The summer weather is as changeable as the mood of a girl in love, and when Xue Shao arrived home, dark clouds rolled in the air, and a heavy rain poured down.

Xue Shao hurriedly jumped to the eaves of the main house, and a group of people in the house immediately greeted him, leading the horses and changing clothes, and they were very busy after running forward.

This unique treatment of "head of the family" made Xue Shao feel that he was particularly important. This home also gives him more and more a warm taste.

Wu Ming did things really neatly, and it only took him one day to inquire about the fields and acres in Lantian County. It turned out that about three or four months ago, there was a "local tyrant" who settled in Lantian County, and his behavior was extremely high-profile. In addition to making friends with rural heroes and having close friendships with county officials, one of the things he did the most and diligently was to buy fields and houses everywhere, which was called a wealthy and money-spending.

There were more than 100 tilts of land around the Xue family's land, all of which were bought by the local tyrant at a very high price.

Xue Shao couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this, there are indeed a lot of people with money in the two capitals, but "land" is not something that can be bought by buying. For the magnates of the Tang Dynasty, land is a "fixed asset" that can be passed on to future generations. This is not only an important source of wealth, but also a symbol of social status; For the common people, the land is even more lifeline, and the peasants who have lost their land can only rent the land of the powerful families at a tenant rent higher than ten times the grain tax, and can no longer only go to the rich people to beg for a living as slaves.

How can the peasants' land be sold?

That local tyrant can buy so much land in one go, and he must have a great background. At least it has a strong official background.

Wu Ming said that the local tyrant's surname is Zheng. Coincidentally, the newly appointed county magistrate of Lantian County is also very Zheng. After some inquiry, Wu Ming learned that these two were brothers. Obviously, they also set their sights on the Xue family's ancestral property, the most fertile piece of good land on the outskirts of Lantian. The previous behaviors of digging corners to rob tenants and throwing dead bones into Xue's fields were all manifestations.

Xue Shao felt very strange, what kind of bear-hearted leopard dared to beat the idea of the prince of the world for a small county order?

Wu Ming gave the answer, the county magistrate surnamed Zheng married the sister-in-law of the wife of Wu Youning, a member of the Zhongshu House, and Wu Youning was a "brother-in-law".

Xue Shao immediately laughed, went around and around, and got entangled with the people of the martial arts family again.

Wu Youning is Wu Zetian's nephew. Although his kinship with Wu Zetian is not as close as that of Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, his status is not bad at all. Last time, because of the Zhang Miaoxiao incident, Li Zhi knocked on the mountain and shook the tiger to pick up Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi's officials, but Wu Youning is still a thunderous Zhongshu Sheren, and he sits firmly in an important position in Zhongshu Province, where the highest decree was issued by the Tang Dynasty, and can be regarded as a "important minister of the dynasty".

Wu Youning is much stronger than Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi in terms of personal ability, and he is very good at figuring out the holy will and does not easily offend people in the officialdom, and the way of being an official is not to seek merit but to seek no fault, so his official has always been relatively stable.

But the government and the opposition and even the people of Chang'an know that the biggest characteristic of Wu Youning is - greed!

Perhaps because he was poor and afraid in his early years, Wu Youning, who was called into Chang'an as an official when Wu Zetian was making his career, was obsessed with money and land to a surprising level. In less than a year after doing the Zhongshu House, Wu Youning successively bought several mansions in Chang'an, and the backyard of each mansion built a "hundred-step house", that is, a large warehouse with a length of more than 100 steps, which was specially used to hold countless silk silks.

The silk silk of the Tang Dynasty is like the silver in the Ming and Qing dynasties and the dollar in the 21st century, which is a hard currency that retains value and circulates smoothly.

Wu Youning's greed is already quite famous. But since the two saints don't care, others are just slandering. But this time, he actually put his claws on Xue Shao's hand, which was obviously out of line.

"Childe, I found out on this trip that the Zheng brothers not only want to acquire the Xue family's land, but also the former residence of the son." Wu Ming said, "I don't know how they bought the old house where Gongzi once lived, and burned it to ashes, and then built a very large and luxurious brothel on the original site." There are a lot of women placed in it, which are specially used to entertain officials, gentry and talented people in the two capitals. And the most beautiful girl in it is called 'My Fair Girl'. ”

"It seems that they are clearly going to fight with me!" Xue Shao suddenly frowned, there is no doubt that the Zheng brothers' move is very humiliating to me!

"Childe, how are you going to deal with it?" Wu Ming asked.

Xue Shao thought for a while and said: "This is my private matter, I can't let Princess Taiping know about it, and don't stab it in the court, otherwise it will be a laughing stock." They don't have a face, I still have a face! ”

"Yes."

Xue Shao said again: "At present, I am in an embarrassing situation after returning to Beijing, and it is inconvenient to pay attention to such trivial matters for the time being, let alone fight with those small characters who steal rats and dogs." Ignore them for now, and wait for me to marry Princess Taiping, and then take care of them. ”

"......" Wu Ming blinked and said, "If the tenants don't come to rent seeds, there will be no food to eat in the mansion next year." Leaving it alone is not the way to go. ”

"No, I'm not poor enough to do that." Xue Shao said, "Before getting married, I didn't want to cause more trouble, let alone mess with anyone. Wu Ming, do as I say. The land in Lantian County will be barren for a year. ”

"Yes." Wu Ming promised.

Xue Shao smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, my barren land will have a higher output than other good fields in the year of Dafeng!" ”

Wu Ming smiled, "I believe it!" ”

As he was talking, a little girl's crying voice suddenly came from the gate of the compound. Xue Shao and the others came out to see that the demon was riding a Tibetan mastiff into the courtyard, holding a bag of things in his hand, crying so much that he was heartbroken.

"Woo, big meat steamed buns, my big meat steamed buns, all wet!"

The softest nerve in Xue Shao's heart was suddenly touched, and he rushed over with one arrow step without caring about the pouring rain.

"Demon!"

"Brother Fairy!"

The big Tibetan mastiff saw Xue Shao running over and let out a dull roar, and the demon hurriedly slapped it on the head, "Throw it down, make a move!" ”

As if by magic, the great Tibetan mastiff threw itself into the muddy water, slamming its head on the ground and whining in a low voice, like a servant pleading guilty to his master.

Xue Shao couldn't help but be stunned, when did the demon raise a Tibetan mastiff?!

"You'er, come!" Xue Shao stepped forward and picked up the demon, and his whole body was wet.

The demon lifted the water-soaked bun and cried so sadly, "Brother Fairy, this is the big meat steamed bun I bought for Sister He Yuenu, I can't eat it now, woo!" ”

"It's okay, I like it very much if you have this intention. If you want to eat, I'll let the people in the house make it! Xue Shao picked up the demon and strode towards the hall, and the moon slave with a servant had already come out with an umbrella to pick it up.

The big Tibetan mastiff was still slamming its head on the ground in the muddy water.

"Lose it, come and hide from the rain!" "Remember, no one in the house can bite or kill them!" ”

The big Tibetan mastiff screamed twice as if to promise the demon, then got up and ran to the eaves of the main hall, shaking his body in the corner and throwing out a lot of water droplets, and then the person stood up with two front paws and trembled, like a human archiving his hands.

"What a smart dog!" The people in the house were amazed.

Xue Shao was very surprised, the Tibetan mastiff is the wildest fierce dog, generally only recognizes one owner, has a low IQ and is not very human, and now it is domesticated by the demon to be as smart and well-behaved as a circus performance dog!

"You'er, where did you get this big dog?" Xue Shao asked.

The demon replied with a smile: "When I was playing in the palace half a year ago, I saw that someone from the Eagle Dog Workshop wanted to drag this dog out of the palace and beat it to death, because it bit a newborn pony to death. The big dog whined and begged for mercy, and when I saw that it was pitiful, I was willing to ask the people of the Eagle Dog Workshop to give it to me. At that time, it was not so big, and it grew so fast in half a year! ”

Xue Shao grinned, "The big dog is very wild, aren't you afraid that it will bite you?" ”

"Don't be afraid, because I understand what it says! It understands me, and it listens to everything I say! The demon said, "Don't look at its big size and scary, in fact, it is very pitiful." Its parents are dead, and it has to be whipped every day without enough to eat, and at the worst it has to be abandoned and killed. When I saw it, I remembered when I was wandering with my mother. ”

"So you named it Didiu?" Xue Shao smiled and helped the demon to wipe the rain off his face.

"Hmm!" The demon nodded with a smile, "Brother Fairy, it's good that you're back, I'm so happy!" ”

At this time, sister-in-law Xiao came over with a few maids and said with a smile: "Come down, let them take you to the bath and change your clothes." Erlang, you also go and change your clothes, don't catch a cold. ”

"Okay." Xue Shao put the demon on the ground as he said, and the family reunion made him feel very down-to-earth and warm in his heart.

Heavy rain poured and thunder and lightning raged.

Xue Shao stood under the eaves and looked at the surging rain scene, the entire Chang'an Emperor was like a tamed man, obediently lying on the ground as if he was surrendering to the heavens.

The Tang Empire seems to be about to face such a storm.

Xue Shao looked back and saw that the Xiao family, the demon and the moon slave were personally arranging a sumptuous family banquet. Because of their return, the expressions on their faces and every move in the house seemed extraordinarily relaxed and peaceful.

A long-lost smile appeared on Xue Shao's face.

"Listen to the thunder in the silence. I hid in this warm little home, staying at home and waiting for the great storm to come. ”

The family banquet was about to start, and the guests came to the house. Originally, Xue Shao had already instructed Menzi to close the door and thank the guests, but the person who came did not ask to see Xue Shao, but to see the moon slave.

As soon as the moon slave heard this, he came to the spirit, "I know who is coming!" - Childe, please let her in? ”

"Who is it?" Everyone asked.

"My only friend in Chang'an, and also the old acquaintance of Gongzi - Yu Hongye!"