Yan's mansion in Wucheng, adjacent to the county government, has high courtyard walls, and looks ordinary on the outside, but it is unique on the inside. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Behind the wall alone, there is a double wall, and in case of danger, hundreds of families will defend it accordingly, and the thousand-strong brigade can be kept out of the wall.

The buildings in the courtyard are also very distinctive, each of the four watchtowers occupies a corner, which can take in the internal and external movements, especially the watchtower in the northwest corner, which puts the situation in the county hall under surveillance.

Zhu Gong sat in a hall of the Yan Mansion, and he felt a sense of melancholy in his heart, like sitting on pins and needles.

The interior decoration of this hall shows the rich nature of the Yan family, the hanging beams and colored walls, the ornamentation is exquisite, the utensils are furnished, inlaid with gold and silver, mixed with pearl and jade carvings. The colorful coral placed in front of the screen alone is several feet high, the jade leaf beads and fruits are decorated, and the white jade bucket is inherited below, if there is a breeze blowing, then the treasure light flows, just like the fairy in the thing.

Being in such an environment, people already have a sense of embarrassment that they are ashamed of themselves, and Zhu Gong and the Yan family have discord, how can they be indifferent in their hearts. If it weren't for Shen Zhezi's strong order, he wouldn't have dared to go to the Yan family again.

In the past half a year, in order to avoid the Yan family's debt collection, Zhu Gong rarely showed up in front of people, and even the official position of the county order of the old city was abandoned, and he hid under the protection of the Shen family under Wu Kangtuo. In the middle of the year, a group of bandits rushed into his manor in his hometown and smashed them all over, which was obviously Yan's act to vent his anger.

Entering the door of the Yan family again today, in addition to Shen Zhezi's persecution, Zhu Gong really can't bear the daily fear and trembling life, and wants to make an end. He could not hide himself, but his two sons could not hide every day. Only by completely eradicating the Yan family can his family get a clear sky again!

When Zhu Gong was thinking about it, a person rushed into the hall, burly, bearded, and not like a good person, it was Yan Ping's brother Yan An. Although this Yan An is white and has no official position, he has a rough temperament and little etiquette, and he is a guy who makes people smell and change color in the whole Wuxing.

As soon as he saw Zhu Gong in the hall, Yan An's face was full of anger, he rushed to him with an arrow, kicked the table in front of Zhu Gong, and roared: "Treacherous dog thief, dare to come to my house again!" Seeing no one in my family, are you really not afraid of death? ”

Hit by the strong wind of his legs and feet, Zhu Gong subconsciously leaned back to dodge, his cheeks twitched slightly, and even remembered Shen Zhezi's advice, even if he forced himself to calm down, he sneered again and again: "Who can ignore the major events of life and death?" Since I dare to visit the house, I am sure that I will not be harmed by Yan Jun. If Yan Jun can give up his past suspicions, I will talk to you calmly about a rich matter. If not, then I can only leave. ”

"You, a lost dog, still have to protect the Shen family, your own family can't survive, and you dare to talk to me about wealth and wealth?"

Yan An also sneered when he heard this, and pointed at Zhu Gong and said sharply: "Since you dare to come to my door today, you don't have the luxury of expecting to leave easily!" If you don't return the goods you owe me, you will stay." ”

"I'm the son-in-law of the Shen family, why can't I protect his family? Yan Jun also knows that behind me is the Shen family, if you destroy my house, how can this hatred be resolved? At this point, you might as well say it bluntly, Yan Jun can stay as a guest, if you dare to harm me in the slightest, it will not be a matter of soldiers surrounding your house! ”

With Shen Zhezi's assurance as the backing, Zhu Gong was also much tougher, and said-for-tat.

Hearing this, Yan An's face suddenly became gloomy. In the middle of the year, his family couldn't ask for Zhu Gong, and sent his subordinates to smash the Zhu manor to vent their anger, but the Shen family sent more than a thousand subordinates to rush into the door of Wucheng Yan's house and block his house for several days before leaving.

This incident made Yan's face disgraced, but he did not dare to respond excessively. After all, he was impulsive a few years ago and sent someone to attack and kill Shen Chong's son, although it was fruitless, but he also offended the Shen family fiercely. The Shen family shielded Zhu Gong precisely to provoke him, if his family still didn't know how to restrain himself, he was afraid that the old thing would be staged again.

"Zhu Gongpifu, you are also a famous family, and you are willing to be the guinea dog of the Shen family, which is really shameful!"

Yan An really didn't dare to really hurt Zhu Gong, but cynicism was naturally inevitable, and he sat down in the seat while sneering and scolding.

"Shiju is my brother-in-law, and now the respect of Liefang Town, he is treated with courtesy, driven by it, and I am willing to be like a glutton."

Although Zhu Gong hated Yan An for being mean in his heart, he refused to admit defeat.

"Fang Zhen's Venerable? Ha, I don't know how long I can respect it! What your intentions are in coming to my house, let's talk about it now. Could it be that Yu made Jun come to Wuxing again, so that the Shen family could not be at ease, and wanted to form a relationship with my family to protect themselves? ”

Yan An shook his head, his expression extremely disdainful. The last time Yu Tan was the county zhongzheng, he showed malice to the Shen family, and today he has returned and has become a Taishou, so you can imagine what kind of criticism the Shen family will endure. Although he was also unhappy with Yu Tan's appointment as Taishou, Yan An was extremely happy when he thought that the Shen family would suffer more.

Zhu Gong came from Wukang, and knew that Yu Tan and the Shen family had an alliance, and when he heard Yan An's clever inference, he was stunned in his heart, but his face was positive: "Yan Jun is wrong, the scholar lives in Huiji, and the Yu family has a contract with each other, and Yu Envoy Jun came to govern Wuxing this time, and the Shen family is also happy to welcome him." I was ordered to come only because the Shen family intended to sell part of the manor's land, and to turn over goods and manpower to Huiji to create a situation. If Yan Jun is interested, I can introduce them on my behalf and discuss them in detail. ”

"The Shen family wants to sell the manor property?"

Hearing this, Yan An's face was pale, and then he couldn't help but think more. The acres of manor are the foundation of the family, even if his family boils salt for the industry, he still remembers to merge and cultivate the fields. Last year, when the Shen family had a food shortage, his family added fuel to the fire, and invested a lot of Zhu Gong goods in order to make the Shen family good land.

Unexpectedly, the Shen family actually took the initiative to sell the land now, Yan An couldn't believe his ears. After a little muttering, he said sharply, "Is what you said true?" If you lie to me again, it will be difficult for the Shen family to protect you! ”

The sentence is true, the Shen family is willing to cut eight granges in the north of Tiaoxi, a total of more than 2,000 hectares. I'm only worried that the Yan family doesn't have enough financial resources, and after visiting Yan Jun, I have to go to other people's homes to inquire. Zhu Gong said with a determined expression.

"More than 2,000 hectares?"

Hearing this, Yan An couldn't help but gasp, and then his attitude towards Zhu Gong also changed: "This matter is not up to me, my brother is visiting the envoy in the county government." When he returns home, I will talk to him in detail. Please stay in the house for the time being, and my family will give you an answer as soon as possible. ”

Zhu Gong's face was a little embarrassed: "More than two thousand hectares, not a decimal." It's not that I underestimate the Zun Mansion, but Shiju is really pressing me very urgently, and I can't afford to delay the transfer of goods to Huiji before the spring. ”

"Haha, so Zhu Jun doesn't have to go to another house. If my family can't raise enough money, let alone the others! ”

Yan An looked at Zhu Gong again, his attitude was already very different, if he could complete this transaction, what would Zhu Gong's arrears be earlier. However, he was also skeptical about why the Shen family was in a hurry to sell such a large amount of land, and he didn't dare to knock the matter to death. But before that, Zhu Gong must not be allowed to contact other families again!

Trapping Zhu Gong in the mansion, Yan An hurriedly left the house and rushed to the county mansion, not even waiting for the servants to inform the eldest brother.

As soon as he walked not far in front of the county government, Yan An saw his brother Yan Ping marching out of the county government in a menacing manner, with anger on his face, quite angry and corrupt, and hurriedly greeted him.

Before Yan An could speak, Yan Ping had already pointed at the county government and scolded, without concealing it at all.

"The old man regards me as no one in Wuxing! How his family colluded with the township and persecuted Shen Shiju in Huiji, I don't know! I returned home in embarrassment years ago, and now I dare to run rampant! ”

Yan An hurriedly inquired about the reason, only to learn that as soon as Yu Tan took office, he dismissed many county government officials arranged by the Yan family in the past few years, and wanted to check the county government officials' households, military households, and fields. This undoubtedly slashed head-on at the Yan family, no wonder the eldest brother was so angry.

Yan Anxin moved, and said: "The old thief is so tough, isn't it more powerful to rely on?" The Shen family suddenly sent Zhu Gong to discuss the sale of land, could it be that the situation was already in danger? ”

"Let's talk about it at home." When Yan Ping heard this, his face turned grim and motioned for Yan An to be silent.

The two brothers led a cadre to return to the house in a hurry, Yan Ping was not in a hurry to see Zhu Gong, and only after listening to Yan An explain the details, did he mutter: "The situation is uncertain, Shen Shiju is strong and wants to come out, although he temporarily occupies the position of Fang Town, it is really difficult to maintain." A month ago, I went to Lufu to meet the second duke, and I know that Taiwan Province has a lot of complaints about Shen Shiju. Now that his family's great enemy has returned, and he is now anxious to sell his acres of land to raise money, it can be seen that the situation is already very dangerous. ”

Yan An sneered after hearing this: "His family is just a local tyrant, and he wants to wrestle in all directions, and now his strength is weak, so he is taking his own trouble!" ”

They are both wealthy families in the county, and they have a feud with each other, seeing that the Shen family is soaring, Yan An is quite appreciative. At this time, when he heard that the Shen family was about to suffer, his mood could be described as happy: "In this way, we can't be greedy for temporary interests and rush to agree to Zhu Gong, but instead provide the Shen family with goods to tide over the difficulties." ”

Yan Ping shook his head and said: "At this time and that time, I also hate not being able to eradicate the Shen family, but now Yutan is coming violently, as if he wants to make a big move in my homeland, but now I can't rush to attack the Shen family, so that my villagers will mess up and give Yutan old thieves a chance." ”

After pondering for a while, Yan Pingcai said again: "When you see Zhu Gong later, you might as well agree first, there is no need to negotiate the price first, just say that my family needs to raise money, and hold him first, and there is no need to force him to stay in my house." If Shen is sincere about selling land, it is impossible to contact me alone. Examine what they do to distinguish the authenticity. ”

Yan An nodded again and again after hearing this, he knew that he was not a wise man, and he had always been the only eldest brother who looked forward to his words and obeyed his words.

"Also, send a message to Jiaxing's own family, mobilize people and goods, and prepare to transfer to Wuxing. With such a large amount of land, if the Shen family is really in a hurry to sell it, it will not fall into the hands of other families. It is necessary to start the acres of land before spring, so as not to miss a season of farming. ”

Yan Ping has a good family, and there is no lack of shrewdness, and after explaining this, he said: "The fields are fundamental, if the Shen family is really sold, then his family is really difficult to maintain." If that Yutan Pifu is willing to temporarily rein, I don't mind temporarily uniting with him to completely eradicate the Shen family! Shen Chong attacked my hatred, and his son ridiculed my grievances, once resolved, and buried his father and son in the same cave! ”

Zhu Gong had no actual gains in the Yan family, so he first sent a servant to deliver a message to Shen Zhezi, and then transferred to another house to visit according to the plan.

Shen Zhezi received a message from Zhu Gong outside the city, and knew that the Yan family had entered the palace, so he left with confidence, continued to the north, and invited people to participate in the feast of dividing up the Yan family. Now is just the beginning, the Yan family can still hold itself, and when the salt drying method spreads, his family will really jump over the wall.

It is not difficult to attract the Yan family into the Yan. Even though his family is rich, it is only a powerful place, and it is neither aware of the treacherous nature of the political struggle, nor does it have the pattern of taking into account the whole picture. These flaws are usually too mysterious, and only when faced with a real life-and-death decision, will they blind people's eyes like Mount Tai.