Seeing that Zhu Dadian agreed, Liu Fan finally put his mind at ease. Unexpectedly, this time I sent a group of craftsmen to myself, although it cost a little money, but it was not worth mentioning at all for the seizure. The next day, Zhu Dadian was in a hurry to go back to preside over the work, but Liu Fanqiang couldn't stay, so he had to let him leave.

After Zhu Dadian left, Liu Fan's life basically returned to normal, and Liu Fan was in pain and happy in the past few days before the New Year, and somehow several girls were obsessed with cooking, to be precise, cooking food for Liu Fan. Tian Shuying is from Jiangnan, all kinds of Jiangnan food, West Lake vinegar fish, Dongpo meat, sweet and sour pork ribs, crystal meat, called chicken, salted duck, lion head and other delicacies in turn, Zhang Yao and the two daughters are not to be outdone, they occupy the home advantage, all kinds of Shandong traditional food, seafood, bacon, beef and mutton are all kinds of cooking by the two women, in addition, all kinds of dried fruits, pastries are also endless. Poor Xiaozhu and Xiaohe from the capital, the two daughters who usually don't learn to cook in the palace have no chance to cook, they can only use the old hen to make soup or something, and their status is not as high as the two sides, wiping their tears against Liu Fan every night, Liu Fan is distressed and helpless, and can only continue to comfort. This kind of enjoyment, at the beginning, Liu Fan was still enjoying it, tasting all kinds of food every day, for a long time, where can he stand the big fish and meat all day long. Liu Fan was embarrassed to refuse, so he could only bite the bullet, and he was almost sick to his stomach after eating every day, and in the end, Liu Fan didn't dare to go home, and ran to the barracks to eat a big pot of rice every day.

Compared with the joy on Liu Fan's side, the Yan family can be described as gloomy. The loss of a large amount of land and money has made the Yan family's life become tighter, and it looks like the New Year is about to be over, and they can't even buy decent New Year's goods, and the clansmen complain, as the patriarch Yan Xiuzhi worries about it every day, but his temples are a little gray in a few days.

In the ancestral hall of the Yan family, the representatives of the old houses of the Yan family gathered together for a meeting to discuss the matter, and Yan Xiuzhi, as the patriarch, took the lead in speaking, "I called everyone here today to discuss the future of my Yan family, everyone knows what happened to the Yan family a few days ago, and although there are some mistakes, he has received the punishment he deserves." And Liu Jimin in Jiaozhou deceived people too much, not only led troops for my Yan family, but also forced my Yan family to hand over a large amount of family property. The old man tried his best to deal with him, but he only kept part of the public property in the clan. The occurrence of this incident has discredited my Yan family for thousands of years, and its majesty has been lost, so let's talk about what we should do! ”

Sitting on the upper left, the old man of the first clan said, "Recently, my Yan family can be said to be in decline, and it is not easy to come up with such a great talent, seeing that the family has improved, I didn't expect this to happen suddenly, I don't know if this blow can be withheld." Alas..."

The old man next to him also sighed, "Yes! Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, in previous years, my Yan family was full of guests at this time, and the door was like a market, how is it now? I don't see a single person all day long! Inconstancy! The world is hot and cold! ”

Yan Xiuzhi stood up and continued, "Everyone knows that the Yan family has suffered a great disaster this time, and the wealth accumulated in the clan for many years has been swept away by these rebels, and the income of shops in various places has been sent the day before yesterday, except for the total of less than 10,000 taels of silver left to that black-hearted Liu Fan, and now it is time for the New Year to close!" After the clan elders discussed, each room was divided into only one hundred taels of silver this year! ”

Yan Xiuzhi's words immediately caused a sensation among the crowd, in the past, it was Changfang and Yan Jizhi's house that lost money and bleed, and it didn't have much impact on other people, but now it is related to everyone's vital interests! Suddenly, someone quit and shouted, "One hundred taels of silver? What can be done? It's not enough for me to spend a meal, but in previous years, there were 10,000 taels in each room! Even if you suffer this year, you won't have to show this all, right? ”

"Bastard! Arvin! In whom do you claim to be the king? Old man? Something that doesn't have a long eye! Don't look at what this place is! This is the ancestral hall! Is it your turn to speak here? Don't give me back yet! The Great Elder on the left slammed his crutches on the ground and said angrily

Seeing that the great elder with the highest prestige in the clan was angry, Ah Wen trembled, trembling and suddenly didn't dare to speak, and smiled awkwardly and replied that he didn't dare to speak!

Yan Jizhi looked around at everyone and explained with a sad face, "It's not that I want to embarrass everyone!" Do you know how much money Liu Fan has to take from our Yan family? 500,000 taels of silver and 100,000 acres of land! This is equivalent to most of our Yan family's property, and my long and third rooms have almost exhausted their family funds for this! Even the silver that our ancestors had buried in the ground was dug up! I don't want to pay it either! But don't you hand it over? That Liu Fan held the army in his hand and forced him to come to the door, let's take care of the loss, the sword of the fashion party was on my neck at that time, and if I didn't pay the money, the Yan family was afraid that he would be removed from Shandong that night! The more Yan Xiuzhi talked, the more sad he became, and finally he couldn't help but burst into tears, that is, he was worried about the future of the Yan family, and he was distressed about his family's money.

The clansmen who were still indignant saw the appearance of the patriarch and heard the patriarch's explanation, and immediately fell silent, and their eyes were full of sympathy and respect when they looked at the patriarch. Yan Xiuzhi cleaned up his mood after a long while, wiped away his tears and said with a wry smile: "Let everyone laugh!" I, Yan Xiuzhi, have been the successor patriarch since I came and dare not say that the merit is high, and I can be regarded as doing my best! I didn't expect the Yan family to suffer this catastrophe due to the lack of protection in the evening festival! Here I apologize to you! "It's a deep joke.

Seeing this, the Great Elder was taken aback, and hurriedly helped Yan Xiuzhi up, with tears in his eyes, and said, "I don't blame you!" Don't blame you! Everyone can see what you have done, if you hadn't worked hard, my Yan family would have been finished! Hurry up! ”

Yan Xiuzhi slowly stood up and asked, "Great Elder, where should my Yan family go now, as the backbone, you have to get an idea!" ”

When the Great Elder heard this, he muttered, "Can you find out the background of this Liu Fan?" What backing does he have? How strong is it? ”

Yan Xiuzhi replied: "After the incident, I sent someone to investigate!" Now it has been ascertained that this Liu Fan is now covering the sky in Jiaozhou. There are more than 5,000 people in the army under his command, which can fight well and shock Shandong. There is also the support of His Majesty behind him, and in August this year, he escorted more than one million taels of silver to His Majesty! Now we are receiving the Holy Grace! It's really hard to mess with! ”

When the Great Elder heard Yan Xiuzhi's words, he didn't smile bitterly, "This Liu Fan is so powerful!" I think this time our Yan family can only swallow this breath! ”

Hearing this, the clansmen sitting below objected, feeling that if this revenge was not avenged, the Yan family would no longer have a foothold in Shandong, the status of the leader of the Shi clan would not be guaranteed, and the Yan family might sink.

Seeing that the clansmen were opposed, the Great Elder couldn't go his own way, so he could only continue to ask Yan Xiuzhi, "Does this Liu Fan have a weakness?" Are we really unable to defeat him? ”