The Young Emperor and the Fearless

The area of ​​Nudi City is four times that of Donghe Town. The gates of the city are guarded by officers and soldiers day and night, and they are extremely strict with those who come and go.However, after getting acquainted with them, those who often run business have become a lot more relaxed.

A pair of men and horses rushed over at full speed, and the officers and soldiers were about to stop them, but the other party showed their badges, saying they belonged to the Chang family, so the officers and soldiers retreated.

The carriage quickly entered the city, passed through the streets and alleys, and stopped at the gate of the Chang family's mansion.

"Second son is back!"

The servants of Chang's family were familiar with the carriage, so they immediately greeted him and reached out to help Chang Chao get off, but Chang Chao jumped off the carriage by himself and walked into Chang's house.As he strode forward, he asked, "Where's my father?"

The servant said: "Master is in the study."

Chang Chao said: "You invite Mr. Zhang over and say that I have something urgent to find him. When you arrive, please go to the study directly. I will wait for him with my father in the study."

The servant responded and withdrew.

Chang Chao had been on the road for a few days, and it was dusty, and he didn't have time to change his clothes, so he hurried to the study.Just as he was about to knock on the door, he heard his father scolding his brother.

The Chang family has two sons, the eldest son Chang Yue and the second son Chang Chao.Chang Yue was born as a concubine, and Chang Chao was born as a concubine.Chang Yue is one year older than Chang Chao, but because of his status, he keeps his head down at home.However, in recent years, the situation has slightly changed.

Let’s talk about Chang Chao first, he helped his father with some money business, but relying on his own little cleverness, he likes to take advantage of loopholes, and when he succeeds, he is complacent and shows off everywhere, and in the end he gets a bad reputation and loses a lot of money.Also, his father was extremely dissatisfied with the fact that Chang Chao liked to find Xiaowan.But Chang Chao pulled Zhang Guangping to save face for him, and his father thought it would be good for his son to gain some connections with Zhang's family, so he ignored him.

And this Chang Yue, knew very early on that his father's bank had nothing to do with him, and devoted himself to studying the sage books. He failed the annual provincial examination.Other than that, Chang Yue behaved quite well-behaved, didn't cause trouble, and treated others with humility.It's just that the low status in the family made him a little timid and fearful, and the one he was most afraid of was his father.

Their father's name is Chang Ning, an old and cunning businessman. He started the bank from scratch and borrowed some of Chang Chao's mother's power to develop it to its current scale.Chang Ning has a bad temper, and he will only put on a good face in front of people who are equal to or higher than him.

There are only two people like this in Nudi City, one is Zhang Guangping's father, Zhang Daiqing, and the other is the prefect He Mao.

Zhang Daiqing's methods are no less than Chang Ning's, and the eunuch He Mao, he does not take hard and soft, and cannot be said to be rigid. This man knows how to advance and retreat, how not to offend others, and deal with others appropriately.

Chang Ning and Zhang Daiqing both had a headache for this person, but they had to greet him with a smile. After all, this prefect was a big official in Nudi City.

If this business is going to be big, these officials should be the least offended.

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Then again, because the head of the family, Chang Ning, is often furious and yells at people by pointing at their noses, so now he closes his study and scolds Chang Yue, and the servants also wisely hide away, for fear that the fish in the pond will be harmed and end up in a mess Curse.

The quarrel in the study was very loud, Chang Chao withdrew his hand knocking on the door, stepped aside, grabbed someone and asked, "What's wrong with my father?"

The man said: "Master wants to arrange a marriage for the eldest son, but the eldest son is unwilling, so there was a quarrel inside."

Chang Chao was surprised: "Don't want to?"

Everyone in the family knew about Chang Yue's temperament, he was submissive and had never disobeyed his father, so why did he dare to challenge his father this time, uncharacteristically?

The servant said: "I heard that the master wants the eldest son to marry a girl from the capital, and let him be his son-in-law."

Chang Chao said: "My father doesn't make money-losing business, what is the background of the other party?"

The servant said: "It seems to be a high-ranking official in the capital."

Chang Chao said: "Then this marriage is not bad."

The servant said: "Second Young Master, this is a marriage, not a girl from another family, but a man who wants to live with someone else. This is a matter of the man's face, of course the eldest son is not willing."

Chang Chao said disapprovingly: "An official in the capital is not bad no matter how you think about it. He is also a good match with us. So what if the eldest brother is married!"

This Chang Chao was favored at home, he didn't know what Chang Yue was suffering in his heart, and even though Chang Chao said he was Chang Yue's big brother, he never took him seriously, so naturally he wouldn't put himself in Chang Yue's shoes. In this life, I can only bend over and be a human being.

And it was because of marriage that Chang Ning chose Chang Yue, otherwise, with the status of the other party, Chang Ning would have preferred Chang Chao to marry another girl.

The servant said: "Not only that, but there are two reasons. The eldest son's marriage was led by the Zhang family. The portrait of the eldest son has been shown to the family. They are not very satisfied with the eldest son's status as a descendant, but look at it. In the face of the Zhang family, they reluctantly agreed. There is another reason, it is the girl of the family, who seems to have a physical defect."

Chang Chao said, "Defect?"

The servant said: "The girl had a broken arm and her hand is already deformed."

Otherwise, how could they consider getting married with a family outside the capital city? They had already chosen the dignitaries in the capital city as in-laws.

But Chang Chao listened, but still didn't care about it: "So what, if elder brother is not satisfied, you can take a concubine."

The servant said: "As a son-in-law, you must listen to the father-in-law in everything. The father-in-law will definitely worry that his daughter will suffer and will not let him take a concubine."

Chang Chao was stunned for a moment, and finally said: "Then I can only wrong my brother."

Chang Chao was brought by Chang Ning's side since he was a child, and he has been influenced by many things, and his ideas are roughly the same - they will all do things that harm others and benefit themselves, just like this time, it is natural for Chang Yue to pursue this marriage in the capital.

Chang Chao knocked on the door after hearing the movement in the study quiet down.

On his side, there are more urgent matters.

Chang Ning's still angry voice came from the study: "Come in."

Chang Chao pushed open the door and whispered, "Father."

He usually glanced over there, his face was red, his eyes were still moist, he should have cried.He hooked the corners of his lips in disdain, because of a marriage, he and his father had a stalemate, but it will make him feel better in the future.

Chang Ning said: "Where have you been fooling around these past few days, and you still know how to come back!"

His tone was a bit heavy, but to him, it was considered normal.

Chang Chao touched the back of his head and smiled: "Father, I have something to discuss with you."

Chang Ning nodded, pointed at Chang Yue and said, "Go out."

Chang Yue bowed and said, "Yes."

Then, with a glance like a servant, he went out cautiously.

As soon as Chang Yue left, Chang Chao knelt on the ground, crying, and said, "Father, you have to save the child this time!"