The spring rain is like a lingering transparent silk, splashing wantonly in the cool wind, and the sound of the rain is as rapid as a torrential rain urging the forest, as if thousands of horses are galloping, roaring.

Wang Ce's fingertips lightly swiped over the bamboo book, and his gaze slowly fell on a line of words: "The softest in the world, the strongest in the world, nothing into the world, I am beneficial to know nothing." ”

He muttered, a faint smile on his lips, as the so-called unofficial and light, without the fetters of the sea, sitting in the window, listening to the spring rain and reading quietly, this is also a pleasant enjoyment.

Outside, a servant shouted, "Lord's house! ”

He looked up from the book: "What's the matter?" ”

"Visiting"

"Who?"

The servant pushed open the door and handed the thorn to Wang Ce.

Wang Ce took them and read them one by one, more than a dozen thick bamboo slips were pressed heavily in his hand, he looked at the names on them, and said with a smile: "All are here." ”

He put the famous thorns on the desk, and said slowly: "Let the guests go to Beiyuan, and I will go immediately." ”

The servant answered, closed the door and left, Wang Ce rolled the book, knocked on the table and sighed: "If it is not disputed, the world can not fight with it." ”

He put his hands behind his back, slowly walked out of the study, and walked along the corridor to the North Garden, only to reach the entrance of the North Garden, and he could hear the commotion inside, as if a group of people in the market had gathered, bargaining for the goods.

"Rude!" Wang Ce sneered, tidied up his clothes a little outside the door, stepped over the threshold silently, and said with a smile: "You are polite......"

The whole house stood up. One by one, they respectfully saluted, and their uneven voices politely shouted: "Prince! ”

Wang Ce bowed his head to them frequently, then sat down to the west, raised his hand and greeted, "You don't have to be polite, please take a seat." ”

"Thank you, Maharaja!"

Wang Ce listened to the sound of smiling seats, and looked at the visitors one by one with smiling eyes, all of whom were wealthy families in the state, all of whom were local families who had been rooted in the state for several generations.

"The old man has an occasional cold and a disordered mind, and I am grateful to you for coming to visit."

There was a sound of thanks, and there was a kind smile on his face, although there was hypocrisy hidden in the smile.

Wang Ce looked at the hypocritical smiling faces, his heart was as clear as a mirror, his face was silent, and he took a shallow drink of spring tea on the desk.

Seeing that Wang Ce didn't speak, the heads of the families couldn't help but feel a little anxious, but after all, Wang Ce was the head of the Bingzhou family, and his younger brother Wang Yun was a courtier, and his reputation was not only the best in Bingzhou, but even in the Gyeonggi area.

He didn't speak, and no one dared to start talking on his own.

"Prince, I heard that you were dismissed by Lu Bu?" Someone in the crowd suddenly asked, although his voice was not loud, but everyone in the hall was shocked, and they all looked at him with admiration.

"There's such a thing!" Wang Ce replied nonchalantly.

"Since Lu Bu took charge of the state, many of the old people in the state have been excluded, from the state ministers to the county officials, all of whom have been cleaned by him, and it is chilling to act like this."

A person interjected: "Not only that, I heard that he recently issued a decree to measure the land of each family, saying that it was a complete tax, I see, this is clearly a clever robbery, he wants to privately annex the land of various ethnic groups and keep it for himself."

"Hmph, there is also the tuntian system, although it is to recruit displaced people to the tuntian to fight the border, but the tenant farmers under my village have also been recruited by him, and now the fields at home are no longer cultivated, I am afraid that the northwest wind will be drunk during the autumn harvest."

There was a lot of discussion in the hall, and the words that floated out of his mouth were full of resentment, and the sharp edge of the sword was hidden in the words, and when he said the anger, his eyes almost spewed fire.

Wang Ce listened to their discussion silently, but the expression on his face was faint, and there was an unknown sneer hidden in his heart.

Although Lu Bu is a Shu clan, he is in power, and now he is not only the general of Duliao, but also holds the state herd seal, if he competes with him, even if he does not die, he will shed his skin.

"Prince!" The person who spoke before said loudly: "You are a famous person of the prestigious clan, and you are also an old minister of my state, and now Lu Bu is arrogant, you all want to ask you for a way, and you can't let Lu Bu step on our heads." ”

"Yes, please make the decision for us!" There are more and more echoing voices, as if they are an uncontrollable wave.

Wang Ce slowly raised his hand: "You don't have to worry, we just need to wait and move!" ”

He slowly raised his chin, looked at the longing faces, and said loudly: "The crossbow of a thousand jun, is it for the mole? ”

"What does the prince mean?"

Wang Ce explained: "Now that Lu Bu has a heavy army, it is not appropriate to compete with him at this time. ”

His words were vague and unpredictable, and everyone exchanged glances, but they were not very satisfied, and they all secretly thought about it, wondering if Wang Ce was perfunctory to them.

Wang Ce coughed lowly, got up and said: "If you are not feeling well today, I will not leave you, I will wait for a detailed investigation of the matter another day, and I should invite you to come over the house to discuss!" ”

The words of the send-off were all spoken, and everyone was not forced to stay, so they had to bow and go out, Wang Ce enthusiastically sent them out of the door, and then closed the door and entered the house.

As soon as he stepped into the inner hall, his face turned pale, and he said coldly to the servants and maids of the Manchurian mansion: "Listen, from today onwards, all visitors will be blocked back for me, and I will never see any guests again." ”

In the sound of promises, Wang Ce left the North Garden and hurriedly walked towards the West Garden, where the faint lights floated in the room, reflecting the silhouette of a person.

"Is the master here?" Wang Ce stopped in the study of the West Garden.

"Brother, please come in ......" An answer came from inside, Wang Ce tidied up his clothes, pushed the door and entered.

"Are they all gone?" Wang Yun put down the book and stayed on Wang Ceqing's face.

Wang Ce nodded: "Looking at their appearance, they seem to be very dissatisfied." ”

Wang Yun quietly stared at the light and shadow swirling all over the ground, and said softly: "Just because they can't afford to stir up any wind and waves, Lu Bu can be wiped out with a snap of his fingers." ”

Wang Ce was silent for a while: "Now that the Wang family and Lu Bushi are in the same fire, how should this be?" ”

"Hehe, brother, don't worry, all the people who came to the house today are foxes and pikas who can't set off the wind and waves, and the real tigers, leopards and jackals are all hidden behind the scenes, only Lu Bu can make mistakes, and they will inevitably launch a fatal blow."

"Although the state is barren, but the strong family is intertwined, if you are willing to obey, then the state is as stable as Mount Tai, but as soon as Lu Bu Du Tian order comes out, I am afraid that no family will be subdued, even if he wins the state, it will not be stable, the family is like this, Lu Bu is by no means a person who compromises easily, this battle is inevitable!"

"Now that the Guo family, the Zhang family, the Jia family and the Hedong Wei family have all been served, it is difficult to do!"

"It's a matter of course, why bother my brother?"

Wang Ce carried people behind his back and said word by word: "But Lu Bu wants to cut off the official road of the Wang family......"

The reason why the Wang family has become the county leader that the people look up to is that it has been accumulated over several generations, and now that Lu Bu has cleaned and merged with the state officialdom, most of the children of the clan have been dismissed from office, and in the long run, the family is bound to decline.

Every time he thought about it, Wang Ce was anxious, he didn't want to be a sinner of the Wang family.

"This is a problem...... Wang Yun said in a heavy tone: "Now we can only wait, once the heroes are combined, Lu Bu will not get the support of the family, and he will naturally withdraw from the annexation of the state." ”

"I hope it's as you say, by the way, what's going on at the court?"

At that time, Wang Yun convicted Zhang Rang and was slandered by Zhang Rang and imprisoned, but fortunately He Jin, Yuan Kui and others rescued him.

Although he had just been released from prison, he hated the actions of Zhang Rang and others, but due to his limited strength, he had to change his name and surname, leave the capital Luoyang, and travel between Hanoi and Chenliu, and only recently returned to the royal family of Jinyang.

Wang Yun frowned: "I'm going to Luoyang tomorrow to mourn, I'm afraid it will take a long time to come back this time, so I want to take Wang Chen and Wang Ling together, I don't know what my brother thinks?" ”

"Well, now that the state is turbulent, it's good to take them out to see and see."