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Qingyuan, renamed Qingxu in the future, is not far from the southwest of Taiyuan Fucheng, is the authentic birthplace of Shanxi old vinegar, known as the "vinegar capital", there is a way to rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, rely on the water to eat water, Qingyuan people, naturally rely on vinegar to be jealous.

Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea, belong to the people's essential daily necessities, even if the profit is thin, but can not stand the large demand, Qingyuan's aged vinegar, is famous far and near, so around the vinegar industry, inside and outside the Qingyuan city, formed a vinegar line, every year, there is a steady stream of businessmen to come to batch goods.

In the territory of Qingyuan, the Li family is a well-deserved wealthy family, their ancestors have been operating the vinegar industry here, which can be described as a deep connection, and the patriarch of the Li family has served as the head of the local vinegar shop for many years.

Like all businessmen in Shanxi, they also pay great attention to making friends with officials and businessmen, and focus on cultivating scholars in the clan, after generations of Bai Ding, finally, the grave of the current patriarch smoked, his son Li Zhenting, high school jinshi, after the official fortune is prosperous, from the county, to the state, and now higher to the prefect of Henan Guide.

Although the head of the Li family has many brothers, but the direct line is thin, there is only one son like Li Zhenting, and the only grandson died young, but because of Li Zhenting's relationship, he overwhelmed the brothers, and he sat in the position of the patriarch for many years.

And he is very happy that he also has a virtuous and shrewd granddaughter-in-law, Chu Bangyun, who was born in a scholarly family, but is capable and quiet, quite business-oriented, after the death of his grandson, he single-handedly took up the heavy responsibility of the family, and took care of the livelihood and business affairs of the clan in an orderly manner.

Although the clansmen have gossip, saying that the Chu family is a broom star and a kefu life, but for this granddaughter-in-law, the old patriarch is very important, what is the matter. are willing to listen to her ideas.

When the old patriarch urged his son to work hard, he gave birth to a boy and a girl to continue the incense. When they were full of longing for the future, they flew into trouble, and the Jin merchants suddenly pointed the finger at their Li family. There are also in-laws in Taiyuan, in addition to many boundaries in Shanxi, and merchants close to East Road. It also caused trouble.

First of all, there are rumors that the Li family and others colluded with foreign thieves to harm the sages and elders of the township.

Subsequently, under the strong pressure of everyone, intermittently, the major businessmen stopped cooperating with the Li family one after another. Their sales and raw material purchase channels began to be cut off, or robbed by the local wealthy merchants who took advantage of the fire, and various stores were on the verge of having no goods to sell, and the rest of the Li family was in the industry. also began to lose money,

Looking at the geography of Qingyuan, Qixian, Pingyang, Pingyao, Yuci, Taigu, and Jiexiu surrounded it, and everyone lived in it, and they surrounded it, and the Li family industry suffered heavy casualties.

Closing the door and closing down was only the first step, and then it was the beginning of the nightmare, a large number of villagers who were instigated, as well as the green-skinned villains who took the opportunity to make trouble everywhere, gathered in the Li Mansion, and shouted and cried loudly every day, and finally developed to the point that as soon as the clansmen went to the street, they encountered a series of difficulties, beatings, and abuse.

The young lady once went to the street, and was also besieged by several shrews, and in a panic, even her clothes were torn apart.

What made her even more angry was that a series of peachy news about her spread in Qingyuan and other places, saying how the fox spirit Chu Bangyun was shameless, and her husband was not at ease to observe the festival, but instead showed up all day long, eyebrow-to-eye with men, and looked like a fox.

There are even more people who spread the word that for the sake of business, how the fox spirit of Chu secretly went to the East Road, how to collude with the king and the thief, and the shameless three watches in the middle of the night, recommended the pillow seat, secretly climbed on the bed of the king and the thief, how to be coquettish and coquettish, etc.

Such rumors have a beginning and an end, painting voices and shadows, poor young lady is chaste and self-controlled, how can she stand such rumors? Angry, the flowers were discolored.

After a series of things, the Li family is people's hearts are fluctuating, and the family business has been robbed, all because the patriarch and others have a good relationship with Donglu, and they don't see the good things, but they cause a commotion, is he, the patriarch, still qualified to serve?

The clan elders have been discussing the removal of the patriarch, and the relatives are even more estranged in order to cause trouble, and to add insult to injury, the local vinegar industry guild has removed the old Li from the position of head of the council.

From the beginning of the rumors, to the end of this October, the Li family, which was lively and prominent in the past, can be said to be scattered, and in the huge mansion, there are only three or two kittens left, and the local government is like a cold bystander, allowing Diao people to besiege the Li Mansion.

It seems that seeing the bigger the turmoil, in the end, the clan elders can't even take care of the recall, they have thirty-six plans, go for the top plan, sweep the wealth, take care of themselves and leave Qingyuan, and they can't take care of the safety of their own family.

After this blow, Old Man Li's straight waist in the past has bent over his back, but his spirit is still there, and his face full of frowns is still full of stubbornness.

"There is nothing wrong with the cooperation with the East Road, although there is a hurdle in front of us, as long as we go over, my Li family can usher in greater development."

Looking at his daughter-in-law, the old man said categorically.

In front of him stood the young lady, wearing a purple gown, holding a goose gall bun, with a step in her hair, she was two or three years younger than Wang Dou, the years did not leave traces on her face, her figure was still exquisitely convex, and the elegant and noble temperament on her body was stronger, and it was full of young woman's charm.

When Li Zhenting went to Guide Mansion to take up his post, the young lady and her mother-in-law once followed, because the rogue was prosperous, Li Zhenting was worried, so he sent all his wives and concubines and daughters-in-law back to their hometown.

Because the old patriarch is important, the young lady is also more attentive to business affairs, and only sometimes goes to Yongning City on the East Road to get together with her best friend Ji Junjiao.

Hearing the words of the old patriarch, the young lady raised her head and wept: "Even so, it is just that the family suffers, and the child is always uneasy......

As soon as she said this, a stone was thrown from outside the mansion and smashed on the roof tile not far overhead, and in the uproar, the mud and sand were broken, which frightened everyone in the hall to scream, and her mother-in-law covered her chest and stood up tremblingly: "This ...... How good is that? ”

"We want to live......

"Kill the thieves who colluded with the East Road!"

Outside Li's Mansion, the black pressure was full of local people, many of whom were guys from businesses and shops from all over the country, as well as their family members and relatives, and there were more people watching the excitement.

In the crowd, there were many leading figures, and under their instructions, some storytellers-like people loudly agitated to the surrounding area, fanning the flames, and from time to time some green skins shouted in response.

Under their propaganda, in many prefectures and counties in Shanxi, as if overnight, Wang Dou had changed from an upright and upright general soldier fighting for the country to a scum who did no evil, had no king and no father, and a black sheep hated by everyone.

Many people who had a good impression of Wang Dou were also a little shaken after hearing these news.

In particular, the power of each major family is deeply entrenched, and many scribes, officials, generals, etc. in Shanxi are either their clansmen or have close interests with them.

They ignored the attacks and insults against Wang Dou, but if anyone spoke for Wang Dou and Donglu, they would be noticed by them, and they would be full of old fists, or they would be arrested and imprisoned for some reason, and even worse, they would disappear for no reason, and nine times out of ten, they would lose their lives.

The rumor turmoil is getting stronger and stronger, that is, in the countryside, many small people and little women also know that there is a Xuanfu Town East Road in the northwest of the mountain, where there lives a general soldier with sores on the top of his head, pus on the soles of his feet, and his heart is blacker than coal.

The general soldier has no king and no father, not to mention the rudeness of the gentry, and he is extremely lewd, and he needs eight women to sleep every night, no, the Han women can't satisfy him, and they go to the grassland to rob thousands of Tartar women back, those Tartar women don't take a bath several times in their lives, and Wang Dou also has an appetite, which shows his shamelessness.

What's even more hateful is that he wants to snatch the big guy's job and starve all his father and brother to death.

As for the claim that the East Road is rich, it is a pure lie, those merchants are as black-hearted and shameless as that Wang Dou, they can eat enough, they all grow up by sucking the blood of big guys, they are like mosquitoes and flies, which one is not full of sucking?

Are they well-fed and well-fed, and the big guys deserve to starve to death?

Treat the profiteers on the East Road like mosquitoes and flies, and shoot them to death at once.

Wang Dou and the profiteers on the East Road are shameless, even more shameless, and even more hateful, they are those traitors who seduce foreign thieves, such as Chu Bangyun of the Chu family, not to mention the death of her husband, but also secretly raped and raised a man, and recommended himself to the pillow seat, so he hooked up with Wang Dou, what a pair of adulterers and adulteresses!

Outside Li's mansion, the instigator was like a river, and the audience next to him nodded frequently, all of them were angry and angry.

A ragged, very emaciated woman was even more wept when she heard this, his man was working in a shop, as the master said, if the goods from the East Road came in next, wouldn't his man lose his livelihood? How can I survive with my own children at home?

In the current natural and man-made disasters, is it easy to find a living job? Those black-hearted merchants on the East Road want to starve their mothers to death like this?

Also, those hateful thieves in the Li Mansion, that Chu family, looks like chastity, awe-inspiring and inviolable, but I didn't expect it to be an adulteress!

In extreme fear and anger, she screamed, her hair scattered, and she suddenly picked up a stone from the ground, threw it into the mansion with all her strength, and shouted hoarsely: "Kill these thieves who collude with outsiders!" ”

"Kill them!"

"Kill them ......"

"Rush in and beat these thieves to death."

"Take out the harlot and soak her in the pigcage!"

For a while, the crowd was in a hurry, and stones and bricks were thrown like raindrops to the mansion, and the sound of bricks and tiles was heard continuously, and even a few lit torches were also thrown into it. There are also many green skins, desperately slamming the door, and some people are more ready to climb over the wall.

And in the distance of these crowds, some officials just watched lazily, and had no intention of dissuading them at all.

And in the mansion, everyone in the Li family was even more panicked, the crowd was out of control, and the already scarce family guards couldn't stop them at all, if the angry crowd rushed in, they were afraid that they would be beaten to death.

For a woman like the young lady, I am afraid that the end will be even more tragic. (To be continued.) )