(Four chapters are combined with more than 8,000 words. From tomorrow, it will be changed to 4,001 chapters, one chapter every day. Because I will enter Sanjiang next week, I will save more drafts. A classmate got married the day after tomorrow. I don’t know if it can be updated in time. If it cannot be updated at 12:00 the day after tomorrow, it will be changed to 7 am)

Wu Zhi felt so happy. This old man wanted to be innovative and just hit me at the gun. If he didn't show these brain teasers that everyone could do in the 21st century and the classic couplets in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", I would be timid today!

Looking at the people around him, they were all thinking hard. I think these ancients rarely saw such problems. Xiao Qiqiao even bit her lips and frowned.

"Swish swish swish swish" wrote the answer and shouted, "Old sir, Wu has finished answering." Everyone around was suddenly in an uproar. After the old man saw Wu Zhi's answer and announced loudly that all the three lamps were owned by Wu Zhi, the people next to him were in a panic. Unexpectedly, this Wu Da official was so outstanding, and it was no wonder that he became the richest man in Yanggu in just half a year. Those lovers who wanted to show their faces in front of their sweethearts all fell back into the crowd. Looking at the big girls around, the little wife's eyes changed when she saw Wu Zhi. It turned out that Wu Da official was not only rich, but also talented!

Wu Zhi brought back the three lamps, and Jinlian and Zhu'er looked proud, but Qiqiao looked dissatisfied. The birds naturally gave Jinlian to the phoenix, but they were a little worried about whom the remaining two lamps were given. Suddenly I remembered that the jade hairpin he bought for Qiqiao and Xuanjing, and forgot to give them.

At this moment, the crowd in the east was turmoil, followed by a burst of scolding. Finally, the crowd squeezed in and a group of people dressed up for the two young men, wearing brocade clothes and jade belts. One of them was Wu Zhi's old acquaintance, Mrs. Hu's cousin Wu Chun, the other was elegant and looked like a young man in the turbid world.

Since Wu Chun was beaten in Yanggu, he wanted to cure the Wuhan University at all times. Yanggu changed his new magistrate, but he didn't make Wu Chun happy. He instigated his father to send a letter to Zhang County. He began to hear the news from his cousin, saying that Zhang County was punishing the Wu University group. Wu Chun wanted to go to Yanggu to see the lively Wu University and exclaimed his anger. Who knew that a few days later, the wind direction suddenly changed. My cousin said that Wu Da didn't know what magic method was used to make Zhang County obedient. He also went to the Hu family to criticize Mrs. Hu, warning her to make something happen and to sow trouble, and would punish her severely. Wu Chun was so depressed that he begged his father to write a letter to Zhang County. Who knew that the person who sent the letter was driven out of nowhere even if he saw Zhang County. Wu Chun hated Zhang County at that time, but he had no chance and had no chance to revenge in Yanggu.

Unexpectedly, the opportunity came just after the New Year. It turned out that Wu Chun's father had a classmate named Zhu Chong, who was originally a magistrate in Jiangnan. Who knew that a group of strange flowers and stones were collected from Jiangnan before the New Year, opened up Cai Jing's way, and presented it to the emperor. The emperor was very happy and had been promoted to Zhu Chong as Minister of Personnel and sent to Suzhou. Even Zhu Chong's son Zhu Xie also got the title of a ritual lord.

Shortly after Zhu Chong arrived in Ren, he found three boxwood trees with strange and elegant shapes. Boxwood grew slowly, and it is said that it only grew one inch every year, but not in leap years. Because it was difficult to grow, wood carvings were often used in the Song Dynasty, so there was no big material. I don’t know how Zhu Chong found it after only more than a month after he was Ren. I am afraid that Zhu Zhu’s serious errand now has become a search for ancient woods and stones everywhere, and the magistrate has become his side job.

Zhu Xie took a hundred soldiers to transport Box Yang Sanben to Tokyo on his father's order. The Grand Canal was in Qingzhou. He went to visit Wu Magistrate Wu according to etiquette and met Wu Chun. What Wu Chun was obsessed with was how to rectify Zhang Magistrate and Wuhan University. Zhu Chong is now a prominent figure in the Cai Party and is also a sage family. Although Suzhou is also a state, its population is more than 200,000, it is one of the best prefectures in the Song Dynasty. The position of Suzhou Magistrate is also extraordinary. Generally, he is sent to Beijing officials. Zhu Xie, the assistant minister, is much higher than his position, and although he is a ritual man, he is also at the same level as the county magistrate. It would be better to go to Yanggu with him and take the opportunity to have trouble.

In this way, he used the excuse of visiting his cousin in Yanggu, and took Zhu Xie's official boat to visit Zhu Xie, and enthusiastically invited Zhu Xie to Yanggu to watch the lanterns. With great affection, Zhu Xie had to go with him. When Mrs. Hu heard that the prince of the minister was coming, he would not mention the intimacy. He almost worshipped Zhu Xie as his ancestor. However, the Hu family was numb. Judging from the meaning of his wife and Wu Chun, it must be a problem again. I really don't know what kind of disaster will happen to my Hu family this time!

...

Wu Chun and Zhu Xie squeezed into the crowd and saw Wu Zhi and others. Their eyes immediately turned blue. Even Wu Chun forgot the deep hatred with Wu Zhi, but looked straight at the four beautiful beauties around Wu Zhi, who were either beautiful, pure, or beautiful. He cursed in his heart, "Not for my cousin saying that Wu Da's wife is a viscent spirit. These are really four viscent spirits!" How could I find a way to get it into my hands? Seeing Zhu Xie next to him, he looked stupid. Damn, it seems that he could only get two of them. Zhu Xie looked like a human being, why did he look like a pervert? I don't know if my friend's wife should not be bullied? These are the ones I took first.

Zhu Xie suddenly looked to Wu Chun and said, "The so-called "friends and wives should not be bullied." Do Brother Wu know?"

Wu Chun was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say. Zhu Xie said again: "Brother Wu often comes to Yanggu, can you tell the origin of the people on the other side? I wonder if there are so many beauties in this small Yanggu, and today I happened to make a story about a talented man and a beautiful woman."

Wu Chun cursed him in his heart and said, "The man opposite is the local gentry, Wu Da, and a local rich man. Those women think they are either his wife or his maid."

Zhu Xie nodded and said, "Since Brother Wu knows you, please introduce it to your brother."

Wu Chun and Zhu Xie walked towards Wu Zhi and his party, but the Hu family servants who followed them all had stagnant calves, thinking to himself, God, why did you two little ancestors flirt with tiger beards again? These servants are not care about the princess and the magistrates. Now in Yanggu, Wu Zhi is the sky. Since he was angry at the magistrate Zhang, Lu Cheng and others have not left sideways in Yanggu, but they all flew away. What does it mean to fly? His eyes keep watching the sky. Of course, they dare not bully people at will, after all, Wu Zhi's rules are still very strict. But if anyone provokes them on his own, he will know.

Ertanzi lives in the countryside. He usually likes to provoke big girls and little wives, and jokes. Who knows that he shouldn't have, and must not. He provokes the first woman in Yanggu who cannot be provoked. When he goes to the city to sell vegetables, he sees Mrs. Wu. Li Ling is confused, so he goes forward and jokes. It's okay, he is so confused that he wants to touch Mrs. Wu's hand. As a result, Ertanzi has really become Ertanzi, and he can only walk with two sticks every day.

Wu Chun and Zhu Xie walked to Wu Zhi, and Wu Chun clasped his fists and said, "The great official has always been good? Wu is polite."

Wu Zhi looked at them squintly, thinking to himself, what's wrong with this world? Can't I really join in the fun in the future? Why will there be trouble when I join in the fun?

(Zhu Jie: One of the six thieves in the Northern Song Dynasty, the southern people who made a fuss to make a fuss have been miserable. Fang La called on the killing of Zhu Jie as a call for the uprising.)

Seeing that Qi Qiao's face was wrong, Wu Zhi winked at Jin Lian. Jin Lian understood and pulled Qi Qiao and the others to turn around. Wang Jin, who was following in secret, also left quietly.

Seeing the two people on the other side staring at the four girls who were leaving, Wu Zhi sneered in his heart and coughed a few times. Wu Chun and Zhu Xie woke up. Wu Chun smiled and said, "Grand official, this is the son of Zhu, the Minister of Personnel, and Zhu Xie, the Minister of the Taichang Temple, the Prince Zhu."

"Oh, it turns out to be Mr. Zhu, fortunately I know." Wu Zhi Water Margin knew about it, but he didn't know that one of the six famous thieves in the official history, but he felt angry when he saw Zhu Jie's handsome appearance. No matter how he looked at this little face, he was so awkward. But his face was quiet, and the prince was a little interesting. I want to see what tricks you want to play.

Zhu Xie looked around and smiled and said, "Do you have free time? Let's find a quiet place to talk."

The three of them naturally arrived at Zuixianju again. When the fat Boss Lin met Wu Zhi, he would not mention the intimacy. Wu Chun next to him interjected several times and specifically mentioned Zhu Jie's identity, meaning that the three of us were mainly Mr. Zhu, and you flattered the wrong person. Who knew that Boss Lin responded absent-mindedly a few times, and kept flattering Wu Zhi.

Zhu Xie didn't care. Although he was greedy for money and beauty, he was not the kind of exaggerated child. Although he was so dizzy by the beautiful women such as Jinlian. Now he had calmed down and began to think about how to get those beauties out of the local rich man. He didn't care about these trivial matters. However, seeing that the shopkeeper of the wine shop didn't care about himself, the seventh-rank Fengli Lang, he had a higher evaluation of Wu Zhi. No matter whether he was a local rich man or not, it was impossible for ordinary people to do this, depending on his momentum in Yanggu.

After Boss Lin went down, the three of them started to eat and drink. Zhu Xie used his means to make friends deliberately. He frequently persuaded him to drink. For a moment, the atmosphere at the table was warm, and under Zhu Xie's push, the three of them drank enthusiastically. Even Wu Chun and Wu Zhi became brothers, which shows Zhu Xie's communication skills.

Wu Zhi fucked three big cups in a row, his face turned red, and he began to talk nonsense, "I heard that the southern woman is the most beautiful, I wonder if it is true?"

Zhu Xie was worried that he could not find the topic to lead to this, and smiled and said, "The woman in Jiangnan cannot find anyone who is more beautiful than the one around the official."

Wu Zhi looked drunk and blurred, and said, "Oh? The young master is talking about Zhu'er and the others. This is also the most proud thing in my life! He married a beautiful woman as his wife and had three pretty concubines. Haha, the young master also thinks they can be attracted to them?"

Zhu Xie said, "It's not just about watching it? It's so envious to others! Come on! We have made this cup for the blessing of the great official!"

After drinking for several rounds, Zhu Xie saw that Wu Zhi was already drunk and 80% more, he advised Wu Zhi to drink a cup and said, "In the past, the scholar Dongpo had already loved his concubine and changed his name to horses. How proud was that? But I wonder if the great official could learn from Mr. Dongpo to give up his love? Zhu was willing to change his relationship with his daughter."

In the Song Dynasty, women had a low status, especially concubines, which were equivalent to men's private belongings, and were often exchanged and given away. Even if they were as talented as Su Shi, they could not avoid the common people. Su Shi served countless concubines in his life. That year, he annoyed the court because of the Wutai poetry case and was demoted to the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian. Before leaving, Jiang Yunshi gave him farewell to him, and Su Shi ordered Chunniang to persuade him to drink. Seeing Chunniang's beautiful eyebrows and eyes and gentle behavior, he felt pity and asked Su: "I'm doing it."

Is it okay to replace a white horse with Chunniang?" Su said, "Okay." Beautiful women are easy to find, but good horses are hard to find! Unexpectedly, Chunniang is a strong woman. Although she is under someone's roof, she does not lower her eyebrows. When she learned that the master had replaced her horse, she bowed her head and walked forward, saying: "Don't be a woman, and a hundred years of hardships are caused by others. Today, I know that people are cheap and lively, who is angry?" After the poem, I thanked Mr. Su, walked down the steps, hit the locust tree and died heroically.

Wu Zhi didn't know the allusion of Su Shi, but he also understood what Zhu Xie meant, and he wanted to buy his maid with a thousand guan. A wave of evil fire suddenly emerged. How could the rice wine from the Song Dynasty really make him drunk? He wanted to see how this eloquent and elegant young master Zhu expressed his dirty thoughts. This was as interesting as seeing a hypocritical peddler going to prostitution. Who knew that he made the words clear so straightforward and said as easy as buying a small thing. In Wu Zhi's mind, although there was a marvelous manhood that men were superior to women, he would never regard women as anything. He didn't know that Zhu Xie said nothing was actually rude. After all, the business of concubines was very common in this era. Wu Zhi was about to have an attack, and Boss Lin's voice came from outside the court, "Wu Da official, your friend has something to report."

Wu Zhi suppressed his anger, then put on the rude earthy rich man's appearance, and shouted: "Who? Are you happy to see me drunk?" He said that, and stood up, his feet slipped, and he almost fell down. Zhu Xie hurriedly stepped forward to support him and smiled: "The great official is afraid he is drunk, so he just asks the servants to come in, why bother to work the great official to go out."

Wu Zhi reached out and pushed Zhu Xie away and said, "Where am I drunk? Why is this little wine in Wu's eyes? There are distinguished guests here, and I'll ask the servants to come in and clamor. It's a bad mood to stop me. When I go out and scold him." He said that, he walked out staggeringly.

Seeing Wu Zhi walk out, Wu Chun asked hurriedly: "Brother Zhu, do you really want to buy his maid with Qianguan?"

Zhu Xie sneered: "His maid is worth a thousand guan, but I'm afraid he won't have the money!" Seeing Wu Chun's face was puzzled and smiled: "Even if I borrow this money for the time being, I will come to Yanggu often in the future. Sooner or later, I will get it back with the capital and profit, let alone..." Zhu Xie remembered the charming beauty beside Wu Zhi again. Sooner or later, you are mine!

Wu Chun didn't know what Zhu Xie was thinking, but when he heard Zhu Xie's meaning, he would come back to Yanggu to deal with Wu Da in the future, and his heart was as happy as if he had drunk a sweet spring. Hehe, Wu Da, this time I want to see why you should fight with the prince! In a proud manner, he thought of the four beauties around Wu Zhi. It's a pity that he couldn't even drink the soup. The joy in his heart faded. Looking at the sneer on the corner of Zhu Xie's mouth, he cursed in his heart.

Wu Zhi staggered with the help of Boss Lin and entered another private room. After Boss Lin went out, Wu Zhi's drunken look immediately dissipated, and he chuckled and said, "Have you found out about his background?"

In the private room, Wang Jin was dressed in a servant, with ash on his face, and he went from being a heroic man to a hunched man, and he was dressed in a very good manner.

"Qiansui, my subordinates have bribed the Hu family's subordinates to inquire clearly. Zhu Xie is indeed the Minister of Personnel and the Prince of Suzhou Zhu Chong. According to the post of Zhang County Magistrate, Zhu Chong took office less than two months ago and was just a magistrate. His promotion was so quick that he was amazed. The subordinates felt..."

Wu Zhi immediately understood that Wang Jin believed that Zhu Chong must be Cai Jing, so he had a rocket-like speed. But these words could not be said on the table. After all, Wang Jin was a court guard, and it was inappropriate to talk about important officials of the court in front of the prince. Wu Zhi nodded and signaled that he understood, "Switch on."

"I visited the canal pier again at night. From the chat of the soldiers of Gangyun, I learned that Zhu Jie was escorting three ancient trees to Beijing this time and was invited by Wu Chun to visit Yanggu. I don't know the specific information."

Wu Zhi frowned and escorted Gumu, Suzhou, and Jiangnan? Could this be the prototype of Hua Shigang that led to Fang La's uprising? Zhu Xie? If he had not arrived, what role would this guy play? But this is not important. He must not let Hua Shigang develop. Well, what way should he think of to put them together? However, Wu Zhi knew that Zhu Xie was not himself, and this ancient wood gate fortune probably involved the interests of the entire Cai Party. If he had no official position, if he faced Cai Jing now, he would probably lose to the direct servant street.

How can I fight Cai Jing directly now and make their good things happen again? Wu Zhi frowned and thought hard, but I am not a Zhiduoxing Wu Yong, nor is Zhuge Liang reincarnated. Such a difficult job seems to be not competent for me, a gangster? Think about Cai Jing who has been a prime minister for more than 20 years, and is always scheming and despicable? Damn, will I really fight him in the future? Even if I have hundreds of years of experience, what can I do in this kind of battle in the temple? Wait, what can I do in this kind of battle in the temple? Wait, what's the point? Wu Zhi began to rack his brains to think. After all, I have watched more than a hundred historical dramas and movies. Although many of them are childish and ridiculous, a considerable number of them are still somewhat fantastic...

Seeing that the noble king fell into deep thought, Wang Jin quietly retreated out.

There is! There was such a plot in the book before. As long as I use it, I could ask him to make Xiaocai. By the way, drag him to Yanggu and ask Wang Jin to find an opportunity to cut off Hua Shigang! That's it!

...

Zhu Xie and Wu Chun saw that Wu Zhi had been out for a long time, but they didn't turn around. Just as they were about to go out to ask, Boss Lin had already supported Wu Zhi, who was sleepy and walked in, and smiled while walking: "Why did the great official sleep? If it weren't for the young man, I'm afraid that you two friends would be anxious."

Wu Zhi shook his head hard, as if he was a little awake, bowed to Zhu Xie and Wu Chun and said, "It's so rude. Wu is so sleepy. I'll say goodbye today. Let's talk about it next day." As he said that, he yawned.

Zhu Xie was not willing to obey, and said hurriedly: "Master, please stay, Zhu has something to do." As he said that, he pulled Wu Zhi in and smiled and said: "Master, please sit down, it won't take long."

Wu Zhi sat down listlessly, with his head hanging down, looking half dead.

Zhu Xie smiled and said, "I don't know what I said to the high-ranking official just now, will the high-ranking official follow?"

Wu Zhi snorted twice, then closed his eyes, as if he was about to fall asleep at any time. Zhu Xie was so anxious that he shouted: "Grand official! Big official!"

"Ah?" Wu Zhiying screamed and opened his misty eyes.

"I don't know what I said to the great official just now, will the great official agree?" Zhu Xie laughed and said again, wanting to strangle Wu Zhi to death here, thinking that I want you to look good sooner or later.

Wu Zhi stayed for a while, and then suddenly said, "Are you talking about buying Wu's maid?" Zhu Xie quickly smiled and nodded.

Wu Zhitou shook his rattle, "It won't work, it's not long since I bought those three little girls, but I haven't got it yet, I can't!"

Zhu Xie opened his eyes when he heard this, and was so excited that these three maids were still virgins? Yes, the expressions and postures of the three girls were indeed virgins! It was a blessing from God. These flowers have not been ruined by cow dung!

"Grand officials! Since this is the case, Zhu Xie is willing to pay a lot of money and will never let the big officials suffer a loss!"

Wu Zhi just refused to rely on him, but Zhu Jie refused to let him go, and he was mixed everywhere. Finally, Wu Zhi said angrily: "Why are you so difficult to deal with? Could your money be blown by the strong wind? You insist on buying it? You can take out the price of ten thousand yuan of money?!"

Before Zhu Xie could speak, Wu Chun next to him stopped doing it and shouted: "Wu Da, are you crazy about gaining and losing? Ten thousand coins? Ten thousand coins can buy thousands of women!"

Wu Zhi didn't even look at him and sneered: "Then two of you go and buy it, Wu said goodbye!"

Zhu Xie hurriedly advised: "The high-ranking official does not need to be angry. Brother Wu is the temper. Brothers need to consider this matter. Will I give the high-ranking official a reply tomorrow?"

Wu Zhi was stunned for a moment and smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Zhu is a Fengliu who spent a lot of money. Since that's the case, Mr. Wu and Mr. Jiayin are just. Today, I'm really tired and say goodbye!" After saying that, he ignored the two of them and turned around and left.

Wu Chun said angrily: "This Wu Da is clearly a lion who opens his mouth wide. Why should Brother Zhu be polite to him? Let's just grab people directly. Are you still afraid of him as a little rich man?"

Zhu Jie secretly scolded him in his heart, "Brother Wu thought about things too simply. My father's promotion has made many people jealous. The Censorate probably has more than a dozen eyes staring at my father. At this moment, how dare I act rashly? We must do things perfectly and not be able to make a mistake."

"Then you can't really give him ten thousand yuan, right?"

Zhu Xie didn't speak and fell into deep thought. After a while, Zhu Xie asked, "How did this Wuhan University start with? Tell me his details carefully!"

After listening to Wu Zhi's history of his success, Zhu Xie sighed, "This person is not simple? I'm afraid he was drunk today but deliberately pretending to be artificial. Didn't he want to offend us and pretend to be drunk and want to get away?" Zhu Xie thought, judging from Wu Zhi's history of his success, he was very stupid, and it was definitely not like a local rich man today. I think he was reluctant to give up his concubine, and he didn't want to offend him, the prince, so he deliberately acted like drinking too much, saying nothing, saying that he would pay 10,000 yuan by himself, thinking that this would not hurt his face. Zhu Xie thought about it and felt that this possibility was extremely great, and he sneered in his heart, "Good you, Wu Da, dare to act like this in front of this young master. Although he guessed that Wu Zhi was pretending to be drunk, he would never think that Wu Zhi was not afraid of him at all, but had other plans.

Zhu Xie smiled and said, "I will really agree to him tomorrow, see if he dares to accept this ten thousand yuan!"

Wu Chun was stunned for a moment. Although he was the magistrate, he had only more than a thousand guan of property in the past ten years. However, he seemed to be ignorant of the 100% of money as money. I really don’t know how the Zhu family father and son made money. Logically speaking, Zhu Chong has always been a small official, so how could he have so much savings?

"Oh, this time I went to Beijing, my father only gave my brothers five thousand guan. The remaining five thousand guan is still annoying that Brother Wu has to find a way. I don't believe that Wu Da dares to take the money!"

Zhu Chong sent his son to Beijing this time, but he took out all his savings over the years and borrowed profits from wealthy merchants in Jiangnan, which made him raise 5,000 guan. Zhu Chong was also a desperate bet. The three boxwood books he found must be very popular with the emperor. Then he used this money to open up various channels. He set up the Yingfeng Bureau in Suzhou and would most likely realize it. As long as he set up the Yingfeng Bureau and determine the name of the "Flower Stone Gang", he would naturally make a fortune in the future. Now the small amount of money he invested can be recovered soon. Zhu Xie naturally would not tell Wu Chun about the details of this.

Wu Chun was dizzy when he heard this and blurted out: "Five thousand guan? I'm going to embezzle you where I can. I just say that my cousin's family is a big family in Yanggu, but it's only a thousand guan. Even if I pawn all the jewelry items, I'm afraid I can't make up two thousand guan!?"

Zhu Xie said "Ah?" and was very disappointed, but then he thought about it again and again, he had just thought it was simple. How could these thousands of slogans be taken out by taking them?

Wu Chun said again: "If Yang Gu can take out 5,000 guan, I am afraid it will be Wuhan University. This guy's pawnshop and casino are said to be making money every day! But we can't borrow money from Wuhan University to buy his maid!" He said that, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Zhu Xie also smiled awkwardly and said to himself: "Yes, you can't ask Wuda to pay for it, it's hard to do it! If you can't afford ten thousand coins, you can't squeeze out Wuda! Wuda's move is quite high, just bet you can't afford ten thousand coins! But even if you can give ten thousand coins, what if Wuda really takes it, what should I do? Although I have a way to get it back, I just need to delay in Yanggu for some time, don't miss the main business! These three boxwoods are related to the future of my father and son!"

Zhu Xie was a little undecided, but if he left today, wouldn’t the three maids like fairy be cheap? How could he get the maid without delaying the main business? Zhu Xie thought about it hard...

After a long time, Zhu Xie suddenly burst into laughter and made Wu Chun laugh for no reason.

Zhu Xie smiled and said, "Brother Wu! I have a way! Let's ask Wu Da to pay for this money, and tomorrow will be when Wu everyone is destroyed and everyone is destroyed! Not only his three maids, but even his delicate little lady, can't escape the palm of his brother!"

Wu Chun cursed in his heart, mom, it turns out that he doesn't give me a mouthful of soup! "I wish to hear Brother Zhu's good advice!"

Zhu Jie looked confident and said, "Tomorrow, I will send someone to the Wu family pawn shop to pawn the three boxwood books. I'm afraid it's no problem!"

Wu Chun rolled his eyes and thought to himself that this is a bullshit idea. He treats the guy who has promoted and made money by your father and son. You are even more playboy than me! His father has repeatedly told you to learn how to deal with things. In my opinion, you are not as good as me. At least I will not joke about my father's future.
To be continued...