Yang Peng taught Zhou Yunjing how to make cakes in Tianjing New City because Yang Peng didn't have time to teach Zhou Yunjing a way to eat cakes, so that Zhou Yunjing could make them for the old lady to fulfill his filial piety. We did this once, and Yang Dezheng felt that there was a business opportunity, so he insisted on calling the aunt to teach. Zhou Yunjing usually treated Yang Dezheng more than Chai Xichun. When Yang Yanzhao wanted Yang Dezheng, Yang Dezheng ran to Zhou Yunjing. Once you get to Zhou Yunjing, you will be safe. This has been the case since childhood.
There are four large mansions in Bianjing. The former Wei King Zhao Guangmei's residence, the Eight Sage King Zhao Defang's residence, Fu Mansion, and Shi Mansion. It is a well-known fact in Bianjing that the Shi family is extremely wealthy. Since Taizu Zhao Kuangyin released his military power over a cup of wine, Shi Shouxin, the old man of the Shi family, has no longer been on the battlefield, and making money has become his new lifelong goal. Half of the industries in Bianjing City have traces of the Shi family. The Shi family's methods of amassing wealth were very domineering, including plundering, embezzlement and bribery, withholding military pay, etc., all of which were done openly.
In this regard, the two brothers Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi not only failed to convict, but secretly added fuel to the flames. Shi Mansion covers a huge area, and even the Shimen Tower in front of the main entrance looks huge. The three-foot-tall marble gate tower is carved with tigers, painted and surrounded by cloud patterns, making it look extremely majestic and domineering. The foundation at the entrance of Shi Mansion is also very high. If you want to enter, you must first go up thirty-six bluestone steps. Walking up the stone steps, we arrived at the main entrance of Shi Mansion.
Yang Dezhou signaled Luo Ye to knock on the door. Luo Ye's hands were so strong that he could hear the door of Shi Mansion clanking. "Hey~" Beside the main entrance, there is a low side door. The side door is opened a crack, and an old head sticks out from inside.
"Who is it?" Yang Dezheng slightly raised his hand, "You go in and tell me, Yang Dezheng wants to see you." The casual expression on the old face froze, and he asked: "But Mr. Yang of the Yang Mansion?" Yang Dezheng nodded, "Exactly."
The old concierge nodded, bowed and saluted, "Master Yang, please wait a moment until I come to report." The old concierge closed the side door and went in to report. Yang Dezheng and Luo Ye were waiting at the main entrance. Luo Ye is Yang Dezheng's bodyguard. He has great martial arts skills, but his skills are not inferior to Yang Yanzhao's
After a while, the side door opened, and a middle-aged man wearing a long gown and an arrogant attitude walked out. The middle-aged man walked up to Yang Dezheng and bowed slightly, "Yang Dalang, sir, please come in." The middle-aged man made an invitation gesture, but he was pointing to the side door of Shi Mansion.
Yang Dezheng smiled indifferently and asked, "Before going in, can you answer me a question first." The middle-aged man was arrogant and frowned: "What do you want to ask?" Yang Dezheng said with a smile: "Yesterday, Luo Ye came to visit. , but you received it?"
The middle-aged man was slightly stunned and said calmly: "I was the one who received the reception, and I also talked to her about the birthday cake. If you are here today because of the birthday cake, then you don't need to see our master. I can just talk.”
"Really?" Yang Dezheng had a bright expression on his face. Immediately, Leng Ruobingshuang raised his foot and kicked the middle-aged man in the stomach. "Who do you think you are, are you qualified to talk to me?" Yang Dezheng moved his foot and kicked the middle-aged man rudely.
Turning around and seeing Luo Ye standing aside coldly, Yang Dezheng said angrily: "What are you doing standing still? Take action!" Luo Ye glanced at him coldly and said lightly: "If my subordinates take action, he will die." Yang Dezheng He shook his head helplessly, "Then forget it."
Yang Dezheng kicked people with full force. The middle-aged man was rolling on the ground in pain. The old man at the concierge stared at it with wide eyes, and after a long while he said in shock: "You are beating someone in front of Shi Mansion?!" Yang Dezheng snorted coldly, "Tell Shi Yuansun to come out to see me, or I will beat this bitch to death." Hearing this, the old man at the concierge hurriedly ran to the house.
A moment later, when the middle-aged man was kicked out of breath by Yang Dezheng, the middle door of Shifu opened wide. A loud voice sounded from inside the door. "Hahaha... Why did nephew Yang Xian have time to come to Shifu today?" A middle-aged man about thirty-five years old, dressed in fine clothes and wearing a jade belt, came out accompanied by a group of servants.
Seeing the out-of-control housekeeper being stepped on by Yang Dezheng, his mouth twitched slightly. "Nephew Yang, why did this bitch offend you? Tell your uncle and he will help you vent your anger." Yang Dezheng smiled brightly and kicked the outer house steward hard.
"Ah~" the outer house steward wailed miserably. Yang Dezheng patted his sleeves, clasped his fists and said, "My nephew has met Uncle Shi. This bitch of yours can't speak human language. I'll teach him how to speak human language."
Shi Baoxing laughed and didn't pay attention to the stepped-down steward. "Nephew Yang, please come inside." Yang Dezheng shook his gown and followed Shi Baoxing into the Shi Mansion. As soon as you enter the door, you are faced with a huge screen wall. On the screen wall is carved a huge tiger. The tiger carving is lifelike and quite majestic.
Shi Baoxing brought Yang Dezheng in and shouted, "Nephew Yang, did you strike too hard just now? Shi Zhong is a member of my Shifu after all. Even if I have to teach him a lesson, it's not your turn, right?" Shi Baoxing The troops began to be prosecuted. This was expected by Yang Dezheng. Beating a dog depends on the owner, not to mention beating the people of Shifu at the door of Shifu.
In this regard, Yang Dezheng does not intend to have any response. He didn't believe that with the friendship between Shi Yang's family, the Shi family would really make things difficult for him for a servant.
Yang Dezheng didn't seem to hear Shi Baoxing's accusation. He stared at the screen wall of Shi Mansion and exclaimed: "Uncle Shi, this screen wall, if my nephew sees it correctly, it should be a whole piece of Taishan stone, right? Such a big piece How much does it cost to transport things from Mount Tai..."
"Zizzizi~" Yang Dezheng chirped, "How many soldiers' blood do you have to drink to get so much money..." "Uh!" Shi Baoxing's smile froze, and he immediately had the urge to drive Yang Dezheng out. "Haha... Nephew Yang Xian was joking, please come in." Shi Baoxing smiled awkwardly and stopped mentioning the beating. Along the way, from the main entrance of Shi Mansion to the main hall where Shi Mansion entertains guests.
Yang Dezheng didn't stop talking. As soon as I passed by, I shook my head and sighed. Words about corruption, bribery, extortion, and deduction of military pay were never out of his mouth. The smile on Shi Baoxing's face had long since disappeared, his face was ashen, and his hands were trembling.
He had the urge to strangle Yang Dezheng at any time. Entering the main hall of Shifu, I saw a huge painting hanging in the main hall.
Yang Dezheng immediately exclaimed in shock, "The "Pictures of Immortals" by the Wu family in Yuzhou, this thing should be widely rumored by people in Bianjing. My second uncle Baoji detained more than a dozen people and took it back, right?" Painting Saint Wu Daozi was born in Yuzhou. The Wu family in Yuzhou mentioned by Yang Dezheng refers to the clan of the descendants of the painting saint Wu Daozi.
This "Picture of Immortals" is an ancestral heirloom of the Wu family in Yuzhou. "enough!"
Shi Baoxing couldn't bear it anymore and roared loudly. "Yang Dalang, you beat the steward of my house when you came in. After you came in, you uttered arrogant words many times. Do you think that there is no one in my Shi family?" Yang Dezheng smiled brightly, "Uncle Shi, don't be angry. My nephew also said what he said from the bottom of his heart. You I also know that my nephew is now in the position of Zuo Bu Que, and he knows a little bit about the power of Zuo Bu Que to supervise all officials and report on the news. What my nephew said today was just to point out some inappropriate things about your loyalty. Department. If Uncle Shi rectifies it, he can avoid a lot of impeachment and trouble."
"My Shi family has always behaved like this. The piles of memorials to impeach our Shi family can fill this room. Up to now, our Shi family is not as stable as Mount Tai." Shi Baoxing snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "If Nephew Yang wants to Impeach my Shi family, go ahead." Yang Dezheng smiled and consciously sat on the seat in the main hall of Shi Mansion.
"Uncle Shi has misunderstood. How could my nephew impeach the Shi family?" He glanced around and wondered, "Uncle Shi, my nephew came to visit and didn't even have a cup of tea?" Shi Baoxing glanced at Yang Yansi coldly and took a long step. He walked to the main seat and sat down, reluctantly giving the order.
"Serve tea." After hearing Shi Baoxing's instructions, the maids hurriedly served two cups of fragrant tea. Yang Dezheng sniffed. The tea in Shi Baoxing's cup was full of fragrance, but the tea in his cup had no taste at all. Yang Dezheng shook his head secretly, picked up the teacup, wet his lips, and put down the teacup. Shi Baoxing tasted the fragrant tea, smacked his lips, and said calmly: "Nephew Yang, you have drank the tea, should you explain your purpose of coming?"
Yang Dezheng slightly cupped his hands and said, "My nephew came here today because he has two things to discuss with his uncle." Shi Baoxing waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "You don't need to talk about the birthday cake. Shi Zhong's attitude is ours. The attitude of the Shi family." Yang Dezheng frowned slightly, and then slowly relaxed it. He smiled and said, "My nephew can give the share of the birthday cake to the Shi family. But my nephew still has two things to do and needs Uncle Shi's help."
"Oh?" Shi Baoxing was a little surprised to hear that Yang Dezheng voluntarily gave up being a part of the birthday cake. There are now more than a dozen birthday cake shops in Bianjing City, and shops have also been set up in surrounding counties. Last year, the birthday cake shop contributed nearly 150,000 taels of silver profit to Shi Mansion.
This is also the reason why Shifu wants to swallow up the birthday cake business despite breaking up with Yang Dezheng. The profit from the Birthday Cake Shop is only a drop in the bucket compared to Shi Mansion's property. However, with the greedy nature of the Shi family, they will not spit out what they eat.
"Is what nephew Yang Xian said true?" Shi Baoxing was confused. Yang Dezheng smiled and nodded. The expression on Shi Baoxing's face softened a bit, and he smiled slightly, "Here, come, give Nephew Yang a cup of fragrant tea." He was arrogant at the front and respectful at the back.
He behaves like a businessman. "Nephew Yang Xian just told me that he had something to ask for. When he told me, my uncle asked me for details. If he can help, my uncle will definitely give him a helping hand."
Having just taken over the business of the birthday cake shop, Shi Baoxing naturally couldn't ignore Yang Dezheng's request. Yang Dezheng must be asking for something if he can give up such a big piece of meat. This is an unwritten rule in officialdom. Shi Baoxing's calculation is simple.
If what Yang Dezheng wanted was simple, he might as well be a favor. If what Yang Yansi asked for was too difficult, he could refuse, or he could open his mouth and blackmail him. Yang Dezheng held up his hands and said: "Uncle, my nephew has two things to ask of my uncle. The first thing is that my nephew wants to exchange your family's share in the Yongning Army. I wonder what my uncle wants?"
When Shi Baoxing heard this, he raised his eyebrows. The maid just brought the fragrant tea, but he blocked it. Yang Dezheng was stunned when he saw this. Looking at Shi Baoxing's attitude, he almost refused. Sure enough, after Shi Baoxing asked the maid to bring down the fragrant tea, he said with a sullen face, "Nephew Yang, you are a lobbyist sent by His Majesty. Do you want to eliminate our Shi family's escape?"
Yang Dezheng was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "Why did Uncle Shi say this?" "Huh!" Shi Baoxing snorted coldly and said in a cold voice: "Since Taizu released his military power after a cup of wine, our Shi family handed over the Gui De Army and the Currently, only the shares of the Yongning Army and the Zhenan Army are left in the balance of the Tianping Army. Now that we, the Shi Family, are being asked to give up our share of the Yongning Army, will the next step be to ask us, the Shi Family, to give up our share of the Zhenan Army?"
Shi Baoxing's eyes burst into flames, "If we lose our share in the army, what kind of generals are we, the Shi family? Are Zhao Heng going to kill them all?" Yang Dezheng burst out laughing and said, "Uncle Shi misunderstood. This matter has nothing to do with Your Majesty, but with my nephew." It’s my own idea. My nephew wants to exchange your mansion’s share in the Yongning Army with the Datong Army’s share.”
Shi Baoxing was stunned, shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "No." Yang Dezheng felt a little surprised. The Datong Army and the Yongning Army were both Xiang armies, but the Datong Army was far more important than the Yongning Army. Shi Baoxing was willing to give up the share of the Datong Army rather than replace the share of the Yongning Army.
When did the Yongning Army become so important to the Shi family? "Let's talk about the second thing." Shi Baoxing said solemnly. Yang Dezheng pondered for a moment, "The second thing is that my nephew wants your government to withdraw from the competition for the position of General Zuo Lingjun Wei." Shi Baoxing frowned, "General Zuo Lingjun Wei? This can be discussed."
Shi Baoxing picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked: "What price can you pay?" Yang Dezheng thought for a moment and said in deep thought: "What price does your government need to give up the post of general of the left army guard?" Fight for it?" Shi Baoxing stretched out a finger and said quietly.
"Gold, one hundred thousand taels." "Hey~" Yang Dezheng stood up, frowned and stared at Shi Baoxing, and shouted in a low voice: "Uncle Shi, you are just like a lion. With one hundred thousand taels of gold, I can buy one for ten thousand taels." The title of General of the Second Guard." Shi Baoxing sneered and said: "If you have the ability, just buy it. Anyway, if we want our Shi family to withdraw from the competition for the position of General of the Left Guard, we have to have one hundred thousand taels of gold."
Yang Dezheng said with a gloomy face, "Uncle Shi, do you really want to do things so well?" Shi Baoxing picked up the tea cup and said leisurely: "We in the Shi family don't do anything, we only do business."
"Farewell!" Yang Dezheng handed over his hand and left the main hall of Shi Mansion with a meteoric stride. As soon as Yang Yansi left, Shi Yuansun hurried out from the back hall of the main hall of Shi Mansion and questioned Shi Baoxing angrily. "Dad, why do you treat Brother Dalang like this? We have taken over Brother Dalang's share of the birthday cake shop, so we are already at a loss. Our family has no intention of competing for the position of general of the left army guard. Why do you still want to do this? The lion opened his mouth and asked Brother Dalang if he wanted one hundred thousand taels of gold?"
Shi Baoxing glanced at Shi Yuansun coldly, and said calmly: "My father has his own concerns about this matter, and I don't need to explain it to you. You are not qualified to question my father, so get out of here." Shi Yuansun was angry and stomped his feet. , angrily, "I'm going to find grandpa..." After throwing away these words, Shi Yuansun angrily rushed to an elegant courtyard in the backyard of Shi Mansion and went to Shi Shouxin to complain.
As soon as Shi Yuansun left, Shi Baoxing was the only one left in the main hall. Shi Baoxing looked at the tiger head stone outside the main hall door and murmured to himself, "This matter is far from as simple as it seems." After leaving Shi's house, Yang Dezheng felt like a fire was burning in his heart. The greed of the Shi family completely exceeded Yang Dezheng's imagination.
A left-leading army guard general, competing for a fourth-grade official position, Shijia actually dared to offer one hundred thousand taels of gold. This doesn't look like a discussion, it's clearly a disguised rejection. Yang Dezheng got on the soft sedan impatiently.
The leading bearer asked: "Master, let's go back to the house?" Yang Dezheng sighed, "Go to the Huyan family." Yang Dezheng didn't know how to face the Huyan family.
At present, he failed to win the Shi family, so he could only bite the bullet and visit the Huyan family. I hope to unite the Huyan family and the Cao family in the Yongning army to suppress those who exclude the Shi family. Forcing the Shi family to voluntarily withdraw from the Yongning army.
Huyan Mansion is not far from Shi Mansion and covers an area slightly larger than Yang Mansion. The mansion was given by Zhao Guangyi. When he arrived at the door of Huyan Mansion, he sent Luo Ye to knock on the door. A moment later, Hu Yanda's figure appeared at the door of the house.
Hu Yanda's face was gloomy and he seemed unwilling to pay attention to Yang Yansi. "Yang Dalang, what are you doing here?" Huyanda was not as polite as before, nor did he call him 'Brother Dalang'. His tone was cold, as if he were talking to a stranger.
Yang Dezheng looked a little embarrassed, and managed to squeeze out a smile. He cupped his fists and said, "I'm going to visit Uncle Huyan today." Huyanda frowned and stared at a pair of bull's eyes. "What's important?" "Ahem... ..." Yang Dezheng was a little confused by Hu Yanda's straightforward words and coughed dryly, "Brother, can I go in and talk?"
Hu Yanda glared and said in a low voice: "What are you going in for? You can't talk about anything here? Do you still want to harm my little sister?" Yang Dezheng said helplessly: "Only my uncle can make the decision on what I want to talk about. I can tell you It’s useless.”
After pondering for a moment, he asked. Hu Yanda snorted coldly, stared at Yang Dezheng for a long time, and then said: "Follow me into the mansion..." Yang Dezheng handed over his hand, "Thank you." Under the leadership of Hu Yanda, Yang Dezheng and Luo Ye entered Huyan Mansion. The furnishings and decorations in Huyan Mansion are very rough, and you can tell at a glance the family background of the owner.
"Boom~" As soon as Yang Dezheng entered the door, two burly men from Huyan Mansion closed the door of Huyan Mansion.
"Whoosh~" Hu Yanda picked up two steel whips that had been prepared and slashed at Yang Dezheng.
"I'll beat you to death for being such a heartless person." Hu Yanda's attack was so fierce that Yang Dezheng was startled. Yang Dezheng retreated and dodged. Luo Ye stepped forward with a short sword in his hand, ready to face him.
"Stand down, you have no part in this matter." Yang Dezheng shouted and pushed away Luo Ye, his left side avoiding the steel whip in Hu Yanda's hand.
The steel whip hit the flower bed where Yang Dezheng was standing, creating a hole in the bluestone flower bed. The people of the Huyan family all have amazing strength, and their steel whip skills are also widely used, and they move forward bravely. Yang Dezheng gave in several times and was forced to retreat to a weapons rack.
"Look at the whip!" Huyanda roared, raised the steel whip above his head, and charged up a blow.
"Bang~" The steel whip hit the weapon rack, and the weapon rack was smashed into pieces. A silver-like pewter spear flew past Yang Yansi's eyes.
Yang Dezheng reached out and grabbed the silver pewter gun. The big gun was swung, and its body was like a dragon, meeting the steel whip in Huyanda's hand. The steel whip hit the big gun, pressing down with huge force, and the gun bent into a bow shape. Yang Dezheng lowered his head and released one end of the gun. The gun body drew an arc in the air. With the elastic force, it hit the steel whip in Huyanda's hand.
"Kick, kick, kick~" Huyanda was hit by the elastic force and took three steps back. "Pah!" He stomped his feet and released his remaining strength. The bluestone beneath his feet shattered into eight petals. "Come again!"
Huyanda roared, holding the steel whip in his hands like two windmills spinning. The steel whip danced, accompanied by the buzzing sound of the wind.
Yang Dezheng was solemn, holding the gun with both hands, and shot out. If the gun hits the target, it will be difficult for the enemy to stop it. A spear shot out, as fast as lightning, and a silver line flashed past. The head of the gun had already pierced Huyanda's chest. The silver-like pewter spearhead did not pose much of a threat to Huyanda.
"Roar~" Huyanda roared fiercely, and used his rough and thick body to break the silver-like pewter spear. The double whips hit Yang Dezheng hard. "That's enough." Seeing that the steel whip in Huyanda's hand was about to fall on Yang Dezheng, Huyanzan rushed over from the main hall, saw it from a distance, and shouted to stop.
The steel whip in Hu Yanda's hand stopped just inches in front of Yang Dezheng. Huyanzan stared, his beard trembling with anger. "You brat, if Da Lang had a real gun in his hand, he would have stabbed you in the eye. You are obviously defeated, but you won't let him go. Is this the way our Huyan family handles things?"
Huyanda put away the steel whip and snorted coldly, "The child can't control that much. The child just wants to beat him up to vent his anger on the little sister." Huyan praised and scolded: "If you have reason to not hit the door-kick, what do you do in your daily life? Teach you? There are no rules at all, get back here."
"Hmph!" Huyanda tilted his nose, snorted coldly, glanced at Yang Dezheng coldly, and left with his whip. Yang Dezheng let out a long sigh, cupped his fists and saluted, "My nephew has met Uncle Huyan. I took the liberty of paying him a visit today. I hope my uncle will forgive me for my troubles."
Hu Yanzan forced a smile on his face. "Our two families are on good terms with each other, and there is no need to talk about being in trouble or not. When you come to Uncle Huyan's house, you will feel like you are at your own home. There is no need to be so formal."
Hu Yanzan took Yang Dezheng to the main hall of Huyan Mansion. On the way, Hu Yanzan couldn't help but praise. "Dalang, my uncle just saw that your move was quite successful. I didn't expect you to have such great martial arts skills at such a young age. It really shocked my uncle!" Hu Yanzan stroked his beard and chirped. He said, "I didn't expect that you are not only rich in literary talent, but also have such superb martial arts. It is really rare." "Both civil and military... both civil and military... It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity that the old guy Cao Qiang took the lead. Yang Dezheng smiled awkwardly and said with a hint of humility: "Uncle, you are so complimentary. My nephew only spends his free time practicing martial arts to strengthen his body. If we really want to talk about my level, it is not worth mentioning in front of you."
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
