Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Head of the House
In the main hall of the merchant, Le Chong and his party were waiting outside the hall, and the two brothers of the merchant were discussing something fiercely in the hall. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Shang Tiangu, what's going on, father!" Shang Tianyou still had difficulty calming down at this time.
"Father?" Shang Tiangu smiled, "Didn't the housekeeper tell you just now, my father died five days ago." ”
"How did you die!"
"Of course I died of illness, could it be that I am the eldest brother, do you think it was the younger brother who killed my father?"
“…… Let me see my father's body first. Shang Tianyou's chest rose and fell violently.
"Big brother, I said are you confused, it's been five days, how can you still keep your body? The body was buried by my brother and I two days ago. ”
"Where to be buried!"
"Outside the southern city, facing the sea, the scenery is very beautiful."
When Shang Tianyou heard this, he stood up and walked out.
"By the way, big brother," Shang Tiangu also straightened his clothes and stood up when he saw this, "My father passed on the position of head of the family to me before he died, and now I am the head of the merchant family." ”
"I'll wait until I see my father come back and I'll talk to you about it!" Shang Tianyou said without looking back.
"Hmph, what the hell, something that doesn't know whether it's alive or dead." Shang Tiangu looked at Shang Tianyou's back as he left in a hurry and snorted coldly.
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Le Chong and the three of them followed Shang Tianyou to the south of the city in a hurry. The three members of the Mu family had already left when they were confronting each other outside the door, and it could be seen from the Qi family's pursuit of them that the Mu family's current situation was also very bad, and of course the three of them had to go back to their homes to take a look.
There are several rows of towering poplar trees planted on the beach outside the southern city, guarding the land like resolute soldiers. But now Shang Tianyou seems to have lost the momentum of these trees, and they are mourning their father.
After leaving the south city gate and not "walking" for a long time, I saw a lonely stone tablet facing the sea from a distance, standing by the tree, and a small earthen bag like a tomb in front of the monument was particularly conspicuous.
Shang Tianyou's footsteps suddenly slowed down. Seeing this, the three people in the back immediately slowed down and followed far behind.
This was definitely the most difficult distance Shang Tianyou had ever walked, his legs were as heavy as lead, and he couldn't lift them, and finally almost "rubbed" in front of the tombstone step by step.
"The tomb of the loving father Shang Yichen." Seven large black characters lay on the stele, and nothing else.
Shang Tianyou slowly sat down on the side of the stone tablet, stared at it for a long time, and then opened his mouth faintly and said, "Father, the child is too late to come back." "Tears rained down.
"Shang Gongzi has a really good relationship with his father...... Hey, Brother Jin, don't cry either. Le Chong looked at the scene not far away with emotion, and wanted to share it with Jin Fu, but when he turned his head, he saw that the big man next to him was about to cry with a handful of snot and tears.
"Can I stop crying?" Dahan said, sobbing a few times as he spoke, because of the crying, the tone of his speech was very different from his usual speech, "I grew up in the merchant since I was a child, and the lord never forced me to change my surname to Shang, he is really good, he has a smile on his face every day, and he never beats and scolds us subordinates." Especially for me, when I didn't have a son, my lord was very young, and I was only a few years old at that time, and my lord treated me like his own son. Woo woo woo ..."The big man's cry intensified.
"Okay, okay, Brother Jin, people can't be resurrected after death, you better mourn." Le Chong stepped forward and patted Jin Fu.
"Mourning, you tell me how to mourn, my father and mother died before I can remember, and my lord raised me, and he told me, tell me, I am his eldest son. Brother Le, you said that there is this person who treats you like this, will you not be sad at this time? ”
"You don't have to cry like this when you're sad, it's too far from your image." Le Chong thought in his heart, but then he remembered his crying appearance in the cave of the Beast Refining Forest, and suddenly felt long live understanding.
"Brother Jin, do you think Master Shang really died naturally?" Le Chong raised his own question again, and only then did he look at Shang Tiangu's attitude, and this question lingered in his heart for a long time.
"By the way, I forgot about it." Jin Fu wiped his tears along with his snot, "It must have been Shang Tiangu, an ungrateful white-eyed wolf, who did it!" I'm going to slaughter the boy. ”
"Hey, hey, Brother Jin don't worry." Le Chong hurriedly grabbed him, "Since this Shang Tiangu dares to treat you like this, he must have something to do, you went so recklessly, aren't you looking for death yourself?" ”
"How's that! Shang Tiangu, this kid, is also respectful and polite to the old man and the eldest brother on weekdays, but when I think of his face just now, I can't wait to be afraid that his skin will pull his tendons! ”
"Don't be impatient!" Le Chong's mood was also a little excited, "Let's see what Shang Gongzi has to say in a while." ”
Hearing this, Jin Fu turned his head to look at his son-in-law.
Shang Tianyou was leaning on the side of the stele at this time, muttering to himself reminiscing about his past with his father.
"Dad, do you remember what you told me? The name "God blesses" means God's blessing, which not only blesses the healthy growth of children, but also blesses our business for a hundred years......"
"Dad, the child still remembers that year, the child was fighting with a maid, and accidentally cut off his hair, which caused him to cry, and the child thought that just a maid was nothing serious. Unexpectedly, you gave the child a big lecture and ordered the child to apologize to him, but if the child refused to apologize, you beat the child and taught the child what it means that all people are equal, and there is no distinction between high and low. It was the first time you hit a child, but did you know that the child was only five years old at the time, and he didn't know anything about equality......
"Ten years ago, when my mother died, it was the first time you cried in front of your child. The child remembers that you said to the child that your mother is the woman you love the most, and I hope that I will find a woman like my mother in the future. You also said that when the children have grown up, it is time to work hard for the family with you, and the two younger brothers are still young, and the elder brother should take care of them......"
"In recent years, your body has been sick, and the child is distressed when he sees your increasingly thin body, but the child is incompetent and cannot cure your disease, but you tell the child that this is a stubborn disease, the root of the disease that fell when you were young, and it cannot be cured, and you also told the child to take care of his body......"
"A few months ago, your condition suddenly deteriorated, and the child panicked, but you told the child that it was okay and that he could not die. But old man, you don't talk much! Why did you say you just left! Why don't you even give your son the last chance to see you! Answer me! ”
After half a sound, Shang Tianyou's heaving chest slowly calmed down, "Dad, the child knows that you can't hear anymore, but the child still wants to rest assured that the merchant will not fall, if Tiangu is really interested in the position of the head of the family, the child will give it to him, who asked you to teach the child to take care of the younger brothers." But there is one thing that children will never give up in this life, and that is to know clearly how you died. If you let the child find out that it was Tiangu's ghost, then Dad, please forgive the child for not listening to you this time. ”
Standing up and slapping his clothes, Shang Tianyou gently stroked the stone tablet with one hand and engraved it, "Dad, you rest for a while, the child is gone." You have been a child since you were a child, so please bless your child this time. ”
"Brother Le." Shang Tianyou walked up to the three of them and said to Le Chong.
"Yes...! Mr. Shang, please mourn. "Le Chong is a clever man. Although I am a little sad in this atmosphere, I am also very sympathetic. But after all, I am not an insider, so it is difficult to empathize. So after waiting for a long time, coupled with the relationship of rushing for days, I became a little drowsy.
"Makes you laugh," Shang Tianyou smiled far-fetched.
"Everywhere, this is human nature, and I understand it very well."
"Brother Le, you have also seen this situation, what this son promised you may not be fulfilled, I am really sorry, whether to leave or stay, Brother Le, you decide for yourself, there will be no complaints." Hearing Shang Tianyou say this, Le Chong suddenly discovered that there was indeed this risk. On the side, Jin Fu and Taoist priests also looked at themselves.
"Shang Gongzi," Le Chong thought of his "Dan Road Nine Refining", so he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, "Gongzi is very sympathetic to the encounter, just as the so-called road is uneven and pulls out a knife to help, don't say that he has promised Gongzi in Xia, even if he doesn't agree, he can't abandon Gongzi when he sees this matter, Gongzi can rest assured that he won't leave in Xia." ”
"Well said!" Jin Fu laughed on the side.
"Okay, Brother Le, I really didn't mistake you, with Brother Le's help, I have a greater grasp this time. Let's go, let's go back! Shang Tianyou's spirits suddenly lifted.