Chapter 32: Trouble in the Garden
As soon as Zhong Xuanlan sat down in the study, Uncle Zhong came in to report that Wang Xuanxin had an accident.
Zhong Xuanlan paused his hand for tea, squinted his eyes, his gaze was slightly sunken, and said, "Say." ”
"The steward who came to Kyoto yesterday said that Childe's brother made some fox friends and dogs, ate, drank and had fun every day, and slept with the mayor's concubine, and the mayor asked them to take out 300,000 taels to hire him, otherwise he would be imprisoned."
Zhong Xuanlan said: "What has their family done during this time? ”
Uncle Zhong said, "I don't know. ”
Zhong Xuanlan's eyes were slightly cold, and he said, "Go and check." ”
"Yes." Uncle Zhong withdrew.
Zhong Xuanlan took a sip of tea from the teacup, and was about to call someone to invite Qiu Zhi to come, but Xia Zhi, Qiu Zhi and Zhong You arrived with the account book.
Zhongyou knocked on the door, "Knock knock." ”
"Enter."
The three of them came in and put down the account books, Zhong Xuanlan glanced at the three people who came together, and asked, "These are the account books of the past three days?" ”
Zhong You shook his head and said, "The affairs of the Chamber of Commerce are placed in the Yuxuan Building. ”
Zhong Xuanlan glanced at Zhong You and said, "Then don't hurry up and bring it." ”
Zhong You asked, "Then do the Sun family want to continue?" ”
Zhong Xuanlan said: "Stop, by the way, remember to let Miss Sun enter the East Palace with a rich dowry." ”
"Yes"
When Zhong You walked out, Qiu Zhi immediately asked Zhong Xuanlan: "Will the top ten merchants of the Chamber of Commerce be selected according to last year?" ”
Zhong Xuanlan knocked on the table and said, "This year's autumn." ”
Qiu Zhi said: "Are you going to join the lifters?" ”
Zhong Xuanlan nodded, "You go back and write a plan for me." ”
"Yes." Autumn Solstice retreated.
Xia Zhi immediately reported: "Boss Li, do we still want to continue to negotiate?" ”
Zhong Xuanlan said: "How much is the Chu family?" ”
"Three boats of cloth 350,000 taels."
Zhong Xuanlan said: "Do you say that the Chu family will raise the price?" ”
"Except for the lack of some fame, the silk of the Li family is not worse than Nanliang's in other aspects. After these few days of negotiations, I suspect that the Chu family wants to sell it as silk from Nanliang. ”
Zhong Xuanlan nodded, "It's a pity that Boss Li doesn't care." ”
Xia Zhi said unconvinced: "Our Zhong family's reputation is not bad." ”
Zhong Xuanlan said lightly: "Let's raise the price by another 10,000 taels." ”
Xia Zhi said: "Do you really want to give up, what about long-term cooperation?" ”
Zhong Xuanlan hooked his lips and smiled: "Didn't a cloth merchant come from Nanliang recently?" ”
Xia Zhi was silent for a while and smiled.
The next day, Zhong Tinghao was looking forward to Wang Xuannian's arrival at the gate, and he was so frightened that the little guy stared at it desperately, for fear that people would slip out.
The little guy guarding the door was tired of staring and proposed, "Master, why don't you go back and tease the birds?" ”
Zhong Tinghao glanced at him, "I promise that I will go out openly, you don't have to stare at me like a thief." ”
The gatekeeper and Zhong Xin have a black line, and your guarantee has no credibility, sir.
Zhong Tinghao said to Zhong Xin again: "You go to see my son-in-law, is he here?" ”
Zhong Xin shook his head and said, "There is still a quarter of an hour before Childe gets out of class." ”
Zhong Tinghao nodded, and said to the doorkeeper: "Go and bring a chair for me to sit on." ”
Two quarters of an hour later, Wang Xuannian and Zhong Xuanli hurried over.
Zhong Tinghao ignored Zhong Xuanli, and enthusiastically went up to pull Wang Xuannian out.
"Son-in-law, let's go to the theater today."
Wang Xuannian nodded.
Zhong Xuanli was stopped and shouted, "Brother-in-law still has me." ”
Wang Xuannian looked at Zhong Tinghao, a little entangled in his heart, and said, "Dad, take the second brother with you." ”
Zhong Tinghao immediately shook his head when he heard this, "It's easy for something big to happen." ”
Wang Xuannian said: "I will watch him." ”
Zhong Xuanli blinked his eyes and looked pitifully at Zhong Tinghao outside the door.
Zhong Tinghao advised: "Stinky boy, you are not allowed to fight, you must hold back your temper, you know?" ”
The corners of Zhong Xuanli's mouth twitched, Dad, my sister told you.
Zhong Xuanli saw that Zhong Tinghao was about to compromise, and nodded.
Indeed, last night Zhong Tinghao went to tell Zhong Xuanlan that he wanted to take Wang Xuannian out, Zhong Xuanlan advised, Dad, you are not allowed to fight, you must hold back your temper, otherwise you will continue to be grounded.
The three of them left Zhongfu, went straight to the theater, asked for a location on the second floor, ordered three cups of tea, a plate of snacks, a plate of melon seeds, and a plate of peanuts.
The three of them ate and chatted casually. Suddenly, I heard:
Liu Xu saw Zhong Tinghao sitting there, and said deliberately: "Three months ago, Master Zhong spent his daughter in Chunfeng Tower, and a few days ago, Master Zhong spent his daughter there again and spent a good night with An Zichen. ”
The man opposite him said: "Isn't this big boss of Zhong marrying?" Do you think that your husband is not as handsome as An Zichen? ”
“……”
Wang Xuannian felt that his heart was very painful, as if it was torn, so uncomfortable.
Zhong Tinghao angrily stepped forward to reason with Liu Xu, and said, "Liu Er, you are ruining my daughter's reputation again, and Lao Tzu is not finished with you." ”
Liu Xu sneered: "Don't you dare to do it, a few days ago, someone saw Zhong Da and An Zichen spending a good night together." Sure enough, the husband is too young, and Zhong Da can't bear the loneliness. Gee. ”
"Poof" a mouthful of tea sprayed on Liu Xu's face, and the scene quieted down.
Liu Xu took out a handkerchief and wiped his face in disgust, and yelled: "Zhong Xuanli, I'm not done with you." "Rush forward to hit Zhong Xuanli.
Zhong Tinghao thought that only he could bully his son, and no one else could, so he rushed forward.
Liu Xu's people saw that Zhong Tinghao's father and son had knocked people down, and hurriedly went up to help, so the scuffle began.
Wang Xuannian was immersed in his own thoughts, and when he heard the sound of ping-pong, he realized that there was chaos here.
Wang Xuannian hurriedly got up, came to Zhong Tinghao, who had just exited the melee, held him by the hand, and did not let him have another chance to enter, looked at Zhong Tinghao carefully, and saw that he was not injured, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Dad, are you okay?" ”
Zhong Tinghao shook his head and said with annoyance: "Son-in-law, we are in trouble again." ”
Wang Xuannian said: "It's okay if people are fine." ”
Then he looked at Zhong Xuanli, who was fighting, and asked Zhong Tinghao, "Dad, what should I do with my second brother?" Would you like to help? ”
Zhong Tinghao saw that Zhong Xuanli was able to deal with it, and said indifferently: "It's okay, the stinky boy has thick skin." ”
The corners of Wang Xuannian's mouth twitched, and when he saw someone sneaking up, he said loudly: "Second brother, be careful behind your back." ”
After a stick of incense, Zhong Xuanlan hurriedly came here with the winter solstice, stepped forward to separate them, and the two parties glared at each other unconvinced.
Zhong Xuanlan glanced at the people present and said, "Who made the first move?" ”
Zhong Tinghao pointed to Liu Xu, who had a blue nose and swollen face, and said, "It's him." ”
Zhong Xuanlan looked at Zhong Tinghao and his son, glanced at Liu Xu again, and then looked at the steward of the opera garden and asked, "How much do these things cost?" ”
The manager cautiously said truthfully: "Two thousand taels." ”
Zhong Xuanlan asked again: "How much does this scene cost yours?" ”
"Five thousand taels."
Zhong Xuanlan said: "Winter solstice, give him a thousand taels." The rest of you wrapped it. ”
Liu Xu was unconvinced: "Why? ”
Zhong Xuanlan looked at Liu Xu coldly and said, "Why, one of them is the uncle of the country, and the other is the prince of the county, if it weren't for your provocation, would there be a dispute here?" ”
"I," Liu Xu was so oppressed by Zhong Xuanlan's cold gaze that he couldn't speak.
Zhong Xuanlan said impatiently: "As for your injuries, Xuanli is also injured, if you are not convinced, what will our government see?" ”
After that, Zhong Xuanlan led Wang Xuannian, who was silent, and left, and Zhong Tinghao's father and son hurriedly followed.
The four of them got into the carriage and returned to the house without saying a word.