Chapter 384 The Wu family steals the bride?
"I tell you, if any bastard dares to bully you in the future, just come and tell me! Even if it's that old bastard Meng Zong, I can beat him thirteen times!" Shang Mao patted Jia Cong's shoulder and said very righteously.
As he was speaking, the butler came hurriedly and said, "Greetings, old master. The butler from Ningguo Mansion came and said he has something to report to the Marquis."
Jia Cong frowned slightly. When he came here just now, he had asked his personal guards to go back. Naturally, the people in the mansion also knew that he was coming to the merchant's banquet. If there was no need, Jia Cong would not chase him directly.
Without waiting for Jia Cong to speak, Shang Mao said, "Please come in directly."
"Just sit there and relax. I think there is something going on in your house. I will listen to it later. If there is anything, I will ask the others to help."
Soon, Jia Zhong came in with the merchant's steward.
"Greetings, Old Master Shang!" Jia Zhong first bowed to Shang Mao, and then bowed to Jia Cong.
Seeing Jia Zhong hesitate, Jia Cong thought for a moment and said, "Tell me, what happened in the mansion?"
Jia Zhong then spoke up, “Master, just now, someone from the Wu family came to visit the mansion, but they were going to the West Mansion to visit the Zhen family.”
"Originally, this matter has nothing to do with our family. However, the Second Madam of the West Mansion must have received some news and asked me to come and report to the master, saying that the Wu family wants to propose marriage to the Zhen family, and the person they want to marry is Zhen Muring, the eldest daughter of the Zhen family."
Upon hearing this, Jia Cong couldn't help but narrow his eyes. He didn't believe that the Wu family was foolish and didn't know that the emperor was going to arrange a marriage for him.
Although this matter is not well known, Wu Tianyou is a minister and Concubine Wu is in the palace. How can it be kept secret?
But knowing this, they still proposed to the Zhen family. What was the reason? Or what was the Wu family planning?
Before Jia Cong could speak, Shang Mao on the side became angry first.
“Bang!”
Shang Mao slammed the table fiercely, "Go, call those guys over here, put on your armor and grab your weapons. That little bastard from the Wu family actually dared to steal your wife. Does he think there is no one left in the Shang family? I'm going to break the legs of the two Wu family members right now, just to see how bold he is!"
Jia Cong was furious at the old man's indignation. This was his own business. Even if he went to the Wu family to fight, he would bring his own people. What did it have to do with the Shang family? The Shang family did have people, but they were not related to him. Why would they help him to fight the Wu family?
"Calm down, old man. The Wu family is just a bunch of clowns. They are not worth my attention! Moreover, since the Wu family dared to provoke me, they must bear the corresponding consequences."
Jia Cong didn't want the merchants to get involved. Besides, no matter what, Zhen Muring was already his woman. He didn't care what the Wu family was planning. He would just attack them. Even if the Wu family was the imperial concubine's family, so what? Even if they were the third prince's in-laws, so what?
If you can't even keep your own woman, you might as well find a place to kill yourself and save yourself the embarrassment.
After grabbing the furious Shang Mao, Jia Cong said, "I understand. You go back first and tell the government that they don't need to care about it. I will handle this matter myself."
After hearing this, Jia Zhong turned and left.
As soon as Jia Zhong left, Shang Yanye and his men came running in wearing armor and holding swords, spears, and halberds. The butler was also an obedient man. As soon as the old man spoke, he ran out to pass on the message...
"Dad, which bastard made you angry?" Shang Yan said, holding a sledgehammer.
"It's the Wu family's bastards who dared to snatch this kid's wife. How can I tolerate this? Go and get some people to break the legs of the Wu family's father and son."
Jia Cong quickly said, "I am grateful for your concern, but I don't want to let others do this kind of thing! The Wu family will naturally deal with it, but I want to do it myself. If I am incompetent, I will ask you to make the decision."
"Is it really not necessary for us to go with them?" Shang Mao frowned.
"Okay, then you eat first, and then go after you're full!" Shang Mao nodded, "Boss, I remember tomorrow is the day to go to court. I don't care about other things, but you remember to beat up that little bastard Wu Tianyou, otherwise, I'll break your legs when you get back home."
Shang Yan scratched his head and thought, okay, at worst I can just give up being the commander of the Dragon Guard. Anyway, even if I don't hold an official position, I still have food and drink at home.
Afterwards, Shang Mao had the food served and asked the uncles to accompany Jia Cong so that he could have a big meal. Only then did he reluctantly let Jia Cong leave the house.
To be honest, this move by the Wu family was intentional.
Wu Tianyou was able to become the Minister of Rites, so he was not a fool. On the contrary, he had a clear view of the situation. After receiving the message from Jiangnan yesterday, he knew the situation of the Zhen family in Jiangnan.
The Zhen family in Jiangnan is a behemoth in the eyes of everyone, but with the failure of the second prince's rebellion, the Zhen family is obviously a little embarrassed. In addition, Emperor Longxing has always disliked the Zhen family. It can be predicted that when the retired emperor passes away, the Zhen family will definitely be suppressed by Emperor Longxing. If there is a chance, it would not be surprising even if the family is directly confiscated and exterminated.
Therefore, no one dared to covet the Zhen family before, but now the Zhen family has become a piece of fat meat in the eyes of many people.
The Zhen family's influence and industries are spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River. If we can take over the Zhen family's power, we can directly take off and become the leading family in Daqian.
However, there were many who coveted this piece of fat meat, but few really wanted to take action. After all, the Zhen family's power was not for show. A desperate attack was enough to drag countless people to their deaths. Therefore, only when Emperor Longxing took action against the Zhen family would others rush in.
However, Wu Tianyou thought of another possibility, which was that the Wu family would protect the Zhen family in exchange for the Zhen family's power being transferred to his own Wu family.
The reason why Wu Tianyou had this idea was that he was too envious and coveted the power of the Zhen family. Now, his grandson was the only son of the emperor and the only candidate for the emperor in the future. His family should have been at the top. But now, although everyone was respectful and he had a lot of money, and he was confident that he would be promoted to Shangshu in a few years , this was still not enough.
The Zhen family controls the Jiangnan camp, and countless officials are connected to the Zhen family. If they can control this force, which family can match them?
Moreover, others did not dare to take action because they were afraid of the royal family, but Wu Tianyou was not too worried. First, protecting the Zhen family was also another way to show goodwill to the emperor. Second, for the sake of his grandson, Emperor Longxing would not suppress the Wu family too much because of this matter. After all, without a powerful family, the grandson's future throne would not be secure.
