Ju Chang's words were no less than a heavy rain in summer, which made the blooming crabapple flowers in the courtyard wilt and whimper. They were all dejected. They originally just wanted to open a chess hall, but they didn't expect that there would be so much bullshit.
Things that turn the stove upside down.
Brother Xun and Qian Xuan probably did not expect that so many things would go wrong. He Qi sniffed the cold air and became increasingly unable to suppress his depression. For a while, the courtyard was silent again, and the three of them were worried.
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In the evening, Qian Xuan went home, and Brother Xun stayed behind.
Early the next morning, the two went to work. As soon as they arrived at the door of the store, they saw the accountant standing on the steps at the door, waiting anxiously. When they looked into the store again, they couldn't see clearly due to the door curtain, but they could see clearly.
The voices were clearly audible.
He Qi and Brother Xun were shocked, and the people from the Long Gang were indeed here.
The accountant's name is Wu Yuanxiang. He is a native of Peiping. He has lived for most of his life and naturally knows what it means when the Long Gang comes to visit them. When he saw the two gentlemen coming, he hurriedly held up his coat to greet them.
He Qi said first: "Uncle Wu, I know everything."
Old Wu was afraid that the two gentlemen's young age and bad book business would offend the people of the Long Gang, so he hurriedly said: "Mr. Yubai, listen to me, you have not been in Peiping for a long time, and the Long Gang cannot afford to offend them. They are just selling people."
If you smoke to seek wealth, we will pay tribute to the God of Wealth."
While they were talking, the three of them had already stepped onto the steps. He Qi walked in front, opened the curtain, and entered the store. The sultry sounds suddenly disappeared, and several eyes immediately glanced at them. The chess hall in the morning was usually full of people.
There was no one around and the hall was quite empty, so these glances were very dazzling.
But I saw four people standing and one sitting in the hall. They were all wearing black long-sleeved coats and wide black trousers. However, the person sitting had a black band on his head. He should be the leader of these four people.
The service girl grabbed the tray and waited timidly against the wall. It seemed that these people were frivolous in their words, but they didn't dare to move anything.
"Ahong, go ahead and do your work first," He Qi said.
A Hong seemed to have a backbone and quickly turned around and ran away.
The sitting leader also stood up at this moment and walked towards He Qi. He bowed politely and said respectfully: "Two gentlemen, I'm sorry to bother you. I was supposed to come to congratulate you yesterday, but I was afraid that I would miss it."
Gentlemen, I would like to express my belated congratulations for your elegance."
"Long Si, you are indeed a bitch." Suddenly, Qian Xuan's scolding came from outside the door, and then the door curtain stirred, and Qian Xuan rushed in angrily, with sweat on his face and gasping for air.
Staring at Long Si, his eyes were full of disappointment.
"Master Qian, I'm young, isn't this a blessing?" When Long Si saw Qian Xuan, his attitude became more respectful. Although Qian Xuan opened his mouth to scold him, Long Si was not angry and treated him respectfully.
"Grandson! Who are you? How dare we, Mr. Long, scold you?" But the few kids behind Long Si couldn't bear it any longer. They immediately started cursing and wanted to help. Long Si turned around, his face was ashen, and slapped him.
On the face of the younger brother who was speaking, the five red finger prints were clearly visible.
"Get out!"
The four young men all trembled, and without daring to say a word, they opened the curtain and went out.
Long Si's face returned to a respectful look, and he apologized: "Master Qian, I am ignorant and have offended you."
Brother Xun and He Qi looked surprised. They didn't know what was going on, so they both looked at Qian Xuan.
Qian Xuan suppressed his anger and took the lead towards the backyard: "Let's talk inside."
There is a small pavilion in the backyard. In the middle of the courtyard, there used to be a small pool, but it dried up early and became an open space covered with weeds. He Qi originally planned to plant some flowers and green plants, but now it is
In early winter, I had to remove the weeds and plant them in spring next year, but now they are bare and not green at all.
The pavilion is not big, but it is more than enough to seat a few people. There is a tea table in the middle. Qian Xuan sat upright on one side, followed by Brother Xun and He Qi, and Long Si sat on the opposite side.
Qian Xuan was famous for his bad temper. He asked sternly in a loud voice: "I ran around a lot in the morning and found out that you, Long Si, are in charge of the Xuanwai area. At first glance, I didn't know it was you.
, Later, the old man who repaired the car secretly told me that it was you Zhang Zhengwen, Zhengwen, Zhengwen, I ask you, where has Zheng been all these years? Your grandfather, Mr. Zhang, got the name back then, but do you still remember what the purpose was? "
A look of shame flashed across Long Si's face.
"Your Zhang family was also a scholarly family back then. A few generations back, you also had people who entered the Hanlin Academy and wrote the history of the Ming Dynasty. Don't forget that it was precisely because of your father's smoking that the family went bankrupt and the lintel collapsed. But you
Well, not only did you fail to live up to your expectations, but you also started a business that helped the tyrants do evil. How will you have the face to face your ancestors of the Zhang family in the future?"
"I told you how your life has been getting better and better in the past few years. During the New Year, my family gave you all the best things, and I was very happy for you. But now it seems that everything is stained with blood. Starting from this year
, Don’t come to my house from now on. I won’t take any money from you for anything you give me. The beggar I rescued back then was named Zhang Zhengwen, not Long Si.”
"Master Qian, I, Zhang Wenzheng, will never forget your life-saving grace." Long Si knelt down with a "pop" sound.
"Get up, I won't accept it." Qian Xuan turned away, his face very uncomfortable.
Long Si knelt down and confided: "Master Qian, there are some things I won't tell you because I'm afraid you'll be angry. You asked me a few years ago why the car dealership doesn't open if it's a good car? Of course I want to open it.
But after I made money, I couldn't drive, which made people jealous. I later started doing other things one after another, trying to take the right path, but I didn't have that life, and I lost all the money I made from the car dealership.
I also owe a lot of foreign debt, and I have been pressing for it all day long. My wife died of illness, and my son is gone. In the final analysis, this is fate. This world can eat people. If I don’t eat people, people will eat me. My Zhang family
After being eaten, my wife and children have been eaten, and now I’m the only one left, and I have no choice.”
Qian Xuan turned around, with a distressed look on his face: "Why don't you come to me?"
Long Si lowered his head and said: "I know that if I go to you, you will definitely help me, but you can help me for a while, but you can't help me forever. As the old saying goes, saving people in times of need does not help the poor. I have read books and naturally understand this truth.
"
Qian Xuan's anger subsided immediately and he waved his hand: "Why are you still kneeling? Get up."
"Hey~" Long Si climbed up.
Qian Xuandao: "I know why you came here today. I won't say anything else, but you just said what you need to do to stop selling cigarettes in our chess hall?"
Long Si sighed: "Master Qian, and the two gentlemen, let me tell you the truth. Before I came here, I told the above about this, but it was useless. Your chess hall was closed yesterday, and all the chess halls in Beiping were closed."
Everyone knows it, and the shopkeepers are all watching. If you don’t have something to sell here, Da Yan will not be able to escape. Even if I don’t come today, someone else will come the next day, and the result will be the same, unless you
It won’t open.”
Qian Xuan was angry again: "You stabbed someone in the back?"
Long Si stretched out two fingers: "I don't know about this. I only care about this small area of propaganda, but the amount of money that passes through my hands in one day must be this amount. If you think about the whole of Beiping, the whole of North China in one day
How much does it cost?”
"Hiss!" He Qi gasped. One hand represents 20,000. At the end of the day, the consumption of smoking in Beiping is astronomical. I am afraid that the forces behind this cannot be shaken by human power.
Qian Xuan was at his wits end.
He Qi took out the letter left by Ju Chang from his body, handed it to Long Si, and said, "Take a look, is this okay?"
After Long Si read it, he returned the envelope politely and said, "King Liu Yama has spoken, so of course there is no problem." After finishing, he reminded again: "Three gentlemen, you are all educated people, upright, and fastidious.
It’s a name, but Liu Yanwang has a bad reputation, and he does things that offend people, so there’s no guarantee that he will be defeated one day.”
He Qi put away the envelope and said: "Thank you!"
"Master Qian, you two gentlemen, please hang this on the pillar outside the door. When you see this sign, you will definitely avoid it." Long Si bowed again and took out a sign with a golden dragon pattern engraved on it.
The small wooden board was placed on the coffee table.
Watching Long Si's figure slowly disappearing, Qian Xuan felt mixed emotions in his heart. Staring at the small wooden sign left by Long Si, he felt a sense of powerlessness and hatred in his bones. In a fit of rage, he grabbed the small wooden sign and threw it away.
Qian Xuan's face turned red. He looked at He Qi and Brother Xun and said angrily: "Did you see it? Did you see it? This is our country. It is a sign of national destruction. It is terminally ill. Yucai, why don't you go to Shanghai with us?"
?”
"Go!" Brother Xun nodded, then walked out of the pavilion, picked up the small wooden sign that Qian Xuan had thrown away, and wiped it clean carefully.