"Alas, girl, as a mother, I sympathize with your situation very much, but this is your child, if you go on like this with your child for so long, I'm afraid it will affect his longevity, and when the time comes, won't the gains outweigh the losses?"

"No one can hurt my virtuous son, no one."

Zhuang Xian's mother screamed bitterly, this voice made Fan Li shudder a little, usually, Wu Zheng didn't let Fan Li see these things, but today the situation is different, Wu Zheng was forced to have no choice but to let Fan Li come in, after all, if you want to negotiate, Fan Li is much better than him.

Zhuang Xian's mother began to cry, she was originally a girl from an ordinary family, but because of the local famine, her parents had no choice but to sell her to a trafficker who came to collect women.

Because Zhuang Xian's mother was born beautiful since she was a child, after she brought it back, she was trained as a singing and dancing girl, so that in the future, she could sell it for a good price.

In the Chu State at that time, the society was relatively stable, and the rich and powerful people would give a very high price to women who could sing and dance, Zhuang Xian's mother, after growing up, became a very good singer and dancer, every day, she was asking those guests to laugh, but she was sad every day.

Many times, if the guests want to sleep, she has to go to the dress, in a certain chance, Zhuang Neng went to the Chu State to discuss business, and fell in love with her at a glance, and as a result, he bought her back at a very high price as his concubine.

But Zhuang Xian's mother, because of her low background, was excluded everywhere in the house, even if she was a subordinate, she would not give her a good look, but Zhuang Neng liked her very much.

And at that time, there was something like Xi Shi in the world, everyone talked about it as beautiful singing and dancing girls, saying that they were a scourge, and in some places, there were even people killing these singing and dancing girls.

Even in Dingtao, even if she was loved by Zhuang Neng, Zhuang Xian's mother still couldn't escape such a fate, Zhuang Neng's wife tried to try to kick her out of the Zhuang family several times, but under Zhuang Neng's obstruction, she didn't succeed.

The banker's family business is so big, it is not Zhuang Neng's alone, his wife, and some in-laws are the support points behind the banker's huge financial resources, so Zhuang Neng, in the banker's house, has no real power.

With the birth of Zhuang Xian, Zhuang Neng was very happy, but other people, for Zhuang Xian's mother, the children born to lowly people, were extremely disgusted and felt insulting to the family, so since childhood, Zhuang Xian has been very good at observing words and feelings.

Zhuang Neng's wife always used various excuses to beat the young Zhuang Xian with wattles, while his mother could only cry silently at night.

Zhuang Xian's mother thought about running away with Zhuang Xian, but she couldn't get out, she was very scared, knowing that the people of the Zhuang family would one day clean up their mother and son.

Sure enough, in a few days when Zhuang Neng went out for business for a long time, the thing he was worried about came, Zhuang Neng's wife planted a crime for Zhuang Xian's mother, seducing the children of a rich family in the city, but the child was nothing, and took this opportunity to punish Zhuang Xian's mother.

Zhuang Xian's mother was beaten to the point that her skin was swollen, but she didn't dare to complain, she was tortured and abused, he could only endure it for the sake of her child, and the young Zhuang Xian could only watch silently from the sidelines.

At night, Mu Zi hugged his head and cried, and Zhuang Xian's mother also decided to run away from this home, but all of this was in the calculation of the Zhuang family, Zhuang Xian's mother, took some gold and silver utensils, and planned to flee to a distant place, so that she could exchange these things for money and beg for a living.

As a result, this put the banker on the hat of an internal thief, and that night, Zhuang Xian's mother drowned in the basin, and Zhuang Xian witnessed all this.

However, Zhuang Xian's mother turned into a ghost after her death, and Zhuang Xian could see her, and the farmer, even more excessively, let Zhuang Xian stay at home and eat and live together in the house where his mother's body was.

Only when the Yin family came over, would Zhuang Xian be allowed to go out to play with Yin Youchen.

"I know that they want to drive my child crazy, so every day, they are comforting my Xian'er, and I also warned him that he must pretend to be crazy and stupid in order to survive, and the people of the dealer's family, in order to be able to get rid of my Xian'er, deliberately poisoned the food, if it weren't for me, Xian'er would have died a long time ago."

Zhuang Xian's mother said, pointing to the door.

"The man outside, after coming back, didn't say a word, he was a man without blood and tears, I hated him so much, even in the previous place, accompanying guests night and night, it was much better than being in this kind of home without humanity."

Zhuang Xian's mother cried again.

Fan Li's face was filled with guilt, he walked over, and with one hand, he grabbed Zhuang Xian, who had already eaten so much that he couldn't hold it anymore, but he kept stuffing things into his mouth.

"I have a proposal."

Fan Li said, and then said respectfully to Zhuang Xian's mother.

"If you want to save your son, there is only one way, and that is to let him come to my side as his teacher, so that the people of the Zhuang family will no longer poison your son, and the boss of the Zhuang can rest assured."

Fan Li could see that Zhuang Neng looked very sad that day, when he talked about it, but he was very indifferent, but he loved this little son, and Fan Li saw it in his eyes.

After talking for a while, Zhuang Xian's mother also agreed, and she gently floated to Zhuang Xian's side and patted him.

"Xian'er, mother has something to say to you."

Zhuang Xian turned his head and looked at his mother seriously.

"In the future, you don't have to pretend to be crazy and stupid in front of this gentleman, you have to follow him in the future and recognize him as your teacher."

"Mother, Xian'er doesn't dare, don't you pretend to be crazy and stupid, won't you die?"

Zhuang Xian's words made Wu Zheng on the side sniff.

"Well, what about the world?"

Wu Zheng's tone was filled with a sense of lament.

After a while, after discussing properly, Fan Li opened the door, and Zhuang Neng outside was already covered in a thick leather coat, and he ran in with a surprised face.

"Daddy......."

I saw Zhuang Xian shouting respectfully and bowing, but in his eyes, he didn't have any feelings for his own father, he was indifferent.

Zhuang Neng happily hugged Zhuang Xian, smiled happily, and constantly thanked Fan Li.

Then Fan Li proposed to let Zhuang Xian be his student, and explained the powerful relationship, Zhuang Neng also knew very well in his heart that his wife and family were hostile to Zhuang Xian and wanted to get rid of him.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhuang Xian was crazy and stupid before, I'm afraid he would have done it when he went out a few times, Zhuang Neng nodded and agreed.

But this will, Fan Li's henchman came in, and he hurriedly told Fan Li that the dealer's people had been found.

"Tonight, Xian'er will leave it to you for the time being, Boss Fan, I will deal with the next things."

Zhuang Neng hugged his son again and left, and Zhuang Xian's face showed a smile.

"Aren't you sad?"

"He's not my father, if it were my father, he wouldn't have watched me bully people, watched me beat, he wasn't my father......."

Looking at the young Uncle Zhuang, I couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in my heart, all along, I saw that between Uncle Zhuang and Yin Qiu, the relationship between the two was very good, and Uncle Zhuang was always smiling, such a desolate and lonely look, I have never seen it.

After Zhuang Neng went back, he said to his wife and other brothers and in-laws that he was going to talk about business with Tao Zhugong, and by the way, he also figured it out, and asked Zhuang Xian to go to Tao Zhugong's house and be Tao Zhugong's disciple, and he would never let him enter the door of the Zhuang family in the future.

At this moment, the dealer went up and down, as if to celebrate, and the next day a banquet was held, and the banquet was held in all directions.

And at this time, there was also a rumor in the city that Tao Zhugong accepted a fool as an apprentice, and this is still a defective product that the dealer does not want, everything that happened in the Zhuang family, as well as the matter of this little son, most people have already known, and behind their backs, they also use this matter to insult the dealer.

Now, the dealer can be regarded as raising his eyebrows, and finally expelled the evil seed born from this lowly person.

Externally, Zhuang Xian still pretended to be crazy and stupid, and all kinds of rumors kept flowing out, saying that Tao Zhugong had a problem with his brain, how could such a fool be able to do it.

But Fan Li was very pleased, although this Zhuang Xian, although he was illiterate and had some difficulty speaking, his talent was very good, and he learned things very quickly.

One day, Yin Yuanhui came over with his son Yin Youchen.

As soon as they met, Zhuang Xian and Yin Youchen immediately shook each other's hands and played, the two little ones were in the yard and played, and Fan Li also entertained Yin Yuanhui and went to a quieter place.

"Alas, Zhu Zi, oh no, I should call you Boss Fan."

Fan Li smiled and immediately spoke.

"Old Yin is here today, there must be something."

Yin Yuanhui took a sip of tea and nodded.

"Now, this Cao Guo is like a child holding a golden doll, do you think .......?"

Yin Yuanhui said nothing more than halfway through her words.

"Indeed, Cao Yingong is floating and uncertain, like a grass on the wall, hoping to be able to meet the source left and right and please everywhere, but in the end, I am afraid that he will not be able to please anyone, and his own territory will be divided by others."

"King Chu, for my Yin family, it can be regarded as a grace of knowledge, as for this kindness, one day, the old decay will have to be repaid."

Fan Li nodded, he already knew in his heart that the Zhuang family and the Yin family were finally from the Chu State, and the purpose here was probably to wait for the Chu State to solve the Lu State, add fuel to the fire, and let the Chu State and the Cao State be swallowed together, and then the sword could be pointed at the world.

"This matter, Fan Li can offer a plan when you want to do it."

Immediately, Yin Yuanhui laughed happily.

"With you, the powerful strategist who assisted Gou Jian in destroying Wu back then, our affairs will naturally come naturally."