The reason why the family is strong is not only because the family has strength - after all, the rich are a few people - but because the family is intertwined with each other, and the whole body is affected by one trigger. For example, Shen Zhi, he is not only a member of the Shen family, but also the nephew of the Lu family, and the son-in-law of the Huiji Sheng family. If it is not good for him, it will involve the Lu family and the Sheng family, and the Lu family is not isolated, the Lu family also has a deep relationship with other families, such as Lu Kang's son-in-law is Gu Yong.

Because of this, under normal circumstances, unless there is a last resort, the local order will not be difficult with any family, and Sun Ce is the same. But once he decides who he wants to target, he will not only consider the parties, but also all the families related to the parties. For example, now, he seized Shen Zhi's excuse of being disrespectful, and if he wanted to be unfavorable to Shen Zhi, he would be prepared to be unfavorable to the Sheng family and the Lu family. If you really want to see blood, it is definitely not the blood of Shen Zhi alone, there will be the blood of other people, and the Shen family and the Lu family will be implicated.

If it is a matter of principle, under the banner of righteousness, it is still possible for all families to unite and argue with Sun Ce, is it necessary for such a little battle of will? So far, Sun Ce has been restrained and is willing to get along with the Wujun family in a friendly way, just because Shen Zhi is ignorant and ruined this good situation, is it worth it? Even if he wanted to, no one else would want to.

But in the face of Sun Ce's aggressiveness, he couldn't help but say something, blindly tolerating would only fuel Sun Ce's arrogance.

Lu Kang was in a dilemma.

Shen Zhi also panicked. He heard the threat in Sun Ce's words and knew that he had made a big mistake this time. Although this General Sun is young, although he is more low-key than Xu Gong, he is more ruthless than Xu Gong. Xu Gong wanted to be unfavorable to Sheng Xian, and in the end he had some scruples and did not dare to attack Sheng Xian, but Sun Ce was unscrupulous, not only to clean him up, but also to implicate the Lu family and the Sheng family, and the Shen family was of course the first to bear the brunt.

Because he alone affected the interests and even lives of the three families, this responsibility is too heavy for him to bear. Especially the Shen family, because of the good martial arts, the Shen family is different from the world style of advocating scripture and learning, the development of these generations is not very good, and they are left far behind by the Lu family and the Gu family, and it is easy for Shen You to get Sun Ce's trust, and the Shen family sees hope, if he is deposed by Sun Ce because of him, this rare opportunity to rise will be ruined, and the Shen family will hate him to death.

Enjoying the support of the family, of course, you must also bear the responsibilities of the family, and you can't go your own way and go your own way.

But he had just been kicked by Sun Ce, and he was pressed by Sun Ce's subordinates with knives on his neck, and now he was asked to bow his head to Sun Ce and apologize, he couldn't do it.

Shen Zhi sat stiffly on the ground, biting his lip tightly, unable to open his mouth.

Sun Ce stood up, dusted off his sleeves, didn't say hello to Lu Kang, and walked away. Lu Kang stood in the hall, Shen sat on the ground, neither of them spoke, and there was a dead silence in the hall. The shouts outside the house sounded one after another, and the sound of horses' hooves gradually disappeared from near and far, and then the sound of chattering sounded again, and it should be the neighbors who came out to understand the situation. The thought of the broken gate made him feel embarrassed, and it was even more difficult to speak.

Sheng walked out, glanced at Shen Zhi, and sighed. "Duke Lu, please sit down, allow my wife and I to wash up a little, and then come to serve." As he spoke, he walked over and helped Shen Zhi up. Lu Kang also sighed and motioned for the Sheng family to take care of himself. Sheng helped Shen Zhi into the back hall, and asked people to fetch water to wash and change clothes for Shen Zhi. Her face was calm, she couldn't see anger or regret, everything was as usual, but it made Shen Zhi uneasy.

"Madame, I ......"

"Husband, you don't need to say more, Lu Gong is still waiting outside. If nothing else, Zizheng will come in a while, and you can figure out how to explain it to them. Sheng said faintly: "As for me, you don't have to worry too much, since I am married to you, I will definitely support you." ”

"But I'm ......," Shen Zhi was embarrassed. Sun Ce just accused him of failing to stand up for Sheng Xian, and he was strong on the outside and strong on the middle, which not only made him lose his face, but also made him unable to face his wife. Sheng didn't say anything about him before, but that doesn't mean that Sheng has no ideas in his heart, and now that Sun Ce has pierced this layer of window paper, how will they get along with each other in the future?

Sheng lowered his head, changed his clothes for Shen Zhi, pushed him out, asked him to receive Lu Kang, and closed the door himself. Shen Zhi drooped his head, walked out of the back hall, and came to the front. Before Shen You came, Lu Kang stood alone under the porch, his face as black as the bottom of a pot. Shen Zhi didn't dare to slack off, walked up to Lu Kang, and bowed down.

Lu ...... Lu Gong. ”

"Don't dare to be." Lu Kang turned around and looked at Shen Zhi. "You're not my son-in-law, so you don't have to be so respectful."

Shen faced the red ears and bowed to the end. "Boy Meng Lang, but please punish Duke Lu."

Lu Kang was in a bad mood. Shen Zhi was angry for a while, not only offended Sun Ce and humiliated himself, but also made him lose face. How to appease Sun Ce next, he didn't know what to do yet. The Lu family is the first family of Wu County, and he is also the leader of the Wu County scholars, and Sun Ce often represents him, which gives him face. Wu Jun was able to change hands peacefully, and the Wu Jun family was able to get so many benefits from Sun Ce, which had a lot to do with him. In another person, Sun Ce may not be so easy to speak.

But Sun Ce didn't want to let go, he had already drawn the bottom line, and they had just reached a tacit understanding, but now he made trouble about Shen Zhi again, which angered Sun Ce. If you want to appease Sun Ce, you must give up some of the benefits you have already obtained. He doesn't care personally, but this involves the interests of many families, and the loss is not small, and others will have opinions.

"Why are you doing that?"

"I ......" Shen Zhi wanted to speak and stopped, his face was red and his ears were red. He refused Sun Ce's invitation, which naturally had something to do with him being Sheng Xian's son-in-law, but his disrespectful remarks were entirely because he misjudged the situation, thinking that Sun Ce was a martial artist, and he had no confidence in the face of the Wujun family, even if he was angry, he could only swallow his anger, and he didn't expect Sun Ce to come to the door at all.

"Is it because Sheng Xiaozhang supports Yuan Shao?"

Shen Zhi's face gradually turned pale. He raised his head and looked at Lu Kang. "Who does Lu Gong support?"

Lu Kang's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he said lightly: "I support the imperial court." ”

"Sun Ce killed Zhou Xin and Xu Gong one after another, and appointed Danyang and Wu Jun Taishou on his own, is he still a minister of the imperial court?"

Lu Kang was unhurried. "Boping, you don't have to argue with me about this, the Sun family father and son have the military order of Taiwei Zhu Jun in their hands, and the acquiescence of the imperial court, he mastered Yangzhou in order to gather the power of the southeast and compete with Hebei. As for whether he has a disobedient heart, I can't say, but at least he didn't expose his ambitions like Yuan Shao. If you support Yuan Shao like Sheng Xiaozhang, it is your personal business, and I definitely don't support Yuan Shao. ”

Shen Zhihan said in a cold voice: "I understand what Lu Gong means." Thank you Lu Gong for your advice, please Lu Gong go slowly, I will not send it far. ”

Lu Kang glanced at Shen Zhi deeply. "It's okay, you're doing it yourself."