Chapter 605: Reunion
With real money in his hands, Uncle Xiang Yuan is like a full of chicken blood. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
At the end of one night, I naturally became addicted to gambling, but I also lost everything. At the end of the gambling game, the wealthy merchant in the north counted the IOUs written by Xiang Yuanbo in his hand, and there were as many as 16,000 taels.
Uncle Xiang Yuan's wine was still gone, and his face was still red. He swore that he would pay back the arrears in a few days. The Northland merchant laughed, put the IOU in his arms, and several people who participated in the gambling game at the same time made a witness, and agreed with Xiang Yuanbo for ten days.
Out of the gambling house, wrapped in the night wind and blown in the cold snow, Xiang Yuanbo woke up drunk. Thinking about the ruined mansion now, in just a few days, where could he find 16,000 taels of silver to pay off his debts.
The imperial court clearly stated that it was strictly forbidden to gather people to gamble. Uncle Xiangyuan lived by relying on the shadow of his ancestors, and regarded that title as more important than his own life. If tonight's events are folded by the officials to participate in the court, they will be fined and lose their salaries, and the hairpins on the top of their heads will be endangered.
Uncle Xiang Yuan only knew the severity at this time, and wanted to quickly raise money to pay off the arrears of the merchants in the north. Just look at the few silver taels left in the account in the house, and only catch the elbow to the bottom.
Seeing that the ten-day period was approaching, Xiang Yuanbo was at a loss, so he could only shirk and dodge, and asked the Chinese to beg the northbound merchants for some time. Who would have thought that the merchants in the north would turn their faces and deny people, and bluntly threatened that if they didn't pay back the money, they would have to file a complaint and move to Dali Temple.
If you go to Dali Temple for 16,000 taels of silver, Xiangyuanbo's gambling will be exposed, and Yili will take the title, and the entire Xiangyuanbo Mansion will no longer be able to gain a foothold in Beijing.
Uncle Xiangyuan couldn't think about it, and wanted to exchange Mrs. Bo's dowry for some silver taels, but Mrs. Bo sternly refused, and the husband and wife were in one place. In the main room, chickens and dogs jumped for a while, and vases and tea cups fell all over the ground.
In the end, Mrs. Bo scratched Uncle Xiangyuan's face, Uncle Xiang Yuan discounted Mrs. Uncle's arm, Wen Wu rushed to hear the news, blocked the wooden stick in Uncle Xiangyuan's hand for Mrs. Bo, and hugged her mother and cried in the dark.
The girl's mother-in-law failed to persuade her, and she had already reported to the old man and his wife smartly.
The old lady came over on crutches, and looked at the mess in the room, and vomited blood in anger. After asking carefully, I also understood what kind of northland merchants were clearly a good game set up for their son's gambling addiction, but this stupid couple was still in the dark.
In response to the rumors that it was unfavorable to the Bofu a while ago, the old lady vaguely felt that someone wanted to stand up for Zhou Ruosu, and she asked her son to meet the rich businessman in the north and ask him what he was doing.
Up to now, the merchants of the Northland have already received the warmth of the day. frankly said that as long as Xiangyuan Berken took something in exchange for the IOU in his hand, the matter would be written off.
Uncle Xiang Yuan asked the rich merchant in the north what he was trying to do, and the rich merchant sneered: "As long as the uncle moves his fingers, writes a letter of resignation, and frees Mrs. Zhou, the sixteen,000 taels of silver can be regarded as accumulating blessings for Mrs. Zhou." Otherwise, along with this IOU, there will be a confession of Mrs. Bo's abuse of yin drugs. ”
After taking the note written by the owner of the pharmacy and Mrs. Zhao in the house, the merchant from the north gave Uncle Xiang a distant look, and the sharpness between his eyebrows was undisguised, and he only said coldly: "Uncle thinks about it, if the mansion is taken away from the title, and then there is a lawsuit to murder people's lives, how will the capital be accommodated in the future? In the future, when the three meals are not good and the family is restless, the uncle should be mentally prepared as soon as possible. ”
Uncle Xiangyuan was discouraged and came back to discuss with his mother. Knowing that it is a game, I have already fallen into the net cast by others. The old lady knew the stakes of these two things, but she also blamed her family for her indiscretion and gave them to others for a handle.
She scolded her son and daughter-in-law who were not angry, and then sent Zhou Ruosu to the main room, angrily accusing her of setting up a situation with others, and wanting to put Xiangyuan's mansion to death.
Zhou Ruosu spread her hands innocently and said softly: "The old lady is not right, the concubine is a victim, and she has never set up any gambling games to force her uncle to borrow money from others, let alone recognize any merchants from the North. The old lady can thoroughly investigate which of the concubines in this mansion can't accommodate the lives of the concubines, so this kind of thing happened. ”
The spearhead is directed at Mrs. Qiao, over the years, Qiao's hatred for Zhou Ruosu is like a thorn in the eye, and he can't wait to get rid of it one day. In the final analysis, Qiao's is the initiator of the whole thing, the old lady hates iron and steel, and the crutches in her hand want to greet Qiao's body, but Wen Wu knelt on the ground and dragged him deadly.
The handle pinched in the hands of the merchants in the north was revealed, and these two things surfaced, not to mention the loss of face in Xiangyuan Bofu, and the marriage of these younger generations in the future will be affected. Looking at Wen Wu, who was crying like tears, and a few other juniors who were cowering behind, the old lady sighed and could only swallow this breath.
In the past, Zhou Ruosu's deed of sale was pinched in the hands of Mrs. Uncle, just a girl who let her rub it flat and round. On the same day, she was raised to a flat wife, and the old lady returned the deed of sale to show her favor, and since then she has become a concubine.
If you want to reconcile with Xiangyuanbo, it is indeed extremely simple, you only need to sign a peace and separation document.
For the sake of the entire Bofu, the old lady agreed with her son to sign the peace and leave documents, and let Zhou Ruosu be free, in order to exchange for the IOUs and confessions in the hands of the northbound merchants. The condition is that Zhou Ruosu is clean and out of the house, and he is not allowed to take away half of the clothes and jewelry in the Bofu, nor does he need to take away a single silver tael.
Looking at this condition, Zhou Ruosu scoffed. She only ordered her personal girl to clean up her flowers and plants, and she couldn't wait to leave this pickled place early.
Xiangyuan Bo Na and Liwen exchanged the things in the hands of the merchants in the north, and naturally refused to give up. Ordered people to follow quietly, wanting to wait for an opportunity to attack. Unexpectedly, he came and went, and was thrown on the street like a rag, and the whereabouts of the Northland merchants could not be found at all.
In fact, there is no so-called Northland merchant at all, and the gambling game that day was just set up by Xia Lanxin and Luo Pujia, and the two of them asked Xia Yuzhi for permission to ask the Qianlong Wei stationed in Luo's Pharmacy to help, and successfully solved Mrs. Zhou's problem.
On that day, the bright sunset was scorching, Zhou Ruosu was empty-handed, wearing a smoky red satin wool cloak sent by Wen Wan, stepping on the snow that had not yet melted all over the ground, and finally stepped out of the Xiangyuan Bofu where she had buried her youth for more than 20 years.
Looking back at her simple outfit, it was just dozens of pots of flowers such as orchids, peonies and camellias, which had long been moved to the carriage outside. talked about a few pieces of clothing, Zhou Ruosu even took off a pair of half-new pearl earrings on his ears, and really didn't take away half of Xiangyuan Bofu.
Seeing the figure of her mother appearing in sight, she stepped down to greet her gently.
The bright glow poured out, stretching the figures of the two of them diagonally, their eyes dyed with a layer of gold, and their faces were extraordinarily bright and bright.