Chapter 1051 The deal is done, Cui Zheng reluctantly agrees
Historically, Zhu Wen only proclaimed himself emperor for five years, and then he was killed by Zhu Yougui because he stole his son Zhu Yougui's wife.
After Zhu Wen's death, ten Jiedu envoys emerged one after another in the territory of the Tang Dynasty and proclaimed themselves emperors, which was considered the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
In this time and space, when Zhu Wen snatched Zhu Yougui's wife, he killed Zhu Yougui by the way.
This is where history took a fork in the road.
Today's Liang Emperor Zhu Wen, although he is seventy-five years old and is still very stupid and unethical in his work, he firmly controls the power of the Liang Dynasty because of the "tattooed military system".
Houliang, which was supposed to have been destroyed twelve years after its founding, miraculously existed for twenty years.
Moreover, Emperor Zhu Wen of the Liang Dynasty continued to attack other countries, and he had the momentum to dominate the world and swallow up the whole world.
"Master Su, what should we do now? Can you still take us back?"
Cui Zhengshi never thought about going against the most powerful Emperor Liang in the world.
Therefore, she had been suffering these days and nights, wondering whether to give her daughter away.
That is to say, Su Mingzhe came here today. If it had been a few days later, Mrs. Cui Zheng might not be able to bear the psychological torture and sacrifice her daughter.
Su Mingzhe noticed this and couldn't help but chuckled:
"Madam, don't be afraid. This is the Taihang Mountains. If we want to go back, we only need to climb a few mountains and we can go back."
"Master Su, you said 'crossing the Taihang Mountains'? Is there no other way to go?"
Cui Zheng was stunned when she heard this.
After just a few days of hiding in the Taihang Mountains, she was already tortured and even found that she had lice.
If we had to cross the entire Taihang Mountains back to the Tang Dynasty, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to do it within a month or two, right?
After just a brief thought, Cui Zheng started to back down.
Seeing this, Su Mingzhe could only shrug and said:
"Of course there are other ways. Madam can change her appearance a little, change the direction, and then go back by another way."
"However, Miss Cui's portraits should be all over Daliang City now. If she doesn't want to enter the Daliang Palace to accompany the seventy-five-year-old Liang Emperor Zhu Wen, it would be better to cross the Taihang Mountains, which will be safer. .”
When Cui Zheng heard that Su Mingzhe wanted her mother and daughter to separate, she began to be in a dilemma again.
She neither wanted to cross the Taihang Mountains nor dared to let her daughter walk with a group of strangers.
After all, her daughter Cui Yingying is really beautiful, the kind that would captivate a country.
What if Su Mingzhe acted recklessly and her daughter didn't know how to resist... Thinking about this outcome, Ms. Cui Zheng felt like her internal organs were being twisted with knives.
At this time, it was the matchmaker who took the opportunity to persuade:
"Madam, don't worry, I will protect you."
"All right."
Cui Zhengshi hesitated again and again, but finally lost to reality.
The next day.
With the help of Su Mingzhe, Cui Zheng changed a new route, concealed her name, pretended to be a business traveler, and slowly rushed towards the Yellow River Ferry in Yongle County.
During the few days of hiding in Tibet in Taihang Shandong, Cui Zheng, who was originally charming, lost a lot of weight. Xu Laobanniang, who was originally forty years old and still charming, now has a lot of white hair, and even has a dull complexion, and is five or six years old. A ten-year-old woman is no different.
Let her pretend to be the housekeeper, and no one will doubt her along the way.
After Cui Zheng left, Su Mingzhe did not take Cui Yingying to cross the Taihang Mountains.
Taihang Mountain not only has steep peaks but also steep terrain.
If such a delicate girl like Cui Yingying were to climb mountains and ridges, she would have to lose several kilograms of meat.
And Cui Yingying has a slender figure. In Su Mingzhe's opinion, she is neither fat nor thin, just right.
If he lost a few pounds because of walking over mountains and ridges, Su Mingzhe would consider that as his own loss.
Therefore, after Cui Zheng left, Su Mingzhe took Cui Yingying and his party, traveling day and night, and quietly hurried back to Luoyang.
Then we took a boat back to the Yellow River Ferry in Yongle County.
Wait half a month.
Su Mingzhe had eaten Cui Yingying all over his body several times.
The team escorting Cui Zhengshi came back in a hurry.
Naturally, the changes in Cui Yingying's body cannot be hidden from Cui Zheng.
Seeing that it was a done deal, Cui Zheng could only hold her nose and admit it:
"You two have done such shameless things and ruined the reputation of my Cui family. However, if you want me to agree to your marriage, you two need to agree to three conditions."
"Ma'am, please speak!"
Su Mingzhe had just tasted Cui Yingying's graceful jade body, and it was difficult to refuse Cui Zheng at this time.
Cui Zheng suppressed her anger and stated the first condition.
As a thousand-year-old family, the Bolingcui family must abide by the minimum Confucian cultural system even if it declines.
When a parent is bereaved, the children must observe filial piety for twenty-seven months. During this period, they cannot "release obedience and auspiciousness."
Cui Xiangguo died of illness last winter.
Calculating the time, the two could not officially hold their wedding until May or June of the third year of Jianxi in the Tang Dynasty.
Su Mingzhe naturally didn't care about this. After all, it was just a matter of getting married late, and it didn't affect the two of them from doing bad things.
Cui Yingying and Su Mingzhe thought the same thing.
The two men nodded immediately, indicating that they agreed to this condition.
"Second, Mr. Su, although you are now in charge of five thousand soldiers and horses, you have no official and no rank. How are you different from that bandit?"
Cui Zhengshi said seriously:
"I want you to be at least a third-rank official within two years, otherwise you will not be worthy of my Cui family!"
"Madam, don't worry, it's just a third-grade project. It will be completed in less than two years, by the end of this year."
Su Mingzhe has only traveled through time for less than a month and is already in charge of five thousand troops.
In the next few months, he only needs to follow the steps and expand the number of soldiers and horses under his command to 30,000, so that Datang and Daliang can compete for him.
When the time comes, not to mention the third grade, but the first grade, the emperors of the two countries will also award it to themselves.
Of course.
Su Mingzhe can also rely on 30,000 troops to establish himself as emperor and fight for the world.
In short, Su Mingzhe did not pay attention to a mere third-rank official position.
"You said that yourself."
When Cui Zheng saw Su Mingzhe being so arrogant, she couldn't help but snorted coldly:
"If you can't do it, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Su Mingzhe ignored Cui Zheng's unfriendly attitude and smiled:
"Madam, let's talk about the third condition!"
Cui Zhengshi paused and then said:
"When I was chased by bandits disguised as Liang Bing, my master's coffin was abandoned outside Weibo City. If you want to marry Yingying, you should help her fulfill your filial piety and let my master be buried as soon as possible."
"This isn't difficult either."
Regarding Cui Xiangguo's coffin, Cui Yingying also raised it. Su Mingzhe had already sent someone to take care of it, so there was no problem at all.
Cui Zheng saw that the three conditions she proposed were all agreed to by the two of them, and she wanted to make things more difficult. However, remembering that her family was still under the protection of Su Mingzhe, she could only suppress the anger in her heart.
In anger, Mrs. Cui Zheng could only glare at the matchmaker fiercely, then turned around and took her daughter away from Su Mingzhe's handsome tent.