Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 99 I Can't See Taishan
The Yan family's mansion is located in Wucheng, adjacent to the county mansion, the courtyard wall is high, it looks ordinary on the outside, but inside it is unique.Just behind the wall, there is a double-walled corridor. In case of emergency, hundreds of family members will guard it accordingly, and can keep a thousand-man brigade out of the wall.

The buildings in the courtyard are also very distinctive. Each of the four watchtowers occupies a corner, and you can have a panoramic view of the internal and external movements, especially the watchtower in the northwest corner, which puts the situation in the county mansion under surveillance.

Zhu Gong sat in a hall of Yan's mansion, feeling quite anxious in his heart, as if sitting on pins and needles.

The interior decoration of this hall shows the rich and wealthy nature of the Yan family, with hanging beams and colorful walls, exquisite decorations, utensils and decorations, inlaid with gold and silver, mixed with pearls and jade carvings.The colorful coral placed in front of the screen alone is several feet high, decorated with jade leaves and pearls and fruits, and covered with a white jade bucket. If there is a breeze, the precious light will flow, like a fairy.

Being in such an environment already makes people feel ashamed and embarrassed, and Zhu Gong and Yan Shi are at odds again, how can they be calm in their hearts.If it weren't for Shen Zhezi's strong orders, he would never dare to visit Yan's 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 abandoned his official position as the county magistrate of Guzhang, hiding in Wukang under the protection of Shen's family.In the middle of the year, a group of bandits broke into his manor in Guzhang County and smashed it up. It was obviously Yan's act of venting his anger.

Going to Yan's house again today, apart from Shen Zhezi's persecution, Zhu Gong really couldn't bear the daily life of fear and trembling, and wanted to make an end of it.He can hide himself, but his two sons cannot hide every day.Only when Yan's family is completely eradicated can his family have a clear sky again!
When Zhu Gong was thinking about it, a man rushed into the hall, he was tall and tall, with a long beard, he didn't look like a kind person, it was Yan Ping's younger brother Yan An.Although this Yan An is white and has no official position, but he has a rough temperament and lacks etiquette, and he is a guy who makes people change his face in the whole Wu Xing.

As soon as he entered the hall and saw Zhu Gong, Yan An's face was full of anger, he rushed in front of him, kicked the case in front of Zhu Gong away, and roared: "You betray your trust, you dare to come to my house again! There is no one in my family, are you really not afraid of death?"

Being hit by the strong wind of legs and feet, Zhu Gong subconsciously leaned back to avoid it, his cheeks twitched slightly, and immediately remembered Shen Zhezi's advice, Dang even forced himself to calm down, and sneered again and again: "Who can ignore life and death? Since I dare to cross the house If you visit, you will definitely not be harmed by Yan Jun. If Yan Jun can let go of the past, I will talk to you about wealth and honor in a calm manner. If not, then I can only say goodbye. "

"You bereaved dog, you still want to protect the Shen family. You can't survive your own family. How dare you talk to me about wealth and honor?"

Yan An also sneered when he heard the words, pointed at Zhu Gong with a halberd and said sternly: "Since you dare to enter my house today, don't expect to leave easily! If you don't return the property owed to my house, you can stay!"

"I am the son-in-law of the Shen family. Why not take care of his family? Lord Yan also knows that the Shen family is behind me. If you destroy my family, how can I resolve this hatred? Now that I have said this, let me speak bluntly. But, if you dare to harm me in the slightest, it is not enough to surround your house with soldiers!"

With Shen Zhezi's guarantee as his backing, Zhu Gong was much more assertive and confronted him tit for tat.

Hearing this, Yan An's face suddenly became gloomy.In the middle of the year, his family was struggling to ask for Zhu Gong, so they sent the strong men of the trilogy to smash the Zhu's manor to vent their anger, but before the Shen family sent more than a thousand trilogy to rush into Wu Chengyan's house in a mighty manner, and sealed off his house. It took several days to leave.

This incident made Yan's face ashamed, but he did not dare to respond too radically.After all, years ago he was impulsive and sent someone to attack and kill Shen Chong's son. Although it was fruitless, he offended the Shen family severely.The Shen family shielded Zhu Gong just to provoke a quarrel, if his family still doesn't know how to restrain themselves, the old incident may happen again.

"Prince Zhu Gong, you are also a descendant of a famous family, but you are willing to be the poodle of the Shen family, it is really shameless!"

Yan An really didn't dare to really harm Zhu Gong, but cynicism was unavoidable, he sneered and cursed while sitting in the table.

"Shiju is my brother-in-law, and now the honor of Liefang Town, he is treated with courtesy and driven by him, and I am willing to be happy."

Although Zhu Gong deeply hated Yan An's meanness in his heart, he refused to admit defeat.

"Fang Zhen's honor? Ha, I don't know how long I will be honored! What is your intention in coming to my house, let's talk now. Could it be that the envoy Yu came to Wu Xing again, making the Shen family unable to rest in peace, and wanted to tie up with my family to protect themselves? ?”

Yan An shook his head with an extremely disdainful expression.The last time Yu Tan was the governor of the county, he showed ill will towards the Shen family. Now that he has returned, he has become the prefect. One can imagine what kind of criticism the Shen family will endure.Although he was displeased with Yu Tan's appointment as the prefect, Yan An was extremely happy when he thought that the Shen family would suffer even more.

Zhu Gong came from Wukang, he knew that Yu Tan and the Shen family had a covenant, and when he heard Yan An's clever deduction, he laughed in his heart, but his face was serious and he said: "Yan Jun is absurd, the scholar lives in Kuaiji, The Shen family is also happy to welcome Yu Shijun to govern Wu Xing. I was ordered to come because the Shen family intends to sell part of the manor and land, and the turnover of money and manpower will go to Kuaiji to create a situation. If Yan Jun is interested, I will It can be used as an introduction, and we can talk to each other in detail."

"The Shen family wants to sell the estate?"

Hearing this, Yan An's face became serious, and he couldn't help thinking of more.An acre of manor is the foundation of a family. Even though his family cooks salt for business, he still has no intention of annexing the farm.Last year, Shen's family had a food shortage, and his family contributed to the flames, investing more in Zhugong goods for the Shen family's fertile land.

Unexpectedly, the Shen family would take the initiative to sell the land now, Yan An couldn't believe his ears.After pondering for a while, he said sternly: "Is what you said true? If you lie to me again, it will be difficult for the Shen family to keep you safe!"

"Every sentence is true. The Shen family is willing to cut eight farms north of the Tiaoxi River, with a total of more than [-] hectares. I am only worried that Yan's financial resources are insufficient. After visiting Yan Jun, I will go to other people's homes to inquire." Zhu Gong said with a firm expression.

"More than two thousand hectares?"

Hearing this, Yan An couldn't help gasping, and then his attitude towards Zhu Gong also changed: "I can't decide this matter, my brother is visiting the envoy at the county mansion. When he returns to the mansion, I will discuss it with him in detail." Please stay at the mansion, Mr. Zhu, and my family will give you an answer as soon as possible."

Zhu Gong's expression was a bit perplexed: "More than two thousand hectares is not a small number. It's not that I underestimated the Zun's mansion. In fact, the scholar is pressing me very urgently. I really can't afford to delay to transfer the property to Kuaiji before spring."

"Haha, so Zhu Jun doesn't have to go to another house. If my family can't raise enough money, the other families don't have to mention it!"

When Yan An looked at Zhu Gong again, his attitude was completely different. If the deal could be completed, it would be nothing for Zhu Gong to default on the goods earlier.However, he also had doubts about why the Shen family was eager to sell such a large amount of land, and he did not dare to beat the matter to death.But before that, Zhu Gong must never 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 his servants to inform his elder brother.

Not far from the county mansion, Yan An saw his elder brother Yan Ping walking out of the county mansion aggressively, with anger remaining on his face and a look of desperation, he hurried up to meet him.

Before Yan An could speak, Yan Ping had already pointed at the gate of the county mansion and yelled, without any concealment.

"The old man sees me as no one in Wu Xing! I don't know how his family in Kuaiji connected the village and forced Shen Shi to live! He returned home in embarrassment a year ago, and now he dares to run rampant!"

Yan An hurriedly asked the reason, only to find out that as soon as Yu Tan took office, he dismissed many county officials arranged by the Yan family in the past few years, and had to check the county official households, military households and land.This undoubtedly hit the Yan family head-on, no wonder the elder brother was so furious.

Yan An's heart moved, and he said: "The old thief is so tough, could it be that he has a stronger support? The Shen family suddenly sent Zhu Gong to discuss the sale of the land. Could it be that the situation is at stake?"

"Go back to the mansion and talk in detail." Yan Ping's face became serious when he heard this, and signaled Yan An to keep silent.

The two brothers led a group of cadres, Qu hurried back to the mansion, Yan Ping was not in a hurry to see Zhu Gong, and after hearing Yan An's details, he murmured: "The situation is turbulent, Shen Shiju is determined to come forward, although he temporarily lives in Fangzhen However, it is really difficult to maintain the position. I went to visit the second father in the Lu Mansion a month ago, and I know that the Taiwan Province has a lot of complaints about Shen Shiju. Now that his family’s enemy has made a comeback, and now he is eager to sell the farmland to raise money. It can be seen that the situation is very serious Danger."

Yan An sneered after hearing the words: "His family is nothing more than a local tyrant, and he insists on wrestling with all directions. Now that his power is weak, he is just bringing on himself!"

Both belong to the noble family in the county, and they have feuds with each other. Seeing the Shen family skyrocketing, Yan An is quite pleased.Hearing that the Shen family was about to suffer, he was in a good mood: "In this way, we should not be greedy for a momentary gain and rush to agree to Zhu Gong, but instead provide the Shen family with goods to tide over the difficulties."

But Yan Ping shook his head and said: "At this time and at that time, I also wish I could eradicate the Shen family, but now that Yu Tan is coming in a menacing manner, as if he wants to show off his power in my hometown, we can't rush to attack the Shen family right now. Make the people of my village mess up their positions, and give the old thief in Yutan an opportunity."

After pondering for a moment, Yan Ping said again: "When you see Zhu Gong later, you might as well agree to it first. Don't talk about the price first, just say that my family needs to raise money, and we must hold him back first, and there is no need to force him to stay in my house. Mrs. Shen If you really want to sell the land, it is absolutely impossible to contact only my family. Observe what they do to distinguish the authenticity."

Yan An nodded after hearing the words, he knew that he was not a wise man, and he always followed his elder brother's advice and obeyed his words.

"Also, send a letter to Jiaxing's family to mobilize wealth and goods and prepare to transfer to Wuxing. If the Shen family is really eager to sell such a large amount of land, it must not fall into the hands of other families. We must rush to buy the land before spring, so that it will not miss a season. farm work."

Yan Ping was well-managed and shrewd. After explaining this, he said: "If the Shen family is really sold, then his family is really struggling. If that Yutan man is willing to restrain himself for a while, I don't mind having a relationship with him." He temporarily joined forces to completely eradicate the Shen family! Shen Chong attacked me, and his son satirized me. Once the grievances are resolved, father and son will be buried in the same cave!"

Zhu Gong had no real gains in Yan's house, so he first sent a servant to send a letter to Shen Zhezi, and then transferred to another house to visit as planned.

Shen Zhezi received a letter from Zhu Gong outside the city, knowing that the Yan family had already settled down, so he left at ease and continued northward, inviting people to participate in the feast of dividing up the Yan family.Right now is just the beginning, the Yan family can still hold on to themselves, and when the method of drying salt spreads, his family will really jump over the wall.

It is not difficult to lure Yan's family into the game.Even though his family is rich and powerful, they are only powerful in one place, so they are not aware of the changes in political struggles, nor do they have a comprehensive plan.These defects are usually too mysterious, and only when faced with a real life-and-death choice, will they cover people's eyes like Mount Tai.

　Thank you, thank you for your support. . .With your protection, my little seedling can thrive. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)