"I have a question. Since you don't want to, just cancel the engagement, why do you have to continue it? This is unreasonable!"
Xue Ruitian held his cheek and looked at Mrs. Ning curiously. Although he had heard some rumors about the legitimate daughter of the Wang family in Ningchang Kingdom and Songjiang Mansion before, the rumors were still rumors and were not as detailed as what he said. He wanted to know that neither the Wang family nor the Ning family were willing to enter into this marriage. , but had to secretly marry Ning Changguo to this young lady from the Wang family under the guise of fulfilling the engagement. What was the purpose?
Xue Ruitian would not believe it if there was nothing fishy in it.
Hearing Xue Ruitian's words, Shen Haolin and Shen Cha also nodded. They also found it strange that although there were interests involved, it took almost twenty years from the conclusion of the engagement to the completion of the engagement. No matter what interests were involved, It is no longer necessary to use the in-law relationship to guarantee it, but why do we still continue to perform the engagement when both parties are unwilling? This is a very strange point.
"Because the Wang family is a retreat!"
"A way out?" Xue Ruitian raised an eyebrow, "The Ning family's way out?"
"Yes!" Mrs. Ning sneered, "They are all just people and calculations. There is no real engagement!"
"Please tell me carefully."
"You should all know about the Green Lotus Sect, right?" Madam Ning looked at Xue Ruitian, "You should be able to find out something, but I won't ask. Your affairs have little to do with ours."
"We know about the Qinglian Sect." Xue Ruitian nodded, "Many big families in the south of the Yangtze River are believers in the Qinglian Sect, and the people also believe in it. It's just that in recent years, the Qinglian Sect has been surrounded and suppressed. It’s less, but it’s not really that much less, is it?”
"Yes, there are still many secretly, and they are not ordinary people. They are all wealthy families with some wealth and prestige. The Green Lotus Sect actually doesn't care about those ordinary believers at all. It's okay if they have them, or they don't have them." Mr. Ning The man sighed, "Do you know that the Ning family has been working for the Qinglian Sect a long time ago?"
"Didn't it start from Ningchang?"
"Of course not." Seeing the expressions of the three people, Mrs. Ning smiled, "Did you not expect that?"
"In other words, Ning Changguo was not selected by the Qinglian Sect or the Empress Dowager after arriving in Xijing City, but was he the one selected from the beginning? From the beginning to the end, he was calculated of?"
"It can't be said that it was calculated. It can only be said that everyone gets what they need. Only the Zhongzhou family foolishly thinks that Ning Changguo becoming their adopted son is the good luck brought by their family's long-term good deeds."
"That's not the case?"
"No!" Mrs. Ning shook her head, "I only found out about these things later when Ning Changguo himself told me. The Ning family tied up the Qinglian Sect ship, which started with Ning Changguo's great-grandfather, but it was just like this before. For many years, I just ran errands and couldn't accomplish anything big. It was only in Ning Changguo's father's generation that I finally got in touch with the core. Our Wang family has always wanted to own a pier, and we set our sights on one from the Ning family from the beginning, but that pier , is actually used by the Ning family to sell goods for the Qinglian Sect."
"Carrying goods for the Qinglian Sect? The Qinglian Sect also sells goods?"
"Of course, there are many ways for the Qinglian Sect to make money. It's not just about collecting offerings from believers. They can only collect as much as they offer, which is far from the amount they want. Therefore, if you want to get more silver, gold, To get more jewelry, we need to open up some other businesses. Therefore, some items will be sold to believers in temples and dojos under the name of the Qinglian Sect. These items come from the sea and should not be particularly expensive, as far as I know. Yes, the profits from Qinglian Sect’s businesses are quite high.”
"Then what are they selling?"
"It's not too special. Tapestries, scrolls, incense burners, spices, etc. I have seen these things before. They are not from Bactria. They are very exotic."
"No wonder, it comes from the sea."
"This is not very clear." Mrs. Ning sighed softly, "Before the Wang and Ning families signed the marriage contract, both parties put forward many conditions. Our family put forward a condition that they could get married, but it was only in name only. The Ning family agreed. After all, we are from the Langya Wang family. If they don’t agree, there will be little chance of finding another family similar to ours for marriage.”
"So, it was already determined at that time that they could only have the name of husband and wife, but not the reality of husband and wife?"
"Well!" Mrs. Ning nodded, "These all happened before Ning Changguo and I were born. If it weren't for the family members, I wouldn't know it very well. The Ning family agreed to this condition, and at the same time, they also proposed a not-too-distant The excessive condition is that our Wang family can use the dock to transport goods, but they hope that we can rent them a few boats, but they will not pay the rent."
"Lease them a boat but can't charge them money? How shameless they are!"
"It's mutual. If we occupy the dock, we won't give you any money." Madam Ning said with a smile, "Although the Wang family is a famous family in Jiangnan, they are also engaged in business. They don't think there is anything wrong with being a businessman. , but a large part of our business needs to go to sea, so we must use the Ning family’s wharf. The Ning family knows that the wharf is necessary for our business, so they proposed to exchange things for things. They use If the dock is to be replaced by our family's boat, if it's really serious, our family will be able to take advantage."
"The Wang family has many ships?" Shen Cha looked at Mrs. Ning curiously, "If the Ning family uses the Wang family's ship and the Wang family wants to take away the goods, wouldn't there be no ships available? Speaking of which, it doesn't count as taking advantage."
"Xiaocha, what you don't know is that the Wang family has a shipyard."
"That's right!" Mrs. Ning nodded, "Our family has a shipyard and we can build our own ships. We don't have to worry about not having any ships to use."
"Indeed." Xue Ruitian smiled and looked at Mrs. Ning, "But the Wang family knew from the beginning that the Ning family wanted to help the Qinglian Sect to sell goods?"
"I didn't know it at first, but after a year or two, I found out there was a problem. Later I found out that I was helping the Qinglian Sect transport goods." Mrs. Ning sighed, "Things have already happened, and there is nothing we can do about it. "It's easy to get on a pirate ship, but it's hard to get off a pirate ship."
"The Wang family is unwilling? Aren't all the Jiangnan families believe in the Qinglian Sect?"
"This is just a misinformation. Not all big families believe in the Green Lotus Sect, and many of them hate them." Mrs. Ning sighed softly, "Our Wang family is one of them."
