Wan Zuoshang is the eldest son of the patriarch, and he will also be the patriarch in the future, he is over twenty-five years old, and he has a son and a daughter.

He picked up his father, walked out of the ancestral hall, and said, "Dad, you can agree to Aunt Zheng's request." ”

"How so? She's coming for you? ”

Wan Zuoshang shook his head and said: "No, father, my son wants to take this opportunity to get rid of his uncle, and our eldest branch can no longer be controlled by his uncle, otherwise the entire family will be finished, and our branch will also let my uncle be in trouble." ”

The patriarch was shocked, he explained to his sons that he couldn't deal with his uncle's family, otherwise he didn't know how he would die.

"Did something happen to your brother?"

Wan Zuoshang shook his head, nodded again, and said, "If Dad doesn't think about it, the third child will have to be the same as the fifth child of my uncle's family." ”

The patriarch was so frightened that he tightened his son's sleeve, he had just read Wan Lao Wu's confession, and knew that what he had done, if his son got involved, it would be over.

"Wouldn't the third child do that too?"

"The third child was so scared that he hid at home after his cousin was gone, he just drank flower wine with the fifth child, and the fifth child didn't say much to him, only took the money to coax the third child to play, but the third child felt that the fifth child was doing bad things behind his back, he told me, I was afraid that my father would punish him for hiding it and not saying it, Dad, the third child regretted it, and said that he would never mix with the fifth child again, but Dad, if you can prevent it for a while, you can't prevent it for a lifetime, it is better to agree to Aunt Zheng's request, my uncle wants to make trouble with us, take this opportunity to fall out with him, and must fall out in front of the whole county, Let everyone know that my branch and my uncle are not fellow travelers, Dad, do you know what reputation our family has outside? The uncle co-opted those clan elders, relying on his high seniority, and ruined the reputation of the family, and he lost his own money, so let's follow the black pot. ”

The patriarch hesitated, he was afraid that the Wan family would make a fool of himself in front of everyone, and his reputation would not be more stinky?

"Dad, I know that you are kind and always want to maintain the reputation of Wanjia, but if you maintain and maintain, the reputation of Wanjia is good? Isn't it getting worse or worse? The son didn't have the face to greet people when he went out, several friends broke off contact, and one said that people without virtue didn't make friends. Dad, if the family doesn't live behind closed doors, how will the children and grandchildren face it in the future? Why is it more and more difficult for the cousins in the back to go on a blind date, several of them are looking for a foreign country's Yue family, Dad, I don't want my son to be able to marry a daughter-in-law in the future because of this, and I have to deceive a foreigner to marry one back. ”

The patriarch was moved by his son's words, thinking that the Wan family was also a big family in the past, otherwise the Zheng family would not have married their daughter in, but now let alone a big family, even small families are unwilling to marry the Wan family.

Wan Zuo Shang took the hot iron and said, "Dad, tomorrow I will go to the yamen with Aunt Zheng and do this, what can my uncle do?" He wants to quarrel with him, and he has no right to interfere in the affairs of his clan. ”

"Then if he pulls those clan elders here, what will happen to Dad?"

"Not this time, it's so fierce outside, outsiders say that Wanjia's is not, who dares to stand on my uncle's side? Aunt Zheng can say outside, she has to calculate everything she has given to the clan for so many years, and her father will let those who have taken it spit out and return it to Aunt Zheng, see if they still have the face to make trouble? ”

In the end, the patriarch agreed, and after helping his father back to the house, Wan Zuoshang breathed a sigh of relief, afraid that his stubborn father would refuse his proposal for the sake of a good excuse in the clan.

Wan Zuoshang has long looked down on what his uncle did, but he is powerless, how can he influence the clan elders if he can't even say that his father can't move?

He liked Yao Yueru back then, but Yao Yueru said that it was not enough for you to eat my cousin's family. And eat their orphans and widows? Her family didn't have any money.

He hated his uncle to death when he said this, if it weren't for their insatiable greed and making the reputation of the Wanjia family stink, would Yao Yueru be able to reject him?

This time, Yao Yueru's mother found him and asked him for help, saying that Yueru knew that he was not bad-hearted and hoped that he could support the Wanjia family in an upright manner.

After Wan Zuoshang explained his father, he went to the hometowns of several clans one by one, saying that Wan Zheng would give each family a sum of silver, but asked not to stand on his uncle's side, otherwise everyone would make a mess and no one would be able to get better.

Those clan elders just followed Wan Zefang to get some benefits, and now they know that they don't get much benefit, but they have fallen into the complaints of their children and grandchildren, and they can't marry a good daughter-in-law.

After listening to Wan Zuoshang's intention, it must be the meaning of the patriarch, and he can get a sum of silver, so he immediately nodded and agreed.

Early the next morning, the patriarch Wan and Wan Laoshi went to the yamen to go through the procedures for dividing the clan, Wan Zheng followed, and the trustworthy Wan Zefang hurriedly ran to stop it, it had to be said that without the common consent of the clan elders, the patriarch had no right to handle such a major matter as the division of the clan.

Zhang Xian ordered people to go to the clan's hometown, one went out, saying that his son was in charge of something, the other was sick in bed, saying that he listened to the patriarch, and the other was dazzled, and his son also said that he listened to the patriarch.

Zhang Xianling said that the minority obeys the majority, and the opinions of Wan Lao Wei can be ignored.

Wan Zefang slapped the patriarch on the spot, saying that he had no respect for the elder, and he was nothing more than receiving the benefits of the Wan Zheng clan.

Wan Zuoshang stopped in front of his father, said with a white face: "If my family takes the benefits of Aunt Zheng, let me cut off my children and grandchildren!" After so many years, whoever took Aunt Zheng knows it in their hearts! Why did Aunt Zheng divide the sect, which one in the county doesn't know? ”

Wan Zuoshang knelt in front of Wan Honest and Husband after speaking, "Uncle Cousin, aunt, the nephew is also the nephew of Uncle Cousin, what will happen to my uncle and aunt in the future, as long as the nephew knows, the nephew will never stand idly by, if the man is my niece in the future, I will protect her, and I will not let people bully my daughter!" Auntie, don't worry, I, Wan Zuoshang, swear in front of adults: If I covet every penny of my aunt, I will have no one to collect the body in the future! ”

This is the most ruthless oath, Wan Zheng pulled him up, his face was full of tears.

Wan Zuoshang bowed his head and said, "I'm sorry, aunt." ”

"It's not your fault, good boy, my aunt doesn't blame you, she just hates that shameless person and hurt me......"

Wan Zheng howled and cried, he couldn't go on, and he couldn't say it.

Wan Zefang stepped forward and grabbed Wan Laoshi's collar and asked with a white face, "Are you so useless?" Let a woman be in charge? ”

Wan honestly didn't dare to refute a word, only shook his head.

Wan Zefang shook off Wan Laoshi vigorously, and glanced at Wan Zuoshang hatefully, but he was beaten by this kid, wait and see!

He threw up his sleeves and turned to leave, but was stopped by a servant.

"You want to leave without kowtowing to adults?"

Wan Zefang raised his eyes and looked at Zhang County's order, generally at his age, if the county order is courteous, he can be exempted from kneeling, otherwise he must kneel when he sees the official, unless he has a reputation for showing talent.

Zhang Xianling didn't speak, and Wan Zefang had to kneel down and kowtow before leaving.

Gao Wenlin looked at the trembling Wan honestly and shook his head, if it weren't for the presence of his family, it is estimated that Wan Zheng's family would not let him come forward, that is, except for Wan Laowei who forced him to ask him, no one else asked him, Wan Zheng's can be present today, it is not for the county order to be accommodating, and she will not be able to enter.

Gao Wenlin thought to himself: If this is my son-in-law, I can't let my daughter remarry anything.