Listening to politics behind a curtain?Kill the Queen Mother at the beginning!

Chapter 51

Qinghe County,
Luochuan County,
A manor covering an area of ​​more than [-] mu is located more than [-] miles outside the county seat. There are more than a dozen Jinshi memorial archways standing in the manor. The baptism of the years is a little mottled, but it still stands. Obviously, people often repair it.

In the future, there will be some finely carved new archways, including the archway when Xie Wenyuan was admitted to the imperial examination. It can be seen that his clan is not out of date, but prosperous as always.

A little behind is a rather wealthy mansion. The plaque at the door has two big characters Xie Mansion. Just looking at the stone lions outside the mansion gate, it is magnificent. Looking inside, there are bucket arches and cornices, colorful gold decorations, bricks and tiles. After running in, there are hundreds of wooden houses in more than a dozen courtyards, which can accommodate no more than a thousand people.

it's late at night,

The compound where the direct descendants of the Xie family lived was indeed still brightly lit. It was originally a compound with high walls. From the outside, there were not many clues, but inside it was indeed white cloth hanging high, wreaths stacked, and hanging under the beams. There are countless white cloth lanterns, it is obvious that someone in the courtyard has left and is doing white things.

In the middle of the mourning hall is written a large inscription, but there is no body of the deceased in the parked coffin, but the clothes of the former life.

"Mother, you should go to rest earlier and have something to eat."

"It's enough that Xian'er kneels here to watch for his father."

Xie Ningyuan, about fifteen or sixteen years old, who was dressed in plain drafts, looked at the pale face beside him with cold sweat on his forehead, and insisted on kneeling on the ground to persuade his mother.

"Rest?"

"How can a mother rest?"

"You have to ask for an explanation for your dead father, right?"

The woman wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and continued: "No matter what rebellious things your father did before he was alive, and why he died at the hands of that thief, in the end, he is worthy of this family."

"Your father ascended to the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry. Our family enjoys endless glory and wealth, but we still followed the wishes of Qinghe's family and colluded with the big official of the frontier. We earned it at the risk of losing our heads. Of the silver, no less than [-]% of it went into the family."

"Our big family and this Qinghe County family are complementary to each other. Now that something happened, why should you leave your father's line aside?"

The woman said coldly,

Counting it, after a group of people dressed in stars and moons scoured the path and rushed back to our home in Qinghe County, they didn't dare to stop for a moment and hurriedly set up the mourning hall.

Since then, I haven't even drank a sip of water, and I have been kneeling in front of this mourning hall, just to show other clansmen, forcing my family to come up with a specific charter.

"But what my father said before he left was that we should stay at home in peace..."

Xie Wenyuan's son-in-law hesitated to speak.

"Xian'er, you are still too naive after all."

"You have to know that now that your father is gone, our orphans and widows are no longer dependent on this family, so how can we survive easily? If the thief becomes powerful and comes to kill us one day, will our family really want to protect us?"

The woman touched Xie Ningyuan's head and said in a low voice.

"Cry, cry louder!"

"Also let the elders and uncles in the ancestral hall listen to us, what kind of grievances have we suffered for the Xie family?"

The woman reprimanded with a strong attitude, the rest of the concubine who fled together behind her did not dare to disobey in the slightest, together with the maids and servants serving in the yard, they did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, no matter if it was true or false , have to squeeze out a few drops of tears.

……

Inside the ancestral hall,
Sitting in the first seat was Xie Heng'an, the current patriarch of the Xie family, who was also Xie Wenyuan's biological father. He was holding a cup of tea and looking at the people below with a gloomy expression.

look down,
Dozens of people sat on both sides according to their seniority, close blood relationship, and status. After learning the news of Xie Wenyuan's death, the offshoots of the direct line scattered all over Qinghe County rushed back. Until this time, they had just gathered together.

"Tick, tick..."

There was a drizzle of rain outside the ancestral hall, and the atmosphere inside the ancestral hall was still very dignified. No one made a sound rashly. After all, the weight of the person who died was too heavy. To be honest, it can be regarded as the facade of his Xie family in the court hall. .

"Tell me, how do you plan to follow up with Yuan'er?"

Xie Hengan felt inexplicably sad when he heard the desolate cries coming from the courtyard not far away. After thinking for a moment, he put down his teacup and asked the crowd.

"Speaking of it, the easiest way is to remove Yuan'er's lineage from my Xie family, remove the name of the ancestral hall, and expel all the wives and children. In this way, both the court's face and the thief's revenge can be taken care of. ..." The old man on the left who was about the same age as Xie Hengan said after thinking for a moment.

After the words fell, the slightly older clan elders nodded silently, because although these words sounded a little unkind, it was the safest way to abandon the car to protect the handsome.

Xie Hengan's face turned slightly cold when he heard the sound, and he pinched his knuckles, but he didn't have an attack after all. After all, he was not the only one who had the final say on the Xie family for hundreds of years.

"You clan elders, you are right."

"But this old man's daughter-in-law has always been chaste and strong. When she first returned to her family, she had already donated all the wealth accumulated by Yuan'er over the years to the family in front of the whole family. The accounts Yuan'er added to the family over the years were also If you read it clearly and do things so terribly, I'm afraid it will be hard for you to feel at ease..."

After Xie Hengan finished speaking, his gaze fell on his youngest son without any trace.

"From the perspective of this junior, it's the same. After all, my brother also provoked that thief for the benefit of my Xie family. No matter what, I can't let it go easily. Let my sister-in-law and the clan feel cold..."

"What's more, if you are ignorant and just want to protect yourself and make peace with others, you are afraid that you will lose face to my Xie family. Now that mere eagle dog can force my Xie family to bow, won't everyone be able to ride on my Xie family in the future?" Domineering over the family?"

After that person said, there was a long silence in the field, and many young children agreed quite a bit after hearing the sound, but the matter was not so simple to settle, and they were secretly calculating the gains and losses of the family and their own lineage.

"Wen Qi makes some sense. If that's the case, please come out with a charter and listen to it first." A very senior old man pondered after thinking.

"The old man remembers that the imperial court's northward army is about to start. At that time, we will inevitably raise military rations from our families, and we will ring the silver. Our Xie family can take the lead and unite with the rest of the families who were killed by the thief to put pressure on the imperial court and His Majesty..."

"Don't talk about dismissal, but at least let the thief not make too much noise in the short term, so be more calm..."

Xie Heng settled down and continued.

"Besides, Jin Yiwei is originally the emperor's pro-army. In addition to eliminating dissidents for His Majesty, he is also the eyes and ears, listening to news from all over the world..."

"Now, although most of Jinyiwei's troops have been huddled in the upper capital, but when the late emperor was alive, Jinyiwei was so prosperous that he left a lot of dishes and eyeliner in various places, and he can still inquire about information from all parties. This is what His Majesty relies on. "

"You know, the home of my family is in the states and counties, and they have been in business for hundreds of years. The relationship between the localities has long been intertwined. In the past, it didn't bother me. Now that it's really come to this point, we might as well join forces Those plates, eyeliner, dig out together, cut off!"

"Let his Jin Yiwei's ears no longer hear the voices of the various places, let his Jin Yiwei's eyes no longer see the sights of the various places, and let his Jin Yiwei's hands no longer reach the things of the various places, so that he can be tightly clamped in Inside that city!"

"In the long run, His Majesty will definitely abandon you!"

"Even if His Majesty doesn't give up, wouldn't it be easy for us to deal with a blind or deaf man whose hands and feet have been bound?"

"In the final analysis, the painstaking efforts of more than [-] generations of my Xie family can't compare to those generations of his Luo family's killing?"

Xie Hengan said coldly.

(End of this chapter)