Taishifu.

Since dusk, many carriages have come to the outside of the Taishi's mansion one after another, waiting to go in to meet the Taishi, and the owners of these carriages are naturally officials of the Xiao clan.

After today's court meeting, the officials of the Xiao faction no longer care about the huge political benefits obtained by the Han family in this court meeting, and the only thing they care about is whether Xiao Taishi really wants to resign and go into hiding.

Xiao Taishi's resignation and retirement was definitely a bombshell, which stunned all the people in the court, and the most injured were naturally the officials from all walks of life who were attached to Taishi's sect.

This is equivalent to a towering tree, Xiao Taishi is the trunk of this big tree, the trunk collapses, how will the branches and leaves on the tree survive.

Therefore, almost all the officials of the Xiao faction were unintentional on this day, and when the yamen was on a mission, they didn't even go back to their own mansions, so they took carriages to the Taishi Mansion, and the wide and broad street in front of the Taishi Mansion had already been crowded with the carriages of officials from all walks of life, and in front of the gate of the Taishi Mansion, fifty or sixty officials, large and small, gathered in front of the door, in groups of three or five, all talking about something.

The gate of the Taishi's Mansion was closed and not open at all.

But the officials did not mean to disperse, this matter is very important, related to the future and fate of countless Xiao faction officials, the door is not opened, and all the officials gathered outside the Taishi Mansion to wait.

Many officials even let out that even if they wait here for a few days, they will not leave.

Taishi did not let these officials wait for a few days, when many officials were shivering with cold and almost lost their perseverance, when they first entered the sea, it was already dark, and the main gate of Taishi's Mansion finally opened slowly.

The housekeeper of the Taishi Mansion held a post in his hand, looked at the crowd rushing up, stretched out his hand to signal everyone to calm down, and then said loudly: "The official who read the name, please come into the mansion!" He read aloud: "Xiao Ming, the right attendant of the household department, Xiao Yun, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Xiao Zheng, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, Fu Haiqing of the Imperial History Academy, and Xiao Kouxun, the director of Dali Temple, ......!" ”

The butler read out the names of the fifteen people in one breath, then put away the posts in his hand and said in a loud voice: "Gentlemen, please come with me!" Then he turned and went into the house.

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The fifteen officials who were named followed the butler into the Taishi's Mansion and walked straight to the main hall of the Taishi's mansion, but they saw that in the main hall of the Taishi's Mansion, two tables of banquets had already been set up.

In the main hall, there were already several people among them.

The old Taishi Xiao sat on the Taishi chair in the main hall, holding a black wooden cane in his hand, and next to him, stood Shang Xiao Huaijin of the Ministry of Works, Xiao Tongguang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Shang Xiao Wanchang of the Criminal Department.

These four people are the orthodox descendants of the Xiao family.

Xiao Taishi's expression was calm, and Xiao Tongguang, who had once coveted Aunt Bi's beauty, Xiao Shilang was dazed, wearing thick wool clothes, and even felt cold, so he wrapped his clothes.

And Xiao Huaijin looked unwilling, and Xiao Wanchang had a gloomy face.

All the officials lined up in three rows according to the level of their official positions, saluted the Taishi, and then stood quietly.

"Let's all take a seat!" Xiao Taishi slowly stood up on crutches, Xiao Huaijin hurriedly stepped forward to help, and sat down on the left wine table, all the officials looked at each other, but they didn't dare to say more, they all sat down, and soon sat down at two tables.

There was already a maid next to her, waiting to fill the wine cups of the officials.

Xiao Taishi took the lead in picking up the wine cup, stood up, and glanced at all the officials, and the eyes were all gathered on Xiao Taishi's face at this time.

"Over the years, thanks to your efforts, my Xiao family has been able to prosper." Mrs. Xiao said slowly: "Everyone here is a great hero of my Xiao family, and the old man is here to give you a cup!" ”

After speaking, Taishi Xiao took the lead in drinking all the wine in the wine cup.

There was a loud bang, and all the officials got up together, raised their wine cups, and drank them all at the same time.

Taishi Xiao put down the wine glass, motioned for everyone to sit down, and then said slowly: "The old man knows why you are here today, but the old man can only say that the fold has been handed over, and the old man's mind has been decided, and it will not be changed!" ”

In addition to the four descendants of the Xiao family, the highest official position in the field is Xiao Ming, the right attendant of the household department, who is in the same household department as Han Xuandao, and has his own faction, and has always constrained Han Xuandao everywhere before, and it is precisely because of the two factions fighting in the household department that the officials of the household department dare not get dirty, but they are also forced to be honest.

"Taishi, you always want to retire, what should we do?" Xiao Ming was the first to get up and asked what he had said in everyone's hearts: "Now that the Han family is powerful, we will have a hard time fighting against it, if you retire when you are old, won't we be swallowed up by the Han family one by one?" Could it be that the Taishi just watched our Xiao family wither and let his Han family bully us? ”

"If you can't fight, don't fight!" Taishi Xiao glanced at Xiao Ming, "The old man let you enter the mansion today, just to tell you that from today onwards, you will have to change your way of living!" ”

"Why should we bow down to them?" Xiao Zheng, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, was irritable and a rectum, so he couldn't help but get up and said, "Could it be that our Xiao family is still afraid that their Han family will not succeed?" Yes, now their Han family is indeed huge, but what else can they do to us? The general has a heavy army, if their Han family comes to Hu, the general will give an order, and they can ...... their Han family! ”

"Shut up!" Master Xiao scolded sharply, his eyes cold, "You sit down!" ”

Taishi shouted loudly, although Xiao Zheng was irritable, he was also very afraid, lowered his head, didn't dare to say any more, and sat down.

Even if the Taishi resigns and loses the identity of the Taishi, he is still the head of the Xiao family and has the power to punish any child of the Xiao family.

Of course, these officials of the Xiao faction can't know that Xiao Huaiyu has had an accident, and they all think that Xiao Huaiyu is a god-like figure and invincible, just like the psychology of the people in the world.

In the eyes of most people, even if the Xiao family loses power in the court, no matter how powerful other families are, as long as Xiao Huaiyu is there, then everything is not important, Xiao Huaiyu, the big tree, does not fall, and the Xiao family cannot be associated with the word "failure".

Master Xiao said slowly: "Old man's words, I hope you can take them to heart. After this meal, from now on, you must abide by your duties and do your duty. His gaze was gloomy, "As Fang just said, we need to change our way of living." Your former life of luxury is going to change. ”

The officials looked at each other, but they didn't dare to speak for a while.

"For an official, cultivate yourself first!" Master Xiao said slowly: "You have been in the officialdom for many years, and the old man doesn't say anything about it, but you know it in your own hearts. After the old man retired, I hope you will be cautious, if you are caught, dismissed or even beheaded, don't blame the old man for not reminding him in advance! ”

"Taishi, if that's the case, I'd rather be like Taishi, resign and quit." Xiao Zheng still couldn't stop his mouth after all, and said loudly: "The Taishi is not here, and we people are not mermaids?" If that's the case, it's better to go home early and live your life. ”

As soon as his words fell, several officials said in unison: "Yes, waiting to be killed by the Han family, it is better to resign early." ”

Taishi Xiao smiled coldly and said, "Resign? Okay, whoever wants to resign will hand the fold inside tomorrow. If the palace does not allow it, the old man has not left yet, so he can speak for you and persuade the saint to grant you your wish to resign. Whoever wants to resign, stop! ”

As soon as Taishi Xiao said this, those officials were silent.

The words of resignation are naturally just momentary words.

As an official, there are naturally all kinds of open and secret battles in the officialdom, but there is also power that ordinary people do not have, how can anyone really be willing to give up the official position in their hands in vain.

As soon as he enters the official gate, everyone only thinks about climbing up, and if he is not forced to do so, who is willing to resign.

"You can't make meritorious contributions, this wise self-preservation should always know how to do it, right?" Xiao Taishi said lightly: "Self-control for officials and self-protection is your future life!" ”

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Outside the backyard of the Taishi Mansion is a long alley, in the dead of night, the high wall of this backyard is two zhang high, and it is difficult for ordinary masters to jump into it no matter what. And the walls are smooth, and it is difficult to borrow, so the defense of the Taishi Mansion here is the weakest.

Han Mo hid behind a big tree in the alley, watched the beater shout and walked by, then approached the smooth and tall wall like a ghost, looked left and right, and made sure that there was no one, then he took out the iron hook finger and put it on his hand, and the strength was transported to his hand, and then the iron hook slammed on the wall.

The tip of this iron hook finger was extremely sharp, and as soon as Han Mo used his strength, the iron hook went deep into the wall, and then his body was attached to the wall, easily clinging to the face, and slowly climbing up.

He once even climbed the end of the world, and this high wall is naturally not a problem.

Climbing to the top of the wall, Han Mo climbed on the wall with one hand, and looked into the courtyard wall, behind the courtyard wall was the back garden of the Taishi Mansion, in such a winter night, naturally no one would stay here.

The black shadow flashed, and with a whoosh, Han Mo had already climbed over the courtyard wall and landed silently in the garden, like a raccoon cat, burrowing into the bamboo forest in the garden.

His movements are light and fast, and his agility is incomparable, which is also the kung fu that he has been trained to defecate since he was a child, and temporarily covered his tracks with the help of the bamboo forest, and held his breath to check the movements around him.

After all, this is the Taishi Mansion, although Han Mo's dark skills are pure, he doesn't dare to hold it up, after all, the Taishi Mansion is an extraordinary mansion, no one knows how many eyes and ears are buried in this solemn mansion, and this mansion is the lair of the head of the Xiao family, there must be a lot of shadow guards, he sneaked into the Taishi Mansion tonight, he must not make a mistake, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

He made sure that there was no one around, so he quietly sneaked towards the target he was looking for, he was wearing a black night coat, blending with the night, and with his quick movements, it was difficult to spot his traces.

Cautious and vigilant along the way, according to the news found out in advance, Han Mo sneaked to the west courtyard of the Taishi Mansion, and saw the two-story small building with lights on from a distance.

The small building is delicate and beautiful, like a pearl dotted with the landscape of the west courtyard, it is very beautiful, the small building at this time, the first floor is pitch black, but the second floor is lit with dim lights.

Han Mo looked at the firelight window on the second floor, took a deep breath, and touched it ghostly.

The door downstairs was closed, Han Mo lightly blended with the night, turned to the side of the building, slowly came out with both hands, and buckled the wooden pillars hard, the whole person climbed up along the pillars like a spirit ape, and climbed to the top, but the second layer of the wooden pavilion was a part of the protrusion, about two feet long violently, Han Mo exhaled lightly, reached out to touch, touched a small gap, buckled it with his index finger and middle finger, and with a swing of his body, he hung in the air, and his waist and abdomen swung up with his strength, and he went up like a bat, and he had already pounced on the window, The whole person was like a cheetah, rushing in through the open window.

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