Chapter 169 Li's Calculation
"Mr. Yuan praised it. Yi An had no master's teaching since he was a child, nor did he copybooks to copy. He was not afraid of Mr. Yuan's jokes. The only imitation of Yi An's calligraphy practice was the epitaph engraved on the tombstones outside the city, and the handwriting copied in the books.
It doesn’t mean a faction, and it’s random paintings, which makes Mr. Yuan laugh. But this piece is dirty, I will rewrite another one for Mr. Yuan another day.”
"Yourself-study and understanding can write so beautifully. Mr. Zhang is indeed a genius. It makes me feel ashamed that I have been studying hard since I was a child and have achieved a little success.
A character has the charm and artistic conception of a character. Although this character has flaws, it does not prevent it from becoming a unique calligraphy treasure in the world.
I paid twenty taels of silver to accept this letter.”
"Twenty taels of silver, this is too much. If Mr. Yuan likes it, it might as well give it to him. Yi An must not charge money."
"Hey, I have always loved to collect all kinds of literary, calligraphy and paintings. Although art is priceless, it cannot be cheaper than Mr. Zhang.
The price of these twenty taels is already very low. I have already taken a big advantage if Mr. Zhang can give me a love for twenty taels."
Mr. Yuan's move made Zhang Yian and his son flattered, and he hurriedly thanked him and bowed frequently.
When Gu Shun saw this prince who was disguised as Mr. Yuan, he was still using the name of buying and calling his subordinate Zhang Yian, and he couldn't help but be curious about his unique vision.
He has the ability to read the mind. Even if he disguises himself, he will find it difficult to escape Gu Shun's eyes, so it is normal to look at people.
I didn't expect that this prince of Daqi could have such a wise mind.
It seems that there are still a few capable people in the stupid and powerful court of the Great Qi court.
It’s just that Zhang Yian was the first person he valued, and Gu Shun would not let this prince easily kidnap people away no matter what.
The prince visited the private tour in a private manner and went south to Jiangnan to find his father. I wonder what the two of them would talk about.
Such a virtuous prince appeared in the court. I wondered what unexpected variables would be made to the political situation in the Daqi court and even his father's plan to revive the Han Dynasty.
With the help of Gu Shun and Mr. Yuan, the four of them cleaned the messy room together.
Looking at the broken cups and ripped tools swept together, the irreparable loom and the coarse cloth that was half woven, countless mother's efforts were poured into it, Zhang Yian's chest felt stuffy, and a breath of resentment and helplessness accumulated in his body, which made him breathless.
During this period, Mr. Gu Shun and Mr. Gu Shun and Yuan had a deeper understanding of Zhang Yian's shabby residence, which was shocking.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yian, who spoke and acted extremely decently and elegantly, lived in such a tight and closed place in the Zhang family.
Although Zhang's mother had a bad background, she had raised such an excellent son, which was also worthy of gratitude.
Gu Shun looked at the copper lamp plate broken in half on the table. In the mottled and rusty lamp plate, a completely carbonized rush straw stuck firmly to the copper wall. The oil used in the lamp was full of fat oil filled with residue.
The light provided by this kind of thing is very unstable, and it will also produce a pungent smell and smoke when burned, but this lamp is the only light source in the whole room.
It is hard to imagine that Zhang Yian uses this copper lamp to read and write every day.
Now the copper lamp plate, broken in half, was stacked together, and used the remaining little residual oil to faintly shine in the house.
Fortunately, this type of extremely poor quality lamp oil is used in the lamp, which is extinguished with a slight drop.
Otherwise, the lamp plate will be knocked over and the ground will be covered with debris, and the lamp oil will definitely ignite these debris. This house may turn into a sea of fire, and then Zhang Yian and his son will not even have a place to live.
Gu Shun couldn't help but sigh and turned to look at Zhang Yian.
I saw him rummaging over the cabinet with a worried look. Soon after, he stood up at a loss, came to Gu Shun and suddenly knelt on the ground and said:
"Brother Zhou, Yi An hopes that you don't tell Mr. Gu about this. This is a little money Yi An saved over the years. If Brother Zhou doesn't dislike it, please accept it.
Yi An will definitely try his best to get the ten taels of gold that Young Master Gu gave me to him in the future. I will write an IOU now."
"What is Mr. Zhang doing? How can I ask for your money?
That gold was originally something my young shopkeeper gave to the young master, and Mr. Zhang didn't need it to be.
Don’t worry, Mr. Zhang, since Mr. Zhang and my young shopkeeper are friends, I can’t watch Mr. Zhang be bullied. Such acts of committing evil happen within the Zhang family. If you look down on Mr. Zhang, you just look down on our young shopkeeper. I will definitely seek justice for the young shopkeeper." Gu Shun said sternly.
Hearing Gu Shun's generous speech, Zhang Yian felt that the kindness he owed Gu Shun became more and more heavy. He insisted on sitting at the table, dipped his pen in ink and wrote an IOU, and stuffed it into Gu Shun's hand.
"Yi'an is not a person who is greedy for money and takes advantage of it. Young Master Gu has taken good care of Yi'an. Yi'an doesn't want to bother Mr. Gu anymore, and he can't ask for money that Mr. Gu gave for no reason."
Gu Shun said uneasyly for Zhang Yian: "Even if you pay it back, the money doesn't need to be paid back by Young Master Zhang. Someone in the Zhang family openly smashed Mr. Zhang's house like this and robbed the gold given by the young shopkeeper. Is there any kingdom? Is there any law of nature? Does the head of the Zhang family ignore this matter?
Mrs. Zhang, please tell me who did it and I will help you with reason.”
"How can this work? I know you two are good people, but I beg you two noble people. Let's forget about this matter. If something goes wrong, I'm afraid I'll get you in. Then we both will never even be in this place of standing in the Zhang Mansion." Zhang's mother begged with Gu Shun's hand.
This is the sorrow of the big family. Sometimes even living is a sin in the eyes of others.
Through his mind reading, Gu Shun knew that this was the wife of the Zhang family, Li, who secretly sent someone to do it. She never looked down on Zhang Yian and his son from beginning to end. A concubine who was a slave was destined to be at the bottom of the family.
Especially recently, Zhang Yian has been getting closer and closer to him and has taken on the Gu family's high branch, which makes Li feel a huge threat and pressure.
If Zhang Yian is valued by Zhang Peien because of his good relationship with Gu Shun, he gains power, or his status in the Zhang family is improved.
Although it will not affect her identity, her status as a child will be threatened, and the family property she will receive will naturally be less in the future.
Zhang Yiao, the legitimate son of the Zhang family, is not very talented and not motivated. He relies entirely on his own status and identity to exchange for his current achievements.
In order for her son to successfully inherit the position of the head of the Zhang family in the future, and even take care of the family's property after marriage, as a mother, she must pave the way for it and eliminate all threats that may hinder her son.
The reason why I found a mother and son every few days was that they were easy to bully and could find some money from them.
The most important thing is to force them away, or to make them resist unbearable, so as to falsely accuse the two of them of innocence and drive them out of the mansion.
Completely lose the possibility of competing with the head of the Zhang family and inheriting the Zhang family's industry.
After understanding this, Gu Shun's fist became hard.
This Li family is not a good thing, and the clever Zhang family advocated Zhang Peien, could not have been unaware of all this. After so many years, he has been ignoring and turning a blind eye to the situation of the mother and son, and it is not a good thing.
Zhang Peien thought about gradually controlling the Gu family by relying on the marriage between the Gu family and the Zhang family.
The human heart is not enough and the snake swallows the elephant. Not to mention the complexity of the martial arts and demon cult forces of the Gu family on the surface, it is simply a dream that his little head wants to swallow the Gu family.
He actually put his abacus on Gu Shun's head. How could Gu Shun make him get what he wants easily?
Looking at the situation of Zhang Yian and his son, Gu Shun's plan came to his mind, and a good show of killing two birds with one stone was gradually brewing in his heart.
Chapter completed!