24. Kowloon Cup
"How so?" Chen Zhong stood up in surprise, if this matter is big, not to mention that the factory can't be opened, maybe his life is not guaranteed, "Quick, you quickly take the money to settle it, and give him as much money as you want!" "Isn't this kind of door-to-door thing all about money?
The secretary shook his head, "No, boss, our sale of fake wine has been discovered." Last month, a new worker was an undercover reporter, and now he is the one who brought the family with him, and there is a camera at the door! ”
Chen Zhong suddenly sat down in the chair, he rubbed his palms anxiously, and instructed the secretary: "You take a few people to the door to block and delay for a while." ”
The secretary answered, Chen Zhong quickly jumped up from his position, packed up a few things and drove away from the back door of the factory, as soon as he got home, he first went to the basement, took out the Jiulong Cup and found a secret place to bury it, and took out cash and valuable jewelry from the safe, without notifying his wife and mistress, he drove the car on the highway in a panic, preparing to abscond to other places.
However, after staying in the field for a few days, Chen Zhong still could not escape the fate of being arrested and brought to justice.
The relevant departments have found out that many wineries selling fake wine have been severely dealt with one by one.
Chen Zhong sat at the trial table and wanted to quibble, but when the inspection department put the confession of the factory director's manager's secretary in front of him, Chen Zhong couldn't say a word.
Those high-level executives who were in a hurry to tie themselves up, after encountering something, were the first to betray themselves, and put all the blame on his head.
Chen Zhong didn't take care of things in the winery in the first place, and he relied on them to take care of them, so at this time, in the face of everyone's accusations and shirks, he had to swallow this breath silently.
The verdict came down quickly, Chen Zhong was sentenced to 20 years, and the factory director's manager's secretary was sentenced to five years. The distillery is completely closed, and their group of people has been branded with a permanent stain, and it is completely finished.
When Chen Zhong was handcuffed, he had mixed feelings in his heart, but he was still glad that he secretly hid the Nine Dragons Cup and was not discovered by others, and when he came out, he would definitely be able to make a comeback.
During his days in detention, his wife came to see him once.
"Where did you put the Kowloon Cup? How can I not find it? The wife asked through the glass door.
Chen Zhong's eyes rolled, but he still didn't tell her the location where the Nine Dragons Cup was hidden, he selfishly thought that after his wife found the Nine Dragons Cup, maybe she would find another man to make a fortune using the effect of the Nine Dragons Cup, and when the time came, he would take his son with another man's surname, wouldn't he be alone in this world?
"Isn't it in the basement? You didn't find it? ”
"Don't fool me, you think I don't know, you moved it away?" The wife's eyes were full of resentment, "It's all your fault, do you know how sad our mother's life is now?" The family's property was confiscated, the money for our son's college education was gone, and we had to endure the white eyes and spit of others every day. Anyway, I don't want to stay in this place anymore, you tell me where the Kowloon Cup is, I can still use it to make some money. ”
"I don't know, you can find it yourself." Chen Zhong rolled his eyes and said.
"Chen Zhong, you are really a selfish guy, you don't care about the life and death of our mother. Okay, okay, you see who will give you a pension after you come out in the future! The wife took a hard sip and said resentfully.
Since then, no one has come to see him, whether it is his former partner, or his own son, or his mistress, Chen Zhong thinks hatefully, when he comes out, he will use the Kowloon Cup to make a fortune again, you just wait and see!
Twenty years later.
"You old immortal, you don't work all day and only know how to eat, and you bully my son, why don't you die?" In the cramped rental house, the daughter-in-law shouted with her hands on her hips and a face.
Chen Zhong shrank in the corner, without saying a word, dressed in tatters, and his hair was messy.
Since he was released from prison half a year ago, he asked around and found out where his son lived. The wife has passed away a few years ago, the son is poor in studying, and he is lazy, he used to go to a third-rate university by relying on money, and now he can't even do a good job of making ends meet, and he married a daughter-in-law a few years ago with the money earned by his wife's part-time job.
Today, he and his son's family are crammed into a rented house of forty or fifty square meters, and their lives are miserable.
The son was originally reluctant to raise him, but after Chen Zhong took him to court, he reluctantly took him to his home.
Chen Zhong thought that he finally had a place to live, but who knew that his son and daughter-in-law were not good at stubble, not only did they look at each other coldly every day, but also made a nest for him at the door, let him sleep on the floor, and he was not allowed to eat on the table, so he could only squat on the ground with a broken bowl to eat, three meals a day, but half a bowl of leftover rice and pickles.
That's it, his daughter-in-law still finds fault with him every day, and even his four-year-old grandson dislikes him.
Just like today, when the grandson was nibbling on a chicken leg, and when Chen Zhong leaned up, the grandson pinched his nose and said in disgust: "You old man, you stink!" Stay away from me! ”
Chen Zhong had no feelings for his grandson, at this time, he only felt that this doll didn't know how to respect his elders since he was a child, and he must be the same as his son when he grew up, and it was not a good thing, so he reprimanded: "You stinky boy, I am your grandfather!" You don't know how to respect me, and you still say that I am going to have problems when I grow up! ”
The grandson usually saw that Chen Zhong was used to being bullied, but when he was suddenly scolded, he couldn't help crying.
When the daughter-in-law saw that her son was being bullied, her temper immediately came up, and she pointed at Chen Zhong and scolded.
Chen Zhong bowed his head silently, not daring to resist, he knew that he would definitely not have dinner today.
At this time, his son Chen Qi pushed the door and came in, he was found to be lazy in work today, he was taught a good lesson, and his salary was deducted.
"What's going on?"
The daughter-in-law added fuel to the fire and vinegar what happened just now, and when Chen Qi turned his head to look at Chen Zhong, there was undisguised disgust in his eyes, the conditions in their family were already tense, and the place was small, so he hated Chen Zhong's arrival.
"You old immortal," Chen Qi also called him like this, "We give you a place to live, give you something to eat, you don't know how to be grateful, and you bully your grandson, are you human?" ”
"You stinky boy really have no conscience, you used to go to school, didn't I provide for you and give you money to spend? Otherwise, you think you can grow so big, and you are the one to be grateful for! Chen Zhong struggled to stand up, trembling and stretched out his fingers and said. The only thing he regrets now is that he didn't teach his children well before.
"Hmph, are you embarrassed to say, you were investigated for selling fake wine before, and the first time you ran away by yourself, did you take care of me and my mother? Besides, do you know how hard our lives were later? Others are about to laugh at us to death, who are you putting on a serious face to show now? Chen Qi said, snatching the shovel from his daughter-in-law's hand and smashing it at him.
Chen Zhong only felt a pain in his chest, and then the whole room was filled with a disgusting smell of alcohol.
"Oh, it stinks! Stinks to death! The grandson first covered his nose and screamed.
The son and daughter-in-law also smelled it and found that the smell was emanating from Chen Zhong's body.
The son pushed him out the door without saying anything, "You get out of here and stay on the street!" Really, what does it smell like? ”
Chen Zhong was driven to the street, he found a garbage heap and sat down, removed the hand covering his chest, and saw that there was a hole in it, and a black transparent liquid flowed out, and there was a strong smell of alcohol.
After all these years, he had already discovered the problem with his body, and he was not surprised by this strange blood.
Chen Zhong took out the Nine Dragons Cup from his arms, and the corners of his mouth pulled into a wry smile, what should I say, is this cup bringing him good luck or bad luck?
After being released from prison, the first thing Chen Zhong did was to dig out the Nine Dragon Cup, thinking that he would continue to use it to make wine, but somehow, the Nine Dragon Cup failed, and the water contained in it could no longer become a fine wine, but instead gave birth to a strange liquid with a sour and fishy smell.
What's even more surprising is that Chen Zhong found that as long as the Jiulong Cup was more than three meters away from him, his skin would slowly turn black, showing a splitting state, as if it was about to fall off his body.
He tried a few times, but he didn't dare to put the Nine Dragons Cup anywhere else, and the devil-like appearance in the mirror made him extremely frightened.
Chen Zhong knew that when he lived to his age, this life was over.
He suddenly remembered many things from before, as well as the mistress he had raised, after hearing that after his accident, she rolled up all her belongings and ran away with a little white face・・・・・・ he seems to have nothing now, he used to want more money, more women, more status, and now, all the qiē, including money, status, and family affection, are gone.
The liquid in his chest continued to flow, ticking to the ground, Chen Zhong's consciousness gradually blurred, with the loss of the stinky liquid, he felt relaxed, as if something had been unloaded in his heart, and the previous fullness pain gradually disappeared.
"Alas, how is there a man lying here? Is something wrong・・・・・・"
"Oh, don't care, maybe he's pretending to be trying to slander people・・・・・・"
There were more and more onlookers on the side of the road, looking curiously, some people took out their mobile phones to take pictures, and some people helped call an ambulance, but no one stepped forward to help him, in addition to the fear of being falsely accused, but also because of the smell on his body, which was really disgusting.
"Well, you see, why is he laughing?" A passer-by noticed that a smile welled up on Chen Zhong's lips, a little hideous and weird.
Chen Zhong was lying in the garbage heap, and he vaguely remembered what the old gentleman with glasses had said when he went to the underground antique market with his wife many years ago.
"Listen to this thing you described, it is very likely that it is a cup used by an emperor to drink wine in the Ming Dynasty, this Nine Dragon Cup, in fact, the emperor used to warn himself of things, when the wine can only be shallow, not too full, otherwise, all the wine in the cup will be leaked, not a drop is left・・・・・・"