Hearing the news, Tang Jing, who was like a dream, almost fainted again, and said tremblingly: "Dig out the silver overnight, and we will move tomorrow......"

Mrs. He looked at her husband coldly and asked angrily, "Who kidnapped Xu Kun?" ”

"Now that Xu Jie has returned to his hometown, there are so many enemies of their Xu family, who knows who kidnapped him?" Tang Jing's tone seemed confident.

This windfall also surprised Zhu Hui, and asked cautiously: "Uncle, although Xu Kun was kidnapped, what should I do if the people of the Xu family find him?" ”

Tang Jing rolled his eyes at He, then at his eldest daughter Tang Qiong, and stared at Zhu Hui for a while, as if only he was worthy of his trust, he was silent for a moment, and said with a smile: "Boy, listen to your uncle in the future, I promise to treat you as my own son, go, dig up silver with me!" ”

"Uncle, this silver is well hidden, what are you digging it out for?" Zhu Hui asked.

"You know the! Let you go, don't go soon! Tang Jing shouted.

Seeing that He stopped Zhu Hui, Tang Jing was furious, and was about to give her a slap when he came up, but Zhu Hui grabbed his arm to death, making Tang Qiong and Tang Yao cry in fright.

Tang Jing wanted to scold He Shi, but felt that Zhu Hui didn't seem to be on his side, so he held his face in both hands, squatted on the ground and cried bitterly, and stammered: "You, you know, how did I come over all these years, I, I? Now, this family has been tossed like this by the surnamed Xu, and I have no face to see people, and I would rather go out to beg for food than prepare to spend ...... here."

Seeing that the husband was crying so sadly, He wiped his tears and persuaded: "This is an ancestral family business, if it is sold, after a hundred years, how will we explain to our ancestors?" Besides, where can we run after taking other people's money? ”

Tang Jing stopped crying, held his wife's hands, sighed, and replied seriously: "Over the years, I, I, Tang, can't stand your mother and daughter, and in the future, I can't let you be wronged anymore!" ”

Mrs. Ho stood up, led everyone to the back of the kitchen, pointed to a low house full of miscellaneous items, and said, "The silver is in the cellar below." ”

Tang Jing's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he said to Zhu Hui: "Boy, if you don't help me carry the silver, what are you waiting for?" ”

Tang Qiong stopped Zhu Hui, turned to look at her father, and asked timidly, "Daddy, but, but this silver is not our family." ”

Tang Jing glared at him and shouted, "Qiongqiong, what do you know?" What is in our house is ours. ”

Tang Qiong was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything more, and when Zhu Hui lit the candle, under the guidance of He's, he picked up the sundries piled on it and found the entrance to the cellar, Tang Jing couldn't wait to go down the cellar with the candle in his hand.

Looking at the boxes of white flowers and silver, as well as countless gold ornaments and jewelry, Tang Jing laughed loudly, and felt dizzy, and his body fell to the ground with a soft fall.

He Shi heard a plop below, the candle went out, and hurriedly shouted: "Zhu Hui, go down and take a look, how is your uncle?" ”

Zhu Hui went down to the cellar, only to see Tang Jingzheng foaming at the mouth and lying on the ground with convulsions, hurriedly put the candle on the wooden box, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, shook his head, and shouted: "Uncle, wake up!" Wake up......"

The He and Tang sisters heard that the voice was wrong, so the mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried.

Zhu Hui rubbed Tang Jing's temples for a long time, and when he saw that his teeth were clenched and his whole body was trembling, he pinched his middle hard, and after a quarter of an hour, Tang Jing woke up.

Finding that Tang Jing opened his eyes in a daze, Zhu Hui asked, "Uncle, do you really dare to ask for this silver?" ”

Tang Jing got up from Zhu Hui, as if he had been reborn, and replied: "Good boy, you still don't know the origin of our Tang family, when you are free, my uncle will tell you, as long as you listen to me well in the future, I guarantee that you will have a bright future." ”

Zhu Hui listened and nodded ignorantly.

"Do you know who kidnapped Xu Kun?" Tang Jing then asked.

Zhu Hui was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shook his head.

"Hehe, I judge, this is Lin Feng's shopkeeper Chen stationed in Ningbo did it, he kidnapped Xu Kun as me, if we don't hurry up and transport the silver away, are we still waiting for Chen Yuanhua or the Xu family to come to us to settle accounts?"

"Uncle, what are you going to do with all this money?"

Tang Jing took half a step back, asked with a stiff face, "What do you say you can do with all this silver?" ”

"Uncle, now that the imperial court is allowed to sell East and West, there is this silver as capital, so it is better to use it for business."

Tang Jing knew that Zhu Hui was in a hurry to go back to find his father, so he patted him on the shoulder with a smile, nodded and replied, "I see it's okay, boy, help me transport the silver out." ”

The two of them were busy until the rooster crowed for the fifth watch, and before they even finished moving 100,000 taels, they were already too tired, Tang Jing put the gold jewelry thrown on the box into the blanket he carried, locked the door of the utility room, and then placed Zhu Hui in the wing room to sleep, and he dragged his tired body back to the bedroom.

At noon the next day, he found that Tang Jing was still asleep, and He lay silently beside him, his eyes looking at the roof, and his tears wet the pillow towel......

Seeing Tang Jing turn over, He pushed his head away and asked, "Husband, I think we don't move this silver for the time being, okay?" ”

Tang Jing pushed He away, sat up and scolded: "You conscienceless mother-in-law! If you hadn't been looking for trouble every day, why would I take my wife and young son out? Why have you been robbed for so many years? That Xu Kungou has used human power, over the years, I don't know how many women from good families have been ruined, greedy for my money, dominating my family, and being retributed by God, do you still speak for him? ”

Mrs. He, who was in tears, looked at her husband speechlessly, put on her clothes, opened the door and left.

After Tang Jing got up, he looked at these things at home, the more he looked at them, the more unpleasant he became, and he was full of confidence and scolded: "Xu Kun, this dog thing will never come back, and when I buy a big mansion, burn all these things of his mother." ”

Walking to the back garden, I saw Zhu Hui holding up a net to catch sparrows for Tang Qiong and Tang Yao, Tang Jing stood at the door of the moon and shouted loudly: "Zhu Hui, help me take care of my home, I want to go out." ”

"Uncle, where are you going?" Zhu Hui turned around and asked.

"Don't care about playing, go and help your aunt, box up our family's valuable things, burn all the rest, wait for me to buy a big yard, and marry your daughter-in-law in two years."

Finding that the He family came over, Tang Jing deliberately shouted loudly: "Zhu Hui, you give me a good home, no matter who comes, don't let them in!" ”

Tang Jing left home, covered his face with a folding fan, walked briskly along Huashi Street, crossed a small bridge, and arrived at Jiangnan Gongyuan, which is the place where Jiangnan Juncai participated in the township test. In that year, Shi Nai'an and Liu Bowen were admitted to the same list in this place, and Tang Yin and Tang Bohu 70 years ago took the examination in this township, and they ranked first in high school......

Thinking of this, Tang Jing was full of emotion, if it weren't for being young and ignorant, coveting the gentle dreams of Qinhuai Liu'an, with his talent and family background, he might have entered the Hanlin Academy, and now he should not be a big problem to be a five-grade prefect.

Learn the art of literature and martial arts, and sell the goods to the emperor's family. If you know how to study hard when you are young, why should your son inherit his father's business and go into business, why would he be plundered to a barbarian island and stay for six years, leaving his wife to be bullied......

Holding back his stomach of resentment, Tang Jing kept cursing the He family for insulting the court, so that he had no face to see people, so he had to go to Jiangnan Gongyuan to find Wu Xuezheng, the Tang family's friend and Jiangnan scholar, to help, and prepare to sell the family's old mansion and buy a new one.

Regarding the news of Tang Jing's return, this scholar had already heard about it, and when he suddenly saw his nephew visiting, Wu Xuezheng still pretended to be surprised, and asked with wide eyes: "Nephew, nephew, is it you?" I want to die of old age! Where have you been all these years? ”

Tang Jing was full of tears, lying on the ground and kowtowing to Wu Xuezheng, and replied: "Meet Uncle Wu Shi, my nephew went out to do business, was plundered by thieves and worked as a coolie for several years, and finally escaped back." With that, he took out a bag of gold jewelry and presented it.

"Pity God! Nephew, no matter what, it's good to be back. ”

"Uncle Shi, over the years since I left home, you have bothered for my family, and now, Xu Kun, this kid, has actually occupied my family, fortunately, he met Master Qingtianhai, so he was sent away, but I have no shame to face the ancestors and ancestors, come to ask Uncle Shi for help, help me find a house, the best in the downtown area, and then help me sell the old house by the way."

Wu Xuezheng accepted the gift and replied with a smile: "As soon as Master Qingtianhai came, he scared away a lot of big families in Jinling City, hehe, there is really a big mansion that has just been completed near the Drum Tower, which is the brother-in-law of the former governor Cai, I will inquire about you." ”

"I'm annoyed Uncle Shi's trouble!"

Regarding this mansion of Lord Cai's brother-in-law, Wu Xuezheng suspected that Tang Jing couldn't afford it, and couldn't help asking, "Nephew, how much silver are you going to spend?" ”

"As much as you want!"

Although Tang Jing looked confident, Wu Xuezheng's heart still beat a drum, pursed his lips and said: "That big mansion, I'm afraid it won't be able to get down without 700,000 taels of silver." ”

Tang Jing's eyes immediately widened, and he asked in surprise: "Fifty taels of silver, you can buy a high-class singer in Qinhuai Le Mansion, why can this mansion cost so much money?" ”

"Hehe, my nephew doesn't know, it's already the old yellow calendar, and now our silver from the south of the Yangtze River is pouring in from the coastal ports like flowing water, and the money is becoming less and less valuable. You don't know, if it weren't for Master Cai's brother-in-law who was afraid that Hai Qingtian would find trouble with him, even if you gave someone 800,000 taels, he might not be able to sell it. ”

Tang Jing pondered in his heart for a while, gritted his teeth, and replied: "Okay, please ask Uncle Shi to handle it as soon as possible, the sooner the better, my yard, just give 50,000 taels of silver." ”

Wu Xuezheng nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Nephew, you go back and wait for the letter." ”

Coming out of the Jiangnan Gongyuan, Tang Jing was still scolding the He family for not abiding by women's morals, cursing Xu Kun for dying tragically at the hands of bandits, and sat on the shore of Qinhuai until it was dark, until the lantern was lit outside the carved painting boat, nostalgic for the days when he was young and free......

The crooked moon rises, hanging obliquely above the Qinhuai River, the two banks of Qinhuai under the moonlight are very lively, and there are more painting boats that blow and sing, swimming back and forth on the river surface.

The poignant and euphemistic and touching Wu Nong ballad came, and the young woman in the river house was wearing a light veil and a jasmine hairpin on her head, and slowly rolled up the Hunan curtains......

One by one, drunk and dreaming of death, sitting in the painting boat by the railing to listen quietly, the drum of the lightboat sounded, the windows on both sides of the rolling shutters opened, the river was burning with ambergris agarwood mist sprayed together, the lights and moonlight were connected together, like a fairyland on earth.

Looking at the fairy of the Yao Palace, as well as the official prostitutes on the sixteenth floor, the new makeup and dazzling clothes of the immortals, and the light singing and dancing, Tang Jing couldn't help but start to feel the spring heart, touched the body and a lot of silver, and unconsciously walked towards the painting boat......

In the second half of the night, the drunken Tang Jing came home and knocked on the door, Zhu Hui opened the courtyard door and asked, "Uncle, why did you come back so late?" ”

"You kid, hehe, tomorrow, tomorrow, and evening, my uncle will take you to open a meat ......."

Zhu Hui didn't pay attention to Tang Jing, helped him to the door of the bedroom, said goodnight, and hurried away.

He was busy untying his wide clothes, and he also took off his gauze skirt, Tang Jing didn't even look at her again, pushed her under the bed, and fell asleep alone......

For more than ten days in a row, Tang Jingdu asked Zhu Hui to help him take care of his house, he went out early in the morning, and returned drunk in the second half of the night, never touching Mrs. He again.

Early this morning, when he found that Tang Jing was going out again, Zhu Hui chased after him and said, "Uncle, your old mother and young son, and my old father, they are still in the hands of pirates, we have to find a way to save them quickly!" ”

Tang Jing smiled and replied, "Miss Xu Ling'er will go to save them." No, I've already bought a big mansion, and when they all come back, some of them will live. ”

"How much money did it cost?"

"Three in and three out of the big courtyard, 700,000 taels of silver."

Zhu Hui couldn't help but exclaim: "Spend so much money! ”

"I also selected more than 20 courtesans from the official building of the painting boat, you go and prepare two thousand taels of silver for me, and send me to my new home in a while, don't let your aunt know, understand?"

Finding that Tang Jing's money was like flowing water, Zhu Hui persuaded: "Uncle, it's better to use this silver to do business, Lin Wenjing asked me to help purchase Jingdezhen porcelain and silk and ship them to ......."

Before Zhu Hui finished speaking, Tang Jing glared at him and reprimanded: "What do children know?" How can it be so easy to go overseas and do business? ”

"Uncle, not to mention whether the Xu family will find it, if these things are known by the aunt, the future will be ......."

"Shut up!" Tang Jing had already felt that Zhu Hui, this kid was very unreasonable, he didn't seem to have thought about it at all, the He family would be divorced sooner or later, and he always spoke for her, he was very unhappy in his heart, and he wanted to drive him away immediately, but he was worried that he would not be able to explain to Xu Ling'er in the future, so he gasped for a long time and said, "Doesn't this leave 300,000 taels?" In the future, it should be enough to do business. ”

Zhu Hui, who was speechless, looked at his distant back and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.