"Are you suspecting that the three clans that were implicated in the first place are actually the Ning family in Zhongzhou?"

"I have this idea, but I'm not really sure. I don't understand what's going on in their circle."

"That's for sure. You have always lived on the border and have rarely had anything to do with the famous families in the south of the Yangtze River. It is normal for you not to understand them." Jiang Erye looked at Shen Cha and said in an encouraging tone, "Yes. If you have any questions, you can ask directly, it’s okay.”

"Although I don't know much about the famous inscribed clans in Jiangnan, nor how many clans there are, I do know one thing. If such a big clan is destroyed, is it impossible to hide it? It will more or less be revealed. It’s because of the wind, right?”

"Not necessarily." It was Qin Zheng who spoke. He shook his head towards Shen Cha and said, "The foundation of the big clan is very deep. Even the emperor does not dare to shake it easily. Look at the Langya Wang clan, it has gone through a lot of times. For hundreds of years, although his reputation in the outside world is not very good, he is still the leader of scholars and the object of admiration by literati. Those big clans have many ways to clean themselves up so that the family will not be implicated in any way. "

"But how can they do that? Cross it out from the family tree, the family tree?"

"Absolutely!" Qin Zheng nodded, looked at several children, including Uncle Wang and Uncle Yan, who looked at him with shocked expressions, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why do you have such an expression? It has been like this since ancient times. Otherwise, where did so many branches come from? Also, how could those big clans last for so long? They are not the Kong family. They can have the halo of saints covering them. As long as they don't think about rebellion, they can study in peace and quiet. , controlling the direction of the literati for the emperor, no matter how the world changes and how the dynasties change, they can still enjoy eternal glory. The Kong family can, but other famous families cannot. What they can do is to preserve the family and the overall situation. As for those The clan members and children who have been abandoned can only blame themselves for their bad luck and hope that they will have a good pregnancy in their next life."

"Sure enough, it is just like the rumors. If you are ruthless to your enemies, you are even more ruthless to your own people!" Uncle Wang sighed deeply, "Now I am even more glad that I was not born into such a family, otherwise I would not be able to make decisions about my own life and death."

"That's right, it's scary to think about it." Xue Ruitian echoed, "Isn't it bad to be a human being? Isn't it bad to be a person of flesh and blood with feelings and righteousness? I have to be a cold, emotionless animal, tsk tsk tsk! "

"Don't say that, people will be unhappy."

"I don't care if they are happy or not, as long as I am happy." Xue Ruitian raised his eyebrows at Shen Cha, "right?"

"Well, but just like Master said, the Chaozhou Ning family escaped unscathed after the defeat of Ningchang, right?"

"Definitely, since he started to rise rapidly in the officialdom and rose all the way up, our family has been ready to cut him off and abandon him. If he can die in peace, maybe our family can still help him, but he has caused such a big disaster. , almost broke the sky, and accused myself of treason, so my family naturally had to get out in time."

"In other words, from the moment he entered the cabinet, the Ning family in Xijing and the Ning family in Chaozhou should have been completely separated." Jiang Erye added, looking at the children who still looked confused, " Is it incomprehensible?”

"It's really incomprehensible, but think about it, the Ning family of Chaozhou at that time was no longer the father of Ning Changguo, and his grandfather made the decision. If these two were still there, it would be possible to cherish them, but the patriarch at that time should be Ning. The common people or juniors in Changguo may know that the Ning family in Xijing is related to his family, but in order to protect themselves, they can still break it off."

"Yes." Mr. Jiang nodded, "But you are still confused, aren't you?"

"Yes, people say that there is someone in the court who is easy to get things done. Ning Changguo was a very popular minister at that time. How can the Ning family of Chaozhou break away from him so easily?"

"Why does the big clan care about the Ningchang Kingdom? How can the Ning family be an official in the court? The Ningchang Kingdom was over eighty years old at the time, and still refused to retire and return to its hometown, holding on to the position of chief minister. What do you think? Is the family happy? The young disciples are suppressed by the old people and have no future. How can the family agree?" Jiang Erye sneered, "There are more twists and turns in these big clans than we imagined. The internal fighting is much more serious!"

"So that's it!" Shen Cha sighed with emotion, "It's because we are ignorant."

"I don't blame you, after all, you haven't had much contact with them, so you don't know how dirty they are." Jiang Erye raised his eyebrows, "Since we have said this, why don't you take a guess and demand that Ningchang Country be dealt with strictly? Who is it?"

"You have said so, what else is there to guess? There is no suspense at all. It must be the Ning family of Chaozhou."

"Xiao Tian'er is quite smart, but not accurate." Jiang Erye shook his head gently, "In other words, the Chaozhou Ning family was not involved in the old man's case from the beginning to the end, and even gave instructions Please don’t take action against Ning Changguo if you want to protect your children. The one who really demands stricter treatment of Ning Changguo is actually the Ning family of Zhongzhou, who is his nominally biological brother from the same father and mother."

"He actually has a younger brother?"

Several children thought that what they heard tonight was really exciting. They didn't expect that the life at Old Man Ning's house would be so exciting.

"Is the child born after the parents he recognized?"

"Yes, old age brings a son." Second Master Jiang sneered, "Although old man Ning is the most ruthless person in my life, I have to say a word for him about this younger brother. After raising him for more than ten years, he has raised him Maybe this is the retribution for the old man who has done bad things all his life."

"So, his relationship with the Ning family in Zhongzhou is pretty good?"

"Try to maintain the illusion of harmony on the surface. After all, he has been tricked once and suffered a lot in the Hanlin Academy for a long time. Knowing that he has something to fall into someone else's hands, he is a bit honest. But, to be honest, I don't really believe it. He should have done something in private, but it didn't work. He was caught in the pigtails again. He really had no choice but to be controlled by others and let this family suck blood."

"Well, it looks like this." Xue Ruitian thought for a while, "When he came out of the Hanlin Academy, he took the initiative to apply to be sent to Jiangnan. It was the Chaozhou Ning family who gave him the path, right?" Seeing Jiang Erye nodding. , he continued, "The reason why he wants to be transferred to Jiangnan is not only because Jiangnan is rich. He can easily achieve political achievements. After three to five years, he can be transferred back to Beijing, and then he can do some business. After entering the cabinet, I want to get rid of the control of the Zhongzhou Ning family and get rid of this piece of dog-skin plaster. After all, Jiangnan is his base camp and his territory. It will not be easy for the Zhongzhou Ning family to threaten him again."

"Yes, it turns out that he was right. When the Ning family in Zhongzhou learned that he was transferred to Jiangnan, they were said to be frightened. They felt that all the glory and wealth they had obtained were gone. They actually went to the official department and told others,

Our children can't go to such a good place, it will destroy our children's minds, and our children will have to go to a miserable place or something." Jiang Erye chuckled, "The person in charge of the Ministry of Personnel back then was Old Man Cen, who once also

I have been taught that when he talked about this in private, he was still shocked. He had never seen such a father and mother who were so afraid that their son would enjoy happiness that he had to send his son to a poor place."

"They didn't succeed either!"

"Of course, the transfer order was signed by my father. How could it be changed for an ignorant couple?"

"That's right, I shouldn't change my order day and night just for rubbish like them."

"That's right, but they are indeed very ignorant. They only know that Jiangnan is rich, but they don't know that Jiangnan is not always a rich place. There are also states where life is not very good, and there are also states where people can't afford to eat and raise money.

He couldn't afford to have children. When old man Cen heard the couple's resolute look, he really thought that they were doing it for their children and didn't want their children to be corrupted by the luxurious life in Jiangnan! He thought, since

His parents have already asked not to let him enjoy the blessing, so old man Cen also took advantage of the situation and moved Ning Changguo to Jiazhou, letting him become a fellow scholar there."

"He can make the decision on this, but Ning Changguo only wants to go back to Jiangnan, where he belongs, to gain qualifications, but he really doesn't think about going through hardship!"

"It doesn't matter. Old man Cen felt that it was not good for his parents to come to him behind his back, so he went out of his way to tell Ning Changguo everything."

"Is that a revelation? Doesn't that mean that the couple was sold?" Uncle Yan shook his head helplessly, "Old man Cen, just because he is afraid that the world will not be in chaos, he means to tell Ning Changguo to transfer him

Going to Jiazhou is his parents' wish and has nothing to do with the official department, right?"

"Yes!" Mr. Jiang was a little tired from sitting. He stood up, threw the pear core in his hand into the basket, then held a plate of grapes and began to eat while walking around the room. "Not only that, but even those

The couple told the old man the exact words he said. After hearing this, the old man even thanked old man Cen. This is a conflict between father and son or mother and son and has nothing to do with Mr. Cen."

"This guy is also reasonable!"

"After all, it was not Old Man Cen who caused this situation. If we hold on to Old Man Cen, we can't solve anything. Of course we have to solve the source." Second Master Jiang ate two grapes, "These grapes are good, very sweet.

, you guys also have a try.”

"Then what happened next?" Xue Ruitian didn't eat the grapes, but reached for an apple and started to eat it, "Second Grandpa, did the couple from Zhongzhou go to Jiangnan with you? They shouldn't dare, right? Even if it's Jiazhou, not Chaozhou Ning

The family’s base camp, they probably wouldn’t dare to do something bad if they did something wrong.”

"Of course, they didn't go, but Ning Changguo invited them, but they excused themselves by saying that they went to Beijing to celebrate the New Year with Ning Changguo, which delayed their family affairs. Now that Ning Changguo is leaving Xijing City, they can't continue to live there. It's just fine.

Go home. They ran away in a hurry, for fear of Ning Changguo's revenge, they didn't even send Ning Changguo to take office, and left the capital before him."

"Isn't this just a guilty conscience? I did bad things and was afraid that the person who suffered me would come to complain, so I ran away quickly." Xue Ruitian curled his lips, "Who are the people in this family? There is no good person from top to bottom!"

"What happened next?" Shen Cha listened with some fascination. He leaned on Shen Haolin and looked at Jiang Erye eagerly, "Ning Changguo let them go? They didn't want to repair their relationship?"

"Why don't you want to? Of course I do, but the distance between Zhongzhou and Jiangnan is too far. The old man stayed in Jiangnan for ten years, rising from Tongzhi to Chief Secretary Zuo Shilang. Then, after my nephew ascended the throne, he issued an order to He was transferred back to the capital. However, in the first two years after he was transferred back to the capital, he was not given any real power. He was directly sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs, where he was appointed as Zuo Shilang. By the way, he was also given the job of giving lectures in the East Palace. He knew that Ning Changguo had returned to the capital. Now, the Ning family in Zhongzhou felt that they could do it again, so they ran to the capital in advance and arranged a place to stay to welcome Ning Changguo back to the capital."

"This is really..." Shen Cha shook his head gently, "Where is his younger brother? He was born in Beijing?"

"Yes!" Mr. Jiang nodded, "It's a coincidence that the child was born the day after Ning returned to Beijing. Although Ning Changguo didn't like the couple from the Ning family in Zhongzhou, he was very fond of this younger brother. He still loves his younger brother, and thinks that his younger brother is a clean person and cannot be kept around the Ning family. He was taught bad things by them, so he just kept him by his side. The couple in Zhongzhou thought this was good, and let their relatives The closer the son is to the fake son, the fake son’s property will be part of their real son’s property in the future.”

"You are really scheming all the time! I was thinking before that in the whole case, the Ning family in Zhongzhou was the worst offender. Their son died of illness long ago. Finally, a younger son came to the main family, who could replace his son and take care of the family. Keep it up, the young master of the master's family can be regarded as a good man. He went to high school at a young age. Although his official career was not very smooth at the beginning, there were no bumps in the road later. He sat all the way to the position of chief minister of the cabinet and the emperor's master. They can more or less follow Zhan Zhanguang, and follow Ning Changguo to eat well and drink spicy food. They thought that their life would go on smoothly, but they didn't expect that Ningchangguo would not be able to protect his family, and the whole family would be unlucky with him. "Jin Changguo. Jing sneered, "Now it seems that they have been implicated by Ningchang Kingdom and the whole family is in danger. It is because they are too greedy."

"Yes!" Second Grandpa Jiang sighed, "They all asked for it themselves. The thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king. Since they have enjoyed the glory and wealth brought by the old man, they will be destroyed along with the old man. "

"Understood!" Shen Cha nodded, "Although the person we caught today is from the Ning family, he is not the Ning family in Xijing who was confiscated back then, nor the Ning family in Zhongzhou, but the Ningchang Kingdom's own family. , Chaozhou Ning clan."

"But, Chaozhou Ning family also agrees with Ning Changguo's statement?"

"Xiao Jing, you're tired of saying this. This is not because the Chaozhou Ning family agrees with Ning Changguo's statement. It's because Ningchang State has been deeply influenced by the Chaozhou Ning family and the entire Jiangnan literati circle since childhood. It has always insisted on being on an equal footing with the emperor. , I have always believed that Jiangnan is the world of their famous families. It is intolerable for the emperor to reach out to Jiangnan and deprive power from the hands of big clans like them. They must not recognize such an emperor and find someone who can listen to them to replace the emperor. The Emperor of Xia."

"I understand, but after the Ningchang Kingdom incident, the Ning family in Chaozhou has been keeping a low profile and trying not to attract people's attention. It has been more than ten years since this incident happened, and the people who knew about it are no longer there. Yes, they are making a comeback."

"Yes, it's a pity that the abacus was wrong. They didn't expect to be sold out by their own clan members." Second Master Jiang sneered, "This is a case of cleverness being misled by cleverness. They deserve to suffer." He touched his chin. , "There will be a trial tomorrow, and I will give the confession to Xiaojue. I will also hand over the evidence I have collected over the years to Xiaojue, and give him a chance to rage against the big clan."
Chapter completed!