Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

84 Chapter 2.61

Volume Two

2.61 The Xue family solves some family issues

That night, in the main hall of Xue's inner courtyard.

"Brother Zhou, there are many people from the clan here tonight, and most of them are prominent figures in each house." Xue Baochai tried his best to keep calm, "My father is very ill again. He has not been in good condition these days, and now he is encountering all these troubles. , what should I do if my father's condition gets worse again? Brother Zhou, I don't know if you can"

"What else? Why do you think I entered the inner courtyard and even took everyone under my hands outside the courtyard?" Zhou Yang comforted her with a smile, "And haven't you noticed that Zhang Dehui sent two groups of nearly 50 bodyguards? They have all been placed in the wing of the main courtyard and are on standby. Senior Brother Chen personally sat quietly and waited in the study room of the main hall, isn’t it just to arrange for them?”

"Master, these days, I have heard a lot of rumors." Ying'er said nervously, "They. Some of them said that the master has been seriously ill and will not die soon, and should not continue to occupy the position of the head of the family; some said that the master Pan has no right to do anything. If you are talented and have no virtue, you are not worthy of inheriting the Xue family's property. You must choose someone with a virtuous name.

He even mentioned the old man and the girl, saying that the old man was confused before he died. Instead of handing over his family's property to his own people, he asked an outsider to come over. He must have gone crazy and said that he wanted to summon the family elders to come to the house together. I want to explain the truth here, please see if there are so many people here tonight, are they?"

"Damn hoof, why have you never told me?" Xue Baochai was stunned and asked Ying'er in disbelief, "No wonder mother almost emptied the inner courtyard, such a big thing."

"Girl, when have you not heard of such rumors?" Ying'er almost burst into tears. "Except for a few words about the uncle's affairs, other slaves have not heard of them in months. I didn't expect that so many people came to the door today. Only this slave knew that it was "

"Okay, why are you nervous?" Zhou Yang said with a smile, "Since we are all ready, we naturally thought of countermeasures. I am waiting here because my surname is not Xue. I will wait until the call comes over there. , that’s when it’s finally resolved.”

"I'm afraid Ziyang will have to work hard tonight." Just as he was talking, Wang Shuying's plain voice came from the door, "The master asked me to come over and tell Ziyang to take someone over. Let's go now."

"Mother!" Xue Baochai quickly stood up and bowed gently, "But what's difficult to solve on my father's side? Does it have to be done by Brother Zhou?"

"Don't worry, little girl, Bao. It's just a few people who don't know how to die. What year won't we run into them?" Wang Shuying showed the courage of everyone's mistress at this time, "I'll kill anyone who dares to jump out. The house has raised such a There are so many slaves, is it just decoration? Just go back to your room with Ying'er, your father and Ziyang are responsible for the things outside!"

"Don't worry, you and Ying'er go back first. It won't take long to solve the problem." Zhou Yang raised his hand and hung the long sword on his waist, caressed Xue Baochai's head and smiled, "Remember to have a good rest and sleep. When you wake up tomorrow Come and everything will be fine.”

"Brother Zhou, be careful!" Even though she had been kept secret, Xue Baochai vaguely guessed that tonight was unusual, but she very wisely took Ying'er and turned back to the boudoir with a gentle kiss.

"Be careful - woo!" Wang Shuying also opened her mouth to comfort her, but as soon as she spoke, she was kissed and let go after a moment.

"Go to the guest room and wait. When I go back, I don't want to encounter any obstacles before entering you." Zhou Yang smiled and took his right hand away from her arms, but was grabbed by Wang Shuying.

"I'll wait for you, wait for you to come back, and I'll do anything for you!" Wang Shuying put his right hand on his cheek and rubbed it, "I'll give you everything!"

Zhou Yang nodded and withdrew his right hand, pressed the hilt of the sword and walked out of the main hall. It was not until he left the inner courtyard that he nodded to the six slaves led by Li Hu who were already waiting there. The seven of them strode straight to the main hall of the main courtyard.

"Boss, since you are going to die, stop meddling in the affairs of the living. If you don't, there won't even be any paper-burning people left!" A sharp voice came from far away in the main hall. It was obvious that the two sides had already torn apart.

"Ahem, even though I'm dying, it's okay to take you five rooms with me before I leave. It will save you the loneliness on the road." Xue Tu's voice was obviously weak, but his momentum did not decline at all, "I have seen that you are honest over the years. I even rewarded you several times, but I didn’t expect that a dog that bites really doesn’t bark!”

"You—" The shrill voice at the beginning was choked up.

"Hahaha, Fifth Brother, you have been licking the Zhen family's crotch all these years, so what's the result? As long as my brother is here, you will always be a dog!" Xue Xun's wanton laughter spread quickly. He said, "And you, Lao Liu, you are not even a dog. You are always submissive to me when you meet me. Today you dare to follow Lao Wu because you feel that your eldest brother is in trouble, and Lao Wu has promised you a lot of things, right?"
Is this the foreign steward the only support the Zhen family has given you?Not one of the top five housekeepers of Tirenyuan came, but only sent one outside housekeeper to make you so arrogant?You are so easy to deceive, let alone you, a five-room piece of shit, this is the manager, so what if I kill him?Do you really think Xue Jialun can talk to you? "

"You -" the voice this time was obviously weak, it should be the so-called "Lao Liu", "Second brother, don't forget, you are just eating some leftovers with the boss, no matter how happy you are dancing at this time, How about it? When the boss dies, who will you be? Everything in your hands belongs to the clan, and Fifth Brother can do it with just one word."

"It is now." Xue Tu's weak voice came out, "This month I have transferred most of the properties managed by the second brother to the name of the second brother. No matter who takes over the Xue family's property in the future, they will not be able to touch it. The second brother has nothing to do with it, not to mention the business at sea. Looking at the whole world, I can’t find anyone who is stronger than the second brother!”

"You - the third and fourth children, what do you say?" The voice of "the fifth child" sounded again, with undisguised anger, obviously trying to "canvass votes."

"Ahem, I'm old too, so I don't have so much thought." A voice that sounded weaker than Xue Tu said, "We are all a family, so it's better to be harmonious."

"Yes, yes, the third brother is right. It is best for the whole family to be harmonious." The remaining one should be the fourth child. "The seventh and eighth children are not here today because they don't want to get involved. After all, the boss has always done what he did before. good."

The Jinling Xue family has a total of eight houses, and all of them have spoken here, and they have all made their attitudes clear. Although there are more than twenty "elders" from various families sitting there, no one speaks. It is obvious that they have recognized their status. Now that Zhou Yang had figured it out, he was about to go straight in, but he didn't expect another sound to come out. "Sun Guanshi, right? It's not that the old man has never met President Zhen. He has some friendship on weekdays. For his sake, if you go out now, the old man can pretend that nothing happened and leave you alive to go back to eat. Then Everything that comes down belongs to the Xue family's internal affairs and cannot be interfered with by outsiders." Xue Tu was still weak.

"Master Xue, you have to learn how to serve your elders and give up your position when you are no longer able to do it." Manager Sun said with a proud tone, "Your good-for-nothing son is famous in Jinling. Who doesn't know 'Xue Da Fool'? But your daughter does. It's a pity. I followed Madam to the Zhen family several times, and even the old lady praised her. If she were a man, the Zhen family would not say anything.

You just said that everything that follows is an internal matter of the Xue family?What happened to the martial arts scholar named Zhou?In the past few days, you and Mr. Xue have successively arranged for all branch managers in Jiangnan to visit you. Do you think anyone can't guess it yet?Even if you pass it on to Fool Xue and the second master in front of you, the Zhen family will not know it."

"Whether the Zhen family knows it or not, actually doesn't matter at all!" Zhou Yang stood in the courtyard and listened for a long time, knowing that it was time to come on. "It is not the turn of outsiders to interfere in the Xue family's affairs."

"Who - ah!" The two big men at the door of the main hall, neither dressed nor looked like the Xue family's slaves, so they could only be "foreign aid", so as soon as they opened their mouths, Zhou Yang killed one of them with a sword without ceremony. , the other body has been deformed by Li Hu's steel mace.

"It turns out to be Mr. Zhou!" Steward Sun stood up with an ugly expression and cupped his hands. After all, he was only a slave of the Zhen family. He was considered an "elder" in front of the heads of the Xue family, so they all sat still, but he had to stand up and salute. , "The Zhen family is an outsider, so who do you, Mr. Zhou, mean to you?"

"My son-in-law is helping my father-in-law, do we still need to discuss it?" Zhou Yang smiled coldly, turned to Xue Tu and asked, "Father-in-law, is there anything else we need to arrange?"

"You—" the "Old Six" just now looked at the bloody long sword in Zhou Yang's hand, and his tone trembled, "What do you want to do? Everyone here is the Xue family, the eighth house of the Xue family"

"The Xue family only has six rooms, how can there be eight!" Although Xue Tu's voice was weak, it hit the hearts of everyone in the main hall like a heavy hammer.

"Master Xue, please think clearly about what you are talking about!" Manager Sun suddenly turned his head and looked at Lao Wu and Lao Liu, who were all pale, "You are ready to take action with just one sentence, do you still have Wang Fa in your eyes? Don't Forgot to come here today, you don’t think you are bringing dead people, do you?”

"Senior Brother Chen, what do you think?" Zhou Yang played with the hilt of the sword in his hand and smiled.

"The imperial court has a rule that 'imperial power does not extend to the county' since ancient times. It is better for each family to resolve rural matters by themselves." Chen Yejun, who had been sitting in the study watching the excitement, walked out of the room with his hands behind his back and looked at Sun Yat-sen University with a sneer. The steward waved a gold-gilt name card in his hand and said, "I'm sure the prefect of Jinling won't have any objections."

"You——" Manager Sun's face turned pale, but he still struggled, "Is the Duke of Qi planning to make things difficult for the Zhen family? You have to think clearly."

"What about the Zhen family? Today, the Xue family is just settling some family affairs. Brother Chen also came to see me. What else is there?" Zhou Yang smiled coldly, and before Steward Sun could speak again, he slashed Off his head.

"Second brother?" Xue Tu said lightly.

"Leave those brats outside the door to me." Xue Xun stood up and went out with a ferocious expression. Soon, the main courtyard was filled with chaotic screams and the blast of firecrackers.

"Lao Wu and Lao Liu, you can go on the road with peace of mind. I'm sure you won't be lonely on the road." Xue Tu glanced at the two people who were paralyzed on the ground with fear, nodded to Zhou Yang, followed by two screams, and Li Hu followed Also took action.

"Uncle Xue Shi, the internal affairs have been settled, and my nephew has taken his leave." Chen Yejun calmly bowed his hands and said, "I just happened to go to the Jinling Prefecture's Yamen. The Duke of Qi also has some friendship with this prefect."

"Thank you for your hard work, nephew Chen Xian. I will never forget what I said during the day!" The rules remain unchanged.”

"Brother, have a good rest, and little brother, farewell!" The two men were already paralyzed with fear, but they still struggled to get up, staggered out and left, along with a bunch of "elders" they all dispersed.

"It's over. Let's all go back and rest. Zhang Dehui will take care of things here. My second brother will arrange some trivial matters tomorrow." Xue Tu used his last strength, nodded to Xue Xun who came in, and greeted him. People push themselves back.

"Not bad!"

"If you can't solve it, it doesn't mean you can't say it first. Yizhen County is not far away. I'll go over and say hello tomorrow to avoid making people think that the Xue family likes to swallow their anger." Zhou Yang replied coldly, making Xue Xun nod with satisfaction and leave.

After walking out of the room and looking at the corpses on the ground, Zhou Yang breathed a long sigh of relief and greeted Zhang Dehui, who was directing people to finish and wash the floor. Although he was nervous about today's events, he was not afraid at all. He just felt that his chest was tight. With a breath of hot air and eager to get rid of it, he waved to Li Hu to take the people back, and then returned to the guest room impatiently.

"Duang - click!" The harsh closing of the courtyard door and the sound of the door latch came into the room, awakening Wang Shuying who had only a brocade quilt covering the big bed in the bedroom.

"Ziyang?" She asked with a trembling voice.

"Good boy, get up first." Zhou Yang's voice was clearly filled with emotion, "Kneel down and don't move!"

(End of this chapter)