kingnovel Chapter 449 Family misfortune
Chapter 449 Family misfortune
A few people went to the place where Si Chengyi fell off the cliff and looked again. There was indeed a stone on the edge of the cliff that seemed to have been newly broken.
Looking down from this direction, it was bottomless. They were just passing by, and they didn't know what dangers were lurking in this deep forest.
If they were asked to go down and look for someone rashly, they naturally wouldn't dare to do so. Besides, even if they went down to look for someone, the cliff is so deep.
Even if he found the person, he would definitely not be alive. After thinking it over, he gave up the idea of looking for him. Si Chengren cried his heart out.
Finally, he was dragged away by several people. The leading man consoled him: "My Lord, since it has already happened, it will not help no matter how sad you are. You might as well live a good life in the future."
"I understand the logic, but it's all my fault. If I hadn't called him over to talk, how could this happen?" Si Chengren lowered his head, looking dazed.
No one noticed that the moment he lowered his head, a smug light flashed in his eyes and the corners of his mouth curled up.
"Don't think too much. Everyone has his own destiny in marriage. It's possible that the Second Young Master is destined to have this misfortune."
"That's right. For brothers like us, we always have our heads on the line. If we can let this kind of thing go, it won't be a big deal." The other two men also advised.
"I know everything. Once we settle down, I will build a cenotaph for my brother. Even if we can't collect his body, at least he will have a place to go." Si Chengren said with a heavy tone and sincerity.
The three men couldn't help but be moved. They all said that the rich young men in the capital were emotionally indifferent and full of intrigue, but the eldest son was really good to the second son. It was a pity that fate played a trick on them, and the second son passed away at such a young age.
After packing up their things, they set off again, reducing the original group of five to four. As soon as they sat in the carriage, Si Chengren's expression immediately changed.
He opened the bag he had been carrying with him these days, and inside was a thick stack of silver bills. Si Chengren couldn't let go and counted them over and over again.
I was so happy that my heart was filled with bubbles. I thought of Si Chengyi again. "Second brother, don't blame me for being cruel. Even if I gave you all this money, you couldn't keep it. Why don't you let me do you a favor? I will build a cenotaph for you when I have time."
They continued to move forward like this for another two days. Since they were three hired men, Si Chengren felt that this place was almost there.
So they proposed not to employ them anymore. The three men looked at each other in bewilderment. Although they were in the capital, they had no proper jobs, so they just found odd jobs, like modern short-term workers.
I had found all kinds of jobs before, but none of them paid as much as Si Chengren. I had originally wanted to work with him for a few more days, but I didn't expect that after only a dozen days, he no longer needed them.
Si Chengren didn't care what they thought. The daily wage was several taels of silver, plus food and accommodation, which also cost a lot.
Although he had some silver in his hand now, it was getting less and less, so he had to be frugal. He paid them their wages and gave each of them an extra twenty taels of silver.
Si Chengren clearly told them that the twenty taels of silver were hush money, and they were not allowed to tell anyone his whereabouts if asked.
The three of them naturally knew this truth, they were not stupid. This matter was not glorious in the first place, so how could they make it known to everyone? If the people in the Marquis' Mansion found out, they would be in trouble. It would be too late to hide, so how could they look for trouble?
"Don't worry, young master. The three of us brothers will keep our mouths shut. No one can pry a word out of us." The leading man patted his chest and assured him.
"Then I'd like to thank you here, brother." Si Chengren bowed to them and thanked them.
The three men left, leaving only Si Chengren. Thinking of his escape, Si Chengren breathed a sigh of relief. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away here, and he has money in his hands. He will have endless good days in the future.
Watching them walk away, Si Chengren turned and entered a brothel on the corner. After walking such a long way, he could finally relax.
Si Wei Zhong lay in bed for three days. When he woke up and saw himself in the bronze mirror, his hair had turned white and he looked much older.
In fact, he is only forty years old, but now he looks like a man in his fifties or sixties. People from the gambling house came yesterday.
Seeing Si Wei Zhong lying on the bed with an exhausted expression which did not seem fake, and knowing what Si Chengren and Si Chengyi had done, he just told him to raise the money as soon as possible, and then went back.
The only thing to be thankful for was that the property and the title deed were taken out of the warehouse that day. If they had not been taken out that day, the two beasts would probably have been killed as well.
He worked so hard to raise his two sons, but in the end they ended up betraying him like this. It's like raising a dog and expecting it to wag its tail. These two are not human beings at all, they are pure ungrateful wolves.
Today he was able to get out of bed, and he called his housekeeper early in the morning and told him to calculate how much silver the shop and the deed were worth, and to use them to pay off the debt instead of selling them.
"Yes, sir. Our shops are basically losing money and are not worth much money. The crops in the fields are about to be harvested. It would be a big loss to use them to pay off debts at this time."
The butler is about the same age as Si Wei Zhong and they grew up together. The butler has been devoted to Si Wei Zhong and he feels a lot of emotions when things have come to this point.
I know that the two young masters are usually not very decent, but I never thought that they could do such a thing.
"What can we do? Now that this has happened, we have no choice but to do this." Si Wei Zhong said as he started to cough violently, and the cough became more and more severe.
"Master, please take care of yourself." The housekeeper hurried forward and patted his back, but his coughing condition did not improve, and he even coughed up blood.
"Oh." Si Wei Zhong sighed heavily, and with the help of the housekeeper, he sat back on the bed.
"It's unfortunate for our family. The eldest wife has always looked down on us. I wonder how happy they are now." Whenever he thought of this, Si Wei Zhong became depressed and felt that he had lived an inferior life all his life.
No matter how hard he tried, he was always surpassed by the first wife. He didn't have enough money to begin with, and now the gap was even greater. But even if he died, he would not borrow even a tael of silver from the first wife.
"Master, please think about it. Maybe the eldest wife doesn't mean that." The housekeeper didn't know what to say and could only persuade him like this.
He was also involved in what happened back then. He was young and ignorant at the time. Looking back now, perhaps this was God's retribution to them.
He was about the same age as Si Wei Zhong and had married earlier, but he had three wives in a row, all of whom died for no reason, without leaving any children.
I didn't think much of it at the time. But now seeing Si Wei Zhong's fate, and thinking of myself, it's retribution, all of this is retribution.