Chapter 53 Who stole this thing?
"Have you noticed that Kong Jiaxiang from the Kong family has changed several male companions in the past two days?"
Su Jinghe looked at Song Shiyi, wanting to show off his "eagle eyes and golden pupils".
In fact, he had already known the whole story from his inner voice, but Song Shiyi still accompanied Su Jinghe in acting out this drama.
"Why? He changes partners frequently?"
"Well... this..." Song Shiyi was surprised when he saw that Su Jinghe's expression was wrong. He hadn't said this in his mind just now.
[Oh, should I tell him that Kong Jiaxiang is unisex, falling in love with everyone he meets. He and his ex-boyfriend had a fight before, and Wang Anshi and I ran into him. He immediately fell for Wang Anshi. Luckily, we ran away quickly...]
Hmm... I'd better not say this. It feels like I'm making up obscene rumors about Wang Anshi. And... hehehe, you don't like me. How tasteless!]
Okay, now the heart has spoken.
But Song Shiyi was speechless after hearing this, and—
Isn't it a good thing that they didn't fancy you, Su Jinghe! Don't leave your competitive spirit here that doesn't exist anywhere else!
"Well...it's true that Kong Jiaxiang is a playboy, but these male companions are not all the ones he changes." Su Jinghe's words made Song Shiyi even more speechless.
"Not entirely", listen to how cautious this wording is.
Song Shiyi didn't dare to ask more, for fear that if he did, he would get the news that the other person changed five people every two days, which was quite annoying.
Seeing Song Shiyi's embarrassment, Su Jinghe quickly steered the conversation back on track. "But how could the evidence I found be about his emotional issues? If I want to use it as leverage against him, I'll have to wait until he's powerful enough... to achieve a certain level of influence in the court."
"In fact, even if you have moral flaws, you can't be brought down, unless you happen to step on..." If you happen to hit a point that the government is dissatisfied with, then it will be really bad.
Song Shiyi didn't dare to say anything after that, but he thought the two of them knew what was going on, so he didn't continue.
But the truth was that Su Jinghe had no idea about this at all. He blinked his eyes, waiting for him to continue, but found that he didn't.
So what happened? Are there some unspoken rules I'm not aware of?
Fortunately, he just thought so and didn't say it directly, nor did he get so excited that his heart exploded, otherwise Song Shiyi would really have a small collapse.
"As for me, I've discovered that this person... whoever he's with, that person's performance becomes outstanding. On the contrary, he himself has been mediocre these days, only ranking around the top ten." Su Jinghe looked at Song Shiyi and added.
"I'm not saying that being ranked a dozen or so is bad. I'm saying that this level doesn't look like him."
In fact, there is no need to make excuses. Song Shiyi knows that Su Jinghe wants to keep his mind calm, but it is not the first time that Song Shiyi has seen the top three places in the imperial examination. He has long been indifferent to these things!
Damn it, “mediocre”, “mixed in the top ten”, damn it, these geniuses! Song Shiyi was slightly furious.
"Every time he follows someone, their ranking rises a little higher than his. But once they leave him, they become just like everyone else. It seems I'm not the only one who's noticed this."
Su Jinghe said that he found it on the complaint wall that was reviewed today.
"Well... we're just an entertainment group after all. Even if we have some impartiality, the final evaluation is the sum of multiple projects. The ones he led only participated in one project at a time... Even if we knew he was helping to cheat, we couldn't do anything to them, right?"
It’s not that he favors outsiders. Song Shiyi really thinks that this is not an imperial examination.
"We don't want to dethrone him. This is perfect. Let's see what solution our descendants of the Kong family will choose." Su Jinghe raised his eyebrows. "Now we don't just choose which member of their clan to teach, so who do we want to choose?"
Is this really what you do when you choose someone to teach?
Song Shiyi put himself in his shoes and felt like he was about to have a heart attack. For the Kong family, this might really be a huge stain...
"How about adding the emotional stain? The Cheng family we saw earlier should be willing to testify, right? Romeo and the male version of Juliet?"
Su Jinghe muttered, "It was another bad idea."
It is better for such people not to work hard in the court.
Song Shiyi was listening nearby, sighing in his heart, thinking that with his presence, even the calm surface of the water could be disturbed by him, and taking advantage of the situation to fish in troubled waters was really... the storm was too big!
Song Shiyi moved closer to Su Jinghe and tried to be as tactful as possible, "Should we be more tactful? Telling them so bluntly feels a lot like kidnapping or blackmail. What do you think?"
"That makes sense. It should be written more elegantly. A big family like theirs probably has their own set of words. If I use such plain language, people might think I'm uncultured..."
But I really have limited culture!
Su Jinghe thought for a second and decided to let the matter go.
"Then you can write it, or I can write it again for you to use professional language, the language used by your aristocratic families to communicate with each other, and you can refine it."
Song Shiyi wanted to refuse, but then thought, it was up to him to decide what to write. He could just slightly modify those "straightforward threats" and then...
"What on earth are you trying to do? Threaten our Kong family? I'm telling you, our Kong family is not a pushover!"
After Song Shiyi's "re-polishing" of the manuscript, it still angered the Kong family.
Below is the ongoing evaluation, and inside is the three members of the Kong family "arguing" with Su Jing and them.
"Please keep your voice down. There are people downstairs. If you speak too loudly, they will hear you."
Su Jinghe was also giving a kind reminder.
But since the other person was angry, this ordinary sentence was directly over-interpreted.
"Threaten me? You want to tell them? Let me tell you, our Kong family is not afraid of threats."
The Kong family member who was speaking was probably of a high status. At least when Su Jinghe first met Kong Jiaxiang, this person was standing in the front and arguing with the young master of the Cheng family.
Now standing behind this person in dejection, Kong Jiaxiang didn't dare to say a word, for fear that saying too much would bring him into trouble.
Oh no, the current trouble was caused by him himself. If he talks about it too much and makes people angry, he will probably be left in Bian Jing.
"We didn't mean that." Song Shiyi was afraid that Su Jinghe would poke this person's sensitive nerves again, so he came forward himself. "We knew the news but chose to tell the Kong family directly and communicate with them. We had no intention of disclosing this matter."
"Do you want money or something else? We, the Kong family, cannot provide you with protection in official circles." The man was quite cold and hard, and said this in a glacial tone.
Hearing this, Song Shiyi was stunned for a second. Who had the problem? Could it be that they had a problem and asked the Kong family for help?
Su Jinghe also had this idea, and he spoke frankly.
"I'm afraid we're not the ones who have the problem now, and it's not us who are asking the Kong family for protection."
"I knew you had bad intentions. Let me tell you, our Kong family is upright and honest. We don't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of it either. If you mess with us, you've hit a brick wall!"
These harsh words were spoken quite smoothly, and the time it took to say one sentence was shorter than the time it took Su Jinghe to recite a poem during the competition. They were concise and powerful.
Su Jinghe raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Then what about your eldest young master?"
Kong Jiaxiang, who was named by Su Jinghe, also secretly looked at the expression of the person in front of him.
He was also hoping for a lucky break. He brought so many people with him. Some of them were because he coveted their beauty, and some were because he wanted to make some extra money. They didn't ask for much, and he didn't want to be first or second. He thought he wouldn't be discovered...
Hey, now Uncle San is still...
Kong Jiaxiang was still pondering, his own uncle, he couldn't just stand by and watch him die, right? This Su Jinghe was also a rising star in Bianjing. He was probably very favored by the officials. He rose rapidly in the officialdom, and he was given this Bianjing kindergarten. He had to have the Song Dynasty to fund such a competition.
I can't afford to offend him, and now he's caught by my tail, so I can't offend him anymore.
Uncle San should...
"Our Kong family has no stains. This is no longer the young master of our Kong family."
Before Kong Jiaxiang could finish his inner struggle, his third uncle had already proposed a solution and then turned and left. The other person was still struggling and was scolded.
If Su Jinghe had not been quick enough to ask the people outside to close the door, these two people would have really taken away.
"Why leave? Are the descendants of the Kong family so timid? Didn't you know that the heir you trained has such a personality?"
Su Jinghe thought about it and realized that Song Shiyi had omitted Kong Jiaxiang's love history after polishing it, so he hurried to fill it in.
"In your Qufu, besides your Kong family, the other famous families are the Zhang family and the Liu family..." Su Jinghe was interrupted by the third uncle of the Kong family again.
"These two families still want to be compared with our Kong family? Ridiculous." He sneered, and the next second there was no smile on his face.
"Yes, so no one from these two families is favored by your young master. Apart from these two families, the others, well, any family that is not bad and has some reputation, have all been bedridden by your young master, both men and women."
Su Jinghe's last four words were the last straw that broke the camel's back for Uncle San.
"You, you... your family spends money to support you, and you do these things that are not presentable?" There are actually quite a few talented young people in the Kong family, but Kong Jiaxiang is older, the eldest son, and his talents are not bad. The Kong family will definitely want him to take the lead in the future, but this guy turned out to be such a person.
The third uncle of the Kong family was getting angrier and angrier the more he thought about it. "So, every time you went out, there were people blocking your way. They just didn't like you!"
I remember it now, I remember it all!
No wonder it seems that in recent years, more people have dared to challenge the Kong family in Qufu. It turns out that this kid is fanning the flames!
"You've really grown in skill!"
"Help, help me, help!" Kong Jiaxiang ran while being beaten. He was like a nimble monkey in the mountains. However, the man in front of him was not young, but his body was still agile. He hit him many times and kept talking and beating him without any delay.
Sounds like "bang" and "pop" continued in this small office.
Su Jinghe looked at the scene of "teaching his son in public" in front of him and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
[Luckily, I don't have any fancy things in my office, so they're not blocking their way right now.]
Is this the only thing you came up with?
Song Shiyi listened to Su Jinghe's inner voice and felt that it was absurd. Would a normal person do this? A normal person wouldn't!
If Su Jinghe could hear Song Shiyi's inner thoughts, he would definitely respond.
Normal people wouldn't cast such a wide net in their relationships. Many of them were sisters, brothers, and siblings! Siblings from the same mother, even twins! As for the reasons for the breakups... he was caught dating two or three people at once, or he was caught telling others he was just playing around. There were all sorts of reasons.
This guy is a complete scumbag.
Su Jinghe was extremely disgusted with the scumbag's behavior of helping others cheat. This was not a real examination room. If it was real, he would directly accuse the person of cheating!
Unlike Su Jinghe, the Kong family is more concerned about...
"Who can't you talk to? These people? Are you crazy? There's no one else?"
"Yes, yes, I have made some new friends since I came to Bian Jing. Some of those who were arrested are my new friends." Kong Jiaxiang was also confused. He thought that saying this would allow him to receive fewer beatings, but what was waiting for him was an even more violent attack.
"That's all you think about when you come here! You even cheated! Didn't you say you wanted to stand at attention and be the first at home? You're not going to compete here? You lost to a girl in the first round, and you got discouraged. Are you going to lead someone else in the second round?" The third uncle of the Kong family was still a little concerned about Kong Jiaxiang.
"It's not the second round, it's the afternoon round, it's not the second round anymore." Kong Jiaxiang still remembered that he didn't lose heart so early, "But that woman is too good, she's always in first or second place... I... ah."
"If I had known you were this capable, I shouldn't have brought you here!"
After the third uncle of the Kong family finished cursing, he stopped and looked quite disheartened.
Su Jinghe wanted to say something, how many times did he hit her, and with his hands? There was a feather duster next to him, didn’t he see it?
It was quiet for about three minutes. Su Jinghe was a little bored and wanted to read some system gossip to relieve his boredom, when finally there was some new movement.
"You talk to so many people, hoping that they will deliberately be inferior to you because of your relationship?" The question from the third uncle of the Kong family was really sharp.
"Am I that kind of person, Uncle San?" Kong Jiaxiang widened his eyes.
"You helped others cheat, so you are not a good person." Song Shiyi spoke silently. In the quiet office, his voice was quite clear. When everyone looked at him, he quickly put on a cold look.
Fortunately, no one paid much attention to him, and only Kong Jiaxiang was choked.
He clarified, "That's not true. Besides, even if I could get them to give in during the negotiation, they wouldn't deliberately lose to me again after we broke up and argued like that, right?"
"Tsk, that means there aren't many powerful people in Qufu, which is why a monkey like you can be the overlord."
The third uncle of the Kong family sighed and rolled his eyes at Kong Jiaxiang in annoyance.
"From now on, you won't be asked to show up for these things. Just take over the family business if you can."
Kong Jiaxiang originally thought that the matter was over, but his third uncle asked him to take over the business.
The Kong family is old-fashioned. Some of their members are engaged in literature, some do business to support the family, and there are also people who do various different things, but the "literature", especially the study of "Confucianism", is the most core part of the Kong family.
This is giving up on me...
Kong Jiaxiang's face turned pale.
"It can't be said that it's not powerful." Seeing that Kong Jiaxiang didn't say anything, Su Jinghe couldn't help but speak.
"Actually, it's your young master who, just by talking to someone, asks them to teach him their study methods and problem-solving ideas. He even cheats people out of their money, sex, and talent. He's so popular with both men and women that he learns even more. This is..."
I have to say, from a learning perspective, this can even be considered progress.
But the parents of the person involved didn't think so. His face looked as if ink had been spilled on it, and it was very black.
"You've learned the best of many schools, and this is all you've learned? You should learn business as soon as possible. You've already messed up other families' businesses."
The lethality of these words was undeniable. At least Kong Jiaxiang really couldn't stand it. Su Jinghe had already seen tears welling up in his eyes.
[Hmm... Is it okay to say at this time that we don't want Kong Jiaxiang to retire early?]
Su Jinghe was thinking in his heart.
Come on, God, tell me something. If you don’t tell me now, they might start beating your child for the second time.
Song Shiyi noticed that the Kong family's eyes were already glancing at the feather duster. They probably finally realized that they needed a weapon to beat their children.
"Hey wait, don't hit him yet, let's discuss something. If you continue to hit the child, I will definitely not interfere."
Su Jinghe was still a good man. He stopped the fight in time before Song Shiyi was about to be hit for the second round.
"Let's talk?" It might be that beating children promoted blood circulation. The third uncle of the Kong family also figured it out. The initiative in this matter was not in their hands. Now that someone offered him a way out, he took it down quickly.
Finally he became easy to talk to. Song Shiyi had just breathed a sigh of relief when Su Jinghe's words made his heart rise to his throat again.
"Nothing else, we just want a few members of the Kong family here."
Su Jinghe said it naturally, and he didn't even think there was any ambiguity in his words.
He runs a kindergarten, and if he needs people, he either wants students or teachers. What else can he want?
Song Shiyi looked at the three members of the Kong family in horror, their faces turning ugly, and quickly added.
"We need a few teachers."
Kong Jiaxiang wanted to use his words to vent his emotions. It was not a good thing to always get beaten.
As soon as Song Shiyi said this, his anger that was about to explode was suppressed by his third uncle.
"Okay, let's talk seriously. Is this what you want?" The third uncle of the Kong family had no other intention in patting Kong Jiaxiang. It was just for fun. However, beating the child was a practice, so he used a little more force.
Kong Jiaxiang was almost slapped to death, but he also agreed with his uncle and even quickly found a reason for Su Jing and their affairs.
If you can't get it, you must destroy it.
"He..." Su Jinghe looked Kong Jiaxiang up and down in slow motion.
Kong Jiaxiang felt like a piece of pork waiting to be sold at a high price. This was already very unpleasant, but what made him even more dissatisfied was that the person who was looking at him thought he was not valuable enough! He didn't like him!
"We don't want him. It's up to you whether you want to take him home to do business or feed the pigs."
Damn it, how can there be such a person!
Kong Jiaxiang was so angry that his face turned red.
"Is it the resume I submitted to your kindergarten last time?" Uncle San of the Kong family also knew a few things, such as this resume.
"Actually, they were supposed to come a while ago, but something happened to our Kong family some time ago, so they were delayed. They are still at home recuperating, but they missed the deadline, so they might not want it anymore. If you still want it, you can call them over."
Su Jinghe listened, not caring about the lack of a calm tone in his words, and continued, "Not only that, we are short of about eight people. If you want to work the night shift, can you call someone from the Kong family who is not one of you?"
Thinking of this, Su Jinghe's eyes lit up a little.
Who knew that this happened to be the restricted area for the Kong family.
"No one in Qufu can compare to our Kong family. There are only eight of them, but they can reach midnight!"
The third uncle of the Kong family made the decision directly.
After the three of them left, it was Song Shiyi's turn to be dazed.
He thought and thought, and finally couldn't help but speak, "If I had known they were like this, we would have just brought up something else and succeeded."
"Didn't we use this trick when we invited them here?" Su Jinghe looked at Song Shiyi, his eyes revealing confusion. "They just want to show off and stand out. That's why they came here. Every line on the invitation that doesn't have the Kong family's words on it is to incite them to come."
"You... this is an open conspiracy."
Su Jinghe's mind is getting smarter and smarter. Song Shiyi thought about it at this time and felt that if it were him, he would not be able to resist such a conspiracy.
His family is not necessarily worse than others!
"So, they came to Bian Jing and waited for the evaluation step by step. They didn't even think about coming to me privately to pay their respects. I didn't have the chance to talk to them directly, so it was necessary to catch them in this trap."
Su Jinghe nodded.
"Anyone who still dares to bow down to the boss is really too bold and lacks the brains to do so."
Song Shiyi felt that he couldn't blame others for not coming. They were really committing a crime against the wind, so he couldn't come!
"Well, once the people come, our kindergarten will have a few more good teachers!"
Su Jinghe leaned back in his chair happily, feeling as if an invisible burden had been lifted from his shoulders.
"Now that we've solved that problem, our evaluation seems to be going well. We'll just have to wrap it up in a few days. By the way, do we really have to give them gold or silver trophies?"
When Song Shiyi thought of this, he felt the urge to join in the fight himself.
"It's not pure gold, it's just plated on the outside. But the silver is pure silver. If someone takes it and uses it... that's fine too? The first one is a gold-plated silver trophy, the second and third are pure silver, and the ones after that are smaller. After all, we don't have that much money."
Su Jinghe thought for a moment, "If it's mining... Oh no, it can't be done privately."
Are you still planning to ask the system for the addresses of gold and silver mines?
What Song Shiyi didn't know was that Su Jinghe really wanted to pass, but the accuracy of his hand-drawn map was not that high, and the system did not adjust the actual situation of the area for him.
Plus, he...hadn't figured out how to explain why he knew "it must exist."
No matter how you think about it, this is the behavior of a monster. If it happened in ancient times, wouldn't it be burned?
If Song Shiyi knew about Su Jinghe's worries, he would step forward and take the initiative to express his willingness to share the worries with his boss and be the "monster" in exchange for more gold and silver mines emerging in the Song Dynasty!
They thought the matter was over, but...
Two days later, before their competition was over, something happened that had a great impact on them.
"What? The trophies and medals were stolen? Who stole this?" Su Jinghe was shocked.
How about asking who can avoid stealing this...
Song Shiyi felt that he couldn't do it, but this thing was not stolen by him, so he was indignant.
"How can this be!"
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