The Queen's Engineering Army

Chapter 89 Removing Obstacles
At the speed of Su Lin and his party, it would take five days to reach Yindu.

At this time, a major event happened in Zheng's Mansion in Yindu.

Zheng Gan fell ill.

After leaving from Su Lin, Zheng Gan returned to Yindu after a short rest in Nanzheng City.

But after coming back, he had vomiting and diarrhea, and his body took a turn for the worse. After all, he was old and his resistance was weak.

If Zheng Gan falls, what should he do with such a large family business?

According to the general principle, it will be passed on to his son, but Zheng Qian has no children in his life, and only adopted two adopted sons and Zheng Xiu, the adopted daughter.

The second son, Zheng Yu, is more promising and is now an official in Chu State, so it is unlikely that he will come back to take over.

Now only the eldest son, Zheng Hua, is the most likely to take over the family business, but now Zheng Hua is extremely anxious.

Because Zheng Xiu is the biggest variable.

Zheng Hua stood guard in front of Zheng Qian's hospital bed, playing the role of a filial son, but he was thinking about other things in his heart.

Now the old man dotes on the newly adopted adopted daughter very much, but treats him coldly.

Don't leave any wills for the old man, and give half of the inheritance to Zheng Xiu.

This is what Zheng Hua is most worried about.

Zheng Hua is a middle-aged man who is almost 40 years old. He has a square face with a mustache on his lips and looks very honest. In fact, anyone who knows him knows that he is a typical character with a thick face and a dark heart.

"Father, Dad, are you okay?"

Zheng Xiu cried and ran in from the outside, and rushed to Zheng Gan's bed.

"Xiu'er, you're here." A smile appeared on Zheng Qian's old face, and he raised his wrinkled withered hands to caress Zheng Xiu's hair.

"I'm afraid it will be very difficult to pass the hurdle of being a father." Zheng Gan coughed twice as he said.

"No, father, you are an auspicious person, you will be fine." Zheng Xiu shook his head violently, persuading Zheng Gan not to think wildly.

"Ahem, if being a father really fails, the family will be left to you..." Zheng Gan coughed vigorously while covering his chest.

"Father, father."

Both Zheng Xiu and Zheng Hua shouted anxiously.

But Zheng Hua's heart was turned upside down, what did the old man mean just now?
Hand over the family to Zheng Xiu?Then what am I?
Zheng Hua's loyal face showed anxiety, but his heart was full of resentment.

Having been your son for more than 30 years is not as good as a daughter who has been in the mansion for less than a year. Why?
In fact, it's not that Zheng Qian doesn't like this son, but he is stricter with him and pampers Zheng Xiu's daughter like a princess. Perhaps it's because of Xi Shi's relationship that he loves the house and the black.

Daughters need to be pampered and sons need to be exercised. Most Chinese parents are like this.

"Old man, take a look." The doctor hurried up, took out the silver needle from the medicine box, and treated Zheng Qian.

After treatment.

It wasn't until evening that Zheng Gan came to his senses. He didn't say a word when he woke up, and rested when he was too tired.

Zheng Hua returned to the room with a gloomy expression, overturned all the bamboo slips on the bookshelf and threw them on the ground angrily, and shouted: "Why? Why?"

Since ancient times, sons have inherited the family business, and daughters should be given more dowry when they marry.

Seeing what Zheng Gan meant, at least half of the family business would be handed over to Zheng Xiu. How could Zheng Hua tolerate this.

"In that case, don't blame me for being cruel."

Anyway, Zheng Xiu wasn't his own sister, a cold light flashed in Zheng Hua's eyes.

Late at night.

Zheng Long took a breath and came to the door of the young master, covered his face with his hands and rubbed vigorously to remove the tiredness on his face, then pushed the door open and entered.

"The young one has met the young master." Zheng Long put on a slave-like expression again, knelt on the ground and said with a flattering smile.

"Well, get up."

Zheng Hua knelt down behind the long black table and slowly opened his eyes. He had been thinking about things since he came back in the evening.

"I wonder what the eldest young master's instructions were when he asked the younger one to come over in the middle of the night?" Zheng Long was also surprised that he had to call him over in the middle of the night if he couldn't talk about something during the day.

"How long have you been at the house?" Zheng Hua raised his eyelids and looked at Zheng Long.

"Uh, the young one has been in the house since he was born, and he's already thirty this year." Zheng Long is a servant of the Zheng family, so I don't know why the young master asked this question tonight.

"Yes, you are a slave of my Zheng family, and you will be a low-level slave in the future, and your children and grandchildren will be slaves of my Zheng family. You can beat and scold whenever you want." Zheng Zheng Hua nodded, showing disdain on the corner of his mouth.

"Here."

Zheng Long didn't dare to say anything, he felt a little uncomfortable, did you call me out in the middle of the night just to insult me?
"I can give you a chance to get rid of slavery, and give you a business name, so that you can spend the rest of your life without worrying about food and clothing, so that future generations can be free people, how about it?" Zheng Hua said with a smile.

"Really? Thank you, young master." Zheng Long was so excited that he wondered if he heard it wrong.

"Don't worry..." Zheng Hua smiled and waved his hands: "You have to do one thing for me in the end. If you do it well, you won't have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of your life. If you don't do it carefully, you will die." After finishing speaking, his voice cooled down.

Zheng Long is a domestic slave and is the master's private property. The master has the right to dispose of him, including executing him.

"No matter what the eldest and young master orders, the younger one will go through fire and water, and will not hesitate to do so." Zheng Long also knows that there is no such thing as a free lunch.

"Then help me get rid of someone..." Zheng Hua's eyes shot out two cold lights.

"Who?"

Zheng Long's heart skipped a beat, and he knew that the young master who was usually strict with his servants was not so kind.

To ask him to kill.

No matter, for the future of future children and grandchildren, fight hard.

……

Walking out of the room, Zheng Long's clothes were soaked, and he wiped the cold sweat off his face, still feeling terrified.

"The young master actually asked me to kill the young lady?"

Zheng Long couldn't believe that Zheng Hua would let him do such a thing.

In fact, Zheng Hua has no suitable person to do this, only Zheng Long is suitable.

After all, Zheng Long is a slave of the Zheng family. He grew up in the Zheng family and never dared to betray him. In addition, the old man is about to die. As long as Zheng Long is smart enough, he should know how to choose.

Moreover, Zheng Hua always thought that Zheng Xiu was a little girl who was inexperienced in the world. Besides, he had only been in Zheng Mansion for less than a year, so he thought that Zheng Long would never betray him and would instead seek refuge with Zheng Xiu.

But he didn't know that the current Zheng Long was completely loyal to Zheng Xiu.

"No, I must tell Miss about this, and let her take precautions." Zheng Long raised his head with a firm expression, and absolutely must not let Miss get hurt.

in the room.

Zheng Hua felt sorry for the decision just now, such a flowery and jade-like sister was about to perish.

"If I'm to blame, I blame you for robbing the Zheng family's property from me."

In order to compete for property, brothers and sisters may turn against each other, not to mention that the two of them have only known each other for a short time, and there is no blood relationship between brothers and sisters.

Zheng Hua also thought through all the key points inside.

As long as Zheng Long doesn't betray him, no matter whether he succeeds or fails, nothing will happen to him.

Two days later, Zheng Hua went to stay in front of the old man's bed as usual during the day.

At this time, no matter how busy you are outside, you have to let it go. It is most important to perform well in front of the old man.

After these two days of training, Zheng Qian recovered somewhat, but he was still a little weak.

Zheng Xiu also came to visit his father as usual. Everything was as usual, nothing happened.

Zheng Hua was a little surprised, why didn't the damn house slave do anything yet.

I was planning to urge it.

In the middle of the night of the third day, the guards around Zheng Qian brought several people to Zheng Hua's room.

"Young Master, please come here." The guard said in a calm voice.

"Huh? What's the matter with my father calling me so late?" Zheng Hua put on his clothes strangely and came out, seeing the guards around his father coming over, he felt a little bit in his heart, feeling that something big was about to happen.

(End of this chapter)