"Return to his hometown in Hebei?" Shi Zhong smiled bitterly, "In the whole world, is it the king's land; on the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers. As you said, it is certain that King Zhao will ascend to the throne. When the time comes, Yuan Shi will rely on Zhao After the king's edict is issued, you and I, father and son, are still the same whether we are in Shangluo or in our Leling?"
"Father, this world belongs to Emperor Wu. There are so many princes and kings in the four directions. How could they watch Zhao Wang Yuan Shi usurp Emperor Wu's world like this?" Shi Chao continued: "Hebei is under the jurisdiction of King CD. Di. Hei'er is very familiar with King CD. This man is humble and open-minded, and he is the son of Emperor Wu. Yuan Shi killed the emperor and attacked and killed King Huainan. How can he swallow this breath as he is a relative of King CD. As long as we After crossing the river, we immediately went to find King Cd, and persuaded him to raise the flag of righteousness, spread the word to the world, and attack the traitors Li Lun and Yuan Shi. In this way, not only will our Shi family be preserved, but it will also be a good idea to go one step further."
After listening to Shi Chao's words, Shi Zhong finally looked much better. "My son really has the same demeanor as your grandfather did back then. I, Shi Zhong, have no regrets about having a son like this. It's just that things haven't reached that stage yet."
Seeing that Shi Chao was about to speak in a hurry again, he waved his hand to signal Shi Chao to listen to him first: "Almost all of our family's property is in Shangluo. My father will not leave here unless it is absolutely necessary. With our family's financial resources and status, What can Yuan Shi do as a father? I have asked Xiong Yuan to bring generous gifts to the Prince of Zhao and others. My father said to Xiong Yuan, don't worry about the property, as long as it can keep our family safe. As for that Yuan Shi, my father also specially told Xiong Yuan to visit Yuan Shi. No matter what Yuan Shi said, we can agree to him. As a father for so many years, I have never lowered my head to anyone, this time to such a Langya The poor man is really unwilling to bow his head. But thinking about it on the other hand, doesn't Yuan Shi just want his father to bow his head in front of him?"
Speaking of this, Shi Zhong's chest bulged, obviously suppressing the anger in his chest. "Let this Langyazi be arrogant for such a period of time. After this period of limelight, my father is determined to cut his staff into pieces." Only then can we relieve the hatred in our hearts. As for what you said about returning to Hebei to find the CD King, it won't be too late to wait until Xiong Yuan and the others come back."
Yuan Shi moved.
After Zhou Xing assassinated him last time and his study was burned down by a fire, he began to look for other places. He had moved to this new home that he had never dared to think about before, but now no one dares to say anything.
This new residence is the former residence of Jin Wen King Li Zhao when he was in charge of the Zhou Dynasty!
After the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, this house was first occupied by Qi King Li You. After Li You's death, the house became empty. No one dared to take advantage of this house, including the current Qi King Li Yan.
When Xiong Yuan came in, he saw many people busy inside and outside the house, helping the most popular person move things.
"Xiong Yuan, the little man, kowtows to the captain." Xiong Yuan followed the people from the Shen family into the study room and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Yuan Shi squinted his eyes and looked at Xiong Yuan, who was kneeling over there and prostrated himself, with a satisfied smile on his lips.
"Xiong Yuan, long time no see. You and I are both in Shangluo, but we didn't expect this to be our first meeting after so many years."
"My lord is a dignified official of the imperial court, and I am just a servant. Although my lord is dull, I know the difference between superiority and inferiority, and I dare not trouble my lord."
Both of them had worked under a chief official in Langya Kingdom before, and they were considered very familiar people back then.
"Why did you, a dignified fifth-grade monk, lower your status and become a slave in the Shi family?" Yuan Shi continued to ramble.
"The villain's father met with misfortune back then. It was my master who helped the villain retrieve his father's remains, and then he buried his father and mother together in his hometown. The villain was grateful to his master for his righteousness, so he voluntarily entered the Shi Mansion and became a slave."
"Hmph," Yuan Shi sneered, "Did you tell the Cui family the route Cui Zhunan and I fled?"
"It was a villain who did it." Xiong Yuan was still kneeling there with all his body prostrated, and admitted the matter without any hesitation.
"Hahahaha," Yuan Shi did not get angry, but laughed and said: "After all these years, you are still the same, you haven't changed at all. Don't you know how to tell a lie? Aren't you afraid that I will punish you now?
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"Every cause must have an effect." Xiong Yuan said calmly without any trace of panic in his tone: "The villain did this back then, and the adults who want to beat or punish him now are all because of the cause. The villain has no complaints."
"Xiong Yuan," Yuan Shi said with a smile still on his face: "In those days, Mr. Nei Shi valued you the most and hated me the most. He always said that you had the tools of the temple, but said that I could not reuse them. But look at today, you are such a so-called
The weapon of the temple has become a slave, and I, the villain in the mouth of the inner historian, have become the weapon of the temple. This person has to rely on personal struggle."
Seeing Xiong Yuanfu there without answering, he sneered and said, "Okay, my old colleague, tell me, why did your master send you here today?"
"My master asked me to come over and apologize to you. I said that I offended you in a blind way. I hope you can put aside the past grudges and let the two families turn their feud into friendship. If you can do this, as long as there is something that you like in Shi Mansion, my master will
I will offer it with both hands as soon as possible."
"Oh, Shi Zhong, the richest man in the Jin Dynasty, will he bow to others?" Shen said this with a playful smile: "This is really not easy."
"My master knows that he is wrong. I hope that you can spare me this time. The whole Shi family will definitely be grateful to you."
"Hmph," Yuan Shi sneered and said, "Let him go? Why did I hear that someone brought hundreds of his slaves to the city last night to support the rebel Huainan King Li Yun?"
As soon as Yuan Shi said these words, Xiong Yuan, who was still lying on the ground, immediately broke out in a cold sweat. It was early in the morning and outside the city, so few people saw them. In the darkness, they didn't even know their identities.
What are you going to do? How did Yuan Shi know about such a secret thing?
"Replying to my lord, I guarantee with my head that my master has never done this."
"With your head as a guarantee?" Yuan Shi chuckled, "You, Xiong Yuan, finally lied. It's not easy. It's not easy. Xiong Yuan, who has never lied all his life, actually told lies to protect his master.
Why didn't I lie to the Cui family back then? Am I, Yuan Shi, inferior to that guy Shi Zhong who smells like copper all over his body?"
"Oh, I remembered. When Cui Zhunan and I escaped, I borrowed some money from you. Did I never return it to you?"
"The villain dare not!"
"Xiong Yuan," Yuan Shi had already arrived in front of Xiong Yuan. He looked condescendingly at this colleague with whom he had a good relationship back then, and slowly said: "Since you were the only one who lent me the money back then,
I'll give you an opportunity, an opportunity that you will never get in your life. Come to me, I need you to help me with things. You have to know that I really lack honest people like you who are reassuring. You
As long as you follow me, I can guarantee you that within a year you will not talk about the three gongs and nine ministers, the prefect of a county or even the governor of a state, it’s up to you to choose. Haven’t you always wanted to be in charge of the government and use what you have learned in your heart?
?Come on, I'll give you this chance."
"When I was young, I didn't know how big the world was. I said some nonsense, but I couldn't believe it." Xiong Yuan fell at Yuan Shi's feet and said, "The older I get, the more I know how much I weigh. I'm slow and stupid."
, I am satisfied to be valued by the master and become the steward of the Shi Mansion. Xiong Yuan is just a servant of the Shi Mansion, with a low status, he really cannot deserve your favor, Lord Shen."
Yuan Shi was silent for a moment, and when he spoke again, his voice had turned cold, "Xiong Yuan, I have repaid you all your kindness to me in the past. From now on, you and I will no longer owe anything to each other."
"The words of an adult are serious, but a villain cannot take them seriously."
"Come out." Yuan Shi suddenly raised his head and shouted to the person behind the screen in the study, "Xiong Yuan, raise your head and see who this person is?"
"It's you!" Xiong Yuan raised his head and saw the man who came out from behind the screen and gave him a fearful look, and couldn't help but burst into anger.
"Old Xiong, please be patient." Yuan Shi said calmly, "Why, do you know this person?"
Xiong Yuan naturally knows this person. His name is Hu Cheng, and he is also a Cangtou whom Shi Zhong values very much. However, he was caught having an affair with a beautiful maid in Zize Garden a few days ago. According to the rules of Shi Mansion
, the man who cheated on the maid would have cut off his hand and castrated his penis, or would have killed him. But when Shi Zhong was facing employment, Xiong Yuan had someone just beat Hu Cheng with a hundred stick and ordered him to serve his crime.
This Hu Cheng's cultivation is extremely outstanding in the garden. He is a slave and cannot be rated. But according to Xiong Yuan's opinion, this person can at least be rated as a fifth-grade monk.
Hu Cheng and Xiong Yuan are different. Xiong Yuan joined the Shi family halfway and became a servant, while Hu Cheng's father was a servant of the Shi family. His father served two generations of the Shi family for a lifetime and was highly valued. Later, he was taken over by his master.
He gave a maid as his wife and gave birth to Hu Cheng. According to the laws of the Jin Dynasty, Hu Cheng was a slave of the Shi family from birth.
"Hu Cheng, tell me what you did last night?" Yuan Shi sat back on his seat and asked Hu Cheng calmly.
"Pfft." Hu Cheng knelt down and glanced guiltily at Xiong Yuan, who was also kneeling not far away. He kowtowed a few times and then said, "My lord, last night my master heard that King Huainan was in the city.
When an incident broke out, he summoned those who could fight in the garden and said that they were going to the city to support King Huainan. However, before he entered the city, he received news from the city that King Huainan had been defeated and died, so he returned to Zize Garden."
"Is what you said true?"
"Young ones don't dare to deceive adults. Everything I said just now is true."
"Xiong Yuan, do you have anything else to say?"
"Hu Cheng," Xiong Yuan shouted angrily: "You, a person who has betrayed your master, how can you survive in this world with dignity?" As he said these words, his body flew up, and he struck at Hu Cheng with a palm.
Hu Cheng was already feeling guilty, but when he saw Xiong Yuan charging at him with such force, he forgot to resist for a moment.
"Bang!" There was a sound, and a spiritual earth shield blocked Xiong Yuanzhi's inevitable blow.
"Xiong Yuan, you are so angry." Yuan Shi sneered, "Your master conspired with the King of Huainan to rebel. The evidence is conclusive. What else do you have to say?"
Seeing that Xiong Yuan was silent, he waved his hand to signal Hu Cheng to go down first. Then he said slowly: "Well, after your master's meritorious service, I have a lot of money. It's up to you to give your master a chance."
The master of the house has no answer."
Hearing Yuan Shi's words, Xiong Yuan was like a drowning man hugging a piece of wood, and said hurriedly: "Please tell me clearly!"
"I only want something from Shifu."
"No matter what it is, as long as you like it, Shifu will give it to you with both hands."
"Your mistress, Cui Zhu. Oh, by the way, ask your master to deliver it to my house in person. In this way, all previous debts will be cancelled."
In Zize Garden, Shi Zhong was slumped on the ground motionless, his eyes filled with powerlessness and anger. The Jing Pavilion was filled with fragments of various items that he had broken.
The hatred of killing his father and taking away his wife. Such a huge humiliation would one day befall Shi Zhong. That bastard knew very well that if Shi Zhong did this, he would never raise his head in front of others in his life.
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But what can he do?
That bastard dared to kill even the emperor and the King of Huainan, so how could he want to kill one more of himself? How could he have provoked such an enemy back then?
"Father, let's leave now, don't take anything with us. When we get to King CD, we will help him raise an army, and when we come back, we will cut Yuan Shi, the thief, into pieces with a thousand cuts." Shi Chao looked angry at the side. This insult to his mother
How could he endure the shame?
"A team of soldiers and horses has arrived outside." Shi Chong sat there paralyzed and said feebly: "My father made a mistake. This money is only an external thing after all, and power is the real thing."
"Father, don't say these useless words. You and your mother go first. The soldiers will come to look for you." After Shi Chao said this, without any hesitation, he turned around and walked out.
go.
"Chao'er, stop!" A beauty came in from outside Zijing Pavilion, but she was not Cui Zhu. "The Shi family is full of hundreds of people. When you go out, you will kill all these hundreds of people."
Sent to the butcher's knife."
"But mother..."
"Husband, this matter happened because of me, so I naturally need to solve it. How can I not bow my head when I am under a low eaves, and ask my husband to send me to Shen's Mansion."
"No ma'am!"
"No mother!"
The father and son of the Shi family exclaimed at the same time.
"You two, don't worry. Since I have married your Shi family, I am a member of the Shi family. I will never do anything to bring shame to the Shi family. Yuan Shi and I are indeed old acquaintances, and he will not embarrass me.
." Cui Zhu's eyes flashed with absolute dismay, and he continued to say calmly: "I will hold Yuan Shi over there first, Chao'er, you will lead the whole family northward immediately after I leave. Xiong Yuan, the young master is still young, and we will go all the way.
I’ll have to trouble you to take care of it more.”
"Don't worry, mistress, I will do my best to help you."
Shi Chao heard the underlying meaning of his mother's words. He quickly came to his mother's side and took his mother's arm. He said, "Mom, I don't want you. I can't lose you. As long as I'm here, no one will hurt you."
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Cui Zhu looked at Shi Chao lovingly, stretched out her hand and gently stroked Shi Chao's handsome face like a knife and an axe. Suddenly, she touched Shi Chao to the ground with her fingers.
