Xu Liang smiled coldly, owed a debt, and replied: "The elder has a heart. The official is in the prime of life, and his body is very good, and he has less worries about Wen Ge in Shaanxi, so he must be happy every day. ”

Xu Liang said, the words turned around, looked at Wen Ge Lao, and said meaningfully: "It's Ge Lao, you have pretended to be high for most of your life, and your family must have no savings, in case one day you suddenly become poor and eat bran every day, I don't know if Ge Lao can get used to it?" ”

Wen Ge frowned, only thinking that Xu Liang was just deliberately mocking him, he snorted coldly and said, "The old man is a cabinet scholar and has a high position, and the day that Lord Xu said will never come." ”

"Really?" Xu Liang sneered.

As soon as the surrounding ministers saw that Wen Ge Lao and Xu Liang met, the two of them splashed around, and they couldn't help but have a direct understanding of the hatred between the two.

Li Tengfang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, saw that the more the two of them talked, the stronger the smell of gunpowder became, and he was worried that the two would fight at the city gate, so he stepped forward and stood between the two of them, and became a peacemaker, he gave Xu Liang a reassuring look, and then arched his hand towards Wen Ge Lao and said: "Ge Lao, it's not too early, Lord Xu should also set off." The official and Lord Xu have known each other for a long time, and it is convenient for the elder to do so, and he also asked the official to talk a few words to Lord Xu. ”

Elder Wen Ge didn't have a good face for Li Tengfang, nodded at Li Shangshu, then stared at Xu Liang, chuckled, and said, "Since this is the case, then the old man will not delay Lord Xu's rich time." Before leaving, as an old minister of the Three Dynasties, the old man also wanted to remind Lord Xu: It is said that there are nearly 200,000 civilian troops in the northwest, and Lord Xu only takes 1,000 soldiers to the northwest, so you must be careful on the way. To get to Shaanxi safely! ”

Xu Liang's face darkened, and Elder Wen Ge was showing off to his face that the cabinet had taken away the soldiers and horses from Tongzhou. Thinking that he had 50,000 elite Liang troops, he really couldn't bring them to Shaanxi. A wave of anger rushed straight to the door of his head. I was thinking about what words to say to the old man Wen Ge again, and suddenly I saw a man who looked like a family member in the distance running towards the position where he was standing in a panic, but his eyes all fell on Old Wen Ge.

Xu Liang's heart moved, his eyes looked past Wen Ge Lao to look at the family Ding, looked at Wen Ge Lao teasingly, and sneered: "Hey, Ge Lao, the person who ran away over there seems to be looking for you?" ”

Wen Ge listened. only said that Xu Liang was squeezed miserably by himself, deliberately changed the topic, and sneered disdainfully.

"Master, master!" The family had already run to the ministers' side, and he didn't dare to squeeze inside, lest he bump into a few adults, so he had to shout anxiously outside.

Li Tengfang, Fu Yu, Yu Dacheng. Huang Daozhou and the others all looked at the family when they heard this, and Xu Liang smiled and prepared to see the excitement.

When Wen Ge heard the call of his housekeeper, he was angry in his heart, and he wanted to ignore it. It's just that the Ding family saw that Wen Ge Lao didn't react, and he shouted several times in a row.

Xu Liang sneered and said, "Elder Wen Ge, your family seems to be looking for you in an emergency." Maybe something big is going on in your family! ”

Li Tengfang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also kindly persuaded: "Yes, Elder Ge." This is your housekeeper, right? While Li Shangshu was speaking, several ministers had consciously moved aside. So that the family can walk in front of Wen Ge Lao.

Wen Ge Lao glared at Xu Liang, turned to the family and scolded angrily, "Is this the house collapsed or the house collapsed?" ”

The family cried with a sad face and said, "Master, it's more serious than that!" ”

Elder Wen Ge was even more annoyed and shouted, "What's wrong? ”

The family looked at the curious onlookers around him, and he hadn't forgotten that his master was a good-looking person, so he said secretly: "Master, you better go back and take a look yourself, the old lady is crying urgently!" ”

Coax! Jiading's words immediately aroused the gossip of several ministers, and they stared at Wen Ge Lao with blazing eyes.

What happened to the Wen family to make Mrs. Wen cry urgently? Could it be that the house has collapsed?

Wen Ge Lao couldn't wait to kick this stupid family to death at this moment, looked at the gloating eyes of the surrounding ministers, raised his hand and slapped the family in the face, and scolded angrily: "You ****, what nonsense!" The old man is fine when he goes out in the morning, what can happen to this time! No matter how alarmist you are, beware of the old man tearing your mouth apart! ”

The family covered his cheeks with his hands, and couldn't help but be more aggrieved, and said with tears and snot in his eyes: "...... Master, it was the old lady who came to call you. As soon as you went out, a group of people rushed in from outside the house, and they wanted to drive everyone out of the house and take over the house in our house......"

Wow! Several ministers suddenly exclaimed. Wen Ge's old figure flickered, and he raised his slap to make up for another slap. The family dodged for a moment, and said aggrievedly: "Don't fight, master, what the little one said is true!" Go back and check it out! ”

Li Tengfang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, kindly persuaded: "Elder Ge, I don't think what this little brother said is like a lie, you better go back and see the situation, right?" ”

Xu Liang looked up to the sky and laughed.

"What are you laughing at?!" Elder Wen Ge actually believed Jiading's words, and when he heard Xu Liang laughing, he couldn't help but look at him angrily and asked.

Xu Liang's eyes were full of ridicule, and he said, "Wen Tiren, I laughed at you and didn't know that a catastrophe was coming!" If you don't go back, I'm afraid the things in the house will be demolished! ”

"You're less proud!" Wen Ge Lao snorted angrily and shouted at the family: "Don't go back yet!" Seeing that the family was running back, Wen Ge hurriedly boarded the carriage and followed the family to rush back.

Under the Zhengyang Gate, the eyes of several ministers who saw off Xu Liang extended to the direction of Wen Mansion along the carriage of Wen Ge Lao.

Seeing this, Xu Liang smiled and arched his hand unexpectedly: "A few adults, I think your thoughts must have arrived at the Wen Pavilion Old Mansion at this moment. Xu will not delay you to go to Wenfu to see the excitement, so don't leave it at that. ”

Li Tengfang and the others were thought of by Xu Liang, and they couldn't help but blush slightly, and arched their hands to Xu Liang in a curtled manner: "Lord Xu has a good journey, so ...... We're not far away! ”

Xu Liang said a few politely, nodded heavily to the imperial history of the Huang Dao Zhou, and then bowed to a few adults, then turned around and boarded the carriage. Immediately, dozens of Tsing Yi guards escorted the carriage out of Zhengyang Gate.

When several adults saw Xu Liang leaving, they couldn't wait to board their respective carriages one by one and hurried to the old mansion of Wenge. Regarding the changes in the old mansion of Wen Ge, the adults were curious and died.

Xu Liang's carriage. Lou Xian'er turned her head and saw through the curtain behind the car that a group of ministers hurriedly boarded the carriage and left, and couldn't help pouting: "Xianggong." I don't think those adults are sincere enough to see us off! ”

Xu Liang smiled and said, "Don't blame them, I am very satisfied that they can come and send me." Besides, they were in such a hurry to go to the old mansion of Wenge to watch, which was exactly the result I wanted. Xu Liang sighed twice and sighed regretfully: "It's a pity that we can't see with our own eyes how angry Wen Ge is, it's a pity!" ”

Lou Xian'er pursed her lips and said with relief: "Old man Wen deserves it!" ”

……

When Wen Ge Lao hurried back home. Wen Ge's wife, who had already fainted from crying, was helped into the room by the subordinates.

In the courtyard of the Wen Mansion, there was a row of big men with fierce expressions, all of them holding their hands and fists, and their strong postures were not easy to deal with at first glance. The old housekeeper of the Wen Mansion made it clear to Wen Ge Lao about the intentions of these people.

Wen Ge Lao held a document in his hand, read it over and over again, the green tendons on his head protruded one by one, his hands clenched and loosened, and his eyes finally stared at the signature under the document. And that bright red handprint.

The leader of the row of big men in the courtyard was dressed in a brown robe, dressed like a scholar, but his eyes were like poisonous snakes. He was not afraid of Wen Tiren's status as a scholar of the cabinet, and waited patiently for Wen Ge to read the documents over and over again, and finally became a little impatient. Clasped between his fingers, he asked neatly, "Lord Wen." Have you seen the paperwork clearly? It is written clearly and clearly in black and white. Your eldest son, Brother Wen Yan, gave this mansion together with the furnishings and furniture inside, oh, and the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, as well as the land under his name, all of which were pressed to our Rishenglong, at a discount of 12,000 taels of silver. It can be clearly written on the above that if the cash is not redeemed on the maturity date, then we will confiscate the countervail. Now it's three days before the expiration date, but we haven't even seen the figure of Prince Wen. Then I'm sorry, today, we have to confiscate the countervailing items as agreed. ”

Wen Ge's face was pale, and he took several breaths in a row, controlling the anger in his heart. Staring at the brown-shirted man, he asked in a deep voice, "Dare to ask you?" ”

The brown-shirted man smiled slightly, bowed and said, "In Xia Xi, he is the shopkeeper of the pawn shop of the Risheng Longjing Division, surnamed Wu." Don't talk about the name, the cheap name can't be entered into the old Wen Ge's respectful ear. ”

Wen Ge Lao was slightly stunned. The name of Sunrise Long, Wen Ge Lao naturally knows. As a joint organization of Jin merchants, Rishenglong's business was involved in various provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, he had business dealings with the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry, and once, Wen Ge Lao also borrowed a sum of 500,000 taels of arrears from the money bank in the name of Rishenglong on behalf of the court.

Rishenglong can be described as the largest business name in the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of Rishenglong's status, Wen Ge's face darkened a little. He did not doubt that what Sunrise said today would be false, and with the credibility of Sunrise, he would definitely not fabricate a document to embarrass his own cabinet scholars.

What he never could figure out was how his eldest son Wen Yan would suddenly give all the Wen family's property to Sunrise!

Wen Ge Lao pulled out a little smile with difficulty, arched his hand towards the shopkeeper Wu, and said: "Shopkeeper Wu, please, about this resistance document, the old man still has doubts in his heart, can you wait for the old man to call the dog and ask clearly in person?" ”

When Shopkeeper Wu heard this, his face was slightly gloomy, and he said, "Lord Wen doubts the authenticity of this resistance document?" Lord Wen, it's not interesting for you to say this! This is written clearly in black and white, and this house also has the deed of Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, and the title deed is stored in the cabinet of Sunrise! Lord Wen thinks it's not that easy, right? This matter, even if it goes to the Jinluan Palace, we are not afraid of Rishenglong! ”

Shopkeeper Wu shouted loudly and was full of confidence.

Immediately, I heard a loud shout outside the main gate: "What a big breath!" ”

When Wen Ge Lao and Wu Shopkeeper and others heard this, they saw that Li Tengfang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, took the lead, Yu Dacheng, the squire of the Ministry of War, Fu Yu, the Qing of Taichang Temple, and Huang Daozhou, the imperial history of the capital, and others. Li Tengfang strode forward, pointed at the shopkeeper Wu, and asked condescendingly, "Who are you!" Dare to talk to Wen Ge Lao like this! When he saw the big men standing in a row, he couldn't help but shout angrily: "And you! In broad daylight, he dared to trespass on the old bottom of the pavilion! And there is no royal law anymore! ”

Seeing that the ministers who saw off Xu Liang had followed him here so quickly, Wen Ge couldn't help but secretly complain, there is a way that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, and it is better not to let these ministers know about this kind of thing at home. Wen Ge Lao squeezed out a smile and was about to explain the situation to Li Shangshu and the others.

I only heard the shopkeeper Wu sneer, rolled up his sleeves, stuck his waist, looked directly at Li Tengfang and the others, and said, "A few adults came just in time!" You give me a critique! Let's see if I've done anything wrong! ”

"Hmph, you say! The old man wants to see what crooked truth you can tell! Li Tengfang had a big white beard, stroked his beard, glared at the shopkeeper Wu and asked, seeing that Wen Ge Lao wanted to speak and stopped, he said to Wen Ge Lao Zhengse: "Wen Ge Lao, don't worry, this official and others are here today, you can't watch these people do evil and be lawless!" ”

Wen Ge Lao sighed in his heart: That's it! I can't hide it if I want to!

The shopkeeper Wu sneered again and again, and at the moment he faced Li Tengfang and other officials, as well as the people who were blocking the door of the Wen Mansion and probing their brains to watch, how the eldest son of the Wen family resisted the real estate, did not return the arrears when due, and disappeared for three consecutive days, and Rishenglong said it out loud and fifteen ten according to the agreement.

After the shopkeeper Wu finished speaking, the row of big men looked at everyone sarcastically, and the people outside the door burst into laughter, and Li Tengfang and several other ministers in the courtyard were also dumbfounded: This matter is indeed unreasonable for the Wen Mansion!

Li Tengfang looked at Elder Wen embarrassedly, pointed at Shopkeeper Wu, and said, "Elder Ge, this, what this person said is true?" ”

Wen Ge was ashamed and embarrassed. He arched his hand towards Li Tengfang and the others, sighed, and said, "The family is unfortunate, but it makes your colleagues laugh." This is Wen's family matter, please go back to a few adults. ”

Li Tengfang and the others, you look at me, I look at you, they are all embarrassed. I wanted to help Wen Ge Lao intercede, but it was clear that the Wen family was unreasonable, so he couldn't say anything about intercession.

Li Tengfang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, felt that his big words had been released, and if he retreated like this, he would inevitably lose his old face, ruthlessly, stomped his feet, and shouted at the shopkeeper Wu: "Although this matter is the family matter of Wen Ge Lao!" But Wen Ge Lao doesn't know, you have to allow Wen Ge Lao to delay for two days, and then fulfill the document agreement after he asks the reason! Without waiting for the shopkeeper Wu to answer, Li Shangshu widened his eyes and shouted: "This official and many of your Rishenglong owners know each other, you little pawn shop shopkeeper dares to come in front of this official, this official will not spare you!" (To be continued.) )