Chapter 38: The Abandoned Son
Yuwen Wen hated Wang Yue, a merchant of Chen State, who had cursed the little strawman several times a day, and was actually in front of him by 'chance', and this 'unexpected joy' made the Xiyang County Duke who vowed to devour the other party alive overjoyed.
May's glass mirror (known as the glass mirror to the outside world) The other party did not come to pick up the goods and pay, which made Yuwenwen very angry - he could count on these payments for the cost of raising troops, and a letter from the house in late last month said that someone invited Liu Caiyun to go out in the name of the king's shopkeeper, and the bad intentions were found in time, which had a lot to do with the Wang Yue in front of him.
However, looking at the current situation, Wang Yue is probably being hacked and blackened, and Wang Yue, who is trying to control the source of goods in the south of the Yangtze River, is really being targeted and poisoned.
"Let's all stand down, there will be something to talk about in detail."
The business cooperation between Yuwen Wen and Wang Yue is confidential, so he asked all the guards to withdraw from the tent, never thought that the guards were loyal, and when they heard that none of them moved, they were worried that the men and women in front of them would not be good if they were assassins who wanted to kill the lives of the unified army, so they unanimously said that they would perform their duties, Yuwen Wen saw that these rough men were so unenlightened, and they couldn't cry or laugh, but fortunately, Yuwen Fifteen next to him patted his chest and promised that nothing would happen to him if he was there.
After all the idle people withdrew from the tent, Yu Wenwen opened his mouth and asked Wang Yue: "Could it be that the shopkeeper of the king is holding the glass mirror and the source of goods is being targeted?" ”
Wang Yue smiled bitterly when he heard this, and explained the truth of the matter one by one: he was really targeted by someone for holding the supply of glass mirrors, and this business route that doubled profits as soon as it changed hands attracted many hungry wolves, and the most ruthless one of them was Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing.
"Uncle Chen, King of Shixing?" Yu Wenwen recalled in his mind the general historical materials of Chen Shuling, the prince of Chen State, the king of Shixing, in short, this guy's lawlessness and recklessness are not a good thing. Thinking of the other party's evil deeds listed in the history books, he muttered to himself: "This guy is not easy to get along with." ”
"Exactly." A flame of anger ignited in Wang Yue's eyes. His proprietor used all kinds of means against other merchants who came to compete for the source of goods, and the proprietor behind the scenes did not eat hard and soft, but he couldn't bear it for this lawless King of Shixing, Chen Shuling.
Because the other party is unscrupulous and does everything. Relying on the emperor's doting, he completely ignored Wang Yuedong's 'argument for reason' and directly released cruel words: "If you don't say it, you can keep it for the funeral!" ”
If it was just this level of cruelty, his owner didn't take it to heart, Chen Shuling was rampant and domineering, and it was true that no one dared to sue in front of the emperor, but it didn't mean that he could really kill anyone.
In order to squeeze down the crown prince Chen Shubao, Chen Shuling, who had a bad reputation, pretended to be a virtuous vassal king in Jiankang, and every time he went to the court, he would ride on a horse to read a book and swagger through the city for people to see, no, he wanted His Majesty to see his diligent study.
He wants to pretend to be knowledgeable, accept people and things, and have the demeanor of a prince, so it is impossible to do an open fire against Wang Yuedong's family on the surface, but more troublesome things follow: factional disputes.
The previous harsh words were like scratching the itch through the boots. Chen Shuling's next words were heart-wrenching.
"Dare to collude with the enemy country to resell the goods, and I will be alone in front of the emperor to worry about you to see how Your Majesty will make a holy decision!"
"Could it be that the prince instructed you and others to collude with the enemy country? What does he want to do?! ”
Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing, has always been eyeing the position of the crown prince, and Wang Yue's family is the crown prince, and Chen Shubao is in the family, in case he is pestered by the other party and burns the fire to the prince's side, causing the situation to reverse, then it will be too late to regret it.
"Ben will. My father remembers that when the Son of Heaven of your country was a guest in my Great Zhou, the eldest son Chen Shubao and the second son Chen Shuling also lived in Chang'an together, right? Yu Wenwen remembered some historical materials again.
More than 20 years ago, the Western Wei Dynasty broke through Jiangling and executed Emperor Yuan of Liang, at that time in Jiangling was called an official, but in fact for his uncle Chen Baxian hostage Chen Ji was taken to Chang'an to continue to be a hostage, the precarious hostage life accompanied him There are only two sons by his side: the eldest son Chen Shubao, the second son Chen Shuling, although the oldest Chen Shubao was only a little more than a year old at the time, but with two sons to accompany Chen Xu, the bleak days are not difficult.
With this relationship, Chen Ji doted on his eldest son and second son, and after seizing the throne of his young nephew, he set up Chen Shubao as the crown prince and entrusted Chen Shuling with important tasks, especially for Chen Shuling's many evil deeds, and was extremely tolerant, thinking that it was also to make up for the hardships caused by the hard life in Chang'an for nearly ten years.
"The county lord is right. Therefore, His Majesty is very doting on Chen Shuling and allows him to do whatever he wants. Wang Yue was indignant, "Chen Shuling was so desperate that he finally caught the prince's attention!" ”
Chen Shuling usually holds back his strength to provoke the relationship between his father who is the emperor and his brother who is the prince. The profit of the glass mirror is big, but it is not as big as the prince's future, if the prince can successfully ascend the throne, it will be more cost-effective for the people around the prince than any business.
Therefore, the desperate owner threw Wang Yue, the loyal shopkeeper, as an outcast, and let him face the scheming and ruthless Chen Shuling alone.
Hearing this, Yu Wenwen complained in his heart that the owner was not authentic, and betraying his little brother was chilling.
"The grass people knew that the situation was not good, and they wanted to take their families to other places to hide, but they never thought that Chen Shuling would lead troops to surround the house, and they had no choice but to comply."
"So you confessed to Bengong?" Yuwenwen glanced at Wang Yue, "You also came up with the idea of going to Anlu to arrest people late last month?" ”
"The grass people are helpless, and the matter has come to this point, so they have to obediently comply." Wang Yue knelt down and kowtowed to Yuwen Wen, "The grass people just confessed that the county prince had the secret of the glass mirror, and they didn't dare to take people to do the kidnapping." ”
"Putting this matter aside for the time being, what's going on with the virtuous couple now." Although Yu Wenwen asked like this, he probably knew what was going on, Wang Yue's wife stood in front of him, thinking of the appearance in the big tent of Chen Jun's camp, he basically guessed the answer.
"Chen Shuling's wolf's heart and dog's lungs were forcibly occupied." Wang Yue's eyes were red, he was emotional, he was short of breath, and he couldn't continue, his wife stood aside and hid her face and cried, and after her emotions eased a little, he gritted her teeth and continued.
Chen Shuling led people to surround Wang Yue's house, and Wang Yue, who was helpless, accepted his orders and obeyed and confessed the source of goods, but he never expected that the king of the beast domain took a fancy to his wife, and he was forcibly seized and taken captive to the mansion for several days without being released, he couldn't bear such humiliation, and found an opportunity to escape with his wife, but was captured.
Chen Shuling learned from Wang Yue that the source of the glass mirror was Gongyu Wenwen, the second son of the governor of Anzhou in Zhou Guo, Xiyang County, because he was in the enemy country, his reputation as the king of Shixing was not good, so he planned to tie up the other party who knew the secret of the glass mirror, so that he could start work and make a fortune, and the only one who could contact that side and lead people out of the house to meet was Wang Yue, so he used various means to force him to comply, and then sent people to sneak into Anlu with the intention of arresting people.
"We escaped from the palace and were captured by this fang's men before they left the city, and then they were tortured by them in every way." Wang Yue said that his eyes were split.
Because Wang Yue stabbed Chen Shuling on the way to escape, so Wang Yue and his wife have been tortured for nearly two months, and this time Chen Shuling led the army to attack Liang Guo Jiangling, and also took his wife with him and humiliated him day and night.
"Thank you for saving us from the clutches of Uncle Chen!" Wang Yue kowtowed with his wife, he was grateful to Yu Wenwen from the bottom of his heart, fortunately the other party rescued him from Chen Shuling's hands this time, otherwise the end would be tragic, Chen Shuling stole the folk girls who were tired of playing and often drove out of the palace to fend for themselves, if there was an offense against him, he was thrown into the barracks as a prostitute.
"That guy turned out to be Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing." Only then did Yu Wenwen confirm that the self-proclaimed 'lonely' Chen general who had just set foot in the camp was Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing, and according to the military situation, he learned that this Chen Shuling was still the commander of the Chen army who attacked Jiangling this time.
No wonder Wang Yue's wife in the tent would cry and smash this guy's head with a copper kettle, and the 'fang' that is inferior to the beast is really hateful!
Having a good-looking wife is sometimes like a young child swaggering through the market with gold in her hand, and Yu Wenwen can't help but empathize with the humiliating experience of his own deity in history.
The wife was forcibly occupied but could not do anything, the father was angry and raised an army, but the army was defeated and died, and he was beheaded on the charge of 'rebellion', and the wife was called into the palace as a concubine as soon as she became a widow, and finally became the queen.
The reason why the obscure Great Zhou clan is listed in the history books is because the emperor took a green hat to rob his wife and became the queen, or mentioned his name as a sad ex-husband in the queen's biography, this huge shame made the traverser 'Yuwenwen', who was determined not to repeat the mistakes of the past, gritted his teeth.
Fortunately, his own struggle was effective, otherwise he would have been as humiliated as the king in front of him. Yuwen Wen thought so, and at the same time felt sorry for the opportunity he missed to kill a vassal king of the Chen Kingdom, and after a few breaths, he quickly came back to his senses and asked, "I wonder what the king's shopkeeper plans for in the future?" ”
Wang Yue and his wife were speechless when they heard this, and when they saw Wang Yue, who had laughed and talked with him, Yu Wenwen was quite emotional, and when he saw the husband and wife staring at each other blankly, his eyes were red, and he had a plan: "Well, the shopkeeper Liu in this mansion was frightened for no reason, and the shopkeeper Wang had to explain it in person, so as not to hurt the harmony." ”
This is actually a ladder, Yu Wenwen felt that Wang Yue could 'insert' Chen Shuling for his wife, a few knives, and this bloody nature alone was worth his help, and besides, he really lacked a capable person in business, if he helped, then Liu Caiyun, who mastered the secret of the glass mirror, would not have to show up and run around outside all day long.
Wang Yue didn't know that the other party's words contained the meaning of soliciting him, he and his wife had no relatives in Jiangbei and did not dare to return to Chen State, the original business partners treated each other with a smile on weekdays, but what he liked was the business route behind him, and now Wang Yue, who had become an abandoned son, went to defect, I am afraid that he may not have a good face.
Jiangnan can't go back, even if Chen Shuling is not there, he can't find a place to take refuge, he has been betrayed by his old club, so naturally he can't go, but other families may not take him in, not to mention that his wife is quite outstanding, in case someone is worried about it, but he jumps into the fire pit.
Recalling the scene when his wife was pulled by Chen Shuling to block the knife in the big tent, Yu Wenwen stopped his hand, Wang Yue was grateful in his heart: in the fierce battle, he would show mercy to a weak woman he didn't know, so no matter how bad this person was, it couldn't be bad.
He didn't hesitate to lead his wife to kowtow: "Thank you for taking it in!" (To be continued.) )