frightfiction #585 - Officials come to visit
#585 - Officials come to visit
Shen Zhen lowered her attitude and took all the responsibility on herself.
Seeing Shen Zhen admit her mistake, Madam Zhang couldn't continue to be tough. For a moment, she was in a dilemma and looked at Zhang Chen.
"Chen'er, you are my dear nephew, and I will never let you be wronged. This marriage was decided by your mother when she was alive, how can that girl resist? Don't worry, I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation. Whether she wants to marry or not, she has to marry!" Shen Zhen stepped forward at this time, took Zhang Chen's hand, and said softly and gently: "The reason why I said to delay for three to five years is not, as your second aunt said, one woman matching two husbands, but I wanted you and Shen Ling to get in touch and cultivate some feelings, so you can get to know each other. With a buffer period of three to five years, I will try my best to create opportunities for you and Shen Ling to get in touch alone, and then you will naturally be able to achieve good things. Even if that girl still resists after three or five years, she won't resist too much after this period of contact."
"You are my dear nephew, no different from my own son. Don't think too much, just stay here and wait for the opportunity to get married." Shen Zhen's voice was full of sincerity.
Hearing Shen Zhen's words, Zhang Chen knew in his heart that there must be changes he didn't know about, but Shen Zhen was an elder after all, and now she was begging him with such a low profile, he couldn't say anything tough. Zhang Chen looked like a young man, his eyes were red and he showed gratitude: "Uncle, thank you, thank you all."
Shen Zhen felt that these words were a bit strange, but she couldn't find anything wrong with them.
"Good boy, just stay in the mansion from now on! Our family will never treat you badly." Shen Zhen patted Zhang Chen's shoulder and comforted him.
While they were talking, suddenly there was a burst of rapid footsteps outside the door. A figure rushed in quickly. It was Lai Zongguan, the chief steward of the Shen Mansion. He entered the house and bowed to the Old Madam and others: "This old servant greets the Old Madam, and greets all the masters."
"What's the matter?" Shen Zhen let go of Zhang Chen's hand and asked.
"Reporting to the master, the yamen of Jinling Prefecture have arrived, saying that our mansion is hiding a wanted criminal of the imperial court..." While Lai Changrong was speaking, his eyes looked at Zhang Chen, revealing a knowing look.
Shen Zhen's expression suddenly became serious when he heard this. His entire face was gloomy, and he scolded: "My Shen family is a famous family in Jinling, and we are innocent people. How could we harbor a wanted criminal of the imperial court? Block the yamen back for me!"
Lai Changrong looked at Shen Zhen with a bitter face, and then glanced at Zhang Chen: "Master, those officials have the documents from Jinling Prefecture, and they seem to be coming for this young master..."
"Didn't you hear what I said? My Shen family is innocent and does not harbor any wanted criminals!"
Shen Zhen's tone became heavier, and he repeated it again.
Lai Changrong smiled bitterly when he heard this, and could only turn around and retreat.
Shen Zhen looked at Zhang Chen, and Zhang Chen sighed softly: "I have caused trouble for the Shen family."
"What are you talking about, child? We are a family, why are you saying such polite words? I couldn't protect your parents back then, can't I protect you now? The Northern Territory is in chaos, who knows where your real body is? As long as you don't admit that you are Zhang Chen, and don't admit that you are a wanted criminal of the imperial court, I will definitely protect you. As for the issue of your identity, you can't use your current name anymore. Tomorrow I will get you a fake identity. You just stay in Jinling with peace of mind. With my Shen family here, no one can touch you." The Old Madam said, her voice full of domineering, which made Zhang Chen feel a little warm in his heart.
"I am a wanted criminal exiled by the imperial court, what if the imperial court finds out..." Zhang Chen felt a little emotional.
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Shen Zhen's voice was full of pride: "This is Jinling! If we say you are Zhang Chen, then you are Zhang Chen. If we say you are not Zhang Chen, then you are not Zhang Chen."
Hearing Shen Zhen's words, Zhang Chen glanced at the other party, secretly shocked by the Shen family's power.
The two sides talked for another half a day, and then arranged a welcome banquet before Zhang Chen's family returned to Lixiang Garden.
Only at the gate of Lixiang Garden, there stood two lively figures. Zhang Chen knew both of them. One was Jiang Nan, who winked at Zhang Chen quietly, and the other was Shen Ling.
Shen Ling looked ugly and stood in front of the gate, blocking Zhang Chen's path.
"Miss Shen, is there anything I can do for you?" Zhang Chen looked at Shen Ling in red and asked.
"Toad, don't daydream, I will never like you. I won't hide it from you, I already have someone I like, you should give up on this idea as soon as possible." Shen Ling's voice was full of condescending scolding.
"Oh?" Zhang Chen said "Oh" faintly when he heard this, his eyes looking up and down at Shen Ling.
"What do you mean by saying 'Oh'?" Shen Ling glared at Zhang Chen.
"Since ancient times, marriage has been a matter of parents' orders and matchmakers' words. If you can be the master of your own marriage, you wouldn't have come here to show off to me. You should give up on this idea and marry me obediently! Although I don't like you either, I can't disobey my parents' orders." Zhang Chen looked at the other party sarcastically.
As for marrying Shen Ling?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
There is absolutely no possibility between him and Shen Ling! Shen Ling secretly meets with men, how could Zhang Chen want such a woman?
But since the other party has a bad attitude towards him, he doesn't mind disgusting the other party with words. If he can anger the other party and the other party says something secret, he can also sort out a clue in the chaotic situation of the Shen family.
As expected, after hearing Zhang Chen's words, Shen Ling suddenly became emotional: "Toad, are you worthy to marry me? Do you think my uncles and uncles, those masters, really want to marry me to you? Don't daydream, they just want the treasure left by your mother. The reason why they agreed to your marriage is just to delay time. They asked Zhang Gaoqiu to take action, trying to use the Zhang family's bloodline to crack that treasure. If they succeed, the marriage can naturally be dissolved. You are a member of the Zhang family, and Zhang Gaoqiu is also a member of the Zhang family, there is no reason why it won't succeed!"
After saying this, Shen Ling's words suddenly stopped, realizing that she might have said the wrong thing under impulsiveness, she couldn't help but shrink her pupils, and quickly turned around and left.
Jiang Nan smiled bitterly at Zhang Chen: "She has been loved by her family since she was a child, and is the jewel in the palm of the Shen family. Her nature is not bad, she is just used to being willful, you must not argue with her."
After Jiang Nan finished speaking, she quickly chased after Shen Ling.
Watching Shen Ling's receding back, Zhang Chen stood motionless in place, Cheng Yu said: "Zhang Chen, the Shen family is planning to do something."
"I know." Zhang Chen said.
"Do we want to start something first?" Xiao Douding showed a posture of fearing that the world would not be in chaos.
Zhang Chen shook his head: "No! The Shen family is not simple, there is a tenth-order god sitting in town, we must not act rashly."
Zhang Chen's eyes looked towards the back house of the Shen family. Above the void of the back house, there was a faint aura flowing. Although that aura was obscure, it could not hide from his eyes. There was a tenth-order power flowing within it. The Shen family controls 70% of the world's canal transportation, and being able to accumulate a tenth-order god is not surprising to him.
"First find a way to find the clues to the treasure left by my mother, and then find a way to take it away, then it will not be too late for us to leave the Shen family." Zhang Chen said.
He needs to understand the situation in Jinling first, and then make subsequent decisions.
The more calculations the Shen family has, the happier Zhang Chen is in his heart, and the less he needs to be merciful when he takes action.
"Chen'er, the Shen family is a big business and a big power that dominates the world. We are weak and weak. It is better to endure this anger and leave Jinling to find another way out. It is most important for you to live in peace. No matter how good the things your mother left you are, they are just external things, so what if you give them up?" Zhang Shi's eyes were full of worry.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen smiled: "You don't have to worry, I naturally have a sense of proportion in my heart."
The Shen family needs time, doesn't he, Zhang Chen, need time too?
Who knows what incredible level Zhang Chen will increase to after three to five years?
"Besides, even if we want to leave, I'm afraid we can't." Zhang Chen said to himself.
After hearing Shen Ling's words, Zhang Chen had already realized that the Shen family had made two plans and would never let him leave. In case Zhang Gaoqiu did not crack the restriction left by his mother, they would still need him to take action.
No matter how you look at it, the Shen family has no reason to let him leave.
"This is really difficult! What should I do?" Zhang Chen sat in the courtyard, thinking about various ideas in his mind.
First of all, the things his mother left him must be very important, otherwise it would not make the Shen family so envious. That was originally something that belonged to him, and Zhang Chen would never give it up. Secondly, he has now entered Jinling, and whether he can leave is not up to him.
Time is passing slowly
The next day, Shen Xu arrived, with a stack of documents in his hand.
"Greetings, Second Uncle." Zhang Chen bowed to Shen Xu.
"This is the new household registration we have prepared for you. We have arranged this new identity properly, and there will be no flaws." Shen Xu handed over the documents in his hand.
Zhang Chen took the road permit and looked down at it. The name on the document was not Zhang Chen, but: Shen Chen.
His younger siblings have all changed their surnames to Shen.
"Now your identity has no flaws, and the yamen wants to trouble you, but it can't." Shen Xu said with a smile.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen showed a happy expression: "Thank you, Uncle, but I don't know if it will bring trouble to the Shen family?"
"The world is too big, it is not difficult to hide a few people." Shen Xu didn't think so.
After talking for a while, Shen Xu bid farewell and left, leaving Zhang Chen standing in the courtyard looking at the household registration in his hand without speaking.