Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 416: Huh? Do you need to choose the right time to kill someone?

The sound of horses and carriages could be heard, but the two people in the carriage looked at each other in silence.

After a long time, Xie Xuan finally couldn't hold back his curiosity. He looked at Chen Xiao and asked softly, "Brother Chen, are you going to Wang's now because someone in Wang's family is colluding with Ye's family?"

Chen Xiao didn't open his eyes, but just sat there with his eyes closed.

"Yes."

His voice was light: "I know what you want to ask."

Chen Xiao turned his head and said, "When I go to Wang's to kill someone later, you can leave."

"I have admired Uncle Wang's calligraphy for a long time. It would probably take me an hour or two to appreciate it."

After saying this, Chen Xiao never spoke again. He just sat there cross-legged with an expressionless face.

Xie Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

He understood what Chen Xiao said.

This is to give the Xie family some face.

What does it mean that I have admired Uncle Wang’s calligraphy for a long time and want to appreciate it for an hour or two?

What I mean is that I will stay at Wang's for one or two hours, and this time is for you at Xie's to conduct self-examination.

If you can handle the Xie family's problems within this time, then when I go to Xie's, I will just go there for tea. If I am not satisfied with your handling of the matter when I go there, then you will have to bear my anger.

Xie Xuan naturally breathed a sigh of relief.

I even laughed a few times in excitement in my heart.

Because of what?
Because this is the dignity and kindness that "Chen" gives them.

Sometimes, favors are not something that can only be given by the giver.

Just like the Xie family now.

From then on, the Xie family could use a name that was somewhat old-fashioned with the Chen family. The Chen family gave the Xie family some respectability, so the Chen family was the Xie family's benefactor, so the Xie family would only follow the Chen family's lead in the future, so from then on, the Xie family was in the Chen family's camp.

This is what Xie wanted from the beginning.

They wanted to have some connection with the Chen family.

Haven’t you seen that those two people from the Chen family of Xie County simply went to the Chen family’s ancestral hall to burn incense, and no one dared to touch them in the following decades?

Over the years, the Xiejun Chen family has grown from a lonely group of people consisting of only a few old servants and a young man who were driven out by the Yingchuan Chen family into a large family that can be said to be a "aristocratic family".

Who dares to say that the "affection" back then has no effect on this?

Chen's disciples and former officials are spread all over the world, and everyone wants to join this huge network. As long as you can be noticed by the people on this network, it may be your chance.

Of course, if you want to join this huge network, you need a prerequisite.

You must be able to have a clear conscience.

There are no completely clean people in the world, but at least on Chen's huge network, almost all of them are clean people, and those unclean people don't dare to do things that are too dirty - and they are always ready to spit out everything.

The Chen family is a noble family, and the Chen family is also a pig farmer.

When the pigs are fat, it is time for the pig farmer to pick out the fat pigs, slaughter them, and then bleed them to feed the world.

This was a decision that Chen made after a long period of consideration and repeated deliberation.

With corrupt officials, people all over the world suffer.

But human nature is never controllable. There are very few truly pure and flawless people in this world. Perhaps one or two such people will appear every few hundred or thousand years.

If you want to save the world, you need to make some compromises.

Politics is the art of compromise.

When you cannot control human nature, you need some "compromise" to act as a "resistor".

A group of controllable, limited and known corrupt officials is much stronger than a group of uncontrollable, greedy monsters who only know how to take but not how to "bleed".

At least, there is always a person, a family, and a mark standing above the heads of these corrupt officials, and the butcher knife in their hands is always sharp.

These people also know their roles and will never resist when it is time to surrender.

This is "politics" and this is "people's livelihood".

The sound of carriages and horses slowly stopped. Chen Xiao opened his eyes with a peaceful look on his face. He slowly exhaled.

This is also one of the reasons why Chen Xiao is unwilling to continue to rise and fall in officialdom. He does not want to continue to stand with this group of dirty and disgusting people.

He didn't want to see his "good friends" and "confidants" change into someone else after entering the world of fame and fortune.

Become a person who can get along with everyone, become confused about big things, confused about small things, confused about everything, and finally have to put on a crying face and act like a bitch, crying and expressing her emotions.

After doing so many bad things, he still wants to build a good reputation.

It's so hypocritical and disgusting.

So he came to Jiangnan.

It is both a job of killing some people and a form of self-exile.

After getting off the carriage, Chen Xiao shook his clothes slightly, and his expression did not change much.

He turned his head and looked at Xie Xuan beside him: "I won't see you off."

Xie Xuan smiled and stood there watching Chen Xiao walk into the Wang family mansion. When Chen Xiao's back disappeared, he immediately jumped onto the carriage and said in a suppressed, low voice, "Quick! Return to the mansion as quickly as possible!"

Wang
The pavilions and towers in the mansion appear very free and comfortable.

This is a Su-style garden building covering a very large area, filled with Chinese aesthetics everywhere, especially in this season.

Large pieces of autumn leaves fell to the ground, forming a thick layer on the ground.

The golden leaves combined with the bleak and desolate scene around them appear even more beautiful.

Wang Ningzhi had already been standing at the entrance of the garden, waiting for Chen Xiao's arrival.

When Wang Ningzhi saw Chen Xiao, he sighed deeply and said, "At first, I really didn't expect that you came here just for that matter."

He stretched out his hand, as if inviting someone, with a humble attitude.

"I have already had everyone involved in that incident tied up. They are now in the backyard."

Chen Xiao nodded casually, and then followed Wang Ningzhi and walked towards the distance. The bleak autumn wind continued to echo in the yard, making everything seem so peaceful and harmonious.

In the backyard, the young men who used to be very handsome and romantic were tied up and kneeling there, with a series of expressions on their faces, including confusion, unwillingness, anger, despair, etc.

"Yo--"

Chen Xiao said in surprise: "There are quite a lot of people."

"Brother Shuping, Wang's clan is about to be infiltrated by Ye's clan and become a sieve, right?"

Wang Ningzhi's expression remained unchanged, only a bitter smile flashed across his face: "It's embarrassing to say that over the years, although Wang and Xie have been known as the two most powerful families in Jiangnan, in fact, the Ye family is the most powerful."

"After all, they were the Lingnan Kings tacitly approved by Emperor Muzong back then."

"Jiangnan and Lingnan are almost adjacent to each other, how could they not be influenced by them?"

“So we just turn a blind eye to some things.”

He sighed, looking very sincere.

"We really had no idea what happened back then."

"My father has already explained this in his letter to King An."

"After the incident, my father immediately wrote a letter to King An to apologize. King An told my father not to worry about it and that it had nothing to do with him." "Later, my father began to secretly investigate these people."

"At least you came here some time ago and finally found all these people. Some of them were very hidden, so it took some time."

Chen Xiao didn't say anything, but just glanced at the group of people kneeling on the ground.

He just said two words lightly.

"not enough."

Wang Ningzhi's expression remained unchanged as he continued, "There are some other things that you need to discuss with your father."

"Father is waiting for you in the study now."

Chen Xiao nodded, turned around and left, while Wang Ningzhi behind him asked, "Prince."

Chen Xiao's father is King An, so Chen Xiao is naturally the crown prince of King An.

At this time, Wang Ningzhi no longer called him "Brother Yaoyou", but instead called him "Prince" in order to be more serious.

"Look at these people—?"

Chen Xiao waved his hand, looking very casual, like those traveling young masters of noble families often seen in Jiangnan.

He is suave, handsome, and has a scholarly air.

"Kill them all."

"Throw the body into a mass grave and feed the head to the dogs."

The wind was howling, and Chen Xiao's back was getting farther and farther away, while Wang Ningzhi stood there with an unchanged expression on his face.

The attendant beside him asked in a low voice, and Wang Ningzhi said, "Listen to the prince."

The Chen family has already given the Wang family enough respect.

He just asked Chen Xiao to come, and didn't even bring troops to encircle and suppress the enemy.

The distance between Lingnan and Jiangnan is not far, and he has heard some rumors about Lingnan.

Perhaps the most fortunate ones at this time are the Wang and Xie clans in Jiangnan.

The stupidest and the one who knew nothing at this time was the Lingnan Ye family.

Lingnan
County Magistrate's Office

Chen Jiaozhou looked at the person standing in front of him and smiled: "But is there a decree from His Majesty?"

In front of him, the white-faced, beardless man also smiled, his voice was sharp, but with a hint of excitement.

"Your Majesty has a decree."

He pulled a bright yellow scroll from his sleeve with a solemn expression.

Emperor Ming destroyed the Han Dynasty and established Dayu. Liu Bang, the "Emperor Gaozu" of the Han Dynasty at that time, called himself "the son of the Red Emperor", which means "fire virtue", so the supreme colors of the Han Dynasty are "red" and "red-black".

Therefore, Dayu is the "Earth Virtue", which is consistent with the theory of the Five Elements.

Therefore, bright yellow is the supreme color of Dayu.

The content of this imperial edict was very simple - the Ye clan was going to rebel, so Chen Jiaozhou was ordered to lead troops to strangle and destroy the Ye clan.

There is no need to send them to the capital. All of their descendants, from top to bottom, and all nine clans will be destroyed, leaving no one alive.

Liu Fu's expression was still smiling, and he looked very kind and amiable.

He looked at Chen Jiaozhou, his expression still respectful.

"Mr. Chen, your majesty means that the Ye clan has been doing evil for so many years, and has squeezed countless amounts of the people's wealth. The two counties in Lingnan have been oppressed by them for a long time."

"We can just kill these people and let the people of Lingnan vent their anger."

"Kill in public."

"No need to ask again."

Chen Jiaozhou rolled up the imperial edict, with a smiling face, and he also looked like a very kind person.

"I know."

The two smiled at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes.

Liu Fuxi could make a lot from doing this, and the biggest gain was that he and Chen Jiaozhou developed a certain "friendship".

After all, although this knife seemed to be a gift from the emperor, the man who delivered the knife did not delay at all on the road. He traveled day and night for half a month, killed several horses, and delivered the knife as quickly as possible.

And Chen Jiaozhou's reaction did not surprise him.

"I have heard that Minister Fu traveled day and night to deliver this imperial edict."

"Chen will remember this friendship."

Chen Jiaozhou stood up and said, "Now I have to be busy carrying out the will of His Majesty. All matters in the backyard have been prepared for the attendant. Please have a good rest."

"When Chen comes back, I will have a feast with the attendant."

Liu Fu's expression remained unchanged: "You don't have to be so polite. We are waiting for the governor's happy event in this mansion."

Jiangnan
Wang's Mansion
In the study

Chen Xiao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard the "conditions" Wang Xizhi said: "Uncle Wang is willing to do so."

Wang Xizhi shook his head and said with emotion: "The unworthy descendants have forgotten the will of their ancestors. Now they are just trying to live a stable life."

"Besides, those things didn't belong to the Wang family in the first place, so why would you be reluctant to give them up?"

Chen Xiao didn't say anything about this. He just stood up, stretched, and walked out.

Wang Xizhi followed Chen Xiao, and the two of them walked into the yard.

Chen Xiao couldn't help but sigh and said: "The autumn wind is coming slowly, and the leaves are falling."

“Everything seems to be normal.”

Wang Xizhi agreed, "Yes, everything is just an ordinary day."

Wang Ningzhi was walking over from a distance. His clothes were clean, and it was obvious that he had just taken a shower. However, one could still faintly smell some "bloody smell". He had just killed too many people in the backyard, some of whom he had killed himself.

His body was stained with the smell of blood for a long time, so he went to take a bath.

"Sir, everything has been done."

Chen Xiao nodded casually, holding a piece of calligraphy in his hand.

"Okay, it's done, I'm leaving now."

"We still have to go to Xie's."

Wang Xizhi and his son sent Chen Xiao to the door, and then Wang Ningzhi said in a low voice: "Father, there is news from over there that the imperial edict has arrived in Lingnan, and I don't know when that person will take action."

When to start?
Wang Xizhi looked at Wang Ningzhi in surprise and said, "If my guess is correct, I'm afraid that person has already made his move."

Now?

Wang Ningzhi looked confused.

Wang Xizhi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Why do you think I am so nervous to get everything done?"

"For Chen, there is no need to choose a time to kill someone."

(End of this chapter)