Chapter 3: Scheme against the wife and get cheated
"Impossible! That crazy woman Luan Ming was obviously injured by my hidden weapon coated with poison, and no one except me has the antidote!" Moller came back to his senses, and immediately raised his riding whip and drew blood on the scout's face.
The scout immediately reluctantly dismounted his horse and knelt down on his knees: "Go back to the fourth prince, I really saw it right. The two princes will know it when they step forward!"
"Fourth, don't worry, come up with me and take a look, drive!" Zayan calmed down first and rode forward.
When the two brothers arrived at the Setting Sun Pass, the scene in front of them was exactly as the scout said.
Two old soldiers were leisurely sweeping fallen leaves under the open city gate. When the city gate was closed, the melodious sound of the piano was heard. The sound was like the sound of waves, powerful and powerful. Looking carefully, it turned out to be a young Confucian scholar with an elegant appearance.
They were playing the piano and strings, and that crazy woman Luan Ming was wearing elegant palace clothes and was shaking a fan and cooking wine!
The two of them looked at each other in a flirtatious manner, knowing what they were talking about. The most annoying thing was the book boy who was lighting a charcoal stove and roasting chicken wings. He seemed to have seen Zayan and Mo Le snooping under the pass, and he actually made a smile on his face.
He had a look of disdain on his face, which was really infuriating!
"Brother, I think they are just making a fool of themselves. Why don't we rush into the city with an army and kill them all without leaving any trace behind!" Moller looked at the provocative look in the boy's eyes and his teeth itched with anger.
"Don't act rashly!" Zayan was much calmer than Melek, with solemnity written on his gloomy face. His eyes kept scanning the setting sun, trying to find some clues.
Soon, he discovered some unusual signs!
The two old soldiers seemed to be regularly stacking the fallen leaves towards the side of the city gate passage in order to cover up the deep ruts on the road!
Through the city gate, you can still see the dust flying inside the city, but the wind is not strong today, and there is no smoke and dust blowing outside the city!
The other is the little book boy. He is young and obviously not as calm as the Qingshan scholar and Princess Luanming. His disdainful expression is actually a sign of confidence!
At this moment, decades of military skills were constantly being deduced in Zhayan's mind. He just felt that he was possessed by a famous detective at this moment, and he felt happy in his heart. Haha, there is only one truth, that is, there is an ambush in the city!
"Fourth, we have a surprise attack. We don't have much food and grass. We can't hold on for a long time. We originally wanted to attack the city and break the pass to support the war. But there may be a big murderous intention in the Setting Sun Pass today. We can't take it lightly! At this time, we must save our army.
The victory comes first, we cannot fall into Luan Ming’s tricks! In my opinion, withdraw our troops as soon as possible!”
After saying that, Zayan turned his horse and returned without caring whether Mole understood it or not.
"Brother, how do you know there must be an ambush in the city? Maybe you are just pretending to be a ghost, no...Brother, listen to me...Brother, wait for me!" Moller obviously did not understand the situation and followed him without knowing what was going on.
Zayan returned to the army.
At the Setting Sun Gate, Zhang Peng and Xu Wanyi saw that Chakhtuo's army really began to withdraw after Zayan and his two men returned to the formation, and they couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Peng seemed to be playing the piano calmly, but in fact the cold sweat on his back had soaked through his clothes.
Xu Wanyi's tense heartstrings were obviously loosened, and the hand shaking the fan began to lose its rhythm.
As for Gundam, who was grilling chicken wings, he was watching the retreat of Chakhtuo's army intently, and the action of brushing oil on his hands stopped in mid-air.
"Don't let down your guard. Zayan is suspicious by nature, but he is not a fool. He will definitely send people to investigate!" Zhang Peng warned without stopping playing.
Xu Wanyi and Gundam were stunned for a moment, and then immediately resumed their previous performance state.
Sure enough, after Chakhtuo's army retreated for an hour, a scout appeared sneakily outside the range of the crossbow, looked at it from a distance for a while, and then flew back.
"Uncle, Sunset Pass, is it safe now?" The book boy Guoda wiped the sweat from his forehead and fell to the ground. His nerves had been tense just now, but now that the crisis was over, he finally felt afraid.
"Stop talking, you idiot with no eyesight. Come and give me a hand! Are you waiting for the princess to help me?" Zhang Peng finally couldn't hold on any longer. His arms ached and his legs began to wobble.
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Gao Gao hurriedly ran to Zhang Peng and helped him up. When he stood up, he turned to Xu Wanyi and said: "Princess, fortunately, I have not insulted my order. I will go back and rest first."
"This time...thank you," Xu Wanyi looked at Zhang Peng, whose legs were still trembling slightly, and smiled and thanked her.
Zhang Peng waved his hand: "Hey, if one family doesn't speak the same language, what a big deal."
Saying that, Xu Wanyi stepped forward and took Zhang Peng's hand: "Let's go together."
"Don't help me, you haven't recovered yet," Zhang Peng said no.
"It's not that I want to help you, but I don't want your trembling legs to be seen by them," Xu Wanyi whispered, her eyes signaling Zhang Peng to look inside the pass.
Zhang Peng followed Xu Wanyi's line of sight and saw the scene inside the pass at this moment. He was immediately shocked! Without him, in the setting sun pass, the soldiers and civilians of Beiting City had gathered in the inner city without knowing when. There were huge crowds of people and excited emotions.
Everyone looked at the three people on the city wall with reverence and excitement.
"The princess is mighty! The princess is mighty!"
I don’t know who started it first. The next moment, the whole setting sun pass resounded with cheers that shook the whole world.
"The princess is mighty! The princess is mighty!"
"The princess is mighty! The princess is mighty!"
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At noon, Zhang Peng's lunch at the Princess's Mansion was roasted chicken wings. As I said, it was as good as roasted chicken wings.
To Zhang Peng's surprise, Xu Wanyi sat opposite him, seemingly wanting to dine with him.
"Why don't you, princess, sort out the military affairs? You actually have time to have lunch with me?" Zhang Peng looked at Xu Wanyi's delicate face and joked.
"I'm still seriously injured, so can't I take some rest?" Xu Wanyi raised her eyebrows, her tone was still stiff, but she no longer had the feeling of being thousands of miles away from others.
"Of course it's possible, but the food in my yard has always been simple, and I'm afraid the princess won't be used to it," Zhang Peng grabbed the plump and tender chicken wings with both hands and ate to himself.
Xu Wanyi frowned, hesitated for a moment, then grabbed the chicken wings and started to bite them.
Jian Ping, who was standing behind Xu Wanyi, said with an unhappy face: "The princess is not a pampered person. When marching, it is common to eat dried vegetables and raw food. However, my uncle has always been insatiable and will not eat anything other than delicacies from the mountains and seas.
If you feel dissatisfied at all, you'll beat and scold the cook."
Zhang Peng's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help complaining about his predecessor. How good was this guy before? He bullied the weak and feared the strong!
"Okay, no need to say more," Xu Wanyi said calmly, "I am dining with you today to thank you for your life-saving grace. If you have any requests, I will naturally agree to them."
"Okay, you can give me one million dollars as a reward, okay," Zhang Pengshi said loudly.
Xu Wanyi put down the chicken wings in her hand, frowned, and her expression became a little unnatural.
"What? Your life and the lives of all the people in the city are not worth a million dollars?" Zhang Peng spit out a chicken bone very rudely.
"Uncle, are you too greedy? After this war, all the gold, silver and silk in the princess's palace were used to appease the soldiers and civilians. Where did you get a million dollars?" Jian Ping's face turned red with anger.
It seems that it is natural for Zhang Peng to save the princess and help her to defeat the enemy.
"Haha, when did it become your turn to make the decision regarding the princess' affairs?" Zhang Peng said coldly, not being used to Jian Ping at all.
In the end, Xu Wanyi said calmly: "I really don't have a million dollars in the house for you. Can you make another request?"
Zhang Peng rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Okay, don't leave tonight and take good care of me. I don't want a million dollars!"
Xu Wanyi was startled and looked at Zhang Peng in disbelief.
"Shameless! Stop dreaming. You can covet the innocent body of the princess?" Jianping was furious, pointed at Zhang Peng and cursed, "Back then, your Zhang family committed a major crime against the Yi tribe. If it weren't for the country,
My father-in-law accepted you as my son-in-law because of old friendship, and the grass on your grave has grown three feet high!"
"That is Duke Liang's way of repaying my Zhang family's life-saving grace. Taking me into the princess's mansion can only be regarded as repaying the kindness," Zhang Peng said as if he and his wife were settling accounts. "Princess, I will not force you."
You, you write me an IOU for one million yuan, when will it be paid off, when will it be calculated, hehe, princess, you won’t be cheating, will you?”
At this time, Xu Wanyi, who was originally shy, suddenly laughed out loud. She looked at Zhang Peng and said shockingly: "Look at your aggressive behavior. If I don't agree, you should force me to marry you."
The document has been abolished, right?"
Zhang Peng was shocked and looked at Xu Wanyi with wide eyes. He did not expect that his plan would be seen through so quickly.
"You... so what, if you don't have a million dollars, then let me go free and tell the world!" Zhang Peng simply stopped pretending and showed off his cards.
"In this case, I will settle the accounts with you." Xu Wanyi smiled and took out a small Xiuzhen abacus and a large stack of bills from her sleeves. "You just said that from the day you entered the house, our Xu family and your
The Zhang family's debt has been cleared up, I heard you right."
Damn it! This woman can’t be serious, can she? What is she holding in her hand? She doesn’t have receipts for all the expenses for food and clothing since my predecessor entered the house, does she?
Zhang Peng was shocked and felt chills running down his spine! This time, the situation was completely reversed!
I saw Xu Wanyi smiling at the corner of her mouth at a 45-degree angle, tapping the bill with one hand, and quickly dialing the abacus with the other hand: "On the eighth day of the first lunar month in the 21st year of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Peng had a banquet at Fuming Tower and spent 630 yuan!
On the 23rd day of the first lunar month of the 21st year of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Peng competed for the prize on a boat in Tanhu, Xizhou, and threw eight hundred and sixty taels of gold!
Yuanhe twenty-one years...
Yuanhe twenty-two years...
Yuanhe twenty-three years...
The first year of Kaiping..."
Zhang Peng looked at the bill in Xu Wanyi's hand and had only calculated half of it. The number he came up with was already close to the one million mark. Unconsciously, he was sweating profusely.
"Wait! Princess, please be merciful!" Zhang Peng saw that the count had reached one million. Xu Wanyi had no intention of stopping. Knowing that he was doomed today, he stood up quickly and forced a smile on his face.
"I was just joking."
"Oh? Are you joking? But I, the princess, take it seriously!" Xu Wanyi smiled playfully at Zhang Peng, holding the other half of the uncalculated bill in her hand, "Where is the other half? Don't say it, there must be more.
One million dollars! What? Husband, you don’t want to default on the debt, do you?”
"Hmph, if I want to default on my debt, what can you do to me?" Zhang Peng was completely at his wits' end and glared at Xu Wanyi angrily, "Now that all the people in Canyang Pass are grateful to me, how dare you harm me!"
"Of course I won't harm you. I will only let you stay in this courtyard forever and never step out. As for the marriage documents... I won't give them to you even if they die in my hands!" Xu Wanyi stared back at Zhang Peng fearlessly.
The two just stared at each other, neither of them willing to give in.
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Zhang Peng suppressed his face and turned red, but finally compromised, "One million yuan, right? I'll pay it back, but it must be repaid in installments within three years!"
"You want to exchange one million guan for a new document? Don't I have to calculate the interest for four years?" Xu Wanyi asked with a smile, "One price, 10 million guan!"
"You are blackmailing! You owe me one million and you want me to pay back ten million?" Zhang Peng cracked.
"I won't give it to you even if it dies in my hands," Xu Wanyi smiled.
"Eight million strings! No more!" Zhang Peng's heart was bleeding.
"I won't give it to you even if it dies in my hands!" Xu Wanyi was still smiling.
"Ahhh! Okay, 10 million yuan! Once you pay it off, I will be free. Let's sign the treaty now!" Zhang Peng was completely helpless at this moment, but for the sake of freedom, he had to sign an unequal treaty.
"Jianping, bring me pen, ink, paper and inkstone..."
After a while of burning incense, only Zhang Peng was left in the room, as well as the black and white writing on the desk.
"Three million guan, how long will it take to pay back this?" Zhang Peng sighed, "How could your damn predecessor be so good at making it! It would be a great pleasure for you to die, leaving me to work for you to pay off your debts.
Alas, I didn’t expect that traveling back to ancient times would still cost 996...
Not to mention how Zhang Peng adjusted his mood in the room, Xu Wanyi returned to the main courtyard of the princess's mansion at this moment. In the living room, an old man in black robes was sitting at the table drinking tea.
"Grandpa Qin, I'm back," Xu Wanyi changed her arrogant attitude in front of Zhang Peng, and now she actually smiled, quite a bit like a little girl's joyful state of succeeding in her prank.
Grandpa Qin put down the teacup and looked at Xu Wanyi fondly: "Princess, is Zhang Peng ready for the game?"
"Haha, just as Grandpa Qin expected," Xu Wanyi also sat at the table and poured herself a cup of tea, "He really coerced and induced me to exchange for the marriage documents. Fortunately, Grandpa Qin had a clever trick. This time,
He can't escape!"
"Hahaha, although this kid is full of tricks, he is still a little immature. If it takes another three years, maybe I won't be able to trick him," Grandpa Qin said with a smile, stroking his beard.
"Grandpa Qin, are you praising him too much? He used to be called one of the three losers in Liangzhou!" Xu Wanyi was somewhat disapproving, "This time he made a surprise plan to retreat from the enemy. I don't think he can prove much."
"It doesn't prove much?" Grandpa Qin glanced at Xu Wanyi, and then said sternly, "Princess, I'm afraid you and I were deceived by Zhang Peng's wild appearance in the past."
"Huh? I'd like to hear the details," Xu Wanyi suddenly became serious when she saw Grandpa Qin. She also put down her tea cup and became serious.
"His ancestor Zhang is a folk doctor. He cured the princess's strange poison this time. He must have learned the true medical skills. This is one of them," Grandpa Qin said word for word. "The fact that he escaped and returned shows that he still knows the truth in his heart."
A person who repays kindness, this is the second one; he dares to offer his advice in the face of danger, and does his duty without giving in, which shows that he has some national justice, this is the third one; when the army is pressing down on the city, he calmly plays the harp without fear, which shows that he is brave and fearless
, extremely strong-willed, this is the fourth one!"
After saying these four items, Xu Wanyi suddenly felt that Zhang Peng's image in her heart immediately became different. How should I say, has he become taller or not?
"Princess, setting sun pass can miraculously defeat the enemy. These four are indispensable. Do you really think that the empty city plan is so easy to sing? If he is not here, it is you who will face Chakhtuo's 50,000 army alone, and then
Yun Danfeng plays the piano and strings lightly, can you do better than him?" Grandpa Qin asked.
"This... I may not be able to do it," Xu Wanyi thought carefully and then said discouragedly.
"So, you must keep him in the house for your use," Grandpa Qin stroked his beard again, "Humph, this boy has extraordinary abilities but has hidden them. He has been sneaking around, eating, drinking and having fun in the past few years. I want to
Leaving so easily? Do you really think that there is no one in our Beiting army?"
Hearing this, Xu Wanyi immediately imagined a story about a scumbag: the protagonist Zhang Peng is a talented person, but after getting married, he completely ignored his family and career and only focused on enjoying himself, while his wife had to work hard outside.
In addition to his career, he also has to provide Zhang Peng with food, drink and fun!
Thinking of this, Xu Wanyi only felt aggrieved and angry. She slapped the table subconsciously and gritted her teeth and said, "You stinky man, how dare you lie to me for so many years! I want you to repay me twice as much!"