Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 403;

Chapter four hundred and five;

The patriarch of the Lu family didn't say a word, he just ate with chopsticks, and Lu Jishan's other uncles in the second room successively supported his second elder brother, all of them had a firm attitude and there was no room for maneuver.

Swallowing a mouthful of food, the chief of the Lu family looked at the five elder brothers sitting in his big room, as if he was making a final question;

"What else do you want to say?"

"To the patriarch, I also agree with everyone's proposal. What the two elder brothers said is the truth. Please think more about it, the patriarch."

"That's right, chief patriarch, don't let Sanfang do something stupid, otherwise, it will affect my Lu family in the future~ I will regret it!"

The patriarch's second brother hurriedly spoke up again, adding fuel to the fire;

"Brother, you must not be merciful, otherwise, there will be endless disasters in the future. Instead of worrying about the future, it is better to make a decision today."

The patriarch of the Lu clan nodded, turned around and said softly to old Situ;
"Uncle, the six clan elders in the third house are not ordinary people, they have a clear mind, they persuaded brother Congshan to cut off contact with those who are against the royal family, but Lu Congshan ignored it.

Today at Shen Shi, the six clan elders in Sanfang secretly came to see me, asking me to help, and wanted to change the succession of the patriarch of Sanfang, I don't know what uncle thinks? "

The old Situ said something indifferent;
"I don't know which young man from the third room they are discussing with the patriarch?"

"Returning to Uncle, it is Lu Congshan's third brother, Lu Sanlang, who strongly approves of participating in the sale of baijiu in the royal family."

Old Situ looked at the chief patriarch of the Lu clan, and replied with a serious expression;
"Patriarch Qi, if the second child is replaced, although he is a bit too honest and stupid, he will be more stable for a long time and will not easily cause trouble, but if the third child is replaced, it will be a little bit more difficult. It's very different."

Lu's patriarch also nodded;

"So that my uncle can know that when Shen Shi was in charge, I thought the same way. I was most afraid that the third child was too aggressive. In order to compete for the position of patriarch, the higher-ups said it clearly and logically. Will they do it in the future when they become the leader?" If you insist on going your own way, the Sanfang may be scattered sooner or later."

It was the first time that old Situ nodded tonight, agreeing with other people's opinions. He nodded twice before responding;
"What the patriarch is worried about is exactly what I am worried about. The third child is too radical and good at ever-changing. He is an unsteady seed.

Don't look at what happened to him now, and he can use the wind to make the rudder. He can win the unanimous approval of the six elders of their own family. In the future, the uncertain factors will grow up and sprout, and the disaster will not be far away.

If there were only three or four clan elders supporting him, it would be better to say something, but now in the three houses, all the important clan elders are all lobbying for him with one word, here...

I don't know how much effort he spent to get to this point, this kind of mind is not suitable for the position of patriarch. "

If the third sons of the third family, if they know of their tricks, try their best to win the trust of all the clan elders, if they think that they will win the trust of all the clan elders, they will do nothing wrong,
As a result, the most successful place also became the biggest flaw, and he must regret it to death. He never thought that he would pass by the position of patriarch in the end.
It wasn't just the chief patriarch of the Lu family, but it was this old man who had been out of date for more than ten years, and he hadn't paid much attention to it!

The head of Lu's family is different from the other five surnames and Qiwang. Since Fan Yang's Lu family has always been at the "middle and lower reaches" of the five surnames and Qiwang, the head of the family has a high position and authority, and has always regarded the entire Lu family's authentic three-bedroom tight.

He also has the real authority of the great patriarch, and he can make all things happen with one word!That's why the third child in the third room tried his best to get six important clan elders to come out together to lobby the big clan chief for a replacement.

The patriarch of the Lu family frowned and asked;

"If Lu Congshan insists on going his own way and doesn't want to participate, can he replace his second son and ask his uncle to speak up and advise him together."

Old Situ didn't even think about it, he didn't stop for a moment, and answered directly;
"If you go back to the head of the patriarch, you absolutely can't do it like this. If the second child is in the position, Lu Congshan can say something, at most he will be so angry that he can't eat, then the third child must look down on the cowardly appearance of the second child and suppress him. If there is a turmoil, there will be more disasters.

The second child is too honest, he is not the opponent of the third child, and he can't control the situation. In the future, there will be chaos in the third room, and it may be bloody to some extent.

If the eldest son inherits the position of patriarch, then the third child at least has some submissive thoughts in his bones, and he will not jump too fast.

And his official position is justified, and I have the ability to observe him, otherwise, how could he have been arranged by the royal family in an important position in the household department, and he has been stable all these years?

It is nothing more than facing the pass that is about to inherit the position of patriarch, and the situation outside is a little vacillating, and wants to shrink the defense to reduce unnecessary troubles.

From the overall situation, there is nothing wrong with the boss's approach. The only thing wrong is that he is too close to those sects that are determined to fight against the royal family, and it will inevitably cause trouble!
In itself, he is still the best candidate for the patriarch. The great patriarch must first be patient, beat him carefully, and then use force to suppress him. He must obey obediently.

Our Lu family can also preserve the blood of the three families. If we lose the power of the first family, it will be a bit embarrassing if we want to protect ourselves in the future! "

The patriarch of the Lu family didn't say a word, and after thinking for a long time, he said to Lu Jishan;
"Brother, didn't you say that you will pay the money and pick up the goods the day after tomorrow? Don't worry, you still have one day tomorrow. You go to the ministry tomorrow, and first fill in the name of Sanfang~ This booklet for participating in the sale of liquor Inside, you don't have to worry about the rest."

"Yes, follow the patriarch's order."

Alright, let's continue to drink, tomorrow all the clan elders from the first and second rooms will go out, and go to the third room to have a look. My uncle and I will sit in town.

If Lu Congshan is obsessed with his obsession, it's not too late to make a decision. If he still doesn't agree to this matter, the big house will take out money to make up for it first, and ask the third house and our big house and second house to advance and retreat together.

The other patriarchs will make arrangements for themselves, even if the son is honest and useless that time, it is better than a disobedient one everywhere, then Lu Laosan will continue to be rich in Ansheng, if he dares to jump up and down, the patriarch will make him With nothing, he went to the streets to beg for a living. "

"Yes."

"Yes!"

The corners of old Situ's mouth slightly curled up, which fully showed that he was very happy in his heart. The chief patriarch understood what he meant, and made up his mind. There were arrangements for advancing and retreating, so he could eat the bar with peace of mind.

Having nothing to say all night, when Lu Jishan got up the next day, he went to the Cangbu Division of the Ministry of Households step by step.

The two patriarchs came out with more than a dozen clan elders from the second bedroom of the big house, followed by dozens of servants, and headed for the third bedroom of the Lu family, the mansion in Chang'an City.

Lu Congshan has been very leisurely these few days, there are officials asking for money everywhere, but the silver treasury of the household department in the court is empty, not to mention taking out some small things first, even a thousand coins may not be there.

The Shangshu and the left and right servants all went out, and specially explained that, except for the Cangbu Division and the normal operation of the Ministry of Finance, all other divisions that deal with money are not allowed to come to the household department to be on duty and forced to rest. Go again, just wait at home for the transmission.

As a result, Lu Congshan stayed at home leisurely. Apart from gathering with those family friends, he just squatted at home. Early this morning, according to the usual rules, he first went to Aye's room to check.

Old Aye was still in a daze, unable to speak. Lu Congshan looked at the skinny old man on the couch, and involuntarily shed two lines of tears, sighed and shook his head, repeating what he had to say twice a day. discourse;

"You wait and serve carefully, Aye doesn't have many days left, the old man must be made comfortable in this last scene, don't be negligent!"

"Yes."

"promise."

Lu Congshan who walked to the door stopped again, he was in a very good mood today, so he couldn't help but say a few more words;

"You guys are so good at serving Aye, I'll take everyone's credit into my eyes and keep it in my heart, and after Aye leaves, I won't lose anyone in terms of meritorious deeds and rewards.

but!Who dares to be mean to the old man, I will not come to waste words with you, if I find out that one is executed, it is useless for anyone to intercede, have you heard? "

"only!"

"only!"

"only!"

Seeing a group of maids bowing their heads and agreeing, Lu Congshan took his personal servants and left in satisfaction, and returned to his yard. The servants brought breakfast, and Lu Jishan enjoyed it leisurely.

After not eating for a long time, Lu Congshan's personal attendant trotted in hastily, and when he couldn't reach him, he gave him an anxious look, and Lu Congshan directly gave orders;
"Let's all retreat, no one is allowed at the door, and wait outside the small courtyard."

"promise."

The four maids agreed and left the room neatly, and the servant, who had been playing since childhood, was sweating anxiously, and hurried up to salute;
"I have seen Mr. Lang, something is wrong!"

One sentence disturbed Lu Congshan's good mood, and asked in a low voice with his eyebrows twisted;

"Don't panic, the sky won't fall, and let's talk about it in detail, what's the matter?"

"Lang Jun, how can the villain not panic, just now Madam called the villain to talk, you don't know, the sister of Madam's natal family visited the mansion where the patriarch lives yesterday, guess what happened?"

Lu Congshan couldn't help but thumped a little when he heard the words "big patriarch" and asked in a deep voice;

"what happened?"

"Returning to Mr. Lang, my wife's sister saw the six clan elders in our third room, and went to meet the chief clan mysteriously,
After I went back last night, I didn't take it seriously. I thought it was Lu's blood, so there was no harm in hanging around. It just so happened that today, the madam had already made an appointment with the lady to go shopping at the gold and silver shop.
Mrs. Cai's natal sister came to the backyard just now, and there was a word of gossip, sister, the six clan elders from the third room of yours went out together to meet the great patriarch of your Lu clan,
But something has failed recently. Could it be that the old patriarch has breathed his last breath?
Madame knows that Mr. San Lang has been very close to the elders of the clan recently, and his heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he dealt with it with a smile.

Immediately ordered the servants to come out and asked me to go in to serve. On the surface, it was said that there was something to be done by the villain, but privately arranged for me to come to the front immediately and report the matter to you, Mr. Wang.

The villain didn't dare to delay for a moment, and ran over here in one breath, sir, the elders of the clan are dispatched in such a neat manner, they must be doing some shady business without telling us, how should we deal with it, please think carefully about it.

The villain thinks that Mr. Sanlang must be making some kind of conspiracy. He is best at all kinds of tricks, so we dare not be careless! "

Hearing this, Lu Jishan couldn't eat anymore, got up and walked back and forth in the house. He has been watching the old Aye's condition recently, waiting for Aye to die, and he will take over the position of patriarch smoothly.

Fearing that there would be some other mistakes that would ruin his good business, he didn't even dare to participate in the baijiu trading organized by the court.

The purpose is not to cause side effects. At this critical time, he does not seek progress or achievements, but only seeks to have no faults. Only when he takes over the position of patriarch smoothly can he feel at ease.

Of the three of them who are direct brothers, there is no need to worry about the second child, since honestly and dutifully scaring someone to death, it is impossible to stand up and fight with him or something.

The only one who is not stable is the third child. That guy has been a bunch of ideas since he was a child, and they come up one after another. Recently, he has become too close with those clan elders. Lu Congshan can't stand it for a long time.

It's just that there is nothing wrong with him, and he has not inherited the position of the patriarch of the third house, so he can only feel angry and helpless.

He came here for whatever he was afraid of. I didn't expect that the third child would unknowingly take down all six clan elders, and even went to find the chief clan leader together. Is this still guesswork?
The lice on the bald man's head, it's obvious, it's trying to usurp the throne and make a living, they must be connected together, go to the big patriarch to speak ill of themselves, and want to ask the big patriarch to intervene in the housework of the third room It's over.

I'm afraid... I just want to change people... The third child is someone who dares to think and do things. The impatient Lu Congshan walked around the room two or three times, and when he turned back, he couldn't help asking again. one sentence;
"Madam's natal sister, have you heard any other rumors?"

The servant's head shook like a rattle;
"If you go back to Langjun, if you don't have anything else, just say that you saw those. As for what those clan elders said to the great clan leader, there is no way to know."

Lu Congshan frowned and sat down again, picked up his chopsticks and pretended to be calm, and wanted to eat a few mouthfuls of food to suppress the shock, but a maid came in quickly, and Lu Congshan's anger immediately flared up;
"What's going on, didn't I tell you to wait outside the yard, why are you so unruly!"

The maid lowered her head and whispered;
"Your servant deserves to die. Your lord forgives your sins. The steward of the front yard called your servant to report to your lord. He said that more than a dozen clan elders from the second bedroom of the big house came to our mansion with the two patriarchs. They have already entered the courtyard at the other end. Please Hurry up and go out to meet him!"

The chopsticks in Lu Congshan's hand fell on the table with a thud. He was still guessing in his heart whether the third son would arrange for those clan elders to ask the head of the clan to intervene in the affairs of the third room.

What he was most afraid of was that the big patriarch would get involved and forcibly replace people. He was in a cold sweat from worrying. In an instant, a large group of people came over, and more than a dozen of the clan elders from the two rooms came. Fighting... the comer is not kind, how can he not be surprised by this?

The servant saw that his master was flustered, so he stepped forward quickly to block the maid's view;
"I want to report to you, sir, the people from the second room of the first house have already entered the first yard in front, we should go out to greet you quickly, please get up, sir!"

Lu Congshan who came back to his senses immediately stood up;

"Yes, follow me quickly."

"only!"

Lu Congshan hurried along with his servants all the way, and as soon as he reached the second courtyard ahead, he met the visitor. Lu Congshan, who was pretending to be calm, saluted cautiously;
"Meet the patriarch, and respectfully invite Jin An."

"Exemption."

"Thank you, Patriarch."

Lu Congshan changed the angle and bent down again;

"My nephew pays respects to my uncle, please be blessed."

"Free gift!"

Lu Congshan's heart skipped a beat again, the old uncle Situ from the previous court had a very bad tone today, Lu Congshan suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and respectfully thanked him;

"Thank you uncle."

"Greetings to all clan elders, everyone in the main hall, great patriarch, uncle, all clan elders!"

After Lu Congshan said the rules, he stood aside, waiting for the people to pass by, and then hurriedly followed the people to the main hall, and arranged the two noble patriarchs to sit at the head, and all the clan elders were also arranged properly. , Lu Congshan sat down inadvertently, and stood in the lower seat with a smiling face.

The patriarch of the Lu family still has a kind expression that is harmless to humans and animals;

"Brother, stay safe!"

"Thanks to the blessing of the great patriarch, I have always been well. I didn't know that the elders came, and I was far away. Please forgive me, forgive me, forgive me!"

The chief patriarch of the Lu family stared at Lu Congshan closely, and recently said in a neutral way;

"Today, my patriarch and uncle came together, mainly to see how the patriarch of the third room is doing, and to talk to brother by the way.

Now the uncle of the third room, his old man is inconvenient to move, and the elder brother is the most respected among the three rooms. You have to discuss with your elders in the third room when you do things. Don't act willfully. After all, the elderly have experienced a lot , the eye experience is still good, brother, what do you think? "

coming!Sure enough, the comer was not kind. The chief patriarch beat him up and down as soon as he opened his mouth. He was full of words of reproach, and he didn't even turn a corner. It seems that the elders arranged by the third brother yesterday were quite good. Take my bad medicine!

Lu Congshan carefully considered his words and dealt with them carefully;
"Yes, what the chief patriarch teaches is fair and aboveboard principles, my younger brother, keep it in mind, and in the future, you must discuss with the clan elders of the third room and consider various aspects."

"Well, that's fine, but the future is for the future, and the current matter must be resolved.

Brother, what do you think about the sale of spirits arranged by the court recently? I, the eldest and second house of the Lu family, both actively participated. In other words, brother, you are the eldest son of a direct relative. I don't know how you think about it, and how you want to come and go? "

Lu Congshan felt more certain in his heart after hearing the words of the patriarch of the Lu family. If the third son hadn't played tricks behind him, he wouldn't believe it if he was beaten to death.

Today's battle was obviously to Xingshi to inquire about the crime, the patriarch went straight to the palace, and mentioned this matter when he opened his mouth, but his intentions were not good!
Obviously on this matter, I advocated neither participating nor objecting, but now I have to press for questions, so I have to be careful when answering.

Otherwise, I am afraid that the sky will change. The elders of the first and second households are almost all in order. I absolutely cannot ask them to catch something wrong today...

Lu Congshan was thinking about it before answering, but he might as well ask the patriarch of the Erfang patriarch, his uncle who was once the great Situ;
"Hey, why didn't you see your second child come out today, this child is usually kind and courteous!"

Lu Congshan was startled by these words, sweating profusely. The old uncle's words made Lu Congshan smell very dangerous, so he pretended to be calm and Lu Congshan replied with a smile;

"Uncle Qi, the second younger brother went to visit friends in Luoyang City with his troops the day before yesterday, and it will take half a year to come back after going back and forth!"

What Lu Congshan said was half true and half false. The second child did go out to visit friends, but before he left, he said that he would be back in a month and a half at most.

Lu Congshan was worried that something dangerous would happen, so he said it directly for half a year, and he also had an abacus in his heart. Aye, it might only be a matter of two or three months, so it is better to talk about it for a few more days, and stop the old uncle's thoughts .

As expected, Lu Congshan glanced over inadvertently. The old uncle who had been a great Situ couldn't hide his disappointed expression.

Although he was still trying his best to pretend he didn't care, he, Lu Congshan, was no longer a fledgling young man, and he could clearly see the essence at a glance.

Old Situ seemed a little unwilling to ask;
"Then do you know the portal he went looking for, where it is, and how to find it?"

"Returning to uncle, my nephew doesn't know about this, my second brother has been living a free and easy life, with literary friends all over the world,

It is said that he went to Luoyang, maybe he stayed for three or five days, and it is unknown if he went to another place. I am afraid it is impossible to find him, and he can only wait for him to come back. Is there something important for uncle to find him? "

"Oh, nothing else. It's just been a long time. Just by the way, everyone knows about your Aye's health. The days are numbered, and his kid is still running around. It's too shameful."

Lu Congshan listened to the old uncle who had been a great Situ, and on the surface he seemed to be complaining about his second son's unfilial piety, but inside he was anxious to ask his second son to come back to sit in charge. Lu Congshan couldn't help but sneered in his heart:
What are you wearing?If I were a child of ten or eight years old, I would be an idiot if I couldn't guess what you were thinking if I wanted to find my second child back at this juncture.

(End of this chapter)