This member of the Song Dynasty in Runan City has a surname of Song, a given name of De, and a given name of Zhongyi.
You should understand by looking at his words that this person is the second eldest child in the family.
So why is the second oldest son in charge of the Song family now? It's simple...the oldest died early.
At that time, Song De's brother died of a sudden illness when he was less than ten years old. His parents couldn't understand: Our old Song family is so rich, and we hired the best doctors to see him, how could he die?
Isn’t this nonsense? According to the medical level of Zhao Dynasty, any way to die can be achieved.
But they didn’t know anything about science, so they looked for unscientific explanations—asking fortune tellers.
That fortune teller was so smart. He came in, pretended to be a ghost with a solemn face, and finally came to the conclusion: Your old Song family has committed too many sins and has received retribution.
Everyone, in those days, if you went to a wealthy family to tell fortunes, as long as you said they had done evil, they would definitely not run away. Given the class composition of this group of people, it was impossible for anyone not to do evil.
After Song De's parents heard this, they thought it was okay. Our family has been colluding with eunuchs for generations and preying on the common people. Now God will punish us.
This is called taking the right seat.
So, in order to resolve this retribution, from that day on, they bought fish and released them, and gave rice and porridge; of course... if they left it on one side, they should collude with the eunuchs or collude with the other side, and if they should fish for the common people, they should still eat fish.
To put it bluntly, when people like them use part of their ill-gotten wealth to do good deeds, they do not really want to do good deeds, but just to buy some comfort for themselves.
Otherwise, why would there be so many people in this world who are rich, ruthless, and evil, and devote themselves to religion and charity in their middle and old age? It is because they themselves know that they are sinners, so they go to pray to God and worship Buddha; just like...
This is also a business. In the first half of my life, I made enough money by doing bad things and enjoyed enough. In the second half of my life, I just wanted to donate some to save myself from falling into hell.
So why is Song De's name and surname both derived from De and Yi? It's just that his parents asked for something they lacked.
Song De grew up in such a family environment, so most things in this world are business to him.
This also developed his character traits of being good at calculations and having a deep understanding of the city.
However, maybe there is retribution in this world. Song De married quite a few wives and concubines, but now that he is over sixty years old, he still only has one child like Song Xiang.
Everyone has seen Song Xiang's virtues. As long as he is even remotely like his father, Song De will not be worried.
It's a pity that Song Xiang is twenty-eight years old this year, and he is still a giant baby, looking for "loss-making business" for his father.
Over the years, Song De has basically gotten used to it. Anyway, he knows that every now and then, his son will commit some injury, rape or even murder case, and then he has to settle the matter.
Yes, ordinary people are easy to bully, but you have to have a certain temper.
Injury cases are easier to handle. If you pay the person a little for the decoction and medicine, the other party will not dare to make trouble again.
What about rape and murder? This can’t be “reconciled”, right?
Of course you have to pay compensation to your family, but don't you also have to take care of it with the government? The appetite there is bigger than that of the common people. Even if you have eunuchs as your backers, but the king's law is there, you will be in the wrong after all, and you are embarrassed?
What if there are some suffering people who are so bitter and resentful that they don't even want money? You have to find someone to come to threaten them, whether it's the government or you find someone yourself, this also costs money.
Is it so easy to be a local tyrant? Song De tells you from personal experience - there is nothing we can do. The expenses in this business are too great. If we don't collude with the government to exploit the people, where will I get the cost to collude with the government to exploit the people? Do you understand?
Today, Song Xiang gave his father another blow.
Before it was time to eat, the grandson came back in disgrace. His clothes were dirty and his face was bruised and swollen. Moreover, he happened to be bumped into by Song De when he entered the hospital.
"Stop!" Seeing his son's arrogant look, Song De knew that he was in trouble again. He immediately stopped him sternly and asked, "Look, look, look... what do you look like? Are you there again?"
What's going on outside?"
Don't look at Song Xiang, who has been practicing martial arts for twenty years. He is tall and thick, with a sinister face, while Song De is old, thin and weak... When my son stands in front of me, he looks like a son, and he is wilted.
In this world, Song Xiang is afraid of no one but Song De; Song Xiang's little scheming is of no use in front of his father, and he will always be caught if he lies.
Therefore, Song Xiang was very honest in front of Song De: "Dad...I...I lost the fight."
"Hmph..." Song De laughed angrily at him, "Lost? Well done." He paused, "I've seen your beating before, how about punching the colorful tiger in Nanshan and kicking Beihai?"
Hunjianglong... are you sorry? I was very polite if I didn't beat you to death. I'd like to teach you a lesson for me, and I have to thank you."
Song Xiang was already brimming with anger, but his father scolded him so eccentrically that he almost cried.
"Dad!" He said with a cry, "He, he...he won the battle, even if he won, he also scolded me, which was very unpleasant, and, he...he also cheated me out of three thousand taels.
silver!"
As soon as he heard those keywords, Song De's expression changed. The smile on his face disappeared in an instant, replaced by anger and surprise: "How much silver? Say it again?"
"Three...three thousand taels..." Song Xiang lowered his head, raised his right hand at the same time, and gestured with three fingers.
"You..." Song De's blood had already reached his throat and was still suppressed, "...where did you get three thousand taels?"
"I..." Song Xiang didn't dare to hide it, "I went to the warehouse to get an incense burner and went to Tongquanjian to pawn it for three thousand taels. I originally thought I could win and I can redeem the thing today.
Who...who knows..."
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Before Song Xiang finished speaking, Song De slapped him.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Song Xiang, who is tall and good at kung fu, is slapped by his father, a skinny old man. What will be the result?
Song Xiang covered his face and rubbed it, but it didn't hurt much.
Song De's hand was so painful that if he applied any more force, his wrist would be dislocated.
"You are a traitor!" Song De stomped his feet angrily, "You are a traitor!"
After the old man finished beating and scolding him, he turned around and went back to the house without waiting for Song Xiang to say anything. He was also afraid... afraid that if his son said a few more words, he would burst a blood vessel and die there.
There was nothing to say that day. Song Xiang got very drunk that night and fell asleep.
Over at Tong Quanjian, although no one came to redeem the pawn, it didn't take it too seriously. Anyway, if you come one day late, you will have to pay one more day of overdue money. To the pawn shop, this doesn't matter, and it doesn't matter.
Go check to see if the "Nine Feathers Chasing Sun Furnace" is still in the library.
But there was another thing that made the shopkeeper a little concerned, that is... Mr. Tongquan Liu Yufang sent a letter this morning, saying that he had to take a few days off for something.
This old man has never asked for leave since he called Tong Quanjian, and he is half the signature here. Without him, even though there are other appraisers, people will feel unsure after all.
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By the next day, Song De also calmed down, so early in the morning he sent someone to do "some things."
It was not until the afternoon that he came to ask his son for questioning.
Song Xiang wasn't stupid at all. When he heard that his father wanted to question him, he quickly went to get his mother to sit in, just so that she could protect him when he was questioned.
In this way, Song Xiang told Song De how he was "cheated out of three thousand taels by Sun Yixie" in his own way. Anyway, according to what he meant, he was right, he did it
All wrong things are caused by being deceived or provoked by others.
By the way, Song Xiang also blamed his master Ma Chu, saying: "If it weren't for the man named Ma who insisted on teaching me some 'unique tricks' for me to use, I probably wouldn't have lost. I guess."
Look... he might have colluded with that Sun Yixie and joined forces to defraud the Song family of their money."
Song De knew his son, so he just had heard of such words. After sending his son away, he immediately summoned a few more servants to come in and check the whole story through others.
Finally, he called Ma Chu and Zhao Yuan.
Song De didn't say much to Ma Zhu. The general idea was to thank him for his dedication and hard work in the workplace over the years, and said that he was no longer suitable to continue to stay in the Song Mansion and went to the cashier to settle the money.
You can go.
Ma Chu didn't have any objection to this result. It was just a loss of his job. He could accept it, and he could even say he was a little lucky.
When Ma Chu was sent away and only Mr. Song and Zhao Yuan were left, Song De... finally changed his expression.
"Master Zhao, when you first came to our Song Mansion, you once said that you only seek wealth and don't ask about right and wrong. Do you still remember this?" Song De sat down, took a sip of tea, and asked slowly.
"Remember." Zhao Tuoyuan replied.
"Now, there is a deal, and I would like to ask Master Zhao to do it. Will you do it?" Song De said.
"Mr. Song, are you asking me to kill people?" Zhao Yuanyou is also very scheming. How could he not guess the other party's intentions?
"If so, will you go?" Song De asked.
"Then it depends on who to kill." When Zhao Yuanhao said this, he paused and then said, "And... how much can you earn."
"Kill Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji." Song De said solemnly, "Take back the three thousand taels, and five hundred taels of them will be yours."
Zhao Youyou was silent for a while and replied: "Suppose I really agreed to this deal and successfully killed three of them, then why didn't I just take the three thousand taels and fly away, and come back to give you two thousand five hundred taels."
Woolen cloth?"
Song De took a leisurely sip of tea and replied: "If you take the three thousand taels and fly away, not only will the other party's people come to you to seek revenge, but I will not let you go." He stroked his beard.
He raised his head slightly and said, "But if you get the money back for me, any grudges you may have will be borne by my Song family and have nothing to do with you. Besides... five hundred taels is a lot, isn't it?"
Zhao Yuanyou thought for a while and asked: "What if I can get the money back without killing them? Wouldn't that be better? Mr. Song can also save himself worries."
"Ha..." Song De smiled, "Master Zhao, I'm afraid you didn't understand what I meant." At this point, his eyes showed a bit of coldness, "You must take the money.
That person... also must die."
"Is it because they humiliated your son?" Zhao Youyou asked.
"Of course not." Song De replied, "Master Zhao, you should keep things simple..." He paused and then said, "This morning, I sent someone to check the details of those three people and found out.
Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai... are both from Jinyiwei, and it goes without saying that Lei Buji, who is with them, is the same.
"In addition, I also asked someone to go to Tongchuanjian. Guess what? In just one day, the 'Nine Feathers Zhusun Furnace' that my silly son stole and pawned turned out to be the same as that of Tongchuanjian's living signature Liu Yufang.
They disappeared together.
"Do you think... these are all coincidences?"
Yes, these are coincidences.
There are three different things here. One pole cannot hit the other, but they happen to be related to each other by Song Xiang.
It's not that Zhao Yuantao thinks things are simple, but Song De thinks things are complicated...
"Mr. Song, what do you mean?" Zhao Yuanyou continued to ask.
Song De then said: "This is Jin Yiwei trying to plot against my Song family through my son, causing me to lose both my money and treasure..."
At this moment, with a serious face, he began his erroneous reasoning: "In my opinion, those three thousand taels are just an introduction, a tack on... Their real goal is actually the 'Nine Feathers Chasing the Sun Furnace'
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"The beginning of this game was two days ago, when the boy named Sun deliberately provoked my son under the ring and led him to take the bait.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Think about it carefully, how could someone propose to use a huge sum of three thousand taels for gambling in the ring? There is so much money that there is no place to use it.
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"This is clearly a plan, taking advantage of my son's young intelligence and impulsive personality to lead him to do stupid things like stealing and stealing... In this way, they can easily take the Song family's treasures from the warehouse to me. After being deceived, they then used the undercover agent installed in Tongquanjian...that is, Liu Yufang to steal the things.
"On the next day, on the ring, Sun Yixie came back to humiliate my son and took away the three thousand taels of silver. Hmm... what a good plan.
"I also sent people to inquire about the inn where the three boys were staying in the morning... and found out that as soon as they got off the ring yesterday, they immediately checked out of the inn and escaped from Runan City to the south without stopping. Well...if they hadn't planned ahead, how could they have gone so fast?
"In short, these things, at first glance, seem to be three fledgling gangsters fighting bravely, but in fact... they are a careful operation by the Jin Yiwei against my Song family. Those three guys are trying to They are their pawns. The water behind this... I don't know how deep it is...
"Why should I leave people like this?"
After his analysis, even Zhao Yuanyou broke out in a cold sweat. He felt that it made sense, and said in the dark heart: "Could it be that... I also made them easy?"
Seeing that Zhao Yuanyou seemed to "understand", Song De showed a satisfied expression on his face and continued: "Master Zhao, this matter is much bigger than you think... Then Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji are all They are still just minor characters... But it can be seen from them that Huangmen in Shuzhong, Sun Mansion in Hangzhou, and Lei Buwei, who has retired from the world, have all come together with Jin Yiwei. This is a big trouble." He paused, "Of course, that's not your trouble. I've already reported that kind of trouble to the 'father-in-law' for decision-making. As for you... now there is an opportunity in front of you, it depends on which side you want to take. "