(88106 .) Li Sheng no longer pinched him, so he said bluntly: "Today I have two things to ask Shopkeeper Cui for help, the first thing is that earlier, we met outside Tongguan, and you promised to give me the seeds of Bai Diezi." ”

As soon as Cui Qingyuan heard about this, it was like a big deal, and he scared himself a lot.

"Master Hou, you want to scare the villain to death, that's it! Easy to do! When you leave, I will ask the little girl to wrap it up for you, and you can take it with you. ”

The corners of Li Sheng's mouth raised slightly, and he said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Cui, don't be happy first, this second thing, I'm afraid you will have to make it difficult." ”

Cui Qingyuan really let Li Sheng get high and low, this feeling of going up and down, if it weren't for the fact that the shopkeeper Cui had no heart problem, he would have burped.

"Master Hou, say it! The villain is in his pocket. ”

"The decree of returning cultivation to the people, presumably Shopkeeper Cui has also heard about it?"

Cui Qingyuan chuckled in his heart, thinking that he had found his head.

"I heard. Master Hou, there is no land in the hands of the villain. If you want to return it, you can't do it, right? ”

Li Sheng waved his hand and said, "I didn't ask you to return the field, I just asked you to help me invite a few people." Tomorrow I will have a banquet in Yipinju, you help me invite the Cui family steward to the banquet, and I have already sent someone to invite the others, and you will be the head of the Cui family. ”

Cui Qingyuan pondered for a moment and said, "Master Hou, this favor, it's not that I won't help you." It's just that I have some misunderstandings with the head of the house, and when I went to the errand today, I didn't see the head of the house in person. I went to the account office and handed over the books and the money, and returned, but the head of the family did not summon me. ”

After Li Sheng heard Cui Qingyuan's words, he looked at Li Sanlang. Li Sanlang also understood what Li Sheng meant, this was to blame them for not inquiring about things clearly, they only knew that Cui Qingyuan had entered Cui's Mansion, and as for what Cui Qingyuan had done when he entered Cui's Mansion, they didn't know. Li Sheng was passive like this, like a blind man. The matter of Qinghe County, as a county magistrate, can only rely on guessing and figuring out, you say that you are angry.

However, Li Sheng is not the kind of person who lets go and does not take advantage of other people's contradictions. The contradiction between Cui Qingyuan and the head of the Cui family, Li Sheng planned not to let it be used for himself.

"Shopkeeper Cui, you and I are friends, you can't shirk this favor."

Shopkeeper Cui has seen a lot of wind and rain, and he has seen all kinds of people. What Li Sheng wanted to do, he also understood. Do you think he will be Li Sheng?

"Master Hou, you have raised the villain. The head of the family is not something I can invite from an outer door, Master Hou, you have a noble status and a big face. Presumably, if you pay your respects in person, I don't think the owner of the house will return your face. ”

Li Sheng saw that the old fox did not enter the trap, and put on a high hat for himself. I knew that if I wanted Cui Qingyuan to comply, I had to give him some dry goods, and it would not be effective to be like a human face.

"Shopkeeper Cui, you have also drunk the wine I brewed, how does it taste?"

As soon as Cui Qingyuan heard this, he instantly understood what Li Sheng wanted to do, and his face suddenly became solemn.

"Master Hou, you don't have to be like this, the villain doesn't dare to pick it up!"

Li Sheng smiled and said, "I said you can, you can." I, Li Sheng, are in Qinghe County, although I don't dare to say that I can cover the sky with one hand, but if I want to be developed alone, I can still do it. You take it, and I'll see who dares to stretch out his hand. You and my Uncle Duan Zhixuan came to Hebei Road to wander around and play! ”

Cui Qingyuan was dumbfounded, he didn't return to Qinghe County for a long time, he just didn't want to wade into this pool. Li Sheng still found him on his head and had already begun to threaten him. Li Sheng didn't want him to pass on the word, this was the meaning of changing the head of the Cui family. If he wants to agree to Li Sheng, he will stand on Li Sheng's side, and the Cui family dominated by Cui Heng will become the opposite. If you don't express your position, your life will be explained. I'm in my early forties, and it's nothing to die, but what about my children and the young?

"Master Hou, can you let me think about it?"

Li Sheng said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Cui, don't you want me to say more about the profits of spirits, right?" I'll give you one night, and if Cui Heng goes tomorrow, I'll send someone to pass on to you and tell you the process and secret recipe of the spirits. If Cui Heng doesn't go tomorrow, I, Li Sheng, am not the kind of unreasonable villain, and I won't embarrass you. ”

Cui Qingyuan listened to what Li Sheng said very benevolently, but Cui Qingyuan also knew. The battle of the upper class is either you die or I live. Where can there be room for someone who is vacillating like himself?

"Master Hou, you don't have to say it, I'll go early tomorrow morning. The villain also took over the sale of spirits, but if there is anything wrong in the future, please ask Hou Ye to help. ”

When Li Sheng heard this, his heart was overjoyed. Cui Qingyuan is worthy of being a veteran bird who has been in the world for a long time, and he really has a bit of courage, and he is also a person who dares to fight and gamble. As for the issue of loyalty, Li Sheng knew that there was such a behemoth as the Cui family, and as long as Cui Qingyuan was not old and confused, he naturally did not dare to have two hearts.

"Good! The shopkeeper Cui is cheerful, and the official is very pleased. We will not be drunk today. Li Sheng said: "San Lang, go back and get some spirits and come back, I and the shopkeeper Cui will not return if we are not drunk." ”

Cui Liu, the inner housekeeper of the Cui family, since he was put in prison by Li Sheng, Cui Heng has been replaced by another one. Cui Heng chose a more reliable one from the outer door, called Cui Huan. Like Cui Qingyuan, he is a caravan steward, and he is also the person in charge of a branch of the Cui family's many outer gates, and dozens of members of the family are attached to the big tree of the Cui family to survive. From this point of view, the Cui family is huge, more than a thousand years of reproduction, although the Cui family has experienced several big twists and turns, each time it is almost wiped out. But that time it will rise in less than a hundred years, and these climbing outer doors are indispensable.

Cui Mingchuan told Cui Heng yesterday about the decree to return farming to the people. Cui Heng also knows that Li Sheng is the kind of master who will not let go if he does not achieve his goal.

Cui Heng met with the people of the Zhang family and the Lu family today, and also discussed some methods, but Cui Heng still thought in his heart that he would lose to Li Sheng. As for why he thought so, Cui Heng couldn't figure it out himself, but only vaguely felt it. This made Cui Heng very unhappy.

"Cui Huan!"

Cui Huan heard the head of the house calling him, and hurriedly pushed the door into the house.

"Master, what do you have to call the little one?"

Cui Heng saw that he was very restrained, and his brows furrowed. Cui Huan has been very cautious since he became the housekeeper of the inner door. is not like Cui Liu's unscrupulous appearance, but this makes Cui Heng very unaccustomed. Cui Liu's person is a ghost idea that sees the sky and slaps horses. Cui Heng is the opposite, if he doesn't call him, he won't enter his own house, let alone help himself come up with ideas.

"You go and call all the principals of the three old man's families, and I have something to discuss with them."

"Yes! The small ones will do it. ”

Cui Huan went out, and brought the door to him before leaving. Cui Heng shook his head, Cui Liu would never care about these details. As long as he finishes explaining himself, Cui Liu will not only not leave immediately, but will also ask some why, etc., and will not leave until he has figured out the matter. Although Cui Heng reprimanded Cui Liu and didn't let him ask and inquire, he would tell him everything every time.

Cui Huan is simply, as long as he finishes explaining, he will do it immediately, and he never asks himself. Although this seems to be a duty, Cui Heng is used to Cui Liu's more questions. Suddenly, someone obeyed the rules, but I didn't feel used to it. Cui Heng sometimes feels that he is very cheap, others abide by the rules, but he is hypocritical.

There are four inner doors of Cui's house, and Cui Heng belongs to the big house, which is the most important one. The second room is Cui Heng's second brother Cui Xian, the current governor of Hebei Province, and the second room owner who stayed in Qinghe is Cui Heng's nephew Cui Wenyun. Cui Mingde in the third room is Cui Heng's third brother, Cui Mingde dances and writes all day long, and never participates in the affairs of the Cui family. The fourth room is Cui Mingchuan, and there is not much introduction.

After the three of them entered the house and sat down separately, Cui Heng instructed Cui Huan to make tea. Cui Huan is different from Cui Liu, if it is Cui Liu, let the next person cook it. Cui Huan packed up the tea set by himself, lit the charcoal fire, and cooked it himself. Cui Heng has also seen a lot, and he doesn't care if he lets him do it.

"I called you here today to talk about Li Sheng's return to the people. Our Cui family is the first to bear the brunt of this matter, tell me, how should we deal with it? ”

When Cui Mingchuan came, he knew what his eldest brother wanted to do, and he had argued with him about it yesterday. Today, the people who called all the four rooms clearly did not negotiate, or did not want to return the fields.

"Big brother, I am on an errand in the county office, and I know the temper of this little county commander. What he wants to do, don't think about fighting with him, otherwise we will suffer. ”

Cui Wenyun also knew about cultivating the people for a long time, and when she heard Cui Mingchuan's words, her brows furrowed. How can there be such a saying, people are all going to their homes to get benefits, and how can they send benefits to the outside. If they are all returned, the fields that he and Cui Liu have made for so many years will not be in vain, not to mention, but also a lot of money.

"Fourth uncle, a teenage county magistrate, what is there to be afraid of? The hair has not grown, what is his ability? ”

Cui Mingchuan was questioned by his nephew, his face was a little unbearable, and he said unhappily: "If you don't have any hair, you can kill people." Have you ever killed someone? ”

Cui Wenyun is also a good-looking person, very unconvinced, and said: "He kills? Who did you kill? Why haven't I heard of it? ”

A cold snort came from Cui Mingchuan's nose, and said, "Put it in front of the gate of my Cui family, in front of us." ”

Cui Heng watched the fourth child reveal the scars of the Cui family, and said a little unhappily: "Fourth, we are talking about returning the land today, not slapping our own family in the face." Can you not digress the topic? ”

Cui Wenyun also knew who Cui Mingchuan said he killed, Cui Liu, Cui Wenguang and Cui Liang, it was really Li Sheng. Although he has not yet been executed and beheaded, death is not avoidable. Cui Mingchuan said that Li Sheng killed people in front of his house, and he really said it in the past.

"Third child, can you say a word?"

Cui Heng saw that Cui Mingde's old god was there, waiting for Cui Huan to make tea, and he was quite interested in appreciating Cui Huan's tea art, so he was angry.

"Whatever I say, just give it back to them. How many acres of land is still missing from my Cui family? ”

Cui Mingde doesn't speak, and when he speaks, he is atmospheric. A few acres of land, that's more than 20,000 acres of fertile land! How much it's worth, you know? Cui Heng was so angry with him that he looked at Cui Wenyun in a blink of an eye.

Cui Wenyun naturally didn't want to return the field, and when she looked at Cui Heng, she said: "Uncle, our Cui family has never been able to go in or out, and there is no problem that we have to vomit out after eating." ”

Cui Heng heard this, and before he could speak, he heard Cui Mingchuan say: "No one cares about you when you eat it, but when you spit it out, someone cares about you." If you really don't throw up, I dare to guarantee that Li Sheng will be able to throw you up. ”

Cui Heng looked at Cui Mingchuan and said, "Fourth brother, Li Sheng is a little better than us, so it can't make you afraid of being like this!" ”

"That's it! Fourth uncle, don't forget that this is Qinghe, not Chang'an. Cui Wenyun didn't forget to add a sentence.

"Whatever you want, that's all I say. If something happens in the future, don't blame me for not reminding you today. After Cui Mingchuan finished speaking, he turned around and left, walked to the door, and turned back and said: "Big brother, anything that happens in Qinghe in the future will be related to the survival of my Cui family, so it's better for you to weigh it carefully." ”

After Cui Mingchuan said this, he turned around and walked out of the door.

"Uncle, I can't talk about him as a junior, can you, the head of the family, let him go to outsiders?" Cui Wenyun pointed to the door and said.

Cui Heng also made a small wave in his heart, the fourth child is romantic, and the third child is a virtue, in addition to nostalgia for Hualou on weekdays, it is to dance and write. He and the second child helped him get a county lieutenant, and he didn't do it well. Since Li Sheng came, the fourth man seems to have changed and started to do some practical things, but his courage has also decreased. Cui Heng had the feeling just now, and it was even stronger than before. Will he still lose to Li Sheng?

"Did I send out the letter I asked you to send to your father a few days ago?" Cui Heng asked Cui Wenyun.

Cui Wenyun said truthfully: "It has been sent out a long time ago, and it must have arrived a long time ago." Just haven't replied yet. ”

"You will go back later, and arrange for a letter to your father, that he must come home and discuss the matter. I don't believe that a governor of Hebei Province can't govern a small county order. ”

When Cui Wenyun heard this, her eyebrows instantly danced, and she said happily: "It's still an old uncle." If my father returns to Qinghe, do I think he will dare to let my family return to the land? At that time, I will dare to say that there is no way to want Tian! ”88106 .