son-in-law

Chapter 143 The face of the enemy

At night, Chengguo Princess Consort Mansion.

Since the founding of the Wu Dynasty, the Zhou royal family has spread its branches and leaves, and it has become quite prosperous today.However, due to the strict management of the clan, up to now, there are many wealthy royal family members, but not many are really used in military and political affairs.Among them, Consort is naturally the most embarrassing title.

However, although more than one person with the status of a concubine lives in Jiangning, the princess consort of Chengguo is not the same. Generally speaking, although the princess has a noble status and is willing to be a concubine, it is not a very capable person, but Kang Xian's identity is not the same. He is a contemporary great Confucian, and he has real material in his literary talent.And the most important thing is that the seniority of the two people is already bigger than the general royal family by this time.

Usually, the emperor's daughter is called the princess, the sister is called the eldest princess, and as the emperor's aunt, Zhou Xuan, the princess of Chengguo, has the title of the eldest princess at this time.It's big and long, and it sounds amazing.I am afraid that not many people know why Kang Xian, who was talented at the beginning, became the concubine, and the parties may have already left behind. At the age of [-] years, it seems that life is also leisurely, but in fact, he has an unimaginable shopping mall industry and wealth. If it is brought to light, it may be enough to make everyone stunned.

Of course, all smart people know how to protect themselves. In Jiangning area, the power of the princess of Chengguo is basically isolated from many major events, and many of the industries under them are nothing more than the attitude of making a fortune in silence.Because of this, many royal relatives around are more willing to get close to this side.This afternoon, after drinking tea with a pair of sons and daughters and many talented people, Zhou Yong, the king of Kang, also stopped by.

By this time, dinner time had passed, and Zhou Yong was chatting with Huang Gu in the courtyard.Just now, his two children and Kang Xian were also here, but Xiao Pei and Jun Wu often came here, so they didn't have much time to spare, and dragged Kang Xian to go to the treasure house in the Concubine's House to look at the good things.Zhou Yong didn't come to the Concubine's Mansion very often on weekdays, but when he was a child, he was very close to the eldest princess, Zhou Xuan, who was his aunt. The parents chatted for a while before going out from the yard, and only saw Kang Xian near the garden. As for that For the children, I do not know where they have gone.

Zhou Yong has always respected Kang Xian. At this time, the two went to the garden to enjoy the shade. After some trivial matters, they casually mentioned this afternoon's events: "Today, I brought Xiao Pei Junwu to the warm tea. Over there, when I was traveling with some talented people, I saw one person, who was mentioned by my uncle before..."

He talked about the whole process, together with Liu Qingdi's appearance, and his attitude when he said those words: "Oh, it's not easy to get the name of the first talent, this Liu Qingdi seems to be open-minded, and keeps saying that Ning Yi's talent is amazing, but in reality I was afraid that I was also jealous and wanted to say something right or wrong. Many of these statements were untrue, but after that, it seemed that many people knew about it. Regarding Ning Liheng, my uncle said something to the little one a few days ago. Pei Junwu worshipped him as a teacher, so I wanted to meet him, but I don’t know about the two cloth merchants in Su and Wu, and my uncle knows about it.”

The two sat down between the pavilions. After Zhou Yong said these words, Kang Xian already laughed.In fact, to say that Zhou Yong was very concerned about this matter before, Kang Xian naturally did not believe it. He has always done more for the discipline of Xiao Pei Junwu's two children.It was said earlier that the two children should be taught by Jiangning's first talent, and there was nodding at will. Anyway, the first talent was Kang Xian who said it again. It must be true. Zhou Yong's attitude is that he wants to be a teacher. It will be done, as for Ning Yi, it is Kang Xian who checks.But perhaps it was what he saw today that made him feel a little bit more concerned.

Royal people, after all, still care about hard work.

"Hehe, a similar question, I also asked Li Heng a few months ago. At that time, the dispute between the two emperors of Su and Wu was raging, and the dust had settled. He wrote the poem "Drinking Wine and Pei Di" in anger in front of people. I thought he was annoyed. If the matter could not be solved, he would still have to come to me for help. At this time, my face is full of worries, and I am absent-minded when I play chess, but I just don't ask for each other, which makes me angry..."

"If that's the case, it's a bit arrogant." Zhou Yong nodded and said, "However, are my uncle and this Ning Yi familiar? And... Old Qin?"

He remembered the appearance of Ning Yi, but he was in his early twenties and was really young. He thought that his uncle only recognized his talent. At this time, it sounded that the friendship was unusual.

"Hehe, I was originally a chess friend, so I didn't get involved too much, but later, Liheng helped a lot, tsk, there are many people who benefited." Kang Xian nodded solemnly, and then laughed, "But later I know, it's not arrogance. Oh, I said to him that day, you and I are so friendly, do you have to be so cautious when you ask each other? This matter involves his reputation, and it has a great impact on the Su family. I decided to make a move to end it for him, but who knew that he would also say something after that, which made it difficult for me to mention this matter for more than a month, hehe..."

He found it interesting in his heart and laughed happily, Zhou Yong frowned: "A word?"

"Oh, that cloth is faded."

Kang Xian shook his head, these simple words also floated around the pavilion in an understatement. Zhou Yong's expression seemed to be a little puzzled. After a while, the surrounding quieted down. After a long time, he really digested the meaning and reacted: "what?"

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While the conversation in the consort's house was going on, a quarrel and discussion was taking place in the main hall of the Wu family.The servants guarded this area from a distance, but occasionally they turned around and saw the figure shaking over there, but it was difficult to understand what happened.At this time, in the room where the people who decided the fate of the entire Wu family gathered, various strange atmospheres that had never existed before were floating around. With occasional outbursts of hysteria.

"Anyway, a third of the things are impossible... absurd, never before!"

The quarrel has actually been going on for a long time. After hearing Wu Qilong say these things at first, everyone was silent for a long time, and then they started to talk absurdly.Even in a shopping mall known for its greed, there is rarely such a thing. One merchant shows the traffic and another merchant says, you give me one-third of the property.At first glance, this kind of thing sounds like it's not worth discussing. However, when the atmosphere gradually settled down, when they learned from the faces of Wu Chenghou and others that the situation was not a joke, and it gave them a space to think over time. Later, these people can clear their minds and consider the seriousness of the whole thing.

"Give them one-third? Then take one-third or even half of the family property for activities? What will my Wu family be like? We... even if we die, how can we be worthy of the ancestors of the Wu family? Liezong, how much effort did they save for their family property! The name of the No. [-] cloth merchant in Jiangning..." Wu Chengluo, who was in charge of things in Hezhou, shook his head, "It's just fading, I don't believe it's going to be for the sake of raiding the house! More activities, more management, my Wu family may not be able to overcome this level!"

"The wall is down and everyone is pushing it, Old Seven." Wu Chengyuan said.

On the other side, Wu Chengke's face was blue: "Give them one-third, then lose half or one-third, and then let go of market share and only be a royal merchant, that's what the Su family thinks. After this incident If not, do you think the Su family will give up easily?"

"You also said that the Su family won't give up easily, who knows that they won't secretly release news behind their backs or confuse us!"

"It takes time for them to eat, not to mention... It's better for their reputation..."

"It's better not to kill our family's reputation?" Wu Chengluo looked at Wu Chengke absurdly.

"At least they won't be said to have taken our family's things and forced us to death..." Wu Qilong joined the battle in a low tone.

"Whether it is forced to die is still a question!"

"Seventh uncle, don't be angry..."

"I'm not talking mad, you were frightened by that scholar! Whoever doesn't know what kind of talents will talk about it!"

"But it's really going to be a war, and the wall is down and everyone is pushing it, Uncle Seven! Now a group of people are staring at the Su family. They haven't spoken yet, they are waiting for the Su family to fall! The Su family hasn't grown up outside yet. Louzi. But if something like this happens in our family, everyone can take the handle, and everyone can fall into the trap! Do our Wu family have fewer opponents than the Su family?"

"It doesn't have to be that level! If we do as he says, what's the matter with that level..."

"To shut up!"

With a bang, a crutch smashed to the ground. After so much noise, mixed with all kinds of chatter around, Wuzhen, the fifth uncle who was sitting above, finally got angry and stood up tremblingly.

"Don't talk vernacular there, it's not to what extent now. It's a raid! Home! Destroy! Clan!" He tapped on the ground with a cane, "Crazy home and exterminate clan!"

The surrounding voices had been quiet for a while, the old man looked around, fell back on the chair, and said while panting: "Don't you understand? It's not to what extent, if it's wrong, it's not a difference of [-]% or [-]%, if you say It's wrong, it's looting the family and destroying the family. Now everyone here, here, outside, your wife and children in your family will die, and the distribution will be distributed. At this time, you actually know it... Stop arguing, say something useful."

"I can only... I can only go the way of some adults..." Wu Chengyuan said after hesitating for a while.

Wu Chenghou above shook his head: "In ten days, adults at the level of three provinces and six ministries, no amount of money will make it work."

Wuzhen, the fifth uncle, took a breath: "Actually, if the talk really broke down, is it really that serious? Let's think about this first."

"The Chen family and the Lu family are also staring at us. They used to be royal merchants, and now they want to develop further. They... have previous official relations. If our Wu family collapsed, they must be very happy to give up our share. …”

"The wall is down and everyone pushes it for sure..."

"And there's really going to be a war, if it was before..." Wu Qilong frowned, "There's probably room for a turnaround..."

"It's not necessarily that there will be an accident after the war. How likely is it?" Wu Chengluo said.

"I don't know." Wu Qilong said frankly, and then looked around: "What do you think, uncles and uncles? Do you... dare to take this risk?"

The matter of looting a family and exterminating a clan ultimately depends on the emperor's mood. If it is only a single item, it may be possible to take risks.However, on the eve of the war, coupled with the possible fueling of the various cloth merchants after the incident was exposed, and the general reaction of the emperor when he heard the incident, no one could be in a good mood, and there was an unspeakable silence.The fifth uncle tapped on the crutches: "Then what else is there to discuss..."

"There may not be a chance." Wu Chengke thought for a long time before he said, "Ning Liheng's statement is very simple, it is nothing more than asking my Wujia money to buy time, but business can always be negotiated, in his words, in the end We don't know how much they are bluffing. We now have to see how much the Wu family wants to hand over smoothly, and if it is unstable, how much effort they will have to spend. In the middle, who is planning and who is making the final decision. Just figure it out first..."

Wu Chenghou nodded: "It's nothing but Su Yu, Su Tan'er, and Ning Yi..."

Wu Chengyuan frowned and said, "I don't know what happened to Ning Yi, but Su Yu and Su Tan'er are not fuel-efficient lamps. What if they collapsed after a single trial?"

Wu Chenghou was silent for a moment: "It depends on how decisive they are and how much they want..."

"Su Tan'er hasn't had a good time recently." Wu Qihao raised his head over there, "After all, my Wu family has a chance to be fine, and no matter how bad the situation is, it can last for a few months or even half a year... Su Tan Er must be eager to prove her ability now, she is in charge of things, I think... there must be room for negotiation... The time for applying for the postponement of the news is the most critical. If we can delay these days, we may You can fake news so that the market doesn’t know what to believe.”

"This is only to avoid some people's detection. As soon as the news of the Su family is released, there will definitely be people who believe in it. The random rumors are just to deceive some people. We have been active for at least a month or two..." Someone came out and shook his head, "I want to To find weaknesses, you can first think about who is in control, but I don't think Su Tan'er is in control of this situation."

"Su Yu has never used such a method before, it's not like... But apart from them, it's not really that Ning Yi, right? This kind of thing is not something that can be done by cleverness, and can only rely on Su Yu and Su Tan'er like this. a person, and he has no experience at all in previous investigations..."

In the buzzing discussion, the fifth uncle sighed over there, and gestured to Wu Qilong, who was sitting there and became silent at this time: "Qilong, you are the one who has the most contact with Ning Yi, you What do you say? Even if it was his plan, how was he?"

Wu Qilong glanced at him and hesitated: "I, I have some ideas, but..." He shook his head, "It's hard to say..."

In the business field, you can always grasp the outline of the opponent, and then you can really start to make a fuss. If you want to formulate a strategy and get rid of the crisis, the same is true. If the opponent lays out a seemingly perfect situation, then you can only start from the opponent's character. Look for weaknesses, guess what the other side can't grasp.The Su family and the Xue family have been fighting for many years, and the Wu family has been watching, but for this Ning Liheng, until now, no one can really understand, perhaps only Wu Qilong, who has been in contact with him for the longest time. Can barely spell out some outlines at this time.

"Actually, when I think about it now, there is one thing that we all skipped..." For a moment, he sighed, and finally started to talk, "In fact, everyone already knows about Su Tan'er's character. Su Boyong was assassinated a month and a half ago, and she suddenly fell ill. We thought she was really under too much pressure—she was under too much pressure at the time. We inquired about it, and it was true, so we had no doubts, but later, in fact, There is a problem."

When he said this, someone next to him reacted, and Wu Qihao said, "She didn't show up for a month..."

"Yeah." Wu Qilong nodded, "With Su Tan'er's character, the first few days of the cold have passed, and the fever has subsided. It is impossible for her to stay in bed and recuperate under such circumstances. But Ning Yi accepted it at the time. Yes, it's a bit funny, but behind the scenes, the Su family has been promoting the yellow cloth in a high-profile manner, and the steps have not fallen. We all feel that Su Taner can't handle detailed matters, so we have grasped the overall situation. It is also because of this that Ning Yi performed a few times. After this time, we felt that even if he had a good grasp of the overall situation, there would always be some loopholes in the details…”

"It may be an afterthought now, but, with Su Tan'er's character, at that time, how could she have stayed at home, Ning Yi didn't understand what she must have understood... A few days Ning Yi told me It was only after those things that I realized that Su Tan'er fell down because the yellow cloth faded... Such a woman, Su Boyong was assassinated, and the Su family had internal and external troubles at the time. Lie for a month. We neglected these things, but looking back, when she fell, the Su family had no backbone at all, and it was impossible for her to make such calculations in her state at that time. It must have been during this period of time. , Ning Yi made a plan, so after a few days, her fever subsided and she didn't get out of bed, and the old man of the Su family didn't interfere..."

"Then everyone entered the game. At the time, it seemed that Ning Yi didn't do anything, but now that I think about it, we didn't even feel wrong at the time, and we didn't even think about it in our minds. More than a month after the decision of the Imperial Merchant, Ning Yi directly put aside this matter. We looked back and calculated several times, but there is no doubt at all... All uncles and uncles, everything is just right, such a person, If I had to tell me what kind of opponent he was, it would be... at all..."

He frowned, his expression hesitated for a long time, but he couldn't think of words.However, the people around can probably see the outline drawn...

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"...Actually, it's clear, it's nothing more than simply borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, and talking about it orally, maybe many people can come up with it. But it's really too difficult to implement it. The mind should not be too deliberate, and every link must be just right, otherwise, the Wu family is also a veteran in the shopping mall. After so many years of struggle, a small problem can make people catch the leak..."

In the pavilion of the Concubine's Mansion, Kang Xian smiled and shook his head.

"At that time, there was a traitor in the Su family, and Ning Yi couldn't have gone to teach someone to act. He was in the family, and it was easier said than done. When they got up, no one noticed anything. The Wu family thought they deliberately stole the recipe from the Su family. As far as I can tell, after he said those words that day, I was stunned for a while, just like you, and after thinking about it, my head was numb... It's amazing..."

"If you lift the weight lightly, you will do this game piece by piece... Many things seem miraculous, the idea may be simple, but the success or failure is determined, or it is in these details that others cannot see or perceive, and similar things, Maybe only Lao Qin...cough..."

When he said this, he stopped talking and sighed slightly.Zhou Yong frowned: "Uncle said Duke Qin, did he mean..."

Kang Xian shook his head. In fact, the matter he mentioned was not a very strict secret right now, but after all, it was not easy to mention it indiscriminately: "What Liheng has done this time is truly admirable. It's almost the same, and we have to really see the difference, huh, when the time comes, you and I will see the stunned expressions of those people... It is also a blessing that Xiaopei and Jun Wu can worship him as a teacher, and the German side must not be neglected. ."

"It's natural, I don't dare to take it lightly." Zhou Yong bowed respectfully, expressing his admiration for Ning Yi now, "I heard that he doesn't want to be a guest of the palace, I don't know why." After hearing it, I forgot about it, and at this time I thought about it again.

"Oh, Liheng's temperament is different from others. After a while, you will understand that it is not what he has to say about the palace. Germany knows that although he talked about business affairs casually, when he played chess with others. But still a little absent-minded, why?"

"Could it be that there is some trouble?" Zhou Yong asked with a frown, determined to write down this matter.

Kang Xian smiled interestingly: "Noye... oh, but it's troublesome, but it's not something that can be solved by others. At that time, he underestimated the solution of matters involving the life and death of the Su and Wu families, but still Old Qin and I were also a little curious about the embarrassing thing. Who knew that after he said it, hehe, I really found it interesting. It turned out that a woman confided her feelings on him when he was away that day. He was originally the son-in-law of the Su family, so he I'm a little hesitant about how to make arrangements in the future..."

Zhou Yong blinked his eyes, then laughed dumbly: "It's such a trivial matter, three wives and four... uh..." He originally planned to say it boldly, but considering that the uncle in front of him only had one wife, although he and his aunt had only one wife. There was a deep relationship between them, so I finally stopped this passage and changed the topic: "Cough, this person is indeed very affectionate and sexual..."

"Hehe, speaking of which, I know Lao Qin and that woman. It's not bad. She used to be a person in the dust, but she has always kept herself clean, and then she redeemed herself..."

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On a quiet night, Ning Yi and Su Tan'er were looking at the full moon in the sky by the corridor on the second floor of the small courtyard of the Su Mansion, eating and blowing air while talking.

Today, the two were bored and nibbling on the uncreative food, flatbread.

"When negotiating with the Wu family, speak a little more aggressively."

"Well...but what about being aggressive?"

"Uh, for example... don't be sad, after all people live..."

"Xianggong will kill popularity."

"No, they are all shopping mall elites... Well, the moon on the fourteenth is also very round..."

"Unfortunately it's not August [-]th..."

"Why do you suddenly think of August [-]th? It's a pity that this year's poetry festival didn't go to completion?"

"No, I'm suddenly thinking, that day when Xianggong couldn't go, I can't see the scene where Xianggong writes poems about the moon again, leaving those talented people with no poems to write."

"It's not that exaggerated..."

"Otherwise, Xianggong will write another song today to celebrate the end of the Wu family."

"Okay."

"Hey, did you really write?"

"Oh, a genius, of course, writing poetry is easy to do..."

"..." Waiting intently.

"...O sea, you are all water!"

"Well……"

"Horse, you have four legs!"

"..." His face began to twitch.

"Moon, you are so round!" The expression here was calm.

"..."

"Wu family, you are finished."

"..." The head has been lowered, and he desperately stuffed a big cake into his mouth to stop the trembling of his body.

"It's over, let's see, Yongyue, the Yongwu family is finished."

"Um...uh...cough...uh..."

"what happened to you?"

"Uh uh uh……"

"Do you want to strangle yourself..."

Under the moonlight, Ning Yi began to pat his wife's back with a grumpy smile.Looking at it this way, Su Tan'er's figure is indeed a little thin.

She seemed to be about to choke to death, and started hitting Ning Yi's chest with her head.

This may be the year I laugh the most...

In such an unladylike gesture that she has almost never done, she thought so...

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I wanted to update last night to tell everyone that the Mooncake Festival is happy, but I wrote it down, almost [-] words, ahem, I wish you all a happy Mooncake Festival afterward, as happy as Tan Er ^_^......

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