I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 343

Although Du Dun has gone back, the army outside Du's house has not withdrawn yet, and Du Heng has not returned yet.

This caused the Du family to discuss and worry a lot.

After all, there is a large group of officers and soldiers outside their house, armed with shining knives and guns, and wearing shiny iron armor, who is not worried?
Emperor Taizu of the Great Jin Dynasty Zeng Yun said, "how can others snore and sleep on the side of the couch", what if the sleeping person holds a knife?
Can you close your eyes at night?

And Du Dun, who returned to the main house without saying a word, undoubtedly made the tribe even more worried.

Seeing Du Dun who was full of worries, Du Ji was relieved, and his heart that had been hanging was also relieved.

There was only Du Ji in the hall, as well as Du Dun, Du Dun's direct brother Du Hui, and Du Dun's eldest son Du Zhao.

Du Hui asked eagerly: "Brother, what's the matter? Why didn't the sixth son come back?"

Du Dun shook his head, then sat directly on the chair under his father Du Ji's hand, picked up the tea bowl and took another sip of tea.

After a long while, he said, "Lao Liu won't be able to come back at half past one. Based on the current situation and evidence in the hands of the Jiefu, it is enough for our Du family to copy and kill."

"Ah what."

"This"

Although Du Ji, who was on the main seat, frowned, he didn't reveal any anxious look. Instead, he waved his hands at his children and grandchildren, signaling them to stay calm.

Here, Du Dun continued: "Lao Liu has been imprisoned. He swallowed some military land before. He was afraid that he would be found out, so he planned to send tens of thousands of money to Marquis Wu'an. He asked Li Yi to keep the things in strict storage. In the end, these belongings fell into the hands of Honglian Dao and were intercepted by the officers and soldiers. Li Yi and that guy should be the rebels of Honglian Dao. It's enough."

Du Ji frowned after listening to the eldest son's words, and then asked, "What else can Fu Jieshuai say?"

Du Dun shook his head: "Lao Liu directly confessed about the military settlement, Jieshuai didn't say anything, but Liu Changshi said something."

"What did he say?"

"He said that this matter must be reported to the imperial court, and the imperial court will definitely send envoys to Shuzhong. He also said that he wants me to think about what the imperial court lacks and what it wants."

After hearing this, Duke was relieved, "I see."

Seeing that his children and grandchildren were a little puzzled, Du Ji continued, "It's just asking for money."

After Du Dun heard it, he also nodded in agreement, "I'm just afraid that the imperial court and the Jiefu's appetite will be too big this time, and it will hurt the bones."

"Stupid," Du Ji scolded, "I told you when you went, money, property, and even the priceless salt wells in the eyes of others, are all things you cherish! This kind of thing, the exile of the whole family will end well! What are you thinking here? Are you still hurting your bones? Are you still reluctant to part with that thing at this time?"

Du Dun said: "It's not that my son is reluctant, but I just feel that the imperial court may know that we have nothing to do with Honglian, but we still have to take advantage of it."

"Excuse me? Flies don't bite seamless eggs. If you don't give someone an excuse yourself, do you still have to face the current situation? Now the evidence is conclusive. The dude from the Du family is an assassin. Just based on this, we will all be sent to prison and beheaded." , no family property was confiscated, and no one dared to speak for the Du family. On the contrary, those officials in Shangjing who were fed with money on weekdays would try their best to keep their relationship with the Du family clear. Do you still think that the people in Shangjing would speak for us? Bar?"

The old man's words left Du Dun speechless.

Then, the old man continued to look at the two sons and one grandson in front of him, and said slowly: "Now, don't think about who is involved, so as to save Marquis Wu'an from pursuing this matter. We will give him whatever he wants. Don't think about bargaining, the knife is in the hands of others, we are just fish, do you think the fish on the sticky board is qualified to negotiate terms?"

"Furthermore, do you think that without this assassination case, our family wealth can be preserved? You don't even think about it. The Jiefu has already started to check the tax accounts of the past years, and the next one is Dutian. .”

"Duda? No way."

"He has soldiers in his hands. Taking advantage of the great victory, he said he wants to save the fields. How dare you say no?"

Dutian refers to comparing the number of acres of each family's land according to the government's fish scale book, and comparing the taxes paid each year to see if there is any concealment.

There are a lot of lands owned by high-ranking big families, which one dares to say that they conceal such things?
So when it comes to Dutian, the local aristocratic families will already avoid it, and the government will already be strongly resisted if they want to Dutian.

It's nothing more than to have eaten it, and should have paid the court's taxes in full.

However, the land taxes of high-ranking and large households are not easy to collect, and some local governments can only scrape three feet of the land of low-ranking and small households.

This is also the direct reason why Red Lotus Road can gather hundreds of thousands of people.

Without this assassination, if Fu Jinchuan wanted to live in the middle of Shu, he would definitely be resisted by the big clans in the middle of Shu.

After all, for the sake of their own pockets, they must dare to fight against the imperial court to a certain extent.

This kind of thing is not uncommon.There was a civil uprising in a certain place because of Dutian, or the imperial court document library was burned down before Dutian
But in the current situation, let alone saving the land, the entire Du family is under the sword, and it is just a matter of ransacking the family and exterminating the family.

At this time, no matter what Fu Jinchuan wanted, the Du family had to give it.

At this time, Du Dun seemed to have finally figured out the key point, "Aye, so the Marquis of Wu'an not only wants my Du family to spend a lot of money, but also my Du family to support him in the matter of Du Tian? "

Du Ji nodded: "That's the reason. Look at the officers and soldiers outside the square. The knife is already on their necks. Naturally, what the person holding the knife said, unless it is... don't die."

"But in this way, the Yan family and the Yang family will be offended."

"At this time, do you still care about offending the two of them? Let's save your own life first, and then we can talk about it. And who owns the most land in Sichuan? Is it the Yan family? Is it the Li family? Or our Du family? Neither Speaking of riches and riches in the middle of Shu, who can surpass the palace of the Prince of Shu?"

Du Dun was a little surprised and said, "What does Aye mean?"

"It's nothing interesting, you don't need to pay attention to it, you go to Jiefu tomorrow and tell Marquis Wu'an that from now on, only the Marquis of the Du family will look forward to it. If my guess is right, he should tell you that the current court is in a difficult situation. Just say it, my Du family is willing to devote all their wealth to Jieshuai. Remember, it is surrendered to Jieshuai, not to the court. As for how he disposes of these properties, it has nothing to do with us. In addition, if he wants our Du family's account books , and immediately agreed. Judging from the status of this Marquis, he has only been in Shuzhong for three years at most, so he is not afraid of offending people, and don't make big mistakes because of small things. How many things can be taken back later, only this human life, if it is gone, it is gone, and it will never be taken back, whichever is more important, you can weigh it yourself."

Du Hui, who was at the side, complained: "Then our Du family, didn't we suffer from this innocent crime? Could it be that we are framed because we are rich?"

Du Ji snorted coldly and said: "Framed? Who framed you? Your sixth brother has no eyes, so you are so clean? I will inform them in every house and room. From today on, tell me everything you shouldn't say Swallow it down, don't spit out a word, and stay safe in the courtyard."

"Every man is not guilty. He is guilty of the crime!"

(End of this chapter)