Jingyuan, gathering in the city.

"Ahem, ahem--"

As soon as the old butler entered the door, he saw Jing Qingfeng sitting up and coughing, and his thin body kept shaking like a sieve.

He hurried over and stuffed the sucking mouth of the hookah into the master's mouth. Jing Qingfeng took a few deep breaths of milky white smoke. His old face turned sickly and his cough stopped immediately. Even the wrinkles on his face were soothing.

"Master, you can't stop this cigarette." The old housekeeper sighed and pressed Jing Qingfeng's back to sort out his breath: "You have already hurt a lot of energy when you went out a few days ago. If you don't take a few puffs to make up for it, your body will not be able to withstand it."

"Cough cough..." Jing Qingfeng's eyes were gloomy and he sucked a few mouthfuls of milk mist. His skinny right hand grabbed the pillow next to him, grabbed it hard, and directly grabbed the amber pillow with a deep mark: "It's hateful... it's hateful! Qin Xiao, Qin Xiao, you died too early!"

The old butler sighed and quietly waited for the master to finish his temper.

The old butler naturally knew Qin Xiao in Xuanzhu County more than 30 years ago. Qin Xiaoke was a popular figure among his generation of young people. He was sent to Dongyang District to be the inspector of the Dongyang Valley Transportation at a young age. He naturally joined the Silver Blood Society and chatted and laughed with the presidents of the Chamber of Commerce. The children of Jing Qingfeng, who had to flatter him even more.

Tobacco was introduced to Huiyao more than a hundred years ago, but due to geographical and environmental reasons, the yield has always been low, and many people know the harm of tobacco. All warriors who practice tactics are extremely sensitive to this plant that contains toxic substances to assassinate the body. An alarm will sound physically and mentally. Only the civilians at the bottom can smoke tobacco without any worries.

Although many people like this stimulating and tuning that makes the body uncomfortable, after all, many people like to eat spicy food, but most children of officials just taste it briefly and will not suck in large quantities for a long time, just like ordinary people do not eat spicy hot pot every day.

However, at that time, Qin Xiao brought water hookahs that were said to be popular in the upper layer of "Yanjing".

The tools required for water hookahs are luxurious, and they are not as irritating as ordinary tobacco when sucked. Moreover, because water hookahs are mixed with Yaoshi, Qin Xiao said that smoking water hookahs can prolong life. Many people believe it - Yaoshi is a good thing, everyone has Yaoshi chips on the back of their necks, so eating more Yaoshi will definitely be good!

Water hookahs can be compared and are comfortable to suck. They soon became popular in the Xuanzhu high-flow circle, but because of the high cost, it is difficult for ordinary people to get in touch.

Smoking hookahs had no effect at the beginning. More than ten years later, the group of smokers who smoked hookahs every day died early. Many people suddenly became alert and immediately cut off their hookahs.

But shortly after the hookah was cut off, various adverse reactions occurred: loss of mind, fatigue, cough, mental exhaustion... It was useless whether you were seeking medical treatment or holding on. Some people even died of old age because they had not sucked hookah for too long.

Yes, I'm dying of old age!

It has nothing to do with addiction. Most of the children of officials are warriors with some cultivation. It is not easy to control them through poisons - several are possible, but a large group of people will soon find something wrong.

However, water hookahs are popular in the upper layer of Xuanzhu for more than ten years and are popular to this day, which is enough to show that there is no strong toxin in it. Many people even get better and better after smoking water hookahs - until they die of old age.

Old smokers in Silver Blood Society can help themselves to control themselves from smoking hookahs, but after quitting hookahs for a long time, they will die of old age. If they smoke hookahs, they can "prolong their life" and live for a longer time.

From this perspective, what Qin Xiao said is true.

But these old foxes of the Silver Blood Society did not make a statement, but instead found a well-known doctor to analyze the hookah and soon discovered the problem:

Tobacco itself has no problem, at most it will damage the lungs and throat.

The reason why water hookahs cause people to die early is because of the shining stone inside.

Because few people will suck the chariot, not many people know that sucking the chariot can slowly enhance physical fitness and mental strength. Sucking with long-term water such as water hookah can improve the qualifications of a warrior. It is not too much to upgrade from an R card to an sr card for ten years.

Shisha can be popular because it is of great benefit to the body, and this is true.

But the blessings are based on disasters, and the physical fitness becomes stronger, which means that the frequency of cell renewal is faster. Originally, people with a bright future have a short life, and most people can only live to the age of fifty without illness or disaster, and it is not an exaggeration to live to be 60 years old and 70 years old.

But when they sucked hookah, it was equivalent to pre-supporting their lives in advance.

They are energetic during the period from 20 to 40. They can be full of energy after sleeping for four hours a day. They are all time management masters, but this is the effect they have brought about by pre-providing the quality of life in the future.

When they are over 40 years old, their lives are basically over, one after another, and they are quickly old and die. It is useless to quit water hookah, because they cannot be replenished after being exhausted, and they die faster if they quit.

The only way is to continue to smoke hookah regularly, squeeze out the potential of life as much as possible, and survive.

After discovering the truth about hookah, Silver Blood not only did not ban the sale of hookah, but was even trying to reduce the price of hookah and promote it to the majority of civilians. This kind of hookah that squeezes life is certainly not needed for their ruling class, but for those civilians who cannot even survive at the age of forty, isn’t it a stimulant that can increase their work efficiency?

Moreover, the Silver Blood Society not only does not promote the harm of hookah, but also conceals it from internal members. It encourages other members to smoke hookah together. Its intentions are naturally self-evident.

I sucked, I died long ago, why can you live longer than me?

Like Jing Qingfeng, he didn't even tell his son.

Such a thought flashed through their minds: In fact, the effect of water hookah is very good, allowing people to exert more work efficiency in their young and middle-aged people, and quickly die when they are old, giving way to young people, and completing the alternating blood exchange of new and old generations.

But when they realize that they are the alternating "old blood" of that generation, it is naturally impossible for you to say that they have no jealousy and resentment towards "new blood".

However, although Jing Qingfeng did not tell his son, he did not encourage him to smoke.

What they hated even more was Qin Xiao who brought Shuiyan to Dongyang.

After investigation, Yinxuehui was shocked to find that Qin Xiao actually didn't say a lie: Water hookah is indeed popular among the upper nobles of Yanjing, and it is still a best-selling product today.

So the first group of upper-class nobles quickly died of old age. The new group of nobles are still smoking hookahs, but no one knows whether there is a mixed stone inside.

After leaving Dongyang District, Qin Xiao was tortured to death in prison because of his mistake in taking sides in the court's party dispute.

After spending a lot of money, the Yinxue Society found that there seemed to be a secret organization called "Huiyao Four Guards" behind Qin Xiao. Bringing water hookah to the upper nobles of Yanjing and Xuanzhu County may be a conspiracy of the secret organization, but it may also be... a royal order.

After the investigation, the Silver Blood Society was neither capable nor dared to continue investigating. And the first generation of water hookah smokers could only accept their fate and honestly fulfill their family mission.

After sucking a few mouthfuls of milk, Jing Qingfeng asked, "Where is Zhengwei now?"

"The eldest young master has left Jingyuan and seems to be going home."

"Other people?"

"The second young master, the third young master, and the fourth young master are all in Zizhuyuan and have not left yet."

Jing Qingfeng sighed: "It seems... our Jing family cannot escape the fate of killing each other."

The old housekeeper didn't understand: "Why does the master say this? The eldest young master has always been unable to play with other brothers. Isn't it normal to leave early?"

"I specifically urged them to attend this family banquet, but they did not show up. Do you think they don't understand the meaning?"

Jing Qingfeng coughed twice and said, "At present, Zhengwei has gained support from the outside world with the Youth Daily and the patrol team. What's more, he is the eldest son and not many people in his family resist it. It can be said that the trend is the general trend. The other three sons are at most seniors, and they can't even do this - you have read those reports. The factories under their control often have troubles, and their management is getting worse and worse!"

The old butler said carefully: "Master, I think those accidents in the factory..."

"Do you want to say that it was the other people who wanted to frame them?" Jing Qingfeng sneered: "But they didn't frame Zhengwei? Zhengwei was attacked that time, was it really the Yitian Gang's ghost obsessed with?"

"They can't beat it openly, but they can't beat it secretly. Do they still want to win?"

"I called them back and didn't show up this time, just to give them a chance to reconcile. Either Zhengwei gave them a step to subdue their three younger brothers, and they would take the position of head of the family as expected; or Zhengwu and others would take the initiative to surrender, give up their fantasies, and support their brother to continue to serve the family."

"And now is the worst result - Zhengwei left early and was ready to kill him; Zhengwu and the others secretly discussed matters and were ambitious!"

The old butler was shocked and hurriedly said, "I'll go find the eldest master now and tell him what you mean by your master. Maybe..."

"No need." Jing Qingfeng waved his hand: "Zhengwei has too much grudge against me, brother, and the Jing family... With his intelligence, how could he not see the significance of this dinner tonight? But not only did he pretend to be busy with the newspaper business a few days ago and didn't want to come, but even today I urged him, he just perfunctorily and had no intention of reconciling with his brother."

The old housekeeper: "Maybe the eldest young master can't save this face..."

Jing Qingqiu sneered: "Face? For Jing Zhengwei, face is the most indifferent thing to him! If he really wants to get the support of his younger brothers, he will definitely pretend to be a 'good brother' and win them over... But since he doesn't, I will only explain one thing--"

"He will definitely win the position of the head of the family; he will not keep any of his three younger brothers!"

The old butler couldn't say a word, and he silently stroked the master's back to make the master feel better, but he couldn't help but say, "If the second young master..."

"It's impossible!" Jing Qingfeng said firmly: "If it were other times, Zhengwei and Zhengwu could inherit the position of the head of the family, but when is it now? Cough cough, there are civil strife in the sky, the throne is empty, and the districts are in chaos... This is a great struggle. Zhengwudang's head is more than enough, but what the Jing family needs is not just the head of the family!"

"Fude, you should not worry about it, you should be glad, because after my death, the Jing family will become stronger and stronger, the reputation of the Jing family will be resounding, and our Xuanzhu Jing family will be deeply engraved in history."

"Because, the next person who succeeds to the position of the head of the Jing family is a person with a thick-faced and dark-hearted person, vengeful and ruthless person, but he cannot find any flaws-"

Jing Qingfeng coughed out a mouthful of black blood, and his eyes burst out with a rebright luster:

"A hero!"

...

...

"Haqiu."

Qinglan looked at Leyu in surprise: "Young Master, do you feel cold?"

"No." Leyu also found it very strange. He actually sneezed in a hot day. Could it be that he caught a cold?

"Do you want to go back?"

"No, keep listening for a while."

Leyu and the others are now in the storytelling stall on Damenshi Street. Now the storytelling stalls are no longer speaking, but retell the various articles of the Youth Daily with both voice and emotion. For example, the storyteller Luan Jiba in front of them is talking about the answers of the "Knowledge Discussion Zone" of the fifth issue of "Youth Daily".

Not to mention, he plays the role of the answerer in a vivid way. Whether it is the revolutionary answerer, the king answerer or the court official answerer, it sounds quite like the same thing. It is the first time that Leyu has heard such a storytelling, a mouthful of bad tofu and a mouthful of iced honey pork tea, which makes it so pleasant to hear.

Qinglan said with a little twisted voice: "Don't listen... I wrote the answer he said, and I feel very embarrassed."

Leyu instantly understood Qinglan's mentality. He felt embarrassed when he occasionally met someone who recited his own articles, so he stood up and said, "Then let's go and see others playing cards!"

Qinglan smiled and said, "Young Master really likes playing cards."

"Oh, mainly because Huiyao has no entertainment, and I don't have much fun except playing cards." Leyu complained: "If it weren't for running a newspaper, I wouldn't be too lazy to open a newspaper. But now, after I started running a newspaper, my game time has been reduced so much. It's really better than that of a man's calculation."
Chapter completed!