Chen Ergongzi snapped and put the folding fan away and held it in his hand, as if he was holding a handful of gold and silver.

He looked at Bai Jiu and said seriously: "Even if we can't beat them, we have to blind them with golden light, those who say that we have no taste are actually another manifestation of jealousy." In this world, I'm afraid that only our family people dress like local tyrants in the countryside, and no one will dare to make fun of them. ”

Bai Jiu didn't think about it like this, he felt that there were always people who were not tempted by money, and those famous scholars were not talented, arrogant, and even more discarded things like money. So when he heard Second Brother Chen say this, he couldn't help but want to refute.

Second Young Master Chen seemed to know his little brother's thoughts for a long time, and hurriedly waved his hand to signal him not to say anything, and said with a cold snort: "Do you know how much money our family paid for the old emperor Dayu when he conquered this country?" These so-called old bachelors, while taking our money as a lu, are drenching the dogs we scold with blood. ”

"I won't say before, I'll just say now, do you know how much silver Tianqi Fourth Courtyard and Yew Garden collect from us in a year? But we don't care about living and working in peace and contentment for the happiness of the people, but don't take us for fools, let alone do anything excessive. ”

Bai Jiu had never heard this news from Second Brother Chen's mouth, and now that he heard it, he couldn't help frowning, feeling a little strange in his heart.

But since Bai Jiu grew up with Second Brother Chen, he knew what Second Brother Chen's temperament was, and he generally didn't get angry easily, and rarely had an angry face. Bai Jiu has only met once since he was a child, and that time was because Bai Jiu first came to the Chen family and was bullied by those children next to him, and that time, those children were seriously injured one by one. And afterwards, Second Brother Chen said in front of everyone that Bai Jiu was his own brother. It was from that time onwards that the Chen family had an additional third young master.

As for Fang Cai's words, Bai Jiu felt that he had heard correctly, Second Brother Chen's face was not angry, but there was a hidden anger in his words.

"What happened?" he asked. ”

Second Young Master Chen grinned and said, "We grabbed a saucer from the Yew Garden at home. ”

Bai Jiu frowned after hearing this, and asked, "Shadow Secret Guard?" ”

Second Young Master Chen nodded, and then said: "This saucer has been working at home for a long time, and it has only been here for three months when I caught it, and I came to the house just to check some things. ”

Bai Jiu was puzzled: "What are you looking for?" ”

Second Young Master Chen hesitated for a moment, looked down at the teacup on the table, and then glanced at Bai Jiu.

Bai Jiu suddenly realized, and a trace of anger suddenly rose in his heart.

Second Young Master Chen continued: "Now that you are famous in Yong'an City, and you are from Xifeng City, your surname is Bai, so they will definitely check. ”

"It's just that what I didn't expect was that they would dare to investigate. Your identity has always been a sensitive issue, and the more you become famous, the easier it is for this issue to manifest. It's just that even if they know that you live in the Chen family and your surname is Bai, you will not have anything to do with the Nanyang Bai family. ”

"So here I am today."

Bai Jiu knew very well the meaning of these words, no matter how much they investigated, all they could find was that Bai Jiu lived in the Chen family.

To put it bluntly, they can know that Bai Jiu is the only son of the Bai family in Nanyang, and there are only two situations.

First, there was a problem with the people within the Chen family.

The second is that Bai Jiu himself has exposed his identity.

No matter how obvious these facts are, even if they become a well-known secret, as long as the Chen family does not admit it, who dares to say no?

Of course, neither of these situations can happen today.

Second Young Master Chen said, "The old man asked me to come here and ask, what are those people going to do?" And what should I do with that plate? ”

Bai Jiu said expressionlessly: "Killed? ”

Second Young Master Chen smiled coldly and said, "It's too cheap, our Chen family is a businessman, and we have come all the way here, so naturally we should also talk about a big business." ”

Bai Jiu asked, "It is rumored in the countryside that the forces of the four major families cannot enter Yong'an City. ”

Second Young Master Chen looked at Bai Jiu and raised his eyebrows, and said, "That's because among the four major families, we haven't made a move. ”

He looked at Bai Jiu, he hadn't seen each other for a year, and his younger brother had made such a name in Yong'an City, and he couldn't help but feel very relieved, thinking that this child was getting more and more mature, there would be more and more pressure, and he couldn't help but feel a little pity. But a man, it will always be like this, not to mention that his name is Bai Jiu.

He reached out and patted Bai Jiu's shoulder and said, "Clean up, let's go meet those people." ”

After speaking, the second son of the Chen family grinned, the folding fan was lightly opened, and his body swayed gently with the folding fan.

..........

The heritage precipitated by thousands of years, the openness of folk customs, the freedom of living space, the flow of a large number of people, and the gathering of businessmen from all over the world made Datang Chang'an City the most prosperous city in the world at that time.

Dayu inherited the ruins of the Tang Dynasty and still made Chang'an City the national capital, but the name was changed to Yong'an.

Yongan Chengfang City is neatly planned and has a strict system. With Shenwu Avenue running through the north and south as the central axis, Shuiyun Street is divided from the middle. It is divided into four cities: east, west, north and south.

Pingkangfang is located in the east of the city but to the north, so it is also called the Northeast Fang by the people of Yong'an City, or some tourists and wanderers prefer to call it this name - Qingfang.

Bai Jiu didn't understand, when he went out with Second Brother Chen in the past, he only went to restaurants and teahouses, and even the shops he bet on rarely went, but why did he go to Naping Kangfang today.

Could it be that this year has not been seen, and Second Brother Chen has also been infected with red wine.

As if seeing Bai Jiu's thoughts, Second Brother Chen smiled and hit him with a folding fan and said, "What do you think?" Don't all those people always call themselves big guys? Why do we have to drink tea to talk about everything, we are different, we just want to go to this kind of green building, see the mountains undulating, the bright moon like a hook. ”

There are two ways to walk from Seifu-in Temple to Heikangbo.

The first way, walk out of the gate of Seifu-in Temple, go east for two streets, and when you see the third street, go all the way north, and you will be there.

The second way is to walk out of the side gate of Seifu-in Temple, go north, and then east, and you can see a flaming red lantern straight away.

Now Bai Jiu's identity is more special in Yong'an City, and if he goes to that kind of place, if he is added to the vinegar by someone he knows, it will not damage his reputation, but even with Qingfeng Temple, and even the mountain in the east.

Therefore, the second son of the Chen family understood these things very well, so he made a simple disguise for Bai Jiu, looking like an ordinary person, without any outstanding features.

The two walked through the main entrance of Qingfeng Temple, and when they walked out of the shore of Lin Ze Lake, they quickly attracted the attention of many people. In fact, most of these people were female students from Qingfeng Academy, their eyes fell on the two of them, and when they looked at them carefully, none of them swept past Bai Jiu and pouted lightly, and then fell on Chen Ergongzi.

The green shirt is fluttering, the jade is tied to the waist, and the paper fan is in hand, and the appearance is handsome. Even when the night was dark at this time, I still saw the golden light shining on his wrist, indescribable cold arrogance, and indescribable extravagance.

The girl's heart-bursting female students have their eyes shining one by one, thinking that when will my Qingfeng Temple have produced such a handsome and arrogant son.

Bai Jiu looked at the burning eyes of those girls, and couldn't help scratching his head, thinking: Second Brother Chen's handsomeness is a first-class name in Xifeng City, and I don't know how many girls flock to it. I'm afraid that if you smile at these people at this time, some people will faint directly.

After a while, the two of them came out of Qingfeng Courtyard, and the sky at this time was already full of sunset, Qi was still and quiet, the glow fell in, and the scenery was all in the water.

Standing on the bridge and looking out, the sky and the water are connected, and the shops on both sides have hung lanterns outside the door, looking like a red dragon, and like a series of red flowers blooming in the night.

There are people on the street, but it is not lively, and the spring evening is particularly quiet.

Didn't stay, went with the water.

When the evening glow dissipated, the night was completely over, and the sky was full of stars, the two men walked through two streets and came to the third.

Bai Jiu had never been to this kind of place for a long time, but when he went to the outside of the East City, he had seen it a few times, he remembered that even at night, the streets here were still very bright, how could it be like today, there was not even a lantern around, and he could only see from a distance, at the other end of the street, there were pavilions and pavilions reflected in the red light.

He turned his head to look at Second Brother Chen.

The second son of the Chen family glanced at him with a smile and said, "It seems that we are going to be greeted." ”

Bai Jiu was a little puzzled, but his expression was solemn.

Chen Ergongzi was still smiling, and said: "Actually, just like I told you in the house, people want face, and the bigger the person, the more he wants this face." Later we may meet some people, and if I'm not mistaken, they're probably here to persuade me to turn back. And told me that in Wanghe Tower, I will meet friends with tea, or drink and talk in Yunxiju, but! ”

Speaking of this, the smile on Ergongzi Chen's face became even stronger, and he said slowly: "Impossible. ”

Bai Jiu nodded, and the two continued to move forward.

The long street is very long, after all, it is parallel to Shenwu Avenue, and naturally there is a long distance.

As Second Brother Chen expected, there were indeed people waiting on the street.

The night was dark, and there was not a single light on either side of the street, but tonight there were stars, and the moon was halfway through, so the street could still be seen clearly.

A man stood in the middle of the street, wearing a long gown and carrying an unseemly bucket on top of his head, the brim of his hat pressed down, making it difficult to see his face.

Bai Jiu dispersed his divine sense around the street, and then he frowned slightly, and turned his head to look at the darkness on both sides of the street, if there was no mistake, it should be all Yew soldiers in full gear.

Suddenly, someone blocked the way, Chen Ergongzi shook the folding fan lightly, and asked with a puzzled face, "Is there something wrong?" ”

The man glanced at Bai Jiu, then his eyes stayed on Chen Ergongzi, and said respectfully: "My lord said that Chen Gongzi went in the wrong direction, we booked a tea banquet in Wanghe Tower, and waited for Gongzi to arrive." The adult also said that if the prince felt that the tea banquet was too light, Yunxiju also had a table of wine banquets waiting. So, let the villain take the adult back. ”

Second Master Chen glanced at Bai Jiu with a smile and winked at him.

Bai Jiu grinned and chuckled.

Chen Ergongzi turned his head to look at the man standing in the middle of the road and said, "I think it's all light, you go and tell the adults above your head that this son has booked a good room in the Xianju Building, and the spirits I brought from Xiliang, if you like it, come here." ”

After saying that, he ignored the person in front of him and continued to walk forward.

The man hesitated for a moment, seemed to have finally made up his mind, and hurriedly stopped in front of the two of them, and said, "Please don't embarrass the villain." ”

Chen Ergongzi said with a smile: "Do you think I won't be able to recognize where you come from if you bring a bucket basket?" If you dare to make a move, I will be able to see where you come from, and as long as I see it, I will make you regret it. ”

The man was silent, he saw that the two of them still had no intention of stopping, and suddenly his body was on one side, his legs pressed down, and a strong momentum suddenly burst out from his body.

Bai Jiu frowned slightly, the realm exuded by this man was obviously much higher than him, and it seemed that he should have the strength of the upper realm.

Chen Ergongzi completely ignored the strong momentum of the man, and said slowly: "The gesture of breaking the army fist? It seems that you are from the Dayu military. ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for the man to hesitate, nor did he wait for the man to make a move, the folding fan in his hand snapped and suddenly closed, and then the fan hit forward at random.

One was not slapped in the face, but in the chest.

A strong wind rises.

Something happened that no one expected, and only a muffled snap was heard.

The man wearing the bucket flew out with the sound, and the bucket above his head shattered in an instant, and then he fell to the ground fiercely, spitting blood.

It seems that he didn't use any strength at will, but in fact, it actually contained the strength that even the gods could not resist.

The man's body was bent like a river shrimp on the shore, his face was even more pale, blood was spilling from the corners of his mouth, and he couldn't say a word of pain.

No one expected that Chen Ergongzi's shot would be so casual, even Bai Jiu.

Bai Jiu hurriedly looked around, and there was no movement in the black street, which made him a little puzzled.

Chen Ergongzi shook the folding fan, then opened it with a bang, swayed it lightly again, and said: "Starting from this year, the silver taels of the Yew Annexed Courtyard will be less than one percent." ”

After speaking, he greeted Bai Jiu, and the two continued to walk forward.

Only the man lying down in the street was left, his face twisted in pain.

..........

The road of the street is a bluestone pavement, so there is a sound of stepping when you walk.

The night of Yong'an City is extremely silent, and the sound of such footsteps is particularly clear.

On the bluestone road between Bai Jiu and Chen Ergongzi, the entire long street was lonely and looked empty. Only the night breeze is blowing, and the stars are constantly spitting out their starlight.

The folding fan in Chen Ergongzi's hand gradually brightened up with his light swing, like stars reflecting the sky, revealing a bright Milky Way.

There are many houses on both sides of the street, and there are also many inns that are not well-known, and in those quiet alleys, I don't know how many people are hidden.

Many of those people came to see the excitement, the many forces in Yong'an City, and some famous children of the family, of course, the largest number should be the soldiers of Yew Garden.

However, Bai Jiu didn't believe that those soldiers from Yew Garden also came to see the excitement.

His body was not stiff or nervous, but his expression was a little solemn.

Chen Ergongzi glanced at him and said, "Don't worry, we're just going to eat, not to drink flower wine, let alone kill." ”

Bai Jiu's face remained solemn and unchanged, he was a little curious, why in the short time since they walked out of Qingfeng Temple to this street, so many forces in Yong'an City knew about it, and it seemed that they had already made preparations here.

What he didn't know was that the second son of the Chen family didn't go directly to the inn when he came to Yong'an City, nor did he go directly to Qingfeng Courtyard to see him. Instead, it took an afternoon to go around Yong'an City, and this kind of behavior undoubtedly told the many forces in Yong'an City that I was here.

No matter how suspicious these forces are, no matter how slow they move, they will be aware of it and prepared.

But what Bai Jiu knew was that Second Brother Chen could choose to turn around and leave directly, that is, not to embarrass those big people in Yong'an City, but also to make the whole thing simpler, and even about the matter of the plate, Bai Jiu felt that someone would always come forward to apologize and compensate.

But Second Brother Chen chose no, he just wanted to go on like this, it seemed that he was a son of a family who didn't understand the world, but in fact he was angry with himself, he wanted to tell the entire Yong'an City that behind Bai Jiu was the entire Chen family.