Opening a ancestral temple means giving up on those who make mistakes.

Everyone was talking, and they felt that the punishment was a bit severe.

The Xue family has been a family of 100 years. In recent decades, the children of the family have been pushed to the former, and at least more than 20 great scholars have emerged in the family. In order to make the family more prosperous, these great scholars did not stay in Pingyang City, but were scattered in various academies of the Dagan Kingdom to give lectures.

Therefore, I don’t know how many disciples there are under the Xue family, and the Xue family’s momentum is getting better and better. Some families are officials, and many officials in the court also have close ties with the Xue family. Who dares to underestimate the Xue family?

Xue Han and the clan leader have devoted themselves to their family honors and have made many plans to take the Xue family to a higher position in their hands.

It is certainly a good thing to have more children in the family, but more children means that the internal management of the family is also very complicated. Fortunately, the Xue family's children had to send their studies to Pingyang City when they were young, and they learned good rules. The children outside were also very self-disciplined and rarely made mistakes.

Over the past century, aristocratic temples have been opened in the family, but no one has been eliminated.

"The third brother is wrong, but what happened was not a serious case. It was not just a bit of a widow. If you remove the clan, is the punishment too heavy?" A clan elder said embarrassedly, touching his beard on his chin.

"A man died when a widow died. Although the third brother's approach was inappropriate, it was not too much. The widow's family was just to make a fortune, and they could even force someone to die?"

"Yes, just use silver."

"The third daughter-in-law has no rules at all. If something happens to the third child, she will not deal with it well, so why bother to make trouble?"

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In the eyes of the elders of the Xue family, the great scholar who had an accident was just a mistake that men would make. The hero was still sad that the beauty was in a vain. Since the trouble was so great, it would be solved with money and then let the third brother bring people into the mansion. At most, people would talk a few more words. In a few days, they might become a romantic affair with a talented man and a beautiful woman.

"Don't." The old man of Xue's family slapped the table with his right hand, "It would be fine if this matter was placed in another family. But our Xue family is a family of soldiers and has a hundred years of reputation. We must not ruin the reputation of the family because of one person. The thirties and sixties are all living in the belly of a dog. He is not deliberate, what will his disciples say in the future? If he is not punished this time, the younger generations in the family will follow and break the rules in the future, will they also be so careless?"

The patriarch got angry, and everyone didn't dare to say anything else.

"I was incompetent in discipline. The backyard caught fire. The last scandal happened, which made the Xue family a joke in Pingyang City. Since the third brother's affairs have spread, we must not let it go at will. Otherwise, how do others think of our Xue family?" Xue Han sighed.

Thinking of what happened to the Xue family, everyone felt sad.

"Is it possible that I really want the third brother to come back?"

"We must come back, come back as soon as possible." The patriarch said with a gloomy face. If it weren't for the fear of others criticizing the Xue family, Mrs. Xue would have been dealt with long ago. Fortunately, although her reputation was damaged, everyone knew that she was framed.

When she thought of Mrs. Xue, the patriarch and Xue Han were unhappy. According to their ideas, Mrs. Xue had such a scandal. Whether the matter became a fact or not, she should settle herself in order to prove her innocence.

But Mrs. Xue was too cautious and they couldn't really kill her. This anger was stuck in her heart, which was so uncomfortable.

The patriarch and Xue Han disagreed with each other and no one dared to have any objections, so the matter was settled.

"I heard that King Jingyue had just posted this year's hunting post?" The patriarch asked about other things.

"I just received a post in the morning, and there are ten people in the Xue family." Xue Han replied with a gloomy face.

Everyone looked very excited, some were happy, some were eager to try, and some secretly looked at the patriarch, wondering in their hearts whether they were on the list of ten people.

The King of Jingyue would summon the children of aristocratic families to hunt every year. The hunting was on the April Mountain in the north of the city. The scenery on the mountain was beautiful and the climate was pleasant. In fact, everyone knew that hunting was fake and the prince was real.

As long as the prince is attracted to him, the prince will strongly recommend him to study at the Imperial College in the capital. This is also the favor of the late emperor, and it is considered to be the purpose of recruiting some people for the prince.

Although only one person can win this honor, who would be willing to miss such a good opportunity to show his face in front of King Jingyue?

"I want to settle down and let two more girls come out of the clan to go together." The clan leader said, "You can have another person in your mansion."

Everyone felt a little unhappy when they heard this. Xue Han is a direct descendant with ten people, but the mansion has four quotas. Relatively speaking, the others have much less choice.

Although they were dissatisfied, everyone knew why the patriarch chose four girls to hunt. King Jingyue was already an adult, so it was logical that he should have married and had children long ago.

At present, Xue Xiangrong and Fu Nianzhen from the Fu family have the most chance to become princesses. Unfortunately, the Xue family happened to have such a scandal a few days ago. Invisibly, Xue Xiangrong was a little shorter than Fu Nianzhen.

Since the prince is going to marry, in addition to the princess, he must also choose two concubines. The situation in the capital is complicated, and King Jingyue is used to leisurely and has never been involved in the internal struggles in the capital. In this way, the prince is definitely unwilling to recruit concubines from the capital.

If there are more girls in the Xue family, the chance may be greater.

Xue Han nodded slightly, "It's better to prepare early if you make a reservation."

"Master, encrypted letters from Huizhou." Just as everyone was about to end, a servant holding the letters hurried in from outside the door.

Huizhou? Xue Han was stunned and quickly answered the letter and opened it.

"How could it be? How could it be!" Before the letter was read, Xue Han's face changed completely.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the patriarch quickly grabbed the letter and hurriedly browsed it.

After reading, he fell on the chair, and then the letter in his hand floated directly to the ground.

The others had a bad experience, so they all surrounded them and picked up the letters on the ground and looked like they were.

"Class leader, why is this happening?" A clan old man couldn't stand, his legs were weak and he was helped by the people next to him to sit down.

He was so old that he cried like a child, "Xue Ren would never kill anyone."

"Master, I'm in an urgent letter." Before the matter was handled, another letter was sent in.

This letter actually came from the capital.

At this time, everyone had no courage to open the letter and no one spoke, but everyone had a bad intuition in their hearts that the content of this letter would definitely cause turmoil in the Xue family.

Xue Han gritted his teeth and opened the letter, and read it almost at a glance.

"What was said in the letter?" The patriarch saw that his eyes were straightened and he didn't care about his sadness, so he quickly asked.

"The Jiangnan Salt Transportation Envoy colluded with the siege and greed for more than 1.8 million taels of silver, which has been verified." Xue Han answered word by word.

Everyone was confused. The Xue family had nothing to do with the Jiangnan salt transport envoy. What was Xue Han surprised?

Xue Han continued to explain with a sad face, "Xue Cheng is related to this matter, and all the Xue family's children in Jiangnan have been implicated. Xue Cheng has been put into prison and the Mansion has been banned."

"What?" The patriarch was so frightened that he sprayed blood out of his mouth, and then he fell straight behind him.

The person standing behind him quickly caught him. The room was in chaos. Xue Han looked at the panicked Xue family, his hands and feet were cold, and he thought about it, but he couldn't.

Xue Cheng is an official in the capital and the most important person in the officialdom of the Xue family. Unexpectedly, such a thing happened. The most terrifying thing is that this incident also implicates all the Xue family members in Jiangnan. If all these people are arrested, plus the matter between Huizhou and the third party, the Xue family will be greatly damaged.

In addition to severe damage to the vitality, the Xue family’s century-old reputation will no longer be gone.

What to do? He was a little confused.

No, he still has someone to rely on.

Thinking of this, Xue Han didn't care about the mess in the room and went straight to the study.

Logically speaking, if something big happened in the clan, only males could participate in the discussion of countermeasures. But the clan leader called Xue Xiangrong and the other two and three girls of the Xue family over.

After Xue Xiangrong learned the news, she became a little dazed.

She has been going well since she was born. She has been making great progress over the years and her reputation is at its peak in Pingyang City. But in just a few days, such a big thing happened in the mansion. What should she do?

She knew very well that if the Xue family really fell, let alone taking the position of the princess, she would be a concubine in the Jingyue Palace. For her, it would probably be something she could not find.

No, the Xue family must not fall! As long as...

Thinking of this, Xue Xiangrong became calm and his eyes became even more fierce, "Come on, find all of them for me."

"Yes, girl." The woman knew who she was looking for.

Five days passed in a blink of an eye. After the sky was high and the emperor was far away, the Xue family discussed and unanimously chose to conceal everything that happened outside. The patriarch ordered that all the children of the Xue family who participated in the hunting must do their best and must win the leader no matter what.

Lin Qingqian moved into Zuifenglou Inn one day in advance and brought four close-fitting girls.

Since she came to the city, she asked about the shop.

It was a coincidence that there was a shop that was just about to take action at Yipinxuan.

Chang Mu had noticed it for a long time and had also found out the price.

The price is not low, and the layout of the shop is somewhat similar to that of Yipinxuan, both of which are the front and back yards. Lin Qingqian went over to see it and found that the back yard of the shop was very neatly tidy, and the courtyard was larger than that of Yipinxuan. If you buy it, the guys and shopkeepers could live in the back yard. Even if they were the masters, they could come into the city and live in it.

Lin Qingqian discussed some discussions with the owner, but the owner was unwilling to lower the price, so Lin Qingqian finally bought it.

"Print the shop cleanly and put some shelves behind it." Lin Qingqian ordered Chang Mu.

Chang Mu agreed and wrote down one by one.

"Miss Lin bought a shop again?" A gentle and surprised voice sounded, and then Huo Jiucen, who was in the wind in Yushu, appeared.

After not seeing each other for a month, Lin Qingqian suddenly saw his old friend and couldn't help but smile a little more on his face, "When will the Ninth Master come back?"

"I came back a few days ago. However, because there are still some trivial matters to be dealt with, I didn't have time to go to the village." Huo Jiucen looked at Lin Qingqian greedily. He hadn't seen each other for a month. After confirming his feelings, others were doing things outsiders. When it was late at night, they could not help but miss Lin Qingqian.
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