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This time when he came to Yangzhou, Emperor Deqing was particularly gracious and gave Zhao Junchen a period of vacation, and at the same time, Zhao Junchen also did the same, and also gave Xu Qingyan a holiday.

Xu Qingyan is a native of Yangzhou, and his father Xu Laofuzi is now in the countryside of Yangzhou for the elderly, so Zhao Junchen gave Xu Qingyan a period of vacation, and asked Xu Qingyan to take Xu Laofuzi to the Zhao family's ancestral home, and when Zhao Junchen returns to Beijing, he will also bring Xu Laofuzi by the way, so that Xu Laofuzi can live in the capital for a long time.

This is something that Zhao Junchen has decided a long time ago, after all, Old Master Xu has both the grace of adoption and teaching to Zhao Junchen, and he is still Xu Qingyan's father, if there was no Old Master Xu, Zhao Junchen would have starved to death on the street for many years.

Therefore, Xu Qingyan is not by Zhao Junchen's side now, and Xu Qingyan's entourage is temporarily replaced by Xiao Wenxuan and Su Xiqing.

At this time, the news that Zhao Deqing asked to see Zhao Junchen was also reported to Zhao Junchen by Xiao Wenxuan.

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"Oh? Zhao Deqing actually wants to see me? After getting the report, Zhao Junchen was slightly stunned, then pondered for a while, and finally nodded: "That's it, just let him in, I'm also a little curious, what else does he have to say to me now." ”

After getting Zhao Junchen's permission, it didn't take long for Xiao Wenxuan to enter the room with Zhao Deqing.

"Small, villain Zhao Deqing, meet the adult."

After entering the room, Zhao Deqing's expression was full of humility. His expression was also full of awe, not only calling himself a "villain". I no longer dare to call myself Zhao Junchen's elder, but on the occasion of greetings. took the initiative to give a big gift to Zhao Junchen!

On the other side, Zhao Junchen was carefully observing Zhao Deqing's changes, and thinking about Zhao Deqing's intentions - but he hadn't seen him for just two hours, but Zhao Deqing at this time had a earth-shaking change, the original hesitation was gone, his expression was a little defeated, and he was also a little cowering in front of Zhao Junchen, full of nervousness.

After losing the position of head of the family, it is natural that Zhao Deqing will have such a change.

Once upon a time. When Zhao Deqing came into contact with Zhao Junchen, although Zhao Junchen's prestige between his hands and feet was extremely heavy, he was generally kind and cordial, and he also took the initiative to give the Yangzhou Zhao family many benefits, but he did not force the Yangzhou Zhao family to do anything beyond the scope of his ability, so Zhao Deqing inevitably gave Zhao Junchen the illusion that he was "kind and deceitful".

It is precisely because of this illusion that Zhao Deqing mistakenly thinks that Zhao Junchen is a very foolish person, and repeatedly disobeys Zhao Junchen's orders, in a vain attempt to use Zhao Junchen's power to make profits for himself.

However. How could Zhao Junchen tolerate Zhao Deqing's deception? Today is just a matter of using the topic to play, and with a little trick, Zhao Deqing instantly lost his position as the head of the family, during this period. Zhao Deqing did not have the slightest resistance at all, so Zhao Deqing finally came to his senses and deeply realized two things.

First. Zhao Junchen's eyes can't tolerate sand! If you don't take it seriously and really follow Zhao Junchen's instructions, you still want to deceive Zhao Junchen. Then it will only be him who will suffer in the end!

Second, in front of Zhao Junchen. He Zhao Deqing is nothing! Before seeking benefits for himself, the most important thing is to win Zhao Junchen's support and favor!

In fact, Zhao Junchen may not have the intention of killing chickens and setting an example against Zhao Deqing this time - among the Zhao family in Yangzhou, there are not a few clansmen like Zhao Deqing who have the idea of luck, and they covet all kinds of benefits brought by Zhao Junchen, but they have not seen Zhao Junchen's thunderous methods, and they lack enough awe for Zhao Junchen.

And Zhao Junchen punished Zhao Deqing heavily this time, in addition to Zhao Deqing is indeed unsuitable to serve as the head of the Zhao family anymore, it is also to deter the rest of the Zhao family, so that they can understand that Zhao Junchen can not only bring them endless benefits, but also make them lose nothing in an instant!

Under such a combination of grace and power, it is both respectable and fearful, and Zhao Junchen can firmly control the Yangzhou Zhao family in his hands.

On the other hand, for Zhao Deqing, Zhao Junchen's attack this time was too sudden and too fast, so Zhao Deqing's mind has always been a little chaotic, and he only felt that he was in a dream, and he didn't dare to imagine that he was so light and lost a qiē!

Zhao Deqing was able to serve as the head of the Zhao family for 20 years, although the Yangzhou Zhao family did not have much development in his hands, but there was no decay, so Zhao Deqing was by no means stupid, and when he finally sobered up, and seriously analyzed his current situation, in addition to being depressed and complaining, there was endless panic in his heart.

Zhao Deqing found that so far, it is just a trivial matter for him to lose the position of head of the family, and what is even more terrible is that Zhao Junchen clearly expressed his disgust for him, so that because of Zhao Junchen's attitude, the people of the Zhao family will inevitably respect Zhao Deqing in the future, and Zhao Deqing's status in the Zhao family will be far inferior to that of distant relatives of the side branches, and there will be no place to stand.

In this case, Zhao Deqing not only lost the support of Zhao Junchen, but also lost the support within the family, and he was completely alone, and his future life was miserable, which can be imagined.

In this way, how can Zhao Deqing not be afraid?

Fortunately, after seeing Zhao Junchen's methods and style, Zhao Deqing also deeply understood the importance of hugging Zhao Junchen's thighs, and also knew that the only way for him to turn the situation around now was to regain Zhao Junchen's trust.

In Zhao Deqing's view, even if he temporarily loses the position of head of the family, it is nothing, as long as he regains Zhao Junchen's trust, then his future "restoration" is only a matter of Zhao Junchen's words.

Because of this, Zhao Deqing did not completely lose hope, although his heart was full of awe of Zhao Junchen, but after the dust settled, he still had the courage to meet Zhao Junchen for the first time, hoping to win Zhao Junchen's forgiveness.

Moreover, Zhao Deqing thought that he still had a "trump card" in his hand that was enough to make Zhao Junchen tempted - that is, the promises given to him by Yangzhou salt merchants.

In Zhao Deqing's view, once he helped Zhao Junchen and Yangzhou salt merchants to go online, so that Zhao Junchen could increase his income by hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, it would not be very difficult to win Zhao Junchen's favor and trust again!

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Putting aside the psychological activities of Zhao Junchen and Zhao Deqing, he said that after Zhao Junchen looked at Zhao Deqing, he said slowly: "Speaking of which, you are also my elder, how can you give me such a big gift?" Get up and sit down. The Zhao family is very lively today, and you are one of the core figures, why did you suddenly come to me? But what's the matter? ”

Zhao Deqing stood up cautiously, but did not find a seat to sit down, but lowered his head and said: "The villain asks to see the adult this time, there are two purposes in total, the first is to ask the adult, you are here...... The villain was blinded by self-interest some time ago, not only did a lot of wrong things, but also tried to deceive the adult, now in retrospect, the heart is full of remorse, and now he has lost the position of the head of the family, but also self-inflicted, I dare not ask for your forgiveness, I only hope that the adult you can give the villain another chance, let the villain for the adult, for you, for the Zhao family to contribute again. ”

"It's good to know what is wrong, I'm afraid you don't even know where you are wrong." Zhao Junchen nodded, although he also knew that Zhao Deqing's words might not be sincere, but there was still a trace of appreciation flashing in his eyes: "When ordinary people encounter your situation, they either feel sorry for themselves or complain about others, and they will be sluggish from then on, but not only did you not complain, but you regained your strength so quickly, and even dared to come to me to take the initiative to ask for guilt. ”

Zhao Junchen didn't lie about these words, and in front of Zhao Deqing, Zhao Junchen couldn't tell a lie.

It's just that, based on these alone, Zhao Deqing has no way to regain Zhao Junchen's trust.

However, after Zhao Deqing heard Zhao Junchen's words, his expression was still perk.

Then, Zhao Deqing said: "As for the second thing, it is about the Yangzhou Salt Merchants Association. ”

Zhao Deqing's words had just begun, but Zhao Junchen was already frowning vaguely.

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…… (To be continued......)