Xiapi, Huaipu Chen family.

The Chen family, which has been deserted for a long time, is quite lively today.

"The demeanor of the old master Chen is still the same, he is really a model for my generation!"

"That's right, the old master of Chen has a strong heritage, and although he is old, he can still save people from fire and water!"

……

The old guys with bright clothes and gray hair smiled and said beautiful things. But it's all for one person, the one in the midst of them—

Chen Qi!

Chen Jue, after being a famous family, once served as the minister of Peiguo, and then resigned and returned home because of his age, and lived a half-retired life. After two years, the position of the head of the family passed to Chen Deng, but Chen Deng was recruited by Gongsun Du, so many things were still handled by Chen Qi. Among them, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou and slaughtered the city, Chen Jue mediated it, so that only two cities were slaughtered, not the entire Xuzhou.

It is precisely like this that Chen Jue has a lot of say in the Xuzhou family. When Gongsun Du attacked Xu before, he was able to come forward to help.

"Hahaha, you all laughed, the old decay is just stained with the light of a child, otherwise how can there be such a face to speak in front of Ming Gong." Chen Qi replied with an unchanged face.

"Where is it, the old master of the Chen family should always be strong, if it weren't for the old master of the Chen family to remind us, we would have followed in the footsteps of the Jizhou Wang family and the Youzhou Zhang family."

"That is, the old master Chen doesn't have to be modest, we who are juniors still need the old master Chen's mention, if so, how can we be embarrassed to speak!"

Chen Qi just said casually, with his age, these people are really almost his juniors, although a few of them are not in-laws, but they are also much younger than him. So, with a faint smile, he skipped the stubble and invited everyone to sit down. Everyone said that "the guest is as good as the host", and then sat down one after another.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

Chen Qi put down his wine glass and stood up.

Seeing this, everyone understood that they had something to say, so they immediately stopped talking and looked at Chen Qi one after another.

Chen Qi turned a blind eye, and just said slowly: "Old man has a few words of advice here, I want to mention it to everyone, if everyone is willing to listen, old man will say it, if you don't want to, just assume that old man didn't say this, what do you think?" ”

"How can you! The old master of Chen is willing to remind us juniors, how can we not know what is good or bad when we are juniors, the old master Chen just said it bluntly. ”

"Yes, yes! If it were the old master of Chen, we wouldn't know what was going on now, so let's just say it. ”

The rest of the people chimed in.

Chen Qi was cunning and cunning, just smiled lightly, then nodded and said: "Since everyone is willing to listen, the old man will say a few words casually." ”

"You're so modest!"

"That's it, that's it!"

Chen Jue waited for everyone to compliment for a while, and continued: "There are many rumors that the Ming Duke is very hostile to the family, but all the family has behaviors such as hiding dirt and dirt, all of them will be raided and exterminated, and if it is serious, it will be directly wiped out, and the light ones will be reduced to hard labor. But in fact, according to the news from Yuanlong, there are still many families under the rule of Ming Gong, but they all abide by the laws of Ming Gong, so don't listen to rumors, but look at them rationally, understand? ”

"Understood, it is to keep the law."

"That's not bad."

Chen Qi glanced at the person who had just spoken, and still said unhurriedly: "This time, Ming Gong looks at the previous slight credit, and does not care about the past, which is not only to release goodwill, but also a test. ”

"Test?"

"That's right, the test! If someone relapses into their old ways because of this, the old man believes that Ming Gong will never let that person go, but will double the punishment and make an example of the monkey. ”

Everyone at the banquet looked stunned, and then said, "Thank you for the reminder." ”

Chen Jue waved his hand, didn't care, and continued: "That's what the old man said, just listen to it." ”

Everyone understood, stood up and saluted, and did not say much.

Chen Jue looked at everyone, among them there were still some in-laws, thought about it, and decided to say a few more words-

"According to the old decay, Ming Gong does not like anyone to occupy more land, but encourages business, although it seems a little obscene, but according to those families under the rule of Ming Gong, they live a more nourishing life."

After speaking, Chen Jue didn't wait for everyone to reply, and left directly because he was old and lacked energy.

And the people dispersed, each in their own thoughts.

This kind of situation also occurs in other states and counties, especially Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Sizhou and other places that are relatively close to Gongsun Du's rule.

The Puyang Huang family gathered in the city at this time, and there were a few family owners who came quietly from other counties in the county.

"Master Huang, do you say this news is true or false?"

A family head who was close to the Huang family spoke first under the signal of everyone.

The head of the Huang family knew their intentions, and he himself had this meaning, so he didn't hide it, and said bluntly: "Needless to say, the truth is not true, the most important thing is the meaning revealed in this, I believe this is what everyone cares about." ”

"Haha! Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from the Huang family master's discernment, I don't know what the Huang family master thinks? You might as well say it, mention it and wait for me. ”

"Yes! Master Huang, if you have any ideas, you might as well say it, let's follow suit! Do you think so? ”

"That's right! The head of the Huang family takes the lead, and the head of the family is convinced. ”

The rest of the family heads echoed each other.

The head of the Huang family shook his head slightly, and said: "Needless to say, if there is such a day in the future, you are not doing this to help the head of the family, but to harm the head of the family." ”

said, without waiting for everyone to speak, he continued: "The general trend of Ming Gong has been achieved, and the possibility of dominating the world in the future is the greatest, and naturally it will not offend all the families, after all, no matter how you say it, it is easy to fight the world, but it is difficult to defend the world!" ”

"How to keep the world? Those people who were cultivated only by Ming Gong? Even if there are enough people cultivated, can they compare to those of us who have a heritage? Nature is incomparable! ”

"So, as long as you don't do anything wrong in the future, when the Ming Gong army arrives, you have to worry about it, and after that, I believe everyone can understand what to do, and the head of the family won't say much."

"Finally, I would like to mention that the head of the family heard that the public had obtained the divine object in the sky and could live countless lives, so he invited Prime Minister Cao Cheng and others to go to Zhuo County to discuss, and wanted to spread this thing all over the states and counties of the Han Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a saint. What about us, since we have heard about it, otherwise we will also participate, or show our faces in front of Ming Gong, even if we can't see Ming Gong, Ming Gong will definitely know what we have done, you said that if it is because of our actions, thousands of people will be killed, and when the Ming Gong army comes, will you let us go? ”

"What the head of the Huang family said is extremely true! And we can also publicize Ming Gong's good deeds and increase Ming Gong's reputation, which is also good, right? ”

"What the head of the Zhang family said is extremely true!"

The head of the Huang family was surprised: "The rest of the families may as well talk about what they think, after all, one person is short, and three people are long!" ”

"Huang Family Master ......"

Because Puyang is relatively close to Jizhou, the practices of the Huang family master and others are also more radical, in contrast, the rest of the counties that are a little farther away are different, and most of them just choose to converge and clean up the style. Some are farther away, especially Shudi, thinking that Shu is difficult, it is difficult to go to the sky, Gongsun Du wants to take Shu Di I don't know how many years later, whether he will still be alive at that time is a question, so he doesn't care at all, and simply ignores it.

The same rice can raise thousands of people, not to mention that rice has not yet been unified between the north and the south, and the eating habits are very different, so it is naturally even more different. It's just that...... Afterward......