dognovel Chapter 938: The Young Marquis's Broken Engagement Wife (6)
Chapter 938: The Young Marquis's Broken Engagement Wife (6)
Compared with life and wealth, staying alive is more important.
Unfortunately, some things are often unavoidable. Huier met the drunk Huo Qingyang one night and ultimately could not escape the disaster.
She had saved money to redeem herself, so after Huo Qingyang fell asleep, Hui'er secretly returned to her room, pretending that nothing had happened.
However, this matter could be hidden from others, but it could not escape Huo Xu's eyes.
But after seeing Hui'er who only wanted to protect herself, he did not confess the matter.
I thought it was just an accident, but Hui'er became pregnant, and during that time Huo Xu was also "forced" to get married.
"Go and ask the old lady, how about we become a fake couple?" Huo Xu found Hui'er and asked, "You can give birth to this child or abort it, and I won't touch you. We'll just be a couple in name only."
Hui'er had already made up her mind to die at that time. After all, she would choose between being beaten to death with a stigma or committing suicide.
However, with the third option now available, Huier's will to survive resurfaced.
They soon got married, and later Huier gave birth to a relatively healthy son prematurely.
"You...you!" Luo Yue said in disbelief, "Do you know that your behavior is just cheating on yourself?"
Huo Xu said nonchalantly, "Luoyue, when you and Miss Shangguan left, the Marquis always thought you would come back, but I knew you wouldn't. When I married Hui'er, I thought that if I could save a life with my marriage, it would actually be worth it."
"Don't think that I will believe you just because you say that!" Luoyue said this, but her ears turned red for a rare time.
This fierce shopkeeper now has some of the coquettish behavior of a little girl.
When the two were about to say something, they heard a knock on the door.
"Okay, let's talk about these things later. I'm going to go talk to the eldest young master about this." Luo Yue's gesture of turning around and leaving made Huo Xu feel that she was fleeing in panic.
That night, Shangguan Ruoyu looked at the pattern sent by Luoyue, and combined with the news from the capital, he was almost certain that the so-called man in the bamboo hat was the man from the Fang family in the capital who faked his death with the government money - Fang Maoqing.
"A traitor!" Shangguan Xiong was furious after hearing the news from his nephew. Over the years, countless soldiers had died because of Fang Maoqing's conspiracy.
Just when they were thinking of setting up another trap to completely get rid of this person, Sher Khan's younger brother Murui Khan sent people to negotiate.
This time the envoy was obviously much more humble than before.
"General Shangguan, there is no deep hatred between us these years. Casualties in war are inevitable!" the envoy advised. "In fact, we just want to obtain the resources we need to survive.
We, Murui Khan, believe that instead of plundering, it would be better to open up a trade and exchange goods for goods, which is the long-term solution."
"New Khan?" Shangguan Xiong knew that it was common for "that chair" to be replaced, but Dur Khan was no ordinary person. "Where is your Dur Khan?"
"Unfortunately, he contracted an acute illness and has returned to God's arms!" The messenger's eyes only showed a hint of regret, but only for a moment. He immediately added, "As a token of our sincerity, we have a gift for General Shangguan. Please accept it."
The messenger waved to his followers, and Fang Maoqing, who made Shangguan Xiong grit his teeth in hatred, was brought up tied up.
The most important thing is that this person is dying.
According to the messenger, Fang Maoqing was seriously injured during the last mission, and they were short of medical care and medicine, so he has never recovered.
Some time ago, a monthly meeting was held in the military tent. He accidentally drank Dur Khan's wine. Although it was not much, he didn't know who poisoned the wine. After a simple treatment, he became like this.
As soon as these words were spoken, almost everyone present knew the approximate cause of Dur Khan's death.
Except for the simple-minded Shangguan Ruojing.
because
"Since he drank your Dur Khan's wine, did your Khan drink it himself?" Shangguan Ruojing said this with a look of curiosity on his face. "I remember that he seemed to have a good alcohol tolerance."
The envoy glanced at the others present and saw that they had not stopped Shangguan Ruojing from asking questions. He could only say implicitly, "Dul Khan passed away on the second day of the gathering."
Shangguan Xiong and Shangguan Ruoyu looked at each other and knew what was going on.
Shangguan Ruoyu quickly stopped his brother from asking more questions and said to the envoy, "We understand your Khan Murui's intentions, but we cannot make the final decision on matters such as trade. However, we will report to the court and issue a set of regulations as soon as possible.
In addition, to show our sincerity, we are willing to release some of the prisoners."
The messenger also agreed.
After the others left, Shangguan Ruojing asked doubtfully, "Why let those people go? This will give us less leverage."
"What are you thinking! Let go of those who are injured and can't work, but still need to eat!" Shangguan Ruoyu looked at his brother with some dismay and said, "Those strong laborers should continue to undergo labor reform!"