Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 100 3.7 Now the main account has been taken care of
Volume Three

3.7 Now the main account is handled cleanly
"Whose crotch wasn't tied tightly enough to expose you?" Seeing that the two sides were talking to each other for a long time but it was meaningless. Neither the young master Shi Jia nor Xue Biao could suppress the other party. In fact, everyone was holding back. Zhou Yang came in and gave him an outlet to vent his anger, so much so that he lost all manners in his words, "Who's here, call him out!"

"Are you Shi Shao? The second eldest son of the third wife of the Shi family, right?" But before he could really get mad, a cold female voice interrupted him. Of course the speaker was Dongfang Bing, "You said what happened here. Forget it? Why didn’t your elder brother come? "

"I've seen Dongfang Shimei!" But he saw that "Shi Shao"'s face suddenly changed. He even stood up without any hesitation and clasped his fists in salute. His words were so polite, "I didn't expect that Shimei would come here today. If I had known that I I went to the door to greet him. Brother, he had something to do today, so he asked me to come over and take a look. I wonder why Shimei came here today."

Just as the four princes and eight princes have always regarded themselves as old friends, and the younger generation treat each other as brothers and sisters, the twelve princes also have their own circles, but this was all a long time ago, and now each of these twelve families is in decline. It's amazing, except for the four special cases of Pingyuanhou, Dingchenghou, Xiangyanghou and Jingtianhou, other families have no close contact with each other on weekdays except during holidays.

However, the situation in the world has changed but the name remains. At least on the surface, each family still recognizes the friendship in the past. Among them, the situation of Dongfang Bing is a bit more special. Although the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion has declined to the point of extinction, but She herself is the number one confidant around Princess Yongchang, and the entire capital knows this.

Not to mention the third and second young master of the Shi family who has long since become an empty bucket, even the three heirs of the Pingyuan Marquis, Dingcheng Marquis and Xiangyang Marquis families have to politely call him "the world's niece" or "the good niece" when they see him. Qiu Liang, the current inheritor of the Tianhou Mansion, is simply a peer. After all, although Princess Yongchang is a woman, she has a special status. She can speak well in front of the two saints in the palace, and her cronies naturally have corresponding cards.

"Is there something wrong with your elder brother? He is very busy all day long. I just can't tell which building or flower boat he is working on." Dongfang Bing said without any politeness, "Take your slaves and get out of here." , or I can have someone throw you out!"

"Dongfang Shimei is joking -" Shi Shao's face was extremely ugly, but he still held back his emotions and explained, "Today is an internal matter for our four Jinling families. Although Shimei has to give face to his brother, it is not necessary."

"Qiang——" After the sharp sound of the long sword being unsheathed, there was a scream, but it was Zhou Yang who directly drew the sword and knocked the "Shopkeeper He" to the ground, but he deliberately kept his hand to chop on the chest. , the shopkeeper couldn't stand still for a moment, and actually collapsed on the ground and couldn't help screaming. His horrifying screams made the atmosphere in the whole room extremely depressing.

"You——" Shi Shao's face turned green with anger. He pointed at Zhou Yang who calmly sheathed his sword, but was speechless for a long time. Finally, he turned to Dongfang Bing and said, "Dongfang Shimei, what he did is... did you mean?"

"Speaking of which, he is actually more suitable to speak on today's occasion." Dongfang Bing looked at Zhou Yang with a strange expression, then turned to Shi Shao and said, "You just said that what happened today can only be done within the four Jinling families. Deal with it? By coincidence, he happens to be a disciple of the Rongguo Mansion, and he is also the son-in-law of the Xue family. By the way, he is the son-in-law of the Xue family's eldest son. You'd better tell him."

"To sum it up, we have actually met before." Zhou Yang looked at Shi Shao with a mocking look on his face and said, "A few days ago, the Rongguo Mansion hosted a Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet on August [-]th. We were all sitting in the VIP table in the outer courtyard, but You, noble man, are so forgetful that you must have forgotten a long time ago. It was Brother Lian who took me to introduce you."

"Is it you?" Shi Shao finally reacted and thought for a while before recalling Zhou Yang's identity, "Very good, you are very good. How dare a mere martial arts scholar dare to be so presumptuous in front of me? Just wait, Shi Jia Never will"

"Although it's not very polite, I'm still very curious and want to ask, given the current situation of the Shi family, how are you going to deal with a martial artist?" Dongfang Bing asked sarcastically, "Or, what are your skills? Can these pieces of scraps down there be able to deal with a martial arts marksman? How come my little sister doesn’t know that Brother Shi Shi is actually so capable?"

"You -" Shi Shao pointed angrily at Dongfang Bing and was speechless. After all, he still didn't have the guts to confront him. He then looked at Shopkeeper He who was on the ground and had more air coming out than in. He couldn't even hum. , turned to look at Zhou Yang and said, "Even if you are a slave in the family, you cannot kill at will. So what if you are the son-in-law of the Xue family? You are not married yet, right? If you can't find a suitable reason, you will kill someone intentionally!"

"I've been here for a long time, and you finally said something humane." Zhou Yang gave him a teasing smile, reached out and took out the Xue family's gold pair of cards, and shook it around until all the people except Xue Scorpion were there. After all the Xue family servants knelt down, they said to Shi Shao, "Did you see it? The authorization from the Xue family's head room you mentioned is here.

You do need a reason to beat your own slaves to death. I wonder if stealing the master's property, colluding with outsiders to steal and sell the master's property, and being disrespectful to the master are enough reasons?If you think it's not enough, that's okay. For this kind of thing, you can either go to Shuntian Mansion or the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division. I guess you're talking about the latter, right?Why don't we go meet Brother Qiu together and see what the result is? "

"Huh!" Shi Shao is just a dude but not a fool. Facing a promising martial artist Jieyuan and a dude from a declining family who is just waiting to die, Qiu Liang can be with Xini, which is enough to give the Shi family face, not to mention the With Dongfang Bing standing on the platform, he has humiliated himself in the past. As for Shuntian Mansion, it is the territory of civil servants. If he makes trouble, it will only give excuses to the enemy. "Dongfang Shimei, please take your leave for my brother - let's go!" "Thank you, Brother Zhou, for rescuing the siege!" Seeing that the matter was resolved, Xue Biao, who had been silent throughout the whole process, finally came forward and returned to his usual gentle demeanor, "Thanks also to Dongfang Qianhu for speaking up, so that I can kill this slave who was cheating on others. It's a blessing today." , the Xue family will definitely be rewarded!"

"Brother, you're welcome. If you want to repay the favor, does the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion know about it? Just arrange for someone to make a comprehensive repair." Zhou Yang didn't mean to beat around the bush, and directly stated the conditions, "Also, you don't have to tell me one by one. 'Eastern Thousand Households', there is no need to divide your life. From now on, just call her sister-in-law. If anything is inconvenient, you can also go to her directly!"

"I've met Sister-in-law Dongfang!" Xue Biao's expression obviously changed and quickly returned to normal. He didn't ask anything about Xue Baochai, turned around and bowed to Dongfang Bing, but didn't take Zhou Yang's polite words seriously, "Sister-in-law, please rest assured. , my brother will arrange for someone to go there, and the work will be completed within two months at most."

"You're welcome, brother tadpole!" Dongfang Bing's cheeks were slightly red, but his tone was still cold.

"Okay, brothers, let's get busy. As the saying goes, 'catch the thief and capture the king'. Now that the main office has been cleared, the news will be spread out soon. The remaining semicolons should not be a problem, right?" Zhou Yang smiled and cupped his hands and said, "I won't disturb you anymore, farewell!"

“Brother Zhou, please help yourself!”

Zhou Yang smiled and waved his hand, turned around and went out with Dongfang Bing. Seeing that the matter was settled, he simply arranged for Li Xiong to take people back, and he took Dongfang Bing for a stroll. After all, the relationship with the girl needs to be cultivated, and shopping is good. Means, anyway, Dongfang Bing is wearing a thousand-household official uniform at this time, and no one dares to say that "women should not leave the gate without leaving the second gate".

"Xue Biao is dishonest." Dongfang Bing could never be treated as an ordinary woman. He was obviously riding around with Ai Lang, but the content of his words did not deviate from business. "I don't believe that he has not found out the current situation in the capital. As long as he is willing to directly If you go to Shi's house, there will be no such thing as Shi Shao's visit today.

The Shi family is now in great decline. No one in the family has an official position, but they must take face into consideration no matter what. Shi Ding, who is the third wife, is indeed greedy for money, but he will never be blamed for embezzling relatives' property. He will definitely put it down. The blame was passed on to his subordinates, and then Shi Shao was stopped, limiting the matter to the lowest level. "

"But, he specifically wanted me to come forward and take on the third son and second son of the Shi family." Zhou Yang smiled and did not take it seriously, "So I deliberately pulled you to come forward, and then killed the shopkeeper He on the spot. In fact, it was not It's just for Shi Shao to see - well, don't pay attention to these things, I am just the son-in-law of the first house, and it is not incomprehensible for the second house to have some little thoughts.

It doesn't matter, cooperation is always based on equality. If they have ideas, I will show some strength at the right time. The Xue family will never be able to fight against the royal background at any time. I think he will be honest in the future. Didn’t you see that when I asked him to help repair the Weiyuan Hou Mansion, he didn’t refuse the expense of more than 1 taels? "

"Hmph!" Dongfang Bing gave him a roll of his eyes. She was also a woman and would definitely be jealous, so her focus was obviously skewed. "Yes, there is another Miss Xue who I haven't met yet, and I don't know who will be serving tea in the future." Will she let me kneel for a long time without getting up?"

"Naughty!" Zhou Yang said with a smile, "There is no conflict between you and Baochai. Speaking of our special situation, it is more like 'both sides'. Your side is the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, and her side is ours." Zhou family, what do you have to worry about? You might as well think about what to eat for lunch today.

By the way, I remember that Wanfu Building is one of the best stores in the whole capital, right?I was in a hurry last time and didn't taste much. Let's try it today, shall we?I remember you said just now that your princess has something to do today, so she probably won't come to the store again, right? "

"Hmph!" Dongfang Bing threw him a hygiene ball angrily, obviously guessing his thoughts, but still nodded with a slightly red cheek, "Then let's go!"

(End of this chapter)