Chapter Twenty-Four: Always Remembered by Thieves
After the Hundred Flowers Poetry Meeting, Cao Wei's talent spread far and wide, and everyone in the scholar circle knew that Mei Yushi had accepted a good student named Cao Wei, who was full of talent, and the artistic conception of the two Yongmei poems was lofty, and few people could compare. Especially the sentence: "The shadow is sparse and the water is shallow, and the dark fragrance floats in the dusk of the moon." "The most praised by the world, the ladies of the family have copied one after another, and Yangzhou paper is expensive for a while.
It is not Mei Qingrou who became famous with Cao, but a rich lady named Su Qiang'er, whose nickname "Constipation Girl" is also resounding in the literary and artistic circles, it is reported that Miss Su Qiang'er was so ashamed and indignant when she heard her nickname that she almost wanted to hang herself, but she was rescued by her servants.
In Mei Yushi's study, these two poems were also transcribed on the raft paper on the desk, and Mei Yushi wanted to help the students revise one or two to cheer up the teacher's style, but found that half of the word could not be changed, and finally had to stroke his beard and his head, showing a satisfied face.
At the turn of autumn and summer, the sky is high and cool, and the autumn wind is mixed with a little cold air blowing through Yangzhou Mansion. Watching the leaves wither and fall, Cao Wei was sad, lamenting that time is fleeting, the years are not there, and then ...... It also made people create a recliner, which is more comfortable and atmospheric, especially the neck is equipped with slippery mink fur, and the best mink fur is used, so you don't have to worry about the neck hurting after lying down for a long time.
Cao Wei thinks that since time is fleeting, it is better to be comfortable in time, it is better to be busy and miss the good years, it is better to live the second half of his life in mediocrity, he came to this world to enjoy happiness, how can he be embarrassed to let himself be tired...... Such a lazy life made Mei Yushi reprimand, and afterwards he also asked people to put mink on the deck chair......
On October 8, the twelfth year of Hongzhi, when Cao Wei was still sad and falling leaves in Meifu, Pan Fu appeared at the door of Meifu with an anxious face and asked the servants to inform Cao Wei to leave the mansion.
When Cao Wei went out to greet him, Pan Fu hurriedly said: "Something happened to the drunken immortal!" ”
Cao Wei hurriedly welcomed Pan Fu into the Mei Mansion, and half an hour later, in Pan Fu's narration, Cao Wei understood the cause and effect of the matter.
Cao Wei's first feeling was: I was worried about the thief again! The largest liquor brewing family in Yangzhou Prefecture, the Shen family of Liuquan Valley. Liuquan Valley is located in a small valley not far from the southwest outside Yangzhou City, there is a mountain spring flowing in the valley, the name is: Liuquan. It has to be said that the ancestors of the Shen family had the foresight to build the center of the Shen family in the valley, next to the flowing spring, and left the ancestral teaching: the Shen family has lived around the Liuquan Valley for generations.
After several generations of operation, the Shen family has taken deep roots in the liquor industry in Suzhou Prefecture, and its exclusive Liuquan liquor is well-known throughout the dynasty and is among the tribute liquors. The Shen family's relationship network in Yangzhou Mansion is also very complicated, and I heard that there is a lot of filial piety to the prefect every year.
There are always many shady things in the development of large families, such as annexation, coercion, and even murder. Two days ago, a son of the Shen family came to Qinyang County, and after meeting Pan Fu, he said that the drunken immortal brew was originally the secret recipe left by the Shen family, and hoped that Pan Fu could return the drunken immortal brew to the Shen family, and the Shen family was willing to reward three thousand taels of silver, if it was not returned, I was afraid that the elders in the family would not be very happy!
The tone is very sincere, as if a child has been lost in a big family, and now he finds that this child appears in the house of a little rich man in a small county town, and quickly sends someone to bring the child back, saying that he will give thirty yuan as a reward, and vaguely indicates that if he does not return it, there are still powerful characters waiting in the family, and it is very likely that he will be rude.
After Cao Wei heard this, Jun's face flushed, and he sneered: "Ben Xiucai is in Caojia Village, he has a short temper, and he is the most light and heavy.
Brother Pan, investigate all the news of the Shen family, the more detailed the better, especially the relationship between the interests of the Shen family and the officials of Suzhou Prefecture.
Besides, bring the account book of the drunken immortal brew, this time it must be done once and for all, otherwise everyone will think that the drunken immortal brew is a piece of fat, and everyone wants to come and take a bite, and people have to know that not everyone can bear it when Xiucai moves. ”
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Facts have proved that Pan Fu's work efficiency is very high, that night, the information of the Shen family appeared on Cao Wei's desk, the rich and powerful said that the Shen family, more than 100 years of development and operation, the Shen family is not only winemaking, but also involved in cloth, restaurants, tea and other industries.
The head of this generation of the Shen family is the second master Shen, the old man Shen acted absurdly when he was young, stayed in the land of fireworks for a long time, and was broken in the process of competing with other young masters for fans, and the father of the Shen family felt that two of the three legs were broken, and the car could be turned over like this by driving, which means that the work is not done well, and such a high-disabled person will lose the face of the Shen family as the head of the family, so in the family council, in front of all the principals, the position was passed to the second master Shen.
As for Master Shen, he has truly achieved a disability in more than 20 years, and when he broke two legs, he used the shortest leg left to the extreme, and gave birth to seven sons in one go, like seven gourd babies.
In recent years, there have been constant conflicts between the Shen family's big house and the second house, because when it was time to choose the head of the family, the seven gourd babies felt that since their father was a big house, he did not become the head of the house more than 20 years ago due to physical reasons, so this time the head of the house should be returned to his heir, that is, the big baby!
However, after enjoying the treatment of the head of the family for more than 20 years, how can the second room of the Shen family give up the position, so Shen Yun, the eldest young master of the second room of the Shen family, has a lot of recent business activities, the purpose is to increase his chips and voice in the selection of the head of the family.
When Shen Yun tasted the Drunken Immortal Brew, he knew the profits and began to investigate Pan Fu's background. I have to say that Cao Wei, the owner, is very hidden, except for Pan Fu and Cao Wei themselves, only Sweet Potato knows.
If Shen Yun knew that Cao Wei was the owner of the Drunken Immortal Brew, he would still be afraid of Mei Yushi's face, and Pan Fu was just a powerless businessman in his opinion, just like a pretty widow without a man, who was easily toyed with by himself.
And so, the conspiracy began......
"Senior brother, I heard that Fu Bo said that you didn't have dinner tonight, so you gently brought Senior Brother's favorite egg fried rice, and added two eggs." Mei gently walked into Cao Wei's room with a lunch box.
Cao Wei looked directly at Mei Gentle and said, "Gentle, if someone wants to rob your beautiful newlywed wife, what will you do?" ”
"Senior brother, I'm a girl, how can I have a wife?" Mei said softly and shyly, the deer in her heart bumped into each other, could it be that the senior brother is hinting at me something?
"What if you're a man and someone wants to rob your wife?"
Mei sneered softly: "Whoever dares to rob my wife and children, I will definitely break his legs!" ”
"Okay, then we'll break his leg!"
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