Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 725 All the Laws of Action
When Wu Yuan saw his younger sister, he was naturally surprised and happy.

However, Yang Yuan was right beside them. He came here to accompany the prefect to welcome the commander-in-chief.

It is certainly not appropriate to chat with your sister about family matters at this time.

In fact, Wu Yuan was also full of curiosity about why his sister appeared in Yang Yuan's team.

But for now, this question can only be put aside for the time being and discussed after returning to the Wu family.

Wu Yuan patted his little sister's arm, whispered a few words of comfort to her, and then hurried to Yang Yuan's side.

Chen Zhizhou looked at Wu Yuan with admiration.

I really didn't realize that this Wu family head actually played a double insurance:

My younger sister had not yet returned to secular life, so she was sent to General Yang Fushuai.

However, it is no wonder that he bet so heavily.

In the entire Song Dynasty, is there another provincial governor as young as Yang Yuan?

Throughout history, people like him are very rare.

As long as we hold on to this thigh, the Wu family's future will be guaranteed for at least 50 years. Any price is worth paying.

I have underestimated Old Wu in the past. He has a very sharp vision!
……

The group entered the city, and Yang Yuan was still placed in the Wu Mansion.

However, last time he lived in a villa on the outskirts of the city, this time he lived in Pengzhou City.

The change of residence also means a change in his status in Tongchuan Road.

The guest house of the Wu Mansion has now been completely marked out and has become the temporary residence for Yang Yuan and his group.

Yang Yuan was settled in, and the servants brought buckets of hot water to help the nobleman take a bath.

While they were washing off the dust, Wu Yuan hurried back to the backyard.

Just now, my younger sister actually suggested that a room be reserved for her in the guest house, and that it should be closer to Yang Fushuai.

This shocking statement frightened Wu Yuan greatly.

However, in front of Yang Yuan, he didn't dare to ask...

It was not until this time, while Yang Yuan was bathing, that he hurried over and asked his younger sister what had happened.

……

In the backyard, Madam Wu and the ladies of each room all rushed over.

Fan Qing is the younger sister of the patriarch. Everyone knows that the patriarch dotes on this younger sister and is naturally very kind to her.

Mrs. Wu asked with concern whether the owner of the house had found a place for her younger sister to live.

Fan Qing answered innocently, and the ladies were stunned when they heard it.

Then they revealed an ambiguous look of "Oh, so that's how it is".

Fan Qing was still dressed as a nun, so no one dared to point it out or say anything to her.

It's just that when people exchange glances with each other in private, it's inevitable that they will make all kinds of "eye contact."

The most impatient person here is the owner's wife, Mrs. Wu.

Didn’t the master say that he wanted Mei Zhen to follow Fu Shuai? Why... why did it suddenly become his sister?

No matter how close a sister-in-law is, she is not as close as a daughter.

Mrs. Wu suddenly became restless and began to feel a little displeased when she looked at this pretty and lovely girl.

Isn't this stealing her good son-in-law?

Fan Qing had no idea what was wrong with his answer just now.

She could feel that after she said this, the emotions of her aunts, sisters-in-law, and sisters became extremely complicated.

It was not resentment, hatred, joy or sorrow, but a mixture of complex emotions that she could not understand.

Fan Qing was still confused when Wu Yuan came back.

After hurriedly greeting the women in each branch of the family, Wu Yuan took Fan Qing to the study.

Fan Qing was also waiting to question his elder brother about what evidence Yang Yuan had on him that forced him to kill his own brother.

So as soon as he entered the study, Fan Qing immediately spoke frankly about the matter.

Wu Yuan was stunned and said, "Who told you that? Shuangjiu? That's nonsense."

Wu Yuan knew that his sister had been raised in a temple since she was a child, and that she was a bit stubborn and silly when it came to chanting sutras.

If she told the truth, she might even blame herself for being too cruel.

Wu Yuan then said righteously, "Do you know that Wu Jiong secretly joined the Lixi Wu family without telling me, the head of the family?"

"Wu Jiong has always been dissatisfied with me, your eldest brother, but that's fine, I will just put up with him.

However, in order to curry favor with the Lixi Wu family, he actually wanted to harm Yang Fushuai!

He gathered his own soldiers at night and tried to disguise himself as bandits to kill the commander.

He is an important official of the imperial court. If he dies in our house, all the people in the Wu family will be dragged by Wu Jiong to be buried with him. Do you know that?"

Implicated?

Fan Qing didn't know it at first, but Yang Yuan had already explained it to her last time.

Wu Jiong was dissatisfied with her elder brother being the head of the Wu Clan...

Well, she knows this too.

She had long noticed Wu Jiong's jealousy and dissatisfaction with Wu Yuan.

However, she didn't know that Wu Jiong actually wanted to kill Yang Yuan as a token of his allegiance to the Wu family army.

Wu Yuan said excitedly: "Little sister, if he really succeeds in this, you will not be able to see your elder brother and sister-in-law anymore, and everyone in our Wu family will die.

What Wu Jiong did has already threatened the existence of our entire Wu family. As the head of the family, even if I can't bear it, do I have a second choice?
So, I, the eldest brother, opened the ancestral hall and invited all the elders of our Wu family. We discussed and decided together, and then drew lots to decide who would enforce the family rules.

These things are all well documented, you can ask any elder in our Wu family."

"So that's it..."

Fan Qing didn't expect that Wu Jiong was actually to blame.

"But, Shuangjiu said..."

"Youyao, you grew up in the mountains and don't know the evil of human nature. Shuangjiu is just a child, what does she know?
Even if she didn't mean it, she just heard a few words and said nonsense to you. Do you believe her or your brother?"

"I...I know."

Fan Qing felt a little ashamed. I, a person who practiced the Zen technique of telepathy, didn't even see through her lies.

The human heart is truly unpredictable, even by gods.

Wu Yuan calmed down and said, "Oh, by the way, little sister, you... you've been traveling around the world, so why are you in General Yang's team?"

Fan Qing was a little embarrassed and lowered her head slightly, saying: "I believed Shuangjiu's words and thought that Yang Yuan was a big villain, so...so I wanted to find him and subdue this big devil." "What?" Wu Yuan was shocked.

Fan Qing said quickly: "But don't worry, I failed and was caught by that evil... bad guy.

He threatened me with my master and my secular relatives, asking me to..."

Fan Qing explained the whole story, and then Wu Yuan turned slightly to the side, narrowed his eyes slightly, and glanced at his younger sister with an ambiguous look.

That look..., Fan Qing was very familiar with it.

Just now in the flower hall, those aunts, sisters-in-law, and cousins ​​who were old enough to be her mother all had the same look in their eyes.

What does this look mean?
……

Mei Zhen stood in the garden, her little face flushed red.

Yang Yuan promised Wu Yuan that after he solved the problems of Northwest horses and Dali horses, he would let him send Mei Zhen to Tongchuan.

Naturally, Wu Yuan had spread the news about this matter a long time ago.

As the head of the family, he did not have absolute authority, otherwise Wu Jiong would not have dared to covet his position as the head of the family.

The killing of all the male members of Wu Jiong's family further shook his position.

Although he made the pros and cons of opening the ancestral hall clear, it was a decision made jointly by all the elders of the clan.

However, he is the head of the family, and he is the only one who can bear the ultimate responsibility.

There are many branches of the Wu family who have close relations with Wu Jiong's branch.

How could they not secretly criticize the head of the family for using such means?

Therefore, he needs to announce the news in time.

As soon as the news was made public, the situation was stabilized immediately.

Just like the real father-in-law of Prince Jin Zhao Jue was the Minister of Rites Qu Mo.

However, the father of one of Zhao Yu's concubines wanted to go to the Ministry of Works to take over the business of renovating the Imperial Examination Hall, and the Ministry of Works had to give him face.

Since the Wu family's little daughter Mei Zhen followed Yang Yuan, she could no longer be simply regarded as a concubine.

This is the external manifestation of the alliance of interests.

Therefore, Wu Yuan's position in the Wu family was stabilized all of a sudden.

Even Chen Shijie, the prefect of Pengzhou, who had a close relationship with him, became extra polite to him.

This is the appearance of the lord of the sixteen states of Tongchuan.

Now, Yang Yuan was appointed as the master of Lizhou Central Road.

The previous rumor that Yang Yuan had offended the emperor and was expelled from Lin'an was self-defeating.

Yang Yuan suddenly became the leader of two groups, which was extremely precious.

Wu Yuan's identity and status became more stable.

But the link between all this is Mei Zhen.

The sisters from each branch of the Wu family were naturally envious, jealous and resentful of Mei Zhen.

But whenever they see her, no matter what they think in their hearts, they have to curry favor with her, even be a little fawning.

Who knows when I will have to ask Yang Fushuai for help, and then I will have to rely on Mei Zhen for help.

As a result, now Yang Yuan has adopted Wu Yuan’s younger sister?

Wu Yuan's younger sister is from the same family as the head of the family, so naturally she cannot affect Wu Yuan's status.

But it’s different for Meizhen.

The older women in the Wu family were more thoughtful, so Mei Zhen would not notice that they had changed their attitude.

But Meizhen is only thirteen after this year, how can her sisters of the same age consider too much?

Suddenly, they heard that Mei Zhen, whom their parents had repeatedly warned them to please and not offend, had lost the possibility of becoming Fu Shuai's wife, and they changed their attitude faster than turning the pages of a book.

Openly praising but secretly criticizing, mocking and making sarcastic remarks, making innuendos, using objects to describe people, using parallelism and exaggeration, using double entendres, saying the opposite of what one means...

In an instant, the girls possessed an extremely rich rhetorical skill in language art.

Meizhen is a fierce girl from Sichuan and Chongqing, and she's very good at talking.

But no matter how fierce or powerful she is, she can't deal with so many mouths.

So she was so angry that she cried.

As she cried, she suddenly remembered the culprit, her aunt.

Stinky face!
Mei Zhen stopped crying, took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, went back to her boudoir, dressed herself up beautifully, and went to find Fan Qing in a rage.

……

"I see. Thanks to the magnanimity of General Yang Fu, who saw your ability, our family was saved from annihilation."

Wu Yuan said to Fan Qing in a thoughtful tone: "Youyao, now that you know that you misunderstood Yang Fushuai, you should make amends and be his guard to protect his safety."

"Yes! I will! I was wrong, I will atone for it!"

"Okay, okay. By the way, when my elder brother came back from Dali, he went to Mount Emei to meet your head sister.

Your head sister also agreed to let you return to secular life. Later, you write a letter of return to secular life, and I will send someone to Fuhu Temple to handle it for you."

"Ah? Do you want to return to secular life?"

Fan Qing was not the kind of person who became a monk because he had seen through the world and was disillusioned with it, so naturally he had no objection to returning to secular life.

However, after more than ten years of getting used to this identity and this lifestyle, she couldn't help feeling a little hesitant when suddenly told that she had to make a complete change.

"Of course you have to return to secular life. Your father sent you to the monastery for your health."

"Um……"

"Besides, if you are willing to devote yourself to Buddhism, you can become a lay Buddhist even if you return to secular life. Can't you practice Buddhism at home?"

"Well……"

"Also, you are going to be Yang Fushuai's bodyguard for three years. If you always dress like a monk, it will inevitably cause criticism if it gets out."

"Oh……"

"Okay, give me the certificate of ordination first. I'll ask Chen Zhizhou to cancel it for you. Then, send someone to Fuhu Temple to deliver the letter of return to secular life."

Fan Qing gave the certificate of ordination to his elder brother in a daze.

"You must protect Fu Shuai well, and you must always be with him. You must listen to Fu Shuai's words!
Three years later, when you come back, I will welcome you back."

Wu Yuan repeated these instructions and ran away.

Fan Qing touched the back of her head in a daze: "I am a poor nun...returning to secular life now? All phenomena are like dreams and bubbles, Amitabha."

(End of this chapter)