Suzhou government office signing house.

Priest Cai listened to Liu Zhengqi's half-truth and half-fake saying:

"I heard that my husband's ancestor sent the Kunshan Gunman Camp to suppress bandits in Xishan. We, the indigenous people in Xishan were all ecstatic and were discussing to build a temple for my husband's ancestors. Although the thirty-five years of fighting against Jiajing, the villagers had to leave their hometowns, but everyone had been worried about Xishan, where our ancestral property, ancestral homes and ancestral tombs..."

Priest Cai was very helpful when he heard this. He was a famous minister of Neo-Confucianism. He was a virtuous person and did not like money. He only loved fame.

After hearing what Mr. Liu said, he even thought about the materials, design and renderings of the temple.

"Who knew..." But Liu Zhengqi changed his mind.

Priest Cai's face turned dark immediately. It seemed that there was a change in the cultivation of the temple. "Who knows what?"

"Who knew that the day before yesterday, Xu Kun, the second master of the Xu family, suddenly came to the door and threatened that the Kunshan Gunman Camp would occupy Xishan Island and let us aboriginal people rise up to resist."

"What does this have to do with the Xu family?" Priest Cai was stunned, and immediately remembered the glorious deeds of "Zhao Zhuangyuan beat Xiaoge Lao".

"The second master said that his family had personal grudges with the Zhao County Magistrate of Kunshan, so he had to tidy up them to vent his anger for the elder brother." Liu Zhengqi's words were true, but he didn't mention who called Xu Kun...

"No-no-no-table!" Cai Gongfu shouted: "What's the matter with his Songjiang gentry coming to our Suzhou?"

"I said I wanted to be fair for us." Liu Zhengqi said with a bitter face: "But that's not the justice we want. Besides, with my husband's ancestors, how can I use the Xu family to stand up for us?"

"Hmph, that's natural. The Xu family's hands are stretched too long!" Master Cai was furious.

In fact, when the Xu family went on, they had been rude to the prefect Cai. They always sent slaves to inform him about anything, and their attitude was very disrespectful.

Like this time, I often take things without saying hello, and I never take him seriously.

Before, when Mr. Xu was in power, Master Cai could only swallow his anger and pretended not to care.

This time, Xu Jie has become a retired cadre. The Xu family is not willing to restrain themselves. Instead, they become more and more aggressive. They openly interfere in Suzhou's internal affairs and provoke the people to confront the government!

I don’t take him, a dignified fourth-rank prefect, seriously!

New resentment and old hatreds all came to my heart, and the hatred made the priest Cai’s teeth itch. After a while, he asked coldly: “Did you listen to him?”

"Of course I don't listen. We are all law-abiding people. How can we cause trouble for our husband's ancestors?" Liu Zhengqi hurriedly denied.

Really, I went to him yesterday, and the rest were pretended by Zhao Hao.

"So the Xu family threatened to kill you?" Master Cai asked with a sinister face.

He actually started to do something like Shunchang’s demise. Is there any government in his eyes falling to the ground? Let me ask who is the world in Suzhou today?!

"It's because Xu Kun led 500 slaves to attack the Dasheng Bay camp yesterday..." Seeing that her husband's ancestor was about to explode, Liu Zhengqi hurriedly ordered another firecracker.

"What?!" Priest Cai was indeed furious and shouted: "The Xu family dared to assemble evil slaves to attack the military camp of a county. Is this going to rebel?!"

Liu Zhengqi was so scared that he shivered. He suddenly understood why Mr. Zhao was so fearless.

To put it bluntly, it is still the same old saying that the people do not fight with the officials.

No matter how small Kunshan County is, it is still a first-level official. No matter how big the Xu family is, it is only a local gentry. There is no suspense about where the prefect Cai’s butt is sitting.

And the butt determines the head, the head determines the mouth...

~~

Priest Cai had a moment of attack before he asked, "How many people died?"

He would hate the Xu family to death. No matter what the reason, large-scale fighting under his rule was a vicious incident that could affect his career!

"No one was injured, let alone anyone died." Liu Zhengqi hurriedly gave his husband's ancestor a reassurance, "It was just that all the gunman camps in Kunshan were detained."

Then he added in a low voice: "The Xu family thinks it is the news revealed by the villain, so he threatened to kill the chicken to warn the monkey."

"Huh..." Master Cai sighed and said incredible: "Even if you are caught by five hundred pigs, you can bite and hit a few people. Why are the slaves of the Xu family not even as good as pigs?"

Liu Zhengqi couldn't help but say embarrassedly: "Xu Erye rashly entered the camp and was captured by the gunman's camp. His subordinates had to surrender obediently."

Mr. Liu did not tell the prefect that he actually lied Xu Kun into the camp.

"Xu Kun is such a freak." Cai Guoxi sneered, leaning on the back of the chair, and his evaluation of the Xu family was greatly reduced. "What's going on in the end, have you released someone?"

"If you haven't released anyone, the Xu family will probably not finish it." Liu Yuanwai shook his head and said, "If such a big thing happens, the villain must be told to report to his husband's ancestor quickly to avoid being caught off guard."

"Well, you're not bad." Cai Guoxi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Go, I will pay attention to this matter."

"Yes, my husband's ancestor." Mr. Liu responded respectfully.

Just as he was about to leave, Cai Guoxi said in a deep voice: "Don't build a temple on Xishan Island. I am not a person who seeks fame and reputation."

After a pause, he said quietly: "It's in the wilderness, it's not serious."

Mr. Liu suddenly realized that this was my husband's ancestor who disliked the West Mountains and had no incense.

He hurriedly bowed and said, "The West Mountain will not be built, and only a temple on Dongshan Island will be left. Please do not refuse my husband and ancestors, and let me explain the filial piety of the people."

"Oh, forget it, you guys watch it." Master Cai waved his hand, and was really embarrassed to take out the design drawings in the drawer immediately.

Let the people below do it another day...

~~

After Liu Yuanwai said goodbye, Prefect Cai called his aide Mr. Hu and discussed with him which design drawings should be used to build his own temple.

I heard that aide Mr. Hu planned hard:

"You must choose the best location, and hire the best craftsmen to use the best materials. You must build the highest-end ancestral temple, with five pillars and seven pillars in the mountain gate, and a yard starts at least 500 acres. What are the red walls and green tiles! Brass incense burner! Statue of sunken sandalwood! Gilded guardian! All you can do is to use it for him. The most important thing is that there must be a god in the ancestral hall, so that the incense will be prosperous. After more than ten years, Dongweng will become a god worshipped by the people!"

Priest Cai was drooling when he heard this. "How much does it cost?"

"Let those Dongting merchants pay for the money, they have money."

"But spending too much money will still damage our reputation."

"It's simple. Looking for old examples and working with temples and Taoist temples, all the expenses are considered to be rebuilt temples. But in fact, temples have become part of the temple." Mr. Hu said calmly, obviously not the first time he has become an aide.

"There is a White Horse Temple on Taihu Lake. I heard that the incense is very good, not as good as us..." Prefect Cai rubbed his hands and was eager to try.

"Dongweng really knows how to choose a place."

The two were talking, and suddenly they heard a burst of awesome drums outside.

The prefect Cai immediately became distracted and asked unhappily: "Go and see who is playing the drum, find an excuse to beat him first and then talk about it!"
Chapter completed!