On that day of that year, when Zhou Kui took Ding Xiaonu and Zhou Xiaoniang to drift away, Zhou Duo turned around and said to the brothers: "Uncle is gone, and now we are the only brothers left." The affairs of our brothers are like mirrors to each other, and I will not say much more.

What I want to say is that without the protection of my uncle, the brothers are a little more restrained, and they must no longer make up right and wrong like in Loutang Town, as everyone knows, this place is not comparable to Loutang Town. ”

When Zhou Ming and the others heard this, they lowered their heads and did not speak, and Zhou Jian suddenly sneered: "Asylum? What asylum? But I want our brothers to go to the stall with their tails between their legs. Do you know what the lowest errand in the world does? ”

As he spoke, seeing Zhou Duo and the others, he just shook his head, and said, "I don't know, right?" Let me tell you, even if you practice a stall, you can't make a lot of money, and you have to be looked down upon, and you can't even look down on the bottom of Yihong Courtyard. ”

Seeing that the more he talked, the more excited he became, Zhou Duo reminded: "After we came to Fengmen, my uncle didn't make a big deal anymore, my uncle left, we didn't even have to do this part of Langzhong, and my uncle took almost all the family's savings away, if our brothers don't practice stalling, don't say that they are optimistic about this family, I'm afraid they won't even be able to eat." ”

Zhou Jing continued: "What does this mean, it shows that he is selfish and only cares about his own pleasure." Isn't it? went to the capital to recognize such a good thing, he didn't even want our brothers to touch, and took away almost all the family's savings to be happy, why do we have to listen to him?

Alas, people are selfish, and in my opinion, it is a good thing that he is gone, and we brothers are just free to relax. People, a moment of pleasure is a moment, who cares about right and wrong behind him? Oh, if he is allowed to be happy, he will not be happy with our brothers? Where is such a reason? ”

Hearing him say this, Zhou Duo and the others either went to the top of Yihong Courtyard again, or went to the card table to shout freely, or entered the restaurant to drink wine and listen to small songs...... Anyway, each has its own good, unconsciously drooling, yearning for it.

After all, Zhou Duo was older, and he instantly forced himself to return to reality. The reality is that Zhou Jian and Zhou Jing are closer to Zhou Kui than a few of them after all, the two of them can say whatever they want, but a few of them cannot.

Therefore, after trying to make himself more sober, he said, "Seeing that the brothers are like this, they should all agree with Brother Jing's opinion, right?" ”

As he spoke, he nodded his head busily, and said, "To be honest, I want to too, but I remind my brothers that my uncle went to the capital to recognize his relatives, not only for himself, if he recognized his relatives, we would all be indispensable." ”

Zhou Ming, Zhou Xuan, and Zhou Zhong had a mind with Zhou Duo, and when they heard it, they hurriedly echoed it.

Zhou Jian said: "Does this have anything to do with our arbitrariness?" Originally, we are a family, and if we really have benefits, can we have less? What I'm talking about is just that he's just like us, a nest of snakes and rats. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly felt that he had used the wrong words, and lowered his head embarrassedly, not knowing what to say for a while.

Zhou Jing continued: "Although Brother Jian's words are a little rough, Li'er is not rough, maybe it should be said that our brothers were originally and Dilian, but this is also a prerequisite for us to relax." ”

As he spoke, he looked up at his brothers, saw that they looked puzzled, and then said, "Tell me first, since you came to this gate, which of you has not relied on other people's accounts?" ”

Zhou Duo and the others thought about it carefully, and they all lowered their heads embarrassedly.

Zhou Jing smiled: "Don't be embarrassed, I've relied on it too." Therefore, I said that my father's visit to the capital to recognize his relatives is a prerequisite for our brothers to relax.

You think, if we don't spread the news, who will dare to give us credit if we brothers don't spread the news? Hmph, what's the name of the one in Yihong Courtyard, aren't you going to be in a hurry? ”

Zhou Ming and the others all thought so, and turned to Zhou Duo together.

Zhou Duo understood what they meant, Zhou Duo and them also meant the same thing, and he thought that the new number one in Yihong Courtyard was already itchy. But he still paused and said, "Since everyone means this, then, the brothers must have no opinion on their own actions, right?" ”

He originally wanted to tell everyone again, don't cause trouble, but seeing that the brothers had already dispersed in a hurry, and disappeared in a smoke, he was afraid of delaying the meeting with the top brand, turned around and entered Yihong Courtyard, and was reluctant to go home for more than half a month.

Obviously, when it comes to pleasure and foolishness, the other brothers are no less than Zhou Duo.

The fact was unfortunately said by Zhou Jing, because the news that their Zhou family was about to become the emperor's teacher's in-laws was spread, who would care about their credit?

Of course not, not only not, but also to offer them as if they were masters. There's no way, the whole world belongs to the emperor, and their Zhou family's in-laws are the emperor's teachers, what kind of dignity should it be.

Because of this stammer, how could the Zhou brothers not linger freely? Nearly two years have passed.

On this day, Zhou Duo made an exception and got up early in the morning and went to the brothers' houses to have a look, but he didn't come back!

"Looks like these guys are going wild." Zhou Duo shook his head secretly, feeling bored, and couldn't help but think, "Where should we go today?" ”

Zhou Duo couldn't think of where to go for a while, but he saw a lot of people gathered outside the door, and he recognized that the owners of all the good places here were there, and there were even snacks sold on the street.

But seeing their anxious faces, Zhou Duo was very puzzled, but it was not good not to speak, so he stepped forward and said without words: "Hello everyone." ”

When everyone saw him coming, they were a little relieved, and finally had a little smile on their faces, and they all came over together, and said one after another: "It's been almost two years, we should settle the accounts, right?" ”

"What's going on?" Zhou Duo became more and more puzzled, but he knew that the most taboo thing in the face of debt collectors was to show timidity, so he pretended to be relaxed and said: "Yes, of course it should be." ”

After saying that, he got up and went to collect the statements they were scrambling to hand over, and there was a thick stack!

This already surprised Zhou Duo secretly, but what surprised him even more was that he silently calculated, and there were as many as 200,000 taels of silver!

Zhou Duo was still holding on, but there was already a trilling in his voice, and said: "We admit this account, and the brothers of the Zhou family will never repay the account, but haven't we already said that we will settle it together when my uncle comes back, hmph, when the time comes, what is this money?" ”

Hearing Zhou Duo say this, because there was a glimmer of hope in his heart, many bosses stopped arguing, but several big families such as Yihong Courtyard, gambling house, and theater kept shaking their heads, especially the owner of the gambling house, who was the most irritable and questioned: "You always say that you will wait for the old shopkeeper Zhou to come back, but it has been two years, when will he come back, how can we say clearly?" ”

The reason why they came to collect debts was naturally because Chen Renjin had returned, and after he came back, he hid in his house and no longer went out, and the officials at the prefectural and county levels were no longer as stammering as in the past, and soon there were rumors that he had fallen out of favor and was driven back to Suzhou.

His in-laws have returned, what is he still doing in the capital? Could it be that he has already suffered? Specify yes. Otherwise, why don't you come back? The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, so I came together.

The Zhou Duo brothers only cared about the gangsters, and they didn't know anything about it. However, after he said this, Zhou Duo couldn't help but secretly think: "Yes, it's been two years, why hasn't my uncle come back?" Don't you just recognize a kiss, how can it take so long? Could it be that the in-laws left them? Even so, you should ask someone to bring a letter, right? ”

Zhou Duo hesitated, and the owner of the gambling house became more and more convinced that there was a problem, and said: "Compared with noble people such as you, what I do is just a small business, so let's give you ten days, no matter whether the old shopkeeper Zhou comes back or not, you can settle it for me first." ”

Zhou Kui didn't understand the inside story, in order to reassure him, Zhou Duo lied and said: "Everyone rest assured, yesterday, my uncle just brought a message, saying that my in-laws are very enthusiastic, and I have made a big house in the capital, so I have to keep them."

I also told him about the debt, but my uncle didn't think so, and said that when he came back to pick us up in a few days, he would settle it by the way. ”

Zhou Duo thought that his lie was perfect, but unexpectedly, they picked out the loopholes and rushed up together, and they had to settle the bill immediately, otherwise, they were afraid that they would tear him up immediately.

Zhou Duo was puzzled, so he had no choice but to continue to lie: "Why can't you trust people? Otherwise, don't wait ten days, just tomorrow. Let's tell you the truth, yesterday my uncle entrusted Xin'er with a million taels of silver tickets, and now in the hands of my brother Zhou Jing, I will exchange it tomorrow, and send it to you one by one, we will continue to be friends, right? ”

After Zhou Duo finished speaking, it was clear that some people had begun to think about it: "After all, the capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, full of gold, and it doesn't seem like a lie to listen to him, could it be that the old shopkeeper Zhou is a blessed man, and what kind of adventures do you have?"

If that's the case, it seems that we are stingy, how will we talk when we meet in the future? Isn't it just a day? Let's give him another day, if they still don't pay back tomorrow, don't blame us for being polite, hmph, then we will serve their Zhou family in one pot, see what else they have to say? ”

The owner of the gambling house obviously thought the same, and said, "Okay, let's just wait for you to exchange, but it must not exceed tomorrow, hmph, otherwise it will ......" and turned away.

After all, he is a big family, and when he is gone, the others have dispersed one after another.

Zhou Duo spit out the breath he held in his heart, and he wanted to find Zhou Jing and them in a panic, but saw them come back one by one scolding: "What's wrong today, fuck, you actually drove us away?" ”

Zhou Duo said, "Don't scold yet", led them into the house, and told them about the situation of Shicai.

Zhou Jing and the other brothers also panicked and said, "Run for your life." ”

Zhou Ming said: "Why escape? When I came back, I saw someone watching outside, and I was still wondering. ”

Zhou Jian said: "What's so difficult about this? Go down the tunnel. With that, he entered the tunnel first, and the other brothers followed.

This is also a habit of Zhou Kui, and it is necessary to dig tunnels in the residence for escape. This habit was formed after Zhou Kui monopolized the business in Loutang Town, and he didn't want to be useful again today.

Out of the tunnel, Brother Zhou Duo has gotten rid of the debt collectors. But where to go? There was no choice but to go to Beijing to find Zhou Kui. Helplessly, the Zhou Duo brothers were penniless and had no other strengths, so they could only beg along the way.