If someone tramples on the grave of our ancestors, even if it is a commoner, they will fight with others. They are even more praised as the tomb of our ancestors in aristocratic families!

Although this is a tomb, it is probably more important than an imperial tomb in the eyes of those who stick to the status of aristocratic families.

So you have already gone to the grave of our ancestors for a walk. What's so bad about it!

The old man with snow-white beard and hair slapped the chair angrily, and the short and plump man next to his left hand, who was born with a pair of laughter and laughing, then said, "Brother, don't be bothered, I'm a slaughter, I'm a fish, and now I can only endure it."

What else can you do if you can't bear it?

Xu Shiheng's visitor was not good, so he was targeting their family's accumulation.

They were better than the Li family, and there was no unfilial daughter who was greedy for the wealth of their ancestors; but Tongzhou Prefecture was only such a big place, close to Tongzhou and suitable for treasure trove. After counting, there were only a few places.

He guessed that according to Xu Erlang's ability, he would sooner or later find the gold and silver hidden in the clan, but he did not expect that this day would come so quickly.

Another old man with long-faced face in the secret room who had never spoken from beginning to end, said at this time, "Brother, don't bother, and third brother, don't say those disheartening words. Xu Erlang was able to find the warehouse in Li Mansion because there was a thief leading the way, but he also found the gold and silver from our mansion, which was a bit unusual. Could it be that there were kids in our village who had other thoughts?"

The old man with a pair of smiling eyes said, "That can't. The ancestors' accumulation is too important, involving the foundation of our Sheng family. Except for a few loyal old servants and two children and grandchildren, the rest will not know about it anymore."

"Then how did Xu Erlang come here and how did he get to the cemetery? Is it really a whim to come here to have a fun?"

The old man had nothing to say because he knew that Xu Erlang was not good at coming here, and he was definitely not here for a walk on a whim. I was afraid that he had received some news and knew something was wrong here, so he came over to inquire at night.

But who was the person who believed in the past? What kind of channel did Xu Erlang learn about this? It is not clear that this matter is difficult for them to act next.

The old man sighed and said, "The most urgent task now is not to look for insiders or to explore Xu Erlang's source of information. It should be the accumulation of our mansion."

These three old men are really descendants of the Sheng family.

Of course, in Jiangji Village, their surname is not Sheng, their surname is Jiang. After all, this Jiangji Village is full of descendants of the surname Sheng. But this matter has been around for a long time and is of great importance. There are only a few people who know about it.

When talking about the origin of the surname "Sheng" in Jiangji Village, we also have to talk about the ancestor who made the Sheng family aristocratic family.

The ancestor was not an ordinary person, worried that the aristocratic family would be liquidated sooner or later. At that time, the children and grandchildren of the whole family were all broken inside, so he moved out quietly to prevent the family destruction that would occur. This branch was buried in the suburbs of Tongzhou City under the origin of the escapee, and with the help of marriage and children, there were many children and grandchildren, forming this Jiangji Village.

When the Sheng family's earlier treasure land had to abandon it for various reasons and wanted to find a new treasure land again, the head of the Sheng family turned his attention to the place where Jiangji Village was located.

Jiangji Village is full of the Sheng family's children and grandchildren, and no outsiders have settled in a century. Jiangji Village is relatively advanced from Tongzhou, with convenient transportation and convenient supervision. For these two reasons, the new treasure land was set in Jiangji Village.

But there is another very realistic problem in front of you. Although Jiangji Village is an ancestor with Shengfu, who was the ancestor who settled in Jiangji Village earlier, the five-distance of the relationship with the current Sheng family can be said to be very distant. They even forced the saying "one group of people", so how could they deliver this matter to these people without worry?

Since ancient times, wealth has moved people's hearts. Even brothers can fight to the death because of a little property. How can they trust their ancestors to entrust their hundred-year wealth to outsiders with confidence?

Later, the Sheng family came up with a proper solution, which was to adopt the youngest son of the head of the Sheng family to the home of the old ancestor in Jiangji Village. In exchange, the only son of the ancestor was arranged to have a better future and was admitted to the imperial examination. It was also from this time that every descendant of the village chief of Jiangji Village would be admitted to the imperial examination with the help of the Sheng family. As for the children and grandchildren born in the village chief of Jiangji Village, they would be replaced by the legitimate children of the contemporary Sheng family to ensure the absolute control of the Sheng family over Jiangji Village and the right to protect gold and silver.

There is a gold and silver incident in Jiangji Village, and no one except the village chief and a few confidants know about it. The village chief of Jiangji Village this time is the brother of the contemporary head of the Sheng family. As for the two brothers around him, they are all cousins ​​of the direct relatives of the Sheng family.

They were brainwashed by their family since childhood and wanted to die for the family. But even though they were full of the thought of going through life and death in Shengfu, they saw the rest of their brothers calling for wind and rain in the prefecture under the guise of aristocratic families, and they could only hide in the small Jiangji village and become ordinary farmers incognito. This kind of gap is really not something that anyone can bear.

Fortunately, they are farmers outside, and they actually enjoy the treatment of the legitimate son of the Sheng family. Even because of their efforts, they get far more than the children and grandchildren who stayed in the Sheng family.

This somewhat soothes the hostility in their hearts, but they are still very persistent in the things that they walk openly under the sun and are feared and respected by the people. They feel from the bottom of their heart that they have worshipped their ancestors in the ancestral halls and only recorded their names in the genealogy. This does not prove that they are descendants of the Sheng family. They cannot let outsiders see their scenery, recognize their identities, and cannot ride horses like those aristocratic families, singing wildly, and having a daughter of aristocratic family with her noble sons is like walking in brocade clothes at night, making them feel weak and have no confidence. It is said that the more they can't get it, the more they are obsessed with becoming a demon. Unfortunately, before they were given the chance to become a demon, the aristocratic family went to prison overnight.

The aristocratic family is full of crimes and the evil deeds committed are overwhelming. Even if His Majesty is worried about punishment, the aristocratic family cannot escape death.

At this time, these descendants of aristocratic families who had never appeared before were so confused that the arrangements made by the ancestors of the family were good or bad.

On the good side, as long as things are not exposed, they will definitely escape. After that, they may be able to keep their wealth, and their children and grandchildren will make a comeback. At that time, they will have great merits and will mention them again, and the words of praise are as numerous as the sea, and they will be worth living in this life.

But if it is a disadvantage... Seeing the family overturned overnight, the Sheng family went from a high-ranking aristocratic family to a sinner who could step on and curse a few times. The gap was not something that everyone could bear.

At this time, they would rather go to the underworld with their elders; at this time, it is really difficult to live. But they must live.

The old man with all-white hair and beard was born with a sense of ruthlessness. When he heard his brother ask what to do with the treasure he was hiding, he smiled fiercely.

This is obviously a matter of trying to kill the death.

The second brother sighed in his heart and said, "Brother, Xu Shiheng is not an ordinary person. Our methods to deal with ordinary officials may not work on him." Moreover, they don't have many people in their hands now, so it is inconvenient to do anything.

The third brother said, "Are you just waiting for this? Xu Shiheng came today to find out the truth, but when he came next time, he might be digging the corpse and digging the grave!"

Is there any greater humiliation than digging corpses and digging graves? For a moment, the three old men were a little distorted.

"It's just that we didn't expect Xu Shiheng to really find this place. We were careless. If we had known this, we should have secretly transferred the things in the cemetery when he arrived in Tongzhou. But now we can't. Xu Shiheng designated someone to stare at us. We really want to dig out the things, and I'm afraid we will make wedding clothes for others."

"Who said no!" Shu Ran, the old man with white hair and beard, spoke out.

The other two immediately looked over in surprise when they heard this. They felt bad at the same time. The eldest brother had a bad temper, and he was used to being ruthless when doing things. The elders in the family had regretted this and felt that his temperament was just a sharp knife, which was no problem for the Sheng family to expand territory. Some ancestors were also glad that they changed their elder brother when they were young, otherwise, according to his sinister and tyrannical temperament, the family would not know how many messes they would give him.

But now it is not the time to say this. The other two old men held their hearts and pinched their throats and asked carefully, "Brother, what are your arrangements? Could it be that you want to..."

The old man who spoke was in his throat. After seeing the confident expression on the old man's face, his heart fell to the bottom.

Another old man also thought of something, and his expression changed drastically, "Brother, that thing cannot be touched. If it is used, we can't escape the disaster. Brother, we are the only descendants in the mansion, and the younger generation still needs our guidance and care. We are not at the end of our lives, so we can't take a bad chess."

The old man with white hair and beards was even more angry when he heard the taboos and persuasion of the two, "It's not that far away from the point of being desperate? Xu Shiheng was about to bring people to dig the tomb of his ancestors. Could it be that he was desperate to get to that point? Second and third brother, I don't know what you two are thinking, don't worry, brother is not so careless. Those few black ammunitions are our killer moves, and brother won't use them until necessary. Now, it's time to be necessary."

The old man had already planned how to use this explosive. He directly aimed at the embankment of Yunzhou Prefecture. The embankment of Yunzhou Prefecture intercepted the river water from the upper reaches of Yujiang, making the water flow smooth and gentle in Qizhou. If the embankment of Yunzhou Prefecture collapsed, all downstream, including Tongzhou Prefecture, would be affected.

But Tongzhou Prefecture is relatively better because the terrain is slightly higher than the downstream, and when the river comes, it will only pour down from here and flow to Minzhou and other places.

In other words, even if Tongzhou is affected, it will not take long, one or two days. Yunzhou, the upper reaches of Tongzhou and Qizhou will not suffer too much from the dam collapse, but the several prefectures in the Minjiang River downstream of Tongzhou are different. Especially the Minjiang River, the terrain is the lowest, and the river water flows into the sea here. Every year during the rainy season, some coastal areas will be submerged and the people will be displaced, not to mention the consequences of a large amount of river water inflow. At that time, the entire Minzhou will become a vast ocean.

Whether it is Yunzhou, Qizhou, Tongzhou or Minzhou, both belong to Jiangnan, they are all under the jurisdiction of the governor Xu Shiheng. If the flood really occurs, if it is too big, the court may punish Xu Shiheng for his crime of dereliction of duty and to make a small mistake. At that time, the disaster situation in each prefecture will cause disaster victims and even epidemics. Xu Shiheng just wants to keep an eye on them, but he is afraid that he will not be able to take care of himself and will not be able to control so much.

The old man said these considerations and said, "When you take advantage of the chaos to transfer things, this is the best way."

This strategy is good, but once the dam collapses, I don’t know how many people will die in the flood. If they don’t kill Boren, Borenque will die because of them. And you can imagine that countless corpses will be killed and starved to the sky, the scene will be shocking, and the imagination alone will make their hearts tremble.

But in the end they said nothing, but instead agreed to the big brother's arrangement.

Only when the imperial court appointed officials need to consider the lives and livelihoods of the people. They are children of aristocratic families, and their interests are consistent with those of aristocratic families. When the interests of aristocratic families are contrary to the interests of the court, they have no choice. The education from an early age allows them to only consider the interests of aristocratic families.

The two old men looked at each other, "All follow the arrangements of the elder brother."

The old man with white hair and hair sent the two brothers away, and then he called the servants to give him a command. At this moment, the "only" old servant in the house shouted, "Old Madam, this is the point, why haven't you been sleeping yet?"

The old man with white hair and hair frowned when he heard this. The only two unsatisfactory years were in his life. One of them was naturally sent to Jiangji Village as soon as he was born. He was from a noble family son to eat the eldest son of a small village chief who was "unknown"; this identity led to his second unsatisfactory in his life, that is, he could not consider noble daughters in his wife... Not to mention noble daughters, he did not even dare to marry ordinary intelligent businessmen's children. In the end, he could only obey the arrangements of his family and marry a woman with a wealthy family and fair appearance in the village next to him, which was "a good match" with him. In the blink of an eye, it took decades.

Her old wife is easy to give birth to, and she gave birth to four sons and two daughters for him one after another. The first three sons were sent to Sheng Mansion and replaced the nephew's legitimate son. The latter son happened to be a boy of his age in Sheng Mansion, and the smallpox was gone. Helplessly, he could only say that his son died suddenly, but in fact he still sent his son to Sheng Mansion.

But the old wife didn't know, and because her sons were not caring, she missed her son who had died early.

The old man frowned, and sure enough, he heard the old wife's vague voice coming from outside, "Today is Silang's birthday. I am old and have a poor memory. Chunni, you don't remind me. If Silang hadn't come to look for me in my dream, I would have forgotten that this was the death day of my poor child."

There was a scattered thought, "The old man is a son who doesn't care about..."
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