Chapter 16: The Immortal Dies
Let's say that Zhou Jiang saw Zhou Hai and was extremely rich. At once, he took more than 20,000 silver and bought nine shops of the Lu family, so he was both suspicious and jealous.
Whenever Zhou Jiang and Wang Lan talked about it, their eyes were red all day long, and their eyes were extremely red.
Wang Lan asked, "Why did Zhou Hai suddenly have so much money?" ”
Zhou Jiang said: "I estimate that Lu Gui quietly pulled back that day, and in those five boxes, there must be gold, silver and jewelry. When we went to see it at night, we were blinded by Lu Gui. ”
Wang Lan said: "It was indeed a guess mistake at that time. If we knew this, we must forcibly let Zhou Hai take it out and give us half of it. He found it in our former fields, why don't we? ”
Zhou Jiang said: "So far, it's useless to say anything. So what to do? ”
Wang Lan said: "In this way, you go to the Zhou Hai Business Group to take up a position, mix up, and receive a salary, which is a bit of a trick." Otherwise, there is nothing. Zhou Hai takes care of his brother's face, and this affection should still be given. ”
Zhou Jiang said: "I'm afraid I can't. I heard from others that after Zhou Hai became the owner of the Zhou family's business group, he was very arrogant, and now I go to beg him, I'm afraid he won't pay attention to me. ”
Wang Lan said: "Then go find Lu Gui." I think Lu Gui is a very kind-hearted person. Moreover, those gold and silver treasures were discovered and excavated by Lu Gui. No matter how arrogant Zhou Hai is, I'm afraid he will have to listen to Lu Gui! ”
Zhou Jiang followed his words.
The next day, Zhou Jiang came to Lu Mansion.
Since Zhou Hai set up a headquarters in Hezhou to do business, Zhou Hai saw Lu Gui meddling in the daily affairs of the business group, and he was a little unaccustomed to it. I bought a house for Lu Gui, far away from the business group, almost to the suburbs.
The name is good for Lu Gui, but in fact, let Lu Gui not come to the business group without anything. Even if Lu Gui wanted to interfere with the daily operation of the merchant group, it would be a long way to go, and it would not be so convenient.
Lu Mansion is not luxurious, no different from ordinary houses.
Zhou Jiang first bought some fruits, pastries and other gifts in the store, and carried them in his hands. Then, he hired a sedan chair, went to the door of Lufu, and knocked on the door.
When he opened the door, he asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”
Zhou Jiang reported his name and said, "I'm looking for Master Lu." We knew each other before. ”
Mending looked Zhou Jiang up and down and said, "I'll go and report first, see if Master Lu can see you?" ”
Lu Gui was lying on the bed, and when he heard that Zhou Jiang came to the door, he was very happy, and said to the doorman: "Hurry up and invite Zhou Jiang in." ”
Zhou Jiang entered the hall and put the gift on the coffee table.
Jiang Xian greeted him with a smile and said, "Zhou Jiang, you are really a rare guest!" ”
Zhou Jiang said humbly: "Where are the words? Actually, I should have come to visit you and Lu Ye a long time ago, but I thought about it but didn't do it, please understand! ”
Jiang Xian said: "Recently, Lu Ye has been unwell and is now lying in bed. Please come with me! ”
Zhou Jiang followed and came to the bedroom, only to see Lu Gui's complexion, which was not as good as before.
When Lu Gui saw Zhou Jiang coming, he struggled to sit up from the bed.
Zhou Jiang hurriedly stopped him and said, "Master Lu, don't get up, just lie down and talk." ”
Lu Gui said, "Do you have something to do?" ”
Zhou Jiang said: "I want to ...... I think, if you want to do things in Zhou Hai, do you think it's okay? ”
Lu Gui said: "What you mean is to let me intercede in front of Zhou Hai, right?" ”
Zhou Jiang said: "That's what it means. ”
Lu Gui closed his eyes and stopped talking.
Seeing this, Jiang Xian pulled Zhou Jiang out and said, "Lu Ye is now speechless in front of Zhou Hai, and now he is angry about this!" ”
Zhou Jiang felt bored and said goodbye.
Walking on the road, Zhou Jiang was very angry, and spent a few taels of silver in vain to buy a gift for Lu Gui.
While walking, I thought about countermeasures, but I didn't understand it, and I didn't realize that I was home.
Wang Lan saw Zhou Jiangfu and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Zhou Jiang said: "What else? Lu Gui is not in good health, and his words are useless. ”
Wang Lan asked, "What should I do?" ”
Zhou Jiang suddenly said: "Zhou Hai is so domineering, it's not easy to find anyone. Why don't we go directly to the Zhou business group to make trouble. You are a woman's family, and you want to sing the leading role. See what Zhou Hai can do to us? ”
Wang Lan followed his words.
The next day, Zhou Jiang and his wife came to the door of the Zhou business group early.
Zhou Jiang introduced his name to the doorman and asked to see Zhou Dongjia, please go in and report. When the doorman heard this, he went in for a while, and came out and said, "Zhou Dongjia is busy, I don't have time to see you, let's go!" ”
Wang Lan didn't comply, crying and crying, beating her chest and feet, crying and making trouble.
The doorman couldn't, so he went in again to inform Zhou Hai, but Zhou Hai was still missing.
Zhou Jiang and Wang Lan are not discouraged, they come to the door every day, and they make trouble as soon as they come, and they make trouble for half a day.
When Meng Chao heard this, he persuaded Zhou Hai and said: "Zhou Dongjia, your brother and sister-in-law are coming to make trouble, if you don't solve it as soon as possible, if you go on like this, it is not a way, and sooner or later there will be a big problem." ”
Zhou Hai asked, "Why do you say this?" ”
Meng Chao said: "You think, Zhou Yong came to assassinate you because of jealousy, but fortunately I stopped him; Your brother and sister-in-law are also jealous, if you ignore it, you can't go to extremes and do the same thing, it will be bad for you. ”
Zhou Hai fell into deep thought.
Meng Chao said: "If this kind of trouble continues, it will affect the credibility of the business group, after all, we still have to do business with people." If those businessmen heard about it, they would never cooperate with us again, and they would have lost their financial resources. ”
Zhou Hai snorted and asked, "What do you think of handling it?" ”
Meng Chao said: "Zhou Jiang is your brother after all, and the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders. It's better to arrange a position for Zhou Jiang in the business group and let him join a cadre share. ”
Zhou Hai felt that Meng Chao was reasonable, so he followed it. Arrange Zhou Jiang as the deputy director of the Zhou Hai Business Group. However, there was no agreement to join the shares.
When Zhou Jiang and Wang Lan heard this, their hearts were slightly balanced. The next day, Zhou Jiang came to report to work.
Because Lu Gui was angry, his body has not recovered completely, sometimes good and sometimes bad. When I think of the past, I remember it vividly. I often dream of Zhou Xian, Zhou Yong and other dead people.
That night, Lu Gui was lying on the bed, his breath was dying, it was difficult to breathe, his body was not as good as before, he felt that his longevity was over, and called Jiang Xian to the bedside.
Lu Gui said with tears in his eyes: "Old woman, I'm dying." In your life, follow me, you have not enjoyed the blessings, and you have suffered. If our fate is not over, we will still be husband and wife in the next life. ”
With that, Lu Gui gasped, closed his eyes, and pointed outside the house.
Jiang Xian cried like a tearful person and understood what Lu Gui meant. Hurry up and arrange servants to invite Zhou Hai, Zhang Cui, Zhou Jiang, Wang Lan, Meng Chao and others to meet for the last time.
Except for Zhou Hai, the servants were all informed. Shaoqing, only Zhang Cui and Meng Chao came.
It turned out that Zhou Hai was playing cards outside this night, but the servant was not found. Zhou Hai didn't know, so he didn't come.
Zhou Jiang and Wang Lan got the news, but they felt that Lu Gui was of little use to them, so they didn't come.
When Lu Gui was dying, he glanced at Meng Chao and Li Cui. I wanted to say something, but my mouth moved, and I couldn't speak. I finally closed my eyes and never opened them again.
Jiang Xian, Zhang Cui, Meng Chao and others, as well as all the servants, all raised their voices.
Strange to say, after Lu Gui closed his eyes, a gust of wind blew, and he saw Lu Gui's corpse, turned into a cloud of white smoke, rose into the air, and rose to the middle of the house.
Suddenly, a pure white crane flew in, inhaled the white smoke into its body, its wings fluttered, and in an instant, it spread its wings and flew out of the house.
Everyone was amazed.
Zhou Hai heard it the next day and pretended to cry. Crying fakely, those tears are squeezed out, and everyone can feel it.
The others, hearing that Lugui was dead, all shed tears when they thought of the benefits of being a man on weekdays. Only Zhou Jiang and Wang Lan were not sad, but happy.
Zhou Hai arranged, the funeral ceremony, everything was generous.
Lu Gui didn't have a corpse, so he put Lu Gui's clothes and hat into the coffin. After doing the dojo, he was buried at the foot of Xincheng Mountain, which means a mound of clothes, and was buried next to Zhou Xian's grave.
On the same day, Wang Lan chatted with Zhang Cui and Feijiao.
Talking about Lu Gui, the coffin is sturdy, the shroud is complete, there are many Taoist priests, gongs and drums are beaten, and the pomp is quite big. Wang Lan said to Zhang Cui: "Lu Gui is a servant, why is the funeral so grand?" ”
Zhang Cui said: "My family can have today all thanks to him. If the burial is thinner, the conscience will not go. ”
Wang Lan said bitterly: "You are stupid! This is what you should have in your life, and what does it have to do with him. Besides, with so much money dug up, wouldn't he have hidden some of it? ”
Zhang Cui was a little unconvinced, and said: "Don't wronged Lu Gui, I think Lu Gui is not that kind of person." Look at him on weekdays, he is thrifty, diligent, and tired. I have never eaten a good meal, I have never bought a good garment. Even if it costs a small amount of silver, even if it is a single inch of silk, it has been reported to us. ”
Wang Lan said, "If he wants to hide the silver, do you want to tell you clearly?" And the silver he found was unknown. If you don't believe it, go to Lu Gui's house and search it, and you will find out. ”
Zhang Cui thought to herself: "It's okay, go to Lu Gui's house and take a look and figure it out." If not, you must return the reputation of innocence. If there is, it was found by Lu Gui, and there is nothing wrong with hiding so much silver. ”
Think about it, and then follow it.
The two came to Lu Gui's room and coaxed Jiang Xian out. Close the door, open the cabinet, and search everywhere. I only saw a few old clothes and old pants, how could there be any money?
Zhang Cui said angrily: "Sister-in-law, I said no, but you said yes." Now that I've figured it out, I don't want to clean it up quickly, if we are bumped into by others, but scold us, what a small family, how shameless it was at that time. ”
Wang Lan felt bored and left in a huff.
Seeing this, Zhang Cui became more and more sad.
Afterwards, those servants were rumored everywhere that Lu Guixian died without the slightest family wealth.
Later, one spread ten, ten spread hundreds, and it became more and more magical. The people of the entire city of Hezhou know it.
Some said: "Lu Gui was originally an immortal crane spirit, and he was saved by Zhou Xian in his previous life. In this world, he came to the world to find Zhou Xian to repay his kindness. ”
Some said: "Lu Gui is here to ferry people." He dug up the gold and silver treasures, and did not keep them for himself, but gave them all to Zhou Hai to test human nature. As soon as I tried it, I tried the good and evil of human nature. ”