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Chapter 306 Bloody Xia Cuiyuan

At dusk, it will be dark.

As soon as the red light was turned on at the entrance of Yunxiu Pavilion in Baihua Lane, a customer with his mouth and nose covered hurried in.

The waiter who received the guest glanced at the guest's back strangely and said to himself: "Everyone who comes to the pavilion is here to have fun. Why does this man look so angry?"

In Qingyun Garden behind Yunxiu Pavilion, Qing'er had just finished washing up when she suddenly heard a "clang" and the door of the room was pushed open with great force.

Although the pavilion is a place for laughter, it is still one of the best places in Caizhou City. The guests all pay attention to elegance, and such reckless people are rare.

Qing'er turned around and was about to grab Qiao when she saw that the person who came in was none other than Magistrate Sun's wife and nephew, Mr. Wu Yifan.
He couldn't help but trembled with fright, and said hurriedly: "Master Wu, my family is not in good health today and cannot receive guests. Please find other sisters."

Wu Yifan, who is usually quite elegant, was like an angry bull today. He casually tore off the jade pendant on his body, threw it to Qing'er, and said rudely: "Stop talking nonsense! Come here!"

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Qing'er was surprised at first, but then she was delighted. She had been in Goulan Market for a long time, and she was naturally a good judge of goods. Mr. Wu's jade pendant, with its warm and clear texture and exquisite carving, looked like a valuable object at first glance. It would cost at least a hundred pieces to exchange.

The wages of avarice is death!

Although Qing'er had already had several painful experiences with Mr. Wu, she finally gritted her teeth and stood up and slowly walked to Wu Yifan. After bowing and saluting, she raised her head and said, "Please show mercy to Mr. Wu."

Wu Yifan looked at the pitiful Qing'er in front of him. The latter's beautiful face gradually overlapped with someone's face. Wu Yifan reached out his hand, gently rubbed Qing'er's cheek, and murmured: "Why? Why are you like this!"

Mr. Wu would say some weird things every time he came here. Qing'er was just thinking about how to cooperate when she saw Mr. Wu's handsome face twitching as he was about to cry, and a crazy look in his eyes quickly occupied his pupils.

Then, he raised his hand and received a slap.

This slap used [-]% of the force, and Qing'er who was caught off guard was knocked to the ground. She didn't bother to wipe the blood seeping out of the corner of her mouth, and looked at the moody Mr. Wu in shock.

But they saw Wu Yifan, with a distorted expression on his face, taking off his clothes and cursing: "Bitch, kneel down!"

It's the second quarter of the unitary hour.

Wu Yifan, who came and left in a hurry, had already put on his clothes, bowed his head and walked out of Yunxiu Pavilion.

As soon as he left, Sai Diaochan came to Qingyun Garden with his hind legs.

Sai Diaochan knew that Mr. Wu had a special habit and Qing'er would suffer every time, so she was worried.

Unexpectedly, when she entered the house, she saw the most tragic scene since she started working.
I saw the naked Qing'er being tied up like a crab, her face was bruised and swollen from being beaten, and her mouth was stuffed with a belly bag. No wonder she didn't scream this time.

What is even more shocking is that Qing'er's back and thighs were covered with bloody whip marks.

The thin piece of bamboo thrown on the ground should be the murder weapon. Sai Diaochan could guess how painful it would be after just one glance.

But these were just superficial injuries anyway, and the most frightening thing was the rope wrapped around Qing'er's neck.
It looked like the stranglehold was very tight, and Qing'er curled up on the ground motionless.

After all, Sai Diaochan had some insights. She didn't care about anything else for the first time. She knelt down on the ground and checked Qing'er's breath. She found that the latter was still breathing weakly. Then she untied the rope with trembling hands.

Only then did she shout out the door in a hoarse voice, "Quick, call the doctor."

Then, he held Qing'er in his arms, sobbing and cursing: "Wu Yifan, the murderer of a thousand swords! My daughter has some grudge against you, and you are tormenting her like this! I am not done with you anymore. I will ask my boss to come forward and fight with you tomorrow." theory!"

At the beginning of the Xu Dynasty.

The city of Caizhou is brightly lit at night. The industrial zone, soldiers' camp, Ruhe Wharf, and other scattered factories with lights are radially distributed around Caizhou.

Even at night, the roads leading into the city are always lit with lights and business travelers.

The prosperity of Caizhou's business is evident.

In the city, Yaqian Street, the widest street, has spontaneously formed a night market.

At the east end of Yaqian Street, the newly completed theater has a notice for today's performance of "Mulan".

There are still two quarters of an hour before the kickoff.

There were citizens who came early and men and women workers from factories outside the city who had finished their get off work. They took the time to sit at the roadside stalls and eat bowls of wontons and trays of steamed dumplings before entering.

The warmth of late spring brings a flourishing scene.

After having dinner at home, Chen Jingyan, Chen Yingjun and his son changed into casual clothes, wandered on the street for a while, and began to return to the official residence.

Chen Yingjun comes back every few months and has a different experience every time.

The development of Caizhou City can only be described as rapid.

Chen Yingjun couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Father, I think that when I was in Tongshan, it was just like Caizhou now. Don't you and Marquis Lu An have the Midas touch to turn stone into gold? Everywhere you go, the place is turned upside down and full of vitality. exuberant."

Chen Yingjun flattered his father without leaving any trace, and shared the credit for 'development' with his father and Chen Chu.

Chen Jingyan chuckled and encouraged in a gentle tone: "Weiting, when you are serving in a local position, you must not be domineering with your colleagues because of your relationship with your father and Marquis Lu An! Being an official is also a human being. It is not advisable to bully the subordinates or flatter the superiors. Being kind to others is the way a gentleman should do things."

In recent years, Chen Yingjun has jumped out of books to experience the sufferings of the world, and has taken up a job alone. He is no longer the foolish young man who was full of passion but didn't know how to deal with things.

Dad's words made him want to laugh a little. Dad, are you still trying to persuade me? Didn't you also rely on the power of Marquis Lu An to suppress Sun Changhao into a clay Bodhisattva?
Power is a quantitative thing in a local government. If you take more, others will take less. If you are weak, others will take advantage of you and take away your power.

Now, Chen Yingjun can see clearly that if he wants to do something, he must take power!

Otherwise, it will be endless wrangling.

Naturally, he also had dissent with his colleagues, but the level of struggle was far less intense than that of Caizhou Mansion Office. However, he did not intend to tell his father about these matters.

"Have you ever encountered trouble in the county?" Seeing his son smiling and saying nothing, Chen Jingyan took the initiative to ask with concern.

It is said that "being kind to others is the way of a gentleman", but if Lao Chen knew who was causing trouble for his son in the local area, he would most likely not be able to help but personally support his son.

This is human nature.

Chen Yingjun smiled and did not mention his colleagues. Instead, he talked about specific worries at work, "Father also knows that our Huaibei officials attach great importance to 'investment', which was originally a good thing. But recently, Linxian County, in order to cooperate with me, The county competed for a kiln factory investment and not only exempted the kiln factory proprietor from some taxes, but also expropriated hundreds of acres of land from the common people for free use by the kiln factory. This sparked a small civil riot, although it was suppressed immediately. It’s not an option if things go on like this in the long run!”

Chen Jingyan couldn't help but frown when he heard this, but his son's current position as director was in Yingzhou Mansion next door and was not under his control.

"Yuanzhang's strategy to attract investment is to turn poor farmers into workers and escape the exploitation of unscrupulous gentry. However, you Linxian officials are recruiting business for the sake of attracting business, harming the people and enriching businessmen. This is just an attempt to exploit the unscrupulous people of the poor people. The gentry has been replaced by merchants. This is the way to abandon the good and pursue the bad! It’s ridiculous~ It’s ridiculous.”

As the core member of the Tongshan Clan, Chen Jingyan could perfectly understand Chen Chu's intentions and couldn't help but sigh.

The father and son chatted about official matters, and the official residence was in front of them.

Before entering the door, Chen Yingjun suddenly took out a palm-sized irregular stone from his sleeve pocket, held it to his father with both hands, and explained with a smile: "Father, my son remembers that when he was a child, he accidentally punched the seal carved from your Shoushan stone. It broke into pieces, which made my father feel distressed for a long time. A few days ago, I happened to buy a Shoushan stone from a Zhou businessman, which can be used to carve three or four seals. Please give it to my father as compensation."

As early as decades ago, Shoushan Stone had become a tribute and its price was high.

Chen Jingyan took it and looked at it carefully. He was naturally pleased with his son's filial piety, but then his face darkened and he said: "Weiting, this Fang Shoushan Stone is said to cost dozens of taels of silver. You just took office not long ago, and your salary is It’s not enough to buy this Shoushan Stone! Could it be that you spent money that shouldn’t have been spent?”

"Hahaha." Chen Yingjun smiled heartily, and then lowered his voice and said, "My child stole some from Xian'er."

Chen Jingyan couldn't help being surprised, he felt that the Shoushan Stone was hot to the touch. Xian'er was his daughter-in-law who stole her money to buy the stone for me. It didn't sound very nice to say it!
"Stealing Xian'er's money? As a father, I can't take it."

"Father is fine. Once I get my monthly salary, I will make up for it slowly!"

"How can that be possible? How can you pay back your monthly salary of several taels in less than a year or two? Xian'er found out, and you two will have to argue! Hey, let's do this! Tomorrow you take your mother to a handbag shop Go shopping, I’ll sneak home and give you some of your mother’s money, and you can make up for it when you go back!”

"Take it? Taking it without telling you is stealing."

"How can taking your own money be considered theft!"

"Then why does father carry mother on his back?"

"To avoid getting bored."

"Hahaha!"

This pair of father and son is rare in the world.He stole his wife in order to buy the Shoushan Stone for his father; he also stole his wife in order to cover up for his son.

After much calculation, it was Tan who paid for the Fang Shoushan Stone.

They are like a loving father and a filial son!

A world where only mom loses money is achieved
The two men had discussed this "dirty" thing and found it interesting. They couldn't help but look at each other and laughed.

This is the only relatively equal exchange between Chen Yingjun and his father since he can remember.

Chen Jingyan looked at his increasingly mature son and thought about the origin of the Shoushan Stone. After a long silence, he slowly said: "Weiting."

"Father, my son is here."

"Actually, Daddy knows that Ayu broke the seal naughtily back then. When I asked about it, you said it was you who caused the trouble. Daddy slapped your palm three times, but you refused to change your story. That little hand couldn't help but After only three beatings, the swelling started to swell. That night. That night, daddy didn't sleep all night. My son was wronged."

Many years have passed since this incident, but Chen Jingyan can still accurately tell how many times he hit his son's palm at that time.

It seemed to have left a profound impression on him.

However, in today's world of fathers and sons, it is very rare for Chen Jingyan to say something implicitly apologetic to his son.

Chen Jinyu was spoiled by her family, and she would do anything if she was brave enough!

Just like during the Tongshan Rebellion, it was she who encouraged a few people to run out of Tongshan City and go to Luliuwei to fight with the people against Zheng Yi's Shenrui Army.
How could a fourteen or fifteen year old girl dare to think of this idea?
He is simply the little devil star of the Chen family!

Therefore, Chen Yingjun has often taken the blame for his sister over the years.
Hearing his father's emotional words, Chen Yingjun smiled freely and said: "Dad, Ayu is your daughter and my sister. Even if I suffer some suffering for her in this life, it's okay."

"Okay! Being ruthless does not necessarily mean you are a hero. How can you not be a husband if you pity your son! My son's spirit is not inferior to that of Yuan Zhang!"

'Not inferior to Yuan Zhang' is the biggest compliment that Chen Jingyan can think of. If it weren't for the fact that the two of them were sworn brothers, I'm afraid he would have talked about 'having a child as if he were like Chen Yuan Zhang'.

But after feeling relieved, Chen Jingyan couldn't help but sigh again, and said helplessly: "Ayu's marriage is still unresolved! I don't know what the Wu family is thinking. The two families have obviously been in trouble to this point, but they still refuse to terminate the engagement. You can't drag me, Ayu, into an old girl!" "Father, if his family drags this on any longer, our family will immediately break up the marriage! Compared with face, Ayu's lifelong events are more important!"

Chen Yingjun thought that his shameless father would hesitate, but Chen Jingyan nodded and said, "I think so too!"

Seeing the surprised expression on his son's face, Chen Jingyan sighed: "Weiting, do you know why dad suddenly looks down on Maozhi?"

"Why?"

"Last year, Aunt Maozhi came to our house and scolded Ayu to her face. When he stood aside and did not dare to speak for Ayu, it already chilled your mother's heart! Later, I heard another incident and finally broke up. Ayu married his thoughts."

"Daddy, what did you hear?"

At this time, the father and son had entered the gate of the official residence. Even the guards on duty in the official residence were all arranged by him. Chen Jingyan could not help but lower his voice, "Last year, when Sun Changhao first took office, Maozhi and his aunt Wu The personal maid is having an affair."

"I didn't expect him." Chen Yingjun said halfway, but Chen Jingyan, who knew what his son wanted to say, waved his hand and continued: "Although dad doesn't like his son-in-law having three wives and four concubines, given the Wu family's background, this matter is considered normal. Let me What was heartbreaking was that Wu knew it later and beat the maid to death. But Maozhi didn't even dare to say a word of mercy. How dare I marry Ayu to such a heartless, cowardly, and irresponsible man!
Ayu looks docile on the outside, but is very rebellious in his heart. If he accidentally made a serious mistake in the Wu family, he would be beaten to death by his elders in the deep house and none of us would know!Shigeru is definitely not a good match! "

When Chen Yingjun heard about this for the first time, he thought that no matter how much his family loved and pampered his sister, she would become a member of another family after she got married, and she would not receive much protection from her natal family.

Especially the kind of aristocratic family with deep residences and high courts, with many and strict rules, the only one she can count on is Wu Yifan.

If he didn't dare to say anything and didn't dare to stand up for his wife, Ayu would be like a sheep falling into a tiger's mouth.

Talking about this trouble, both father and son became depressed. After walking around the official residence, they walked to Xia Cuiyuan together.

When he walked to the courtyard gate, he saw a person suddenly walking out of the shadows.

The father and son were startled, and when they took a closer look, it was the Wu Yifan whom they mentioned just now!
Wu Yifan's face was sinister and his chest was heaving, as if he was filled with great anger.

Chen Yingjun still didn't know why he was so angry, but thinking of his sister's marriage contract, he planned to have a good talk with Wu Yifan again, hoping that he would persuade his family to return the marriage contract and make peace with each other.

So, Chen Yingjun politely handed over his hand and said: "It turns out to be Maozhi. It just so happens that I want to talk to you. How many drinks can we find somewhere to have a drink?"

"Okay! I also have something to talk to you about." Wu Yifan said this almost through gritted teeth.

Wu Yifan is not short, just half a head taller than Chen Yingjun.

Chen Jingyan saw that the former had a bad look on his face, and was worried that his son would suffer if they had a conflict, so he said, "It's getting late now. If you want to have a drink, come and have it at home."

Wu Yifan had a dark face and was noncommittal.

Chen Yingjun understood his father's worries, smiled sarcastically, and made a gesture of invitation to Wu Yifan.

Wu Yifan strode into Xia Cui Garden without saying a word.
At three o'clock.

Entering the official residence Xia Cuiyuan for the third time, Mrs. Tan learned that Wu Yifan and his son were drinking in the front yard, and she couldn't help but worry.

Chen Jingyan played with the Shoushan Stone that his son had just given him, but said: "It's better to make it clear earlier. It's better to say it at home than outside."

Mrs. Tan sighed silently. As the old saying goes, children are all creditors in their previous lives. When they were young, they were worried about their food and clothing. When they were older, they began to worry about their future marriage.

All in all, there was not a moment of peace of mind.

"Ayu hasn't come back yet?"

This afternoon, my daughter said she was going to visit her best friend. She didn’t even have dinner at home. It was already dark and there was no one around.

"Should be back soon." Mrs. Tan said hurriedly, worried that her husband would be angry.

Chen Jingyan snorted and said dissatisfied: "Ayu has become more and more unruly recently."

front house.

The atmosphere at the table was very dull.

Chen Yingjun wanted to have a good talk with Wu Yifan about breaking off the engagement several times, but the latter only drank one glass of wine, did not answer the conversation, and his face was so gloomy that water could drip from his face.

Still getting no response, Chen Yingjun simply stopped talking.

Until the end of Xu Shi.
Chen Jinyu, who hurried back from outside the city, tidied her clothes before entering the house and made sure there was nothing wrong before entering the house.

The excuse she used when she went out today was to help Chen Yingjun get information. When she came back, she naturally had to go to her brother's place first.

Unexpectedly, he bumped into Wu Yifan who was having a drink at his brother's residence.

The indifferent smile on his face stagnated for a moment, and then, the smile quickly dissolved and dissipated like hot soup pouring snow, and finally turned back to a calm expression lacking warmth, and bowed, "Brother is entertaining guests, I'll come back later."

Wu Yifan saw the change of expression on Chen Jinyu's face, and for a moment he thought of the way she smiled at the other person through the crack of the door.

He had just vented his anger in Yunxiu Pavilion, but at this moment, Wu Yifan, who was still drunk, suddenly said sharply: "Ayu! There is something we need to clarify!"

Chen Jinyu, who had turned around and walked out, stopped when she heard the sound. She had indeed wanted to explain it to Wu Yifan for a long time.

Seeing her standing there with her eyes downcast, Wu Yifan stood up, took a step forward, and asked directly: "Where were you just now?"

Chen Jinyu frowned and replied in a calm tone: "Where is Ayu going? Do I still need to report to Mr. Wu?"

When Wu Yifan heard this, he exploded. He suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Chen Jinyu's wrist tightly, and said with a ferocious expression: "You are my unmarried wife! How can I not control you? Don't think that I don't know that you and Chen Chu's son are in Qingyun." Observe the careless things you do!"

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When the words came out, everyone in the room was shocked.

Chen Jinyu, whose wrist was scratched by Wu Yifan, panicked for a moment.

Chen Yingjun, who had already stood up and was about to come to stop him, was stunned on the spot.
Fortunately, the maid Zhuan Yun reacted faster and hurriedly stepped forward to pull Wu Yifan's hand away. However, she was kicked over by the latter.Wu Yifan, whose face turned red due to anger, held Chen Jinyu with one hand, pointed at Zhuan Yun who fell to the ground with the other and cursed: "You bitch! Your little girl is having a tryst with her foreign man for peace, and you will definitely be able to cover it up! If I don't take care of you!" If you kill me, you will become the son of the Wu family!"

Chen Jinyu, who was originally in a state of panic and guilty, immediately became angry when she saw him beating one of her own. She remembered that over the past six months, she had repeatedly begged Wu Yifan and her father to ask the Wu family to break off the engagement, but the Wu family did not agree. .

It's like the Chen family just took care of their children's marriage.

At this point, Chen Jinyu suddenly scolded like a broken pot: "Yes! I just had a tryst with my uncle, what do you think of me? Let me tell you, we have done it more than once!"

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These words were like a heavy hammer, shattering Wu Yifan's last trace of reason. The muscles on his face were shaking crazily, and his eyes staring at Chen Jinyu were full of madness.

Wu Yifan suddenly let go of his wrist, grabbed Chen Jinyu's neck, raised his other hand high, and was about to slap him down!
Chen Yingjun, who was overwhelmed by the series of explosive messages, finally reacted. He stepped forward and grabbed Wu Yifan's fallen slap.

Wu Yifan, who seemed to be in a state of madness, was still clutching his sister's neck tightly. Chen Yingjun could no longer care about it and punched Wu Yifan in the chest and abdomen.

Wu Yifan felt pain and finally let go, turned around and started fighting with Chen Yingjun.

Both of them are industrious scholars, and their fighting methods are random. Apart from pulling their hair, they are using bastard boxing.

But Wu Yifan took advantage of his height and weight, and in just a few strokes he pressed Chen Yingjun onto the table where he was eating wine.

'哗啦啦~'

The wine cups, cups and plates fell to the floor.

In the chaos, Wu Yifan randomly grabbed a wine bottle and slammed it on Chen Yingjun's head.

This movement finally alerted Chen Jingyan and his wife behind them.
When they hurried to the front house, the couple were stunned by the scene in front of them.

I saw my daughter lying on the ground, and my son's head was covered with blood. Wu Yifan's hands were holding his throat and he rolled his eyes.

Wu Yifan's hair was disheveled and his clothes were torn, the veins on his neck were protruding, his eyes were red, and he completely lost any sense.

"Don't harm my son!" Tan, who had just walked to the door, rolled his eyes in fright and fainted.

"Wu Yifan! Let go!"

Chen Jingyan shouted loudly and stepped forward to pull, but Wu Yifan, who was almost crazy, could not listen.

In desperation, Chen Jingyan could no longer care about anything else. He raised the Shoushan Stone in his hand and hit Wu Yifan on the back of the head!

"let go!"

"let go!"

"I tell you to let go!"

"Why did you harm my son!"

In a short period of time, a large amount of adrenaline surged, causing Chen Jingyan to suddenly enter an extremely excited and selfless state.

Every time he shouted, he hit Wu Yifan on the head.

Until Wu Yifan lay on the ground, motionless.
Shao Qing, the old servants at home and the government officials on duty all rushed in after hearing the news.

What they saw was Chen Tongzhi, who was usually gentle and elegant, kneeling on the ground, his chest and face spattered with blood, while his hands mechanically held the Shoushan Stone and smashed it against Wu Yifan's smashed face again and again.
He muttered something like, "No one is allowed to harm my son, no one is allowed to harm my son."

Like a madman.

Several government officials hurried forward and carefully pulled Chen Tongzhi aside.

Only then did the old servant of the Chen family move forward cautiously, and tremblingly stretched out his fingers to explore Wu Yifan's crushed nostril.
The flesh and blood were still warm, but the breath could not be felt at all.

The old servant couldn't help but look ashen, and he stuttered and ordered: "I'll beat you to death quickly. Call the second master over quickly!"

　For the sake of plot continuity, the two chapters have been combined into one.

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