"Zishan, I really want to thank you for what happened today. The belongings you brought out immediately calmed them down and helped me a lot. I will return part of it to you tomorrow and the remaining three days. I will definitely return it to you."
"Uncle Shi, no need. These things are a burden to me. I can't bear them. As long as I can help you, that's fine."
"How about that... let's do this. If you don't like property, I have an independent old house nearby. Tomorrow I will ask Ah Rong to give you the key to the house first. You can go there at any time that is convenient for you. transfer."
Mu Zishan was about to refuse Xiang Shaoqin and said, "Zishan, don't refuse. They are just external possessions. With a house, you will also have a home in Shanghai in the future."
Muzishan was not a troubled person, so he no longer refused when Xiang Shaoqin said it so seriously.
Xiang Rong then brought a bottle of iced glutinous rice wine, poured it for the two of them and said, "Master, it's very cold outside. How about we go back to the house first."
"No, it's too troublesome to come out in a while. Where are Zhao Da and the others?"
"They didn't want to go back. I arranged hot pot for them at the concierge."
"This is not good, Ah Rong, they are guests now."
"Master, they asked for it themselves."
"I understand, go down."
After Xiang Rong walked away, Xiang Shaoqin continued, "By the way, Zishan, where did you get those belongings?"
"Ill-gotten gains obtained from some desperadoes in Southeast Asia..." Muzishan briefly recounted his experiences in Southeast Asia.
After listening, Xiang Shaoqin was speechless for a moment. The money from the hallucinogen dealer actually filled his own hole. This world is really wonderful sometimes.
"After this incident is over, I will open a non-profit drug treatment sanatorium."
Muzishan smiled sincerely at Xiang Shaoqin when he heard this. This is how wealth should be used. Muzishan liked Xiang Shaoqin's arrangement very much.
"Uncle Shi, there is something I don't understand. These belongings may be a lot for ordinary people, but they are actually nothing to you businessmen. Why did some of them leave immediately after I took them out? Woolen cloth."
"Because they can't afford to lose this person. The first to leave was the Qian family. Their family is also a well-known family in Shanghai. He saw that I was prepared, so it would be disrespectful to continue to pester him. Qi family, Ma family, Xie family The family also left for this reason. If they don’t even want to settle accounts with me, they will not be kind today. The money is not enough. "
"Uncle Shi, has the Xiang family really reached this point? Why don't you let Qi Lu help you? He should be able to help you with money now."
"No, our Xiang family is not short of money, but no one keeps so much cash at home. Our family's problem is more complicated. Everyone in the family is holding us back. If not, how could those people dare to come to our door like this? Forced into the palace."
While the two were talking, something happened again. The doors of the six smaller bungalows opened one after another, and the Xiang family finally couldn't sit still.
...
There are two places with the most protected old buildings in Shanghai. One is in the so-called "French Concession" and the other is in Chang'an District.
Shanghai Zhang Mansion is located in Chang'an District. No one can imagine that there is such a Jiangnan garden in the center of Shanghai. There are more than ten courtyards. The scale of Zhang Family is even larger than some parks in the city. This courtyard is in Huhai is definitely the only one.
There is a hexagonal pavilion behind the rockery of the small lake, where three old people are eating crabs.
Zhang Nian'er was a little surprised at this time. She had never seen this old lady in their family serving people since she was born.
The old lady of the Zhang family is currently peeling crabs for two guests. She has eight tools for eating crabs: hammer, pier, scissors, spoon, shovel, scraper, fork, and tongs. Although the old lady of the Zhang family is already in her late twenties, her hands are extremely smooth. At first glance, she looks like a noble lady who has never touched the spring water. Her skill in peeling crabs is top-notch, and all the meat of the whole crab is removed. When it came out, the crab shell was not much damaged and could be put back together. Then she used crab meat to restore the shape of a crab.
The old lady from the Zhang family handed two plates of crab meat to the two old men in front of her.
"Senior brother, you eat first."
The old lady poured two glasses of warm rice wine for the two senior brothers.
Mr. Guo, the troubled master, was smiling so much that the folds on his face could kill flies. The two of them rarely come to Shanghai, because when they come to Shanghai, they have to meet their junior sister, and they don't dare to see her. They had no choice but to come to Shanghai this time. The two juniors they admired were framed, and they had no choice but to take action. Furthermore, the deadline is approaching, and it’s time to see his junior sister for the last time.
"How about my Qilu grandson?" In fact, Zhang Qilu is not Zhang Laitai's grandson, but her great-grandson, but the seniority of the old man is too high. She calls her juniors her grandchildren, so what?
Hearing this, the two nearly 100-year-old old men suddenly looked unnatural. The hairy crabs were not that delicious, so they put down their chopsticks silently.
Mr. Guo said, "This time someone from above took action. It's a bit difficult to handle."
"Hmph! What's the use of you two old guys."
As I get older, there are fewer taboos. The old lady who was so pleasant just now turns against her whenever she says so, scolding her two senior brothers as if she was scolding her own juniors.
"Junior sister, don't worry. Your grandson and Qin Dao are different. They are also registered big shots at the top. No one dares to touch them casually."
"Then what happened this time?"
"People outside have used our internal connections to try to frame them, and they have spent a lot of money. Some of us here also want to take this opportunity to see what their attitude is towards this country. There are also some people who want to use this opportunity to frame them. No one in power would like such an uncontrollable big shot."
"Hmph! It's childish. You two are such good children, but you still want to test them. Be careful not to lose your temper and make other people's hearts cold."
"Who says it's not, but as far as we know, we can't use ordinary people's mentality to measure their thoughts. These things are not a big deal to them."
"Stop talking nonsense, when will they come out?"
"Tomorrow, no matter what, we have to convince those people to let him go tomorrow. Otherwise, they will definitely find a way on their own. That won't look good."
"Hmph! So what else do you have to do today?"
The two old men stopped talking at this time. One lowered his head to eat crabs, and the other raised his head to drink.
"Tell me, you won't come if it's okay. I've known you for ninety years. How can I not understand you?"
"It's nothing serious. I'm just afraid that someone will do harm to your Zhang family tonight."
"How dare they, what a bunch of ghosts and monsters, let them try."
"Junior sister, this time is different. They came out in full force and they are serious. Looking at this movement, they will definitely destroy the Chinese practitioners at once. We two old men also came with the intention of dying this time. "
Seeing that the old lady didn't seem to take it seriously, Mr. Guo continued.
"This may be the largest collision between the strong men of the East and the West in history. Junior sister, don't take it seriously. Under such a general trend, your Zhang family is nothing. A family like yours will be crushed easily. of."
Mrs. Zhang put away her disapproval at this moment, but she still didn't take it seriously.
At this time, a woman walked towards the Hexagonal Pavilion.
"Sister, why are you here?" Zhang Nian'er came up to greet her.
The person who came was none other than Zhang Qilu's mother, Zhang Yuanmei. Zhang Yuanmei came to the ancestor of the Zhang family, bowed and said, "Old lady, some people are coming outside."
"Oh, really, he's really here, who is he?"
"Some of Qilu's men are men of his friend Qin Dao."
"Well, very good. He is a well-measured and filial child. My trip yesterday was not in vain. Have you invited me in?"
"They won't come in without them. We are out playing in the streets and setting up defenses."
"Let me bring you some late-night snacks and cigarettes. Don't let people think that our Zhang family doesn't understand etiquette."
"Yes, I'll do it right away."
"Wait, come back."
"What's wrong, old lady?"
The old lady thought for a while and still didn't mention Yuan Mei's son. She swallowed the words that came to her lips, "It's okay. The late night snacks are more refined and easy to eat."
"I know, I'll make some delicious snacks."
"Go ahead."
"What's wrong, junior sister, do you know that the matter is serious? Let me tell you, if there is something wrong with your Zhang family tonight, then there is something wrong with the Xiang family."
"The Xiang family..."
"Yes, Xiang Shaoqin."
...
In the Xiang family meeting room, Xiang Shaoqin was now facing several of his cousins and two other clan members.
Next to the Xiang family's conference room is their ancestral hall, so this place is considered the most solemn place of the Xiang family. There was only a huge solid wood round table in the room, and six people were sitting at the round table at the moment.
Xiang Shaoqin sat at the head of the family, and Xiang Shaoqi sat on the left hand side of Xiang Shaoqin. He was the roughest-looking of the people in the room, with an unruly look on his face, as if everyone owed him money.
Xiang Shaoshu is sitting opposite Xiang Shaoqin. His appearance shows that he is from the Xiang family. He is 70% similar to Xiang Shaoqin. He is handsome, but there is a gloomy look between his eyebrows. He must be thinking about the same thing. Very heavy man.
Xiang Shaohua is sitting next to Xiang Shaoqi. He looks weak and pale, but he is equally handsome. He looks more like a patient than Xiang Shaoqin.
The person on the right side of Xiang Shaoshu is the elder of the Xiang family. The old man is Xiang Shaoqin's uncle, Xiang Zhicheng.
The last person present was a young junior. His name was Xiang Taiyuan, and he was Xiang Shaoshu's son. But the strange thing was that he did not sit next to his father, but sat on Xiang Shaoqin's right hand side.
A family meeting to decide the future of the Xiang family is about to begin.
The door to the conference room was open, and they did not intend to hide it from the clan members. Outside the door, there were dozens of Xiang family members waiting anxiously. These people include men and women, old and young, and even young women holding babies. Everyone is waiting for their future destiny.
There was a small martial arts training ground outside the conference room. Mu Zishan walked around the martial arts training ground. There were traces of martial arts competitions many years ago, but it looked like it had been abandoned for many years.
"Master."
Muzishan heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw Xiang Rong asking someone to bring a weapons rack.
"I think you might be bored. I want someone to bring out the weapon rack that our master has put away for you to play with and relieve your boredom."
"Thank you, Uncle Rong."
Mu Zishan finally knew at this moment that being the steward of a big family was definitely not an easy task. At least they were absolute experts in judging people's hearts and observing their emotions.
Muzishan walked to the weapon rack, looked around, and pulled out a sword. Muzishan suddenly pointed the tip of the sword towards the sky, pointing to the sky and the moon. I don't know whether it was because of Mu Zishan's sword move or by chance, a dark cloud passed by and covered the moon.
A bolt of lightning struck towards Muzi Mountain.
