Chapter 443: Life is like chess, and I will be a pawn (add more for 'Niu Niu's little cat')
If you say that the life of the Great Song Dynasty is the best, it is the big landlord.
The Great Song Dynasty did not restrict land annexation, and all kinds of taxes were heavy, today you are a small landlord, tomorrow you are likely to go bankrupt and become a tenant.
But the big landowners are different.
But all big landlords almost have the support of strength behind them.
Wu Zhao is a big landowner, and his life is not bad and stable.
He sat in a circle chair with a young maid fanning her fan. The breeze is light, and the autumn air outside is refreshing without going out.
"They're not here yet?"
He had just eaten breakfast and had eaten a little too much. With a movement of his chest and abdomen, food poured up into his mouth, and he chewed it, then asked the butler outside the door.
The housekeeper was looking outside, his brows furrowed: "Lang Jun, will it be caught?" ”
Wu Zhao snorted, and just when the housekeeper secretly praised his Langjun for being as calm as a mountain, he saw him jump up suddenly.
"Check it out!"
Wu Zhao rushed to the door, and the maid was so frightened that she exclaimed.
This exclamation was tactful and coquettish.
If Wu Zhao had been teasing in the past, but at this moment, he turned around, and his eyes were fierce like a wolf.
"Shut up or I'll kill you!"
The maid covered her mouth and trembled with fright.
Wu Zhao stood by the door, holding the door frame with his right hand, and his left hand hanging by his side, trembling slightly.
The housekeeper had been out for a while, and Wu Zhao shouted: "Yang Yong!" ”
The autumn breeze rustles through the courtyard......
Wu Zhao looked up at the branches and leaves swaying in the wind, and felt that the poetic scene in the past was so terrifying.
Those branches and leaves seemed to be waving the arms of demons and monsters, and those rustling sounds seemed to be a cruel smile......
Wu Zhao suddenly listened attentively, his body miraculously stopped trembling, and then slowly turned back.
The maid stood on the side, tied her hands, and when she saw him turn around, she squeezed out a flattering smile.
But the smile immediately froze on his face, and the maid looked behind him in horror.
Wu Zhao heard a small voice behind him, and he swore that it was the sound of footsteps.
He stiffened, his cheeks trembling.
No one would be so light-hearted......
"Yang Yong......"
With the last shred of hope, he summoned the butler.
"Wu Zhao?"
A voice came from behind him, followed by footsteps.
Wu Zhao stared at the maid, and he slowly turned around......
Just as he turned halfway around, he lunged at the maid.
The maid was already stunned and was pulled behind her by him.
He hoped that the maid would be able to hold off the pursuers for a moment, so he burst out of his potential and ran wildly after him.
Shen An did not pursue, Huang Chun went to get a chair for him to sit down, and then asked someone to slip Yang Yongti over.
Yang Yong's face was bruised, and he asked calmly, "Dare to ask who the noble person is?" This is Wujiazhuang, today's nobles and horses step on Wujiazhuang, tomorrow's court is above...... I'm afraid that there will be no less impeachment. ”
Shen An sat with a golden knife and asked, "You sent those two people last night?" ”
The two had already come in, and they were led and kneeling on the side, their noses and faces swollen very miserably.
Yang Yong was stunned and said, "The villain didn't instruct anything...... They...... They were driven out of Wujiazhuang by the villain for stealing......"
It's a quick one, and it's a good excuse.
"Really?"
Shen An raised his head slightly, suddenly kicked Yang Yong, and scolded: "You don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin!" That's fine, Brother Chun. ”
Huang Chun rejoiced in his heart, "Lang Jun." ”
Shen An said: "The execution, right here." ”
Yang Yong was stunned and said: "This is a private court!" ”
Huang Chun grabbed him by the back collar and said with a cruel smile: "My family Langjun is the court." ”
After a leather whip, Huang Chun took out a small brush and asked someone to take off Yang Yong's shoes and socks.
Yang Yong didn't know what he wanted to do, he just cared about breathing.
What does it feel like to gently brush the soles of your feet with a brush?
"Oh...... Yes...... Hahahaha......"
Yang Yong twisted his body as hard as he could, laughing and crying.
"Lang Jun, Wu Zhao is here."
Wu Zhao had an extra whip mark on his face, and he was dragged over by Yan Baoyu with one hand.
"Hahahaha......"
Yang Yong burst into tears and laughed, and Wu Zhao glanced at him, and there was more fierceness in his eyes.
"Get on your knees!"
Yan Baoyu kicked him to his knees in front of Shen An and said, "Lang Jun, this person is cunning, he actually hid in the thatched house first, and after our people rushed over, he quietly fled from the side. If it weren't for our people on the wall, he would have escaped today. ”
"Cunning?"
Shen An leaned forward, stared at Wu Zhao and asked, "The formula of the fragrance dew is the result of Shen's many years of experiments, and it has cost countless money and food. There are more people who want to seize the formula, and those top elites are drooling in their dreams, but they don't dare to act rashly...... Do you know why? ”
Wu Zhao's eyes were more cunning, and he said, "I don't know what you're talking about......
Shen An smiled, "Because the Bishan Army is in the village, they have suffered losses...... So you dared to do it, but it was a little surprising to Shen. Originally, Shen thought that there would be a top powerful person behind him, but after seeing you, Shen knew that there was at most a small powerful person or an official behind him......"
Wu Zhao shook his head and said, "I don't know what you're talking about." ”
This is a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.
Shen An smiled: "Are you fearless?" Interesting. ”
"The villain has been recruited...... The villain recruited ......"
At this time, Yang Yong couldn't stand the torture of brushing the soles of his feet with a brush, and collapsed directly.
"Who is it?"
Huang Chun carried the brush and continued to tickle him.
"It's a businessman......"
"Ordinary businessmen don't dare, who do businessmen deal with?"
"And ...... and a few clans......"
"Which ones? Is there a county king's mansion? ”
"The Prince's Mansion? There is no ......"
"That's it!"
Shen An remembered the recent undercurrent, so he asked, "Is there a lie?" ”
Yang Yong never knew that tickling was so painful, he glanced at the brush in Huang Chun's hand in fear, and said, "The villain doesn't dare." ”
Shen An looked at Wu Zhao......
"Ask him ......"
Then there was a lot of screaming in the yard.
"Lang Jun, it's that businessman who is pulling the strings in the middle."
Huang Chun's eyes were full of excitement, and he said, "Hang them directly outside the workshop and brush some honey on their bodies, those insects can't like it the most......"
"Waiting for the edict to spare ......"
Wu Zhao and Yang Yong were directly frightened, knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Shen An kicked away Wu Zhao, who wanted to hug his thigh, and some unknown color flashed in his eyes.
"Can you ...... Do you want to die or want to live? ”
"I want to live, and the villain wants to live."
"Then be obedient, remember, it will be good for you to be well-behaved."
……
While autumn is crisp, autumn also brings dryness.
Zhao Yunrang's temper is not good, and it is even worse now.
It was like a tornado had just been blown inside, and it was a mess.
Zhao Yunrang roared angrily with two big-eyed bubbles: "That brute...... How many times has the old man said it? How many times? Be cautious, be cautious, and be a good person...... But who did he do? He went to be a brute! ”
Kneeling outside was one of his grandsons, Zhao Zhongyi, who was full of tea, trembling at the moment.
A group of children and grandchildren stood on the side, all of them frightened and silent.
Zhao Yunrang appeared at the door, he first glanced at his children and grandchildren, then stared at Zhao Zhongyi and asked, "Who let you drink?" ”
Zhao Zhongyi lowered his head and said, "Weng Weng, the housekeeper of the Beihai County Royal Mansion said...... said that Uncle Thirteen was a sick man...... The grandson drank too much wine, so he ...... Just ......"
"It's a fart!"
Zhao Yunrang scolded: "You kicked off the man's three ribs, and there was a basin of blood that he vomited, but you want to eat human blood?" The old man asked someone to get a pot for you to drink. ”
Zhao Zhongyu knew that his grandfather could do what he said, so he begged: "Weng Weng, my grandson drank too much at that time, and I promise not to dare in the future." ”
Zhao Yunrang raised his head and sighed: "The officials in the palace have already loosened their mouths, at this juncture, don't say that your thirteenth uncle is a sick man, even if he says that he is a dead man, don't care...... Wait for Thirteen Lang to enter the palace, wait for ...... In the future, there will naturally be an opportunity to clean up those people, and if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, do you understand? ”
Zhao Zhongyu bowed his head and said, "Sun Er understands." ”
If it was a son, then Zhao Yun would kick the cliff away.
He was furious, but in the end he just waved his hand and said, "Get out!" ”
After Zhao Zhongyu left, Zhao Yunrang sat on the steps and sighed: "The ministers are admonishing, the official family has relented, and the position of the prince is in front of you, so you should stay away from those two families at this time...... The housekeeper...... Thirteen Lang ......"
Zhao Zongshi said: "This is deliberate, Zhong Yu doesn't like to drink much on weekdays, who did he go with on which day?" ”
One of his brothers, who is also Zhao Zhongyu's father, said: "It's a few friends of Zhongyu. ”
Zhao Zongshi said lightly: "Someone must have been bribed, and then drunk Zhong Yu, the housekeeper will come to provoke Zhong Yu again, and those friends will instigate it again, and it is logical to do it later...... Zhong Yu is young after all, so he can't be blamed for this. ”
Zhao Zhongjun had already thought clearly on the side, he nodded slightly, feeling that his father's analysis was not bad at all.
"But he did it after all, and it was at this time. Whether the officials care about it or not, those courtiers will go to impeach, and once they are impeached, they will inevitably bring Thirteen Lang...... That Zhao Yunbi had a gloomy mind. ”
Zhao Yunrang said disdainfully: "I have felt that this person is yin since I was a child, but now it is true." This time, he dared to pit the old man's grandson, this is to pave the way for Zhao Yunliang? Why? Could it be that Zhao Yunliang promised him something? ”
Zhao Zongshi was slightly happy in his heart, but he sighed, knowing that he couldn't avoid this level.
He wished that Zhao Zongjiang would win the battle for the prince, but he could look at his father, and then look at his wife, children, brothers, and nephews...... He couldn't quit.
Life is like chess, and I am a pawn.
The pawns who crossed the river did not retreat until they rushed to the end.
There's no turning back if you rush over......
Zhao Yunrang waved his hand and drove away those children and grandchildren, leaving only Zhao Zongshi and his son.
Zhao Zongshi saw that he was exhausted, and his heart was sour, so he helped him in.
"Daddy, don't be in a hurry."
Zhao Yunrang sat on the couch, and Asu hurriedly came to beat him on the shoulder.
He sighed: "Don't worry! When those courtiers get this news, they will definitely impeach our family. Think about what they would say...... Yes, if you are not a prince's family, you will be like this, and when you become a prince, I am afraid that this county palace will be above the Great Song Dynasty......"
There's no way around it, and no one can stop it.
Zhao Zongshi was about to speak, when someone came outside.
"King Jun, Shen An is here."
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