Zhu Shen, who was dressed in a gray cotton robe, carried his jujube stick in his hand and walked along the familiar path to Wangjia Village.

In the past few days, the snow has stopped, but the snow has not yet cleared up in winter, and the official road is still easy to walk, but this path is not easy to walk. Under the heavy snow, he couldn't even see the path clearly, so Zhu Shencone often came and went to Wangjia Village, walked all the way according to his memory, and took some effort to arrive safely and steadily.

Approaching Wangjia Village, he saw the village in front of him from a distance, and Zhu Shencong, who was panting slightly, couldn't help but smile, he quickened his pace and continued to walk forward, arriving at the intersection outside the village.

"Sixth Master, why are you here?" Wang Hong, who was hiding in the shadows, suddenly ran out with a surprised face.

Looking at Wang Hong's somewhat blue face, as well as the ice on his eyebrows because of the scab, Zhu Shencone greeted him with a smile.

"You're guarding the entrance to the village today? Cold or not? ”

"It's not cold, I'm used to it, someone will come to replace me in half an hour, and I'll be fine when I go back to the fire." Wang Hongle stomped his feet and said, since Zhu Shencone took Wangjia Village to take salt, he has set a rule for Wangjia Village, no matter when, there must be people guarding the entrance of the village, no matter day or night.

At first, the people of Wangjia Village did not think so, but it has been continued under the enforcement of Zhu Shencone and the support of his uncle Wang Rong, just like the last time he came to Wangjia Village, the person who guarded it was Wang Chuer, and today it is Wang Hong.

Seeing the big from the small, some things must not be sloppy, not only because Zhu Shencone and Wangjiacun joined forces to take salt and dry it, but it was a head-killing business, and the consequences of a little negligence were very serious. And borrowing this matter, Zhu Shencone also has the intention of integrating the children of Wangjia Village and using this way to exercise and cultivate his team.

In the past few years, the implementation has been good, and the entire Wangjia Village looks ordinary from the outside, but in fact it is no different from the camp, and even because the implementation is in place, Wangjia Village is more difficult to approach than ordinary outsiders in the barracks. Once something happens, before outsiders enter the village, they will already be discovered by the secret sentry.

Let Wang Hong continue to guard, pay attention to the situation outside the village, and Zhu Shencone walked directly along the road into the village.

Because it's still cold, most of the people in the village are in their own cats, and they look very deserted. Zhu Shencone soon arrived at his uncle's house, raised his hand and tapped the door twice, and in a moment the door opened from the inside.

"Sixth Master!" Li You, who opened the door, saw that it was Zhu Shencong, and immediately shouted in surprise, and then turned around and shouted inside: "Master!" Master! The sixth master is here! ”

Looking at it like this, Li You is now living with Wang Jinwu's family, and when Wang Chuer went to Pingyang to find himself a few years ago, he had already said this, and Wang Jinwu accepted Li You as an apprentice. At the moment, it seems that Wang Jinwu is really good to his apprentice, and directly took Li You to live in his own house, looking at Li You's appearance, he is stronger and taller than when he was in Sheep's Head Mountain.

Hearing the sound, Wang Rong and Wang Jinwu walked out of the house and were very happy to see Zhu Shencone coming. Wang Rong hurriedly beckoned Zhu Shencone to enter the door to bake the fire, the snow had not melted along the way, and Zhu Shencone's feet were covered with slush.

"Sixth brother, why are you here today? I've been thinking for a few days that you'll be able to come next month. Wang Jinwu said to Zhu Shencone with a smile, and said that it was good to come earlier, just this time to stay in Wangjia Village for a few more days, I didn't succeed last time, this time I have to learn well, Wang Jinwu was not idle in a winter, not only at home, but also his own fists and feet have been practicing.

"Stinky boy, get out of the way, didn't you see your cousin just came? Where is the reason for such hospitality? Why don't you hurry up and make a pot of tea? Wang Rong scolded with a smile, raised a kick and kicked at Wang Jinwu's buttocks.

Wang Jinwu dodged and dodged, muttering that Zhu Shencone is not an outsider, and what kind of guest is his cousin?

Besides, I said it last time, so why did I make my mistake? can complain and complain, but he doesn't dare to raise his voice, he knows his father's fiery temper, he can really beat himself ruthlessly, it was just before, and now he has accepted apprentices, and he wants to show his apprentices to see himself beaten by his father, where does he put his face as a master?

After sending Wang Jinwu away, Wang Rong pulled Zhu Shencone into the house, and there was a fire burning in the house, which was much warmer than outside.

took off his thick cotton robe, took off his slush-stained boots, got on the kang, and sat opposite Wang Rong and talked.

"Uncle, this is a New Year's gift for you, don't blame it if it's late." Hand the New Year's gifts to Wang Rong, these are the snacks he bought at the best pastry shop in Pingyang Mansion, although the Lantern Festival has passed now, but for Zhu Shencone, the rules are still necessary, as long as it is not out of the New Year, it is still the middle of the year, but this ceremony is indeed later than normal.

Wang Rong didn't care at all, and accepted it with a smile. put aside the New Year's gift and asked Zhu Shencone what the situation was at home, Zhu Shencone said that everything was fine at home, and this year was stable, so that his uncle could rest assured.

As he was talking, Wang Jinwu took Li You to bring the tea, and originally planned to sit aside and chat a few words. However, Wang Rong was not used to him, and handed over the New Year's gift brought by Zhu Shencone to Wang Jinwu, and asked him to take Li You to his house to rest.

Wang Jinwu understood as soon as he heard it, this was a private thing to say between his father and cousin, he answered, and went out with Li You, and after they left, the door was closed, Zhu Shencone subconsciously glanced in the direction of the door, and then asked about Li You's situation.

"This kid has a good heart, although he is not very old, he is very sensible, I agree with Jin Wu to accept him as a disciple, I moved here in the first two months, and Jin Wu is also a companion, and the family is more popular." Wang Rong said with a smile.

Zhu Shencone nodded, his uncle should not look inconspicuous, but in fact, he is an old man, otherwise he would not run the entire Wangjia Village like an iron bucket, this is not because he is the head of the royal family, and he has the identity of a hundred households, but more because of Wang Rong's own ability.

Having said that, if Wang Rong was an ordinary person, he would not have hit it off with Zhu Shencone at the beginning, so he pulled Wangjia Village to do the salt business. If it's just an ordinary old military household, where can you have such guts? For Wang Rong's vision, Zhu Shencone has always admired it, since Wang Rong said that Li You is good, then it must be reliable.

"By the way, why did you come so early this time?" Zhu Shencone picked up the hot tea and poured it for himself, Wang Rong took over and asked, Zhu Shencone came earlier this year, and it stands to reason that he will come next month, but why did he come before the New Year?

"Naturally, I came early because I had something urgent to do." Zhu Shencone didn't hide it from his uncle, took a sip of hot tea to moisten his throat, and said, "I originally planned to come next month, but something happened in Pingyang Mansion, so I came over in advance." ”

"Something? What's going on? Does it matter? Wang Rong suddenly asked nervously.

"Hehe, it's not a bad thing, it's a good thing, uncle, don't be nervous." Zhu Shencone said with a smile.

Wang Rong touched his heart and blamed: "You kid is panting for breath when you say this, it really scares me!" What the hell is going on? ”

"Do you remember the last time you asked Xia Dong to go to Jiezhou to inquire about Yu Yan?"

"Of course I remember, didn't I say that the remaining salt in Jiezhou was taken down by Liu Jiaquan in Pingyang Mansion? What's wrong? What do you want to say about it? ”

Zhu Shencone nodded and said: "The key to the problem of Yu Yan in Jiezhou lies in the Liu family, I told Xia Dong last time, I planned to go to Xie Zhou again after the New Year, and find a way to find a way, but now I don't need it, because this problem is no longer a problem." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Wang Rong was puzzled.

Raising his hand to finish drinking the tea in the cup, Zhu Shencone put down the teacup and laughed: "It's very simple, because the Liu family is over, and there will be no Liu family in Pingyang Mansion in the future." ”

"What did you say? Is the Liu family finished? This...... What's going on? Wang Rong was stunned for a moment, and his eyes widened instantly, he naturally knew that the Liu family in Pingyang was a famous big businessman in Pingyang Mansion, why was it suddenly over? I didn't hear Wang Chuer mention it when he came back from Pingyang City before, how long has it been? Why is the Liu family finished?

"It's a long story, and I only know a rough idea." Zhu Shencone smiled and stretched out his hand to point upward: "In simple words, the Liu family has offended people, some time ago, the Liu family was involved in a life lawsuit, and then the Liu family also made a commotion, this back and forth, plus someone took a fancy to the Liu family's industry, and quietly worked hard behind the scenes, although the Liu family said that the family has a big business, but after all, it is just a mere businessman, you know a thing or two about this officialdom, there is no reliable hard background, where can the Liu family withstand such a toss?" ”

"If the Liu family is just an ordinary family, it's fine, but the richer they are, the more they don't have an accident, and once something happens, the worse it will be. No, Liu Shancheng, the head of the Liu family, committed suicide in prison, and so did Lin Zhenzong, the chief housekeeper of the Liu family. The Liu family's second and third bedrooms have not benefited now, and the huge Liu family is now in name only. ”

"The Liu family is completely defeated, and the family business is gone, so naturally it is impossible to take care of the salt road over there in Jiezhou, don't you think it's a good thing?"

Wang Rong was dumbfounded by this news, how could he have thought that the dignified Liu family would be defeated like this, before he and Zhu Shencone were worried about the salt road in the state, and planned to wait for the spring to discuss with Zhu Shencone how to deal with this.

didn't think about it, it was only a long time, and the Liu family was gone. As soon as the Liu family didn't have it, the problem of Xie Zhou was solved, which was indeed great news for them.

For a while, Wang Rong was a little excited, the Liu family was not good! No croaking! But the strange thing is that the Liu family is gone at this time not sooner or later, is this God's eye-opening? Even God is helping them?

Thinking of this, and then looking at his nephew, who had been smiling, a thought suddenly surged from the bottom of Wang Rong's heart.