This member of the Song Dynasty in Runan City has a surname of Song, a given name of De, and a courtesy name of Zhongyi.
You should understand by looking at his words that this person is the second eldest child in the family.
Then why is the second son in charge of the Song family now? It's simple...the boss dies early.
Back then, Song De's brother died of a sudden illness when he was less than ten years old. His parents couldn't figure out: Our old Song family was so rich that we invited the best doctors to see how this could happen. Can he die?
Isn’t this nonsense? According to the medical level of Zhao Dynasty, any method of death can be achieved.
But they didn’t understand any science, so they looked for unscientific explanations—asking fortune tellers.
How smart that fortune teller was. He came in, pretended to be a ghost with a solemn face, and finally came to the conclusion: You, the old Song family, have committed too many sins and have been punished.
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 hearing this, Song De’s parents felt convinced that our family has been colluding with eunuchs and the common people for generations, and 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... let it go on one side, and should they collude with the eunuchs on the other side? , the people should still eat fish.
To put it bluntly, people like them use part of their ill-gotten wealth to do good deeds, not because they really want to do good deeds, but just to buy some comfort for themselves.
Otherwise, why would there be so many unkind and evil people in the world who devote themselves to religion and charity in their middle and old age? It is because they themselves know that they are sinners that they go to pray to gods and worship Buddha; just like... this is also a business. In the first half of their lives, they have done bad things to make enough money and enjoyed enough. In the second half of their lives, they just want to donate money. Get out now so you don't end up in hell.
Why is Song De’s name and surname both derived from De and Yi? It's nothing more than asking for whatever his parents lack.
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 deep knowledge of the city.
Of course, 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.
Unfortunately, this Song Xiang is twenty-eight years old this year, and he is still a giant baby, looking for "loss-making deals" 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 cases of injury, rape or even murder, and then he has to settle the matter.
Yes, the common people are goodBully, but you have to have a degree.
Injury cases are easier to handle. If you pay the person a little for the soup and medicine, the other party will not dare to make trouble again.
What about rape and murder? This can't be "reconciled", right?
It’s a given that you have to pay money to your family members, but as for the government...don’t you also have to take care of it? The appetite there is greater 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. Are you embarrassed?
What if there are some bitter masters 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 easy to be a local bully? Song De tells you from personal experience - there is nothing we can do, the expenses in this business are too high, 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, Doyouuand?
Today, Song Xiang gave his father another blow.
Before dinner time, the grandson came back in disgrace. His clothes were dirty and his face was bruised and swollen. Moreover, Song De happened to bump into him when he entered the hospital.
"Stop!" Seeing his son's bearish behavior, Song De knew that he was in trouble again. He immediately stopped him sternly and asked, "Look, look, look at yourself... What do you look like? What are you doing outside?"
Don't look at Song Xiang who has been practicing martial arts for 20 years. As soon as he stopped, he looked like a son, and he was already wilting.
In this world, Song Xiang is afraid of no one but Song De; Song Xiang's little bit of care is of no use in front of his father, and he will always be caught if he lies.
So, Song Xiang was very honest in front of Song De: "Dad...I...I lost the fight."
"Humph..." Song De was even angry with him He smiled, "Lost? Well done." He paused, "I've seen your beating before, how about punching a colorful tiger in Nanshan, kicking a dragon in Beihai... Are you embarrassed? I'd be very polite if I didn't beat you to death. I'd like to thank you for teaching you a lesson."
Song Xiang was already feeling angry, but he was scolded by his father so strangely. , almost crying.
"Dad!" He said in a crying tone, "He, he...he won, even if he won, he still scolded me, which was very unpleasant, and, he...he You also defrauded me of three thousand taels of silver!"
As soon as he heard those keywords, Song De's expression changed, and the smile on his face disappeared in an instant, replaced by anger and surprise. : "How much silver? Can you say it again?"
"Three...three thousand taels..." Song Xiang lowered his head, raised his right hand, and gestured with three fingers.
"You..." Song De's blood had already reached his throat, and he was still holding it down, "...where did you get three thousand taels?"
" I..." Song Xiang didn't dare to hide it, "I'll go to the warehouse to get it.I bought an incense burner and went to Tongquanjian to pawn it for three thousand taels. I originally thought I could win and redeem it today. Who... who knows..."
Pa— —
Before Song Xiang finished speaking, Song De slapped him.
Song Xiang was so tall and good at kung fu, but he was slapped by his father, a skinny old man. What's the result of a slap?
Song Xiang covered his face and rubbed it, but it didn't hurt much.
Song De's hand hurt so much, use a little more force. I'm afraid my wrists will be dislocated.
"Gui Zi! Song De was so angry that he stamped his feet, "You traitor!" "
After the old man finished beating and scolding, he turned around and went back to the house without waiting for Song Xiang to say anything. He was also afraid... afraid that his son would burst his blood vessels and die there if he said a few words.
p>There was nothing to say that day, and Song Xiang got very drunk at night and fell asleep.
At Tong Quanjian, although there was no one to redeem his debt, he didn't expect much. Seriously, if you come one day late, you will have to pay one more day of arrears. It doesn't matter to the pawn shop, and no one will check whether the "Nine Feathers Zhuri Furnace" is still in the warehouse.
There is another thing that worries the shopkeeper a little bit, that is... Mr. Tongquan, Liu Yufang, sent someone 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 star here. Without him, even though there are other appraisers, people will feel unsure after all.
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On the second day, Song De also calmed down, so he sent someone to do "some things" early in the morning.
It was not until the afternoon that he asked his son to question him.
Song Xiang was not stupid at all. When he heard that his father wanted to question him, he quickly went to ask his mother to take charge. Just so that I could protect him when asked, Song Xiang used his own explanation of how he was "cheated out of three thousand taels by Sun Yixie". After telling Song De, anyway, according to what he said, he was right. All the wrong things he did were caused by being deceived or provoked by others.
By the way, Song Xiang also said. Ma Chu, his master, also took the blame and said: "If that man named Ma hadn't insisted on teaching me some 'special tricks' for me to use, I might not have lost. In my opinion... he might be He colluded with Sun Yixie and joined forces to defraud the Song family of money. ”
Song De knew his son, so he just heard such words. After sending his son away, he immediately summoned a few more servants to come in and explain the matter through others. He checked the whole story several times.
Finally, he called Ma Chu and Zhao Yuan.
Song De didn't say much to Ma Chu, and he just said thank you. After all his hard work and dedication in his job over the years, he said that he was no longer suitable to stay in the Song Mansion and could go to the cashier to settle the money.
Ma Chu.He 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 Chuan was taken away and only Mr. Song and Zhao Daoyao were left, Song De... finally changed his expression.
"Master Zhao, when you first came to my 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 and took a sip of tea. , 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.
"It depends on who to kill." When Zhao Yutao said this, he paused and then said, "And...how much you can earn."
"You take that grandson? "Kill Yi Xie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji," Song De said solemnly, "Take back the three thousand taels, and five hundred taels will be yours."
Zhao Tuoyao was silent for a while. , 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?"
Song De took a leisurely sip of tea and replied: "If you take the three thousand taels and fly away, not only will people from the other side come to seek revenge on you, but I will not let you go either." He He stroked his beard and raised his head slightly, "But if you get the money back for me, any grudges you may have at that time 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 again and asked, "Wouldn't it be better if I could get the money back without killing them? That would save Mr. Song from worries? ."
"Huh..." Song De smiled, "Master Zhao, I'm afraid you didn't understand what I meant." At this point, there was a cold look in his eyes. "The money must be taken, and that person... must also die."
"Is it because they humiliated the young master?" 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 three It turns out that 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 am also looking for someone. I went to Tongquanjian for a trip, and guess what? In just one day, the 'Nine Feathers Sun Furnace' that my silly son had stolen and pawned had disappeared together with Liu Yufang, Tong Chuanjian's living signature.
"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 Zhao Daandao whoThings were simplified, but Song De made things complicated...
"Master Song, what do you mean?" Zhao Youyou 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, he looked serious and spoke. He started his own erroneous reasoning without hesitation: "In my opinion, those three thousand taels are just a primer... Their real goal is actually the 'Nine Feathers Chasing the Sun Furnace'.
"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.
“Think about it carefully, how could someone immediately propose using a huge sum of three thousand taels for gambling in the ring? Is there so much money that there is no place to use it?
"This is clearly a plan to end things, taking advantage of my son's immature and impulsive personality to lead him to do stupid things like stealing and stealing... In this way, they will effortlessly take away my Song family's treasures. They were tricked out of the warehouse, and then they stole the things through the undercover agent installed in Tongquanjian...that is, Liu Yufang.
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"I also sent people to inquire about the inn where the three boys lived 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 without stopping. They left Runan City and headed south... If they hadn't had a plan in advance, 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 plan by Jin Yiwei against my Song family. Action, those three boys are their pawns, the water behind this... I don’t know how deep it is...
"What should I do with people like this? "
After his analysis, even Zhao Youtao broke out in a cold sweat. He felt that it made sense, and said in the dark center: "Could it be that... I also made them easy?" "
Song De saw that Zhao Yuanyou seemed to "understand", with 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 just small characters... But it can be seen from them that the Huangmen in Shuzhong, the Sun Mansion in Hangzhou, and Lei Buwei, who has retired from the world, have all come together with Jinyiwei. This is the big picture. 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... there is an opportunity in front of you now, it depends on what you want. Which way are you standing? ”