Chapter 884 Family Affairs (Part 1)
Upon hearing that Master Wang was willing to work with him to jointly deconstruct the so-called destiny, Sun Shaozong silently downgraded his evaluation of him by one level.
This Taoist may be a little clever, but his actions are still inevitably a bit careless and rash.
Conspiring to control a country's crown prince is a deadly act. How can you say it out loud to someone when you meet them for the first time?
Even if Sun Shaozong really wanted to cooperate with him, he would never give an accurate answer to avoid giving people a chance to talk - what's more, Sun Shaozong was only half-believing and half-doubting what he said.
There was even a moment when Sun Shaozong even thought about exposing and reporting this to the Crown Prince, wanting this Master Wang to follow in the footsteps of those eunuchs.
However, Sun Shaozong quickly put this idea behind his mind.
The reason why Master Wang was able to gain a foothold in the Prince's Mansion was not because of destiny, but because of the method of artificial insemination. For the Prince, this was a fatal temptation that he could not miss.
Therefore, even if Sun Shaozong exposed in front of the prince that Master Wang was pretending to be God's will and actually had other intentions, he would probably not be able to get rid of him once and for all.
Since we can't kill them all with one blow, we should at least maintain superficial harmony.
So Sun Shaozong gave an ambiguous answer, saying that he was willing to cooperate or that he was delaying and shirking responsibility. In short, it made it difficult for Master Wang to grasp his thoughts for a while, but he could also vaguely feel appropriate goodwill.
This matter is confusing to talk about and is really not easy to do.
If Sun Shaozong had not trained in Wuxi Prefecture for two years, he might not have been able to get the hang of it.
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That night.
Both the host and the guests enjoyed themselves.
Sun Shaozong, who was feeling quite happy after drinking, originally planned to stay overnight in the Prince's Mansion and comfort a few maids and concubines .
But after the prince got drunk, he kept staring at him and muttering something about "harmony of yin and yang", "juice" [branches and branches flourish], and "hole" [pillar of the country]. Sun Shaozong felt uneasy listening to him.
So, regardless of the lateness of the night, he fled the Prince's Mansion in a hurry, using the excuse that his concubine was pregnant.
No conversation along the way.
But when he arrived at his home, he pushed open the corner door and drove in. Sun Shaozong was just about to pick up the lantern and go to the backyard to rest when he suddenly found that the person who handed him the lantern was not the doorman Wang Jin, but Wang Jin's brother-in-law Hu Wu.
That would have been fine, but the key point was that Hu Wu's face was filled with anger, and he looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. It was obvious that there was something fishy going on.
So Sun Shaozong asked casually: "Where is Wang Jin?"
Hu Wu had a lot to say, and when he heard Sun Shaozong's question, he immediately said, "To answer your question, Wang Jin is recovering at home!"
I thought that once these words were spoken, they would definitely attract the attention of the Second Master, but I didn't expect that Sun Shaozong didn't react at all. He took the lantern and went straight to the corridor.
Hu Wu felt very depressed. He was just thinking whether he should pour out his grievances to Zhang Cheng first, when he heard Sun Shaozong's order from the corridor: "Go and call housekeeper Zhao and tell him that I am waiting for him in the front hall."
It turned out that Sun Shaozong did not want to intervene, but he was unwilling to listen to one side only.
After all, looking at Hu Wu's attitude, it is not difficult to guess that this must be an infighting, and it is most likely limited to the servants and does not involve the women in the backyard - otherwise, when Hu Wu faces himself, his face would not be full of anger without a trace of panic.
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After waiting in the living room for less than a quarter of an hour, Zhao Zhongji appeared in front of Sun Shaozong. Although his clothes were a little disheveled, he did not look sleepy at all.
And it was not only Zhao Zhongji who came, but also his wife Zhao Songshi.
After all, there had just been a private fight at home, and Sun Shaozong had not returned yet, so Zhao Zhongji did not sleep well at all. When he heard that the second master had summoned him, he simply brought his wife over so that there would be no one to serve him tea in the middle of the night.
But when Zhao Song served the tea, Zhao Zhongji told her the whole story.
This matter started with the Jinling Nanzong. Originally, the Nanzong planned to ask the Jinling Chamber of Commerce to send the money earned from the timber business to the capital - the escort agency has not appeared yet.
However, the troops who had suppressed the rebellion just returned to the capital, and Sun Shaozong naturally trusted his old subordinates more. He asked Nanzong to keep the silver for more than a month, until more than ten days ago, when it was loaded onto a ship and sent north in the name of military supplies.
Of course, the Southern Sect would definitely have to send someone to accompany and escort the items so that the handover could be completed in Beijing.
[Tsk, a paragraph was deleted from the previous chapter for violating regulations. By the way, what about the hospital's artificial insemination brochure? Mosaic and a bunch of Xs? ]
The root cause of today's conflict was caused by the leader of the escort servants.
This person was none other than Sun Xi, who had led the way when Yu Qian, Sun Chengye and others went north to take the imperial examination.
At first, Sun Xi stayed in the capital with Sun Chengye. Later, when they were doing timber business, they needed someone to liaise with the Southern Sect. So Sun Shaozong asked Sun Chengye to borrow him and ordered him to go south with Liu Quan and others.
Because of these connections, the task of sending people from the Southern Sect to escort the shipment naturally fell on Sun Xi.
But Sun Xi was a person who could never sit still. Seeing that they were not far from the capital, but the team returning to the capital would take another three to five days because of the inspection in Tianjin Prefecture, he insisted on going to the capital early.
Since he was a servant of the Sun family, it was not easy for Lu Jianxing, Shen Lian and others to interfere in his management - Xu Shouye, who was qualified to suppress him, was ordered to stay in Huguang.
So Sun Xi followed his own will and returned to the capital alone.
With his arrival, Liu Quan, who was basically hated by everyone in the Sun family, finally had someone to confide in.
The two of them drank from noon until dusk, their tongues were so stiff that they could not speak straight, but they were filled with righteous indignation. One hated the sky and the other was annoyed with the earth. What taboos were there for them?
They supported each other and staggered to the left side of the gatehouse, leaning against the wall and spitting and cursing. Later, seeing that Wang Jin was hiding inside and had no intention of responding, they simply rushed in and punched him randomly.
When Zhao Zhongji arrived after hearing the news, he saw three people, including Wang Jin, lying in the gatehouse, groaning and groaning, and it was unclear whether they were cursing or crying out in pain.
At this point, Zhao Zhongji said helplessly: "In fact, Liu Quan and Sun Xi were drunk, and if they really fought, Wang Jin would have gained a lot of advantages - but this guy is also cunning, lying on the ground pretending to be a victim, otherwise this matter would be easy to deal with."
Unlike Zhao Zhongji's sad face, Sun Shaozong was not annoyed after hearing the whole story. Instead, he felt relieved.
As mentioned before, he actually had the intention of "kicking" the arrogant Liu Quan out of the Sun family a long time ago, but he was worried that this guy would ruin the reputation of the Sun family, so he had never made up his mind.
Now that Liu Quan is committing suicide, it has given him a chance to solve the problem once and for all.
So he ordered: "Let's leave it at that for today. Tomorrow evening, gather all the men in the mansion and wait for me to come back and give them a lecture!"
