Zhao Bingzhao's disciple, Zhao Rui had been with Master Zhao Er for a long time, so he and Zhao Bingzhao had many similarities. For example, when they saw something good, they both wanted to take it home.
This giant wolf is of extraordinary breed. If it can be tamed, it will definitely be a good thing.
Of course, it is impossible to domesticate wolves directly.
However, if wolves and dogs are combined, they might be able to produce a more docile and easily tamed wolfdog.
As Wei Qi and others were on their way to the small mountain village, Zhao Rui was already thinking about how to catch the wolf.
When everyone arrived at the small mountain village, they found that the outer fence of the village had been repaired.
Zhao Rui brought a letter from Zhao Bingzhao, hoping that Old Lady Xu and the others would follow Zhao Rui out of retirement.
However, after reading the letter, Old Mrs. Xu chose to refuse.
It's really not a good time to go out now.
The Nightingale controlled by the Queen Mother has already taken action against them, and before that, private soldiers from an unknown family came to kill them. Old Mrs. Xu felt that instead of going outside and being frightened, it would be better to hide in the mountains.
Although the location of this small village is not very secretive, it is still secretive enough.
The most important thing is that this place is not big and is located in the dense forest at the bottom of the valley. As long as you guard the entrance to the valley, there is basically no danger.
The only drawback is that living in the mountains makes one feel a bit isolated from the world.
They are too slow in receiving news from the outside world, and news from the outside is also very slow to come in.
Zhao Rui didn't try to persuade Old Lady Xu after she refused, because before they went into the mountains, Zhao Bingzhao had said that if his nephew's wife didn't want to leave the mountains, then he shouldn't force her.
However, most of the Zhao family guards that Zhao Rui brought into the mountains had to stay behind.
After confirming that his family would have to live in this mountain village for quite some time, Fubao became depressed.
It was a turbulent era outside, but she had no chance to participate.
Well, as a little kid over one year old, even though she is actually very good at fighting, when she goes outside, she is just a little brat in the eyes of everyone.
Forget it, I'd better stay in the mountains and practice hard.
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When Zhao Bingzhao brought the news of Lingshui Village and the Xu family to Jingbian City, Old Man Xu had already quietly left Jingbian City and went to Changshan Mansion, where the Changshan Shen family was located.
The private soldiers who raided Lingshui Village confessed that they were from the Changshan Shen family. However, Shen Wansheng and Old Master Xu were sworn brothers, and Old Master Xu couldn't understand why the Changshan Shen family did this.
Considering that the truth might be that someone was framing someone, Mr. Xu went to Changshan Mansion in person to get to the bottom of it.
If this was really done by the Changshan Shen family, then he didn't intend to let any of the Shen family members involved in this matter go.
Dingzhou, the capital of Changshan Prefecture, is located on the sea and has developed maritime transportation and trade. The prosperity of Dingzhou City is far beyond that of Linyao City in Xiangyi Prefecture.
Among the many prefectures of the Tang Dynasty, Dingzhou City was at least among the top ten in terms of prosperity.
With developed commerce and a large population, Changshan Prefecture was also among the richest in the Tang Dynasty.
Old Master Xu entered Dingzhou City after disguising himself.
In fact, from the moment he entered Changshan Prefecture, he noticed that the atmosphere there was extremely solemn, as if a storm was about to break out. However, he could not gather any useful information.
The Changshan Shen family has very tight control over the Changshan Prefecture.
People came and went in a hurry, and even guests in taverns and teahouses rarely talked about the Changshan Shen family.
This made Mr. Xu's initial attempt to find out the news go awry.
"It seems that we can only alert the enemy!"
After wandering around Dingzhou City for two days without getting any news, Mr. Xu decided to send a letter to Shen Wansheng and then see what the Shen family would do.
When sending a letter, one naturally has to go through formal channels.
Without knowing the exact situation of the Changshan Shen family, Mr. Xu did not want to reveal that he had arrived in Dingzhou City.
If the Shen family goes crazy, he will be alone here and the strong dragon will not be able to defeat the local snake.
At night, Mr. Xu sneaked into the Dingzhou Prefecture Post Station and quietly stuffed a letter into the bag of the postman who was delivering the message.
The postmen of the Tang Dynasty were only responsible for delivering letters. Once the letters arrived at the local area, other people would be responsible for delivering them.
Therefore, as long as Mr. Xu stuffed the letter in on the way, it would become a letter sent from Jingbian City to Dingzhou City, and no one would suspect that he had already arrived in Dingzhou City.
Early the next morning, the messenger delivered the letter to the young master of the Shen family to the Shen Mansion.
Shen Wansheng obviously didn't expect that he would receive a letter from Mr. Xu. Of course, he was more curious about what Mr. Xu wanted to say in the letter.
However, when Shen Wansheng finished reading the letter, he felt unwell.
The Shen family's private soldiers took the water route to Anshun County and raided Lingshui Village, targeting the Xu family.
Mr. Xu wrote to ask him what this meant?
Shen Wansheng immediately left the room and went to find his father.
When Shen Dongsheng saw Shen Wansheng coming hurriedly, he calmly put down the book in his hand and said, "What happened? I see you look like you want to hit someone, are you planning to hit me?"
"Father, why?"
Shen Wansheng glared at Shen Dongsheng, "I told you that Marquis Wucheng and I are sworn brothers. Why did you send people to Lingshui Village? If you do this, how can your son face Marquis Wucheng?"
“This one!”
After listening to Shen Wansheng's questioning, Shen Dongsheng just waved his hand indifferently, "Father did this, of course there must be a calculation for my father!"
"You know this, which means that the people Dad sent failed!"
"Marquis Wucheng is truly extraordinary!"
"Father, what do you want to do?"
Shen Wansheng glared at Shen Dongsheng, “Aren’t you afraid that Wu Chenghou and his son will come after you?”
"Silly boy, you don't understand this!"
Shen Dongsheng smiled slightly, "When Tang lost its power, the whole world chased it. My Shen family will not fight for that position. Therefore, we need to find someone to form an alliance with. In other words, we need to push someone out and sit in that position!"
(End of this chapter)
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