After a while, Xun Cai suddenly showed a smile and said to Zhang Heng: "Brother, let's go home."
Hearing this, Zhang Heng couldn't help but perked up.
"Has Nv Xuncai finished shopping?"
Only then did Xun Cai realize that he had only been paying attention to buying things, but he had ignored Zhang Heng.
"Well, I've finished shopping, but it's still early in the morning, so I'll go shopping with my brother."
Still shopping?
Zhang Heng misunderstood Xun Cai's meaning, and quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, we must be tired from shopping for female Xun all the way. Let's go back."
Hearing this, Xun Cai couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but still nodded.
On the way, Xun Cai suddenly asked: "Brother, it must be very hard to fight with Duke Xuande on the battlefield."
"It's not hard work." Zhang Heng shook his head and smiled.
Fighting is a technical job. If you are not careful, you will lose your life. How can it be described as hard work?
Xun Cai misunderstood Zhang Heng's meaning and thought to himself: "Yes, Brother Shi is a man with great ambitions. In order to make achievements, he is willing to endure hardships and hardships."
"Nv Xun is wrong." Zhang Heng said with a smile, "Actually, I am the most lazy person. I can never sit down if I can lie down, and I will never stand if I can sit down. If conditions permit, I would rather be a rich man. Living a peaceful life with three or five darling wives and concubines in my arms, enjoying happiness."
After saying that, Zhang Heng sighed.
"But in this world right now, you want to be stable, but others don't let you get what you want. Everyone wants to be stable, but no one can be safe. It is precisely because of this that I am determined to serve on the battlefield. I only hope that one day the world will be peaceful. Everyone lives and works in peace and contentment.
If that day comes, I will remove my armor, resign from office, and return to my hometown. Farming and fishing during the day, accompanied by lights at night, are enough. "
Zhang Heng slowly told his true inner thoughts, and Xun Cai couldn't help but listen with rapt attention.
Zhang Shixiong's character is different from the rumors...
After returning to Xun Mansion, Zhang Heng said goodbye to Xun Cai and went straight to his uncle Zhang Wen's residence.
At this time, Zhang Wen was discussing Zhang Heng's marriage with Zhang Heng's parents with two big panda eyes.
"Uncle, what are you..."
After Zhang Heng saluted the three of them, he saw the bruises on Zhang Wen's face and couldn't help but wonder.
Hearing this, Zhang Wen suddenly became furious, pointed at Zhang Heng and cursed: "It's not your fault!"
"I……"
Zhang Heng's face was full of bewilderment, thinking that this old guy might have been punched twice and his brain was damaged.
"Hmph, I went to look for Uncle Cai yesterday..."
Zhang Wen told the story with a cold face, and Zhang Heng was stunned when he heard it.
I am planning to marry the Xun family, but you went to ask Cai Yan to marry me?
What a thing!
You deserve the beating!
But he was an elder after all, so Zhang Heng could only smile bitterly and said: "Uncle is tired, dare I ask how this matter was finally resolved like this?"
"Solution? There is no solution!" Zhang Wen said angrily, "I told those two old guys that their daughters are all widows anyway. If they want to join my Zhang family, they should marry them all, and the two girls will serve together. It’s not a bad idea to have one husband!”
"Uncle is joking, how could they agree to this?" Zhang Heng shook his head.
In this era, the competition is based on family status, but it does not depend on whether you have been married.
Xun Cai is the legitimate daughter of the Xun family, and Cai Yan is the eldest daughter of Cai Yong. It is okay to marry Zhang Heng, but it is absolutely impossible to be a concubine.
"We won't marry anyone who doesn't agree!" Zhang Wen sneered, "Times have changed, and in today's world, it doesn't matter if they are from a high-ranking family, whoever has the biggest fist has the final say. Dong thieves are rampant in the capital, The soldiers under his command had ruined countless good women, and Dong Zhuo himself even humiliated the late emperor's concubines wantonly, and no one dared to say anything.
Ziyi, you are now the chief secretary of Liu Xuande's army. You are inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. You are considered to have reached a high level! "
"Brother is right!"
Zhang Yue nodded immediately, feeling proud of his son from the bottom of his heart.
"Forget it, using your power to dominate others is not what a gentleman does." Zhang Heng shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "Uncle, father, our trip is to recruit the Xun family, so we should marry the Xun family's daughter."
"no!"
Zhang Wen immediately waved his hand.
After all, he was the one who shyly went to Cai Yong yesterday. If Zhang Heng married Xun Shuang's daughter in the end, wouldn't he become a disbeliever if word spread.
"Marriage is the order of your parents and the words of your matchmaker. Ziyi, you have nothing to do with this matter. I and your father will decide everything. I will discipline you so that you can have a beautiful woman, but it will not delay the marriage."
Helpless, Zhang Heng had no choice but to nod in agreement.
Don't look at Zhang Wen's arrogant words in front of Zhang Heng, but if time goes back to an hour ago...
"Brother Ciming, brother Bozhe." Zhang Wen said flatteringly to the two of them with a flattering smile on his face, "Now that the matter has come to this, I have an idea that may bring about a happy situation for everyone."
"explain."
Xun Shuang and Cai Yong said coldly at the same time.
"Since both of you have fallen in love with Ziyi, wouldn't it be nice for two girls to serve one husband together?"
"Okay." Xun Shuang immediately responded with a sneer, "I have no objection if Bo Zhe's daughter is willing to be my concubine."
Cai Yong suddenly became furious, "Even if we all get married, it will still be your daughter who will be my concubine."
"I, the daughter of the Xun family, will never become a concubine!" Xun Shuang immediately retorted, so angry that he even pulled out a few strands of his beard.
"My concubine is already married and has given birth to a daughter. I'm afraid Zhang Ziyi may not be willing to marry her!"
This sentence directly hit Xun Shuang's sore spot, not to mention that Xun Cai also asked to marry his daughter with him, and Zhang Hengzhen might not be willing to accept it.
"Cai Bojie, don't forget that your concubine was once married."
"It doesn't count if you just bowed but didn't get married," Cai Yong said proudly, raising his eyebrows.
"It's no wonder that you, Cai Bojie, are still a great scholar in this world, but you are so shameless..."
"Okay, okay, you two virtuous brothers, please calm down for a moment." Zhang Wen waved his hands and said with a smile, "We are all wives, no concubines, how about it?"
In other words, both of them glared at Zhang Wen.
"It's nonsense. Since ancient times, there has been one husband and one wife. How can there be two wives? This statement is inconsistent with etiquette!"
"That's right. I've looked through ancient books and found no precedent. If we act like this, we will be the laughingstock of the world."
Zhang Wen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Why do you two need to be so pedantic? In today's troubled times and crisis, it is urgent to obey the authority. Marriage between a man and a woman is nothing more than a matter of inheritance. The two noble ladies are married together, and I, Zhang, will treat them as wives. So, in the future, whoever gives birth to an heir first will be designated as the eldest son and used to inherit the family business, how about that?"
"No!"
The two old men refused in unison.
Zhang Wen was not discouraged and continued to smile: "Then, the child born to brother Ciming's daughter will inherit the family business. The child born to brother Bozhe's daughter will be changed to Cai to pass on the incense to your Cai family. How about that?" "
As soon as these words came out, both Xun Shuang and Cai Yong's expressions froze, and then they began to think seriously.
Cai Yong had no children and no heirs, which had always been a worry for him. As he got older, he had regrets but had to do this. But now that he heard the conditions offered by Zhang Wen, his mind suddenly became active again.
Xun Shuang, on the other hand, thought that his daughter had finally agreed to remarry, and she was also carrying a lot of trouble. It was enough that the son he gave birth to could inherit the family business, and it was not good to ask for too much.
After thinking for a long time, Xun Shuang slowly said: "I have to think twice about this matter..."
Zhang Wen smiled when he heard this and thought that Xun Shuang's side was successful, so he quickly set his sights on Cai Yong.
"What do you think, Brother Bozhe?"
Cai Yong frowned and said, "Is Zhang Ziyi really so generous that he is willing to let his son change his surname?"
"It's not difficult. It's just one child, no more." Zhang Wen said with a smile.
Cai Yong nodded and said, "One son is enough. In that case, I have no objection. But even if the son cannot inherit the family business, my daughter, Cai Bojie, is still my wife, not my concubine!"
"This is natural, please rest assured, Brother Bojie!" Zhang Wen agreed.
