It rained lightly in the afternoon in Xingyang.

It is almost spring, and the rain has become very frequent, not very heavy, which is very good for the crops. It's just damp after the rain, which is very uncomfortable. The weeping willows in the courtyard swayed in the evening breeze, as if telling something.

Zheng Shi came to the home of his brother Zheng Shiji, but Zheng Shiji was not there.

He fidgeted up and down the room, and finally went into the garden, wanting to enjoy the beauty of late spring.

However, the petals in the pond were scattered, and the mess after the rain hit the wanderers, Zheng Shize's heart suddenly had an ominous premonition...... He was not convinced that his position as the elder of his clan had failed, and he hated Zheng Renji even more for secretly using methods and drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, so that Zheng Shize's hard work for more than a year was all in vain. Not only that, but Qifang has also become the laughing stock of the clan. Zheng Shi always felt that someone was pointing behind his back, as if he was laughing at him for not measuring his own strength and trying to use his mantis arm as a car.

Is it a mantis arm as a car?

Zheng Shi doesn't think so.

The decline of the sixth room is already very obvious, and he is confident that if Zheng Wei does not change his mind this time, the seventh room will definitely be able to replace the sixth room and enter Anyuan Hall. Every time he thought about it, Zheng Shi felt upset. It's all the old eunuch...... If he hadn't gotten some grandson out, why would the situation have become so confusing?

So in a fit of rage, he ordered someone to find the two-headed snake of the Shouyang Mountain bandit and pay money to buy Zheng Yanqing's surname.

Whether it is Zheng Renji or Zheng Shi'an, it is not a character he can move in Xingyang. Even if he said that Zheng Shi'an left Xingyang, but with the order of An Yuantang, he was in charge of the Luoyang industry, and there would be no shortage of followers with him.

The two-headed snake may not dare to provoke the brigade.

Zheng Yanqing is different, with his entourage of slaves, but only forty or fifty people.

The two-headed snake moved him, but it was easy. If you can ask for Zheng Yanqing's surname, at least you can get out of the evil anger in your chest.

Zheng Shize's idea was very good, but the development of things made his heart tremble.

First of all, Zheng Yanqing is not dead!

On the contrary, the two-headed snake lost its surname...... However, the news that Zheng Yanqing was seriously injured still made him feel very happy. If you don't die, I'll pick you a layer of skin! But the next news is not so rosy.

Henan Yin Fangyan led the soldiers and horses of the three prefectures to clear Shouyang Mountain.

It's nothing. But when Zheng Shi learned that the two-headed snake turned out to be a disciple of Maitreya in white, and Maitreya in white was quickly charged with being a cult thief after this incident, Zheng Shi was unexpected.

The two-headed snake has become a thief?

He colluded with the two-headed snake and robbed and killed Zheng Yanqing...... Isn't it the same as the crime of rebellion against thieves and the same party?

Zheng Shi is starting to get scared!

He was angry, but he didn't dare to hide anything about the rise and fall of the family.

Therefore, he hurried over and wanted to discuss countermeasures with his eldest brother Zheng Shiji. But he didn't want Zheng Shiji to be invited by Zheng Shanyuan in the afternoon, so tired that Zheng Shi could only wait here. Looking at the broken duckweed floating in the pond, Zheng Shi sighed softly.

If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place?

"Second master, the eldest master is back, waiting for you in the study."

A housekeeper came to pay respects, and Zheng Shi suddenly woke up from his self-pity. Dressed up, he walked out of the gazebo.

He followed the housekeeper to Zheng Shiji's study in the backyard, but saw Zheng Shiji on the porch outside the study, setting up the wine and food, and pouring himself a drink. Zheng Shi looked at his brother's sudden increase in gray hair, and a bad omen suddenly appeared in his heart.

"Big Brother ......"

Zheng Shiji's face twitched a few times, glanced at Zheng Shize, and motioned for him to sit down quickly.

"Brother, do you have anything to do with me?"

Zheng Shi said: "Big brother, I'm in trouble. ”

Zheng Shiji's cheeks twitched slightly, closed his eyes, and sighed lightly for a long time, "But what about the attack on the six-room boy?" ”

"Huh?" Zheng Shi was startled, his eyes widened, and he looked at Zheng Shiji, "Big brother, you know?" ”

"If you want to be heard, don't speak; If you want people not to know, don't do it. ”

Zheng Shiji's words came from the Han Dynasty's article "Shangshu Admonishing King Wu", and in later generations, that is, if people don't know, unless they don't know the source. Zheng Shi listened, his face was pale, and he was silent.

"Who knows about this?"

"No one else knows about this except my housekeeper father and son."

Zheng Shiji sighed, picked up the wine jug, but suddenly stopped.

"Shize, my brother has something I want to say to you, but I wonder if you can listen to it?"

Zheng Shi was busy saying: "The eldest brother is the father, and the elder brother just has to say it." ”

"Over the years, you have been contributing to our seven rooms, and it can be said that you have worked hard. Our seven-room, I think it was also prosperous back then, but I didn't encounter a good time, the change of government and government, so that the elite of my seven-room was almost gone.

Over the years, I have been cautious and walking on thin ice.

In order to help me, you have also put in countless efforts to achieve what you are today.

But this time, you're really confused...... I know what you think, I'm afraid you feel uncomfortable being put in the sixth room. In fact, how comfortable is it to be a brother? Those who travel a hundred miles, half ninety...... You and I fell short. But I think that as long as our family business is still there, this time it fails, and there will be another time, next time. ”

Zheng Shiji let out a long sigh when he said this.

Zheng Shiji, on the other hand, just listened quietly and did not dare to interrupt Zheng Shiji's words.

"Zheng Yanqing is unconscious now, and I'm afraid this matter won't stop there."

Zheng Shi asked, "Brother, then you say, what should I do?" ”

"Come, drink!"

Zheng Shiji filled Zheng Shize with a glass of wine, and his hands trembled slightly. It's just that Zheng Shize didn't pay attention to this detail, looking at Zheng Shiji with a look of anticipation.

Zheng Shiji raised his wine glass, "Brother, please drink." ”

Zheng Shi did not have the slightest doubt, and hurriedly raised his wine glass and drank it all.

Seeing him finish the wine, Zheng Shiji's eyes showed a touch of pain. He shivered, and drank the wine from his glass, but he didn't know if he was in a hurry, or for some other reason, the sip of wine went down, and he choked on it.

"Brother, are you alright?"

"I'm fine!" Zheng Shiji's eyes turned red, and he grabbed Zheng Shize's arm, "Brother, don't blame me." ”

"Huh?"

"According to the news from Yanshi, Liufang already knew that the two-headed snake robbed and killed Zheng Yanqing, and someone was willing to pay a high price. If Zheng Yanqing dies, someone needs to come out to apologize for this matter; If Zheng Yanqing survives, someone also needs to pay for it. Brother, there is no choice for the brother, for the future of the seventh room, I can only ......"

"Brother, what do you mean by that?"

Zheng Shiji's mood seemed to stabilize suddenly.

He pushed the flask in front of Zheng Shize, and Zheng Shize opened it, but there were two inner tanks inside. reacted suddenly, Zheng Shi exclaimed, "Qiankun pot? ”

"In the pot, one death and one life."

Zheng Shiji's gaze suddenly sharpened, "Shize, if you don't die, then the seventh room will definitely face the danger of annihilation."

The events of Cui Junqiu in the past are vivid.

If you want to keep our house for my brother, I have no choice but to do it.

If you want to blame, blame yourself for being stupid. didn't even find out the origin of the two-headed snake, so he made a rash move. ”

In the abdomen, there is a sudden cramping pain.

Zheng Shi's eyes widened, and a mouthful of black blood spurted out, spilling into the wine and food in front of him.

He couldn't believe that his brother, who had always been friendly with him, was so determined to kill him...... The poison in his body attacked, and his body fell limply on the porch. Zheng Shiji's face was expression, and he didn't look at Zheng Shize, and suddenly stood up.

"Someone."

He stabilized his mind, "Bury the second master secretly, and then you immediately take someone to the second master's house and send the housekeeper father and son on the road." Tell the second master at home, just say that the second master is ...... In my name, go overseas to take care of affairs.

As a monthly example, don't shorten them. ”

The butler, who stood outside the cloister with his hands down, immediately bowed down to answer his order.

Zheng Shiji turned around and walked into the study, but saw a figure flashing behind the screen, Zheng Shanyuan looked gloomy and walked out slowly.

His beautiful hair has lost its former luster, revealing gray and white.

"Taxi, it's hard for you!"

Zheng Shifuel's body trembled, and he forced a smile: "Big brother, there shouldn't be any more problems if you deal with it like this." ”

"Zheng Yanqing's life and death are uncertain, and everything is still in two words...... However, since they are of the same clan, it is unlikely that the six rooms will be persecuted too much. It's just that you still have to make some compensation in exchange for the sixth room not to pursue the matter anymore...... In this way, Shi Ze has 2,000 hectares of fields in Gong County, and I will take out the 1,000 hectares of fertile land under my name, make up 3,000 hectares, and put them under the name of Liufang. ”

"Huh?"

Zheng Shiji's heart ached, "Those 2,000 hectares of land are worth at least 150,000 yuan." ”

Zheng Shanyuan shook his head with a wry smile and walked to Zheng Shiji's side, "Shi wants other people's lives, and wants to dig up other people's roots!"

Zheng Shi'an, an old eunuch, has now entered the clan elders association and has a deep friendship with most of the clan elders. If he really wants to pursue it, this matter is not over. At that time, don't say 150,000 yuan, I'm afraid that your family house will be destroyed.

Bear with me, the top priority is to calm the anger in the old eunuch's heart.

These two thousand hectares of land are only regarded as ...... Send the old eunuch to the end! ”

The family is the family, the career is the table, the industry is the inside, and the inheritance is the foundation. As long as there is an industry and a heritage, sooner or later it can be revived. The reason why the Yangxia Xie clan has been silent for a hundred years is because they have lost the industry that supports their survival. And whether it is the Zheng family or other clans, while inheriting the style, they also control huge wealth.

Therefore, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, dealing with the big families was often not to kill them all, but to seize their industries, causing them to lose the foundation of their survival. Cui Junxuan was robbed of his property at the beginning, and he had to rely on the family monthly routine to make a living. This is also the reason why Cui Junqiu actively participated in it when Yang Liang, the king of Han, raised troops. As a result, his branch has since become history.

Zheng Shiji was in pain, but he also knew that Zheng Shanyuan was telling the truth.

Zheng Shi is going to cut off the roots of other people, and now they are going to turn around, and they want to pick up the skin of his seven rooms, and report it back and report it...... Suddenly, the little guilt about Zheng Shize disappeared.

Zheng Shiji smiled bitterly and nodded, "Since the eldest brother said so, the younger brother can only obey his fate!" I hope that 150,000 guan can satisfy the old eunuch. ”

(To be continued)