Chapter 7: Deposed

Gao's painstaking calculations were said by Cen Erniang in such a tone and way, and her first feeling was: Bang, one of her faces was beaten painfully.

What followed was deep vigilance and trepidation: how could she and Feng Shi be so secretive about it, how could she teach Cen Erniang, a treacherous little fox, to know?

Listening to Cen Erniang's tone, she already knew their full plan. And she dared to expose it in public, with a fearless appearance, it was clear that she had their handle in her hand. From this point of view, Yang Er's wife and Dr. Qin all fell into the hands of the second room. So, does the lord know about this?

Thinking of this, Gao Shi was quite panicked. She turned her eyes and thought about it: if her dead ghost husband knew about this, with his urine nature and preference for the second room, he would have brought someone to the door to punish her poisonous woman, instead of not moving at this time.

Gao's fox looked at Cen Erniang's cold and immature jade face suspiciously, what the hell are Cen Erniang and her difficult father doing? Why didn't they sue Master SΓΉ about this, but instead ran to the door and stabbed them with words?

Feng Shi was furious and calmed down, obviously she had the same problem as Gao. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who had a tacit understanding, glanced at each other and exchanged their doubts.

At this time, the people standing in the hall were all the henchmen of the Gao family and the Feng family, and they knew more or less about the master's calculation of the second room. Cen Erniang shouted out the words, and the Gao family and the Feng family did not hold back from them, anyway, they let Cen Erniang tell them what they shouldn't have heard. It doesn't hurt to listen to a few more words, it's all your own people.

Gao Shi was silent for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "You and your father, why don't you report this matter to the master, but instead come to me and tear the words apart, what do you want?" ”

"Naturally, grandmother, whatever you ask for, my father and I will ask for." Cen Erniang's old god is replying.

Gao sneered: "You want to blackmail and blackmail me? ”

Feng couldn't help but howl loudly: "You want to extort my silver?!" There are no doors! ”

Cen Erniang smiled sweetly: "Oops! Grandmother, aunt, what are you talking about?! It's chilling to hear. 'Blackmail', 'blackmail' or something, it's really ugly, and it is too bad for our Cen family's face and character. It's just that the two of you have done bad things have been exposed, and you need to take some money as hush money. lest the grandfather and the elders of the clan know about it...... Tsk, that's a big deal, isn't it? I am also filial piety, revenge, and have the heart to cover up the ugliness for the two of you. ”

The Cen family has strict family rules, and it is most taboo to harm blood relatives of the same clan. Anyone who violates this order and is discovered by the elders of the clan will be expelled from the Cen family for the lightest, and the worst will be killed with a cane.

Although this family rule is somewhat unlawful, it is a bit of a suspicion of carelessness for human life. But the Cen family has been standing in Hong'an Mansion for more than 100 years, and it is deeply rooted, and many children of the clan are also officials in the court, and a few of them are not low-ranked. Even today's saints sell a little face to the Cen family, and personally inscribe a plaque of "scholarly family" to the Cen family, which is still hanging at the main entrance of the Dongfu house.

Therefore, the government did not dare to ask about the Cen family's family affairs, so Cen Erniang dared to be so fearless. Now that the results of her father's annual examination have not yet come out, whether it is good or bad, at this moment, their second room is still the mainstay of the entire Cen family.

As the eldest grandfather of the patriarch, as well as other clan elders in the clan, and even her own grandfather, they will firmly stand on the side of the second room, and in order to envelop their father, even if they don't kill the Gao family and the Feng family, they will abandon them back to their parents' house.

"Shut up!" Feng Shi said angrily: "It's not your turn to be a little here, a person with teeth and claws!" She had actually been bluffed by Cen Erniang, and her heart had already been out of proportion, so she was so speechless.

Gao glared at Feng Shi who was behaving out of manners in disapproval, and said sharply: "Shut up!" I'm in charge of this. Seeing that Feng was stared at and stopped talking, Gao said to Cen Erniang: "How much do you want...... Hush money? ”

"How much silver is worth in that Zhuangzi, I will double it! And it is a silver ticket of Xiang Fu Ji, which is paid within one hour within a limited time. Cen Erniang opened his mouth. The grange that her grandfather rewarded her father with was large and abundant, and it was very rich, and the Zhuangzi earned nearly 10,000 taels of silver every year just by collecting land rent and selling grain, fruits, and poultry. Therefore, Gao and Feng are so greedy and try their best to get it. At the beginning, her grandfather said that the Zhuangzi was worth at least 100,000 taels.

"Two hundred thousand taels?!" Rao is Gao is well-informed, and he also exclaimed, "You might as well go and grab it!" ”

Feng Shi was even more direct: "I can't make up 200,000 taels if I sell it!" Don't be whimsical! ”

"Ugh!" Cen Erniang was amused: "Grandmother, auntie, don't be anxious." The price is negotiable. My father and I, as juniors, should honor our elders. Therefore, we have discussed, 200,000 taels is too much, it is better to just 100,000 taels. Don't say you two don't! ”

"I know, grandmother, your dowry alone is 60,000 or 70,000 taels, and the house, shop, and Zhuangzi that your grandfather bought for you back then are all your private property, and there are 70,000 or 80,000 taels. These two are one plus, and there are many of them. As for you and Dafang, we also know that it is really difficult. ”

Cen Erniang paused for a while, took two sips of tea, and continued: "So, my father and I didn't want the big house to give out the money, but we just wanted to trouble my grandmother and aunt and do us a small favor. Of course, this favor is not gratuitous, if you help at that time, we will repay the two of you. ”

Feng and Gao were intrigued, and one asked, "What's busy?" Another asked, "What is the pay?" ”

Cen Erniang smiled silently, and after a while, she said, "The time has not come, please allow me to keep it secret for the time being." By the way, grandmother, I just said that I want a silver ticket for auspicious fortunes, and it is limited to one hour, but I am not joking. I know that the Zhuangzi, the shop, and the house can't be taken off for a while, so you can pay me 70,000 taels of silver first, and then write me an IOU, and it's not too late to give the rest in a few days. ”

"An hour, too urgent." Gao said painfully: "And I don't have that much cash in my hand." ”

"It's okay to use jewelry as a mortgage." Cen Erniang said understandingly: "I can take it out and sell it myself, so as not to tire you." After all, you are also an elder, and I dare not tire you. However, in fact, these things are also very fast to deal with, and the reason why you are not motivated is probably because you haven't seen this yet. ”

Cen Erniang took out three pieces of paper from her purse and showed them to Gao and Feng one by one, which frightened the two of them. She smiled and handed the paper to Gao and Feng, who were trembling and stretched out their hands to grab it, and said leisurely: "Yang Er and his wife have been taken care of by me, and Doctor Qin has also promised to come forward to testify for us at any time if necessary." ”

"So, these three pieces of paper are really nothing. But they make aunts and grandmothers more motivated, don't they? ”

Cen Erniang saw that Gao's and Feng's hands were soft, and the confession and identification book fell to the ground, she bent her waist, quickly picked up the paper, stuffed it into her purse, and said with a smile:

"Also, auntie, although I understand that the big house has to support a ruined family and a large number of daughters who are poor, and will not accept your money, you can't let your grandmother bear this large sum of money with peace of mind! You have to come up with something to show it, so as not to be in vain Grandmother's partiality for you and for the big house. ”

Cen Erniang saw Gao's angry eyes glaring at Feng's wide-eyed, and then the two began to bargain and quarrel. This pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who have never quarreled, will inevitably fall into a noisy vulgar circle. They argued for half an hour, and were interrupted by Cen Erniang, who had seen enough of the play, before the two finally decided: Gao's will pay 50,000 taels, and Feng's will pay 20,000 taels. For the remaining 30,000 taels, Gao sent an IOU to Cen Erniang, saying that it would be paid off in three days.

Subsequently, Gao and Feng each went back to their respective houses, rummaging through boxes and cabinets to collect money and find treasures to settle the account. Cen Erniang waited for half an hour and harvested 40,000 taels of silver tickets and a bunch of rare antiques.

Fortunately, she called Yumo in advance to bring a few martial masters and a burly and sturdy nursing home to the town, so that the hands and feet of the Gao family and the Feng family would be so fast. Otherwise, those two vicious old women still don't know how to procrastinate!

Cen Erniang won a big victory and brought the silver ticket and a bunch of treasures back to her plum courtyard. When he gave Yumo and Shuying 1,000 taels each, and gave them another 1,000 taels, he ordered the two of them to take a few nursing homes out to deposit silver tickets, sell treasures and jewelry, and then deposit the money from the sale into Xiangfu Ji. The extra 1,000 taels are considered the hard work and hush money of the guards.

Cen Erniang only trusts Xiangfu Ji, the largest and most reputable money village that has opened all over the scene, and it is said that it has the royal backing behind it, so it can crush a large and small money village and stand proudly at the peak.

Yumo and Shuying took the silver, their hands and feet were windy, and they brought a few reliable guards, and it only took about an hour to deposit nearly 70,000 taels of silver tickets into Xiangfu Ji.

By the time they happily returned to the second room of the Cen family, the West Mansion had already changed. Because Cen Erye was really unlucky, he took the last class in the year-end exam of Fuxue! The little guy next to Second Master Cen Baishu gave Second Master Cen a document of dismissal and came back!