Chapter 177: It's Really You
These days, Mo Huitou finally ushered in a good news, and this news still came out of the palace. Li Zhaoyi, who used to cooperate with Xiao Zheng, recently came with good news, Zhaoyi Niangniang, who was once unfavored, has been promoted to Concubine Chen, and now she is Concubine Li Chen.
It is said that Concubine Chen's promotion this time is entirely because of a charming fragrance emanating from her body, which makes the emperor extraordinarily happy, and therefore won such an honor. Not only that, but the other concubines in the palace also seemed to have gotten some kind of gossip, and they began to show favor to Concubine Chen, and they also began to imitate Concubine Chen's rouge gouache spices.
Although Concubine Chen wanted to hide it in every possible way, you must know that the harem women have natural hunting methods in this regard, and it didn't take long for Xiao Zheng and his Mo to come to the surface. In order to facilitate safety and not to break the rules of the palace, more than half of the rouge gouache and spices in the harem will be provided by Mo Huihui this year!
And that's true!
When the father-in-law on duty sent this good news to Mo Huitou, the entire Mo Huitou also exuded the vitality and joy that disappeared because of this news. Everyone, including Xiao Zheng and Nanfeng, including Fluttershy, and even Feng Yao, all showed smiles that they hadn't seen in a long time. This is not just a single business, this is definitely not because of a success, this is such a reward for so many years of hard work, a kind of reward for so many years of strategizing, and a precursor to Xiao Zheng's hard work for so many years. No one wouldn't be happy about this, except for Zhong Shiwei, of course.
When the list of purchases in the palace this year came into his hands, he couldn't believe his eyes! has monopolized the rouge gouache of the palace concubines for so many years, and this year is particularly miserable. First, the raw materials were robbed, and now the procurement is shrinking! And when he learned that the person who cut off the beard was Xiao Zheng, his heart was filled with not only anger, but also a desolation that owed debts.
He was scared, he originally thought that Xiao Zheng was just a paper tiger, originally thought that his own foundation was strong enough, and originally thought that everything would not change so quickly. But everything is just what he thinks about if, when the reality comes, he still feels helpless.
Xiao Zheng was right under his nose, but even under his own nose, he could do such an earth-shattering thing, and he, except for relying on a woman's words by luck, didn't dare to act rashly.
Zhong Shiwei's smooth days have passed for too long, so that he forgot his former sadness, and forgot that this world really has 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi. The past seems to be vivid, but the reality is no longer what it used to be. Zhong Shiwei has not taken measures, he has gone to find friends who have been friendly for more than ten years, he has begged the lord who has been filial piety for more than ten years, and he wants to count on the eunuchs in the palace who once gave a lot of silver and regarded him as the God of Wealth to say good things to him, and even prayed to the masters in the harem who used to be good to him.
But every time he waited for Zhong Shiwei, he either closed the door or refused without any friendship, which made him know what the world is hot and cold, and what it means to be prosperous and fallen.
Zhong Shiwei, who is rarely willing to recall the past, has been reminiscing about the past recently, recalling the misery when he first came to the capital, and recalling the bits and pieces under Xiao Zhengmen. He began to panic, he felt that now, if he was going to lose, he would not be as good as when he came to the capital, at least at that time there was a Xiao Zheng who took him in, and now, the person who took him in at the beginning has become his biggest and most formidable competitor. Moreover, it seems that the debate has already been decided.
A street has become the farthest distance, and a friendship that used to be a teacher has now become the deepest hatred, and there is nothing more sober than the current Zhong Shiwei, he knows that the scale of victory has begun to tilt. And relying on that woman's plan to slowly eradicate the people around Xiao Zheng first is already stretched. He was afraid, before he could eradicate the people around Xiao Zheng, he Zhong Shiwei was already in prison. He no longer has a chance of winning, if the bleakness of the year still has the vigor that a teenager should have, and now, there is only the sadness of old age.
Heavenly reincarnation, if you have to start over...... Zhong Shiwei didn't know what choice he would have made in the first place. No matter at the beginning, now, there are very few options available to him, he can either sit and wait, or die, or ...... Zhong Shiwei fell into deep thought......
Mo Huitou, who was crowded, had always had a good business since the beginning of the store, especially after receiving the business from the palace. Different from the Linglong Pavilion, the things here are of good quality and cheap, and the people of the capital are all praised for it, thinking that they can use the rouge gouache of the same family with the ladies in the palace, I don't know how many beautiful hearts of the young girls and young women in the capital.
Every time I look at the crowded shops opposite that run similar things to my own family, but it is deserted here, to be honest, Zhong Shiwei's heart has never had a trace of goodness. Linglong Pavilion, which was once famous for its hard to find incense in the capital, has now become a difficult to find, which cannot be said to be Zhong Shiwei's sorrow.
With its wide streets and bustling crowds, Zhong Shiwei walked the longest road in his life like an animal that everyone admires. The crowd had unconsciously gathered over him, parting on either side of him and unconsciously closing behind him. Although Zhong Shiwei's pace was extremely slow, the crowd seemed to be full of patience to wait for him for a second longer, and everyone followed like that, watching him walk from one side of the street to the other, seeing him wandering in front of Mo Hui, watching him muster up the courage to step into here.
Zhong Shiwei once again walked into Mo Huitou, although it was not the first time, but he lacked the courage for the first time. He didn't come to negotiate this time, he came to beg for mercy by wagging his tail and pleading. He didn't expect to be forgiven by Xiao Zheng, but he was lucky, looking at his past feelings, hoping that he could stop.
Today's Mo Hui is still very lively as usual, and everyone who enters the store is looking forward to getting a makeover after going out of here. All kinds of inquiries are overwhelming, and the huge front hall is very lively. But when Zhong Shiwei walked in, all the noise and noise came to an abrupt end, and the air seemed to freeze. Everyone opened their eyes and looked at this strange person in front of them, and only after carefully distinguishing it did they realize that this was actually the unbeatable Master Zhong of the Linglong Pavilion!
Can be ...... today Master Zhong seemed to be a little down, he was carrying a wicker behind his back, and his face was no longer arrogant as before, and his eyes became particularly obedient at the moment. People looked at each other, Zhong Shiwei looked fixedly, the crowd was automatically split in half by his eyes, Zhong Shiwei walked along the middle road, and knelt straight in front of the counter as if no one was around!
This can definitely be called a wonder of the capital, and someone who has never seen such a person as Master Zhong almost fell out of his round eyes. It's a pity that Zhong Shiwei was unmoved, he still knelt upright. Ah San, who was also stunned on the side, hurriedly rushed over, "I said, Master Zhong, what are you doing here?" If you have anything to say, you can say it...... It's called our little shop's business...... It's hard to do! ”
"I want to see your lord." Zhong Shiwei said.
"Our lord...... Even if you want to see our grandfather, you have to get up...... Get up and talk about it. Three and five glance at Fluttershy, who had been silent.
"Forget it, the big guys are scattered, scattered, scattered, don't do today's business first, another day, come back another day." Fluttershy looks at the crowd, and Ah San and Ah Wu follow along to greet them. Of course, the process of driving away seems to be a bit tortuous, after all, no one is willing to let go of such a great opportunity to see the excitement, but unfortunately, the determination not to turn back to catch up with the guests is resolute, and the door is closed tightly at the end.
Eventually, Mo looks back and clears up, and Fluttershy gives Ah San and Ah Si a look, implying that the two of them take good care of Zhong Shiwei. She turned around and went to the back hall, she didn't know whether it was right or wrong for her to do this, but she felt that she still had to tell Xiao Zheng about this matter.
This is the second time that the two brothers have met after more than ten years, and like the first time, Xiao Zheng still has no expression, but he can't forget what kind of deep hatred the person in front of him has with himself, it is because of him, he and his sister have been extremely red for so many years, because he has been away from home for more than ten years, and because of him, he has lost his foothold one after another.
All the things in the past are due to the present and the individual, and everything in the past is closely related to this person. Now, it was time for him to take revenge, and victory was in sight, but the enemy had come to admit his mistake like this!
Xiao Zheng looked at Zhong Shiwei carefully, it was very different from the apprehension when he first came out of the capital, now he had the certainty of victory, with the attitude of a winner, but the person in front of him seemed to have become small again all of a sudden, so small that he no longer needed to use all his strength to hate.
Fluttershy brought a chair aside, Xiao Zheng looked at it, sat down, still skinny, but more energetic than ever. Zhong Shiwei has secretly looked at Xiao Zheng countless times, watching his every move, and even sometimes he himself is fantasizing, with a body like Xiao Zheng, it is possible to stretch his legs and stare at him one day. There are many observables, Zhong Shiwei feels that he is wrong, Xiao Zheng is thin but thin, but this does not mean that there is anything wrong with his body, on the contrary, he is not only in good physique, but also has a strong spiritual strength, which is terrifying, so that every time Xiao Zheng passes by the door of Linglong Pavilion, Zhong Shiwei has a kind of trembling that is not angry and self-threatening.