Chapter 8: The Su Family's Decision
Huaizuozhuang is the most prestigious garden in Jiangyang, and visitors who are fortunate enough to enter it can't help but admire the beautiful scenery even if they recall it many years later: where is this a place where merchants live? It is comparable to the extravagant palace city where the emperor's relatives and relatives come to indulge in fun when they come to relax!
In fact, it is no wonder that the Su family dared to create a transcendent class, the founding of Dayu did clearly establish the purpose of valuing agriculture and suppressing business, and the business family ranked in the bottom nine ranks even if it is rich and prosperous, and in the eyes of others, the profit-seeking methods of treacherous and businessmen are equivalent to the shameless female prostitutes in the Qinglou.
But how many years has Emperor Kang Jia been obsessed with alchemy, and the emperor Taizu has worked hard to set the way of governing the country, and he has thrown it into the furnace as firewood to burn. As small as the arrogance of clothing, civilians wear Luo Dai purple, and the gentry embroidered shawl is accustomed to it. It's big enough to open up the relationship and occupy one side, as long as you don't swagger through the market and call yourself a lonely widow, recruit and forge weapons, and let you toss the official errand who has received benefits.
Su Qitian leaned back and forth on the old chair and leaned back and forth under the garden pavilion in the back mountain, the warm winter sun shone on his body and he felt sleepy, he held the warm purple clay pot in his hand, and he was not very willing to serve the old.
At present, except for the merlin solitary show, the other flowers and trees for people to watch are all wrapped in silver, and the entire Huaizuozhuang is in the eyes of Su Qitian.
Looking down on the mountainside, the corridor that lingers like a ribbon at the bottom, the cornices arranged like teeth, the long bridge lying on the water waves like a coiling dragon, and the sky bridge of Changhong walking in the air. The pavilions are built according to the height of the terrain, and the corners of the lower parts of the house hook the center of the high places, and fight each other side by side, coiled and staggered, twisting and turning.
Rich rivals the country, as it should be!
After working hard for most of his life, the proud owner of Su Zhuang accepted four concubines, and the inheritance of incense naturally did not have to worry, but what he liked most was Su Linglu, the daughter born from the main house.
As soon as he thought of his daughter, Su Qitian's old face became rosy, the corners of his eyes that had been full of vicissitudes squeezed flowers, and he rubbed the teapot in his palm and became more and more lazy and happy:
The little girl was born with great intelligence, and at the age of six or seven, she was familiar with the scriptures and books, and she was able to create words and poems with ease. Well-behaved and sensible, she also taught herself to keep accounts from the account room, and the dense numbers even dazzled the old housekeeper, so she specially invited two guys to be helpers. But she has reached the point where she never forgets and calculates the results without losing her weight.
What's more, Su Linglu's mother became ill from hard work in the early years when the Su family was in a recession, and finally unfortunately left behind. makes Su Qitian love his only daughter even more, and he can't wait to pick up the stars and hang the moon, and he is afraid that she will be wronged a little.
Perhaps it is this environment that Su Linglu has Congolese autonomy that ordinary women do not have, but she has also developed a stubbornness that makes the entire Su family a headache.
Su Qitian's chest was depressed! Such a lovely baby girl has been in the boudoir for more than 20 years, and her brothers and sisters of the same generation have started families and given birth one after another, and she is as infatuated with the dead monk in the Wuxiang Temple as she has fallen into the Gu.
I really can't wait to steal the knife and slaughter all the bald donkeys in the world!
"Big brother, don't sleep!" The voice of the Su family's old nine was like throwing a rolling stone on the calm lake, startling the gulls and herons resting on the water.
The purple clay pot that had been polished for many years almost fell to the ground, Su Qitian jumped up from the chair in fright, glared at the tiger's eyes and reprimanded: "I don't let people report before I come, when will the stinky problem be changed!"
"Next time, next time. Su Sicheng scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled, turned his eyes and said seriously: "Big brother still remembers Bai Luofeng's arrest?"
"I heard. Boss Su sat back in his place and said disdainfully: "Didn't I say that the Su family will not interfere in this matter? ”
In fact, it is no wonder that Su Qitian's deep hatred for Bai Luofeng is also reasonable, although Huaizuozhuang won in the end, and there is no need to worry about the eunuch party, a hanging beam knife that may fall on his head at any time, and even the need to worry about opening a mine in Yanqin Mansion has been bold to share the soup with the miners led by He Fengqiu.
But without Bai Luofeng behind the scenes, how could the Su family have no choice but to oppose Wei Xian and fall into a situation of fighting against the water.
Su Sicheng looked at the eldest brother with a disgusted face, and said with a wry smile: "He has escaped now." ”
"This kid is really killing himself. Su Qitian suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were cold: "Wei Xian abdicated, the Beishu Party was in power, if he honestly entered Beijing with the army, with the fact that he had turned the tide before, even if the emperor intended to add guilt, those dead scholars would try their best to defend him, but there was still a glimmer of life." But now that he has rashly escaped from prison, he will admit in disguise that there is a ghost in his heart, and the emperor will definitely take the opportunity to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots. ”
Su Sicheng interjected bluntly: "Big brother, it was Tang Wuye who rescued him. ”
"Tang Wuye?" Su Qitian's waist that had just slowed down stood up again: "What else?" ”
"Tang Wuye is dead. Su Sicheng's tone was imperceptibly a little pity and pain, and his voice couldn't help but be much softer: "Gangzhiguan has already spoken, and he has been instructed by the emperor to call on the people of the rivers and lakes to kill Bai Luofeng if they can, and try to report their whereabouts if they can......"
"Okay!" Su Qitian, who is nearly half a hundred years old, slapped his thigh again, and he was as steady and deep as before: "Hmph! Let him be rampant in Huaizuozhuang, dare to spread wild on the head of the Su family, he deserves to die!"
"Big brother..."Su Sicheng sighed, a little disappointed and ashamed of Su Qitian's attitude.
After all, Su Laojiu is a person who practices martial arts, and his life creed is the first word of righteousness. Even though the eight-armed tarantula once coerced the Su family, in the final analysis, it was still a last resort to hoe and punish evil. Moreover, Tang Wuye did not hesitate to save Bai Luofeng, and ended up with no bones, even if Su Sicheng was dissatisfied with his rudeness to the Su family, he still couldn't stop admiring and respecting him in his heart.
Su Qitian noticed the strange appearance of the ninth brother, and immediately restrained his excitement and said seriously: "Old Jiu, don't blame me for being ruthless. You also know how much blood and sweat the Su family has spent to get to where it is today. The eldest brother thinks about how to run it every day so that he can pass it on to future generations, and save face to meet his ancestors and ancestors. ”
The embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, and if the Su family was unfortunately defeated, the end would only be a catastrophe. So even if Su Qitian thought about it by chance until now, he still couldn't help but sweat on his back, and he was afraid.
Su Sicheng knew that the burden on his shoulders as the pillar of the eldest brother was on his shoulders, and he tried to hide his low mood and said, "I understand..."
"If only you understood me. Su Qitian re-sharpened the teapot and poured it on the back of the chair, his neck exposed in the air shrank into his clothes, and the whole person returned to his previous calm demeanor.
In order to bring down Wei Xian, the Su family had to drag Jiangyang to the point of restlessness. The emperor is not a fool, he thinks about the connection, although he has not been blamed, but he must not be able to get over his face. Bai Luofeng's escape was considered a chance to give the Su family a chance to build steps. ”
Su Sicheng's body is hard and not afraid of the low temperature in winter, but at this moment, when he heard Su Qitian's words, he couldn't help but be shocked: "Big brother, do you want to..."
"That's right! The Su family will assist the imperial court in capturing Bai Luofeng. Su Qitian was extremely firm, "No matter what, the biggest backer in the world is the Son of Heaven after all." Only by doing this, will the emperor ignore the previous actions of the Su family, and Huaizuozhuang will be able to have no worries. ”
"But didn't you say: businessmen pursue profits, and morality cannot be taken away?" Su Sicheng was puzzled, how was it different from Wei Xian to use such means of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.
"Confused!" Su Qitian saw that his brother was stubborn and still deceived by the set of rivers and lakes, and couldn't help but shout and ask: "Is the future of thousands of people in the Su family important, or is Bai Luofeng's life important?" You are not allowed to mention this matter to Lu'er, otherwise she will have an illicit correspondence with the stinky monk of Wuxiang Temple, and the bald man and the surname Bai are all the way, they are disgusted with the long life......
As soon as he was halfway through his words, Su Qitian's mind suddenly flashed and he stopped suddenly.
Su Laojiu heard that the eldest brother was silent for no reason, and he dared to raise his head to check the situation, only to see him rubbing the corners of his eyes as tired as if he had lost all his strength and said, "Forget it, forget it." If you like to talk about it, just say it, I'll send more people to watch over her and don't let her toss around. Otherwise, that girl won't blame me for being ruthless as a father at that time? Now give her a blow, lest the last news come suddenly and she can't accept it and hurt her body. ”