Chapter 90: Chasing Sheep Head Mountain

Chapter 90: Chasing Sheep Head Mountain

Chapter 90 Return to Yangtou Mountain

Zhu Xiu'er was not aware of the private affairs between her husband and her brother, and she was still worried about Zhu Shenzhu's marriage.

On the first day Zhu Shenzhui came, Zhu Xiuer specifically told him about the Xu family. On the second day, she happily went out to find a matchmaker to arrange the marriage.

The Xu family is a family of scholars. Although the Xu family today is no longer the Xu family of a hundred years ago, it is still a wealthy family in Pingshun. However, it is precisely because of this that Zhu Xiuer feels that the daughter of the Xu family is suitable for her brother. After all, the Zhu family is a royal family. As a royal family, there are certain rules for marrying. Naturally, you can't just find a random woman as your wife. But for some wealthy families, they also don't want to marry their daughters into the royal family.

As a clan member, the country has restrictions, not to mention ordinary clan members, even the royal family is the same. Being a clan member sounds good, but there are also disadvantages.

If they were from a wealthy family or a family of officials, it would be impossible for them to marry their daughters to members of the royal family. However, noble families could do so, because after the death of the Ming Dynasty war god "Bao Zong", the status of Ming nobles plummeted, and now apart from the noble title, they had no real power, and marrying to members of the royal family was not a restriction for the imperial court.

But how could a noble family be interested in a poor royal family like Zhu Shenzhui? So after much selection, the Xu family became the best choice. The Xu family's family background was not bad, so the two families were well matched.

After spending some money, they invited a matchmaker to come to the Xu family to propose marriage. The Xu family was surprised to see the matchmaker, but they were quite interested in this marriage. First, Zhu Shenzhu's status as a royal family member was not a disadvantage to the Xu family, but rather a benefit. Second, the matchmaker described Zhu Shenzhu's age and appearance in detail. If what she said was correct, he would be a good candidate for a son-in-law.

Furthermore, the person who asked for the marriage proposal was Zhu Shenzhui's sister. His brother-in-law Zhou Anmin was the postmaster of the post station outside the city. Mr. Xu knew Zhou Anmin and had met Zhu Xiu'er several times. He knew that they were from a good family. Since they were brothers of this family, they must be of good quality.

Moreover, although Zhou Anmin, the postmaster, was of low rank, he was still an official with a stable job in the imperial court. If this marriage took place, it would be beneficial to his family.

More importantly, Zhu Xiuer also promised that if this marriage could be accomplished, the eldest lady of the Xu family would be able to be the head of the Zhu family as soon as she entered the family. Zhu Xiuer and her siblings had no parents, and the Zhu family now had only one man, Zhu Shenzhui, and if they had children in the future, they could inherit the title of the royal family.

Besides, the eldest daughter of the Xu family was not young this year, and it was the right time for a girl of 28 to find a husband. This marriage seemed to be a good match. The Xu family replied to the matchmaker the next day after the discussion and agreed to the marriage. The next step was for both parties to exchange their birth dates and so on. As long as someone checked the birth dates and found that they were not in conflict, the marriage would be a success.

Zhu Xiuer was overjoyed to receive the matchmaker's reply. Finally, her brother's marriage was settled, which made her very happy. But who would have thought that when she was about to tell Zhu Shenzhu about it, Zhu Shenzhu said that he had something to do and had to leave. Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiuer's face fell instantly.

"Leave? It's not too late to leave after this is done!" Zhu Xiuer put her hands on her hips and scolded her brother, "I finally got this done, how can you leave now? No! Let's settle the marriage first."

"Sister, I really have something urgent to do. If you don't believe me, ask my brother-in-law. This time, not only will I be away for a few days, but my brother-in-law will also have to help make a trip. The matter is urgent and cannot be delayed. How about putting it aside first? Let's talk about it after I finish my things here?" Zhu Shenzhui didn't expect his sister to be so efficient. He originally thought that it would take some time to get a reply to this matter, but it has only been two days and it's time to exchange birth dates. If it continues like this, won't they have to get married in a few days?

"Yes, ma'am, there's no rush for a wedding banquet. It doesn't matter if we delay it for a few days."

"No!" Zhu Xiuer was not willing to give in. She raised her eyebrows and said to her husband, "Don't try to fool me. Lifelong events are not trivial matters. What is so urgent that you can't wait for a few days? Don't forget, this is the lifelong event of your wife's brother!"

Zhou Anmin secretly groaned in his heart. He had no idea about this matter before, but now he was dragged into it. He quickly apologized with a smile and said it was not his fault. At the same time, he kept winking at Zhu Shenzhui, asking him to appease his Hedong Lion as soon as possible.

"Sister, I'm really not trying to shirk my responsibility. I really have something important to do." Zhu Shenzhui didn't know how to explain for a moment. He couldn't tell Zhu Xiuer the truth, right?

"Madam, please calm down. I really have important things to do this time. This has been decided long ago and cannot be delayed. Madam, how about this? Now it is just exchanging birth dates. I'd like to trouble you to step forward first. Besides, you are my eldest sister. As the saying goes, when parents are away, the eldest sister acts like a mother. Please pay more attention to this matter. As long as you are satisfied, I think I will not refuse, right?" Zhou Anmin advised, and continued to wink at Zhu Shenzhui while persuading.

Zhu Shenzhui couldn't care about anything else at this time. As long as Zhu Xiuer didn't force him to stay, he had to rush back to Yangtou Mountain as soon as possible. According to the time, Wangjia Village had already set off, and it wouldn't take long to reach Yangtou Mountain.

"Brother-in-law is right, sister, I'll trouble you with this matter." Zhu Shenzhui bowed to Zhu Xiu'er with a sincere face. Seeing that they did not look fake, Zhu Xiu'er hesitated for a moment and finally let the two of them go.

"That's fine. I'll take care of the first things first. But let's make it clear that after we match the horoscopes, there are things like the lucky number, the betrothal gift, and the date of marriage. I can do some of these, but you have to do some of them yourself. As your sister, I can't do it for you."

"Come on! I'll do whatever you want, sister. I'm really troubling you." Zhu Shenzhui's mind was full of Zhao Wuling's affairs, so he didn't care about these things anymore. He agreed without thinking.

After comforting Zhu Xiu'er, Zhu Shenzhu wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued to discuss with Zhou Anmin after Zhu Xiu'er left.

They were almost ready, and they had to set off for Yangtou Mountain early tomorrow morning. There had been no news from Yangtou Mountain in the past few days, and they didn't know how Li Hu's investigation was going. But at this time, there was no need to wait any longer, and they would know everything once they got to Yangtou Mountain. The next morning, Zhu Shenzhui and Zhou Anmin set out early, each riding a horse towards Yangtou Mountain. It was almost the same as when they came here, and they rested for a night on the way. They arrived at Yangtou Mountain early the next morning. Before they even got to the top of the mountain, they ran into Lu Yisheng at the foot of the mountain.

"Sixth Master, why are you back?"

"What are you...?"

"Look, I'm just going to Pingshun to look for you, Sixth Master." Lu Yisheng was dressed in shorts and carrying a bag. He was delighted to see Zhu Shenzhui.

As he spoke, he subconsciously looked at Zhou Anmin standing beside him, with a questioning look in his eyes.

"This is my brother-in-law Zhou Anmin. Brother-in-law, this is Brother Lu Yisheng whom I mentioned to you."

"Brother Lu!" Zhou Anmin stepped forward and clasped his fists.

Lu Yisheng quickly returned the greeting and called him Brother Zhou.

After exchanging a few words of greeting, Zhu Shenzhui did not waste any time. He called Lu Yisheng and walked up the mountain, asking about the situation at Zhaowuling as they walked.

"Sixth Master, this matter..." Lu Yisheng was about to speak, but when he saw Zhou Anmin was there, he didn't know whether he could say it or not.

"My brother-in-law is one of us. He already knows about the Zhao Wuling incident. He came with me this time to help. You can tell me anything you want." Zhu Shenzhui said.

Lu Yisheng was relieved to talk about business. He told Zhu Shenzhui that on the day Zhu Shenzhui left, the mountain sent people to Zhaowuling to express their willingness to cooperate with Yizhufeng. Fortunately, they went early. Lu Yisheng said that when they arrived at Zhaowuling, they found that Yizhufeng was ready to take action. Fortunately, Zhu Shenzhui asked to send people in advance, otherwise it would be too late.

When they heard that Li Hu and his men had changed their minds, they were overjoyed and received the people from Yangtou Mountain well. Not only did they agree to Li Hu's request, but they also invited Li Hu to send troops to Zhaowu Village at the foot of Zhaowu Mountain as soon as possible to gather troops, and then go to Lingchuan together.

The news was just received yesterday. After receiving the news, Li Hu did not dare to neglect it for a moment and immediately sent Lu Yisheng to Pingshun to report to Zhu Shenzhu. The mountain road was difficult to walk at night, so Lu Yisheng set out at dawn today, but he did not expect to run into Zhu Shenzhu as soon as he came down the mountain.

"Zhaowu Village?" Zhu Shenzhui frowned slightly: "The wind has already gone down the mountain? What's going on with this Zhaowu Village?"

"Zhaowu Village has been taken by a gust of wind. The gust of wind directly swept away the young and old in Zhaowu Village. Now there are more than 800 people under his command."

"So many?" Zhu Shenzhui was suddenly shocked. He subconsciously exchanged glances with Zhou Anmin and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

According to previous news, Yifeng has less than 300 men under his command. Although the number is slightly larger than that of Yangtou Mountain, the number of men who can really fight is not much different if the old and weak are removed. According to Zhu Shenzhui's estimation, if he relies on the people of Wangjia Village and Yangtou Mountain to catch the enemy by surprise, he should have a good chance of success.

But now things suddenly changed. Yifeng actually took over Zhaowu Village and took the people of Zhaowu Village with him. His men increased dramatically. Even if there were only a few who could really fight, as the saying goes, even ants can kill elephants. More than 800 people is not a small number.

"By the way, have you found out where the gust of wind came from?"

"After asking around, I learned that Yifeng's surname was Liang, and he was the third child in the family. He was also known as Liang Sanlang. He later committed a crime and fled to Zhaowuling. He was killed at the end of last year."

"that's it?"

Lu Yisheng felt a little ashamed and nodded, "That's all I have found out for now. Not many people know about Liang Sanlang's past. Some say he was a border soldier, some say he was from a military family, and some say he was a white-collar worker. What he did before and where he was from, we still don't know."

(End of this chapter)