In July, there was shocking news from Huaiyang Road, Huaiyang Road observed that Wang Zhen was on the book to Emperor Jin, and the old Shangshu of the Wang family died of illness.

When this news came out, the whole country mourned, and Emperor Jin ordered a three-day suspension of the dynasty to posthumously seal the old Shangshu Shangzhu Kingdom, and his descendants were shaded by countless people.

At this time, Xie Shence and Wang Jiehua were in Yangzhou City.

When she received the news, Wang Jiehua was making tea for the old lady and Xie Shence, and the tea knocked over the chessboard.

Carrying the fainted Wang Jiehua back to the room and settling down, Xie Shence came to the old lady's study.

The grandfather and grandson lowered their heads and did not say a word for a long time.

In the end, it was the old lady who took the lead in speaking.

"Although some things are not suitable for saying now, they still have to be said, and some things still need to be prepared. Grandchildren, you have to be more prepared. ”

Xie Shence raised his head slightly, looked at the old lady with slightly red eyes, and then said, "Grandpa, my grandson knows that now is not the time to grieve, you can say it." ”

The old lady nodded and said, "Actually...... Wang Jianghuai is already dead, right? ”

Xie Shence's eyes lit up, and he said: "Yes, after being assassinated by Zheng Keming's second son, Zheng Xunyi, he passed away soon after. ”

"You are right to conceal the news, and the Wang family is also right to hide it for so long. You're doing a great job. ”

The old lady paused for a moment and continued: "Since the Wang family has made this matter public, it means that the three brothers of the Wang family have redivided the power of the Wang family...... This is not good news for us. ”

Why not good news?

"The brothers of the Wang family treat you, except for Wang Ding, in fact, Wang Zhen and Wang Dai are not very good, at least they don't have your aunt...... My father-in-law values it so much. Even Wang Zhen has always had a lot of opinions about you, and you know this better than me when you have been in the Wang family for more than ten years. ”

Xie Shence was silent for a while, and then said: "Yes, grandpa, the Wang family has never been less than anyone who doesn't like me in those ten years. ”

I've never had anyone secretly target me.

"So as soon as Wang Jianghuai dies, your situation becomes delicate. He used to press those people, but now he's dead, cow ghost. Snake God...... Anyone will pop out. The old man never doubted the ability of your aunt and uncle, but the Wang family is too big, and the two of them alone are really not enough. At least, if Wang Zhen were to 'revise' the two alliances in the future, they wouldn't have much chance of winning. ”

"My grandson knows." Xie Shence sniffed, and then said: "The three powers of the Wang family are separated, the military power is in the father-in-law, the financial power is in Wang Dai, and the political affairs are in Wang Zhen...... I can understand that, too. ”

The old lady smiled slightly.

"Separation of powers? That's a good statement. ”

"If it hadn't been for that assassination, maybe things would have turned out the way we thought they would. But now that it has happened, it can no longer be done as it was, and the Xie family must also show an attitude. This covenant, whether to continue or not, and if so, what to do, is something you have to consider. ”

After speaking, the old lady looked at Xie Shence and waited for his answer.

He believed that Xie Shence had already considered this issue.

Sure enough, Xie Shence said: "Cooperation is mutually beneficial."

"How?"

"Of course, it's me."

"This is difficult for most people in the Wang family to accept."

"Then let them accept it!"

The old lady nodded with satisfaction.

"In the eyes of some people, the Xie family is strong enough, but only we know that the Xie family is not strong enough. In the court, we are not enough, in the military, we are still not enough, in the people, we are still not enough. ”

"What if it's not enough? Then strengthen it! Grandson, you have done a good job, Ti Qi has done a lot of things in the past few years, and the Xie family's influence in the military has greatly increased, and now it is comparable to the Sima family. The reputation of the Xie family among the people is not only limited to scholars, but also many county leaders and ordinary people are grateful for our existence. And you are very smart not to touch the government. It is His Majesty's forbidden land, you can restrain your hands and feet, the old man is very pleased. ”

"Look at the Sima family, is it strong? Powerful! Even if Sima Bi made such a big deal, even if His Majesty hated to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, he still had to compromise in the end. What about the Wang family? The Wang family has controlled Huaiyang Dao for more than ten years, has Your Majesty ever done anything to Huaiyang Dao? Have you ever disposed of the officials of the Wang family at will? No! None of them. ”

"What about my Xie family?"

"Naturally, there is none."

"However, people who have no long-term concerns must have near-term worries, and at this time, His Majesty has not taken direct action against my Xie family, which does not mean that there will be no future affairs. Therefore, the old man thought about a way out ten years ago. ”

"Now that this retreat has produced variables, then it is time for us to mend it or give up."

"Ten years ago, how easy is it to give up? So we can only patch it. And it's up to you to mend it, grandson. ”

Xie Shence replied in a deep voice: "Grandpa, my grandson knows." ”

"I'm old, I can't take care of these things anymore, and you will have to carry this family in the future."

Xie Shence's eyes were red again, and he lowered his head.

"Go, go to Huaiyang Road, and put incense on the pillar for the old man......"

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On July 5, Emperor Jin issued an order to let the crown prince go to Huaiyang Road on behalf of the sky to pay respects, accompanied by Lin Lingsi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Ti Qisi.

The prince was very polite and asked Xie Shence to go first on the grounds that the team was too large to act quickly, and Xie Shence did not shirk, and took Wang Jiehua and Ti to open the way in front.

On July 20, Xie Shence and Wang Jiehua arrived in Chuzhou, Huaiyang Province.

Chuzhou in summer is not very hot, at least compared to Jindu in early July, Chuzhou is pleasant, and the feeling of thanking Shence for a long time is back.

Let the cool river breeze blow on his body, Xie Shence tied the snow treading to the willow tree by the river, and then lay down on the grass, Wang Jiehua walked to his side and sat on his knees.

Xie Shence bit the dog's tail grass in his mouth, hummed a song that he couldn't remember the name of, let alone the lyrics, and closed his eyes and breathed freely.

"What if...... What should I do if my uncle opposes it? ”

Having entered the realm of Huaiyang Dao, Wang Jiehua finally said what he was most worried about.

"You know, Qingyan and I have not been afraid of anyone since we were children, we are most afraid of the uncle, and the uncle is the most old-fashioned, if he insists, I'm afraid we will really not go well this time."

Before Wang Jiehua could say more, Xie Shence put his arm around her waist, then pulled her into his arms and motioned her not to speak.

After lying down for a while, Wang Jiehua drew circles on Xie Shence's chest restlessly I don't know how many times, and Xie Shence finally spoke.

"What are we coming back for?"

“...... Tribute to grandpa. ”

"Then what do we care about your uncle?"

“......”

"Get up, let's go!"

"I'm sleepy......"

"That'...... Sleep a little longer? ”

When Xie Shence and Wang Jiehua arrived at the manor outside the Wang family, it was already dark.

Xie Yun, who got the news early, asked Fourth Brother Wang to wait in the manor, she couldn't get out of herself, and she didn't want some people to find out that her daughter and son-in-law had returned.

In the evening, Fourth Brother Wang introduced the current situation of the Wang family to Xie Shence.

“...... The attitude of the uncle and the second master is not to say, some elders in the family can't hold back, as early as a month ago, someone began to take action against the business of the uncle, if it were not for the strong man of the shopkeeper to break his wrist, the business of the uncle may suffer heavy losses. ”

As Fourth Brother Wang said, Xie Shence already knew that someone within the Wang family suddenly launched a commercial offensive against Zhang Xiang when Lao Shangshu died and the Wang family had no energy to take care of him, causing Zhang Xiang to lose more than 100,000 taels of silver in half a month.

As Fourth Brother Wang said, if Zhang Xiang hadn't seen the sinister intentions of some people and threw out some chicken rib industries and gray industries in a timely manner, I am afraid that now Chuzhou officials will come to the door with "Jin Law", and then they will have to shed their skin if they don't die, and the loss will be as high as hundreds of thousands of taels!

Xie Shence nodded and motioned for Fourth Brother Wang to continue.

"The masterminds behind this matter are the third and sixth masters, and now the people in the clan who have the loudest opposition to my uncle are them."

This is the gun that Wang Zhen pushed onto the table.

Xie Shence knew who the third and sixth masters were, when they first came to the Wang family, they were the masterminds behind the troubles made difficult by the little fat man Wang Kui and Wang Zhong and others, but later Lao Shangshu spoke, and these people were silent for a long time.

However, in the Wang family's foster care for ten years, Lao Shangshu will not blindly shelter and thank Shence, and sometimes turn a blind eye to the provocations of some clansmen, as long as he does not touch the bottom line, he will go with them.

This can be regarded as the experience of thanking Shence.

It is also to maintain the balance of the emotions of the clansmen and not to exacerbate the contradictions.

So Xie Shence also fought against these people in the Wang family for ten years.

Since it is a struggle, it is bound to offend people.

So Xie Shence has indeed befriended a lot of people in the past ten years, and at the same time offended a lot of people.

And because Xie Shence's foster care is suspected of "getting rich", the people Xie Shence offends are even better than the people he befriends well.

This is the reason why Xie Shence's identity was a sensitive topic back then.

wants to marry the fourth lady of the Wang family, and she is a baby parent, and she has been fostered in the woman's house for ten years, and she also bullies the Wang family from time to time, and no one will have much good impression of Xie Shence.

Especially, when Wang Jiehua grew up and the name of Huaiyang Flower slowly spread, there were more and more people who were unhappy with Xie Shence.

Why can you, a foster in the Wang family, marry a girl from my Wang family? And soaked two at once?

So even in the matter of Wang Qingyan later, Wang Zhen and Wang Dai were opposed, but Lao Shangshu seemed to have no objection in the end, so the two expressed their acquiescence.

However, as soon as Lao Shangshu died, the idea that they had already pressed down was resurrected.

Especially Wang Zhen.

For this, Xie Shence is not surprised at all.

Xie Shence suddenly asked, "Where is Wang Kui and Wang Zhong?" ”

Fourth Brother Wang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Wang Kui was transferred to Wuxi Taihu Water Division, and Wang Zhong is in Yancheng." ”

Xie Shence smiled slightly.

"In that case, you won't see it."

(PS: There are still at night.) This chapter is a little late, try to be early in the evening~. ~）