He straightened his clothes, gave an order to these entourages, and entered the Lin'an Mansion without taking anyone with him.

This is the rule of the major families to enter the Lin'an Mansion, although they face the same hatred of foreign enemies, but there will also be conflicts of interest between each other, there have been various families assassinating each other in the past, and even in the Lin'an Mansion trial when the precedent of leading people to fight, so these several times the government has exposed its relationship with the major families, one of the prerequisites for convening the heads of each family is not to bring an entourage, only the head of the family can go alone, after all, there are several families even if the grudge is deep, It's not like the head of the family pinching each other in the mansion, right?

Seeing that Song Deping, the head of the Song family, arrived, the officials who were waiting there to greet him were extremely enthusiastic, and they also got some benefits from this family on weekdays, so they were naturally courteous.

"Your Excellency has been waiting for a long time, please." A servant took him in.

The inside of the government office is deserted, and now in this gloomy and bleak day, even the criminals are not in the mood to commit crimes, and the government has been calm for more than half a month.

Lord Thorn kept pacing around the seat in the middle of the hall, but did not sit down.

His expression was cloudy, as if he had been disturbed by something.

The heads of the families who had arrived early all sat down, but they all looked uneasy, probably because they had seen the expression and movement of Lord Thorn Shi, and they had not yet received any information, so they were a little apprehensive for a while.

"My lord, Master Song has arrived." The official made an announcement and went out.

"I've seen Lord Xiao." Song Deping arched his hand in respect.

When Lord Xiao saw him coming, he showed a polite smile: "Deping, are you here?" Let's sit down first, wait for a few friends, rest for a while, and chat with each other. ”

"Master Xie." Song Deping didn't do some hypocritical things like prevarication, and swept his gaze from all sides.

Many family heads smiled politely at him, or arched their hands, but there were also a few family heads who sneered and snorted, showing hostility towards him.

Song Deping didn't care, even if there are grudges between these people, now the threat of the Northern Tang Dynasty is forced to Lin'an, although Southern Wu has not surrendered, but Ji Ruhai has been reduced to a prisoner, although some of the royal families who fled out of Jinling presided over the overall situation, and the head snakes of the group of heroes have already prepared, but all places can no longer gather considerable troops, everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, even if it is a deep hatred, it is necessary to help each other.

He sat down next to a head of the family who had a normal relationship with him, at least no conflict.

Lord Xiao said let them chat, not to mention that there are contradictions between some people, it will be embarrassing and uncomfortable to sit in a room, in this season, coupled with his Lord Xiao's appearance, everyone's hearts are not at ease, naturally no one will really chat, and even the exchange of heads and ears has no thoughts.

In the next time, the heads of the invited families arrived one after another, among whom Song Deping saw Fan Taixi, and the two of them briefly greeted each other.

Seeing that all the people had arrived, Lord Thorn finally stopped pacing and sat down on the main seat.

In the past, especially when Emperor Wu was in power, it was taboo, and even if one was not good, he would be detained with a big hat, and his life would be guaranteed. Even recently, most of their meetings have been in the middle of the night, and early this morning, it is really rare.

It can be seen that what Lord Thorn Shi wants to say is very unusual.

After making eye contact with these family heads beforehand, they knew that no one knew what was going on for the time being, and at this moment, they were all waiting for Lord Thorn Shi to speak first.

Thorn Shi's eyes swept over them, maintaining his majesty, picking up the teacup, taking a sip of tea, and clearing his throat.

The morning light outside is getting brighter and brighter, the temperature is gradually rising, the water vapor is gone, and a new day has arrived.

This also means that the threat of the Northern Tang is one step closer.

"How are you ready?" As soon as Lord Thorn Shi opened his mouth, he actually asked this sentence.

Many people were stunned, it is obvious that this matter has nothing to do with the history of assassination, let alone be discussed here, how are you prepared, each family is preparing for its own affairs, what is there to say about this?

In the end, it was Fan Taixi who spoke first: "My Fan family is almost ready, the Northern Tang Dynasty is menacing, Jinling has been broken, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been captured, and their army is not at all something that our lingering Dawu can resist, otherwise, it is just a matter of sending to death, to say something', my Fan family has no background, simply cleaned up things, this year, leaving a life is the most important thing, no matter how much else you bring, what's the use of losing your life?" ”

Thorn Shi listened silently, but there was absent-mindedness in his eyes, it was obvious that the question he had just asked was not the drunkard's intention to drink, and what he needed was not a vague answer like Fan Taixi.

Finally, he seemed to have considered the words, smiled slightly, and asked, "I don't know how many people Master Fan has gathered to protect those 'things'?" ”

Fan Taixi was stunned again, his eyes dodged, and his words were a little unkind: "What is Lord Thorn Shi asking for?" ”

These things involve some secrets, but they are not easy to say, God knows if in this chaotic year will be known because of the force they have, and they will be destroyed by other forces that bully them.

The other heads of the family looked at each other one after another, and no one could understand what Lord Thorn Shi, who had a close relationship with them in the past, was smoking this time, and actually asked them about these sensitive topics indiscriminately, which was not like the other party's thoughtful appearance.

Thorn Shi smiled, he knew that these people would not say it in front of so many people, but he still had to say it, because he was forced to be helpless.

He beckoned to Fan Taixi.

Fan Taixi understood, stood up, approached him, and the two of them began to whisper.

"Master Fan, we have been friends for more than ten years, and you know me, so I'll ask you, can you trust me?"

Among these people present, his friendship between Fan Taixi and Thorn Shi is indeed one of the best, if you want to talk about trust, he trusts each other relatively, but this does not mean that he will be a stupid white sweet.

But he nodded.

"Tell me the number of your people, I will sum it up, don't worry, I won't say it, you know, I know, heaven and earth know."

Fan Taixi was puzzled.

"My lord, what the hell is wrong with you today? Something isn't quite right! ”