son-in-law

Chapter 259 Chapter [-] Lou Shuwang

"Speaking of which, He Jinxing did not agree to help us with the western front, but wants to do it himself... It's Wang Ren's relationship, right?"

"I didn't say that I would do it myself, but they wanted [-]% of it."

"That's almost the same. Besides, the news has come back from Huangshan Mountain. The wood is not relevant, but the road is empty and there are too many refugees. When you bring it back, Chen Bo, you have to go and see it. It depends on your ancestors. Give us some people over there, Uncle Chen, you and I will go to pay a visit to Zuxiang's mansion tomorrow."

"Yes... Zu Shiyuan, has become a prime minister?"

"There are still a few days, but if there are no accidents, it is said that the right minister is correct..."

The wind blows through the large teahouse wing room, and some chaotic sounds from the outside square come in from the window, enveloping the conversation in the wing room in the hustle and bustle.There were actually several people on one side of the room, and the leader was a nobleman between 25 and 30 years old. He was not dressed in a showy way, but he could tell at a glance that he was dressed luxuriously, with a calm demeanor and a simple and neat voice.

While a few people were talking, there were also three young men, a man, two women, and three young people sitting by the window on the other side, looking relatively unscrupulous.The two women are young and beautiful, but they are overly brightly dressed. They are obviously from brothels. We have the impression that the young man sitting between them is Lou Shuheng. The crowd in the square was talking about something.

It was the first ten days of August, and Sheng Gong Fang La's proclaiming emperor was only a few days away.Various festive atmospheres in the city have already been heightened. On the other hand, some special prison cells have begun to be cleared. By the way, some people have to be added to the newly built court. At noon, there will be a show of decapitation.

These people who were killed were different from those ordinary people who were killed hastily. In Hangzhou in the past, most of them had various identities, such as officials, prominent families, or great Confucians.Since a new dynasty was to be established, Fang La also understood that he did not have enough pragmatic civil servants and truly famous supporters. After the city of Hangzhou was broken, although most of these people were killed, there were always a group of them left behind.

From July to August, some people have been persuaded to surrender, and many people are still stiff-necked.It is said that in the recent period, in those cells, lobbying battles are held every day, but everyone also has a deadline, and if it doesn't make sense after the deadline, they will be pulled out of this square and beheaded without thinking too much.

During the period when the city of Hangzhou was broken, blood flowed like rivers in the city. Lou Shuheng was afraid of seeing blood, so he hid at home.But it won't happen recently, he missed that time, and in the past few days, he came to see the decapitation with great interest.Although Hangzhou is now an occupied city, most of the people killed are big households. Where there are friends, there will be enemies. Especially under Fang La's propaganda that "the law is equal and there is no superiority or inferiority", there are also people who kill officials and wealthy families every day. Many people came to watch and applaud.When rows of heads fell off and blood flowed freely, he felt very good with the woman Hu Tian Hu Di in the wing room of the teahouse.

Of course, something is different today.

Because the elder brother invited a few stewards to come over to talk, and took up half of his room by the way.

Lou Shuwang, the eldest son of the Lou family, came a bit abruptly today, and Lou Shuheng was a little confused about what his brother was thinking.When they were young, the three brothers and sisters had a good relationship, but ever since Lou Shuwang took charge of the family business before he was able to study, Lou Shuheng's feelings towards this elder brother have faded. There is always a gap.Of course, although Lou Shuwang is always away from home for many times a year, no matter in the eyes of Lou Shuheng and Lou Shuwan, he still has a very powerful image of this brother. In their minds, he may be second only to his father Lou Shuwang. near.

Because of his elder brother's presence, Lou Shuheng felt somewhat suspicious and restrained, and felt that the man around him was pretending to be relaxed and unnatural, and the two beautiful women seemed a little nervous.At the round table over there, Lou Shuwang gave the order in detail, and then waved his hand gently to let those in charge go out.He stood up, walked to the window here, found a chair and sat down: "Shuheng."

"Brother!" Lou Shuheng smiled brightly with the two women in his arms, a little bit of pretentious publicity.Lou Shuwang also smiled: "It's been so long since I've been back, but I've been too busy, it's rare to get together a few times...not bad." He looked out the window, and then looked at the two women beside Lou Shuheng.

Lou Shuheng smiled and said: "Haha, big brother knows them too, Guan Xin'er and Chen Tong, you know, one is from Zhucuilou, the other is from Huaping Pavilion, the two have always been tit for tat, no one will let the other, you Seeing now, they are all submissive. Isn't it..." He put his arms around the two women, who were originally the top cards of the big brothel, but now they just laughed in agreement, and Lou Shuheng lowered his The voice said: "But big brother, don't tell me, when two people are together, there is really a different kind of excitement, big brother..."

Before he finished speaking, Lou Shuwang gently opened his mouth and interrupted him: "Don't talk about this, you have seen the recent situation. In the box, all the stewards have been sent out. You can... you can do this, that, whatever, as long as the house is well, you can do anything. You know, little brother, even my sister is in charge recently , are you going to go on like this?"

"Uh, brother, anyway, you and father..."

"It's not that it can't be done, you need to be careful, you know." Lou Shuwang smiled.

"I know, but..." Lou Shuheng had a playful smile on his face, and moved his hands irregularly. Guan Xin'er, who was next to him, smiled and leaned towards Lou Shuheng, with his head resting on him. On the shoulder, said softly: "Hate."

Lou Shuwang picked up the teacup in his hand, and then looked at it, it seemed that there was no water.Lou Shuheng said: "Ah Tong, help my elder brother..." Before he finished speaking, a loud shout suddenly rang out in the wing room: "Get out of here!" Xin'er's face burst into flames, and the next moment, Lou Shuwang kicked Guan Xin'er's lower abdomen, screaming and flying out.The woman named Chen Tong stood up with wide-eyed eyes. Lou Shuwang had already swung the chair beside her and threw it on her head. Chen Tong stretched out his hand to block it, and then fell out together with the chair.The floor of the house was banging.

Lou Shuwang stood there with a gloomy expression: "You understand?"

The woman's cries and cries continued.Lou Shuheng was completely shocked. Although his elder brother has been running outside in recent years, he is not a violent person. Because he has studied, he is basically gentle and elegant. He has never seen such a face before. At this time Just answered subconsciously: "What, what..."

"Now Hangzhou City, you have everything, and you have nothing." Lou Shuwang said, pointed to the square outside, then turned around and walked outside, and said as he walked, "Come and see this now, is it I haven’t seen it. More than 20 days ago, you were guarded in this room, and you could kill whatever you did outside. It was very beautiful. If you stood outside and watched more than 20 days ago, those who were disemboweled and buried alive... I Seen……"

He paused: "Little brother, do you know? Hangzhou is still the same now. If it was before, I wouldn't dare to beat people up here, and I wouldn't dare to fight with them. Now I can do whatever I want. I know you stole a few When the women go back, some of them died, it doesn't matter. A man is a man, you can play, but you have to be restrained... We used to do business, if we lost, the family would be hungry at most, if we lose now, we are just like them, little brother Do you know? There are only two steps now, one step forward, we are like this now, it is heaven, one step back... Phew, it will fall."

He opened the door, and there were guards standing outside the door. Lou Shuwang drew the opponent's knife, but then put it in. When he turned around, he drew a dagger in his hand, and walked straight towards Guan Xin'er on the ground. Past: "You don't understand, I'll let you see clearly."

Lou Shuheng was almost stunned: "Brother! You you you...what are you doing..."

Begging for mercy and screams resounded in the room, Lou Shuwang grabbed the woman, stabbed her sharply, and stabbed her again, stabbing her eight times in a row amidst the screams, before releasing the woman.The room was covered in blood. Lou Shuwang's hands, body, and even half of his face were already covered with blood. He turned sideways and blinked his eyes: "You understand? It's okay if you don't understand, just like so……"

As he spoke, he walked towards Chen Tong who had climbed to the corner of the wall on the other side of the floor. The woman was hit by a chair just now. Although she stretched out her hand to block it, her head was still covered with blood. She couldn't get up at this moment. Crying and begging desperately for mercy.Lou Shuheng shouted from the window: "I got it! Brother, I got it!"

Lou Shuwang had already squatted down at this moment, then paused, stretched out his hands, that Chen Tong screamed, thinking he was going to die, the next moment, Lou Shuwang hugged him gently.

The man said softly: "It's okay, it's okay, don't cry... I'm sorry I scared you."

After a while, Lou Shuwang stood up from the ground, threw away the dagger, and looked at his younger brother: "This is how it is now, if you strike, you may die, and no one will care if you die. If you are afraid, you can only go forward. Let others not kill us...don't do this again. Think about it, start helping the family in a few days...I'll wash it."

After he finished speaking, he left the room, asked the guards to clean up the body, and went downstairs to change his clothes and wash his hands, head and face. During the whole process, his hands trembled a little, but he finally finished everything and went back to the room .The younger brother was still sitting on the chair by the window, but his eyes were finally able to move. He walked over and sat down on the chair on the other side. The two brothers did not speak.But his presence still comforted Lou Shuheng. After a while, Lou Shuheng finally returned to his natural state. In the past few days, he had seen dead people after all, but this time he was shocked a little.

There was still a little time until noon, but the square gathered more and more people.Lou Shuheng's eyes wandered aimlessly among the crowd, and at a certain moment, he suddenly saw a figure.His mind was still shocked by Guan Xin'er's death, but this figure made him unable to ignore it, he glanced at it a few times, then frowned, and after a while, he looked at his brother, and then Stand up in front of the window.

Lou Shuwang followed his gaze, and there were people all over there: "What's wrong?"

"That, that..." Lou Shuheng frowned, "That looks like Ning Liheng... no, it's really him, how could it be, over there... is almost gone. He and his maid, Xiaochan."

Regarding Ning Yi, Lou Shuwang only met Ning Yi and Su Taner once when they first arrived in Hangzhou, and then left Hangzhou to run a business.He hurried back when Hangzhou was besieged. After the city was broken, he knew that his family had taken refuge in Fang La, so he was deliberately captured by the rebel army. During this period, he saw many dead people.But recalling the meeting at the beginning, since Ning Yi is the son-in-law, he naturally never even looked at it seriously.When I came back this time, I also vaguely heard a few words about the Su family's unhappiness with my own family, but there were too many business matters, so I naturally put it aside.Looking at his younger brother at this time, he seemed to be a little brooding.

Some small conflicts at the beginning can basically be regarded as floating clouds at this time. Lou Shuwang doesn't care about the Su family, he just sits there and watches.Afterwards, the younger brother talked incoherently about some rumors that Ning Liheng had escaped, and about the war in Huzhou. He poured a cup of tea and handed it over.

"Are you sure it's him... Then don't think too much about it. There are so many people, you can't find them if you go down now, but as long as you are in Hangzhou, you can always find them. Ning Liheng... There are a few people here, you need to find them People, it may be beneficial. I know Lou Jingzhi, the son of Lou Xiang. He has recently become interested in our business. Yes, we have a very wide relationship, we have two business deals through him, you can send him something, and he can ask you about it by the way, and... are you sure that is Ning Liheng?"

"I'm sure...and there's a maid named Xiaochan beside him, who just followed..."

"That's nothing else. You have to know that with your intelligence, you can do anything in Hangzhou now. If you want to do it, you can do it yourself. I won't interfere..." After he finished speaking, he thought again After thinking about it, "Oh, you like that Su Tan'er?"

Lou Shuheng was stunned: "Then, that bitch..."

He didn't finish his sentence, and he didn't seem to be able to find many adjectives. When the city of Hangzhou was destroyed, he thought that the other party had run away, but now he suddenly found that he was still there. Lou Shuheng couldn't think of what to do for a while, but there were things he could do Definitely a lot.Lou Shu looked at him, nodded for a long while, "Got it..."

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There were already a lot of people on the square outside, and the noisy voice came, and Ning Yi walked through a relatively long passage.

It is said that he was arrested, but the Badaoying side gave him not many restrictions. He can go out or walk. Of course, if he is farther away, someone will follow him, but he didn't come to watch the decapitation.

Not long after, he met an acquaintance, the head of the Qian family, an old man who he thought had escaped with the boat when the city was broken—Qian Xiwen.

(End of this chapter)