The Wife is First

Chapter 112
The right guard poked the left guard's itchy flesh, and whispered: "Is the prince jealous?"

Zuo Hujun glanced at him, then stuffed the chicken leg he just picked up into the right Hujun's mouth: "Eat."

"Hmm..." You Hujun was gagged, so he had no choice but to eat chicken legs honestly.

Seeing that Jing Shao was unhappy, Mu Hanzhang thought that the battle today was not going well, so he brought him some of his favorite dishes, and told him what Qin Zhaoran said.

After Jing Shao ate the food brought by his concubine, his face softened, and he broke out in a cold sweat after hearing what he said, but luckily he didn't let Jun Qing go by himself: "I'll let Lu Zhanpeng investigate this matter, you don't want to go out recently. "

In the next few days, Jing Shao went out to fight Gu Huaiqing every day, while Mu Hanzhang summoned several officials sent to Luzhou by Emperor Hongzheng to Pingjiang.The early affairs were mainly to revise the charter according to the local conditions and repair the dock.Jing Shao left the left and right guards at his command, so the repair of the pier was left to these two men.

"The magistrate of Jiangzhou?" Mu Hanzhang frowned and looked at the few pieces of paper Lu Zhanpeng handed over, which was what Lu Zhanpeng found based on the clues Qin Zhaoran said.

Pingjiang and Luzhou both belong to Jiangzhou, so the prefect of Jiangzhou is Qin Zhaoran's immediate boss, and it is this person who wants to arrest Mu Hanzhang.

"Luzhou is originally a seaport, and Fan people's ships have been docking all the time. Fan people sell goods in the south of the Yangtze River, and these officials will take a cut." Lu Zhanpeng sneered, "I think the prefect of Jiangzhou has made a lot of money."

Mu Hanzhang frowned. He didn't expect that this matter would touch the interests of local officials. Now that he wants to set up a treaty port in Luzhou, it is tantamount to depriving these people of their rations. No wonder it makes them anxious. Use such indecent methods.But that person knew his identity and dared to threaten Qin Zhaoran to do things for them so blatantly, there must be someone behind them to back them up, and since Qin Zhaoran could be threatened by them, would he also accept the sea merchant's commission? Messed up?
The situation on the battlefield outside Jiangzhou City was still tense, but the people in Jiangnan felt relieved when they heard that King Cheng was coming, and the morale of the soldiers in Jiangnan was also boosted.

Jing Shao asked the soldiers to be calm and not to be impatient, and rushed to the front of the formation with a spear.

The Huainan Army slowly gave way, Gu Huaiqing drove the horse, and walked out slowly: "His Royal Highness Cheng Wang personally went into battle, Xiao Wang is really flattered."

"I'm impatient with you today." Jing Shao casually put the gun on his shoulder, "Why don't we make a bet."

Gu Huaiqing curled her lips and turned the long knife in her hand: "How do you bet?"

"Let's fight one game. If I win, you will retreat ten miles and fight again tomorrow." Jing Shao took off the spear from his shoulder, and slowly pointed the pointed end at Gu Huaiqing.

Gu Huaiqing raised her eyebrows: "My lord is willing to fight for the face, so naturally I can't ask for it." When he said the second half of the sentence, the long knife in his hand had already made a move, and slashed at Jing Shao at a tricky angle.

Jing Shao fired his spear from sideways, deflected away the edge of the blade that was approaching him, cleverly staggered the long blade, and aimed straight at Gu Huaiqing's eyes.

All of a sudden, the two coaches fought inextricably on the battlefield.Several generals looked at each other, wondering why there was such a style of play, it was obviously a siege and defense, how could it become a coaching contest?

"What are you in a hurry for today?" Gu Huaiqing asked in a low voice, pinning Jing Shao's silver spear.

"I'm in a hurry to go home for dinner." Jing Shao glanced at him, then stabbed him with the butt of the gun with his backhand.

"Hmm..." Gu Huaiqing was hit in the ribs by the silver gun shaft, and took advantage of the situation to clamp her arms, "I'll go too."

"Not for you!" Jing Shao seemed to be in a bad mood, and his attacks became more and more ruthless.

The new house in Pingjiang City was named Ruoshui Garden by Mu Hanzhang, meaning Ruoshui Ren Fangyuan, but Jing Shao insisted that his concubine was praising him for his affection of "taking one ladle for three thousand weak waters".

Jing Shao would come back on time for dinner every day, but except for the first day, he never came back for lunch again, probably because he thought it was shameful to go home for every meal.

Today Qin Zhaoran came to deliver Luzhou's account books and case files, and it happened that Mu Hanzhang wanted to ask about the marine merchant's commission, so he left him to have lunch in Ruoshui Garden.

The two already had similar interests, and they chatted endlessly.

"The piece of ink you gave last time is very useful." Mu Hanzhang said to Qin Zhaoran with a light smile.

"I promised you in the early years, and I will always remember it." Qin Zhaoran couldn't help but smile when he heard him mention Moshi and thought of the time when he was studying together when he was young.

Mu Hanzhang smiled without saying a word, and refilled a glass of wine for him with his own hands.He remembered that Qin Zhaoran didn't drink well, according to Jing Shao, it's easy to say that he was drunk.

"You... How have you been all these years?" Qin Zhaoran looked at the jade-like hand on the flagon, and finally couldn't help asking.

"Good or bad, Brother Zhaoran has seen it all?" Mu Hanzhang added another cup for himself, shook it between his fingers but didn't drink it.

"I didn't expect that aunt of yours to be so cruel." Qin Zhaoran raised his head and drank the wine, filled himself up again, and stopped after drinking a few glasses. Sighing, "I've been waiting for the news of your first prize, but I didn't expect it. What I was waiting for was the bad news of your marriage..." Saying this, Qin Zhaoran lay down on the table, humming with tears and smiles several times.

Mu Hanzhang was stunned, and looked down at the cup in his hand: "I thought you would take the test first."

"Hahaha," Qin Zhaoran seemed a little drunk, "I know your aunt will not let you marry a woman, and she has been thinking about it..."

Mu Hanzhang stood up suddenly: "Brother Qin, you are drunk."

"Hanzhang..." Qin Zhaoran murmured, fell asleep on the table.

Outside the window, Jing Shao, who had been standing for an unknown amount of time, gradually clenched his fists.

It's no wonder that Mu Hanzhang was only 17 years old, but he didn't participate in Chunwei, but it turned out that they were all waiting for each other to win the first prize, so that they could marry each other?This is really a sad story about a talented man who has been in poverty for ten years, but a beautiful woman marries another man!So what is he, Jing Shao, a bully who beats up mandarin ducks?

Hearing that Mu Hanzhang called someone to take Qin Zhaoran to the guest room, Jing Shao turned and left.Although the whole person is going to explode with anger now, but forcing himself to calm down, going in like this might cause something irreversible.

"Has the prince not come back yet?" Seeing that the sun had already set, Mu Hanzhang looked at the sumptuous meal in front of him, and couldn't help frowning.

The servants looked at each other, they naturally didn't know where the prince had gone.

Mu Hanzhang sighed and asked people to put away the cold food. Just as he got up, he heard familiar footsteps outside the door. Before he could look up, he was hugged into his arms by the oncoming person .

Jing Shao held down the person who was trying to struggle, eager to confirm that this person belonged to him, and no one could take it away.

Jing Shao knew that maybe he was thinking too much, so he went to fight with Gu Huaiqing again in the afternoon to try to forget it, but the more he tried to forget it, the more he couldn't help thinking about it.Maybe Jun Qing has someone he likes in his heart. All kinds of resentment in the previous life and the initial resistance in this life flashed before his eyes one after another, all of which are mocking him. All this is just his own wishful thinking. If Jun Qing is given a chance to choose, He might not even look at him at all...

(End of this chapter)