Long Zaitian is like a normal person who was forcibly pushed into an insane asylum, tortured by a nervous doctor for half a year, and then returned to society. Another example is that a healthy person is suddenly pushed into the capital city, and after being destroyed by Yan Wang impermanence for half a year, he comes to the world again. His face was haggard, his eyes were sunken, and his mind was emaciated, and he was completely like another person.

The luxurious and magnificent Dragon Mansion is also a mess, the east building and the front building are in a mess, and a lot of valuable things have been lost. The heartbroken Long Ye sighed, and had to let Liu Kefan and Ji Gaoyang lead their subordinates to clean up, check and rearrange.

Long Ye, who was not energetic, instructed Long Tianci to tidy up the two "Guangji Pharmacy" and open for business on the same day -- Long Tianci has since emerged.

The dragon who has lost both wealth and reputation, and both body and mind will be raised at home in the heart of the heavenly lord; Idle to trace the past, thinking about his wife, his heart is unsettled, resentful, and he can't help but write a poem to vent his anger:

Long hatred

- Remembering the Wife

Fierce Woman,

domineering;

On the wedding morning sprinkled,

Angry husband.

one year of infertility,

Two years without birth;

The concubine is not allowed,

I want to cut off my roots.

confidante,

Hit it off;

Fortunately, Rokka,

Expelled from the Dragon House.

Heaven sends the child back,

Celebration in the Mansion;

False mouthfuls are planted and stolen,

Fly Lao Yan.

has a wife and no children,

It is hard to see a child;

Splashing dirt out of nothing,

The husband is gone.

slander like a sword,

Poison rains down;

The family is ruined and the people are sued,

The husband is in prison.

Such a fierce wife,

Rare in the world;

Something is better than nothing,

This resentment has no end.

The dragon hated Fu in the sky, Gu Fu groaned twice with self-pity, felt in a state of distress, sighed a lot, and then crumpled it again and threw it into the trash can.

Long Ye rested in the mansion for more than ten days, gradually recovered his vitality, and had some spirit, and then remembered that he was innocently wronged, imprisoned, and lost face; Thanks to Inspector Qiu Fenghan, Ji Gaoyang and other relevant people who have been chivalrous and hard-working, they can clear their wrongs and see the light of day again. Now that I have returned home safely, I should repay them! Therefore, Long Ye decided to hold a banquet in the mansion to celebrate the three days, which was really to thank the relevant personnel.

The guests attending the banquet came one after another in phases and batches according to the system and level -- Wu Guangyu, secretary of the Jiangzhou City Party Department, Yang Zhen, the new commander of the Jiangzhou garrison, He Bingxian, president of the Jiangzhou Court, Wang Meiguang, director of the police department, He Wenxuan, director of the Investigation Division, Qiu Fenghan, inspector of the patrol room, Ding Yaozu, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Dai Jifeng, principal of Beichen School, and other leading figures from all walks of life, as well as colleagues in the medical field, Lei Tianen, Ji Gaoyang, and other relatives and friends were invited to attend.

Master Long also gave a banquet to the maids, servants, doctors, pharmacists, apprentices, men, and handymen who had come back one after another, in order to thank everyone for their loyalty and help to him during his time when Long was suffering in heaven.

The Dragon Mansion, which has been closed and deserted for more than half a year, has returned to its former liveliness and prosperity.

The banquet is a broad thanksgiving, and the people who are of great grace and virtue must also be thanked; Those who do evil should also be punished. Therefore. After the celebration was over, Long Ye immediately began to deal with several major matters that needed to be solved urgently.

First of all, Master Long took out twenty gold bars and personally went to the home of Mr. Qiu Baichuan, the bookkeeper, to present them to Inspector Qiu Fenghan, who was brave and decisive in this operation to rescue him, as a token of his salvation. But Qiu Fenghan and his father Qiu Baichuan said that they would not accept a gold bar. Long Ye had no choice but to buy a high-end fur coat and some high-quality supplements for Mr. Qiu Baichuan; And made a large gold plaque and sent it to the patrol room, which read:

Gift to Inspector Qiu Fenghan

Respectable and commendable, it is chivalrous and courageous

Courage and insight are the best in the world

The dragon is in the sky

March of the thirteenth year of the Republic of China

Inspector Qiu was very reluctant to go, but Long Ye had already made the plaque and sent it to be hung up, so Qiu Fenghan had no choice but to accept it!

Then, Long Ye held a meeting of the whole government and announced to everyone: From today on, Ji Gaoyang, who is honest, kind, benevolent and upright, will be hired as the housekeeper of Longfu; And authorized to supervise everything in the Dragon Mansion. Ji Gaoyang accepted this big task with trepidation.

Because Zhao Shuxian has done too much evil, Long Ye has been disheartened with her, full of resentment, and even deep hatred - the marriage boat of the two can be described as full of holes and cannot be repaired. Therefore, Long Zaitian entrusted lawyer Jiang Haitian to handle all the procedures for divorce from Zhao Shuxian (although it is the Republic of China, there is still a phenomenon of divorce in many places. Once a woman is divorced, she is out of the house. Therefore, the benevolent Dragon Lord did not use the method of "divorce his wife"). Long Ye donated the "Yi Ya Ju" where Long Zhengyi originally lived to Zhao Shuxian as a place to live (living for a lifetime and having no property rights); He was also given 10 gold bars and 5,000 oceans for living expenses, and the two never saw each other again - their marriage in name only, after 26 years, finally came to an end.

Zhao Shuxian originally planned to bring her "son" Long Zhengyi to "Yi Yaju" to live together. But after thinking about it, leaving Long Zhengyi in the Dragon Mansion would also give him a lot of property. Therefore, Zhao Shuxian did not take Long Zhengyi away, so she lived alone in "Yi Yaju".

After this matter was done, Long Ye once again convened a meeting of the whole government and solemnly announced: Lei Tianen was born to his dragon in the sky and Jiang Cuilian; From now on, Lei Tianen recognized his ancestors and changed his name to Long Tianen; Tianen's two sons, Lei Gang and Lei Qiang, were also renamed Long Gang and Long Qiang. On the first day of the sixth month of the thirteenth year of the Republic of China, Long Tianen's twenty-fourth birthday, Long Zaitian feasted the patriarch and the six relatives of the family, and held a grand ceremony of recognizing the ancestors and returning to the ancestors in the ancestral hall of the Long family (after recognizing the ancestors and returning to the ancestors, Long Tianen's family still lives in the "Guangci Pharmacy" on Binjiang Road in the north, and later it was called Beilongfu; Fengming Street Dragon is called Nanlong Mansion in Tianfudi).

After Long Tianen recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, he returned the "golden jade clothes" to his father Long Zaitian. Long Ye hid the suitcase with the "golden jade clothes" in the room where Zhao Shuxian lived in the west building.

After that, Long Ye and Qin Keqing thought that in this shameful injustice, Long Tianci emerged, showed his talents, performed very prominently, and acted very maturely. As soon as the couple was happy, they decided to ask the matchmaker Thyme to find a girl for the "meritorious man" Long Tianci to let him start a family.

After several visits, Thyme looked for Duan Tingfang, the daughter of Duan Qizhang, the owner of "Haichun Zhai Calligraphy and Painting Shop", for Long Tianci in the west of the city.

On the tenth day of October in the thirteenth year of the Republic of China, Thyme invited Mrs. Long Qin Keqing (after the divorce of Lord Long and Zhao Shuxian, Qin Keqing was a wife, so people no longer called Qin Keqing ** milk, but called Mrs.), and the personal maid Zhong Lirou and Long Tianci and his party of four went to the "Haichun Zhai Calligraphy and Painting Shop" to see Duan Tingfang, the daughter of Boss Duan.

After the guests and hosts exchanged pleasantries, Thyme invited Duan Qizhang's boss and wife Tao Can to let her daughter Duan Tingfang come out to meet with everyone.

After a while, Duan Tingfang came to the living room with a graceful look, and after smiling at everyone, she went to stand behind her mother Tao Can with her head bowed and silent.

Mrs. Long Qin Keqing looked Duan Tingfang up and down, but saw that this woman was very dignified and beautiful, and she had a plump figure and good looks. Long Tianci saw it and liked it too, so the two families unanimously approved this family business.

Then, it's nothing more than folding, fortune telling, marriage, matchmaking, and all the red tape. Because both parties were very satisfied, they were "informal" and everything went smoothly -- Long Tianci and Duan Tingfang got engaged on the 10th day of the 12th month of Jiazi in the 13th year of the Republic of China, and then got married on April 28 of the following year.

After these few things were done, Long Ye recalled Long Zhengyi from "Yi Yaju" and moved all the valuable things back; Send Liu Linfeng, the daughter of Liu Ruqing, home. But Liu Linfeng is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she is ashamed to say that she must compensate the Long family for ten gold bars as "youth loss fees". The wealthy Long Ye is unwilling to pay this "nest fee"; Liu Linfeng relied on "Yi Yaju" and did not leave. In the end, it was Inspector Qiu Fenghan who came forward to mediate: after scolding Liu Linfeng fiercely, he asked Long Ye to give her five gold bars, and Liu Linfeng twisted his waist and walked away.

A few days later, Long Ye dismissed Liu Ruqing, who had a bad heart and dragged Long Zhengyi into the water. Liu Ruqing, who was fired, was full of resentment, but on the way home, she ran into her neighbor Chang Xuecai. Chang Xue, who had long been jealous, learned that Liu Ruqing was fired, and sneered at him. Liu Ruqing, who made matters worse, couldn't think about it, and committed suicide by hanging herself when she returned home. It was May 25, 1925.

Walking and planting a head, don't blame yourself for panicking, but blame the uneven road - Liu Ruqing's heart is the only end of this; But Liu Ruqing's wife, Wang Danfeng, recorded the account on Long Zaitian's head - she went to the police station to accuse Long Zaitian, saying that Long Zaitian had killed her husband Liu Ruqing; Ask the police station to punish Long Zaitian.

Of course, the police will not accept such absurd accusations. Wang Danfeng said that it was the detective director He Wenxuan who was in the way and helped his father-in-law to get away with it...... Later, it lasted for more than ten days before it was over.

Long Zaitian and Qin Keqing have done all the things they want to do! From now on, it's time to take a breath and enjoy the blessings in peace! However, the trees want to be quiet, and the wind does not stop. The Dragon Mansion has only been peaceful for a few days, and it's time again!

As early as during the Spring Festival, Zhao Shuxian's "born" son Long Zhengyi went to Zhong's barber shop for a haircut, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a very interesting couplet posted on the door of the barbershop.

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Although the cloud is not a skill

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But it's the top work

There is also a couplet on the door frames on both sides.

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To be the world's top business

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Use the top of the world to work hard

Long Zhengyi entered the room and saw a couplet on the south wall.

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Just I'm Born**

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For Jun Xiu beauty

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Meticulous work on the head

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The face is full of auspicious skills

Long Zhengyi looked in the direction of the big mirror again, and there was also a couplet on both sides of the big mirror.

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Cultivate a new atmosphere

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Cut out a thousand strands of old things

Long Zhengyi looked at the couplets and felt that the content and penmanship were reasonable, so he smiled at the middle shaver and asked, "Who wrote these couplets?" ”

"Big young master! These couplets are little girl graffiti, don't laugh. "The middle shaver eats hundreds of meals, and some modest words, honorific words, fashionable words, and civilized words can also be said a few words.

"Oh! If the daughter can have such a talent, it can be regarded as a show of women! Long Zhengyi said polite words.

"Where! Where! How dare you! How dare you! Long Gongzi is overrated! Overrated! The middle shaver was flattered.

"Master Zhong! Dare to ask what is Ling Yanfang's name? "Long Zhengyi has nothing to do.

"The little girl's name is Zhongshuihua, the water of the water-based poplar, the flower of the water-based poplar." The middle shaver is an uneducated person in the end, he has heard of the term "water-based poplar", and he doesn't know whether it means praise or depreciation, so he used it to explain! Maybe that's what he thought when he named his newborn daughter.

"Hmmm! It's okay with the name, but it's been interpreted crookedly by you! Well! Is your daughter at home? Can you give me a look? "Long Zhengyi, who has only been away from women (Liu Linfeng) for a few months, thinks about girls again!

"Young Master Long wants to see the little girl, this is the blessing of the little girl! The honor of the little girl! I asked her to hurry out and meet Young Master Long! As he spoke, the shaver shouted inside, "Splash! Come out of here! Young Master Long wants to see you! ”

Zhong Shuihua, who was reading a book in the back room, heard that the eldest young master of Longfu wanted to see her, so she hurried out in three steps and two walks.

"I don't know what Young Master Long commanded when he called the little girl?" Zhong Shuihua said as she bowed to Long Zhengyi, and her restless eyes kept throwing flattery at Long Gang.

"No commands! No commands! It's just that I saw that these couplets you wrote are good, and I want to see Fang Rong. "Barren mountains produce handsome birds, and poor families produce beautiful women. Although Zhong Shuihua in plain cloth is not a beauty, her pretty face is as smooth and bright as a dumpling just out of the pot, slippery; Long Zhengyi felt very appetizing at first glance.

"This is all my blind drawing, where can it be in your eyes." Zhongshuihua is both modest and sycophant.

"Not bad! Not bad! Well written indeed! Long Zhengyi said good things casually.

Long Zhengyi got acquainted with Zhong Shuihua, the daughter of the middle shaver, and the two of them were eating radishes with bad eyes - you have money (love), I have phong (righteousness) - Zhong Shuihua, who was so poor that he saw that Long Zhengyi, the eldest son of the dignified Dragon Mansion, could favor her, and he was so happy that he even dreamed of laughing, so he used his whole body to stick to Long Gang's body. Long Zhengyi, the "seamed egg", let Zhong Shuihua, the "fly", stick upwards - the "relationship" between the two developed rapidly - lightning met, lightning "fell in love", and they got along "like glue" in a few days!

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and the "love affair" between the eldest prince of Long and Zhong Shuihua, the daughter of the middle shaver, soon spread to the ears of the dragon master. As soon as Long Ye heard that Long Zhengyi had mixed up with the daughter of a shaver who was indiscriminate, he was so angry that the three souls went out of his body and the seven spirits ascended to heaven. Long Ye locked Long Zhengyi in the "Thinking Room"; On the one hand, he sent the housekeeper Ji Gaoyang to the barber shop to warn the father and daughter of the shaving craftsman - if Zhong Shuihua had any more dealings with Long Zhengyi, he would destroy the entire Zhong family (just intimidation); But if you stay away from Long Zhengyi, you can get a reward of 100 taels of silver.

The father and daughter of the middle head shaver listened to the warning of Ji Gaoyang, the housekeeper of the Dragon Mansion, and were so frightened that they chose the latter without thinking - stay away from Long Zhengyi and get a reward of one hundred taels of silver.

After Zhong Shuihua took a hundred taels of white flowers, she was patient, endured **, and hid in her aunt's house in the countryside for more than a month before returning to the city - her aunt "enlightened" her, and the reward of one hundred taels of silver was only a "one-time" wealth; And sticking to Long Zhengyi's cash cow is a living source of money that can not be used up in a lifetime. Therefore, she took a risk, risked being destroyed, and returned to the city to find an opportunity to hook up with Long Zhengyi.

Long Zhengyi, who can't do without women, was locked up by her parents for more than 20 days and released, like a cat in estrus, she was also looking for Zhongshuihua everywhere, but there was no trace of Zhongshuihua. Long Zhengyi, who was in love with spring, ran to Zhong Shuihua's house every day, and finally waited for Zhong Shuihua to come back from the countryside, he was like asking Hanako to crash into the bakery, and he couldn't wait to hug Zhong Shuihua is a lot of affection.

After the two of them got over it, Zhong Shuihua, who had been planning for a long time, sat on Long Zhengyi's lap and said proudly:

"Young Master Long! You and I are so in love, it's like a fairy couple. In order not to separate again, it is better to get engaged now, so that there is security. Zhong Shuihua was instructed by his father: it is not good to have a relationship with Long Zhengyi, and he must be engaged to Long Zhengyi to have some protection.

"Engaged now? I'm afraid not! I've just been locked up for more than 20 days before I was released, and their anger hasn't completely subsided, and if I tell them these things now, not only will I not have to agree, but I may have to be locked up again! ”

"Why are they imprisoning you? What kind of good person is he in the sky? Didn't he also give birth to a son with his mother's personal maid Jiang Cuilian? . "The middle shaver eats "a hundred family meals", and he is in contact with all three religions and nine streams, and knows all the big and small things, good things and ugly things; Can he still not know about Long Zaitian and Jiang Cuilian having an illegitimate child? Therefore, he told his daughter Zhong Shuihua these words, and asked Zhong Shuihua to wait for the opportunity to tell Long Zhengyi, so that Long Zhengyi could use this as a "weapon" to fire at Long Ye in order to blackmail his father into submission.

"You know that, too?" In the past, Liu Linfeng asked Long Zhengyi to use his father Long Zaitian's "raising illegitimate son Lei Tianen" as a weapon to force Long Zaitian to compromise and make concessions; Unexpectedly, Zhong Shuihua also taught him to use this now.

"There is such a ** rhyme in the dignified Dragon Mansion, who doesn't know, who doesn't know?"

"You...... This ......" Long Zhengyi thinks it's not interesting to use this set all the time.

"What are you? What is this? Go back and ask them to get engaged for us now; If they don't agree, tell them about your father's life and make sure they raise their hands and surrender. ”

"Good! Just do as you say, and I'll talk to them when I get back." Long Zhengyi was repeatedly instigated by Zhong Shuihua, so he had to agree to use Zhong Shuihua's method.

The next night, Long Zhengyi took the initiative to "talk" with Long Ye:

"Whoa! I officially inform you that I'm getting engaged! Please prepare our engagement now. This Long Zhengyi called Long Ye only shouting a "Bah! Word.

"Ready for your engagement now? Whose daughter are you going to be engaged to? Long Ye was puzzled by Long Zhengyi's abrupt request - this Long Zhengyi had only been locked up for more than 20 days because of his association with Zhong Shuihua, the daughter of the middle shaver, and had just been released, so why did he suddenly propose to get engaged?

"I'm still engaged to be the daughter of the middle shaver." Long Zhengyi said unashamedly.

"What? You're going to get engaged to Nakasuka, the daughter of that middle shaver? The two of you are like cinnabar red clay, you are the dignified young master of the Long family, how can you marry the daughter of a shaver who is inferior to the third place? Qin Keqing interjected on the side.

"How is the dignified Young Master of the Long Family? What about getting engaged to the shaver's daughter? It's better than not getting married and having an illegitimate child with a maid! "The last time Long Zhengyi was imprisoned in the "Thinking Room" because of his relationship with Zhong Shuihua, it was a sudden action, and he never dared to resist; Today he is "confident", so he is not afraid at all.

"You...... You ...... "those who are thieves are afraid of scolding thieves, and those who are "turtles" are afraid of scolding turtles. When Long Ye saw Long Zhengyi mention this again, he was angry, hateful, and speechless.

"Zhengyi! How do you talk to Dad? Qin Keqing couldn't help but ask.

"What's wrong with me talking like that? Are only the governors allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps? If he can do it, I can do it too! You're bullying me, are you a motherless child? Long Zaitian and Zhao Shuxian divorced, Long Zhengyi's mother Zhao Shuxian lived alone in "Yi Yaju", but Long Zhengyi often used this matter to challenge his father Long Zaitian and his mother Qin Keqing.

"Someone! Tie up this bastard brute for me and put him in the contemplation room! The dragon lord roared hysterically.

When the housekeeper Ji Gaoyang and others heard the news, they rushed forward to catch Long Zhengyi; Unexpectedly, Long Zhengyi flashed to the side, and shouted in a fighting stance:

"I think any of you dare to arrest me? This is our Long family's private matter, and you outsiders have to meddle. ”

"Old man......" Ji Gaoyang and others were at a loss.

"It's useless to call the master! We were talking about my engagement, and they didn't even agree; Isn't this only the state officials allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps? Long Zhengyi once again shook out these two sentences that he thought were "very lethal words".

"Zhengyi! You...... Steward Ji, go down! "The ugliness of the family should not be publicized, Qin Keqing is afraid that Long Zhengyi will say something more ugly; Therefore, Ji Gaoyang and others were hurriedly taken away.

"Long Zhengyi! You have to do a review of your behavior today and apologize to Dad. Master! It's not too early! I'll take you back to your room and rest. Qin Keqing knew in his heart that Long Zhengyi came prepared today, and he did it with all his heart, not only could he not ease the situation, but on the contrary, it would become more and more stiff, so it was better to end the game early and "cool down".

Long Zhengyi had a big fight with Long Ye, after Long Ye was "helpless", Long Zhengyi's "courage" became even greater - it turned out that they had nothing to fear, as long as they grabbed their handle and held their numb tendons, they could completely fight them, and they would definitely win!

Therefore, Long Zhengyi quarreled with Long Ye at every turn - he must be engaged to Zhong Shuihua, the daughter of Zhong Shaver, and asked Long Ye to immediately handle the engagement for them. If you don't, you have to come up with a certain reason. The so-called certain reason is the reason that he thinks Long Zhengyi; It is not the reason that Long Ye "only allows the state officials to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light the lamps".

There is no parent in the world who can resist their children! After "more than a dozen rounds of competition", Long Ye agreed to handle the engagement for Long Zhengyi, and recognized Zhong Shuihua, the daughter of the middle head shaver, as his daughter-in-law.

It stands to reason that the dignified Dragon Mansion can agree to have a shaver's daughter, which is a great concession and a great tolerance. However, this Zhong Shaver and Zhong Shuihua are not good things in the end -- they actually have to make an inch of money and propose a "sky-high gift" to Long Zhengyi -- an engagement bride price of 4,000 oceans, and they also buy clothes for the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and they are high-end and expensive. In the future, the wedding bride price is four gold bars, and a full set of gold jewelry such as gold rings, gold earrings, gold bracelets, and gold hairpins are also bought.

Such a "sky-high gift money", not to mention that ordinary people are unique, even in the entire Jiangzhou City, it is also rare, let alone the daughter of a poor shaver.

However, Long Zhengyi, who is obsessed with ghosts, has been fascinated by Zhong Shuihua, and he is fascinated by Zhong Shuihua, blindly listening to the Zhong family, just asking his parents for it according to the Zhong family's requirements, and not giving in - he thinks that he has grabbed the handle of the dragon master and held the hemp tendon of the dragon master, and the dragon master dare not agree.

Ay...... When Long Ye Long met such a "son" in the sky, it can be regarded as eight lifetimes of mold!

Ay...... It is still the old and realistic "famous saying" -- "There is no parent in the world who can resist their children!" After months of quarrels and cold wars, Long Ye was already well aware of the thickness and coldness of Long Gang's "ice", so he had to give in unconditionally - fully agreed to the absurd demands of the Zhong family.

Inviting matchmakers, folding posts, fortune telling, marriages, engagements, and banquets, everything was done according to the rules - Long Zhengyi finally got his wish and was engaged to Zhong Shuihua, the daughter of the middle shaver.

Zhong Shuihua, who is engaged, is like the young grandmother of the Dragon Mansion - she runs to the Dragon Mansion every once in a while, and sometimes stays in Long Zhengyi's room and does not go back. In this way, after a period of time, Long Zhengyi took four gold bars and a full set of gold jewelry such as gold rings, gold earrings, gold bracelets, and gold hairpins as wedding gifts, and married Zhong Shuihua into the Dragon Mansion on the 22nd day of the 14th year of the Republic of China.