This member of the Song Dynasty in Runan City has a surname of Song, a first name of De, and a courtesy name of Zhongyi.
You should understand by reading 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.
At that time, Song De's brother died of a sudden illness when he was less than ten years old. His parents couldn't understand: Our old Song family was so rich, and we hired the best doctors to see him, how could 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 know anything about science, so they looked for unscientific explanations—asking fortune tellers.
That fortune teller was so smart. 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 received retribution.
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 Song De's parents heard this, they felt confident that our family had colluded with eunuchs and exploited the common people for generations, and now God would 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 rice to the porridge; of course... one side was given up, the other side should be colluding with the eunuchs or colluding, and the fish should be fish for the common people.
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 people in this world who are rich, unkind, and evil, but in their middle and old age, they devote themselves to religion and charity? 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.
Then 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 many wives and concubines, but now that he is over sixty years old, he still only has one child, 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.
It's a pity that 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, ordinary people are easy to bully, but you have to have a certain temper.
Injury cases are easier to handle. If you pay them a little for soup and medicine, they won't 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 compensation to your family, but as for the government...don't you have to take care of it too? 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 should we do if there are some people who suffer so much 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 so 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 great. 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? Do you uand?
Today, Song Xiang gave his father another blow.
Before it was time to eat, 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 appearance, Song De knew that he was in trouble again. He immediately stopped him sternly and asked, "Look, look, look... what do you look like? Are you there again?" What's going on outside?"
Don't look at Song Xiang who has been practicing martial arts for twenty years. He is tall and thick with a sinister face, while Song De is old, thin and weak... When my son stands in front of me, he looks like a son and is wilted.
In this world, Song Xiang is afraid of no one but Song De; Song Xiang's little bit of thoughtfulness is of no use in front of his father, and he will always be caught if he lies.
Therefore, Song Xiang was very honest in front of Song De: "Dad...I...I lost the fight."
"Hmph..." Song De laughed angrily at him, "Lost? Well done." He paused, "I've seen your beating before, how about punching the colorful tiger in Nanshan and kicking Beihai?" Hun Jianglong... are you sorry? I'm being very polite if I didn't beat you to death, teach you a lesson for me, I have to thank you."
Song Xiang was already brimming with anger, but he was scolded by his father in such a weird way, and he almost cried.
"Dad!" He said with a cry, "He, he...he won the battle, even if he won, he also scolded me, which was very unpleasant. Also, he...he also cheated me out of three thousand taels. silver!"
As soon as he heard those keywords, Song De's expression changed. The smile on his face disappeared in an instant, replaced by anger and surprise: "How much silver? 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 reached his throat and was still suppressed, "...where did you get three thousand taels?"
"I..." Song Xiang didn't dare to hide it, "I went to the warehouse to get an incense burner and went to Tongquanjian to pawn it for three thousand taels. I originally thought I could win and redeem the thing today. Who...who knows..."
Snapped--
Before Song Xiang finished speaking, Song De slapped him.
Song Xiang, who was tall and good at kung fu, was slapped in the face by his father, a skinny old man. What would be the result?
Song Xiang covered his face and rubbed it, but it didn't hurt much.
Song De's hand was so painful that if he applied any more force, his wrist would be dislocated.
"You are a traitor!" Song De stomped his feet angrily, "You are a 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.
There was nothing to say that day. Song Xiang got very drunk that night and fell asleep.
Over at Tong Chuanjian, although no one came to redeem the pawn, they didn't take it seriously. Anyway, if you come one day late, you will have to pay one more day of overdue money. To the pawn shop, this doesn't matter, and it doesn't matter. People go check to see if the "Nine Feathers Chasing Sun Furnace" is still in the library.
There was another thing that made the shopkeeper a little concerned, that is... Mr. Tongquan Liu Yufang sent 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 signature here. Without him, even though there are other appraisers, people will feel unsure after all.
…………
By the next day, Song De also calmed down, so early in the morning he sent someone to do "some things."
It was not until the afternoon that he came to ask his son for questioning.
Song Xiang was not stupid at all. When he heard that his father wanted to question him, he quickly went to get his mother to sit in, just so that she could protect him when he was questioned.
In this way, Song Xiang told Song De how he was "cheated out of three thousand taels by Sun Yixie" in his own way. Anyway, according to what he meant, he was right, he did it All wrong things are caused by being deceived or provoked by others.
By the way, Song Xiang also took the blame for his master Ma Chu, saying: "If it weren't for the man named Ma who insisted on teaching me some 'unique tricks' for me to use, I probably wouldn't have lost. I guess." Look... he might have colluded with that Sun Yixie and joined forces to defraud the Song family of money."
Song De knew his son well, so he just had heard of such words. After sending his son away, he immediately summoned a few more servants to come in and check the ins and outs of the matter several times through others.
Finally, he called Ma Chu and Zhao Yuan.
Song De didn't say much to Ma Chu. The general idea was to thank him for his dedication and hard work in the workplace over the years, and said that he was no longer suitable to continue to stay in the Song Mansion and went to the cashier to settle the money. Just go.
Ma Chu 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 Youyou 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 money and don't ask about right and wrong. Do you still remember this?" Song De sat down, took a sip of tea, and 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 was 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." Zhao Yuanyou said here, paused, and then said, "And... how much can you earn."
"Kill Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji." Song De said solemnly, "Take back the three thousand taels, and five hundred taels of them will be yours."
Zhao Youyou was silent for a while and 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." Woolen cloth?"
Song De took a leisurely sip of tea and replied: "If you take the three thousand taels and fly away, not only will the other party's people come to you to seek revenge, but I will not let you go." He stroked his beard, He raised his head slightly and said, "But if you get the money back for me, any grudges you 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 Youyou thought for a while and asked: "What if I can get the money back without killing them? Wouldn't that be better? Mr. Song can also save himself from worries."
"Ha..." 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, "You must take the money. That person... also must die."
"Is it because they humiliated your son?" 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 details of those three people and found out that it turned out that Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai... were both from Jinyiwei, and it goes without saying that Lei Buji, who was with them, was the same.
"In addition, I also asked someone to go to Tongchuanjian. Guess what? In just one day, the 'Nine Feathers Zhusun Furnace' that my silly son stole and pawned turned out to be the same as that of Tongchuanjian's living signature Liu Yufang. Gone together.
"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 just happened to be related to each other by Song Xiang.
It's not that Zhao Yuantao thinks things are simple, but Song De thinks things are complicated...
"Mr. Song, what do you mean?" Zhao Yuanyou continued to ask.
Song De then said: "This is Jin Yiwei trying to plot against my Song family through my son, so that I will lose both my money and treasure..."
At this moment, he started his erroneous reasoning with a serious look on his face: "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 propose to use a huge sum of three thousand taels for gambling in the ring? Is there too much money to use?
"This is clearly a plan to end the situation, 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 the Song family's treasures from the warehouse to me. After being deceived, they then used the undercover agent installed in Tongquanjian...that is, Liu Yufang to steal the things.
"The next day, on the ring, Sun Yixie came again to humiliate my son and took away the three thousand taels of silver. Hmm... what a good plan.
"I also sent people to inquire about the inn where the three boys were staying 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 from Runan City to the south without stopping. Oh...if they hadn't planned ahead, how could they have gone so fast?
"All in all, these things, at first glance, seem to be three fledgling gangsters fighting bravely, but in fact... they are a careful operation by the Jin Yiwei against my Song family. Those three boys are trying to They are their pawns. The water behind this... I don't know how deep it is...
"Why should I leave people like this?"
After his analysis, even Zhao Yuanyou broke out in a cold sweat. He felt that it made sense, and said in the dark heart: "Could it be that... I have made them easy too?"
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 They are still just small characters... But it can be seen from them that Huangmen in Shuzhong, Sun Mansion in Hangzhou, and Lei Buwei, who has retired from the world, have all come together with Jin Yiwei. This is a big 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... now there is an opportunity in front of you, it depends on which side you want to take. "
