Chapter Forty-Nine: King Xu's Old Story

"You mean, the root of the grievances between the two families is actually in a painting?"

Lin You felt that his ears must be broken. The Xu family and the Wang family are all members of the Jiangnan family, and the Xu family has lasted for thousands of years, and I don't know how many outstanding people have appeared. Although the Wang family has only emerged in the past few hundred years, it is also profound.

Don't say anything else, let's just say that this good story of the three jinshi is enough for the old Wang family to be happy for many years. It is not an exaggeration to say that these two families, together with servants, tenant farmers, and hired laborers, affect the lives of tens of thousands of people.

Such two behemoths, because of a painting, are so fantastical that even the most brain-dead online novels dare not ...... Well, they dare to write that, but someone has to believe it, right?

However, life is sometimes more fucked up than art, and the contradiction between these two is really caused by a painting.

With Xu An's telling, Lin Yo understood the whole thing.

When the Wang family first emerged, the Xu family was still a tyrant in the south of the Yangtze River, and there were people in the court who were officials, and their official positions were not low. The Wang family is just an emerging family, and the foundation is not thick, but the head of the old Wang family, who had a good relationship with the Xu family back then, and the two sides combined, yes, we have such a good relationship, don't talk about what the family is, although your old Wang family is still far inferior to the Xu family, but don't bully the young man to be poor, maybe what will happen in the future? I am assured of your Lao Wang's character, so let's get married.

So, the big official of the Xu family gave his ** to Lao Wang's second son, after all, he is familiar with the way, and everyone can rest assured.

At that time, the Xu family had a big business, and there were people in the court, which can be said to be the most powerful branch of the Jiangnan family, whether it is official resources or agricultural and commercial industries, it is second to none.

The Wang family was just a new family at that time, although there were also two children who were high school jinshi, they would still be Jiupin officials, and the family's industry was not as rich as other families, let alone compared with a behemoth like the Xu family.

But the head of the old Wang family is also a character, yes, let's ask for a daughter-in-law is not to ask a princess to come back and be angry, since the two families are married, then we can't be talked about on the scene. The old Wang family master gritted his teeth, the dowry money was eager to sell more than half of the Wang family, and he had to do enough pomp.

This wedding is grand and rich, naturally not only the Wang family itself has face, but also the Xu family, which originally belonged to the next marriage, also has face. Originally, there was still some disdain within the Xu family, and the voice of the old Wang family was gone, but since it was the most favored ** of the Xu family to marry, there was absolutely no reason for people to overwhelm it.

Not only did the younger brothers and sisters of the little sister of the Xu family have the intention of fighting, but even the elders of the Xu family feel that if the dowry on their side is arbitrary, I am afraid that it is not the Wang family who looks down on the little sister, and will be wronged in the in-law's family at that time.

Anyway, this little sister is really favored, at that time the head of the Xu family was her own grandfather, and when the dowry was made, this old man was enthusiastic, opened the ancestral library, took out a painting, and let the little sister take it through the door.

If it was something else, it would be fine, but this painting is a family heirloom that the Xu family regards as a treasure. The Xu family in the south of the Yangtze River once produced a great painter Xu Xi, who was a native of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and finally followed by the lord Li Yu to submit to the Great Song Dynasty, and then died of illness. He is the best at painting grass insects, this painting is a "double butterfly play" painted in his later years, that is, two butterflies flying among the flowers, and there is a song called "Two Butterflies" in later generations, which is rumored to be made for Xu Xi for a few years...... (fog).

As a result, things are bad for this painting.

On the second day of marriage, the pearl of the Xu family's palm actually committed suicide in the Wang family's cave room.

This time, the Xu family has exploded, and your old Wang family must give an explanation!

The most bizarre thing is that the "Double Butterfly Play" written by Xu Xi disappeared out of thin air!

It's really weird.

It is said that if it is just a painting that is stolen, it is not a big deal, the Xu family has a big business, just a painting, at most, it is a little uncomfortable to lose the relics of the ancestors, but this painting involves a living life of the Xu family, then you can't give up!

It was originally a happy event, but it turned into a funeral. Under the rage, the Xu family launched a comprehensive revenge on the old Wang family, not only in commercial suppression, but also in the court, and spared no effort.

This time the two sides finally became mortal enemies, and they were entangled for decades afterward, but overall, the Wang family has always been at a disadvantage. Until the past ten years, the older generation of the Xu family has gradually withered, Xu An's generation, including Xu En's father, no one in the clan has come out, but the ancestral tomb of the old Wang family has smoke, and there are three jinshi in a row, including a second-class jinshi.

At this moment, the offensive and defensive momentum was suddenly reversed. It is said that the economic base determines the superstructure, but more often than not, the political game of the upper class can determine the victory or defeat. The Xu family is not only in decline in the court, but basically runs out of food, and the Wang family is famous and the situation is at the right time. The Xu family has been passively beaten for many years in this situation.

After listening to this long and bloody story, Lin He shook his head helplessly, where is this, this is not a detective novel, why is it a century-old unsolved case at every turn. Forget it, it's none of my business, don't care about the!

Lin He carefully understood the situation of Duanyue Tower and Qijian Building, and then thought about it carefully.

In modern words to analyze, the Wang family this year to the momentum is quite big, the official face is also big, the bird from the first day of the Wang family has been taking the high-end route, the main business objects are officials, literati, family children, the main environment is elegant and beautiful, no matter the degree, food, decoration, wine, service staff are extremely exquisite and elegant, and now has formed a very good reputation.

In Jiangling Mansion, and even in the entire Jiangnan area, as long as the restaurant is mentioned, this Qijian Building is a first-class good building, especially the Wang family also operates two of the best green buildings in Jiangling Mansion...... This is a bird's eye, and Lin He has to obey its excellence.

Moreover, Cai Jing once invited Lin He with a banquet in the Bird Building, and he realized that although it was not as delicious as the advanced food he brought from later generations, it was indeed exquisite and lovely, and it was quite everyone's style.

Duanyue Lou Lin and I haven't been there.

However, they are all a family, and Xu An is also very direct, and he handed over the situation of the entire Duanyue Building very clearly.

Anyway, the condition of the building is very bad.

Originally, before the opening of the Quejian Building, Duanyue Building was the first restaurant in Jiangling Mansion, and at that time, everyone's high-end banquets were held here. But then the rise of Que Jianlou, Duanyuelou's chess was poor, and he failed to keep up with the pace of his opponent, and gradually lost his high-end business.

But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Xu family can't compete for the high-end, so they are determined to go to the mid-end business, after all, in addition to officials and scholars, others also have to eat, right? So Duanyuelou began to lower the price, and used the delicious and low price as a signboard to attract customers.

Originally, although it was always ridiculed by the people of the old Wang family, the number of customers in Duanyue Lou was more than that of the old Wang's family, after all, there were still a few people who could spend a lot of money, and the broad masses of the people were the most potential market.

But...... This delicate balance was broken, just a month ago, Lin He was born, and the popularity of the snack street instantly made the Xu family sit on pins and needles. Especially after learning about the relationship between Lin and Lin Yue, it was really stuck.

It doesn't matter if he sees the building, anyway, his family is a high-end business, and the snack street can't affect him, even if there are rich people who want to taste the delicious food of the snack street, it's a big deal to let people buy it, after all, these big people can't accept squeezing around on the street with those inferior people for food.

But Duanyuelou itself is low-end, and the snack street directly snatches away his users. But he can't use all kinds of ways to get Lin You's secret recipe like Que Jianlou. Lin Yue had already let go, if anyone dared to seek his nephew's secret recipe, he would break someone's leg.

The eldest lady of the Xu family is still very deterrent when she speaks, Xu An has been so clean in the store for more than a month that she doesn't even want to come to the flies, and seeing that the situation is getting worse and worse, she has to come to Lin He for help. If Lin You hadn't been busy with the lottery during this time, he would have come to the door a long time ago.

Change one day earlier, a little more income, the Xu family has a big business, and you want to have just a meal.

However, Lin He has more ideas than him in this matter.