More than ten days later, Jiang Ning appeased the envoy.

Zhao Ta gently put down the tea bowl and looked at a kneeling man in official uniform in front of him.

He is about thirty years old, with a white face and a short beard, a delicate appearance, and a smart look in his eyes.

"Get up." Zhao Ta said lightly.

"Yes, my lord, I will respect my life." The man cautiously got up and stood aside in a reserved manner.

Zhao Ta was silent for a few breaths: "Sit down." ”

"The prince is here, where there is a place for the lowly official to sit, the lowly official can stand."

Zhao Ta smiled when he heard this, it was not someone else in front of him, it was Zhu Xiuniang's brother, Zhu Xiang, who came from Zhenghe County, Fujian.

Although the official position of the county magistrate seems to be very small, it is not something that ordinary people can sit on, and many imperial examinations are born on the right path, if there is no relationship with the top, even if he dies, he may not be able to sit in the chief official of this county.

Zhu Xiang is the Zhu family spent a lot of gold and silver on the court to operate step by step to this position.

"Now you are not an outsider, let you sit down, just taste the small dragon group brought by this king from Tokyo, and see what difference there is compared to the white tea in Namasawa County."

"Inferior officials obey their orders!" Zhu Xiang had a flattered look on his face, and then cautiously sat down in half of the chair.

"Hmm!" Zhao Tachong raised his chin at the tea bowl on the case.

Zhu Xiang hurriedly stood up and thanked him, and then held the tea bowl with both hands, as if this was the most delicious thing in the world, not only to be tasted carefully, but also to be respected.

Subsequently, a series of words of praise poured out of Zhu Xiang's mouth, and Zhao Ta was a little surprised when he heard it, he never thought that the Xiaolong Group still had so many benefits and advantages.

He nodded slightly, his fingers tapped lightly on the table, and Zhu Xiang immediately stopped his mouth, showing a look of deafness.

Zhao Ta said: "Do you have an heir?" ”

Zhu Xiang bowed and said: "Back to the prince, the humble official has a son and a daughter." ”

Zhao Ta suddenly smiled and said: "Okay, okay, don't mention the past, so as not to be sad, just talk about the future, at the moment, there is only one branch left in the Zhu family, and there is nothing else to do, so there is nothing to say." ”

"Lord ......"

"Well, from now on, your Zhu family is the descendant of the Shezhou Zhu family, and you Zhu Xiang is the head of the Shezhou Zhu family!"

"Ahh Zhu Xiang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ran to the middle of the ground again and knelt down and kowtowed: "The humble official has thanked the prince for his kindness, and the humble official is willing to go to the soup for the prince, and he will not hesitate!" ”

Zhao Ta waved his hand to let him get up, and then said: "The scourge of the thieves and soldiers, and even the fortune of the Zhu family is scattered in the hands of the thieves and the people, or hidden or lost, it is no longer traceable, but the land industry in Shezhou and other places is still there, and the king has an idea for these things." ”

"Lord Wang, these are naturally the five mothers of the house." Zhu Xiang hurriedly said.

"That's not true." Zhao Ta shook his head and said: "The part that belongs to this king Lao Taishan will naturally be given to Wu Niang, but the rest of the family will be inherited by you." ”

"Lord Wang, the lowly officials don't dare to ......," Zhu Xiang excused himself.

Zhao Ta looked at him: "Why don't you dare?" From now on, you are the head of the Zhu family, and the revitalization of the Zhu family must rely on you, this king sees that you only have a son and a daughter is too little, you must remember to give birth to more, and spread out the branches and leaves, in order to repeat the glory of the Zhu family in Shezhou! ”

"Yes, yes, the prince is right." Zhu Xiang was ecstatic in his heart, originally thought that all the properties of the Zhu family would be inherited by Wu Niang, after all, Wu Niang was the only surviving descendant of Zhu Cheng, and he followed His Royal Highness the King of Qin, how could he give these properties to others? But he didn't expect King Qin to be virtuous and virtuous, so much for the sake of Shezhou Zhu.

Zhu Xiang ran to the middle of the ground again and knelt down and kowtowed, but this time he burst into tears, and his head was even louder than just now.

Zhao Ta called him up and said: "Without further ado, tomorrow I will move the coffins of your Zhu clan to Shezhou, during which everything will be presided over by you, as for the industry and other matters, after returning to Shezhou, you can check the handover clearly, land shops, direct transfer of ownership belonging to you, with the presence of this king, there is also a lot less trouble." ”

Zhu Xiang knows that the transfer procedures for property such as shops and houses and land are cumbersome, especially the Zhu family's great business, even if he has an official status, but Shezhou Zhizhou is two levels higher than him, and now that the Zhu family has fallen, it is difficult to ensure that this kind of thing will not be scraped off a thick layer, but Zhao Ta is different, which one dares to speak more and more? You must not be obedient and do things immediately.

"Humble officials!" Zhu Xiang suddenly felt at this moment, it seems that it is not bad that all the clansmen are dead, anyway, his parents are long gone, if it weren't for the fact that everyone is dead at this moment, I am afraid that no matter how many young people are, it will not be his turn to be the head of the family, and the industries in the clan will not have any share of him, so he can only watch and watch.

Zhao Ta thought again: "By the way, now Xiuniang is pregnant, but she misses her relatives every day, and she can't sleep at night, I'm afraid that I will be sad, you just happened to meet this time, this king has already arranged a family banquet, and it will be organized in the front hall in the afternoon, so don't leave first." ”

Zhu Xiang was even happier when he heard this, and said yes again and again.

When the sun just passed due south, a banquet was set up in the front hall of the pacification envoy, although there were only three of Zhao Ta, Zhu Xiuniang, and Zhu Xiang, but the dishes on the table were quite rich.

It's just that Zhu Xiuniang cried when she saw Zhu Xiang, Zhu Xiang had to persuade her to take care of herself, don't be too sad, after all, things have happened, no matter how sad she is, it won't help, and she said vaguely that after all, she is already pregnant with royal blood, so she must be cautious everywhere and can't go on any errands.

When Zhu Xiuniang heard this, she couldn't help but look at Zhao Ta, knowing that it was Zhao Ta who said the news of her pregnancy, Zhao Ta smiled and said: "What Brother Ling said is not bad, Xiuniang should protect her body well, and there can be no mistakes or omissions." ”

A sneer faintly appeared at the corner of Zhu Xiuniang's mouth, and then she just told Zhu Xiang about the past, and said how to arrange it when she went back to Shezhou, Zhu Xiang couldn't answer, so she had to look at Zhao Tan.

Zhao Ta said to Zhu Xiuniang: "This king has already told Brother Ling, now the Zhu family is only left with him, a male, naturally to take the position of the head of the family, the vein becomes the lineage, as for the property of the Zhu family, my father-in-law's name naturally belongs to Wu Niang, you own, and the other Zhu clan people will let Brother Ling lead, and the Zhu family in Shezhou will be carried forward in the hands of Brother Ling in the future!" ”

Zhu Xiuniang was stunned when she heard this, she didn't believe that Zhao Ta was so kind, although her Zhu family did not have as much land as other scholars, but the shops in various places were among the best in the south of the Yangtze River.

The prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River, especially the places where the businesses of various states gather, is even more valuable, she doesn't believe that Zhao Ta will give up these properties in vain and give them to Zhu Xiang so that he can redevelop the Zhu family.

Zhao Ta is as fierce as a tiger, greedy as a wolf, and cunning as a fox, how can this big piece of fat that has been delivered to his mouth be spit out? You can justifiably use her name to occupy these properties, but how can you say that you give up and give up? It's definitely not in his nature!

Zhu Xiuniang looked at Zhao Ta, she was suspicious, she didn't know what conspiracy Zhao Ta had, she wanted to remind her brother to be careful, but at this moment, it was inconvenient to speak, so she secretly calculated in her heart how to find a chance to speak alone about it.

Zhao Ta looked at Zhu Xiang with a smile: "It's a family banquet, and you just don't say anything foreign, how long have you been sitting in the seat of Zhenghe Zhixian?" ”

Zhu Xiang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Back to the prince, it's been almost two years. ”

Zhao Ta nodded: "Two years is not short, was there any arrangement in the clan before?" ”

Zhu Xiang hesitated: "Originally, the clan said that they would wait for the opportunity to move around as a judge, but now ......"

Zhao Ta smiled and said, "Judge, is it?" When I turn around and ask which state of Fujian Road is vacant, I will make up for it, since I have accumulated contacts in Fujian, it is better to stay in Fujian for the time being, and I don't want to go to other roads. ”

Zhu Xiang hurriedly got up: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your support!" ”

Zhao Ta shook his head: "It's all a family, what do you say, even if there is no shortage, it will be easy to do, then I will inform Huang Jue, Fujian Jingluo, and let him find out who is corrupt and pervert the law, and people will arrest them and vacate the place." ”

Zhu Xiang was in a fluttering mood when he heard this, he couldn't be more happy, he was originally in Zhenghe County to learn the news that the whole clan was wiped out, and he almost fainted directly, without the support of the family, not to mention going one step further, that is, the location of the county is afraid that he will not be able to hold it steadily, but he can't think of the peak and the loop, the willows are bright, Wu Niang actually entered the door of the Qin Wang's mansion, this is really a blessing and misfortune, since there is the towering tree of the King of Qin, I am afraid that I will not rise step by step in the future, and the official fortune will be prosperous?

Zhu Xiuniang looked at Zhao Tan in a daze at this time, this was not what she expected before, she didn't understand what this thief was doing like this?

Before, she was afraid that Zhao Ta would secretly kill her brother, but at this moment, she wanted to promote him, which was beyond her expectations, but this thief must not be sincere, there must be a vicious calculation in it!

Zhao Ta said to Zhu Xiang again: "After the king returns to Beijing, Wu Niang has no relatives to see, you can let your children come to Beijing to walk around the house, and then the king will buy you a house, and you will always be a Beijing official in the future, so you can have a place to stay." ”

After speaking, he looked at Zhu Xiuniang: "Wu Niang sees that this king is so arranged?" ”

Zhu Xiuniang gritted her teeth secretly, but she had to pretend to be satisfied and grateful: "The prince has every opportunity, and he still thinks about Wu Niang's family affairs, and Wu Niang has thanked the prince for his grace." ”

"Alas......" Zhao Ta waved his hand: "What is this, do you want this king to thank you for Wu Niang, how can you also regard this king as an outsider!" ”

Zhu Xiang's heart was so full of joy that he almost knelt down and kowtowed directly, but when he thought that it was a family banquet, he would definitely not like Zhao Ta like that kind of pretentiousness, so he stood up and poured a full glass of wine for Zhao Ta.

Zhao Ta drank it all in one gulp, revealing a cheerful appearance, his face was also flushed, and he began to brag about the things that went up, and Zhu Xiang was dumbfounded when he heard it, where could he smell some news about the temple in the past, and he couldn't help but keep it all in his heart, and keep it to brag to people in the future.

Then Zhao Ta talked about making trouble in Fan Lou and rectifying the squire Shangshu, and Zhu Xiang couldn't stop talking, and finally Zhao Ta said proudly about the monopoly of Oiran.

Zhu Xiang couldn't help but applaud on the side, Qin Lou was romantic, and Oiran was favored, this was the most tiring elegant thing for literati, he listened to it in his heart, as if he had experienced it himself, and couldn't help but toast Zhao Ta again and again.

Zhu Xiuniang's face was ugly beside her, and she thought hatefully at the moment, but she didn't expect this villain to visit the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, she was really corrupt, she did all evil, and everything she said now was unbearable.

She wanted to get up and leave, but she took care of the safety of her brother, for fear that Zhao Ta would be angry, so she only bowed her head slightly and sat silently.

After another half of the day, Zhao Ta was very drunk, so he ordered someone to help him back to the room and asked Zhu Xiuniang to send Zhu Xiang away.

Zhu Xiuniang couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, and when she saw that there was a chance to speak alone, she ordered Hexiang and Qingxing not to be close, only followed behind, and then sent Zhu Xiang out.

Zhu Xiang didn't drink too much wine, and he didn't dare to get drunk, and cautiously persuaded Zhu Xiuniang while walking, Zhu Xiuniang just answered perfunctorily, and when she walked to the Canglang Stone Pavilion, she suddenly stopped and said: "Brother, little sister will tell you something." ”

At this time, Hexiang and Qingxing were about to approach, and Zhu Xiuniang said coldly to the two: "I will talk to my brother about some family matters, you two don't have to listen to it, it is a big crime to kill your head if you hear it." ”

Where did the two girls know about the grievances, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to leave anymore, but just stood there and stared, lest Zhu Xiuniang stumble and miss.

Zhu Xiang wondered: "Wu Niang can't say anything in the hall, why do you come and go outside?" ”

Zhu Xiuniang's face was pale, she gritted her teeth, and told Jiang Ning about it, but she couldn't cite any evidence, she just said that everything was done by Zhao Tan, Zhao Ta either sent troops from his own family, or borrowed the hands of thieves, killed all the scholars in Jiangning City, and then blamed the thief army, and then killed the thief army.

When Zhu Xiang heard this, he was so frightened that the three souls lost two souls, and there was only one soul left in the seven souls, he took two steps back and whispered: "Wu Niang, you...... Didn't you drink too much? ”

Zhu Xiuniang burst into tears and said, "Where do I drink?" Just waiting for this opportunity to tell the truth to the clan brother, clan brother, you will definitely go to Tokyo to sue the royal court, and bring this matter to the court, let the world know, know the tyranny and cruelty of this villain, let the official family punish him, and avenge our Zhu family! ”

Zhu Xiang relieved himself slightly at this time, where was he willing to believe Zhu Xiuniang's words, and said: "Xiuniang, you haven't drunk too much, and you have come to slander Your Highness with such rebellious words?" Your Highness is known as the Virtuous King, you entered the door of His Highness, and you are pregnant with royal flesh and blood, how can you ...... Why did you say such crazy things, you, you are crazy. ”

Zhu Xiuniang saw that he didn't believe it, and she was anxious, and told everything that Zhao Ta said at that time, almost by default.

Zhu Xiang just shook his head and said, "Don't you know that His Highness is joking with you?" This kind of thing is absolutely impossible, don't say Xiuniang, you don't have any evidence, just guessing out of thin air, even if you put the evidence in front of me, I don't believe it at all! ”

Zhu Xiuniang was stunned: "Why did the clan brother say this?" If the evidence is conclusive, how can you not believe it? ”

Zhu Xiang frowned and said: "What Wu Niang said is simply impossible, His Royal Highness is benevolent and generous, he is a dignified gentleman, a figure like the ancient Meng Weijun, no matter what evidence, I categorically don't believe it, it must be slandering His Highness, I am the first to jump out and not let him go!" ”

Zhu Xiuniang's lips moved, and she took a few breaths before she said, "Brother, don't you believe me?" ”

Zhu Xiang sighed: "It's not that I don't believe in Wu Niang, it's really impossible, I think Wu Niang was hit by the tragedy in the clan before, and she is a little mentally deranged, I want to report to His Royal Highness when I go back, and ask His Royal Highness to find a doctor for Wu Niang to take a good look, how can it go on like this?" Wu Niang married into the royal family, and she had to maintain the face of the royal family, like this, like this...... Alas! ”

Zhu Xiuniang was so angry that she stretched out her hand and pointed at Zhu Xiang, her delicate body trembled: "Brother, you, you...... Get lost! ”

The two maids of Hexiang Qingxing saw that something was wrong from a distance, and hurriedly ran forward, Zhu Xiang was silent for a moment, and said helplessly: "Two sisters, please take care of Wu Niang, I will just go by myself." ”

He hesitated and turned around, thinking to himself, this is really sick, what nonsense? It seems that I really want to talk to His Highness and find a gentleman to heal.

Zhu Xiuniang saw Zhu Xiang leave in a hurry, only to feel drowsy, as if the world was so big, there was no place for his own home, and there was no one to believe......

(End of chapter)