The Zheng family is a large group in Jixian County.

The kinship relationship is complex and extends to many.

Not only in Jixian County, but also in the entire Youzhou, and even in the capital, there is the voice of the Zheng family.

In such an intricately complicated relationship, destroying the Zheng family can only be a slogan.

All Bai Song could do was to weaken the power of the Zheng family as much as possible.

The problems faced by the Shi clan in the world at this moment are all very similar.

Judging from the recent situation of the Lin family, we can know where the weaknesses of the Zheng family are.

Undoubtedly, the Lin family is short of money.

Come to think of it, the Zheng family's money won't be too much.

The Zheng family is bigger than the Lin family, and to support a larger family, they naturally need more property.

Bai Song estimated that there was a problem with the Zheng family's turnover.

If there is no problem with the Zheng family's funds and everything is running as usual in the family, then the Zheng family must have some ways to make more money.

But after Bai Song's understanding, the Zheng family doesn't seem to have much business under his name.

A big family like the Zheng family has always rejected business.

But everything related to money, the generation of masters of the Zheng family is reluctant to touch.

Therefore, Zheng Tai'a, the head of the Zheng family, handed over all the financial affairs of the family to the housekeeper, and handed over the application of the whole family to a cousin.

And this cousin is the one opposite the inn where Bai Song is.

I heard that this cousin was halfway to his relatives and returned to the clan, and the brothers in the clan felt that the copper smell of the accounts was inconsistent with their identity.

Everyone didn't care about the accounts, and finally handed over the task of managing the general ledger of the clan to this cousin Zheng Ke.

Zheng Ke has the economic power of the Zheng family, and his family is naturally smooth, and his life is better day by day.

In the early years, Zheng Ke was also despised by his brothers in the clan because he was planning to plate all day.

Who knows that in recent years, the impact of the imperial examination has affected the world's scholars.

Most of the belongings in the homes of all ethnic groups are only in and out, and the days are not as good as day by day.

Now all branches of the Zheng family rely on Zheng Ke to live, and this Zheng Ke has changed and has become the most powerful person in the Zheng family since Zheng Tai'a.

If you want to know if there is a problem within the Zheng family, you naturally have to start next door.

All this was told by the innkeeper.

Bai Song wanted to ask more, but when he thought about asking like this again, he was afraid that it would arouse suspicion, so he put away his mind and asked again when he had the opportunity to ask in the future.

I talked a lot to the shopkeeper, and when I saw that it was getting late, I went back to sleep.

Niu Da returned on the third watch day, and when he first arrived in Jixian County, he didn't gain much, but he just went around and familiarized himself with the terrain.

……

Early the next morning, Bai Song went out of the inn early and circled around the Zheng family's house opposite.

In addition to feeling that the Zheng family's house is very large, there is no other gain.

was noticed by the Zheng family's family inside, and asked Bai Song why he had been hanging around here.

Bai Song didn't agree, but turned to the side and wandered around, and saw a chess stall under the banyan tree on the corner of the street, pretending to be a chess watcher standing among several people.

If you want to catch the news of the Zheng family today, it is useless to be anxious, so you can only observe patiently.

The two old men in the game seemed to have some ability, and there were many spectators around, but none of them made a sound.

Bai Song had no intention of playing chess, just staring at the people who entered and exited the Zheng family on the sidelines.

But whenever a farmer who delivers vegetables goes in and out, Bai Song silently remembers it in his heart.

These fragments of information may seem useless, but they may be used someday.

Squatting is a time-consuming thing, and Bai Song doesn't know how long it took, and suddenly his sleeve was patted.

Stunned for a moment, Bai Song looked at the old man who was looking at him with kind eyebrows: "Old man, what's the matter?" ”

"Do you want to play a game?"

Bai Song waved his hand and smiled.

The old man continued: "You don't have to be restrained, even if you play against the old man. ”

"Old man, you still ask someone else to ......"

As he was talking, Bai Song suddenly noticed that the crowd that had been quite a few before had disappeared.

There is only one Bai Song left at the table of this chess stall.

Bai Song suddenly saw that it was almost dusk.

He looked at the people who came in and out of the Zheng family, but he didn't notice the time.

The old man smiled and stroked his long beard: "Xiaoyou, there are many chess watchers on this side, but they all have their own thoughts, but Xiaoyou is the only one who really watches chess." Although the old man's heart was in the chess game before, his heart and eyes were also clear. Among many young people, Xiaoyou alone put his mind on the chess game. Seeing that Xiaoyou is obsessed with chess and forgets the time, he must be a person who is obsessed with chess. ”

Forgetting that the time is true, but he put his mind near the Zheng family's mansion, this old man is misunderstood.

Just as Bai Song wanted to explain, he suddenly saw the door of the Zheng family's house open in front of him.

Yesterday, the maid who bought pork knuckle for Miss Zheng came out.

Bai Song thought that the maid was going to buy sauce elbows for the young lady again, but he didn't expect that she was running towards Bai Song at a trot.

Bai Song was shocked, and said what's wrong? I didn't do anything, but I can be exposed?

But in the next second, Bai Song could see that the maid's target was not Bai Song, but the old man beside Bai Song.

Bai Song sat down, pretended not to see it, nodded and said, "Since the old man is so gracious, then I will ask for advice in the next life." ”

The old man cleaned up the chess game and didn't pay attention to his surroundings.

Seeing Bai Song sitting down, he was very interested, wanting to find out what level this young chess idiot was.

The two didn't clean up the chess pieces, and the maid from the Zheng family's house came with a tray.

There was a familiar smell of meat on the tray, wasn't that the sauce elbow in the inn?

The maid came, didn't say a word, just put the tray on the side, and then saluted the old man.

The old man waved his hand quietly, and the maid left.

In addition to a plate of sauce elbows, there were several delicate side dishes and a pot of wine on the tray.

The old man didn't have the heart to eat now, he saw that he had tidied up the chessboard, wiped the dust on the chessboard seriously, and looked at Bai Song with a smile: "It's not a local, right?" ”

"Baiyutang, traveled from Shu."

"Shuzhong?" The old man was surprised, "That's really a thousand miles away." ”

"A thousand miles away starts with a single step. As long as you are willing to go, you will not feel far away. ”

The old man nodded approvingly, looked at Bai Song and said, "No wonder." ”

Bai Song asked casually: "Where is the old man?" ”

"The old man is just a bad head who is greedy for chess, he has lived in Jixian all his life, and he has learned the chess of young people from all walks of life in Jixian County, but he has not learned the young sons from the Sichuan and Shu regions thousands of miles away."

As he spoke, the old man had already lifted his piece and landed on the chessboard.

……

The maid who delivered the food came back, all the way to the hall of the Zheng family's house, and reported to her lord first: "Master, the old lady's meals have been delivered." ”

A short and fat middle-aged man in the hall held a small abacus in his left hand, flipped through the book on the table with his right hand, fiddled with it twice from time to time, and did not look back: "How many chess players are there today?" ”

"I looked at seven or eight of them earlier, and now there is only one good-looking boy left."

"It's rare for this old man to be interested today, and he still refuses to return to this order."

"It's rare for the old lady to come to our house, it's good to let the old lady have to play, if it's stuffy at home, you have to say that the old man is not."

"This old lady has been bored for a long time, and she can do all kinds of strange things. In order to find someone to play chess, he actually engaged with the marriage contract of the eldest lady of the Zheng family...... This caused a lot of trouble in the city, and there were so many young people looking for it in the most barren place in the north of the city. It's not my daughter, who is so tossed by the old lady, no matter how big the courtyard is, it will ruin the reputation. ”

"The maid thinks that the old lady is interesting, and it is not easy to spread that she wants to eat pork, but it is said that our young lady likes to eat it, and she asked the slave to buy it back. The slave maid heard someone say it again today, our young lady loves to eat pork knuckle, and she must be a big fat mother-in-law. If you take the young lady out and let them see, won't it scare them all? Our young lady is better looking than the main one! ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Ke also had a big head, sighed, and shook his head again and again: "Hey, what the old lady said, who dares to say half a word?" I just ask the old lady to leave early after making a move with the chess players in the north of the city, and I will be unstable for a day when he is here. ”

"Master, the maid retired first."

"Wait, go to Liu's house immediately and ask for this month's profit...... It's been procrastinating for more than ten days, and he said that if he doesn't give any more money, the Zheng family will turn his face. ”

The maid gave an order and went away again.

The maid went to Liu's house two streets away, and coaxed and deceived the master to complete the work arranged.

When I came back, it was already dark, and when I passed by the old banyan tree, I found that the old lady was still playing chess with the handsome boy, and he was a little flustered.

I want the old lady to go back early, but the old lady has a noble status, and he doesn't like people to talk to him when he is playing chess.

I also heard that the eldest lord of the main hall once asked something when the old lady was playing chess, and the old lady was so angry that he spat on the eldest lord in public.

The old man was stunned and didn't dare to say anything.

The maid came to the old lady, looked at the sky and the earth, thought about it and hurried back to the house.

In half a minute, he ran back with a lantern and a cloak in tow.

The maid didn't dare to make a sound, holding a cloak in one hand, seeing that the old lady didn't move, she didn't dare to put it on the old lady without authorization, so she simply stood aside with a lantern, like a street lamp.

I saw that the old lady had a solemn expression, gritted her teeth, and stared at the chess game with her eyes.

He pulled his beard rhythmically in his hands, pulling them one by one, and I don't know how much he tore them, and he fell to the ground.

"Boy, who did you learn from? At such a young age, how can you be so powerful? ”

Bai Song thought for a while and said with a smile: "Learn from Alpha Dog." ”

"Alpha...... Dog? Which way is this? ”

"Listening to the name, it is from the Western Regions, Shu is close to the west, and there are many capable people and strangers coming and going."

"There are also Go masters in the Western Regions?"

"The world is big, there are no surprises, my chess, but I have learned a little bit."

"Tsk...... The old man has been studying chess for decades, but he is not as good as you...... Oh, there are so many capable people in this world! If the old man can be 20 years younger, he will travel the mountains and rivers of the world with you, and he will also go to meet the world's masters for a while. ”

Bai Song looked at the submissive maid beside him and asked, "This is the old man's maid?" ”

"Sort of."

"Why hang people?"

The maid was grateful when she heard this, and then she took the opportunity to say: "Master, it's not early." ”

"Boy, how long have you been in Jixian County?"

"The jury is still out."

"Good! Tomorrow the old man will fight with you! I can't help but come! ”

"The old man is the person with the highest chess skills among the chess players he has encountered in his later life, and he should ask for two more games."

"Good, good! The old man can be regarded as having met someone who is destined! ”