Bachelor

Chapter 168 Trap
Jing Xiang: "Ah, what, it's useless for you to do it a hundred times, after all, you have to pay for it. Just now you promised our brothers to share the expenses equally."

Guo Zeng didn't speak, just sat on the railing of the gazebo with a pale face.

"Why don't you talk?" Jing Xiang looked at him aggressively, and said angrily, "It's no use pretending to be a turtle. With so much money, it's impossible for my brother to help you out. You've been very romantic these days, Our brothers are drinking the wind and eating the sand by the side, you are not showing morality now."

Speaking of resentment, Jing Xiang stretched out his hand angrily and pushed Guo Zeng a few times, until his body shook uncontrollably.

Sun Dan could see clearly in the room, and couldn't help feeling a little pitiful for Guo Hou, a concubine.He, Guo Xun, is a character who can make the ground of the capital shake by stomping his feet in the city of Beijing, but his son is so cowardly and timid, it really makes people wonder if this Guo Zeng is his kind.If it is true, Guo Zeng's weakness and helplessness at this moment really has a shadow of Shi Wanquan.

If you have a son like this, you will really lose face of Marquis Wu Ding.

It's a pity that Guo Xun's first-line and concubine children add up to more than ten people.Once you have more children, you don't feel like you have anything.For a son and daughter of unknown origin like Guo Zeng, giving a bowl of rice can be regarded as the utmost benevolence, and the relationship between father and son is naturally out of the question.

Sun Dan is not an ancient, nor can he understand the thinking of the ancients.However, if I were replaced by myself, as a modern person, my children, no matter if they were descendants of concubines, were all my own flesh and blood after all, and there was no need to distinguish between each other or inferiority.

Feng Zhen quietly asked beside him: "Master, is it time for me to come forward?"

Sun Dan: "Don't worry, wait a little longer. Guo Zeng is a temper tantrum, and he won't give in obediently until the end of the world."

"Okay, just wait and see."

Outside, Jing Xiang repeatedly pushed Guo Zeng a few times. If this kind of frivolous offense was replaced by anyone, I'm afraid he would have turned his back on him long ago.But the strange thing is that Guo Zeng still pursed his lips and didn't say a word.

Such a bloodless person made Jing Xiang a little dumb, and felt very bored. A few rude words just came to his lips, but he didn't have the energy to curse again.

But the left hand hanging by his side has already been clenched into a fist, and he can't wait to punch this cowardly person in the face.

Jing Ji was much more cunning than his younger brother. Seeing that his younger brother couldn't handle Guo Zeng, he rolled his eyes and said, "Jing Xiang, you've gone too far. After all, Xiao Guo is also our brother. It's not good for you to treat him like this."

"Such a chicken will be beaten." Jing Xiang understood, pretending to be resentful: "In front of the money, my mother and I don't know each other. No matter what, Xiao Guo, you have to take out 200 taels of silver today."

Jing Ji walked up to Xiao Guo and said with a pleasant face, "Xiao Guo, these days our brothers are helping you hire monthly officials, paying money, and running errands. Tell me, how does my brother treat you?"

Hearing Jing Ji mention Yueguan, Guo Zeng's lifeless face finally regained some vitality, he raised his head and glanced at Jing Ji, and said, "Brother Jing, I naturally know how you have treated my brother these days. , there will be a big reward in the future."

"What future, just today." Jing Xiang called out again.

"But... I really don't have any money..."

"You!" Jing Xiang wanted to jump up again.

Jing Ji smiled coldly: "Xiao Guo, it's meaningless for you to say that. It's agreed that everyone will bear the expenses together. What problem can you solve by just saying thank you? It's completely dishonest."

Guo Zeng quickly stood up, bowed deeply, and said sincerely, "Thank you, Brother Jing."

"Is this your sincerity?" Jing Xiang was stunned by him.

Jing Ji chuckled: "If you say that, I don't care about your nonsense. How about this, let's go to Guojiahou's mansion, and after seeing Guohou, let the old man comment on this."

"Are you going to find my father?" Guo Zeng was dizzy, almost fell to the ground, and said in a trembling voice, "I can't go!" When Guo Zeng met Wudinghou Guo Xun, it was like a mouse seeing a cat. If you let him know, he will break your legs with family law.

"Yes, we can only go to Guo Hou for this matter. Hey, since you don't show your sincerity, we brothers don't care about that much." Jing Ji said with a serious face: "Even if the money doesn't come back, we will Ask Lord Hou for justice."

"Yes, we're going to find your father!" Jing Xiang yelled loudly, grabbed Guo Zeng by the collar and dragged him away.

Guo Zeng kept yelling: "I can't go, I can't go! I will find a way to pay back the money." He is just a frail person, how can he be the opponent of a man like Jingxiang, and it falls into his hands. There is almost no strength to fight back.

"What can you do? If you have a way, you don't have to wait until now. Let's go and see your father!"

"Brother Jing, please forgive me, I really can't let my father know about this! I, me, me, can't I kneel down for you?" Guo Zeng's legs softened, and he was about to kneel to the ground.

Sun Dan couldn't bear to watch it, and said to Feng Zhen beside him, "It's too much, you can deal with it."

Feng Zhen couldn't help watching in the room early, and when he heard Sun Dan's order, he suppressed a smile and pushed open the door, walked over, and asked, "You three are all here, yo, yo, what's going on? "

Seeing that Feng Zhen finally appeared, the Jing brothers knew that today's farce had finally reached its climax, Jing Xiang let go of Guo Zeng, and said loudly: "What else can we do? , our brother has helped him for so many days, and it's time to get back the money."

"What are you talking about with an actor who prostitutes a woman? Don't say it so embarrassingly, Yueguan is not an ordinary woman." Guo Zeng yelled angrily, dissatisfied.

"That's right, that's right, she's not an ordinary woman, she's an actress, and she's also being slept with."

"You..." Guo Zeng heard someone say that about Yue Guan, and finally got the courage to look at Jing Xiang angrily, his eyes were about to burst into flames.

Naturally, Jingxiang was not afraid, and raised his chest: "Why, you still want to hit someone. Come here, come here, I will lend you ten hard-hearted and leopard courage. Grandpa has been rolling on the street since he was six years old, let alone you I have never seen such a villain as a grass chicken? Grandpa has also seen blood on his hands, so he is not afraid of trouble."

"Don't make trouble, tell me what's going on?" Feng Zhen shouted, "Jing Ji, you are the eldest brother, so tell me how you do things."

Jing Ji understood, so he explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly.

He is a person who speaks freely, and this remark completely portrays Guo Zeng as a libertine, who only knows to eat the king's meal, whores the king's chicken, and a low-brow who wants to be romantic without money.

Guo Zeng was ashamed for a while when he heard it, he just wished there was a gap in the ground to get in.But after listening for a long time, he suddenly came to his senses: the person Jing Ji was talking about was not me!

"No, no, I'm not like that..."

"What's wrong, you liar, freeloader!" Jing Xiang yelled.

"Okay, okay, stop making trouble." After listening to Jing Ji's words, Feng Zhen smiled and shook his head: "I thought it was something big, but it turned out that it was only 200 taels of silver. You shouted like hell, is it worth it?"

Jing Ji put on a steady look, and said, "Master Feng, you are always a well-known businessman in the south of the Yangtze River. A little 200 taels of silver may not be considered in your eyes, but in the eyes of my brother, you are a family of old and young." We are also in a hurry for rations!"

"Yes, if we don't give money, we brothers can't say that we will break into the Hou's mansion today." Jing Xiang interjected at the right time.

"Ah, don't! Master Feng, you are so reasonable!" Guo Zeng bowed again and again, and no one would fall.

Feng Zhen chuckled, signaling Guo Zeng to rest assured.Then he turned around and said to the brothers of the Jing family with a fierce face: "Brothers of the Jing family, you make a living every day by setting people up, luring them into the bait, and making some chewing wraps. I don't want to say anything, Old Feng. But, little Guo is our own brother, so it's too disrespectful to even attack our own brother?"

Jingxiang: "Why don't you talk about loyalty? My brother is still clear about the account. We asked him for the 200 taels, but there is evidence."

Feng Zhen snorted coldly: "What kind of brothers are clear accounts, don't think I'm a fool. I understand what you guys did. It's clear that you set up a trick to trap Brother Guo. You invited me these few days. The musicians are your own, and the outfit you gave to Yueguan is just ordinary silk and satin, worth only two taels of silver. Including the money for the stage troupe that Yueguan has taught opera these days, the total is only about sixty taels. You ask Brother Xiaoguo wants 200 taels, don’t you want black people? Brother Xiaoguo is honest and a very good person, what’s your conscience if you punish people like this?”

"Ah, it turned out to be like this!" Guo Zeng understood, and shouted repeatedly: "You, you, you... are too much!"

The Jing family brothers pretended to be ashamed and remained silent for a long time.

Feng Zhen made a righteous and awe-inspiring look: "Thanks to everyone who thinks highly of me, Old Feng, and calls me Brother Feng. Today, I, the big brother, will resolve this festival for you. When you come out to mess around, you set up another big game. It’s impossible for you to lose money, right? In this way, brother Xiaoguo will be responsible for Yueguan’s work and outfit money, which is 60 taels. If it’s not enough, you can find a way to make up for the shortfall. How about it?”

The brothers of the Jing family ran to the side to discuss for a while, and then came over and Jing Ji said: "Brother Feng is naturally a good person. We brothers have nothing to say, so we will follow your orders."

Feng Zhen nodded, then turned to ask Guo Zeng kindly: "Brother Guo, do you think I can handle this well?"

"Okay, okay, thank you Brother Feng." Guo Zeng was so moved that he was about to cry, but suddenly, he trembled, and said pitifully, "I can't even take out the 60 taels."

Feng Zhen waved his hand: "Don't worry, come out to mess around, the righteous character is the first, it's just a little money, it's worth nothing. The money is on my head, and I don't have to pay it back. Brother, it's not my brother who said you, you It’s impossible to go on like this. You are only a little old in your life for a hundred years, and you still have a long way to go!” After speaking, he took out a 60 tael ticket from his arms and handed it to Guo Zeng.

Guo Zeng had been stared at by people in the Hou's mansion since he was a child, when had he heard such heart-warming words.After receiving the 60 taels, tears could not stop falling.

After dismissing the Jing family brothers, Guo Zeng's legs softened and he was about to kneel down to thank him.

Feng Zhen hurriedly helped him up: "Brother, there's no need to do this. I know your situation somewhat. Hey, your father is also a second-rank official, a dignified Marquis. You are not begging for a golden job like you are now." Well, you have to think of a way."

Sun Dan sat far away in the room, nodding secretly: Guo Zeng has finally been dealt with, and everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.Killing pigs and butts, one kind of person and one way of killing.Naturally, it would be best to use Feng Zhen, a tycoon like Jianghu, to deal with someone like Xiao Guo who has never seen the world.

(End of this chapter)