Chapter 761: Checking for Accounts

After coming out of the Empress Dowager's harem, Jingde winked at Chen Ao from afar. Chen Ao understood and turned a corner in a long corridor waiting for him to come.

Jingde tiptoed over and said with a smile: "How are the King of Pingxi doing lately?"

Chen Ao smiled faintly and said, "It's so good, but I don't know how Grandpa Jingde has been recently?"

Jingde sighed and said, "The family has been worried these days." He lowered his voice and continued, "I killed the popular Hu Zi in front of Concubine Zheng a few days ago. I still don't know if Concubine Zheng will take revenge."

Chen Ao looked at him deeply and thought to himself, this guy is tactful. Isn’t this saying clearly a loss to him? So he said, “What are you afraid of? Just beating a slave to death. What is Concubine Zheng? In this palace, isn’t the queen mother who has the final say?”

Jingde nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, what King Pingxi said makes sense. Isn't this the latest news? The family knew that King Pingxi must like to listen, so they came to report a letter to King Pingxi."

Chen Ao said: "You said."

Jingde said seriously, "The Queen Mother asked the family to stare at Concubine Zheng." He smacked his lips and continued with a smile: "Concubine Zheng is probably over. What's the use of His Majesty's favor? The three thousand beauties in the harem, His Majesty will favor her today, and you will be able to favor others in a few days, but isn't there only one Empress Dowager?"

Chen Ao smiled slightly and said, "It's my duty to be Jingde."

After a while of greeting with Jingde, Chen Ao went out of the palace.

Early winter is approaching, and after a drizzle in Bianjing, the weather suddenly becomes cold. Chen Ao hid in the house and roasted charcoal. At this time, even the vendors who have always woken up early will take a nap in the bed. The trees in Bianjing are all bare, and the pedestrians are rushing to run into an acquaintance. They just have a slight head, as if they will exhaust their physical strength after opening their mouths.

Chen Ao is lazy. He will never sit when he can lie down, never stand when he can sit, never stand when he can stand, never walk when he can stand. So every day, he will occasionally talk to his wives in the study, and most of the time he pretends to read books, and the charcoal basin is placed under his feet, feeling the heat, and the whole person will look even more tired and lazy.

Reading is still beneficial for people like Chen Ao. At least when a woman reads, she will not feel that she is not doing her job properly. Therefore, she asks him to buy things or fly kites with her. When she cuts paper flowers, she always can't bear to speak. So one is pretending to be a bowl of soup to express her condolences. Sometimes she pretends to be curious about what books she read. Chen Ao certainly cannot be said to be "The Secret of Face" or "The Emperor of Wu Tang", so she always covers books with a calm and calm look. She is really like a great scholar who has read poetry and books. Then she said lightly: "It's not a good book, I've pinched it at will. I've read it before, and I'll open it to review it today."

If Ruoer heard this, he would definitely feel embarrassed and said, "My husband is now a prince and is still so studious, so I won't disturb you."

If it were Chun'er, she would have longing flashed in her eyes and said apologetically: "Then I won't disturb my husband." Then she blushed her face and gently closed the door and went out.

If Zhenzhen is, she will throw her eyes and say, "Do you want Zhenzhen to give her husband a soft shoulder? If you sit like this, your bones will be crispy."

The most headache is Tang Moer. Tang Moer will sit opposite Shen Ao seriously, and maybe he will split the words with Chen Ao, match the questions and solve the questions.

Seven or eight days have passed in a blink of an eye. I am about to go to Huaizhou. Chen Ao originally wanted to get some warmer before he went to check the bill, but the weather became worse and worse. Overnight, heavy snow fell in the sky and snowflakes flew. Wherever he passed, there was silver. The layers of snow pressed on the roof and was covered with white space. This beautiful thing is often accompanied by the biting cold wind, which makes people want to get close to it but have to stop.

"It's so sad... I'll be Huang Shiren during the New Year." Chen Ao stared blankly at the heavy snow outside the window in the early morning. The cold wind poured in, which made him get goose bumps. He immediately put on his clothes and put on a jacket. His whole body looked a little bloated. He called Liu Wen and said, "Call the young master."

Zhou Heng rushed over and said to Chen Ao: "Cousin, should I go to collect the debt?"

Chen Ao laughed and said, "We are scholars. Scholars are not called debt collection, but debt collection. Go and go to the martial arts school to transfer a team of lieutenants. All the swords and swords are all arranged so that no one can afford to pay. If you move hard, wouldn't we scholars meet soldiers?"

Zhou Heng also smiled and said, "Yes, bring more scholars to gain courage."

When Zhou Heng went to the Wubei Academy, Chen Ao was not in a hurry and slowly went to the study to cook tea and read books. It was so quiet that it seemed like he was going to invite a friend to cook wine and discuss the theory later. The lady called a girl to ask if she wanted to sit in the Buddhist temple. Chen Ao replied, "I have something to do today, I will go later."

The doors and windows in the study were closed, and it seemed a little dim. Chen Ao raised the lamp and wiped Shangfang's sword by the starfire as big as beans. When Zhou Hengxing came back rushing, he stepped on the sword. He thought to himself, the sword was brave enough to dare not return my stupid tent, which made his family uneasy.

When he arrived outside the doorman, he stood up in a row of lieutenants wearing straw raincoats and straw hats on the horse. Chen Ao's horse also led him. Chen Ao turned over the horse, waved his hand and said, "Go."

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On the Zheng Mansion, the middle gate was closed tightly, and the gatekeepers were also hunched inside to hide from the wind. At this time, no one usually came. Occasionally, a few monks and nuns who had been frozen came to beg for alms, but most of them ignored it. The servants in the courtyard had to stamp their feet under the eaves, especially the few servants of Mr. Zheng who were close to the corridor outside the chicken room, and their faces were red from the cold.

Zheng Shuang bought the chicken last time, so she brought the chicken king back. But who knew that the chicken king seemed to have a plague, but he was not as good as the most ordinary cockfighting. He looked so arrogant. After careful study, he found that he had never received the training of a chicken master.

This is strange. Zheng Shuang clearly remembered that the chicken king from Wuquhou's family was indeed lost. Then the next day, Jueshengfang sold this chicken that was similar to the chicken king. According to Zheng Shuang's understanding, this chicken was definitely the chicken king. But when he was taken home, he discovered some clues.

This chicken is just a piece of stuffed goods. Where is the chicken king? Zheng Shuang thought about it for a while before she could recover. Damn it, she was cheated!

It was because the news was revealed that the Chicken King was stolen, and with Zheng Shuang's life experience, he would definitely receive the news early. Therefore, others did not believe that the Chicken King would be sold in Jueshengfang. Zheng Shuang believed that the chicken robbery was eager to sell the stolen goods, and of course he wanted to get out the better. So early that morning, when he heard the news, he immediately asked someone to go to Jueshengfang. After all, Jueshengfang was one of the best cockfighting places. The chicken robbery must have a clear understanding of the industry. Ten of them were selling the stolen goods there.

It was because he was sure that this was the King of Chicken that Zheng Shuang was willing to raise the price of chicken with Zhao Zong. Unexpectedly, he bought it for 250,000 yuan, but his damn fake.

Zheng Shuang was so angry that her nose was crooked. She even threw a few tea bowls, which scared the people so much that they didn't even dare to say anything, and she hid when she saw him.

After a while, although Zheng Shuang stepped on the fake chicken, the money had not been paid yet? Since the bill had not been paid, just pretend that this had not happened. It has been snowing these days, and he was too lazy to even go to the Jueshengfang. He just thought that when the weather was warmer, he must take people to settle the score with the shopkeeper of the Jueshengfang.

However, seven or eight days passed, and he gradually forgot about this matter. He woke up early in the morning every day, either invited his friends to come to the house to fight cocks, or he would play with dozens of cocks raised in the chicken room.

When he came out of the chicken room, he was already in a mess, and his whole body was filled with the smell of chicken shit. At this time, a servant quickly walked over and said, "Young Master, the second master asked you to go to the study."

"No!" Zheng Shuangda said unhappily: "Isn't it just asking me to study? What's the use of studying? I haven't seen anyone in our Zheng family who has passed the Jinshi, but which Jinshi master has the glory of our family?"

But the servant refused to leave and whispered: "Young Master, you are going to Taiyuan tomorrow. You will talk to you before leaving. If you don't go, you will be furious again."

Zheng Shuang muttered, "It's not a separation from life and death, what's there to say?" She said that, but she still didn't dare to neglect her. She asked someone to change his clothes, then she shook to Zheng Fu's study room step by step, rushed into the study room excitedly, and shouted sweetly: "Dad."

Zheng Fu is the younger brother of Duke Zheng Ke. The Zheng family's business is all over his body. He is old and has a son until he is over forty. He is really a treasure. Besides, he often has to travel far away and it is rare to come back a month, so he neglects Zheng Ke. Finally, he sees that he is not good at helping him, but he doesn't care about it in his heart. Anyway, with the strength of the Zheng family, it's nothing to make him worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life. Moreover, when he is older, marry a wife and gets more stable, he will take him out to do business and inherit the family business in the future.

I will go to Taiyuan tomorrow. Although Zheng Fu is a businessman, he is good to his son. When he saw Zheng Shuang come in, he immediately smiled and said, "Shuang'er, come, sit here and talk. Have you gone to the chicken room again?"

Zheng Shuang was not afraid of him at all and said, "It's cold, so you should feed them more rice, otherwise you won't get angry when the spring is coming next year."

Zheng Fu laughed and said, "When you go to Taiyuan, if your father hits a good chicken, he will definitely bring it back to you." Then, he said, "Have you done your homework these days?"

Zheng Shuang laughed and said, "I did it, and my son even wrote it."

Zheng Fu didn't take the exam, but he smiled even more happily and said, "This is good, you have to play, but you have to do your homework. I don't ask you to be a talented man who is well-read in poetry and books. I just want you to be able to read and make your ambitions clear and your heart correct."

Zheng Shuang didn't agree with it and responded perfunctorily.

Zheng Fu suddenly said: "I heard that you spent 250,000 yuan to raise a chicken in the Jueshengfang?"

Zheng Shuang said angrily: "Dad, don't mention this matter anymore. Damn, this chicken is fake. Someone dares to use a fake chicken to deceive me. After a few days, I will have to settle the score with them."

Zheng Fu was relieved. Now his brother is raising money, and 250,000 is not a decisive amount. If he really took it out and bought a chicken, would that be great?

Since the chicken is fake, it is easy to deal with, so there is no need to pay back the account. Zheng Fu said: "Where is a chicken worth so much? I will naturally give it to me as a father, but for a amount of 250,000, even if you buy a real chicken, I will never pay it back to you."

Zheng Shuang smiled and said, "Actually, I don't plan to pay back the debt. I brought the chicken back first. Are you afraid that they will come to our Zheng family to collect the debt? Who knows that it turned out to be fake, and it's really pissing."

Zheng Fu smiled and told him to do his homework after his father left. He often went to his uncle to greet him. Then he slowly said: "You are not young anymore. It's time to find a marriage. Your uncle is doing this. He will become a kinship in the future. Don't make any trouble."

Zheng Shuang was about to say that I was making trouble, but a chief rushed in and said in a panic: "Master... is not good..."

The head of the matter has always been Zheng Fu's confidant. There is no major event in normal times, so it is impossible to be so panicked. Zheng Fu couldn't help but frown and asked, "What's wrong?"

The head of the official said: "Many soldiers came from outside the door, saying that they were here to collect the accounts."

"Check the account...what is it?" Zheng Shuang stood up and said loudly in displeasure.

"It's said it's the young master... the young master owed them 250,000 guan..." The head stuttered.

"Dog guys, they are tired of living. They use a fake chicken to fool me. They dare to come and ask for the account? It's good that I'm coming. I'm about to find them!" Zheng Shuang cursed and stood up: "Let's go, take a look."

Zheng Fu knew that since the other party dared to come and pay the debt, he must have come prepared, so he stood up with a heavy expression and said, "Let's go."

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Chapter completed!