bayedsolid Chapter 213: Brother 2, don’t you know that your engagement has been broken off?
Chapter 213: Brother 2, don’t you know that your engagement has been broken off?
Chen Guangji's wedding was very lively and had a very special grandeur, which also had to be attributed to the Chen family's strong financial strength.
Although Chen Guangji’s wedding at Shunjing Mansion was a second marriage, it was held at a different level!
Today, Madam Cao brought her daughter to marry the shopkeeper Chen, and became the head of Quanshun Capital, a person that everyone envied!
Everyone also knew that their marriage was arranged by Duke Wei Zhendong, Princess Fulu, and Princess Shen Ruyi.
Everyone praised the Duke of Fuguo and Lady Fulu for their good character and said that Madam Cao had married happily. At noon that day, the Song family's broken donkey cart quietly drove out of the south gate of Shunjing City!
The soldiers guarding the city gate watched Song Qiang drive the carriage away in disgrace. They were still cursing and saying, "Damn it, the Song family is not stupid. They knew to run away in disgrace. Otherwise, the shopkeeper Chen would have killed their family!"
"Hey! Brothers, let's take turns eating. The eldest young master of the Chen Mansion sent us two tables of wedding banquet. Let's take turns eating. Six people can eat at one table, so two tables are just enough..."
Song Qiang, who drove the carriage out of the city gate, could not help but look back at the soldiers sitting by the city gate to guard the gate. The table was full of fish and meat, and there was a big red paper cut into a big "囍" character, covering the big carp!
Song Qiang's eyes were stung, and he drove away in the carriage without looking back. The old woman in the carriage was groaning from illness, and his young wife was crying in grievance while holding her crying little son...
Song Qiang looked up at the dry sun and felt really hopeless about life!
Why was I so crazy that I kicked my wife Cao, with whom I had lived for many years, and my little daughter out of the house?
Song Qiang's mood at this moment is probably the same as that of Shen Ruyi's scumbag father Chen Shengda. His ex-wife married someone else and lived a life that everyone envied, while he is still struggling!
Song Qiang walked a long way and met a group of soldiers. Song Qiang instinctively stopped the donkey cart at the edge of the woods and waited for the group of soldiers to pass by.
Seeing that there was a carriage and some guards among the group, Song Qiang couldn't help but ask a soldier who had dismounted to relieve himself in the woods. The soldier who had just dismounted looked like a scholar, but his face was bruised and swollen, probably because he had been beaten.
The soldier said proudly: "This is our General Wei, the second son of the Duke of Fuguo. We are here on a mission to the south!
Why are you asking about these things? Just go on your way!"
Song Qiang...
Seeing the Wei army enter Shunjing City, he gritted his teeth, looked back at the carriage, opened the curtain and said: "Mom, let's go to the south!
There is my uncle's family in the south. They have several hundred acres of land. Let's go back and get some land from them. I hope the gentleman is still alive!"
Old Mrs. Song said in a hoarse voice: "Alas! That bitch Cao is such a troublemaker! Let's go to the south. Even if we go to the south, not all of your uncle's land will belong to him. One third of it will be ours!"
When your grandfather died, our family came here. We gave the land to your uncle and his family for free. Let’s go back and get some to plant first…”
As they were talking, Song Qiang and his family decided to head south!
Besides, Wei Wanshan brought a group of people with him. The carriage in the middle and the servants guarding the carriage belonged to the merchant!
There was a girl sitting in the carriage. This girl was none other than Shang Juaner, a girl from the Shang family, one of the two girls that the Wei family's lady had intended to marry to Wei Wanshan.
Speaking of which, Shang Juan and Wei Wanshan are a destined couple. At the beginning, Wei Wanshan didn't like the girl who was as thin as a bamboo pole in the capital.
But this time in the south, Shang Juaner happened to have just returned from her hometown in the south to handle her business.
Shang Juan'er, a merchant, lost her father early, and as a daughter she followed her grandfather to run the family business. Her younger brother was only nine years old, and her grandfather could not manage so much business. As Shang Juan was about to get married, she sold all the land and shops in her ancestral hometown which was far away!
Shang Juan was a woman of great courage. She sold all the land and shops in her ancestral hometown, took a few tens of thousands of taels, and quietly prepared to return to the capital to wait for her younger brother to grow up.
The merchant was not considered a particularly wealthy family in the capital, but he did have a profitable business.
Shang family came from farming and blacksmith shops, and the ironware they made could be said to be unique in the Qin Dynasty.
Because he sold all his land and several shops at once, he was targeted on his way back and met robbers who almost robbed him of his property. Fortunately, the merchant's bodyguards were all fierce.
The thirty or so guards were all experts. They killed all the robbers by chance and saved Shang Juaner's banknotes!
Just when Shang Juan'er was overjoyed that she had survived the disaster, she met Wei Wanshan and his two men, and fought a desperate battle with the people from the Ghost Six Gang.
Wei Wanshan miscalculated that day and brought too few people. It turned out that there was a large stronghold in Guiliubang, so only two of Wei Wanshan's men were left, and the entire army was almost wiped out!
Shang Juan'er is not a fool. When she saw that it was Wei's army, Shang Juan'er asked everyone to rush forward and rescue Wei Wanshan!
Wei Wanshan got acquainted with Shang Juaner that day. When they started talking, they found out that he was the second young master of the Duke of Fuguo's Mansion in the capital and the girl from the Shang family. They were really acquaintances and fellow townsmen!
Wei Wanshan was grateful for Shang Juaner's righteous help. Shang Juaner also said that she had dealt with the family business and was carrying tens of thousands of taels of silver notes, so she was probably being targeted by someone!
Wei Wanshan felt that this was a life-and-death friendship, so he said that after he finished the job with the Wei army, he would take Shang Juaner back to the capital with him!
Shang Juaner was very happy. It was indeed a good thing to come back with dozens of guards and the Wei family army. This way they would be safe!
The truth was that she brought too many silver notes this time, and the tens of thousands of taels of silver notes were being targeted by someone. If she was not careful, she might lose both her money and her life.
Wei Wanshan took Shang Juaner with him all the way. Gradually, Wei Wanshan felt that although this girl was thin, she was very tough and capable in dealing with people. Wei Wanshan gradually felt that this girl was not bad.
But he knew that his grandmother had arranged a marriage for him, so he observed etiquette and could not have any fantasies about the girl.
Today, Wei Wanshan brought his men back to Shunjing City. His father had previously sent him a letter, asking him to complete the task as soon as possible so that he could return in time for his eldest brother's wedding.
Wei Wanshan really rushed on the journey as he had to come back to help his eldest brother with his wedding. He had three brothers from the same mother, and his eldest brother was finally getting married. As the second younger brother, how could he not go home to help?
When he returned to the government office, he heard that his father, the county lady and his sister had all gone to Chen Guangji's house to attend the wedding. He thought about it and said hello to Shang Juaner, asking them to find a place to rest at the inn. He then took his two men and went directly to the Chen Mansion!
The Chen family had already started their feast and were eating when suddenly Wei Dazhuang heard someone say that the second son Wanshan was back!
Wei Dazhuang came out quickly to greet them and brought Wei Wanshan in directly. Chen Qi knew that it was the second son of the Wei family who came, so he quickly arranged a seat for him and let him sit at the table of Wei Zhendong, the Duke of Fuguo.
Wei Zhendong, his wife and daughter, the prefect Ma Chengyang and two legal advisors all sat at a relatively spacious table.
When Shen Ruyi saw her second brother coming, she was so happy that she stood up and shouted, "Second brother! Second brother, come here!
There is a great banquet at my uncle Guangji's house at noon today, come and eat... I'll serve you some soup!"
Wei Wanshan bowed to his father and Shen, and Shen said lovingly: "Wanshan is back, come and sit with your sister to eat..."
Wei Zhendong introduced the prefect Ma Chengyang and two legal advisors to his son. After everyone got to know each other and greeted each other, they sat down and continued to eat!
When everyone was having dinner, they found out that it wasn't just Wei Zhendong who doted on his wife and daughter. It turned out that both father and son in the Wei family were the same. Wei Wanshan was also a general, but he took care of his sister while having dinner, and he was very clear about it!
Wei Wanshan told Shen Ruyi that when he came back, he met Shang Juaner, a young girl from a merchant family in the capital. Because she had disposed of some properties in Jiangnan Prefecture and brought back tens of thousands of taels of silver, she was targeted by bad guys, so he brought her back with him.
Shen Ruyi said blankly: "Second brother, this is a match made in heaven! You and that lady Shang Jia have a deep bond! There's a chance... hehehe!"
Wei Wanshan peeled a shrimp for Shen Ruyi and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Didn't my grandmother arrange a marriage for me?"
Shen Ruyi...
"Second brother, don't you know that your engagement has been cancelled?"
Wei Wanshan...