Jingyuan, where the clouds gather.

"Cough, cough, cough—"

As soon as the old housekeeper entered the door, he saw the bedridden Jing Qingfen sitting up and coughing, her thin body shaking like a sieve.

He hurriedly went over and stuffed the mouth of the hookah into the master's mouth. Jing Qingfen took a few deep breaths of the milky white smoke. The old face became morbidly flushed, and the coughing stopped immediately, and even the smear on his face stopped. Wrinkles are relieved.

"Master, this cigarette can't be stopped." The old housekeeper sighed and pressed Jing Qingquan's back to straighten his breath: "You went out a few days ago and hurt a lot of vitality, so don't take a few puffs to make up for it. , your body can't handle it."

"Cough cough..." Jing Qingfen's eyes were gloomy, and he sucked a few mouthfuls of milk mist. With his bony right hand, he grabbed the pillow next to him, grabbed it hard, and grabbed the amber pillow with a deep imprint: "It's hateful... ...Hateful! Qin Xiao, Qin Xiao, you died too early!"

The old housekeeper sighed and waited quietly for the master to finish losing his temper.

The old housekeeper naturally knew the Qin Xiao in the old man's mouth. In Xuanzhu County more than 30 years ago, Qin Xiaoke, a man of influence in that generation of young people, was dispatched to Dongyang District at a young age to be the Dongyang Water Transport Inspector. , naturally joined the Silver Blood Association, chatting and laughing with the presidents of the Chamber of Commerce, and the disciples of Jing Qingfu's generation of merchants naturally wanted to curry favor with him.

Tobacco was introduced to Huiyao more than a hundred years ago, but due to geographical reasons, the output has not been high, and many people are aware of the harm of tobacco. All warriors who practice warfare are extremely sensitive to this plant that contains poisonous substances that harm the body, and will sound the alarm physically and mentally, so only the low-level civilians can smoke tobacco without any worries.

Although there are many people who like this kind of stimulating tune that makes the body uncomfortable. After all, there are many people who like spicy food, but most of the officials and officials just stop at it and don’t take a lot of them for a long time, just like ordinary people don’t eat every meal every day. Eat spicy hot pot.

However, at that time, Qin Xiao brought along the hookah, which is said to be popular among the upper classes of Yanjing.

The tools required for hookah are luxurious, and there is no stimulation of ordinary tobacco when smoking, and because hookah tobacco is mixed with Yaoshi, Qin Xiao said that smoking hookah can prolong life, and many people believe it - Yaoshi is a good thing, everyone. There are yaoshi chips in the neck, and it must be good to eat more yaoshi!

Shisha can be compared and it is comfortable to smoke. It quickly became popular in the upper circle of Xuanzhu, but because of the high cost, it is difficult for ordinary people to touch it.

Smoking hookahs didn't have any effect at first. After more than ten years, the group of smokers who smoked hookahs died prematurely. Many people suddenly became alert and cut off their hookahs immediately.

But not long after the hookah stopped, various adverse reactions appeared: absentmindedness, fatigue, cough, mental exhaustion... It was useless to seek medical treatment or support, and some people even died of old age because they did not smoke hookah for too long. .

Yes, die of old age!

It has nothing to do with addiction, most of the officials' disciples are martial artists with a little cultivation, and it is not easy to control them through poison - a few are possible, but a large group of people can quickly find out that something is wrong.

However, the hookah has been popular in the upper class of Xuanzhu for more than ten years, and it has been selling well so far, which is enough to show that there is no strong toxin in it. Even after many people smoked hookah, their spirits and bodies are getting better and better - until he died of old age.

The old smokers of the Silver Blood Club can self-control themselves not to smoke hookah, but if they quit hookah for a long time, they will die of old age.

From this point of view, what Qin Xiao said is half true.

But these silver-blooded old foxes didn't make a statement. Instead, they hired a well-known medical officer to analyze the hookah, and soon discovered the problem:

Tobacco itself is not a problem, at most it damages the lungs and throat.

The reason why shisha causes people to die early is because of the shining stones in it.

Because very few people can take Yaoshi, not many people know that consuming Yaoshi can slowly increase physical fitness and mental strength. The long-lasting smoking like hookah can improve a person's martial artist qualifications. After ten years of smoking, it is not too much to upgrade from an R card to an SR card.

It is true that hookah is popular because it has great benefits to the body.

But fortune and misfortune depend on the fact that physical fitness has become stronger, which means that the frequency of cell renewal is faster. Originally, Huiyao people had a short life, and most people could only live to fifty years old without any disease or disaster, and they, the "superior people" who lived a good life, could not live too long.

However, if they smoked the hookah, it was equivalent to advancing their lives in advance.

They can be said to be in high spirits when they are old. They can be full of energy after sleeping for four hours a day. All of them are masters of time management, but this is the effect of their advance in the quality of life in the future.

When they passed the age of 40, their lives basically came to an end, and they died of old age one by one. It is useless to quit hookah, because the vitality of life is exhausted and cannot be replenished, and if you quit, you will die faster.

The only way is to continue smoking hookah regularly, squeeze the potential of life as much as possible, and survive.

After discovering the truth of shisha, the Silver Blood Club not only did not ban the sale of shisha, but even tried to reduce the price of shisha and sell it to the general public. This kind of life-squeezing hookah is of course not needed for their ruling class, but for the commoners who can't even live to the age of forty, isn't it a stimulant that can increase their work efficiency?

Moreover, the Silver Blood Club not only did not publicize the harm of hookah, but even concealed a lot from its internal members, and encouraged other members to smoke hookah together. Its intentions are naturally self-evident-

I smoked, I died early, why can you live longer than me?

Like Jing Qingfen, she didn't even tell her son.

They may even have this thought in their minds: In fact, the effect of hookahs is quite good, allowing people to exert more work efficiency in the young and middle-aged, and die quickly when they are old, giving way to young people, completing the generation of new and old alternates. Exchange blood.

It's just that when they realize that they are the 'old blood' that has been replaced by that generation, you say that they have no jealousy and resentment towards the 'new blood', then it is naturally impossible.

However, although Jing Qingfen did not tell his son, he did not encourage his son to smoke.

What they hated even more was Qin Xiao who brought the hookah to Dongyang.

After investigation, Yinxuehui was stunned to find that Qin Xiao did not tell a lie: Shisha was indeed popular among the upper-class aristocrats in Yanjing, and it is still a best-selling product today.

So the first group of upper-class nobles died of old age soon, and now the new group of nobles are still smoking hookah, but no one knows if there is any mixed Yaoshi in it.

And after Qin Xiao left Dongyang District, he was tortured to death in prison because he made a mistake in the imperial court party fight, which affected his whole family.

After spending a lot of money, the Silver Blood Association found out that there seems to be a secret organization behind Qin Xiao called 'Bright Four Guards'. Bringing the hookah to the upper-class nobles in Yanjing and Xuanzhu County may be a conspiracy of a secret organization, but it may also be... an order from the royal family.

At this point of the investigation, the Silver Blood Society is neither capable nor dare to continue the investigation. And these first-generation hookah smokers can only accept their fate and honestly complete their family mission.

After taking a few mouthfuls of milk mist, Jing Qingfen asked, "Where is Zhengwei now?"

"The eldest young master has left Jingyuan, and it seems that he is going home."

"other people?"

"Second Young Master, Third Young Master, and Fourth Young Master are all in Zizhuyuan and haven't left yet."

Jing Qingfen sighed deeply: "It seems... our Jing family can't escape this fate of flesh and blood."

The old butler didn't understand: "Why does the master say this? The eldest young master has always been unable to play with the other brothers. Isn't it normal to leave early?"

"I specifically urged them to attend this family banquet, but they didn't show up. Do you think they didn't understand the meaning?"

Jing Qingfu coughed twice and said, "As of now, Zhengwei has gained support from the outside world with the "Youth Daily" and the patrol team, not to mention that he is the eldest son himself, and not many people in the family resist, it can be said that it is the general trend. The other three sons , at most, they are the succesful ones, and they can’t even do this—you have seen those reports, and the factories they are in charge of are often out of whack, and the management is getting worse and worse!”

The old butler thoughtfully said, "Master, those accidents in the factory, I think..."

"Are you trying to say that someone else wanted to frame them?" Jing Qingfen sneered, "But didn't they frame Zhengwei? Zhengwei was attacked that time, was it really the Yitian Gang who was fascinated?"

"They can't beat it openly, but they can't beat it in the dark. They still want to win?"

"I told them to come back and they didn't show up this time, just to give them a chance to reconcile. Either Zhengwei will give them a step down, subdue the three younger brothers, and become the head of the family; or Zhengwu and the others will take the initiative to surrender, give up their illusions, and support their elder brother. Continue to serve the family."

"And now is the worst result - Zhengwei left early, ready to kill them all; Zhengwu and the others discussed matters in secret, and their ambitions are immortal!"

The old housekeeper was startled and said quickly, "Old slave, I will go to the eldest young master right now, and tell him what you mean, the eldest young master. Maybe the eldest young master..."

"No need." Jing Qingfen waved his hand: "Zhengwei has too much resentment towards me, his younger brother, and the Jing family... With his intelligence, how could he not see the significance of this dinner tonight? But he not only A few days ago, he didn’t want to come under the guise of being busy with the newspaper office, and even today when I urged him repeatedly, he just perfunctory me and had no plans to reconcile with his brother at all.”

The old housekeeper: "Maybe the eldest young master can't save face..."

Jing Qingfen sneered: "Face? For Jing Zhengwei, face is the most indifferent thing to him! If he really wants to gain the support of his younger brothers, he will definitely pretend to be a 'good brother' to win over them... ...but since he doesn't, just make one point—"

"The position of the head of the family, he is bound to win; three younger brothers, he will not keep any of them!"

The old butler couldn't say a word, and silently pressed the back of the master to make him feel better, but he couldn't help but say: "Then if the second young master..."

"It's absolutely impossible!" Jing Qingyu said decisively: "If it were any other time, anyone who is upright and powerful can inherit the position of the head of the family, but when is it now? Cough, the sky is in civil strife, the throne is vacant, and the districts are in chaos... This is It is a world of great competition, and Zhengwu is more than enough for a chamber of commerce patriarch, but what the Jing family needs is more than a patriarch!"

"Fufu, you shouldn't be worried, you should be happy, because after my death, the Jing family will become stronger and stronger, the reputation of the Jing family will be resounding, and our Xuanzhu Jing family will be deeply engraved in in history."

"Because, the next person to take over as the head of the Jing family will be someone who is thick-hearted, ruthless, ruthless, but can't find the slightest flaw—"

Jing Qingquan coughed out a mouthful of black blood, and a gleam of light erupted in his eyes:

"A hero!"

……

……

"Ha Qiu."

Qing Lan looked at Le Yu in surprise: "Master, do you feel cold?"

"No~lightnovelpub.net~ Le Yu also finds it strange that he sneezes on a hot day. Could it be that he has a cold?

"Do you want to go back?"

"No, continue listening for a while."

Le Yu and the others are currently in the storytelling booth on Damenshi Street. Now the bookstore is not talking about books, but recounting various articles of the "Youth Daily" in a eloquent manner. For example, the storyteller in front of them, Luan Jiba, said that The answers to the fifth issue of the "Knowledge Discussion Area" of "Youth Daily".

Not to mention, his role as the narrator can be described as vivid, whether it is the revolutionary leader, the soldier, the king, or the court official, it all sounds like the same thing. It is the first time that Le Yu has heard this kind of storytelling. A sip of iced honey five-flower tea, it is very pleasant to hear.

Qing Lan said awkwardly, "Don't listen... This answer he said was written by me. I feel very embarrassed."

Le Yu instantly understood Qing Lan's state of mind. He occasionally felt embarrassed when someone recited an article he had written, so he stood up and said, "Then let's go and watch others play cards!"

Qing Lan smiled and said, "Young Master really likes playing cards."

"Hey, it's mainly because Huiyao has no entertainment, and I have no fun except playing cards." Le Yu complained: "If it wasn't for the fun of running a newspaper, I wouldn't be too lazy to open a newspaper office. But now that I think about it, after running a newspaper, My game time has been reduced so much, it's really not as good as the sky."

"The thing I regret most in my life is the creation of the Youth Daily."