It's two moments.

In a small courtyard with simple decoration but not looking poor, Chen Yi, the steward of Yongshun Boat Company, came to the gate alone after calming his suspicious wife, greeted the cultivators who guarded the courtyard, and asked about the situation outside.

"Steward Chen doesn't have to worry, there will be no surprises. I called you here just to make sure that the above matters are resolved in a few days, and Steward Chen can return to the ship. ”

The cultivator of the nursing home obviously had no friendship with Chen Yi, although he said it politely, it was full of business, and his attitude was quite tough-Chen Yi couldn't leave the mansion for half a step before the matter was over.

Chen Yi nodded, returned to the courtyard and sat down.

Even if he was alone in front of the stone table, silent and idle, his waist was straight, his eyes were sharp without squinting, and his whole body exuded a mountain-like momentum.

Anyone can see that this is a young man who is full of fighting spirit and works hard in life. In fact, he rarely slacks off, and always wants to make great strides on the road of life.

Because of this, he was able to go from a poor boy with nothing in his thirties to the top of Yongshun Boat Company in his thirties, mixing on the dock to the top of Yongshun Boat Company, and was universally respected.

The hardships and dedication experienced during this period are not enough for outsiders.

Chen Yi quickly combed through what he had done this time, reflecting on whether he would leave flaws.

He didn't actually do a lot of things, and the nobleman just asked him to be in charge of Wang Shu, and didn't involve too many specific things.

Obviously, the nobles have their own responsible persons in each link, and there is no cross-cutting with each other. In this way, even if there is a mistake, no one will pull up the radish and carry the mud and dig up a whole piece.

After meeting Wang Shu this morning, watching him get on the boat, and making sure that everything was normal and that he would act according to the plan, he met his wife who went out, and came here directly without passing through the boat shop.

He certainly can't disappear early.

If Wang Shu finds out that he is hiding, he is afraid that his mood will be affected, once the other party has doubts, he can't decisively attack the Zhao family's people, and kill his own people on the ship, resulting in the failure of the operation, and the nobles will blame it, then it will be over.

But it's nothing, as long as you get to this hidden mansion arranged by the nobles, everything should be no longer a problem.

The cry of a child came from the room, Chen Yi frowned, got up and entered the door, and saw that his wife was nervously coaxing the two-year-old son in her arms, and the teenage eldest daughter was also a little panicked on the side.

Seeing Chen Yi enter the door, his wife's eyes were full of self-blame and apology, as if the children would expose them if they cried and caused a catastrophe.

Looking at his virtuous wife, who was not too beautiful, Chen Yi's heart softened, his expression eased, he went over to pick up his youngest son, and comforted his wife while coaxing: "Don't be too alarmed, it's nothing serious, we can go home in a few days." ”

"Hmm. The wife nodded meekly and agreed, believing Chen Yi's words.

When the child stopped crying, Chen Yi handed him over to his wife and said softly: "As long as this thing is done, the noble man will help me become the chief steward of the ship." With a few more years of hard work and enough money, I will be able to set up my own boat business. When the time comes, I will be the owner myself and achieve a career, and you will be able to have good clothes and food, and have face and prestige in front of others.

"When my son grows up, he doesn't have to look at anyone's face, we are the nobles of the docks. The fate of the people at the bottom of our old Chen family will be completely changed, and their children and grandchildren will follow suit!

"This little bitterness in front of you must be eaten, and you must bear with it. ”

His words were firm and tender, and tears welled up in his wife's eyes as she listened.

She grabbed her husband's hand and said, "I know you have great ambitions, and I know that I can't help much, I don't have any requirements for wealth, I just hope you don't have to be too bitter about yourself, and our family can be safe......"

Chen Yi patted his wife's hand, smiled, and didn't say anything more, and similar conversations were not once or twice.

In the early years, the boats fought with each other, and every time he went out with a knife and went out desperately, he often had such a conversation with his wife when he came home covered in blood and bruises.

When someone came in the courtyard, Chen Yi went out to greet him and welcomed the other party into the lobby. That is the noble man in his eyes, a young man who has just passed the age of the crown, dressed luxuriously and gracefully, and radiant.

"Steward Chen doesn't seem to be panicked, can he still calm down? Yes, he still looks like he is doing a big thing, and it is not in vain that this son cultivates you. Zheng Yuqing Shi Shiran sat down.

He never looked at Chen Yi squarely, his words and demeanors were full of charity, just like Chen Yi was just a vicious dog in his hand, and if he was satisfied, he would throw a bone and reward him.

But Zheng Yuqing did not deliberately behave domineeringly, or deliberately insulted Chen Yi, which can be seen from the etiquette that was not discounted when he met.

"It is a blessing to be looked up to by the son. ”

Chen Yi humbly flattered the son of the family in front of him, who was more than ten years younger than himself, and did not show any discomfort because of the other party's condescending attitude, and was obviously used to this kind of communication rules.

Originally from the countryside, he was only a teenager when he first arrived at the docks to earn a living.

At first, he naively thought that the Son of Heaven was guilty of the same crime as the common people, and that the world was fair under the law. He is full of vigor and hard work, gets up early and is greedy for darkness, wants to rely on his own efforts, get ahead openly, live in a mansion to marry a beauty, and glorify his ancestors.

At that time, when he saw that there were old and weak people being bullied on the dock, he would come forward to help without thinking, the kind of "hoe the strong and help the weak" in his heart

The sense of justice made him feel that it should be so, and he also thought that it was a virtue and would be recognized by everyone.

As a result, he kicked the iron plate.

That time, he saw a servant of Jingzhao Mansion kicking over the vegetable stall of a skinny old woman with goosebumps and crane hair on the side of the road, and while stomping on the vegetables scattered all over the ground, he scolded the old woman for not being long-sighted, and dared to set up a stall on the street without authorization, disrupting the order of the neighborhood and obstructing normal traffic.

The old woman was crying and snatching her vegetables at the feet of the officials, and she did not hesitate to protect the vegetables in her arms and used her body to block the feet of the officials, but the officials did not take into account her meaning, and the official boots fell on her, again and again.

When Chen Yi saw this scene, he immediately became angry.

He hurriedly went over and pushed the servant away, but before he could help the old woman with tears and a sad face, the whip in the officer's hand fell on his back and head, and it hurt fiercely.

Chen Yi couldn't bear it anymore, and reflexively swung his fist in the face of the servant. In the end, he is from the countryside, he has been doing farm work since he was a child, and his muscles and bones are very strong, and he knocked the official to the ground in three or five strokes.

He received loud applause from the onlookers.

He was also brought into the yamen.

He thought he would be brought before the court for trial, given a fair voice, and protected by the laws of the dynasty.

He didn't.

All he got was more punches and kicks from the officials, and he was thrown into prison.

At that time, he knew that although the dynasty had laws, he had no chance to meet the laws at all.

Not to mention being treated justly by the law.

When he was lying in the dark cell covered in wounds, he thought that someone would avenge him and uphold justice for him, after all, he helped the old woman, and the other party should save him, and there were many people who cheered for him, and these people might also come to the yamen to cry out for him.

The answer, of course, is no.

More than ten days later, he was thrown out of prison, and when he saw the light of day, he saw his uncle who had brought him from the countryside to the dock to work, and the other party was very haggard, sighing and warning him not to meddle in any more things.

It turned out that in order to bribe the officials to save him, the clan uncle spent all his savings, not to mention, and borrowed money everywhere and owed a lot of debts.

Later, Chen Yi learned that the reason why the officials beat the poor people who set up stalls on the street was, on the one hand, to shake their prestige, show their power, and enjoy the pleasure of superiority brought by power.

On the other hand, it is also because only the people who set up stalls go to the fixed stalls in the market to do business, so it is convenient for them to collect stall fees.

What really made Chen Yi completely lose confidence in the government was due to the death of his uncle.

That night, there was a thief burglary, the uncle who got up at night found the other party, was stabbed in the fight, Chen Yi heard the movement and got up to help, the thief had fled, he picked up the kitchen knife and chased, the thief fell into the canal in a panic and drowned.

Chen Yi thought that things would just pass.

The next day, the thief's family, carrying the thief's body, blocked the door of Chen Yi's house, demanding that they kill people to pay for their lives.

Chen Yi, who was deeply incredible, felt that the thief's family was crazy.

But it turned out that the other party was not crazy, because the officials of Jingzhao Mansion ruled that he and his clan uncle were guilty and must compensate the thieves' family.

The reason is that the thief has stopped committing crimes by escaping from his house. And he chased the thief to death with a knife, which is manslaughter, another case, a new crime.

Chen Yi was unconvinced, very unconvinced.

He wants to go to Jingzhao Mansion to avenge his grievances, and he believes that the law will give him justice!

The official of Jingzhao Mansion opened the thick law, pointed to the articles on it, and explained to him one by one, clearly showing that he had killed someone, and he was guilty.

"My uncle was stabbed by this thief!" Chen Yi shouted in extreme wrong.

"It's just an injury, it's not worth a life, and you still have to pay three hundred taels to others. "Officials are on official business.

When Chen Yi's clan uncle heard this, he was so angry that the wound in his abdomen collapsed, he lost too much blood, and died.

"It's not a killing, the theft is long gone, and it has nothing to do with people. The official said in the pages of the law.

At that moment, in the face of the thief's family who rushed up with red eyes, grabbed him like a hungry wolf, and roared for him to lose money, Chen Yi's worldview completely collapsed.

When he was still a young man and did not go out of the remote countryside to the bustling city, the old people in the village often told him when they were chatting in the cool weather:

Now is the prosperity of the Great Qi Dynasty that has not been seen in a hundred years, and their stable life is not easy to come by, thanks to His Majesty's sage, the justice of the law, and the court for the people, they have to be grateful.

When he went out of the village, the old people told him in every possible way not to be afraid when he went outside, and to find the government when he encountered problems, as long as he did not do evil things, the law would protect him.

Looking up now, Chen Yi burst into tears.

The old people in the village have never said that the law is in the hands of the government, how to interpret the law is the final word of the official, and how to judge the crime is all up to the official.

From childhood to adulthood, people told him to be kind, which is a virtue, and good deeds are rewarded, and more importantly, to be righteous in his heart, to be an upright person, not to do evil, because righteousness travels all over the world.

But people never told him that the laws of this world do not care about goodness at all, that the government of this world does not tolerate justice, and that the morality and rational cognition of this world will be contrary to the provisions of the law.

What can he do? Single-handedly change the laws of the court, which is black and white, or can he single-handedly overthrow the unclear right and wrong of the imperial government?

It turns out that evil is rewarded with evil, but the weak are wishful thinking when they can't help the strong who do evil

Willing stupid extravagance.

There is no good reward at all in this world, only people who are good are deceived by others.

In this mixed Caoyun wharf, Chen Yi finally realized the dark side of the world, he knew that he was too small, and in the face of the rules of the world, what he could do was not to change, but to adapt.

What is good retribution: money, status, power, or beauty?

If you want to collect grain, you have to farm, if you want money, you have to do business, and if you want power, you have to enter the imperial examination...... These things are not obtained by kindness.

Chen Yi decided to use his hands to get it.

He buried his uncle, and in that cold winter snowy day, he walked into the Yongshun Boat Company, which he had hated and spurned in the past, which was a black boat company.

Since then, he twisted the knife and fought bloodily, every time he fought with weapons, he was extremely ruthless, he could cut off his head but never his body, he could cut off the vital points and never touch his hands and feet, and there were more and more opponents who fell under his knife, and few of them could still get up.

After each fight, he was scarred, and several times he almost died.

He was not afraid.

He is more afraid of living in humiliation than being hacked to death, and he is afraid that he will not see the hope of exhaling and raising his eyebrows for the rest of his life.

He had no mercy on anyone, because no one would pity him.

If he wants to get ahead and no longer endure endless humiliation and injustice, he must abandon all moral restraints and climb up by stepping on the corpses of others!

Gradually, he became famous on the docks.

The middle and upper echelons of the boat shop began to notice him and taught him to practice.

On the first night of stepping into the Forging Realm, Chen Yi took advantage of the dark night and high wind to sneak into the house of the thief's family.

These people, because he sold himself to Yongshun Boat Company in exchange for three hundred taels of compensation, are now living a good life. Chen Yi saw them at the dock, and they all lived happily and smiled.

He woke up the family, and in the frightened eyes of the other party, he killed all the family, leaving no one behind, and all of them were beheaded.

After killing people, Chen Yi, who had already smelled the smell of meat, went to the kitchen to find half a pot of mutton.

He came out and sat on the threshold, with his back to the decapitated corpses and blood on the ground in the room, and in the quiet moonlight, holding the iron pot, he ate half a pot of meat carefully and carefully.

Eat heartily.

The next day, he lit the heads of these men in front of the grave of his uncle, cooked them, and buried them in the earth.

On the day and night after Chen Yi achieved the Imperial Qi Realm, he sneaked into the house of the servant who beat the old woman, tortured him in every way in the cell, and almost killed him alive, and broke the other party's neck.

Before daybreak, he went to the house of the official who had convicted him of the crime and wanted to compensate the thief, and stabbed the official with a dagger more than fifty times, and stabbed him in a puddle of flesh.

The official's head was finally taken to the grave of his uncle by Chen Yi, and he was burned and buried in front of the grave.

"Steward Chen, when this matter is over, you will become the chief steward of Yongshun Ship, and in the future, you will be able to warm nephrite and have many beautiful concubines. ”

After Chen Yi's wife came to serve tea, Zheng Yuqing probably felt that the other party was not beautiful enough, so she teased Chen Yi half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Chen Yi shook his head and said, "The wife of the chaff cannot be bullied, and she will not take a concubine in the next life." ”

"Oh?" Zheng Yuqing didn't expect Chen Yi to answer like this, and he answered so seriously.

Chen Yi smiled, "Let Gongzi see it." ”

Because of his resentment, after he entered the Yongshun ship, he became more and more violent, acting without scruples, and morality has been gradually abandoned by him.

The reason why he didn't completely become a domineering villain after feeling the strong malice of this cold world, and he could still pick up morality, become peaceful year after year, and not bully the good or the weak, all because of his wife who was not too beautiful.

Once, he was attacked and killed by the enemy on the way home at night, although he successfully defeated the other party, he was also seriously injured, and fainted after barely supporting the door.

If it hadn't been for the neighbor's wife, who came to his rescue in time and bandaged his wound to stop the bleeding, he would have died of blood loss that night.

Although his wife is average-looking, she is gentle and virtuous, kind and tender. Because of the other party's considerate care, Chen Yi felt the warmth that he had not seen for a long time.

Since the death of his uncle, Chen Yi has been as cold as iron, this world is dirty and dark, full of injustice and ugliness, the so-called prosperity of the world, in his opinion, is just materialistic, the weak eat the strong, absurd and ridiculous.

It was his wife who warmed his cold heart again.

On the day the two got married, Chen Yi realized a truth: this world is a sea of bitterness, the face is hateful, there is nothing worth really nostalgic, only loving yourself and the people you love, it is the only light in the night, and it is worth cherishing for a lifetime - even if it is to pay for life!

From that day on, Chen Yi's hard work had a warm reason. He doesn't want his wife and children to be bullied in any way, he wants to stand on a higher place, and have the ability to shield them from all the wind and rain in this dirty and dangerous world at this moment.

For this, he will do whatever it takes!

"Steward Chen, I have something to tell you, you come here. Zheng Yuqing, who had been chatting with Chen Yi for a while, felt that the other party's vigilance should be relaxed, smiled kindly.

Chen Yi didn't realize that there was him, so he got up and leaned over.

"This thing has to be important, it's like this......"

Zheng Yuqing also got up slightly, leaned over to Chen Yi, and when the other party was listening sideways, suddenly, a sharp flash flashed in his eyes, and the killing opportunity appeared, revealing a little cold light in the sleeve of his right hand, and his backhand was about to stab the opponent's neck!