After the banquet, Chen Hongyu followed the procedure and went inside to meet Zhao.
"Zhou Yu pays homage to his mother."
Mrs. Zhao is about forty years old. Because of her status and honorific title, she looks like a woman in her thirties.
"Well, go ahead!" Mrs. Zhao responded.
Then, Zhou Tong stood up and began to read the congratulatory message.
At this time, most of the surrounding guests were important guests.
Several clan elders and several friends of Zhou Qi. As for the other family forces that they have good relations with, they did not send anyone with high status to come. After all, this is just a concubine of the Zhou family to be crowned. Even if he is Zhou Qi's son, he sent someone to show his courtesy.
Just arrive.
As for the people they sent, they are not qualified to be here at this time.
The next step is to find an elder to give him a nickname. For those present, Zhou Tong is probably the most suitable person for this.
Firstly, Zhou Tong was Zhou Qi’s best friend, and secondly, he was Zhou Yu’s teacher. Therefore, it was most appropriate for him to choose the pseudonym.
Zhou Tong pondered for a while and said: "Yu means beautiful jade, so why not call him Gong Jin? The word Jin also means beautiful jade, which can be extended to his character. A gentleman is like jade."
In this way, his character is settled.
…
This continued for several more days before the crowning ceremony was completely completed.
In the Taishou Mansion, Chen Hongyu and Zhou Qi sat opposite each other.
"You want to leave Shangyuan?" Zhou Qi frowned.
"My grandfather is old and has no children. My mother passed away early, so I want to accompany my grandfather." Chen Hongyu lowered his head and said.
This was the best reason he could think of to leave Shangyuan County.
After all, if he continues to stay in Shangyuan County, he will definitely show his talents with his abilities soon. However, there is a possibility of competing with his second brother, Zhou Lang, for inheritance rights, and what will follow is the suppression of the Zhao family.
On the contrary, it is better to leave Shangyuan County directly and take a step back to broaden the horizon.
At the same time, leaving Shangyuan County also showed that he had no intention to participate in the struggle for family inheritance, even if his inheritance rights were not high.
Zhou Qi pondered for a while and said: "Yes, this choice is the best choice for you. Your grandfather is indeed old, so you can go and take care of him. However, I still have a house in Wu'an County.
The manor and hundreds of acres of fertile land, I will transfer them all to your name when the time comes."
"Thank you, father!" Chen Hongyu saluted. This manor should be where Zhou Qi lived in Wu'an County.
"Yes!" Zhou Qi nodded: "Your choice is correct. After this statement, your mother will not continue to embarrass you. There will be a merchant ship going to Wu'an in three days. You can go there on the merchant ship.
Wu'an."
In just a few words, Chen Hongyu's trip to Wu'an County was planned.
"By the way, father. I checked the property under my name a few days ago and found that someone had tampered with it." As he said that, Chen Hongyu took out an account and handed it to Zhou Qi.
"Although my son is stupid, they have gone too far to deceive the owner like this. Fully 50% of the store's income has been corrupted."
Chen Hongyu had an expression of dissatisfaction on his face. In fact, if these servants were not too bold, he would not have bothered with this matter.
Anyway, he was leaving Shangyuan County, and all the properties here had to be sold off. However, after checking the account books, he found that these servants had united to embezzle five or six levels of the previous store profits.
Zhou Qi heard this and took the account book to read.
After a long time, Zhou Qi said: "They deserve to be killed. They deceived the master's family. Who gave them the courage?"
These servants were actually members of the Mistress Zhao family. These people's original behavior was also determined by the original owner's temper. It was expected that he could not find out and had the Mistress Zhao family to rely on, so he took advantage of them.
Originally, the original owner would not have discovered the problem, but now Chen Hongyu has replaced the original owner and will leave Shangyuan County to give up the fight for family inheritance.
Once Zhou Qi informed his mistress Zhao about his thoughts, Zhao would definitely not target him again.
After all, the original owner's image in the eyes of everyone was that he was relatively stupid and not very smart. Now that he has left Shangyuan County, it means that he has directly given up the right to inherit Zhou Qi's political status and property.
By doing this, Mrs. Zhao naturally had to act more generously. Once Zhao knew about it, she would not only severely punish these servants, but also give Chen Hongyu some compensation.
…
Three days later, outside Shangyuan County.
The rolling water of Zhanjiang River rushes down the river, and boats of various sizes go down the river.
The Zhanjiang River stretches for thousands of miles, passing through the three prefectures of Ji, Qing, and Xu, and finally merges into the sea.
Chen Hongyu stood on the edge of the boat and looked at the rolling river water. The goal of his trip was Wu'an County in Qingzhou.
At this time, servants were loading boxes after boxes onto the merchant ship.
Most of these boxes contained books, calligraphy and paintings, and the remaining small portion contained personal property.
After all, I don’t know when I will be able to return to Shangyuan after this trip, so I have to take all these things with me.
Not long after, the merchant ship left the shore and sailed down the river.
"Cha Ci Ci Bai Di among the colorful clouds, thousands of miles of rivers and tombs return in one day. The apes on both sides of the bank can't stop crying, and the boat has passed the ten thousand mountains." For some reason, Chen Hongyu suddenly remembered this poem by Li Bai.
"Gong Jin?"
While I was thinking, I heard a shout coming from behind.
"Senior Brother Mu!" Chen Hongyu saluted.
This senior brother of Mu is named Wang Mu, and he is the most talented person among the disciples of teacher Zhou Tong. He treats people like a spring breeze and has a good relationship with all the disciples of Zhou Tong. Even the original owner, who is usually a dull person, is also very kind to him.
This senior brother has a certain favorable impression.
When he was crowned a few days ago, this senior brother was also present with Zhou Tong.
"Junior brother, where are you going? It seems to me that you are leaving Shangyuan County completely."
Chen Hongyu smiled bitterly and said: "I am going to Wu'an County, Qingzhou. After all, my grandfather has no children and is very old at this time. Besides, I have this status."
At this point, he kept silent, but Wang Mu already understood. This trip of his junior brother also meant that he had completely withdrawn from the competition for family inheritance.
It is said that the main wife of Zhou Qi came from the Zhao family and was very powerful with the support of the Zhao family. If it were not for the talent of his junior brother, Zhao family might have already taken action to pave the way for his son Zhou Lang.
After all, he heard that his junior brother was very popular with his father. Looking at the boxes of things that Chen Hongyu took away from Wu'an, he knew that although he was a bastard, he was indeed valued by his father.
"By the way, senior brother, where are you going?" Chen Hongyu asked, and at this time he already had a guess.
After all, he was the first disciple of Zhou Tong's sect, and the original owner had heard about Wang Mu's background.
It is said that this Wang Mu was born in the Wang family, a prominent family in Qingzhou, and he is the direct son of the head of the family. He is much higher than his current status.
Hearing this, Wang Mu replied: "What a coincidence, we two fellow apprentices happened to be on the same road. I have already left the army on this trip and am preparing to return to Qingzhou."