Sun Cheng's face immediately turned awkward on the spot, because the Imperial Jade Seal of the South Yue Kingdom had already been snatched away from him. His great fortune was gone.
"Sun Wu, how can you be so presumptuous this time! Men, take Sun Wu away! "Sun Cheng's face was filled with anger. Taking someone's money was like killing their parents. The Imperial Jade Seal of South Yue was about to be in his hands, but his plan was ruined. How could he not be angry?
However, everyone hesitated and looked at Sun Wen. That was because Sun Wen was the family head.
"I am no longer the Patriarch!" Sun Wen shook his head.
"What are you looking at, quickly take him away!" There were only three people in the same generation as Sun Wen in the Sun family. The eldest, the second, and the third. Sun Wen, the third, had withdrawn from the position of the Sun family's patriarch. He could be considered to have established his own family. It was impossible for the second son to compete with him for the position of patriarch.
Therefore, Sun Cheng was the only one left to assume the role of Patriarch.
At this time, Sun Cheng had already used his position as the Patriarch to issue orders.
He was in a dilemma, but seeing that Sun Wen did not speak and Sun Cheng had issued orders, he couldn't help but step forward. He wanted to take Sun Wu.
Sun Wu himself was also injured, so the two guards took control of Sun Wu, wanting to snatch back the South Yue Kingdom's Imperial Jade Seal from his hands.
"This is a relic left by my mother!" Sun Wu struggled with all his might, but it was futile.
"I want to see who dares!" At this time, Second Uncle stood up and shouted at the guards.
"Second Master!" Seeing the people who came, the guards let go of their hands.
"Who asked you to stop, if you don't have the Imperial Jade Seal, I will hold you responsible!" Sun Cheng said in a bad mood.
"Big Brother, this Imperial Jade Seal is a relic left by Wu 'er's mother, do you have to take it?" Second Uncle looked at Sun Cheng and said sternly. After all, they were from the same family. How could he not give them any face?
"Second Brother, I don't want to do this either. You're looking at something left behind by Wu 'er's mother. Do you think I wouldn't know? Wu-er is still my nephew, but I can't do anything about it. This is two hundred gold, a whole two hundred gold. This is not my, Sun Cheng's, personal wealth, this is my, Sun Family's wealth. If Second Brother can take out two hundred gold, then I will give it to you. I can give up on nephew's mother's relics! "Sun Cheng's face was full of greed, but his words were well said.
"Two hundred Gold!" The second uncle was in a difficult position. It wasn't that he was reluctant to part with the 200 gold, but that he simply couldn't afford it. If his eldest brother was greedy for money, and his third brother, Sun Wen, was good at managing money, then his second brother was someone who didn't care about anything and had no interest in money. Until now, he was still living alone and followed the principle of 'one man can eat his fill and the whole family won't starve'.
Two hundred gold was an astronomical figure to him.
Seeing the helpless expression on his second brother's face, he, as the big brother, smiled. Two hundred gold? 200 gold was a lot, but this Imperial Jade Seal of South Yue could be sold for at least 1000 gold. When the time came, he could just resell it. He would immediately get it, so why not?
"Wu-er, give him the Imperial Jade Seal!" Sun Wen was very unyielding.
"Father!" Sun Wu was still unwilling, but what kind of person was Sun Wen? He was someone who absolutely didn't want to owe others.
But Sun Wen had already taken the Imperial Jade Seal from Sun Wu's hands and was about to hand it over to Sun Cheng.
Sun Cheng's face was full of greed and was about to take it.
Sun Wen stopped his hand, "Big Brother, I've given you the Imperial Jade Seal of South Yue, so we're even!" Sun Wen looked to the side at the Sun family, "How about the Sun family in my hands, I'll return it to you in the same way!" Sun Wen had no feelings for the Sun family, that was a lie.
At the same time, he also shook his head at the Sun family, because although he was the head of the family, the Sun family had too many restrictions on him. Rather than saying that Sun Wen was abandoned by the Sun family, he was also trying to break away from the Sun family.
Go out to sea! He, Sun Wen, had already made up his mind. This time when he left, he would either return to his hometown with glory or be buried in the sea.
"Big Brother, I believe you should know the value of this Imperial Jade Seal of South Yue!" Sun Wen wasn't a fool, he looked at his eldest brother.
"Third Brother, although this Imperial Jade Seal of South Yue is valuable, but it also depends on who it's sold to. In the hands of people like us, it's naturally worthless!" Sun Cheng put away his greedy expression and said with a laugh.
"Hehe! 200 gold, take out another 200 gold and I'll give you this Imperial Jade Seal of South Yue! "Sun Wen said to Sun Cheng.
"200 gold!" Sun Cheng raised his voice.
"If you don't want it, then let me go raise some money. I'll definitely give you the 200 gold I owe you!" Sun Wen said as he took back the Imperial Jade Seal of South Yue.
"Alright, 200 gold it is!" Sun Cheng nodded. If it was him, Sun Wen, he naturally wouldn't be willing to part with the money. But there was the gold Lü Bu that Sun Wen had brought over, so he, Sun Cheng, didn't care. As for who the Imperial Jade Seal of South Yue would be sold to, and whose pocket the money would go into, there was no need to say.
"Who is Sun Wen!" Just as Sun Wen and Sun Cheng were discussing, a group of people came in from outside, their expressions were not good.
Sun Wen turned his head to look at them. Sun Cheng didn't want any more twists and turns, so he snatched the Imperial Jade Seal of South Yue from Sun Wen's hands and looked at it like a treasure.
They came with bad intentions!
"Who are you people, this is a private courtyard!" The Sun family guards came forward.
"Which one of you is Sun Wen!" The group of people continued to talk.
"Why are you looking for our family, no, looking for our Third Master!" Someone wanted to call Sun Wen the Patriarch.
"We are people from the Han King's Mansion!"
Han King's Mansion! Suddenly, the entire Sun family was not calm. Who was the Han King? He was the absolute overlord of Yangzhou. It could be said that there were two kings in the world. One was Cao Cao's Wei Wang, and the other was their Han King Liu Mang.
This was Yangzhou's Shouchun, and the Han King's Mansion's name was even bigger.
"Could it be that it's about going to sea?" Someone on the other side wondered. When they went to sea, they had written the application. Could it be that the Sun family went back on their word, so the Han King's Mansion's people came to arrest them? All of a sudden, the Sun family started to panic.
"This General, that Sun Wen has nothing to do with our Sun family!" Sun Cheng hurriedly threw himself away. The Han King's Mansion's people were just Sun Wen.
"Humph!" Sun Wu on the other side coldly snorted. He was disdainful of his uncle. When there were benefits, Sun Wu would break his head and squeeze inside. Once something happened, Sun Wu would leave him alone.
Although the Sun family also disdained Sun Cheng, they still understood the meaning of protecting themselves, so none of them stood up to speak.
"This humble one is Sun Wen!" Sun Wen laughed and shook his head. He did not expect that he had contributed so much to the Sun family, but in the end, he got this.
"You are Sun Wen, a merchant from Jiao Province?" The Han King's Mansion's people repeated.
"If we say that there is another Sun Wen in Yangzhou, then the traveling merchant from Jiao Province is really this humble one! Is this General here to arrest me? Please! "Sun Wen stretched out his hand and prepared to leave with the Han King's Mansion's people.
"Arrest you?" The Han King's Mansion's guard was stunned for a moment, "What for?"
"If it's not because of going to the sea, then why did His Highness arrest me?" Sun Wen was also stunned for a moment.
"You are just a merchant from Jiao Province. How can His Highness have time to deal with you? As for arresting people? That's the matter of the soldiers and the Shouchun government. It has nothing to do with us! "The Han King's Mansion's guard shook his head and said. Liu Mang had already tried to separate the government and military.
A civil official was a civil official. It was impossible for him to enter the army. An officer in the army was an officer. He could not control the local government.
This was Shouchun. Even if they were the Han King's Mansion's guards, they still had to take one step at a time.
"Then General, you are?" Sun Wen was even more confused. From the beginning, these people's expressions were very bad. They did not have good intentions.
"You really made us look for you!" The Han King's Mansion's guard looked at Sun Wen and complained, "We are under the orders of His Highness. Sun Wen, accept the decree!"
The Han King's Mansion's guard read the decree in his hand.
"Five thousand gold?" Sun Wen was dumbfounded. The Sun family's people were also dumbfounded. As for why these Han King's Mansion's guards were cold before, how could they not be cold? It was five thousand gold, not fifty gold Lü Bu. This was because Liu Mang wanted to let these people see a model of buying bones with a thousand gold. Therefore, all the money was real gold and silver. If the Sun family lived closer, it would be better. However, the Sun family was obviously not very rich. In such a place, it was inevitable that there would be complaints during the transportation.
The meaning of this imperial edict was to bestow Sun Wen with 5,000 gold coins. Of course, these 5,000 gold coins weren't given to Sun Wen for free. They were loaned to Sun Wen. If he made any money, he would have to return it to Sun Wen.
"How is this possible!" Sun Cheng was also stunned. Five thousand gold, not five hundred gold. Even five hundred gold was an astronomical figure. But now, His Highness King of Han actually gave Sun Wen five thousand gold.
The South Yue Kingdom's Imperial Jade Seal in his hands was not even worth a thousand gold. How could he not understand the disparity between before and after?
Sun Cheng's intestines were green with regret, but then his eyes turned. He immediately had an idea in his mind, "This general, you are under the orders of His Highness King of Han. This five thousand gold is sent to the Sun family, right? This humble one is the head of the Sun family!" Sun Cheng strode forward and faced the Han King's Mansion's guards.
"Shameless!" Suddenly, everyone had the same expression as they looked at Sun Cheng in disdain. If there were benefits, he would break his head to squeeze in. If there were no benefits, he would immediately turn his back on them. This was simply shameless to the extreme. It was despicable.
But Sun Cheng did not care. So what if he was looked down upon? So what if he was ridiculed? As long as there was money, he could be shameless and go against his conscience.
This was five thousand gold, not five hundred gold. If he got it, although the imperial decree said that the Sun family should use all the money to go to sea, but how could they use so much money to go to sea? One or two thousand gold would be enough. He, Sun Cheng, would swallow the rest. That was three thousand gold. He had never seen so much money in his life.
As for how to pay back the Han King's Mansion's money? If he could not delay, he would not stay in Yangzhou. He would go to Yanzhou or Hebei. His Highness King of Han would not be able to chase him there.
"You are the head of the Sun family? The Sun family's Mansion's Mansion? "The Han King's Mansion's guard asked doubtfully.
"Yes!" Sun Cheng said with a smile. Five thousand gold coins, five thousand gold coins! Sun Cheng was really lucky.
"You are shameless!" Sun Wu was angry. He pointed at Sun Cheng and shouted. "This money was given to my father by His Highness King of Han. How can it be given to you? You don't support going to sea, right? Why are you taking the money? "Sun Wu said angrily.
"Don't support going to sea?" The Han King's Mansion's guard suddenly frowned.
Sun Cheng's face was embarrassed. "General, this is my nephew. He is young and doesn't know how to talk. General, can I have a word with you? " Sun Cheng wanted to persuade the general, but the guard obviously did not buy it. "Say it here!"
"This money was given to the Sun family by His Highness King of Han. It was given to the Sun family's Mansion. It was not given to Sun Wen alone. I am the head of the Sun family. Naturally, I am in charge of it. "Sun Cheng is very smart. This kind of intelligence is based on the understanding of people's hearts. He is greedy. Aren't those people in the Sun family the same? It's just that they are more or less greedy.
Isn't this the reason why everyone works for profit every day? If Sun Cheng got this money, he would have to take out thousands of gold to reward them. These people would naturally rise in status. As for Sun Wen, he had already left the Sun family. If he got the money, he would not care about their lives.
Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, everyone in the Sun family had been leaning towards Sun Cheng. "Yes, this money should be given to the Sun family's Mansion. It is not given to Sun Wen alone."
"You!" Sun Wu was furious. "Sun Cheng, you despicable old thief!"
"Sun Wen, watch your son. How can he talk to the elders!" Sun Cheng's face darkened and said to Sun Wen.
This time, Sun Wen did not stop his son. "Big brother, father told me that you are very greedy. I really didn't believe it. Now it seems that it is true. Despicable and shameless. Big brother is already praising you."
"You!" Sun Cheng pointed at Sun Wen and was speechless.
"What? Are you going to enforce the family law on me? Sorry, Wu 'er and I have already left the Sun family. From now on, this Sun family has nothing to do with me, Sun Wen! " Sun Wen said to Sun Cheng on the other side. He had completely fallen out with Sun Cheng on the other side.
"Good, good, good! Today, the two of you will be expelled from the family. Men, send the guests out! " Sun Cheng had a good idea. He directly drove Sun Wen and his son away. In this way, the general of the Han King's Mansion could only keep the five thousand gold.
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