Su Hao has always been very generous to his subordinates, and he naturally takes great care of girls like Cheng Yi. Because of this, Cheng Yi and the singer now act like mistresses in the Su Mansion, coming in and out.
any obstacles.
Cheng Yi took Cheng Dong to a small living room on the side of the main room, invited him to sit down, brought him tea, and then sat opposite Cheng Dong. Before she could open her mouth to say anything, Cheng Dong asked with a fierce face:
"Sister, why are you hanging out with Su Hao?"
"Xiaodong, what are you talking about?" Cheng Yi didn't expect that her brother, whom she hadn't seen for half a year, would say such a thing when he came up to her, which made her feel embarrassed and annoyed, "How could you say that to your sister?"
"Didn't you tell me that you followed Miss Han to Huai'an Mansion to get a job? Why did you follow Su Hao to Runing again?" Cheng Dong said.
Cheng Yi said: "I went to Huai'an. It was at a time when Su Xueshi was expanding the camp and was short of manpower. He wanted to recruit me as a bookkeeper in the camp. I thought he was kind to my sister and brother, so I agreed to him."
"What's the point of being kind?" Cheng Dong said disdainfully, "He's just showing off his kindness. You're also stupid. You can't see through this person's face, and you're still working as an accomplice and doing so many things for him."
"What do you mean, working as a spy for a tiger?" Cheng Yi looked at Cheng Dong with wide eyes, "Nothing Xueshi Su has done is for the common people. How can you say such a thing as working as a puppet for a tiger? Xiaodong, do you know?
…”
"Sister, you were deceived by him!" Cheng Dong interrupted Cheng Yi and said, "I came to Runing this time with two pavilion elders. A few days ago, I was with a few people below Runing.
I visited a lot of businesses in this county, among them there is a Huguang Bank, and its shopkeeper is named Xia Shushen, you should know that, right?"
Hearing Cheng Dong talk about Xia Shushen, a sneer appeared on Cheng Yi's face. She was no longer as eager to explain anything to her brother as before, but responded calmly: "Of course I know. Burn him to ashes.
I know him all!"
Cheng Dong said: "I arrived at Huguang Bank and met Xia Shushen's family. They told me that Su Hao relied on frame-up to arrest Xia Shushen. He lied that Xia Shushen colluded with strong men and attacked officers and soldiers, and then used this to
As an excuse, they go directly to the door to arrest people without going through the county government. How is this kind of behavior different from that of factory guards?"
Cheng Yi's face was frosty: "Xiaodong, do you think Xia Shushen is a good person?"
"A businessman who is a conscientious businessman is, at best, a little too eager to pursue profits. This is also the nature of a businessman and is understandable." Cheng Dong said.
Cheng Yi stood up suddenly. She looked at Cheng Dong blankly for a few seconds, and then said: "Xiao Dong, come with me."
With that said, she walked straight out without waiting for Cheng Dong's reaction. Cheng Dong didn't know what his sister meant, so he quickly got up and followed Cheng Yi.
Cheng Yi took Cheng Dong through a moon gate and came to the backyard. Cheng Dong looked around. The more he looked, the more familiar everything in the courtyard seemed. Cheng Yi saw Cheng Dong's surprise and asked coldly: "Little
Dong, do you feel that you have come to this place?"
"That's right. Could it be that this place is similar to where we live?" Cheng Dong replied.
Cheng Yi did not answer. She walked to a locked room, took out the key and unlocked the door, then opened the door and said to Cheng Dong: "Xiao Cheng, come in."
"Where is this?" Cheng Dong asked.
"You'll find out when you go in," Cheng Yi said.
Cheng Dong hesitantly walked into the door and came face to face with an offering table. There were two memorial tablets on the table and some offerings of fruits beside it. Cheng Dong didn't understand what was going on and was about to turn around and ask his sister when he heard Cheng Yi say
: "Xiaodong, look carefully at the name on the tablet."
Cheng Dong stepped forward to take a closer look. After just one glance, he quickly knelt down and saw a tablet that read "Cheng Gongwen Sui's Position". Even if he didn't know anything, he still remembered his father's name. As for the one next to him, he still remembered it.
That tablet is naturally his mother's spiritual tablet.
"Sister, why did you place the memorial tablets of your parents here?" Cheng Dong knelt on the ground and asked Cheng Yi.
Cheng Yi said to Cheng Dong with a dark face: "Xiaodong, in front of your parents, do you dare to say what you just said again?"
"What words?"
"What do you think of Xia Shushen?"
"Xia Shushen?" Cheng Dong was completely confused. Why is there Xia Shushen here? He thought about the conversation with his sister just now and said: "I just said that Xia Shushen is just a businessman. Is it true?
…”
"Snapped!"
Before Cheng Dong finished speaking, Cheng Yi picked up his hand and slapped him firmly on the face, causing Cheng Dong to almost fall to the ground.
"Sister..." Cheng Dong was stunned by this slap. He couldn't remember when his sister, who had always doted on him, had ever hit him. But this time, it was just because he made a comment about something unrelated.
Xia Shushen, my sister actually treated me so cruelly.
"Kneel down!" Cheng Yi roared like a crazed lioness, "Xiaodong, open your eyes and look, this is the house where our parents lived, this whole house is our home
house! I really regret that I didn’t tell you how our parents died in the past, so that today you actually recognized the thief as your father and cried out for your own father-killing enemy!"
"What! You mean, this is our home? And Xia Xiaxia...Xia Shushen, he is our father-killing enemy? No, sister, you must be mistaken!" Cheng Dong
I just felt my brain was buzzing, and my childhood memories were suddenly awakened.
Isn't it? This is his childhood home. No wonder he is familiar with every plant and tree here. No wonder he feels that the local accent here is so friendly as soon as he arrives in Runing. When he left Runing, he was only ** years old.
He didn't have as deep a memory as Cheng Yi. But once Cheng Yi pointed it out, the remaining memory fragments in his mind were put together.
He remembered how his parents took them away from this house sadly; he also remembered that on their way back home, several killers suddenly appeared, and it was his parents who risked their lives to hold back the killers.
The talent was able to escape. But why did Cheng Yi say that Xia Shushen was their father-killing enemy?
After Cheng Yi beat Cheng Dong, she couldn't help but burst into tears. She knelt down in front of her parents' memorial tablets and said to Cheng Dong:
"We didn't originally know that Xia Shushen was related to the murder of our parents. Uncle Xue, who used to be a catcher under his father, accidentally overheard them revealing their secrets when he interrogated the guards of Huguang Bank. After interrogation, Xia Shushen's accountant
Ren Zonghui confessed that our father strictly investigated the land occupation by powerful people, which offended these powerful people, causing them to plot to kill his father. In the end, the matter was presided over by Xia Shushen, who asked his bodyguards to dress up as strongmen.
They robbed and killed our parents on the road.
The original murderers have all been arrested by Mr. Su who sent troops. Mr. Su said that when the case is over, he will ask the Imperial Envoy for permission to take these murderers to the place where our parents were killed, disembowel their bodies and pay homage to them.
Our father and mother’s spirits are in heaven.”
"This..." Cheng Dong's mind became a vacuum. The result of this reversal was something he never expected. He wanted to say that maybe the results of the trial by Su Hao and the "Uncle Xue" he no longer remembered were not the same.
He couldn't take it seriously, but reason told him that it would be difficult to fake this kind of thing. No matter how disgusted he was with Su Hao's position, he had to admit that as far as Runing's case was concerned, what Su Hao had investigated could withstand scrutiny.
of.
"Xiaodong, I don't know why you are so disgusted with Xueshi Su. From what I have seen in the military in the past six months, everything he does is fair and aboveboard. Why can't you settle the feud with him?"
Cheng Yi asked sadly.
Cheng Dong knelt on the ground and was silent for a long time. Then he raised his head and said, "Sister, is Su Hao at home at this time?"
"How are you doing?" Cheng Yi asked.
"He found the person who killed my father for me. I want to thank him in person." Cheng Dong said calmly.
Cheng Yi stood up and said, "He should talk to Mr. Lin in the study. I'll invite him to the lobby. You can have a good talk with him. He's a big man and won't care about your past offenses."
Cheng Dong said: "You go ahead, I'll wait for him in the lobby."
Cheng Yi re-locked the room where her parents' memorial tablets were kept, and then went to the study to find Su Hao. Hearing that Cheng Dong was visiting and wanted to express his gratitude in person, Su Hao quickly followed Cheng Yi to the lobby and saw that Cheng Dong was already there.
That's waiting for him.
"Brother Cheng, are you okay?" Su Hao greeted Cheng Dong politely. For Cheng Yi's sake, he did not want to maintain a hostile relationship with Cheng Dong. If he could have a chance to turn enemies into friends, he
Still very happy.
Cheng Dong raised his hand to salute, then pointed to the chair with his finger and said, "Sister Su, please sit down."
"Editor Cheng, please take a seat." When Su Hao heard Cheng Dong calling him by his official name, Su Hao felt that he was wasting his feelings. He sat down on the main seat and also called Cheng Dong's official name.
name, and asked him to sit down.
Cheng Dong did not sit down. After Su Hao sat firmly, he walked straight to Su Hao, knelt down on his knees, and kowtowed three times to Su Hao seriously.
"This..." Su Hao stood up quickly and wanted to extend his hand to help. Cheng Dong didn't give him this chance at all. After kowtowing, he stood up and said coldly to Su Hao: "I heard from my sister that Xu Xuesi is here to help me."
My sister and I found our father-killing enemy, and Cheng Dong thanked Master Su for his great kindness. But as a scholar, Cheng Dong would never abandon public service for personal reasons, so he left."
After that, he turned around and walked out. Su Hao shrugged and did not stop him. Su Hao knew that Cheng Dong had gone crazy and the conflict between him and Cheng Dong could not be resolved at all. I am afraid that it would only make Cheng Yi uncomfortable in the end.
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Cheng Yi originally expected to see Cheng Dong shake hands with Su Hao and make peace, but Cheng Dong called Su Hao out just to kowtow to him. Cheng Dong's move was clearly to tell Su Hao that he owed him something.
He has paid off all of it among these three heads, and he will continue to be Su Hao's enemy in the future.
"Xiaodong, Xiaodong, stop!" Cheng Yi chased after Cheng Dong. (To be continued...)