Shopkeeper Tian looked at the back of the young family owner, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

At that moment, a waiter trotted up to her and whispered a few words in her ear, and the woman nodded thoughtfully.

Da Hong Luqing arched his hand and smiled: "If you offend the Shen family master today, I hope the Shen family master will bear with me." ”

Chu Xianzhao didn't pay attention to him, leaned forward slightly, and held the handle of Ye Junjian's chair with both hands.

In the eyes of the guests, this move is really condescending and majestic, and the eyes of those Qinglou women who are used to seeing all kinds of men are even more curious and admired.

Chu Xianzhao caught a glimpse of the sword at his waist and said softly: "This rune sword is good, is it from Longhu Mountain or Changbai Sword Pool?"

Ye Junjian took out the rune sword and handed it to Chu Xianzhao, not taking the guard who died for him to heart at all, and introduced: "Fei Ye, this rune sword comes from the Bashan Sword Pavilion whose swordsmanship is second only to the Changbai Sword Pool, and a swordsmith from the Bashan Sword Pavilion came to the Ye family as a guest the year before last. This person's name is Zeng Yuhua, he is a famous master in the rivers and lakes of Nanlu whether it is sword casting or swordsmanship, because he had a relationship with his father, so he gave me a talisman sword. This sword is called "Xuehua", what does the Shen family master think?"

"A sword is a good sword, but it depends on who uses it. ”

Chu Xianzhao weighed the weight of this sword, and it was really as light as thin snow.

Ye Junjian narrowed his eyes, his eyes playful: "I heard that the Shen family master is also going to participate in the martial arts event, I hope that when the time comes, I can see the Shen family master's swordsmanship." ”

Chu Xianzhao said calmly: "I can also let you take a look now, but I don't have any mood to compare swords today, so let's do it next time." ”

Then he inserted the sword back into Ye Junjian's scabbard, which made the people on the side tremble, and thought that he had killed the son of the Ye family with a sword.

Today's Chu Xianzhao is already qualified to be proud of the younger generation in Luoyang City, but he also has to let the older generation admire his speed and good luck.

The battle in front of the palace made him somehow accepted as an apprentice by Her Royal Highness the eldest princess who was above the top, and this purge action that subverted the entire Shen family's business house allowed him to grasp the power of the Shen family and become one of the magnates of the sunset.

In the eyes of many guests, Chu Xuanzhao's identity should have been an illegitimate child with the lowest status, but now he has become an existence that can look down on them.

Ye Junjian thinks he is an atmospheric person, but his atmosphere is only manifested in those who have a lower status than him.

And the young man with a hateful smile in front of him is not in this category.

Ye Junjian stood up with the hilt of his sword, not wanting to get involved in this turmoil again, but when he passed by Chu Xianzhao, he reached out and stopped him.

Chu Xianzhao smiled and said: "Ye Gongzi wants a woman to warm the bed, but it's not right to force it, you might as well apologize to that girl before leaving, next time I come here, I will ask the shopkeeper Tian to give Ye Gongzi a free order, how about it?"

There was an uproar in the audience, Ye Junjian's face suddenly turned gloomy, and he tightly held the talisman sword engraved with "Sword Qi Rolling Snow Breaking the Tide" on the sword, as if he was going to pull it out at any time.

Is he crazy enough to apologize to a prostitute?!

At this moment, Da Hong Luqing came out to play a round, and lowered his voice beside Chu Xianzhao and said: "Master Shen, this is a bit excessive, Ye Gongzi is a figure with a head and a face in Luoyang after all, it would be too embarrassing for him to apologize to a woman, so let's do it, Li will punish himself with 1,000 taels to help that girl redeem herself, and I hope that the head of the Shen family will show mercy." ”

Chu Xianzhao finally looked at Da Hongluqing, and said with a faint smile: "It seems that Master Li still understands current affairs, so I will smile for that woman." ”

Da Hongluqing hurriedly took out a silver ticket from his arms and gave it to Chu Xianzhao, it was like a flesh-cutting pain in his heart, but in order to save Ye Gongzi's face and take into account the temper of the head of the Shen family, he could only break the fortune and prevent the disaster.

When Chu Xianzhao took the silver ticket, he turned his head and glanced at Ye Junjian, and said with a smile: "The gentleman is frank and cheerful, it seems that Ye Gongzi is not worthy of such a good sword, why don't you give it to me?"

Ye Junjian stared at this bastard who was unforgiving and still wanted the lion to open his mouth, and finally walked away without looking back, leaving behind a sentence and saying: "You have made too many enemies for yourself, after this martial arts move, you may not be able to walk in Sunset City." ”

Chu Xianzhao pinched the silver ticket and showed a faint smile: "Accept your auspicious words." ”

Then he turned around, looked at Da Hongluqing, and said: "I heard what you just said clearly, but a man's freedom should be bounded by the dignity of a woman, if you can't do this, it's better to cut that thing and become a eunuch." Since Master Li has already put on an attitude of admitting his mistake, then I will assume that this incident has not happened. ”

"Also, don't come to harass Shopkeeper Tian in the future, I don't think Master Li wants to be the next Wei Jing, I know everything you did to Xu Yueju in the past. ”

Da Honglu bowed in front of him, smiled bitterly, and turned to leave here.

Chu Xianzhao stuffed the silver ticket into the hand of the woman who was hiding behind Tian's shopkeeper, and winked at her and smiled.

The delicate woman's face was so red that she didn't dare to look up at him.

Even Shopkeeper Tian suddenly burst out laughing, feeling that he had never been so comfortable in all these years.

"The guests who came to participate in the cherry blossom viewing party today are free of charge, so they will sell my face. ”

Chu instantaneously summoned the atmosphere that had fallen silent again, and everyone cheered and toasted.

In the eyes of the shopkeeper Tian, while he helped Yu Yueju to pick up face, he also helped himself knock the guests here, so that they would never dare to act recklessly here in the future, after all, he owed him a great favor.

This was the young head of the house's wrist that made her have to be convinced.

Chu Xuanzhao turned around and laughed, and saluted each other with the guests who participated in the flower viewing party this time.

Since Chu Xianzhao dared

came forward to force Ye Junjian away, so these local snakes who are accustomed to seeing the wind and rudder are naturally very enthusiastic about him, and they have surrounded him to make friends with him, and constantly introduce friends to him, and then he didn't do any more amazing moves, just habitually greeted them politely, and observed these powerful and famous people who participated in the flower viewing party by the way.

During this period, the women of the Yueju no longer set their eyes on those powerful people, and intentionally or unintentionally flirted with Chu Xuanzhao, and their eyes were full of charm.

Chu Xianzhao only nodded and smiled occasionally, and his gaze did not linger too much on them.

This restraint made the shopkeeper Tian feel a little surprised, most men of his age are amorous and flowery, if he has a little ability, he would like to tease all the women he meets, but his performance is not like he came to participate in the flower viewing party, but came to accompany her guests to drink and chat, somewhat see through the meaning of the red dust, not at all like the old master who spent a lot of money for the beauty when he was young.

The word pure heart and few desires has nothing to do with Chu Xianzhao, the reason why he can now turn a blind eye to most of the beauties who throw him in his arms and turn a deaf ear, more importantly, he understands what a love sword hurts, and casually playing with a woman's feelings is not in line with friendship, like Zhu Ziwei, a woman who can be regarded as a dewy friendship with him, in the end, in order to prove his loyalty to him, he blocked the fatal red silk for him, and Hua Youyue's death made him feel painful.

Since then, he no longer dares to flirt with women's feelings casually, for fear that if such a thing happens again in front of him, it will be more painful than letting him die.

Besides, Chu Xianzhao didn't come to see the beauty today, but came to see someone specially.

He believed that when the forest was big, there were all kinds of birds, and there would always be some people in these birds who were insatiable and stretched out their hands for too long to mess with the rules, and these people were the key to Chu Xuanzhao's grasp of the situation.

At this flower-viewing party, he also got to know many court officials who held real power, and all the men who could mix well in Luoyang City were not ordinary people, Chu Xianzhao was not very good at dealing with these people, and he was not skilled in the so-called handling of human favors.

But since people take the initiative to show goodwill, it is not easy for him to refuse people thousands of miles away, and some of them still hold some industries between black and white.

For example, the big Hongluqing, the shopkeeper Tian is indispensable to deal with him, and many things need him to help him have some relationships.

If Chu Xianzhao wants to win this epic battle, it is impossible to win just by being an enemy of the entire Southern Continent, and he needs to find allies on the Southern Continent side, such as Lu Qi and Orange Sect Mantis.

This process is indispensable to deal with these intertwined strong dragons and snakes, and the more strength he accumulates before the outbreak of the war between the north and the south, the greater his chances of victory.

What should be his own is his own, even if it is not his, he will snatch it from God.

After all, he is not Tang Huang after all, but Chu Xianzhao, which everyone will know sooner or later.

In the dead of night, only Chu Xianzhao and Hetian's shopkeeper were left in the Water Pavilion, and there were some women who were cleaning up the flowers and branches, looking at the head of the Shen family who was at the same table as Hetian's shopkeeper.

That's the master of their master, and after today's incident, the only man who can make them willing to bow their heads may be him.

Chu instantly summoned a few Qinglou women who dared to peek at him and smiled slightly, and they quickly replied with a charming smile that could only be understood.

The shopkeeper waved his hand to them, and these women didn't dare to make a mistake, so they could only stick out their tongues and retreat obediently.

The young master's increasingly gentle eyes made the young woman bow her head a little embarrassed, and several big people above her surrendered to the young family master who dared to use a knife against Wei Jing, obviously still acquiescing to his master's identity, and finally the brocade guard always concealed the bloody case that happened on Silk Street, which was obviously inextricably related to the white-haired little master.

The people in the rivers and lakes wear swords and carry swords, and they who are businessmen also need to bring a sword and a sword, a sword with a honey belly sword, and a knife with a knife hidden in their sleeves, it is not a ridiculous thing for them to kill people and goods, but in the face of this little master who slaughtered all the dead slaves brought by Wei Jing with the power of one person, she still did not dare to take it lightly.

She used to chat with a few sisters and heard that the illegitimate son of the head of the family had come to Luoyang, not only saved the grandfather of the country who was besieged by assassins in the Guogong Mansion, but also defeated the prince of Zhejiang and Han in front of the emperor at the palace dinner, she didn't believe these words, she felt that even if a child practiced swords, the realm was limited after all, and she still understood the so-called greedy and chewy road.

It wasn't until after this commercial turmoil that this illegitimate son got rid of Wei Jing and the other rebellious principals, and mastered the killing power of the Shen family's commercial bank, from the small workers to the main affairs, and the weight of his words was no worse than that of the old family owner who spent a lot of money at every turn.

This feat made her sigh, what a hero out of a teenager.

The young woman's eyes were erratic, even today when the dust had settled, she was still afraid of the gentle-smiling man in front of her, so she could only show a polite smile, and did not dare to continue to show favor to him like other wall grasses, so as not to lose her identity and make him dislike.

Shen Chuxia put the two brewed teas in front of the two, and Chu Xianzhao said, "Sister, go down first, I have a few words to say to Shopkeeper Tian alone." ”

The girl, who was the "little staff", nodded and left silently.

Chu Xianzhao waited for Shen Chuxia to leave, and said with a gentle smile: "Shopkeeper Tian, you have to take time out of your busy schedule to accompany me, come, drink tea first." ”

The shopkeeper Tian picked up the tea cup, took a sip of the tea soup, and laughed softly: "The words of the head of the family have tormented me, the concubine has long been accustomed to running around, and when she was young, she ran around with her husband to do business, and it was an honor to be able to come to see the head of the family once." ”

Chu Xianzhao shook the teacup slowly, did not drink the tea, and said in a calm tone: "Anyway, running around is not as comfortable as living and working in peace." ”

The woman lowered her eyebrows and said with a wry smile: "In order to support the family, how can you not be busy running?"

Chu Xianzhao no longer insisted on his statement, smiled, and said, "I am willing to invite Shopkeeper Tian here this time, presumably."

Shopkeeper Tian should have guessed a few points a long time ago. ”

When it came to the matter of the businessman, the woman no longer put on a posture of a woman's eyebrows lowering her eyebrows, and said in a respectful tone: "Please make it clear to the head of the house." ”

Chu Xianzhao wrote lightly: "The eldest lady once told me such a sentence, there are so many seats on it, and if someone wants to climb up, someone has to get down." In other words, there is only so much silver in the Shen family firm, if some of you take one tael, some will lose one tael, these two are insignificant to me, but for some workers, it is half a month's food and raw billing, the so-called cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, no wonder Wei Jing regards me as killing my father and enemy, and I am also to him. ”

The woman's face was unstable, and she did not dare to look up at his magnificent purple eyes.

Chu Xianzhao seemed to say to himself: "Wei Jingming robbed or secretly stole it, now he is a dead man, maybe the corpse has been eaten by the fish in the Qinhuai River...... Since Shen Sanqian was demoted from the sunset, the Shen family firm has become a plate of loose sand, but the businessman is not profitable early, since you can gather because of profit, you can naturally disperse because of profit, so I was thinking, can you use the method of killing chickens and monkeys to make you condense sand into a plate, now it seems that this approach is right. ”

The woman's face was pale, and cold sweat was oozing slightly from her forehead, and she did not dare to raise her hand to wipe it.

Chu Xianzhao put down the teacup, leaned forward slightly, and his qi suddenly soared, shaking the tea soup in the young woman's hand.

He stared into her eyes and said slowly: "Wei Jing handed me an account book before he died, which recorded the names of some people and the things they had done, and the shopkeeper Tian is also an old man in the firm, can you guess if there is your name on it?"

The woman opened her mouth slightly, and did not say a word for a long time.

She was just a defenseless woman, and she couldn't move in the face of the coercion of less than one of the ten qi machines released by Chu Xuanzhao.

If the man in front of her really wanted to kill her, it was just a matter of raising her hand, with the unsightly things she had done in the past, she really deserved to die, but she was pitiful of her daughter and wanted to become an orphan.

To the woman's surprise, Chu Xianzhao reined in the coercion of the qi released out, her back was almost soaked with sweat, and at this time, it was as if her spine had been sucked away by him, and she couldn't help but gasp for breath.

Chu Xianzhao propped his hands on the table and looked down at the woman condescendingly, such a posture could give people a subtle sense of compromise.

He said softly: "Any process of taking power must be both soft and hard, at the beginning I gave a hard strategy to those who disobeyed me, they disobeyed me and I naturally wanted to kill indiscriminately, until they were convinced, now although the trouble is solved, but the image of the business house will inevitably be impressed, such a behavior of breaking troops and losing generals, I don't want to continue to use it in the future." ”

Shopkeeper Tian's face was a little uncertain, but he was secretly relieved in his heart.

Speaking of this, Chu Xianzhao's voice became kind, and he said with a smile: "To be honest, I still don't have a clue about many things about the business bank, and I can't be busy with Chu Xia alone, and I don't have time to worry too much about the business bank, so I need some trustworthy people to help me, such as you." ”

"Me?" said Shopkeeper Tian in some surprise.

Chu Xianzhao continued: "Because Shopkeeper Tian, you are a smart woman, you know how to know the situation and know what to do, and you know what not to do, and it is not easy for you, your husband died a few years ago and has a daughter by your side, it is precisely because of the existence of a daughter, so you will not be like Wei Jing and them who have no bottom line to collect money and silver in exchange for power, so I think I may be able to talk to you, and then you and I will take what we need." ”

The shopkeeper Tian said with difficulty: "Please make it clear to the head of the family." ”

Chu Xuanzhao said without changing his face: "I don't have any idea of covering the sky with one hand, and I don't have much interest in business matters, but now that I am the head of the Shen family, I still have to do superficial work, so I need to have some people with enough experience and qualifications to take care of things for me and serve as my confidants." ”

Shopkeeper Tian suddenly realized: "So the head of the family thought of the concubine." ”

Chu Xianzhao smiled with satisfaction: " Not only you, but also some other old people like you who have enough qualifications in the Shen family firm, I will talk to some other people in the next few days, and I hope that after I finish talking with them, you can also persuade them to recognize my status, and the Shen family firm will never have the same situation of division and civil strife as before, as for yours, you can continue to operate this carcass building, if there is any need to directly submit a letter to the Shen family manor, I will send someone to deal with it, don't collude with the court officials, and you will suffer at that time, and I will not blame you for what you have done in the past, this is my commitment as the head of the family, howDo you want to continue on your old path, or do you want to get on my new boat?"

Shopkeeper Tian was silent for a moment, and said helplessly: "Since the head of the family has already thought of a way back for the orphan and widow of the concubine, there is no reason for the concubine to refuse." ”

Shopkeeper Tian smiled bitterly: "Now I make the head of the family smile, and I have disappointed the head of the house before." ”

Chu Xuanzhao just shook his head.

The woman's eyes were moist, and her voice was hoarse: "The concubine still doesn't understand, why the head of the family can tolerate us so much, you must know Lord Wei...... In the past, he was also kind to us, if the concubine was the head of the family, she would definitely cut the grass and eradicate the roots. ”

Chu Xianzhao leaned on the yellow wooden chair, looked at the night sky and said: "Someone told me before that women in the world want to survive, it will always be more difficult than men, even if you can't treat women in the snow, don't go to the well, treat as well as you can, otherwise you will be retributed." ”

Shopkeeper Tian stared at the young patriarch's face, and after a long time, he said softly: "Is the owner of the family staying here to rest tonight? The concubine can see that the girls like the patriarch very much, so you might as well ......"

Chu Xianzhao interrupted her words seriously and said, "Rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest. ”

Two blushes appeared on her face, as if a hundred cups had passed, "It turns out that the head of the family is a righteous gentleman, and the concubine spoke abruptly, and I hope the head of the family will forgive me." ”

Chu Xianzhao laughed at himself: "A righteous man and a gentleman are not counted, the old treacherous and cunning are a little worse, barely half a good person." ”