Chen and Zhu exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then decided to go their separate ways. Chen Wenshan went to the Wei State Mansion, and when he was about to arrive at the Mansion, a soap Li stepped forward to salute and ask the Mansion for instructions. He only asked the soap to find the master and explain important things.

The master has not done anything else these days, so he has specially dug out his thoughts, racking his brains on how to deal with those stubborn and stubborn families in the Wei State Mansion, after many days of siege and division and disintegration, according to conservative estimates, there are less than ten people left in the mansion. He was not satisfied with this result, and planned to work harder to make all the people in the mansion bow their heads.

At this time, Chen Wenzhi came, and the master had no choice but to come to return to his life unwillingly, and at the same time promised that giving him another three days would have made them take the initiative to soften.

Chen Wenshan sighed for a while, "No need! Who is Wei Guogong? How can you take the initiative to bow to you and me? Now that he has betrayed his relatives, he has achieved his goal, and the marquis of Zhenyu is now elected by the hundred officials to act as the governor of Nanjing, and today the government will go in and make a break with him. ”

The master has always been focused on targeting the people in the Wei State Mansion, so he has the suspicion of drilling the horns of the bull, and he suddenly heard what Chen Wenzhi said, and he couldn't say a word. I didn't expect the Zhenyu Marquis to move so quickly, with today's situation, the north-south traffic is cut off, and mastering Nanjing is almost like mastering the southeastern half of the provinces...... He didn't dare to think about it any further.

In the Wei State Mansion, Xu Hongji is still sitting solemnly in the study, he has suffered from betrayal and separation in the past few days, and even his eldest son has slipped out of the chaos, and now all that is left around him is five old servants who have followed him for many years.

Thinking of this, Xu Hongji, who has always shown himself strong, couldn't help but burst into tears. The old servant outside the door heard the change in the study, hurriedly pushed the door in, and saw the old man with tears on his face, and couldn't help but be moved and heartbroken.

"Sir, you, what are you...... Take care of your health......"

Before he could finish a complete sentence, the old servant fell to the ground and wept bitterly, which was generally tantamount to the end of the world.

Xu Hongji got up and came to the old servant, and his arms helped him up, "What are you crying?" The sky hasn't fallen yet! Even he felt pale and powerless at this sentence, even if the sky hadn't fallen yet, he didn't have the power to fight back at this moment, and now he has become a fish on the chopping board for others to slaughter. Xu Hongji has always wondered where his mistakes were, is it just the repeated defeat of the Taiping Mansion?

At the beginning, Xu Hongji did not want the Three Guards to enter the Taiping Mansion, because he was afraid that after winning the war, Li Xin shared the credit of suppressing the thieves and improved his status for his own sake. But what he didn't expect was that he, who had always been conceited, was defeated by the rebels, and in the end, it was the timely arrival of the Three Guards who saved his life. It's just that the 20,000 troops brought by Nanjing have fled with dead and wounded, and only a dozen horsemen returned to Nanjing with him.

The timing of the Three Guards sending troops was just right, Xu Hongji didn't believe that this was just a coincidence, it must have been carefully arranged in advance, and he was always on guard against Li Xin, and Li Xin was always plotting against him. Xu Hongji sighed, in the end, he still paid a terrible price for his support and underestimating the enemy.

Xu Hongji, who sighed for a while, turned around and came to the shelf behind the bookcase, and opened a delicate small box, which was neatly stacked with small gold ingots. He closed the lid, placed the whole box of small gold ingots on the table, and then said indifferently to the old servant, "Go and call the rest of the old brothers in!" ”

The old servant wiped the tears from his face and obediently went out to call someone. After a while, the five old men stood in front of Xu Hongji.

"You were born in the Xu family, grew up in the Xu family, and have worked for the Xu family all your life. Now that the Xu family is about to fall, it can only be like this when you think about it......"

Xu Hongji said vaguely, stretched out his hand to open the box on the table, and several old servants immediately saw the gold ingots in the box, and already understood Wei Guogong's intention to invite them to the study. Among them, the old housekeeper, who had already seen his sick body, knelt on the ground with a puff, "Even if the old servant dies, he will die in the Guogong Mansion!" ”

The rest of the people followed closely and also understood Wei Guogong's intentions, so they also expressed their intention to live and die with the Xu family. This hurt Xu Hongji sighed for a while, in the end, his own son was not as loyal as a few old servants. At the same time, he was also glad that his other sons did not come to Nanjing with him, otherwise wouldn't he have to suffer this unbearable suffering of ordinary people?

Xu Hongji's stomach has been rumbling for a whole day, and the Wei Mansion has been out of food for a whole day, and almost everything that can be eaten has been churned out by a few old servants.

"Good! Very good, one day I, Xu Hongji, will get rid of this difficulty, and I will definitely remove the five of your sons and nephews from the naturalization and add an official and a half-post. ”

This promise is not insignificant, slaves like them who have children are not allowed to be officials for generations, and now with the guarantee of Wei Guogong, what a grace this is, the five old servants wept with admiration, and couldn't help crying. Different from the sorrow in the previous cry, this cry actually contained expectations for the future.

Xu Hongji couldn't help sighing, he can't even control his own fate now, after getting out of trouble in the future, whether he can keep his status today is between the two, and how can he get rid of his slaves and become officials? However, in the face of such loyal servants, he really could not give any other compensation, and could only express his return to the loyal servants in this way.

Xu Wenjue's betrayal almost broke Xu Hongji's psychological defense, this unscrupulous son actually said goodbye without saying goodbye, did he think that the other party would let him go if he left the Guogong Mansion? I'm afraid that on the contrary, without the protection of the Guogong Mansion, Xu Wenjue is only afraid that he will completely fall into the other party's trap, and it will be difficult to jump out.

"Master, this is sent in by those bastards today, saying that it is an official document from the political affairs hall."

The old butler respectfully held the fire paint official document in his hand and slowly put it in front of the table. Xu Hongji stared closely at the official document on the table, and an unprecedented feeling suddenly surged in his heart, which was by no means a good thing.

Xu Hongji picked up the official document, tore open the fire paint seal, read it at a glance, and then hung his hand down weakly. There was nothing worse to make him angry. Several of the wall-headed grasses in the political hall finally chose to fall to Li Xin's house under the gathering of various wind directions.

At the same time, he also clearly knew that this result was inseparable from the fact that he was surrounded in the house and could not be freely centered. Whatever is recuperating behind closed doors, and what well water does not interfere with river water, it is all made for outsiders to see. And didn't Li Xin even scruple about eating in the end? Semi-openly surrounded his own mansion.

Xu Hongji's eyes were gloomy, he knew that from now on, the authority of the imperial court would be lost in Jiangnan. What's even more sad is that I know that there are many problems in front of me, but I don't have any way to deal with them, so I can only watch.

At this time, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the study, and the old housekeeper's face changed suddenly, and everyone in the house was gathered in the study, and the sound of footsteps outside could only prove a problem. That is, outsiders came in the house.

Sure enough, a loud shout rang out outside the study.

"Xiaguan should ask Tianfu Yin Chen Wenzhi to see Wei Guogong!"

The old housekeeper was stunned for a moment, then his face showed anger, and he took the lead and roared: "The old brothers are all copying guys, follow me, it's this guy who forced us to such a point." ”

His low roar was soon echoed by the other four old servants, who were so emotional that they wanted to go out and fight Chen Wenshan. Xu Hongji immediately stopped their reckless behavior.

"Stop! Don't move anyone, let the little official come in, the old man wants to see what he has in mind! ”

"Sir!"

The old housekeeper was unwilling, and wanted to persuade Xu Hongji to take this opportunity to take Ying Tianfu Yin as a hostage, and just went out of the city, and he might be able to make a difference in the local area.

However, Xu Hongji waved his hand to interrupt the whimsy of the old butler, Li Xin won the support of the officials in Nanjing, not recklessly, even if he succeeded in kidnapping Chen Wenzhi and leaving the city, it is unknown that he might even be framed by these people for rebellion in the end.

"Let him in, don't mess around!"

Xu Hongji didn't explain much to a few emotional old servants, but just asked a few old servants to retreat in a deep and majestic voice.

The old servant did not dare to disobey Wei Guogong's order, and although he was still indignant, he still withdrew. After a while, Chen Wenzhi stepped into Wei Guogong's study with a flick of his official robe. Chen Wenzhi was apprehensive before he came in, thinking that a year ago, this Wei State Mansion was an unattainable existence for him, and now he can enter and exit at will. The Duke of Wei, a descendant of the Xu family who had enjoyed the prestige for nearly three hundred years, was behind that door.

What if Xu Hongji relies on the old and sells the old, and resists stubbornly? Chen Wenzhi made many assumptions, and he found that he had no other way but to convince people with force. And this is the last thing he wants to use. However, from the moment Chen Wenzhi stepped into the study, he was no longer apprehensive.

Because in front of him is just an old man with an old face and no help.

Chen Wenzhi stepped into the study and first bowed deeply to Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei behind the table, and then stood on the spot, staring directly at this extremely valuable old man.

Xu Hongji smiled indifferently, and did not have any of the hardline attitudes that Chen Wenzhi had assumed.

"I don't know Chen Fuzun, Qu came to visit, what do you want?"

Chen Wenzhi smiled, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Presumably, Wei Guogong has already seen the official document of the Political Affairs Hall, and the lower officials came here, just to be entrusted by your ministries and halls, and have a few words to convey to Wei Guogong!" ”

Xu Hongji sneered, what he said was really polite, if he just passed a few words, would he still use such a stirring teacher to target himself?