Twenty-four: A pool of muddy water
"Knock"
Bai Luohe put down the white porcelain moire wine glass in his hand, looked at Xu Fan who was leaning on the brocade quilt on the soft couch with beautiful eyes, and said curiously, "You won't stop them?" ”
Bai Luohe felt that he had been completely intoxicated with Xu Fan's wine, and every time he drank a small glass, he would feel that the cyclone points in his body were filled with a few points, and even the injuries he suffered in the first two times were mostly healed.
Xu Fan's wine is simply a healing medicine.
And today, she hid in the shadows and observed that everyone in the Xu family said that they were just going to Jinling for refuge, but they were forced to split up by Xu Fan. The rest of the Xu family also nodded in agreement.
"Block? Why block? Xu Fan bent his knees so that he could change into a comfortable position, and said lightly.
"Isn't that something we should be preventing?"
Not only Bai Luohe was puzzled, but even Zi'er, who had been waiting by the side, looked incredulous, why did his young master do this.
According to the family rules, it is not easy to divide the family. It is also for the continuous and growing of the family clan.
Xu Fan's fingers slowly rubbed the cracks on the dilapidated gourd, and he didn't care about the thoughts of the rest of the Xu family at all, but there were some wrinkles between his eyebrows.
After a moment of contemplation, his eyebrows furrowed, and a shallow smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he remembered something happy or made a decision that pleased him.
The Xu family is not the Xu family with the surname Xu, since the surname Xu is unreliable, then use outsiders.
The two of them who noticed the changes on Xu Fan's face turned a thousand times in their hearts, their eyes flashed with light, and they always watched the every move of the young man in brocade.
Xu Fan turned his head sideways, supported his head with his hands, and smiled slightly, "Zi'er, go get a pen and paper." ”
"Yes, young master."
Zi'er turned to leave, and quickly brought pen, ink, paper, and inkstone from the study of the flower hall, and at the same time spread the paper on the round table in the hall, and placed all the objects.
"I say, you write."
Xu Fan's fingers tapped lightly on the edge of the bed, as if he was recalling what he wanted to say in his head.
Zi'er picked up the brush, dipped it in some ink, and waited for Xu Fan to continue.
After pondering for a moment, Xu Fan finally thought about what he was thinking and said it concisely.
Zi'er looked at what she had written, and her heart was shocked.
Young master, is this going to hand over the Xufu property to outsiders to take care of? Can those people be trusted?
Xu Fan's idea is actually very simple, just like the sect he was in in his previous life, he recruited disciples, taught carefully, and handed over the affairs within the sect to the disciples.
Nowadays, everyone is unable to practice, but he has a dilapidated gourd.
The wine in the dilapidated gourd can not only calm the mind and mind, but also nourish the body and replenish a tiny wisp of heaven and earth vitality.
With this drink, Xu Fan can recruit a large number of people for his own use.
Even if he leaves this world in the future, the people who stay behind can let the Xu Mansion continue to exist, and it is not in vain the efforts of the two old men, Xu Ji and Xu Xiang.
At the round table, Zi'er quickly finished writing Xu Fan's instructions.
Bai Luohe's heart on the side was also swaying, throughout the ages, many families have relied on blood to maintain family prosperity. Xu Fan wants to break this rule and reuse people with foreign surnames.
Frowning and pondering for a moment, Bai Luohe also wanted to understand the trick, Xu Fan was also unavailable, it was better to use someone outside.
Soon, a notice was posted outside the gate of the Xu Mansion, and then it was plastered with all the properties of the Xu Mansion in Guangling City.
When they saw the content of the notice, Xu Ji and Xu Xiang were stunned.
"What do you say about this, isn't it clear that we want to give away our Xu Mansion industry!" Xu Ji looked at the content of the notice in his hand, and the green tendons on his forehead jumped.
"Since they are leaving, Brother Fan has no choice but to make this decision." Xu Xiang didn't have as much reaction as Xu Ji, but the worry on his face was also unusually strong.
And the appearance of this notice accelerated the relocation of the second, third, and fourth rooms of the Xu Mansion.
In the next two days, there were two wonders in front of the gate of Xufu, one was that the large and small vehicles were loaded with various large and small objects, and the convoy left Xufu like a long dragon, leaving Guangling City, all the way to the north.
Another scenery is also the long dragon formed in front of the gate of Xufu, these people are of different shapes, there are scholars, there are warriors in the rivers and lakes, there are croppers, there are women, there are children, and even old women, each of them holds a notice in their hands.
Obviously, they came to Xu Mansion to apply.
Hsu House Notice
Xu's family has more than 10,000 yuan, and now he is expanding his house to recruit people. Those who have passed the test can become a member of the Xu Mansion, and their families can also move into the Xu Mansion. An elder with a pure character and a skill can become a manager of the Xu Mansion.
Looking at what was written in the notice, Guangling Mansion was boiling, and even affected the villages and counties near Guangling Mansion.
In Pinzhu Xuan, wisps of cool air overflowed from the bronze beast head Bingjian. Cicadas can occasionally be heard outside the house, which makes the little guy under the verandah look anxious, for fear that the noise will affect the adults in Pinzhuxuan.
Lu Baishan, dressed in an ink-colored brocade dress, sat on the main seat, and on the left and right sides stood a group of Diaoyutai blue-patterned fish bags, each with a cold look on their faces and a calm breath.
Putting down the teacup in his hand and spitting out the tea leaves in his mouth, Lu Baishan glanced indifferently at the young man sitting on the left, "Let's talk about it, did you send someone to kill those people?" ”
After speaking, Lu Baishan's gaze also glanced at a certain place in Pin Zhuxuan, intentionally or unintentionally, which was the place where Bai Luohe was hiding.
Xu Fan cocked Erlang's legs, and the index finger of his right hand slowly flicked the wine glass beside him, causing the white porcelain moire wine glass to rotate gently on the pear blossom wood round table, but the wine in the cup did not pour out at all.
"Lord Lu, what you said is too much. Our Xu Mansion is a family of merchants for generations, and the family of poetry and books is heirloom, how can we do that murderous thing. If you kill someone, it is also those people in the house who eat inside and outside. ”
Xu Fan neither denied nor admitted it.
This made Lu Baishan's face extremely ugly, and the blue fish bag of Diaoyutai and the government soldiers searched for three days in Guangling City, but there was no clue.
This reminded him of the Yin-Yang Gate, which had the same means as Diaoyutai, and he had secretly asked Lu Jia, but found nothing.
But he still got a key clue, "The holy woman of the Yin Yang Gate is missing." ”
The disappearance of a saint is not a big deal, there are too many saints in the Yin Yang Gate, and the saints who fail the mission will bleach their identities and be sent to the mansions of those dignitaries and dignitaries in the Daqian Imperial Court to become a concubine.
But the disappearance of this holy woman named Bai Luohe is too coincidental, could it be that she really took refuge in the Xu Mansion.
Lu Baishan's face was gloomy, and he said sharply, "This official suspects that the death of these people is related to your Xu Mansion. It is necessary to seize all the properties of your Xu Mansion in Guangling City. If the murderer cannot be found for a day, it will not be allowed to open for a day. ”
Lu Baishan made it clear that he wanted to suppress people and force Xu Fan to bow his head. Either obediently hand over the Xu Mansion, or watch the Xu Mansion completely defeated.
Xu Fan's fingers that flicked the white porcelain moire wine glass stopped abruptly, but the wine in the wine glass did not pour out a drop. said leisurely, "Seal it, seal it, I have a big business in the house, and this little wind and wave is still supported." ”
"Since you want to investigate, you should investigate it thoroughly. It just so happened that I also intended to check the industries of the Xu Mansion in various parts of Gangnam Province to see if there were any details mixed in. It's better to close the store together this time. ”
Although Xu Fan's words were light, the meaning of the words weighed heavily on Lu Baishan's heart, making him feel depressed for a while.
Lu Baishan closed his lips tightly and snorted coldly. "Xu Fan! Don't go too far! ”
Xu Fan wanted to face Mai Mang with him, and set out the carriage and horses to do it directly. But he couldn't go along with Xu Fan's wishes.
Once all the industries of the Xu Mansion in Jiangnan Province are stopped, it will inevitably affect the entire Jiangnan Province, and even the five southern provinces.
Not to mention that the governor of Jinling will not agree, even Diaoyutai will remove him, a hundred households, first.
This is also why Xu Fu is just a businessman, and it has become the most critical chess piece in Jiangnan Province.
Now, some of this chess pieces are out of control, and they even want to become chess players.
If not, he would have wanted to overturn the chessboard.
Xu Fan ignored Lu Baishan, shrugged his shoulders casually, and sneered secretly in his heart, if you want to slaughter the Xu family, you have to let me wash my neck, waiting for you to kill?
It's ridiculous, go on a dream!
Lu Baishan slapped his palm on the pear blossom wood round table beside him, and with a "boom", the small round table suddenly turned into sawdust all over the ground.
Lu Baishan, who was angry, shook his sleeve robe, turned around and was about to leave, but Xu Fan's slightly distressed voice came from behind him, "Yo, this is a treasure that my grandfather spent a lot of money to buy back then, and I was actually slapped by Lord Lu... This one has to pay at least 5,000 taels. ”
As he spoke, he was still snorting.
Lu Baishan turned his head suddenly, and saw Xu Fan's distressed face pretending to be very fake, and he was so angry that the nameless fire in his heart was scurrying, "Give it to him!" ”
A silver-patterned fish bag beside him pulled out a silver ticket from his bosom and threw it on the round table beside him as if he were looking at a dead man.
Looking at the back of the people in Diaoyutai leaving, Xu Fan's left hand was released from the worn-out gourd on his waist, and he hooked his finger towards the silver ticket on the round table.
Xu Fan looked at the numbers on the silver ticket, shook his head and sighed, "It's still easy for officials to make money, saying that five thousand taels is five thousand taels, without counteroffer." ”
I don't know when, Bai Luohe, who was wearing a white dress, appeared in the hall, looked at Lu Baishan and the others who had long disappeared, and shook his head slightly, "You completely offended him to death this time." He wasn't going to give up. ”
"Resignation? He? I'm not going to give up with him! Haven't you sensed it these two days? ”
Xu Fan looked very meritocratous, cautiously put the five thousand taels of silver ticket into his arms, and patted it lightly on his chest with his hand, for fear that the silver ticket would grow wings and fly away.
"In the past two days and nights, I have discovered a strange aura overnight, and a familiar aura has appeared near Xu's mansion." Bai Luohe sat opposite Xu Fan, his beautiful eyes frowning slightly, and a trace of worry appeared between his eyebrows.
"They're waiting for the people on the side of the Xu Mansion to leave." Xu Fan broke down with a word, "The Xu Mansion can't completely fall now, whether it is a big man in Shenjing or an official or a vassal king in Jiangnan. ”
"That's why you blocked Lu Baishan with one sentence and had to bow his head? I'm afraid he saw that you have been recruiting people for the past two days, and he is worried that some other people will be mixed in? ”
Bai Luohemei glanced at Xu Fan, at first she didn't understand why Xu Fan wanted to recruit people on a large scale, it seemed that she wanted to completely muddy the water in the pool of Xu's mansion.