The main house of the patriarch of the Xu family in the northeast of Taipingli has always been a sign of the Xu family. As if blessed by the ancestors, the long house has also encountered several disasters that are almost decadent, but each time it has survived tenaciously, and it has become more prosperous after that, so for a long time, everyone said that it was because of the good feng shui of this old house. However, this time, no one dares to expect that 1 in 10,000 possible surname.

First of all, Xu Zhen hinted at the three rooms and four rooms of the rudder and many other clansmen who saw the wind and made trouble, saying that Lord Xu had tended to attach himself to Zhao Qin in the matter of the second room, and now that Zhao Qin has been hanged according to the law, Lord Xu should also give up the position of patriarch; Immediately, Xu Zhen made people come forward, and I don't know what method was used to get the two little guys who were sent to Zhuangzi in the long room back, and an arson crime made Master Xu even more anxious; Then, Commander Zhu of Nancheng, who had been doing business with Changfang, not only withdrew his shares without saying a word, but also found out a case of the disappearance of a street gangster a few months ago. For a while, the whole long house chickens and dogs jumped, and the people who were living deeds began to drill whether the camp was changing their masters, and the dead deeds were even more panicked.

At this moment, outside the upper room, there were two of the most trusted servants of the master's family, and the old man and wife Xu Dong and Xu Jin, who were sitting in the bright room, had not said a word for a long time. I don't know how long this unspeakable silence lasted, and in the end, Xu Jin finally couldn't bear it anymore, and Huo Di stood up suddenly.

"What are you doing so depressed, I don't believe that Xu Xun can cover the sky with one hand! It's a big deal that I went to the yamen to get the charge of arson, and he can't kill me to vent his personal anger! ”

"Sit down for me!" Mrs. Xu slammed the soft couch under her, and then shouted, "It's not your turn to take the blame, there are so many people up and down the family, where can't you find a person who is guilty?" As she spoke, she looked at her husband and eldest son, with an undisguised toughness on her face, "Master, move, the matter is all down to this, pick a good one among the children in the family, allow him a few hundred taels of silver, and let him go to the yamen to admit the matter for himself!" ”

"You speak lightly!" Master Xu has been submissive in front of his wife all these years, but this time he has made an unprecedented amount of fire, "What do you think arson is, that law is very clear, if you set fire to the houses and warehouses of the government and the people, you will be killed." Although the two little guys who were held by the sixth child were not caught at the arson, they all confessed in the yamen, who dared to take this kind of crime, who dared to joke with their lives! ”

Mrs. Xu had never been scolded by her husband like this, and she was immediately annoyed: "I don't believe that a thousand taels of silver can't buy a person who is willing to bear the death penalty!" ”

"Mother, it's not a matter of whether others are willing or unwilling to do it right now, but everyone is waiting to see our family's jokes, and they will definitely not give us this opportunity!" Xu Dong has endured his mother's partiality for many years, and finally couldn't help it at this moment, "Lord Zhao is dead, but Xu Xun has been a guest in the mansion of Gonggong Fu and Wei Guo these days, and what he said before has won the favor of Lord Jinyi Weiye, he is in the scenery, even the sixth uncle has to laugh with him, at this time, everyone is avoiding us too late......"

"Master, it's not good!"

Before he could finish speaking, a frightened voice came from outside. Master Xu was angry, and when he heard this, he immediately got up and opened the door, and saw that the steward of an outer courtyard in the courtyard was crying with a sad face, and he immediately shouted and asked. Immediately after, the steward's words almost didn't make him breathe.

"Those gangsters who had been with the Seventh Young Master in the past identified a corpse in the Western Suburbs Turning People Field as Ding Shuncai, and they didn't know how to leave a note written by the person who sent it at the beginning, said the people from the Nancheng Terracotta Division...... said that it was his wife's companion Wu An......"

Master Xu almost relied on Xu Dong's support, so he could stand firm. After a long time, he asked in a hoarse voice, "What about that person?" ”

"Wu An happened to be drunk too much and drunk in the gatehouse, and Jiang Ye of the Nancheng Terracotta Division escorted people away......"

At this moment, Master Xu almost didn't have the slightest strength to speak, and waved his hand weakly to send people away, and he turned around and entered the house without saying a word. Seeing Mrs. Xu sitting on the soft couch in the center, she didn't dare to look directly at him, and he couldn't help but scold with great anger in his heart: "Slut, you did a good thing!" ”

Mrs. Xu was already a little ashamed because of the incident, but at this time, Master Xu drank this, she couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and she didn't care that she was fifty miles away, and stepped forward to look at Master Xu's face is fierce: "Slut? If I hadn't taken care of the housework for you for so many years, if I hadn't saved money for you, the Xu family's house would have collapsed long ago! I didn't do so much for my son, for you, and now that something goes wrong, you blame me, and you forgot it when you sat back and enjoyed it? It's not that you are greedy for Zhao Qin, but you didn't get the benefits but got into a mess, you still have the face to blame me, I fought with you! ”

Seeing that his mother was fighting with his father regardless of decency, Xu Dong suddenly panicked and had to hurry forward to help pull them apart, and even Xu Jin joined in. It was easy to twist Mrs. Xu away and press it on the soft couch, but there were already several deep scratches on Mr. Xu's face. The embarrassed Master Xu glared at his wife, who was still a little hysterical, but suddenly walked away without saying a word. As soon as he went out, Mrs. Xu suddenly pulled Xu Jin and cried loudly, Xu Dongquan was not not persuaded or not, the surname Suo went out to chase his father, and this chase was chased to the study.

Without waiting for him to persuade him, Master Xu fiddled with the bookshelf twice, opened a secret compartment and took out a box, stuffed it into Xu's hand, and said lightly: "This is what I have saved from your mother for many years, a total of 100 acres of land, one or two thousand silver coins, but they are all clean things." Your sixth uncle has been suppressed by me in the clan for many years, and now once he is proud, he has borrowed Xu Xun's east wind, and he will never stop if he doesn't drive me out of the position of patriarch, and his mother and your brother have done such stupid things again. Now, you go to the capital! ”

Xu Dong has not secretly complained that his father has placed all the bets on Zhao Qin these days, but listening to these words at this moment, his heart seems to have been smashed by a hammer, and he has a deep sadness for a while, and after blurting out his father, he can't say anything.

Master Xu nodded at his eldest son considerately, then sighed and said: "You are a student, no better than your brother's reputation for nonsense, and your net worth is innocent. As for your daughter-in-law and children, just stay at home, and you can't implicate them in any way. Whether our long room can turn over or not depends on you! Pack your things and leave today, don't delay! ”

"But ......"

"No, but, don't you want to be angry with me!"

Seeing that his father was so determined, Xu Dong took a deep breath and immediately agreed with red eyes. Seeing that he was gone, Master Xu sat down on the chair in a daze, his face was gray and his eyes were blank, where was the scene of beating his spirit in front of his son just now. He has no way in the capital, although Xu Dong is still smart, but where is it really so easy to get ahead with these alone? He just wanted to leave a pulse of incense for the long house, just in case the worst-case scenario. It must be known that as soon as Zhao Qin fell, Changfang's reputation was completely ruined with Xu Xun's high-sounding words in front of Ying Tianfu.

"Xu Xiaoqi, you are really not the son of the second child! The second child is so kind and charitable, how can he be as vicious and ruthless as you! ”

As soon as Zhao Qin died, although Xu Xun's son could not be said to be like a god, it was not much worse. The midsummer day is not suitable for travel, and the date of his departure is set for the end of June. So, he sneaked around with Xu Liang to the Fusheng Rice Store on Sanshan Street every once in a while, teasing the little girl to relax; met with Wang Shikun and met the famous gentlemen in Jinling City, with his surname Wu and some kind of former surname, for a while all kinds of fun gradually became proficient; occasionally accompanied Fu Rong to a mountain villa outside the city to escape the summer, and by the way, he dealt with Fu Hengan, who was too enthusiastic but pedantic; In addition, because the apportionment problem was finally solved, Wu Shouzheng, who even got a big deal under Fu Rong's nod, was also very grateful to him, and he asked Chen Lu about the matter of the long room again, and then ignored it again until Xu Zhen came to the door.

"It's ......"

As soon as the small box on the table opened, Xu Xun saw a few pieces of paper rolled together and five ingots of yellow and clear gold. At this time, Xu Zhen said with a smile: "This is the compensation given by the long house to Xu Liang for the burned house." Five ingots of gold are a total of fifty taels, almost five hundred taels of silver, and the rest is a hundred acres of land deeds. ”

Although Xu Xun instructed Xu Zhen to blackmail the long room, he never expected that there would be so many, and at this time, he was also taken aback when he saw Xu Liang on the side, he couldn't help but sigh that the fox fake tiger power was really easy to use, and he didn't have the slightest intention in his heart.

Chen Lu attributed most of his promotion to the good things he said to him after following Ye Guang for several days, the whereabouts of that little Ding Zi were completely investigated by Jinyiwei, knowing that the eldest lady Xu in the long room was afraid of blackmail, she actually poisoned people after getting drunk, and sent her henchmen to the transformation field, Chen Lu let Jinyiwei get the evidence, and implied that the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division would investigate to the end.

Whether it's to eradicate the evil, or to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, in short, that's what the family deserves!

Xu Zhen saw Xu Xun close the lid, so he walked to Xu Liang with his hand, and all his brains were stuffed into Xu Liang's hands, and he couldn't help but be surprised, but his face didn't show anything on his face, he just smiled: "I am busy with affairs in the government now, so this time the fourth brother became the patriarch, he was very angry about the matter of the long house, saying that he wanted the eldest brother to take a break from the sister-in-law who acted viciously, but the sister-in-law had a lot of ways in the yamen and smashed in countless money, all of which were topped by Wu An." After all, Xu Jin was young and ignorant, and it was the two servants under him who set the fire, so he was sentenced to eighty rods. Now the vitality of the long house is greatly damaged, you see......"

"It's the government's business, what does it have to do with me?"

Seeing Xu Xun's casual answer, Xu Xun knew that this should be almost the time, and he was also relieved, but said in his mouth: "This kind of thing happened to the Xu family, it is really unfortunate for the family, fortunately, the court praised your kindness before, and finally found face." In the past two days, almost all the servants in the long house have run out, and it is all the disaster that they usually say that the door is not strict......"

The tree is falling and scattering, nothing more!

Xu Liang took the heavy box, thinking about the scenery of the long house in the past, he went to work part-time but was also rejected with disdain, but now he has to pay for so many things, and he can't help but be amazed. When Xu Xun said goodbye and left, he heard Xu Xun joke and let him put these things away properly, even if things don't work out after going to Beijing, the money can be used to ask for a daughter-in-law to have a boy Yunyun, he immediately grinned, but without saying anything, he went back to the room with the box.

(To be continued)