jdhmnovel Chapter 260 Letter of Divorce
Chapter 260 Letter of Divorce
Chapter 260 Letter of Divorce
As Dou Kangcheng watched the silver on the ground dwindle, he grew increasingly anxious. After much effort, he finally finished writing the letter of divorce and hurriedly handed it to Wang Wenzhou.
Wang Wenzhou picked up the letter of divorce and slowly examined it word by word.
Dou Kangcheng urged, "Brother, hurry up! Xiao Rui, come over and sign the document."
"No rush!" Wang Wenzhou waved his hand and said with a smile, "Brother Dou, you wrote a word wrong! Look, this character has an extra stroke. Write it again!"
"What?" Dou Kangcheng frowned and said in an unfriendly tone, "Brother, don't talk nonsense! Xiao Rui, are you going to buy it or not?"
"Buy it! Your wife is so beautiful, how could I not buy it? The key is that the contract cannot be altered, otherwise it will be deemed invalid! Quickly rewrite it. Don't rush this time, or you'll lose a lot of money!" Wang Wenzhou said with a smile.
Dou Kangcheng was very angry. He knew that Wang Wenzhou was deliberately making things difficult for him in order to get him to take less money. But since things had come to this, he had no other choice but to rewrite the letter of divorce.
While they were busy, Chen Yuanyuan and Sun Rurui frantically picked up the silver from the box. After working for a while, they were covered in sweat.
Wang Wenzhou reached into his pocket to take out a handkerchief, but after a few tries, he realized he didn't have one with him.
Wang Wenzhou smiled slightly and asked, "Brother Zhu, do you have a handkerchief?"
Zhu Youjian took out a handkerchief and handed it to Wang Wenzhou.
Wang Wenzhou took the handkerchief and looked at it. Holy crap! On the bright orange handkerchief was a red, five-clawed golden dragon. Wang Wenzhou frowned and asked, "Brother Zhu, are you a member of the imperial family?"
It wasn't that Wang Wenzhou was too optimistic; rather, in his mind, Emperor Chongzhen was not only an unlucky man but also lived a very difficult life, reluctant to eat or dress well, and even reluctant to sleep with beautiful women. Wang Wenzhou never imagined that Zhu Rui would be the current emperor.
Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "My brother is right. I am a member of the imperial family."
"I knew it! Even the handkerchief is amazing!" Wang Wenzhou took the handkerchief and quickly walked up to Chen Yuanyuan, gently wiping the sweat from her face.
"You bastard, get out of here!" Chen Yuanyuan didn't like Wang Wenzhou.
After being rebuffed by Chen Yuanyuan, Wang Wenzhou went to curry favor with Sun Rurui, saying with a smile, "Sister-in-law, please wipe your sweat."
Sun Rurui glanced back at Wang Wenzhou, snorted coldly, and parted her teeth slightly: "Hmph! Get lost!"
"Haha!" Zhu Youjian shook his head with a wry smile. Wang Wenzhou was really too much of a womanizer and a notorious womanizer!
"Brother! It's finished. Please take a look!" Dou Kangcheng handed the rewritten letter of divorce to Wang Wenzhou.
Wang Wenzhou wanted to find some faults, but this time, he couldn't find any. He had no choice but to say, "Brother Dou, please sign and affix your seal first. Sister-in-law, please rest for a while and come over to look at the divorce papers and sign and affix your seal."
Sun Rurui was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly burst into tears.
Wang Wenzhou couldn't bear to see the beautiful girl cry, so he quickly stepped forward and gently wiped away Sun Rurui's tears with a handkerchief.
“Sister-in-law, don’t be sad! It’s not worth shedding tears for a man like that!” Wang Wenzhou advised.
"Hmph! Crooked tears!" Chen Yuanyuan said irritably.
"Sigh..." Sun Rurui wiped away her tears and said, "I'll sign!"
Sun Rurui picked up the letter of divorce, glanced at it, and signed it.
"Hey! Stop picking it up! All the silver on the ground is mine!" Dou Kangcheng quickly stopped Chen Yuanyuan from picking up the silver.
"Fangfang, why did you stop? Keep going!" Wang Wenzhou said with a smile.
Although Chen Yuanyuan disliked Wang Wenzhou, she disliked Dou Kangcheng even more. When Wang Wenzhou told her to continue, Chen Yuanyuan began to pick up the silver again.
“Brother, you cannot break your promise!” Dou Kangcheng said coldly.
"Brother Dou, you've only written the letter of divorce, but you haven't written the contract of indenture yet! Hurry up, or we really won't have much money left!" Wang Wenzhou said with a smile.
After signing and sealing the document, Sun Rurui stood there in a daze. When Wang Wenzhou said that, she immediately ran over and continued picking silver out of the box.
"Bang, bang, bang..." Hearing the sound of silver being thrown into the box, Dou Kangcheng's heart was bleeding, but he dared not be distracted and carefully wrote the contract of sale.
As Zhu Youjian drank, he observed the crowd with amusement. He suddenly had a feeling that Dou Kangcheng might end up losing both his money and his people.
Wang Wenzhou raised his wine cup and said, "Brother Zhu, I'd like to offer you a toast. Do you have any other treasures from the palace that you might find interesting?"
"Hmm?" Zhu Youjian frowned. Could it be that Wang Wenzhou was beginning to doubt his identity?
Zhu Youjian drank a cup of wine and took out a "True Dragon Jade Pendant".
Wang Wenzhou took it in his hand and said casually, "The quality is good, and the craftsmanship is even more superb. Consider it a small gift for my brother. Anyway, you members of the imperial family don't care. At worst, we can ask the Emperor for another reward!"
"I... really can't do anything with you, so I'll reward you!" Zhu Youjian shook his head with a wry smile. He couldn't understand why Wang Wenzhou did this.
"Thanks!" Wang Wenzhou put the jade pendant into his pocket.
Tian Wan's face turned pale. "Wang Wenzhou, you really don't know what's good for you! This jade pendant is His Majesty's beloved possession that he has worn since childhood. How dare you shamelessly ask His Majesty for it!"
"Brother Zhu, have you heard of the Hanshan Supermarket that just opened in Beijing?" Wang Wenzhou asked with a smile.
Zhu Youjian nodded and said, "I've heard a little about it."
Wang Wenzhou warmly embraced Zhu Youjian and said, "To tell you the truth, Hanshan Supermarket is my business. I hit it off with you, Brother Zhu. If you don't mind, I'll give you 10% of the shares in Hanshan Supermarket."
"Hmm?" Zhu Youjian asked in confusion, "One cannot accept rewards without merit. What do you mean by this, my brother?"
Wang Wenzhou said with a smile, "We brothers are so close, I won't hide anything from you. You are a member of the imperial clan, yet you can swagger around the capital. You must have an unusual relationship with the Emperor. Other members of the imperial clan don't live as freely as you. They are all treated like pigs."
Zhu Youjian nodded. Wang Wenzhou was right. The Ming dynasty's imperial family was in a very miserable state. They could only stay in their own cities. Without the emperor's decree, leaving the city was almost a crime of treason.
Wang Wenzhou continued, "Giving Brother Zhu a ten percent share is to ask for your help. The waters in the capital are too deep, and my influence is limited, so some things are difficult to handle. Brother Zhu, please don't think it's too little; this ten percent share will bring in at least several hundred thousand taels of silver in dividends every year."
"Ah?" Zhu Youjian exclaimed in surprise, "So many!"
Wang Wenzhou proudly said, "Of course, people call me the Money-Giving Boy. I may not have any other skills, but when it comes to making money and picking up girls, if I'm second, no one dares to be first."
This Wang Wenzhou is shameless, even his lechery is spoken with such pride. Zhu Youjian curled his lip, "I know you're good at making money. You amassed hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in just a few months as a county magistrate."
"I'd rather obey than be overly respectful!" Zhu Youjian said with a smile.
"Brother Zhu, you're a true brother! There's one more thing I need your help with! As you can see, I've fallen in love with Fangfang at first sight. Brother Zhu, could you do me the honor of letting me have Fangfang?" This was actually what Wang Wenzhou really wanted to say.