Master Chen San's IOU was printed with a fingerprint on it, so the gambling shop naturally wouldn't leave it. However, since they said that it was sixty thousand taels of silver, they would certainly not be eloquent.
Chen Zhonghe looked at Master Chen San who was kneeling on the ground and shaking into a sieve, and asked: "I really owe sixty thousand taels of silver?" When he asked this, his tone was very calm.
Master Chen San burst into tears and said, "Big brother, it's them. Then, I, I don't know why I owe so much money."
After speaking, Master Chen San crawled over to hold Chen Zhonghe and cried and said, "Big Brother, Big Brother, you must save me. If you don't pay the money, they will remove my arms and legs."
Chen Zhonghe kicked Master Chen San away, with a chill in his eyes: "If you want to remove your arms and legs, then remove them! Anyway, it's useless to keep them."
Master Chen San cried and howled: "Big brother, big brother, you can't die without saving, big brother..."
Cui walked in tremblingly from the outside on crutches: "Boss, he is your own brother, you really bear the heart to watch him be killed?"
Chen Zhonghe said blankly: "No one wants to harm him, it's him who is looking for death by himself."
Master Chen San turned his head and hugged Cui Shi: "Mother, mother, I know I was wrong. Mother, you save me, I don't want to be a human being." Without arms and legs, there is only a torso left. Up.
No matter how Cui's pleading, Chen Zhonghe would not let go. Being forced to anxiously, Chen Zhonghe knelt on the ground and said: "Mother, you just killed me, and I don't have the money to pay him back."
Cui watched Chen Zhonghe eat the weight of the weight, and threw himself down and knelt in front of Chen Zhonghe: "Boss, mother begged you, you can save your brother! Do you really bear the heart to watch him become a human?" He is a desperado who wants money but doesn't want his life. Not giving money will really make the youngest son a man.
Chen Zhonghe said blankly, "Mother, there is not so much money at home."
Master Chen San shouted when he heard these words: "Why don't you have that much money? Just those two shops in Dongjie. Any one is worth hundreds of thousands taels of silver." Dongjie is the most prosperous area in the entire capital, over there. The shop is similar to the hen laying golden eggs. The locations of the two shops in the Chen family are very good and relatively large. The annual rent alone is more than 20,000 taels of silver.
Hearing this, Chen Zhonghe stood up and walked to Master Chen San, raised his hand and slapped him.
This slap used all of Chen Zhonghe's strength. Master Chen San was beaten and vomited blood.
Seeing that Chen Zhonghe was going to fight, Cui's guard was in front of him: "Do you want to kill him? You want to kill him, first kill me."
Master Chen San doesn't want to die. He still cares about his ancestral inheritance in order to save his life: "You just can't bear it. For the sake of money, you actually abandoned the life of your brother. You said, are you still a human?"
Cui Shi hesitated and said, "Zhonghe, we will take a store to mortgage and redeem it later." She said that the mortgage is not for sale, but also because she knows that the ancestral industry cannot be sold. If you sell it, the eldest son will be the winner.
Chen Zhonghe said, "I won't help him to pay off the debt. Mother, if you are reluctant to become a human being, then just pool the money to pay him back!" After speaking, he turned around and went out.
Staying bored in the house, he went out with his personal attendants. Walking on the street, Chen Zhonghe felt exhausted and lonely like never before.
The personal entourage watched him walk infinitely for fear of accident: "Master, I heard that the old man has friendship with the owner of the gambling house of the four seas, or ask the old man to solve this matter."
Chen Zhonghe said indifferently: "I'm not too incompetent to beg a son-in-law." I would rather lose money than beg Yun Hongpo. It's not that it can't be pulled down, but it's unnecessary.
The personal entourage dared not speak anymore.
A little hungry after walking for a while, Chen Zhonghe took his entourage to the Fuyun restaurant for dinner.
The one who was drunk still followed to take him home.
The next day Chen Zhonghe went to the Yamen just like a okay person. Then at night, I stayed at Yamen and didn't go home.
Seeing this, Cui knew that Chen Zhonghe really didn't care about it, and was a little anxious at the moment. But she couldn't break into the yamen, and Chen Zhonghe's consent was required for Gongzhong's money to exceed two thousand taels. In desperation, Cui could only take out his coffin. If it's not enough, I'll take things to pawn again.
Mrs. Chen Er knew, and there was another trouble. But this time Cui used his private property, not the money from the public, and Mrs. Chen Er didn't ask for any advantage.
Chen Mudan looked at Mrs. Chen Er, whose chest hurts with anger, and asked worriedly: "Mother, does the uncle really care about the uncle?" Master Chen Er has no talent for studying, and Juren was barely admitted. Then, the family found him an official position. I have been an official for more than ten years, and now he is only a judge of the sixth grade. Therefore, the Chen family still relies on Chen Zhonghe.
Although Mrs. Chen Er didn't know how many steps Cui had, but sixty thousand taels would definitely hurt her. The money originally had their share. But now, it's all gone.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Chen Er felt more and more pain in her chest: "If he is willing to take care of it, you won't let your grandmother sell her."
Cui took out all the coffins and sold several of her favorite decorations, and only then collected sixty thousand taels of silver. The people in the casino got the bank notes from Huitong Bank and were about to leave.
The butler said to them: "Our lord said, we will not recognize the third lord's debt to your gambling house. We will not recognize him. As for the removal of his arms or legs, it is up to you."
After hearing this, a few scumbags knew what they were saying. This Chen San can't lend him any more money in the future. Because I borrowed it, but the meat buns have never returned.
This matter was resolved, and Chen Zhonghe returned. The first thing he did when he came back was to reduce the expenditure in the house. Except for Cui's, everyone's monthly money and daily expenses are all halved. I also told the cashier that, except for the 1,500 taels of silver that was allocated to the backyard every month, no one else would go to the cashier to ask for money without his permission. This also includes Cui's.
Cui was so angry when he knew this, "Why did I give birth to you such an unfilial son."
Chen Zhonghe said blankly: "Mother, I have already spoken to the outside world. From now on, the third child will owe him to the outside world, and Chen Mansion will not recognize it."
Seeing that he was too hard, Cui came to be soft: "He'er, the palms of the palms and the backs of the hands are all meat. Mother can't just watch him really be beaten to death!"
Chen Zhonghe said indifferently: "If you can tolerate him again, it won't be enough to fill the entire Chen family. If the Chen family is defeated, mother, you and I will have no face to see the ancestors of the Chen family in a hundred years."
Cui was so blocked that he couldn't speak.
Good things do not go out, bad things spread thousands of miles. Master Chen San owed a huge gambling debt, Cui Shi was so confused that he sold Tiji to help him pay off the debt. This matter was quickly regarded as a post-dinner talk.
Chen Muqing was surprised when she knew that, she called Hong Po's personal entourage, Yuan Yi, to come over: "It's said that my grandmother sold him to help my third uncle to pay off the debt. Is this true?"
Yuan nodded and said, "It's true."
Before his third uncle had troubles, it was his father who helped to deal with the aftermath. This time, her grandmother turned out to solve the matter.
Chen Muqing asked: "My father, did he do nothing?".
Yuan Yi smiled and said: "The eldest master let out a message to the outside world, saying that whether Master Chen San got into trouble or owed a debt in the future, Chen Mansion will not care about it."
Chen Muqing was startled. In the past, whenever something happened at home, his father came forward to solve it. This time, it really didn't look like her father's acting style.
In fact, it was also the matter of Mrs. Chen leaving home that stimulated Chen Zhonghe. For the sake of mother and younger brother, the troubled couple did not kiss their children. But in the end, his mother and brother didn't care about his goodness at all, and instead criticized him for not doing enough well enough. When your heart is cold, you can naturally be ruthless.
"How much gambling debt does my third uncle owe?"
Hearing sixty thousand taels, Chen Muqing gasped. It's no wonder that his father lost his hand this time. Although the Chen family had a relatively strong family background, they couldn't help being defeated like this.
Upon seeing this, Yuan Yi said: "Grandma, 100% of the situation like Master Chen San is set up by the gambling house. If you want to recover the money, it is not difficult." The gambling house also wins, no Anyone dare to calculate. If he came forward to ask for the money, he would get most of it back.
Chen Muqing shook his head and said: "No need." If she comes forward to ask for the money back, then her third uncle will ask her for anything. His dad throws away his hands, no matter where she is going to get in this trouble.
In early April, good news came from Jiangnan. Chen Huanzhang passed the exam and was still the case leader.
Knowing this, Han Jingjing smiled and said to Chen Muqing: "Huanzhang, this child, is really promising." Jiangnan has been a place where talents have been born since ancient times. Chen Huanzhang's first name in the exam is enough to prove his excellence.
Chen Muqing smiled and said, "This is just the beginning, and there will be rural and meeting exams in the future."
Han Jingjing smiled and said: "Don't worry, Huanzhang's talents will definitely pass the local examination and the general examination." If you are not sure, I believe Don will not let him go.
"Thanks to Niang Jiyan."
Han Jingjing smiled and said: "This matter, you should send someone to tell your father-in-law and mother-in-law to make him happy too." The news of Prince You's Mansion is much more informed than that of the Chen family.
Chen Muqing smiled and said, "Okay."
The Chen family is a school of scholars, and as long as the descendants can pass the imperial examination into the Chen family, they will not lose. So when he heard that his son took the lead in the test, Chen Zhonghe's haze over the past few days was wiped out.
After returning home, Chen Zhonghe told Cui's happy event. Cui hasn't spoken to him for more than half a month because of Master Chen San, but the first thing Chen Zhonghe goes home every day is to greet Cui. As for Cui's ignorance of him, Chen Zhonghe didn't take it seriously either.
The filial piety of Baishan is the first, and the heirs of scholars like Chen Zhonghe pay more attention to filial piety. But in their hearts, the most important thing is the family. The foundation and inheritance of the family are more important than filial piety. And this time, Master Chen San happened to violate this bottom line, and Chen Zhonghe could not tolerate it anymore.
Cui Shi Yixi: "Really?"
Chen Zhonghe nodded and said, "The Royal Palace sent someone to tell us about this. There shouldn't be any falsehoods."
When Cui heard the words You Wangfu, his eyes flashed unhappy. There was an accident at home that day, and she sent someone to find Mu Qing to help her solve the matter, but was stopped by the concubine You Wang and did not see anyone. There is really no benefit in getting married with such a person.
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