Chapter 5 Uninvited Guests
Hearing Liu Baiyuan's emotion, Liu Shan'an also felt the same way: "Today, it seems that the country and the people are safe, but judging from the encounters of these businessmen, the situation in some counties is not very optimistic, but those adults have no time to pay attention to these hidden dangers, and they are all busy composing poems and songs, and even regard themselves as Confucian celebrities." ”
"Yes, I don't want to offend those Confucian characters unless it is absolutely necessary, Hongru will dare to deceive in the name of the Holy Master, and the forces behind it must be extraordinary." Speaking of this, Liu Baiyuan changed his words: "But we can't be too forbearing, otherwise, any cat or dog will dare to come to the door."
We spent nearly 100,000 taels of silver just to aid those Confucian forces this year, not counting this White Lotus Sect, this year has been blackmailed by twelve societies, those societies are as little as thousands of taels, and as many as tens of thousands of taels.
In addition, the imperial court has also increased the tax on us, the Futai Yamen has increased our profits and taxes this year by three times, the Caoyun Yamen has also increased the ship tax, and the governor Yamen wants us to showdown the city defense fee of the county.
This time, Hongru will openly extort 100,000 taels of silver, if we agree to them, it is estimated that the next time someone will dare to extort 1 million taels, so we have to learn to refuse this time. It's a big deal to offend the Hongru Club once, anyway, they are all some scholars, no matter how powerful a group of readers are, they can only write a few words indiscriminately.
In this way, later you take five thousand taels of silver from Wanqiong, and the two of them are drinking tea from the living room next door, and you give the silver taels to the person who came, and if you can use this silver to send the person away, it will be the best, but if the other party is too little, and the lion still opens his mouth, then detain them and hand them over to the prefect's yamen, saying that they have come to cheat money. ”
"Yes, master, I'll do it." After answering, Liu Shan'an was about to turn around and go out, when Liu Baiyuan suddenly called out to him: "What has Liu Fan been doing recently?" Is there any sign of his memory recovering? ”
Liu Shan'an, who was originally frowning, showed a smile on his face after hearing this question: "The changes in the second young master during this period of time can be described as earth-shattering......"
Speaking of this, Liu Shan'an told Liu Baiyuan what Liu Fan had done recently, and after listening to his words, Liu Baiyuan felt a trace of inexplicable relief in his heart, just as he stroked his beard and wanted to say something, he suddenly heard a strange sound outside.
Glancing at Liu Shan'an, Liu Baiyuan walked towards the door with a little doubt.
Liu Fan exercised all afternoon today, and suddenly on a whim, he remembered his previous life, and thought of what happened now, and felt a little embarrassed in his heart for a while, he knew that from now on he would embark on an unknown road, thinking of this, Liu Fan sat on the steps and hummed the classic song "Nameless Road" on the campus before.
"There are two paths in the forest that don't see the end,
I came to the fork in the road and stood for a long time.
One person can't embark on two journeys at the same time,
I chose this one without giving a reason.
Maybe the other path isn't bad at all,
Also buried under the fall scare without footprints.
Then leave it to other people to go later,
This one that belongs to me will go all the way to the end of the world.
The future looks back silently from the end of the path,
I remember that there were two different directions.
And I'm taking the less accessible ....... ”
Beautiful melody, beautiful singing. Lonely figure, melancholy face. When Liu Fan sang, many people in the house were attracted by the singing, Liu Baiyuan, Liu Shan'an, Guo Xiuyun, Mu Wanqiong, Xiaocui, and a strong man and a purple-clothed girl standing in front of the living room, all listened to Liu Fan's singing without saying a word.
Liu Baiyuan and the others were better, they just felt that they had never heard this kind of tune, and they felt a little novel, so they could listen to it. However, the two standing at the door of the living room were different, not only were they very fascinated by what they heard, but they also had an inexplicable sense of identity in their hearts.
This song "Nameless Path" is an episode in a movie about a group of young people who are selected to be sent to the armed police force and become a member of the armed police force. Although everyone has different family backgrounds and different temperaments and personalities, they share the same ideals. They are willing to dedicate themselves to a common goal and are not afraid to sacrifice.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this song, the two Hongru Club members actually resonated, remembering their original intention of joining the Hongru Club, and thinking of the days after they joined the Hongru Club, the lives of the two seemed to stand on a fork in the road for a long time, and finally, the two gave up the road and chose a difficult path.
After a song, Liu Fan found that there were people standing around, and he smiled at everyone a little embarrassed, he got up and walked back to the room to rest, and at this time, the strong man in the living room saw Liu Baiyuan, he strode towards Liu Baiyuan, the girl glanced at Liu Fan's room, and then followed the big man towards Liu Baiyuan.
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In the prefect's yamen, Xiang Tutuo was drinking tea in the back hall, suddenly, a fat figure ran towards the back hall, after entering the house, the man said coquettishly: "Father, you have to be the master for me, I heard that the second boy of the Liu family is not dead, and now he is almost recovered, you hurry up and snatch him to marry me." ”
After hearing this, Xiang Tutuo was a little unhappy: "Hmph, Liu Fan's kid doesn't know how to lift, he dared to run away from marriage in public, and he lost face for his father, if it weren't for Liu Baiyuan sending 10,000 taels of silver to make amends, his father would have cut that Liu Fan with a thousand knives, like that kind of uneducated and arrogant uneducated and unskilled man, don't worry about it, you are the daughter of the dignified Yangzhou prefect's family, and you can't get married?" ”
"Father, my daughter is dying of sorrow, you don't know my size, I've been dating for three years, and the men I've met are enough to form a hundred-person team, but no one wants my daughter yet, I don't care, I'm going to marry Liu Fan, if you don't agree to me, then I'll go on a hunger strike." After speaking, Sunflower pursed her mouth angrily, turned her body, and deliberately ignored Xiang Tuto.
After seeing his daughter's actions, he persuaded Tutuo: "Girl, why do you have to marry that Liu Fan?" You also know his character, eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling and stealing, all five poisons, if it weren't for their solid family background, and there was no eldest son in the family to compete for the family property, how would the father agree to your marriage? Listen to your father's advice, Liu Fan is not suitable for you. ”
Hearing this, Sunflower hurriedly explained: "Father, you don't know yet, Liu Fan lost his memory after jumping into the lake and committing suicide, he forgot all the previous vices, not only that, but that guy also seemed to have changed as a person, becoming gentle and knowledgeable." I don't care, my daughter will take a fancy to Liu Fan, you snatch him for your daughter. ”
Seeing his daughter's vigorous entanglement with herself, Xiang Tutuo couldn't stand it, he also knew his daughter's situation, and no one wanted it, so he could only throw it to Liu Fan.
Thinking of this, Xiang Tutuo groaned slightly, and then called the head of the team in the palace, and asked the head of the team to bring more people, and go to Liu's house early tomorrow morning to propose marriage, if the Liu family does not agree, they will snatch Liu Fan over, if anyone dares to stop it, they will directly take down the punishment.
After hearing the order, the squad leader took the order and left, looking at the departing figure of the squad leader, a smug smile appeared on the sunflower's fleshy face......
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In the living room of Liu's Mansion, the big man and the girl looked at the five thousand taels of silver tickets handed over by Liu An, and couldn't help but show a sneer: "Steward Liu, are you sending Huazi away?" Just five thousand taels of silver tickets want to send us away, you can't help but underestimate our Hongru Society. ”
"Two, although our Liu family is a merchant family, but also ask yourself some forces, although my lord does not want to offend friends in the Confucian world, but he is not afraid of anyone, businessmen pay attention to harmony and make money, so he ordered the old man to give your teacher five thousand taels of silver, if the two are too little, then the old man has no choice."
"You ......" After the strong man heard this, he just wanted to say something, but at this moment, the purple-clothed girl next to him, who had been silent, spoke: "Senior brother, there is no need to say more, since Liu Yuanwai ignores our Holy Master in his heart, it is useless to say more, and afterwards, when the Holy Master condemns Liu Mansion, he will regret today's actions." ”
After speaking, the girl in purple got up and left the living room, seeing this, the strong man snorted coldly at Liu Shan'an, and then followed suit, looking at the figures of the two leaving, Liu Shan'an showed a sneer.
After leaving the gate of Liu's Mansion, the strong man caught up with the purple-clothed girl and asked anxiously, "Senior sister, shall we just go back like this?" This time, we didn't get a penny, so how can we explain to the vice president when we go back? ”
"It's natural to go back, but it's not the two of us who go back, we have to bring someone back, as for the money, as long as you bring that person, Liu Baiyuan will have to ask us to ransom him even if he goes bankrupt." The girl said in a cold tone.
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At night, Liu Fan was sleeping soundly in the room, suddenly, he felt something strange at the head of the bed, and opened his eyes in a daze, Liu Fan's eyes suddenly flashed a trace of horror, it turned out, I don't know when? In front of his bed stood a strong man and a slender girl in purple.
Looking at the two people of unknown origin, Liu Fan tried to calm himself down, he quietly looked at the two opposite, neither shouting nor begging for mercy. After the strong man and the girl in purple saw Liu Fan's reaction, they were a little surprised in their hearts, they didn't expect Liu Fan to be so calm, this Second Young Master Liu didn't seem to be as cowardly as rumored.
"Aren't you afraid?" The girl in purple opened her mouth to speak, her voice was like the singing of a yellow warbler, very pleasant to the ear.
"I'm scared, but I don't dare shout. If I shouted loudly, you would definitely hurt me. But if I cooperate with you honestly, there is no need for you two to hurt me, so I dare not provoke you. Liu Fan said truthfully.
"You're also a good person, since you're so upright, then I won't go around the bush, I want you to go to a place with us, will you be obedient?" The girl in purple asked softly.