The Second Journey of the Playboy

In the end, Zhou Jiancheng did not seek peace with the clan after all. In Liu Wensheng's ardent expectation, Zhou Jiancheng was expelled from the clan.

The head of Zhou's family originally wanted to force Zhou Jiancheng to bow his head, but unexpectedly, Zhou Jiancheng was so stubborn that he didn't come to accept his softness.I was dumbfounded all of a sudden.

The clan is also full of ordinary people. Even the patriarch, if he has a family property of several million taels, why bother to focus on Zhou Jiancheng?And Zhou Jiancheng was also the one who had eaten the late emperor's imperial meal and received a plaque from the late emperor. Needless to say, he must have some official relationship.At this point, everyone was afraid of Zhou Jiansheng's retaliation, complained to each other, and didn't want to confront Zhou Jiansheng head-on, so they quickly sold the house and moved out of the capital.

--------------------- The latest melon from the people in the capital.

In the study, Zhou An and his grandfather looked at each other for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh.

"All moved away?" Zhou Jiancheng asked.

"All gone." Zhou An nodded.

Zhou Jiancheng has been in business for so many years and created such a big business, so he must have left behind.There are several sets of houses and household registrations in other people's names.Together with 100 million taels of silver notes, they were handed over to the patriarch.

In order to leave a bloodline for the clan, the patriarch gave the house deeds and bank notes and household registrations to different leading clan elders.These four clan elders didn't even know where the other was going.

Evacuating from Beijing this time, there are many difficulties to face. For example, the servants have to be exchanged. Since they are anonymous, their family members will definitely not betray themselves, but there are too many servants, and there is bound to be a risk of exposure.

Zhou An was also not sure if Wu Xiuxiu's incident happened in a few days, and whether the new emperor would anger these clansmen.

Fortunately, with so much money as a base, the clan has done a good job in arranging the servants, for example, returning the life deed, and giving some silver taels or something.After all, many people have been in Zhou's family for several generations, and they have been working hard all the time. It's not good to make people feel chilled.

What's more, if the life deed is returned, most of these people will stay in the capital, either find a job in the city, start a small business, or go to the countryside to buy a house with a few acres in the countryside with the silver taels they have saved over the years. land.If it's for sale, it's hard to say where to go.Maybe the mountains and rivers will meet again.If these people live well in the new master's house, that's all. If they don't live well, the former master's family may be enemies.Once it is discovered that they have changed their identities, troubles will not be small.It is a matter of wealth and life, and there are family elders oppressing and financial subsidies. Moreover, people are not grass and trees, so they can be ruthless. Many of them are old people who have served in their own homes for so many years, so everyone will naturally choose to form a good relationship.

The reality is so cruel, a word or a thought of a powerful person can easily determine the fate of many people's lives.

"The house deeds and land deeds in various places have already been sent to deal with them. At that time, they will be sent directly to Nanyi. Did Liu Wensheng go to the outer house again?" Zhou Jiancheng asked raising his head.

Zhou An nodded.

"Let him live a few more days." Zhou Jiancheng snorted coldly.

In fact, Zhou An also knew that if he was more rational, it might be better to deal with Liu Wensheng and others for a few years, accumulate some strength, and then try to make trouble.

It's just that Zhou An really doesn't want to see the face of a son-in-law's concubine!

In more than 20 days, Wu Xiuxiu will become a concubine.According to the memory of his previous life, Liu Wensheng would swagger into Zhou's house with his concubine and illegitimate son after Wu Xiuxiu became a concubine.

It's disgusting to be angry with an outside room all day long!

Wu Xiuxiu used to be a concubine in the prince's mansion, and her natal family only had an older sister who served as a wife for her son-in-law. At that time, the new emperor usually behaved with his tail between his legs for the sake of great cause. Wu Xiuxiu, a prince's concubine, dared not come out to cause trouble up.

But it's different if Wu Xiuxiu becomes a concubine. She has a prince under her knees, so she will definitely expand her power.

Seeing Wu Xiuxiu having a good time, he was unhappy.

When Wu Xiuxiu was granted the position of concubine and gained power, if he wanted to deal with her, he would have to settle the account after it was done.How many years of glory and wealth will Wu Xiuxiu enjoy by then?

Although delayed justice is justice, after all, the effect is discounted.

It's better to solve it all at once, so as not to worry about it.

With the new emperor ascending the throne, Wu Xiuxiu will also have a different future, and she will soon be a member of the royal family, and the members of the Zhou family have also expelled Zhou Jiancheng. These days, Liu Wensheng can hardly agree with each other. up.Once in the outer house, it is inevitable to drink a few glasses of wine.

"Brother Ning and Sister Bao are both asleep?"

"Yes, I just went to see it."

"In a few days, I will pick you and Aning Abao to the Zhou Mansion. But, for the name, I have wronged you."

"I am not wronged." Wu Wanwan shook her head.After all, the Zhou family is the family that the late emperor bestowed the "House of Loyalty" plaque. When His Majesty first came to the throne, it's better not to make too much of a move, so as not to be criticized. It's better to take it slowly.

Furthermore, there were regulations in the Daqing Dynasty that unless the emperor and queen ordered otherwise, the concubine's room could not be righted.What's more, Liu Wensheng's identity is a bit of an obstacle after all. Fortunately, the Zhou family's tens of millions of wealth will belong to their son in the future.

"All the members of the Zhou family have left?" Wu Wanwan poured Liu Wensheng a glass of wine.

"It's gone. It's all gone. Those people are small merchants. Some of the business at home usually depends on the help of the Zhou family. Take the cloth shop in the hometown of the three clans as an example. His cloth shop is from a big shop in the south of the Yangtze River. Buying goods from merchants, Zhou Jiancheng only needs to say hello, and he can make big merchants stop supplying him. Where can he find the source of goods? Anyway, offending Zhou Jiancheng, their life is not easy .It's better to go to other places, there are still some opportunities." Liu Wensheng sighed and snorted coldly.

"This week, Jiancheng is also very good at doing things. After all, he is a former clansman. Not counting the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha." Wu Wanwan said.

"It's also because the patriarch is stupid. At the time of Zhou Yao back then, he stopped him from making the move and wanted to find someone from the clan to adopt him. In the end, Zhou Jiancheng didn't agree. The two had a big fight, and left a grudge. I just took a deep breath in my heart. Now that Brother An is twelve years old, he should plan to get up. No, he wanted to get involved again, but unexpectedly, Zhou Jiancheng still ignored him. He He was thinking of threatening Zhou Jiancheng, playing a game of dredging his salary, but who would have thought that he would take it off. Hahahahaha." Zhou Jiancheng picked up his wine glass and drank it down, took a mouthful of food and put it in his mouth.

"By the way, how did he think that Brother An is no longer fertile. Speaking of which, you are cruel enough, then Brother An is also your biological son." Wu Wanwan smiled coquettishly.

"You heartless, who am I for? If Brother An gives birth to an heir, what's the matter with Brother Ning?" Liu Wensheng's expression darkened, then he smiled, and slapped Wu Wanwan lightly with his hand.

"Okay, okay, I got it. When Xiuxiu becomes a concubine, Brother Ning and Sister Bao will be counted on." Seeing that Liu Wensheng's expression was wrong, Wu Wanwan quickly changed the subject.

"When will Xiuxiu enter the palace?"

"Yesterday, she sent Mammy Liu over here. Isn't the enthronement ceremony still in place? After the enthronement ceremony, after the empress ceremony, it will be about 20 days later. But it will be soon. Listen to Liu mama's words I mean, there is no guarantee that Qi Xiuxiu will be able to get a concubine this time." When Wu Wanwan talked about her younger sister, she was also in a state of embarrassment.

"Xiuxiu gave birth to Chuang'er and Rui'er, so she will naturally have a place in the harem." Liu Wensheng nodded, and felt that this sister-in-law was very lucky and had a good vision. "With this life-saving grace, His Majesty treats Xiuxiu differently after all."

"Your Majesty is also affectionate and righteous to Xiuxiu." Wu Wanwan smiled and nodded.From now on, she will be the imperial concubine's biological sister, who would dare to underestimate her.

"All these years, I have wronged you." Zhou Wensheng took Wu Xiuxiu's hand and said affectionately.

After all, Liu Wensheng is a son-in-law. Zhou Jiancheng deliberately failed to participate in the management of the Zhou family. He received a lot of money every month, but not too much, only about 50 taels a month.If we can set up a foreign house outside, and provide the house with 30 taels a month, it will be too much for us to do more.

Fortunately, in the future, Xiuxiu will become a concubine, and everything will be fine.The Zhou family's money can be spent as they want.

"Master, my uncle is drinking with someone on the second floor of Xingfu Building today." The boy Yanmo came in from the outside and reported to Zhou An.

"Okay, let's go there now." Zhou An excitedly killed him when he heard this.

In the Daqing Dynasty, after the death of the emperor, there were no entertainment activities or wearing red within [-] days. .Birthday celebrations, or children's full moon, weddings and other large-scale gathering celebrations are prohibited.Of course, generally speaking, people don't hold officials accountable.As long as the movement is not too loud and people don't get caught, it's fine.

But folks are not prohibited from eating meat and drinking alcohol. It is okay for friends to gather in a restaurant or have a meal at home.

Xingfu Building is a well-known restaurant in Beijing. It has three floors, and there is a scenic lake next to the building.The surrounding scenery is particularly good, and many literati and poets like to keep a calligraphy treasure when they eat.Very famous.

Arriving at Xingfu Building, Zhou An stepped up to the second floor.

The second floor of Xingfu Building is the lobby, and the private rooms are on the first and third floors.

Zhou An went up to the second floor, turned around, and saw Liu Wensheng drinking with a 30-year-old man in Tsing Yi in a window.

"Father, are you here too?" Zhou An beamed with joy and walked over.

"Brother An, why are you here?" Seeing his son, Liu Wensheng was taken aback.

"Oh, grandpa insisted that I'm not too young, and it's time to learn how to do business. He asked me to go to a grain store in the east of the city to find the shopkeeper of rice, and told him to come and have a look in the store." Liu An mumbled. said.

"Then why are you back?" Liu Wensheng asked.

"I'm too tired in the store. I'll go home and relax." Zhou An pouted.

The tables next to him couldn't help looking at Zhou An.

The Zhou family is also quite famous in the capital, and the late emperor even gave them a plaque.Rich, rich.

As the heir of the Zhou family, Zhou An is quite famous in the capital.Seeing Zhou An like this, everyone couldn't help sighing secretly.The Zhou family's only son is such a dude, he may not be able to keep the family business in the future.

"What do you call this uncle? My nephew is being polite here." Zhou An cupped his hands again at the man in Tsing Yi.

"This is your Uncle Zheng. Now that you're here, let's sit down and eat together." Wu Xiuxiu has been concubine for the past few days, and Liu Wensheng naturally won't make any troubles. Today, he is still a good father who loves his son.

"This is Brother Ang. Your father mentioned you just now." Zheng Ye also said with a smile.

"Oh, what are you talking about?" Zhou An asked with a smile as he pulled his chair over and sat down.

Zheng Ye was taken aback for a moment, and said to himself, this is really a big fool.I just say that, and you just listen to it, which means that he cares about you, why do you take it seriously?

Your father has nothing good to say about you.

"Okay, let's sit down first. Xiaoer, serve some more dishes." Liu Wensheng felt a little uncomfortable hearing Zhou An's question.

When he was young, after Zhou An was born, he also looked forward to the birth of his son, and he also felt pain when Zhou An was born.At that time, he often talked about his son and mentioned it to others.

However, ever since Xiuxiu gave birth to a son and a daughter and gained a firm foothold in the Prince's Mansion, he still felt that Wanwan's Ning'er and Bao'er had a higher status. Just a businessman.

In order to keep the family prosperous for a long time, Brother An had to be sacrificed.If you want to blame, blame him for not being good.

Now that Brother An is so ineffective, it would be hard work for him to experience it.Although this was not a bad thing for Brother Ning and Sister Bao, Liu Wensheng still felt a little awkward in his heart.

"Since your grandfather asked you to practice, why can't you bear the hard work?"

Zhou An pursed his lips when he heard it, and put a piece of braised pork into his mouth, "It's just hard work. You don't know, that Uncle Mi, he treats me like a little guy. When he is busy, he even asks me to weigh it for you." Where's the rice?"

"You child, let your grandfather spoil you." Liu Wensheng said in his heart, get used to it, get used to it, when the time comes, he will let Brother Ning inherit the family business, and some people have said that he can't let the Zhou family's huge family business be handed over to him. A prodigal is not.

"What does that matter? Anyway, I will never live worse than others in the future." Zhou An said confidently.

"That's right, this young master, the sky is full and the ground is round. He looks blessed at first glance." A thin middle-aged man in a long gown approached at some point, and continued.

The middle-aged man should not be from the capital city. He speaks Mandarin with a bit of Shukou taste, but it can be understood.

The voice of the long-clothed man was very loud, and the eyes of the guests in the lobby all looked over.

"That's right, that's right, I knew it." When Zhou An heard it, someone praised himself, his eyebrows and eyes were curved, like a chicken pecking at rice, and he nodded repeatedly.

Liu Wensheng originally wanted to teach his son a lesson, and also set up the image of a son as a dude to others, but suddenly Cheng Yaojin ran out halfway and sang against him, and his face darkened immediately.

However, before he could speak, the middle-aged man in long gown said again. "Little brother, I just made a fortune for you. You should give me gold, ten taels, Chenghui." He stretched out his hand to Zhou An.

Zhou An was stunned for a moment.God, someone just praised him, do you still want money?All of a sudden, it was still ten taels of silver.

"You charlatan, you actually tricked my son." Liu Wensheng didn't expect that the other party would use this routine, and he was taken aback for a moment, but he immediately reacted, pointing at the other party and cursing.

Ten taels of silver is not a small amount, it is [-]% of his monthly money.The waiters in many big shops in the city only earn two taels of silver a month.These two taels of silver also need to support the family.Some farmers in the suburbs of Beijing, a family of four or five, can live for two or three months with two taels of silver.

His son was taken advantage of in front of him, if the ten taels of silver were really given out, what face would he lose?

"You are really interesting. Since I, Zhang Banxian, made a divination, what's wrong with asking for gold? When I came up, I saw that this little brother had money in his life, so I was willing to say a few more words. If you want me to count, I don't count." What about it?" The middle-aged man in long gown became unhappy when he heard that Liu Wensheng called him a charlatan, and said angrily.

"This brother Ang is the only grandson of the famous Zhou family in the capital. The Zhou family is a family that the late emperor also praised. You should also go and inquire. There are a few who don't know Brother Ang. You are not the only one who knows him. We all know that life brings money." Zheng Ye pointed to Zhou An, and said to the middle-aged man in long gown.

"I just came to the capital, so I don't know him." Hearing Zheng Ye's words, the middle-aged man in long gown was obviously taken aback, his expression darkened, and said.

The diners on the tables around you looked at me and I looked at you, and they didn't think so.If you look for a well-dressed fortune teller, don’t you just say that he is not short of money? If he is short of money, where does this outfit come from?A table of wine and food in Guangxing Fulou costs a tael of silver.

"But since I have done the divination, I have to have the fortune. This is the rule." The middle-aged man in the long coat stretched out his hand to Zhou An again.

Zhou An was a little at a loss, and looked at his father for help.

"Oh, since you want money, you have to show some real skills. What else can you figure out besides bringing money to my son?" Liu Wensheng snorted coldly.

"I'll pay you if I'm right?" The middle-aged man in the long gown brightened up.At this time, his stomach let out a growl.

The man in the long coat blushed.

"Yes." Liu Wensheng nodded.

"Originally, in your situation, I didn't charge any money. In this way, after I tell you a fortune teller, you ask your son to give me twelve hexagram gold."

"Wait, what do you mean I won't charge money in this situation?" Liu Wensheng was puzzled when he heard this.

"Our school has a rule that we don't accept money from dead people." The middle-aged man in the long gown replied expressionlessly.

When Liu Wensheng heard this, his face turned dark. "What do you mean?"

"You are going to die soon. What kind of money will you receive? Both your parents died when you were born, leaving only a few acres of Susukida to survive. Later, your relatives introduced you and became the son-in-law. Later, your original spouse disappeared, right?"

"Everyone knows what you said. What's so rare?" Liu Wensheng snorted coldly.

"Then let me tell you something rare. You raised a pair of sisters outside behind the Yue family's back as the outer room. The elder sister gave birth to a son and a daughter for you, and the younger sister gave birth to a son for you. The Yue family is rich, and you want to marry me." Stay lofty, entrust the son born to you by your sister as the son of a nobleman, in an attempt to confuse the nobleman's blood, and even inherit the nobleman's family business. Because of this, you will surely die without burial---"

The more Liu Wensheng listened, the colder his heart became.This is which empress in the palace knows about Axiu's origin and wants to use him to deal with Axiu?No, I can't let this person talk anymore.

This person must be silenced today.

Otherwise, if His Majesty becomes suspicious, he, Wanwan, Axiu, the third prince, the fourth princess, Aning, and Abao may not survive.

However, before he had time to make a move, Zhou An had already rushed out first.

"You're talking nonsense, you're talking nonsense." Zhou An stretched out his fist at the middle-aged man in long gown with a black face.

"My father has a deep love for my mother. After my mother died, my grandfather said that there is no need to guard my mother. Let my father return to the family. He can marry another wife and have children. My father refuses to do it for my mother. You don't want to separate us The relationship between father and son."

The more Zhou An talked, the more excited he was, and he punched so hard that the long-clothed man dodged to dodge.Seeing that the first punch failed, Zhou An immediately followed up with the second punch.

The long-clothed man saw Zhou An's appearance, turned around and ran downstairs in fright.

"Stop, don't run, don't run. You charlatan." Zhou An immediately chased him downstairs.

The long-clothed man ran out of Xingfu Building, shouting as he ran, "Master Zhou, what I said is true. I didn't lie to you, I didn't lie to you."

"Don't run, you have the guts to stop." Zhou An's servant, Yanmo, was guarding outside the gate of the restaurant, when he saw his young master chasing him downstairs, he cleverly stepped forward and tripped the long-clothed man.

The long-clothed man couldn't defend himself enough, he knocked on the ground all of a sudden, and the skin was torn in several places on his face.He got up from the ground, ignoring the embarrassment of falling, and continued to run forward.

"Stop, stop." Zhou An and Yan Mo who ran down followed behind.

People on the street couldn't help but stop and watch.Let me go, now that the first emperor passed away, the emperor banned entertainment activities. It has been almost a month, and the people have had no fun for a long time. When I saw such a big melon fell from the sky.

Zhou An and Yanmo ran more than 50 meters in one breath, and they really caught up with them.

Zhou An stepped forward and threw the middle-aged man in the long gown to the ground, rode up, and punched him immediately.

As soon as the ground was swiped, a group of melon eaters came up and surrounded Zhou An and his party.

"Brother An, what's the matter?" Another person among the melon eaters was Zhou An's former classmate Jiang Fan.

"I don't know who blamed this guy just now. He ran over to separate the relationship between my father and son, saying that my father found a concubine outside, and also saying that he was a pair of sisters, and that sister Hua's younger sister gave birth to me. My father gave birth to a son, and my father described this son as the son of a nobleman, and wanted him to inherit the nobleman's family business. My father would also provoke the nobleman to die on it because of this. Do you think it's funny or not. Too— When the ancestors founded the country, the imperial court issued a decree that unless there was another order in the palace, the concubine's room could not be upright. This elder sister is my father's wife, and the younger sister can still marry a nobleman as the official wife? If the younger sister can be the nobleman's official wife , Her sister is my father's concubine? I don't know how to make it up, I think I'm stupid, I will believe his nonsense. It's obviously deceiving me when I was young!"

Zhou An cursed angrily while beating. "If you go far away and don't have money to eat, just come and say it. When I meet you, Master Zhou, can I still watch to die of starvation? Our Zhou family has always been kind and generous. It is the late emperor who said that our Zhou It's a family of loyalty, a family of benevolence, you had to discuss it well at the beginning, maybe I was willing to make this good relationship. But you arranged my father like this for ten taels of silver, and I can't tolerate you today just for filial piety. Let's go , let’s go to the yamen today, and I want to see who ordered you today!”

Zhou Qian grabbed the man in the long shirt by the hem.

"Oh, oh, please, forgive me, please forgive me, everything I said is true, everything I said is true." Although the long-clothed man begged for mercy, he refused to change his words.

"Let's talk about it, everyone in the imperial capital knows that my father has a deep affection for my mother. How can I raise an outsider? Not to mention confusing the blood of some noble person with the son of an outsider. Everyone said, as a son of man, how could I I can spare him, right?" Zhou An became even more angry, and the boxers greeted the man in the long shirt like raindrops.

"Yes."

"That's right, beat him up." The melon-eating crowd echoed, watching the excitement is no big deal at all.Fight up, fight up.

"Ouch, ouch---" Before he finished speaking, the man in the long coat suddenly fell silent.Head tilted to the side.

"It's not good, someone was killed, someone was killed." A melon-eating crowd shouted.

When Zhou An heard this, he was also frightened, and quickly got off the man in the long coat.At this time, the man in the long coat quickly got up, pushed aside the crowd, and ran away again.

Zhou An and Yan Mo took a look, cursed, and hurried forward to chase.

Everyone watched as the man in the long coat got into an alley, Zhou An and the boy chased after him, turned into the alley, and the three of them disappeared together.

"This is a 5000 taels silver ticket. Take it and leave the capital now, and don't come to the imperial capital in the future." There was no one around, Zhou An took out a silver ticket and handed it to the other party, saying coldly. "Otherwise, it will be a fatal disaster. Don't blame me for not predicting!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll leave right away, and I'll never come again in this life." Yang Zhong nodded repeatedly.He was from central Sichuan, and he had come to seek refuge with his relatives, but he didn't expect his relatives to move back to his hometown without making any trouble.Ready to beg all the way home.It just so happened that Zhou Anla came to play the role of an expert who was beaten once.

5000 taels of silver is enough even for his great-grandson's generation, so why go to the capital for nothing?

He also knew that he had run into the secrets of a wealthy family in the capital.If he still dared to stay in the capital, neither the nobleman mentioned, the son-in-law he accused just now, nor the young master in front of him could tolerate him.

With 5000 taels of silver, life is so good, he doesn't want to be cannon fodder.

Yang Zhong took the banknotes, changed his clothes, and left quickly.The wind is tight, almost.He is going back to the beautiful Shuzhong.

At this time, Liu Wensheng also arrived with his long entourage.

"Brother An, where's that charlatan just now?"

"Run away. Didn't catch it." Zhou An bitterly said.

Liu Wensheng's heart sank, and he secretly groaned that he was not good.

Under Zhou An's deliberate dissemination, the news flew all over the capital like little wings.