Xu Liang has not recovered from the news of the dismissal of Gonggong Wei, and then there is even worse news, six days after Gonggong Wei left Beijing, the saint actually issued another decree and ordered Jinyi Wei to take Gonggong Wei into Beijing to ask for guilt. It's a pity that Jinyiwei arrived a little late, and when he chased to Hejian Mansion, Gonggong Wei had already committed suicide.

There was also news that Emperor Chongzhen ordered the arrest of the former emperor's nurse, Keshi, and Keyinyue, who had left Beijing.

Xu Liang was shocked, he couldn't imagine that Emperor Chongzhen was the supreme of the Ninety-Five, and the golden mouth and jade words changed so quickly. A few days ago, he asked Father-in-law Wei to go to Fengyang to see the grave, and then he was able to send someone to ask for Father-in-law Wei's life. It can be seen that Chongzhen hates Wei Zhongxian to the core, the dignified Ninety-Five Supreme, the co-master of all the people, does not talk about any principles, and turns his face when he says it.

It is too dangerous to wait on such a Lord.

The Holy Lord is still like this to Gonggong Wei, but what about the others?

As if in order to confirm Xu Liang's thoughts, there was news in Beijing that Cui Chengxiu, the former secretary of the military department, committed suicide in Beijing, and the news was reported to the emperor, but Chongzhen issued an order, "Although there is still a surplus of innocent people who are dead, they are guilty!" After deliberation by the Criminal Department, Cui Chengxiu, who had been buried, was dug up again and beheaded for public display.

Cui Chengxiu is already dead, and he was still pulled out and beheaded again. The moment he heard the news, Xu Liang's whole body trembled. After a long time, he shut himself up in his study, and guarded the door of the room, without anyone disturbing him.

On the third day of December in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Xing Zhongshan took his brother from the Jianchang Patrol Battalion to Zhenyuan and lived in Xu's Mansion. Xing Zhongshan, Liu Ge, Hu Xiaoyong, Xu Qing, Luo Baiguan and others rushed to Xu Liang's study to see him, and saw Xu Liang's beard stubble, his face haggard, but his eyes were bright.

When Xu Liang saw Xing Zhongshan and the others, he laughed at the moment, hugged the visitors warmly one by one, and swept away the panic of the previous few days, which made Feng Suqin and the others feel a lot more relieved.

Later, Xu Liang held a banquet in the front yard hall, picked up the wind and washed the dust for Xing Zhongshan and others, and asked people to invite Huang Ziren and Wan Wenshan and others to come over to discuss matters.

Although Zhenyuan is relatively poor, materials are scarce, and the people are living a very hard life, it also depends on who it is, for Xu Fu, there is no problem at all with a few decent banquets. The little rooster that just crowed, the big plate of duck, the greasy fat pig's feet, the roast mutton, and a few legs of dried rabbit legs, plus a few plates of vegetarian dishes, made hundreds of men who had been walking from Jianchang for more than half a month swallow their saliva, but because Huang Ziren and others had not yet arrived, they were embarrassed to move their chopsticks, but their eyes were staring at the meat in front of them.

Xu Liang chatted with Xing Zhongshan, Xu Qing and others, and Xing Zhongshan and several others also reported to Xu Liang about the situation in Jianchang in a timely manner. When he heard Luo Baiguan say that Liang Ji soap paste has been sold to Hebei, Liangguang, Fujian and other provinces, with a monthly profit of tens of thousands of taels of silver, and this time he came to Zhenyuan to bring nearly 30,000 taels of silver, Xu Liang smiled happily.

Huang Ziren and Wan Wenshan met at the gate of Xu's mansion, entered the mansion together, and suddenly saw Feng Min'er beckoning in Daoli, and Wan Wenshan took a step first. Huang Ziren walked to Feng Min'er's side and gave Feng Min'er a hot kiss first, and then asked when Feng Min'er broke free with a red face: "Min'er, what's the matter?" The eldest brother and the brothers from Jianchang are waiting for me inside. ”

Feng Min'er looked around vigilantly, and when she saw that there was no one around, she whispered to Huang Ziren: "Ziren, I heard that the eunuch party in the court is going to be unlucky, and the emperor wants to clean up the rest of the eunuch party." You are now a serious inspector of the inspection department, and you should be your official well, but don't have anything to do with the eunuchs. ”

When Huang Ziren heard this, his expression became a little stern, and he asked, "What is the eunuch party, the rest of the party." What does it have to do with me? ”

Feng Min'er took two steps closer, pouted in the direction of the main hall, and said, "I heard that my cousin-in-law Xu Liang has an unclear relationship with the eunuchs, and after the emperor killed Father-in-law Wei, Xu Liang was very nervous and locked himself in the room for three days and three nights without going out. ”

Huang Ziren said vigilantly: "Min'er, what do you mean?" ”

Seeing this, Feng Min'er said anxiously: "Ziren, you are so nervous right now, you have to keep your distance from your cousin-in-law." In case the emperor wants to ask his cousin-in-law for guilt, he will not implicate you at that time. Min'er Hengzhi is already your person, and when Ziren and you have an accident, how can Min'er live? ”

Huang Ziren brushed his sleeves and said, "Min'er, what did you say!" I have a brotherly relationship with Xu Liang, and he is my eldest brother, my eldest brother is in trouble, how can I, as a brother, sit idly by! ”

Feng Min'er sneered and said, "Let's treat him as a big brother, people may not treat Ziren as a brother." ”

"Huh?" Huang Ziren looked at her in amazement.

"Don't talk about it far away, let's just say that the secret room dug out from King Han's courtyard at the beginning, the things in it are priceless, but Ziren you brought someone to get it, but Xu Liang put it all in his backyard, and we have to go through the hands of the iron butler to order things." Feng Min'er met Huang Ziren's gaze and said with an indignant face: "This time Xu Liang was dismissed, there are only ordinary people, and Ziren, you are still the dignified inspector of the Inspection Division, and your soldiers are brave, why do you have to listen to his orders in everything." ”

Saying that, Feng Min'er's eyes were cold, and Sen Ran said: "Ziren, Xu Liang treats us like this, do we still have to be at his mercy for everything?" It's better to start anew and stand on your own. Now that Jianchang's group of people have arrived, it is a rare opportunity. ”

Huang Ziren looked at Feng Min'er with an unwilling look on his face with an unbelieving look on his face.

"You, what do you think I'm doing that?" Feng Min'er said.

Huang Ziren pointed at Feng Min'er, suppressed his anger, and said in a deep voice: "I should have not heard all these words, and I am not allowed to say them again in the future, otherwise, I will not be blamed for turning my face." With that, Huang Ziren turned around and left.

Feng Min'er was stunned, she didn't expect that she would think about Huang Ziren wholeheartedly, but in exchange for his accusation, she was aggrieved, she shouted: "What kind of ability does Xu Liang have, why do you have to listen to him in everything?" ”

Huang Ziren paused, and said coldly: "He saved my life!" ”

When Huang Ziren entered the hall, the room full of people looked at him. Feng Min'er's shouting outside just now was heard by the people in the house.

Huang Ziren said embarrassedly: "Let you laugh." ”

Xing Zhongshan smiled heartily and quipped: "Brother Huang, women, you shouldn't get used to it, you have to put on a face, otherwise you won't fight for three days, and you will go to the house to uncover the tiles." ”

The others chuckled, and Huang Ziren walked over to Xu Liang and sat down.

Xu Liang saw that everyone had arrived, so he got up and said, "Since Ziren has also arrived, let's have a banquet." ”

The man sitting in the hall had been waiting for Xu Liang's words for a long time, and as soon as Xu Liang's voice fell, he saw the men on the table below moving their chopsticks together, and a few of them who thought the chopsticks were not smart had already reached out and grabbed a piece of meat and gnawed it. All of a sudden, the sound of chopsticks, wine glasses, and plates hitting each other in the hall was endless, and the sound of biting food also sounded, and there were several shouts and scoldings and commotions because the meat was robbed.

Xing Zhongshan shook his head again and again, and said to Xu Liang and Huang Ziren with a wry smile: "Xing has no way to train his troops, and the people under him have been taken into the wild by me." ”

Xu Liang didn't think about it and laughed.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. Xu Liang told the cronies sitting at the main table his plans.

"Brother Ziren, Brother Xing and all the brothers," Xu Liang stopped his chopsticks and looked at the crowd, and said with a straight face: "At present, the central shape of the court is full of dangers, the former eunuch party has collapsed, and our relationship with the eunuch party is also very delicate. Judging from the current trend of the DPRK, most of the saints are determined to eradicate the eunuchs in one fell swoop. The so-called fire at the city gate affected the fish in the pond. In order not to be caught off guard by the court, we have to plan early. ”

Everyone looked at Xu Liang, and after Xu Liang finished speaking, Xing Zhongshan arched his hand, and said: "Lord Xu, since the Jianchang patrol camp was disbanded, Xing and these brothers decided to defect to you, so it can be regarded as handing over more than 100 catties to you, adults, what you say, let's do it." ”

The others also said in unison: "Listen to the orders of the adults." ”

Huang Ziren also said: "Big brother, you can say it, brother listen to you." ”

Xu Liang looked at the crowd, met everyone's blazing, firm eyes, and was extremely moved in his heart, this is the brother who can follow him to be born and die, what Huang Weizhong, Hong Chengchou, are unreliable at critical times.

Xu Liang took a deep breath, beckoned everyone to sit down, and said slowly: "I have thought a lot about the fall of Grandpa Wei. I think that when I first entered the officialdom, the prestige of Gonggong Wei was powerful and powerful, inside and outside the court, everyone was proud to worship Gonggong Wei. Unexpectedly, less than half a year after the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he would put his father-in-law Wei in a different place and die in a foreign land. Alas, a powerful man as powerful as Wei Zhongxian is no match for the emperor's decree. ”

"Lord Xu, you have stunned us. Father-in-law Wei is already a dead man, so if you don't talk about his affairs, you can tell us what to do in the future. Luo Baiguan said softly, and his right hand under the table involuntarily pinched the orchid finger again.

"Ahem," Xu Liang was slightly embarrassed, coughed lightly, originally wanted to have a Sven point of opening remarks, but didn't want to sit at this table with a big boss, and he talked in vain. Xu Liang sorted out his thoughts, and Zhengse said: "Then I'll say it directly." After hearing that Wei Zhongxian had an accident, I was so scared that I couldn't eat and sleep, so I locked myself in the study and thought about it for three days and three nights, and finally figured it out. ”

Everyone stared at Xu Liang in unison, concentrating and calming, waiting for Xu Liang to speak.

Bang! Xu Liang slapped the table with his left hand, poured another sip of liquor, and said loudly: "Grandma's, what about the high official position and the monstrous power, it is not even as good as a fart in front of the holy decree." Lao Tzu figured it out, if you want to earn a place to live in Daming, you must have your own power. To put it bluntly, you have to have your own army. With the military power in hand, the court and the emperor will have scruples. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, Luo Baiguan swallowed hard, and then said in surprise: "My lord, are you saying that we should support the army and respect ourselves?" ”

"Not bad!" Xu Liang looked at Luo Baiguan appreciatively and said, "In the end, Luo Abacus has a good head, and he can see through it at one point." ”

Hu Xiaoyong hesitated and said: "If you say that you support the army and respect yourself, my lord, you are in Jianchang, haven't you always done this in Zhenyuan?" There is a patrol battalion in Jianchang, and the town has a patrol department, and his subordinates heard that there are thousands of brothers under Lord Huang. But it doesn't seem to be of much use, my lord, you haven't been dismissed yet......"

Xu Liang nodded, shook his head again, interrupted Hu Xiaoyong's words, and said, "That's right, I originally had this idea. I didn't figure it out at first, but after three days of thinking about it, I figured it out. It's not that this idea is wrong, it's that we're too small. With hundreds or thousands of people under his hands, it is not a matter at all in the court, and the emperor's decree will be made, and as soon as the court army arrives, we will be wiped out in a blink of an eye. Therefore, we must follow this line of thought in the future, become bigger, stronger, so big that the court is jealous, so strong that the court army cannot be destroyed, at that time, we don't have to look at anyone's face. ”

Luo Baiguan blinked his eyes and asked eatingly, "Big, my lord, how many centaurs does that have to be?" ”

Xu Liang thought about it, hesitated and said, "What's the matter, it's more than ten or two hundred thousand." ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and looked at Xu Liang with a stunned face. Suddenly, Huang Ziren beside Xu Liang stroked his palm and laughed: "Haha, big brother, your idea is too good for my brother!" ”