Chapter 5 The head of the Zhang family

"What are you going to do with that evil slave who dares to rape his mother?"

Zhang Ruoho looked at this stupid eldest son coldly, an ugly thing spread throughout the Zhang Mansion under his irrational anger, and now it is not only him who is disgraced, but he himself is also involved.

It is the rules of the Zhang clan to set Zhang Xuan as the heir, but Zhang Ruohao himself does not like this son, not only his hypocrisy and selfishness, but more importantly, his mother, it was she who deliberately delayed the rescue time, so that his wife and three sons died tragically under the knife of the Hui people, since she was appointed as his wife, Zhang Ruohao has never had sex with her again.

The son in front of him did not have the slightest bit of the atmosphere and determination that the sect master of the Zhang family should have, he was full of his mother's shadow, stingy, hypocritical, vicious and stupid, Zhang Ruohao sighed secretly, and asked in a long tone: "Why don't you execute him?" ”

At this moment, Zhang Xuan's heart was in a mess, he hated and regretted, hated that Zhang Erliu dared to rape his concubine at night, although he failed in the end, but he had insulted her innocence, and regret was that he should not lose his mind and make everyone know.

Although he wanted to cut Zhang Erliu with a thousand knives in his heart, as the heir of the Zhang family, he had to put on a righteous posture, and when he heard his father's question, he responded cautiously: "The child thinks that although the family rules should be killed with a cane, according to the law of the country, he should not die, so the child is ready to cut off his arm and send it to the government for disposal!" ”

"The law of the land?" Zhang Ruohao sneered, "The law of the country is just a shackle used to restrain the poverty of the common people, and you are the son of the Zhang family, if you act in accordance with the law of the country everywhere, then within ten years, my Zhang family will be destroyed in your hands." ”

Zhang Ruohao's voice gradually became stern, "The man was insulted, when he was angry and killed, you were afraid to deal with a small house slave, and you didn't dare to make a decision, then what else can you do, go!" the stick yourself, give me that evil slave to die with a rod in public!" ”

"Yes! Boy, go now. Zhang Xuan's forehead was already covered with cold sweat, and he didn't dare to wipe it, but he had to quit.

"Wait a minute!" Zhang Ruoho stopped him again, "What do you do with that woman?" ”

Zhang Xuan's heart jumped, he was afraid that his father would ask about it, but his father had already asked, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Erniang is the victim, and besides, she doesn't really ...... body."

"Fart!" Zhang Ruohao was furious, he stood up sharply, pointed at his son and scolded: "You idiot, since you have made a fuss, do you dare to keep her?" If you want to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, don't be the head of the Zhang family, get out! ”

Zhang Xuan's face turned pale with fright, he almost crawled out of his father's room, and when he saw that there was no one outside the house, he glanced back viciously and scolded in a low voice: "Old immortal, one day I want you to look good!" ”

At this moment, a person came to him, Zhang Xuan was startled, and after a closer look, it was Zhang Huan who had a conflict with him yesterday, he was about to reprimand, but Zhang Huan took the first step and hugged him with sympathy: "I heard that the eldest brother is unlucky, and the younger brother is very sympathetic, hey!" This kind of thing is not comfortable for anyone, and the eldest brother can bear it. ”

Zhang Xuan's face turned blue with anger, and he didn't wait for him to have a seizure, only to hear Zhang Ruohao angrily scolding in the house, "What's the wordiness, don't go quickly!" ”

Zhang Xuan glared at Zhang Huan fiercely, held back in his stomach in one breath, and left with hatred, Zhang Huan looked at his back and sneered softly.

The courtyard was very quiet, Zhang Huan didn't report, he stood quietly in the courtyard and waited patiently, and after a long time, he heard Zhang Ruohao say slowly in the room: "Come in!" ”

Although Zhang Huan has been to the inner courtyard many times, but today is the first time to enter the head of the house's room, the room is very simplely arranged, the wall is painted snow-white, a picture of a tiger returning to the mountain is hung in front of the door, and a Luohan bed is placed against the wall, there is a small number on the bed, and there are pen, ink, paper and inkstones neatly placed on the several, and there is nothing else.

Zhang Huan secretly admired in his heart, the more high-ranking people are, the simpler their lives are, and this statement is indeed true.

He walked into the room and bowed to him, "Eighteen Lang has seen the head of the house. ”

Zhang Ruohao stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, raised his head and looked at the white clouds in the sky, and only smiled faintly after a while: "Do you know why I agreed to meet you?" ”

"Eighteen Lang doesn't know?"

"Of course you do!" Zhang Ruohao looked back at him, the silver threads on his head fluttered, and the nasolabial folds on his cheeks were deeply engraved, and he smiled at Zhang Huan and said: "You are very measured, and you didn't move his wife in the main room, which I appreciate very much!" ”

Zhang Huan's back suddenly stiffened, and then slowly relaxed, he didn't deny, he didn't explain, just stood still, waiting for his follow-up words, Zhang Ruohao saw that he was neither panicked nor denied, and couldn't help but secretly appreciate in his heart, he pointed to the straw mat with cushions on the ground and said, "Sit down and talk!" ”

Zhang Huan sat down with his legs curled up, bowed slightly to Zhang Ruoho and said, "Eighteen Lang is here to ask the head of the family!" ”

"Is it the Lin family's land?" Zhang Ruohao saw a trace of astonishment flashing in Zhang Huan's eyes, so he smiled slightly and said, "When you had an argument with Xuan'er at noon yesterday, I was in the pine forest next to me. ”

Zhang Huan suddenly realized, no wonder he could guess that it was his own hand, since he understood this, Zhang Huan said to Zhang Ruohao sincerely: "The head of the family, the Lin family is a good doctor for the world, and he does not charge a penny for the poor people to see a doctor, and enjoys a very high reputation in Taiyuan City. ”

"With me here, it's not his turn to be the master of this matter, I won't move the Lin family's land, but ......" Speaking of the word 'but', Zhang Ruohao's eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze suddenly became sharp, "But you have to remember, my Zhang family can rank fifth in the world, not because of the kindness of help, but in the bloody wind and rain, those who do great things should be ruthless, and there must be no women's kindness, do you understand!" ”

Zhang Huan's heart was shocked, he hurriedly got up and saluted: "Eighteen Lang remember!" ”

The fierce color in Zhang Ruohao's eyes gradually dissipated, and he returned to his usual softness, he stepped forward and patted Zhang Huan's shoulder, and smiled gently: "The eldest husband was born between heaven and earth, how can he be insulted by others, but he can't be rash, he jumps up and kills when he sees insult, that's what a reckless man does, so I appreciate your means of killing people with a knife, you are the material of my Zhang family, go!" ”

After Zhang Huan slowly retreated, Zhang Ruohao suddenly said coldly: "Third brother, are you outside?" ”

Coughing under the back window, a moment, walked in from the main entrance A thin middle-aged man, his eyebrows and eyes are vaguely similar to Zhang Ruohao, but his eyes are more white and less black, looking a little obscene, he is Zhang Ruohao's third brother Zhang Ruofeng, because of poor health, he did not enter the office, when Zhang Ruohao is not at home, the daily affairs of the Zhang family are in charge of him.

Seeing that the eldest brother saw through him hiding outside, Zhang Ruofeng smiled awkwardly and said: "I just happened to have something to look for the eldest brother, it's not easy to disturb, please forgive the eldest brother for the abruptness." ”

"Sit down! Own brother, what are you doing so politely? ”

Zhang Ruohao invited him to sit down, sat on the Arhat bed with his legs bent, and said with a faint smile: "Did the third brother come to me for the Lin family's land?" If so, don't mention it again. ”

"This ......"

Zhang Ruofeng is a little unspeakable, yesterday Zhang Xuan looked for him to take back the Lin family's land, this matter was originally said to be counted, but the eldest brother has been here for the past two days, he is not good to overstep his authority at will, but Zhang Xuan is in a hurry, please ask him to complete this matter within three days, Zhang Ruofeng had to come to the eldest brother to discuss, but since the eldest brother blocked the words, he couldn't open his mouth about the Lin family.

He immediately groaned, and then said with a smile: "Xuan'er has a deep relationship with his concubine, although there are evil slaves, but Hua Erniang is innocent, big brother spare her once!" ”

When Zhang Ruohao exposed Zhang Huan, he happened to be standing in front of the window, Zhang Ruofeng didn't dare to approach, but he didn't hear the first sentence Zhang Ruohao said, and he didn't know that Zhang Huan did what happened last night.

Zhang Ruohao glanced at him and said coldly: "Did Xuan'er ask you to come?" Hum! He's pretty fast. ”

"Big brother, I know that you are strict with Xuan'er, but everyone knows that Hua Erniang is fine, even if she is driven out, she will not be able to remarry, if she goes to be a prostitute, it will be even more embarrassing for our Zhang family, big brother will let her go once!"

"If Xuan'er is not the heir of the head of the family, I will not ask about this matter, but since he wants to be the head of the family, then this matter cannot be accommodated at all!"

Zhang Ruohao took two steps with his hands behind his back, his face was cloudy, and he suddenly said: "I only said that she can't stay in Zhang's mansion, not that I want to divorce her, Xuan'er doesn't understand the difference between them?" ”

"What does the eldest brother mean to let Xuan'er leave the housewife?" Zhang Ruofeng suddenly understood that the eldest brother actually gave in and only let Hua Erniang move outside to live, not to divorce her, it is estimated that he was also worried that Hua Erniang would go out as a prostitute and lose the face of the Zhang family.

Since he understood this, Zhang Ruofeng stopped talking about it, he smiled bitterly, and couldn't help but say again: "Big brother seems to be too strict with Xuan'er, he is actually still young, big brother should give him more opportunities, such as entering the officialdom to hone his skills, it will be very good for him." ”

Zhang Ruohao shook his head, "I also had this idea, but he will participate in the imperial examination next year, and he doesn't care about the past half a year." ”

He sighed, and said to Zhang Ruofeng earnestly: "I'm not in Taiyuan, I hope the third brother can be strict with the juniors, yesterday I went to the academy, and found that many of the Zhang family disciples are very dislike words, and they fall asleep when listening to the teachings, and there are still people who dare to flirt with the people in front of the gate of the academy, the third brother, although the family is inevitably mixed, but it can't be taken lightly, I don't want the Zhang family to collapse in their generation." ”

Zhang Ruofeng got up, bowed and gave a long salute, "Big brother taught me the right lesson, I remembered!" ”

He said goodbye and was just about to leave, Zhang Ruohao stopped him again, and said with a smile: "The eighteenth lang of the sixth family just now, I admire him a lot, I am going to let him be in charge of the money and material expenses of the Zhang Mansion, what does the third brother think?" ”

Zhang Ruofeng suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, the eldest brother wanted to let himself give up his financial power, could it be that he heard anything about it?