Over the next two days…
Under the instruction of his father, Pei Hongyu continued to go to gambling houses to act stupid, or to borrow money to gamble again, or to ask like a fool if he could pay back less money.
He was pretending to be stupid and dumbfounded. Even Qian Yousheng thought he was out of his mind, so he asked a few of his men to carry him to the canal and hold him in the water to wake him up...
Pei Hongyu drank enough river water and was thrown back to the Song family...
When Pei Yingli saw this, he was convinced of his guess - someone from the Qingsha Gang must be eyeing the Song family's fortune!
So he quietly packed up his things and prepared to return to Xiyang first, using the roundabout method of retreating to advance before making plans...
He had a plan in mind, but his wife Xu didn't know about it. When she heard that her son was almost drowned, Xu cried and scolded her husband for being cruel...
As for Pei Yingli, who was thinking about his own method of ensuring harvest during drought and flood, he had no intention of quarreling with her. He was so dizzy from the quarrel that he scolded Mrs. Xu.
Mrs. Xu was dissatisfied with her husband's cruelty, so she cried and found her daughter Pei Xueyan...
Pei Xueyan was busy dealing with the trivial matters after Mr. Song left. When her mother found her crying, she thought something had happened and hurriedly took her back to the room to ask.
"Xue Yan, you have to save your brother."
Seeing that there was no one else in the room, Mrs. Xu grabbed Pei Xueyan's hand with a sad face and cried: "Your father is cruel, you must save your brother."
"what happened?"
When Pei Xueyan heard that he wanted to save his younger brother, he frowned and asked, "But Hongyu is causing trouble outside?"
"Xueyan, you also know..."
Mrs. Xu wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "Your brother is still young, so he has been a bit playful since he was a child, but he is not bad in nature."
"A few days ago, our family came to help take care of Mr. Song. When he first arrived here, he became more playful and ran to the gambling house to play a few games."
"Your brother is simple-minded and does not realize the dangers of the world. As a result, he was tricked by people in the gambling house and lost thirty thousand taels! A full thirty thousand taels!"
"..."
Pei Xueyan felt a little dazed when he heard this. After coming back to his senses, he asked with disbelief: "Hongyu lost 30,000 taels gambling outside??"
She knew that her younger brother had been involved in the bad habit of gambling since he was a child. Before he went out, she had repeatedly warned her parents to discipline his younger brother more...
But every time, my parents say, 'It's normal for men to have some preferences', 'It's just a small fight, nothing to worry about', 'He's still young, it's normal for him to be more playful', 'Don't worry about things that shouldn't be yours', etc. Words prevaricate.
This time she heard her mother say that her younger brother had lost a total of thirty thousand taels outside. Only then did she realize that her loser brother could gamble so much! So fierce!
"yes!"
While Xu was wiping her tears, she was also secretly observing her expression. Seeing an indescribable disgust in her expression, she cried and cried: "Your brother is young, so he was deceived."
"Hongyu is already crowned! Still young!?"
Pei Xueyan suppressed the anger in her heart and said: "I have gone out now, and I have no objection to you two elders favoring him, but after this time, you still speak for him?"
"Then what can I do?"
Seeing that her daughter was also blaming herself, Mrs. Xu cried even more sadly, and scolded her while crying: "Your brother is the only male in this generation of the Pei family. If you, the elder sister, don't help him, who will?"
"Now that you're out, you won't recognize your mother's family when you marry into the Song family, right? I gave birth to you in ten months of pregnancy and raised you, so why did you raise such a heartless person like you?"
"..."
Pei Xueyan's head was dizzy from the noise, and she was angry but couldn't express it. She could only take a long and relieved breath and asked: "Mom, I want to ask, how do you want me to help?"
"How to help?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Xu stopped making trouble, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "Your brother owed thirty thousand taels outside and was almost drowned in the river. If my parents can't get out the money, how can you still get it out?" ?"
"..."
Pei Xueyan was so angry that she wanted to laugh when she heard this, and said: "Hongyu has been favored by you since he was a child, and now he has lost 30,000 taels in gambling outside, but you ask me, a sister who has already gone out, to help him with 30,000 taels? "
"If you don't help him, who will?"
Seeing the thorn in her words, Mrs. Xu seemed to be furious and reprimanded: "Now that the Song family is dead, aren't all the Song family's properties in your hands?"
"The Song family has so much property, it's worth not only 100,000 taels but 80,000 taels. I asked you to even spare 30,000 taels to help your brother tide over the difficulties, but you still resisted. Is your conscience going to be eaten by a dog?"
"..."
Pei Xueyan was scolded and bit her lower lip without saying a word.
She was not taken seriously by her parents because of their partiality since she was a child, and she had some resentment in her heart. When she grew up and was 'married' to the Song family like a plague, her feelings for her mother's family dropped to the freezing point...
But after all, they are blood relatives with broken bones and connected tendons. Mr. Song was seriously ill a few days ago, and his mother-in-law's family came to visit and help. The feelings that had dropped to freezing point have eased a little.
Pei Xueyan is not stupid. She can feel the change in her parents' attitude towards her, and she also knows that being courteous without any problem is either cheating or stealing...
She has also been on guard...
But as a child, facing close relatives by blood, she still had some illusions in her heart, and she never wanted to believe that there were such scheming parents in this world.
Now, she really didn't see her parents' calculations, but she saw something that was even more subdued than the calculations...
She felt an inexplicable chill...
Chilling.
At this moment, the door was pushed open, and Pei Yingli walked in with an annoyed look on his face, scolding his wife: "Who told you to come to Xueyan's place to cause trouble?"
"Am I kidding?"
Mrs. Xu said with an aggrieved face: "Hong Yu is her biological brother. Now Hong Yu almost drowned in the river due to gambling debts. As an elder sister, why shouldn't she help?"
"you……"
Pei Yingli gave her a wink and reprimanded: "Xueyan has already gone out. Now we are members of the Song family. Helping is a matter of friendship, but not helping is a duty. Stop messing around here!"
"Am I messing around?"
Mrs. Xu loved her son so much, but she was already angry when she was criticized one after another. How could she understand his eyes?
"Isn't she a piece of flesh that fell off my body? What happened to me asking her to help Hongyu? She is a woman, and she has so much wealth in her hands. In the end, she has to be cheap..."
"Stop talking to me!"
Before she could finish her words, Pei Yingli slapped her in the face.
Seeing his wife covering her cheeks with a look of disbelief on her face, and his daughter looking at him with a strange look on his face, he scolded his wife righteously: "Xueyan has already gone out, you don't owe me anything! I have my own way to solve the problem. Do you know about Hongyu’s trouble!?”
"..."
Mrs. Xu covered her cheek. Although her face was full of grievances, she didn't say anything more when her husband said there was a way to solve her son's troubles.
"father……"
Pei Xueyan saw that her father was still sensible, but she couldn't bear it. She stepped forward and admonished him: "If there is any problem, let's sit down and talk about it. There is no need to take action."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter..."
Pei Yingli waved his hand and said, "Xue Yan, the Pei family is unfortunate. Your incompetent brother caused trouble outside, which has caused trouble for you."
As he spoke, he sighed and added: "Now Mr. Song's funeral affairs are almost settled. I am here to say goodbye to you as a father..."
"Are you going back?"
Pei Xueyan frowned and asked, "How should we deal with the gambling debt Hongyu owes outside?"
"You do not have to worry about…"
Pei Yingli said nonchalantly: "That boy Hongyu lost so much money because he was tricked by others, and gambling accounts have never been on the table since ancient times."
"Our Pei family doesn't have much roots here in Heyang, but we still know some people in the one-third of an acre of land in Xiyang. As long as we return home, we don't have the guts to ask for debts from those people."
"That's true..."
Pei Xueyan nodded suddenly...
"But my father is still worried about you..."
Pei Yingli clicked his tongue twice and said pointedly: "The other party must have something to do with it, and since Hong Yu is unfamiliar with the place here, it is obviously not the other party's main target. What worries my father is that the other party knows about our blood relationship." , I want to use this matter to plot your Song family’s property."
"this……"
Pei Xueyan's eyebrows tightened when she was told that. After some thought, she replied: "It's really possible!"
"You need to be careful about this..."
As he spoke, Pei Yingli glanced at Ms. Xu, gave her a wink and said, "I've packed up my things. Go back as soon as possible. Don't embarrass yourself here."
Perhaps it was because he was woken up by the slap in the face that Mrs. Xu also saw the look in his eyes and walked out the door without saying a word, covering her cheeks.
"Xue Yan, it's time for my father to go back..."
Pei Yingli sighed and said mockingly: "I originally wanted to help you on this trip, but I didn't expect that instead of helping, I actually caused you trouble."
"Too serious..."
Pei Xueyan shook his head and said: "The Song family is quite powerful in Heyang County. Although the old man is gone now, the Song family is still there, and the ordinary people don't dare to do anything to the Song family."
"I'm just afraid that the other party is not an ordinary person..."
Pei Yingli shook his head secretly and said, "Nowadays, the Qingsha Gang dominates the world of Heyang County. Be careful in everything and you can't make mistakes."
"Qingsha Gang..."
Pei Xueyan nodded with slightly moved eyes.
"Now that you know it, you will feel relieved as a father."
Pei Yingli smiled and nodded. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, in a few days it will be the day for the Pei family to worship their ancestors."
He pondered for a while and then asked amiably: "Xueyan, although you have gone out, your surname is still Pei after all. You have not been back to your parents' home for two years. Why don't you come home this time?"
"..."
Pei Xueyan couldn't help but feel a little dazed after hearing this...
She has been a dispensable and marginalized figure in the Pei family since she was a child, and ancestor worship in the Pei family is a major event for the local Pei clan. Only young heroes or prestigious elders of the Pei clan can be invited.
She clearly remembered that when she was a child, she saw the lively ancestor worship temple festival and wanted to play, but her parents said that she was not suitable for a girl...
Then I took my brother there...
Because she was still a child at first, she went to play secretly and ate a piece of pastry sacrifice at the temple fair. After being discovered, her parents were called...
His father slapped him in the face in front of many members of the Pei clan and scolded him for being a disgrace.
She still clearly remembers that when she was eight years old, she was slapped by her father and her nose bled...
Since then, she has not been to the Pei family’s ancestor worship temple fair...
Now, many years have passed. After Pei Xueyan married into the Song family, she usually didn't even see her mother's family, let alone anyone asking her to go back to worship her ancestors.
I never thought that after becoming the widow of the Song family, my father would take the initiative to invite me back to the Pei family to worship my ancestors...
She pursed her lips and shook her head, saying, "I am now the widow of the Song family. Going back to worship my ancestors will only bring discredit to all the ancestors, so I won't go back."
"..."
Pei Yingli felt a sudden change in his heart when he heard this. He seemed to have never expected that she would refuse his invitation so simply...
However, he was also an old man, so he was a little quick-witted. He said with a sad expression: "Xue Yan, my father knows that when he betrothed you to the Song family, you have some resentment in your heart..."
"But that would be a helpless act for a father."
"You also knew at that time that the family's business was declining day by day, and my father still owed Mr. Song a sum of money, so he made this decision because he really had no other choice..."
"In the past two years, I have suffered a lot in my father's heart. I feel that I have no face to face you. If you want to hate me, just hate my father alone. But don't bear a grudge against the Pei family."
"..."
Pei Xueyan was not a hard-hearted person to begin with, but now that he saw his old father's attitude, he felt a little touched in his heart.
"Dad, don't think too much..."
She sighed and said: "The old man has just left. There are still a lot of funeral matters for the Song family waiting for me to deal with. I will definitely not be able to return to Xiyang with you this time."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter..."
Seeing that her words softened, Pei Yingli hurriedly smiled and said: "It's still half a month before our Pei family worships our ancestors. This time, your mother, your brother, I will go back first, and we will send someone to pick you up when we get home. There is no rush." "
"..."
When Pei Xueyan heard this, it was really hard to refuse, so he just nodded slightly and said, "That's okay."
"Hehehe, good, good, good..."
Pei Yingli was overjoyed when she agreed. He smiled slightly and said, "As soon as Mr. Song left, there were people coveting the Song family's inheritance. You, just go back to your parents' house to avoid the sight of those people."
After that, he turned around and left with a smile...
That night, the Pei family took advantage of the starry night to leave Heyang County.
Wait until the next day…
Qian Yousheng was a little surprised when he got the news that the Pei family had left at night. He thought to himself that the Pei family were quite timid. They ran away before his own methods were used...
However, he also knew that Liu Shen's purpose of killing the pig was to drive away the Pei family. This time the Pei family ran away, which was considered a perfect achievement of the goal, and he also saved a lot of trouble.
So Qian Yousheng stopped thinking about it and sent someone to the entrance of the dock...
At this time, Liu Shen was still practicing...
In the past half month, except for going to the Song family to pay homage to Master Song and going to Qian Yousheng's house to watch the butchering of pigs, he spent the rest of his time focusing on spiritual practice...
During this period, he opened another meridian.
Nineteen of the eight extraordinary meridians and the twelve main meridians have been connected. Only the last meridian is left for Qi to penetrate the limbs and bones to generate internal energy...
People will yearn for things and things that they don’t have but are within reach, and the same is true for spiritual practice.
Now he was only one step away from reaching the second level of martial arts. The feeling that he had half of his foot in the door yet half of his foot was still outside made him furious, and naturally he became even more sleepless and forgetful of food. Practice and strive to step in with the foot that is still outside the door.
While Liu Shen was practicing, he suddenly heard a knock on the door, and then another voice came from outside the door: "Palace Master Liu, Hall Master Qian has something to tell you..."
"Come in…"
When Liu Shen saw the door open, he also stopped.
"Hall Master Liu..."
Hu Qiang, the gatekeeper at the Qianzhuang Hall, came to him with a smile and whispered, "Master Qian said that a family named Pei ran away last night."
"oh?"
Hearing this, Liu Shen raised his eyebrows and asked curiously: "I remember it was only the third day. What method did Hall Master Qian use to drive that family away so quickly?"
"There is no use of any means..."
Hu Qiang smiled and joked: "That guy surnamed Pei is also a coward. Yesterday he went to the gambling house and went crazy as if he had lost his mind. He was pushed into the river by some of our brothers and drank too much water. He almost drowned. Maybe it was You must be afraid, I heard that he disguised himself last night and ran away overnight."
"..."
Liu Shen nodded thoughtfully and asked, "What about the young lady of the Song family? Is everything okay?"
"No."
Hu Qiang shook his head and said: "After your explanation a few days ago, I asked some smart brothers to keep an eye on the Song family. Just today, some brothers saw the young lady of the Song family going to Tongda Hall. She looked good. Very."
"I'm interested..."
Liu Shen nodded slightly, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Later, go to the accounting room at the entrance of the dock to get some money in my name, buy some good wine and meat for those brothers, and then divide some money between each of them. He said they have worked hard these past few days."
"Hey hey hey~"
Hu Qiang's face lit up when he heard this, and he smiled and cupped his hands: "Then I will first thank Hall Master Liu for his appreciation on behalf of several brothers."
"You should, go ahead..."
"Okay~"
When Liu Shen saw Hu Qiang leaving with a smile on his face, he secretly sighed that 'power' was indeed an aphrodisiac for all men.
A small deputy leader of the Qingsha Gang can have such power. How fascinating is the power in the hands of the leader of the Qingsha Gang, the leader of the Cao Gang, court officials, and even the emperor?
Thinking that Pei Xueyan had gone to Tongda Hall, he packed his clothes and went out.
There is a saying in Liu Shen's Su Hui memory that says, "Don't miss a good woman, don't let a bad woman go." He has always felt that it makes sense.
And a woman like Pei Xueyan obviously belongs to the former, so he naturally doesn't want to miss it.
But he also knew that because of her status as the widow of the Song family, Pei Xueyan had always been burdened when getting along with him, and the relationship had always been at a very delicate level.
Let’s talk about friends, more than that;
It might be said that he is the one he likes, but it seems as if he is separated by a layer of gauze, hazy and not very real.
Now that Mr. Song has left, he also agreed to betroth Pei Xueyan to him before leaving. In addition, he has already finished his work. If he doesn't tear open the ambiguous veil now, how long will it take? ?
