Chapter 29 The Lou Family Was Surrounded

Get out of the car.

At this time, He Yuzhu's eyes had become cold and gloomy: "Ezi, tell me the truth. In the past month, besides asking for the ancestral house, have the guests at home done anything else unusual, such as going out for a stroll frequently, meeting with outsiders, etc."

"Zhu Zi, I haven't been back for more than a month. I haven't paid attention to this."

Lou Xiao'e was also frightened by He Yuzhu's expression. She hesitated for a while before saying, "I've actually never met those relatives. Dad said that some of them haven't been back to the city for decades. I guess they have nowhere to live, so they are all arranged to rest at home."

He Yuzhu glanced at Lou Xiao'e, remained silent for a moment, and did not tell Lou Xiao'e what he had just heard.

After all, even Lou Zhendong hid certain things from his daughter, so there was really no need for him, as a son-in-law, to make a woman worry too much.

Lou Xiao'e has a simple mind, so it's better not to let her know some things.

"Forget it, let's not go in. Let's get our parents out."

He Yuzhu didn't know what the current situation of the Lou family was.

But seeing so many people gathered in front of the Lou family’s door, even if you use your imagination, you can tell that the Lou family must be in chaos now.

He Yuzhu and Lou Xiao'e turned around and went to a nearby restaurant, found a waiter, and asked him to help pass on the message.

Of course, He Yuzhu gave five dollars as a fee for running errands.

The guy's monthly salary plus benefits was only about 30 yuan. He didn't expect that he could earn 5 yuan by running errands. He ran to deliver the message happily.

The guy rode He Yuzhu's bicycle and ran towards Lou's house.

At this time, the Lou family was bustling both inside and outside the western-style building.

Lou Zhendong and Lou Tan, who were hiding in the study upstairs, had expressions of helplessness and frustration in their eyes.

I don’t know where these relatives got the news from, but they all came over.

If we ignore them and let them wander outside, not only will the Lou family lose face, but Lou Zhendong and his wife will never be able to return to their hometown to worship their ancestors or visit relatives.

However, Lou Zhendong was unable to arrange for so many relatives to stay.

In total, there are nearly a hundred relatives who have come to seek refuge.

Lou Zhendong has vacated all the vacant rooms in his small Western-style building and arranged for more than a dozen households and more than 40 people to live there.

That’s it, there are still more than forty people blocking the door outside.

Just then, Guardian Zheng came in knocking on the door with the hotel waiter.

"Sir, this comrade said that my uncle asked him to come and see you."

"This is Mr. Lou, comrade. If you have anything to say, just tell him."

The guy was not an ignorant person, but he was frightened by the momentum of dozens of outsiders who looked like refugees. When he saw Lou Zhendong, who was dressed in noble clothes, he couldn't help but look a little reserved.

"Mr. Lou, a comrade named He Yuzhu is waiting for you at the Red Star Hotel in front. He wants you to come over. He also said that if it's inconvenient for you to go out, you can go out under the pretext of arranging meals for your relatives."

He Yuzhu’s thoughts are really thoughtful.

When Lou Zhendong heard that He Yuzhu had returned from Hong Kong, he felt relieved. After thinking for a while, he asked his servant to follow Zheng Huyuan out first.

After a while, Lou Zhendong brought Lou Tan downstairs to the living room.

At this time, the living room of the Lou family's western-style building was filled with smoke.

It's summer and the weather is already very hot.

With so many people crowded together, the sour odor of body parts mixed with the pungent smell of dry tobacco made Lou Tan almost run out holding her nose.

Lou Tan was able to leave because she was a woman.

Before leaving, Lou Zhendong had to say hello to a few relatives.

"Uncle Six, Uncle Eight, I'm going to go out and arrange today's meals. I'll be back soon. Please take care of the house and the outside."

The sixth uncle and the eighth uncle both have the surname Lou. They are of higher seniority in the Lou clan. In fact, they are about the same age as Lou Zhendong, around seventy years old, but they are one generation older and can be considered the leaders among these people.

Uncle Lou took a puff of his pipe, then raised his head and said:

"Zhendong, if you have something to do, just go and do it. We in the Lou family are all respectable people, but we do things that are despised by others."

Uncle Lou Ba said:

"Zhendong, the food should be simple. Don't make it so extravagant. Eating white flour buns every day won't shorten the lifespan of these bastards. The most important thing is the ancestral property. Bring it back quickly. We've all been living here with you. We're really sorry to have disturbed you for so many days."

"I'm looking for someone to take care of the ancestral property," Lou Zhendong sighed in his heart, but he had to be respectful when facing the two elders of the family.

These two are the real elder generation of the clan, not those pretentious distant relatives.

When facing other relatives, Lou Zhendong could scold them or send them away with money.

However, facing these two elders in the clan, Lou Zhendong could only persuade them. If persuasion failed, he could only drag it out.

I really can't afford to offend him.

After a while, Lou Zhendong and his wife followed the waiter to the Red Star Hotel.

He Yuzhu and Lou Xiao'e had been waiting at the door for a long time.

"Dad, mom."

"Zhuzi, you're back."

The four people met, greeted each other, and sat down.

"Dad, why are there so many people at our door again?"

Lou Xiao'e asked first. She was a little scared when she saw that her home door was blocked. If He Yuzhu hadn't stopped her, she would have thought something had happened at home.

"They are all old relatives from the past. I don't know where they heard the news and came here. And this time, two elders led the team."

He Yuzhu understood everything after hearing Lou Zhendong's words.

The arrival of these relatives was not accidental, but was instigated by someone behind the scenes.

This is consistent with my guess.

Lou Zhendong then explained the reason.

The rapid rise of the Lou family has become a stumbling block in the eyes of some people.

These people knew that the Lou family had become powerful and difficult to deal with openly, so they could only use hidden tactics in the hope of creating trouble for the Lou family.

The sudden appearance of these relatives of the Lou family must be related to these people.

After listening to Lou Zhendong's explanation, He Yuzhu's mind raced with thoughts.

Lou Zhendong has already seen the truth of the matter, but has allowed it to develop. I'm afraid it's not that he doesn't want to deal with it, but he is old and is concerned about family ties, so he hesitates to this point.

He Yuzhu suddenly understood the key point of the matter and raised his head.

Lou Tan and her daughter Lou Xiao'e were discussing the situation at home in a low voice.

He Yuzhu knew that some things had to be kept secret from the two women: "Mom, take Xiao'e to ask if there is a private room. Dad and I have something to discuss."

Unlike Lou Zhendong who cares about family ties, He Yuzhu has no emotional foundation towards Lou's relatives.

After a while, He Yuzhu and Lou Zhendong entered the box and both lit a cigarette.

In the smoke, He Yuzhu's eyes flickered and he whispered, "Dad, have you found out who did it?"

"It's impossible to find out," Lou Zhendong shook his head. He was relieved that He Yuzhu could point it out. At this time, Lou Zhendong also pointed out: "These people will definitely not use people around them to do things. The relatives of the Lou family are mainly distant relatives of your mother and me. Relatives within the fifth degree of mourning have either gone abroad or know some information and will not cause trouble for the family. Those who come to the door are all distant relatives who have no connection and no feelings. They are already out of the fifth degree of mourning."

"That means there are no real relatives."

When He Yuzhu heard this, he understood.

If they are true relatives, they will not listen to the instigation of outsiders and cause trouble for their own family.

Not to mention that these people were also fooled.

Anyone with a little common sense, when they come to the Lou family and take a look at the situation, will know that the Lou family is now being plotted against.

In the entire city of Beijing, there are at least several hundred wealthy families, though not many.

The total number of close and distant relatives can be tens of thousands.

Relatives from other families don’t have so much trouble.

Are the ideological awareness of the Lou family’s relatives so low?
There is no need to check these things, they are just lice on a bald head, it is obvious.

He Yuzhu was silent for a while, then asked, "Dad, are you and those people fighting over something?"

This obviously disgusting tactic is similar to the ones in novelist Mark Twain's "Running for Governor."

Anyone with a discerning eye can see the truth, but dealing with these things will take up a lot of energy.

The other party used such a trick, and only needed to move his mouth and spend a little money, but it was easy to bring ruin to the Lou family.

Lou Zhendong is not a fool, but even though he understands some things, he still has no solution when faced with such a bad trick.

Unless Lou Zhendong explicitly abandons something.

"Then give up." He Yuzhu couldn't think of a way to crack the problem, so he had to think of the best solution: "Dad, we can't keep those people at home any longer. We have to let them go back. So many people doing nothing every day can easily cause trouble."

"Well, I am actually prepared to confront them in a few days."

He Yuzhu's words today reminded Lou Zhendong.

There were originally more than 40 people living in the house, and now dozens more have moved in.

The total number of people is close to one hundred. If something goes wrong, the Lou family will likely be in an irretrievable situation.

By then, even if the mastermind behind the scenes was caught, it would be of no help to the Lou family.

"I'll go find someone and get this resolved."

Lou Zhendong finally decided to put aside his family ties and cut the Gordian knot.

"Okay, Dad, I'll go to Lou's house first to prevent anyone from coming over and causing chaos. Xiao'e and my mom shouldn't go back yet. We'll talk about it after everyone has left."

He Yuzhu saw Lou Zhendong off, and he asked Lou Xiao'e to accompany Lou Tan to the courtyard to hide for a while.

Among these relatives, there are many relatives from the Tan family.

After He Yuzhu saw Lou Xiao'e off, he swaggered to Lou's house.

The Lou family's situation today is even more chaotic than a vegetable market.

Originally, the Lou family's three-story building had more than 20 rooms, and except for Lou Zhendong's bedroom and study, all of them had been arranged for relatives to live in.

Several waves of people came in the past two days. These people couldn't enter the house, so they gathered in front of Lou's door.

"It turns out that these people really have problems."

As He Yuzhu entered the yard, he immediately attracted a lot of attention.

He Yuzhu has been in Beijing for more than 30 years, and walks the streets almost every day.

I didn't remember every face in the city, but I still remembered some of the important ones.

Lou Zhendong said that the people in the yard were all from their ancestral hometown who had come to live with their relatives.

This is wrong.

He Yuzhu easily recognized four or five street thugs from the old city.

"Uncle."

When Guardian Zheng saw He Yuzhu appear, he hurried over.

He Yuzhu pulled Guard Zheng to a corner and whispered, "Uncle Zheng, go to the nearby police station and call the police. Say that some hooligans are surrounding and robbing the Lou family."

Zheng Huyuan was a little surprised by He Yuzhu's order and felt at a loss. He quickly reminded him: "Ah? Son-in-law, these are the relatives of the master and the mistress..."

"I know, but there are also a lot of street urchins and hooligans among them."

He Yuzhu's tone was so firm that Guardian Zheng broke out in a cold sweat.

When Zheng Huyuan subconsciously looked at these relatives, he discovered that many of them indeed had strange looks and did not have the nervousness and caution of visiting relatives at all.

"Then I'll go right away."

Guardian Zheng knew that He Yuzhu, the son-in-law of the Lou family, had a very high status. Since He Yuzhu said so, he just had to follow his orders.

Pushing his bicycle out of the garage, Guardian Zheng headed straight for the nearby police station.

When they arrived at the police station, Guardian Zheng revealed his identity and repeated what He Yuzhu had instructed.

The officer who answered the call was shocked when he heard that thugs were surrounding and robbing the Lou family.

There hasn't been a case like this in Beijing for many years.

Because Guard Zheng informed the police officer of Lou Zhendong's identity, the officer who answered the call did not dare to delay and immediately notified his superiors.

The news was reported one after another, and in less than three minutes, the leaders in the bureau were alarmed.

"Call everyone to go. Oh, and call the nearby train station and the remaining personnel from the two Beixinqiao police stations to go there."

The leader is really anxious.

The Lou family has been in the spotlight recently, and it is rumored that Lou Zhendong may become the leader.

Now some thugs are surrounding the Lou family and trying to rob them.

What is the nature of this?

Three cars led the way, followed by seven three-wheeled motorcycles.

Everyone nearby was shocked. They hadn't seen such a scene in many years.

It is only two kilometers from the police station to Lou’s house.

In less than ten minutes, more than twenty policemen with live ammunition surrounded the entire Lou family building.

Whether they were relatives waiting in the yard for the Lou family to arrange accommodation, or hooligans trying to take advantage of the situation.

Even the more than 40 people who were already living in Lou's house were terrified.

What is the Lou family going to do?
Everyone rushed here just to get some free money.

Even if your Lou family is unwilling to arrange a job for me to buy a house, giving me some money is a nice gesture.

As a result, a large number of police were called in. Was this an attempt to “kill one’s own relatives for the sake of justice”?

(End of this chapter)