Die For Life

Jingyuan, gathered together.

"Cough cough, cough cough cough--"

As soon as the old housekeeper entered the door, he saw the bedridden Jing Qingchu sitting up and coughing, his thin body trembling like chaff.

He hurriedly went over and stuffed the mouthpiece of the hookah into the master’s mouth. Jing Qingchu took a few deep breaths of the milky white smoke, and his old face became sickly flushed, and the cough stopped immediately, even on his face. Wrinkles are relieved.

"Master, this cigarette can't be stopped." The old housekeeper sighed and pressed Jing Qingfu's back to straighten his breath: "You have hurt a lot of vitality when you went out a few days ago. Don't take a few more breaths to make it up. , You can't hold it."

"Cough cough..." Jing Qingxun's eyes were dark, and he took a few mouthfuls of milk mist, his skinny right hand grabbed the pillow next to him, and he grabbed the amber pillow with a deep impression: "Hateful... …Hateful! Qin Xiao, Qin Xiao, you died too early!"

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

The old housekeeper knew Qin Xiao in his mouth—in Xuanzhu County more than 30 years ago, Qin Xiao could be a man of the young generation and was sent to Dongyang District as a Dongyang water transport inspector at a young age. , Naturally joined the Silver-Blood Association, chatting and laughing with the presidents of the Chamber of Commerce, Jing Qingfu's generation of merchants naturally wanted to fawn on him even more.

Tobacco was introduced to Huiyao more than a hundred years ago, but because of the geographical environment, the output has not been high, and many people are aware of the harm of tobacco. All warriors who practice tactics are extremely sensitive to plants that contain toxic substances that harm the body, and they will sound an alarm physically and mentally, and only the low-level civilians can smoke tobacco without any worries.

Although there are many people who like this uncomfortable stimulus, after all, there are many people who like spicy food, but most of the officials just taste it and don’t smoke a lot for a long time, just like ordinary people don’t take every meal every day. Eat spicy hot pot.

However, at that time, Qin Xiao brought a hookah that was said to be popular in the upper strata of Yanjing.

The tools needed for hookahs are extravagant, and they are not as stimulating as ordinary tobacco. And because hookah tobacco is mixed with shisha, Qin Xiao said that smoking shisha can prolong your life. Many people believe that shisha is a good thing, everyone. There are flares chips in the neck, it will be good to eat more flares!

Hookahs are both comparable and comfortable to inhale. They soon became popular in the upper class of Xuanzhu, but because of the high cost, it is difficult for ordinary people to reach it.

Hookah smoking had no effect at the beginning. After more than ten years, the group of smokers who smoked hookah every day died prematurely. Many people suddenly became alert and immediately cut off their hookahs.

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

Yes, old age!

It has nothing to do with addiction. Most of the officials and eunuchs are warriors with a bit of cultivation. It is not easy to control them through poison-a few are possible, but a large group of people will soon find that something is wrong.

However, hookah has been popular in the upper layer of Xuanzhu for more than ten years, and it has been sold well to this day. It is enough to show that there are no strong toxins in it. Even after many people smoked hookah, their spirits and bodies are getting better and better-until he is old and dead.

Old smokers of the Silver-Blood Society can control themselves not to smoke waterpipes, but if they quit waterpipes for a long time, they will die of old age, and if they smoke waterpipes, they can live a longer period of time.

From this perspective, what Qin Xiao said is true.

But these old silver-blooded foxes did not say anything. Instead, they called a well-known medical officer to analyze the hookah, and soon discovered the problem:

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

The reason why hookahs make people die prematurely is because of the shining stones inside.

Because very few people will smoke flares, so few people know that consuming flares can slowly increase physical fitness and mental power. The long-flowing smoking of water pipes can also improve a person's martial arts qualifications. After smoking for ten years, it is not too much to upgrade from an R card to an SR card.

It is true that the hookah can sell well because it has great benefits for the body.

But the blessings and the misfortunes, the stronger physical fitness means that the cell renewal frequency is faster. Originally, Huiyao people have short lives. Most people can only live to fifty years of life without any disease and disasters, and their superior life is not too much to live at 60 and 70 years old.

It happened that they smoked hookah, which was equivalent to prepaying their lives.

The period between 20 and 40 years old can be said to be full of energy. They can sleep four hours a day to be full of energy. They are masters of time management, but this is the effect of their advancement of the quality of life in the future.

After they were 40 years old, their lives basically came to an end, one after another quickly died of old age. It's useless to quit waterpipe, because the vitality of life is consumed and can't be replenished. If you quit, you will die faster.

The only way is to continue to smoke hookah regularly, squeeze the life potential as much as possible, and linger.

After discovering the truth about shisha, the Yinxue Society not only did not prohibit the sale of shisha, but even tried to reduce the price of shisha and sell it to the general public. This kind of waterpipe that squeezes lives is certainly not needed for their ruling class, but for those civilians who can't even live forty, isn't it a stimulant that can increase their work efficiency?

Moreover, the Silver Blood Society not only did not publicize the harm of waterpipes, but also concealed much of its internal members. It encouraged other members to smoke waterpipes together, and its intentions were naturally self-evident—

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

Like Jing Qingchu, he didn't even tell his son.

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

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

Although Jing Qingfu did not tell his son, he did not encourage him to smoke.

What they hate more is Qin Xiao who brought the hookah to Dongyang.

After investigation, Yinxuehui was stunned to discover that Qin Xiao didn't actually tell a lie: Shisha was indeed popular among the upper-class nobles in Yanjing, and it is still a best-selling product to this day.

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

After Qin Xiao left Dongyang District, he was tortured to death in prison because of the mistake of standing in line with the court party.

After a lot of money was thrown away, the Yinxue Society found out that behind Qin Xiao there seemed to be a secret organization named'Huiyao Siwei'. Bringing waterpipes to the upper-class nobles of Yanjing and Xuanzhu County may be a conspiracy of a secret organization, but it may also be... a royal order.

At this point in the investigation, the Yinxue Society was neither capable nor dared to continue the investigation. And they, the first generation of hookah smokers, can only accept their fate and fulfill their family mission honestly.

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

"The young master has left Jingyuan, and seems to be going home."

"other people?"

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

Jing Qingfu sighed: "It seems... our Jing family can't escape this fratricidal destiny."

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

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

Jing Qingfu coughed twice and said: "Up to now, Zhengwei has gained support from the outside world through the Youth Daily and the patrol team. What's more, he is the eldest son himself, and there are not many people in the family who resist. It can be described as the general trend. The other three sons , At most, it is a conservative generation, and even this can't even be done-you have seen those reports, the three factories in charge of them actually often produce moths, and the management is getting worse and worse!"

The old butler considered the sentence and said: "Master, those accidents in the factory, I think..."

"Are you trying to say that other people wanted to frame them." Jing Qingchu sneered, "But didn't they frame Zhengwei? Is it true that Zhengwei was attacked by the ghosts?"

"I can't beat it brightly, and I can't beat it secretly. They still want to win?"

"I called them back this time and didn't show up, just to give them a chance to reconcile. Either Zhengwei will give them a step down, conquer the three younger brothers, and everyone's hopes will be returned to the position of Patriarch; or Zhengwu will take the initiative to subdue, give up their illusions, and support their brothers. Continue to work for the family."

"And now is the worst result-Zhengwei left early, ready to kill them all; Zhengwu and the others are discussing matters secretly, and their ambitions are not dead!"

The old butler was shocked and quickly said: "Old slave, I will go to the young master right now and tell him what you mean, the young master might..."

"No need." Jing Qingfu waved his hand: "Zhengwei has a deep grudge against me, his brother, and the Jing family... With his ingenuity, how could he fail to see the meaning of this evening's dinner? But he not only A few days ago, under the guise of the busy newspaper office, he didn’t want to come. Even today, I urged him repeatedly. He just played me perfunctorily and didn’t plan to reconcile with my brother.”

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

Jing Qingfu sneered: "Face? For Jing Zhengwei, face is the most indifferent thing to him! If he really wants to get the support of his brothers, he will definitely pretend to be a'good brother' to draw them... …But since he doesn’t have one, just explain one point—"

"As the head of the Patriarch, he is bound to win; he will not keep any of the three younger brothers!"

The old butler couldn't say a word, he silently stroked the master's back to make the master feel better, but still couldn't help saying: "Then if you let the second master..."

"Absolutely impossible!" Jing Qingfu said decisively: "If it is other times, whoever inherits the position of Patriarch is fine, but when is it now? Ahem, the sky is in chaos, the throne is empty, and the districts are in chaos... this It is a world of great controversy, and there is more than enough for the Patriarch of the Chamber of Commerce in Zhengwudang, but the Jing Family needs more than the Patriarch!"

"Ford, you should not worry, you should be grateful, because after my death, the Jing family will become stronger and stronger, the reputation of the Jing family will be reverberated, and our Xuanzhu Jing family will be deeply engraved on in history."

"Because, the next person to succeed as the head of the Jing family is someone who has a deep face, will be retributable, and cruel, but makes people unable to find any flaws--"

Jing Qingchu coughed up a mouthful of black blood~www.wuxiaspot.com~ A glowing luster broke out in his eyes:

"The Syndicate!"

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"Haqiu."

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

"No." Leyu also found it weird. He actually sneezed on a hot day. Could it be that he caught a cold?

"Do you want to go back?"

"No, keep listening for a while."

Leyu and the others are now at the storyteller in Damen Shijie. Now the storyteller does not tell the story, but retells various articles of the "Youth Daily" with eloquence. For example, Luan Jiba, the storyteller in front of them, said that The answers to the fifth issue of the "Knowledge Discussion Area" of Youth Daily.

Not to mention, he played the role of the answerer very vividly. Whether it is a revolutionary or a court official, it sounds like the same thing. Leyu is also the first time to listen to this kind of storyteller, a mouthful of stinky tofu. A sip of iced honey five-flower tea, it sounds delicious.

Qing Lan said with some temptation: "Don't listen...I wrote the answer he said, and I feel very embarrassed."

Leyu instantly understood Qing Lan's mentality. He occasionally felt embarrassed when someone read an article he had written, so he stood up and said, "Then let's watch others play cards!"

Qing Lan smiled and said, "The son really likes playing cards."

"Hey, it's mainly because Huiyao doesn't have much entertainment. I don't have much fun except playing cards." Leyu complained: "If it wasn't interesting to run a newspaper, I wouldn't bother to open a newspaper office. But now I think about it, after I run a newspaper, My game time has actually been reduced so much, it is really not as good as the sky."

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