The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 840: Detailed Explanation

Meng Shisan had eaten two snacks in Cui Yu's attic study to fill his stomach. He was not in a hurry to have lunch now, and he was not too hungry: "Brother, come and eat with us."

Meng Renping's answer was to turn his face away.

Seeing his eldest cousin's childish reaction, Meng Shisan stopped forcing him: "Since you're not hungry, I'll..."

Before she finished her words, Meng Renping quickly stood up from his side seat, walked to the dining table, sat down, picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating. He looked like he was angry.

Meng Shisan pursed his lips, feeling that this side of his eldest cousin was rare and childish. Even Shangchun Jinyin, who was serving Meng Shisan, couldn't help but laugh secretly.

Meng Renping seemed determined to deny it to the end, and even though he heard the faint laughter behind him, he remained unchanged.

The following conversation was a little bit inappropriate for Shangchun Jinyin to listen to, so Meng Shisan asked them to leave, leaving only the two cousins ​​in Mingxiaotang.

Meng Renping glanced at the two people who were already guarding the courtyard outside the hall, then turned back, still calm as before.

"Ask, big brother."

"Can I ask anything?"

Meng Shisan nodded: "Okay. Whether to answer or not is up to me."

It was fair, so Meng Renping began to ask, "What did you say to the three clan leaders of Huashashui?"

"It's about a token on my second brother's body." Meng Shisan replied, "I gave it to my second brother as a talisman when he set out for Lingnan."

Meng Renping also thought about Meng Renji's situation of serving in the army alone in Lingnan. He just didn't expect that his eldest cousin had not only thought about it, but had already made arrangements when his eldest cousin followed General Qiao to leave Beijing.

As the eldest brother, he felt ashamed when thinking about this.

After a moment's silence, he asked, "Is it related to the Huashashui tribe?"

Meng Shisan told the truth: "The token I gave to my second brother is called the Thirteenth Token, which is the main token. Each of the three tribes also has one, which are all secondary tokens."

When Meng Renping heard that the token was called the Thirteen Token, he was stunned: "Thirteen Token? And your..."

"No." Meng Shisan responded straightforwardly, "The Thirteenth Token has nothing to do with my Thirteenth Aunt. It's just a coincidence."

Meng Renping nodded. There were many people with the same name in this world. Some of them were not blood relatives and some looked the same. The token was also called the Thirteen Tokens, which was not a strange thing.

Just ordinary.

He asked again: "So the amulet you mentioned is for my second brother to seek protection from the three tribes after he arrives in Lingnan?"

At this point, Meng Shisan first took the soup bowl and drank a few sips, moistened his throat, and then explained in detail: "Although the three tribes of Huashashui are not officials in Lingnan, they have lived in Lingnan for hundreds of years and have deep roots and a very stable foundation. Even General Qiao, the General of Zhennan, did not confront them head-on. The officials there would also give the three tribes some face on weekdays. I am worried about my second brother being alone outside, so I have to find a proper and stable backer for him. In this way, once my second brother encounters a critical situation, General Qiao can't lend a hand, and we are thousands of miles away, distant water can't save a nearby fire, then they can become my second brother's lifeboat." Meng Renping needed some time to sort out his thoughts. He picked up the soup bowl that Shangchun also scooped for him, handed it to his mouth and took a sip, paused, took another sip, and then put down the soup bowl: "That token... is that Thirteen Token really so effective?"

"Big brother, you don't know the history of the three major families in Lingnan, so you have this doubt." Meng Shisan thought about how to explain to Meng Renping in the most concise words how the Huashashui clans were supported by her. After a while, he said, "It's been a long time, and I don't know much about it. I can only tell you a general idea..."

She thought of an example from the current dynasty: "Just like Protector Guo."

"Protector Guo?" Meng Renping knew the history of Guo Jingxian's rise to wealth, but he still didn't quite understand how the two could be compared.

"I think that, big brother, no matter how powerful they are, they are just merchants, and they can never be compared with the chief officer of the Imperial Guards, or the second-rank official of the dynasty who has the merit of following the emperor. However..." In fact, Meng Shisan felt that they really couldn't be compared, but it was not what Meng Renping thought, but she felt from the bottom of her heart that a mere Guo Jingxian could not be compared with the three major Lingnan families that she personally cultivated and have now become powerful families. "This is a fact, they can indeed be compared with them, and in fact, big brother, don't underestimate them."

Ever since Meng Renping learned about the three major families in Lingnan, he had never taken them seriously. In his opinion, no matter how powerful Huashashui was in Lingnan, it only occupied a business. He really didn't need to worry too much about it. But when Meng Shisan said this, the idea turned over and over in his mind, but it finally weakened a little.

He had also never taken his eldest cousin seriously before she came of age. After several months of neglect, it was almost the end of the year, and he had already realized that things were different now.

Similarly, he had never seen the strength of the three major Lingnan families that his eldest cousin praised highly. Now he had to change his previous rigid thinking and think carefully about what his eldest cousin said.

Meng Renping calmed down for a while, remembering the fact that the three Lingnan families were powerful, and then asked about the three patriarchs of Huashashui coming to Beijing: "Okay, I will remember it. Did the three old masters mention the matter of my second brother to you in Master Cui Qi's study? And what did they tell you about my second brother?"

Meng Shisan knew what Meng Renping meant by this, and asked with a smile without answering, "Big brother, do you think that one thirteen token is not enough to command the three clans, and cannot mobilize them to protect my second brother in times of trouble? Do you want the clan leaders of the three clans to come to the capital in person and make a deal with me, the eldest lady of the Meng family, in exchange for their wholehearted protection of my second brother who is far away in Lingnan?"

"Isn't it?" Meng Renping did guess this, so he simply admitted it and said it clearly, "Even if the token is still effective, it is just as you said. It has been a long time. Even if they say it is still effective, Lingnan is thousands of miles away from the capital. If they say one thing and do another, we will be powerless."

"will not."

"Why not?"

"The three tribes' precepts do not allow them to disobey."

"Why are you so sure?"

Meng Shisan picked up a piece of green vegetables with chopsticks and said, "I am so sure."

She replied affirmatively, but without any reason.

Meng Shisan was speechless after hearing the response: "You..."

"Brother, why do you have to get to the bottom of this?" Meng Shisan asked in surprise, "I said that the main card of the Thirteen Tokens is useful, so it is useful. I said that the three tribes would not disobey, so they would not disobey. As long as Second Brother is safe, that's enough. Brother, why do you have to say more."

"That's right..."

"That's good."