Gou was a member of the imperial family in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 332 Marriage
Wang Jinwu's shamelessness made Zhu Shenzhui smile bitterly. He finally got him back from the grassland, but he couldn't sit still soon after he came back and secretly ran to Zhaowuling again.

Having grown up together, Zhu Shenzhui had no idea what Wang Jinwu was thinking. This kid had never been a contented person since he was young. When he was still a teenager, he pestered him to join him in smuggling salt. At that time, not to mention his uncle Wang Rong, even Zhu Shenzhui refused.

Is it so easy to smuggle salt? This is a business that involves risking one's life. Even Zhu Shenzhui almost capsized and chopped off several heads with his knife before he could find such a way. Those who followed Zhu Shenzhui to smuggle salt were all heroes carefully selected from Wangjia Village. Although Wang Jinwu had practiced martial arts since he was a child, he was still young at that time. If he followed Zhu Shenzhui, he would not only be of no help, but would even be a hindrance.

After two years of forcing Wang Jinwu to stop, he was powerless. This kid was so persistent that he could not be helped. Besides, Wang Jinwu was already a teenager at that time, and his martial arts were getting better and better. In a one-on-one fight, he had no rivals in Wangjia Village. Zhu Shenzui then agreed to let Wang Jinwu follow him to smuggle salt.

Several years have passed since then, and Wang Jinwu has grown up very fast. Now this kid is taller than Zhu Shencui. In terms of size, he is even stronger than Zhu Shencui. Moreover, as an adult, he looks rough, with a beard and round leopard eyes. People would believe that he is older than Zhu Shencui.

But no matter how he looks like an adult, his age is still there, especially when facing Zhu Shenzui. As a younger brother, Wang Jinwu is naturally suppressed by him. The mark of being beaten since childhood is deeply rooted in his bones. He dares to be aggressive with others, but he is as obedient as a rabbit in front of two people. One is his father Wang Rong, and the other is Zhu Shenzui.

"Since you're here, just play here for two days..." Zhu Shenzhui glared at him and said. Wang Jinwu was immediately happy and was about to say something, but Zhu Shenzhui's next words made Wang Jinwu's smile freeze on his face.

"Come back to the garrison with me the day after tomorrow. I have to go see my uncle. I haven't seen him for a while and I miss him so much."

"Sixth brother, you can go to see my father by yourself. You know which way the door of our house opens, why do you have to drag me along? I just got here, didn't you tell me to stay here for two days?"

"That's right, we'll play for two days." Zhu Shenzhui said with a smile, "You arrive today, leave tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, isn't that exactly two days? What's the matter? You're just a fool, aren't you? Don't you know how to calculate the days?"

"I..." Wang Jinwu was speechless for a moment. The two days that Zhu Shenzhui mentioned were really two days. How could there be such an arrangement?
He finally took the opportunity to run away from home, thinking that since he couldn't go to the grassland for the time being, it would be more interesting to come to Zhaowuling to play for a few days than to stay in the garrison. There was nothing to do in the garrison, and he was almost sick from being idle every day. Especially this time when he came back, his father Wang Rong arranged something for him, which made Wang Jinwu feel uncomfortable. Otherwise, why would he sneak out?
"What do you mean? Do you think I'm joking with you?"

Zhu Shenzhui glared at him and scolded him rudely: "Don't you know why I asked you to stay in the garrison? You are an adult, but you don't know anything. You come here without even saying hello. What's the matter? Is Zhaowuling your territory, Wang Dabaihu? You can come and go as you please?"

"No need to discuss this. You will follow me back to the garrison the day after tomorrow. When you get there, apologize to your uncle. Stay at home and concentrate on your work. We can talk about other things later. You are already an adult, why are you still so ignorant?"

“I… I…” After being scolded, Wang Jinwu hung his head, unable to refute. Seeing his expression, Zhu Shenzhui was both angry and amused. Then he ignored him and turned to ask Lu Yisheng to send someone to the garrison immediately to tell Wang Rong that the kid was there. He would bring Wang Jinwu back to the garrison the day after tomorrow and told Wang Rong not to worry.

Lu Yisheng nodded repeatedly and went to make arrangements immediately. He tried hard to hold back his laughter in front of Zhu Shenzhui and Wang Jinwu, but after taking a few steps out, he really couldn't hold it back anymore and burst out laughing while covering his mouth.

After Lu Yisheng left, Zhu Shenzhui glared at Wang Jinwu again. He didn't know when this troublesome boy would become sensible. But he had scolded him now. No matter how much he scolded, it would probably go in one ear and out the other. Anyway, he would take him back the day after tomorrow and settle the score when he returned to the garrison.

He stayed in the Hundred Households Office for another day, inspected the training of the new army, and had a good chat with Lao Jin and others.

After staying for another night, Zhu Shencui brought Wang Jinwu back to the garrison. On the third day, they arrived at the garrison. Before they even entered the door, the servants in the house saw Zhu Shencui and Wang Jinwu coming back. They were overjoyed and ran inside, shouting, "Young master is back!" as they ran.

After a moment, Wang Rong rushed to the front from the backyard. When he saw Wang Jinwu hiding behind Zhu Shenzhui, he was immediately furious.

"You remember to come back, kid?" "Dad... haven't you been thinking about Sixth Brother these days? I'm going to Zhaowuling to pick up Sixth Brother for you." Wang Jinwu was quite smart. He had thought of an excuse on the way. Seeing that his father looked like he was going to settle a score with him, he hurriedly explained.

"Bah!" Wang Rong cursed with a dark face: "You think I am old and confused when I am your father? And you still go to pick up your sixth brother? Do you need to pick up your sixth brother when he comes home?"

"Hey, family members have to be polite too, Dad. Didn't you always teach your son to be polite? Didn't your son do what you told him to do? Why are you scolding me?"

"You little brat, you've pissed me off to death. I'll give you a good beating." Wang Rong blew his beard and glared, looking around as if he was looking for something handy to beat Wang Jinwu up on the spot. Zhu Shenzhui found it funny and stepped forward to persuade him. Wang Rong then backed down and scolded the brat a few more times. Seeing that Wang Jinwu was still standing there stupidly, he kicked him and told him to go back to the house. He said that he felt annoyed whenever he saw him and that if he looked at him any more, he would shorten his life by several years.

Wang Jinwu quickly agreed and ran away. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared.

After Wang Jinwu left, Wang Rong still cursed at him from behind with a look of disappointment, then he sat down angrily with the help of Zhu Shenzhui, and then he couldn't help shaking his head.

The servants served tea, and Wang Rong waved to the servants, asking them to leave. After the servants left, Wang Rong pulled Zhu Shenzhui's men and said, "Luckily you were in Zhaowuling, otherwise I wouldn't have known where this kid had run off to. You don't know, the day before yesterday this kid actually ran away, and I, your uncle, was so scared that I broke out in a sweat. We had almost settled the matter before, and in a few days it would be the day to ask for leave. If this kid really ran away, how could I explain it to the Sun family?"

Seeing that Wang Rong was indeed very angry, Zhu Shenzhui hurriedly said a few words to comfort him, and finally managed to calm Wang Rong down by 90%.

After Wang Rong calmed down, Zhu Shenzui asked about the arrangements. To be honest, although Wang Jinwu was allowed to come back from the grassland with the intention of transferring him back to the new army, Wang Jinwu's matter was also a reason. Wang Rong arranged a marriage for Wang Jinwu.

Wang Jinwu is younger than Zhu Shenzhui, and he should have gotten married by now. Although the Wang family has many members, Wang Rong, as the head of the family, has only one son, Wang Jinwu. As the saying goes, there are three kinds of unfilial behavior, and the worst is to have no descendants. Generally, boys in ordinary families are almost ready to get married when they are fourteen years old, and there are also many who become fathers at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Wang Jinwu is almost twenty this year, and it is quite late for him not to get married at this age.

Even though Zhu Shenzhu got married a little later, he now has two sons. If the sons on the grassland are included, he already has four sons.

Wang Rong had long been thinking about arranging a marriage for Wang Jinwu so that he could get married and have children early. When he saw his grandson being born, Wang Rong would be relieved for the rest of his life. He couldn't just watch Wang Jinwu, this troublesome guy, not get married, right?
Besides, his own son knew him well. Wang Jinwu was good at martial arts and had thrived on the grassland before. But as a military household, Wang Rong understood one thing even better: no matter how good your martial arts were, anything could happen on the battlefield, perhaps a flying arrow or something else, and an accident could occur.

It is inevitable that a great general will die in battle. This is the truth. No one can guarantee that they will be lucky all their lives. Wang Rong did not want Wang Jinwu to go to the battlefield, but he did not want Wang Jinwu to meet with an accident on the battlefield without leaving a descendant for the Wang family. After all, he had to get married and have more sons, right? As a father, this small request was not excessive.

But Wang Jinwu knew about this a few days after he returned to the guard post. I don't know what this guy is thinking. He is very resistant to this matter. He even shouted that a real man has no problem finding a wife. Didn't Huo Qubing say that before the Xiongnu was destroyed, how could he have a family? What's the good of getting married? There is no need to rush to get married. It won't be too late to get married after a few years when he has made some name for himself.

Wang Rong was so angry that he picked up the stick and beat him, cursing as he beat him: "You are just a jerk, how can you call yourself a real man? Bah! And you are still talking about Huo Qubing? Huo Qubing never got married and had no descendants. Do you want to follow Huo Qubing's example and die young? I might as well beat you to death today."

Wang Jinwu was beaten so hard that he cried for his parents. After beating him, Wang Rong had the brat locked up and told him clearly that he would never be able to leave the garrison unless he got married and had a son.

In the following days, Wang Rong looked after his son on the one hand, and prepared for Wang Jinwu's marriage on the other. With the help of someone, he finally found a reliable one for him. They had discussed it some time ago, and even the date for the meeting was set. Just when Wang Rong was very happy, Wang Jinwu actually climbed over the wall and ran away when the guards were not paying attention.

(End of this chapter)