Chapter 703: The Conflict After the Encounter
The waves crashed on the shore, the sails faded away, and seeing that the white-ship sloop with all the organs of the sparrow had finally become a small black dot on the sea, Wang Fulin turned around.
Xu Xiucai looked at this scene, and his heart could be described as turbulent, secretly thinking that his new employer was simply whimsical, and even his friends around him were so bold! Follow a pirate who has obviously killed countless people, to appease another group of the most famous pirates along the coast of Guangdong and Fujian, who do these people think they are? Since Wang Zhi and Xu Hai were said to surrender, but they were stabbed instead, a few of those pirates along the coast dared to surrender, even if they really lowered their heads and obeyed, they quickly rebelled. So, being a lobbyist is simply the highest danger!
The most terrible thing is that he still doesn't know who the other party's surname is, where his hometown is, and what his origin is! Every time he asked, the little boy Xiucai talked about him left and right, even if he knocked on the side to remind him that his heart of defense was indispensable, the little Xiucai also had the right to be the wind in his ears, making him angry and hateful. Of course, he also wanted to leave, but he still carried ten taels of silver in advance from the girl who dressed as a man before, and besides, he knew about such secret things as others, could he still go?
Before returning to Guangzhou, Wang Fulin was worried that Fu Xiong would play tricks, and Fu Lao Man and others were also hostages in their hands, so he returned to the inn where he had lived in Xin'an City before, and it happened that Xiaobei sent someone to report that Master Pan had arrived, so he asked Fu Lao Man and others to quietly escort him back to Guangzhou with Xiao Zai first, and settled them in Xiaobei first.
On the way back, Xu Xiucai didn't know what to do, so he ignored Chen Bingchang, who was young but tight-mouthed, and tried to ask a few other entourage. But after a few days, he didn't find out the slightest bit of the other party's bottom line, but his own bottom line was almost cleaned up - except for the only bottom line he had. Except for the scandal back then. He didn't pay attention to the road at all, until he finally found that he was walking in Eighteen Fu again, just near the inn where he had stayed after he had followed Bizhu away from home, and he was shocked.
Put aside those concerns, and step forward to be parallel to Wang Fulin. Only controlling the body of the horse that was slightly behind, he straightforwardly took out the question in his heart: "Childe, I have now received the dowry, but I don't know the name of the son, etc., I don't know if I can tell you?" ”
Watching Xu Xiucai jump up and down to inquire about his own affairs before, Wang Fulin thought it was very interesting, and the others were all silently tight-lipped in understanding, so he let it go. But at this time, since Xu Xiucai finally asked in front of him, he didn't plan to hide it anymore. But now I have arrived at another pre-set location. Of course, he had to wait until the play was over, so he looked at the gate of a courtyard somewhere, and sure enough, at this moment, a voice suddenly came from the door.
"Xu Danwang? Yo, this is riding a tall horse, and it's shaking again? ”
Xu Xiucai originally focused all his energy on Wang Fulin's answer. He was suddenly called back to his soul by this sound, and he only glanced at it. The pupils contracted violently suddenly. From the bottom of his heart, he wanted to just do nothing, pretend not to know that the man's name was him, and then pass by this guy, but he was still disappointed after all. Because not only Wang Fulin stopped. The rest of the entourage also looked at where the voice came from. At this moment, no matter how unwilling he is, he has to accept this tragic reality.
will directly bump into the second master Pan himself!
Second Master Pan was yawning at this time, and there was clearly a bit of alcohol on his body, followed by two entourage. Behind the entourage, there is a courtyard with red lanterns and a woman with heavy makeup in front of the door. Although it was only afternoon at this time, and it was not the time for such a place to open, just watching this scene, anyone could have thought that this person was afraid that he had been having fun here all night, and only then did he have the idea of returning home.
Wang Fulin once heard from the three people of the Guangfu Merchant Gang that Old Lady Pan was said to be lingering on the sickbed, and there was still a very heavy weight on the desk of his procuratorate, and he also asked Xiaobei to send someone to visit, which was why he met Second Master Pan here "so coincidentally". The father is seriously ill, but the young son who is partial to love still has the heart to come to this kind of place to spend time drinking, how much is this father-son relationship, it can be imagined.
However, what others think, Second Master Pan will not care. Since the eldest brother was driven away by his father, he relied on his mother at home to hold his father, only in front of his father to sell obediently and pretend to be stupid, and when he went outside, he dared to do anything, but the old lady Pan was especially fond of his old man, even if he put his boring wife in the Buddha hall to eat fasting and chant Buddha, he had a concubine on the left and right into the door, and now there are seven aunts in the room, as for those girls who have no name, they don't know how much, but no one dares to say half a word.
Now the top brand in the Fangfei courtyard behind him is his new friend, it is the time when he is like glue, he has been here since yesterday evening, and he has been lingering until this time before he reluctantly left, but he didn't want to see Xu Xiucai. At this time, the group of people stopped before meeting, Xu Xiucai's face was clearly frightened, and the second master Pan glanced at the others again, thinking that he knew what was going on, and immediately smiled.
"I didn't expect you to have been back to your hometown for so many years, and someone would dare to hire you. He didn't go to the city of Guangzhou to inquire about it, your Xu Danwang's reputation is rotten! As a showman, he went to hook up with Franc Jiren, and also found a job as a general worker. But you are so dignified that you can be a general, but you still shamelessly seduce the married lady of your employer's family! Tsk, if it weren't for the time when the two schools were handed over before, you thought you would still be able to keep your fame? ”
Xu Xiucai's face had turned pale. In front of the public, this thing that he wanted to forget the most was brutally pierced, and he seemed to be able to sense that countless eyes were focused on him from all directions, as if he could sense that people were pointing and laughing at him, as if he could detect that Wang Fulin's gaze was clearly filled with doubt and deep disgust. At that moment, if he could, he couldn't wait to jump off the horse and rush straight forward, fighting to the death with someone.
Why do you want the infighting of the Pan family to harm me as an outsider?
However, thinking so in his heart, Xu Xiucai's only remaining trace of reason told him that he must not be impulsive. You must know that his wife and children are now sheltering in the Yue's family, in case he fights for his life. When the Pan family is wiped out, won't he want to bring disaster to his wife and children? So, he could only grit his teeth fiercely, only hoping that Second Master Pan would be able to leave quickly after he was angry, and even more hope that these people around him who seemed to value him at the beginning could give him a little face, at least let him take the initiative to find an excuse to resign.
And the second master Pan was arrogant and exposed Xu Xiucai's old bottom. Seeing that people were trembling all over, his face was pale, and there were already a lot of onlookers on the street, he was smug, although he said that he had been a fool since he was a child, but his biological mother had been mentioning his life every day, and he at least knew that now was the critical moment for the head of the Pan family to change hands. If you want to get angry, you have to pick up soft persimmons and pinch them, and if you have a feud with the person who hired Xu Xiucai for no reason. In case the background of someone is very hard, it will be boring for him to kick the iron plate.
Wang Fulin didn't raise his eyebrows until he surrounded the visitors on the third floor and the third floor in all directions, as if he was very interested: "You said that this Xu Sheng seduced the young lady of the employer's family, what is going on?" ”
As soon as these words came out, he thought that the other party had also changed his mind, and the second master Pan suddenly became interested. Not only does he have no affection for his brother and sister who are not from the same mother, but he treats people as thorns in the flesh. Although the eldest brother drove away, the elder sister gained the trust of her husband's family when she was almost certain to die. finally broke off relations with the Pan family, which has always been a thorn in his heart. Since Wang Fulin took the initiative to ask, he saw that there were a lot of spectators around, and he immediately felt that this was a good opportunity to fan the flames and bring up the old things again.
"Tut, it seems that this son was really deceived by Xu Danwang in a few words. I don't even know what he did! This Xu Danwang was originally a showman, but he didn't read the sages well, but went to the Franco machine man to follow those missionaries to mess around, and also did things for the Franco machine and the merchants. It just so happened that something happened to our Pan family at that time, and my sister didn't care that she was a woman. It turned out to be a woman dressed as a man, and she also wanted to get involved in the place of Haojing, so she hired this guy. The result is that dry wood is mixed with fire......"
"Shut up...... Pan Er, don't spew blood! ”
At this moment, Xu Xiucai finally couldn't help it, he almost climbed off the horse, and then staggered and rushed towards the second master Pan, but was stopped by two of the second master Pan's entourage. He was useless as a scholar, and although he had lamented this countless times when he was living in the country, none of them made him feel as disillusioned as this one. At this time, Second Master Pan was still flying around with spittle, continuing to talk nonsense about his nonsensical ugly things, so much so that he almost felt that the blood was flowing backwards, and the green tendons on his forehead were about to burst.
Just when he was desperately moving forward, but he was still retreating step by step under the push of the two Pan family members, he suddenly felt as if he had hit something on his back. As soon as he turned around, he saw a face full of flesh, and only after being stunned did he recognize that this was one of Wang Fulin's entourage, it seemed that his name was Liu Bo, and his work was very hard. But people were very polite to his talent before, but now he is not sure at all. Instinctively, the other party did not reach out to hold his shoulder to prevent him from falling, but was ready to twist and send him to the government.
But just when he was completely disheartened, he heard Wang Fulin, who was too curious about his tragic past again and again, laughed: "As a blood relative, I actually blew my sister's so-called 'romantic affair' in front of the public, I have been traveling south and north for so many years, and it is the first time I have seen it, it is really fresh!" ”
Second Master Pan was talking about it, and when he heard this, he chuckled in his heart and realized that he was getting carried away. However, before he could open his mouth to try to remedy it, he found that Wang Fulin said slowly: "It's not strange that the rich family does anything in order to fight for property, so it is nothing to drive away my brother and say that my sister does not abide by women's morals." It's just that if you want to criticize others, you must first act rightly and do it right. For example, when the old man is lying in bed and dying, as a son of man, he goes to the Qinglou, drinks flower wine, and slanders his sister on the street, slandering a talented person and splashing dirty water. ”
Almost instantly, the idlers laughed at the excitement. And it wasn't until this moment that Xu Xiucai faintly felt that he only thought that Wang Fulin was looking down on himself, so he repeatedly poked his heart with words, but at this time, Wang Fulin's tone seemed to be on his side, fighting for himself! Although the man has tears and does not flick, but he has been tortured for several years, at this moment he really can't help the tears that come out of his eyes, but he doesn't have the strength to raise his hand to wipe it, he can only scold himself over and over again in his heart, because Wang Fulin made his own initiative to appease the pirates, he was suspicious, this is really too unreasonable!
has such a trustworthy employer, even if he doesn't want a penny, as long as it is not a traitor, he is willing to do it!
And the second master Pan was full of wine and was dissipated by this sharp words like a knife, coupled with the laughter around him. Annoyed and angry, he glared viciously at Wang Fulin, who caused him to speak too much on the street, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and then said word by word: "Okay, good, it seems that I have lost my eyes, but it turns out that someone really fell in love with Xu Danwang, a guy with no talent and no virtue!" Although you bring people back, but I can tell you plainly, even if this guy can talk to the Francophile, he can't think about passing the lotus stem gate and stepping into the mirror half a step! ”
"What a big breath, do you think the lotus stem gate was opened by your family?"
Second Master Pan was almost mad by Wang Fulin's tone, and he scolded angrily without words: "You can go to the Lotus Stem Gate and ask, can you pass the customs by half a step if you have offended the people of the Pan family in my Guangfu?" ”
"So what?" Wang Fulin asked with a smile, "How do you know who offended your Guangfu Pan family over there?" Or do you know who my last name is? ”
The onlookers all know that the Pan family in Guangfu is the leader of the Guangfu merchant gang, but now that the old man is sick in bed, the second master who is likely to inherit the family business is such a virtuous person, and there are naturally many people who despise and disdain it, but they understand better that although there are disputes in the Pan clan, as long as the old man Pan is too sick to go to the yamen to sue the second son for disobedience, and the eldest son cannot be found, the family will fall on the second master Pan. Therefore, even if it is out of envy, jealousy and hatred, most people are more inclined to believe Wang Fulin, who sneered at the second master Pan, and only a few people who understood the methods of the Pan family sweated in their hearts.
"Okay, okay, you wait!" Under the reminder of the bad family, the second master Pan finally realized that he was being taken to the ditch by a circle, and the more he talked, the more wrong he became, so he could only drop a cruel word in an extremely embarrassed manner, and leave with a sigh of anger. It's a pity that although he is not very old, his body is almost completely hollowed out by the wine, and the two entourages have been waiting for a long time but still failed to get him on the horse, and finally borrowed a sedan chair from the Fangfei Courtyard before leaving in a hurry in embarrassment. As soon as he left, the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed, but a few nosy righteous people stepped forward to remind Wang Fulin.
"Although this Xu Sheng may really be wronged, the Pan family's methods have always been ruthless, don't be careless with this son."
"Xu Sheng's matter has been rumored for a while, and the official government has almost lost its reputation, Xu Sheng, if you are not sure, you should stay away from the Pan family!"
Xu Xiucai heard a fair word from passers-by for the first time, and he felt warm in his heart, and hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for your kindness." ”
When Xu Xiucai was helped back on the horse, then walked through the streets and alleys, and finally entered the city through the west gate of Guangzhou City, he was still a little confused, and he didn't notice where he was going next. It was easy to wait until his mind was a little clearer, he looked at his surroundings, and suddenly found that this seemed to be the direction of Panfu, which was not trivial. He almost didn't care about anything else, and as soon as he pulled the reins, he immediately stopped Wang Fulin, and asked with a frightened face, "Where is Childe going?" ”
"Where are you going? Of course, it was to go to Pan's house to visit the old and confused old lady Pan. Wang Fulin saw that Xu Xiucai almost didn't bare out of his eyes, so he said with a smile, "I can also give you an outlet by the way." ”
PS: Just one update (to be continued.) )