Sign In a Lu Bu Fengxian at the Beginning

Boling Mansion.

One of the famous big houses in Dazhou.

Because Boling Mansion is the ancestral land of the 'Cui Family', one of the seven great families of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Cui Family clan is located here.

Therefore, because of the Cui family, Boling Mansion has a great reputation in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In Boling Mansion, the Cui family is very powerful, and the Cui family's signboard is also the best to use.

In some matters, in Boling Mansion, it can be said that the Cui family's signboard is more effective than the government offices of Boling Mansion.

And there has always been a saying in Boling Mansion, that is, in Boling Mansion, you don't need to know who the emperor of the Great Zhou is, but you definitely have to know who the Cui family is.

It can be seen how powerful the Cui family is in Boling Mansion.

Rather than saying that the Cui family is deeply rooted in Boling Mansion, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Cui family is the local emperor of Boling Mansion.

At this moment, in the hall of the Cui family.

A dozen or so gray-haired old men gathered together and sat on the left and right sides of the hall.

These dozen or so old people are the elders of the Cui family clan, and they are also figures who control the voice of the Cui family's major resources.

It can be said that the decision-making power of one of the seven great families of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the 'Boling Cui Family', is in the hands of the dozen or so old people present here.

And on the main seat in the hall, also sat an old man with a little gray hair.

However, compared to the dozen or so gray-haired old men sitting on both sides below, the power of this old man sitting on the main seat above is much stronger.

Because the old man sitting on the main seat is none other than the patriarch of one of the seven great aristocratic families of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the "Boling Cui Family", and the real head of the entire Cui family.

If we say that the decision-making power for all matters of the Cui family rests with the dozen or so old people below.

Then, in the end, everything will be finalized, and the power to control the situation of the Cui family will be in the hands of the old patriarch.

The old man sitting on the main seat glanced at the people sitting below and said, "I called everyone together today because I have something related to the rise and fall of my Cui family to discuss with you."

"You must have heard about the Cui family in Qinghe Mansion."

"The Cui family in Qinghe Mansion was ransacked and exterminated by the imperial envoy Fang Xuanling sent by the imperial court.

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"That's not all."

"The aristocratic families in the four northern states were not spared. Just like the fate of the Cui family in Qinghe Mansion, they were all copied and wiped out by the imperial envoy."

"The local officials in the four northern states were also massacred by the imperial envoy, and most of the local officials were taken down by the imperial envoy."

"What all these mean, you should all know in your heart."

"This is the letter from Yongyuan from Luoyang, you all take turns to read it first!"

The head of the Cui family who sat on the main seat finished speaking and handed over a letter.

A letter from Yongyuan?

When the dozen or so old people sitting on the left and right sides heard the words, their faces were all solemn.

Cui Yongyuan is the speaker of their Boling Cui family in the court, one of the six great ministers, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Under normal circumstances, Cui Yongyuan would not send a letter back if there was nothing particularly important. He could discuss the matter with other family members in the court hall.

Now, Cui Yongyuan sent a message back, obviously encountered a problem, let the family make a decision.

The dozen or so elders of the Cui family who were sitting below took the letter and looked at the letter sent back by Cui Yongyuan in turn.

After the dozen or so elders finished reading the letter sent back by Cui Yongyuan, they all frowned slightly.

Cui Yongyuan and the representatives of other aristocratic and wealthy families in the court could not stop or make a decision about the four northern states.

Therefore, the representatives of the aristocratic and wealthy families in the court sent news back to each family for each family to make a decision.

It's not a good decision.

The head of the Cui family sitting on the main seat saw that the elders of the family below had read the letter sent back by Cui Yongyuan, so he raised his eyes and glanced at the elders of the family below and said, "You should also read the letter sent by Yongyuan. gone."

"What do you think, tell me!"

The head of the Cui family sitting on the main seat glanced at the elders of the Cui family below and said.

More than a dozen elders of the Cui family pondered for a moment, and the elder on the left was the first to speak out; "Patriarch, let's not talk about other matters."

"Let's just talk about the Cui family in Qinghe Mansion."

"The Cui family of Qinghe Mansion is a big branch of my Boling Cui family, and they are members of my Boling Cui family."

"There must be an explanation for being exterminated by the imperial envoy of the imperial court without any evidence."

"My Boling Cui family has been handed down for so many years, and such a thing has never happened before."

The elder on the left said with a straight face.

"Yes, there must be an explanation for the Cui family's affairs in Qinghe Mansion."

"How many branches of my Boling Cui family are there outside? If there is something about the Cui family in Qinghe Prefecture, my Boling Cui family clan can't discuss it. This will make other branches outside of Boling think about my Boling Cui family clan."

"Let the people of the world see my clan of the Cui family in Boling."

The elder sitting on the second seat on the left also said in agreement.

After all, the Cui family of Qinghe Mansion is a branch of the Cui family of Boling, and it is an important branch of the Cui family of Boling.

The Cui family of Qinghe Mansion was wiped out by the imperial envoys. This weakened not only the overall strength of the Cui family of Boling, but also a major blow to the prestige of the Cui family of Boling.

If the Cui family of Boling could not ask the court for an explanation for the Cui family's destruction in Qinghe Mansion, the prestige of the Cui family of Boling would be greatly damaged in the future.

The most important thing is that the other branches of the Boling Cui family will no longer trust the Boling Cui family, thus creating a gap.

Therefore, how to deal with the robbery of the Cui family in Qinghe Mansion is of great significance to the Cui family in Boling.

The other elders nodded in agreement when they heard the words of the two elders sitting on the left.

They all knew that what these two elders said was right, that the Cui family of Boling had been passed down for so many years and was established among the seven great families of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

By what?

It relies on this prestige and the support of many external branches.

Now, the big branch of the Cui family in Qinghe Mansion has been wiped out by the imperial envoys, and there must be an explanation to the Cui family in Boling.

Without evidence?

statement?

The elder sitting on the first seat on the right heard the words, sneered, glanced at the two elders who spoke on the left, and said, "Do you think that imperial envoy Fang Xuanling is a reckless man who only knows how to kill people?" ?”

"Since that Fang Xuanling dared to destroy the Cui family in Qinghe Mansion, he must have obtained the evidence to mobilize the Cui family in Qinghe Mansion."

"Otherwise, that Fang Xuanling dared to raid his family and exterminate his family so recklessly, and even took down most of the wealthy families in the four northern states?"

"A wealthy family usually violates the laws of the Great Zhou. As long as you investigate carefully, you will definitely find out a lot."

"So, what you said is groundless, and it's useless to try to explain it."

"If my Boling Cui family really does this, that Fang Xuanling can show you a lot of evidence that is enough for the Cui family of Qinghe Mansion to be ransacked and wiped out."

"At that time, not only will my Boling Cui family not be able to get an explanation, maybe they will be dragged into the water because of it."

As soon as the elder's words came out, the expressions of the other elders in the hall froze, and they all fell silent.

Because they knew that what the elder said was not wrong, the aristocratic family's butts were indeed not clean.

There are many things that violate the laws of the Great Zhou.

Although they have covered up the past and done it very cleanly, no matter how clean it is, it will leave traces.

As long as you investigate carefully, you can definitely find out a lot of things that are not good for the wealthy family.

Therefore, if they want to use this to seek an explanation for the Cui family of Qinghe Mansion, they will take it for granted.

After hearing what the three elders said, the head of the Cui family who was sitting on the main seat did not say anything, but looked at the five middle-aged men sitting diagonally below the right side of the main seat.

"What do you five think? Is there anything you want to say?"

The head of the Cui family on the main seat looked at the five middle-aged men and asked.

In the hall, besides a dozen elders of the Cui family, there were five middle-aged men sitting diagonally below the main seat.

These five middle-aged men are the most outstanding members of the younger generation of the Cui family in Boling.

Originally, these younger generations were not qualified to participate in the discussions of elders like the Cui family.

But these five people are candidates for the Bolingcui family's elders, in order to cultivate a qualified candidate for the patriarch.

Therefore, the Cui family made an exception to allow the five patriarch candidates to sit in on the discussion of the elders of the Cui family.

As for these five patriarch candidates, if Xiaoyao Wang Zhouqian was still alive, he would definitely recognize that one of them was his own uncle Cui Songshan.

Seeing that the patriarch asked the five patriarch candidates, the dozen or so elders present in the hall all looked at the five middle-aged men in unison.

They also want to see what the five patriarch candidates think about the affairs of the four northern states.

The five patriarch candidates did not expect that the patriarch would suddenly ask them. Every time they came to attend such elders' discussions before, they only had ears but no mouths.

The five patriarch candidates looked at each other, frowning and remaining silent.

They don't dare to speak casually in such a meeting of elders.

Although the five of them are candidates for the patriarch, it sounds like they are expected to be the patriarch in the future.

But a candidate is a candidate after all, as long as one day does not break away from the scope of the candidate, then he is not the patriarch.

Being able to sit in the hall and listen to the elders' discussions does not mean that they are qualified to speak casually.

Don't look, don't even many other veterans speak easily?

What's more, they are the five patriarch candidates, so they dare not speak easily.

Seeing that the five patriarch candidates were all frowning and silent, the head of the Cui family who was sitting on the main seat fixed his eyes on Cui Songshan; "Little San, tell me."

"If you think so, you say so."

"In the future, the Cui family will be handed over to you. It doesn't matter if you make a mistake. You can ask the veterans here to give you some pointers."

Hearing the words of the patriarch sitting on the throne, Cui Songshan stood up hesitantly and said, "Patriarch, Xiaosan thinks that what should be considered now is not to seek justice for the Cui family in Qinghe Mansion or the rich families of the four northern states."

"The Cui family in Qinghe Mansion has been wiped out by the imperial envoy Fang Xuanling, and the affairs of the wealthy families in the four northern states have basically become settled, which cannot be changed."

"The most important thing to consider now is the intention of the palace to send Fang Xuanling to the four northern states to make such a big fuss."

"If it's just because of the rebellion of the mobs in the four northern states or the rebellion of Huang Tianjiao, it's okay to clean up the officials and wealthy families in the four northern states."

"But if it's not, then there's trouble."

"Besides, Xiaosan is a little worried that people from Dongchang will find clues about the affairs of the Four Northwest Mansions and Xiaoyao Wang Zhouqian."

Cui Songshan said with a serious face.

Originally, Cui Songshan was very confident in his own methods. Cui Songshan was confident that he handled the matter of the four northern states very cleanly.

But after seeing what Dongchang Changwei did in the four northern states, Cui Songshan suddenly felt a little worried.

Dongchang Changwei can find out the criminal evidence of those local officials and aristocratic families in the four northern states, so will they be able to find out some clues about the previous changes in the four northwestern prefectures and the rebellion of Xiaoyao Wang Zhouqian?

If Dongchang finds out, then Boling Cui's family will be in big trouble.

As soon as Cui Songshan's words came out, the faces of more than a dozen elders in Datong became serious.

yes!

Cui Songshan is right.

Now is not the time to think about the Cui family in Qinghe Mansion or the wealthy families in the four northern states.

Instead, we should think about the intentions of the wealthy family and local officials in the palace who are so disturbing the four northern states.

If it's just because of the chaos in the four northern states, it's okay to clean up the four northern states.

If not, that person in the palace is targeting the wealthy family.

If this is the case, after the renovation of the four northern states is completed, it will be the turn of other places.

This is what should be the most worrying consideration.

After hearing Cui Songshan's words, the head of the Cui family sitting on the main seat looked at the dozen or so elders sitting on both sides below with a blank expression; "You all heard it!"

"These what Xiao San said are the key points, let's put the rest first."

"Yongyuan's letter is also very clear, and you all read it. This is related to the rise and fall of our Cui family."

"If the man in the palace really came for the wealthy family, then the land of the four northern states is just the beginning."

"The Cui family in Qinghe Prefecture will more or less involve our Cui family in Boling."

"Therefore, our Cui family must discuss a result first, and then discuss with other aristocratic families to see how to control the move of the palace."

The Patriarch of the Cui family, who was sitting on the main seat, looked at the dozen or so elders present and said.

Among them, the elder sitting on the first seat on the right listened to the words of the head of the Cui family sitting on the main seat, and pondered for a while; "Patriarch, ordinary methods are no longer effective."

"What Yongyuan said in the letter is right, the problem must be solved from the source."

"As long as the person on the dragon chair is there, even if we managed to deal with it once, what about the next time!"

"So, the best way is to let the person on the dragon chair dispel such thoughts, or Yongyuan's suggestion is good."

As soon as the elder's words came out, the faces of the other elders couldn't help but change.

"Patriarch, it's not good, a large army has entered the city."