Chapter 8: Whose Minions?
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Chu Nan also had no intention of looking to visit Xian'er, so he hurriedly returned to his small courtyard, and sure enough, he saw Chu Yue talking with Yangmei. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Smiling at Linglong and Yangmei, Chu Nan beckoned Chu Yue to come out with him, and stopped when he walked to the corner of the courtyard.
Chu Yue looked back cautiously and said with a smile: "Why did you come back so early? As soon as you leave, I will come here to cover for you, how can you thank me." ”
Chu Nan scratched his head, stared at Chu Yue and asked, "How is the old mansion in Jingzhou recently, you should know." ”
Chu Yue put away her smile, lowered her head and said softly: "Why are you asking this?" Now that Aunt Guo has sent someone to take charge, you don't care about it, otherwise it will be noisy again." ”
Chu Nan looked at Chu Yue's face and chuckled, "So, do you know what happened in the old mansion recently?"
The old lady of the Chu family has been sitting in the old mansion of Jingzhou for many years, Chu Yue has always been by her side, and she is the actual person in charge of the old mansion of the Chu family, although she is now in the capital, but Chu Nan believes that with Chu Yue's ability, the affairs of the old mansion of the Chu family must be clear to Chu Yue.
Chu Yue said casually: "What else can I do?" Aunt Guo sent a competent person to clean the old mansion up and down, this matter is the nod of my father, can I say anything as a junior?"
Chu Nan said softly: "I heard that the land rent collected by the Chu family this year is thirty percent higher than in previous years, do you know this?"
Chu Yue sighed helplessly, nodded slowly, and said: "I heard about it a few days ago, it was under the banner of sending food to the soldiers of Mobei for the whole family, and it was publicized early, and I couldn't stop it if I wanted to." ”
Chu Nan said with a faint expression: "I also heard that the old mansion is going to destroy mulberry and grow grain next year to ensure that it will win the business of purchasing and transporting military food for the Mobei front." ”
Chu Yue's eyes widened, and she said in disbelief: "Destroying mulberry and growing grain? Is she crazy? Jingzhou has been famous for planting mulberry and raising silkworms for hundreds of years, isn't this a self-defeating way?"
Chu Nan lowered his head and said slowly: "I don't care what happens to the Chu family in the capital, but I will never allow anyone to sacrifice the old mansion for the sake of the Chu family in the capital, and I will go to reason with her in a while, if I can't stop it, I will go to the old mansion to kill people." ”
Chu Yue was also a little angry, for Chu Yue, who grew up in the old mansion since she was a child, the old mansion in Jingzhou was really significant, and when she heard Chu Nan's words, she whispered: "I'll go with you, I am much more familiar with the situation of the old mansion than you." ”
Yang Mei looked at Chu Nan and Chu Yue and said something with a solemn expression, and began to walk out in a hurry, and couldn't help but walk to the door to look, hesitated for a moment and called Linglong to follow behind.
Chu Yue lowered her head and walked in front of Chu Nan, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and asked in a low voice, "Does my brother know an old man named Wei Si in Jiangnan?"
Chu Nan quietly clenched his fists, trying to calm himself down, but his voice still couldn't help but feel a little chilly, and said, "I know, what's wrong with him?"
Chu Yue said cautiously: "When the news came from the old mansion, he mentioned him, saying that he met robbers outside Jingzhou City, and reported your name before he died. ”
Chu Nan stopped, covered his forehead with his hand, looked up to the sky and took a breath, and said expressionlessly: "Before you die, let's go, I must settle this account." ”
............................................................................................................... The Chu family in Jingzhou means absolute power, Jingzhou's world-famous brocade is also all made by the Chu family, from planting mulberry and raising silkworms, to reeling silk into satin, and then to transportation and sales, the Chu family controls the lifeblood of Jingzhou, coupled with the reputation and prestige accumulated over hundreds of years, and finally makes the Chu family the most special gate valve of the beam.
The Chu family is the sky in Jingzhou, and the people of Jingzhou also take it for granted.
Of course, that is to say, without the acquiescence of some people in the Chu family, it would never have happened that robbers committed murder outside the city, and in Jingzhou, in addition to the government, there is only the Chu family who has this ability.
The Chu family listened to Guo Zhong's report, and breathed a long sigh of relief, with the business of purchasing and transporting military rations, the Chu family can be regarded as having financial resources, and His Majesty will not see the capital of the Chu family to raise military rations, and Chu Yuan can be regarded as having a reasonable contribution.
Chu Nan kicked the door open, and one of the doors made a tooth-sore sound, and it was actually kicked and broken, and it hung on the side a little miserably.
Chu's face changed, and he looked at Chu Nan, who had a cold face, and frowned: "What are you doing?" It's getting more and more rude, is this also a place for you to mess around?"
Chu Nan didn't care, stared at Guo Zhong with a stunned face with a murderous face, and said slowly: "Outside Jingzhou City, you should know about Wei Si's robbery and killing, right?"
Guo Zhong was startled, subconsciously glanced back at the Chu family, and said with a dry smile: "Back to the fifth young master, the villain doesn't know." ”
Chu secretly scolded Guo Zhong for being an idiot, and said with a forced smile: "What's the matter, is it your acquaintance who died?" Jingzhou is mountainous, and it is normal for some people to want to make money, so you can say hello to the Jingzhou government and let them check. ”
Chu Nan glanced at Chu Shi coldly, and said disdainfully: "Jingzhou may not be the richest place in the world, but it is definitely the most peaceful place in Daliang. Not to mention bandits and bandits, even thieves are not common in Jingzhou. ”
After that, ignoring the frost-colored Chu family, he said to Guo Zhong: "I heard that you succeeded Yue'er as the steward of the old mansion, and brought countless henchmen to clean the original people. You should know what the influence of the Chu family is in Jingzhou, and you should also understand Wei Si's identity, and you should also understand what it means for Wei Si to die outside Jingzhou. ”
Guo Zhongqiang said with a smile: "What the fifth young master said, why can't the villain understand?"
Chu Nan laughed, pointed at Guo Zhong and said, "Without the cooperation of the Chu family, who would dare to kill people outside Jingzhou City?" Yue'er said that it was not the people from the Chu family's old mansion who did it, who do you say would do it?"
Guo Zhong saw Chu Nan's ruthlessness and ruthlessness in Jiangnan, and Chu Nan laughed so hard that he broke out in a cold sweat, and said astringently: "The Zhang family hates Wei Si to death, maybe they sent someone to do it." ”
Chu's eyes widened and he secretly cursed a fool.
Chu Nan forcibly calmed the anger in his heart, but his face looked a little hideous, and he said to the Chu family: "The old mansion of the Chu family must not become a weight for you to seek benefits and exchange power. I heard that you also ordered people to raise the land rent, so that the tenants of the Chu family suffered in exchange for power, and even thought about destroying mulberry and growing grain, what an idiot it takes to come up with such a method!"
Chu Shi slapped the table fiercely, and said angrily: "Bastard! Dare to talk to me like this? Is this what your father taught you? I didn't do this for the Chu family, now that the old mansion sacrifices some, it will naturally be able to get it back ten times and a hundred times in the future, what if the mulberry tree is destroyed, it will be planted back in a few years! Don't care about the temporary gains and losses, but think about the long-term thinking of the Chu family!"
Chu Nan laughed angrily, grabbed Guo Zhong's collar, and sneered: "So you admit that Wei Si's death was a deal you made between this idiot and the Zhang family?
The Chu family stood up, did not deny it, and said proudly: "The Chu family, including the old mansion, is up to me, he was sent to Jingzhou by me, and I gave him this power, if you are dissatisfied, you can go to your father." ”
Chu Nan punched Guo Zhong in the face, directly causing him to spit out a mouth full of teeth, so painful that his face was distorted, and he said ruthlessly: "The ancestral house of a century-old clan is actually going to be taken care of by an idiot outsider?"
Chu Shi sneered: "Why is he an outsider? How can he be an idiot? You think about it for a while now, how can you explain it." ”
Chu Nan seemed to have heard the funniest joke, and punched Guo Zhong, who was squeaking and screaming in pain, fainted, and said disdainfully: "The Chu family is a hundred-year-old family, and the hundreds of Chu clan relatives in the old house don't need it, and if you don't need a loyal servant like Jiubo, you actually let a slave from the Guo family show off his power and do nonsense, you really did it! Guo Zhong, hear clearly, it's not Chu Zhong! It's loyal to the Guo family, not loyal to the Chu family!"
Chu Shi looked at Chu Nan's murderous face, he was really afraid that Chu Nan would kill Guo Zhong, and scolded: "Stop! Don't think that you can come back and spread wilderness against me if you make a name for yourself in Jiangnan!"
Chu Nan promised to keep the Wei Si family safe in Jiangnan, but now the person he wants to protect is actually dead at the hands of the Chu family, the anger in his heart is almost breaking through his chest, and he has no scruples when he speaks, and sneered: "Hmph, I forgot, you are also surnamed Guo, he is loyal to the Guo family, and you don't say it." ”
Chu Shi was furious, his face turned pale, and he said angrily: "Let her go quickly! It's really getting more and more uneducated, where are the people who come, where are they all dead! Go and invite the master to come and see the son he gave birth to." ”
Chu Nan looked at the subordinate who was standing outside the door with a cower, and even crawled to call Chu Yuan, he didn't care, and said slowly: "No one can save him today, I promised Wei Si to protect his family from dying, and now that Wei Si is dead, someone must pay for his life, definitely!"
Chu Shi looked at Chu Nan, who was almost crazy, and was a little frightened for a while, standing on tiptoe, just when he saw Chu Yuan walking towards this side with a gloomy face, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Chu Yuan walked in, followed by Chu Comfort, it seemed that he had just come back from the military department, seeing Chu Nan's murderous expression and Chu's sneer, he glanced at Guo Zhong, who was caught in Chu Nan's hands and his face was covered with blood, and frowned and snorted: "What's the matter? I'm just going out for a while and then I'm going to stage a full martial arts?"
Chu sat down angrily, turned his face and sneered: "How do I know what madness he is? I was about Guo Zhong's order to transport military rations, and he broke in, and couldn't help but speak disrespectfully to me, and knocked Guo Zhong unconscious, hmph, just now I doubted that if I provoked him, would he come up and beat me too!"
Chu Yuan looked at Chu Nan, who was silent, and scolded: "Let him go, apologize to your aunt, and go to the family law yourself in a while." ”
Chu Nan sneered a few times, let go of Guo Zhong casually, and watched him crawl towards Chu like a ball of mud, slowly stretching out his foot and stepping on Guo Zhong's ankle.
As soon as Chu's sarcastic smile was halfway revealed, he heard several crisp sounds one after another, followed by Guo Zhong's miserable wail.
Ignoring the shocked expressions of the people in the room, Chu Nan kicked Guo Zhong in the chest heavily, Guo Zhong rolled and fell out of the door, a large piece of his chest was sunken, and a few mouthfuls of blood spit out from his mouth, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
Chu Nan said lightly: "I think the slave of the Guo family is not suitable for staying in the Chu family, and I also think that killing him at once is really a bit cheap for him." ”
(To be continued)