Joy of Life: The Mei Family's Son Grows Up

Chapter 409 Untitled (Two in One)

Shen Zhong was just outside the door, but he was reluctant to come in. I don't know if he was preparing himself mentally or wanted to get more information.

Mei Cheng'an gave Fan Xian a look and Fan Xian understood what he meant. Neither of them spoke to remind Yan Bingyun and Miss Shen.

The two of them are performing a new round of drama that is neither tragic nor melodramatic enough, and they are watching it with gusto.

Yan Bingyun looked straight ahead and spoke calmly.

"Your brother and I are at war to the death. Have you ever thought about the future before you let me go?"

Miss Shen was silent for a long time, gazing at him affectionately, tears flickering in her eyes, and replied in a sobbing voice.

"If one day you kill my brother, please kill me too."

Mei Chengan: “…”

Fan Xian: "..."

Thank you for the generous gift! Such deep affection?

"You two, it's not that serious. It's really not that serious. The tone of the two countries now is peaceful coexistence and friendly neighbors. The obstacles between you are not that great. Why do you have to fight to the death? There is no need. You have feelings for him and he has feelings for you. Why don't you just be together? If there are difficulties, face them together and solve them together."

Fan Xian couldn't bear to watch it anymore and couldn't help but speak.

"What do you think, Old Mei?"

Mei Cheng'an glanced outside the door, heard the heavy breathing gradually becoming heavier, curled the corners of his mouth, and gave Fan Xian a thumbs up.

"I think you're right! There's nothing wrong with it!"

Yan Bingyun had a blank expression on his face when he heard this, and acted as if he had heard nothing. Miss Shen listened and thought about it, but the worry on her face did not diminish in the slightest.

"my brother…"

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a loud bang. It was the sound of the bolted door being violently kicked open, the bolt breaking, and the door panels colliding. The noise scared everyone.

Shen Zhong slowly stepped into the room. Miss Shen in the room stood up immediately after hearing the noise. Her first reaction was not panic, but to bypass Yan Bingyun and run towards Fan Xian.

"catch me!"

As she spoke, Miss Shen grabbed Fan Xian's arm and put it around her neck, then stuffed her dagger into his hand.

Fan Xian: "..."

Mei Chengan: “…”

Yan Bingyun rolled his eyelids, retracted his gaze, and drank water calmly.

Shen Zhong stopped as soon as he entered the room, slowly turned around and looked at his sister. Before he could speak, Miss Shen took the initiative.

"Brother, they said they would spare my life only if I escaped!"

She took the initiative to explain the kidnappers' demands in an anxious tone.

Fan Xian: "..."

Mei Chengan: “…”

Is your sense of belief so strong?

Your brother witnessed the whole thing, okay?

Logically speaking, Fan Xian should cooperate with the acting at this time, but his sense of belief is still a little lacking compared to Miss Shen.

Under the heavy gaze, Fan Xian, who felt extremely embarrassed, had his mouth twitching wildly, and awkwardly used his right hand to remove the dagger from his left hand.

Miss Shen looked at him in surprise. Have you given up? Fan Xian pulled his arm out and nodded at her with his lips pursed.

Mei Cheng'an put his hands behind his back, curled the corners of his mouth, and as the two of them looked at Shen Zhong, his gaze also shifted over.

Shen Zhong stared at his sister silently for a long time. Suddenly, his eyes darkened and he lowered his head. He sighed softly. His dejection became concrete at this moment. He looked very depressed. After a moment, he turned around and closed the door again.

He walked a few steps in front of the three people and stood still. Shen Zhong looked at his sister and said in a tone of disappointment.

"You are confused!"

He raised his hand and pointed at Mei Cheng'an and Fan Xian, tapping in the air, and raised his voice heavily.

"They are enemy spies!"

Miss Shen lowered her head and snapped her fingers, her voice as soft as a mosquito's.

"I, I was arrested..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a heavy roar.

"I'm not a fool, your brother!"

Miss Shen's eyes turned red, and she lowered her head and stopped talking.

Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, Shen Zhong forced himself to calm down. He opened his eyes and no longer looked at his sister, but looked at Mei Cheng'an and Fan Xian who were standing side by side with his sister, then raised his foot and took a step towards the center line between the two.

"Master Fan, Master Mei."

Fan Xian raised his hand.

"To!"

Mei Chengan smiled slightly.

"What advice do you have for me, Lord Shen?"

Shen Zhong laughed angrily, nodded repeatedly, and gave them a thumbs up.

"You two have good tactics."

Mei Chengan nodded slightly with a smile on his face.

"Master Shen, thank you for your praise."

Fan Xian bowed to him and said with a grin.

"Learn from Lord Shen."

The smile on Shen Zhong's face gradually turned cold.

"You two are relying on your superior martial arts skills and don't take me, the Jinyiwei, seriously at all. Do you think the swords in our hands are made of paper?"

Fan Xian uttered an "ah" and waved his hand.

"How dare I? I'm just a little brave. Speaking of which, Lord Shen is also very brave. You dare to enter the house alone. Aren't you afraid that we will arrest you too?"

Shen Zhong pointed outside the door and said calmly.

"I just gave the order outside. If you threaten my life, shoot me with all your arrows!"

When Miss Shen heard this, she became anxious.

"elder brother!!!"

Shen Zhong didn't even look at her, his eyes were only fixed on Fan Xian beside her.

Fan Xian smiled.

"Master Shen, why do you need to do this?"

He raised his hand and pointed diagonally behind him.

"Yan Bingyun will be handed over to us sooner or later. Now that we have found him, why not let us take him away."

Shen Zhong glanced at Yan Bingyun, who was sitting at the tea table drinking tea calmly without looking away, and nodded to Fan Xian's surprise.

"can."

"?"

Fan Xian was stunned for a moment. He agreed so easily?
Miss Shen looked at her brother in surprise when she heard this.

Mei Cheng'an was not surprised when he heard this, because he knew that Shen Zhong had not finished speaking.

Sure enough, Shen Zhong made up the conditions.

"As long as you ask him to hand over the list of the spy network in Beijing, I will release him immediately. I will never break my promise."

"..."

Fan Xian's expression went from surprise to speechlessness, and after thinking for a while, he turned and looked at Yan Bingyun.

"How about we tell Lord Shen?"

Nothing was important to say here. Their most important task now was to delay time and wait for reinforcements to arrive, so Fan Xian didn't mind having some fun with Shen Zhong, and time passed by while they were having fun.

Yan Bingyun glanced at him indifferently.

"it is good!"

Fan Xian was stunned again. This was different from what he had expected. In his expectation, Yan Bingyun should have despised him and rejected him outright upon hearing what he said. So why did she agree?
Not pigeons.
Why don’t you play by the rules?
The most important thing is, you promised so seriously, you can't really mean it...

Mei Cheng'an noticed Fan Xian's expression, smiled and patted his shoulder gently, giving him a look that told him to stay calm.

Receiving his eye signal, Fan Xian thought for a moment, nodded imperceptibly, and his expression returned to calm.

When Shen Zhong heard Yan Bingyun agree to reveal the spy network list, he tilted his head in surprise, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, and after thinking for a while, he walked towards the tea table.

Sitting sideways on the tea table, Shen Zhong's upper body was leaning slightly forward towards Yan Bingyun, looking down at him, staring straight into his eyes, without saying a word, as if he was waiting for him to tell him the list, giving a very oppressive feeling.

Yan Bingyun looked at him calmly, without wasting any time, and spoke directly.

"All the ministers and assistant ministers of the six ministries of Northern Qi were my Daqing spies. Lord Shen has killed them all. This can be regarded as peace and prosperity for the country, and the extermination of traitors for the country."

Hearing this, Mei Cheng'an touched Fan Xian and sent a message with his eyes, "What do you think? I told you not to worry."

Fan Xian nodded and gave a thumbs up, awesome!
Miss Shen looked at her brother with a worried look on her face. She felt that her brother was going to be irritated because she wanted to punch Yan Bingyun in the face after hearing what she heard. His expression was irritating and his words were even more irritating!
It can only be said that her feeling was very right. After listening to what Yan Bingyun said, her brother Shen Zhong lowered his head, stepped back, sighed, and then laughed twice for no apparent reason. Then he suddenly stood up and lifted the coffee table under him and flew away.

The tea table, teapot, and teacups fell to the ground one after another, making a series of clanging and tinkling noises, raising clouds of dust and making an incredibly loud noise.

There was water in the teapot and teacup, and when they were spinning in the air, the water naturally flew out and splashed everywhere. Fortunately, Mei Chengan and Fan Xian, who were close, dodged quickly, otherwise their clothes would have been damaged.

Shen Zhong pointed at Yan Bingyun and said angrily to his sister, "Listen to what he said!"

Miss Shen half lowered her head, responding to ever-changing circumstances with the same attitude.

“I was arrested.”

Mei Cheng'an and Fan Xian looked at each other and gave her a thumbs up. This answer, in one word, was brilliant!

Miss Shen resisted the urge to roll her eyes and moved a little further away from them. These two people were just enjoying the fun.

She held back, but Yan Bingyun couldn't. He rolled his eyes and was speechless. He was wondering how these two frivolous guys became the leaders of the delegation. Who did the research?

"..."

Shen Zhong took a breath while adjusting his clothes. He forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart, exhaled heavily, lowered his head and spoke softly.

"Master Fan and Master Mei, you two can go now."

Fan Xian pointed at Yan Bingyun and said casually.

"He has to come with us."

"not now."

"Lord Shen may have made a mistake. I am not discussing this with you."

Hearing this, Shen Zhong suddenly looked at Fan Xian and narrowed his eyes.

"Then don't leave!"

After saying this in a decisive tone, Shen Zhong immediately roared.

"Somebody come!"

Following his order, the door was violently opened again with a bang, and about six or seven Jinyiwei rushed in, pointing knives at Mei Chengan and Fan Xian.

Mei Chengan glanced at it indifferently and then looked away. There were only six, a little less.

Fan Xian glanced at him, his expression no longer solemn.

"Master Shen, are you planning to take action?"

Shen Zhong responded calmly.

"Isn't this what Master Fan wants? I gave you a chance."

Mei Cheng'an uttered an "ah" and raised his hand.

"That's not what we meant. Lord Shen misunderstood."

Shen Zhong looked at him and raised the corner of his mouth.

"But I heard that this is what Master Fan meant!"

Fan Xian shrugged.

"Lord Shen is attacking us here, aren't you afraid that the two countries will go to war again?"

Shen Zhong sneered, walked up to his subordinate and beckoned to him. The Jinyiwei immediately handed him the knife, and Shen Zhong pointed the knife at Fan Xian.

"Who knew you were here? You two mysteriously disappeared, and the Royal Guards searched hard for you and finally found your bodies. I am deeply distressed and will definitely find the murderer and avenge you!"

His voice became louder and louder, and the last sentence sounded a little crazy.

Mei Cheng'an narrowed his eyes, thinking that Shen Zhong's logic was a little strange. Logically speaking, since he knew his own strength from Taoist He, he should understand that let alone the people in the room, even if all the people outside were counted, they would not be able to do anything to the two of them.

If he still chose to do it, was it because He Daoren didn't convey the message properly? That shouldn't be the case, because it shouldn't be difficult, or was it because He Daoren conveyed the message properly but he didn't believe it? That's not right either, because even if he was doubtful, he shouldn't risk his life to verify it, or was it because he lost his mind because of his sister's matter? ... He doesn't seem like an impulsive person.

Hiss~ Why does it feel so weird?

In fact, not only was Shen Zhong not losing his mind, but he made the decision to take action in an extremely sober state. He certainly knew that his Jinyiwei could not do anything to them, and that was right. If they could do something, then there would be a problem. His core demand was nothing more than to prevent the two of them from taking Yan Bingyun away. Since they would not listen to his advice, he could only take action to force the two of them away.

Even if he couldn't do anything to them, he could still restrain them and not let them take the people away if a fight really broke out. As the pacification commissioner, he still had the confidence that this was the case.

The most important point is that he didn't dare to do anything to the two leaders of the delegation because he couldn't afford the consequences. Similarly, he didn't think that these two smart leaders of the delegation would dare to kill the Jinyiwei in Shangjing in order to save people!
The above are the reasons why he chose to take action. As for the purpose, in addition to forcing Yan Bingyun to stay in his hands, he also wanted to confirm Mei Chengan's strength again. If what Taoist He said is true, then the Zhenfu Division will have one more trustworthy ninth-grade master to use.

There must be something wrong when something is abnormal. Any event that seems unreasonable on the surface is always driven by some underlying logic. It just depends on whether you think about it and whether you want to understand it.

Mei Cheng'an thought about it but didn't understand it, so he was too lazy to think about it.

It is impossible to fight, especially when they have reinforcements. How can it be easier to fight than not to fight?
Back to reality, after listening to Shen Zhong's passionate words that were almost a declaration of war, Mei Cheng'an and Fan Xian had not done anything yet. Miss Shen did not agree. She had her own way to prevent the conflict - that was to pull up Fan Xian's right hand holding the dagger again, put it on her neck, and urge him in a low voice.

"Hold me, hold me!"

Fan Xian: "..."

Mei Chengan: “…”

Shen Zhong: “…”

Yan Bingyun: "..."

All the royal guards: "..."

Her actions immediately silenced the entire room.

Shen Zhong was also very angry. He pointed his finger at her in the air several times and didn't know what to say to her. He let out a heavy sigh and shouted loudly.

"Do it!!!"

Following his order, the six Jinyiwei were about to step forward with knives in hand, when suddenly a shout was heard from outside the house.

"grown ups!!!"

Those who were on guard and those who were watching the show all stopped what they were doing in panic and turned to look at the door.

The young leader of the Jinyiwei came hurriedly into the house from outside and came to Shen Zhong's side quickly. Under the attention of everyone, he leaned close to his ear and whispered something to him.

Fan Xian tilted his head to glance at his fellow villager beside him. Mei Chengan smiled back at him. Fan Xian nodded, with the corners of his mouth curled up.

On Shen Zhong's side, he frowned as he listened to the report, and narrowed his eyes as he looked at the two of them, his eyes full of confusion.

Fan Xian tilted his head and grinned at him, then pulled his arm out of Miss Shen's hand and handed the dagger back to her, while looking around and laughing softly.

"Everyone, wait a moment, let's not rush into action, my reinforcements are here."

Shen Zhong looked at him deeply, lowered the knife in his hand and threw it back to his subordinate, then turned around and walked out with the little leader.

As soon as the two of them left, the six Jinyiwei followed them out, and soon there were only four of them left in the room.

Miss Shen let out a long sigh and put the dagger into her sleeve. Yan Bingyun looked at Mei Chengan and Fan Xian and asked curiously.

"Can you tell me now who the rescuer is?"

Fan Xian and Mei Cheng'an had already arrived at the main hall, standing side by side and looking outside the house. Hearing this, Fan Xian glanced at him and put a finger to his lips.

"Hush, listen carefully, you will know who it is as soon as you hear it."

Yan Bingyun was stunned for a moment, then he closed his eyes, tilted his head towards the outside of the house, and listened carefully.

outside the house.

Shen Zhong walked through the passage that his subordinates had made way for and came to the door, where he saw a familiar figure. The man was standing with his back to them, taking off his shoes and slapping them upside down, as if something was stuck in his shoes that shouldn't be there.

Putting away the doubt in his eyes, Shen Zhong took a step forward and asked with a smile.

"Why is the Saint here?"

Haitang put on the cleaned shoe, took off the other one and continued beating it, sighed, and said without turning her head.

"Since they have found the person, even if you, the Jinyiwei, have lost this round, please save some face and release him."

Feeling that the cleaning was almost done, Haitang put on the shoe in her hand, clapped her hands, and turned to look at Shenzhong.

Shen Zhong was silent for a moment, then spoke with a smile.

"This is my own business, so please don't worry about it, Saint."

Haitang frowned, as if she felt it was troublesome, and turned to walk towards him with a click of the tongue.

"That's not what I said."

As she spoke, she stopped in front of Shen Zhong and looked straight at him.

"It is His Majesty's will."

Shen Zhong frowned at first, but after blinking a few times, his brows relaxed again. He lowered his head to avoid Haitang's gaze and smiled.

"Shen...has always only obeyed the Queen Mother's orders!"

As he spoke, he looked up at Haitang, his tone became more and more serious, and the smile on his face slowly disappeared. When he finished speaking, there was no smile or respect on his face.

Whether it was deliberately pointing out that it was His Majesty's order in front of him, the Queen Mother's disciple, or staring into his eyes and observing his expression, the intention of testing was obvious.

Whether she was testing on behalf of the empress dowager or the little emperor, it was obviously not a good thing for him.

This move was obviously disrespectful to him, so there was no need for him to respect the saint.

After looking at her coldly, Shen Zhong turned around and walked into the house.

Haitang remained calm and just looked at his back with a smile. After a while, she suddenly added another sentence.

"That's what the Queen Mother meant."

He paused for a moment, a hint of gloom flashed across his eyes, and he slowly turned around to look at her.

Haitang casually tilted her head to the other side, with the smile on her face still there, and looked at him calmly, but her attitude was a little nonchalant, as if she had no fear.

Shen Zhong stood in front of her again and looked at her quietly without saying a word.

Haitang suddenly suggested with a smile.

"How about I wait here while you go to the palace and ask?"

……

(End of this chapter)