Jinling City, since the beginning of the previous dynasty, has always been one of the most important big cities in the south of the Xia Dynasty, and it is ahead of many other big cities in all aspects.

At the end of the previous dynasty, the population of Jinling was already one million, although due to the change of dynasty, the population declined, after the Xia Dynasty cultivated for many years, it once again exceeded the original population.

The prosperity of the city and the prosperity of the people will naturally not cause any chaos.

Many old people, some of whom were even old people from previous dynasties, had been stable for most of their lives, and they never thought that in their lifetimes, they would actually hear the news of the ravages of bandits.

In the counties under the jurisdiction of Jinling Prefecture, the people live a solid and prosperous life, and they don't have to worry about food and clothing.

The sudden appearance of the bandits is incomprehensible.

In particular, the thieves actually kidnapped Miss Li's family, such an absurd thing made all the talented sons who loved Li Youwei stunned for a while, and then they were filled with righteous indignation and went straight to the Jinling Mansion.

The threshold of the Jinling Mansion was almost broken, and one by one the sons and brothers were eager to go into battle in person, wear armor, personally lead the troops, and go up the mountain to suppress bandits.

It's best to have another hero to save the beauty, and if you can't say that the beauty is moved, you can hug the beauty.

Such conjectures come all the time.

"Lord Nangong, please be the master of my Li family!" Li Zongyu, the acting head of the Li family, knelt above the lobby, and beside him was Li Zonghan, the old head of the Li family.

It's just that at this time, the old master is already weak, and his eyes are sad.

If it weren't for the fact that his daughter fell into the hands of thieves, Li Zonghan would not have given up his position as the head of the family and let this cowardly and incompetent second brother take his place temporarily.

"Li Zongyu, your niece's matter has been accepted by the mansion, but freezing three feet is not a day's cold, you urge me every day, and the mansion is powerless!" Nangong looked at Li Zonghan, the head of the Li family, and said: "Since this official succeeded to the Yin of Jinling Mansion, he has never heard of a bandit, this time the other party suddenly made a difficulty, and all the officials of my Jinling Mansion have been released, but the bandits are cunning, and the search in many ways has been fruitless, for the sake of today, I can only agree to the thief's request, and use money as bait to catch them." ”

Nangong Wang has a good calculation, once the Li family agrees, he can push the boat down the river and have one more political achievement.

When Li Zongyu heard this, his heart was bitter, and he exclaimed sadly: "Lord Nangong, the thief wants 200,000 silver coins, isn't this a lion's big mouth?" How can you get it? ”

Li Zongyu succeeded to the position of head of the family, according to his wife, he should first stabilize his business and accumulate prestige, if he spends such a large sum of money at once, how will the old man of the family think of him?

Nangong Wang stared down at Li Zongyu, with his hands behind his back, and his tone was slightly dissatisfied: "The Li family is in Jinling, and even the entire Xia Dynasty, with a profound heritage, everyone knows it, 200,000 yuan, the official is confident, and the Li family can get it!" ”

"My lord Mingjian, 200,000 silver coins, not 20 taels, where can you say that you can take it out." Li Zongyu said.

"Humph!"

Nangong Wang turned his back and snorted coldly: "According to what you said, the Li family can't take it out, is it possible to ask my Jinling Mansion Treasury to come out?" ”

"My lord is angry, I didn't mean that?" The Li family was taken aback, for fear of being added some trumped-up charges, Li Zonghan reluctantly took a breath and said, "Why do you have to say such a damning word, how can the treasury be moved at will." ”

The corners of Nangong Wang's mouth rose slightly, looked at the two brothers, and said righteously: "Since you know, the matter of the money, you can consider it yourself, as Jinling's parents, I will continue to send officials to hunt down the thieves, but the final result is unknown, if your Li family is unwilling to cooperate, then the official can't do anything!" ”

"Li Zongyu, don't forget, you promised me something before, cough cough cough ......" Li Zonghan saw that Nangong Wang had a tendency to throw away his hands and not do it, and he was immediately angry, but he didn't dare to spill his anger on Nangong Wang, so he could only look at his second brother angrily and said: "If something happens to Youwei, don't blame me for being a big brother." ”

Regarding the eldest brother's scolding and the suggestive eyes, Li Zongyu's face turned miserable, and he said unhappily: "Big brother, that's 200,000 taels, it's silver money for white flowers, not white-faced steamed buns." ”

"Do you think your niece is not worth 200,000 taels?"

Li Zonghan can't wait to shave this younger brother's ears, people's lives are a matter of heaven, you can earn it again if the money is gone, if you don't have it, there will be nothing.

He raised his hand tremblingly, making a gesture, but the next moment he was weak, his raised hands fell down, and he said breathlessly, "If it is...... If...... Your sons and daughters...... When something like this happens, do you ...... Can you bear it...... Let Ji Ping and Ji Yue die at the hands of the bandits? ”

cough cough cough ......

"That's naturally unbearable! If that is the case, I will save my son and daughter even if I risk my old life. Li Zongyu thought in his heart, but he said: "That's 200,000 taels, we can't contact the bandits, we don't know if Youwei is alive and dead, if Youwei is already ......."

"What are you talking about, are you cursing Vicky for being killed by thieves? Is this what you are supposed to do as an uncle? Li Zonghan was so angry that he almost couldn't get up in one breath, but fortunately, a servant was on the side to give him relief, so he gradually eased up, and said weakly: "Li Zongyu, the position of the head of the Li family, I, Li Zonghan, have not completely handed it over, if you dare not save my daughter, then the position of the head of the family, we still invite a few clan elders to come and decide!" ”

"Quarrel, quarrel, so there is a reason!" Nangong Wang was overjoyed in his heart, and he was relieved that his plan was thorough.

WhewW......

It seemed that his weakness was dispelled by anger, and Li Zonghan was like a return to the light of a dying man at this time, and he actually expressed his thoughts smoothly in one breath.

Li Zongyu's face was silent, and he hated his eldest brother to death in his heart, thinking: "Those old stubborns in the family, where will they willingly hand over the position of the head of the family to themselves." ”

Li Zongyu didn't have much management talent, if it weren't for the fact that he had a fierce wife in the family, with his weak temperament, he would never dare to argue with his eldest brother, after all, the toughness of the one in his family was recognized by the entire Li family.

And he, Li Zongyu, is notoriously afraid of guilt!

The woman's temperament, even the patriarch who was in charge of the family, did not want to see her.

If there was no incident of Li Youwei's abduction, Li Zonghan would not be angry, even if the mother-in-law instigated himself, he would not dare to do this, and now that he has stood up to do this, it is a bit of a fall.

It's a stone to his brother.

It's just that at this time, everything has been done, and he has no room to turn back, only to get the position of the head of the family first, and then the next thing, naturally the mother-in-law of the family will take care of it, he has already made a plan, and then he will be a shopkeeper.

The two branches of the Li family have been separated since their grandparents, and the bloodline has gradually weakened with the passing of time, and the Li family's big house is always in power, although the second room of the Li family is quite profitable, it still cannot completely control the lifeblood of the Li family.

The two families have been competing for the position of the head of the family since the previous generation, but they all lost with Li Zongyu.

There is no way, Li Zongyu's branch will not operate at all, if the Li family is handed over to them, it will be defeated soon, and the clan elders can also see this clearly, so the position of the head of the Li family has always been controlled by Li Zonghan.

Li Zongyu took a fierce wife, which was originally the meaning of her father's generation, and her wife was also from a business family, proficient in business, and well-known near and far, in order to let this woman help Li Zonghan seize the position of head of the family.

Li Zongyu quietly glanced at his wife behind him, and saw that his wife's eyes were stern, so he could only stubbornly say: "Big brother, it's not worth exchanging 200,000 taels for Youwei, foolish brother remembers that when the anti-Hu army was compassionate more than ten years ago, it was only 200,000 taels of silver, which was enough for hundreds of thousands of troops, and it was not worth it to exchange it for one person." ”

"That's the old man's daughter, the old man and Wanrong's only daughter!" Li Zonghan glared at him and roared angrily: "Before Wanrong died, she told me to take care of Youwei and Youting, and now that Youwei has an accident, even if I don't want to fight for my life, I have to save people." ”

"Big brother, Youwei was kidnapped by thieves, and she looks so handsome, maybe she has been poisoned a long time ago, with Youwei's temperament, I'm afraid it's ......"

"Shut up, it's not your turn to intervene in the affairs of my Li family!" When Li Zonghan saw that his second brother's wife actually said this, he immediately scolded with trembling fingers.

Liu Yueying was already strong, and when she saw Li Zonghan say this, she suddenly exploded: "Big brother, I am Zongyu's wife, the daughter-in-law of the Li family, I will allow you to bully my father-in-law, I can't say two sentences about your daughter, besides, what the old lady said is reasonable, your good daughter looks like a country and a city, and fell into the hands of thieves, do you still want her to come back innocent?" ”

In this era, a woman's chastity is as important as her life, and if she loses her chastity, she will probably have no choice but to die, and there is no other way.

Thinking that his daughter who was like a flower and jade was going to go away to Huangquan to find her mother, Li Zonghan was exhausted, and his weak body was even weaker, and Liu Yueying's words were like a hammer strike, Li Zonghan immediately spurted out a mouthful of black blood, which frightened Li Zonghan's personal servants all turned pale, and hurriedly stroked his back to relieve cough.

"You, poof......"

"Old man......"

What he was most worried about was this, before he broke it, he was still lucky, but now that he was stabbed by Liu Yueying, the hanging breath was instantly broken, and Li Zonghan fainted directly.

And at this moment, Nangong Wang and the other officials were also indifferent and watched the whole process.

It stands to reason that the three of them shouted like this, according to the criminal law of the Xia Dynasty, to punish the crime of roaring in court.

The old servant struggled to pinch Li Zonghan's people, and after a long time, Li Zonghan woke up again, his eyes lost their luster, he looked at the front blankly, and suddenly fell to the ground: "Lord Nangong, as long as you can save my baby daughter, I, Li Zonghan, will promise you everything!" You ...... before"

Nangong saw that Li Zonghan was in a hurry, and he almost poured out a big thing, and immediately scolded him: "Don't talk nonsense, my Nangong Wang is honest and honest, don't ruin my official reputation!" ”

"Adult ......"

"The commander has arrived!"

Just when Li Zonghan was about to continue pleading, the news of the official suddenly sounded, and then everyone was startled, turned their heads, and saw a man in armor outside the lobby, walking into the palace with tiger steps.

When Nangong Wang saw the visitor, the corners of his mouth slightly lifted an indescribable weird smile, and he greeted him with a smile. "The lower officials have seen the commander of the envoy, but I don't know what the lord is doing when he comes to the palace?"

"Lord Commander, please save the little girl!"

Li Zonghan was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, and bowed down at his feet: "All command the envoy, please save the little girl, the little girl was kidnapped by thieves, I don't know if she lives or dies, this is in the jurisdiction of the commander and the adult......"

"General Ben already knows about the affairs of the Li family, so he will naturally make decisions for your Li family!"

The man didn't care that this was a public court, and even more so that it was explicitly forbidden in the decrees of the Xia Dynasty, and that military personnel could not interfere with the decrees of local officials, so he sat directly in Nangong Wang's position and said directly: "Although I am willing to send the army to suppress the bandits, I need to get the permission of the Ministry of War to mobilize the army without authorization, and the name is not right!" ”

"I wonder what the adults have to do? As long as I, Li Zonghan, can do it, I will definitely go all out! Li Zonghan was out of the way at this time, he couldn't take care of anything for his daughter, even if he wanted him to pick the stars, he had to find a way to take it off.

The man wanted this sentence, and immediately glanced at Nangong Wang, revealing a smile that had succeeded in his conspiracy, and said: "As we all know, General Ben has a powerful sect leader, they are not in the army, but masters selected from the rivers and lakes, as long as you can pay the price to make them happy, I will agree to let them save people for you." ”