Cui Da was sitting in a wooden house located halfway up the mountain. This house was built on Baiyun Mountain. It was neither too high nor too low. It happened to be under the clouds and mist floating in the valley. As long as you are willing, you can touch it by raising your hand.
To those cold fogs.
Of course, sometimes the whole house will be wrapped in icy clouds and mist. If there is a little southeast wind, the whole house will become wet.
Therefore, this house is definitely not built for enjoyment. Only those direct descendants of the Cui family who have made mistakes will be made to live here for a period of time. Here you can only pray that the southeast wind does not blow during the time you live, because
, this room has a name that makes the Cui family talk about it - Wenxinju.
Cui Da is not a figure like King Gou Jian of Yue. He is a person who likes to enjoy himself. Whether it is what he wears, what he uses in daily life, or the maids who serve him, they must be the best.
Now, there is only a thin silk quilt on the wooden bed behind him. If it were not for the moisture-proof reason, this silk quilt would have been turned into a cotton quilt long ago. Now there is only a rough piece of wood above the thin silk quilt.
, this piece of wood also has a unique name called police pillow.
There is still half a bowl of brown rice on the table, and there is a handful of black salted vegetables on the plate. Cui Da, who usually does not eat anything other than delicacies, is now holding chopsticks in his right hand and eating brown rice one bite at a time.
A mouthful of salted vegetables, he is always so organized.
It seems that brown rice and salted vegetables are not to his liking. His face that used to be fair and fat is now ashen. Maybe he doesn't care much about what he eats at this time.
He had been holding a piece of paper full of words in his other hand for some time. The paper was soaked in mist and was soft and wrinkled.
Cui Da ate all the brown rice in the bowl. Even the two grains of rice that fell on the table were stuck together with his fingers and put into his mouth. There was still a little salt on the plate. Cui Da naturally
He put the piece of paper in his left hand into his mouth and continued to chew.
Obviously, paper is more unpalatable than brown rice, even if he poured the salted vegetables into his mouth, Cui Da still ate it in the end. He looked at the empty dishes and hands and nodded with satisfaction:
"The most disgusting thing in the world turns out to be your own vows. I will never swear again in the future, never again."
After the paper in his hand was eaten, Cui Da felt that he was in a much better mood. He picked up the small table with one hand and threw the dishes out of the window. Through the window, he could vaguely see bean paste.
Close the big flag with the word "cloud" on it.
A piece of cold mist floated over and covered the flag. Even if he couldn't see the flag, Cui Da knew that it was a large flag with black characters on a red background. In the past, there was a black tiger embroidered with teeth and claws on the flag.
Recently, the black tiger was gone. Cui Da, who understood the meaning of the black tiger, knew that Shuzhong Trading Company had been removed from the banner by Yun Zheng...
Cui Da has been staying in Doushaguan, waiting for the lobbyist sent by Yunzheng or a big shopkeeper who comes to divide and calculate their respective interests. He has thought about how to politely refuse the lobbyist's words, and is also ready to cut his flesh to the Yun family.
But he waited for a long time, only for the black tiger to disappear from the flag.
Shopkeeper Liu is the chief executive of the Sichuan Commercial Bank in Douchuan Pass. He was jointly elected by the merchants in Sichuan. Shopkeeper Liu, who was wearing fur, saw Cui Da sitting in front of the window and looking in the direction of Douchuan Pass, and smiled and said:
"The Yun family is disposing of the shop in Douchuan Pass. The price is not high. I think I bought it based on our previous relationship with the Yun family. In the end, it is still a bit of a profit."
Cui Da asked sarcastically: "Where are the shopkeepers and clerks in the shop? Are they staying too?"
Shopkeeper Liu bowed and said: "I am old and incompetent, and there are no shopkeepers and clerks from the Yun family left. They have left Doushaguan, and I heard that they all went east.
The old man asked himself that he was extremely respectful to those people and had offered unprecedented high prices to those people, especially the guards, but he still did not keep them. "
Cui Da laughed loudly, patted the bed board and said: "If it weren't for the big family dragging me down, I would have followed him to the east. It would be strange if you could keep people from Jiazi camp here, even if they are left behind,
They are here for revenge and will not serve us sincerely."
Shopkeeper Liu said doubtfully: "The Yun family has lost power. Logically speaking, there should be many people looking for other jobs, but the core shopkeepers and clerks left without any regrets. This shows that Yun Zheng's skills are very strong."
Cui Da smiled and said: "Who told you that the Yun family has lost power? Xixia in the northwest is still strong in military strength, and Yelu Hongji of the Liao Kingdom is still working hard to manage the Liao Kingdom. As long as these two enemies are still there, the Song Dynasty court can only control the Yun family.
Zheng held it in his hands and offered it to him without any hesitation.
As for Yun Zheng's ability as a servant, he has earned it with his own heart over the years."
Shopkeeper Liu smiled and said: "No matter what, we should make a choice between Your Majesty and Yunzheng. No matter who we are, we should decisively choose Your Majesty."
Cui Da smiled bitterly and said, "That's what I chose."
"In this case, why is the great proprietor still imprisoned here? Your choice is not wrong. If you feel sorry for Yun Zheng by choosing His Majesty, I think it is unnecessary. The Lord of Heaven and Earth is your personal teacher, and you are your personal teacher.
Before, it was all in the past due to both emotion and reason. The big proprietor does not need to feel so guilty and self-blame. Instead, Yun Zheng himself should reflect on how he, as a minister, could make His Majesty so worried about him."
After hearing what the chief steward Lao Liu said, Cui Da felt that he should take this guy to a remote place in the mountains as soon as possible. It would be best to deal with the savages forever and not have anything to do with the emperor for the rest of his life.
Otherwise, as long as the emperor gives an order, he doesn't even need to give an order, as long as he lets out a little word, this guy will obediently give the Sichuan Trading Company's wealth in Douchuan to the emperor with both hands, without even telling himself, because in
In this guy's heart, he is the greatest emperor in the world. Cui Da is ready to conduct a thorough inspection of all the top managers under him to see if there are any such people. If so, a big cleanup will be necessary.
However, what they are talking about is the most orthodox Songchen Festival. No one dares to say that this guy is wrong. To question this sentence is to challenge the emperor's majesty, so he can only think of other ways.
Shopkeeper Liu didn't know that the big boss in front of him was already thinking about whether it would be better to put him in Tianzhu or some cities in Tubo. He still earnestly advised Cui Damo to follow the example of his son and daughter and come down early to preside over the comprehensive acquisition.
The Yun family's important business in Douchuan is to prevent it from being robbed by the Liang family or others. This is a big business.
Yun Zheng fell ill, very seriously. When Cui Da learned the news, it was already five days later. After he heard that the Yun family had even set up a memorial shed, tears and sweat mixed together and flowed down his face.
, leaving the shopkeepers who were in a meeting, mounted a horse and ran towards Dousha Village. For the first time, everyone discovered that their boss turned out to be a real and capable knight.
As soon as he quickly left Dousha Pass and before reaching Naitou Mountain, he saw from a distance that Dousha Village was completely deserted. Just now, several people from Dousha Village wearing hemp and wearing filial piety passed by him.
Then his tears began to flow like a flood.
After finally arriving at Dousha Village, they were stopped by the people of Dousha Village. The gate of Dousha Village was tightly closed. Many generals of the Yun family stood guard on the gate of the village with crossbows in hand. They did not respond to Cui Da's call.
Ignore it.
"I'll just go in and take a look, take a look, say a word and leave without any further disturbance!"
It may have been Cui Da's shrill voice that moved the guards on the wall. In a short time, Lu Qingqing, with a green cloth handkerchief on his head, appeared at the gate of the village and welcomed Cui Da in.
"Madam, is the long-term illness serious?" Cui Da followed Lu Qingqing in a daze. Apart from saying this, he didn't know what to say.
Lu Qingqing couldn't see the change of sadness and joy on his face, and said calmly: "You can see for yourself and you will know."
Cui Da didn't know how he got into Yun's house. The courtyard of Yun's house was full of white flags that were used to summon spirits. They were blown by the wind and Cui Da's legs became weak.
The servants of the Yun family walked with their legs crossed, as if they did not dare to disturb the patients. When Cui Da saw the big funeral shed in the middle of the yard, he screamed: "Changsheng, is Cui Da late?"
Stumbling into the funeral shed, he saw a person lying upright on a huge bed, with a white cloth covering his face. It was obvious that the person was dead.
Cui Da threw himself on the corpse and immediately cried loudly, whimpering words that he could not understand. At this moment, Cui Da realized that he was indeed lifeless.
"If I die, if you dare to lie on me and cry like this, I won't spare you even if I'm a fucking ghost. Even if I really die, I will be crushed to death by you again." A familiar voice said to Cui Da.
rang in my ears.
Cui Da opened his tearful eyes and vaguely discovered that Yun Zheng was holding a bowl in his hand, standing by the bed and looking at him.
Cui Da never believed what ghosts and gods said. He wiped his eyes hard and found that Yun Zheng was really standing there. The porcelain bowl in his hand was piled high with a bowl of chicken wings, and the steaming fragrance was
Overflowing.
The anger in Cui Da's chest suddenly surged up. He pointed at Yun Zheng and said, "You, you, you", but he couldn't even say a single word.
Pulling off the white linen cloth covering the body, he found a white-haired old man glaring at him angrily. This was the old patriarch of Dousha Village. Cui Da knew him. His mind was as messed up as a ball of numbness at this moment.
.
Yun Zheng ignored Cui Da, who was crying just now, and lowered his body and said to the old patriarch in a gentle voice: "Grandpa, it's not a good idea for you not to eat like this. People are like iron rice and steel. If you don't eat even one meal, you will get hungry.
Look, this is your grandson's braised chicken wings. I personally gave you the braised chicken wings. Didn't you say that this is the best delicacy in the world? You can take a bite. Once you are full, everything is up to you. Even if you want to hold a funeral, grandson
I’ll do it for you without any further delay.” (To be continued)