Shu Yu led Shuli and his party to the mansion of the city lord of Qifeng City, although Shu Yu originally had the concept of dignity and humility in his heart, he was not very particular about welcoming these false tricks, and the city lord of Qifeng City did not come to greet him, and he didn't care very much.

But when he heard that there was a loud shouting inside, and there was no one outside to guard the door, Shu Yudeng's face was cold, and he stepped directly into the mansion.

Shuli entered the city lord's mansion, it was not the first time he had entered, and he saw that the inside was still the same as before, but it was a little messy.

But Zheng Wenqi entered the mansion for the first time, only to see the carved beams and paintings, elegant and simple, a little bit of nobility in the clumsy, and a lot of glory in the solemnity.

Counting, as far as he could see, except for the Great Pillar King's Mansion, he had never seen such an elaborate and ingenious mansion.

It is not very important how the mansion is, but this shows that the family has been the king of the mountain over the years, built their own towns, raised their own soldiers, and lived a very comfortable life, no wonder there are many rumors in Junzhou City.

Zheng Wenqi studied and practiced with peace of mind in the Holy Academy, but he also heard that the calligrapher had the saying of "standing on his own and starting from scratch".

As soon as the city lord Shu Min saw Shu Yu entering the mansion with many people, he didn't care about the entanglement of people, so he hurriedly came over to ask for peace, and said:

"Uncle clan went to Nanzong Temple, the journey was hard, and the hard work was high. The nephew wanted to go out of the city to greet him, but he didn't want to be stumped by affairs, it was really a nephew's sin, and he invited the clan uncle to sit inside, please advise again. ”

Saying that, he was going to invite Shuyu to the main hall, but after Shuyu saw the stone screen inside, he stood in a crushing place, so he didn't pay attention to Shumin, and went around the stone screen directly.

He saw many children of the family standing in front of the courtyard steps, dressed very neatly, some of them were still in brocade clothes, gold and jade, but their faces were not very good-looking.

Shuyu turned his head and asked Shumin, "What's going on?"

Shu Min was afraid of taking responsibility for his inconsiderate actions, so he said vaguely: "Some children of the family have listened to other people's rumors and made noise here, and they have already explained it to them just now, and my nephew immediately told them to disperse." ”

Unknowingly, there were one or two people who recognized Shu Yu, so they took the lead to meet them, kowtowed to Shu Yu, and said:

"The elder of the two clans, your old man came just in time, and he made the decision for us to solve our doubts, even if we die, it is easy to die clearly. ”

When Shu Yu heard this, he knew that there was a reason in it, so he asked: "What is the matter, make it clear, the old man has his own reason." ”

The first child of the family stood up and bowed again.

Shuyu asked him to raise his head to speak, he raised his head, but he was quite stylish, Shuyu nodded.

But Shuli's eyes flashed, and he looked at him with suspicion, because that person was really like another familiar person, too much like Senior Brother Benxuan of the Zen Cultivation Peak of Nanzong Temple!

At this time, the man replied: "Tell the elders of the two clans, the younger generation is the son of the Mei family, the single name is Ying, the elder of the unknown clan returned to the city today, and he never wanted to disturb the clan elder." But some things are quite urgent, and today I invite you to ask the children of the head of the family to understand. ”

Shuyu nodded and said, "The Mei family, is it the Mei family that once went into hiding with the Shu family, right? I haven't seen you come up the mountain for many years, and I thought you were depressed and alienated from us." ”

Mei Ying hurriedly said: "There has never been a thing, it's just the foundation of the ancestors for thousands of years, so that the younger generations have squandered it, and it is in decay, and I am quite ashamed, and I dare not bother the scholar." neglected to ask for peace, and asked the clan elders to forgive their sins. ”

Shuyu nodded and said: "In this case, if you have any problems today, you can explain it clearly, in the book family, the old man can still say a few words." ”

Mei Ying paused for a moment, and then said: "Elder Hui clan, due to the rumor of a stroke in the city a few days ago, the calligrapher is going to move to Junzhou, and all the people and scholars in Qifeng City will be brought over.

"The people and businessmen are very uneasy, and in recent days they have closed their doors and concentrated on packing up their assets at home, and some of them who don't want to go have escaped a lot. I don't know if it's true, but I also ask the clan elder for advice. ”

Shu Yu glanced at Shu Min and said lightly: "This is true, but it is not true. The calligrapher obeyed the will of Emperor Wu and wanted to lead the large army of the legion to Junzhou, obey the arrangement of the Great Pillar State, and support the legions in various places in the battle of Buddhism and Taoism to destroy the law, not all of them moved. ”

A disciple of a family behind Mei Ying said: "Clan elder, it's not that we don't want to go, it's just that we, the family, have an unstable foundation, and the merits of our ancestors are not rich in the first place."

"After coming here, we are not good at managing the family business, the decay of decay, and the repatriation of those who are sent away are not as good as those traders in Qifeng City who have a few shops. Now that we finally have some foundations here, there are already few people in the family, and it is difficult to keep these foundations, so why do you send us to the battlefield to die?"

Another child of a family also came forward and said: "That is, our ancestors have so many merits, and they were originally powerful ministers who settled the country, and for the sake of the word 'loyalty', I hid here with you."

"We don't know how to farm, we don't know how to do business, and we are getting more and more petty and childish. The juniors didn't think about it, they all squandered it, and the more they mixed, the less they looked.

"Now in our generation, I am low-browed, angry, and I have easily saved some family business, and I want to help the court destroy the law. It is you who want to go into hiding, and you are the one who wants to curry favor with the court, what should you do? Your family has a great cause, but it is a pity that we poor families have suffered!"

There is also a disciple of the family who also said: "Clan elder, it's not me who is reckless, this matter of destroying the Dharma of the Buddha is originally acting against the sky. People have cultivated their own Buddha, the imperial court has been good for thousands of years, and there are all kinds of government assistance, but when it comes to today's Emperor Wu, he has to exterminate others.

"The imperial court is also a slap in the face, what do we care? Those who did not come lost their lives, but in the future generations, they were praised and degraded, saying that in order to please the imperial court, we destroyed a great avenue of heaven and earth, and left a stench for 10,000 years. ”

As soon as everyone said this, Shumin's face became more and more ugly.

Just as another one was about to come out to speak, Shumin couldn't help but scold:

"What more do you say, ungrateful, white-eyed wolf? How wronged you are, why didn't I see you say when you got the benefits? Is it your own hard-earned family business? Ah? It's not that our calligraphers look at you pitifully, and recite the loyal merits of your ancestors, and allow you to serve in various places in the city!

"You have gone into the camp to play tricks and exploit the people, and you have only gained so many benefits, and you are still talking with a shy face! I have not yet investigated your malpractice of dereliction of duty, and if you are asked to do something, you will die or live! The loyal and brave spirit of your ancestors has been ruined by you!"

As soon as these words came out, some of the children of those families were embarrassed and bowed their heads silently, but some still said stiffly:

"Although there is a little charity from the calligrapher, but when the ancestors used the calligrapher as cattle and horses to assist Emperor Wu to fight the world, they also shed blood, isn't that what we deserve?"

Shu Min shouted sharply: "Deserve it, your ancestors do have merits, but the scholars have not been thorough for generations. The ancestors of the scholar family have also counted you well, and if you can save one lifetime, do you still want to ensure that you will not succeed for thousands of years?

"What's more, the Confucian schools and cultivation halls in the city have been open to you for free for thousands of years, and your descendants are bastards themselves, and they can't learn adults, so they still rely on our calligraphers?

"Didn't the calligraphers start from the barren mountains and mountains in the same way, and have struggled to survive to this day?

Speaking of this, Shu Min pointed at Mei Ying and scolded: "It's you, you are still coveting the outside world, everything outside is good." Mei Ying, let me ask you, didn't your eldest brother also send him to Nanzong Temple to be a monk?

"The scholar's existing school and cultivation hall are not up, so they have to covet the Buddha Tao that was in full swing at that time, thinking that the money outside was all on the road, and sent it away. Now that Buddhism has decayed, they are crying again, like how the scholars have bullied you, a bunch of ungrateful losers!"

Shuli's heart moved when he heard this, and he suddenly understood.

Zheng Wenqi understands a lot now, and can't help but sigh in his heart, it is so difficult to govern a family, let alone govern a huge country, but his reverence for Emperor Wu is a little more, and he is even more respectful to Cui Ming.

Shuli didn't expect that a war of Buddhism and Taoism to destroy the Dharma could be so deeply involved, and even these children of remote families in the unrelated Dawu Kingdom were involved, and maybe their lives were at stake, and life and death could not be guaranteed.

There is nothing more terrible than war.

Hearing Shu Min's scolding, most of the children of the family were scolded by Shu Min and bowed their heads, and only some of them glanced at Shu Yu and Shu Li in a monk's robe behind them, intentionally or unintentionally.

Shu Min reacted immediately, what he said just now seemed to be alluded to Shu Yu's father and son, so he hurriedly stopped and bowed down to ask Shu Yu to speak.