Chapter 10 The War of Words
"I called your three brothers early in the morning, for the sake of my father, you must know too, cough cough cough... cough cough cough... , the virtuous son of your fourth brother's family is back! Good grandson, come and meet some of your uncles and cousins! ”
Zhang Xian respectfully stood behind his grandfather, heard his grandfather speak, turned around respectfully, hugged his fists at the three uncles, and said loudly: "The little nephew met the three uncles, last year the little nephew was ordered to go home, and was murdered by gangsters on the way to serve the court, but unfortunately the little nephew lost his memory and forgot everything that had happened, so that he couldn't find his way home!" Later, perhaps God thanked my grandfather, father and uncles for their concern for my little nephew, and by chance, I returned home like divine help! Go back to your ancestral home today. One is to go to the ancestral hall to thank the ancestors for their blessing, so that the little nephew can return safely; Second, I came to thank my grandfather and uncles for their concern and love for me! ”
After Zhang Xian finished speaking, he was about to kneel, and at this time a grim voice sounded: "Wait, if it is really my cousin Zhang Xian who is back, I believe that grandpa and several uncles and cousins are very happy, but as far as I know, Steward Wang came back after the disappearance of Brother Xian, but he insisted that Cousin Zhang Xian had been killed by the bandits, and was swept away by the torrent and washed away by the dark river, the dark river was deep and low, and there was an exit dozens of miles away. It's just that the body was not found at that time, so it was said that my cousin was missing! You do look like my cousin, but if you just look like my cousin and come to deceive my Zhang family, then you are in the wrong place, I, Daniel Zhang, as the county lieutenant of this county, will definitely put you in prison and wait for the county master to be severely punished! Bold fanatics, don't hurry up and recruit them truthfully! If you don't explain honestly, the county government torture equipment is not vegetarian! ”
Zhang Xian looked up and saw the man who spoke, and stood under his father, seven feet tall, with a big waist and a round waist, a disheveled beard, dressed in soap clothes, and his eyes staring at him like an eagle, this should be the eldest uncle Zhao Yong that his father said, and secretly said in his heart, it is estimated that this original Zhang Xian has indeed been killed, otherwise, why would it be concluded that others are dead and dead before the body is seen?
Zhang Xian looked again, the three uncles obviously believed what Daniel Zhang said, nodded frequently from time to time, and the grandfather sat on the Taishi chair, his face seemed to be slightly angry, but he did not say anything to stop it, it can be seen that even the grandfather seems to have some doubts. I'm a person who has crossed over, and if I can't deal with you, wouldn't it be a joke! Seeing that his father's face was already cloudy, and he seemed to be about to get angry, Zhang Xian hurriedly gestured to his father and said:
"Father, Lord Peace, presumably this Qiyu Xuanang should be Daniel Zhang's cousin, cousin I have lost my memory, I really can't remember, please forgive me!" Since my cousin is a county lieutenant and is in charge of public security in prisons, arresting and stealing, and paying attention to real evidence, dare to ask my cousin, is what the younger brother said correct? Besides, my Zhang family is also a big family in Yangzhou, the patriarch and grandfather are still here, and the uncles have not spoken, is it really my cousin After I lost my memory, the Zhang family even changed the etiquette of respect and humility? ”
"You, you, you... Grandpa and three uncles forgive their sins, the juniors were indeed reckless just now, but as a member of the Zhang family, the juniors also hope to find out the truth about the cousin's homecoming, and they are out of shape for a while, and they ask grandpa and uncle for forgiveness! Let the juniors continue to inquire about the situation, after all, this is related to the inheritance of my Zhang family's bloodline. ”
The cousin was robbed by Zhang Xian, and he stammered for a while, and his eyes shot at Zhang Xian with resentful eyes again, Zhang Xian calmly stared at his cousin's eyes and sent an innocent smile. As soon as I turned around, I heard my grandfather speak:
"Daniel Zhang's grandson, if you have doubts, you can speak well, before you find evidence that your cousin is not alive, Zhang Xian's grandson Ren has merit and fame, that is, for my Zhang family's good grandson, you must not be rude to your cousin!" If you want your cousin to go to jail, put your grandfather in jail first! ”
When Daniel Zhang saw that his grandfather was angry, he quickly said, "Sun Er knows that he is wrong, Sun Er will ask each other well, what my cousin said just now about the arrest of thieves in prison, it is natural to pay attention to evidence, but the county lieutenant told you that reasonable inference is also the basis for determining whether a person is suspected or not, so you still honestly explain clearly, who are you?" Dare to pretend to be my fourth uncle's cousin, it's a coincidence, now you actually have amnesia, I'm afraid you want to cover it up! ”
After hearing this, Zhang Xian smiled lightly, bowed to his grandfather in the hall, and said: "Grandson thank grandpa for his care, but grandpa rest assured, it can't be fake, it can't be fake, since my cousin said that we should pay attention to real evidence, can there be a real evidence to determine that I am dead?" The cousin said that he was suspicious, but the suspicion was just a suspicion, and it could not be used as evidence for conviction, just like someone said that my cousin and I were killed by my cousin's bribery of water bandits, so that the eldest uncle's family can justifiably be the patriarch and share more family property! Although there is no problem with this logic at all, and my cousin does have this suspicion! But my father and mother directly scolded these people who chewed the root of their tongues, saying that my Zhang family, in the decades that my grandfather has been the patriarch, brothers, friends, brothers May I ask the eldest uncle, is what the younger nephew said reasonable? ”
Seeing Zhang Xian turn his gaze to himself, Uncle Zhang Xian was shocked today, the original Zhang Xian, in addition to reading, was almost a white man in life, speaking today, although it seems polite, but it contains swords and swords, aggressive, it seems that this nephew does not get rid of it, not to mention that he wants to be the patriarch, it is also a problem to want to divide more family property, but now is not the time to turn his face on the surface.
"Ahh What the virtuous nephew said is reasonable, who dares to chew the root of his tongue so indiscriminately and fall into the middle of my Zhang family's disharmony, it is really unreasonable! It's just that what your cousin said was what Steward Wang said when he came back, and your uncle and your cousin also believe in the virtuous nephew here, but the words are terrifying, I wonder if the virtuous nephew can agree to let Steward Wang come and explain it to everyone in person? ”
Zhang Xian didn't want to stiffen the relationship between a family, but the family is like this, if you give others the appearance of weakness and bullying, don't think about living a stable life in the future, sometimes, you have to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, just a metaphor, really words like a knife, quietly exposed the conspiracy of the eldest uncle and cousin, the stabbing uncle and Daniel Zhang's face is blue, but the eldest uncle is also a well-informed person after all, but he speaks several levels higher than his stunned son Daniel Zhang.
"Uncle just let the housekeeper come and ask, the nephew knows everything, and the nephew also hopes that the elders will find out the truth of the matter here today! After all, my Zhang family, as a big family, can't make the family unhappy because of some trivial things, and be laughed at by the neighbors. ”
After Zhang Xian finished speaking, several uncles and cousins began to whisper, everyone seemed to be thinking about what kind of ending today would be, what kind of attitude should be used to maximize the interests of their family, at present, the best attitude is to keep silent first, see how things go, the eldest brother and the fourth brother, who wins with whom.
A moment later, a chubby, short, middle-aged man ran in, bowed to everyone, and said:
"The old slave greets the old lady, the old man, the son!"
When Zhang Fan saw Steward Wang, he clearly saw Steward Wang's eyes flashing with panic and uneasiness, and he didn't dare to meet his eyes at all.
"Butler, you went to pick up Childe back last year, but you said that Childe and you were killed and injured by water bandits and fell into the water, and Childe was swept into the torrent and washed into the dark river, and there is no chance of survival? You have to think clearly before answering, my Zhang family treats you well, don't lie in front of me. ”