Chapter 423: Murder with a Soft Knife
"Child, is what he said true?" The old woman only felt cold from head to toe, her son made it difficult for Quxi since he was a child because the second brother did not leave the family business to him, and her beloved son pretended not to know. But as Qu Xi grew up and took on the financial resources of the family, the old woman would protect her a little, but she didn't expect her son to still not let Qu Xi go, and he actually killed her!
"Mother, it's true, but my son just wants Qu Xi to marry Xiao Yu and fight for the interests of the Qu family!" The fourth master avoided the important and trivial, and never mentioned the matter of killing Qin Baichuan: "I was so angry that I just wanted to scare and scare them, but these were all in the dog's miscellaneous calculations, and he set a trap, clearly trying to kill me!" ”
"Ho-ho." Qin Baichuan smiled coldly, these four old dogs are also talents, and they also know how to bite back.
"Speaking of which, it's all a confused account that can't be calculated, if you don't count others, how can others calculate you?" The old woman leaned back on the chair weakly and said, "Then what is the matter with my grandson?" He's still a child, and even if you're angry with me, you shouldn't trouble him. ”
Qu Zhishu was actually standing behind, Qin Baichuan glanced at him, and said coldly: "Why did I fight Qu Zhishu, he should know very well, right?" A few days ago, I was with Zhou Guangyao and Zhou Gongzi from Beijun to gamble on pai gow in the Qianjin Casino, and Qu Zhishu was also present. Since I'm his brother-in-law, he should at least give me some respect, right? What's more, he is a scholar, I am the chief master of the academy, and I should also be his elder, so he has no qualifications to scold me in public or private. But what about him, he put on a stinky frame to humiliate me, what happened to me teaching him? ”
"You're lying!" Qu Zhishu was a little afraid of Qin Baichuan in his heart, but at this time, he still had to stand up, his front teeth couldn't hold the wind, and he said loudly: "I just said a few fair words, but you splashed me with tea!" Beat me up because you cheated at the table, and I got angry after I exposed it! ”
"I'm cheating?" Qin Baichuan smiled brightly: "You don't know, Qin Mou had bad luck that day, and Zhou Guangyao won a thousand taels of silver, Qin Mou had already admitted defeat, but after the gambling game ended, I found that he hid a card on Zhou Guangyao, who cheated out of the thousand, I think you should all know it, right?" Qin was furious on the spot, Qu Zhishu not only failed to deal with things fairly, but helped Zhou Guangyao, Qin was angry and wanted to beat the four old dogs, who were not able to make a puppy, what was wrong with this? ”
"Not so! That day, Zhou Gongzi, Su Gongzi and I joined forces to win you, you are destined to lose, where is Zhou Gongzi still have a reason to cheat! That card, that card is clearly for him! Qu Zhishu retorted anxiously.
"Did you hear that? As a member of the Qu family, I gambled with Quxi's silver, and I had to help outsiders win me...... Qin didn't kill him at the beginning, it was all light. Qin Baichuan sneered: "You say that Qin is cheating, then I will tell you, this matter has been caused to the Beijun Prefecture Mu, he sent Qin two thousand taels of silver to make amends, and also took tens of thousands of taels of silver to ransom Zhou Guangyao, if I really cheat, how can the Zhou Mu give in?" ”
"Impossible, impossible, you're lying, you're lying!" Qu Zhishu couldn't accept such a result, he was recuperating at home for the past two days, and he didn't know the follow-up progress of the matter.
"Whether I'm lying or not, you can go to the Jiangling Mansion and ask." Qin Baichuan just felt bored, raised his head and said, "Old woman, can Qin Mou explain the cause and effect clearly?" The upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, the problem is still with the four old dogs, do you think they are wronged or not? ”
"Qin Baichuan, no matter what my son says, he is also your fourth uncle, please pay attention to the tone of your words." The old woman only felt that the blood vessels in her head were about to burst, and she had the heart to protect her children and grandchildren, but Qin Baichuan's words were bloody, how could she argue with an old woman? The most sour thing is that if it is someone else, she can go to the official to solve it, but in Qin Baichuan's words, even the state pastor has to give him face, is it still useful to report to the official?
"The Qu family doesn't recognize my identity, so why should I care about the four old dogs?" Qin Baichuan raised his head and said, "Old woman, I respect you as Quxi's grandmother, at least she has the grace of giving birth to her father, so she is extremely polite to you in her words." In my opinion, if you are old, you should not interfere with the affairs of the next generation, otherwise you will really violate Qin's bottom line, and how Qin will deal with your son, he will also deal with you. ”
"Bastard!" Qin Baichuan's words were excessive, and Quxi's uncle picked up the family law from the ground and blocked his mother: "Come on, come on, surnamed Qin, if you want to be presumptuous here, come at me!" Xi'er, you can also take a look, just watch how your uncle was beaten to death by this bastard! ”
"Uncle," Qu Xi, who had been watching coldly, suddenly spoke: "I have long known that Baichuan has such a temperament, don't say it's you, when the righteous king of the court wants to bow to Baichuan at the Chu family's birthday banquet, he was also swept away by Baichuan, you make it so difficult for him, he didn't order anyone to make trouble here today, he has already taken care of my face, do you really want to be bewitched by Qu Laosi and make this place bleed?" ”
"Xi'er, what do you mean by that!" The uncle obviously had a look of disappointment and anger on his face: "Okay, they all say that their daughter is outgoing, I think it's right!" Your husband and wife do not respect filial piety, and sooner or later they will be thundered by the sky! Come, you don't have to care about the kindness of the Qu family to you, let me see how the blood flows here! ”
"Uncle, why are you forcing me?" Qu Xi seemed to have made a decision in his heart, but he didn't say it when the words came to his lips.
"I ......"
"Enough!" The old woman scolded angrily, Qin Baichuan's previous oath was still echoing in her ears, if her eldest son really provoked Qin Baichuan, the old woman had to consider whether this surnamed Qin would kill on a large scale, so she stopped talking, no matter how reluctant she was, her tone was still soft: "If what you said is true, my grandson's behavior is indeed inappropriate, and the old man will make amends to you on their behalf." ”
"Mother, I'm not wrong at all, why do you want to make amends to him!" Seeing his mother standing up tremblingly, the fourth master of Qu still didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, he was even obsessed, knowing that he couldn't get Qin Baichuan anymore, but he still didn't hesitate to fight him.
Qin Baichuan didn't have the heart to respect the old and love the young, and he didn't feel very comfortable when he saw the old woman saluting him, but then again, his son wanted someone else's life, and this old woman wanted to expose it with just a sentence of "there is indeed something wrong with her actions", which is enough to show that she is not a black and white person.
The old woman suppressed the anger of everyone, sat down in her seat again, and said, "The old man only knows these many things today...... Anyway, now that the Xiao family is gone, you are not a nameless rat in Jiangling, and you have a marriage contract with Xi'er, so the old body will not be the person who beats the mandarin duck, so he will recognize your identity......"
"Mother!" The fourth master Qu jumped up from the ground: "No, mother! This surnamed Qin didn't have any kindness to Qu Xi, but he had the intention of relying on Qu Xi to eat soft rice! He has now obtained the Hundred Flowers Workshop, if you agree to this marriage contract, I am afraid that he will even want to take away the old mansion of the Qu family! ”
"Shut up!" The old woman glared at the fourth master, and others didn't pay attention, but the fourth old man noticed that a light flashed in his mother's eyes, so he closed his mouth decisively. I only heard the old woman say again: "Son-in-law, in the past, you and the Qu family had grievances and grievances, and the old man can take them over, what do you think?" ”
"I don't care." There were some signs of easing of the situation, Qin Baichuan also lowered his posture, hugged his fists and said: "As long as the Qu family is no longer embarrassed by Qu Xi and embarrassed by me, Qin will not take the initiative to find trouble, and he is not interested in the old mansion of the Qu family." ”
"That's fine." The old woman nodded and said with a smile: "Since they are all a family, the matter of the grandson-in-law's trespassing in the back hall will be forgotten, while the Qu family is here, the old man has a question, I don't know if the grandson-in-law can give an answer?" ”
"You ask." Qin Baichuan Road.
"You and Qu Xi certainly have a marriage contract, but it seems that there is no wedding?" The old woman asked.
"Nope." Qin Baichuan didn't hide it.
"Then I don't think it's my son-in-law's." The old woman sighed and said, "Xi'er's father passed away early, and although he has been in charge of internal and external affairs over the years, he has a reputation in Jiangling; And as you said, you also have your own career in Gangneung, like you two famous children, how can you not have a wedding? ”
"It's not that it's nothing, it's that the time is not right." Qin Baichuan pondered for a moment and said, "At the right time, I will give Qu Xi an unforgettable wedding." ”
Qin Baichuan's so-called right time is to wait for himself to get rid of the control of King Yi, but the old woman obviously doesn't think so: "Since ancient times, if you get married, you must have a wedding, otherwise God will not recognize it, and this marriage is destined to not last long." Son-in-law, no matter what the Qu family says, it is also a big family, and some etiquette must not be less, otherwise it will make people laugh if it is spread. ”
"Say what you want to say." The more he listened, the more he felt that this old woman had a conspiracy, Qin Baichuan shrugged his shoulders and said.
"The grandson-in-law is quick to talk, and the old body is not hidden." The old woman smiled and said: "You and Qu Xi are married, this is a great joy for the Qu family, the Qu family should take this opportunity to organize a big one, in my opinion, I will choose a good day and an auspicious day, and feast guests in this Qu family's old house for three days, this is not too much to ask, right?" Xi'er is the pearl of my palm, on the day of marriage, my grandson-in-law took out 500,000 taels of snowflake silver as a dowry, which not only demonstrated the strength of my grandson-in-law, but also gave the Qu family enough face, I don't know what my grandson-in-law thinks? ”
"Hahaha." The old woman's voice fell, and the four old dogs and Qin Baichuan actually laughed at the same time, they were all people in this game, and they easily saw through the old woman's conspiracy, damn it, what did you say about holding a wedding is fake, aren't you thinking about the law to hack him Qin Baichuan's silver? The fourth old dog is also proud in his heart, the excuse of his mother is very clever, Qin Baichuan can't refuse if he wants to!
A soft knife kills without seeing blood, but it can kill people.
"Why is my grandson-in-law laughing?" The old woman pressed step by step: "What, is it possible that Xi'er is not worth this price in your eyes?" Or do you have no money at all, and all the words you just said are to deceive the old body? ”