Chapter 140: The Young Master of the Xu Family
In this way, everyone knows that the death of these five people was due to the greed for the wealth of your Shen family, but there is no evidence that you did it. Even if the government intends to make things difficult for the government, it will not be able to find my brother-in-law. This is the best strategy.”
After hearing what his niece said, Xu Hai nodded repeatedly. "Xiaoqian is indeed much more considerate than Uncle Wei. That's what it should be."
Yu Ren was still a little hesitant. "Are you too cruel? Otherwise, just beat each of them up."
Xu Qian sneered, "Brother-in-law, you are a woman's kindness. When dealing with such things, you must be cruel. If you are not cruel, why are those who have bad thoughts afraid of it? "You need to be corrected." Haven't you heard of it?
If you just beat them up, those who have ulterior motives will be lucky. Anyway, if you catch them, you will be beaten up. But if you don’t get caught, you will never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of your life.
Do you think they will take this risk?”
Yu Ren didn't say anything. After a long time, Yu Ren said, "Okay! Then follow the idea of Xiaoqian!"
So, the three of them discussed some specific details of the action, and Yu Ren wanted to go back. Xu Hai tried his best to keep him, and said that it was almost dark and it was too dangerous to leave the ship at this time.
There was no choice but to stay on Nansha Island for a night.
In the afternoon of that day, Xu Hai asked Xu Qian to take Yu Ren to walk around the island. Xu Qian found two horses and took Yu Ren to walk around the beach on Nansha Island.
Although this Nansha Island is smaller than Daqu Mountain in Zhejiang, Xu Xinsu's management on this island is much more brilliant than Li Ying's Daqu Mountain Island. There are not many barren mountains and wilderness here. From a distance, the water nets shuttle through it look like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.
According to Xu Qian, there are currently no less than a thousand households on this island. The rice produced on the island is more often used for all the food on the island. Although many people have rumored that every family on the island sells goods in the sea, this is not the case.
There are only a hundred households who actually go out to sea to sell goods. Other families are farmers with their own duties. However, after these families who go out to sea will take out some to share with their neighbors after getting huge profits. Therefore, although there is a big difference between the rich and the poor on this island, everyone gets along very well.
As the two were talking, they saw two fast horses rushing towards them.
"Little sister, little sister!"
Yu Ren saw two young men of seventeen or eighteen years old running towards them on two fast horses. One of them was riding on the seat and waved his hand desperately to Xu Qian beside Yu Ren, shouting.
When Xu Qian saw this scene, she couldn't help but frown.
"What are they?"
"That's my brother Xu Keming. Next to me is my cousin Liu Qing." Xu Qian only briefly introduced it and then stopped talking.
Two fast horses walked directly from the paddy fields, bringing a few mud and water and a few rice trees that were half a foot long.
The two horses came to Yu Ren and tied the horses closer to him.
"Brother, why are you like this again? Dad has not had strict orders long ago to teach anyone not to trample on crops at will. If you don't walk on the road, you have to step on other people's paddy fields. If Dad knows, you will be punished again." Xu Qian said seriously with a stern face.
"Aren't I happy to see my younger sister? I forgot about this when I am happy. Don't tell my father. Otherwise, I will definitely be beaten again. The place where I was beaten last time is not clean yet!" Xu Keming showed a bitter face and pleaded with Xu Qian.
"Brother, cousin, have you followed your father to Huzhou to purchase? Why are you back so soon?" Xu Qian let this go and said nothing more.
"This raw silk was purchased very smoothly, so Dad asked us to come back first. I guess Dad will be home tomorrow." Xu Keming said, looking at Yu Ren.
"My sister hasn't seen each other for a few days, and she has really grown up! She has changed her preferences and learned to play with her brother? When did I find such a person? This is the first time I have seen him. It's not from our island, right? Well, it looks good, and it's strong enough to have a family that is poor."
Yu Ren almost vomited blood when he heard Xu Keming's words. What did this guy think of himself as someone, "A person who eats soft food? Or a duck?"
Because this time he came to the island, Yu Ren deliberately wanted to hide his identity, so he wore an old robe. Xu Keming inferred from this that the person in front of him was a poor boy with no status. It was because of this that he thought that his girl had taken such a poor boy out for a walk, and probably she was interested in him.
But he didn't think about it. In the Ming Dynasty, there were a few poor kids who could ride horses.
With just one sentence, Yu Ren judged that Master Xu was a fool. At least he was much smarter than his sister.
"Brother must not be rude. This is a friend of Sister Li Ying. I came to our house to discuss it with my third uncle. Since my father will be home tomorrow, we will discuss it again." Xu Qian did not fully understand Yu Ren's identity. She knew her brother very well. She was afraid that she would say too much, so she would lead to some strange words from him.
"I wonder if my brother has seen any strange things on this business trip? Let's hear it with my younger sister!" Xu Qian was afraid that his brother would get into trouble with Yu Ren's affairs, so she said something inappropriate later, so she quickly changed the topic.
Xu Keming shook his head.
"This time I went out, my father said that the court had already paid attention to our Xu and Li families. We did not make too much trouble, and we also deliberately concealed our identity. Apart from collecting silk, we were rushing to go out and didn't let us go out to play at all. It was really boring."
When Xu Qian heard this, her face turned right. "Oh! But what kind of wind did she hear?"
"I don't know. My father said that it seems that the girl from the Li family sent someone to report to us! It is said that the court has issued several orders recently, ordering the governors of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian to work hard to eliminate pirates and not to slack off the commission. The governor of Fujian, Nan Juyi, has already begun to attack the Li family. I heard that the girl who thinks he is smart has suffered from his secret losses.
I asked me to let the court clear their Li family and save her worry. She would always be arrogant in front of our family."
Yu Ren was a little unhappy when he heard Xu Keming's words rude to Li Ying. Xu Qian, who was beside him, winked at his brother many times, but Xu Keming turned a blind eye and obviously did not take Yu Ren to heart.
"Brother, don't trust the instigation of traitors. The Li and Xu families are the same, and they can be said to have lost their lips and teeth. If the Li family falls, the next thing to be thrown away is our Xu family. If the court really wants to attack the Li family, we must do our best to compete for the Li family and the court. We must not sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight."
Xu Qian scolded. Although Xu Qian was three or four years younger than Xu Keming, Xu Keming was really afraid of his sister. When Xu Qian said seriously, Xu Keming didn't dare to argue with his sister. Besides, he knew that his sister was actually saying the right thing. So he said, "I'm joking with you. Li Ying can be considered my cousin no matter how she said it. How could I really hope that she has anything wrong with it?"
Xu Qian glared at her brother, "I'll stop talking about this kind of joke next time, so as not to misunderstand it!"
Yu Ren watched coldly. Although he had only had the first contact with Xu Keming, he could see through his words just now. This person was obviously dissatisfied with Li Ying and the Li family. However, this was not what he cared about. If he was dissatisfied, he would be dissatisfied! Anyway, the Xu family was not the final decision of Master Xu. His father and Xu Hai were there in everything! It was not his turn to make the decision. What he cares most about now is that he doesn't know how Li Ying's recent situation is.
Last time in Nanjing, he sent someone to Hangzhou to deliver the letter. Although the letter was delivered, the man waited in Hangzhou for three days, but he did not wait for Li Ying's reply, so he had to come back to report. At that time, Yu Ren was guessing: Is something wrong with Li Ying, otherwise why didn't he reply to him!
At this time, I heard that Xu Keming and the others had just returned from Zhejiang, so I could inquire about the news.
"I wonder if Mr. Xu has the latest news from the Li family?"
Xu Keming glanced at Yu Ren at a squint, not wanting to answer him. But seeing that his sister looked expectant, he said, "There is not much news. We arrived in Hangzhou first, but we didn't find the Li family's shop in the city, and all the original shops were closed.
Chapter completed!