Huan walked to the window with his hands behind his back, of course he knew who this Li Yu was, the former prince of the first emperor Li Yuzhi, the most legendary Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty, after the palace coup in the second year of Baoying, he did not know what to do, there are legends that he ascended to immortality in Hengshan, and there are also rumors that he was killed by bandits in Hengshan, but he suddenly appeared in front of him today, and kept saying that he wanted to be his chief strategist.

Zhang Huan stared out the window and was silent, for a long time, he suddenly smiled faintly and said, "Sir, do you want to be my chief polo strategist?" ”

Li Mi was stunned, he didn't understand what Zhang Huan meant.

Zhang Huan slowly turned around, glanced at him, and sneered: "If you want to be my polo strategist, you must follow my rules, please go back to Chang'an and register with my staff Mr. Han." ”

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Two days passed in a flash, Taiyuan fell a night of autumn rain, the morning sky is still gray, early in the morning, nearly 100 handymen began to arrange the venue, all the items must be strictly inspected before they are allowed to enter, the venue is located in the Zhangfu Hall, which is enough to accommodate more than 1,000 people.

At the right time, a bell rang in the sky above Zhang's mansion, hundreds of Zhang's family with high hats and robes entered the venue in turn, no one spoke, everyone's expression was solemn and serious, this is the second temporary family meeting held by Zhangfu this year, the last clan meeting was May, in that clan meeting unanimously vetoed the appointment of Zhang Huan as the heir to the head of the family, and also vetoed the re-admission of Zhang Potian's return to the family, but then the proposal to elect Zhang Ruojin's son as the heir of the head of the family has not been formally agreed.

And this time, the qualifications of Zhang Ruoho will be discussed. If it passes, Zhang Ruoho will immediately lose his position as the head of the family, and another bell rang, hundreds of clansmen knelt on the soft couch and straightened their waists, and the meeting officially began.

Zhang Huan sat at the very edge of the penultimate row, the seats here are sorted by bloodline, although he is the fourth grade county uncle of the Tang Dynasty, but in front of the only standard of bloodline, all the noble aura will be eclipsed.

His eyes flickered. Looking for the various roles in today's singing, first of all, Zhang Ruojin, according to the regulations, his seat should be in the first few places in the first row. But now, he is sitting on the left side of the main seat, facing all the clansmen, while the family leader Ruo Ho is sitting on the right side of the main seat. In other words, Zhang Ruojin is already on an equal footing with Zhang Ruohao.

The seat was arranged by the Zongren Hall, which implied that the Zongren Hall would support Zhang Ruojin, although the Zongren Hall had little power, but its influence was great. Its attitude often determines the outcome of the meeting.

Zhang Huan's gaze fell on the head of the family again, his eyes were half-closed, like an old monk sitting still.

There was a sudden commotion in the venue. I saw Zhang Ruojin, who had been silent, standing up. He glanced at the crowd. Said coldly: "Today, please go back to your sect to hold a meeting, it is really my Zhang family that has reached a critical point of life and death." As the head of the Zhang family, not only did he not consider the interests of the family, but also betrayed the interests of the family step by step. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Ruojin glanced at Zhang Ruohao and said sadly: "Although he is my eldest brother, I dare not protect my shortcomings in front of the interests of the family, I want to tell you one thing." ”

Zhang Ruojin pointed at Zhang Ruohao violently, and said sharply: "It's this person, the head of our Zhang family, who gave up the position of the secretary of the Zhang family's rites department to Zhang Potian without authorization!" ”

In the venue, 'Boom! There was a bang, as if the pot had exploded, and many people who were officials and locals outside had already known in advance, and they all shook their heads and sneered, but more young children heard about it for the first time, and everyone talked about it, and there was a buzz in the lobby.

Zhang Ruojin saw that everyone's emotions have been mobilized, and his heart was secretly proud, in May, it was he who mobilized everyone's emotions step by step, and finally made the Zhang family stand beside him unprecedentedly, he glanced at Zhang Ruohao, only to see that he was skinny, sluggish, he was even more proud in his heart, and now he took the lead and had the upper hand, and then came up with ironclad evidence later, Zhang Ruohao is difficult to turn over even if he has the ability to do the world.

Suddenly, the lobby became quiet, Zhang Ruojin looked down intently, only to see everyone turn their heads to look behind, and a person slowly walked up from the crowd, it was Zhang Huan, Zhang Ruojin's eyes gradually narrowed into a slit, Zhang Ruohao really pushed Zhang Huan out and fought with himself.

"Zhang Huan, what are you doing here?"

Zhang Ruojin said coldly: "This is the family conference, what qualifications do you have to come to power?" ”

Zhang Huan ignored Zhang Ruojin, he glanced at a few old men in the Zongren Hall, and said with a faint smile: "The head of the family is seriously ill and can't speak, I am entrusted by him to answer for him, may I ask if the Zongren Hall is approved?" ”

"This.

Several old men looked at each other, Zhang Huan was their grandchild, if he was so rude as a grandson of another clan, he would have been shouted angrily by them and forked out, but Zhang Huan They didn't dare, not to mention that Zhang Huan was already a four-grade Zhonglang general, but there were three hundred iron horsemen he brought in the courtyard outside, if Zhang Ruoho really stepped down, I don't know how Zhang Huan would retaliate against them.

These people have become old and refined one by one, how can they be the first bird at this time, I saw an old man in the middle laughing dryly and said to Zhang Huan: "There is no article in the clan rules that forbids the concubine to speak, since you want to speak, we can't object." ”

Zongrentang's weak reply caused a burst of laughter to erupt below, except for some older people who were a little unaccustomed to Zhang Huan's arrogance, most of them secretly exclaimed with joy.

The so-called elders of these Zongrentang rely on the old and sell the old on weekdays, interfering with their wives and concubines, what Li family is not in line, what Wang family is not smooth, and I don't know how many lovers who have broken up.

This conflict of interests between individual families and clans has always been a hidden concern in the big family, not only that, but the most important role in the existence of the Zongrentang is to maintain the interests of the son-in-law, and because of this, the conflict of interests between the concubines is often manifested in the attitude towards the Zongrentang.

Therefore, when Zhang Huan showed a kind of contempt for Zongrentang, most people not only did not dislike him, but instead gave birth to a sense of identity in their hearts. In addition, the head of the family has stated that he will no longer consider him as the heir of the head of the family, and many people who were hostile to him have gradually become friendly to him.

Zhang Huan saw the approval of Zongrentang, so he walked to the middle, and he shouted to hundreds of clansmen: "I want to ask you, the Cui family has 200,000 Shandong troops, the Pei family has 180,000 Hebei troops, the Wei family has 120,000 Longyou troops, the Wang family has 20,000 Shannan troops, and the Chu family also has 30,000 Huainan troops. It is these family armies that are the foundation of the famous families based on the court, what about the Zhang family? Known as the fifth great family, where did the Hedong Army go? ”

"It was taken away by the Cui family!" Someone whispered an answer.

"Not bad! It was taken away by the Cui family and became his Fengxiang army. But why is this happening? ”

Zhang Huan's tone gradually became lower, "I think everyone is as confused as I am, why did Zhang Potian leave the family ten years ago?" In the end

What the? I think it's time to debunk this mystery for you today. ”

"Humph! Zhang Potian colluded with Cui Yuan, and it was already conclusive. Why is it necessary to overturn the case for him again, it's you! ”

Zhang Ruojin sneered, he pointed at Zhang Huan and said to everyone: "It's not that I despise my son, but this person actually injured his father with his own hands." I wonder how qualified such a man who has no father in his eyes to speak here. ”

He slowly stepped forward and pressed Zhang Ruojun's shoulder to everyone: "If you know your son, let your father tell you about it." What kind of person is this Zhang Huan? ”

After speaking. He helped Zhang Ruojun up with his own hands. Remove the gauze covering his face. A high, swollen face was revealed, and patches of shocking indigo and red-purple were everywhere. looked particularly hideous, at this time, Zhang Ruojin specially dressed Zhang Ruojun for today, and sure enough, there was a burst of exclamations from the people below.

Zhang Ruojin slowly walked back to his seat and sat down, complacent that he was good at seizing the opportunity, he quickly glanced at Zhang Ruohao again, his eyes were full of mockery, Zhang Ruohao was still expressionless, as if everything had nothing to do with him.

Zhang Ruojun still can't speak, he is carrying a big wooden card in his hand, which looks quite funny, I saw him take out a thick stack of white paper from his arms, turn one out of the middle, paste it on the wooden card, hold it high, and show it to everyone.

However, everyone's expressions were not as Zhang Ruojin expected, full of anger towards Zhang Huan, but a shock, and then whispers abounded, Zhang Ruojin saw the fourth brother Zhang Ruoqiang pointing to the sign desperately to make eyes at him, and his face was full of anxiety.

He was slightly stunned, he was sitting behind Zhang Ruojun, about two feet away, and he couldn't see the words on the sign, according to the predetermined plan, the words on the sign should be 'This son has bullied his brother and insulted his father since he was a child, and he is a great rebel. But everyone's expressions didn't seem to be like that, as if they were full of understanding of Zhang Huan.

Zhang Ruojin wanted to stand in front to see what was written on the sign, and he didn't dare to act rashly because of his identity, but at this time, Zhang Huan next to him quickly glanced at the starling Zhang Can, and nodded to him approvingly. ’

At this time, the words on Zhang Ruojun's wooden card were changed again, "Ten years ago, we were provoked by Cui Yuan and drove Zhang Potian out of Zhang's house. ’

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar at the venue, and then Zhang Ruojun pasted another piece of paper, "Zhang Ruojin was instigated by Cui Yuan and wanted to seize military power, so he united several brothers to falsely accuse Zhang Potian of plotting against the head of the family. ”

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For this reason, the head of the family summoned five brothers to confront Zhang Potian, and everyone unanimously demanded that he hand over military power. ’

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Zhang Potian was forced to be unbearable and left Zhang's house in a fit of rage. ’

Cui Yuan bribed the middle and senior generals of the Hedong Army, and finally made the Hedong Army defect. ’

Zhang Ruojun moved quickly, pasted wooden plaques on the floor paper one by one, and the people in the front row read in a whisper, rolling backwards like waves, gradually, covering up the past ten years, and finally the truth was revealed at this moment.

Zhang Ruojin had already grabbed the first piece of white paper, Zhang Huan's whip turned into a righteous annihilation, he was trembling with anger, he never thought that Zhang Ruojun would betray himself at a critical time, he only then understood that Zhang Huan's whip was a bitter plan that had been set up a long time ago, at this moment, Zhang Ruojin could only watch Zhang Ruojun replace the white paper one by one, and listened to the exclamations of the people below.

His hands and feet became cold, and it seemed that there were countless needles pricking him under the couch, and finally, Zhang Ruojin couldn't help but sneak a look at Zhang Ruohao, but he saw that he was squinting at himself slightly, with a disdainful smile on the corner of his mouth.

No! I didn't lose, and I still had the biggest chips. Jang Ruoho's sarcasm deeply stimulated his self-esteem.

At this time, Zhang Huan slowly walked over from the side and said to everyone: "Everyone, now I can answer why the head of the family wants to give up the Book of Rites to Zhang Potian." ”

"The head of the family is thinking about the overall situation of our Zhang family!" Zhang Can stood up and said loudly.

"Not bad!" Zhang Huan walked among the clansmen, and he glanced at everyone, "The head of the family is doing this for the sake of the overall situation of our Zhang family, Cui Yuan has succeeded him as the right minister, what is his next step?" Obviously, he wants to deal with our Zhang family and put the strategic place of Hedong in his pocket, but the only thing he is afraid of is the 30,000 Hedong army in Zhang Potian's hands. Just imagine, if there were no 30,000 troops to protect us, Cui Yuan wouldn't even have to send troops, just send a few hundred horse thieves to destroy our Zhang family. But we have a deep prejudice against Zhang Potian and refuse to accept him again, so the head of the family has no choice but to give up the cabinet position to Zhang Potian, maybe there is something wrong with his approach. But I hope you understand the hard work of the head of the family. ”

"Enough!"

Zhang Ruojin stood up suddenly, he walked quickly to Zhang Huan's side, and said to everyone with an unusually gloomy face: "How about we not discuss Zhang Potian today?" It's a question of whether our head of the family is qualified to do it any longer. ”

He walked to the desk to the side, took a book, and held it in his hand. He shouted to everyone: "This is the account book I got from Quanye Xing, I found that a huge sum of 400,000 yuan was allocated to the Shannan Wang family the year before last, what is going on?" I do not know. I don't think you know. But when Zhang Ruofeng died suddenly and mysteriously. I finally found out that there was a secret hidden here. ”

Zhang Ruojin saw that everyone's attention was attracted to him again. His confidence slowly began to regain again, and he took out a letter from his bosom and said: "This letter was searched from Zhang Ruofeng's room, everyone has been guessing for a long time, and they must want to know what is going on!" ”

Zhang Ruojin opened the letter, took out the letterhead inside and said to everyone: "This letter is our family master ordering Zhang Ruofeng to transfer a huge sum of 400,000 yuan to the Shannan Wang family, and I found out afterwards that the 400,000 yuan finally fell into the pocket of the Cui family. ”

At this time, the entire venue was silent, and everyone's eyes were on the head of the house.

Zhang Ruojin glanced at Zhang Ruohao and said coldly: "Family master, please explain to everyone, why did you want to transfer the money to Shannan?" Why did the money end up in the hands of the Cui family? ”

Zhang Ruoho shook his head, "I have never written any letter to Shannan. ”

"Humph!" Zhang Ruojin sneered, "Do you mean that this letter is fake?" Did I frame you? ”

He handed the letter to a few elders in the Zongren Hall, "You tell everyone that this letter is true? ”

One of the people in the Zongren Hall stood up and said, "We have already checked it, and the handwriting is indeed written by the head of the family, and the seal is also genuine. ”

"How? Do you still say that I framed you? ”

Zhang Ruojin picked up the letter very proudly and raised it to everyone, "You can take a look, the letter paper has turned yellow, and the pen and ink are very old, this is obviously written a few years ago, could I have thought of it today a few years ago?" ”

At this moment, a surprised voice suddenly came from the door, "Why is there still a letter in Zhang Tingshi's hand?" ”

Everyone looked back and saw the doorway

The people in the official mansion, the leader is Taiyuan Yin Han Yannian, he was very surprised by the letter in Ruojin's hand, took out a letter from his arms, shook it to everyone and said: "The letter found from Zhang Ruofeng's room is here, I heard that the Zhang family held a clan meeting today, so I specially sent it over, why does Zhang Tingshi also have one in his hand?" ”

Zhang Huan took the letter, walked quickly to the stunned Zhang Ruojin, and said with a slight smile: "Second uncle, can you lend me the letter in your hand?" ”

Zhang Ruojin instinctively retreated, but Zhang Huan took the letter out of his hand unexpectedly, Zhang Huan shook open another letter, looked at it carefully, shook his head incredulously and said: "The two letters are exactly the same, strange, what's going on?" ”

He put the two letters together, held them high, and said: "These two letters are exactly the same, the handwriting and seals are exactly the same, and the number of the letterhead used is also serial, don't you think it's strange?" ”

Zhang Ruojin caught a glimpse of the torn edge, and his brain was 'buzzing!' The ground went blank with a bang.

There was silence in the lobby, and everyone was waiting for Zhang Ruojin's explanation, but after waiting for a long time, Zhang Ruojin never stood up, and the Zhang clan began to whisper.

"Han Envoy-jun, this letter has obviously been handed over to my Zhang family's Zongren Hall, how can it come to you again?" Zhang Ruoqiang, who had been silent, suddenly stood up. He stared at Han Yannian and said coldly, "If I'm not mistaken, you seem to have been sick for this letter." ”

Han Yannian's face turned pale, and he replied solemnly: "I am sick because of fatigue, and it has nothing to do with this matter, yes, I first lent this letter to the Zongren Hall of your mansion, but this is evidence of the government's handling of the case, and the government will naturally take it back, if you don't believe it, you will know." ”

Everyone's eyes fell on the old men of the Zongren Hall again. At this time, Zhang Huan slowly stepped forward and smiled at several old people in the Zongren Hall: "The stakes are very high, please think carefully about a few elders!" ”

Although he was smiling, several old people in Zhang's mansion clearly felt a death threat hidden in his words. Several people looked at Zhang Ruojin again, he sat there with a depressed expression, obviously the general trend had gone, and several people said in unison: "Han Yuanjun is right. I believe that we have indeed returned the government. ”

"You guys. . .

Zhang Ruoqiang was so angry that he trembled, he gritted his teeth and said: "A bunch of guys who see the wind and steer the ground!" ”

He turned around and shouted to everyone unwillingly: "Maybe the head of the family is not at ease, but the stakes are high. That's why I wrote two letters in a row, just in case, this is also possible? ”

"The stakes are high!"

Zhang Huan sneered. "You know what's at stake. If it's you. Would you write two letters? Double your risk, don't forget. You are talking about the head of the fifth family in the world, the book of the Tang Dynasty Rite Department, if the head of the family is not even cautious, how can he make my Zhang family stand in the east of the river so far! ”

The lobby was quiet, only the occasional cough was heard, Zhang Huan took a deep breath, and slowly said to everyone: "As we all know, Cui Yuan used the Hui invasion last year to hit the Wei family hard, in May, he was re-elected as the right prime minister, today is August, exactly three months ago, the Zhang family suddenly broke out in civil strife, someone is aggressive to force the head of the family to give way, everyone think about it, is this a coincidence?" Isn't there probably no shadow of Cui Yuan in this? Presumably some people have heard that four days ago, the head of the family was attacked by hundreds of unknown people at night, killing more than 200 people, and the government has intervened in the investigation, why is this? This is someone who wants to put the head of the house to death! ”

The anger in Zhang Huan's heart suddenly exploded, and he said impassionedly: "If our family master falls, who will be the biggest interest, is it Zhang Ruojin?" No! It's Cui Yuan, he has been planning this day for many years, once he succeeds, within a year, Shandong's Qinghe Army will be stationed in Taiyuan, all the officials of the Zhang family in Hedong will be purged by him, and the reputation and property of the Zhang family accumulated for a hundred years will be destroyed in one fell swoop, you! Would you like to see this day? ”

No one spoke, everyone was pondering, even Zhang Ruoqiang, who had just jumped up to oppose it, was silent, only Zhang Ruojin was white and red, he wanted to jump up and refute, but in front of Zhang Huan's powerful momentum, in front of Zhang Huan's sonorous and powerful words, he became extremely small and ugly.

"Guys, let me say a few words!" Zhang Ruohao struggled to stand up, Zhang Huan stepped forward to support him, he trembled and walked in front of everyone, his voice was low and irrefutable.

"Since everyone has this opportunity to sit together today, I want to say that the first thing the Zhang family needs is unity, as long as everyone works together, we are not afraid of someone coming to bully us, and now I announce that Zhang Potian will return to the Zhang family, but there is anyone against it?"

No one stood up, and by now, everyone has understood that Zhang Potiandi's 30,000 Hedong Army will be the most powerful protection for the Zhang family, and on this principled issue, everyone has abandoned the hatred of the past.

"Excellent! Next, I will announce the heir of our Zhang family. ”

At this time, everyone's eyes were on Zhang Huan, and his performance today impressed many people, many people no longer disliked him, and even many concubines were eager for Zhang Huan to become the heir of the head of the family, maybe he could change the status of the concubine in the Zhang family.

Zhang Ruoho looked at Zhang Huan again, with the last trace of expectation in his eyes, but Zhang Huan still shook his head gently, he knew that he might lose a lot if he gave up this opportunity today, but he had already decided the path he would take in the future, and he would never look back, wouldn't he? Life is full of challenges, and it becomes colorful.

Zhang Ruohao's eyes suddenly brightened, he smiled with relief, his gaze left Zhang Huan, his hand slowly pointed to Zhang Can, and said slowly: "Zhang Can has been in charge of financial power for nearly a year, and he is steady and down-to-earth, which makes me very relieved, I officially appoint him as the eighth heir of our Zhang family." ”

Zhang Can slowly stood up, the venue was silent for a moment, and suddenly burst into thunderous applause, his eyes were full of tears, he never thought that he would become the head of the Zhang family one day, but today it has become a reality, he suddenly has an unreal feeling, as if he is still in a dream.

His father Zhang Ruojun next to him was very excited, and he looked at Zhang Huan gratefully, it was this son who he had never put in his eyes for fifteen years, but finally changed his fate.

Zhang Huan smiled and nodded slightly to Zhang Ruojun, he has been his father for fifteen years, and today he finally repaid him, and he has nothing to do with him from now on.

Zhang Huan slowly stepped back, quietly left the venue from the small side door, and just as he was leaving, there was a sound of rushing footsteps outside, and the big butler of Zhang's Mansion almost pounced in, and he shouted in a trembling voice: "Quick! The emperor's dragon has arrived, just outside the palace gate! ”