The stout man glanced at the old man suspiciously: "You really don't know, big man?"

Old man Wang looked at the eldest master, hurriedly pulled the stout man aside, and said, "This brother, what you said is clueless, not only our eldest master can't understand, but my little old man is also confused." Isn't this what the little old man just said? Tell me, what is going on?"

The stout man looked at the eldest master in disbelief, and then at the old man Wang, and confirmed that they really didn't know, so he eased his tone and said, "How can you not know, this is originally a good thing that you Yuanning Marquis Mansion did." ”

As soon as the old man heard this, his face changed, and he vaguely guessed who it was related to. Their Yuanning Hou Mansion is located on one of the more prosperous streets in the capital, and on weekdays, whatever is in the mansion can be spread to the outside of the mansion, not to mention that there is a disturbance outside the mansion now. Seeing that the people watching the excitement had become three layers inside and three layers outside, the old man couldn't hold back no matter how thick his skin was, so he beckoned the old man Wang over and said in a low voice: "You go, let them enter the mansion, this is standing outside the mansion, there are many people, how to solve this matter?"

When Old Man Wang heard this, he knew that the eldest master was taking care of the face of the Marquis of Yuanning. He is also anxious, he has a small porter, and he is still eating in the Yuanning Hou Mansion, if the eldest master does not handle it well, those people really make trouble, the old lady blames him, and he will definitely blame him for not passing it in time, and he can't afford this crime.

He rolled his eyes, and he could see it. Although the eldest lord is a lord, he is not as powerful as the eldest lady, let alone one-tenth of the old lady. It looks like this thing. Except for the eldest lady, it is necessary to find the old lady to deal with it. But the eldest lady went out early this morning to make incense, and he made up his mind to invite these unprovoked people into the house first, and then try to spread the word to the old lady.

So, he bowed down and walked up to the stout man. Said: "Everyone, our lord said, you stand at this door. My feet must be sore, and I don't even have a cup of tea. The lord invites you to come to the house, eat snacks, and drink tea. Tell me the ins and outs of the matter. The eldest master will give everyone a fair one. ”

The forty or fifty tenant farmers standing outside, you look at me, I look at you, they can't make up their minds, and they all look at the stout man at the head.

The stout man thought for a moment and said, "Everyone, let's go into the house, we are here to seek justice, the conscience of heaven and earth, we are sitting upright." Could it be that their Yuanning Marquis Mansion dares to put us under house arrest?"

Everyone responded in unison: "Yes, let's all go in." Who's afraid of whom. ”

The eldest lord was taken aback by this loud voice, and looked at the large group of tenant farmers, and felt a little frightened. Hearing that they all agreed, he hurriedly called the old man Wang, and told him to lead the people into the house one by one, and served them with good tea and water, and he ran back first.

Ran to the main hall, took a breath, and calmed his panicked thoughts. To tell the truth, he just inherited the title by virtue of his eldest son, and he didn't have any skills, and he raised some doormen on weekdays, all of whom were scolding him, and he was very respectful to him, how could he ever see such a fierce tenant farmer?

The eldest lord is really a bully who is afraid of the hard, he usually commands his subordinates, as soon as he goes outside, he sees someone fiercer than himself, he is afraid first, he is really afraid that those tenant farmers will beat him with a hoe or something, and then his face will not be able to hang up.

Moreover, now that the emperor is sick, most of the time the prince is in charge of the country, the prince does not look young, he looks arrogant and cynical, but he acts vigorously and resolutely, and he is ruthless to the subordinates who are governed. He Yuanning Marquis is just a fictitious position, and he has no real power, and he is a little shorter than other courtiers in terms of momentum. If he was involved in a book because of this tenant farmer's trouble, he really couldn't eat and walked away.

In addition, he also felt a little weak-hearted, and he vaguely felt that the matter of deceiving the tenant farmers by such means seemed to be related to his wife, so that the matter could never be solved outside, and must be moved to the house, and settled in private, and it didn't matter if it cost more money, as long as the limelight was avoided.

"What are you doing here?"

Suddenly, a voice sounded on the ground, and the eldest man looked up and saw that it was the second lady who was supporting the old lady towards the front yard, and he couldn't help but be startled. Especially when he saw the smug smile in the corner of the second lady's eyes, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

He hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said, "Why didn't the old lady rest in the backyard and came to this front yard?"

"Rest?" the old lady snorted coldly, "Are you planning to let me, the old woman, rest until those tenant farmers can't tear down this Hou Mansion?"

The eldest man had a "Gordon" in his heart, and he knew that something bad was wrong. He secretly hated in his heart that what kind of guy had such a long tongue that actually poked the matter to the old lady.

The old lady seemed to see through the eldest master's thoughts, and sneered: "Boss, are you planning to hide it from me? Can you handle such a big matter? What if you are not careful and ruin the reputation of the Yuanning Marquis Mansion?"

Seeing that the old lady did not save face for him at all, and accused him of his incompetence in front of everyone, his face turned red, and he shouted: "Mother......"

"Alright, stand aside, and let the tenant farmers come into the antechamber. The old lady waved her hand, as if she didn't want to listen to the eldest master anymore, and went straight into the front hall with the support of the second lady.

The eldest man sulked outside for a while, and when he saw that the old man Wang had led the dozens of tenant farmers in, he held back his anger and followed him into the front hall.

The front hall was originally very spacious, but it became a little narrow when these dozens of tenant farmers stopped inside. The old lady sat down in the top position, and actually glanced at the tenant farmers: "Why are you so gathered here, now that I, the old woman, am here, tell me at once." ”

Although the old lady was close to her sixtieth birthday, her eyes were bright, and she spoke with great energy. Everyone in the capital knows that she married the old marquis at the age of sixteen, and was married for less than a year. Therefore, now that her eyes are like electricity, she swept away everyone, and that majesty naturally came out, which made everyone's hearts sink, and they couldn't help but behave a lot, and they didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore.

The stout man stepped forward and said, "Old lady, my name is Zeng Liang, and I am the head of these tenant farmers. We have come to your mansion today not with the intention of causing trouble, but only to seek justice. As long as the old lady returns justice to us, we will naturally leave, and we will rent the fields of your house in the future. If not, we will go to Shuntianfu and let the government come forward and give us tenant farmers an explanation. ”

When the eldest lord heard this, he actually had to report such a thing to Shuntianfu? At that time, his legs were so frightened that his legs were weak, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, if you have something to say, say it well." ”

The old lady glared at the eldest lord with hatred, and the eldest lord bowed his head slightly and took a step back.

The old lady snorted coldly: "Threaten me, this old woman, right? If there is real evidence, it would be fine, if not, sue the government, I will also accuse you of a false accusation, you should always know the consequences of framing the court officials, right?"

These tenant farmers only deal with loess on weekdays, but where have they ever seen such a frame? Seeing the old lady's sharp words, their hearts beat drums. In the final analysis, they just want justice, and if they really make trouble with the government, it will not do them any good, and they may be bitten back, and the gains will outweigh the losses. So, for a while, there was a lot of discussion below.

The stout man Zeng Liang was a flexible man, and when he saw the old lady say this, he understood that what he had just said was serious, so he hurriedly said with a smile: "Old lady, I am a rough person and can't speak, so the old lady just didn't say anything." We just can't get angry, so we come to your mansion to ask for an explanation, and we don't have to go to the government. ”

Seeing that she had calmed down these vulgar people, the old lady picked up the teacup, flicked the tea leaves floating on it with the tea lid, took a sip, and said, "Tell me, what is the matter?" (to be continued......