Fangfu in the capital

Changping thundered in the front hall, like a little lioness in a state of rage, constantly walking back and forth on the marble floor of the front hall

Vincent knelt on one knee in front of Changping, and he didn't dare to come out, his face was drenched in cold sweat, but he didn't dare to wipe it

Changping's face was blue, and after walking back and forth a few times, he suddenly stopped, stood at Vinson, pointed at his nose and scolded: "Tell me yourself, how many days?" How many days? How can my husband have such a waste of men as you? ”

Vincent lowered his head and said tremblingly: "Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, it's been six days......"

"For six days and six days, you didn't even find a trace of the court to feed you dry? My husband is your top boss, and now he has been missing for six days, but his subordinates have no clue, tell me yourself, are you a waste? Changping's voice was hoarse, and his emotions were a little out of control

Vincent's face was ashamed, his head hung deeply, and he said dejectedly, "My subordinates should be damned...... Your Royal Highness Princess, it's not like your subordinates haven't found any clues......"

Changping squinted at him and said coldly: "Oh? Got eyebrows? Let's talk about it."

Vincent hurriedly said, "At present, the subordinates have been. It can be determined that Lord Fang is not in the city, and his subordinates also inquired that after Lord Fang left the West Palace Gate that night, he was attacked in Huowa Lane, and then someone appeared early the next morning, and an ordinary carriage with a blue canopy hurriedly left the north gate and headed north......"

"And then?" Changping asked coldly

Vincent said, "And ...... Then the subordinates followed. Along the road all the way to the north, the carriage was now near Xuzhou Mansion, two hundred miles away from Beijing, and it lost its trace, and it was missing......

"That's it? Gone? ”

Seeing Vincent nodding helplessly, Changping. couldn't help but be furious, jumped to his feet and scolded: "After six days of investigation, only one was found missing, this is the result you gave me?" Damn you rice buckets, how much money and energy did my husband invest in you, I expected you to serve the court and be loyal to my father, but you are good, you can't even handle a small missing case, what's the use of the court supporting you? Now my father-in-law and mother-in-law are sick in bed, and if my husband can't find them, they won't be able to get better, and these are all your faults."

Changping scolded and scolded, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he said sadly: "...... I'm even my husband. I don't know if it's dead or alive, the Fang family's business is so big, it's nothing for me to take it all in, but this family can't lack the backbone......"

Vincent hurriedly said, "Your Royal Highness, please rest assured, although your subordinates have not yet been. After finding out the specific location of Lord Fang, his subordinates dared to use their heads to vouch for it, Lord Fang's life was definitely safe The thieves took Lord Fang hostage out of the city, two hundred miles away from the capital, it was certain that they would not harm Lord Fang's life, otherwise they would not have gone to such great lengths......

"I hope it's as you say," Changping sighed sadly. That is, his face was straight, he stared at Wen Sen coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Wen Sen, this palace will give you another five days, no, three days, you must find the whereabouts of my husband, isn't there still five thousand people in Feng Qiudao?" Let him concentrate near Xuzhou Mansion and look carefully, and turn over the land for me inch by inch, I don't believe that this gang of thieves can hide my husband in the sky."

See Vinson's expression. A little embarrassed, Changping was unmoved, and said coldly: "Wen Sen, you are my husband's subordinate, it stands to reason that I shouldn't be so harsh, but this matter is related to my husband's life and death, this palace has to force you within three days, if there is no news, this palace will enter the palace to face my father, since the shadow is so bad, what is the use of keeping?" It's better to revoke the cut."

Wen Sen was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed to the ground and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, please rest assured, your subordinates will do their best, and if you find Lord Fang's whereabouts within three days, if you break your promise, your subordinates will come to see you."

Changping waved his hand and said coldly: "Don't waste time if you hurry up and do it."

Vincent bowed again, got up and hurried out of the Fang Mansion, heading for the shadow training camp outside the city

Changping looked at Wen Sen's hurried back in a daze, and suddenly sighed deeply, and his delicate face appeared a little sad and worried

Where the hell is that bastard? Did he suffer? Beaten? The weather is getting colder, did the thief make him freeze and hungry?

At this time, Yan Ran walked into the front hall gently, her face was also sad, and when she saw Changping, Yan Ran barely showed a little smile, and said softly: "Sister, husband...... Still haven't heard any news yet? ”

Seeing that Changping was silent, Yan Ran knew the answer, and his heart was bitter, and his eyes were involuntarily filled with crystal tears

Changping stood up suddenly, wiped the corners of his eyes fiercely, and said firmly: "Don't cry that your father-in-law and mother-in-law are sick, the Fang family can't fall, you have to rely on a few of our women's families to support you, don't let your husband down."

Hearing this, Yanran quickly wiped her tears and nodded

"What about Sister Feng and Xiao Lu?"

Yan Ran said softly: "Sister Feng went to the porcelain shop in the south of the city of the Fang family early in the morning to check the accounts, and Xiao Lu is boiling medicine for her father-in-law and mother-in-law...... Sister, the shopkeeper of the gold shop in Youzhou wrote a letter, saying that after the Turkic retreat, the city of Youzhou has gradually recovered its prosperity, and there are more and more wealthy merchants who create gold and jade, and the business of the gold shop is booming, so there is a growing shortage of gold and jade, please send another batch of gold and jade as soon as possible to protect the reputation of the Fang family's business."

Changping nodded and said, "This is a good thing, tell the chief shopkeeper of the business, allocate two carts of gold and jade, and ask the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau to escort them to Youzhou,...... By the way, ask Zheng Dan, the head of our family's nursing home, to pick a dozen good skills, escort the car together, and tell him, there can be no mistakes, I will write a letter to him, if the situation is not right on the road, he can take the letter to the local government for help, just say that this is the goods of the princess of the Hua Dynasty, and the government does not dare not be unsatisfied."

Yanran nodded and wrote them down one by one

After Fang Zheng disappeared, Master Fang and Mrs. Fang both fell ill and could not be a director, now the Fang family business is such a big mess, all supported by the four daughters of Changping, although the four of them are not enterprising, but there is more than enough to keep the success, with the concerted efforts of the four women, the huge ship of the Fang family business has been moving forward smoothly and orderly, and there has been no mistake

After the business was handled, Changping sat on the Taishi chair in the front hall, looking into the distance with beautiful eyes, Yan Ran was silent, sitting quietly aside, and the front hall was filled with an atmosphere of grief and sorrow, which did not disperse for a long time

After a long time, Changping suddenly gritted his teeth, and said hatefully: "If the old lady finds out who has tied up my husband, the old lady will be poor and fall into the Yellow Spring, and he will be broken into thousands of pieces, and the nine clans will be late."

When Yan Ran heard this, she also nodded hatefully and said, "Yes, this person should be killed."

Changping looked up at the sky, stood up and said, "Let's go, it's time for us to say hello to my father-in-law and mother-in-law, has Imperial Doctor Wu in the palace come to see my father-in-law and mother-in-law today?" ”

"I've been here, and I've prescribed another medicine, but I don't know if it works......"

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In the council hall of Qinglong Mountain, a pot of charcoal fire was burning red, Fang Zheng shrunk his neck, stretched out his hand in front of the charcoal fire, kept rubbing vigorously, and from time to time took the wine glass on the table, and took two sips of spirits

Luo Yueniang sat opposite him, and when she saw him looking afraid of the cold, she couldn't help but sneer: "Is it so cold?" There are more than 200 brothers on the mountain, and no one is as cold as you......"

Fang Zheng bared his teeth and said: "Nonsense, you all have kung fu in your body, and you don't tighten your shirts on a cold day, I'm a weak student, and I can't stand the cold at all,...... Hehe, so, you have to take care of me and care about me......"

Luo Yueniang glanced at him up and down, and shook her head dissatisfiedly: "To be honest, do you know martial arts?" ”

Fang Zheng was stunned and said: "Of course not, the so-called laborers govern people, and laborers govern people, of course I belong to the category of laborers......"

"Can't do martial arts? Then how did you beat Hu Laosan like that? It's really ruthless, Hu Laosan is still lying on the bed and scolding his mother......"

Fang Zheng smiled dryly: "Accident, hehe, it was purely an accident, maybe I sympathized with Hu Laosan's hero, so he deliberately released the water ......"

Luo Yueniang cut off and said disdainfully: "What about the heroes, the green forest characters of the three mountains and five mountains have been several times, how can there be a despicable hero like you?" I'm stupid, and I raised you to the second master, and put aside the other masters, and cut you down with a knife earlier, so as to save a shameless person like you from harming others in the world."

Fang Zheng was unhappy: "Hey, how can you talk?" Are you still wronged? I'm more wronged than you, it's a good day, but somehow I have become a second-in-command, this is for my father and mother to know, I have to be killed......"

After speaking, Fang Zheng secretly added in his heart: Don't mention that Lao Tzu is still an official of the imperial court, what's the matter with being a bandit on this broken mountain? Let the officials of the court know, maybe how to impeach me......

Luo Yueniang raised her eyebrows when she heard this: "Ho, you are the second master, you have a good temper, you dare to cross your eyebrows and green eyes with me, are you guts?" The old lady loosens your muscles and bones? ”

Fang Zheng immediately lowered his head obediently, lowered his eyebrows and said, "I was wrong, I am still young and ignorant, you can forgive me......"

"You ......" Luo Yueniang couldn't cry or laugh, "We have one more second-in-command like you in Qinglong Mountain, it's really ...... Alas, the blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable."

Fang Zheng smiled flatteringly, and was about to open his mouth to pat Luo Yueniang's ass, when Scarface broke in

"In charge, I brought more than 30 brothers, and dug up the official road repaired by Xuzhou Mansion at night, and the brothers worked very hard, and dug off the official road for three zhang to grow, even if the government used the people to rush to repair, I was only afraid that it would not be repaired well for three or four days, hehe......"

Luo Yueniang's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: "In other words, in the past three or four days, passing merchants and passers-by can only walk at the foot of our mountain?" ”

Scarface smiled innocently and nodded: "Yes, this idea from the second master is so good, why didn't so many of us think of it in the first place?" In the end, I read people, and I am much more knowledgeable than our old man, hehe"

Fang Zheng rolled his eyes: "Hey, talk well, who are you scolding?" You're a reader, your whole family reads."

Luo Yueniang glared at Fang Zheng with joy and hatred, and snorted: "This guy has a bad stomach, tell the brothers to be careful, don't be calculated by him......"

Scarface agreed loudly: "Don't worry, our brothers will be careful, and never let the second boss take advantage of us."

Fang Zheng: "............"

Now that the first step has been successful, it is imperative to plan for the next step

Luo Yueniang patted Fang Zheng and asked, "Hey, what should we do next?" ”

Fang Zheng took a sip of wine, his face distorted for a long time, and then he took a long breath, rolled his eyes and said, "What should I do?" Robbery, still use me to teach you? Isn't that what you're doing? ”

"But how should I rob and who should I rob? How do the brothers arrange manpower? It's up to you, you have to come up with a charter."

Luo Yueniang used to do business alone, and the bandits in the mountains were only responsible for the dirty, so they didn't know anything about teamwork and the like

Fang Zheng looked at Luo Yueniang, who was dazed, and then at the scarred face who was also dazed, and suddenly sighed and said, "What did you do before?" Have they never done business together? ”

Scarface said with a ashamed face: "I used to be in charge of the family alone, and then when I found an opportunity, I went alone, moved my belongings back to the mountain, and distributed them to my brothers......"

Fang Zheng was stunned and said, "What about you?" There are more than 200 of you, what are you doing every day? ”

Scarface sneered, "We'...... We waited every day in the mountains for the head of the house to come back,...... Or if they lack money, dozens of people will temporarily form a team, go down the mountain to find a fat sheep to slaughter, and rarely act with the master......"

Fang Zheng was stunned for a long time before he held back a sentence: "I rely on the bandits in the whole world, and you are the happiest, and now I suddenly start to envy you, I really ......"

Turning his head to look at Luo Yueniang, seeing her natural expression, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her doing this

Fang Zheng shook his head and said: "Master, let me say something ugly, don't you like to listen to it like you, Qinglong Mountain will finish playing sooner or later, and the brothers will disperse sooner or later, to be honest, you are too spoiled by them, this is not a good thing......"

Luo Yueniang glanced up at Fang Zheng and said lightly: "The old lady is their leader, and more than 200 people eat and drink Lazar, of course the old lady has to take care of it, what's wrong?" ”

"What's wrong? It's so wrong" Fang Zheng glanced at the scarred face full of shame, and snorted, "I heard that the oldest of the brothers is also forty years old?" There are more than 200 people, and none of them stand up to help the master? Like more than 200 unweaned milk babies, waiting for you to give them silver flowers? Don't you forget, you are just their leader, not their wife, even if you are their mother, raise your son to be dozens of years old, and your son should know how to be self-reliant? They have strength in their hands and feet, and they are not crippled, so why should they rely on you to feed them? It's a man, go to get your own money, what's it to rely on a woman to support you? It's not as good as a little white face like me......"

Scarface lowered his head and remained silent, the muscles on his face twitching, obviously ashamed to the extreme

Luo Yueniang's face was gloomy, and she said coldly: "The second master, it's too much, what are you talking about?" Brothers scoop rice in one pot to eat, who makes more and who makes less, is it necessary to divide it so clearly? That's a terrible thing to say."

Damn, this little girl is still a selfless dedication type of living Lei Feng, a leader like Lei Feng has been in office for two years, Qinglong Mountain is actually safe, I have to say that this girl's luck is not ordinarily good......

Scarface's face was flushed with shame, and he interjected: "The master, don't blame the second master, he is right, the brothers can't go on like this anymore, they are all men with hands and feet, why do you have to rely on you?" I mentioned to you two years ago that brothers share blessings and difficulties, and of course everyone has to work together to rob the road, but you ...... But they thought our brother was in the way, and beat us back......"

Fang Zheng said with a smile: "The master, although the words are ugly, but the truth is not bad, you haven't forgotten the fact that Sun is expected to betray the mountain?" Why was he able to incite more than a hundred brothers to rebel against the mountain gate together? To tell you the truth, this is the result of your habit of eating a lot of fish and meat every day, and a lot of money is waiting, of course they enjoy it, and once the business is not prosperous, they drink less wine and eat less meat, and they don't have much money, they are not satisfied, and they get up to make trouble, why is this? It's because they don't do anything, just sit and wait for the money, so they don't have a sense of belonging to this collective, thinking that they deserve as much as they get, and it's natural for you to be in charge of raising them, and they don't know how difficult it is to earn a tael of silver - I take the liberty of asking, when Luo Lao was in charge of the house, he also did this? ”

Luo Yueniang opened her mouth and didn't speak

Scarface replied: "When Luo Lao was in charge, the brothers were all working together, at that time the brothers were quite united, when the days were poor, there was only a mouthful of meat left in the pot, everyone pushed it around, and no one refused to eat it, which is like now, for fear that he will eat less, alas, ......"

"When did it start to be like this?"

"Since the death of Luo Lao, many of the old brothers on the mountain have washed their hands, and some are sick, or were killed when they were doing business, and some of the remaining dozens of old brothers were injured, and some were old and weak and couldn't move their hands, and the head of the house had no choice, so he had to do it alone every time he bought and sell, and then the head of the house recruited a group of people to go up the mountain, at first, it was indeed prosperous for a while, but then they saw that the old brothers could get the silver without doing it, and gradually, they didn't do it, and the head of the house had to do it alone, alas, It's hard for her, a young woman, but for our group of ......"

"Scarface, shut up Rory is wordy, believe it or not, the old lady smoked you?" Luo Yueniang coldly interrupted Scarface's nagging

Fang Zheng finally suddenly realized that this was the case, and found the crux of the problem

Fang Zheng smiled at Scarface and said: "You go and tell the brothers, eating white food is not a good habit, not to mention that after relying on a woman to raise us, we have to set up a rule in Qinglong Mountain, do business and divide silver, just like the reward according to merit in the army, whoever gives the most effort, who can get more, on the contrary, whoever does not contribute will not score and disobey the brother who rolls down the mountain by himself, and the brother who wants to share the silver without working hard, we are not rare from now on, the mountain rules are like military law, the mountain rules are like mountains, and the military law is like mountains."

Glancing at Luo Yueniang, Fang Zheng continued: "Ahem, as for the two masters of Qinglong Mountain, of course they don't have to do it themselves, they just need to sit in the big tent of the Chinese army and deploy in the center to make a thorough plan, but well, the credit is the greatest, and the silver must be the most.

Scarface hurriedly nodded and said, "Of course, the head of the family has worked hard for our brother for so long, and it is time for our brother to wait for her......"

Luo Yueniang said coldly: "Of course, the fart brothers do business, the old lady must make a move, as for the second master, there is no need to make a move, so that he will be tied up by a fat sheep, and we have to redeem him with silver, and this transaction will lose money......"

Relying on this little girl's mouth is poisonous enough, Fang Zheng glared at her stupidly, but didn't speak

The three of them were talking, when suddenly a bandit broke in excitedly, with an unconcealable excitement on his face, and shouted: "The boss is here, the fat sheep is coming."

The three of them glanced at each other in surprise, and Fang Zheng smiled: "It's really fast, Scarface has just dug up the official road for less than one night, and the merchant has changed his route to our Qinglong Mountain?" Wahahahaha, God called us wealth, we don't dare not not, not only want, but also want a big special"