The two groups of people stuffed the backyard of the Xu family's mansion to the brim, some shouted for returning to the land, some shouted for leaving the land and returning to the land, and some wanted to return the land and leave the land.

The whole backyard was like a busy city, making a few stewards dizzy. In addition, the stewards are used to being sideways on weekdays, so they can't help but scold.

After years of accumulation, the arrogance of those slave families can be suppressed by the steward.

At this time, someone shouted in the crowd: "The Xu family is about to fall, what are you doing!" ”

"That is, the King of Haiyan will arrive soon, you want to bury the Xu family, we don't want to!" Immediately, someone chimed in:

"If you don't break up the relationship with the Xu family today, when the King of Haiyan comes, none of us will be able to escape!"

"Who said that, stand up?!" The stewards were furious, jumping to find out the person who spoke, but there were one or two hundred people in front of them, where to find the culprit?

The situation that had just calmed down made these few sentences stir up again. Those family servants shouted again 'quit the land' and 'get rid of the country'!

"No way!" The stewards were also mad and scolded each other: "What is my Xu family? Come when you want, go when you want? It's a kiln, you can't just put on your pants and leave, you have to pay first! ”

"Return the field!"

"Retire!"

"Naturalization!"

These family servants were all rich peasant landlords, and they were far from being able to get by. But they coveted the little benefits of clinging to the Xu family, and they didn't even want the ancestral surname, and gave the Xu family filial piety and grandchildren. didn't even want a free body, and became a slave to the Xu family.

What loyalty can these people who have forgotten their ancestors and are incorruptible and shameless have to speak of? It is only a matter of pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages. Just like last year, they recognized that no one could win the Xu family, so even the governor dared to besiege them. This year, they decided that the Xu family would lose, so they wanted to clear up their involvement, and it was useless to say anything.

As a result, the two sides became more and more noisy, and they didn't know who made the first move, and the person in charge scuffled with a family member. In this kind of situation full of gunpowder, a spark can detonate the whole field.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides started one after another, the battle group became bigger and bigger, and the scene was chaotic.

Seeing that the situation was out of control, Xu Er, the chief housekeeper of the Xu Mansion, who had been trying his best to calm down on both sides, had no choice but to order the scene to be cleared.

Xu Fu Jiannu, who had been on standby for a long time, immediately rushed out with sticks in his hand, and slammed the heads and faces of those troublemakers, and drove them out of the door fiercely.

Then Xu Er ordered people to close the doors everywhere, and the guys outside called Potian and ignored them.

He originally wanted to keep these people calm and calm, but which of those family slaves was good? At this moment, they all have blue noses and swollen faces, and some people have broken their arms and broken heads.

"Go to the Retreat Garden, and ask the old lady to call the shots for us!"

"They don't have a face, the old lady always wants a face!"

"Go, go!"

The gang supported each other in a group and went to the retreat garden in the east of the city.

Along the way, their families and relatives rushed to hear the news. The procession swept through the city, and more and more people joined, and by the time they reached the gate of the retreat garden, thousands of people had gathered, blocking the street outside the retreat garden.

People shouted loudly outside the courtyard, demanding that Elder Xu Ge come out and administer justice.

The noise was so loud that it spread to the high theater floor, so that the musicians could not accompany with peace of mind.

Xu Ge Lao was unmoved, still immersed in the drama, and sang sadly: "The cloud curtain hangs. The wind is bleak and the sky is falling. The ceiling falls, I want to wear it before I die, and I dream back to Luanhe......"

Xu Da had to wait patiently until Xu Jie's song was finished, and Fang whispered: "Old lady, those white-eyed wolves have moved outside the garden again, you see ......"

"Let them go." Xu Jie lifted his sleeves, looked at the clouds and said, "If you have made enough trouble, you will naturally stop making trouble." ”

"The trouble will go on, our family's dignity ......" Xu Da said with a bitter face.

"What decency does the old man have to speak of?" Xu Jie sighed faintly: "Go down, don't disturb the old man singing." ”

"Well, yes." Xu Da had no choice but to retreat.

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Xu Ge Lao was at ease as a turtle with a shrunken head, but Zhen Zhenji and Zheng Yue, the magistrate of Huating, were not as stable as him.

Thousands of people in the city gathered outside Zaifu's house, shouting and crying all day long, who would dare to turn a blind eye? In case of another civil uprising in Suzhou, Jiangnan Company will not help them clean up the mess.

The day after Diao Min surrounded the retreat garden, two magistrates came to mediate.

As soon as they saw the sedan chair of the Fuzun and the county Zun coming together, those family members and servants of the Xu Mansion immediately surrounded them, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging the old man and his parents to be the masters.

I watched the heartfelt prefect and Zheng Zhixian for a while, and now I remember that I am your father and your grandfather are here? Don't give Xu Jie a filial son and grandson?

However, the two of them came to settle the matter, not to stir up trouble, Zhen Zhenji asked the messenger to open the door, and left Zheng Yue to deal with Diao Min outside, and he went straight into the garden in a sedan chair.

Today, Xu Ge did not sing on stage, but he was still wearing a coquettish pink costume, scrutinizing his posture and polishing his singing voice in the eight-sided wind hall.

Hearing that the prefect was visiting, he didn't bother to change his costume again, so he picked up guests in the eight-sided wind hall with men and women.

As soon as Zhen Zhenji came in, his jaw almost hit the ground, hey, what is Xu Ge Lao doing? Overstimulated?

"Motosuke, are you alright?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine, I've never had a better time than I have now." Xu Jie smiled freely, stroked the Luanfeng embroidery on the robe and said: "The old man has been burdened by fame for half his life, and now he has finally let go of everything and returned to the source, which can be described as a great joy and a great relief." ”

"Uh......" Zhen Zhenji's scalp tingled when he heard this, and he said in his heart, I'd better get down to business.

After watching the tea, the prefect of the heart asked tentatively: "Diao Min besieged Yuanfu's mansion, and I and other magistrates couldn't sit idly by, so I wanted to disperse them directly, but I learned that those people were the slaves of your mansion. I have to ask Yuan Fu to show me. ”

"My husband's ancestors are serious, and the old man is just a grass farmer now. What does the old man want to do, and what qualifications does the old man have to interfere? Xu Jie clutched his cuffs and said lightly: "As for those people outside, I'm old, I can't take care of it, and I don't want to take care of it." ”

"Forcibly dispersed will inevitably lead to resentment among the people, and I am afraid that another disaster will arise in the future." Zhen Zhenji secretly scolded the old fox, and at this time he still refused to talk to himself.

"Can Yuan Weng listen to their requirements, see if they can meet a little bit, and let them get out." Zhen Zhenji had no choice but to persuade: "The left and right are just some fields and slaves, and the Xu family lacks these, and it can't hurt the roots." ”

Xu Jie remained silent. He was right, he was already planning to give up these slaves and the fields. But the question is, if you give in now, what will you do when Hai Jui comes? What to satisfy the appetite of Haizhongcheng?

So it's not now that you want to cut the meat, so no matter what happens right now, you have to rely on the turtle's magic skills to stand up.

As a result, let Zhen Zhenji wear out his mouth, Xu Ge Lao was unmoved.

Seeing that Xu Ge didn't enter, Zhen Zhenji also guessed what he was doing, and secretly scolded the old fox for not treating himself as a human being, so he had to say goodbye.

ps. This chapter is still owed yesterday.