"Lu Taishou, congratulations! Your 60th birthday, come over and join in the fun. ”

Yuan Shu looked at the white-haired, dark-colored and serene old man in front of him with a smile on his face.

I didn't expect that such a seemingly kind, harmless old man turned out to be an unfathomable old fox, which is really unseemly.

"Hehe, the state pastor can come, the cold house is really shining, the seat has been prepared, the state pastor please come in."

Lu Kang looked flattered and invited Yuan Shu into the lobby.

The head of the Lu family had a big birthday, and all the gentry of the family with a little status in Jiangdong came to congratulate him.

After all, the Lu family is the head of the Jiangdong family, and they have always had a very good style of doing things.

Hundreds of celebrities and gentlemen in the courtyard sat together, watching Yuan Shu's arrival, all with fear and respect.

Yuan Shu, as the last most distinguished guest to come, was naturally arranged by Lu Kang in the most distinguished position in the first row.

After taking a seat with Guo Jia, Yuan Shu began to look at the others around him.

The head of the Gu family, the head of the Zhu family, the head of the Fan family, and so on.

The people sitting in the hall are basically the people at the helm of various families, at least they are also the heirs of the lineage.

Yuan Shu had just glanced twice, and the two people beside him came up.

"Lord Governor!"

Yuan Shu saw that it was Gu Ming, the father of Gu Yong, the head of the Gu family, and Zhu Lang, the father of Zhu Heng, the head of the Zhu family, and said with a smile: "The two of you are good!" ”

"Thank you for your appreciation of the dogs, and my Gu family (Zhu family) is grateful."

"The two heads of the family have seen the outside, Gu Yong and Zhu Hengke are both great talents, I am lucky to be able to help me, I should be grateful to the two of them."

"Don't dare, don't dare, the state pastor has won the award."

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The three of them exchanged pleasantries and expressed their good feelings for each other.

Yuan Shu needed these two families to stabilize the situation in Jiangdong and suppress the other families.

And the Gu and Zhu families need Yuan Shu to strengthen their families.

Yuan Shu said a few words and began to get to the point: "I heard that Lujiang has been a little unpeaceful recently, I don't know if you have heard these things." ”

Yuan Shu's tone was light, just like chatting before, but Gu Ming and Zhu Lang were suddenly shocked in their hearts.

"The state pastor is too worried, how can some small people disturb the overall situation?"

Gu Ming also replied lightly on the surface, and Zhu Lang also nodded yes.

"But although these small ones can't do much harm, it's not a problem to always make trouble here!"

Yuan Shu frowned and said as if he was a little worried.

"I've been busy lately, and I don't have the energy to deal with these chores, so I wonder if anyone can help me deal with them?"

Gu Ming and Zhu Lang stared, it seemed that they still couldn't hide.

First looked at Yuan Shu, who seemed to be unconsciously looking at Lu Kang, the head of the Lu family, and then the two glanced at each other, Gu Ming gritted his teeth and said, "Since the lord has no time, how about letting the two of us share the worries of the lord?" ”

Yuan Shu turned his head and grinned gently: "That's the best, Feng Xiao." ”

Guo Jia then walked over and handed the two lists to the two of them.

Yuan Shu said lightly: "Benzhou Mu is not a cruel person, these people have made some mistakes, but the crime will not lead to death, just a small punishment and a big precept, you two can grasp the scale by yourself!" ”

Gu Ming and Zhu Lang felt cold in their hearts, and said in a trembling tone: "Yes." ”

They are not stupid, they immediately heard Yuan Shu's subtext, Yuan Shu said this on the surface to show his benevolence, but in fact it was obvious that he wanted them to punish these people heavily and pull hatred.

And the rest of the people in the entire banquet have been secretly paying attention to Yuan Shu's side.

Although the conversation between Yuan Shu and the three of them was not loud, it could not hide from the ears of these well-intentioned people.

Seeing the list in the hands of the Gu family and the Zhu family, the hearts of the little half of the people were cold.

It seems that he really underestimated Yuan Shu's courage and means, and this time he has to pay for his mistakes.

The whole birthday banquet was suddenly quiet, and many people changed from their original enthusiasm to solemn faces.

The faces of the Zhu family and the head of the Gu family were also ugly, and they were really forced into a corner this time.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Shu smiled lightly and drank the wine on the table in front of him.

The best way to deal with the Maison is to deal with it themselves.

Yuan Shu's killing a month earlier had succeeded in establishing his authority and prestige.

Now some people are unwilling and dare to jump, but they just think that they are just pushing a little bit and are not directly involved, and Yuan Shu just wants to engage them and has no evidence.

If Yuan Shu really wants to investigate, then on the one hand, there is no way to deal with them openly, otherwise it will cause panic, and on the other hand, he secretly wants to deal with them, and other families will secretly help protect them.

After all, now Yuan Shu is strong and the family is weak, although they all know that they want to take refuge in Yuan Shu, but the family still has a sense of crisis lingering, and secretly makes two stumbling blocks for Yuan Shu, showing their sense of existence, and the family is still very willing to do it.

The family will never surrender completely, but will only temporarily compromise and forbearance.

Yuan Shu himself really doesn't have any good ways to deal with these families now, after all, he can't come up with evidence, and the other party can be said to be his own unintentional mistake or coincidence.

And if it is secretly suppressed, other families are not vegetarians, which may cause a backlash, after all, most of the managers in Yangzhou are still families.

So Yuan Shu chose an extremely witty way, I can't punish you, but I can let some of you punish you.

One of the purposes of Yuan Shu's visit to the birthday banquet of the head of the Lu family this time was to show that the Lu family had leaned towards him, and he was also very optimistic about the Lu family.

At the birthday banquet, in order to "compete for favor", the Gu family and the Zhu family naturally had to come up to show their obedience and goodwill.

Yuan Shu took the opportunity to say the previous words in order to force the Gu family and the Zhu family to side up.

Either he gritted his teeth and went into it according to the trap he set, completely stood on his side and drew a line with other families, and helped Yuan Shu punish them severely and have hatred with other families.

Either he will refuse himself, then he will naturally lose his goodwill, and Yuan Shu will choose to join his Lu family as a new one.

Of course, Yuan Shu is not stupid, so naturally he will not propose this choice to the Lu family, lest these three families be at the same starting line again.

Even if the two refused, Yuan Shu would at most give up the interests of the two to the Lu family.

The other two families also know this, but they still have no choice for their own families.

What if the entire Yangzhou family group is strengthened? If you are weakened because of this, isn't that the worst situation for you?

Yuan Shu simply gave them a choice, or they would continue to follow Yuan Shu, leave aside the other families, strengthen themselves, and weaken the entire Jiangdong family group.

Either give up the interests of his own family and protect the interests of the entire Jiangdong family.

Anyway, no matter what, Yuan Shu has nothing to lose, the difference is nothing more than benefiting and not benefiting.

Yuan Shu used this interest, the opposing interests of this family, to cause distrust between these families, and even oppose each other.

After all, Yuan Shu is now the one who holds the initiative. Although it is said that the benefits must be given to the big group of the family, Yuan Shu can decide which family to give it to.

People are selfish, and families are even more so. Yuan Shu took advantage of the family's selfishness to slowly disintegrate their alliance.