Standing at the Duke of Rongguo Mansion, Xue Pan looked at the grand Rongguo Mansion in front of him, and was envious.

Although the Xue family is considered a first-class powerful family in Jinling, there is even a proverb that "The harvest is good for heavy snow, and pearls are like earth, gold and iron."

But that was all based on the power and status of his own in-laws. Based on it and supplemented by the Xue family's strong financial resources, he forcibly pushed the Xue family to the forefront of the powerful Jinling. If these good relatives are gone, the more wealth the Xue family's assets are, the more jealous it will be.

Just like when I was rampant in Jinling and made friends, I only earned a position for myself by spending a lot of money.

As for the name of Ziweishe, the ancestor of the Xue family, it has been so many years and is no longer as effective as before.

It is precisely because of this that when Xue Pan made a mistake a few days ago, he used the power of his in-laws to escape. It was nothing more than that his family had no such great deterrence in the officialdom of Jinling.

After experiencing the Feng Yuan case, Xue Pan truly realized the power of power. The gold and silver that he once regarded as relying on was actually just a fat meat that could easily cause the meat eaters to covet. He didn't know it at the time and was swaying all day long.

Just as Xue Pan looked at the power and majesty of Rongguo Mansion enviously, he saw the corner door on the east side of the gate open, and Zhou Rui's family walked out with two maids.

As Mrs. Wang’s accompanying room, Zhou Rui’s family naturally knew Aunt Xue, so they came forward immediately, “Mrs. I just asked, saying that the wife should have arrived yesterday, but why hasn’t it arrived yet? Just after that, you are here!”

"The car broke down on the road and repaired for two hours, and it took a delay in entering the city, so I had to wait outside the city for a night." Aunt Xue explained.

Zhou Rui's family suddenly realized, "That's no wonder."

Then, he saw Jia Jing, who was back with the Xue family's convoy, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him again.

Zhou Rui's family first arranged for the servant at the door to take the Xue family's convoy to be placed, and then hurriedly invited Aunt Xue, Xue Pan and Xue Baochai into the mansion.

Jia Jing went to his own yard and refused to mention it.

Aunt Xue and her group entered Rongguo Mansion from Dongjiaomen and walked straight to about a shooting place (200 meters). During this period, a maid ran to inform Mrs. Wang that she had gone.

Everyone passed Jia She's study room, walked around the corner door to the east of the front hall of Rongxi Hall, walked through the alley outside Jia She's courtyard, and then came to the door of Mrs. Wang's courtyard behind.

Along the way, the many rules of the Jia Mansion's deep mansion made Aunt Xue and her party feel awe-inspiring. Even though the Xue family has mountains of gold and silver and millions of furniture, even if the house in Jinling is built with winding pavilions and beautiful, it is just exquisite and magnificent, which is different from the majestic and grandeur of the Duke's Mansion.

Although the Xue family was an imperial merchant, it was only a merchant family after all. How could it be compared with a truly powerful family?

The few people walked forward, but saw that Mrs. Wang, who had received the report from the maid, had already led Li Wan and Wang Xifeng to greet her at the door.

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue have not seen each other for a long time. When they meet again this time, there is no need to say much about the sadness and joy. Especially since Aunt Xue lost her husband, she worked hard to raise two children alone, and the hardships and sorrows in it are really hard to describe.

After the sisters had a longing for a longing, Mrs. Wang calmed down and remembered that she had not yet visited Jia Mu.

Immediately led everyone to see Mu Jia.

After some trouble, I finally saw all the gifts and specialties I brought, and I also placed them in the Lixiang Courtyard of the Jia Mansion. The matter came to an end.

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The north wind yells, the weather is cold and the earth is frozen.

The closer the year is, the more cold the weather becomes.

Daming Prefecture, Northern Zhili.

"Bang!"

The dilapidated wooden door made of wooden sticks was pushed open from outside, and then pushed by the north wind, and it was smashed to the fence wall on one side.

A tall and thin man, wearing a torn felt hat and wrapped in a torn jacket that had been repaired for unknown amounts, hurried in.

After pulling the wooden door hard, closing it hard, and then looking for the door bolt next to it to hold it back, the man dragged his already cold body into the room.

The room was full of horse manure. At this time, five or six people had sat there. In the middle of the house, firewood was burning in the huge tiles, bringing the temperature to this cold house.

When the man came in, several people in the room stood up one after another.

"Sixth brother is here!"

A few uneven greetings sounded, Liu Liu nodded, and then turned his eyes to the middle-aged man sitting in the innermost part.

The man was only thirty years old this year, but his old face and wrinkles made him look like he was seventy-year-old.

At this moment, the "little old man" was holding his head in pain, revealing his face full of confusion and at a loss.

"Tell me, what happened?" Liu Liuyi sat next to the brazier and placed his frozen hands on the brazier and roasted them.

The room was silent, and then the "little old man" said, "Sixth brother, my family can't hand over the spring horses after the New Year! Last night, the horse couldn't get through and died under his nose."

The tone was sad and full of despair.

The other few people moved away from their bodies, and Liu Liu saw that in the corner of the wall, a skinny brown horse was lying there, cold and stiff.

"The harvest in the fields this year is not good, and there is no thing to feed the horses. Winter comes too fast, and even a few forages are not saved... No one has to eat, but they still have to take care of the horses first!"

"Brother Six, my horse probably can't stand these two days!"

"I can't hand over the horses, nor can I get all the compensation. I guess I will be sent to the border to serve as a military force like Qi Da!"

"Yes, this world can make us poor people live?!"

“…”

Unlike the joyful and peaceful celebration scene in the capital of God, singing and dancing, everyone in this small house looked like hardships and sorrows.

After a long time, Liu Liu, who had been silently roasting the fire, stood up.

In the fire, Liu Liu's expression was firm and his words were loud and loud.

"Since those dog officials don't want us to survive, then we will rebel!"

The few people were stunned, but then they reacted, "That's right, we're against it!"

A light called hope appeared in the originally desperate and despairy eyes.

Such situations are not uncommon in the entire Northern Zhili area. There are not only ones like "little old men".

In the cold wind, a ray of hot flames had already ignited.

So, at this New Year's Eve when every family was crying, the smell of horse meat was rarely seen floating in the village. One by one, the men who were supposed to set off to Taipu Temple to pay horses rode their own horses and rode on the way to the surrounding villages...

One passes to ten, ten passes to hundreds...

People who are about to survive, families on the verge of extinction, and villages that have become sparsely populated, are coming to hear the news.

The horses raised by their own homes turned into war horses, and all kinds of swords were polished and sharp. These farmers with vegetables on their faces transformed into crappy cavalrymen.

In just over a dozen days, the rebellion team, which originally had only six or seven people, grew rapidly with the response of the local poor people, and quickly grew from the initial dozens of riders to the number of thousands.

The banner of rebellion has been raised!
Chapter completed!