[Republic of China] The paradise of rebirth

Fifth Master didn't want to make the atmosphere stiff, so he smiled again and said, "For those who celebrate Chinese New Year, don't talk about it." Second Master and I also laughed and tried to dilute the somewhat dull atmosphere just now.

When it was later, the owner of the garden was in poor health, so Fifth Master took him back to his room for a rest. Second Master and I sat in the living room and talked about Xiao Anzi in detail.

After the fifth master brought it up, there were indeed many doubts about Xiao Anzi. The second master thought about it and said, "He is the old man's apprentice, and whether he lives or dies is beyond our control."

I know what Second Master means, since the old man is willing to accept him as a disciple and put him by our side, Xiao Anzi should be harmless; as for the matter of his son's arrest before, perhaps it is true as Fifth Master said, Xiao Anzi has already expected me Can save his son, so he will count on it.

But understanding is understanding, but Second Master and I can no longer treat Xiao Anzi with a normal heart. Whether he is missing now, whether he lives or dies depends on God's arrangement, and Second Master and I don't want to ask any more.

The fifth master will mention it tonight, and he just wants to let the second master and I let go of our hearts. He knows that we have always hated Xiao Anzi, and it is really rare for the fifth master to be so considerate of others.

In any case, this year has been fairly stable. We stayed in Taoyuan for nearly half a month, and we didn't bid farewell to the owner until the shop had to open.

Xiaodongzi and Yuan Qi have also settled down, and Daye is basically on track. Xiaodongzi and Yuan Qi went there, to put it bluntly, to help supervise the work and manage the factory for the second master.

After Pu Lun was removed, Mr. Wan really couldn't get up again. Although he had relied on Pu Lun before, he had hooked up with many Japanese and directors of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, but once Pu Lun fell, the Japanese began to alienate him.

The director of the Ministry of Industry Bureau he colluded with was also replaced. Mr. Wan also noticed at this time that someone was dealing with him behind his back. He is not stupid, so he immediately thought of the second master. come to your door.

If it is said that Mr. Wan is able to bend and stretch, he is indeed a talent for great things, but in terms of character and personality, people look down on him. Regarding his initiative to show weakness and favor, the second master has always been lukewarm.

After a long time, he naturally knew that the second master didn't take him seriously at all. Although he was angry in his heart, he still had to swallow his anger in front of the second master. If he hadn't cooperated with the Japanese, the second master would not have suppressed him so hard.

On the other hand, when I took advantage of Mr. Wan's love, I inquired about the whereabouts of the owner's mother, and the news I got was that she was no longer alive. I sighed secretly, not knowing how to tell the owner.

When Master Wan knew the truth about the owner leaving home, he immediately went home to ask the rich businessman for verification. After learning that what the owner said was true, he forced the rich businessman to reveal the whereabouts of the owner's mother.

Only then did I learn that although the wealthy businessman was merciful at the time, the mother of the owner of the garden suffered a double blow both mentally and physically after learning that the owner was sold into the theater, which made her die.

In order to control the owner of the garden, the rich businessman found someone to imitate the handwriting of the owner's mother, so that the owner did not dare to act rashly, and could only listen to his arrangement to approach the fifth master. As for why the owner should approach the fifth master, Mr. Wan always asked For no reason.

During the period when Mr. Wan was showing weakness, the second master not only kept him cold, but also secretly removed his power. When Mr. Wan ran out of patience and didn't want to humble himself to the second master, he realized that only Liu Chuan was left in his estate. The boss's brothel and several tobacco dens.

If it weren't for the fact that the second master never touched the business of smoking halls and brothels, he would have gone bankrupt by now, so how could he keep a few shops; since Mr. Wan's power has been wiped out, the second master asked me to find time , Take the owner out of Taoyuan.

I secretly laughed in my heart, the reason why the second master quickly cleaned up Mr. Wan, besides not wanting to see his face, was to let the owner of the garden leave Taoyuan earlier, so that he would not find other abnormalities in Taoyuan.

I chose a day when the fifth master was not around, and took the owner and four children out of Taoyuan, intending to surprise the second and fifth masters. After finally returning to the mansion, the owner and the four children were very happy.

The owner and I were sitting in the Wuye courtyard, drinking hot tea and watching the children play, the owner said in a low voice, "Tsing Yi, thank you this time, without you, Hou Zhai and I..."

"Owner, how many times have I told you that you are like my elder brother. When my elder brother is in trouble, it is only natural for my younger brother to help me. There is nothing to thank." I waved my hand indifferently.

"You said last time that there was news about my mother?" The owner of the garden smiled and changed the subject. I held up the teacup and paused, feeling a little distressed and didn't know how to speak. The owner of the garden looked at me and held back smile.

"Actually, I vaguely guessed it, so every time the news is sent back, it is irrelevant news." The owner said in a low voice, and I looked at the owner with a complicated expression.

"It's just a thought. If no one punctures my dream, I will be my mother and wait for me in Zhejiang." The owner of the garden tightly held the teacup in his hand, his voice was almost inaudible.

"Master, you have to relax. Your health is not good. If you think too much and fall ill again, what will you do with your two children?" I said softly, afraid that the owner would think too much and make my body unbearable. load.

"I know, it's just..." The garden owner raised his head, forced a smile to me, I sighed, and said, "The garden owner might as well think about it from another angle, your mother has escaped from the sea of ​​suffering, and she doesn't have to suffer in Wanjia. "

"...It's true. I'm not my father's son. If my mother is still alive, I can't imagine what kind of torture I will suffer in the Wan family." The owner of the garden was silent for a while, and then said.

"Let's not talk about that, Mr. Wan can't trouble you now, but the owner of the garden should be careful not to go out alone, so as not to let him take advantage of it." I poured another cup of tea for the owner of the garden, and quickly stopped the topic just now. .

"I know, thanks to the second master." The owner said, I smiled lightly, "Actually, he was unlucky, the second master didn't like the Japanese at all, he tended to get close to the Japanese, so he let the second Grandpa cleaned them up together."

We talked for a while, and the second master and the fifth master came back. When the fifth master saw the owner of the garden, his eyes were straightened, and the surprise on his face could not be concealed. When the two children saw the fifth master, they jumped happily. past.

The second master and I took our two children back to our courtyard. Because my two sons were sent to Taoyuan, their homework was delayed a lot, so as soon as they returned to the courtyard, they were sent to the study by the second master.

These days, although Pu Lun and Wan Gongzi are no longer a threat, outside of Shanghai, the warlords in various provinces are ready to move. The second master is a little tired. It took him a lot of effort to suppress his desire to conflict with the Feng family. direct generals.

In addition, Yuan Shikai's hidden power seems to have been found by the second master's younger brother. There is news from Beijing that the second master's fourth brother has been acting frequently recently, secretly recruiting many direct generals.

"He doesn't even weigh himself, just because he also wants to challenge Li Yuanhong." The second master rubbed his brows, I quickly poured a cup of hot tea, and comforted me softly, "Take it easy, don't make yourself angry broken."

"Hey, the fourth brother has no way of doing things. Does he think those generals are easy to get along with? Who doesn't look at his jokes with evil intentions? He's just foolishly acting like a gun, rushing to offend Li Yuanhong!"

"Didn't you arrange someone to be by his side? Ask your people to persuade him more, don't let him do stupid things." I helped Erye hold his shoulders and said. In recent days, news from Beijing has been coming in, making Erye Dizzy with work.

"Hmph, he is arrogant and arrogant. I'm afraid I won't hear others say that he is not good, and I don't even think about whether he has the capital to be arrogant!" .

Second Master cherishes his brother very much. If it wasn't for the fact that the elder and younger brother repeatedly forced each other, not only did he attack me, but even killed the second master, the second master would not have dealt with the elder and younger. soft.

Although the second master no longer returned to Beijing, he took care of the third concubine and the third younger brother a lot. In addition to arranging their whereabouts, he also secretly took care of their lives and sent a lot of money back.

Although the other half-brothers were not close to him, he also took care of them secretly, but the fourth brother Yuan Keduan didn't appreciate it. For some reason, he always regarded the second master as a thorn in his side.

Perhaps it was because he was always compared, Erye was very much loved by Yuan Shikai since he was a child, and Yuan Shikai always arranged Erye to sit beside him at every banquet at home; Nor was it left out.

Compared with the other brothers, before the second master left Beijing, he could be regarded as living under the shadow of the second master. Even if the second master was very friendly to them, it was not worth the suspicion that it was not from the same mother.

Although the second master left Beijing later, in Yuan Shikai's heart, I am afraid that only the second master is his preferred successor. In addition, when the young and the young are involved in the rebellious party, it is also the second master's dealings, so that Yuan's family can be completely free. retreat.

Therefore, although Yuan Shikai didn't say it clearly, everyone in the Yuan family didn't know that the second master, who came back only once a year, would be their future master. Unexpectedly, the second master had a falling out with Yuan Shikai and never went back.

Yuan Shikai had no choice but to train other sons. Among them, Yuan Keduan, the fourth son of the fourth concubine, took the opportunity to perform well, and thus fell into Yuan Shikai's eyes and became the successor to replace the second master.

When Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, Yuan Keduan was conferred the title of crown prince, which made him proud, and he wore princely clothes all day long to show off. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor for only 83 days. After the end of the imperial system, he even lost the post of president.

Not only that, but soon after, Yuan Shikai's original illness was aggravated due to mental shock, and he passed away not long after, which caught Yuan Keduan by surprise.

But I didn't expect Yuan Keduan to be able to grasp Yuan Shikai's secret power so quickly. It seems that Yuan Shikai transferred all his love for the second master to him, otherwise he would not have named Yuan Keduan the crown prince when he proclaimed himself emperor.

Now that Yuan Shikai's power has been found by Yuan Keduan, the young man is useless, so the second master evacuated his subordinates around the courtyard, and what happens to the young man at that time is out of his concern.

On the other hand, Mr. Ke, who hadn't come to the door for a while because the New Year was approaching, came to the door again after the Chinese New Year.

After Mr. Ke left with a face full of relief, I hurried into the study, not knowing why the second master would let Mr. Ke participate in Daye's business?Could it be for Yuan Keduan?

"Han Yun, have you settled with Mr. Ke?" After closing the study door tightly, I walked up to the second master and asked.

"Well, give me a little favor to make him feel at ease, and to prevent him from coming to the door all day long." The second master stretched out his arms to hug me, and said in a low voice, I frowned, "Daye is your painstaking effort, so okay?"

"I don't want my child to be a wolf. If I only value the short-term benefits in front of me, I'm afraid I will miss the future development." The second master sighed. such a decision.

"If it's for business development, it's inconvenient for me to ask. I'm afraid that you stupid brother will not be able to compromise for your younger brother." I said softly. To me, the second master is the most important. It's not even worth the second master's finger.

If the second master suffers from Li Yuanhong's hand because of Yuan Keduan, I will not let Yuan Keduan go. Although I have no strength to restrain a chicken, it is not impossible to make a stumbling block.

"Where did you go, no matter what, I won't let myself suffer, I'm a businessman." The second master laughed, and I gave him a sideways look, "I'm worried about you, but you're making fun of me coming."

"Tsing Yi, I know what you are worried about, but you are thinking too much. Although I do secretly take care of other younger brothers, I have my bottom line of principles. I can't threaten our lives for them."

"It's a family after all. Even if they don't want to see me, I will help as much as I can; but if they want to plot against me because of this, I can only say that they underestimate me, Yuan Hanyun."

"So I'm relieved, but I don't like Mr. Ke. Every time I see him, the calculation and greed in his eyes are very shocking." I said in a muffled voice.

"So you can see it too. After dealing with him a few times, I knew that Li Yuanhong might have been kept in the dark by him." The second master let go of me and pulled me to sit down at the table.

"Oh? How do you say that?" I poured two cups of tea and asked curiously. Did Mr. Ke even dare to lie to Li Yuanhong?This courage is also too big.

"Cooperation is fake, making money is real." The second master said lightly, I was taken aback, "You mean, Li Yuanhong doesn't know about the mine at all?" The second master nodded.

"Perhaps he has been to Daye, found clues from my mine and steel factory, and deduced that the owner of the mine is me. But as far as I sent people to Beijing to investigate, Li Yuanhong really didn't know about it."

"Then why do you still cooperate with him?" I asked with a frown, such a person, there is no need to be afraid of him, just deal with him directly, why bother with him?

"In the future, there will definitely be other people who want a share of the pie. I might as well sell favors and kidnap a big president as a backer. On the other hand, Mr. Ke can only agree to my conditions in order to silence me."

"You mean, you sent someone to tell Li Yuanhong about Daye's business?" I smiled. This is Mr. Ke shooting himself in the foot. The second master really hooked up with Li Yuanhong.

When Mr. Ke saw that the second master had carried Li Yuanhong out, he lost his aura and didn't say anything; he was also afraid that the second master would tell about his meddling in business under the guise of Li Yuanhong's name, so he could only agree to the second master's conditions, so as to block the second master. Grandpa's mouth.

From this to and fro, the second master not only did not suffer, but also made a lot of money. Mr. Ke could only eat Coptis chinensis dumbly, swallowing the teeth and blood. Who told him that he didn't know what was good or bad before, and dared to come to threaten the second master.

But as Second Master said, many people really rushed to share the cake of Daye, but Second Master made an early move, and with Li Yuanhong standing behind him, no one dared to provoke him for a while.

Only then did I know why the second master sent Xiao Dongzi and Yuan Qi to Daye. The factory in Daye was already on track, so sending Yuan Qi there was an overkill. It turned out that it was to deal with Mr. Ke, the fox.

Not long after, Mr. Ke went to Daye on behalf of Li Yuanhong, and Yuan Qi and Xiao Dongzi also received the order from the second master, ready to receive Mr. Ke well and let him have an unforgettable trip to Daye.