The Xu family sent people, and the patriarch had been terrified for a while.

And a few days ago, after Second Master Xu saw the child of the clan who went to the capital to complain last time, the patriarch felt even more uncomfortable.

That child is called Xu De, it is considered a child of the Xu family, the blood has been thinned, the young man lost his father, only he and a widow mother are left in the family, he wants to go to school in the clan study, it stands to reason that there should be a subsidy of two coins of silver every month, especially if he has lost his father in the family, he can also take two more coins of silver, pen and ink money, but these rules are set by the Xu family, but the patriarch did not implement them, and they were all deducted.

Xu De was cut off from the four coins of silver, so he couldn't go to school normally, his widowed mother also died of illness, and the family's land was divided among his uncles.

The patriarch actually knew that Xu De had come to sue him long before he went to the capital.

It's just that the money is in his own hands, how could he slap himself in the face, so he didn't even look at Xu De at all, and drove people away.

Originally, I thought that the emperor was far away, and the Xu family couldn't take care of it, and they wouldn't know about it.

But who would have thought that Xu De would dare to go to the capital to complain, and he also took shit luck, and really let him see Guogong, and now Guogong is talking about this matter, and they can't say anything.

But the knife hanging on the head of Second Master Xu did not fall for a long time, which still made people feel a little unbearable.

Now that the second master Xu is finally here, the patriarch is like a great enemy, and he has been prepared to take out all the account books of the clan over the years, and said righteously: "I have already found out about Xu De's affairs, it was his uncle who embezzled his family's property, this stupid boy has never seen much of the world, and he doesn't understand what the world is sinister, and after listening to other people's slander, he thinks that we are the ones who hurt him, but he doesn't want to think about it, where will we see this idea in our eyes." ”

While drinking tea, he tried his best to pretend to be calm and look at the face of the second master Xu, seeing that the second master Xu was silent on his face, he couldn't see what he meant, he became more and more worried.

Of course, he didn't look at the land of Xu De's family and the subsidized silver, but when so many Xu De added up, the amount was very scary.

I don't know if Second Master Xu has a count or not.

None of what he said was true, Second Master Xu knew it well, when he came, the British Duke and Xu Zhaohai took this matter as an important matter and told him to do it, although he also knew that it was just a disguise, but he also put his mind to it, and planned to do it properly, so in the past few days here, he has already checked everything clearly.

He has traveled all over the people in the clan, and he knows everything he should know.

In the past 20 years, the patriarch has been greedy for at least 8,000 taels of ink in the Xu family.

Eight thousand taels sounds like not much in the noble family, but in fact, in ordinary people's families, it is a wealth that they can't think of in ten lifetimes, although the patriarch's family is not bad in Jinling relying on the Xu family, but these eight thousand taels of silver is really not a small amount for them.

At least enough for them to send their three daughters to marry, and enough for them to buy a few granges.

And these eight thousand taels were also piled up with the blood and tears of many people in the clan.

Second Master Xu has traveled all over the distant families in the clan, and there are not a few people like Xu De in the family.

There is an old man, who is already over 70 years old, his son is seriously ill, and his grandson is still only four or five years old.

But a few years ago, since the patriarch stopped this, the old man's son soon couldn't stand it and died, and his daughter-in-law also remarried, leaving only their ancestors and grandchildren in the family to rely on each other.

Second Master Xu was extremely resentful of the patriarch's moth.

As the head of the clan, he was supposed to treat the clansmen equally, compassionately and lovingly, but in the end, he sucked the blood of these clansmen and fed himself to the fullest.

But now is not the time to talk about that.

Because these are not the most excessive things that the patriarch has done.

Although he is not a well-spoken figure at home, he is always the son of the British Duke when he goes out, and his status in the clan is also very important.

Therefore, he also took out the momentum of the second master of his Guogong Mansion, took a sip of tea slowly, glanced at the patriarch coldly, and said with a smile: "Uncle, if you tell me this, you can't ....... it."

He smiled, and saw that the patriarch suddenly raised his ears and listened carefully, so he said: "What is going on with Xu De's matter, he said it to his father, after I came, I also have ears and eyes, and I will see by myself, I know that my uncle is busy, and I also know that there is always a place that my uncle can't take care of." ”

The patriarch kept nodding in agreement.

He hurriedly responded and said: "Yes, yes, some things are just ghosts made by the people below, and I told the things to go down, but the people below also have the kind of ....... who see money Tell me, which of us can keep an eye on this? After all, people's hearts are separated from their belly......"

Second Master Xu sighed again.

The patriarch was made restless again by this sigh, his eyes widened and he coughed for a while, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong nephew?" Tell your uncle, what's going on? You also leave a bottom for your uncle, and your uncle will remember your good ........"

Second Master Xu intercepted the patriarch's words with a wry smile, and said with a sad face: "Uncle, don't you know me yet?" Where am I really in charge? I'm a messenger at best, and you see I've been running around the clan lately, but what have I found out? Because this matter is not up to me to investigate at all, my father and my brother told me before they came, let me leave nothing else, just ask about Xu De's affairs, he said that Xu De also said a little, saying that the family ...... said that I heard that there seemed to be someone in the clan who oppressed the people's daughters, grabbed the house, and the troublemakers were ruined, for this matter, my father and my brother also specially asked Xu Qing to follow, after all, Xu Qing is familiar with the people in the officialdom......."

The patriarch changed color.

Robbery of women...... This is saying that there is such a thing!

Speaking of which, this matter was done by his second son, and his second son went to put money in private, and many people were ruined by the profit.

And for this, he did rob a young girl back.

caused the girl's father to die in front of his house.

In order to settle this matter, the patriarch wasted a lot of effort.

Speaking of which, it is thanks to the fact that the Xu family has a national prince.

But now, how could this matter be known by the capital?!

Even if it was Xu De, how could Xu De know?