5.4

Zhang Jiarui is a scholar, and does not argue with Cui’er, and after calming his agitated emotions sneered, “Just who is talking nonsense, the people present are clear in their hearts.”

“I’m sorry, I’m not really sure. I first took charge of the family business, and do not dare to change, so the Zhu family rent for the first three years in accordance with the rules set by my father to collect 50%. Two months ago I changed it to 30%, and when I saw that the year was not good, I simply waived it. I still have the account book there to check, little brother, since you say so, I think there must be some misunderstanding.” Zhou Yunsheng slowly opened his mouth.

Zhang Jiarui’s tone was mocking, “There’s no misunderstanding, until yesterday before, Zhu Laoshi also ran to my house to urge for rent, sixty percent of the grain, not even one percent less.”

Zhou Yunsheng’s face was horribly grim when he heard this, his eyes looking straight towards one of the young guards. This retainer was no one else but Zhu Fushun, the son of Zhu Laoshi. He originally wanted to hide back home with his father, but he didn’t realize that the proprietor must ask him to follow him up the mountain. In order to show his loyalty, Zhu Laoshi left him behind.

Since Zhu Ziyu took charge of the family, Zhu Laoshi did not less greedy Zhu family property, Zhu Fushun raised a big waist fat, looking more like a landlord’s young master than Zhu Ziyu.

However, his appearance is like a pig, but inside he is as timid as a mouse, being glared at by Zhu Ziyu, and surrounded by the rest of the several guards in the center, holding a steel knife on his neck, he was suddenly as limp as mud, kneeling down and wiping tears while kowtowing, but his tongue looked like it was tied up in knots, and he couldn’t say anything clearly.

Zhou Yunsheng pointed at him and said, “This is Zhu Laoshi’s son, 60% of the rent matter, I am really not clear, such as the roving bandits retreat, I take him forward to find Zhu Laoshi confrontation, will certainly give the townspeople an explanation.”

He didn’t say much, but the people present already knew clearly that there must be something fishy in this. Zhu Ziyu only got 30% of the rent, but Zhu Laoshi took 60%, the middle of the difference of 30% where to go, the answer is self-evident.

Zhou Yunsheng paused, and then said, “In addition, the Zhu family is my father in the time also only collect 50% rent, and never collected 60%, which was deducted away from the 10%, who ate, I will make who spit out back to everyone.”

His expression was gloomy and his tone was vicious, calling Zhang Shulin to believe eight-nine points. Qin Ce looked deeply at him, then stared down at the fire, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhang Jiarui character radical, to whom the storage of bad feelings will be difficult to change, sneered, “in the end how much rent collected is not by your decision? The people’s grievances will push a person out to take the blame for you, in the end is your family’s lackey, good or bad life or death all by your say. That Zhu Laoshi for the tiger for many years, certainly did not think that there will be the day of the bird exhaustion bow hide. How pathetic.”

Junior, you’ve got the truth. Zhou Yunsheng gave a nod for Zhang Jiarui in his heart, but his expression on his face was very gloomy, and he spoke with certainty, “I, Zhu Ziyu, do not think I am a good person, but I am not an evil person either, and I cannot do anything that would fish and flesh out the townspeople. I dare to swear to heaven, if I really instigate Zhu Laoshi to exploit the villagers, I will be struck by heavenly thunder and will not be allowed to die, and after death, I will go straight to the eighteen layers of hell for eternity without being allowed to reincarnate!”

Ancient people believe very much in destiny, even dare to swear such a poisonous oath, Zhang Jiarui has nothing to say, Cui’er and Lu’s angry tears came out, hate to let the guards to throw these aggressive guys out.

Qin Ce violently broke the arm thick firewood in his hand, and opened his mouth in a deep voice, “Poisonous oaths should not be sent out indiscriminately, what do you say I …… believe.” Between pauses, he managed to make up a ‘we’ word, sounding quite a bit unnatural.

Zhou Yunsheng ruffled his eyelids and squinted at him, clearly in a bad mood.

Zhang Jiarui was even more unpleasant than he was, lashing out, “Let’s leave the matter of rent aside, it’s always an indisputable fact that you robbed my family’s secret recipe, right?”

Zhou Yunsheng has long been tired of his aggressiveness, this time opening a little bit of no mercy, “I have a very sensitive sense of taste, no need to ask you for the secret recipe, only ate once will be able to understand the cooking method, why ask Zhu Laoshi to go to the robbery, is not redundant? Zhu Laoshi was greedy, so he used my name to do that bad thing. He wanted to pass the formula to me to take credit, but I refuted it and told him to return it in time, and if he didn’t, it has nothing to do with me, Zhu Ziyu. If you want to find fault, don’t come to me. Honestly tell you, that skin egg I really do not see, but is the taste and appearance of unique some, eat more but on the human body is very harmful, comparable to poison.”

The amount of information in his words is really too much, Zhang Jiarui did not know which one to question for a while, and only after a long time did he shout with a red face, “What are you talking about, how could my family’s skin eggs be poisonous?”

“Is there poison or not you guys don’t know yourselves?” The beautiful peach blossom eyes looked straight at Zhang Shulin.

No way, the ancients even know that eggs can not be eaten more? Zhang Shulin was a little weak, and naturally brought it out on his face. Qin Ce felt something, his eyes deep dark.

Zhang Jiarui looked at his own brother and then looked at Zhou Yunsheng, his already crimson face now wanted to drip blood.

Zhou Yunsheng does not want to make the Zhang family better, continued, “leather eggs are made of soda ash, lime, salt, yellow dan powder mixed in a certain proportion, plus mud and chaff wrapped around the outside of the duck eggs, fifteen or sixteen days after pickling and become. Huangdan powder is a Chinese medicine, pungent, salty, cold, poisonous, the main treatment of carbuncles, ulcers, gold sores bleeding, mouth sores, cataracts, soup fire burns, epilepsy epilepsy, malaria, dysentery, vomiting and regurgitation and other diseases. Moderate amount can cure the disease, too much will stay in the liver, lungs, kidneys, brain, cause nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other diseases, especially children, eat more than not only the teeth are not good, the bones are also prone to break, can be said to be infinite harm. How could I, Zhu Ziyu, take out such a thing and sell it?”

The meaning is that the Zhang family knows that it is poisonous but still sells it, earning black money.

Zhang’s husband and wife see him say so sure, has long believed ten percent, with unbelievable eyes towards Zhang Shulin. Zhang Shulin’s face is now the same as Zhang Jiarui’s, red, vaguely still some stinging, living like being slapped dozens of times, hard and ashamed.

He certainly knows the reason why he can’t eat more eggs, thinking that we don’t eat every day, the harm is not big, there is no need to say it to affect business. Now by Zhou Yunsheng punctured, like he intentionally harmed people, so that he has a hundred mouths can not say.

Stammering for a long time, he naively said, “I didn’t even know what the proprietor said, but fortunately my house is not for sale now.”

How could Qin Ce not see that he was lying, and he immediately frowned.

Zhang Jiarui immediately interfaced, “Yes, my family has long since stopped selling skin eggs, instead, it is you, the Zhu family, who has opened a store in the county town specializing in selling skin eggs.”

“Dogs, who actually owns that store?” Zhou Yunsheng didn’t pay attention to Zhang Jiarui and poked Zhu Fushun in the ass with a red-hot wooden stick.

Zhu Fushun cried out in pain, “Dongjia you spare me, that store is my father’s, that formula is also my father’s private withholding, and so on back, I immediately asked my father to return the store and silver.”

“Exempt, again fish and flesh the townspeople, and also corrupt the main family’s property, that store and silver you’d better take it to alienate the government, maybe it can let your father to be leniently sentenced.”

This is not going to be a private case, but is going to be a case against the government. Zhu Fushun was scared out of his wits and hurriedly jumped over to kowtow and begged for forgiveness, but he was knocked out by a stone bullet from Qin Ce.

Zhang Jiarui had nothing to say, puffing and puffing very unwillingly, bi Cui’er opened the package, took out a box of cut up strange flavored chicken shreds for everyone to share, smilingly said, “This is my young master’s improvement after eating your family’s marinated food, you guys try it. My young master said a long time ago, it doesn’t matter if you eat a little bit of skin egg occasionally, but you can’t eat more, if you guys know, you should have told everyone earlier.”

The rich aroma instantly filled the cave, causing the crowd who had already been hungry to swallow their mouths. Qin Ce, whose attribute was a foodie loyal dog attacker, couldn’t help but twist a slice first, his dark eyes radiating a refined light.

Sesame sauce, sugar, vinegar, chili oil, pepper, sesame oil, fine salt and other condiments together in a bowl and mix evenly, dripping on the crispy soft chicken, and then finally sprinkled with cooked sesame seeds, not to mention the taste, the light that the red color will be greedy, the meat after the entrance to the tender, set of salty, sweet, numbness, spiciness, acidity, aroma in one, each other does not press the taste, a thousand kinds of flavors in the tip of the tongue to play around, people have a long and memorable memory.

“This craftsmanship is comparable to that of an imperial chef, but the Zhang family’s strange flavored shredded chicken is far worse.” Qin Ce commented pertinently.

One by one, after trying the food, the Zhang family members’ faces changed red, white, green, purple and purple, looking so wonderful.

Zhou Yunsheng looked askance at Qin Ce and grunted, “You’ve eaten the Imperial Banquet?”

Qin Ce hesitated for a moment before shaking his head, “No, just an analogy.” Then he quickly swept a glance at the youth’s voluptuous and incomparable face, lowered his head and secretly thought: although the strange flavored shredded chicken is good, it is not as wonderful as Zi Yu’s peach blossom eyes that looked askance.

Zhou Yunsheng no longer looked at him, turned to stare at the two brothers Zhang Jiarui and Zhang Shulin, spoke word by word, “I’m a gourmand, my tongue is especially sharp, but all delicious, eaten once will be able to understand the essence of its cooking, but also can be improved. I have a unique nature and would rather enjoy it myself than sell it to outsiders. You sell your, I eat my, who is not in the way of anyone, if I really want to make things difficult for you, I would have cut off your financial path to a clean slate. Honestly speaking, your chapter family’s marinade and hot pot actually taste mediocre, only wins in a fresh just, not rare to the extent that I Zhu Ziyu have to take by force.”

The words fell he paused slightly, appreciate the Zhang family six mouths ashamed of the expression, then pulled out a white handkerchief from his pocket, picked up a half-burned stick pestle extinguished, wrote down a brand new recipe for marinade passed over, “Zhu Laoshi is my family’s lackey, he robbed your family’s secret recipe, although it has nothing to do with me, after all, is that I am lax in the imperial court. This recipe is the most satisfactory one after I adjusted it several times, you guys take it back, as compensation. If you see me in the future, if you still look like this face, I will not be as polite as this. If people respect me one foot, I will respect them one foot, if people owe me one point, I must get it back a hundred times a thousand times, I, Zhu Ziyu, am such a person.”

Throwing the handkerchief over, he narrowed his eyes slightly, a bit of arrogance coming through in his lazy expression.

Zhang Jiarui was smart enough to know how much benefit this secret recipe would bring to the Zhang family, forcing himself to endure the pain of being punched in the face to reach out and pick it up, but was stopped by Zhang Shulin. He held the handkerchief in both hands and handed it back, mumbling, ”It’s us who misunderstood the proprietor. You are not at fault, but we have wronged a good person. We don’t dare to take this formula, you take it back.”

When he saw Zhu Ziyu sitting still, he handed it to Cui’er. Cui’er was already unwilling to cheapen the Zhang family and immediately took it back.

Zhou Yunsheng nudged him with his wooden stick and snorted, “Pretentious.”

There was another widely known modern interpretation of this statement – a bitch is pretentious. Zhang Shulin couldn’t figure out if that was what he meant, thinking that an ancient man like him shouldn’t be, so he smiled awkwardly.

After a series of slaps in the face, his sense of superiority as a modern man had long since vanished.