Although this Si Shouli spoke politely, he was actually aggressive, and he called Cheng Xiangru one by one on behalf of the shopkeeper, and obviously kicked him out of the candidate for the big shopkeeper on the grounds of qualifications.

Cheng Xiangru was so angry that he gritted his teeth secretly, but on the surface, he still nodded politely, and got up to point to Zhuo Xiao on the side, saying, "Then naturally Zhuo is the shopkeeper." ”

Si Shouli thought that he was going to recommend himself, and he wanted to refute it, but when he heard that it was Zhuo Xiao, he was also stunned on the spot, and he didn't know how to reply.

Seeing Si Shouli's words, Cheng Xiangru's face showed a smug look, and he slowly walked to the middle position and began his righteous speech.

"The younger generation thinks that in terms of qualifications, the second shopkeeper is the sister of the big shopkeeper, and in the case of the big shopkeeper encountering an accident, there is nothing wrong with the sister inheriting the brother's business. In terms of ability, the second shopkeeper has been assisting the big shopkeeper to take care of it for many years since the beginning of the establishment of the world, and it should be the person who knows the business of the world the best in addition to the big shopkeeper. ”

After a righteous and awe-inspiring speech in the process, the hall was suddenly silent.

At that time, whether it was Si Shouli, or Lu Youban and Wang Zhenyi, they were all shocked and speechless.

In fact, not to mention them, even Zhuo Xiao, Zhuo Xue, and Feng Yi and Qingyang in the family group, after hearing Cheng Xiangru's words, they all looked confused, and they didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in this gourd.

So what did Cheng Xiangru plan, it was thanks to the advisor of King Huai, the mysterious rickety in the crow feather cloak.

Rickets warned King Huai and others that with Cheng Xiangru's current qualifications, if he insisted on seizing the position of the chief treasurer, he was afraid that it would backfire and be unanimously resisted by everyone.

After King Huai heard it, he asked Rickets if there was a solution, and Rickets told King Huai that if he wanted to win the world, he needed to encroach step by step, and since Zhuo Xue was now dead, he simply pushed Zhuo Xiao to the position of the big shopkeeper in one fell swoop.

Of course, this is only the first step, the second step is to make a deal with Zhuo Xiao, since the hostages are no longer there, then the best way at present is to use the support of Huaiwang's tax rate as a reason to make Zhuo Xiao agree to cooperate with Huaiwang, and Zhuo Xiao, as a businessman, generally will not refuse in the face of such benefits.

After the deal is reached, the next step is the third step, so that Zhuo Xiao will arrange Cheng Xiangru to take over the position of the second shopkeeper on the day of the family meeting, so that the number of the world is basically in the hands of King Huai.

After Cheng Xiangru took over the position of the second shopkeeper, he used a year to accumulate his prestige, and then in the new year's master conference, through coercion and inducement, he forced Zhuo Xiao to give up the position of the big shopkeeper to Cheng Xiangru.

In this way, the number of the world will be completely returned to the name of King Huai.

This is also the reason why at present, Cheng Xiangru will uncharacteristically recommend Zhuo Xiao to become the big shopkeeper.

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Cheng Xiangru's face showed an expression of victory, and he stared at Lu Youban motionlessly, and said slowly: "Since everyone here has no objections, let's ask Shopkeeper Zhuo to say a few words, I believe that no one should use such old-fashioned rhetoric as a female streamer to stop my aunt and her old man from speaking." ”

Lu Youban really wanted to use this as an excuse, but when Cheng Xiangru said this, and was stared at by him so stubbornly, he suddenly had the illusion of a thorn in his back, his face turned red, he snorted coldly, and he didn't say a word.

Seeing that Lu Youban didn't plan to argue any more, Cheng Xiangru took the lead and applauded his hands, "In that case, let's ask Shopkeeper Zhuo to say a few words, Shopkeeper Zhuo?"

Cheng Xiangru saw that Zhuo Xiao didn't react, so he stepped forward and pushed her shoulder, Zhuo Xiao was pushed by her, and then he came back to his senses, only to see her holding something tightly in both hands, and then hesitantly stood up and walked to the middle position.

The reason why she was so abnormal was because in Fangcai, a person who looked like a family man handed her two things, one of which was a rhetoric arranged for her by King Huai, and the other was a peace lock made of pure gold.

As soon as Zhuo Xiao saw this lock, she immediately recognized that it was the one that the child ingots had been wearing around her neck, although she had doubts about whether the ingots fell into the hands of King Huai again, but in line with the idea of believing it or not, she still followed King Huai's instructions, dragged the golden lock and rhetoric, and walked to the center of the restaurant.

Far away, Feng Yi frowned because of Zhuo Xiao's abnormality, Qingyang saw it, so he came to ask the reason, Feng Yi then informed Qingyang of his thoughts, Qingyang nodded thoughtfully after hearing it, and quickly left here.

At this time, accompanied by a burst of applause led by Cheng Xiangru, Zhuo Xiao began to speak politely according to the instructions of King Huai, and after these polite words were finished, she entered the main topic according to the instructions, "Thanks to all of you, I should live up to expectations and lead the world to create another glory in the past, but my strength alone is limited after all, so I hope that among you in charge, someone can help me, so that when I have no time, I can take care of the affairs of the world." ”

As soon as she said this, there was an uproar at the bottom, and then Wang Zhenyi on the side couldn't hold himself back anymore, and immediately got up and asked: "Listening to the meaning of Zhuo's shopkeeper, it seems that there is already a suitable candidate?"

"Naturally. Zhuo Xiao smiled faintly, and glanced at Cheng Xiangru intentionally or unintentionally.

When everyone saw it, they immediately understood Zhuo Xiao's intentions, but out of politeness and process, Si Shouli still stood up and asked politely: "I don't know who is qualified to be your assistant in Zhuo's mind?"

When Zhuo Xiao heard this, he smiled slightly, and replied: "This person should be very familiar to all the masters, he has followed his brother since he was a child, and when his brother is immaculate, he will occasionally help deal with some affairs. ”

Isn't this just talking about Cheng Xiangru?

So in a burst of discussion, everyone's eyes invariably fell on Cheng Xiangru.

When Cheng Xiangru saw it, he hurriedly held his head high, his face was full of emotion, and he took a step forward, giving people a sense of self-sacrifice.

Zhuo Xue saw Cheng Xiangru walking to her side and was about to call out his name, but suddenly a beam of light hit her eyes, she quickly covered her eyes with her hands, and glared angrily at the mischievous person who was facing her, but when she saw the person facing her, her face showed a look of surprise.

"He is ......" Zhuo Xiao said, pointing his hand at the crowd, "Zhuo Xue." ”

"Zhuo Xue! How could it be her?"

"yes, didn't she pass away?"

"I thought it would be Cheng Xiangru's house. ”

With the announcement of Zhuo Xiao's answer, everyone began to discuss, and then everyone's eyes turned to the direction that Zhuo Xiao pointed, and they found that in the crowd, a person dressed as a maid was standing there tremblingly with a child.

The person dressed as a maid is Zhuo Xue, and the child she is carrying is an ingot.

The appearance of the two of them made Cheng Xiangru, who originally thought that he had the chance to win, suddenly turn pale, he quickly looked around, and saw that there was nothing abnormal, so he coughed loudly, but the strange thing is that no matter how loud he coughed, nothing unusual happened.

"Okay, what are you coughing up there, are you sick?" At this time, Lu Youban got up slowly, and after scolding Cheng Xiangru a few words, he walked in front of Zhuo Xue, looked up and down, and asked Zhuo Xue seriously: "Yunyue niece, if you want to come these days, a lot must have happened, right?"

Zhuo Xue looked at him with a serious face, grateful and a little scared, so she trembled and nodded.

"In that case, please go to the middle and talk about it," Lu Youban said, and made an inviting gesture.

"I'll leave it to me. Zhuo Xiao saw that Zhuo Xue was a little scared, so he hurriedly came over and started a round.

Seeing Zhuo Xiao coming, Lu Youban immediately waved his hand to stop her, "No, no, no, Zhuo's shopkeeper, some things are actually not suitable for you to say, I still want to hear what the party himself says." ”

His voice fell, and Si Shouli and Wang Zhenyi behind him immediately echoed, and driven by the three of them singing and harmonizing, all the leaders present began their own speculation and criticism.

"It is said that she lost her heart and killed her mother, and now she still has the face?"

"I also heard that her father, Zhuo Da, was also killed by her. ”

"Yes, I've heard about it too, and besides, you look at her sick appearance, what can you do?"

"You say, of course, it can spread the plague. ”

Hearing the criticism of everyone present, the corners of Cheng Xiangru's mouth quietly turned up, and then he returned to his serious appearance, swaggering back to his seat, sitting with one hand on his cheek and cross-legged, with a great posture of watching a play.

In the face of everyone's eyes and criticism, Zhuo Xue felt frightened, she hugged her shoulders tightly, only to feel as if she had a cold attack, and the whole person suddenly became pale.

She suddenly found that at some point, those who were in charge had become demons and monsters, as if they could eat her at any time, but her aunt Zhuo Xiao, who was not far from her, couldn't answer her.

As for Cheng Xiangru, he sat far away, watching quietly, with anticipation on his face, as if he wanted her to be devoured by a demon.

She suddenly felt extremely desperate, felt that everything around her had become pitch black, and as for herself, in the face of this endless darkness, she could do nothing but wait for death slowly.

And at this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out in the endless darkness, and held Zhuo Xue's cold hand tightly.

Zhuo Xue was surprised when she was suddenly held by someone, and when she came back to her senses, her person was already standing in the center of the Songhe Tower, and standing beside her was in addition to her aunt Zhuo Xiao, and the old man Qingyang.