Hushui Town, the old residence of the Chen family.

The Chen family is a famous family in the Poyang Lake area, and it has been more than 200 years since the first generation of the Chen family started from scratch in Hushui Town.

Over the past two hundred years, under the careful management of various generations of family heads, the Chen family has continued to grow, so that it has dominated Poyang Lake and gained a prominent momentum.

At this time, the old house of the Chen family, the backyard study.

"Master, the deadline for fishing tax is coming, why don't we beat those mud legs." A middle-aged man who looked like a butler bowed down and said to an old man in his sixties sitting behind a desk.

"It's all a bunch of poor ghosts who can't squeeze oil and water, what's the use of beating?"

The old man couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, and a sinister look appeared on his face, "Tell them to go down, if they don't pay the money, let them bring the boat and the house!" ”

This old man is the head of the Chen family, the earth overlord of Poyang Lake, Master Chen, who is the master who will tremble when he stomps his feet on Poyang Lake.

"What the master said is that those mud legs can't pay the fishing tax, and we can just take over their property." When the middle-aged housekeeper heard this, a flattering smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he nodded and said.

"Master, everything for Governor Lu is ready, I will have someone send it tomorrow, and the end of the year is approaching, presumably Governor Lu will also go to Nanchang to walk around." Subsequently, the middle-aged housekeeper put a gift list in front of Master Chen.

Lu Zhifu is the prefect of Jiujiang Mansion, to which Hushui Town belongs, if Master Chen wants to be safe and sound in Poyang Lake, it is naturally indispensable to have a good relationship with the local government, Jiujiang Prefect is the most important official in several state capitals around Poyang Lake, so at the end of each year he has to give a generous gift to Jiujiang Prefect.

"Not this year." Master Chen didn't look at it, and threw the gift list back to the middle-aged housekeeper with a flick of his hand.

"Master, tomorrow is the day to give gifts to Governor Lu, if Governor Lu can't receive something......

The middle-aged housekeeper was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then carefully reminded him, you must know that Governor Lu, as the parent official of Jiujiang Mansion, is not easy to provoke, this is a tacit understanding reached by the two parties, and it is an exchange of interests between power and money.

"Governor Lu's backer in the imperial court has fallen, I'm afraid he won't be able to work for long in Jiujiang Mansion, our money is a meeting gift for the new prefect." Old Man Chen took a sip of tea and said slowly, he would not do a loss-making business.

"Master, will Governor Lu climb another high branch?"

The middle-aged housekeeper suddenly showed a look of surprise when he heard this, and then asked carefully, no matter how you say that Governor Lu is only a dignified prefect, if Master Chen makes a wrong move, then the consequences will be unimaginable;

"The view of the door in the court is deep-rooted, and it is not so easy to change the court."

Master Chen sneered disdainfully, "The surname Lu has not received many benefits from us in the past few years, if he falls this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to stand up, even if Dongshan makes a comeback, he will not come to Jiujiang, we don't need to deal with him." ”

"What the old man said is very true." The middle-aged housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and bowed down and said.

"Master, there are two outsiders with a Beijing accent who want to see the master, and they are waiting in the living room in the front yard." At this moment, a subordinate hurried forward to report.

"Capital accent?"

When Master Chen heard this, he couldn't help but look surprised, and felt a little surprised, could it be that the dignitaries and nobles he knew in the capital sent someone?

A local snake like Master Chen knew that he must have made a lot of enemies, so he naturally had to find a way to protect himself, so he tried his best to make friends with the dignitaries in the capital.

For the sake of safety, he found backers in the Donglin Party and the Qichu and Zhejiang parties, so that no matter which side gained power in the court, he would have his advantage.

"Let's go, let's see." Therefore, Master Chen didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand, and led the middle-aged housekeeper to the front yard living room in a hurry, wanting to see what kind of person was coming.

Don't look at Master Chen calling for wind and rain in Poyang Lake, he knows the sinister nature of the world, and it is easier for those officialdom magnates to let him die than to pinch an ant to death.

In the living room, two sturdy men in strong suits were sitting there talking in a low voice, and when they saw Master Chen coming in, they looked over.

"I don't know what the two of you are looking for?" Master Chen glanced up and down at the two men in strong suits, and asked quietly, thinking that the two of them were dressed like their entourage.

Like other wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty, Mr. Chen also spent money to donate the fame of a "foreigner", and became a local gentry, and was respectfully called "outsider".

"You are the head of the Chen family?"

Hearing this, a big man with a strong face stood up, looked at Master Chen with an expressionless face and said, "My master said, those who don't know are not guilty, as long as your second son releases the woman he kidnapped, this matter will be settled." ”

"I wonder who your master is?"

Master Chen's face suddenly sank when he heard this, and the other party came to find fault for a long time, so he looked coldly at the hardcover man with the national character face and said, he has been on the market for so many years, how can he be frightened by the words of the hardcover man with the national character face!

Therefore, Master Chen has to find out the details of the other party first, he can see a lot of liars like this kind of pretending to be ghosts and bluffing on the market, and some people even pretend to be Qin Cha to cheat.

As for the incident of the second son of the Chen family who robbed the people's daughter mentioned by the man with a strong face in the national character, although Master Chen does not know the specific incident, the so-called knowing son is not as good as the father, judging from the style of the second son of the Chen family who is flying and domineering on weekdays, there must be such a thing.

The second eldest of the Chen family is only in his twenties this year, and he was born by the wife of Master Chen.

Because Master Chen only has two sons, it can be said that the population is thin, so the middle-aged Master Chen who has a son has doted on the second child of the Chen family since he was a child, and turned a blind eye to his evil deeds in Poyang Lake.

"You don't need to know who my master is, you just need to know that my master has given you a chance, if you don't hand over the person for us to take away, or if something happens to the woman, then my master doesn't mind cleaning up the stains in Poyang Lake."

The big man with a strong face looked at Master Chen with a cold expression, and said proudly, he didn't put Master Chen, the overlord of Poyang Lake, in his eyes at all, and deliberately accentuated the pronunciation of the word "stain" at the end.

This made Master Chen's heart suddenly furious, it was obvious that this "stain" referred to him and the Chen family, and no one had ever dared to threaten him so nakedly in person.

"What a bold man, this is Chen's Mansion, is this a place for you to go wild casually?"

The middle-aged housekeeper saw that Master Chen's face was gloomy as if he was forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, so he stretched out his hand and pointed at the big man with a strong face, and shouted at the door, "Someone!" ”

With a hula, with the voice of the middle-aged housekeeper, a group of Chen family members poured into the living room and surrounded the two men in strong suits.

Master Chen coldly observed the reaction of the two strong men, although he was angry now, but he didn't dare to act rashly before verifying the identity of the other party, this is also the middle-aged housekeeper just called those big men in and didn't let those big men catch the two big men in strong clothes, wanting to put psychological pressure on the two big men in strong clothes.

If the two powerful men are swaggering liars, then they will definitely panic at this time, and then it will be difficult to escape the "magic eye" of Master Chen.

"Chen Yuanwai, I would like to remind you now, if something happens to that woman, this consequence is not something you can bear!"

However, to the disappointment of Master Chen, the two men in the big suits did not panic in the slightest, and looked at the men in the room behind the menacing family members and looked at Master Chen expressionlessly, and the big man in the big clothes with a Chinese character face warned with a cold expression.

"How dare you threaten my master, don't give you a little bit of power, you don't know how many eyes Lord Ma has!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged housekeeper stretched out his hand and pointed at the big man with a Chinese face, and then said viciously, "Do you know how many people who offended my lord in this Poyang Lake have fed fish?" ”

"Zai Xia is not interested in this, Zai Xia just knows that if something happens to that woman, I am afraid that it will be Chen Yuanwai who goes to Poyang Lake to feed Wang Ba!"

The big man with a strong face sneered when he heard this, then leaned on the chair behind him, stared at the gloomy face of Master Chen and said, "Outside Chen, are you handing over the people, or are you waiting for my master to send someone else?" ”

"Bastard thing, I don't know how thick the sky is, come here, tie up these two daring guys and throw them into the lake to feed the fish!"

Seeing that the big man with a strong face said to feed Master Chen to Wang Ba, the middle-aged housekeeper who was loyal to the Lord changed his face and yelled at the family members at the scene.

Anyway, the two men in strong suits didn't show their identities, so they were tied up, even if the backers behind the two were powerful, it would be useless, and the Chen family couldn't let those unidentified cats and dogs run to make waves.

"Slow!"

Seeing that those housekeepers rushed towards the two strong-suited men, Master Chen, who had been quietly watching the changes, suddenly spoke, and raised his hand to stop those familymen, many years of social experience told him that these two strong-suited men who were in danger were not easy behind them, so it was better to be careful.

"I don't know what you're talking about, but I can let people check it, but before that, you must at least let my staff know your identity, otherwise how can I toss at home with your words?"

Then, under the gaze of everyone, Master Chen said to the two men in strong clothes with a serious expression, "The later you reveal your identity, the greater the possibility that something will happen to that woman, and then your master will investigate it, and it will be difficult for you to escape from it." ”|

"Chen Yuanwai, although I can't tell the identity of my master, I can tell you one thing, even if it is Shi Hai of the Salt Merchants Association, when he sees my master, he can only stand down!"

The big man with a strong face in the national character face groaned for a moment when he heard this, and then said to Master Chen in a deep voice, his tone was full of pride.

(End of chapter)

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