Blood from Daming

Chapter 18
Xue Yun stood in Xue Aoren's courtyard, looking at everything here, the people in the courtyard, whether it was the aunts or servants, were all fighting.

Xue Yun walked slowly to Erniang's room, when there was a commotion outside the courtyard, Erniang's two sons rushed home after hearing the news and wanted to break into the courtyard, but were stopped by Xue Wu's men.

Xue Yun was about to call Xue Wu to come over and quieted down outside the courtyard, and saw that Xue Aoren had arrived with his grandfather Xue Rui, who was supported by his two concubines.

Grandfather Xue Rui: "Pull these two prodigal sons down, Yun'er, what's the matter?"

Xue Yun: "Grandfather, father took a look at it earlier, and grandson asked another servant for a conversation. He is about to go in and take a look. Grandfather and father are here, so why not testify to grandson."

Xue Yun, grandfather Xue Rui, and father Xue Aoren entered the back room, Erniang was also pushed in and watched by the servants, Xue Yun: "Grandfather, father Yun'er started looking for something."

As soon as Xue Yun said that, he began to search for things in the house. When he was young, Xue Yun searched in one big room and one small room.On the back wall of the dressing table, I found more than a dozen bright gemstones, and took out the land deed, joint stock certificate, and IOUs from the bottom of the rouge box locked in the cabinet.The bedroom is sandwiched between the walls, and the dark wall pulls out 300 taels of gold, 500 taels of silver, and several bags of gold and silverware.

Xue Aoren was dumbfounded. There were so many things hidden in the house he lived in every day, and he didn't know anything about it. He felt like a fool.

Xue Aoren was surprisingly angry that he was fooled and deceived, and asked her to get some money, but she said no, looking at this woman who was greedy for money and didn't even care about the future of her own man, Xue Aoren only felt that the more she looked at this woman, the more disgusting she became, the more disgusting she became. The uglier you look, the more you hate it.

Xue Rui took a few pieces of paper and handed them to Xue Aoren. Xue Aoren looked at one of the land deeds of the courtyard house on Yongdingmen Street in Beijing, and the other was the joint stock agreement on Yongdingmen Street in Beijing and her brother's partnership to run a silk and satin shop. Zhang’s IOUs were for her younger brother’s IOUs of 5000 taels, 8000 taels, 400 taels, 800 taels, and 7000 taels.A total of [-] taels of silver was borrowed.

Xue Aoren was trembling with anger, pulled the rag off the woman's mouth, dragged her and asked angrily: "Why, why did you do this, what exactly is it for? Am I treating you badly?"

The woman wept and said: "I am still for ourselves, I have worked so hard not for ourselves"

Xue Aoren held those pieces of paper: "What are you talking about?"

The woman said: "I borrowed my brother's money, but I was afraid that he would not pay me back. These properties and shares are also hard won by us."

Xue Aoren rushed forward and punched and kicked. For a while, the man roared wildly and the woman howled.Xue Rui couldn't help cursing: "It's nothing, don't beat her up and lock her up first, and no one in the yard is allowed to go out now."

The woman was still howling: "You little bastards, if you see that little bastard, you'll betray my mother. Let's see how my mother will deal with you, ouch!" The faces of the girls turned pale with fright.

Xue Yun returned to the backyard with his grandfather Xue Rui and Xue Aoren, Xue Rui waved his hands to make all the servants retreat, Xue Rui: "You two see what to do."

Xue Yun: "Grandfather should send someone to find the woman's younger brother first, otherwise these IOUs may not be recovered." Xue Rui nodded and sent Xue Wu to lead the people.

Xue Rui: "Ao Ren, you should wake up. You are not as good as Yun'er in this regard. The family needs to deal with it once, and these IOUs should be pursued as much as possible. After the matter is over, let this woman be buried in a good manner. .”

Xue Aoren: "My child knows what to do."

Xue Rui: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I will arrange it." Xue Ao Ren, Xue Yun retreated to let Xue Rui rest.

When it was getting dark, the youngest Mao came, and the youngest Mao wanted Xue Yun to go to the door, Xue Yun asked what was the matter, and the youngest Mao said that the little girl who took pancakes on the street was looking for the young master last time, but Xue Yun shied away and didn't want to Go, the youngest Mao said that she didn't know how she recognized her and had been pestering him for three or four days.

Xue Yun told Xue Aoren and came to the gate with Mao Laoyao, where the little girl stood there with tears in her eyes.Xue Yun asked the youngest Mao to ask the little girl what's the matter. It turned out that the little girl's relatives had been sick, and the illness was getting worse and she had no choice but to ask this kind brother.

After hearing this, Xue Yun was very helpless and found him for everything, so he said, "Old Mao, why don't you help others?"

The youngest Mao: "I don't have any money."

Xue Yun: "People are unreliable nowadays. Youngest Mao, you and the little girl go to see her relatives. If you can cure them, treat them. Come with him, little sister." The money was handed to the youngest Mao.

At this time, Xue Yun saw Xue Er and several people coming back to the mansion, and hurriedly said to the youngest Mao: "Take the younger sister to see a doctor for her family first. If you don't have enough money, you can go to the mansion to pay first, and I will pay the money in the end." Jian Xueer and the others arrived at the gate of the mansion.

Xue Er: "Master, I have something to tell you." Xue Yun waved to Mao's youngest sister and followed Xue Er into the gate. Everyone came to the old man's house together.

Xue Aoren, Xue Yun, Xue Jie, Xue Jie's mother and Xue Yun and Xue Jie's third aunt were all in the old man's house, Xue Rui said: "Everyone in the family is here, so let's sort out what's going on here."

Xue Er: "Master, Brother Ao Ren's brother-in-law has run away."

Xue Rui asked: "What's going on now?"

Xue Er: "Master, the brothers who went first guarded several shops, but the brother-in-law was not in the shop. When Xue Wu arrived, he found out that he had a silk and satin shop in Yongdingmen. Xue Wu and I rushed to Yongdingmen with our brothers. Silk and satin store, according to the shopkeeper in the shop, the shopkeeper advocated that the good man left for a while, and everyone immediately asked the shopkeeper to call someone to find Zhang Shanren in the courtyard on Yongdingmen Street. I found the back door was ajar, and I took everyone into the house, which was in a mess, I think someone had already reported that the guy had run away, and there was nothing worthless in the house.”

Xue Rui sighed and said: "I'm afraid this result is already doomed." Pointing to Xue Aoren, he put down his hand.

Xue Aoren: "Father is because his son trusts that woman too much, let's see how we can make it up."

Xue Rui: "How about the shop on Yongdingmen Street?"

Xue Er: "My lord, I left Xue Wu there, the silk and satin village, and the courtyard".

Xue Rui: "Xue Er, you are very hardworking, okay." Xue Rui took a break for a while.

At this time, the old housekeeper Mao stepped forward: "Master, you are tired, why don't you take a rest first."

Xue Jie said: "You are so long-winded, if you have anything to do, just say that I can stand it, it's not cutting off your head."

Only then did the old butler Mao slow down and said in a low voice: "Master's own silk and satin shop has 1 taels of silk in stock, but most of them are inferior goods that are not easy to sell. In addition, Uncle Zhang took away 8000 taels of silver. The second son borrowed 3000 taels of silver."

In the room, Xue Aoren, Xue Yun, Xue Jie, Xue Jie's mother and Xue Yun and Xue Jie's third aunt all changed their faces, Xue Rui still held his breath: "Say, you continue talking."

The old butler Mao read tremblingly: "The restaurant has been losing money. The silk and satin shop took money to make up for it. The restaurant has no money to borrow, but the credit has reached 3000 taels. The eldest son and the second son have brought people to dinner for a long time, and they have paid 700 taels of silver." .”

Xue Rui scolded Xue Aoren: "This is the beast you gave birth to." Xue Aoren's head almost fell into his crotch.

After a while, Xue Rui motioned for old housekeeper Mao to continue.

The old housekeeper Mao said: "The pawn shop has no capital to eat goods, and the business can no longer continue. Uncle Zhang took away valuable goods at a low price, or he didn't pay the money. Now Uncle Zhang still needs more than 600 taels of money from the pawn shop. .”

(End of this chapter)