Datang: Stop pretending, you are a peerless expert

Wu Jun,

It was raining all over the river.

A big village, built by the water.

This Zhuangzi is extremely grand, but rather rough.

The further forward the building, the worse the construction technology must be.

Of course, it can also be said to be thick and simple.

A fast boat docked quickly, and a person stepped up the stone steps on the shore, and the fast boat left immediately, as if it had never been there.

Up the steps is Zhuangzi's side door.

The man knocked on the door several times.

Inside asked in a low voice, "Who?"

"Water toad."

this person should say
With a creak, the side door opened, and the person entered sideways.

When people entered, the side door was closed immediately, and those who closed the door inside did not forget to look around a few times.

At this time, in the spring rain season, continuous rain falls on the tiles, and falls like broken beads along the corners of the eaves.

The house slave led the way, turned around the winding corridor, and entered a lobby.

On the north side of the hall, there are spiritual tablets for four people, Zhu Huan, Zhu Yi, Zhu Zhi and Zhu Ran.

There is a pile of spirit cards underneath.

This is the ancestral hall of the Zhu family, where all the dignitaries of the family gather.

Two old men stood in front of the spiritual tablet and bowed three times.

The others followed suit.

The two house slaves lit incense and presented it to the old man.

After burning incense, two old men sat on the low stool in the first seat.

The others knelt on the ground.

There are five rows on the east and west sides, with a total of more than 100 people.

These people are all worthy of the Zhu family.

Two old men, one named Zhu Ling and the other named Zhu Ben.

The two nodded, and Zhu Ling spoke first.

"Fellow clansmen, the purpose of this gathering is self-evident."

"Zhu Shi, a son of our family, was killed by thieves, and the governor of Huai'an actually conspired with each other."

"This thief is so arrogant that he even assumed the post of county magistrate, and set up a yamen there."

"Our Zhu family of Wu County has never suffered such humiliation since the Eastern Han Dynasty."

"Today, I called everyone together to kill this thief and stand up."

"Let Jiangdong know, let the world know, this Jiangdong land boundary, who has the final say."

Zhu Ling was old and frail, but he spoke unambiguously, showing murderous intent.

Zhu Ben nodded and said: "If you don't kill, it's not enough to establish your prestige."

"If you don't kill, it's not enough to take revenge."

"This villain must be killed."

The people below were clamoring and shouting to kill them immediately.

The house slave arrived at the ancestral hall and asked Shui Toad to wait.

He bowed his head and walked quickly into the ancestral hall, and whispered to a man in armor sitting at the bottom: "Master, the water toad is back."

This man in armor is Zhu Zhang, the current suzerain of the Zhu family in Wu County.

Zhu Zhang nodded, straightened his body, and said: "Two chiefs, the water toad is back."

Zhu Ben stopped and said, "Come in."

After listening to the words, the house slave brought the water toad into the hall.

"Shui Toad, what's the news from Huai'an?"

Zhu Zhang asked.

Shui Toad knelt on the ground, crawled back and said: "I will report to the patriarch and suzerain, my subordinates came back from Huai'an to investigate and confirmed that the thief is in the county government."

Zhu Zhang sneered and said, "You're quite courageous. After killing someone, you really don't run away."

At the beginning, the spies in Huai'an sent a letter saying that Su Yu had killed someone and would not leave, and that he had replaced Zhu Shi as the county magistrate.

The Zhu family couldn't believe it.

There are such bold thieves in this world?
Zhu Ben snorted coldly: "Okay, it's fine if you don't run."

"Then how did Ding Feng, governor of Huai'an, speak?"

When Ding Feng first took office in Huai'an, the Zhu family gave him something.

Zhu Shi also paid a special visit.

At that time, Ding Feng promised not to move the interests of their tribe.

Now that Zhu Shi died in his territory, they naturally wanted to ask about this matter.

Shui Toad paid homage: "Your little one has called on you, but Na Dingfeng only pushes something to do, and refuses to see his subordinates."

He went to pay a visit with the suzerain's autograph letter.

How dare Ding Feng see them at this time.

On one side is the rich family of Jiangdong, and on the other side is the gold medal for avoiding death.

Ding Feng is not human in and out of the middle.

In comparison, Ding Feng is not from Jiangdong.

He would rather offend the Zhu family than Su Yu.

The Zhu family was unhappy, and Ding Feng would pack up and return to the court, or return to his hometown.

But if he offended Su Yu, he would be making trouble with Li Shimin.

Regardless of the ends of the earth, they will be wanted.

Therefore, Ding Feng avoided seeing him in Huai'an Dudu Mansion.

Zhu Zhang sneered and said, "This Ding Feng, it's really time to shirk."

"I think they are accomplices."

Shui Toad bowed: "That's true, my subordinates have inquired about it."

"The people over there said that when the county magistrate took office, Na Dingfeng personally escorted him."

"Ding Feng also gave his mount to the county magistrate."

Zhu Ling listened for a long time, and the water toad was the county magistrate.

Su Yu's name was never mentioned.

"Who is the thief's name?"

Zhu Ling asked.

Shui Toad kowtowed and said: "This subordinate is incompetent, I didn't find out."

"Bastard, after inquiring about the news for a few days, I don't even know their names."

Zhu Ling was furious.

The patriarch was angry, and the knife and axe next to him rushed out and held down the water toad.

Shui Toad kowtowed and begged: "Patriarch, please forgive me. No one in Huai'an knows where they came from and who they are."

"I only know that they took a Jianglou boat, which is still moored in the canal."

He has been around Huai'an for a long time, and he has inquired about it.

Even if no one knew Su Yu's identity, neither did Li Shimin and the others.

Confused.

Zhu Ben sneered and said: "Brother, calm down, Shui Toad is the most accurate inquiring information, and has never missed it."

"He didn't know this time, the thief must be too cunning."

"Go down."

The knife and axe let go of the water toad, and retreated to the guard behind the screen.

Shui Toad narrowly escaped death, kowtowed and left the ancestral hall.

The house slave at the door knew him.

"Thought you were dead."

The house slave said in a low voice.

Beads of sweat dripped from Shui Toad's forehead.

"Just now, I also thought I was dead."

The water toad wiped his face like it was raining.

"You have never missed it, why did you make such a mistake this time?"

said the house slave.

Every time it was the house slave who opened the door for him, he naturally knew something.

"These people are so weird, they do things so ostentatiously, and the world knows it."

"But no one knows where they came from, and who their names are."

Water Toad has been spying on information for more than ten years, and this is the first time he has encountered such a strange thing.

He had a premonition that these people were not easy to mess with.

But he dared not say it.

The twelve Jiangdong clans have always been domineering.

If he said it, his head would fall to the ground immediately.

"Is it so strange?"

The house slave opened the side door, and Shui Toad went out.

There is a boat a hundred meters away on the river.

The water toad plunged into the water and quickly boarded the boat.

"Let's go."

Water Toad said.

The boatman sailed, and the water toad squatted in the boat to look at Zhujiazhuang.

Black tiles, white walls, like a coffin.

Is it over?

Water Toad suddenly felt vigilant.

People who do reconnaissance are most sensitive to danger.

After Shui Toad left, the patriarch Zhu Ling asked, "What do those families say?"

The Zhu family went to contact other big families, and they also knew about the situation.

This kind of thing has never happened before.

They don't act rashly, they only push and discuss.

"I didn't refuse, and I didn't agree."

Zhu Zhang sighed.

"Hmph, if you don't agree, you will refuse."

"Don't look at the fact that we belong to the same twelve races and are married to each other."

"At critical moments, each goes his own way."

Zhu Ling sneered.

This sinister expression, coupled with the wrinkles all over his face, actually had a hint of evil spirit.

"Where's the Yu family in Kuaiji?"

Zhu Ben asked deliberately.

"They refused most simply and did not agree."

Zhu Zhang shook his head and sighed.

"Hmph, a bunch of trash."

"They were frightened by Li Shimin's method of destroying the five surnames and seven wangs, and they became shrinking turtles."

Zhu Ben sneered.

Yu Shinan, the 24th hero of Lingyan Pavilion, is the Yu family in Kuaiji.

After experiencing Li Shimin's extermination of the five surnames and seven Wangs, Yu Shinan was terrified.

That is uprooting, killing and killing people.

Hundreds of years of family accumulation were destroyed in just a few months.

Yu Shinan warned the clansmen to keep a low profile, not to do anything wrong, and absolutely not to fight against the imperial court.

So this time the Zhu family united, they clearly rejected it.