Half a month later, Guo Jia, who was cautiously hiding his whereabouts along the way, finally arrived at Zhongshan Country, Jizhou.
However, when we arrived in Wuji County, we found that there were troops stationed outside the county town. Judging from the size, it was no less than 3,000.
"Little Grandpa, the big penis has the character Han. Could it be the soldiers of Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou? Could it be that the Zhen family has secretly communicated with Han Fu and waited for the young grandpa to fall into the trap?" Xu Chu said cautiously.
Guo Jia shook his head solemnly, denying his inference: "If the Zhen family colluded with Han Fu, they would definitely not openly station troops outside the city. What is the truth? You and I don't have to guess, let's go and enter the city from the other side."
After entering Wuji County, Guo Jia did not go to the Zhen family immediately. At this moment, he was an imperial prisoner in the court. The Zhen family was both an official and a businessman. For common sense, they would not be willing to publicly have any relationship with Guo Jia.
After finding an inn in the county town, Guo Jia went to the Zhen family's tavern alone to get a jar of Drunken Fairy Wine.
At this time, the Zhen family mansion, two rows of guards outside the mansion stood up in high spirits. In the living room of the mansion, there was a graceful and kind-hearted middle-aged woman sitting on the main seat, which was Zhen’s mother Wang.
There are two sides of the hall, one is a literary and one is a military man on the left, one is a Confucian scholar and one is a military general. On the right are the three brothers of the Zhen family.
The Confucian scholar in the brocade satin robe raised the teacup to greet Zhen's mother, and then said, "Madam Zhen, my lord is the noble of a state, and he is both a colleague and a confidant. My lord's wife died early. Now he has the intention of re-stringing, so he ordered General Pan to come to propose marriage to the Zhen family. The eldest lady of the Zhen family is kind and generous, and is very wise. My lord has admired her for a long time and often laments that she cannot marry Miss Zhen as a wife. In the past, Miss Zhen had already had a marriage contract, so she did not mention it. But now the rebel Guo Jia has become the public enemy of the world. I guess the engagement between Miss Zhen and Guo Jia is given up? If this is true, I hope Mrs. Zhen will fulfill my lord's wish for a good wife."
"Brother Zhengnan, although my Zhen family is established by merchants, it is based on trust and righteousness. As Brother Zhengnan said, Guo Jia is indeed a criminal offender at the moment, and the world cannot tolerate it. But if Guo Jia clears the charges in the future and comes to my Zhen family to fulfill the engagement, if my Zhen family breaks the agreement and cannot get married, wouldn't it be that my trust and righteousness will be gone?"
Zhen’s mother, Wang, had not replied yet, but Zhen Yu expressed his objection angrily.
The brother Zhengnan, the current counselor Shen Pei, smiled and bowed to Zhen Yu when he heard this, and said, "As the eldest son said, the Zhen family not only abides by trustworthiness, but also has a kindness. It is not a gentleman to abandon his trust and break the contract, but if I remember correctly, Guo Jia agreed with your Zhen family to marry Miss Zhen two years ago, right? Three and a half years ago, Ling Zun passed away. Miss Zhen’s three-year mourning period has passed half a year, and Guo Jia did not come to marry her, right? From this, it can be seen that Guo Jia did not sincerely marry Miss Zhen, and the engagement between the two families was overdue and invalidated half a year ago."
As soon as Shen Pei finished speaking, the general who had been silent beside him suddenly bowed his hand and said rudely to Zhen’s mother: “Madam Zhen, Pan Feng, today I would like to propose marriage on behalf of my lord. I am a rough man. Master Shen has already made it clear. I am straightforward to the point. If there is any conflict, please forgive me. Guo Jia is now an imperial offender. If the Zhen family insists on marrying Guo Jia, and follow the imperial edict of the court to punish the three clans, Zhen
This is a disaster for my family. My lord and powerful family are both kind and powerful. Under his rule, Jizhou is peaceful and prosperous. Zhen is a subordinate of my lord, and I am very grateful to my lord, and I am often called brothers. Now my lord wants to marry the Zhen family and marry Miss Zhen. Outside the mansion, there are betrothal gifts from my lord, thousands of silks, thousands of taels of gold, and countless rare treasures. I hope Mrs. Zhen will think twice and don’t let her return without success.”
After Pan Feng finished speaking, he withdrew his gaze and continued to drink tea. He was a military general and had no intention of observing his words and expressions. For him, he only looked at the results.
Zhen Yu wanted to refute a few more words, but Zhen’s mother glared at him, causing his open mouth to close tightly.
Zhen’s mother, Wang, also weighed the pros and cons in her mind.
Guo Jia's imperial court was punished and killed three clans, so he could not marry his daughter. Even if Guo Jia is now innocent, Zhen Jiang would be a concubine. The Zhen family's wealthy family looked down on the world, and his daughter became a concubine? It was simply a humiliation for him.
Although Han Fu is nearly 40 years old, his wife is dead and he is also a governor of Jizhou. He has a high position and a powerful position. Who dares to oppose the governor of Jizhou? Getting married to Han Fu can make the Zhen family more prosperous.
After thinking about it, Zhen’s mother had to answer the review and match Pan Feng and the other two, but she didn’t expect that the second son Zhen Yan would be the prefect of Zhongshan for several years and would be the majesty. He placed the teacup heavily on the table and made a loud noise.
Zhen’s mother looked at Zhen Yan in surprise, and looked at her second son who was no longer angry and powerful, and she could not show her mother’s majesty and suppression.
"General Pan, Lord Shen, this matter is not only related to the reputation of my Zhen family, but also involves my eldest sister's lifelong happiness. We also allow us to discuss it for a while before replying. Please go to the wing room for a while. After discussing with my mother, I will definitely give you an explanation. How about it?"
Zhen Yan's words made Shen Pei look disappointed because he had already seen that Zhen's mother had acted and was interrupted by Zhen Yan when she saw that it was a good thing. However, he quickly smiled with a concealed smile: "Since that's the case, General Pan and I will retreat first and wait for the good news of Zhen's prefect."
The two left the seat and left the door, and the servant led them to the guest room.
The lobby fell into silence, Zhen’s mother looked angry and stared at Zhen Yan with a little anger in her eyes.
"One or two of you all said good things for Guo Jia, but what did Guo Jia do? He killed the legitimate son of the Wei family in Hedong County, and Tao Qian, the eldest son of Xuzhou Mu, was also killed by him. This was not enough. He ran to the feet of the emperor and fought with the Xiyuan army. My Zhen family was going to marry this son, but I don't know how many enemies they would make and how much resentment they had. You, you..."
Zhen’s mother’s heart was wafting. After drinking a little tea to moisten her lungs and ventilate, she did not turn her face and was furious.
Zhen Yu saw his mother so angry, and wanted to comfort her with bitter expressions, but Zhen Yan rushed in front of him and said lightly: "My mother, it's not that the eldest sister doesn't agree to marry the Hanzhou Mu, but that she hopes that the mother will think twice before she can do it. As the mother said, Guo Jia's crimes are so great, and the child won't defend him, but the child wants to ask his mother, Guo Jia dares to kill the legitimate son of the Wei family, don't he dare to kill the descendants of the Zhen family? Guo Jia dares to kill the legitimate son of the Taozhou Mu, don't he dare to kill the blood relative of the Hanzhou Mu? Guo Jia dares to fight with the Xiyuan army in the imperial city, don't he dare to start a massacre in Jizhou?"
Three questions made Zhen’s mother’s face turn pale in an instant, and her mind was shocked.
If he really married his daughter to Han Fu, would Guo Jia be angry and killed the Zhen family after hearing this?
"This, if Guo Jia dares to come, my son has 10,000 elite soldiers, why are you afraid of a mere man?" Zhen's mother's expression soothed a little. Zhen Yan, the prefect of Zhongshan Kingdom, had 10,000 elite soldiers, and Han Fu's subordinates also had at least 50,000.
But Zhen Yan still said lightly: "My mother, are there ten thousand elite soldiers from Zhongshan Kingdom surrounding Zhen's mansion every day? Do we brothers and sisters and mother never leave the mansion all day long? Guo Jia killed hundreds of Xiyuan army in less than ten people, and injured countless enemies. Although the child did not underestimate himself, he also knew that his elite soldiers were far inferior to the Xiyuan army."
Zhen's mother was shocked and in chaos, and asked in panic: "What should we do for the current plan? Jiang'er must not marry Guo Jia, otherwise wouldn't she implicate the Zhen family in trouble? But Jiang'er cannot marry Hanzhou Mu, otherwise the Zhen family may be in trouble. This is not enough, and that is not enough. Will Jiang'er not marry for life? She has been in her twenties this year."
"My mother, please don't worry. After my brothers and three of us discuss, we will definitely give Hanzhou Mu a satisfactory reply. Mother, please go back to your room to rest."
After Zhen Yan invited Zhen’s mother back to the backyard, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that he finally convinced his mother, Zhen Yu also secretly let go of the big stone in his heart. Only Zhen Yao smiled easily and said, "The second brother's shock and deception scared my mother very much."
However, Zhen Yan restrained his expression and said in a deep voice: "If we really marry the eldest sister to Han Fu, Fengxiao may be, I'm afraid..."
Zhen Yu heard the implicit meaning of his second brother, and immediately panicked: "It is impossible. A gentleman who is filial and sincere, and has a deep relationship with my Zhen family. How can he kill him? Second brother, don't talk nonsense, judge a gentleman with the heart of a villain."
Zhen Yan looked at the elder brother's expression and knew that the friendship between elder brother and Guo Jia was extraordinary, and his face showed a hint of bitterness: Am I a villain? Troubled times are coming, and there are no gentlemen or villains in the world, only strong and weak.
What made Zhen Yan feel relieved was that his third brother Zhen Yao stood on his side. Zhen Yao said with a blank expression: "Fengxiao is now in a desperate situation. If my Zhen family let him down again, he would really kill him regardless of his past feelings. Brother, you must understand that Fengxiao has no place to live in the world. If Fengxiao is in line with Fengxiao's character, will he care about the people in the world looking at him? What kind of gentlemen and villains are worth mentioning?"
Zhen Yu looked at the two younger brothers blankly, and he also knew that Guo Jia was at a desperate situation at this moment.
Because of this, the Zhen family should lend a helping hand at this time!
"You! You! If you don't worship filial piety, how could the Zhen family have today's glorious family business? If you don't worship filial piety, my Zhen family might have been destroyed in the Yellow Turban Rebellion! If you don't worship filial piety, Han Fu would not come to propose marriage today, but to steal people! Where are your consciences?"
Facing the elder brother's roar, Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao were stunned. Zhen Yan said inexplicably: "Brother, my third brother and I have never said that we should let Fengxiao down. My third brother and I just said that if my Zhen family really let Fengxiao down, Fengxiao will naturally become enemies with us. But I am just telling the consequences and have not made a decision."
Zhen Yu was stunned, as if he was impulsive, but he still refused to give up and forced his brothers to express his opinion and asked: "What do you think? What I mean is to let the eldest sister marry Fengxiao. No matter what Fengxiao is in the situation, my Zhen family will never let Fengxiao down."
Zhen Yan closed his eyes and said, "The eldest sister will not marry for the time being. I will discuss it again when I am filial piety."
Zhen Yao chuckled and said, "You can send the eldest sister secretly, claiming that the eldest sister eloped with Guo Jia, expel the eldest sister from the Zhen family, and then secretly help Fengxiao."
The three brothers had different attitudes, but generally they were biased towards Guo Jia. When the three of them were in a stalemate, the servant came over and whispered a few words next to Zhen Yu, and Zhen Yu's expression immediately became excited.
Chapter completed!