Chapter 42: The City

After discussing with King Ping and Wu Tongzhi, as soon as he got off the gangway of the painting boat, Shen Jinshan saw a thrilling scene head-on.

On the nine-zhang high platform, his most satisfied eldest daughter, Ah Ci, hung upside down from the fence. The wind blew from Jianhu Lake, and her upside-down skirt puffed up and the wind shook to one side, making her whole person even more shaky.

Tiger poison does not eat children, not to mention that this is still quite his heart's A Ci, while his liver and gallbladder are broken, Shen Jinshan almost subconsciously shouted: "Lord Zhizhou is slow." ”

After blurting out, he regretted it a little, although Ah Ci was important, the most important thing in his heart was always the Shen family's business. In the painting boat, because King Ping was angry and interrupted the people who came to speak, he only knew that Pan Zhizhou was there in person, but he didn't know anything about the follow-up. Now looking at the scene in front of him, everyone can make Lord Zhizhou so angry, Ah Ci is not just making people angry!

Businessmen pay attention to harmony and make money, although he took the line of Wu Tongzhi, it does not mean that he wants to go all the way with him. Pan Zhizhou is an official who covers the sky in this state, and he offended him for the sake of the eldest daughter, this deal is cost-effective?

He hesitated, standing behind the flowing water seat, and he happened to hear the angry words of the woman at the table next to him.

After learning about the follow-up in a few words, he felt that the world was spinning for a while. In his early years, he wanted to climb the state relationship, and he had a detailed understanding of his life. Not to mention the friendship between master and apprentice on the face, when Pan Zhizhou and the first time he went to other places, all the gold and silver were prepared by Mrs. Mo. Giving birth is not as good as nurturing grace, not to mention bringing the grace of upbringing. In the heart of Lord Zhizhou, Mrs. Mo's status is only more important than that of her mother.

And Ah Ci actually insulted his ancestors......

Mo said that he was a lord of Zhizhou with great official authority, even if he was a businessman, and when someone insulted his father, he would roll up his sleeves and ask clearly.

This feud is great!

At that moment, Shen Jinshan only felt that his head was as big as a fight, and even gave birth to the thought of "Ah Ci quickly fall down, it is best to fall the key points, so that the Lord Zhizhou can also dissipate his anger". It's a pity that as soon as this thought rose, the clear voice of the girl of the Hu family came from the high platform.

There are a few traces of sweetness in her voice that have not faded, which is quite in line with the consistent naΓ―ve nature of the Hu family girl. But this is too naΓ―ve, Ah Ci framed you several times, and you are still protecting her until now, are you stupid?

Good things were bad, Shen Jinshan stomped his feet in annoyance. But as soon as the front foot was raised, he was stunned when he heard the sentence "not worth it" behind him, maintaining the independent posture of the golden rooster.

Then he heard a relieved voice from the flowing water seat next to him: "The official should be well-behaved, if he loses the black gauze hat for such a black-hearted person, it will be a big loss." ”

"The platform is not very high, and it won't be a big deal if you fall, Lord Zhizhou must know it."

"If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, if you want the Shen family's black heart to really hurt, Lord Zhizhou is not worthless. Listening to the first sentence, I thought that the girl of the Hu family was too kind-hearted, but I didn't expect her to say this later. He is worthy of being valued by Master Kukai and Mo Daru, but he is really ......"

Hearing that the people in the audience brought the Shen family in, Shen Jinshan's face turned blue and white for a while. Sure enough, Wu Tong knew that even if he didn't come forward, these people in the market would spit on the Shen family.

Thinking of this, the only remaining reluctance when going down to the boat was also invisible.

Clenched his fists and forcibly tightened his face, his face was full of anger and shock, and he did enough to make the expression that a normal father should have when he saw his children doing something bad.

"The girl of the Hu family is really straightforward!"

"Yes, it's straightforward!" The person who spoke in front of him was short of words for a while, but now he heard someone express him accurately, and in excitement he shouted out loudly, and turned his head with a twist.

"The grievances are clear, and if you have a grudge in your heart, you will say it, and the girl of the Hu family is really straightforward...... Master Shen? ”

The last three words woke up everyone in the audience who were immersed in praise of Ah Yao, as if there were thousands of threads in the dark, they turned their heads from all directions, and their eyes were fixed on the bald middle-aged man behind the flowing water seat and by the dock.

The high platform was far away, but through the crowd, Hu Jiuling still recognized his long-time opponent at a glance.

"Brother Jinshan."

Walking towards the railing, he slowed down as he passed Pan Zhizhou, and bowed his hands in a respectful gesture. The thoughtfulness of the subtleties made Pan Chengdong more satisfied, and the girl of the Hu family became her junior sister, and according to common sense, Master Hu was a generation higher than him. If you are an ordinary person, relying on this relationship, even if you don't take the tone of your voice, you will unconsciously show some contempt between your words and deeds. What's more, for example, the girl of the Shen family who was holding in his hand had already used the name of the master to harm people before he could see the ceremony, and even tried to have a relationship with him.

He is not a person who steps on the low and praises the high, and the conditions allow him not to mind making some convenience for people he knows. But the premise is that he is willing, those who only have the heart to use him, sticking to him like a dog skin plaster, don't blame him for throwing it out.

Thinking like this, Pan Chengdong nodded in return, and then casually threw out Shen Moci in his hand like a rag. After rolling twice on the ground, she happened to land next to the young man in Xuanyi. The young man's feet moved slightly, and with a magnitude that almost no one noticed, he kicked her to Song Qinwen, who was kneeling on the ground and crying in pain.

Following the previous kick of the two being strung with sugar gourds, Song Shen and the two who came together this time made a pile again.

"Fuck off." Song Qinwen waved her away in disgust, how could he fall in love with such a hypocritical person that day.

"Chinwen ......"

Shen Moci was shocked, his face was pitiful, but his heart was extremely hateful. She had already bought off the Song family's nurse, and breaking through the Hu family's defense was nine out of ten. If she hadn't brought him to hold back, she wouldn't have delayed her work and failed to discover the abnormality of the big girl in time.

In vain, she still looked at him, and sure enough, he was useless and a scholar, this is a stupid person who reads books.

The pitiful Shen Moci made Song Qinwen subconsciously soften, but the next moment, when he saw Pan Zhizhou and his uncle's family standing by the fence, his reason returned. Just as the snack was about to turn into powder, the young man in Xuanyi walked past the two of them, and the soap boot stepped on Ah Ci's green index finger fiercely.

"Ahh Chin Wen ......"

Under the severe pain, Shen Moci's eyes were full of tears, and with her natural appearance, she was really pitiful, and she could make most seven-foot men in the world bend their waists.

Song Qinwen was no exception, he already had some hazy thoughts about Shen Moci. The accumulation of feelings for several years cannot be completely eliminated overnight. Looking up and glaring at him, the young man in Xuanyi raised a wicked smile and looked at him with contempt like an ant.

Outrageous!

He was ashamed of his uncle's family, but he didn't owe it to the young man in Xuanyi. But he deceived people and didn't say anything about it, but he ...... That look.

Bullying in the heart, brewing good affection xΓΉ raised his head, his tear-twinked face rose red and his eyes just wanted to stare back, but he only saw the back of the young man walking towards the fence.

This......

"Qinwen, forget it, it's not appropriate to make any more trouble at this moment." Covering his ten fingers, which were red and swollen like turnips, Shen Moci showed a strong smile, snorted and persuaded softly.

Ah Ci She ...... Even if there are thousands of differences, it can't hide the good things in the past. When he was most frustrated, she was the only one who braved the world's disapproval to be by his side. The face of the man who was almost wiped out because of everyone's shame is back, and the self-esteem that belongs to the reader is also being re-established.

"Aci, thanks to you." His face was full of gratitude.

"It's also me who dragged you down, Qinwen, I will definitely compensate you in the future." Shen Moci said guiltily.

"No, it's my fault......"

For a while, the two of them repented, staring at each other on the empty high platform, speechless and choking.

After stepping on the person, he still felt that it was not enough, and Lu Jingyuan, who ran it twice before leaving, heard the movement behind him clearly, and the corners of his lips raised a pleasant arc.

Just now, he sensed that Song Qinwen was remorseful. Knowing that girl is good, want the prodigal son to turn back? Think beautifully!

That girl is his!

Besides, he hurt that girl so badly in his last life. After many years, he still clearly remembers the scene when he was not at ease halfway and rushed back to the courtyard with a horse. At that time, the red. Song Qinwen, who was in the fruit body, was also the same as just now, kneeling on the kang and crying silently. He did not dispose of them immediately, but spared them so that they could be immersed in fear and remorse for a longer time.

Unexpectedly, Song Qinwen was a soft-eared person, and was coaxed by Shen Moci to say a few soft words, and within a few days, he looked like usual, and he threw himself into the hospital examination like no one.

At that time, the girl was not yet seven years old, and her bones were not cold.

In a fit of rage, he finally moved to kill them, tied them up, fed them with medicine, poured lime mortar from the roof while they were intersecting, and made them into sculptures, exposing them to the world in the most unbearable form.

But when he was done, he regretted it, they had done so badly to that girl, how could they die so easily. Although his reputation is gone, he has enjoyed all the wealth in the world during his lifetime. Do it all over again in this life, he must not be so cheap for them. He had to tease them slowly until they had tasted all the flavors of time, suffered all the hardships of the world, and then could not survive in infinite regret, and after going through hard work, they finally died in great disgrace.

Only in this way can we avenge the innocent maid who died tragically in the previous life.

It's too early to let them love each other and eliminate harm for the people.

Don't do any more harm to his girl.

A cold glint flashed in his eyes as sharp as a falcon, and he took the last step to the girl, who stood beside her in a semi-possessive manner, obstructing the view from behind.

On the open high platform, the two old men, the three members of the Hu family, and Lu Jingyuan's seven people stood side by side around the fence, looking at Shen Jinshan, who was slowly walking behind the artesian water mat.

When he walked in, Hu Jiuling raised his smile and smiled slightly, and his voice was like a Hong Zhong: "It turns out that it is really Brother Shen, half a pier away, and I can see your brain that is more shiny than Jinshan." ”

Even if he is as angry as Pan Chengdong, he can't help but laugh.

Standing in front of the high platform, behind him was a sea of laughter, Shen Jinshan felt as if he had been stripped naked in front of people.

Damn the nine-tailed old fox, with such a lack of virtue on his lips, no wonder he has become a desperate family.

scolded secretly in his heart, but he had to smile on his face. Touching his smooth brain, he laughed at himself: "Brother Hu, don't say it, my whole body is really a little characteristic of this brain." ”

Call him Brother Hu now? It's late!

Previously, he Hu Jiuling had a lot of contempt for Shen Jinshan. The two families both opened silk and satin villages, and it was reasonable that they would have competition in Qingcheng, and he would not be angry about this. What really disgusted him was the Shen family's style of acting, unlike the Hu family's honest management, which would rather make less money than be genuine, the Shen family has always been used to speculation, and it is not only half a penny to make more money.

Not to mention how to pit the foreign retail investors who came all the way to the silk market and "bought and sold with a hammer", he also pitted the local people: the cloth was woven thin and rough, and a few more layers of pulp were hung on it to be sold as good material. He sold it cheaply, and the people who didn't know how to do it touched the thick fabric, and of course they swarmed it. But after taking it home, I worked hard to make clothes, and I didn't wash it a few times and took it off, and the cloth inside was very unstrong, and it would rot if I did more work and pulled it off a little. He didn't blink an eyelid when he did such a killing.

But in this world, there are people who don't eat and don't remember, and buy cheap cloth from the Shen family for that little bargain. He couldn't stop it, but his disdain for Shen Jinshan was increasing day by day.

originally didn't have a good feeling, but after listening to what happened to Ah Yao in his previous life, the little disdain in his heart completely turned into hatred. Feeling the young man in Xuanyi approaching, thinking about the plan set by the two of them in the study that day, he put away the love surging in his heart.

Anger can't solve any problems, hasn't Shen Jinshan always been eyeing the Hu family? Originally, he didn't care, just keep his duty. But now that he has changed his mind, he not only let him not touch it, but also let him put the Shen family in, and watch the Shen family's ancestral business fold in his hands.

With a calm face, he looked down, "The Shen family is so promising, and Brother Shen is even more of a dragon and phoenix among people." Your 'Brother Hu', Hu can't afford it. ”

"Brother Hu is the elder, this old brother deserves it no matter what. I'm busy with business all day long, and I don't care much about the backyard, so it's not surprising that Brother Hu is angry when I let the girl in my family do such a bastard thing. In the past few days, I have been thinking about how to make amends, but fortunately, Ling Yan has such an apprenticeship ceremony, in front of the people of Qingcheng, I have to show my attitude today. ”

After speaking, in front of everyone, Shen Jinshan bent straight down.

"Brother Hu, I'm here to compensate you today. The son is not the fault of the father, and the big reason why Ah Ci did such a wrong thing is that I did not discipline it well, and it was my fault. ”

"Daddy!"

Shen Moci, who leveled Song Qinwen in a few words, instinctively watched and listened to all directions. Hearing Daddy's voice below, she didn't say a word and ran down the steps when she came up, covered her mouth and ran to Shen Jinshan, and knelt down with a flutter.

"It's all daughters who are unfilial, and they are so tired that Daddy loses face, and at such an age, he has to give up with others and be careful to make amends."

As the matchmaker between the Shen family and King Ping, Shen Moci certainly knew Shen Jinshan's entire plan. As early as the moment she heard his voice, she knew the opportunity had come. It wasn't that she didn't apologize sincerely enough, but because there was a maid who stirred up trouble first. Now that Daddy has made enough gestures, she will follow up and make a statement, which will give people a completely different feeling.

Her eyes were red, her usually gentle eyes were full of tears, and her voice was full of infinite remorse.

But she forgot that the person who knew her best in the world was Shen Jinshan, who raised her single-handedly. The little ninety-nine in her heart, Shen Jinshan didn't even need to use her brain to make it clear.

In such a bad situation, he did not forget to improvise, and Ah Ci was indeed the most obedient of all the children. Even if she is blue, he doesn't have such a mind at this age.

It's a pity that when he figured out the reason for Pan Zhizhou's anger, he had already decided to treat him as an outcast. To appease the anger of those in power in the state with a concubine who was destined not to inherit the family business, it seemed to him a good deal.

"You!"

His chest rose and fell, Shen Jinshan gritted his teeth and said this, and then raised his hand to open the bow left and right and gave her two slaps.

Shen Jinshan is in the prime of life, and his strength is far from being comparable to A-Yao. In order to be realistic, he used all his strength to fan Shen Moci directly in front of the flowing water seat. She fell to the ground, her cheeks flushed and swollen at a visible rate.

The people in the front row who could get in gasped when they saw this, this is a daughter-in-law, and Master Shen can also do it.

"I guess it's really infuriating."

"Maybe it's a pretense."

Despite the fact that some pour out the truth, most people are inclined to the former version. Especially the person sitting at the front, seeing Shen Moci being beaten so miserably, couldn't help but feel pity.

"No matter how big a mistake you make, it's just a child, and it's good to take it home and discipline it, and it's not you who are the parents who are distressed by the three long and two short."

They didn't say that it was okay, but Shen Jinshan was even more angry when they said it: "She is a child, but not the girl of the Hu family?" How did I teach you since I was a child, to be kind to others, to be honest and trustworthy. I sent you to the academy to study just to make you study reasonably, but I didn't expect you to put your mind to the right place and do such a bastard thing, see if I don't kill you today. ”

After that, he was about to raise his foot and kick over, but when he saw the young man around him, he quickly stopped him.

"Master Shen's words were all from the position of the Hu family, which shows that he is reasonable. It's like this to others, how can you be so strict with your own girl. ”

"That's right, the girl's family is delicate, but she can't be beaten."

Shen Jinshan was still struggling, and said while trying to shake away the person who was blocking him, "You guys get out of the way, you can't fight if something so big happens." ”

The more he struggled, the harder the people next to him became, and gradually more and more people believed in the sincerity of the Shen family.

Seeing this, Hu Jiuling, who was standing on the high platform, frowned. What kind of person Shen Jinshan is, Hu Jiuling, who has been his opponent for most of his life, knows nothing better. Fake models and fake gestures, playing tricks and trying to resolve the matter? It also depends on whether he agrees or not.

"Brother Shen is calm and listens to Hu's words."

The old fox is about to make a move, and he has been an opponent for many years, and when he heard that he didn't directly say "forgive", Shen Jinshan sighed in his heart.

"Brother Hu, don't say it, I'll kill this evil girl today." Shen Jinshan struggled even more. Do you dare not forgive now? As long as you speak and pursue this matter in the future, the Hu family will not be relentless, and the Shen family will be able to stand up at that time.

This...... Hu Jiuling frowned and was speechless for a long time. Just when Shen Jinshan couldn't help but be excited, he finally spoke: "Fellow villagers, give Hu a certain face, since Brother Shen insists on taking care of family affairs, outsiders should stop interfering." ”

Everyone was eating the Hu family's flowing water banquet, and they had to give the main family a face no matter what, and a few people immediately let go. The rest of the people thought about it, and for a while, Master Shen was still struggling, no matter how he looked at it, it was a bit pretentious, so that everyone let go of their hands.

The people who were originally stopping him returned to their respective seats, leaving only Shen Jinshan, who had raised his legs high. This will put him in a dilemma: kick him to death, if he really kicks out, he will become a biological father and kill his own daughter; If you don't think about it, what's the point of doing that just now?

The eldest daughter was close in front of him, and there was no obstacle, but he didn't kick it, and he didn't kick it.

Sure enough, he still fell into the trap of the old fox, and Shen Jinshan secretly hated it. Retracting his foot, he looked at the stage with an embarrassed face: "Today is the main hall of Ling Yan's apprenticeship, and it is the Shangsi Festival, and it is always unlucky to see blood." ”

"What's the matter, Brother Shen can't do it?"

"I ......" There was a boo in the audience, and Shen Jinshan was about to raise his feet again.

"Actually, when I shouted Brother Shen to calm down just now, I wanted to say this: It's a big holiday, and it coincides with my family's A-Yao apprenticeship ceremony, and half of the Qingcheng Township fathers and elders get together to eat a flowing water banquet, why make things so ugly. Everyone is a person who loves their daughter, and they compare their hearts to their hearts, and Brother Shen doesn't want to be heavy on Miss Shen, right? ”

"Yes, raising them to such a big age, seeing that they don't study well, the most distressing thing is still me, the father." Shen Jinshan wailed.

Seeing that he didn't forget to win sympathy at the moment, Hu Jiuling's face became even colder, "What Brother Shen said is reasonable, I am just a girl, I have raised her to such a big age, and I watched her being framed by others, I really would rather all those gossips come to me than she would be hurt in the slightest." I couldn't sleep all night a few days ago, I was so distressed that I really wanted to tear the culprit alive! ”

In the end, Hu Jiuling's forehead was bruised, and his voice was a little broken.

The hoarse voice reached the audience, which caused everyone's shame and resonance. A few days ago, when the rumors were in full swing, they also said bad things about the Hu family girls behind their backs. What looks like a yaksha, arrogant and lascivious, extravagant, and extravagant, the words are still in their ears, but now they are sitting here comfortably, eating the flowing water of the Hu family.

I'm ashamed.

With the hundred-year reputation of the Hu family, how can the girl who has been raised be poor. Under remorse, they secretly made up their minds that whoever would dare to speak ill of the Hu family girl in the future, they would be the first to refuse.

The people's aspirations are still indiscerning. But in the future, when Ayao walked into the capital and climbed to the most brilliant and intriguing Vanity Fair at the top of the Great Xia, she was inevitably involved in that storm, and this big umbrella woven by the people's hearts really shielded her a lot of wind and rain in the chaos.

Of course, this is an afterword, at this moment, A-Yao is tiptoeing, wiping Daddy's sweat with one hand, patting his back with the other, and softly persuading while breathing: "Daddy, my daughter is fine." ”

"If it weren't for you...... is smart, and she has been slandered by her so much that she can't wash it up when she jumps into 123. "He has always believed in being upright and not afraid of shadows, and rarely pays attention to these gossips. If it weren't for A-Yao's rebirth experience, he would have taken precautions in advance, and he might not be able to tell what the situation would be now.

"Daddy also said that I am smart, how could I be harmed by her."

has been repeatedly hit by teenagers for being "stupid and stupid", and A-Yao, who has been praised for being smart, smiles like a flower. Shen Moci, who took back the veil and looked at the wolf below, at this time in her previous life, she had worshiped Mo Daru as her teacher, pulling this banner to gather a lot of forces, and pulling a lot of business for the Shen family, the whole person was the only time.

It's like now, being beaten into a pig's head by his father, lying on the ground with his hair in a messy bun and laughing at everyone.

The wind took turns, standing on the high platform full of emotion and happiness, and inadvertently she saw the gaze of Shen Moci below. It was mixed with hatred, unyielding, and more complicated things, and in an instant alarm bells rang in her heart.

"If you keep her in Qingcheng, Daddy, I'm always afraid that she will suffer such a big loss and then retaliate."

"That's not simple," Hu Jiuling looked down, "Hu and Brother Shen both have difficulties, as a father, he knew that his daughter was bullied and easily let go of the perpetrator, forgive Hu for not being so magnanimous; But seeing his daughter's head in a different place, Brother Shen was not so ruthless. According to Brother Shen, how can this be good. ”

Lying on the ground, his face was no longer sensational. Shen Moci's heart is full of hatred, she hates Ah Yao, who is good for nothing but good life, Mo Daru who is a master but helps Ah Yao, and Song Qinwen who is cowardly and incompetent, but what she hates the most is Shen Jinshan in front of her.

In the past few years, how many ideas she has come up with for the Shen family, and how many relationships she has secretly wooed, the Shen family's business, which has been declining, has been regained because of her. And now that something happened, Daddy didn't even think about it, and just threw her out like an outcast.

"This ......," Shen Jinshan said again and again, "A hundred years ago, my Shen family's ancestral home was elsewhere, and now there is still one in the old mansion." Ah Ci had such a thought, after all, she was fascinated by the prosperity of Qingcheng, and I wanted to send her back to her hometown, and my uncle ordered her to take strict care of her. I hope that she can change after experiencing poverty and hardship, and then make amends to the Hu family. After all, it is my Shen family's blood and bones, no matter what, Shen always hopes that she can be well. ”

The ancestral house of the Shen family...... That barren mountain village where birds don't poop. She remembered that when she was a child, a clan member came, a dark and stout woman, a dirty child, and was sent away by her mother-in-law without even entering the backyard. Daddy actually wanted to throw her to that kind of place, Shen Moci was completely stunned, completely unable to accept this reality.

Hu Jiuling looked at Mo Daru and Pan Zhizhou next to him instructively, and when he saw the two nodding, he said earnestly: "Hu naturally understands Brother Shen's fatherly heart. With Miss Shen's intelligence, if she can get lost and know her way back, it must be Qingcheng's luck. ”

The last sentence he said to everyone in the audience, and after everyone heard it, they all sighed at Master Hu's kindness.

Benevolent? The most cunning of them all!

But no matter how angry he is, he can only laugh with him. After thanking him again and again, he was just about to say goodbye, when a voice came from the stage again:

"Master Shen, slow down."

Shen Jinshan raised his head at the sound of the voice, and saw that the young man in Xuanyi, who had been standing beside the girl of the Hu family, was condescending, and his gaze like an eagle falcon was tightly catching him.