A knife in love

Chapter 888

After the person finished speaking, the rest of the people also spoke in agreement.

Li Qiufeng huddled himself in the corner under the bed, only felt that dust was everywhere around him, and it kept pouring into his eyes, nose, and mouth.He had no choice but to close his eyes, hold his breath, and thought to himself, the tone of these people seemed to be from the Nie family.This group of people went to the old man's house to discuss matters, but where did the old man go?

Just listen to Nie Dingnan said: "Brothers, you can't say that. Our five families, Nie, Lu, Zhao, Du, and Hua, have lived here since 700 years ago. Brothers still need to kiss each other. If it wasn't for what happened to the Xu family later, we could be at ease and be a Tao Yuanming who doesn't care about worldly affairs. Ever since our five families were framed by the Xu family, our ancestors had to Since dealing with it with all their strength, there have been countless bloody battles over hundreds of years, which has led to today's situation. Not to mention the Hua family, when the remaining four families confronted the Xu family, they all went all out, and none of them You bastard. Leaving aside, let’s talk about the battle in Haizhou a few months ago. More than 20 members of our Nie family died, and the Lu, Zhao, and Du families also suffered a lot of casualties. Although the enemy has been wiped out by us now, But between the four families, they cannot be divided just like this."

But one person sneered and said, "Fourth Brother Nie, I'm afraid that others will think otherwise! My younger brother has heard about it for a long time. Uncle Lu has spent a lot of money behind his back all these years. Everyone has his people."

This person's voice fell, but another person said disdainfully: "It's useless no matter how much money he spends! Han Qusi's ability is so small that even a prefect of Luoyang can't understand it. It all depends on Brother Nie to help him. Otherwise, his mother would have turned the boat over. In the past two years, the Henan governor's yamen wanted to take down his position as the prefect of Luoyang several times. Brother Nie managed to keep his post of prefect. Uncle Lu is so troubled, I'm afraid It’s nothing to fetch water from a bamboo basket.”

The man said before: "Liu Liu, you are rude and superficial. How did you know that Han Qusi was the one Uncle Lu wanted to support? In the battle of Haizhou, the Du and Zhao families suffered heavy casualties. It's a big deal. But the Lu family only died of more than 20 people, and they were all small people. I see that Uncle Lu has always been obedient to Uncle Nie these years, and he has been secretly accumulating strength, but he may not have any good intentions."

The man's voice fell, and only Nie Dingnan said: "Fifth brother, Uncle Lu is not easy to provoke, even my father will give him a little bit. If he knows that you are arranging him like this behind his back, he will ask you to settle the score. Things are not going well.”

The man sneered, and said in his mouth: "Arrangement? Fourth brother, every word I say has its source, and there is absolutely no falsehood."

When he said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "Uncle Nie is fair, and we are all convinced. But as a junior, I have never understood why he suppressed our Nie family children? Take the Zhao family as an example. These generations are all idiots, but Uncle Nie spent a lot of money to push a rough man like Hu Kun to the position of commander of Ruyang Guard, and he is the biggest official of our five families in Henan right now. Needless to say, the Lu family, Han Qusi became the magistrate, and a few children of the Lu family became the county magistrate. I think that in a few years, half of the land in Henan will be decided by the Lu family. The Du family Ding was not prosperous in the first place, and Uncle Nie asked Huang Chong to be the magistrate of Xiuwu County, which is considered to be a place for him to settle down. But I heard that Huang Chong has always been dissatisfied, thinking that Uncle Nie suppressed him. And he has no children , only one daughter, worried all day long, worried that no one would inherit the incense of the Du family, and would end up like the Hua family. In fact, he didn't know that, with his little ability, being a county magistrate was already flattering him.

"But let's look at our Nie family's children. Brother Dingzhong is the most outstanding one of our generation. He has strategy in his chest and is a great general. However, he can only hide in the Yamen of the prefect of Luoyang and be an unworthy master. Baixing Although his character is poor, he is also quite wise. The nickname "Little Zhuge" is not for nothing. The reason why he desperately hugged money was because Uncle Nie only asked him to be the master of a small Xiuwu County yamen. He was dissatisfied, so he searched extensively. With his talent, not to mention Huang Chong, even Han Qusi is far inferior. If he leaves the examination room, it will not be difficult for him to order a Hanlin.

"Let's talk about a few of us. The sixth is a peanut dealer. He works all day in various parts of Henan, bargaining with some old men in the countryside. He is only 35 years old this year, but he looks like an old man in his 60s. The seventh was in Luoyang City. He was a doctor and horse, and smelled the stench every day, making him look like a human being. The old man was a bricklayer in Kaifeng. Last year, because a rain damaged the green bricks that were going to be sent to the capital to build the city wall, he suffered [-] strikes He suffered from back pain. Needless to say, Old Nine, he was selling cattle outside the customs, and he hadn’t seen each other for several years..."

Before the man finished speaking, Nie Dingnan said with a sneer, "Old man, you haven't talked about yourself yet? You knew a thousand characters at the age of two, wrote fuss at the age of five, and at the age of nine you were praised by Henan Xuezheng Jinkou, calling you a A rare talent in a millennium will eventually become Henan Wendan. It’s just that my father has not allowed you to take the exam in the examination room, so you can only be a private school teacher, and you are quite dissatisfied, aren’t you?”

After Nie Dingnan finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the room, as if a needle could be heard falling on the ground.Li Qiufeng held his breath, for fear that these people would accidentally discover his whereabouts.He wasn't worried that his martial arts would lose to Nie Dingnan and the others, but because he wanted to find out what secrets Fengmen Village was hiding.It's just that although Ji Dingzhong, Hu Kun, Han Qusi and others are not high in martial arts, they are all cunning and scheming, and they are all members of the government. If you want to force them to tell their secrets, it may be more difficult than going to heaven.But today, by chance, I was hiding under the bed unintentionally, but I could hear these people discussing secretly.This is easier to find out the secrets than arresting these people for questioning.So he saved 1 cautions, for fear of revealing his whereabouts.

I only heard the old fifth say: "Fourth brother's words are wronging my younger brother. Uncle Nie is the leader of our Nie family. We all respect him for his fairness. He had six sons and one daughter in his family, and the sixth brother died early. Let's not talk about it for now. The second brother Dingdong, the third brother Dingxi, and the fifth brother Dingbei all died at the hands of the Xu family for our Nie family. The rest of our Nie family are well aware of this matter. Slowly speaking, Uncle Nie wants his brother to be a Mr. Private School, even if he took his younger brother's life, he would send it out without even blinking an eye. My younger brother just doesn't understand why Bobo Nie gave all the benefits to the three families of Lu, Zhao, and Du, and let the children of the three families Those who are officials become officials, and those who get rich get rich, but our Nie family children can only swallow their anger? Fourth brother, let’s think about it, just over 200 years ago, when the five families were discussing affairs together, how many ministers did our Nie family children produce? General, rich family and gentry? Why is the Nie family promoted as the leaders of the five families, but the status of our Nie family children has plummeted. It is impossible to even think about being an official, and even being a local rich man has become a luxury. But Lu, Zhao, The children of the Du and Hua families have prospered one by one. Not to mention getting promoted and getting rich, they even show off their power in front of our Nie family children. When I was in Xiuwu County last night, Brother Baixing told me personally that Huang Chong dared to fight now. He gesticulates, is that okay?!"

Li Qiufeng listened to these people talking, and thought to himself, so these people are all the children of the Nie family.It seems that the five families of Nie, Lu, Du, Zhao, and Hua were equal at first, but later, although the Nie family became the leader, they strictly restrained the children of the Nie family, so these people were dissatisfied.But looking at the appearance of Ji Dingzhong and Zhang Baixing, although Han Qusi and Huang Chong are their bosses in name, they are under the coercion of them.This Old Fifth Nie was so aggrieved, probably because he was only allowed to be a private school teacher, so he was so annoyed.

While he was thinking about it, he could only hear people talking about it, all of them were extremely dissatisfied with the suppression of the Nie family children.At this moment, a cough was heard from outside the house.Everyone stopped talking immediately, and the inside and outside of the house suddenly became quiet.After a while, I only heard Nie Dingnan say: "The old man is back, brothers have something to do, just talk to the old man."

Nie Dingnan finished speaking, only heard a "squeak", presumably the door has been pushed open.Then there was the sound of tables and chairs being moved, followed by the old fifth Nie saying, "Hello, Uncle Nie. I haven't seen you for a long time. Uncle Nie has become more and more healthy."

I only heard an old voice say: "Old Wu, you are flattering me in person. With my appearance, I am afraid that if a gust of wind blows by, I will fall a dog to eat shit. You also said that I am getting healthier. This is not in front of a monk. Calling a bald man?"

Nie Lao Wu even said he didn't dare, and the rest of the people also greeted the man one after another.Li Qiufeng could already recognize that this person was the voice of the old man last night, and he thought to himself: "This old guy has gone somewhere, but it happened to come back at this time. These people are talking vigorously, I am afraid that when the old guy arrives, This group of people dare not speak out like Cai Cai just now. It's a pity, a pity."

(End of this chapter)