Qiyou Episode (Ninety-Six)

The IOU issued by Mr. Chen San has his fingerprints on it, so the people from the gambling house will naturally not stay. However, since people said it was 60,000 taels of silver, they would definitely not just talk about it.

Chen Zhonghe looked at Master Chen San who was kneeling on the ground shaking into a sieve, and asked, "I really owe sixty thousand taels of silver?" When he asked this, his tone was very calm.

Master Chen San burst into tears and said, "Brother, they are the ones who cheated. Then, I, I don't know why I owe so much money."

After finishing speaking, Master Chen San crawled over and hugged Chen Zhonghe and cried, "Brother, brother, you must save me. If you don't pay back the money, they will take off my arms and legs."

Chen Zhonghe kicked Master Chen San away, with a chill in his eyes: "If you want to take off your arms and legs, then take them off! Anyway, it's useless to keep them."

Master Chen San cried and howled: "Brother, brother, you can't just ignore death, brother..."

Cui walked in tremblingly with a cane: "Boss, he is your own brother, do you really have the heart to watch him get killed?"

Chen Zhonghe said blankly: "No one wants to kill him, he is looking for death."

Master Chen San turned his head and hugged Cui Shi: "Mother, mother, I know I'm wrong. Mother, please help me, I don't want to be a human pig." Without arms and legs, only a torso is left, isn't it a living human pig? up.

No matter how much Cui begged, Chen Zhonghe would not let go. Pushed into a panic, Chen Zhonghe knelt on the ground and said, "Mother, even if you beat me to death, I don't have the money to pay him back."

Seeing that Chen Zhonghe had eaten the weight, Mrs. Cui made up her mind, and knelt down in front of Chen Zhonghe: "Boss, I beg you, please save your brother! Don't you really have the heart to watch him become a pig?" He is a desperado who wants money but not his life. If he doesn't give money, he will really make his youngest son a pig.

Chen Zhonghe said blankly, "Mother, the family doesn't have that much money."

Master Chen San yelled loudly when he heard this: "Why don't you have so much money? Just the two shops on East Street, any one of them is worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver." East Street is the most prosperous area in the entire capital, and there The shop is like the hen that lays the golden eggs. The locations of the two shops of the Chen family are very good, and they are relatively large. The annual rent alone is more than 20,000 taels of silver.

Hearing this, Chen Zhonghe stood up and walked to Master Chen San, raised his hand and slapped him.

This slap exhausted all the strength in Chen Zhonghe's body. Master Chen San was beaten so badly that he vomited blood.

Seeing that Chen Zhonghe still wants to fight,

Cui Shihu was at the front: "You want to kill him, don't you? If you want to kill him, kill me first."

Master Chen San didn't want to die, and he didn't care about his ancestral property in order to save his life: "You just don't want to. For the sake of money, you even gave up your brother's life. Tell me, are you still human?"

Cui hesitated for a while and said, "Zhonghe, let's mortgage a shop and redeem it later." What she said was that the mortgage was not for sale, but because she knew that the ancestral property could not be sold. If it is sold, the eldest son will be the loser.

Chen Zhonghe said: "I won't help him pay off the debt. Mom, if you don't want him to become a pig, you can raise money to help him pay it off!" After finishing speaking, he turned and went out.

Staying bored in the mansion, he went out with his personal entourage. Walking on the street, Chen Zhonghe felt tired and lonely like never before.

The personal attendant saw him wandering around for fear of accidents: "Master, I heard that my uncle has friendship with the owner of Sihai Casino, why don't I ask my uncle to come forward and resolve this matter."

Chen Zhonghe said indifferently: "I'm not so incapable as to beg my son-in-law." I'd rather lose money than beg Yun Hongpo. It's not that it can't be pulled down, but it's unnecessary.

The personal attendant dared not speak any more.

Feeling hungry after walking for a while, Chen Zhonghe took his entourage to Fuyun Restaurant for dinner.

Even if he was drunk, his followers took him home.

The next day, Chen Zhonghe went to the yamen like a normal person. Then at night, I stayed in the yamen and didn't go home.

Seeing this, Cui knew that Chen Zhonghe really didn't care about this matter, and was a little anxious at the moment. But she can't break into the yamen, and Chen Zhonghe's consent must be obtained if the public's money exceeds two thousand taels. In desperation, Cui could only take out his own coffin. Not enough, I took something to pawn again.

Mrs. Chen Er knew it, and there was another commotion. But this time, Mrs. Cui used her own private property, not the money from the public, and Mrs. Chen did not get any advantage.

Chen Mudan looked at Mrs. Chen Er who was so angry that her chest was hurting, and asked worriedly: "Mother, does uncle really ignore my uncle?" Mr. Chen Er has no talent for studying, and he barely passed the exam. Then, the family found him an official position. I have been an official for more than ten years, and now I am only a general judge of the sixth rank. Therefore, the Chen family still relies on Chen Zhonghe.

Although Mrs. Chen Er didn't know how many family members Cui had, but 60,000 taels must have hurt her. The money originally belonged to them. But now, it's all gone.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Chen Er felt more and more pain in her chest: "If he is willing to take care of it, he won't let your grandmother sell herself."

Cui took out all the coffins and sold several of her favorite ornaments, and only then did she get together 60,000 taels of silver. The people in the gambling shop were ready to leave after receiving the bank notes from Huitong Bank.

The butler said to them: "Our master said that the Chen family will never accept the debts that the third master owes to your gambling house. As for whether you want to kill him or his life, it's up to you."

After hearing this, several hooligans knew what they were saying. This Chen San, I can no longer lend him money in the future. Because it was borrowed, and the meat bun beat the dog and never came back.

After this matter was settled, Chen Zhonghe came back. The first thing he did when he came back was to reduce the government's expenses. Except for Mrs. Cui, everyone else's monthly payment and daily expenses are all halved. He also told the accountant that, except for the 1,500 taels of silver allocated to the backyard every month, no one else would give any money to the accountant without his permission. This also includes Cui Shi.

Knowing this, Cui was so angry that her head throbbed in pain: "Why did I give birth to such an unfilial son like you."

Chen Zhonghe said expressionlessly: "Mother, I have already let the public know. From now on, the Chen family will deny all the debts owed by the third child outside."

Cui Shi saw that he was too hard, so she came softly: "He'er, the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. Mother can't just watch him being beaten to death!"

Chen Zhonghe said indifferently: "If he is tolerated any longer, it will not be enough to fill in the entire Chen family. If the Chen family loses, mother, you and I will have no face to see the ancestors of the Chen family in a hundred years."

Cui was so blocked that she couldn't speak.

Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles. Mr. Chen San owed a huge amount of gambling debts, and Mrs. Cui was so confused that he sold the ladder to help him pay off the debts. This matter was quickly regarded as an after-dinner conversation.

Chen Muqing was very surprised when she found out, and called Yuan Yi, Hong Po's personal entourage, over: "It is said that my grandmother sold the ladder to help my third uncle pay off the debt, is this true?"

Yuan nodded and said, "It's true."

In the past, when his third uncle made troubles, it was his father who helped him deal with the aftermath. This time, it was her grandmother who came forward to resolve the matter.

Chen Muqing asked: "My dad, didn't he do anything?".

Yuan Yi smiled and said: "The Eldest Master has let the word out to the outside world, saying that whether Master Chen San gets into trouble or owes debts in the future, the Chen family will not care about it."

Chen Muqing was startled. In the past, whenever something happened in the family, it was his father who came forward to solve it. This time, it was really not like her father's style of acting.

In fact, it was also the matter of Mrs. Chen leaving home, which stimulated Chen Zhonghe. For the sake of mother and younger brother, the couple who quarrel are not close to their children. But in the end, his mother and younger brother didn't think of him at all, and instead criticized him for not doing enough. If you are cold-hearted, you will naturally be able to deal ruthlessly.

"How much gambling debt does my third uncle owe?"

Hearing sixty thousand taels, Chen Muqing gasped. Don't blame his father for letting go this time. Although the Chen family has a relatively strong family background, they can't help being defeated like this.

Seeing this, Yuan Yi said: "Grandma, the situation like Mr. Chen San is 100% set up by the gambling house. If you want to recover the money, it will not be difficult." The gambling house is also winking, isn't it? Anyone dares to calculate. If he came forward to ask for the money, he could get most of it back.

Chen Muqing shook her head and said, "No need." If she came forward to ask for the money back, then her third uncle would come to her for anything. Even if his father left him alone, she would not bother with this.

In early April, good news came from Jiangnan. Chen Huanzhang passed the exam and was still the top case.

Knowing this, Han Jingjing smiled and said to Chen Muqing, "Huanzhang is really promising." Jiangnan has been a place of talent since ancient times, and Chen Huanzhang's success in the exam is enough to prove his excellence.

Chen Muqing said with a smile: "This is just the beginning, and there will be provincial and general examinations in the future."

Han Jingjing said with a smile: "Don't worry, with Huanzhang's talents, he will definitely pass the provincial examination and general examination." If he is not sure, I believe Mr. Tang will not let him go.

"I borrowed my mother's good words."

Han Jingjing smiled and said: "You should send someone to tell your father-in-law and mother-in-law about this, so that he will be happy too." The news of Prince You's Mansion is much more informed than that of the Chen family.

Chen Muqing smiled and said, "Okay."

The Chen family is a family of scholars, as long as the descendants of the next generation can pass the imperial examination and enter the Chen family, they will not lose. So when he heard that his son had passed the test, Chen Zhonghe's haze of the past few days was swept away.

Back home, Chen Zhonghe told Cui about the happy event. Because of Mr. Chen San's affairs, Cui Shi has not spoken to him for more than half a month, but the first thing Chen Zhonghe does when he returns home every day is to pay his respects to Cui Shi. As for Cui's ignoring him all the time, Chen Zhonghe didn't take it seriously either.

Filial piety comes first, and sons of scholars like Chen Zhonghe pay more attention to filial piety. But in their hearts, the most important thing is the family. Family inheritance and inheritance are more important than filial piety. But this time, Master Chen San happened to violate this bottom line, and Chen Zhonghe naturally couldn't tolerate it any longer.

Cui Shi was delighted: "Really?"

Chen Zhonghe nodded and said, "This matter was informed by someone sent by the palace, there should be no falsehood."

When Cui heard the words Youwangfu, displeasure flashed in his eyes. There was an accident at home that day, she sent someone to Mu Qing to ask her to help resolve the matter, but was stopped by Princess You and did not see anyone. There is really no benefit in marrying such a person.