On the table in the inner hall, more than thirty square wooden boxes the size of a basketball were lined up, and Zheng Yichen knelt in front of these wooden boxes, right in front of the door of the inner hall.

With a "squeak", the door was pushed open, Xu Rui walked in slowly, but Zheng Yichen didn't even raise his head, still kneeling like this.

Xu Rui glanced at him, closed the door gently, and then walked around in front of the boxes before asking, "Tell me, what are these?" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Yichen slowly got up and opened the nearest wooden box, which contained a human head.

"The heads of the twenty-three descendants of the Cui family who escaped are all here."

Zheng Yichen's expression was cold, and his voice was even more warm.

Xu Rui glanced at him in surprise and said, "It's only been more than ten days, and you actually wiped them out?" ”

Zheng Yichen nodded: "After the defeat of the Cui family, people were panicked, even if they had soldiers in their hands, they didn't have much combat effectiveness, and their subordinates used the banner of adults to collect the Cui family's rout along the way, and the soldiers heard that fighting for adults could pardon capital crimes, and they all surrendered, but there were fifty or sixty thousand people in three days."

In the next few major battles, there was almost no decent resistance, and even more so, when the subordinates arrived, there were already soldiers who mutinied, directly killed the generals of the Cui family, and then surrendered to me, which is why the subordinates were able to wipe out the remnants of the Cui family so quickly. ”

Xu Rui nodded: "You said that there are a total of twenty-three people in the Cui family, but there are obviously thirty-four heads here, what is going on?" ”

Zheng Yichen said: "My subordinates took the opportunity of exterminating the Cui family to get rid of some eye-catching families. ”

Xu Rui glanced at Zheng Yichen again, and sneered: "Are you afraid that I will unload and kill the donkey after you come back, so you got rid of those people who might pose a threat to the Zheng family in advance, right?" ”

Zheng Yichen kowtowed heavily and said in a deep voice: "The subordinates secretly serve the adult, and they know that the adult will not cross the river and tear down the bridge, but after all, the Zheng family followed the Cui family to rebel, and the saint will never leave the Zheng family as the bane, and the subordinates only ask the adult to serve the adult for the sake of the subordinates, and leave a trace of blood for my Zheng family." ”

Xu Rui sighed and said, "If the Holy Lord really ordered that no one should be left, would Ben Shuai still be able to resist the decree?" ”

Zheng Yichen shook his head: "The subordinates don't dare, but if the adult can marry a daughter of the Zheng family and leave a trace of blood for the Zheng family, presumably with the merits of the adult, the saint should not be counted." ”

"What did you say?"

Xu Rui never thought that Zheng Yichen would propose such a method, and secretly said in his heart What is wrong now, why does it seem that people in the world are changing the law to send women to themselves? Do you really look hungry?

"This move is just a gesture for adults, but it is the only hope for the Zheng family, after all, my Zheng family is also a thousand-year-old family, although there is no such beauty as Wang Qingyi, but there is no shortage of beauties, and they will never disappoint adults, please fulfill them!"

Zheng Yichen thought that Xu Rui was afraid of taking risks, so he kowtowed three times in a row.

The corners of Xu Rui's mouth twitched a few times, and finally he couldn't help but say angrily: "Idiot, you can think of such a stupid method, no wonder the Zheng family is in your hands, if I were your father, I would have beaten you to death with a stick!" ”

Zheng Yichen looked up in amazement, he didn't know why Xu Rui was so angry, in his opinion, this was the only way he could think of, I don't know where the stupidity is?

Seeing that Zheng Yichen still didn't understand, Xu Rui said angrily: "Do you think the saint is so easy to fool? You have committed a major crime of treason, and all the families of the guilty officials have to be personally sent by the saints, not to mention the officials, even the Governor of Zuo, Prince Bao, who dares to marry a sinner girl privately?

Do you know what will happen to a woman who has rebelled?

Even if he is not given death, he will be sold to the sect for generations as a prostitute, and he must not be accepted by officials, not even a house, and you let this official marry her as a concubine?

Do you think that this official has a long life, or do you want this official to go to Huangquan with you?!

What's more, even if this official really marries your Zheng family's concubine, it is my Xu family, not your Zheng family, and your Zheng family's bloodline will not escape the fate of being completely cut off after all!

I don't know how you came up with such a stupid idea! ”

Xu Rui lost his temper and finally calmed down his anger, but Zheng Yichen was already in a cold sweat when he heard it.

Xu Rui sighed, looked at Zheng Yichen and said: "Forget it, you are not a person in the officialdom, I don't understand how important these details are, now I only ask you one word, do you want to keep the Zheng family?" ”

"Of course I want to, even if I have to risk my life!"

Zheng Yichen nodded subconsciously.

Xu Rui said: "Actually, you are smarter than those family heads who are carried away by interests, but the situation of your Zheng family is indeed much worse than theirs, if you want to keep the Zheng family, you have to break your wrist!" ”

Zheng Yichen kowtowed and said: "As long as you can keep a trace of the Zheng family's bloodline, let alone just break your wrist, you will not hesitate to lose most of the Zheng family!" ”

Xu Rui nodded: "It's good that you have such an awareness, starting tomorrow, your Zheng family will do your best to take over the territory left by the Cui family." ”

"What?"

Zheng Yichen looked at Xu Rui in astonishment.

Xu Rui ignored his expression and continued: "Not only the territory and rights left by the Cui family, but also the territory of other families, as long as you can grab it and keep it, how much can you grab!" ”

Zheng Yichen frowned, gradually understood a little, and said tentatively: "Do you want me to wash other families in blood?" ”

Xu Rui nodded: "Killing people is just a means, the end is still interests and rights, before the imperial army arrives in Xichuan, you must control as many interests and rights as possible in Xichuan." ”

Zheng Yichen was already smart, but he was blinded by the Zheng family, and he couldn't see the situation clearly, but now he was prompted by Xu Rui to understand it immediately.

"Your Excellency is trying to turn me into a knife!"

Xu Rui nodded and said: "The pattern of Xichuan must change greatly and become a satisfactory appearance of the saint, but there are some things that are inconvenient for the saint to do, and it is inconvenient for me, but someone has to do it, and you can only save the life of the Zheng family if you do it and do it well." ”

Zheng Yichen originally thought that the Zheng family was already in a catastrophe, but he didn't expect to be able to save his life, so he immediately said with great joy: "Thank you for mentioning it." ”

Xu Rui shook his head: "You don't have to thank me, this knife is not good, do you know what price it will pay?" ”

Zheng Yichen nodded: "The Zheng family will become the enemy of Xichuan, and the clansmen will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and even so, the saint may not be able to open the net." ”

Xu Rui nodded: "There is only a fifty percent chance, but you can gamble, it depends on whether you have such courage." ”

Zheng Yichen nodded firmly: "The Zheng family was bound to die, how could Jingguang, who had already lost, be afraid to gamble, as long as he was qualified to go to the gambling table, his subordinates would definitely make Xichuan the appearance that the saint wanted." ”

Xu Rui nodded: "That's the best, go and let the Holy Lord treat you as his sword, after doing all this, the Zheng family will leave Xichuan, maybe they can find a new position in Changxing." ”

After speaking, Xu Rui got up and took one last look at Zheng Yichen, who was still kneeling on the ground, and strode out of the inner hall.

"There is still hope for the Zheng family...... Hey, hey, hey...... Zheng Jia......"

Zheng Yichen put his hands on the ground, his face was sometimes solemn, sometimes ecstatic, like a child's face changing alternately.

When he came out of the inner hall, it was already past the third watch, and Xu Rui yawned a lot, these things were not something he was willing to do, so he was extremely tired to do it.

"Dashuai, go back and rest."

Cao Siyuan followed behind Xu Rui and reminded him.

Xu Rui shook his head helplessly: "No, there is still someone who must be seen, it is a major matter related to countless lives, let's rest after these are done." ”

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