"Starling also signed the joint letter!" Zhang Huan sat down cross-legged and asked straight to the point.

"It's—it's also a last resort."

Zhang Can smiled bitterly and said: "Everyone must sign, especially the son-in-law, if you don't sign, you will be attacked by the group, no one can stay out of the matter, even the son-in-law in the field is forced by Zhang Xuan!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Can covered his mouth violently, he inadvertently said that he showed his mouth, Zhang Huan glanced at him and said with a faint smile: "I am the person in charge, so I naturally know who is behind the scenes, as for what purpose they are for, I also know very well, but the starlings are all the same, and they have become a sword in the hands of others in vain, and they have lost their opportunities." ”

Zhang Can was silent, although he was very wary of Zhang Huan calling him, but Zhang Huan's last words just now made him suspicious, it stands to reason that Zhang Huan solved Hua Erniang's house for him, there was a favor first, he also sent wine, and he should be safe, why did Zhang Xuan suddenly get into trouble again, he also remembered the letter from the capital a few days ago, is it ......

Zhang Huan saw his doubts in his eyes, smiled and said: "Brother Starling, think about it, I will enter Beijing in December to take the exam, and there is only more than a month left, is it necessary for Zhang Xuan to be so energetic?" Besides, he has to go to Beijing to take the exam, and if he pushes me down, what good will he do? In fact, in the final analysis, I was afraid that I would take the position of the heir of the head of his family, so I used the matter of wealth to demonstrate to the head of the family, but it's a pity! It seems that everyone has forgotten who gave me this power? ”

Zhang Can lowered his head and thought for a while, perhaps because he felt that Eighteen Lang's words made sense, his face softened a lot, he turned around and closed the door, then walked quickly to Zhang Huan and whispered: "Shicai Eighteen Lang said that I lost my chance, what is the reason?" ”

Zhang Huan raised his head and chuckled, and then said slowly: "All the great businessmen are all selling the lack of Juqi, why is this?" That is, scarcity is precious, and now I only hear the people who pour Zhang Huan, but I don't hear the voice of Zhang Huan, doesn't the starling want to take the opportunity to show brotherhood to the head of the family? ”

"This ......" Frankly speaking, Zhang Can was tempted, Eighteen Lang was right, he was personally promoted by the head of the family, didn't the head of the family know that he was a concubine? Now Eighteen Lang is not immoral, Zhang Xuan is making trouble with such fanfare, to put it bluntly, it is a slap in the face of the head of the family, if he sings the opposite, he is indeed betting on the underdog.

But what's the benefit of doing it yourself? Zhang Can looked at Zhang Huan hesitantly.

Zhang Huan seemed to know his thoughts, his smile became more confident, he touched his nose and smiled slightly: "If you are willing to make this bet, I can guarantee that after a month, the head of the family will hand over the financial power of the Zhang Mansion to you, as for why you don't return it to the third uncle, you don't have to ask." ”

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In the afternoon of the same day, there was a different voice in the voice against Zhang Huan, the first was Zhang Huan's starling Zhang Can, who took the lead in raising his arms and pointed out that his brother was self-denying and not at fault, and he should not be treated like this.

Under his leading appeal, first Zhang Huan's half-brothers came forward to support him, and then more and more concubines began to sign their names on another list of supporters of Zhang Huan.

"Bang!" With a bang, Zhang Xuan slammed his fist on the table, and he scolded: "Ungrateful things, in vain I trust him so much, I dare to betray me, if I am the head of the family in the future, I will definitely expel this fang from the Zhang family, so as to solve today's hatred!" ”

In the hall, more than a dozen sons of the Zhang family were full of righteous indignation, no one expected that there would be a betrayer among them, but although there was a discordant noise, the situation was still in their favor, and more than half of the Zhang family did not approve of the concubine taking power.

Everyone was gossiping, all of them were denouncing Zhang Can's rebellion, and at this time, a tall and fat child of the Zhang family stood up and said angrily: "Everyone be quiet, don't make noise!" Listen to me. ”

His voice was very loud, overpowering everyone's voice, everyone gradually quieted down, listening to him speak, his name is Zhang Pao, is the fourth son of the fourth master, also studying in Jinyang Academy, only two terms late, the year after tomorrow to participate in the imperial examination, he saw that everyone was quiet, so he smiled proudly, and shouted at the top of his voice: "A humble concubine really doesn't need us to bother to deal with it like this, in my opinion, we will arrest him, beat him hard, and force him to give up by himself, isn't it?"

His words went to the hearts of the people, and they burst into laughter, whistles, and clamour, "That's right! Give him a good beating and let him know how good we are! ”

"Well said!" Zhang Xuan also came to his senses, he waved his arms and shouted: "Not only do you want to beat him, I think you have to escort him to parade in the street and lose his face!" ”

The sisters-in-law were so proud that they couldn't help laughing together.

At this moment, a child of the Zhang family came panting outside the door, holding a large piece of paper in his hand, and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Oh no, Eighteen Lang wants to cut our monthly money!" ”

The room fell silent all of a sudden, and everyone looked at each other, not knowing what had happened. The boy posted the notice on the wall and said, "Let's see for yourself!" ”

Everyone rushed up, looked carefully around the notice, and saw Zhang Huan announce in the notice: Due to the family's financial difficulties, starting from this month, in the next year, part of the monthly money of the Zhang family will be reduced, and the monthly money of the son-in-law will be reduced from 20 to 2, and the concubine will be reduced from 2 to consistent, I hope everyone can understand the family's difficulties and support the family to tide over the difficulties, but whose money will be cut, the notice did not announce the list.

There was silence in the room, even the sound of a heartbeat could be heard, and in a moment, the roar almost toppled the roof, and Zhang Xuan was the first to attack, "Bullshit!" What power does he have to cut my money, don't believe it! ”

"I have the clan rules here, I'll read them, everyone listen!" Zhang Pao took out a yellowed booklet from his bosom, turned to the page of the person in charge of wealth, jumped on the stage and read aloud: "Article 86, if there is a difficulty in the family's income and expenditure, the head of the family or the agent for money and property approver may reduce part of the miscellaneous expenses as appropriate, including: the cost of replacing flowers and trees, the cost of repairing the house, and the monthly money of each house of the family......."

Zhang Pao suddenly couldn't read anymore, the yellow paper was written in black and yellow, and the family rules were clearly written, as the highest approver of income and expenditure, Zhang Huan did have the power to cut some expenses when the family's finances were insufficient, including monthly money.

The room was quiet again, even Zhang Xuan was speechless, unable to say a word, the sudden news made the sisters-in-law who were ready to teach Zhang Huan a lesson just now were silent, everyone was thinking about their hearts, everyone knew Zhang Huan's purpose, everyone knew that he was using his power to coerce those who opposed him.

"Big brother! There's still a little thing in my room, so let's go first! ”

Zhang Pao, who was the most fierce, smiled, got up and arched his hand to everyone and said, "There is indeed something to do, let's meet again another day!" As he spoke, without waiting for Zhang Xuan to open his mouth to dissuade him, he took the lead and ran away.

"Oops! I forgot to turn in my homework, oops! Worst! I'm going to go first! ”

"My lady is sick!"

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In a moment, Zhang Xuan was the only one left in the room, and the bitter juice on his face was enough to unscrew a basin, and after half a sound, he let out a long sigh, and went to find his mother in despair with the notice.

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Since Zhang Xuan launched a huge campaign against Shibalang, the third master Zhang Ruofeng has been silent, he knows that this is actually Mrs. Wang in the back, and he knows that the eldest brother now knows everything that happens in the mansion well, so he tries to avoid this matter, lest he get a little bit of Mrs. Wang's burnt smell again.

But the matter did not escape because of his active avoidance, first of all, as the only one of the six Zhang brothers who remained in the sect, he had to take a stand on this matter; Secondly, Zhang Huan's decision to cut his monthly money once again pushed him to the peak.

Early in the morning, Zhang Ruofeng simply packed his bags and prepared to go to the Grange to inspect the autumn harvest, but just as he was about to go out, the voice of Mrs. Wang greeting her wife came from the door.

"Brother and sister, this yard is full of big bags and small bags, is the third master going out?"

"Sister-in-law got up so early, my lord really wants to go out, if you have something, you have to do it early, otherwise he will leave."

Zhang Ruofeng sighed, grabbed the head off his head, and slammed it to the ground, but he was still a step slow.

"What are the third brothers betting on with the hat?"

Zhang Ruofeng was frightened, and when he turned around, he saw Mrs. Wang leaning on the door frame, dressed in heavy makeup, looking at himself with a smile, and then looking at his wife, he actually picked up a broom and swept the fallen leaves in the yard, but the corner of his eye was obviously a little malicious.

"Ahh It's nothing, sister-in-law, please take a seat! Zhang Ruofeng hurriedly asked Mrs. Wang to sit down, but he pulled a cushion close to the middle of the door, and put his body within the scope of his wife's surveillance.

Mrs. Wang glanced back at the courtyard, and said with a faint smile: "I won't sit down, it's really a last resort to come and disturb in the morning, it's just that someone wants to take away Xuan'er's meal money, if the third brother doesn't care, then I have to go to Chang'an to find the master." ”

After that, she turned around and left, stopped when she walked to the gate of the courtyard, and smiled slightly at Zhang Ruofeng's wife: "The sweeping thing will be done by the subordinates, and the man can watch it if he doesn't sweep the floor!" ”

After that, she twisted her waist lightly and walked away, hating Zhang Ruofeng's wife so much that her eyes almost burst into flames.

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"Is the third uncle at home?" Zhang Huan stood at the gate of the courtyard and shouted twice, there was no one in the courtyard, it seemed deserted, the yard fell a dead leaf, and a broom that was broken in two lay on the dead leaf aggrievedly, as if telling the story of what generation has suffered.

"Third uncle....." Zhang Huan's third voice was not finished, and he saw the door of the main house. Squeak' opened, Zhang Ruofeng, who looked gloomy, walked out of the house, followed by his tall wife, Zhang Ruofeng is thin and small, he has been weak since he was a child, and this is why he did not enter the office, only a knight captain, so he stayed in the sect to take care of chores, it seems that he has a lot of power, but in fact he has a lot of power just to act on behalf of the head of the family, not his own power, such as financial power, Zhang Ruohao said to Zhang Huan and took it, he has no temper at all.

By the way, Zhang Ruofeng's wife was born in a famous pig-killing family in Taiyuan City, she is black and fat, Zhang Ruofeng's father takes a fancy to her as the third daughter-in-law, it is really because she has the appearance of a prosperous husband, a blessed face, can ensure Zhang Ruofeng's life is safe, but it is a pity that she gave birth to five babies in a row are daughters, but they are all married, so that Zhang Ruofeng's frail nature has not been inherited to offspring,

"Oh! It's Eighteen Lang, come so early, what's the matter? Zhang Ruofeng took out the elder's shelf, but his hands were behind his back but he was swinging desperately, signaling his wife to go away.

Zhang Ruofeng's wife saw that it was a dark and tall young man, and immediately had a good impression, she looked at Zhang Huan with a loving gaze for a long time, and then hurriedly opened the door of the guest hall, let him into the guest hall, and served tea and food, and was busy for a long time before retreating.

"Third uncle, it's a bit abrupt to come early in the morning to disturb, but recently the children of the Zhang family have made too much trouble, and Eighteen Lang hopes that the third uncle can come forward to say a few fair words and calm down the turmoil."

Zhang Huan's self-confidence made Zhang Ruofeng sneer secretly, how did he know that he would support him, obviously the Zhang family had plenty of money and materials, but he wanted to cut everyone's monthly money, and he didn't treat everyone equally, some people cut it and some people didn't move, how could he support such a strong decision.

He pondered for a while and said: "It's okay for me to come forward to oppose Zhang Xuan and their troubles, but Eighteen Lang suddenly wants to cut the monthly money of some of the Zhang family's children, I think it is extremely inappropriate, I can't agree with this, I hope Eighteen Lang will retract this decision first." ”

Zhang Huan smiled lightly, and said casually: "After I took over the financial power, I found that my Zhang family was missing 400,000 yuan in treasury money, so I said that the finances were tight and I wanted to cut expenses, of course, I had to ask the third uncle for permission in the end, if the third uncle refused, then I had to ask the head of the family for advice." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of strong tea, but his eyes were slightly slanted at Zhang Ruofeng, paying attention to the change in his expression, and sure enough, when he heard Zhang Huan suddenly shake out 400,000 yuan, Zhang Ruofeng's face suddenly turned pale, he stared at the table in a daze, and couldn't say a word for a long time.

Seeing this, Zhang Huan took out the 400,000 yuan approval slip from his arms, shook it in front of Zhang Ruofeng's eyes, and said lightly: "This is given to me by Steward Yang, the third uncle still remembers this thing!" ”

Zhang Ruofeng saw it at a glance, and his heart was about to crack, he sent someone to kill Steward Yang, but he smelled it in advance and ran away, fortunately, the account book was obtained by himself, and the batch of endorsements from the cabinet was also taken away by himself, but the batch of endorsements kept by Steward Yang was not known with Steward Yang, he had been worried about this matter, and now Zhang Huan not only shook it out, but he also got another batch of endorsements.

Zhang Ruofeng's face changed color sharply, large beads of sweat flowed down his forehead, and his voice trembled: "Then what do you want?" ”

"Since I took it out, I just wanted to exchange terms with you, as long as you promised me two conditions, I will return it to you, otherwise even if you kill me, it will also go to the head of the family."

Listening to Zhang Huan's tone, the eldest brother didn't seem to know about it, Zhang Ruofeng's heart calmed down slightly, he looked at the courtyard, and saw that no one was there, so he leaned over and lowered his voice: "Say it!" What conditions do you want? ”

Zhang Huan smiled slightly: "First, you must express your stance this morning and support my salary reduction plan; Second, you have to hint to my starling that it will be reused for him, and if you can do it today, I will return this endorsement to you tomorrow! ”

So far, Zhang Ruofeng has no way out, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said without hesitation: "Okay, if I can do it in the morning, you will return it to me in the afternoon!" ”

Zhang Huan shook his head and said without any negotiation: "No! I will get it tomorrow by all means. ”

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