Taiyuan, Li House, among the ancestral halls. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

There are a lot more people from the Li family here today than the previous time, and obviously they already know what kind of crisis their family has encountered, so they all have solemn faces, especially after listening to Li Heng, who has just returned from Datong, everyone's faces are a little ugly.

“…… Family master, this is what Yang Zhen asked, and I ask you to decide whether we should follow his will or think of something else. After some narration, Li Heng bowed very respectfully to Li Mu, who was sitting at the top, and waited for the old man's decision.

Li Mu's white eyebrows were also gently swaying at the moment, obviously this incident really made him feel a little embarrassed. After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke: "You all tell us what you mean first." ”

Since he is the head of the family, he has spoken, and those who are not low in the Li family have expressed their opinions, but their opinions are not unanimous, some are in favor of compromise, and some think that they should refuse, they are also considered from the Li family itself, but the reasons are a bit far-fetched.

After listening to the argument for a while, Li Mu turned his attention to the three nephews who were most valued by him: "What do you mean? ”

As he made this move, the hall that was still noisy was quiet. In fact, everyone understands that Li Mu asked them to say that the suggestion was just to throw bricks and lead the way, and in the end, it was the views of Li Jue, Li Cong and Li Heng, the three candidates for the future head of the family, who played a key role.

"I thought that our Li family must not be led by the nose by that Yang Zhen, otherwise the prestige we have built up over the years will be ruined!" Li Jue was the first to speak. He is the most uneasy of the three, because the Li family will have today's difficult situation, all because of his previous negligence, for his own consideration, he can only take the initiative first.

Li Mu's brows furrowed again: "Are you worried about the name of my Li family?" Any other ideas? ”

"This ...... If we really agree to all his demands, we will inevitably grow that Yang Zhen's arrogance, and maybe he will make more excessive demands, just like the bottomless abyss. So the nephew thought it was better to refuse now. Li Jue said again.

For his judgment, many clansmen still agree. People's greed is endless, once he succeeds once, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no second and third time, so the Li family will be completely restrained by it.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Heng's mouth, obviously Li Jue said this more at himself. Because he just revealed that he wanted his family to temporarily agree to Yang Zhen's conditions, in order to target himself, he would choose the opposite statement.

Although he was secretly annoyed in his heart, he couldn't show it in front of so many people, so he just said: "Although there is some truth in what the fifth brother said, the current situation is extraordinary. If we don't agree to his request, the safety of our Li family will not be guaranteed. ”

"Hmph, how do you know that he must have solid evidence that could put us in the Jedi? What if he was just bluffing? Li Jue asked rhetorically.

"Your argument may not be impossible, but it is unlikely. Moreover, we can't gamble on this, after all, it is related to the survival of thousands of people in my Li family. ”

Li Jue couldn't help but be a little difficult to refute when he said this. Seeing the opportunity, Li Heng said again: "By the way, I forgot about it......" As he said, he turned to look at Li Mu: "Family master, this is what Yang Zhen handed over to me, please take a look." ”

After taking the wrench handed over by Li Heng and only looking at it, Li Mu's expression suddenly changed: "This is what he handed you over?" After receiving the confirmation, Li Mu's eyebrows couldn't help but tremble, obviously his heart was greatly shaken: "So, Jiang Hao really fell into his hands?" ”

"Nine times out of ten, it seems to be true." Li Heng responded a little helplessly, and at the same time, the corner of his eye swept to Li Jue on the side.

Sure enough, Li Jue's expression turned white as he expected, and he opened his mouth to scream, but he still quickly controlled himself, and at the same time stared at Li Heng hatefully. He knew in his heart that this was a deliberate hand left by Li Heng in order to deal with himself.

Everyone here knows that Jiang Hao is his Li Jue's person, and this time he went to the Mongolian side and Li Jue arranged for him, originally to cultivate him, and at the same time to grasp the line of communication with the Mongolian people in his own hands. Unexpectedly, the result was like this, now that Jiang Hao has fallen into the hands of Jinyiwei, it will inevitably bring more trouble to the family, and this pot must be carried by him Li Jue.

And Li Jue knows better that Li Heng has used his scheming in this matter, if he had shown this wrench early and told himself to know this fact, then he would definitely not dare to say anything more today. But now, he has stepped into the trap of the other party, and he is afraid that he will be looked down upon by other members of the family.

Sure enough, soon, everyone else who understood it looked at Li Jue with some strange eyes, and they saw that he was uncomfortable, but he couldn't help it, so he could only lower his head and stop talking.

As the head of the family, Li Mu has much more experience than these juniors, how could he not see Li Heng's methods. Seeing that it was all this time, these future pillars of the Li family were still fighting openly and secretly, and he was also very uncomfortable, so after sighing secretly, he turned his gaze to Li Cong: "What do you mean?" ”

In the eyes of the clansmen, Li Jue has always been wise, Li Cong is calm, and Li Heng is low-key. And today, it seems that Li Cong has become the most low-key of the three, and he hasn't said a word until now, just pondering there. Such a contrasting performance aroused everyone's curiosity and wanted to hear his opinion.

Only then did Li Cong speak: "Family master, everyone, I originally felt that for the sake of the family's own safety, we should back down and compromise, after all, this way can we ensure ourselves." But just now, I thought about it a little more, so I was a little embarrassed. ”

"But what?" Li Mu was also a little nervous by what he said.

"If we really do what Yang Zhen wants, we will offend the entire Shanxi officialdom. Don't look at us as just selling Liu Yingji and them in Datong, but in the eyes of others, we will definitely continue to betray other allies after encountering problems in the future. So, who of those allies in the officialdom would dare to believe our Li family? And once there are no allies in the officialdom, no matter how big our Li family's family business is, I am afraid it will not last long. What's more, there are other families on the ground in Shanxi, don't look at their close relationship with us now, if they really see our problems, they will definitely not let us go and replace them. Li Cong expressed his worries in a somewhat low and slow tone.

And after listening to his analysis, everyone, including Li Mu, changed their faces. Although he did not directly say that he was opposed to compromise, he had already pointed out that compromise would inevitably lead to big trouble, and it was no less than the problem just now. This made the people of the Li family, who were already in a dilemma, feel even more overwhelmed.

Li Mu's brows had wrinkled into a Sichuan character, and his entire cheeks began to tremble, and he clearly felt that the biggest crisis since he became the head of the family was imminent. In this situation, it is really difficult for the Li family to make the best choice, that is, he doesn't know which side to choose.

His gaze swept over the faces of the family members, hoping to see a glimmer of hope from them, but everyone gave him a blank and worried look...... It wasn't until he looked back on Li Heng that he noticed a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Huh? Could it be that he has a solution? ”

Li Heng was very glad in his heart, if Li Chang hadn't given him a suggestion before, I am afraid that he would only be able to make Li Cong show off today. Now, since everyone is feeling embarrassed, saying what to do by yourself will surely greatly enhance the status in the eyes of everyone.

After quickly sorting out his thoughts, he spoke: "You don't need to be so alarmed, things have not yet reached the point of no return. ”

"Do you have a solution to this problem?" Everyone focused their eyes on him, even Li Cong was no exception. He was also thinking hard about countermeasures just now, but he couldn't think of a way, but he didn't expect Li Heng to think of it so quickly, which made him a little unconvinced.

"If it's just my Li family who does such a thing, of course there will be big trouble, but what if the Liu and Zhong families also sell Liu Yingji with us? Those people in the Shanxi government will not list our three major families as enemies because of this, right? Li Heng said.

As soon as Li Mu heard this, his eyebrows gradually relaxed: "That's right, why didn't I think of this method of pulling people into the water!" Don't look at it now, only our Li family is involved, but we know the details of his two families clearly, as long as they use this to threaten each other, are we afraid that they will not be able to comply? ”

The others also came back to their senses, and they understood that the key clansmen looked much better than before. The only exceptions are Li Jue and Li Cong, who know that they have been completely covered by Li Heng this time.

Li Mu was overjoyed, but he glanced at this nephew who had always been low-key, obviously all this was in his budget, this person's scheming was really deeper than those two brothers of the same generation, should he make the difficult decision before?

But now is not the time to think about this kind of thing, Li Mu knows that the top priority is to get through the current difficulty. Since they have no worries, their position has been completely settled, that is, to obey Yang Zhen's will and sell Liu Yingji.

"Li Heng, since you came up with this idea, how to communicate with those two families will be left to you. I hope you don't disappoint me. Li Mu used such an order to show his meaning.

Li Heng comprehended, and immediately excitedly and solemnly arched his hand: "My nephew will definitely not let the head of the family and you down!" ”