Late at night, the Cui family's back house.

"Sir, please ...... here"

The old steward smiled and stretched out his hand to lead the way, like a small guy in front of Wanfu Building, bent very low, looking very flattering.

"Well, there is a ...... of labor"

The two men wrapped in black robes were on their toes, and they followed him out of the backyard and towards the most luxurious east wing.

The few lovely girls that the Cui family had already prepared there were all slave girls bought from the capital, and the quality was three points better than the Mei'er auctioned upstairs in Wanfu.

Tomorrow, these two uncles are afraid that they will not be able to straighten their waists......

The old steward thought silently in his heart, the flattering smile on his face became a little richer, and the steps under his feet naturally became a little brisker.

"Father, are you gone?"

Cui Chenghai, the second-generation sister-in-law of the Cui family, pushed open the door of the main hall in the backyard and walked in, Cui Huanchen, the current head of the Cui family, sat on the head, and the remaining two seats were empty, but there was still half of the tea left on the table.

Cui Huanchen raised his eyelids and glanced at his son, nodded indifferently, put the tea bowl on the table with his withered right hand, spit out the tea residue in his mouth with a "bah", and said, "Have you taught Cui Lingwen a lesson?" ”

Cui Chenghai nodded: "Wen'er is still young, and I don't know how important ...... to do things."

"Humph!"

Cui Chenghai just wanted to explain a few words for his grandson, but his father immediately interrupted him with a cold snort.

"Cui Lingwen was originally the hope of my Cui family, but unfortunately he was infected with Fushou ointment, telling him that if he can't quit within three months, the position of the head of the Cui family will never be with him!"

Cui Huanchen said coldly, Cui Chenghai nodded hurriedly, but there was a feeling of helplessness in his heart.

"Father, Wen'er is delirious today, and let Lord Qincha see that auction, will it cause any trouble?"

"Trouble?"

Cui Huanchen snorted coldly: "A little Congwupin, do you dare to get along with my Cui family?" ”

Cui Chenghai said, "Father, although Xu Rui is only a fifth-grade soldier, he is a Qincha after all, if he returns to the capital, he will ......"

Cui Huanchen waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, the one in the capital has spoken, let us leave him in Xichuan forever!" ”

Cui Chenghai frowned: "When the four major families held a meeting a few days ago, didn't they still say that they wanted to contact Xu Rui, why did it suddenly change again?" And father, I heard that Xu Rui is very favored by the emperor, if we do it, I'm afraid we will get into trouble. ”

Cui Huanchen sneered: "That's the other three families coveting the name of his Guigu Gate, trying in vain to grab benefits from it, but I don't know that if the Guigu Gate is so easy to contact, the disciples will not be so rare, those three idiot toads want to eat swan meat, and in the end, it must be a bamboo basket."

The old man just wanted to avoid the rebound of those guys, so he took advantage of the situation to make an expedient measure to temporarily stabilize the other three, how could he really contact that junior.

As for whether killing Xu Rui will cause trouble, you can rest assured that we don't need to take action in this matter, naturally someone will solve this hot potato, and even if the emperor wants to pursue it at that time, hum, I'm afraid he won't have the ability! ”

Cui Chenghai was stunned: "Who is so capable that he can let the emperor suffer this dumb loss?" ”

Cui Huanchen didn't speak, but his eyes turned and fell on the half-drunk tea bowl of the two cups.

Cui Chenghai's pupils shrank, and he exclaimed, "It's them?" Do you say ......"

Cui Huanchen nodded: "You guessed right, the day of my Han Dynasty's return to the country is not far away, a little Qincha, hum, how can the old man put it in his eyes?" ”

Cui Chenghai was shocked, and said in a deep voice: "Father, can this matter be passed by the other three families?" ”

Cui Huanchen shook his head and said: "No, there is no need to ventilate, when the big thing is done, if they know each other, the old man will naturally leave them a way to live in front of the ancestors, otherwise they will ......"

He stretched out his thumb and swiped it lightly on his neck, and Cui Chenghai suddenly shuddered.

In the ancestral hall of the Zheng family, Zheng Mubai, the head of the Zheng family who is over eighty years old, sat on the Taishi chair and stared at Zheng Yichen who was kneeling on the ground.

"Have you seen Chincha?"

Zheng Yichen nodded and said: "I've seen it, everything is the same as what grandpa said, the Lu family really sent Lu Tianhao to contact him, after the auction ended, Lu Tianhao and Qin Cha talked secretly for an hour, and after Lu Tianhao left, Sun Er went to see Qin Cha."

The grandson told him everything you taught his grandson, saying that the Cui family was too pressing, and the Zheng family was willing to join forces with him to completely eradicate the Cui family. ”

"Hmmm......"

Zheng Mubai nodded with satisfaction: "What is his reaction after listening to it, he is not suspicious, right?" ”

Zheng Yichen shook his head and said: "There shouldn't be, he hesitated for a while after listening to it before telling his grandson that he came to Xichuan this time only to seek wealth, not to kill him." ”

Zheng Mubai immediately laughed when he heard this.

"This young man Qincha, he looks smart, but unfortunately he is still young in the end, and he always has illusions about those impossible things, if anyone can come to Xichuan to intervene, then Xichuan is no longer at the feet of the four major families, how can he wait for him?"

Zheng Yichen nodded and said: "Grandpa is right, how can little Xu Rui be your old opponent, and he is not going to be played with by us in applause, but he can provoke Cui Lingwen to make a mess, and he has two brushes, so he has to deal with it carefully." ”

"It's nature."

Zheng Mubai nodded: "If he really can't support the wall, it is impossible for us to borrow his hand to deal with the Cui family, at the moment, the Cui family has frequent activities, I'm afraid it is not far from that incident, let's just use this little Qincha's hand to muddy the water."

If we can let them eat dog and lose the fight, after that incident starts, we will have the opportunity to dispose of the Cui family and Qin Cha in one fell swoop. ”

As he spoke, a touch of fierceness appeared in the old man's cloudy eyes, and he muttered: "The Cui family has existed for too long, and it's time for the four major families to change their helmsmen, and Xichuan will eventually become the Xichuan of my Zheng family." ”

Zheng Yichen's face was overjoyed, and he kowtowed: "Grandpa is strategizing, this time he will definitely be able to succeed!" ”

Zheng Mubai immediately laughed when he heard this, but he didn't notice that the corners of his grandson's mouth were also slightly upturned, and the smile on his face was very weird.

Only a few streets and alleys apart, the study of Lu Linfeng, the head of the Lu family, is still lit up, in addition to the head of the family himself, Lu Linshan, the political envoy of Xichuan, and Lu Tianhao, who has just returned to New Chang'an, are also impressively listed.

"Do you think this big cake painted by Xu Rui is real or fake?"

After wandering around the study several times, the chubby Lu Linfeng finally sat back on the table and asked the two in a deep voice.

Lu Linshan subconsciously glanced at Lu Tianhao.

Lu Tianhao pondered for a moment and said, "Daddy, the child thinks that his blueprint is at least eighty or ninety percent credible. ”

"Oh, so tall?"

Lu Linfeng frowned, also looked at Lu Tianhao, thought about it and asked, "What do you think of Xu Rui?" ”

Lu Tianhao said: "At the beginning, the child thought that he was a self-acquaintance, stunned, and inexplicable, but he handled Cui Lingwen's matter very well.

It feels like the child has planned everything since Cui Lingwen said the first sentence, first shattering Cui Lingwen's pride, and then pressing him step by step to let him fall into the trap and expose his secrets.

But the child thought about it, if this person really had such a mind, I am afraid it would be too terrifying.

Later, he talked to the child in the carriage, not only in a very loud tone, but also said everything that shocked the child, especially his so-called blueprint for an annual income of 10 million taels of silver, which made the child's jaw almost drop. ”

Saying that, Lu Tianhao sighed deeply: "After a day of contact, the child still can't see what kind of person he is, but for some reason, he is willing to believe the big pie he painted." ”

Lu Linfeng glanced at Lu Tianhao deeply, and said in a low voice: "You have done a good job, but the rise and fall of the family cannot be done based on feelings alone. ”

After speaking, he looked at Lu Linshan again and said, "What do you think?" ”

Lu Linshan shook his head: "The Cui family is ambitious, and in recent years, it has become more and more domineering, and if you continue to go with them, I am afraid that the Lu family will not be able to escape the fate of being eaten by the Cui family in the end, Xu Rui is right, now may not be the opportunity for the Lu family to replace the Cui family."

However, this Xu Rui may not be well-intentioned, most of his calculations are still sowing discord, sitting on the mountain and watching the old drama of the tiger fight, if he does it rashly, there is probably a chance that he will end up in a catastrophe. ”

Hearing this, Lu Tianhao opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

Lu Linfeng glanced at his son, shook his head and said: "It is said that it is the four major families of Xichuan, in fact, the Cui family controls the border army of Xichuan, and the other three families are not as good as them combined, how easy it is to replace them, let me think about it again." ”

"Then how should Xu Rui reply? He only gave us three days. ”

Lu Tianhao asked.

"Three days?"

Lu Linfeng snorted coldly: "This little Qincha really takes himself seriously, Tianhao, you first make a false deal with him, don't express your position, you said that you want to come back to discuss whatever he says, drag him for a few days, and see the actions of several other families." ”

Lu Tianhao frowned, instinctively feeling that Xu Rui might not be so easy to fool, but his father had already spoken, and he couldn't say anything more, so he had to nod and say, "The child knows......"