Originally, Zhang Mingzhi invited Captain Fan Ying to have dinner together, but the other party excused himself on the grounds that he was busy with official business, and when the two sides separated, Fan Ying repeatedly invited Ding Li and Zhang Wu to have a free time to get together and talk about wine.

"Second master! Who is the distinguished guest you just mentioned? After walking for a while, Zhang Wu also told Zhang Mingzhi in detail what happened on the road when he arrived, and then remembered the topic just now, scratched his head, and didn't think of anyone else who could become Zhang Mingzhi's distinguished guest for a long time.

"Hahaha! In fact, it can't be regarded as a distinguished guest! Speaking of distinguished guests, Zhang Mingzhi's mood was very good, he laughed a few times, then looked at Zhang Wu with a sympathetic face, and deliberately paused for a moment before shaking his head helplessly and said: "Ah Wu! Our aunt and grandmother are back! ”

"What?!" Zhang Wu immediately jumped back a step, glared at Zhang Mingzhi with a vigilant face, and then looked at the expressions of many attendants around him, only then did he determine that Zhang Mingzhi was not joking, and looking at Zhang Mingzhi's performance, it was indeed not a joke.

"How is that possible? So fast? Zhang Wu, who reacted, shook his head again and again with a look of disbelief, but the matter was already in front of him, and soon, Zhang Wu's facial features were distorted together, and he pleaded with Zhang Mingzhi with a sad face: "Second master! Why don't I go back first? There is no vacant space in our house now, so I'll go back and buy it first, and arrange my aunt's residence. ”

"Come less! Still want to run? Zhang Mingzhi grabbed Zhang Wu's arm, as if he was afraid that Zhang Wu would immediately turn around and run away, and then comforted the other party with a smile: "Don't be afraid! My sister is not a tigress, she can't eat you, can she? ”

Hearing this, Ding Li on the side realized that the aunt and grandmother in the mouths of the two were Zhang Mingzhi's sister, Zhang Yurou. Ding Li had also heard of some of them, but looking at Zhang Wu's performance, Ding Li was a little suspicious that the name Yurou was taken a little backwards, especially Zhang Wu's next words, which confirmed this very strongly.

"Yes, what the second master said is that my aunt and grandmother are indeed not tigresses!" Zhang Wu nodded in agreement, but the conversation changed, and he grinned and added: "Even if it's a tigress, I'm afraid I have to run away when I see my aunt and grandmother!" ”

"Hahaha! You kid, you actually said that about my sister in front of me! Aren't you looking for a fight? Zhang Mingzhi was led by the other party's words to laugh out loud, reached out and patted Zhang Wu's shoulder, leaned over to the other party's side and whispered with a wicked smile: "Ah Wu! My sister asked me by name to ask for you, do you think I can refuse? ”

"Second master! Can you bear to watch me die? Hearing this, Zhang Wu immediately wailed, pulling Zhang Mingzhi's arm but refusing to take another half step.

"Hey! Brothers! I can't help it! Looking at Zhang Wu who looked like that in front of him, Zhang Mingzhi just sighed and shook his head helplessly: "If you don't go, then it will definitely be me!" Do I have any other choice, you say? ”

"Second master, I have followed you for so many years, even if I have no credit, at least I have hard work! You can't die without help! Zhang Wu, who was so anxious, was about to squeeze out tears, as if Zhang Mingzhi's decision really let him die.

"Hey! If you want to blame, you can only blame you for talking too much back then! Zhang Mingzhi was not shaken by Zhang Wu's words, thought about it, threw a look full of pity at Zhang Wu, and sighed in a low voice: "Ah Wu! You must know that my sister remembers clearly, the marriage with the Cao family originally proposed four years ago, you are following the old man's heart! ”

"I, didn't I feel that I was soft-spoken, so I said it casually! What's more, it was the master who asked me, how could I disobey the master's mind! Referring to the past, Zhang Wu did not hesitate to put the responsibility on the old man Zhang Kuang. I remember that when the Cao family was just developing four years ago, Zhang Kuang once wanted to develop together with the Cao family, and the object of the marriage was naturally his daughter Zhang Yurou and Cao Xiangming, the eldest son of the Cao family.

However, Zhang Yurou's personality is the same as Zhang Mingzhi, worthy of being a sibling, even under the coercion of his father, he did not compromise at all. In the end, with the secret help of Zhang Mingzhi, he got on the sea ship of the Zhang Chamber of Commerce directly from Fuxu Port and traveled around the world.

However, after Zhang Kuang proposed the marriage at that time, important people including the Yang family and the Li family all had different opinions, and after the stalemate, Zhang Kuang once asked Zhang Wu who had followed Zhang Mingzhi since he was a child for advice, and Zhang Wu was most afraid of Mr. Zhang at that time, not to mention that his life was also given by Mr. Zhang, of course he would answer according to Mr. Zhang's meaning.

It is precisely for this reason that before Zhang Yurou went to sea, she once threatened to find Zhang Wu to settle this account when she came back one day. In the entire Zhang family and even Guangzhou Mansion, Zhang Yurou's rudeness and willfulness are also famous, but she has been overseas in recent years, so she has disappeared.

"It's good for people to speak softly, or to say things unintentionally! It's none of what I do! Zhang Mingzhi put on a posture of seeing death and not saving him, ignoring Zhang Wu's distress at all, and after dropping a sentence, he stopped for a long time, and then reminded the other party in a low voice as if he cared about his subordinates: "Ah Wu!" I'll give you a thorough understanding first, my sister has changed a lot since she came back this time! But even then, I can't guarantee what she'll do! I also asked tentatively, and she just gave me a series of sneers in response! ”

"Ahh Hearing this, Zhang Wu wailed again, looked at Zhang Mingzhi with a resentful expression, and didn't understand whether the other party's reminder was kind or deliberately to scare himself, so he immediately lowered his eyes and swept his injury, and hurriedly pulled Zhang Mingzhi again and pleaded: "Second master, you see that I am injured now, even if my aunt and grandmother make a light, it will cost me half my life!" Second master, for the sake of my loyalty for so many years! You can make a move, as long as you can escape this catastrophe safely, the second master will be my Zhang Wu's reborn parents in the future! ”

"Pull it down! If I were your parents, wouldn't I have to give you a daughter-in-law! Zhang Mingzhi stretched out his hand to push the other party away, laughing and teasing the other party, but he did touch his chin and pondered: "Ah Wu! In fact, if you want to say a way, it's not that there is nothing, it's just. . . ”

"Just what?" Seeing that Zhang Mingzhi stopped hesitantly, Zhang Wu hurriedly pounced and urged: "Second master! Tell me, what's the solution? No matter what I do, as long as I can avoid this catastrophe, I am willing to do anything! ”

"Actually, it's not difficult to solve the problem, but you need to find someone to replace you, as long as my sister can stop thinking about what happened back then, you will definitely survive it!" Zhang Mingzhi frowned slightly, his face was solemn, after all, he had already met Zhang Yurou, and Zhang Mingzhi really couldn't think of a better way.

"Looking for a replacement?" Zhang Wu was also embarrassed when he heard this, and his eyes that had just floated the light of hope dimmed again, although money can make the ghost grind, but Zhang Wu was convinced that this matter would definitely not be settled by money. However, Zhang Wu refused to give up easily, standing in place and scratching his head vigorously, racking his brains to figure out the candidate, and then his eyes also looked at the people around him, and whenever he was seen, he took a few steps back, lest Zhang Wu would push himself into the dark abyss.

"Brother Li!!" Suddenly, Zhang Wu's eyes flashed, he exclaimed, stretched out his hand to pull Zhang Mingzhi, pointed to Ding Li, who was a little confused on the side, and shouted excitedly: "Second master!" Brother Li, look for Brother Li! It will work! ”

"What?" Along the way, Ding Li's mind was almost not here, all of them were left to think about how to arrange the mother and son of Wang Die who had just been taken in, and suddenly heard Zhang Wu shouting himself, Ding Li subconsciously raised his head and responded, but after seeing Zhang Wu's expression that was even more excited than being the emperor, he immediately took a step back, looked at the other party with a vigilant face, frowned and asked: "What can I do?" Brother Wu, Second Brother Zhang, what did you just say? ”

"No, nothing!" Seeing this, Zhang Mingzhi's eyes also lit up, after all, Zhang Wu was his confidant brother, and Zhang Wu was indeed not to blame for what happened back then, now that there is a candidate, Zhang Mingzhi did not hesitate to decide to help Zhang Wu 'calculate' Ding Li, and hurriedly shook his head with a smile, and at the same time did not forget to cast a special look at Zhang Wu.

Seeing this, Zhang Wu shook his head with a smile and a very tacit understanding, and at the same time his heart relaxed a lot, and waved at Ding Li and explained: "Brother Li! It's okay, it's just that you seem to be out of your mind, and call your soul back! It's okay now, let's go, let's go back quickly, I haven't eaten for a day! ”

"Yes, yes! Let's go back to dinner first! Zhang Mingzhi smiled casually on the side, and then hurriedly turned around and beckoned everyone back.

"Really? Why does it look like something must be wrong? Seeing this, Ding Li muttered a little blankly, but he couldn't ask the specific reason, so he had to raise his heels, but Ding Li noticed that the entourage of the Zhang family around him was discussing something in a low voice from time to time, and they would also cast complex eyes on him from time to time, and more importantly, Ding Li read something from it, which seemed to be sympathy, as if pity, and some were intriguing special eyes.

Zhang's Chamber of Commerce is worthy of being the first in the local area, according to Zhang Wu, Ding Li knew that only in Fuxu Town, Zhang's family has three large mansions, and several medium-sized mansions are for some high-level figures of Zhang's Chamber of Commerce to live, and the location of handling specific affairs, in addition to a few branches and stores in the city, the main ones are distributed in Fuxu Port Wharf.

Dongcheng, a mansion close to Dongying, in addition to the gilded nanmu plaque at the top of the mansion gate, the two red doors at the main gate show the dignity of this mansion at a glance. Even around this Zhang's mansion, the soldiers stationed in the eastern camp were included in the patrol range.

On the street several zhang wide, except for the soldiers on duty outside Dongying and the domestic servants outside Zhangfumen, there were no pedestrians in the emptiness, which shocked Ding Li, who saw this scene for the first time.

You must know that the population of the entire Fuxu Port is not a minority, and although the city of Fuxu Town is not small, the appearance of such a secluded place in the densely populated Fuxu Town still makes Ding Li sigh that the deep-rooted power of the Zhang Chamber of Commerce in the local area still has a regular army to deliberately patrol and guard.

"Second, second master, I seem to be in a bit of a hurry." Walking to the stone steps outside the door of the mansion, although Zhang Wu had already taken measures just now, but looking at the door of the mansion close to the ruler, his legs still couldn't help but tremble a little, and he suddenly stopped and made an excuse for himself, and it seemed that he had a bad plan and was about to slip away.

"Come less! Don't you need me to tell my aunt and grandmother that you are in a hurry! Zhang Mingzhi immediately turned his head and glared at the other party, threatening the other party viciously.

"No, no! I don't seem to feel it anymore! Zhang Wu dared to continue to refuse, and hurriedly smiled and waved his hand to refuse, he was not sure whether Zhang Yurou, who he hadn't seen for a few years, would go to the toilet to settle accounts with himself, so he simply drooped his head and followed Zhang Mingzhi into the house dejectedly, but the steps under his feet seemed to be deliberately slowing down and shrinking.