"President Shi!"

Master Chen was taken aback after listening to the words of the big man with the national character face, and there was a look of shock on his face, he never expected that the big man with the national character face would mention Shi Hai. Bayi Chinese Network ≠≥≥.≥8≠1≠Z=≈.≥C≥O≈M

Shi Hai is the president of the Salt Merchants Association, and Master Chen once visited Shi Hai in Yangzhou, don't look at him as the overlord of Poyang Lake, but he is nothing compared to Shi Hai, who holds the private salt business of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, to Master Chen's surprise, the big man with the national character face would mention Shi Hai, could it be that the big man with the national character face knew that he was in the private salt business, or was it his unintentional move?

It is worth mentioning that the reason why the Chen family was able to rise quickly in Poyang Lake and defeat other famous families was to rely on the private salt business, but the successive heads of the Chen family covered it up very well, so the outside world did not know that the Chen family was related to the private salt business.

It can be said that the private salt business is the foundation of the Chen family, and the profits of the private salt business account for at least half of the Chen family's total income every year.

Therefore, for the man in the face of the national character suddenly mentioned Shi Hai, the president of the Salt Merchants Association, Master Chen felt quite shocked in his heart.

After the initial stunned, Master Chen calmed down a little nervous, and pretended to look at the man with a strong face with a strong face calmly, his brows furrowed slightly, wanting to know if the man with a strong face was lying.

After all, Shi Hai had a noble status as the president of the Salt Merchants Association, and even when he went to the mansion of the six officials, he would definitely be able to sit down and ask for a cup of tea.

And the man with the national character face actually said that Shi Hai only stood in front of his master, then this is a bit too much, could it be that his master is higher than the official position of the six officials?

But if the status of the master of the man with the national character face is so high, then he is bound to be busy with official business, and there are many opportunities every day, how can he have time to take care of such a thing in Poyang Lake?

At this moment, Master Chen could not have imagined that these two men in strong suits were the guards beside Li Hongyu, and they came to find Master Chen to ask for Chen Tieniu's sister on Li Hongyu's order.

What the big man with the national character face is telling the truth, Li Hongyu, who has the title of young master, is already ranked second in the Daming civil official group in terms of official rank, second only to Ye Xianggao, who has the title of young master.

There is a strict hierarchy in the officialdom, and there is a saying that the official is crushing people to death, so Shi Hai really only has to bow down and stand in front of Li Hongyu.

Seeing that Master Chen looked at him with a look of suspicion in his eyes, he knew that Master Chen didn't believe what he said, but he was not in a hurry, and sat there with another man in a strong suit leisurely sipping tea, as if he didn't care about what Master Chen thought of them.

"You go and check if the second child has brought the woman back in the past two days, and if so, take a good look at the woman!"

Seeing this situation, Master Chen's brows couldn't help frowning, and his heart was suddenly bottomless in the face of the two strong men who were calm and calm, so for the sake of safety, he whispered to the middle-aged housekeeper on the side, no matter what, to protect the woman first.

"Yes!"

The middle-aged housekeeper also realized that something was wrong, bowed to Master Chen and walked away quickly, before leaving, he couldn't help but glance at the two strong men, if the two were liars, then they must be in a hurry to leave now instead of wasting time here.

It didn't take long for a young brother in his twenties, who was somewhat similar to Master Chen, to walk into the living room quickly while tidying up his robe, he was the second son of Master Chen, the second son of the Chen family.

"Hmph, you dare to deceive our Chen family, it's just boring!"

After entering the door, Chen Ergongzi stretched out his hand and pointed at the two men in strong suits, and shouted viciously to the family members at the scene, "Grab them, put them in a sack and throw them into the lake!" ”

Chen Ergongzi's words and deeds seemed a little angry, just now he was in a hurry to press the girl invited from the market today on the boat and tear her dress, wanting to kiss Fang Ze, but was ruined by the middle-aged housekeeper.

Don't look at the second son of Chen on weekdays, but what he is most afraid of is Master Chen, without Master Chen, there is nothing for him, so he did not dare to disobey Master Chen's order, so he had to be reluctant to temporarily let go of the girl who was snatched.

Knowing that someone had forced the snatched girl to give him a head, Chen Ergongzi immediately judged that the other party was a liar, and he already knew that the girl was the daughter of a fisherman on an island in Poyang Lake, and belonged to the out-and-out mud-legged class, so where did anyone in the family know the dignitaries and nobles in the court.

"Presumptuous!" Old Man Chen frowned slightly when he heard this, and then stared at Second Master Chen with a sinking face and scolded, "It's not big or small, how can you talk here, stay and go." ”

"Dad, I've found out the details of that little wave's hoof, it's just a fisherman girl who makes a living from fishing, these two guys must be liars found by her family, and they want to hide from the world, we can't fall for their scam, otherwise we will be laughed at by the outside world!"

If it was left in the past, Chen Ergongzi would definitely not squeak when he was scolded by Master Chen like this, but today is different, he concluded that the two powerful men were liars, so he explained to Master Chen unconvinced.

The two men in strong suits glanced at each other when they heard this, and then leisurely sipped tea there, ignoring Chen Ergongzi and not paying attention to him at all.

"Two, I can hand over people to you, but I hope you can leave a name, so that you know who you are planted in?" Seeing this situation, Master Chen's face couldn't help but become even more gloomy, and then he said quietly to the two powerful men.

"Chen Yuanwai, it's better that you don't want to know the name, it's good for you at this time, but if you insist on wanting to find out the name of my master, I can tell you below."

The big man with a strong face in the national character knew that Master Chen was soft, so he put down the teacup and looked at him meaningfully.

Obviously, Master Chen's intention to find out his name is naturally not only to know who it is planted in, but also to take revenge, which can be regarded as a tactful threat and provocation.

"The two of you go slowly, and you won't send it outside the staff."

When Master Chen heard this, he was speechless, and the threat in the words of the big man with a strong face was even stronger than before, so he frowned and ordered the middle-aged housekeeper on the side, "Send off!" ”

As he spoke, Master Chen turned to leave, his face was extremely gloomy, and his eyes showed a vicious look.

"Dad, why are you leaving!" Second Prince Chen didn't expect that Master Chen would let those two powerful men go, and after being stunned for a moment, he hurriedly chased them out, feeling extremely puzzled by this.

"Please, two."

Although the middle-aged housekeeper had some doubts in his heart, since Master Chen had already spoken, he naturally didn't dare to slack off, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation to the two men in strong suits, and said expressionlessly.

The two men in strong suits then got up and followed the middle-aged housekeeper away, and saw the tattered and frightened little sister of the Chen family in a room, curled up in the corner, looking at them with a frightened expression.

"The second young master of your family has harmed the women of the good family on weekdays!" Seeing this, the big man with a strong face hurriedly took off his coat and threw it to the little sister of the Chen family to prevent her from leaking out of the spring, and then said coldly to the middle-aged housekeeper.

The middle-aged housekeeper's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and then he pretended not to hear the words and ignored the words of the country, and now he still doesn't know the identities of the two strong men, so he is naturally cautious in his words and deeds at this time, and the less he says, the less he will be wrong.

Knowing that the two men in strong clothes came to save her, especially when the big man with a strong face in the national character face showed her a wooden hairpin, the frightened little sister of the Chen family believed the two.

Because this wooden hairpin is the Chen family's little sister's favorite ornament, and then put on the clothes of a big man with a national character face, and hurriedly left with the two, she didn't want to stay in the Chen family's old house for a moment.

The backyard of the Chen family's old house, study.

"Dad, why did you let them go, those two guys are liars at first glance, what kind of backing does a poor fisherman's family have?"

Second Prince Chen came to Master Chen, who was sitting behind the desk, and said unwillingly, "Dad, it's still too late to arrest them back, in case they run away, our Chen family will be laughed at!" ”

"There is a sentence you should know, if you can run, the monk can't run the temple, since you know their details, are you afraid that they won't be able to run?"

Master Chen picked up a book on the table and flipped through it, and said indifferently while looking at it, "If they are liars, Dad will dismantle them and feed them to the dogs!" ”

"Dad, I'll send someone to follow them, lest they run away."

When Chen Ergongzi heard this, he immediately felt that it made sense, so he opened his mouth and said, anyway, he knew the identity of the little sister of the Chen family, if the little sister of the Chen family escaped, the Chen family could arrest her, so he was not afraid that the little sister of the Chen family would not show up.

"You don't have to worry about it, the butler will send someone to follow them, and if they want to run, they will take them down."

Master Chen said to Ergongzi Chen while reading a book, "You are not too young, you shouldn't be idle anymore, start to help in the shop in Jiujiang tomorrow, and learn how to do business!" ”

"Got it, Dad." Chen Ergongzi was stunned when he heard this, and then agreed with a sad face.

He is used to being idle on weekdays, where can he calm down and do business, but since Master Chen said that he dare not listen, only when the time comes, he will go to Jiujiang City to mess around, anyway, the business in the store will be responsible for each shopkeeper, so he is too lazy to worry.

"Master, the people have already left, I sent someone to follow them secretly, as long as they show signs of fleeing, arrest them immediately." At this time, the middle-aged butler walked in quickly, bowed down and said to Master Chen.

"I want to see who their master is!" Old Man Chen's eyes flashed coldly when he heard this, and he said coldly in his mouth, he is the earth overlord of Poyang Lake, so he is naturally unwilling to suffer this loss, otherwise he will be laughed at by the outside world.

However, Old Master Chen, who was all focused on the mysterious masters of the two powerful men, would never have thought that he had committed an unforgivable mistake today, and this mistake would bring ruin to him and the Chen family.

(End of chapter)