Chapter 003: The Fool's Reversal
At this time, in the study of the Zhao family in the south of the city, Zhao Yulin's father, Zhao Xiucai, was drinking tea with his legal advisor, Master Jueming. Zhao Xiucai was not tall and a little thin, and he looked at Jueming, who was dressed like a monk, with a shrewd look and some irritation in his eyes.
Just before lunch, a servant came to report that his third son, Zhao Yulin, was seen at the south city pier.
A discarded child is like water poured out. After learning that San'er was injured and turned into a wooden man, he, who had already given up on him, now felt pity for him. He called Jueming to discuss the matter because he knew that Jueming was teaching San'er the breathing method and they had a master-disciple relationship.
Master Jueming came from Duolin Temple and was a lay disciple of the head monk of Luohan Hall. Because he injured someone while doing justice in Henan and made enemies with him, he came to Zhao's family in Yibin to avoid the world.
Seeing that young Zhao Yulin was smart but weak, he taught the boy the authentic breathing method of Duolin Temple. Therefore, Zhao Yulin made rapid progress in his internal energy training, which was due to the solid foundation laid by Master Jueming's internal energy training.
"There's news from Yulin. This guy just showed up at the south city pier." Mr. Zhao said calmly.
After hearing this, Jueming said in a neutral tone, "Didn't they say that the third young master became a fool and a cripple after falling down?" Master Jueming had his own opinion of the head of the family. For the sake of his own comfort, the head of the family did not care about the life and death of his children, which was equivalent to selling out his own son.
Although he was delighted to learn that his disciple was alive and well again, he remained calm, wanting to see what his master was planning.
Mr. Zhao sighed, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip before saying, "How can I not feel sorry for my son?" The loss of the Chongqing shipwreck is immeasurable, so there is no way to take care of Yulin. He finally calmed down and asked the master to find out clearly that if the Wang family was sent out, it would be better to take Yulin back.
Jueming understood what was said. He said that the Wang family compound was deep and the walls were high, and there was Shen Tuozi there, with many experts guarding the compound. It would be difficult to go deep into the palace to investigate, so Rong had to plan carefully.
Mr. Zhao nodded, and the two of them drank tea and ended the conversation.
Yibin County is not big, but it is definitely not small either. The Wang and Zhao families are both wealthy families in the city, and any disturbance becomes the topic of conversation among the people after dinner.
The story of Zhao Yulin being beaten into a wooden man by the Wang family and then abandoned by the Zhao family quickly spread in the city with the help of the Wang family, and even the common people knew about it.
The Wang family was naturally in an advantageous position, with a glorious face, while the Zhao family became the object of ridicule and scorn by the crowd, and their business plummeted, becoming the most dejected family in the world.
Some adults even said to their own sons in order to scare their children into being good: "Don't you want to listen? If you don't, I will make your son the third child of the Zhao family. He will be spitted on every day and won't have enough food to eat." And it really worked.
Zhao Yulin walked around the dock and returned to the palace under the scorching sun.
He didn't even go back to the Zhao family?
This made Master Wang confused. The expressions on everyone's faces in the palace changed in unison, and they all looked at him with disdain.
Zhao Yulin walked through the center of the yard with a harmless smile on his face, returned to the courtyard where he lived, and picked up a pen to organize his memories of the future as if nothing had happened.
It was true that he was a 17-year-old boy, but that was his current body, but his mind was filled with the experiences of a 30-year-old adult. So Zhao Yulin didn't care at all, and sat down to seriously sort out his memories of the afterlife, just as a calligraphy practice.
At the Yibin County Court, County Magistrate Chen Yun and Chief Clerk Yang Zhishan had just returned to the court and sat down when County Lieutenant Zhang came to report that the Wang family was going to send Zhao Yulin back, saying that Zhao Yulin had woken up and was fine.
The county magistrate and the chief clerk were aware of the conflict between the Zhao and Wang families. They also knew that Zhao Yulin was unconscious after falling. The county magistrate asked Zhang Xianwei to coordinate and handle the matter so as to avoid any further grudges.
After the county lieutenant left, the county magistrate said that the Wang family was too impatient, so why not wait a little longer and check on the Zhao family boy's injuries first?
Mr. Zhang is the same. He has to make a trip for such a small matter. Why is he so wholeheartedly helping the Wang family?
The chief clerk Yang Zhishan smiled without saying anything. He took a sip of the new tea brought by the maid before saying that the Wang and Zhao families had a feud. It was well known to everyone that the Zhao family had a shipwreck in Chongqing and had to borrow money from the Wang family. It was like Zhou Yu fighting Huang Gai, one wanted to fight and the other was willing to be beaten.
Then, he lowered his voice and said that the young master of the Zhang family was secretly on good terms with the second young lady of the Wang family. Didn't the Lord know about this?
Chen Yun said that she was too lazy to care about these trivial matters, but these two families were wealthy families in Yibin, so Mr. Yang still needed to give them some advice so as not to cause any trouble that would embarrass everyone.
The chief clerk nodded thoughtfully.
Zhao Yulin was still practicing calligraphy when Liu San personally brought a food box over. This was an instruction from Master Wang, asking him to keep an eye on Zhao Yulin and send him back to the Zhao residence with great fanfare when the market opened tomorrow, so as to greatly humiliate the Zhao family.
While taking out the food from the box and placing it on the table, Liu San gave him a detailed report and asked him to make plans early.
Zhao Yulin said casually that it was great and he could have another comfortable sleep. Then he picked up his chopsticks to eat and asked Li Chuan to come up and eat with him, without distinction.
Seeing Zhao Yulin so calm, Liu San began to wonder who was going to be in trouble.
Zhao Yulin finished his meal in no time, picked up the tea bowl and drank a sip of tea to rinse his mouth, then said to Liu San that had helped and he couldn't let him do it in vain. He asked Li Chuan to quietly take Liu San to see the place where he had taken the big bricks in the morning. It was estimated that there were thieves climbing over the wall to enter and exit the palace. After he left, this place would be more secluded, which would be convenient for the thieves to come in.
He asked Liu San to try to set a tripod, maybe he could catch the thief.
Even at this time, Zhao Yulin didn't care about his own affairs, but was still thinking about giving Liu San some advice on how to make meritorious deeds and gain the trust of Master Wang.
Liu San looked at Zhao Yulin who was so calm that he could not believe his eyes and ears. He was dragged out by Li Chuan in a daze.
After writing for a while, Zhao Yulin went to practice Tai Chi and military boxing. He knew the importance of martial arts in this era and did not dare to be careless at all.
The next day, Zhao Yulin woke up early and packed his luggage with Li Chuan. While he was still busy, Liu San came with two servants and told him to go to the living room.
Zhao Yulin smiled indifferently and followed Liu San to the reception room, where men and women from the four branches of the Wang family were lined up on both sides to watch.
Mr. Wang pretended to be compassionate and said, "The children's fight was just for fun, but Mr. Zhao took it too seriously and sent my nephew to my house. How could this be allowed? Now that my nephew has recovered, please go home quickly."
Zhao Yulin still had that harmless smile on his face.
Mr. Wang asked Liu San to take him away, and instructed housekeeper Du not to let Zhao Yulin feel too wronged. He packed up all the things he had used in the room for him to take away, and then arranged a delivery truck to send them to Zhao's house at the South Gate.
Haha, they are going to go to the Zhao family with drums and gongs to slap them in the face.
The Wang family burst into laughter again, and the entire living room became a sea of joy. All personnel went out according to the division of labor that had been planned long ago.
The Wang family's owners moved to the lobby to enjoy the upcoming performance.
As soon as Zhao Yulin entered the house, five or six servants followed him and hurriedly packed his used items into several large boxes. The Wang family's ox cart had already arrived at the alley beside the courtyard, and the servants were busy carrying the boxes up.
Zhao Yulin went to the inner room, changed into a blue cloth robe, and came out with a folding fan in his hand.
He walked out of the house in a leisurely manner, asked Li Chuan to wait at the gate in a ox cart, and walked towards the gate alone, fanning himself as if strolling in the garden.
At the gate , the Wang family members were stunned when they saw Zhao Yulin walking towards them in a dashing manner. More than a hundred people opened their mouths in surprise.
Wang Dehui, in particular, couldn't believe her eyes at all. She rubbed her fox eyes again and again and looked carefully. The Zhao Yulin in front of her was really elegant, handsome and handsome.
Wang Dehui once had a crush on Zhao Yulin in the academy, and now he is becoming infatuated with him again.
Master Wang was also stunned. He suddenly came to his senses. Damn, this kid is really good at pretending. He hid it so well that he actually fooled me.
Seeing Zhao Yulin walking through the courtyard and entering the gatehouse in a leisurely manner, and about to step over the threshold to leave, Mr. Wang suddenly shouted: "Hurry up and read the announcement in the street." He wanted to let everyone in Yibin County know how his Wang family sought medical treatment and medicine and cared about the abandoned child of the Zhao family.
Butler Du Wei immediately took out the proclamation from his long sleeves and pretended to read it, but Zhao Yulin turned around and hit him with his folding fan, spraining his jaw. The pain was so severe that he couldn't utter a word.
He picked up the document on the ground and said, "I am a guest whether I am at home or outside, so I have to be polite, okay?" After that, Zhao Yulin turned around and hit Dewey in the face with another folding fan, and the tooth bone returned to its place smoothly.
Butler Du was already frightened and at a loss for words. He stood aside and said timidly, "The Third Young Master taught me a lesson. I will remember it."
Zhao Yulin nodded and said loudly to the people inside: "I don't care about the bad things of the Wang family and the Zhao family, but if anyone dares to bully me again, it will not work."
After saying that, he slapped the door on the right with one hand, and the upper and lower door ears of the door immediately shattered to the ground. Half of the door slid down. Zhao Yulin took advantage of the situation to move the door horizontally to the entrance, clasped his fists and saluted towards Master Wang, then strode towards the street, got on the ox cart directly, and told the driver to go to the south of the city.
At this time, the Wang family behind him was in an uproar.
Everyone was shocked when they saw Zhao Yulin smash a heavy wooden door with a wave of his hand. The maids and young girls were about to say, "The Third Young Master is so powerful, the Third Young Master is so handsome," and they all gathered in groups of three or five and whispered...
Master Wang's eyes were spitting fire as he glared at the guard Liu San fiercely.
Liu San immediately knelt down in front of him and said that Zhao's brother was extremely strong and did not follow the routine. When they met the night before, he was slapped twice by the third young master before he was ready. He was afraid of being ridiculed by his brothers, so he said that he did it himself. I thought that only Master Shen could be the opponent of Zhao's brother.
Master Wang said angrily: "A bunch of rubbish."
His eldest son Wang Deyi quickly asked him: "Dad, what should we do? Should we do it or not?"
