Chapter 37: The Assault

Na Zhe shook his head: "Da Lang, don't make things bigger." ”

"It's okay, the head of the family has already told me, let me help you Liwei, everything can be done freely, he will back us up."

After saying that, An Dalang grabbed the young man's clothes and dragged him out. Na Zhe hurriedly followed. An Dalang dragged the young man all the way to the small square inside the main entrance of Cui's house, threw him to the ground, and began to punch and kick, the young man rolled with his head in his hands, and kept begging for mercy in his mouth.

Soon a lot of people came, pointing and talking. But no one came up to intercede, it seems that this kid is usually not very popular.

Na Zhe came over and hugged An Dalang, "Don't fight, you have so much strength, don't beat him to death." ”

An Dalang said casually: "How can I kill him, Lao Tzu has killed hundreds of people in the north, and he is not bad for this pickled talent." ”

Na Zhe said: "Don't be angry, just clean him up, our goal of Liwei will be achieved, and it is estimated that no one will argue with us in the future." ”

An Dalang had ropes brought and tied the young man to a tree, "No one is allowed to give him water or food." Let him bask here for a few days. This is the order of the head of the house. ”

The young man drooped his head and did not beg for mercy. At this time, Cui Hong passed by here and saw this scene. He came to greet them and asked what had happened.

An Dalang spoke, Cui Hong lowered his voice and said: "This person's name is Wang Shungu, he is the nephew of the mother of the head of the family, and last year he begged the old lady to arrange an errand for him, and the head of the house asked him to serve as the steward of the outer house, specializing in running around outside and purchasing some sundries. This time to prepare for the auction, there were not enough people, so he was sent. Unexpectedly, he and the two of them had an unpleasant encounter. ”

Na Zhe asked: "He is the nephew of the old lady, how is the relationship with the old lady?" ”

Cui Hong looked around and whispered, "Without the face of the old lady, does he dare to be so arrogant?" The old lady has a small family, and she loves this nephew very much, if she knows about it, she will definitely be angry, you are probably fine, but the head of the family is about to suffer. Sir, you go to Mrs. Jiang and ask her to talk to the head of the family about it, and the little lady will help persuade the old lady. ”

Na Zhe thanked Cui Hong and said to An Dalang: "I'll go find Jiang Wuniang, you stay here, don't beat him again, we have to settle this matter as soon as possible, don't make trouble for Dao Shu." ”

October 5, 962 (the third year of Jianlong) (lunar calendar)

In the valley in the eastern part of Qishan Island, Zhao Zizhong led hundreds of people to build a large number of people, and twelve wooden houses have been built. Wei Hongye took a few masons and began to try to make a fire kang in the house, but Wei Hongye had never done this work in modern society before, and the masons were a little confused, so they could only experiment, and failed several times.

Everyone gathered together to figure out how to solve this problem. "I think the main thing is that the adobe is not strong enough, and we should find ways to strengthen the stickiness of the soil," Boris said. ”

"There is also a lack of support inside the adobe, so we should lay more wooden sticks as a skeleton and paste mud on it, and it will be strong enough." Du Dalei proposed.

"Adding some grass to the mud should increase the strength of the adobe."

Wei Hongye told the Cui family's guards to tell the masons their opinions, and the masons said that they could try it, so they started experimenting separately. Du Dalei said: "When I was idle yesterday, I climbed the mountain while walking with Lao Bao, and found a cave, which is quite large, and I think it can be used as a warehouse." ”

"You can also store * in it, away from where we live, it will be safer." Boris added.

At this time, a shout came from afar: "Brothers, I'm here----"

When everyone looked at it, it turned out that An Dalang was running over here, and everyone was surprised, and they didn't know what was going on with him. Zhao Zizhong greeted him, "Brother, why are you here, is there anything big happening?" ”

An Dalang ran to the front and hugged Zhao Zizhong, "Brother, I miss you very much, so I came." ”

Everyone met and exchanged a few words, and Zhao Zizhong asked: "Something must have happened, otherwise you can't come over in a hurry, let's talk about it?" ”

An Dalang sighed: "It's not a big deal, it's just that he beat a guy who doesn't open his eyes." Then he told him about the events of the previous days. After the incident, the mother of the head of the family was very unhappy and asked the head of the family to punish me, and the head of the family said: 'That gentleman and An Dalang are my sworn brothers, they represent my will, and Wang Shungu is not doing well, and he also contradicts my brother, so what if I don't talk in the future?' If you fight, you will fight. Then the head of the family fined him a year's salary, deprived him of his position as a steward, and told him that if he made a mistake, he would be expelled from the Cui family. After that, the stewards and servants of the Cui family were a lot more honest, and the things that the third brother explained went very smoothly. It's just that the old lady is unhappy and always doesn't give the head of the house a good look. I was afraid that their mother and son would be out of harmony because of me, so they told the head of the house that they would come here to help. There happened to be a boat coming to the island to deliver supplies, and the head of the family sent me over in the name of escorting the supplies. ”

Du Dalei shouted: "If you fight well, that kind of goods should be beaten hard, I think it's still light, if I'm there, I have to beat him out." ”

Wei Hongye said: "Let's rest for a few days when you come, you have been running around these days, and it is hard enough." ”

"It's okay, second brother, I'm in good health, I don't need to rest. I'm here to do the work, so hurry up and arrange an errand for me. ”

Boris patted him on the shoulder, "You shouldn't be leaving this time, are you?" You can teach me martial arts when you have time! I've wanted to learn for a long time. ”

"No problem, as long as you can endure hardship."

Du Dalei shouted: "I also have to learn, and Hu Yidao and Tian Renfeng also have to learn." ”

Since then, Hu Yidao and Tian Renfeng's hard days have come, and every morning when they get up, Zhao Zizhong takes them to train for mountain cross-country running. Working with everyone in the morning, learning martial arts with An Dalang in the afternoon, and learning the 'Three Character Sutra' and arithmetic in the evening, the days were very hard, but under the deterrence of Du Daleiguan's 'little black house', he gritted his teeth and persevered.

Boris and Du Dalei insisted on practicing martial arts with An Dalang every day, and An Dalang began not to teach them martial arts, but only let them practice strength and endurance, saying that their bodies were not strong enough, and their flexibility was not good, and they were easy to get injured when practicing martial arts, so the two of them ran long distances, lifted stones, and stretched tendons every day.

Wei Hongye and the masons went through many experiments, and finally made the ondol, and after a few days of fire tests, the ondol did not collapse, but some small cracks appeared. The masons glued the cracks with mud and it would be fine.

Zhao Zizhong led people to continue to build wooden houses, and successively built public toilets, warehouses, canteens, classrooms, and under Du Dalei's strong request, built a public bathhouse.

October 13, 962 (3rd year of Jianlong) (lunar calendar)

In front of Cui's manor, there were many luxuriously decorated carriages, and there were fifty or sixty people dressed as coachmen and servants, gathering in twos and threes to talk. The wealthy and wealthy businessmen who were invited from all over the south of the Yangtze River arrived one after another, and the Cui family was busy receiving distinguished guests, and Cui Daoshu ushered in and sent them, circling among these people.

Na Zhe has been very nourishing these days, the stewards and servants of the Cui family are obedient, and the auction scene is quickly arranged. Na Zhe rehearsed programs with the literary and artistic workers of this era---- singers, piano masters, and dancers (all invited from the Qinglou) during the day, and talked about life and ideals with the beautiful little lady at night, and lived a happy life.

At night, Na Zhe was listening to the little lady singing the lyrics, and the servant knocked on the door and came in, saying that the head of the house was waiting for him in the study to discuss things, and Na Zhe asked the little lady to sleep first, and followed the servant to Cui Daoshu's study.

Entering the study, Cui Daoshu looked tired, and when he saw Na Zhe coming in, he said with a smile: "Third brother, you can be so happy these days!" Why don't I redeem that little lady and let him serve you? ”

Na Zhe was a little embarrassed, "It's not good, the brothers are all working hard, but I'm enjoying happiness here, and getting a little girl to my side, how embarrassing is that." ”

"It's okay, this is the atmosphere of this era, Cheng Zhu Lixue in later generations has not yet appeared, it is nothing to find a few maids, so it is decided, I will redeem her after the auction, it will not cost a few dollars. Arrange one more for each of the brothers on the island, and then no problem. ”

Na Zhe was secretly happy in his heart and thanked Cui Daoshu. They discussed the process of the auction together, deliberated repeatedly, and before they knew it, it was late at night. After reviewing the text of the speech, the two went back to rest.

In Mingzhou City, at the home of Liu Yan, a father and son were talking about something. Liu Yan is forty-five years old, of medium stature, with a gloomy complexion and sharp eyes, like a goshawk in predation.

The young man on the opposite side was the green-robed boy who had a dispute with the traversers, and he said: "Father, the Cui family held the 'Overseas Treasure Auction' the day after tomorrow, and it is said that the treasures auctioned were brought by those merchants, and they were unique treasures, each of which was priceless, and I think those merchants were mediocre, not that the Cui family was boasting about them, right?" ”

Liu Yan stroked his beard, "The Cui family is a famous family, and they won't do anything they are not sure of, and they still have to maintain the face of the family." How those treasures are, you will know the day after tomorrow. ”

"Father, I want to go to Cui's house the day after tomorrow, do you have any way?"

"Don't think about it, I wasn't invited, what are you! There was news from the state capital that Lord Thorn Shi would come to the auction site in person, and other officials were not eligible to participate. ”

The young man was a little angry: "Then I won't be beaten in vain!" I have to avenge this! ”

Liu Yan sneered and said: "The Cui family is now in the limelight, and they are wealthy, they pay a lot of wine sales income to the Assassin Mansion every year, it is said that there are tens of thousands of yuan, and we can't afford to mess with the Cui family now." Lord Assassin sent a letter a few days ago, which meant that I could not take revenge on the Cui family. We can only endure it now, but they'd better not let me find anything! ”