At night, a few dog barking and whimpering sounded on the street, the gate of Zhang's mansion quietly opened, and a carriage drove out of the door with dozens of samurai, galloping north, since the return of the head of the family, Zhang Ruojin did not dare to be arrogant anymore, and he was careful and careful when he went out of the door.

The carriage circled around the city of Taiyuan almost for a week before gradually moving towards its destination.

Today, as soon as Zhang Ruohao returned, he made a strong move, released all the detained tents, and disbanded the security battalion he had just established, although almost all the clansmen expressed their support for him before he returned, but this afternoon in the face of Zhang Ruohao's strength, no one dared to come forward to oppose it.

"A bunch of guys who see the wind and rudder!"

The carriage turned around and drove into the alley of the deep house.

Li Chuanyun stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, looking at the big trees in the yard with cold eyes, since she got the news that Zhang Ruohao had entered the city, her face has been gloomy like water, it is obvious that her plan has failed, and those ten people must have been finished, but she doesn't know the details, and now she has been startled, and it is really difficult to assassinate Zhang Ruohao, it's just that! The affairs of the Zhang family are still handled by the Zhang family! You should concentrate on doing your own thing well.

At this moment, a humble report came from outside the door, "Sir, Zhang Tingshi is here!" ”。

Li Chuanyun's train of thought was interrupted, and she condensed: "Let him come in!" ”

Soon, Zhang Ruojin was brought in, and he stepped forward and gave a gentle salute, "Mr. Li, do you have something to do with me?" ”

Li Chuanyun glanced at him and said coldly, "I'll ask you." You have taken the lead, why is the Zhang family's clan holding it for a long time? ”

Zhang Ruojin cautiously replied: "Now that most of the clan has arrived, there are still more than 30 people who may be able to arrive tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and according to the clan rules, the number of people who have been dismissed from other places has not yet been reached." ”

Li Chuanyun didn't speak, and she said slowly for a long time: "I just got the news that the Li family has accelerated its march and will arrive in Taiyuan in three days, and you must hold a clan meeting to remove Zhang Ruohao the day after tomorrow at the latest, otherwise you will explain to Xiangguo yourself." ”

Zhang Ruojin saw that she was putting the responsibility on her head. scolded in his heart, but he was helpless, he hesitated and said, "Can Mr. ask Xiangguo, at a critical moment." Please send troops from Shandong.

Before he finished speaking, Li Chuanyun categorically refused, "Send troops to Hedong?" Hum! Do you think the prime minister can't think of it? Do you think Jang Ruoho would also be unexpected? ”

A series of three aggravated questions made Li Chuanyun have strong doubts about Zhang Ruojin's ability, and he would actually ask such a simple truth. Didn't he know that the real purpose of the Li family's inspection of Hedong was to prevent Shandong from taking the opportunity to send troops to Hedong?

She shook her head secretly, Cui Xiangguo saw the wrong person, and this time the Zhang family dispute may not be optimistic. Thinking of this, she said in a gloomy tone: "Zhang Tingshi, you can directly fly the pigeon and ask Cui Xiang for this matter." Don't have to go through me. ”

Zhang Ruojin saw that she was not sincere. I had to hate and go.

Wait until he's gone. Li Chuanyun pondered for a moment and pulled the rope again. One of his subordinates hurriedly walked in and saluted her, "Please sir?" ”

"What's going on over there at Lanling Le Fang?"

"Mr. Qiyu, you are building momentum in Taiyuan according to the established plan, and it will not be a problem to win the crown of this music meeting."

Li Chuanyun nodded, "If you want to make your fame, you must make a sensation in the whole city in the past two days." ”

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Zhang Ruojin returned to the mansion worriedly, in fact, he did not tell Li Chuanyun the truth, the people of Zhangfu had arrived in the afternoon, but Zhang Ruohao's strong appearance weakened his confidence, and the removal of the head of the family must be passed by the people of the Qicheng clan meeting, he was really not sure, if the recall failed at the clan meeting, Cui Yuan would not spare him, so it was best to delay it for two days and leave some time for himself, thinking, Zhang Ruojin slowly came to Zhang Ruojun's house.

The five brothers of the Zhang family, except for the third Zhang Ruofeng, who is thin and weak, the other four look quite similar, all of them are tall and fat, and their appearance is also big face and nose, but Zhang Ruojun is the most unproductive, the smallest official position, and has no influence in the clan.

But his two sons are eye-catching, one son-in-law is in charge of the Zhang family's financial power, and the other concubine is famous in the Tang Dynasty, but he would rather not have this famous son of the Tang Dynasty, and the whip in front of the mansion swept away his father's face.

At this moment, Zhang Ruojun was lying on his back on the soft couch, a concubine was carefully dressing him, Zhang Huan's whip was too hard, not only his lips were high and swollen, but also two teeth were loosened, he looked quite like a distant relative of a horse living in the river at this time.

"Sixth brother! Are you feeling better? Zhang Ruojin sat down beside him and asked with concern, this whip was for himself, but it brought the center of the earth between their brothers closer.

After the concubine finished applying the medicine, she used several layers of light veil to cover the part below his nose, and then retreated, Zhang Ruojun sat up straight, the anger in his eyes was undoubtedly revealed, he took out a pen and paper, and wrote a line of words heavily: I want to kill that evil obstacle!

Zhang Ruojin sighed, he understood his brother's pain very well, being whipped in public by his own son, which was unbearable for anyone, but since Zhang Huan dared to publicly beat his father, it meant that he no longer put it in his eyes.

"Sixth brother, have you thought about it, the reason why he is so arrogant, who is supporting him?"

The anger in Zhang Ruojun's eyes became even stronger, and he wrote another sentence, 'Seeing that the son hurts the father but is indifferent, this person is reversing the rules for his own selfishness, and he is not worthy of being the head of the family. ’

"Yes! From this little thing, it can be seen that he has a thin and cold nature, and there is no brotherhood in his heart at all. ”

Zhang Ruojin patted his hand gently, "For the sake of the future of my Zhang family, I have decided to let go, sixth brother, you must help me!" ”

Zhang Ruojun waved his pen, and his heartfelt words jumped on the paper, "Please rest assured, second brother, I will repay today's humiliation tenfold." ’

Zhang Ruojin saw him writing dragon flying phoenix dance, raising his hand freely, it seemed to be faster than speaking, and the words and sentences written on the paper were more convincing, and the hidden worry that he couldn't speak was suddenly solved, and he was the first of his own urgency at the clan meeting.

He turned around and closed the door, pulled out a large stack of papers from the bookshelf and smiled, "Come on!" Let's discuss the details of the clan meeting. ”

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At the same time that the Zhang Ruojin brothers discussed dealing with Zhang Ruohao. Zhang Huan was entrusted by the head of the family and came to Wang Yanluo's room.

A woman is sometimes a very strange animal, when she is hurt and determined to deal with someone, she will suddenly change her mind because of another irrelevant matter, Wang Yanluo is like this, she originally decided to testify with Zhang Ruofeng that Zhang Ruohao instructed Zhang Ruohao to send money to the Wang family, but since Zhang Ruofeng refused to cooperate and was killed, Wang Yanluo was silent.

Her silence may be because she feels the coldness of her lips and teeth, or she may see her future fate. In short, no one knows what she thinks now, but in any case, she will play an important role in this incident of the fall of the head of the family. Her attitude is also extremely important.

When Zhang Huan walked into the room, Wang Yanluo was facing away from him, writing something at the desk, and Zhang Huan gave a long salute at the door. Said respectfully: "Zhang Huan see Mrs.!" ”

"Come in!"

Wang Yanluo slowly turned around and pointed to a soft couch next to her, "Please take a seat!" ”

She seemed to know that Zhang Huan was coming, and was silent for a moment. Then he spoke first, "He called you!" ”

Zhang Huan smiled and did not speak, the current situation is very delicate, according to the rules of the Zhangjiadi clan. only

Evidence that the head of the family is unfavorable to the family is presented. And with the consent of ten generations higher than the family. The Zhang family must convene a clan meeting to consider the qualifications of the current head of the family. Once more than seventy percent of the people agree, the current head of the house will be removed from the position of head of the house.

In May, due to the return of the heir to the family and Zhang Potian, the Zhang family held a plenary meeting, and the situation was quite bad for Zhang Ruohao, and after a few months, there were two major events in which Zhang Ruohao gave up the cabinet position to Zhang Potian and the disappearance of the Zhang family's huge money.

In fact, the situation is quite unfavorable for Zhang Ruohao, but it takes seven adults to approve it before he can be recalled, which leaves Zhang Ruohao with a glimmer of life, and there are people who support him, so the victory or defeat of the clan association is very likely to be hung in the balance.

Therefore, it is imperative to strive for every bit of favorable conditions, especially Wang Yanluo, she is the head of the family, if she stands up to testify, the situation will be quite unfavorable to Zhang Ruohao.

On the contrary, if she can remain silent, it will greatly weaken the persuasiveness of Ms. Zhang's accusations.

But Wang Yanluo is quite scheming, if she shows that she has a request for her, she will inevitably ask for a price, and once the conditions cannot meet her, she will bite harder.

"I won't be the heir to the head of the Zhang family." Zhang Huan was silent for a long time, and finally spoke.

If you want to communicate with Wang Yanluo, you must first ease her hostility towards herself, and the heir of the head of the family is the fuse that intensifies the conflict between them.

Wang Yanluo was stunned, her face gradually showed a happy look, this is a kind of rabbit smell fox deathly happy, she looked at Zhang Huan, her face became more and more pleasant, finally, she couldn't help laughing loudly, and the shrill laughter echoed in the room.

When the resentment in her heart was almost vented, Zhang Huan said coldly: "But the heir of the head of the family can't take Zhang Xuan's turn." ”

"Of course." made a great effort to show his face, of course he couldn't look down on it. ”

Zhang Huan shook his head, "The head of the family said that it was not for this reason, and I don't know what the specific reason is, the head of the family just said that you know it in your own heart." ”

Wang Yanluo's face turned red, but she disappeared in an instant, of course she knew what Zhang Ruohao was referring to, this kind of thing was only understood by the husband and wife themselves.

The look in Wang Yanluo's eyes began to become gloomy, and she asked coldly, "Then what does he want to do with our mother and son?" Divorce me, and drive me back to the king's house? Hum! Forgive him for not daring! ”

"Why don't you dare, do you think our Zhang family can still be kneaded by others as before?"

Zhang Huan stood up, looked at her disdainfully, and said, "I don't know who Wang Ang is?" Cui Yuan asked him to go east, did he dare to go west? Madam, the current situation is not last year, do you know why the head of the family gave up the position of Shangshu to Zhang Potian? I'll tell you the truth, this is to tie Zhang Potian's interests to the Zhang family, so that his 30,000 Hedong Army can really become the Zhang family's private army, just imagine, will Cui Yuan fight with the Hedong Army for you? Besides, even if Cui Yuan brings down the head of the family this time, what should he do with you? Sometimes knowing too much can hurt you. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Huan saw that her face was red and white, so he softened his tone and said, "Mrs. Shang thinks about it tonight, and I will visit again tomorrow!" ”

After speaking, he arched his hand and turned around to leave, but just as he walked to the door, Wang Yanluo suddenly stopped him in a low voice, "Wait a minute!" ”

Zhang Huan stopped, he turned around and bowed to Wang Yanluo and said, "Madame, is there anything else?" ”

Wang Yanluo's vision is extremely complicated, she knows that Zhang Huan is telling the truth, the eldest brother has indeed become Cui Yuan's lackey, although the eldest brother will not kill her, but Cui Yuanhui, Zhang Ruofeng is still Zhang Ruojin's brother, and he will kill him in a blink of an eye, what about himself? If this incident is over, will Cui Yuan leave her as a hidden danger?

Zhang Huan is right, he will inevitably die, Wang Yanluo's heart turned countless thoughts, it is okay to keep himself silent, but he Zhang Ruohao needs to exchange for conditions.

"Sit down!"

Wang Yanluo's gaze was no longer as hostile as when Zhang Huan first came in, but extremely calm, and when Zhang Huan sat down, she smiled faintly and said, "Say it!" What conditions did he give me? ”

Zhang Huan saw that she had regained her senses, so he smiled and said: "Maintain the status quo, you are still the main room of the head of the family, and you can enter the Zongren Hall, and you will be responsible for the marriage of concubines in each room." ”

Wang Yanluo shook her head and said that she didn't agree, these are all virtual things, she is a realistic woman, she can't accept this condition.

Zhang Huan seemed to know that she would have this reaction, so he smiled coldly and said: "The head of the family originally only promised to maintain the status quo, and it is still my suggestion to enter the sect hall, madam, you can be content!" ”

"No!" Wang Yanluo said in a tone that could not be objected to: "I have two conditions, if he agrees, I will remain silent, otherwise everyone will be killed!" ”

Zhang Huan stared at her, his eyes were cold, "Madame, might as well talk about it?" ”

"One is that his shadow official must be given to Xuan'er."

Wang Yanluo knew in her heart that Zhang Xuan's position as the head of the family was hopeless, and the only way to change his status was to stand on his own, but it was impossible for him to be admitted to the Jinshi, so taking the road of Menyin according to the Tang system was the most effective shortcut.

Zhang Huan was silent, and he continued to ask, "What about the second?" ”

"The second is to assign the Puhe Grange in Hedong County to Er."

Zhang is Wang Yanluo's second son, and he can't study, and Zhang Ruohao's door shade can only be given to one person, so Wang Yanluo considered making him a rich man, Puhe Grange covers an area of 5,000 hectares, all of which are anointed land, and it is the largest grange in the Zhang family, as for the youngest son to follow him, he is still young, Zhang Ruohao also likes him quite a lot, and he is talented and smart, hard at school, and is a reading material, and it should not be a problem to be admitted to the Jinshi in the future, so that all her worries will be solved.

After speaking, she looked at Zhang Huan quietly, waiting for his reply.

After a while, Zhang Huanfang said slowly: "I can persuade the head of the family about the Yin Guan, I don't think the problem is big, but the grange is privately distributed to the clansmen, which is inconsistent with the clan system, I'm afraid it won't work, in this way, let Zhang go to my Tianqi camp to join the army, Mrs. thinks this is good?" ”

"No way!" Wang Yanluo shook her head firmly, "My two conditions cannot be deleted at all. ”

Zhang Huan suddenly smiled, "Let the head of the family make such a big concession, unless the lady also comes up with something substantial." ”

Wang Yanluo was silent, it was impossible for her to betray her mother's family, and after a while, she sighed and said: "Then let me tell you, Zhang Ruojin has a letter in his hand, the content of the letter is written by your head of the family to Zhang Ruofeng, and asked him to transfer money to the Wang family, the handwriting in the letter can't even tell me whether it's true or false, the key is that the seal is real, your family owner is difficult to distinguish, and this letter was copied from Zhang Ruofeng's room by the government, which is the biggest evidence that Zhang Ruojin fell to the head of the family this time." ”

Zhang Huan still shook his head, "Your news is nothing, you can also know it from Taiyuan Yin, I hope you provide a truly valuable news." ”

Wang Yanluo suddenly smiled coldly, "What if I told you that there were two identical letters in that letter?" ”