Dengzhou Li Mansion.

Li Jian frowned, leaning on the bed and panting, covered with a Western Regions blanket, constantly rising and falling, and was angry. On the side, Li Chuang's face was pale, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"The Wu family is finished, and the rest are also finished, it's coming too fast!"

Li Jian said viciously: "Li Congyan is so ruthless, how dare he raid his house, how dare he kill people on the spot!" In this way, the families that are good friends with my three major families have all been poisoned, who will dare to deal with our Li family in the future! ”

Li Kai didn't answer, but said: "The head of the family, the bodies of the third and sixth ladies have been collected, and someone from the Assassin Mansion has also come to examine the body, the old lady asked me to ask, when will the coffin be buried?" ”

Li Jian suddenly became sad, and said with red eyes: "You find someone to find an auspicious day to enter the ground." It's a pity that my two daughters can't be buried in their husband's house after they die, so they can only settle in the wilderness! ”

"Whoa!"

Li Jian sat up suddenly, clasped his hands and shouted, "Li Congyan, I am inseparable from you!" ”

Li Jian took advantage of the situation to send someone to contact the Cui family and the Xue family, and wanted the three families to gather people to fight against Li Congyan, even if the Taoist soldiers met each other, they would not hesitate to do so, but Li Jian said: "The head of the Qi family, the Cui family and the Xue family have sent people to spread the word today, and I see that the head of the family is in a bad mood so I will receive it first." ”

"Oh! What do they say? ”

"The Xue family and the Cui family said that they heard about the third and sixth misses, and they came to offer condolences under the guise of coming to condole, but they were calming things down inside and outside the words. In my opinion, the Xue family and the Cui family have been frightened by Li Congyan and want to admit it, if the head of the family really tears his face with Li Congyan, most of them will not follow. ”

Li Jian was suddenly deflated, without the help of the Xue family and the Cui family, even if he won Li Congyan, it would be a lose-lose situation, and the Li family's hundred-year-old family business would be destroyed in his own hands!

"In this case, is it really necessary to spend money to eliminate the disaster? This time, not only did I lose a few good families, but also killed two daughters, when did my Li family suffer such a bullying! ”

Li Chuang gritted his teeth and said, "I think the head of the family is still good at Taoguang, and he will not worry about the lack of firewood in the green mountains." When Li Congyan always makes a mistake, our Li family will not always be suppressed by the Assassin Mansion! He will be able to repay the calamity suffered by my Li family today! ”

Li Jian nodded heavily, forcibly suppressed his anger, and then asked, "Have all the families in various places paid the money?" ”

"It's almost all handed over, but the entire family in Dengzhou is resentful, and Li Congyan is already the public enemy of the family. Therefore, it is better for the head of the family to calm down and wait and see how the situation develops. Our Li family is a family of Ding Shi, and we must not fight for our lives with others, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Li Jian squinted his eyes slightly, and said: "As long as the families everywhere resent Li Congyan, my Li family will be able to find an opportunity to take revenge in the future!" ”

Assassin's House.

In the back hall, Li Congyan was banqueting Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng, accompanied by Wu Conghan, Chen Zhu and Li Siye, and everyone was talking and laughing.

It was said to be a banquet, but it was not a fine meal like the family, and there was no singing and dancing Miki, and everyone had a large portion of roast lamb and a few appetizers on the table. A few people also drank hot shochu instead of the fine wine that the family usually drinks.

At this time, the soju was not the distilled liquor of later generations, but between rice wine and turbid liquor, Li Congyan did not feel how strong he drank it, after all, he was used to drinking high-grade liquor in later generations. But the rest of the people drank to their heart's content, and apparently they rarely drank the spirit.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

Li Congyan wiped the corners of her greasy mouth, put down the sheep bones in her hand, and then said with a smile: "You are all tired during this time, today I will treat you, you must not get drunk and not return!" ”

Several people thanked each other. Li Congyan picked up the wine glass and toasted three glasses with everyone, and several people called Li Congyan a lot.

Then Li Congyan looked at Wu Conghan and asked, "What is the situation of the families in various places now?" ”

"Lord Qi, the arrears of the families in various places over the years have all been made up, the shops in various places have also used the tax stamps of the Assassin's Mansion, and the rest of the poll tax and other affairs have also been on the right track. Just ......"

"Just what?"

"It's just that now the families in various places have a lot of opinions on the Assassin's Mansion, and many families are in contact with their relatives in Luoyang, and there seem to be signs of impeachment of the lord."

As soon as the words fell, Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng were excited, and both of them began to murmur in their hearts: Isn't it a Hongmen banquet today? Why are you talking about it all the time?

The two glanced at each other, and both saw the uncertainty in each other's eyes, and then both looked at Chen Zhi and Li Siye, only to see that the two of them were also a little surprised, obviously not knowing what was going on.

Li Congyan laughed, pretended to be slightly drunk, and said, "Impeach me? I've been deposed to this point, and I'm afraid they'll be impeached? Forced me into a hurry, and raided them all! ”

After speaking, Li Congyan looked at Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng and said, "Do you two also have opinions about me?" It's okay, today is an opportunity for everyone to speak their minds. ”

Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng hurriedly got up and saluted, and the two didn't dare to shout.

Chen Zhu and Li Siye were about to get up when they saw this, but they were stopped by Wu Conghan and signaled the two not to interject.

Li Congyan comforted the two of them with kind words, motioned for the two to sit down, and said: "Now the Assassin's Mansion has a lot of income every month, the Haiyan Workshop and the Liuli Workshop are operating normally, and the two of them have contributed a lot, and I remember them in my heart." ”

"This time the Assassination Mansion is chasing the arrears, implementing tax stamps, and collecting new taxes, that's right, they are all aimed at families everywhere, including your Chen family and Li family!"

"Why?"

Li Congyan looked at Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng's faces becoming more and more ugly, got up with a wine glass and said: "It's just because the people of Dengzhou are hungry and miserable, just because the hidden households in various places die of labor and have nothing to do, just because the families in various places annex land and refuse to pay taxes!" If this assassin doesn't do anything more, Dengzhou will fall into the ninth layer of hell sooner or later, and those untouchables that you look down on on weekdays will rise up and turn into raging flames, burning the entire Dengzhou and your families to ashes! ”

Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng were both awakened by Li Congyan's words, and understood that Li Congyan was going to fight the power of the family, although the two of them were still handing over tens of thousands of yuan in pain, but they also recognized it at this time, and said with their crossed hands: "Li Tingshi cares about the people, I can't wait!" ”

Li Congyan walked to the middle of the back hall, pointed to Li Siye and Chen Zhu at the bottom, and said: "Both of them are young leaders of the Li family and the Chen family, and now they are leading the troops in the new army, and the two of you are in charge of the two workshops of the Assassin's Mansion. It can be said that the Li family of Penglai and the Chen family of Huangxian County have been tied together with my assassination mansion, and they are both prosperous and lossy, I hope the two of them can remember! ”

Chen Dongli is the most straightforward, knowing that Li Congyan's words are very right, although the Chen family is a family, it is already inseparable from Li Congyan, in the eyes of other families, the Chen family is already a party of the Assassin Mansion, so he forked his hand and said: "Please rest assured that Li Tingshi, no matter what the situation is, my Chen family will advance and retreat with Li Tingshi!" ”

And Li Sisheng's face was entangled, but he was stunned in place, and the anxious Li Siye almost rushed over to remind one or two.

Li Congyan was not annoyed when she saw this, but walked over, patted Li Sisheng's shoulder, and said, "I know your difficulties, the Li family is not your main business, so you don't have to promise me anything today." But there is one thing you have to think clearly, what will happen to the future of the Li family? As far as I know, Wei Congrong, who besieged the Assassin Mansion, is in your Li family, and is now your brother Li Xichu's staff! If one day Li Sichu and your grandfather stand on the opposite side of the Assassin's Mansion, what should you and your fourth brother do? Where are you two going? ”

At this time, not only Li Sisheng looked at Li Congyan with a shocked face, but even Li Siye was full of incredulity. The two didn't understand what their eldest brother was thinking, why they wanted to take in someone like Wei Congrong at this time, which directly pushed the Li family to the opposite side of the Assassin's Mansion!

"Li Tingshi! My Li family will never be the enemy of the Assassin Mansion! ”

Li Sisheng shouted loudly, but was asked by Li Congyan: "Does this sentence represent yourself or the Li family?" ”

Li Sisheng gritted his teeth and said, "Only on behalf of myself!" ”

Li Siye on the side wanted to speak and stopped, but finally sighed and didn't speak.

Li Congyan didn't continue, after all, today's words about Li Sisheng had already been put in place, so he sat down and motioned for everyone to sit down: "Everyone sit down, my words may be a little heavy today, but they are all from the heart, I hope you don't be surprised." ”

"Whoa!"

Then Li Congyan looked at Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng and said: "I know that the Li family and the Chen family have lost some money this time, but don't worry, I, Li Congyan, have never treated my own people badly, not before, and not in the future!" ”

After speaking, Li Congyan beckoned to Wu Conghan.

Wu Conghan got up with a smile and said to Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng: "Two, in order to take care of the Li family and the Chen family, the head of my family decided to redistribute the income of the Haiyan Workshop and the Liuli Workshop, and the income of the Assassin Mansion was reduced to forty percent, and the income of the two of them increased to sixty percent. A new contract has been drawn up, and it will be sent to the two of them in the near future, and the two of them are requested to sign it as soon as possible and return it to the Assassin's Mansion. ”

Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng were ecstatic in their hearts, which meant that the two families had at least 20,000 more per month, and more than 200,000 per year, which was enough to make up for this loss.

In just a moment, Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng were like roller coasters, their moods were up and down several times, and at this time, they saluted excitedly: "Thank you Li Thorn History!" ”

Then the crowd drank and talked again until late at night.

Outside the gate of the Assassin's Mansion, Li Siye supported Li Sisheng, who was a little overwhelmed, and helped him into the carriage. Li Siye still wanted to return to the barracks, so he instructed the coachman to send Li Sisheng back to the inn and leave the city tomorrow.

However, Li Sisheng was still thinking about Li Congyan's words in his heart, and when he was leaving, he grabbed Li Siye and asked, wanting to understand Li Congyan's original intention.

Seeing that there was no one left and right, Li Siye stepped forward and whispered to Li Sisheng: "Brother must go home when he has time, and he must persuade Grandpa!" Li Tingshi asked me to find an opportunity to warn you: The eldest brother is dissatisfied with the Assassin's Mansion because of this debt, and is secretly connecting various families to be unfavorable to the Assassin's Mansion. The eldest brother is not secretive, and this matter has been noticed by Liu Sanshui, the judicial participant of the Assassin's Mansion, and the people of the Assassin's Mansion have been paying attention to him for a long time! ”

Li Sisheng suddenly woke up, cold sweat broke out instantly, and he exclaimed in a low voice: "Those who harm my Li family must be Li Sichu!" ”