The Birds Keep Ringing Chapter 24
byChapter 24: The Way to Control a Husband: Darling, why don’t you say anything?…
Qingzhou.
In Yunzhen’s memory, this city was originally a gentle town built up of misty rain and Wu Nong’s soft words.Looking back now, apart from the fact that the city wall seems a little older and the vendor selling sesame seed cakes has a more bitter and hateful face, nothing else has changed.
As soon as he entered the city gate, Yunzhen was in an extremely excited state.
He stared at the bumpy bluestone road under his feet and spoke eloquently to Jiang Zhihao: “I can walk back with my eyes closed. My house is in an excellent location. Turn left when you go out and you will see a brothel, and turn right will be a gambling house. It is right between life and death.
Jiang Zhi repeated cooperatively: “Between life and death.”
“Yes.”Yun Zhen explained, “One makes people rape, the other makes people narrowly escape death, and we just live in the middle.”
Jiang Zhi obviously didn’t understand Yunzhen’s logic.But one advantage he has is that he never asks when he doesn’t understand something, which makes him seem very inscrutable.
Yunzhen commanded him to rush forward. Although their horse was not a good horse, with the support of Yunzhenzui, it managed to run like a thousand-mile horse.
Master shouted from behind: “Slow down!Slow down!etc!”
But it was of no use, Yun Zhen thought proudly, Jiang Zhi would not listen to his master.
The current situation is that if he asks the second senior brother to go east, the second senior brother will not go west. If he asks the second senior brother to kill people, the second senior brother will only ask “which one to kill.”
This is called controlling a husband in a right way. Although the word “husband” is used a bit early, Yun Zhen feels that it must be used sooner or later. It doesn’t matter whether it is used early or late.
The master was behind, shaking and muttering: “Why is the second child so unstable now? It’s true that the one who is close to ink is black, and the one who is close to bird is noisy.”
Wen Wan looked at the two people in front of her: “They come together, one is clueless and the other is unhappy.”
Xiao Fenzhi felt comfortable, shook his big fluffy tail, and changed his position to sleep: “Master, this is called singing and following the husband.Don’t worry about it. Anyway, if something happens to Junior Brother, Second Junior Brother will be more anxious than you are.”
“Then who am I as a master?”The master said angrily, “My hard work in the past three years, three years of…”
“Three years of income.”Xiao Fenzhi interrupted him mercilessly.
The master glared at him: “If you say that again, do you believe that I will throw you down?”
“Don’t believe it.Xiao Fenzhi closed his eyes and said, “You can’t bear it.””
The horse finally stopped at the door of a mansion that was a bit too grand.
Yun Zhen regretted boasting about Haikou just now, because he suspected that he had gone wrong.
Although the Yun family is rich, his father has always kept a low profile. He believes in “making a fortune silently and shooting first”.Therefore, although their house is large, it does not look obvious from the outside. It is of a unique type.
But in the house in front of me, not only were the two stone lions at the door twice as big, they showed their teeth and claws, and the balls in their mouths looked like pure gold, the vermilion door was so dazzling that even the nouveau riche did not dare to be so arrogant.
With this standard, not to mention merchants, even the magistrates of Zhizhou would have to kowtow to the lion first, hand over a name card, and weigh whether they deserve to go in and drink tea.
“What happened to my dad?Yunzhen dismounted and murmured to himself, “Does he think there is too much money to spend, or does he think his life is too long?””
It is a rule of the rivers and lakes that wealth should not be exposed. His father has been in business for decades, so there is no way he does not understand this principle.
Yunzhen’s heart sank, and he always felt that something was wrong.
He was about to step in when the two halberd-like guards at the door immediately crossed their hands and blocked him.
“Stop!What to do?”
The guard on the left roared like a bell, making Yunzhen’s eardrums hurt.
Yunzhen immediately puffed up his chest and shouted back: “I am your young master.”
The guard looked him up and down.
Although Yunzhen was dressed very festively, he was dusty all the way and his hair was a bit messy. He really didn’t look like a serious young master.
“What kind of lunatic did you come from to try to get relatives?The guard threatened him coldly, “We don’t have a young master like you in our house. Get away or I’ll break your legs.””
Yunzhen was completely angry.
He has been domineering in Qingzhou for more than ten years. When did he receive such anger?
“I am Yun Zhen, the eldest young master of the Yun family. You are new here, call the housekeeper. Where is Dahuang? Let Dahuang come out and smell me!That dog’s nose is much sharper than yours!”
“What about the Yun family and the Yu family? There is no such person here.The guard became impatient and reached out to push Yunzhen, “Hurry up and don’t get in the way here.””
Just when his hand was about to touch Yunzhen’s shoulder, a chill suddenly came.
The guard froze and felt a chill on his neck.He subconsciously raised his head and met a pair of eyes that were as black as ink and emotionless. At the same time, he saw a cold sword resting on his neck.
The guard retracted his hand, swallowed, and his aura instantly dropped by half. He pointed to the plaque above his head and said with a serious expression: “You…you should see clearly for yourself, where this place is.”
Yun Zhen took a few steps back and looked up.
The plaque has gold characters on a black background, with only two large characters on it:
Zhang Mansion.
Not Yun Mansion.
Zhang Mansion?There is only one Zhang Mansion in Qingzhou, and that is Zhang Zhizhou.
This also explains why the house has become so illegal and why the lion at the door dares to be so arrogant, because this is a lion of the government and it is organized.
But what about his home?
When a wealthy businessman’s property is seized by the government, it usually means only one thing: confiscation of the property, exile, or the whole family queuing up to be beheaded at the market entrance.
Then a footnote was left in the history books that “the rich do not fight with officials.”
“Where are my parents?”Yun Zhen’s eyes immediately turned red, tears welling up in them, “Where are they?”
Countless horrific images flashed through his mind.
Yun Zhen’s head was hot and he wanted to rush in.Regardless of the Zhang Mansion and the Li Mansion, even if it was the Prince of Hell’s Mansion, he would go in and find out. Even if he demolished the mansion, he would still find his parents.
Jiang Zhi also tightened his grip on the sword in his hand.
His logic is simpler: If Yun really wants to enter, then go.If anyone stops him, kill him.Anyway, the leaders of the martial arts alliance have already been killed, so it would be easy to kill another Zhizhou.At most, there would only be one more wanted warrant. Anyway, they had already accumulated several of those, so it wasn’t too much.
“Wait!Wait!”
At the critical moment, Master finally caught up, followed by Wen Wan who was also panting.The old man was out of breath running, and his beard blew to the back of his head.
“What are you doing running so fast?Are you rushing to reincarnate?”The master turned over and dismounted, grabbed Yun Zhen, and then handed over to the frightened guard at the door with a smile on his face.
“Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, please forgive me, my apprentice, my disciple’s eyesight is not very good, he can’t distinguish between Zhang and Yun, and he has never read a book.”
The guard looked confused: These two words don’t look alike. Are these people sick?And the person just now spoke clearly clearly, why did he suddenly become illiterate?
After being forcibly pulled aside, Yunzhen shook off his master’s hand, tears already flowing down his cheeks.
“Don’t stop me!”Yun Zhen’s voice became hoarse, “My family has become the Zhang Mansion, and my parents will definitely be in trouble. I’m going to go in and fight with that man named Zhang, or we’ll all die together!””
“What to fight for?”Master breathed a sigh of relief, “Can’t you just hope for something better?Your parents are living well and are much more nourished than you.”
“Then this house…”
“Sold.”The master said, “Zhang Zhizhou took a fancy to this piece of land, saying it had good feng shui and would bring good luck in officialdom.Your father felt that the arm could not twist the thigh, and although the man named Zhang was domineering, he did not steal it openly, so he sold it to him.”
“Sold?”Yun Zhen sniffed, tears still hanging on his eyelashes, trying not to fall off, “How do you know?”
“Nonsense, of course that’s what they wrote to me.”The master patted him on the shoulder and smoothed his hair.
“Then why didn’t you tell me!”
Yunzhen howled at him: “I thought I was an orphan, and the second senior brother was about to draw his sword just now. If he kills someone, we will be locked up!””
“Tell you?The master was not annoyed and said with a smile, “Tell you, you will definitely try your best to run out. It’s so chaotic outside. If something happens to you on the way, what will I tell your father?”How do you explain your father’s money?”
When Yunzhen heard this, he felt mixed emotions in his heart.On the one hand, I was touched by the master’s concern, but on the other hand, I felt that the old man’s focus was entirely on money.
But he was soon occupied by another thought.Now that his parents have sold their houses, where do they live now?
Yunzhen imagined a miserable picture: his father and mother were in ragged clothes, holding broken bowls in their hands, shivering in the cold wind.
Thinking of this, he wanted to cry again.
“You have grown so old, why haven’t you learned a little bit of your father’s shrewdness?The master knocked him on the head and said, “The cunning rabbit still has three burrows. Your father has at least 30 burrows. How can a businessman not leave a way out for himself?”If your father was a fool, how could he make his business so big?”
Master led them through the bustling streets, going further and further away, and finally they left the city and headed towards the mountains.
The road became more and more familiar as he walked, and Yun Zhen remembered that this was the road to Qingyun Mountain.He went there several times with his father when he was young. At that time, his father said he wanted to build a separate courtyard on the mountain. Yun Zhen still thought that the place was too remote and there was no place to play.
Although Qingyun Mountain has a nice name, it is actually a barren mountain. No one except the woodcutter goes there. There is not even a decent temple on the mountain, only a few lonely tombs.
After turning a mountain col, my eyes suddenly opened up.
Under the cover of a bamboo forest, there is a small courtyard.
White walls and black tiles, quiet and elegant.Although it is not as big as the previous house, and can even be said to be a bit shabby, it looks very comfortable, and it really feels like returning to nature.
There is a circle of bamboo planted around the yard, which is lush and green. It makes a rustling sound when the wind blows. It looks quite artistic.
Yunzhen’s nose itched, “Sneeze!”
It turned out that there were several sweet-scented osmanthus trees planted in the yard, and a stone table was placed under the trees. The flowers were blooming luxuriantly and the fragrance was fragrant.
He is allergic to osmanthus and will sneeze when he smells it.Their family used to grow sweet-scented osmanthus, which his mother liked, but later stopped because he burst into tears every time he passed by.
So many have been planted now?
It seems that his parents really want to sever ties with him. They have set up a barrier at home!
“This is my home?Yunzhen rubbed his nose, a little unbelievable, “Aren’t the anti-theft measures too specific to me?””
“Dad!mother!”Yun Zhen yelled inside, and the sound echoed in the valley. Several birds flew away, and even a squirrel was so frightened that the pine cones in his hands fell off, and hit the master’s head without hesitation.
The door of the room was pushed open, and an elegant middle-aged man came out.
He was also holding a teapot in his hand. It seemed to be of good quality and had a warm glaze. It looked like it was a good thing that had aged well. The price should be more expensive than this house.
Seeing Yunzhen, his father’s hand shook and the teapot almost dropped to the ground.But after all, he was a businessman who had seen strong winds and waves, so he just caught it with the instep of his foot, caught it again, and took it back into his hand.
“Zhen’er?Mr. Yun couldn’t believe it, “Why are you back?”Didn’t I ask you to follow the master and practice martial arts?”
Immediately afterwards, a woman rushed out of the house.
“My dear!Mrs. Yun hugged Yun Zhen and said, “Why have you lost weight?”Are you still dressing like you’re getting married?”
“My dear, why don’t you speak!”Mrs. Yun cried more and more fiercely.
Yunzhen was choked so hard that she couldn’t breathe, and her face turned red: “Mom… let go… let go… I’m going… to die…”
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The author has something to say: This second senior brother meets his parents like this, let us wait and see [poor]