The sky in Songjiang Prefecture is very high, which looks clear and ethereal. In addition, the yellow leaves falling from the ground are as if they are telling the story of autumn in a soft voice.

"The unscrupulous Xu family returned my land!"

"Why did my uncle's land be on your Xu family's account? Please give us an explanation to the Li family!"

"It's a sin! My husband borrowed a tael of silver back then, but he asked my family to pay for ten acres of land. You can repay my family's property!"

...

A large group of people gathered in front of the Xu Mansion gate and kept complaining about their own experiences. They asked the Xu family to return their land to the closed door, which was a huge momentum.

Since Hai Rui took office, he has changed the tradition of Xu Jie's disciple Zang Jifang suing the Xu family for the invasion of land by the people of Songjiang, but has been constantly upholding justice for the people.

In addition, Zhang Daniu, who was resentful, ran around Songjiang Prefecture and continued to successfully recover land for some people who were forcibly occupied by the Xu family. Therefore, more and more people voluntarily joined the ranks of expeditions for land.

However, the Xu family's methods of plundering land are diverse. In addition to plundering land through tough means, it is also combined with usury.

In this era of "nine out and thirteen return", once you encounter financial products such as usury, you will become a tenant of the Xu family for generations.

As the largest usury owner in Songjiang Prefecture, the Xu family also collected fertile land at a very small price when they used usury to make money. It was faster than taking it away.

That's true, even if some wronged people make trouble to Hai Rui, it is difficult for Hai Rui to uphold justice for them to get the corresponding land property back.

"In my opinion, the Xu family is not much more inclined than the Yan family back then!"

"The Yan family is also greedy for the imperial court, not like their Xu family exploiting their own fellow villagers!"

"It's really a sin to make the Xu family prosperous, but it's a pain to the people of Songjiang!"

...

Many passing people also stopped to see the distance. Although they were afraid of the power and status of the Xu family, they could not resist everyone's moral standards and they also criticized the authenticity.

For a time, the Xu family attracted condemnation from people at that time, and many people wanted to pour paint on the red paint gate of Xu Jie.

"Dad, I wonder what you are looking for us brothers?" Xu Fan and Xu Ying walked in together and said respectfully to Xu Jie who was at the desk.

Xu Jie was born as a Tanhualang and once stood out among many masters of Qing Ci. Although he has resigned from his post and returned to the field, he has not slacked off with the calligraphy he is proud of, so he often splashes ink in the room.

Although he is old now, his pen is still powerful. The black pen tip walking elegantly on the white rice paper shows a bit of sophistication.

Xu Jie dipped some ink on the tip of his pen and asked casually: "Do you know why my father ignored the shameless unruly people at the door?"

"Please give me advice!" Xu Fan knew that he could not understand his father's thoughts, so he bowed respectfully.

Xu Jie held the sophisticated wolf-haired pen in his hand and continued to write on rice paper, explaining: "If the dog barks for a long time, as long as you ignore it, these sounds will naturally stop!"

"Dad, this is too bad for our Xu family's reputation?" Xu Ying couldn't help but stand up and express his opinion when she heard that her father had this attitude.

Xu Jie glanced at his beloved young son and warned seriously: "Compared with the safety of the Xu family, some reputation is nothing! Hai Gangfeng is always staring at our family, but he wishes to take advantage of some

The incident has caught our Xu family's handle, so you two brothers must be patient and never retaliate against the troublemakers outside, and have been attacked by others' conspiracies!"

If we say that who can tolerate the most today is probably Xu Jie. It was his forbearance back then that he successfully defeated Yan Song, who was more trusted by Jiajing, and then became the new leader of the civil service group.

Now facing the door-to-door provocations from the people outside, he can still turn a blind eye to it, which is several times stronger than the endurance of Yan Song back then.

"Children, please follow the instructions of father!" Xu Fan and Xu Ying looked at each other. Although they did not intend to forgive the unruly people outside, they still responded in a regular manner.

Xu Jie finished the last stroke and ended with some smugness: "I wrote two copies. Each of you brothers and two of you took one copy and framed it in the room. You should use this as a warning every day!"

Xu Fan and Xu Ying walked forward curiously, but they saw the rice paper saying: "In the past, the emperor always called him, but today they bothered you to scold your name. It was a illusion for horses and cows, and the yellow flowers and white wine were full of love."

Xu Jie was the second assistant in the tenth year and the first assistant in the sixth year. He was already the most powerful minister in the Ming Dynasty. Because he drafted the will, he was once respected by Longqing.

But now, he was defeated by Lin Qinran in political confrontation, and now he resigned from his post and returned to his country. Compared with the glory of the early years, the Xu family is indeed far inferior to before.

Faced with this unfavorable situation, Xu Jie once again took out his killer move, asking these two sons to learn to endure and ignore the clamor of the troublemakers outside.

"As for your order!" Xu Fan and Xu Ying actually didn't want to be so patient, but when they faced their strong father, they could only respectfully politely.

It was at this moment that the butler hurried in and reported that Hai Rui and Wang Honghai had arrived.

Xu Jie washed his hands and called Xu Fan and Xu Ying to welcome Hai Rui and Wang Honghai, intending to personally deal with the Xu family's invasion of the land of Baihe Village.

"The lower-ranking official Songjiang Prefect Hai Rui (Wang Honghai, the co-magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture) greets the elder!" At the invitation of Xu Jie, Hai Rui and Wang Honghai came to Xu Mansion together, and the two seemed to be polite and polite.

Although Xu Jie has resigned, he is still the first-rank official. For these local officials of the fourth- and fifth-rank, they are still high-ranking figures.

Of course, they are the parents of Songjiang Prefecture after all, and even when facing Xu Jie, who retreated from the position of chief minister, they can still have some confidence.

Xu Jie raised his hand and pointed to the two empty chairs at the wine table, and smiled like a spring breeze, "Please take your seat, two!"

"Thank you, Master!" Hai Rui and Wang Honghai were also waiting for Xu Jie to take their seats one after another, and at the same time, thanking him in a regular manner.

Xu Fan and Xu Ying greeted Hairui and Wang Honghai, but their attitude seemed rather cold.

Xu Fan retired as the fourth-ranked Shaoqing of Dachangji, and is still above Hai Rui in his status. Although he was called by Xu Jie to accompany him, he did not put Hai Rui, who was born as a juren, from the bottom of his heart.

In his eyes, he also sat proudly beside him to accompany him.

Xu Ying has the lowest status, but she just had a head-on conflict with Hai Rui a few days ago. Now she can't help but bow her eyebrows and greet Hai Rui with a smile.

The two of them unexpectedly glanced at Hai Rui and Wang Honghai. This time they actually brought a dozen strong men to come with them. It was because they were afraid that the Xu family would harm them.

Just by thinking about it, even if their Xu family is arrogant, they will not dare to kill the Songjiang Prefecture and the Songjiang Prefecture Tongzhi together.

"Serve the food!" Xu Jie was already an old fried dough in the officialdom, so he naturally would not be affected by his own impressions, and he ordered very happily.

The dishes this time were not luxurious, but they could be said to suit their preferences, preparing a full table of famous Cantonese dishes, with the famous white-cut chicken in western Guangdong.

Hai Rui and Wang Honghai are both from Qiongzhou. Although the white-cut chicken is extremely famous in western Guangdong, this should be Lin Qingran's favorite, and the two living in Qiongzhou do not catch a cold.

Xu Jie did not talk about the occupation of land at the table. This time, he seemed to invite Hai Rui and Wang Honghai to have a meal. He talked about food and customs at the table.

Hai Rui never likes to beat around the bush. Seeing that the food is almost the same, he asked straight to the point: "Ge Lao Xu, you invited us here this time. If you have anything to do, it's okay!"

When Wang Honghai and the other three heard this question, they also looked up at Xu Jie.

Xu Jie knew that Hai Rui had a straightforward personality, so he said bluntly: "I really didn't know about the invasion of the land in Baihe Village. This was all done by the slaves! But now that I know, I will not.

If you know your mistakes, you will definitely return the land in Baihe Village as much as possible. So please don’t investigate this matter further!"

Xu Fan and Xu Ying looked at Hai Rui without blinking, but they didn't know if Hai Rui would sell his father's face.

"As far as I know, the land that the Xu family has occupied over the years is not only hundreds of acres of fertile land in Baihe Village!" Hai Rui looked at everyone's eyes and said calmly.

"Master Hai, I wonder what you mean?" Xu Fan found that Hai Rui was about to investigate their Xu family in depth, and immediately asked with a bad look.

Hai Rui had a constitution in his heart and seemed to have a firm position: "If you want to expose these things, please return all the land occupied by the Xu family over the years, and the officials will no longer investigate the Xu family!"

Xu Fan and Xu Ying heard Hai Rui speak like this, and once again refreshed their understanding of Hai Rui's "arrogance", and at the same time turned their heads and looked at their father.

"Master Hai, since you took office, you have ordered the Songjiang families to return their land. My Xu family has always cooperated extremely!" Xu Jie suppressed the anger in his heart, but said with a gloomy face.

Hai Rui nodded gently, and said lightly: "Since he took office, the home of the Pavilion has indeed cooperated to return the land, but the number of land left is not large, so it is better to clean it up again. Today, the home of the Pavilion has hundreds of thousands of land.

How can you get rid of thousands of acres of acres just by just getting rid of it!”

"As far as the prefect of prefect Hai saw, how much is my house cleaned up?" Xu Jie couldn't help but tighten the wine glass in his hand, but he asked with a suppressed anger in his heart.

Xu Fan and Xu Ying felt their father's anger, and turned their heads to see if Hai Rui was aggressive or stopped when he saw it.

Hai Rui could no longer see the change in Xu Jie's face, and he seemed to be serious: "In the past, people changed their father's policies, and the gold from the seven houses scattered in a moment. Now the people of Songjiang are in trouble, and the officials think that the Xu family can be a great family of charity.

, it is enough to leave three thousand good land!"

Leave three thousand acres?

Xu Fan and Xu Ying couldn't help but glared, looking at Hai Rui in disbelief, for a time suspected that they had heard the wrong ear.

Their family has hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land, which is the number one master of the entire Ming Dynasty. As a result, this Haibijia actually asked them to "destroy their own future."

If their family really only has 3,000 acres left, even though their lives can continue to be prosperous, they are even worse than ordinary officials' families.

Hai Rui did not want them to withdraw their fields, it was clearly to ask their Xu family to make the wealth they had accumulated with great effort to be wasted in an instant.

"What if our Xu family is not?" Xu Jie put down his wine glass and asked coldly, facing Hai Rui's expectations.

He is not a very greedy person. After all, his family’s wealth has been spent in ten lives, but he also knows the value of these hundreds of thousands of acres of land.

The most important thing is that if he really returned hundreds of thousands of acres of land, then the world would look at him again, and later history books would probably not be able to recommend him as a wise prime minister.

That's right, he knew that this step could not be taken back, even if he was openly breaking up with Hai Rui, even if he wanted to use his connections to get rid of Hai Rui.

Hai Rui knew that Xu Jie would not compromise so easily, so he said lightly: "If Master Xu is unwilling to return the occupied land, then the officials have to do their business?"

"Haha...Magistrate Hai, I wonder how you want to do business?" Xu Jie found that Hai Rui was already threatening him, and immediately smiled and said without a smile.

Hai Rui knew that he had angered Xu Jie, but said fearlessly: "Of course, we must pursue your Xu family's invasion of the land of Baihe Village, and we must also give justice to the villagers of Baihe Village!"

"Master Hai, are you really going to break up with me when you target my Xu family like this?" Xu Jie saw that Hai Rui was no longer in trouble, and he also took the court master's airs and said majestic.

Seeing this, Wang Honghai pointed to the young man behind him and explained: "Gei Xu, you are afraid you have misunderstood! This time it was not what Songjiang Prefecture is going to do, but this one wants to give the court an explanation and investigate it.

The Xu Mansion invaded the land of Baihe Village, and our Songjiang Mansion will fully assist in the investigation this time!"

Among the entourages this time, everyone always thought that these people were the followers of Hai Rui and Wang Honghai, but they didn't think that things seemed to be the case.

Huh?

When Xu Fan and Xu Ying heard this argument, they couldn't help but look up at the young man.

A strong young man faced the eyes of everyone, looked at Xu Jie with bright eyes and said hello: "Mr. Xu, long time no see!"

"Are you?" Xu Jie squinted his eyes and looked at the young man, looking familiar.

The young man looked at Xu Jie, and his eyes couldn't hide his coldness and said, "Gei Xu, I remember you every day. Do you really don't remember me?"

"Are you Wu Kang, the son of Wu Shan?" Xu Jie glared at his eyes and suddenly realized.

"Yes, my father is Wu Shan, your former colleague!" Wu Kang's teeth tightened and he immediately said coldly: "After this commander personally investigated, there is another hidden truth in the Baiheba case!" At this point, he said,

He turned his head and looked at Xu Ying next to him and said, "Young Master Xu San, please come back to the Nanzhen Fushiya Office with me!"
Chapter completed!