The Jade of the Republic of China

Three days later, news was published in the newspaper that in order to support and encourage the development of national industry and commerce, the taxation of Chinese enterprises will be restored to the previous level, and the taxation of small enterprises with less than 20 employees will be halved.

When such a good news was released, it immediately aroused enthusiastic responses from all walks of life. The workers' organization also canceled the following activities, and happily returned to the factory to work hard.

Zhejiang won the negative word of mouth accumulated by Shanghai in the past year, and it also successfully regained most of it.

Shen Yutong finished reading the newspaper in the room, and heard what his father seemed to be calling in the garden, so he quickly put down the newspaper and went downstairs.

"Father, what's the matter?" He walked to Mr. Shen and asked with concern.

Mr. Shen ignored him, but anxiously looked left and right, and stepped forward to push aside the bushes.

"Dad, what are you looking for?"

Old Man Shen didn't turn his head back and said, "Where's my Xiaolan? The one who was here just now, why didn't he disappear?"

Shen Yutong was slightly taken aback.

Xiaolan was my father's favorite indigo chin, which died last week.

"Dad..." he called out tentatively.

Shen Xingzhi finally got up from the bushes, turned to look at him, and said, "Eh? Little Phoenix, why haven't you gone to school yet? Don't be late."

Shen Yutong looked at his silver-haired father in astonishment, unable to speak for a while.

Shen Xingzhi urged again: "Little Phoenix, what are you still doing in a daze? Hurry up and go to school."

With a sore throat, Shen Yutong nodded: "Well, Dad, I'll go right away." Then he said to Aunt Zhou next to him, "Aunt Zhou, help Dad go upstairs to rest."

I also saw the old Aunt Zhou, looked at him with mixed feelings, and nodded sadly.

Shen Yutong watched Aunt Zhou help her father upstairs, closed her eyes, and sighed heavily.

These days, my father's mental state has not been very good. From time to time, he forgets things and becomes confused, and he doesn't even recognize people clearly.Since he was not seriously ill, he was only considered to be old.

He didn't expect it to be so serious.

He suddenly had a bad feeling.

Storm is coming.

At this moment, Shen Yuan came over with strides, saw his expression sad, and asked, "What's the matter? Yutong."

Shen Yutong took a deep breath, her throat was still a little sore, and said in a hoarse voice: "Dad, he..."

Shen Yuan was nearly half a hundred years old, and he was much more open about this matter than his younger brother who was still in his prime.But he still let out a long sigh: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are the norm. My father is now in his dying years. According to the doctor, he has dementia. Even if he can live for more than ten or twenty years, his mental condition will only get worse." Said Forget it, after a pause, "Everyone is going to grow old and die. Brother, I am also getting older every year. Your two nephews are not enough. The Shen family will have to rely on you to support them in the future."

"Brother..." Shen Yutong couldn't bear the sensation, her voice was choked up.

Shen Yuan smiled loudly, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Man, why are you so sentimental?"

"I just saw that my father thought I was still a teenager and called me Little Phoenix, and I felt a little uncomfortable for a while."

In fact, it wasn't just Shen Xingzhi, but also the discomfort accumulated these days because of Meng Liansheng, one after another, it was inevitable to be sad for a while.

Shen Yuan smiled: "Okay, I have to go out to the chamber of commerce for a meeting."

Shen Yutong asked, "Is there anything urgent?"

Shen Yutong shook her head: "Not at all, but the higher-ups suddenly announced tax cuts, and I always felt that something was wrong, so we made an appointment to discuss it.

"Okay, you go to work."

In the evening, Meng Liansheng was about to leave the office when Du Zan rushed in.

"Xiao Meng, something serious happened."

"what's up?"

"Lin Guangxiang died, and when he went to Nanshi in the afternoon, the car overturned into the river, and he died on the spot.

Meng Liansheng was not surprised when he heard the news. He thought that it was probably Long Zhenfei's handwriting. He originally thought that the other party would let him do this. He didn't expect to be so impatient. He just announced a tax cut. , moved Lin Guangxiang, presumably because he was eager to make meritorious service in front of Commander Li.

But it's a good thing not to let him do it, after all, he hasn't found out Lin Guangxiang's disadvantages, that is, he is a little greedy, he is not strict with his children, and he has a few good sons who want to kill their brothers and brothers.

So he bent his lips and smiled: "Really? Then his sons will have a lot of fun."

Unexpectedly, Du Zan hadn't finished his sentence, panting and holding his breath, he said, "No... I heard that Mr. Shen is also in the car."

"What?" The smile on Meng Liansheng's face froze suddenly.

Du Zan knew that he had an unusual relationship with the Second Young Master, so when he heard the news, he felt that the matter was serious, so he came to tell him right away, seeing his expression at this moment, he knew that it was indeed a serious matter.

"Xiao Meng, don't worry, it is said that Mr. Shen has already been sent to the hospital, and his life should not be in danger."

The "don't worry" obviously didn't make any sense.

Meng Liansheng lowered his head, showing a rare look of anxiety, pacing back and forth in place.

He and Shen Yuan didn't actually have any friendship, but he was Shen Yutong's elder brother, and the second son was already angry with him, so how could he bear it if his elder brother had something wrong?

Fortunately, he calmed down quickly, pondered for a moment, and ordered: "Brother Du Zan, you go to the hospital to see what's going on in person?"

Du Zan nodded: "Well, I'll go right away. Xiaomeng, don't worry, auspicious people have their own nature, Mr. Shen is kind, so nothing will happen."

At the same time, in Guangji Hospital, Shen Yuan, who had just finished the operation, was pushed into the ward.

After the meeting at the chamber of commerce today, Lin Guangxiang invited him to go to Nanshi to inspect the factory situation. He originally had a car, but Lin Guangxiang enthusiastically invited him to take a ride with him, saying that he could talk for a while.

Unexpectedly, when the car was traveling to Nanshi, it suddenly lost control and turned into the river.Although the river was very shallow, only half of the car was flooded, but it rolled down from the road more than ten meters away, and it was definitely the posture of the king of Hades coming to claim his life.

There were three people in a car, two of them died, but he was the only one who was lucky enough to save his old life.It's just that there are multiple fractures all over the body, and it will take a long time to stay with the hospital bed.

Because of the anesthetic, I didn't wake up for a while.

Shen Yutong looked at the person on the bed, rejoicing that his elder brother was not in danger of life, but at the same time couldn't help feeling sad.He has lived for more than 20 years, and it can be said that the wind is going smoothly. Even every time he accompany his sister-in-law to burn incense in the temple, he can always draw a lottery.

Everyone said that Second Young Master Shen's life was good. After a long time, he himself thought so.

But there is no real smooth sailing in life, it's just that the undercurrents and reefs have not yet been revealed.

Over the past few days, the blows Meng Liansheng gave him, and his father's situation getting worse and worse, had exhausted him both physically and mentally. At first, he thought that no matter what happened, at least he had his big brother as his solid backing, and he didn't want his big brother to suffer such a sudden disaster.

As a result, this sadness was extremely strong, and I even had the urge to cry.Helplessly, the sister-in-law in the ward was already wiping away tears, he couldn't add fuel to the flames, now that he was the backbone of the Shen family, he still had to take on the responsibility of being a man in the Shen family, took a deep breath, and comforted her in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, Don't be too sad, it's a blessing in misfortune that your elder brother got his life back today. The doctor also said that elder brother is not in danger of his life, just take good care of him. When he wakes up, seeing you like this will make him feel uncomfortable. "

Hearing what he said, sister-in-law Biyun quickly stopped sobbing, wiped away her tears and said, "Yutong, what crime did you do, that a good car turned into the river?"

Shen Yutong said: "No one can say for sure about accidents."

Biyun sighed softly: "It's okay if it's just an accident..."

Shen Yutong frowned slightly

Yes, it would be fine if it was just an accident.

I'm afraid it's not an accident.

Meng Liansheng hung up the call from Du Zan from the hospital, feeling relieved that as long as the person was still alive, it would not be a big deal. He pondered for a moment, took the car keys and went out.

This was the first time he went to the Songhu Police Station. He didn't make an appointment in advance because he knew that a workaholic like Long Zhengfei must be in the office.

Sure enough, after the notification, the secretary quickly came down to lead him up.

Long Zhengfei had already sat down in the reception room, and made a pot of hot tea.Seeing him coming in, he raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Xiao Meng, what a rare visitor!"

Meng Liansheng bowed his hands politely: "I didn't make an appointment in advance, so I rushed to the door and disturbed Uncle Long."

Long Zhenfei waved his hands and said with a smile: "Why are you two so polite? Come and sit down!"

Meng Liansheng sat down as good as he could.

Long Zhengfei waved the secretary to leave, brewed a cup of tea and handed it to him, then smiled and said slowly: "Let me guess why Xiaomeng came to the door?"

Meng Liansheng said: "Yes. I'm not going to beat around the bush with Mr. Long. You did what happened to Lin Guangxiang, right?"

Long Zhenfei raised his brows and said with a smile: "Yes, I did it. Originally, I was going to leave this matter to you. However, Lin Guangxiang is too cunning, so I feel more at ease doing it myself.

Meng Liansheng nodded: "Uncle Long is really good at it, but I don't understand why he even got involved with Mr. Shen."

Long Zhenfei didn't take it seriously and said: "The matter of Mr. Shen was purely accidental, and I didn't expect him to get into Lin Guangxiang's car suddenly. Fortunately, his life is quite serious, and I heard that he is out of danger. However, it can be regarded as Lucky hit."

Meng Liansheng was slightly taken aback: "What does Lord Long mean?"

Long Zhenfei smiled: "Xiao Meng, why are you pretending to be confused with me here? You suggested this method to me, saying that raising taxes would offend the majority of workers, it is better to directly attack the big capitalists. Nowadays, Lin Guangxiang's spinning factory is the only one in Shanghai. , the most profitable is the refined salt factory of the Shen family. The next one is of course the Shen family. Now the Shen family is in charge of the eldest son of Shen. He has to stay in bed for at least a few months now, and the second son of Shen will take care of him alone. I think It’s not very good, just let us take advantage of it.”

Meng Liansheng frowned and asked, "Does Uncle Long mean to move the Shen family?"

Long Zhenfei said: "The salt industry has been run by the government since ancient times. Now these salt merchants have made a lot of money. We need money now. It is reasonable to cooperate with the Shen family. I am not Ming Jie, am I?"

Meng Liansheng pursed his lower lip and said, "But this is the Shen family?

Long Zhenfei laughed: "What happened to the Shen family?"

Meng Liansheng pondered for a moment, and said, "I thought Uncle Long and the Shen family had a different relationship. After all, Young Master Long and Second Young Master grew up together."

Long Zhenfei waved his hands indifferently: "What are children's family affairs?"

While the two were talking, the door of the reception room was suddenly slammed open from the outside.Long Jialin rushed in blushing and shouted, "Father, why are you doing this?"

A secretary followed up tremblingly, wiped his sweat, and said submissively: "Director, the young master insisted on coming in, but I didn't stop him."

Long Zhenfei waved his hand to signal him to go out, and the secretary withdrew like an amnesty, carefully closing the door behind him.

With an angry face, Long Jialin glanced back and forth between his father and Meng Liansheng, and said loudly, "Father, do you know? Brother almost died. You two are working together. I don't care what you want to do, but You can't touch the Shen family, if something happens to my eldest brother, I won't play with you."

Long Zhenfei sneered nonchalantly: "Big brother? What big brother? Xiaolong, have you forgotten that your surname is Long and not Shen?"

Long Jialin said: "Xiaofeng's elder brother is my elder brother."

Long Zhenfei's face darkened, he put the cup in his hand on the tea table forcefully, and scolded: "Xiaolong, I think you have lived in Shen's house for a few days, and you don't even want to recognize your own father!"

Although he dotes on his son, he still has the prestige of being a father.Long Jialin was startled slightly, lowered his voice: "Father..."

Long Zhenfei also eased his tone a little: "Today's incident was an accident, I didn't want to touch Shen Yuan.

Long Jialin said: "I heard it just now, you don't want to touch big brother, but you want the Shen family's salt factory."

Long Zhenfei said: "It's not that I want the Shen family's salt factory, it's that your father is in this position and has to do things for the people above him. I'm not good at doing things, so I can't keep my position in Shanghai Beach, and I have to live in a poor country , you can’t be Master Long, understand?”

Long Jialin pursed his lips, and said coquettishly: "I don't care, there are so many rich and wealthy families in Shanghai, I have no problem with which one you want to touch, but you can't touch the Shen family."

Long Zhenfei's face turned pale again, he didn't want to get entangled with this stupid son, he waved his hand and said: "Okay, my lord, I'm not sensible at all, I'll talk about business, you can talk about it when you go home."

Long Jialin stomped his feet, slammed the door and left, there were only two people left in the room.

Long Zhenfei shook his head and sighed: "Let Xiaomeng see the joke, my Xiaolong is really not sensible."

Meng Liansheng calmly sipped his tea, and said softly, "Uncle Long, I think what Master Long said is right. There are so many wealthy families in Shanghai, why bother to touch the Shen family? It's not just about the relationship between Master Long and the second son." Quite shallow, frankly speaking, the Second Young Master and I are also friends, so it's hard for me to do what you say."

Long Zhenfei looked at him and smiled: "Second Master Shen is the most beautiful man on the beach, and he really deserves his reputation. My stupid son treats him as a treasure, but are you reluctant to make Second Master sad?" said With a meaningful smile, "The beauty made a mistake!"

"Uncle Long misunderstood, the Second Young Master and I are just friends. I just thought, if you want to touch the Shen family, Master Long is not afraid that it will be difficult to do so."

Long Zhenfei waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about children's affairs. Don't worry about small things when doing big things."

"Yes." Meng Liansheng nodded, "Uncle Long is right."

The two were still at the police station, and Long Jialin, who ran out in one breath, had already driven all the way to Renji Hospital.

He found Shen Yuan's ward, but he didn't dare to go in when he reached the door, because he knew that Shen Yuan was hurt by his father and father, and felt that he had no face to meet people.

He stood at the door and hesitated for a long time, until a little nurse wanted to go in to change the medicine. Seeing him standing at the door rubbing his hands and stamping his feet with a worried face, he asked with concern, "Sir, are you here to visit the patient?"

Long Jialin nodded in a daze, and followed the others into the ward under the leadership of the little nurse.

Shen Yutong saw the person coming and asked, "Xiaolong, are you here?"

Long Jialin met his tired eyes, lowered his eyes guiltyly and nodded: "Well, I heard something happened to my elder brother, let me take a look." Then he turned his eyes to Shen Yuan who was on the hospital bed.

Shen Yuyan's anesthetic has passed, and she has woken up for a while, with her eyes open weakly.

Seeing the other party aiming at him, Long Jialin felt as if he had been stung. He quickly looked away, turned his body forward, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, are you alright?"

Shen Yuan was already in a bad mood when she was injured like this, and she didn't give a good look when she saw such a big fool: "Don't worry, I won't die."

Hearing his words, Long Jialin felt even more guilty, his eyes turned red immediately, and he choked up and said, "Brother, you must be well."

Shen Yuan also thought that she had survived a catastrophe. Although there was nothing good about her body, the doctor also said that she was fine. Seeing Long Jialin like this now, she was both inexplicable and irritable, and said weakly: "It's not Xiaolong, I'm fine, why are you crying? Howling?"

Why didn't he know when he had such a deep relationship with this young master who spent years in Shen's house?After being injured, the other party will cry a lot.

Long Jialin wiped his eyes: "I know, I just heard that you were injured, and I was very worried."

Seeing that he was really worried about herself, Shen Yuan was somewhat relieved.Nodded, closed eyes: "Well. I have nothing to rest. Yutong, it's good to have your sister-in-law here, you and Xiaolong go back."

Shen Yutong nodded: "Well, take a good rest, big brother." Then he said to sister-in-law Biyun, "Sister-in-law, take good care of big brother, don't worry too much. Big brother will get better soon."

Biyun said: "Don't worry, big brother has me here, you take good care of yourself, you don't need to tell him what father is like now, lest he worry."

Shen Yutong: "Well, I understand."

Biyun added: "Your eldest brother is in such a state now, the affairs of the family and the salt factory depend on you."

"I understand, you don't have to worry."

After saying goodbye, Shen Yutong and Long Jialin left the ward together.Outside the door, Long Jialin seemed reluctant to part with him, still stretching his head to look back into the ward, not to mention Shen Yuan, even Shen Yutong was also curious, when did Xiaolong and his elder brother have such a deep relationship. ?

He patted the other person on the shoulder: "Don't worry, big brother is fine, but there are several fractures, and the muscles and bones will be hurt for a hundred days. You will have to lie in bed for a while, and walking may be inconvenient in the next few months."

"En!" Long Jialin nodded, and when he met his eyes, he moved them away as if dodging.

Shen Yutong was so focused on his elder brother just now that he didn't pay much attention to Long Jialin's reaction. Now there were only two people left when they left the ward. Seeing his strange appearance, he couldn't help frowning.

He has known Long Jialin for nearly 20 years, and he really knows him very well.The other party is not a person who can hide his thoughts, or Long Jialin is a person who has no thoughts at all. He can guess what he is thinking by moving his toes.With such a strange expression at the moment, there must be something wrong?

"Xiaolong, what's the matter with you?" He asked.

Long Jialin shook his head vigorously, trying to cover up: "It's okay! It's okay!"

This is simply self-inflicted.

Shen Yutong frowned: "Xiaolong, you must have something to hide from me, what is it that I can't tell?"

Long Jialin hesitated for a long time, unable to utter a word.

Shen Yutong simply grabbed his arm and asked, "What are you hiding from me? Is it related to my elder brother?"

"Xiaofeng...I..." Long Jialin's face turned red and white, and finally he gritted his teeth, and said with red eyes, "Xiaofeng, let's go to the car, I will tell you."

Shen Yuan also knew that the corridor was not a good place to talk because there were people coming and going, so she nodded and went to the car with him.

After getting into the car, Long Jialin looked at the serious Shen Yutong with red eyes, his lips murmured for a long while, and suddenly he yelled: "Xiaofeng, I'm sorry!"

Shen Yutong was originally waiting for him to talk about business, but he suddenly yelled, which shocked him, and hurriedly said: "No, what's the matter with you?"

Long Jialin sniffed, looking like he was about to cry or not, and stammered, "Xiaofeng, it's my father who hurt my brother."

Shen Yutong turned pale with shock: "What did you say?"

Long Jialin said: "I said that my brother was injured because of my father. My father originally wanted to kill Lin Guangxiang, but I didn't expect my brother to get into his car. Dad didn't do it on purpose."

Shen Yutong laughed back angrily, but she really couldn't laugh, because the eldest brother is still lying in the ward, if he said it was not intentional, should he just pretend that nothing happened? ?

He took a deep breath and suppressed his anger: "Why did your father kill Lin Guangxiang?"

Long Jialin said: "I heard from them that they wanted the shares of the Lin Family Spinning Factory, but Lin Guangxiang refused, so they killed him. But the eldest brother was indeed an accident."

He originally wanted to tell the other party about his father's plan to move the Shenjia Salt Factory, but after hesitating for a while, he decided to hide it for the time being, because he thought there might be room for maneuver, and his father loved him very much. Crying, making trouble and hanging himself three times, it will not be useless at all.

He will never let his father hurt the Shen family again.

Shen Yutong was keen to hear him say the word "they": "Who are they?"

Long Jialin said: "Xiao Meng, I just heard my father talking to Xiao Meng. The tax reduction this time is Xiao Meng's proposal to my father, saying that it is more cost-effective to directly attack the big capitalists to win the public opinion of the majority of workers. My father has made great contributions to the commander because of this."

Shen Yutong's heart trembled, as if someone had hit her head forcefully, she felt dazed for a while, and muttered in her mouth: "Xiaomeng...Xiaomeng..."

Long Jialin continued: "I know that Xiao Meng has been doing things for my father. I didn't expect these ideas to come from him. I thought he was an honest person. I didn't expect to put so much thought into it."

Shen Yutong shook his head, and said with a pale face: "Forget it, I get it, I'll go back by myself, you can go."

Long Jialin said with a sad face: "Xiaofeng, I really feel sorry for you, I apologize to you on behalf of my father, and to elder brother."

Shen Yutong sighed: "Father is father and son is son. It's no wonder you. If you came to tell me, it means that you still think of me as a brother."

Long Jialin patted his chest righteously: "Xiaofeng, don't worry, I will never let Dad hurt your Shen family again, I will definitely protect you."

Shen Yutong looked at his swearing friend, of course he believed that Long Jialin's words were sincere.But if the Shen family is also Long Zhenfei's target, what can he, a rich young master, do?

He let Long Jialin get out of the car, started the car by himself, and laughed at himself while driving.

What crime did he do?Only then did he meet Meng Liansheng.

Back in Shen's garden, it was already dusk, and he was honking the horn to call the porter to open the door, but from the corner of his eyes, he saw a tall and straight figure standing beside the door.

The man stood there for an unknown amount of time, and several cigarette butts fell on the ground.

He really didn't know Meng Liansheng, not even about his smoking.

Meng Liansheng threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground and stamped it out, walked straight over, and knocked on his car window: "Second Young Master, I have something to say to you!"

Shen Yutong opened the car door and looked at him coldly: "I don't think there is anything to say to someone who almost killed my elder brother? Xiao Meng, you are an executioner."

Meng Liansheng still looked normal, and said in a low voice: "It seems that Master Long has told you everything."

Shen Yutong said: "Yes, Xiaolong told me everything, if he didn't tell me, you would never tell me."

Meng Liansheng said, "I didn't do what the eldest son did."

Shen Yutong said: "Maybe you didn't do it yourself this time, but if Long Zhenfei asked you to do it, wouldn't you know how to do it?"

Meng Liansheng frowned: "How could I hurt the eldest son?"

Shen Yutong said: "I won't trust you anymore, and I have nothing to say to you. Boss Meng, please do what you want. Don't block the door. Dogs block the door. If you want to block the door, you should go to Long's house."

Meng Liansheng didn't care about his sarcasm at all, and he didn't think it was so unbearable to be called a dog.On the contrary, if the second young master scolded him to make him feel better, he hoped that the other party would scold him as much as he wanted.

He said: "Did Master Long tell you? After Long Zheng flew to the Long family, the next one is your Shen family. The eldest son has been injured for a hundred days, and he will have to lie on the bed for several months. He If you want to touch your Shen family, what are you going to do?"

Shen Yutong said angrily: "Is there no law of the king? I will not submit to them."

Meng Liansheng said: "Second son, people don't fight with officials, they don't reason and behave, you have also seen what kind of style Long Zhenfei is, a rich businessman like Lin Guangxiang, if he wants to assassinate, he will assassinate him. Brother is in the hospital now You can't manage things, and Mr. Shen is old, so you have to take care of the whole Shen Family Salt Factory, if you fight against them, you will suffer only yourself."

"So?" Shen Yutong sneered, "Boss Meng wants to be a lobbyist and ask me to compromise? Give up the shares of the Shenjia Salt Factory?"

Meng Liansheng said, "I can help you, Second Young Master."

"Help me?" Shen Yutong sneered, "Do you think I will still trust you? Isn't Long Zhenfei's current operations all a good idea behind your back? I don't know how many people died at your hands, but I know, Meng Liansheng, you are a beast!"

After that, he closed the car window with a cold face, and when the concierge opened the big iron door, he drove in the car leisurely, leaving Meng Liansheng standing alone.

Meng Liansheng looked at the rear of the car and the slowly closing door.

brute?

He thought about Shen Yutong's evaluation of him, and didn't feel sad, but thought about it seriously, and felt that the other party's scolding was not unreasonable.

You might be a beast, but so what?He also didn't feel that animals were inferior to humans. The monkeys he met in the mountains when he was young were much more likable than the many people he had met over the years.

He doesn't care if Shen Yutong scolds him, the second son can scold him and beat him, but he can't ignore him, let alone keep seeing him like this.

Then it occurred to him that Long Jialin was so loyal to the Second Young Master, that he would betray his own father for the Second Young Master's sake.

His dark eyeballs rolled, and he turned away a little annoyed.

The author has something to say:

There are more than one hundred thousand words. If you are so fat every day, it will be over in more than a week. I feel that I have seen the dawn.