In front of the grand gate of the Xu family's mansion, more than 100 officials of the county government and the government were confronting the slaves of the Xu family who were armed with various long sticks, knives and guns. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info but in terms of momentum, these officials who came to the door were obviously far inferior to the house slaves, only to see them drooping their heads one by one, listless, and not even daring to say a word heavy.

Similar to their mental outlook is the prefect Yuan Jie, who also has a bitter face. He went to the door of the Xu family dozens of times, but every time he came, he was respectful, but this time, he came to ask the guilty and take people, and things were very different from before. He didn't even know how to face those people in the Xu family.

Just now, in the face of Yang Zhen's aggressive momentum, with no choice at all, Yuan Jie could only adopt Yang Zhen's suggestion and come to Xu's house with him and Lu Wenbin to ask for the guilt. However, he didn't have the slightest confidence in this matter in his heart, and he had the intention to hide behind everyone, but as the existence of Yang Zhen in the official position here, he could only stand in the forefront, facing the angry eyes of the slaves of the Xu family.

Yu Wenbin deserves to be called a madman county order, even if he is in front of the Xu family at this moment, he is still violent, and without waiting for the prefect or Yang Zhen to speak, he has already stepped forward quickly, and shouted at those Xu family slaves: "Your Xu family's previous use of forcible seizure of people's land has been learned by me and other court officials, so don't hurry up and ask the person in charge of your family to come out and confess!" ”

As for Yang Zhen, he maintained his usual low profile today, just watching the confrontation between the two sides coldly, and had no intention of coming out. What's even more surprising is that even his brothers did not follow him in front of the Xu family at this moment, only Cai Yingyang followed him.

After coming to this era, Yang Zhen can be regarded as having seen many mansions of rich and noble families, such as Feng Bao's mansion in the capital, such as the mansion of those wealthy merchants in Datong, and even the mansion of Zhang Juzheng's family. But compared with the Xu family's house in front of them, they are all inferior, both the layout and the environment here are extremely elegant and quiet, and at first glance it is not something that a rich person can build.

Just as Yang Zhen's gaze wandered around the Xu family's house, a man with a gloomy face had walked out of it quickly. When he came to the door and saw Yuan Jie with a worried face, he snorted coldly: "Governor Yuan is really loyal to state affairs, he has only come to my Huating County for less than half a day, and he came to my Xu family to ask for guilt!" ”

Xu San...... Xu Ying, this official is also here for official business, I hope you can understand. Seeing that it was Xu Ying, Yuan Jie was even more nervous in his heart, and it was easy to change his words, but his tone was not tough at all.

However, it was Yu Wenbin, who didn't care about the other party's attitude at all, and sneered: "Your Xu family is no matter how powerful it is, and it is also the people of my Ming Dynasty, and the people under the rule of Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture." Since Lord Yuan and this official have found out that you are at fault, let's find out from now on. After a pause, he said calmly: "If we really find out that everything is from your Xu Sanye's instructions, we will also do business and take you down!" ”

"You ......" Xu Ying was even more annoyed when she saw him so presumptuous. But thinking of my father's instructions just now, I put it down for the time being, and snorted: "Since that's the case, those few people please come in." I want to see what evidence you have found out to dare to treat my Xu family like this! As he spoke, he shook his hand and walked in.

Yu Wenbin was also not polite, and after sneering, he followed. As for Yuan Jie, after a little hesitation, he also pulled out his legs and followed, followed by Yang Zhen and Cai Yingyang with indifferent faces. But the other officials didn't have this face, just moved, they were blocked by those Xu family slaves, they didn't dare to make trouble, so they had no choice but to stay outside the door, and some even felt relieved, after all, this kind of thing to offend the Xu family is not something anyone dares to do.

After walking along the gravel road like a country road, after walking for a while, everyone came to a courtyard made of bamboo and wood in an ancient way. At this time, outside the courtyard gate, an old man with a thin and short figure was standing there on crutches and waiting for them with the support of two attendants.

As soon as he saw them coming, the old man moved a few steps forward with difficulty, and then bowed his hand: "Little old man Xu Jie, I have seen a few adults. ”

Seeing Xu Jie's appearance like this, not only Yang Zhen and the others were surprised, but also Xu Jie's son Xu Ying, and the people of the Xu family who led them here.

Xu Jie: What is his identity? The elders of the three dynasties can bring down a generation of power traitors Yan Song, and control the government for more than ten years. It is precisely because of him that the Xu family can call for wind and rain in Huating County and in the south of the Yangtze River.

But now, this old man who has been in power for a while and has been in power for a while is actually so respectfully courteous to a county magistrate and prefect as a rural old man, which is too unexpected, and it is really a little unprepared, so that the already vigorous Lu Wenbin is also stunned, and he doesn't know how to deal with it at all.

Yang Zhen was also stunned, but soon, he saw some clues: "This Xu Jiejie is really good." Even in today's identity, he is still extraordinary and can endure what others can't bear. He is much more powerful than Feng Bao and the like! This realization made Yang Zhen even more aware of what a difficult opponent he was about to face.

Xu Jie could see that even Yuan Jie, an official who was originally the Xu family's helper, suddenly stood on the side of Yu Wenbin and Yang Zhen today, which means that today's matter must be extraordinary. They must have some deadly evidence in their hands. At this time, if you still confront them head-on because of your own identity, the situation will further deteriorate, making your own family even more passive. It's better to back down for the time being and attack on defense.

This is also the trick of Xu Jie's decades of dominating the political arena without any failure. When he took out this hand, he obviously regarded Yang Zhen and them as opponents of the same level.

After being stunned for a while, Yuan Jie suddenly came back to his senses, hurriedly stepped forward, and bent down towards Xu Jie: "The boss still asks for a waiver, this is really unbearable for the lower officials and others." ”

It was Yang Zhen and Yi Wenbin, even if they regarded the Xu family as an enemy in their hearts, they could only hold their fists and bow their hands at this time, and said in their mouths: "Xu Ge is a senior, I don't dare to accept your gift." ”

Only Xu Ying has a gloomy face at the moment, and she even has the heart to kill these hateful guys. But in front of his father, he naturally didn't dare to be the slightest presumptuous, so he could only stand there and watch.

After a long period of entanglement, everyone entered his ancient bamboo hall at Xu Jie's suggestion. But Yang Zhen found a not very good phenomenon, after such a speech, the momentum of his own family to come to ask for guilt has long been washed away, but it seems that he has come to greet the seniors of the officialdom.

And after they sat down and were given fragrant tea by the slaves of the Xu family, Xu Jie really pulled the topic to the meaning of this kind of meeting between seniors and juniors. I saw him look at Yu Wenbin and said: "Lin Zhixian has been an official in my Huating for more than half a year, and the old man has always wanted to go to pay respects." It's just that the old man is old, and his body bones are not as good as before, even if he goes out of this courtyard, it is very inconvenient. ”

"The boss is serious, it's just to see you, and it's also the lower officials who came to meet the boss." The other party put his posture so low, even if Yu Wenbin was anxious, he could only deal with it first.

But Xu Jie obviously didn't let the other party get the meaning of the topic, and continued: "Although the old man has always lived in a simple house, and he has never visited the county commander, but the county commander has heard some of what the county commander has done for the people of Huating in the past six months, which really makes the old man deeply admire." ”

After a pause, he turned his gaze to Yang Zhen, who seemed to be smiling on the side: "This is Yang Zhenfu, right?" Your deeds in the capital have already spread in my Jiangnan. The various deeds of eliminating traitors for the country and the people are really applauded, and they are really a model for my generation! ”

If these words of Xu Jie's praise of Yang Zhen were spread, his reputation in the officialdom would definitely be several times louder than now. It's a pity that even if Xu Jie said this, he didn't see any intention from Yang Zhen, he still looked like he was smiling, and just said softly: "This is just something that should be done next." Just today, when I came to your mansion with Lin Zhixian and Yuan Zhifu, I also wanted to do something for the court and the people! ”

I didn't expect Yang Zhen to be so faceless, even if he put his posture so low, and said their good things vigorously, he still went straight to the point, which made Xu Jie also stunned.

However, he quickly adjusted his mentality, first signaled his son to be calm for a while, and then said as if remembering the other party's intention: "Look at the old man's memory...... By the way, what are you here for today? My Xu family has always been strict in governing the family, and it is absolutely impossible for anyone to break the law and discipline! ”

"Really? It seems that Mr. Xu, you have not been a director for a long time, so you have such an opinion. Yang Zhen smiled lightly, and then he made a look at Yu Wenbin.

Only then did he wake up like a dream, he took out the contract notes from his sleeve and put them in front of him: "Lord Xu, these are the notes left by the people in your mansion when they forcibly bought the land of the people. Every transaction here is completed at an unbelievable price, and I don't think I need to say it directly, right? ”

When Xu Jie took out these contracts, he chuckled in his heart, knowing that this time the trouble was really not small. However, he has experienced too many winds and waves, even if he is slightly uneasy in his heart, he will not show it on his face, I saw him indifferently take the few contracts, and slowly look through the glass reading glasses in his hand......