Chapter Ninety-One: Long Street Ambush
Xu Pengju is full of confidence, one door and two dukes, it can be said that the Xu family is really in solidarity with the Ming Dynasty, unless the Xu family jumps out to rebel, otherwise, even if it is the Son of Heaven, it will not be unfavorable to the Wei Mansion.
At this moment, the remaining servants hurriedly came, and saw Xu Pengju hurriedly stepped forward from a distance and said, "Little grandfather, the overseer Chu Yi begs to see the old prince!" ”
Xu Pengju's heart moved, and he immediately understood that Chu Yi was only here for the reason for the seizure of his family and the extermination of his clan that happened in Nanjing City yesterday.
After all, the Duke of Wei is sitting in Nanjing, and it is the old Duke Xu Li who suppresses the Quartet, which makes Nanjing City not chaotic because of Chu Yi's wanton behavior, Chu Yi killed and killed, arrested and arrested, everything is over, if you don't come to the Duke of Wei Mansion and say thank you to Xu Li, it will seem that Chu Yi is too rude.
Guessing Chu Yi's intention, Xu Peng raised his mind and said: "Xu Cheng, you go to Grandpa Tongbing, Xu Wu, you go with me to greet this Chu Governor!" ”
A sound of footsteps came, Chu Yi looked sideways, and saw Xu Pengju coming quickly with a smile on his face, and before the person arrived, the laughter had already come: "Where should I be a distinguished guest, it turned out that the Lord of Chu was coming, Pengju was disappointed, please forgive me!" ”
Turning over and dismounting, Chu Yi strode forward and smiled at Xu Pengju: "The little grandfather is really polite, it was Chu who took the liberty to come to disturb it, the little grandfather and the old man don't be surprised!" ”
Xu Pengju led Chu Yi into the mansion quite closely: "Grandpa rested late yesterday, and now I think I'm already up, the overseer will go to the living room with me, I have already ordered someone to inform grandpa!" ”
Chu Yi said: "I never thought that it disturbed the old man's rest, sin, sin!" ”
Xu Pengju is also worthy of being the heir chosen by Xu Li, the Duke of Wei, although Xu Li always said that Xu Pengju is far worse than Chu Yi, but it can be seen from his treatment of people, words and deeds that it is not unreasonable for Xu Li, Duke of Wei, to choose Xu Pengju as the next generation of Duke Wei.
In the living room, the guest and the host sat down, their own maid stepped forward to serve the tea, and Xu Pengju sat aside to talk to Chu Yi, laughing heartily from time to time.
A sound of footsteps came from outside the living room, and I saw Xu Li, who was old and strong, walking into the living room, and said with a smile: "Let the overseer wait for a long time, forgive me!" ”
Chu Yi got up and greeted him: "The old man works hard for the country, the little grandfather said that the old man didn't rest until late yesterday, and Chu came to disturb it early in the morning, but it was Chu who was wrong." ”
Xu Li laughed and said: "It's old, it's useless, if it was put a few decades ago, the old man would be alive and well even if he didn't rest all night." ”
After some politeness, Xu Li put down the tea in his hand, his eyes fell on Chu Yi, and said solemnly: "The overseer has arrested so many people at once this time, and there are not so many gentry and magnates, I don't know how the overseer will deal with those people?" ”
Chu Yi chuckled and said: "These people are all people who have no king's law, and they collude with the intention of rebelling against the king, and this governor is ordered by the Son of Heaven to inspect the place, and he has the right to cut first and then play!" ”
Xu Peng raised his eyes and shrank, and said in a trembling voice: "The Overseer won't kill those people!" ”
At this moment, Xu Li glared at Xu Pengju, his eyes fell on Chu Yi, stroked his beard, a faint look of wisdom flashed in his cloudy eyes, and he said: "Since the overseer has made a decision, then the old man will be at ease, if the overseer needs the old man's help in anything, just say it bluntly!" ”
Xu Pengju subconsciously looked at Xu Li, he didn't expect Xu Li to have no intention of persuading Chu Yi, and even faintly supported Chu Yi, you must know that there are thousands of people involved, do you really want to kill them all?
Xu Li sat there, looking at Xu Pengju's expression reaction in his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, as a superior, he must be ruthless when he should be ruthless.
Although Chu Yi said that those people colluded against the king, as long as they are not fools, they know that this is purely a frame-up, but if you want to say that those families that have been confiscated, which one of them is not covered with blood on his hands, lying on Da Ming's body and sucking blood, and eating one by one is full of fat brains. Even if they were all killed, it wouldn't be wronged at all.
Chu Yi chuckled and said: "The old prince understands the righteousness, and when Chu Yi returns to Beijing, he will definitely explain to His Majesty the old prince's help to Chu Yi." ”
Saying that, Chu Yi groaned: "Speaking of which, Chu really needs the help of the old man for one or two!" ”
Xu Li stroked his beard and said with a bit of curiosity: "Oh, I don't know if the overseer wants the old man to help him, but please say it bluntly." ”
Chu Yi said slowly: "The old prince also knows that this time Chu has confiscated dozens of gentry and powerful families, including gold, silver and jewelry, and so on, and will be transported to the capital to be dedicated to His Majesty at that time, but there are ......a lot of acres of land and shop title deeds that have been copied from these families."
Xu Li raised his eyebrows and said, "What does the Overseer mean?" ”
Chu Yi smiled slightly and said: "The old man also knows that Chu is now infamous in the south of the Yangtze River, and outsiders talk about it, so the old man needs to come forward and invite some powerful people and gentry, and Chu is ready to sell the confiscated acres and shops at sixty percent of the market price!" ”
Xu Peng's eyes lit up, sixty percent of the market price, where to find such a price, if you can buy a part of the acres and shops, even if you change hands and sell it again, it will be almost half of the windfall profits.
Xu Pengju can realize this, as Xu Li, who has lived for decades, can naturally also realize it, and sighed slightly, Xu Li laughed and said: "This matter couldn't be simpler, if three days later, the old man will hold a banquet in the courtyard outside the city, and then the overseer will bring those acres and shop title deeds, I don't think everyone will disappoint the overseer." ”
Chu Yi said with a smile: "With the words of the old prince, Chu can rest assured!" ”
Seeing Chu Yi leave, when Chu Yi and the figures of the people in the East Factory disappeared without a trace, Xu Pengju said to Xu Li: "Grandpa, Chu Yi, does he really dare to kill so many people together?" ”
Xu Li looked back at Xu Pengju and said, "Do you think he dare?" ”
Facing Xu Li's questioning, Xu Pengju took a deep breath, pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Grandson doesn't know!" ”
Xu Li was not disappointed with Xu Pengju's answer, but said heavily: "Chu Yi is decisive and ruthless, if he doesn't make a move, it will be like a landslide, this time it's not a question of whether he kills those people or not, but whether he is willing to stop it!" ”
Xu Pengju suddenly looked up at Xu Li, who had a solemn face, and said in a trembling voice: "He...... He's captured so many people, and even wants to kill them, isn't he ready to stop? ”
Xu Li sighed and said: "Grandpa doesn't know, I've seen all kinds of people in my life, and I have rich experience, but I can't see through the mind of this Lord of Chu at all." ”
While speaking, Xu Li turned around and walked into the mansion, and when Xu Pengju passed by, he heard Xu Li command: "The matter about the banquet in three days will be handed over to you, and you should send invitations to those people, and you can figure out a list yourself." ”
Chu Yi left the Wei Mansion, followed by several Dongchang fans on the long street.
When I walked to the bottom of a restaurant, suddenly several jars of spirits fell with torches, and suddenly a fire broke out on the long street.
The horses were frightened, and they neighed and jumped, and several of them were accidentally thrown off their horses, but Chu Yi tightened the reins, and the horses under him jumped high and crossed the flames at once.
Shout! Shout! Shout!
The sound of the strong crossbow breaking through the air came, and Chu Yi's expression changed slightly, and he saw arrows flashing with cold light coming straight towards his vital point.
Above the restaurant, on the seat near the window, two figures saw Chu Yi and his party passing through the street from a distance, and the abrupt change surprised the two, one of the young men saw Chu Yi being attacked, and his eyes couldn't help but show a little excitement and joy: "Master, look, someone assassinated the eunuch ......"
When the green-shirted scribe heard this, his expression changed, and he didn't wait for the young man to finish speaking, and immediately shouted in a deep voice: "Chong'er, shut up!" ”
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