ebookland Chapter 339 The mysterious visitor
Chapter 339 The mysterious visitor
Shen Tingzhi had never calmed down and carefully thought about the interests involved before.
He always thought that Shen Tianjiao and the Zhenbei Marquisate were now powerful enough, and it would be no problem for them to protect Li Muyang and allow him to ascend the throne smoothly in the future.
But he forgot the horror of those people with ulterior motives. Their greed and desire could swallow Li Muyang at any time.
I really can't be so willful in the future. It's time to calm down and return to my original position.
His elder brother Shen Yiyang is going to inherit the mantle and title of Marquis of Zhenbei. Yunli needs someone to stabilize the court and even more so, someone to guard the border to ensure that Yunli is not invaded by foreign enemies.
His third brother, Shen Xinghao, is honest and irritable, doesn't like reading, and never uses his brain except in fighting. Asking him to enter the court to assist in government affairs is no different from being a cannon fodder and sending himself to die.
So now he is not only responsible for the life and death of his sister and nephew, but also the honor and disgrace of the Shen family of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion.
After figuring it out, Shen Tingzhi calmly accepted the arrangement of fate for him.
Children from aristocratic families like them were not born to live for themselves.
They live for the honor and glory of their family. Now he is just changing the way to continue the family's mission.
"Jiaojiao, I understand what you mean. Don't worry, I'll return to Shangjing and stay there peacefully after I finish my work here."
"I will become your strongest assistant, help you completely stabilize the government, support Mu'er, and ascend the throne as emperor in the future."
When Shen Tingzhi was running around outside taking risks all day, Shen Tianjiao was always worried. But now that Shen Tingzhi has personally promised to return to Shangjing and stay in Shangjing to help her in the future, she feels that doing so is unfair to Shen Tingzhi.
This person is so contradictory and always worried about gains and losses.
"Second brother, I know you have lofty ambitions in your heart. You shouldn't be trapped in the court."
"I promise you, as long as the government is stable and Mu'er is older and able to rule the country, I will let you travel around the world, give you freedom, and let you do whatever you want."
This is the greatest guarantee Shen Tianjiao can give to Shen Tingzhi now. In her previous life, she knew the wind of freedom, and knew how unattainable and precious it was to people like them.
Imprisoning Shen Tingzhi in a cage was neither her original intention nor her wish.
When the time is right in the future, she is really willing to set Shen Tingzhi free and let him do what he wants.
"Okay, Jiaojiao's words, I'll remember them."
Shen Tingzhi didn't actually take Shen Tianjiao's promise to heart. It wasn't that he didn't trust his sister, but there were too many unpredictable things in the future.
We don’t know what will happen tomorrow, so why think about something so far away?
The most important thing now is to walk the current path well and do the current things well.
When he gave up his military career and took up the civil service, wasn't his hope to use his meager power to change the current corruption and inaction in the officialdom?
Now my sister has provided me with a bigger platform to realize my ideals and ambitions. Isn’t this the fulfillment of my dream?
The dream has come true, so what else is there to say? Just move forward courageously.
"Jiaojiao, it's late at night and the wind is strong on the mountain. Let's go down the mountain."
The mountain breeze blowing on Shen Tingzhi's face made him feel itchy, not to mention that Shen Tianjiao was a weak woman.
"Well, okay, let's go down the mountain. We still have a lot of things to do tomorrow."
When the brother and sister were about to go down the mountain, Shen Tianjiao looked up and suddenly saw a carriage coming from the distance outside the temple.
It’s not that Shen Tianjiao’s eyesight is so good, she can see the carriage coming from a distance even from such a long distance.
But the carriage was so eye-catching that it was hard for Shen Tianjiao not to notice it.
Even when other people's carriages were traveling at night, they would only hang a lamp outside the carriage. However, the carriage that Shen Tianjiao saw was different. It was completely hung with lanterns.
In addition to being particularly eye-catching and highlighting the luxury and financial strength of its owner, it also gives people a feeling of being rich and stupid.
Looking at the carriage, Shen Tianjiao couldn't help but sigh, "I underestimated Wang Yunzhi after all. He actually managed to invite this person here."
"Yes, it's really unexpected that he can come." Shen Tingzhi also looked at the carriage and fell into deep thought.
"We just took over Zuiyue Tower from him, and now he's come to Huguo Temple again. Is it true, as the rumors say, that he will not live long?"
"And his unworthy descendants were destined to be unable to protect his vast estate. To prevent it from being divided up after his death, they began to seek shelter everywhere, right?"
"It seems that tomorrow's big show is going to be really exciting and exciting."
Shen Tingzhi looked at the carriage that was getting closer and closer, turned around and said to Shen Tianjiao, "Let's go. If we don't go down the mountain now, we will miss the excitement tomorrow."
The brother and sister went down the mountain with the help of the dim light. When they reached the foot of the mountain, they just saw the owner of the luxurious and ostentatious carriage being welcomed to the guest room to rest.
Shen Tianjiao turned her head curiously and took a look. It was a wealthy old man who was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had several jade pendants hanging around his waist.
But for some reason, Shen Tianjiao always had a very strange feeling when she saw him.
The man seemed to notice the gaze from a distance and looked back for a long time.
Shen Tianjiao pulled Shen Tingzhi and stayed where he was, waiting until the man turned around and walked away before they started walking back.
"Jiaojiao, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Noticing Shen Tianjiao's abnormality, Shen Tingzhi asked.
"Well, I can't explain it, but I just feel something is wrong." Shen Tianjiao shook her head. "Second brother, if that person is not a hundred years old now, he should be over ninety, right?"
"Is his health still so good? He doesn't seem to be slowing down or stumbling at all. Did he take some magic medicine, or has he become a spirit?"
"He should be in his nineties this year. Oh, that's not right. When I saw him a few years ago, he was already bedridden and needed to rely on some precious medicinal herbs to stay alive."
"How is it possible that in just a few years, he can walk again?"
"Besides, it's much farther from where he lives to the Huguo Temple than from Shangjing City."
"He's an elderly man in his nineties, yet he still had the energy to travel all night in a carriage. What miracle drug did he take to have such strength?"
After hearing what Shen Tianjiao said, Shen Tingzhi also felt that something was wrong.
It was obvious that before he went to the Northern Frontier, he followed the orders of his father, the Marquis of Zhenbei, to visit the old man, but the old man was already in his twilight years and was extremely fragile.
But now we can actually take a horse carriage and ride all the way to the Huguo Temple, which is really amazing.
"Second brother, have you seen him before?" This surprised Shen Tianjiao. She had only heard of this most mysterious figure in Yunli Country, but had never seen him?
Her second brother had actually seen it, but why had she never heard her second brother mention it?
"Yes, I have." Shen Tingzhi nodded and said, "Six years ago, before I went to Northern Xinjiang, my father told me to go to Ziyun Mountain to meet that person and bring back something he gave me."
"So I went. I met him in his bedroom. He was very weak and spoke in a weak voice. He had been bedridden for many days."
"At that time, I thought he would soon die, but I didn't expect him to be more energetic now."
"Dad asked you to get something?" Shen Tianjiao felt that her brain circuit was not enough.
When did her father get so close to that person? This doesn't seem like something her father would do.
Aren't they supposed to be enemies? Aren't enemies supposed to hate each other and never have anything to do with each other again?
But from what her second brother said, they didn't seem like enemies, but more like friends.
"It was a box. It was only after I took it back that I realized it contained hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."
"When my father returned to the Northern Frontier, the Western Rong people were at their most aggressive and were looking for an opportunity to start a war."
"Father sent people to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for military pay, but the then Minister of Revenue couldn't come up with a single penny."
"Because Li Rui used all the money in the national treasury to build Mingyuan. Without money, what would my father use to fight the war?"
The experience of being a grandson due to lack of money in those years was really unbearable for Shen Tingzhi to look back on.
As the only one among the three brothers who is eloquent and has strong social skills, Zhenbei Hou has sent Shen Tingzhi to do this kind of thing many times over the years.
Therefore, Shen Tingzhi had a stress reaction to the lack of money, but he had to go every time, because if he did not go to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for money from the Ministry of War, the soldiers at the front would go hungry and the war would not be able to continue.
So the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver notes from that year became a memory engraved in Shen Tingzhi's heart that he would never forget.
After all, that was the only time he did that in those years. He just went to visit and said some polite words, and he easily got hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
So when he returned to Shangjing and learned that Shen Tianjiao had acquired a lot of properties and sent people out of the country to do business, he was not only happy but also very supportive.
With money in hand, we no longer have to worry about the soldiers on the front line going hungry due to lack of food.
You will suffer from the cold in winter because you have no money and have to wear thin clothes.
Because they had no money, they could only take their worn-out weapons and go to the battlefield to fight the enemy.
Only after experiencing the desperate days of being penniless do you realize how wonderful it is to have money.
"Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver notes?" Shen Tianjiao almost thought there was something wrong with her ears and she had heard it wrong.
"Yes, that's right. There are two hundred and eighty-seven thousand taels of silver in that box."
"That silver saved the lives of all our soldiers in the Northern Frontier back then."
"If it weren't for that silver, I don't know how many people would have starved to death."
Shen Tingzhi always remembered that person's kindness and never forgot it.
So over the years, no matter how outrageous or unbearable the rumors about that person were, Shen Tingzhi never believed them.
Because in his heart, how bad could a person be who is willing to use his private property to support the country, fight against the enemy and protect his homeland?
"Two hundred and eighteen thousand seven hundred and twenty taels." Shen Tianjiao repeated what Shen Tingzhi had just said. Shen Tingzhi must have remembered it so clearly, so he must have really needed the money to save his life at that time.
No matter what this person's purpose is, since he is willing to use this money to relieve the crisis in Northern Xinjiang, Shen Tianjiao owes him a favor.
Shen Tianjiao will always have to repay this favor.
As for what the relationship between my father and this person is, I can only ask my father after I get back to find out.
"Jiaojiao, if you're curious about him, how about I ask someone to invite him over so you can have a chat with him?"
When Shen Tingzhi looked at Shen Tianjiao's expression, he knew that Shen Tianjiao's curiosity about that person had reached its peak.
But this is not surprising. After all, that person is a legendary figure in Yunli, and it is normal to be curious about him.
"No need." Shen Tianjiao shook her head and said, "He is now Wang Yunzhi's guest. If we invite him now, wouldn't it be taking away from the host?"
"Let's wait and see how big Wang Yunzhi's chess game is."
Shen Tianjiao was now increasingly looking forward to what would happen tomorrow, and what unexpected person would appear.
There was once a rumor that Wang Yunzhi could single-handedly shake up half of Yunli's empire. Now it seems that the rumor is true.
It’s scary to think about it. If Wang Yunzhi didn’t repent at this time and continued to follow Li Chaohui, then he really wouldn’t have much chance of winning and defeating Li Chaohui.
After all, with a powerful and terrifying helper like Wang Yunzhi by his side, it is not easy to tie with Li Chaohui, let alone defeat her.
As they were talking, the brother and sister returned to the yard where they lived, and Yu Po was waiting for them in the yard.
Seeing Shen Tianjiao and the others coming back, Yu Po hurried to greet them. She had just come out of Shen Tianjiao's room and had already seen the clothes that Shen Tianjiao had ordered not to be touched.
The cuffs of the moon-white dress had already changed color significantly, and there were several lancets on the cuffs, but these lancets were much smaller and more delicate than the usual ones, and were mini versions.
The discoloration on the sleeves must have been caused by the poison soaked in those lancets.
Just by looking at the clothes, Yu Po knew that Shen Tian had just been attacked.
The person who attacked Shen Tianjiao was able to use such a deadly poison, which meant that he had no intention of leaving Shen Tianjiao a way out. He was determined to kill Shen Tianjiao before he would give up.