The small patriarch of Yangzhou Zhangfu wants to hold a family meeting, which is in a lot of trouble in the city, whether it is a Goolan wine shop or a street tea shop, I don't know where so much gossip suddenly came from, what to say:

"The three brothers of the Zhang family are disobedient and unfilial, disobey their father's orders, and are ready to usurp the position of patriarch!"

"Why are the three brothers of the Zhang family usurping the position of the patriarch, it is said that they have borrowed a huge amount of money from the family and are ready to repay the debt?"

"What's the matter, haven't you heard that the eldest son of the Zhang family, in front of his grandfather, killed their housekeeper with a knife in his hand!"

"Why do you want to kill people? Murder pays for life! ”

"You don't understand this, isn't the eldest son of the big house the county lieutenant, then he is in cahoots with the county master, let alone killing one person, even killing ten people is nothing to do!"

"Yo, in this way, this big family is in the dark! Then this little patriarch of Zhangfu, it is said that he has not yet married, just a little doll, how can he fight such a vicious big house? ”

"You don't understand this, this little patriarch of Zhangfu, who do you think it is? People are famous as tributes, as long as they are willing, they can easily become a parent official, otherwise, you are really the old patriarch of Zhangfu? ”

In the hall of Zhang's mansion, there were about 100 people sitting densely, Zhang Xian sat alone on the Taishi chair directly above, Zhang Xian's three uncles were blowing their beards and staring loudly, especially the eldest uncle had already slapped the table, and said angrily:

"Listen, listen, when will it be the turn of outsiders to talk about the family affairs of my Zhang family? I see that someone deliberately speaks to outsiders to ruin our brother's reputation! In the past two days, the gossip and bad words scolding us have been continuous, but they are all praising Zhang Xian's nephew, doesn't Zhang Xian's nephew need to give an explanation to our three uncles? ”

"Yes, yes, what the eldest brother said is true, nephew, you need to give us an explanation for the gossip outside! Don't you take our three uncles seriously? ”

"Cousin, I really didn't expect you to say bad things behind your back, that's how you are the patriarch? If you can't tell me why today, my cousin must still know the rights and responsibilities of the county lieutenant, then you must not wronged your cousin to go to the county office! ”

The entire Zhangfu Council Hall was noisy and mixed, no matter how noisy the three uncles and cousins were, Zhang Xian just sat quietly on the patriarch's chair, drinking tea leisurely, and seemed to be blind to what was in front of him. This further aroused the fire of several uncles, and after a cup of tea, Zhang Xiancai said slowly:

"Everyone, be quiet!"

The people of the Zhang clan below were all buzzing in private, and the noisy voice drowned out Zhang Xian's voice, and there was no one at all, the little patriarch!

"Everyone, be quiet, the patriarch has something to say!"

There was still a buzzing sound below, which completely drowned out Zhang Xian's voice, but Zhang Xian's three uncles and cousins laughed provocatively at him! Zhang Xian was slightly embarrassed for a moment, and then smiled dumbly, if he couldn't even control this scene, it would really be a joke. So I saw Zhang Xian beckoning to the little scholar Zhang Fan, and whispered a few words to the little scholar Zhang Fan who ran over, only to see the little scholar nodding and running out, about half an hour, the little scholar came in with a horn-like thing and handed it to Zhang Xian.

But seeing that Zhang Xian took a look at this simple paper horn, which was about five feet long, Zhang Xian took the horn and shouted to the hall: "Everyone is quiet, the patriarch has something to say!" ”

Everyone suddenly felt that Zhang Xian's words were like rolling thunder, and their ears hurt, especially the three uncles who were sitting in the first place, only to feel that their ears were buzzing, and everyone instantly quieted down, looking at the monster in Zhang Xian's hand.

Zhang Xian's cousin Daniel Zhang rubbed his ears that were startled by the sound of the horn with his hand, and said, "Cousin, what kind of monster are you using, and the sound is so huge?" ”

Zhang Xian glanced at Daniel Zhang with disdain, and continued to hold the horn and said, "Everyone be restless, this is a horn, not a monster, that is, to amplify the sound a little." Okay, let's get down to business, the purpose of inviting all the clansmen to the council hall today must be clear to everyone, that is, for the development and growth of the Zhang clan, some immediate difficulties must be solved. ”

"Before, the three uncles said that the people outside chewed the root of their tongues and slandered the three uncles by the patriarch on purpose, that's good, and it should be passed out by the patriarch first, since the three uncles said these words in unison It is a rumor, then, the three uncles, please tell your nephew, when will the money you owe to the clan be returned? I think the rumors from outsiders are also correct, the loans of the three uncles' families have been overdue, and they have not been returned to the clan until now, so that the entire Zhang family still owes a huge amount of money to the Qianzhuang, which affects the normal operation of the family. If the three uncles can repay the arrears today, the nephews will be able to admit the crime of spreading rumors and make trouble, and personally go to the county government with their cousin to collect the crime! ”

After Zhang Xian finished speaking with the speaker, he looked at the three uncles and cousins with a very angry and annoyed look, and Zhang Xian, who turned around, inadvertently showed a subtle smile.

When the three uncles and cousins of Zhang Xian heard this, they immediately began to whisper, and cousin Daniel Zhang went straight to his father and whispered: "Father, this little baby probably forgives us that we will not take out this silver, so he dares to speak so wildly, today he himself said, if we take out this silver, he will personally go to the county to collect the guilt, this is what all the tribesmen heard, once we took out the silver, he arrived at the county government, that is the child's one acre and three points of land, he can't help but call the wind and rain, At that time, the child gave the county magistrate another amount of money and punished him for the crime of spreading rumors, which was a common thing. Although this is a minor crime, according to the rules of the Zhang family, anyone who violates the law and is punished by the imperial court is not allowed to serve as the patriarch, father, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! ”

Daniel Zhang's father listened to his son's whispering, nodded with a smile on his face, if this little nephew is really punished by the county master, then this little baby is bound to lose the position of patriarch, with his own ability, this patriarch will not be captured, and by the way, let the second brother and the third brother return the money immediately. The rich patriarch, speaking in the clan, that is the emperor's holy decree, the patriarch who has no money, who will bird you! It is estimated that the patriarch of this little baby is also forced to be anxious, so he will not choose to say anything, revealing such flaws, if he does not seize this opportunity, he will regret it for a lifetime! Therefore, Daniel Zhang's father told the second and third brothers what Daniel Zhang had just said, and promised that if the second and third brothers returned all the money today, they would definitely return the overcharged money according to the agreement.

After everyone had decided, Daniel Zhang's father stood up and said loudly: "Today, all the clansmen, relatives and friends are here, and they have all heard the rumors outside, viciously attacking our three brothers to rely on the family's accounts. The patriarch said that if our three brothers returned the family money today, the patriarch would personally go to the county government to receive the guilt, and ask all the clansmen to be a witness, for the sake of the family and our own reputation, our three brothers will return the money today, I wonder if the patriarch dares to go to the county office? ”

Daniel Zhang's father looked at Zhang Xian provocatively, and said in his heart, boy, it's no wonder to me, you found it yourself, you dare to pretend to be a dead person, that real nephew has long let Lao Tzu arrange a killer, was cut off his neck, tied to a stone and sank into the dark river. It's just that you don't know whether to live or die, and you dare to compete with Lao Tzu to be the patriarch, then this time you will really die.

"Uncles just pay back, the clansmen have seen and heard it today, if you really pay back the money today, the patriarch will do what he says, and he will not deny it! The problem is that each of the three uncles has a huge arrears of several thousand taels of silver, and there is also this overdue loan interest, I am afraid that the three of them will not have so much money to repay! When the time comes, my nephew is worried that your face will not look good! Zhang Xian deliberately said excitedly.

"Hmph, the face of our three uncles doesn't need to worry about the patriarch, let's let your cousins go home to get the silver ticket, and we must pay back the overdue interest on the arrears, today's event is today, and when the patriarch receives the silver ticket, we just want everyone to see how the patriarch fulfilled his promise!."