When Li Qiufeng heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head. Mrs. Sha said: "Li Gongzi, you also noticed that something was wrong." ”

Li Qiufeng said: "I have had dealings with this Zhuang Yulou. This person is honest and wooden on the outside, but he is scheming, and he is best at killing people with a knife. In the past, many heroes were tempted and instigated by this person, and finally died in Luzhou, Huguang'an. Old Lady Fang can control the Fang clan, she is quite knowledgeable and long-term, how can she be bewitched by this person?"

Mrs. Sha sighed and said, "When I was a child, I once read a book called "Pingzhai Anthology", which was written by a person named Hong Shikui in the Song Dynasty. There are a few sentences that I still remember: there is a long way to go, no discouragement is great, and no desire is rigid. The four words "Desireless" don't know how many heroes and heroes in the world have been stumped. The patriarch often taught the young people of the Fang clan to be dedicated to the public and not to care about small profits. In fact, he is the most greedy person. All matters in the tribe are decided by him and the people of his house, and the men of the other houses are slaves. Women like us are even worse than pigs and dogs in his eyes, just a tool he uses to make friends with the powerful. His desires are too much and too great, so he fell for others, causing the Fang family to almost be wiped out......"

"Extermination?" Murong Danyan said in a trembling voice, "Could it be that your family has ......, sister?"

She didn't dare to say any more. Mrs. Sha smiled bitterly and said, "Although the Fang family did not exterminate the clan, the end was extremely miserable. After Zhuang Yulou finished speaking, although the patriarch and the old lady did not speak, the eldest uncle stood up and said to Zhuang Yulou: "Please also ask Lord Zhuang to show me." The fourth uncle also nodded on the side. That Zhuang Yulou smiled slightly, and said, "Old lady Fang, I know that the Fang family secretly raises a group of dead soldiers, who are not only strong in martial arts, but also have been trained for a long time, and regard death as home. Now is also the time for them to contribute. Please ask Mrs. Fang to send the capable masters of the Fang family, bring this group of dead soldiers, and together with the heroes of various gangs, to Luzhou, Huguang'an, and contribute to the imperial court. ’

"At that time, I was lying on the roof of the ancestral hall, and I didn't even dare to come out. Hearing that Zhuang Yulou said that the Fang family raised a group of dead soldiers, he couldn't help but be shocked, secretly thinking that although the whole clan of our family knew martial arts, they had never had any disputes with outsiders. As for the dead and the like, I have been to every house in this mansion except this ancestral hall, but I have never seen anyone suspicious.

"I was thinking about it, but I heard the patriarch and the old lady smile bitterly, and said: 'For more than a hundred years, the Fang family has been cautious and trembling, just trying to survive in the world. Unexpectedly, he thought he was acting carefully, but he still had everything under the control of the imperial court. ’

"I heard the patriarch confess to himself, and I was shocked. But I heard that Zhuang Yulou smiled and said, "Old lady Fang can rest assured. If the imperial court wants to destroy the Fang clan, how can the Fang family be allowed to stay to this day? I can tell the old lady Fang some more information, since the founding of the country, from the Beijing officials to the local officials, no one has not been monitored by the imperial court. As for the famous families and nobles in the rivers and lakes, they all have spies from Jinyiwei. Although the Fang family lives in the same clan, hehe, they are not monolithic. Old lady Fang, as long as the errand in Anlu Prefecture is done well this time, your two eldest grandsons can be officials. At that time, everyone is in the officialdom and takes care of each other, and the Fang clan no longer has to worry about the suspicion of the court, and future generations will be prosperous and wealthy, and they will have it at their fingertips. ’

His voice fell, and he only heard the eldest uncle say to the patriarch and the old lady: "Grandpa, Lord Zhuang is right, we can't sit idly by!" In the past 100 years, the Fang family has been hiding in Tibet, and they are still frightened. The collapse of the entire family in Jiangxi is a bloody lesson!'

After the uncle finished speaking, no one spoke in the ancestral hall, and it was frighteningly quiet. After a long time, he heard the patriarch old lady sigh and said, "Since this is the case, the old man obeys the orders of Gonggong Xu and Lord Zhuang. Then Zhuang Yulou clapped his hands and smiled: "Old Man Fang is really refreshing. I will also go to Hengshan for a while, and then return to the capital and report these things to Grandpa Xu. If Mrs. Fang has an urgent matter, you can send a reliable person to the Wan'an Tea Workshop in the capital, just say that you will find a high-ranking official to do things, and the boss will take you to meet the person in charge of the East Factory. ’

"I heard a few people discussing secretly in the ancestral hall for a long time, and then Zhuang Yulou and the thin man said goodbye and left. The eldest uncle and the fourth uncle sent the two away, and the patriarch and the old lady stayed alone in the ancestral hall. I looked down through the cracks in the tiles and saw him sitting upright in his chair, looking uncertain, obviously thinking about something.

After a long time, the eldest uncle and the fourth uncle quietly returned to the ancestral hall. The eldest uncle said to the patriarch, "Grandpa, the one surnamed Zhuang has left. The patriarch snorted and said, "Eunuch Xu is asking us to go and sell his life and draw a big cake for us." This dead eunuch really plays us like children!' The eldest uncle smiled and said, "Grandpa, I still acted like that?" The patriarch said: "This Zhuang Yulou is extremely cunning, I have long heard of his name, and I have sent someone to check his details." You just spoke like that, this kid must not doubt him, and thought that you and Lao Si Lilu were heartbroken, and they wanted to contribute to the court and fight for the future of their wife and son. ’

"I was on the roof, and my heart was full of doubts. Unexpectedly, the patriarch and the old lady were so scheming, and he played tricks in front of that Zhuang Yulou. It's just that the patriarch and the old lady have always been cautious, why do they do things in front of the people in Dongchang? When I was thinking about it, I only heard the fourth uncle say, "Grandpa, what should we do next?" , Jin Yiwei's side can't relax. The girl in the sixth room continued the strings for the son of the Ma family, and finally did not break the friendship between our two families. I have already sent someone to Ma's house in the capital, and I just came back with a message three days ago. The Ma family said that if the vassal king gains power, he will inevitably reuse the old people of the domain, and then the officials who now hold the power of Dongchang and Jinyiwei will definitely lose power, and the eunuch who is the head of Dongchang and the Fusi of Jinyiwei Beizhen must strive to protect the current emperor. It's just that Dongchang and Jinyiwei are not monolithic, and some lower-level officials and low-level eunuchs have made private friends with vassal kings in various places in order to get ahead, hoping that these vassal kings can ascend to the throne, and they can become officials and become knights. This matter in Anlu Prefecture, we have to go. ’

"After the patriarch finished speaking, the eldest uncle said: 'Grandpa, there are only more than 30 dead soldiers we have trained, these people are our last reliance, if all of them are sent to Anlu Prefecture, once they are lost, the Fang family will definitely be greatly injured, and the time will ......

Before he could finish speaking, the patriarch waved his hand at him and said, "Don't worry about this. Although the kid surnamed Zhuang found out that we had raised dead soldiers, he didn't know who these people were. Among the clan, only me and the two of you know the list of more than 30 people. Although the spies hiding in the Fang family knew that we were raising dead soldiers, they didn't know who these people were. I have been prepared for a long time, and I have already selected thirty people in the clan and asked them to replace the dead soldiers and go to Anlu Prefecture on an errand. If things are done well, we will naturally reap the benefits of the fisherman. If the errand is broken, we have nothing to lose.

"When I heard the patriarch old lady say this, I thought to myself: The old lady is really scheming. That Zhuang Yulou thought that he could play with the old lady in the palm of his hand, but he didn't expect that the old lady was a chess player, and he was prepared. Then the eldest uncle said, "Just send these people to the people, they won't be suspicious?" The patriarch sneered, "No." Although these people are all members of other houses, as long as they promise to give them benefits, they will naturally not be suspicious. ’

"I heard the three of them discussing the list of clansmen to be sent out to do business, and they said twenty-nine people in a row, and none of them belonged to the patriarch's house. Finally, the fourth uncle said, 'The leader must choose a steady one.' The patriarch smiled slightly and said, "I have already chosen someone. Fang Yu in the sixth room is stable and has good martial arts, so it's best to let him take the lead. ’

"My heart was shocked, Fang Yu is my father's name, I didn't expect the patriarch to calculate him. I only heard the eldest uncle say: 'Grandpa, Fang Yu's eldest daughter renews the strings of the Ma family's son, if Fang Yu loses, I am afraid that the girl will play right and wrong in front of the Ma family's son, and I am afraid that the relationship between our Fang family and the Ma family will be unfavorable at that time." ’

"The patriarch shook his head and said, "You have thought about it a little more shallowly. His big girl is stubborn, I heard the other rooms secretly discuss, when we asked this girl to continue the strings for Ma Gongzi, she had the heart to resist, but she was persuaded by Fang Yu. Now that the raw rice has been cooked, this girl is not helpless. It's just that she listens to Fang Yu's words the most, once Fang Yu has a plan, she is Fang Yu's strong reinforcement, and our grandchildren have to guard against it. ’”

When Mrs. Sha said this, she smiled sadly and said, "This is my clan elder and uncles, together with the blood relatives of the clan, the Fang clan will not die, and heaven will not tolerate it!"

(End of chapter)