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Chapter 102 4.9 Xue Mansion Discussion Problem Solving
Chapter 4

4.9 Discussion and problem solving in Xue's house

In the 11th year of Yongzheng, on the evening of the [-]th day of the first lunar month, in the main hall of the Xue family's ancestral home in Jinling, Mrs. Xue summoned the heads of the eighth house of the Xue family in Jinling for a discussion in the name of "family dinner for the New Year".

It's a pity that at this time, no one is interested in eating and drinking, even if there are more than 20 delicious dishes at a table, there are only eight people present, and no one has ever touched the chopsticks, including Xue Pan, the successor of Dafang.

As for Mrs. Xue, she is not even qualified to sit on the table at this time, even if she is the actual leader of the Dafang and even the Xue family in Jinling, she can only sit in the living room separated by a screen.

"Sister-in-law, you have called all the brothers to come here today, but you have already made a decision?" Almost as soon as everyone sat down firmly, Xue Yan, the head of the third room, said impatiently.

In fact, not everyone was involved in the troubles within the Xue family. The only ones who really jumped up and down were Xue Yan from the third room and Xue Ting from the fifth room.

"Third brother, do you think you can do whatever you want with the support of the Qi family? But you don't know if the Qi family will send someone to contact you again these days?" Second room Xue Tu asked with a sneer.

"What about the Qi family, I don't understand what the second brother is talking about, but I just don't want to see the family decline day by day." Xue Yan's expression changed, and he immediately denied it, "Sister-in-law, you don't want to see your brother being slandered, do you? "

"I'm a woman, so what can orphans and widows say depends on your attitude." Mrs. Xue pushed back, "It's just what the second uncle said just now, can the third uncle explain it?"

"I have something to explain. It's just a matter in the clan. No matter what, a woman can't be in charge." Xue Yan continued to speak stiffly, and quickly changed the subject.

"Hahaha, sister-in-law, second brother, third brother, or younger brother, at this time, Wenlong is still too young, I'm afraid he can't handle things!

It's better to discuss something with everyone, so that if you accidentally make a mistake and ruin the foundation of your ancestors, it will be a big crime. "The fifth room, Xue Ting, said hypocritically.

"That's right, it's better to sell the family to the Xie family as soon as possible. It's best to sell it for a good price, so as not to fall into the hands of others and make me feel uncomfortable." Xue Tu said with a sneer.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Xue Ting roared angrily, but his expression didn't change much. In fact, Xue Yan just now was the same. I don't know how many times this kind of scene has happened.

This can also be seen from the other staff, they are already impatient, and two of them even started eating and drinking, and they are going to go home to sleep after eating.

"The two uncles must have heard about it. Some family friends came to the house this morning. Everyone is here today. Let's meet together." Mrs. Xue obviously had enough, and she went straight to the house this time. theme.

"Oh? I heard that they are three young people. Is my sister-in-law counting on them?" Seeing the change in the situation, Xue Yan no longer cared about superficial things, showing a sarcastic smile on his face.

"As the saying goes, 'Aspirations don't depend on age', although I don't live as long as you, but it just avoids the problem of living a dog with age." Wei Xu strode out from the back room, still not forgetting to speak sarcastically.

"Who are you?" Xue Yan got up angrily, and looked angrily at Wei Xu who had just come out, and Shi Xiangyun who followed curiously beside him; as for Qin Keqing, she was not suitable for such a scene, and she was staying in the back room with Xue Baochai at this time .

"This is the second son of Uncle Zhongyong's residence from the capital." Mrs. Xue kindly helped to introduce, which also made the expressions of the two who were trying to seize power sink.

The so-called "Qi family" behind Xue Yan refers to the Nanzong of the Xiangyang Houfu; the so-called "Xie family" behind Xue Ting naturally refers to the Nanzong of the Dingcheng Houfu.

The problem is that for the so-called North and South cases, one depends on the relationship between the two sides, the second depends on the respective strengths of the two sides, and the third depends on how much resources the two are willing to invest.

Whether it is the Xiangyang Hou Mansion or the Dingcheng Hou Mansion, they were not top powers when the country was founded. Although these two generations have risen, their overall strength is definitely not as good as that of the four kings and eight princes at the core of honor.

Not only that, these two families have really been reused since Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne, and no one has been able to use them. It has been less than ten years. Before that, they belonged to the same nobles as Zhongyongbo Mansion. The background is solid. It's too bad.

The main branch of the capital is like this, let alone the branch of Jinling, at least compared to the southern branch of the four kings and eight princes, they are really not on the stage.

Specific to the current situation, these two families supported Xue Yan and Xue Ting respectively, but they never sent anyone on the stage to show up. Up to now, they have only given verbal support to them—now Wei Xu has come in person.

Therefore, everyone who was still sitting at the table had to stand up and say hello. This is not necessarily the case for scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen. For example, it is normal for merchants to look down on landlords, but they are really not qualified to sit down when facing Wei Xu, who is from an honorable background. . "If Madam has something to do, you might as well deal with it first. After the discussion here, someone will report to you; Brother Wen Long, you might as well go down first." Wei Xu pushed Xue Pan aside who was in the main seat, and sat down directly.

"In this way, there will be Lao Erlang." Mrs. Xue agreed very simply, and by the way, she came out from behind the screen to bow to everyone and exit, and took away Xue Pan who was completely dumbfounded.

"I have met Qi Jianhui, the second-class man Qi Jianhui, the current successor of the Marquis of Xiangyang, and Xie Jing, the current successor and second-class man of the Marquis of Dingcheng. They probably don't have the energy to take care of these crap things." Wei Xu said directly when he opened his mouth. Determined sex.

"I have also heard of Mr. Wei's name, even among the many young masters in the capital, but your eldest brother is only a thousand householder, and the Zhongyong uncle's mansion has been in decline for many years.

Although I'm just a scumbag for the nobleman, but if Mr. Wei Er wants to get things done with just a few words, I'm afraid he's thinking too much. " Xue Yan said with a dark face.

"Huh?" Wei Xu immediately realized that something was wrong. It's not surprising that these two families can find out his identity, but isn't the information they found out a bit too little? "The Qi family and Xie family haven't contacted you for some time, right?"

"The Second Young Master was disappointed. Just the day before yesterday, I drank with the second butler of the Xie Mansion." Xue Tingma retorted with a smile on his face.

"Second Master, you should have found this information, right?" Wei Xu immediately turned his head and asked Xue Tu, he hadn't had the time to investigate a slave's information.

"Fifth brother may have been deceived." Xue Tu showed a strange smile, "The Xie family does have a second housekeeper, and he has always been in touch with you, but just a few years ago, the housekeeper had already been kicked out. Because he fraudulently used the name of the Xie family to cheat money and sex."

"That's right!" Wei Xu also understood. After all, he had already told Niu Jixun to arrange for the big family in Jinling who wanted to reach out to the Xue family. Toll, right?"

Xue Yan and Xue Ting's faces turned pale instantly, not only them, but the rest of the background boards also looked at Xue Tu with extremely solemn expressions!

In fact, what Wei Xu realized was more than that, that is, the two danced happily in front of him, but they were actually abandoned by the Qi family and the Xie family.

This is the tragedy of businessmen in the entire feudal era. Once they lose their backing, they will become homeless dogs. Just a little storm can completely overturn them, and there is no room for them to stand up.

The problem of "arranging temporary workers if something goes wrong" has always been a cliché in ancient and modern China and abroad. Once there is a problem that cannot be pushed away, find a less important person to take the blame for the dead ghost.

If there is no accident, when Niu Jixun sent a message to the big families in Jinling on behalf of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes Group, maybe the other families who just plan to make a move are fine, but the Qi family and Xie family who have already arranged to do it will be more troublesome.

Leaving aside the Qi family, what the Xie family said must be that "the servants have used the name of the Xie family to squeeze the businessmen for profit", and by the way, arranged for the second butler, who has been in charge of the joint.

The Xie family was quite benevolent, they just told the second housekeeper to leave, instead of telling his whole family to shut up, and then the second housekeeper saw that his family was ruined, so he asked Xue Ting to cheat a sum of money and run away.

Not only that, since the Qi family and Xie family have admitted their mistakes, they must pay a price. The Xue Yan and Xue Ting in front of them must have been sent by them to let the Siwangbagong Group vent their anger and "beat the teeth" by the way.

"Forgive me, Second Young Master, I happen to have some minor business matters that I need to go back to deal with, so I'm leaving!" Apparently, Wei Xu was not the only one who realized the problem. Seeing that the problem was settled, Xue Tu got up and left without hesitation.

"Oh, people lose energy when they are old, so farewell!"

"Something happened suddenly at home, sorry!"

For various reasons and various forms, almost everyone in the living room ran away in less than five seconds, and even brought a chair down, which can be called ugly.

"You two, you don't need to bother." Seeing that Xue Yan and Xue Ting wanted to run as well, Wei Xu smiled and slapped his hands. Zhou Yunyang, who had been ambushing in the courtyard, came in with five disciples. The two had already raised their hand crossbows.

Xue Yan and Xue Ting collapsed powerlessly on the ground, but Wei Xu felt that there was no need to do anything to them anymore.

(End of this chapter)