Chapter 18 Old Events of the Zhong Family
Yi Xifeng was secretly calculating how many things he had taken tonight. Even if he had the intention to write it down, sometimes the money was spent like water. In the end, he couldn't even remember. It was about eighteen thousand to twenty thousand. Between three thousand taels.
This number is no longer small for him. Thinking back to when he took Zhao Xiaoguang and Zhao Daguang to open the Qingxin Winery in Yinren Town, he only made ten thousand taels of revenue in a year, which is a common martial arts practice. The family's expenses of nearly 20,000 taels are also a lot of money.
He touched the bottle of emerald-colored elixir in his arms. This elixir from the True Martial Arts Hall was actually a harder currency than he imagined. Although the girl named Xiu'er left without saying anything, However, from the fleeting reluctance she showed when she threw the porcelain bottle back to him, Yi Xifeng was sure that this bottle of elixir was a good thing.
Of course, this was what he planned in advance. After all, on Zhenwu Mountain, although this kind of Tongmai Pill is rare, it is not precious. The deacons in the sect will distribute it every quarter. Fortunately, Yi Xifeng also lived a poor life. Since his meridians are fully connected, he naturally does not need this kind of elixir, and it would be a considerable fortune to keep it.
Of course, not every pill issued by the sect is a silver-patterned pill. In fact, most of the pills he received were copper-patterned pills. Silver-patterned pills were only issued once a year. Later, when he went down the mountain, he used the accumulated I exchanged some of the copper-patterned pills for the silver-patterned pills to get this bottle of pills.
Just when Yi Xifeng was secretly thinking about it, several men dressed as guards walked to the private room where he was, and then said in a deep voice: "Our master wants to see you."
Yi Xifeng looked at the pair of guards in front of him. Although they were just guards from the Zhong Family Trading Company, they looked like elite soldiers in the army, the kind of tough soldiers who had seen blood.
Unexpectedly, the Zhong family does have some tricks, and even this ordinary guard is well-trained!
While he was thinking about it, he asked, "Oh? Is there something wrong with the pill I gave her?"
The guard obviously couldn't answer the other party's question, so he had to repeat again: "Our master wants to see you, please come with me."
As he said this, the man turned sideways and extended his hand to salute, which seemed very polite. The young man wearing a long gown hesitated for a moment and then followed them out of the private room. He mentioned that he had just bought this long gown. After all, his moon-white robe had been torn into pieces due to the previous battle.
At this time, it seemed that Yi Xifeng had changed his appearance again. The green shirt has long sleeves, and a sword hangs from his waist, which makes him look like an angry young man walking with a sword. It's just that his too delicate and fair face makes people look like the kind of sword-wielding scholar who is too stupid to read. Coupled with the sapphire gourd hanging on the waist, it is indeed full of middle-class aura!
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"Tell me, what do you want to know?" The girl sat in front of a desk at the top and asked softly, looking at the account in her hand. Wei Huohu and Kui Mulang, who had fought against Yi Xifeng before, stood behind her like two door gods.
Yi Xifeng didn't look at the two strong men, but his energy was locked on them. After all, there is a gap between people's hearts, and failure to protect each other will make these two people suddenly take action. If he is seriously injured, then he may not even have a chance to come back.
"I want to know what happened between Zhong Rui and Zhong Lingxi. Why did Zhong Qianhe agree to their marriage?" Yi Xifeng asked calmly.
Although the girl was already prepared, she was still pretty and slightly wrinkled. She took a deep look at Yi Xifeng and asked meaningfully without answering him: "What is your relationship with Zhong Lingxi?"
Yi Xifeng raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said with a smile: "It's nothing, my mother-in-law!"
"Haha, you are a confidante, right?" Xiu'er asked with a sweet smile as if "you and I both understand".
"Well, beauties don't count, Lan Yan should be..." Yi Xifeng muttered to himself.
Xiu'er sighed softly. She obviously didn't hear the young man's mutterings and said to herself: "It's not easy for you either. You can't get what you ask for. The person you like marries someone else's wife..."
Yi Xifeng looked at the other party helplessly. It seemed that his position in Xiu'er's heart was no longer there. He must be the "absolutely infatuated" spare tire dog licker, unwilling to face the reality bravely...
Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he thought to himself: This is good, if she can treat him as a fellow sufferer, maybe she can get some information that she wants to know.
As soon as he thought of this, Yi Xifeng immediately changed his appearance, with a fierce look in his eyes, "Lingxi, Lingxi, she must have been forced! She, how could she do this?..."
The two strong men whom the girl called "cat and dog" had already stepped in front of Xiu'er, ready to subdue Yi Xifeng who was about to explode. But this performance, in the girl's eyes, further confirmed her guess.
She raised her hand and waved to ask the two people around her to step back. She continued: "Actually, the thing is like this..."
Xiu'er then slowly told Yi Xifeng about the changes in the Zhong family in recent years.
That day, the Zhong family was targeted by Zhou Yuanyi, the inner sect elder of the Luo Yun Sect, who planned to instigate rebellion against the Zhong family's chief steward, Zhong Qian, who was Zhong Rui's grandfather. But in the end, Li Chengtao intervened in time to stop it, which triggered the war!
After that, the Li brothers teamed up to fight against the powerful warrior named "Jade Faced Bodhisattva" and then moved their positions. At the same time, Ji Shenfu also entered Yinren Town from the northern border with a hundred cavalry.
Prior to this, the head of the Zhong family, Zhong Qianhe, had been bedridden and had not participated in it. However, he still did not escape the detection of Zhao Yunming, the salary list organization. After all, this tall, thin, middle-aged man had been engaged in intelligence work for decades, so naturally he was interested in it. Many things about human nature are clearly seen.
Zhong Qianhe used an excuse to be ill and pushed Zhong Qian to the front, just to let him lead some of the clan's children who were not far away from Yinren Town to leave Yinren. This could also be regarded as leaving a bloodline for his family.
Later, there were two other Hero Realm elders from Luo Yunzong: Ouyang Huanxi and Liu Baiyuan. They came to Luoye City because of the blood-stained monuments, and discovered that Zhou Yuanyi was trapped in the formation in the secret realm. They even witnessed Zhou Yuanyi and the Li brothers being forcibly taken into the secret realm.
Later, these two terrifyingly powerful inner sect elders took Ji Shenfu, who had just returned from defeat, to regroup and attack Yinren Town again...
Yi Xifeng also knew the result after that. More than 80 strong men died tragically, and some of them guarded Tie Yi and Zhao Yunming. Bai Yuan and several others eventually died in the hands of the enemy, and Yinren Town was destroyed.
Since then, there were still many homeless people in Yinren Town, so they began to slowly gather, and finally entered Qingchuan County through Hongyan Town and Longxi Town.
The children of the Zhong family who had left Yinren before seized this opportunity. They relied on themselves to leave Yinren Town earlier and were more prepared, so they settled in Qingchuan County.
As soon as Yinren Town was destroyed, more and more people came to Qingchuan County in just half a month. And the children of the Zhong family like them took this opportunity to make a huge fortune from the war.
Taking this opportunity, the Zhong family took root in Qingyun City in Qingchuan County and established their own Zhong Family Trading Firm. These people from Yinren Town, who are single and foreigners in a foreign land, will naturally support them vigorously when they see the trading houses of the six major Yinren families. This also allowed Zhongjia Trading Company to quickly get through the difficult period ahead.
At this time, Zhong Rui, who had been in Qingchuan County and was responsible for mission rationing and intelligence here, came to the front desk. First of all, most of the people who left Yinren Town and came to Qingchuan County were people who supported Zhong Rui's grandfather Zhong Qian; secondly, Zhong Rui's own strength and material resources were considered to be the best among the younger generation of the Zhong family; finally, It came from a commission letter from Zhong Qianhe.
As for the general content of the letter, I actually thought that Zhong Rui was a good kid a long time ago. He had been serving as the captain of the Iron Guards before, and he was young and promising. Besides, he also knew the intelligence of Qingchuan County... Therefore, he decided to Granddaughter Zhong Lingxi is betrothed to Zhong Rui.
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When Yi Xifeng heard the news, he suddenly felt hundreds of grass and mud horses galloping past in his heart... It was hard to imagine that everyone could believe such a poor performance. Obviously, this letter cannot be Zhong Qianhe's letter. Because in terms of human nature, it is possible for Zhong Qianhe to entrust Zhong Lingxi to others.
Even if he is worried about the girl's future life, if he wants to arrange for someone to take care of her, he will do it quietly instead of announcing it like this. Because once it is announced that Zhong Rui will take care of Zhong Lingxi, it is equivalent to directly giving up the position of the head of the family to Zhong Rui! Obviously this is illogical.
But even so, there are still many people who are willing to believe it, especially those who support Zhong Qian and Zhong Rui. In fact, Yi Xifeng understood this truth very early: "People only want to believe in things they want to believe."
Later, when the news of this letter spread, it aroused huge public opinion. Zhong Lingxi, who at least devoted himself to practicing swordsmanship with Ou Yezi, after learning the news, ignored the rules of his master and the sect and went down the mountain privately. And he pulled Zhong Rui out and beat him severely.
Zhong Rui is a bachelor, no matter how you beat or scold him, he will neither fight back nor retaliate. It wasn't until Zhong Lingxi stabbed his sword into the soil under his crotch that he changed slightly. At least he started to try to hide. In the end, Zhong Rui was knocked unconscious on the spot by the furious Zhong Lingxi, and the farce ended.
But what this beautiful girl didn't expect was that when Zhong Rui woke up from the coma, things would get worse.
He kept saying that he deserved the beating because he couldn't marry her now because the Zhong family business had not really grown up yet. He would marry her after he revitalized the Zhong family!
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Just like this, under the influence of many public opinions, Zhong Lingxi, the real direct line holder of the Zhong family, gradually lost his dominant position, and people's focus shifted from the person in power to his private life.
When Yi Xifeng heard this, he had to say that he had a new understanding of Zhong Rui. Before, he felt that this person was very insidious and extremely wanton. However, his own strength is not strong, and he makes many small moves such as stumbling blocks, so it is difficult to achieve great things.
However, after he heard about Zhong Rui's counterattack journey in the past five years, he had to admit that he had indeed misjudged it at the beginning. At the very least, this person has the spirit of "ability to bend and stretch" and "perseverance". Being able to transform from being the grandson of a housekeeper into the son-in-law of his granddaughter, there is naturally a lot of planning involved.
"So, Zhong Lingxi will be moved by Zhong Rui's sincerity in the end?" Yi Xifeng asked doubtfully. This kind of thing is very reasonable. After all, girls have fickle temperaments and are especially easily moved. This kind of persistent Pursuit is the easiest way to win a girl's heart.
Xiu'er nodded, but he still said with stars in his eyes: "How can any girl not be moved by being so loved by Brother Rui?"
Yi Xifeng raised his eyebrows, and suddenly felt that Zhong Rui really knew how to play. Not only did he set up a persona for himself as an infatuated and good man, but he also brought him a lot of popularity every time he hit a wall. No matter how you calculate it, it was a profit. of.
And the girl named Xiu'er in front of her was obviously one of the "victims". But this little girl also has no brains. She really belongs to the kind of people who are sold and given money.
"So, when will Zhong Lingxi decide on the final marriage?" Yi Xifeng asked softly.
The girl gave him a stern look and snorted: "I heard Brother Rui say..."
"Wait!" Yi Xifeng frowned and asked, "Since just now, you have been saying that your brother Rui told you? Didn't she say the wedding date herself?"
Xiu'er snorted coldly, "I won't go to the Qingyun Sect to see her. Brother Rui will go there by himself. As for what she said, who knows? Brother Rui won't lie to me anyway!"
Yi Xifeng obviously discovered the clues, and then thought back to what he said after being beaten by Zhong Lingxi...
He looked at the adoring girl in front of him and suddenly had a plan in his mind! Yi Xifeng raised his eyebrows, and suddenly felt that Zhong Rui really knew how to play. Not only did he set up a persona for himself as an infatuated and good man, but he also brought him a lot of popularity every time he hit a wall. No matter how you calculate it, it was a profit. of.
And the girl named Xiu'er in front of her was obviously one of the "victims". But this little girl also has no brains. She really belongs to the kind of people who are sold and given money.
"So, when will Zhong Lingxi decide on the final marriage?" Yi Xifeng asked softly.
The girl gave him a stern look and snorted: "I heard Brother Rui say..."
"Wait!" Yi Xifeng frowned and asked, "Since just now, you have been saying that your brother Rui told you? Didn't she say the wedding date herself?"
Xiu'er snorted coldly, "I won't go to the Qingyun Sect to see her. Brother Rui will go there by himself. As for what she said, who knows? Brother Rui won't lie to me anyway!"
Yi Xifeng obviously discovered the clues, and then thought back to what he said after being beaten by Zhong Lingxi...
He looked at the adoring girl in front of him and suddenly had a plan in his mind!
