Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 99 Deadly Reasoning
This Song Yuanwai from Runan City has a surname of Song, a first name of De, and a style name of Zhongyi.

You should understand from his writing that this man is the second child in the family.

Then why is the Song family now the second in charge?It's simple... the boss dies early.

At that time, Song De's elder brother died of a sudden illness when he was less than ten years old. His parents couldn't figure it out: Our old Song family is so rich and invited the best doctor to see him. How could he die?

Isn't this nonsense?According to the level of medical treatment in the Chao dynasty, there are any ways to die.

But they don't know any science, so they go to find the unscientific explanation - ask a fortune teller.

The fortune-teller was so smart, he came in, pretended to be a ghost with a solemn face, and finally came to a conclusion: Your old Song family has committed too many crimes and has suffered retribution.

Ladies and gentlemen, in those days, whenever you went to a rich family for fortune-telling, as long as you said they had committed crimes, you would never run away; given the class status of this group of people, it is impossible for anyone not to commit crimes.

After Song De's parents heard this, they could say that, our family has colluded with eunuchs and fish and meat people for generations, and now God will punish us.

This is called checking in.

Therefore, in order to resolve this retribution, they bought fish and released them from that day on, and gave porridge to Misha;

To put it bluntly, people like them donate part of their ill-gotten wealth to do good deeds, and they don't really want to do good deeds, but just to buy a comfort for their hearts.

Otherwise, why are there so many rich, unkind, treacherous and evil people who devote themselves to religion and charity in their middle and old age?It is because they themselves know that they are sinners, so they pray to gods and worship Buddha; it seems... this is also a business. In the first half of their lives, they have done bad things to make money and enjoy enough, and in the second half of their lives, they just want to donate Get out now, so you don't end up in hell.

Why is Song De's name and character both De and Yi?It's nothing more than what his parents lack and ask for.

Song De grew up in such a family environment, so most things in this world are business for him.

This has also developed his character traits of being good at calculation and deep in the city.

Of course, maybe there is retribution in this world, Song De married a lot of wives and concubines, but now he is over [-] years old, and he still only has a child like Song Xiang.

As for Song Xiang's virtues, everyone has seen it. If he looks a little bit like his father, Song De will not worry.

It's a pity that this Song Xiang is 28 this year, and he is still a giant baby, who is specially looking for "losing money" for his father.

Over the years, Song De has basically gotten used to it. Anyway, he knows that every now and then, this son will commit some cases of wounding, rape or even murder, and then he has to settle the matter.

Yes, ordinary people are easy to bully, but there must be a limit.

The case of hurting people is easy to handle. If you pay a little soup and medicine to the other party, the other party will not dare to make trouble again.

What about rape and murder?This can't be "reconciled", can it?

It is certain to lose money to the family members, but the government...don't you have to take care of it?The appetite over there is greater than that of ordinary people, even if you have eunuchs as your backing, but Wang Fa is there, you are at a loss after all, are you embarrassed?
What if there are some bitter masters who don't even want money?You have to find someone to come to intimidate them, whether it is the government or you find someone yourself, this also costs money.

Is it easy to be a local tyrant and bully?Song De told you with his own experience—we can’t do anything about it. The cost of this business is too high. If I don’t collude with the government to squeeze the people, where do I get the cost to collude with the government to squeeze the people? Do you understand?

Today, Song Xiang gave his father another blow in the head.

Before it was time for dinner, the grandson came back disheveled, his clothes were dirty, his face was bruised and his face was swollen, and Song De happened to bump into him when he entered the hospital.

"Stop!" Seeing his son's bear-like appearance, Song De knew that he was in trouble again, so he immediately stopped him sharply, and asked, "Look at you...what do you look like? What's going on outside?"

Don't look at that Song Xiang who has practiced martial arts for 20 years, who is big and three thick, with a stern face, and that Song De is old and weak... When the son stands in front of the father, he looks like a son, and he is all wilted.

In this world, Song Xiang is not afraid of anyone, but Song De; Song Xiang's kindness is useless in front of his father, and he will always be caught lying.

Therefore, Song Xiang was very honest in front of Song De: "Father... I... I lost the fight."

"Hmph..." Song De laughed angrily at him, "Losing? It's a good loss." He paused, "I've seen your beating before, what punching Nanshan Banyan Tiger and kicking Beihai Hunjianglong... are you embarrassed? You are being polite if they didn't beat you to death, and I have to thank you for teaching you a lesson for me."

Song Xiang was already suffocating his anger, and he was on the verge of crying when his father scolded him so eccentrically.

"Father!" he said with a sob in his voice, "he...he won the battle, it's fine, he still scolded me, scolding me very badly, and, he...he even cheated me of 3000 taels of silver !"

Song De's expression changed as soon as he heard those keywords. The smile on his face disappeared instantly, replaced by anger and surprise: "How much money? Can you say it again?"

"Three... 3000 taels..." Song Xiang lowered his head, raised his right hand at the same time, and stretched out three fingers to gesture.

"You..." Song De's blood had already reached his throat, and he was still suppressing it, "...where did you get the 3000 taels?"

"I..." Song Xiang didn't dare to hide it, "I went to the warehouse to get an incense burner, and pawned 3000 taels in Tongquanjian. I thought I could win, and I could redeem the things today. ……who knows……"

Snapped--

Before Song Xiang finished speaking, Song De slapped him with a slap.

Song Xiang's body is good, but he is slapped by his father, a skinny old man, what's the result?

Song Xiang covered his face and rubbed it, but it didn't hurt much.

Song De's hand hurt like hell, and if he tried harder, his wrist would probably be dislocated.

"Nizi!" Song De stomped his feet angrily, "Nizi!"

After the beating and scolding, the old man turned his head and went back to the room without waiting for Song Xiang to say anything. He was also afraid... afraid that his son's words would cause his blood vessel to burst and die there.

There was nothing to say that day, Song Xiang got drunk at night and fell asleep.

As for Tong Chuanjian, although they didn’t wait for the person to come to redeem the pawn, they didn’t take it too seriously. Anyway, if you come one day late, you will pay an extra day’s overdue money. Somebody went to check to see if the "Nine Feathers Sun Riser" was still in the library.

But there was another thing that made the shopkeeper a little bit concerned, and that was... that Mr. Tong Quan, Liu Yufang, sent a letter from someone this morning, saying that he had to ask for leave for a few days.

This old man has never asked for leave since he called Tong Quanjian, and he is considered to be half of the brand here. Without him, although there are other appraisal masters, it still makes people feel uncertain.

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On the second day, Song De also calmed down, so he sent someone to do "some things" early in the morning.

It was not until the afternoon that he asked his son for questioning.

Then Song Xiang was not stupid, when he heard that his father wanted to ask him for questioning, he quickly went to drag his old mother to sit in the town, just to let the old mother protect him when he was questioned.

In this way, Song Xiang told Song De how he was "cheated by Sun Yixie for 3000 taels" with his own rhetoric. Anyway, according to his meaning, he was right, everything he did Mistakes are caused by being cheated or provoked by others.

By the way, Song Xiang also blamed his master Ma Zhao, saying: "If it wasn't for that man surnamed Ma who insisted on teaching me some 'unique trick' for me to use, I might not lose, according to me Look...he might have colluded with that Sun Yixie and conspired to defraud our Song family of money."

Song De knew his son well, so he just heard this kind of words and let it go; after sending his son away, he immediately summoned a few servants to come in, and checked the ins and outs of the matter several times through others.

Finally, he called Ma Zhao and Zhao Yuanyao.

To Ma Zhao, Song De didn't say much, the general meaning was to thank him for his dedication and hard work in the workplace over the years, and said that he is no longer suitable to stay in the Song Mansion any longer, and went to the accountant to settle the money and you can go.

Ma Zhao didn't have any objection to this result, but he just lost his job. He could accept it, and he could even say he was a little lucky.

When Ma Zhao was sent away, only Mr. Song and Zhao Yuyao were left, Song De... finally changed his expression.

"Master Zhao, when you first came to our Song residence, you once said that you only seek money and don't ask right and wrong. Do you remember this?" Song De sat down, took a sip of tea, and asked slowly.

"Remember." Zhao Yuanyuan replied.

"Now, there is a business deal, I want to ask Master Zhao to do it, do you want to do it?" Song De said.

"Master Song, are you asking me to kill people?" Zhao Yuanyao's scheming is not bad, how could he fail to guess the other party's intentions.

"If yes, are you going?" Song De asked.

"That depends on who to kill." Zhao Tiaoyu paused for a while, and then said, "And... how much he can earn."

"You killed Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai, and Lei Buji." Song De said in a deep voice, "Take back the 3000 taels, and the 500 taels will be yours."

Zhao Yuyu was silent for a while, and replied: "Suppose I really agreed to this deal and succeeded in killing the three of them, why don't I just take the 3000 taels and fly away, and come back and give you [-] taels?" ?”

Song De took a sip of tea leisurely, and replied: "If you take the 3000 taels and fly away, not only will the other party's people come to seek revenge on you, but I will not let you go." He stroked his beard, slightly He raised his head, "But if you get the money back for me, my Song family will bear any grievances at that time, and it has nothing to do with you. Besides... 500 taels is not a lot, isn't it?"

Zhao Yuanyuan thought for a while and asked, "What if I can get the money back without killing them? Wouldn't that be better? Master Song can also save you from worrying about the future."

"Heh..." Song De smiled, "Master Zhao, I'm afraid I didn't understand what I mean." At this point, his eyes showed a bit of coldness, "Money must be taken, That person... also must die."

"Just because they humiliated your son?" Zhao Yuyao asked.

"Of course not." Song De replied, "Master Zhao, you still think about things simply..." He paused, and then said, "This morning, I sent someone to check the details of the three people before I found out. Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai... are both members of Jin Yiwei, so it goes without saying that Lei Buji who is with them is the same.

"In addition, I also asked someone to go to Tongquanjian. Guess what? In just one day, the 'Nine Feathers Sun Chasing Furnace' that my stupid son stole and pawned, and that living signboard of Tongquanjian, Liu Yufang. They disappeared together.

"Do you think... these are all coincidences?"

Yes, these are coincidences.

There are three different things here, one can't hit the other, it's just that they are connected by Song Xiang.

It's not that Zhao Yuanyu made things simple, but Song De made things complicated...

"Master Song, what do you mean?" Zhao Yuanyuan continued to ask.

Song De said quickly: "This is Jin Yiwei who wants to plot against my Song family through my son, and make me lose money and treasure..."

At this moment, he started his erroneous reasoning with a serious face and certainty: "In my opinion, the 3000 taels are just an introduction, a prelude...their real goal is actually the 'Nine Feathers Daily Furnace'.

"The beginning of this game was two days ago, when the boy surnamed Sun deliberately provoked my son under the ring to lure him into the bait.

"Think about it carefully, how could someone propose to use such a huge sum of 3000 taels for some kind of ring gambling? Is there too much money to use?

"This is clearly the end game, using my son's young and impulsive personality to lead him to do the stupid thing of guarding and stealing... In this way, they will take my Song family's treasures from the storeroom to me without any effort. After being deceived, they then used the undercover agent placed in Tongquanjian... that is, Liu Yufang, to steal the things.

"On the second day, on the ring, that Sun Yixie came to humiliate my son again, and took the 3000 taels of silver as well, hmph...that's really tricky.

"The inn where the three boys lived, I also sent someone to ask in the morning... As a result, they found out that they immediately went to the inn to check out after getting off the ring yesterday, and escaped from Runan City to the south without stopping. Already... If it wasn't for the plan, they could go so fast?

"All in all, these things before and after, at first glance, it seems that three fledgling Jianghu boys are fighting fiercely, but in fact... it is a careful operation of Jin Yiwei against my Song family. It's their pawns, the water behind it... I don't know how deep it is...

"People like this, why should I keep them?"

After his analysis, even Zhao Yuanyuan was in a cold sweat. He thought it made sense, and said in secret, "Could it be... I've oversimplified them too?"

Seeing that Zhao Yuanyuan seemed to "get it", Song De continued with a satisfied expression on his face, "Master Zhao, this matter is much bigger than you think...Then Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji all It's just a small role... But from them, we can see that the Yellow Gate in Central Sichuan, the Sun Mansion in Hangzhou, and Lei Buwei who has retired from the world have all come together with Jin Yiwei, and this is the big trouble." He paused, "Of course, that's not your trouble. I've already reported that kind of trouble to the 'eunuchs' to decide. As for you... now there is an opportunity in front of you, and it depends on which side you want to stand. "

(End of this chapter)