A.D. 180, the second year of Han Guanghe, the beginning of April.

Zhongshan County, Jizhou, Wuji County

In Zhongshan Wuji, the power of the Zhen family can be said to envelop the entire Wuji County, and there is almost no second slightly stronger family, even if there is, it is also a vassal family of the Zhen family.

After Zhen Yi became seriously ill, the undercurrent of the Zhen family was surging, and the side branch forces that were slightly close to the main vein from all sides were grinding their fists and clapping their palms, ready to compete for the position of the head of the family, and even one or two of them who were not long-sighted directly found Liu Tai, hoping to get Liu Tai's support and ascend to the throne of the head of the family, and were directly blasted out of the Hou Mansion of Jixian County by Liu Tai.

Zhen Yi is the only descendant of the main lineage of the Zhen family, the main lineage of males is thin, since the establishment of the Zhen family, this generation of the Zhen family's main lineage is not a single male, Zhen Rou, Zhen Yu, Zhen Mi are all eldest misses, not even a stick.

Now that Zhen Yi is seriously ill and is dying, if there is no support from Liu Tai, the general who is in charge of Hebei, I am afraid that the sovereignty of the Zhen family has long been taken away by a party headed by the great elder, but after the great elder was eliminated by Liu Tai half a month ago, the struggle of the Zhen family for the head of the family has turned from bright to dark, not everyone can be fearless of life and death, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the great elder of the Zhen family is too anxious, touching someone's bottom line, and it is also his bad luck to be eliminated.

However, the Zhen family is not only a great elder, since the great elder was removed, the original clan elder council elected a respected old man to serve as the great elder, well, this great elder is a little wiser, knowing that the position of the head of the family is not something he can take, and the Zhen family will fall into the hands of Liu Tai sooner or later, in this case, why not come out of sight? No matter who came to the door, the Great Elder ignored it, or dropped a sentence: "Whoever General Tianwei takes a fancy to, he will be the head of the family, and it has nothing to do with old decay." ”

Originally, the reason why most of the clan elders were so anxious to elect the great elder was to set up a leader to confront Liu Tai, who held power, and didn't want the Zhen family's century-old family business to fall into Liu Tai's hands.

But the problem is that this great elder doesn't dare to fight with Liu Tai, and he wants to let this great elder abdicate, but what about the clan rules there, once he takes office as a great elder, if he doesn't die, otherwise he must be the great elder for three years, and the clan elders are helpless? Do you want to send someone to assassinate you? Obviously impossible, the reason why this Great Elder was able to ascend to the position was mainly because the strength of the side branch he represented chased directly after the main vein, it can be said that when Zhen Yi was not sick, the strength of the Great Elder's first vein was not much different from the main vein, who was full of food and support, and he was not happy to find himself?

Zhen Mansion

"Is Tai'er here...."Zhen Yi, who was dying, had a sallow complexion, his eyelids barely opened, and he looked at the old butler who was waiting on the side and asked.

Seeing that Zhen Yi's body was getting weaker and weaker, the old housekeeper couldn't help but wipe the corners of his eyes, and said in a slightly stalked voice: "Family master, General Liu should be almost here, three hours ago, General Liu's corporal came to report that General Liu had arrived in the territory. ”

"It's good to come, it's good to come." Zhen Yi had an ugly smile on his face and muttered to himself.

Not long after

"Report to the master of the family....Tianci Hou has arrived not far from the mansion..."A family member, sweating profusely, ran into the wing room, and said to Zhen Yi, who was walking on the collapse and had a weak breath.

"Let the virtuous son-in-law come in quickly, hurry up....come in quickly, the old man can't support it, hurry up" Zhen Yi said angrily to the family, the family's ear is indeed good, after hearing Zhen Yi's order, he hurriedly got up and ran out of the room.

Not far from the wing

"General, please come in quickly, the head of the family will soon be unable to support it." The housekeeper from Fang Cai said to Liu Tai who came in a hurry with a anxious face, ignoring even the minimum etiquette, which shows that his loyalty to Zhen Yi is very high.

On the third day after Liu Tai met with the four daughters of the Zhang family, he received a report from the dragon group in the grassland, saying that the Xianbei army might go south to invade the border in the near future, Liu Tai could not get out for the time being, and could only wait for the news of the front line in Jixian County, but after more than half a month, he found out that it was a false alarm, Xianbei was just a large-scale reorganization of the army, and there was no intention of going south.

Liu Tai, who got the accurate news, arranged all kinds of major events in Youhe Erzhou, and immediately took three thousand brocade guards, Xu Chu and Zhang Fei to the south to Zhongshan Wuji, fortunately, Zhen Yi still had a breath at this time, otherwise Liu Tai would be speechless and ask the sky.

"Master Yue, my son-in-law is here!!" Liu Tai, who was sweating a little, didn't wait for the housekeeper to pass the word, hurried into the side room, and saw Zhen Yi lying on the couch, dying, bowed and said softly.

"Virtuous son-in-law, come here, come here!!" Zhen Yi, who is in his forties, seems to have grown thirty or forty years older all of a sudden, and looks like an eighty-year-old man under a serious illness.

"Yes, Lord Yue." Seeing Zhen Yi's struggling look, Liu Tai stepped forward to help Zhen Yi up, and said softly: "Lord Yue, if you have any orders, the son-in-law will definitely do it for Lord Yue." ”

"Ahem... Cough..."Zhen Yi opened his eyes, reluctantly glanced at Liu Tai, coughed twice and said, "You kid, you finally came, otherwise you won't be blind to old decay!" ”

"How can my father-in-law say such words, my son-in-law has already brought a number of doctors, and he will definitely be able to cure my father-in-law." Liu Tai said with a sad face, all the way, in order to make a show, Liu Tai did bring a few doctors, but Liu Tai didn't know how many skills these doctors had.

"Forget it, forget it, the old body, don't you know it? It's just that Qin'er (Zhang's) is suffering, she is still so young, and she is going to be a widow, hey..."Zhen Yi's old face hung a trace of an ugly smile, and said with a trace of memory in his eyes, and then Zhen Yi asked again: "Is Qin'er okay in Jixian County?" ”

"My mother-in-law is doing well in Jixian County, please rest assured, my son-in-law will definitely take good care of my mother-in-law and my three younger sisters." Liu Tai nodded and asked with a look in his eyes.

"Well, it's okay, virtuous son-in-law, let's talk about it, what are you going to do with the Zhen family?" Zhen Yi looked at Liu Tai and said.

Liu Tai shook his head, sighed and said, "The Zhen family belongs to Lord Yue, what can the son-in-law do, Lord Yuezhang laughed." ”

Zhen Yi heard Liu Tai's words, a trace of an ugly smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and said, "You, you still have to pretend in front of the old man, don't the old man know you?" After you defeated the Xianbei coalition army, Lao Yu knew that sooner or later the Zhen family would become something in your hands, but Lao Yu didn't refuse, after all, Lao Yu coughed on his knees, coughed childless, who else could he give it to except give you this son-in-law? ”

After saying so many flowers at once, Zhen Yi's face became more and more ugly, and after coughing a few times, seeing that Liu Tai was speechless, he continued: "You, say it, who do you want to put the Zhen family in for the time being, the old man will definitely follow your instructions, as for the old man in the clan, if he disagrees, it is your problem, but the old man has a request, and I hope that the virtuous son-in-law can agree." ”

"Father-in-law, please speak, son-in-law listen." Seeing Zhen Yi say it bluntly, Liu Tai couldn't hide it anymore, so he simply acquiesced.

Zhen Yi nodded, his face became more and more ugly, and he said softly: "The old man doesn't expect the Zhen family to become the first big family of the Han Dynasty, the tree is a big move, the old man only hopes that the surname of the head of the Zhen family will always be Zhen!" ”

Liu Tai opened his mouth, remembering that he had promised Zhen Yi that if he had two sons in the future, he would follow one to Zhen's family, it turned out that Zhen Yi had already arranged everything, but he just had to make another guarantee.

"I know, Lord Yue, my son-in-law must have a son, as the head of the Zhen family, please rest assured." Liu Tai nodded solemnly and said.

"Okay, okay, let's say, if you want Lao Yu to determine who is the head of the family, while Lao Yu can still help a little now, I will help you again." Zhen Yi showed a smile on his face, and it looked like he was really about to die.

"Zhang Qin! That is, my mother-in-law! Liu Tai looked at Zhen Yi and said word by word.

"She? Well, maybe it's the best choice. Zhen Yi didn't look surprised at all, but nodded with emotion and said.