Chapter 6: The Night Owl Chasing
Since Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian sent a three-way army to cross the river and break through Jiankang, the capital of the Southern Chen State thirteen years ago, the weather around Jiankang City has become strange from time to time, and after Jiankang City was destroyed and burned nine years ago and turned into a deserted capital, the surrounding weather has become more and more incomprehensible to ordinary people.
At this moment, the same is true in the Wangliu Mansion, it is clear that it has been autumn for a long time, but the night is still so hot that it makes people irritable, the heavy air oppresses people's internal organs, that is, it does not let people breathe a breath of clean and comfortable air, and the autumn cicadas in the small garden outside the dining room suddenly began to wail again, and the sound of "rustling" came from time to time in the low bushes, I don't know whether it was frightened by some small animal, or what small animal was frightened.
Xu Wei gently pressed the short knife on the belt with one hand, and continued to look at Wang Liu and said: "Secondly, I should have died outside the plug, but now that I have returned to Jiangnan, I have neither worries nor other miscellaneous matters, so I only do the one thing of handing over the relics and delivering the last words, I must be worthy of myself and Brother Yunxin, no matter who wants to interfere with it, I will never let it go." ”
"Finally......" Xu Wei turned around, there was still some banter in his empty eyes, he pointed to the fierce coachman who was proud of his strong body and said: "Don't provoke me again, I don't care which corner you have been a soldier in, no matter what kind of ruffian you are, Lao Tzu must have killed more people than you, and much more......"
Xu Wei turned around and left, Wang Liu wanted to hold him again, but Xu Wei's arm shook off and broke free, Wang Liu himself was forced to take two steps back by Xu Wei's casual strength.
The four strangely dressed nurses who stopped at the door of the dining room saw that the fierce-faced coachman and the thin-faced monkey-faced nurse in the hall did not speak, and they did not dare to stop them, so they tacitly got out of the way.
"Wang Li, I spent a lot of money to raise you in the mansion, not for you to be an outsider in my mansion! What are you doing in a daze! Seeing that no one dared to move, Wang Liu shouted to the male-faced coachman.
Wang Li, the fierce coachman, thought that Xu Wei was just a polite, honest and weak scholar, he had indeed been a big soldier in the Jiangnan Military Mansion for a while, and had participated in the pacification of several small rebellions, and naturally he had seen all kinds of people who were soldiers, Xu Wei's appearance was no different from Wang Li's impression of the children of the family who mixed the salary and seniority of the battalion, and it was okay when they were safe, but once there was a conflict, they were definitely timid and cowardly behind the crowd, and the war was naturally arranged at the end.
Wang Li is not a good person, he does have some bravery, and he looks fierce, there are not many rich people like Wang Liu in their Wang clan, so the door style is very domineering, he gathered a group of fellow villagers and ruffians to bully those rich sons and scholars in the army, abuse, humiliation, beating, and extortion of bamboo poles, so it didn't take long for him to eat a lawsuit and be imprisoned.
After coming out of prison, Wang Li intensified, and in the process he also became more and more aware that the physical oppression, verbal humiliation and physical collision were enough to frighten some of the cowardly children, Wang Li once again relied on this recklessness to become a villain shouted by everyone in the township, and was finally driven out of the township by the squire and clan elders, and then defected to his cousin Wang Liu.
It's just that Wang Li's previous ruffian methods were simply itching through his boots for Xu Wei, but Xu Wei's eyes were cold, and a sentence that sounded loose made Wang Li so frightened that he didn't dare to move, anyway, Wang Li was also a person who had experienced life and death on the battlefield, and he knew very well in his heart that Xu Wei not only looked down on him, but would really kill him.
Wang Liu can't know these careful thoughts of his distant cousin, he only knows that Wang Li is very good at bullying people, the two of them have always had a very tacit understanding between one singing red face and the other singing white face, this time since Xu Wei eats hard and not soft, then Wang Li should repair it well and let him know what the world is sinister.
In the final analysis, Wang Liuis the most reluctant person to let Xu Wei go, as his cousin Wang Li said, who knows if Xu Wei will come back after leaving, who knows if he will delay the time to give the relics to the Liu family while he is not paying attention, Liu and himself are not the original match after all, and they also carry a drag oil bottle, if the relics left by Deng Yunxin are really as valuable as his heirloom jade pendant, who knows if the Liu family will secretly escape behind his back.
"Don't hurry up and keep him!" Wang Liu's violent leap was like thunder.
Wang Li saw that his cousin was angry, for fear that his wealth would be cut off and he had nowhere to go, so he could only shout: "Don't be bluffed by this kid, if you can't keep him today, you will roll me up and leave!" ”
How could the four scoundrels outside the dining room door understand Xu Wei's skills, and when they heard Wang Li threatening to smash their jobs, they swarmed up to arrest Xu Wei.
Just when Xu Wei sighed that someone would inevitably be injured today, another young man in the family hurriedly ran into the garden, and said breathlessly: "Oh no, master, Shopkeeper Han is here again!" Brought a lot of people and ......"
When Wang Liu heard that the shopkeeper Han was coming, there was still half arrogance on his face, and his voice was a little trembling, "What else?" You're out of breath, say it quickly. ”
The young man was flustered and panting, and he didn't straighten it out for a long time in one breath, "I also tied up the little young master." ”
"What?!" Wang Liu gritted his teeth and looked back at Wang Li and his subordinates and said, "They Tianyuan Qianzhuang is too deceitful, don't worry about this for now, I came to you just to repair them well, and let them know that I am not easy to bully." ”
Everything happened too suddenly, Xu Wei didn't have time to ask the reason for the facts, so he followed Wang Liu and the others towards the main hall of the mansion, and the monkey-faced nursing home at the dinner table had been following Xu Wei, for fear that he would take the time to escape.
Xu Wei naturally won't run away, because he also heard that there was a child in the house who fell into the hands of the other family, if this child was Deng Yunxin's son, then even if he killed today, Xu Wei would take the child back; Of course, if it was just one of Wang Liu's sons, Xu Wei would definitely turn around and leave, without taking his head back.
The courtyard outside the main hall was already crowded with people, Xu Wei estimated that there were more than twenty people, wearing all black suits, each with a solid wooden short stick, and a rattan chair and a small table were placed in front of a black pressed figure, and a booklet and a small teapot were placed on the table.
This person is the Han shopkeeper of Tianyuan Qianzhuang in Wang Liu's mouth, Han Ziwang, who is known as the "life-chasing night owl" in Shendu, it is said that this "life-chasing night owl" is well-informed and vicious, and the debtor he is targeting will have to repay his debts to Tianyuan Qianzhuang for the rest of his life unless he loses his life.
Han Ziwang's body shape is not much different from Wang Liu, but his appearance is much more handsome, with a high jade face and two bright eyes, it is said that he is still the same age as Wang Liu, but if he really puts the two together, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is father and son.
Almost at the same time, Liu also ran out of the hall, her eyes were red, as soon as she saw Wang Liu and others, she asked where her son Deng Shan was, Han Ziwang saw that Liu was in a hurry, and ordered someone to bring out Deng Shan, who was less than ten years old, only to see two black-clothed thugs walking out with a cowering child, the child looked frightened, and said tremblingly with a crying voice: "Mother......"
When Liu saw her frightened son, her tears fell like silver threads, and she comforted Deng Shan in the air and said, "Shan'er, don't be afraid, your father and mother will rescue you in a while." ”
After that, the Liu family said earnestly to Han Ziwang: "Boss Han, you and we have known us for a long time, why bother with a child, don't you Tianyuan Qianzhuang don't make sense at all?" ”
At this time, Han Ziwang sat on the rattan chair, he glanced at the tearful Liu and the angry Wang Liu, then held the teapot in one hand and poured it in his mouth, and turned up the account book on the table with the other.
"The surname is Han, don't deceive people too much, let my son go, otherwise I will fight with you." Wang Liu seemed to be angry with Han Ziwang, and he obviously didn't want to endure it anymore today.
As if he hadn't heard Wang Liu's words, Han Ziwang stretched out a finger at him and smiled: "One hundred copper coins, Boss Wang still owes me the interest of one hundred copper coins from Tianyuan Qian Zhuang this month, of course, it is no problem to convert it into one hundred taels of silver." ”
Tonight's weather was already hot and dry, and Wang Liu was even more stuffy after seeing Han Ziwang, he opened his silver-red extravagant robe with big sleeves, stomped his feet and said angrily: "One hundred, another hundred!" I have been repaying it for several months in a row, and the interest is almost enough to repay a thousand yuan, what do you want to do in Tianyuan Qianzhuang, this thousand yuan was originally given to me by Lu Minlu Boss to open a gold treasury, and when I was at the meeting of the Shendu merchants that day, I had already made a word that it was said that when the quality bank made money, I would definitely send corresponding gifts to the bosses who gave me money every year, and I would never slack off, how could it become that I borrowed money from Boss Lu now? ”
"I want to see Boss Lu!" Speaking of the 10,000 gold treasury, Wang Liu seemed to have suffered a great grievance, and even the little black beard on his mouth couldn't help but tremble with anger, "Since Boss Lu took the head of this one who asked me to pay back the money, several businessmen who participated in the merchant rally that day asked me to pay back the money immediately, and this warehouse cost money to open, and now my family is about to be emptied!" ”
Han Ziwang didn't pay attention to Wang Liuqing's sincere complaint at all, and just replied casually: "Don't open it if you spend money, our Boss Lu also believed that you had the ability to make money to give you a thousand copper coins, but it turned out that you were good, buying land, buying treasures and raising the outer room, the money of the merchants in Shendu is not so easy to cheat, especially our Boss Lu's money." ”
Wang was still boasting to Xu Wei about how bold he was in opening a gold treasury and how strong his family background was, but now he was forced by Han Ziwang to collect debts, and his face was thrown all over the ground in an instant, and his face was ugly and purple. However, he still said strongly: "You are just a debtor of Tianyuan Qianzhuang, what qualifications do you have to tarnish my reputation here, there is no way to negotiate with a small merchant like you who has no foresight, I want to see Boss Lu!" ”
"Our Boss Lu has a lot of business, whatever you want to see, don't talk nonsense, hurry up and get it for a hundred times, I have to go to the next one to ask for money." Han Ziwang seemed to think of something, and couldn't help but sneer: "Boss Wang said so much at the businessman's meeting at the time, shouldn't he even be able to take out a hundred times now, I can make it clear in advance, according to the rules of our Tianyuan Money Bank, no matter how much money you borrow, the interest must be repaid for a year first, and then the principal can be repaid, if it is too late to pay off the principal at one time, then you have to continue to repay the interest first." ”
"You ...... How can I have no money if I deceive people too much? Let me tell you that in less than five days, I will have a big business that will make a lot of money every day! But I won't pay you back any bullshit money, and after I make up the remaining two hundred yuan, I will have nothing to do with your Tianyuan Qianzhuang and Lu Min's house. Wang Liuzhi said stiffly, "The dog looks at the things that are low, now hurry up and let my son get out of here, otherwise I will be angry and will sue your Lu family's guys in front of the nobles for hindering me in business." ”
Han Ziwang stood up, he couldn't help but feel angry and funny, since he took over Tianyuan Money Village as the shopkeeper five years ago, no one has dared to be so arrogant and directly pick out not to follow the black money rules of Tianyuan Money Village to repay debts, because most of the people who dare to come to Tianyuan Money Village to borrow money are people who know the methods of Lu Min, the big boss behind it. And today, Wang Liu, who was standing in front of him, didn't know if he had taken the wrong medicine, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
"I heard that you have raised helpers in the house to deal with me?" Han Ziwang looked around at Wang Li and the others in front of him, and naturally caught a glimpse of Xu Wei hidden in a corner, and then ordered in a deep voice to a thug beside him: "Let them have a long memory." ”