Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 7

With Steward Xu's disturbance, the villagers immediately lost their spirits and got up to leave.

Chen Dazhuang and others helped Li Jing tidy up the yard, and they wanted to leave and go home, but Li Jing stopped him.

These people are not polite, anyway, the bear meat given by the old man Chen will be brought back by their families, and they also want to stay and continue to drink and eat meat.

Seeing that there was nothing to clean up in the yard, old man Chen asked Li Jing and others to put out the fire, and then went back to the house to continue drinking.After a while, Dumb and Zhuzi came back, and the drinking atmosphere became even more lively.

……

Lin County, Xu Mansion.

Xu Bin sat in the side hall, yawning and listening to the housekeeper Xu Er.

Xu Er has already told this slumped young master Xu Third about buying bear bile.

Seeing that Xu Bin could barely hear what he was talking about, Xu Er added: "Third young master, this bear bile must be obtained tonight, otherwise the turtle in Chenzhuang will be sold to the Shen family tomorrow, and you will ask for it again at that time." It’s going to be hard to do things!”

"I said Xu Er, it's just such a small matter, do you need to tell me in the middle of the night? It's not like you don't know how important bear bile is. If he wants 50 taels, you can give him 50 taels." Xu Bin rubbed his eyes and said.

"I only brought 20 taels of silver with me when I went out to do errands, and I can't even give it if I want to!" Xu Er scratched his head and said.

"Trash, if he doesn't sell you, he will rob you. Don't they dare to beat you?" Xu Bin said angrily.

Due to a little anger, the young master became more energetic.

Seeing that the young master was angry, Xu Er hurriedly said: "Third young master, there were more than 100 people in his yard at that time, I only brought two people with me, how dare I do anything!"

"Oh! I was sleepy just now, I didn't hear what you said clearly." Xu Bin rubbed his eyes and said.

Suddenly Xu Bin jumped up as if his buttocks had been pricked by a needle: "What did you say? When you said that you mentioned our Xu family, this group of local turtles pretended not to know each other? Isn't this against them? You call the servants immediately, I want them to know how powerful I am, Mr. Xu!"

Seeing that the young master finally got angry, Xu Erda was excited, but then fainted again: "Third young master, you forgot, didn't you send out all the people in our house to collect bear bile? Now there are even ten people who can be transferred out." It’s not even here, that family gathered more than 100 people tonight, I’m afraid it won’t help with this little manpower!”

Xu Bin scratched his head and said, "Damn it, I forgot about this. Where can I find someone now?"

Seeing that Xu Bin didn't move, Xu Er had no choice but to say: "It's too late now, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to find someone for a while. In the opinion of a villain, let's give him 50 taels of silver to buy bear bile, and wait until later." Get rid of him!"

Xu Bin glanced at Xu Er, knowing that this was a step for him, so he nodded and said, "It's not that I can't, I just can't bear it. When did our Xu family suffer so much?"

Seeing that Xu Bin followed his suggestion, Xu Er hurriedly said: "Third young master, if you can't bear it, you will make trouble. Yesterday, I went to the doctor who treated old man Shen, and he said that if he couldn't get bear bile, old man Shen would ask for it." We will die in a few days. As long as we master the bear bile, it is equivalent to choking the neck of the Shen family. If the family wants to save old man Shen's life, they have to agree to your marriage. There is only this girl in the Shen family. After this marriage is accomplished, all the property of the Shen family will be yours in the future, and you will be the one in our Lin county, even the magistrate of the county will have to follow your winks, what can we do?"

After Xu Er finished speaking, he stretched out his thumb.

"That's right, it's not too late. You go to the cashier to get the money right away, and then hurry to Chenzhuang. You must buy the bear bile back." Xu Bin's eyes lit up when he heard about the daughter of the Shen family, and he quickly agreed. .

"Yes, the little one will go right away!" Xu Er bowed and turned to go out.

……

The Xu family heard that there were bear hunters in Chenzhuang, and of course the Shen family also heard about it.

In the past few days, the word bear bile has become a lifeblood for these two rich families. They spared no expense to walk around to buy bear bile, or inquire about any news about bear bile.

Before Li Jing left, he asked Zhang Ao to help him go for a walk to hear that someone wanted to hunt a bear. Of course, that person was himself. As for the ability of Zhang Ao's mouth, Li Jing had no doubts at all.

However, Li Jing didn't expect the Xu family and the Shen family to believe Zhang Ao's words 100%, but the bear bile was too sensitive for them, as long as there was any trouble, they would immediately send someone to inquire about it.

In any case, the news of Zhang Ao's walk is still very important, no, just after someone in Chenzhuang hunted a bear, spies from the Xu family and the Shen family found out about it.

In the Shen residence, Shen Zheng had just heard his servant Shen Liu report that someone in Chenzhuang had hunted a black bear, and that the housekeeper of the Xu family used 20 taels of silver to buy it by force, but was rejected by the Chen family.

Shen Zhengwen was both happy and angry when he heard it. He was happy because the bear bile was found, his father was safe and his daughter didn't have to marry into the Xu family. What was angry was that the Xu family was mean and shameless and wanted to forcibly obstruct it.

Shen Zheng hurriedly asked Shen Liu to notify the two brothers to discuss matters in the front hall.

Not long after Shen Zheng came to the main hall, the second brother Shen Yi and the third brother Shen Qing rushed over.

"Third Brother, it's not too late, you and Shen Liu'er take people to Chenzhuang immediately, and you must buy the bear bile before Xu's!" Shen Zheng said.

"Yes! Brother, I'll go right away" Shen Qing said.

Shen Qing looked a little thin, but he was extremely capable in handling things, he did not hesitate to listen to his elder brother's order, called Shen Liu'er to turn around and leave.

"Bring more money and people. If people from the Xu family are there, be careful of him using force." Shen Zheng reminded.

"Brother don't worry, younger brother knows what to do." Shen Qing said as he walked without looking back.

After Shen Qing went out, Shen Zheng turned his head and said to Shen Yi: "Second brother, immediately arrange for your servants to pack the valuable and trivial things at home, and then prepare carriages and horses in case of emergencies."

"Brother, why is this?" Shen Yi asked puzzled.

"This time the Xu family made such a move, my family and the Xu family are in conflict. If the third brother buys back the bear bile smoothly today, my family will be safe for a few days. If there is a conflict, he will immediately turn against my family. He Although I am not afraid of the power of the family, it will inevitably involve my family, so I must make a plan early. You go to prepare, and if the timing is not right, you will immediately leave with your family's belongings." Shen Zheng said intently.

"Brother, what about you?" Shen Yi asked anxiously.

"Our family is in Lin County, and there are still land stores, how can I just leave? As long as you leave, I will have no worries, and then I will deal with the Xu family well!" Shen Zheng said sternly.

"No, our family depends on you now, if you want to go, you go, I will stay." Shen Yi said.

"Second brother, you are impatient and can't be provoked. How can you be an opponent of the Xu family?" Seeing that Shen Yi still wanted to argue, Shen Zheng waved his hand and said, "I've made up my mind, so you don't have to say it anymore. If you think of brotherhood, then agree I have one thing."

Seeing the solemnity of Shen Zheng's words, Shen Yi "Plopped!" He knelt down and said in a sobbing voice, "Elder brother has orders, and younger brother will obey everything."

"Second brother, I have no children under my knees, so you can pass on my successor to me." Shen Zheng said.

"No problem, but the successor is a concubine first, and the adoption is under your family, and he will naturally inherit our family business in the future. I'm afraid that the other brothers will not accept it!" Shen Yi said.

"You!" Shen Zheng pointed Shen Yi with his finger, shook his head and said, "You have never seen your sons clearly. Among the younger generations, only this successor will be able to take charge of our Shen family's business. It is because of him He is a concubine, so I want you to adopt him to me so that I can take charge of my Shen family business in the future. Otherwise, you and I are brothers, and your son is my son. Do I need to adopt one?" Shen Zhengdao .

"Brother is very thoughtful, and younger brother will follow suit, but when will the adoption take place?" Shen Yi said.

"The sooner this matter is the better, let's do it tomorrow morning." Shen Zhengdao.

"Okay, I will notify you immediately." Shen Yi said.

"Go!" Shen Zheng waved his hand.

……

The Chen family, father and son, and others were all drunk.

It is hard for a simple peasant not to get drunk on such a festive occasion.

After the old man Chen settled down, Li Jing walked slowly into the courtyard.

A gust of wind blew, and Li Jing's mind cleared up a little.

Finding a wooden stake, Li Jing sat on it casually and looked into the distance. From the first day he came to this late Ming Dynasty, Li Jing wanted to plan for his future life, but he had no idea. Until these things happened later, Li Jing felt that the time had come.

If he doesn't catch it, if he doesn't deal with it, I'm afraid the war in the late Ming Dynasty will be enough for him to suffer!

After an unknown period of time, more than ten small red dots appeared in the distance.

Li Jing smiled and finally came...

I saw the little red dot getting closer and closer, and after a while, I could already see the outline of the lantern.

Li Jing jumped off the stake, walked to the door, and then hid on one side of the door. After a while, he saw more than ten lanterns appearing from the other direction of the village.

Li Jing smiled, everything was as he expected.

Those who came from the west walked more quickly, and arrived at the door of Chen's house in a short while.

"Third Master, this is the family. Look ahead, that group of people should be from the Xu family." One said in a low voice.

"Don't be afraid, as long as you can buy bear bile, people from the Xu family will not dare to snatch it, you call the door and call someone." The third master said.

Seeing that man opened his mouth and wanted to shout, Li Jing hurriedly appeared from the side of the door: "Who are you? What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

The man was about to shout, when he suddenly heard someone talking in the dark, with a bang, he almost fainted from fright.

After a long time, the man came to his senses, and shook the lantern in front of the door to see Li Jing clearly, so he asked tremblingly, "Are you a human or a ghost? Why are you standing here without sleeping in the middle of the night? "

After hearing this person's question, Li Jing laughed dumbfounded: "This is my home, it doesn't seem to matter to you whether I sleep or not?"

At this time, the man called the third master stepped forward, clasped his fists slightly and said, "Brother, I can't speak, don't take it wrong. I'm Shen Qing, just because the old man is seriously ill and urgently needs bear bile, It’s only late at night, so please bear with me if there is anything disturbing.”

"Oh! So your family posted the notice?" Li Jing said lightly.

Shen Qing smiled wryly, and said: "Yes, I have traveled all over the surrounding prefectures and counties, but I couldn't buy bear bile, so I had no choice but to come up with this bad plan..."

Before Shen Qing finished speaking, he was interrupted by a voice.

(End of this chapter)