The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 154 bite the hook
Fat Brother and Liao Simian went to feed the fish with fish food, and after playing around for a while, Thrush found the two young masters under the guidance of the maids in Kui Xia Garden, and asked them to sit down for dinner go.

For a while, the fat guy had had enough of teasing the fish, so he went with the maids, but passing by the main hall from the side road, the fat guy saw that brother Qu, and felt strange: "Why is he going over there?" Walk?"

The servant girl of Kui Xia Garden said: "Mr. Shen is different from the other brothers. He is Mr. Shen's son. He has always been at the table. Other bosses have said it before, but they dare not say it now."

"Why don't you dare say it?"

The fat guy found it strange.

Liao Simian, who was walking beside him, was older than him, and when he saw his father fighting against Shen Qi since childhood, he just smiled and said, "You don't know that, do you? Teach people a lesson, who dares to tell him that if you can’t attend the banquet with your brother, you will have bad luck the next day, whether it’s a business accident, or an accident with your subordinates, or an accident with the ship. As time goes by, who will dare to say that you are not right?”

"Isn't this a threat?"

The fat man frowned, with a disdainful expression on his face.

"What kind of Boss Shen is this, isn't he too domineering?"

But when Fat Brother thought about it, he suddenly thought of his mother, she was even more rude when speaking to Shen Qi, and he didn't see Boss Shen lose his temper.

So the fat guy suddenly raised his face proudly: "My mother is much better than him, just now my mother scolded him, didn't he dare to speak back?"

Liao Simian asked, "What did your mother scold him just now?"

"My mother said he was a jackal, a tiger and a leopard, he should be skinned and boned, and then sold..."

Fat guy smiled, he didn't feel that his mother was speaking viciously, seeing that the side hall was in front, he hurriedly called Liao Simian and ran two steps: "Brother Mian, let's hurry up, we're eating inside!"

Liao Simian was taken aback, but still ran in, and only yelled: "Little Fatty, you run very fast, wait for me!"

"Ha ha……"

Like a gust of wind, the fat guy blew towards Gu Huaixiu's side and threw himself into her arms, almost knocking Gu Huaixiu down: "Mom, we just went to feed the fish and came back. Didn't you see, little fat man?" I also saw the fish jumping up, so tall and so tall!"

Gu Huaishu raised his hand and gave him a plum to eat, clasped his fingers tightly and patted his head, gritted his teeth and said, "Walking like the wind, sitting like a bell, standing like a pine, look at yourself, what kind of crooked figure do you look like?"

"That's better than when you're lazy..."

The fat guy muttered something, seeing Gu Huaixiu's expression changed, and he was about to attack him again, he immediately changed the subject and said, "Mom, where should we sit?"

Mrs. Liu came up to help smooth things over and said, "Let's sit here, Mrs. Zhang please."

With that said, he also brought his son there.

There are quite a few children here, all young, they all came with their mothers. In a blink of an eye, Fat Brother saw many children of his own age, and everyone stared at them with big eyes.

It's just that Gu Huaishu didn't see many acquaintances, only one Mrs. Lu, who was the aunt I saw in Shen Chao's garden back then, so she was here this year.

But they were not at the same table, everyone met each other but nodded slightly, Gu Huaishu was talking to Mrs. Liu, there seemed to be two official wives, everyone was very polite.After asking, knowing that Gu Huaixiu is the wife of the capital, he flattered her and envied her at the same time.

Gu Huaixiu was quite calm, he only got closer when talking to Mrs. Liu, and everyone else was polite.

Mrs. Liu has face, everyone understands what is going on, and the atmosphere is quite harmonious.

Liao Fengyuan's business has also stabilized in the past few years. He is an evergreen tree among many businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River. He is quite prestigious, and everyone will give him a thumbs up when he mentions it.

In comparison, although Shen Chao is more famous, if he is mentioned, the first thing everyone should do is to see if there is Shen Chao around, or if there is his eyes and ears.More people are in awe of looking up and looking up at Shen Chao. Compared with admiration for a serious businessman like Liao Fengyuan, the feeling for Shen Chao is more of a kind of indescribable fear and puzzlement. ?

People with eccentric temperaments have few confidantes wherever they go.

From the conversations of the people, Gu Huaishu also had some understanding of the major forces in Jiangnan today.

The Cao Gang and the Salt Gang are generally working in collusion, but there are times when some fights are unavoidable. Sometimes the salt boat capsizes inexplicably, and people from the Cao Gang die inexplicably.Gu Huaishu reckoned that Shen Yang had a good relationship with the Cao Gang, and it can be seen from the events of the year...

However, if Shen Chao had a good relationship with the Cao Gang, Shen Chao should have taken care of the matter on the side of the Salt Gang long ago.

There were contradictions before and after, the more Gu Huaishu listened and thought about it, the more confused he became.

She rubbed her temples, leaned back on the recliner in the waterside pavilion, watched the ladies pushing Pai Gow on one side, and asked Gu Huaishu if Mrs. Zhang Er had come to play a lap, she shook her head, saying that she was unlucky , I always lose at the poker table, so I simply don't play.

Mrs. Liu just came in from the outside. The brothers in front took fishing rods and fished on the small lake outside.

While Gu Huaixiu was drowsy, she heard Liu Shi laugh at her and said, "It's not that you are unlucky, but you like to count when you play cards. You don't want to win too much, and you don't want to lose money... To put it bluntly, you If you don’t take the Pai Gow right now, you’re too lazy to move!”

This can be seen by others, Gu Huaishu simply covered his face with a veil and yawned: "Madam Liao, please spare me, I'm sleepy here."

Seeing that the weather is getting longer and longer, and the night time is getting later and later, people always get up early and go to bed late.

Gu Huai supported the armrest with his sleeves, resting on his face, looking lazy.

"Look at you, over the past ten years, you don't feel that your appearance has changed, but we are getting older one by one..." Sitting beside her, Mrs. Liu didn't push the cards, just watched.

"I feel like I'm getting old..."

Gu Huaishu raised his hand to touch his face, pressed his fingertips against the corners of his eyes, and smiled softly.

There is no one who never grows old, but it's just a nice word to say.

The flowers are blooming outside, but most of the women in this room are actually young, and there are some young maids who may be newly bought. They look green and cute, but they have a feeling of youthful vigor.

She looked at it and laughed, and looked back, but saw that the fat brother and Mian brother's children had disappeared, and she was a little surprised: "How many people are there?"

Qingdai and Huamei also hurriedly searched for it, but when they turned around, they saw the east water pavilion, running up the stairs.

"Ma'am, where is the person?"

Qingdai pointed out the window.

Brother Fat and Brother Mian, one at the front and the other at the back, climbed up the stairs one after another, and then went to the men's side, where the singing voice could be heard.

Gu Huaishu only said: "Let them go, there will be people following them, nothing will happen."

Thinking that Liao Fengyuan was there, Mrs. Liu felt at ease, so she just asked people to wait below, as the sun would be bright after noon, so she was afraid that the child would be exposed to the sun.

The fat guy over there ran up and came in front of Liao Fengyuan together with Liao Simian, which surprised Liao Fengyuan, then laughed and told everyone about his son Brother Mian.

But someone nearby looked at the fat guy and asked, "Whose child is this? It's so strong..."

The fat guy looked back, but just happened to see the brother who was sitting with his father, Shen Qi. The two of them had the same pale complexion and a strange gloomy look. They really looked like father and son, and they complemented each other perfectly.

Liao Fengyuan said: "This is the son of an old friend in Beijing, but today the old friend didn't come, his wife brought the child here, this kid is really strong..."

"Uncle Liao is also strong."

The fat man smiled so much that he showed his white teeth. Although his mother said that his front teeth were about to fall out, they are not falling out now, and they look neat and pretty.

Everyone laughed, although they had their own guesses about the "old friend" Liao Fengyuan said, but no one thought that this was the son of the emperor's confidant, they all thought it was also from a merchant's family, so their expressions were peaceful.

Only Shen Qi, looking at the fat man, poured himself a glass of wine to calm himself down.

The fat guy came to their table very familiarly, and sneaked into the side of the brother, and Liao Simian's face turned pale from the fright: "Little fat, come back!"

"What's wrong? I haven't spoken to him yet..."

Fat guy was a little puzzled, seeing Liao Simian pulling himself hard, he chuckled, "My mother called me as heavy as a dead pig, you can't pull it..."

Liao Simian: "..."

Shen Chi: "..."

Take Brother: "..."

After being speechless for a while, Shen Qi suddenly laughed, "It's only your mother who can raise such a son who is as fat as a ball..."

"Who are you talking about!"

Fat brother glared, and he was about to challenge Shen Qi.

Seeing him like this, Shen Chao laughed so hard that his hands shook, and even spilled all the wine in the glass, and it landed on the scalded area of ​​his front, suddenly frowned in pain, put down the wine cup and hated it. Gu Huaishu cannot be strangled to death.this woman...

His planning hands...

Zhong Heng watched from behind, and only said that it was his own fault.

Taking a look at Fat Brother, he asked curiously, "Did you come to see me?"

Fat brother nodded: "Brother Mian and I want to go fishing with you, it's in the lotus pond below, we even took the fishing rod, do you want to go?"

fishing?

Shen Qi glanced at the big sun outside, and only frowned tightly. His brother's body is not like other children. If he goes out now, his skin will be sunburned if he comes back. He subconsciously wants to refuse, But the elder brother has turned to look at him.

To be honest, this child was pulled back from Lord Yan's hand.

Shen Chou knew that he was taciturn than other children since he was a child, and he didn't know how to communicate with children, but his brother was always very sensible, which made Shen Chou like him.After all, he is still in poor health, so he doesn't sit down when other people's children do things, and the snacks he eats are all untouchable by his elder brother.

Looking at the eyes that Brother Quer looked at himself today, Shen Yang sighed for the first time, and said: "Let Xiangyu hold an umbrella for you, it's not good to dry out. No, I'll ask someone to cover the children outside later." umbrella……"

I only take my brother as an umbrella, for fear that he will be different from others.

Shen Chao's consideration was considered thoughtful, he smiled, and then saw that his brother was dragged away by the little fat man.

Liao Simian hasn't realized it yet, so easily dragged brother away?

With a resentful expression, Zhong Heng only said: "Master, wake up."

Shen Chi sneered: "You see, Master Shen, I seem to be drunk?"

"You haven't woken up." Zhong Heng sighed, implying sarcasm.

Shen Qi could naturally hear this bit of irony, but he was extremely sober, even though the drunkenness started to come up, his brows and eyes were still bright.

He only said: "I have been sober from the beginning to the end, and I have never been drunk."

Because, there is no chance at all.

Glancing at the water pavilion over there, Shen Qi quickly withdrew his gaze and asked, "What's going on with Dantu?"

"It has been arranged according to your instructions, including..."

Zhong Heng compared his right arm.

Shen Qi nodded, "It's fine if the right arm is gone."

The elder brother outside went fishing with a group of children for the first time, and his movements were a bit clumsy, but he was smart and quickly learned it.

The first fish was caught by the elder brother. Many children gathered around him and looked at him enviously.

The little fish was jumping on the shore, with its white belly turned out, and the scales of the fish glistened in the sun. The fish off the shore could not live long because there was no water and because of the big sun.

Gu Huaixiu saw it and just watched.

A group of children chattered around the fish, seeing that the fish didn't struggle much.

At this time, Shen Qu stood up, grabbed the fish with both hands, and put it back into the lake.

The children were all stunned: "What are you doing, brother?"

"Yeah, the fish I finally caught..."

"That's right, why put it back!" The little fat man frowned, "How good would it be to take it back and stew it?"

"His father is a wicked man, but he is a bodhisattva with a heart?"

"Hmph, hypocritical."

After hearing this, the elder brother did not move. He just smiled shyly, sat back down, and started fishing again.

Although the children here felt that their elder brother was as mentally ill as his father, they didn't dare to say anything, and went back to catch their own fish.

Qing Dai and the others saw it, but said: "I can't tell that this young master is kind-hearted..."

Gu Huaishu laughed out loud: "How could Shen Qi have a son with a kind heart? You two girls misunderstood...that is not kindness, it is the power of life and death."

Qingdai's thrushes were all stunned, even Liu Shi who was at the side felt that Gu Huaishu's words were inexplicable.

Only Gu Huaixiu still remembered that the child's smile when he put the fish back, wasn't it exactly the same as Shen Qi's?

"When he put the dying fish back, he was the king of hell holding the book of life and death..."

If you want the fish to die, the fish will die; if you want the fish to live, the fish will live.

That's all, there is no such thing as a kind heart or a bad heart.

Mrs. Liu was frightened by her, so she just shook her hand and said, "It's just a child, why do you say that? It's all your fault, right?"

Gu Huaishu knew that Mrs. Liu and the others were taboo about these words, so he didn't say any more, just said: "Look at him when he put the fish back, it was very cute."

But to be honest, Brother Fat seems to be inferior to Brother Quer in this aspect, after all, Shen Chao's son is more transparent.

But who can tell what will happen next?
Sometimes it is "smart and tired", and sometimes it is "wisdom as stupid".

She just suddenly remembered Luo Xuanwen. Since the day he hit Dantu, there was no news. She still didn't know when Zhang Tingyu's emperor would go to Suzhou and had to pass through Dantu again. It was time to test Song Luo.

On this day, the children had been fishing outside for a long time, and Shen Yang's maid was holding an umbrella, but they didn't get much sun.

Only the fat guy ran all over the garden, and the maid was not as fast as him, with sweat all over his head and face.

He couldn't catch any fish by himself, he didn't hold his breath like others, and he had to take out his fishing rod to watch after sitting for a while, so he didn't catch a single fish.

But after this day, he happened to be the one who gained the most.

This kid is clever, he didn't catch any fish, so he sold it to other people, asked for one from here, asked for one there, and when everyone said they wanted to leave, he would be full by himself?The fish hugged in his arms, triumphant, and the faces of the children beside him turned green.

When Gu Huaishu saw it, he almost bent over laughing, and told him to pour all the fish back into the water, but he said he would go back and get it for Xiao Shifang to make fish soup.

His mother, but nothing but speechless.

Mrs. Liu thought the boy was interesting, so she said: "It's just a few fish in the lotus pond. Let him take it back with his heart."

In the end, the fat guy hugged one?The fish went all the way out of the garden.

But when he was getting ready to get into the carriage at the round gate, Gu Huaishu saw Shen Yang.

When they came, they took sedan chairs, but when they went back, they changed carriages, and the woman got into the carriage behind.Here, Shen Yang just came out, followed by his elder brother, Zhong Heng was still two steps behind, Li Wei jumped out of the car, and was about to come over to say hello together.

Suddenly, an old monk who begged for alms came over from the side road. When he saw Shen Qi, he frowned, and when he saw the elder brother beside him, he frowned even tighter. You have committed a lot of crimes in Dantu, seeing the young master with a sick face and sickness, it is the retribution of the father's karma. Karma and retribution, the cycle is not good, if the benefactor Shen is obsessed—"

"Where did the crazy monk come from! Give me a club and beat him to the side!"

After hearing what he said, where did Shen Chao come from for his good temper, and he kicked the old monk's body as soon as he lifted his foot.

There were people under his command on both sides, and now they rushed forward, directly pulling the mad monk aside, also kicking him.

Gu Huaixiu at the gate of the garden saw her, she only frowned, but she didn't pay attention to the old monk, she just heard the sentence "killing people in Dantu is very serious", what exactly did Shen Qi and Luo Xuanwen do in Dantu?
She never knew about this.

Frowning slightly, Gu Huaishu just stood there without going any further.

This crazy monk clearly said that Shen Qi committed a crime, and then his son would die badly.

How can Shen Qi tolerate him?
Right now, the corners of his eyes were twitching slightly, and he sneered as he watched his subordinates kick the nonsense old monk to the point of being speechless.

Brother Qu'er was standing beside Shen Qi, his hands gathered in his sleeves had already been clenched into fists, and his head was buried.

Shen Chao raised his hand to look at his wrist, there were two rounds of red string wrapped around it, and there was a ceramic copper coin-shaped ornament that he had worn by his side for many years.

He seemed to pause for a moment, and then, under Zhong Heng's horrified gaze, he untied the ceramic copper coin and asked his brother to raise his hand: "The things passed down from the ancestors, I will wear them for you today."

Brother Qu raised his head and looked at Shen Chi, trembling a little.

Shen Chao patted his head, "Glory and wealth, long life."

Then, Shen Qi directly hugged his elder brother with both hands and carried him in front of the car. Seeing that he was standing still, he turned over himself, glanced at the screaming old monk over there, his eyes drooped, and he said: "Throw it to the suburbs in a while."

Zhong Heng didn't react for a long time. He raised his hand and pressed the center of his brow anxiously. It was the only thing left after Master Shen's family was destroyed. He has been with Master for so many years, why...

crazy!

Are they really crazy? !

Looking at the crazy monk over there, Zhong Heng only gritted his teeth and said, "Ask him first where he knows about Dantu, and then drag him out and throw him away!"

Gu Huaishu on the side watched, didn't speak for a long time, didn't intervene, just turned the fat guy's head to prevent him from looking, and then led the people into the car.

After returning to his own garden, he was a little tired with his brother, so he asked him to go to the room to rest first, and Shen Qi went back to the study by himself, and sat on the grand chair behind the desk. There was an abacus on the table. The account has not been settled yet...

With his eyes closed, he heard footsteps outside and knew that it was Zhong Heng who had returned.

"Well, what did you ask?"

"Dead, I didn't ask anything."

The matter of Dantu is a secret among secrets, even few people around Shen Chao know about it, but now it is told by a crazy monk.

Zhong Heng was naturally startled, but what he cared more about was the porcelain coin.

It's just that Shen Qi didn't mean anything.

He touched his empty wrist, kept his eyes closed without lifting his eyelids, and said: "The right arm has been cut off, and the next step is fishing... I just hope that the fish we want to catch is indeed that one. I always feel...he might already know...the crazy monk today is too weird."

Zhang Tingyu is not someone to mess with either.

Shen Qi raised a hand, put it lightly on his forehead, and also covered his eyes.

The sky was dark, there was no lamp in the study, and the expression on Shen Yang's face could not be seen clearly.

Zhong Heng only heard Shen Chao's voice that was so low that it seemed inaudible: "Master suddenly feels... very tired."

Tired.

It's really not like Shen Qi can say such a thing.

However, Shen Qi said it, and continued to say it.

"I take my brother and raise him bigger and bigger, but I don't know when he will be the same as when I buried him in the soil, silently... playing chess with Lord Yama all the time... The more I raise my son, the happier I am, but the more I raise my son, the worse I feel..."

Shen Qi sighed silently, but did not speak.

"Ch..."

Suddenly there was the sound of something being crushed outside.

Shen Chao heard it, raised his eyelids slightly, looked out the window, but slightly bent his lips.

After a while, he raised his hand and flicked a bead.

"Snapped."

After a soft ring, it was silent.

(End of this chapter)