Zheng Qiyan naturally knew how Shen Miaolian worked tirelessly in the temple. He looked back on the past while flipping through Jintong's Thirty-Six Strategies that Gongsun Wuji had copied for him.
In the ninth year of Taihe, the regent who had been dormant for many years recuperating his strength rebelled, changed the country's name to "Pei", established himself as a virtuous emperor, and launched an army in Weinan, making great progress along the way.
The old Maozi in the north was eyeing the enemy, and the Marquis of Jingbei led his two sons to resist with all their strength, but was unable to return to the capital to protect him. The Marquis of Xiping led a hundred thousand troops to make devious maneuvers, and dealt with the regent, but was almost defeated in every battle.
At that time, people in Beijing were in panic, and various forces took the opportunity to fight against each other. It was revealed that the old Marquis Jian'an had a close relationship with the regent. The Holy Lord ordered the house to be ransacked, and hundreds of people in the Marquis's mansion were imprisoned.
Zheng Qiyan didn't know about this until half a month later. The blood of the Zheng family was flowing in his body. The Zheng family was in trouble. Although he was a concubine, the family raised him in Huben Mountain to learn martial arts since he was a child, so it was not treated lightly. , he naturally has the responsibility to protect the Zheng family.
So Zheng Qiyan asked his mentor for instructions, and led three hundred martial arts disciples from Huben Mountain to form a blood alliance and prepare to protect him as a diligent teacher.
Zheng Qiyan and Gongsun Wuji formulated a strategy that later generations called "the virtuous strategy of exterminating children and grandchildren": 300 people and more than a thousand cavalry attacked day and night, detoured to Weinan, and rushed into the regent's palace. They burned, killed, and looted, and captured the regent Chong alive. There were dozens of concubines and children, and they were dragged all the way from Weinan to Shangjing, threatening the regent who had already arrived at Shangjing.
Along the way, dozens of pampered concubine sons died, and a dozen of them died. Gongsun Wuji, who lacked great virtue, leisurely took two cart drivers and personally delivered a dozen corpses to the Regent's military camp, euphemistically calling them people. Death is the most important thing, and the deceased should be returned to the regent to be buried in peace. The living will continue to suffer and atone for the crime of rebellion for the regent. Zheng Qiyan, who is also immoral in the five elements, will kneel and tie the remaining 30 hostages outside Shangjing City as a symbol of peace. humiliation.
The regent was furious and wanted to kill Gongsun Wuji.
Gongsun Wuji looked calm: "I am a lonely star in the sky. My wife and children are dead. Now I am dead. It is no shame. Is it possible that the regent envies me and wants to imitate me and live alone?"
The regent knew that if he killed Gongsun Lao'er at this time, Zheng Qiyan would definitely kill several of his wives, concubines, and children to vent his anger, so he had no choice but to slash the table with his sword in anger.
He only had two adult sons left with the army, and a dozen of his sons were captured alive by Zheng Qiyan. Among them were the three sons he had always valued and focused on cultivating. If he was asked to give up, he couldn't do it! And give up this Huahua who was about to get it. Jiangshan, not to mention that he couldn't do it, even his two sons who were fighting with the army wouldn't allow it.
After weighing the pros and cons, he had no choice but to pretend to be kind to Gongsun Wuji. The regent planned to make peace with Gongsun Laoer for the time being, to stabilize Zheng Qiyan behind him, and then think of a way to save his favorite third son no matter what.
Unexpectedly, Gongsun Wuji cooperated with others and instigated a rebellion against the two sons of the regent. The two sons were afraid that the regent would be soft-hearted in order to save his other brothers, so they sent troops to attack him that night.
Zheng Qiyan used the regent's family as bait, luring his two sons into an ambush without knowing it, and triumphantly massacred all the hostages. As a result, the dead men secretly planted by Zheng Qiyan set off explosives, killing more than half of them, and were ambushed all around. The archers shot them down with a hail of arrows, and not a single one of them survived.
The Marquis of Xiping led 30,000 elite men, and took advantage of the regent's two sons to lead troops to sneak attack. They counterattacked the regent's camp with lightning speed.
The regent's generals, under the spell of Gongsun Wuji, took no precautions. However, due to one night's negligence, the 200,000 troops approaching the city fell apart, and more than a dozen of the regent's sons died.
Only one step away from victory, one step short of success, and the hatred of killing his son is irreconcilable. How can you endure such a shame and humiliation!
The regent, who had fled in panic, hid back in Weinan, organized his remaining troops and prepared for a comeback. He hated Zheng Qiyan, a bastard, and wished he could eat his flesh alive.
There were still three pounds of nails in the broken ship. The regent had been running the business for many years and there were many hidden clues buried in various places. He knew that Zheng Qiyan had a family in Huben Mountain, so he sent a team of people to hide in Huben Mountain and search around, preparing to retaliate and assassinate Zheng Qiyan's family.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Qiyan had been prepared, and his eldest son Zheng Yu was escorted to Beijing by the Shen Deye brothers. However, Shen Miaolan was pregnant and had difficulty traveling long distances, so she had to be taken care of by her sister Shen Miaolian personally and hid near Huben Mountain.
The two daughters-in-law and several young sons of the Shen family who stayed in Huben Mountain were all tortured and interrogated to death. In order to save their two daughters and grandson, the Shen family's parents held their own grandson to divert some of the regent's pursuing troops, but both died. Under the knife.
The Shen sisters hid in Tibet and were exhausted, but Shen Miaolan finally couldn't support her anymore and died of hemorrhage after giving birth to a daughter early.
Shen Miaolian, a fourteen-year-old girl, took a swaddling baby alone, evaded many pursuits, and finally arrived in Beijing. Both of them were dying and almost could not be saved.
The regent's secret sentry buried in Shangjing made several attempts to silence Zheng Yu and Zheng Zheng. Two brothers of the Shen family, Shen Deye and Shen Changlu, tried to save Zheng Yu, but they were both seriously injured and died.
The whole family of the Shen family was devoted to protecting their master, except for the young daughter Shen Miaolian, not to mention that Shen Miaolian almost died trying to save Zheng Zhan. Zheng Qiyan always kept such a great kindness in mind, so even if Shen Miaolian did anything too much Zheng Qiyan generally doesn't care about his behavior.
Zheng Qiyan originally planned that since there was only one orphan left in the Shen family, it would be better to set up a female household for Shen Miaolian and recruit men to live in the house. This would at least leave a root for the Shen family.
Helpless, Zheng Zhan only recognized Shen Miaolian, and would cry uncontrollably if he left her for even a moment. Zheng Zhan, a weakling born prematurely, could still survive after traveling nearly a thousand miles with Shen Miaolian. It was a miracle. Zheng Qiyan was heartbroken. Shen Miaolan died in childbirth, and she loved this little girl even more. She was afraid that Zheng Zhan would have some shortcomings, so she could only entrust Shen Miaolian to take good care of Zheng Zhan.
Later, Zheng Qiyan used his military exploits to clear away the grievances of the Marquis of Jian'an. Unfortunately, almost all the Marquis of Jian'an died in prison, leaving only the disabled third son Zheng Qishuo. The Holy Lord showed his favor and restored the title of Marquis of Jian'an. , returned the family property, and made an exception to allow Zheng Qishuo, who was already disabled, to assume the title of Marquis of Jian'an.
In order to ensure that there was a successor for the Marquis of Jian'an, Madam Zhen took the initiative to adopt Zheng Qisho's eldest son Zheng Yu into the name of Zheng Qishuo and make him the eldest son of the Marquis of Jian'an. Zheng Qiyan knew that if Zheng Yu still followed him, he would only be a bastard and would not have the right to inherit him. title, so I did not object.
Zheng Qiyan himself was granted the title of Marquis of Pingning and opened a new mansion to live in. In order to facilitate Shen Miaolian to take care of Zheng Zhan, Shen Miaolian could only temporarily take the name of her sister and call her Zheng Zhan's biological mother, the Marquis of Pingning. Concubine. But in fact, Zheng Qiyan has not even touched Shen Miaolian for so many years. He thought that when Zheng Zhan grew up, he would follow the original plan and help Shen Miaolian set up a female household in Shangjing and recruit a bride.
At first, Shen Miaolian wholeheartedly took care of Zheng Zhan and had no other thoughts. She would leave the house when Zheng Zhan was older. But in the Pingning Marquis Mansion, everything was full of wealth and honor. How could the human heart withstand the temptation? Gradually, it became beyond recognition.
Shen Miaolian was getting greedy. She knew that she looked a lot like her sister, so she tried her best to get close to Zheng Qiyan, but she never succeeded. Shen Miaolian thought that Zheng Qiyan was too guilty of her Shen family, so she didn't want her to As a concubine, she dreamed of becoming the wife of the Marquis of Pingning.
The Holy Lord was suspicious, and the Marquis of Jian'an and the Marquis of Pingning were too popular. Zheng Qishuo, who was crippled, not only succeeded in seizing the title of Marquis of Jian'an, but was also responsible for the salt affairs, which everyone envied. In order to keep a low profile, Zheng Qiyan only married a large number of people. In the Qingliu family, Lan, the legitimate daughter of an ordinary Beijing official compiled by the Hanlin Academy, was the first wife.
Zheng Qiyan looked back on the past and sighed a lot. How could he not know that Shen Miaolian had feelings for him? It was just that Zheng Zhan was extremely dependent on Shen Miaolian, and he could not move Shen Miaolian out of the house. He always wanted to He waited until Zheng Zhan was older before he started to argue with her. However, Shen Miaolian continued to do whatever she wanted as she continued to drag him along.
Alas, I was only busy running the business outside and neglecting the house, causing Lan to lose her life in vain. Fortunately, Jintong was able to hold on, suppressed and punished Shen Miaolian, and kept the Pingning Hou Mansion in order. Now he only has I can take advantage of this incident to lock up Shen Miaolian in the family temple and give her a good beating. If she repentes, then forget about it and help her recruit a man to her house. If she still doesn't repent, then I have to let her reunite with the Shen family.
Zheng Yu is now the prince of the Marquis of Jian'an, and he is quite talented at a young age. Zheng Zheng has been taught by Jintong and studied at the Zuo family school. It will be easy to find a good husband in the future. Both brothers and sisters are half of the Shen family. The Shen family's spirits are in heaven and they will definitely be able to understand him.
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As time goes by, Shen Miaolian is no longer the innocent girl she was before. She has been with her sister since she was a child. When the girl was young, she also secretly fell in love with Zheng Qiyan. However, at that time, Zheng Qiyan was just a bastard whose biological mother died young. Shan Xueyi was taken care of by the Shen family on a daily basis and did not appear to be very wealthy, so Shen Miaolian's admiration was just admiration.
Her parents told her again that in the future, they would ask Zheng Qiyan to raise her as a citizen, help her find a wealthy family, write three books and six etiquettes, provide twelve dowries, and marry her off. Shen Miaolian wanted to be a decent lady, so she She didn't want to be like her sister, a concubine who was not favored by a noble family and had no status or status.
Therefore, Shen Miaolian, who took her sister's name as her concubine, did not think too much at first. She just wanted to help her sister raise Zheng Zhan, and then leave the house by herself.
But gradually, she couldn't bear to live in this wealthy and wealthy Marquis' Mansion. Mrs. Zhen was older and lived in Jian'an Marquis' Mansion. She only cared a lot about Pingning Marquis Zheng Qiyan verbally and rarely reached out to Pingning Marquis' Mansion. Come inside. So even though Shen Miaolian did a lot of extraordinary things, for the sake of the Shen family, no one really cared about her. This also nourished Shen Miaolian's ambition.
Shen Miaolian didn't know that she was lucky, so she did things more and more excessively.
Lan had a soft character, and she felt guilty because she had no children after living in Pingninghou's house for a long time. Shen Miaolian easily took her into his hands and even harmed her life.
Shen Miaolian thought about getting rid of Jintong and spreading the reputation of Pingning Hou Ke's wife. Next, Zheng Qiyan wanted to marry a noble girl, which would only become more difficult. Then she tried to find a way to seduce Zheng Qiyan with her. With skin-to-skin contact, the position of Madam Pingning is within reach.
Everything was obviously going according to plan, but why did it turn out like this? Shen Miaolian, who had failed repeatedly, lay in Siguo Zhai and reflected on what went wrong?
She thought that everything she did was unnoticed, but after all, she was born as a domestic slave and had been with Zheng Qiyan with her family since she was a child. She was the youngest daughter in the family, and her two brothers and one sister loved her very much, and they didn't care at all. What kind of intrigue exists.
The Shen family serves Zheng Qiyan, a rough man who is dedicated to learning martial arts and military arts. They have a simple population and live a happy life. How can they compare to Mrs. Zhen, who has withstood the storms and waves, has vision and scheming? She thinks everything is watertight, In the final analysis, it doesn’t even count as doing what you do best.
So when Jintong made a bold move and unceremoniously dug out Shen Miaolian, the rotten sore in the Marquis' Mansion, Mrs. Zhen would only help her along the way. And for the sake of the future of Marquis Ning, Zheng Qiyan had no time to help Jintong, so how could he do it again? To protect Shen Miaolian.
Shen Miaolian was puzzled, but she could see her situation clearly and reluctantly kept a low profile for the time being, waiting for Zheng Qiyan to return before making plans.