In Pingcheng, the sky is dim and bright.

The entire city woke up from its sleep, with the occasional barking of dogs.

The watchman was walking on the road, followed by a big dog, telling him the time as he walked.

"Boom, boom, boom."

A rough knock on the door instantly broke the silence of the mansion. When the servant who was cleaning the front yard heard the sound, he did not dare to delay and hurriedly opened the door.

There were four or five people standing at the door.

The leader pushed the servant aside, walked into the front yard, stuck his head out, and looked around, "Is your master awake?"

The servant knows the distinguished guest in front of him.

The head of the family has repeatedly told him that if this person comes to visit, he must be watched closely and not left alone in the courtyard.

This is the long history of the General's Mansion, the leader Guanglu, the powerful Zu Jue, Zu Gong.

The servant was very helpless and said, "Grandpa, my master hasn't gotten up yet, please wait for a moment."

The servant didn't dare to just walk away. He shouted several times and called another person, asking him to report to the master. He himself stayed beside Zu Jue with a smile, watching his every move.

Zu Jue looked around curiously, sighing with emotion from time to time.

"Has your master also started decorating his own house?"

"Construction is still going on over there? Are you going to build a warehouse or something?"

The servant didn't answer, just smiled stupidly.

After a long time, the man returned to the front yard and asked Zu Jue to follow him to see the owner of his family.

Zu Jue looked around, followed the servant through a long corridor, circled several times, and finally arrived in front of the inner room.

Wei Shou was draped in a felt with some obscene clothes underneath. He looked like he hadn't slept enough. He stood at the door. When he saw Zu Jue coming, he frowned and then stepped aside with a smile. "Please, Grandpa Zu."

.”

Zu Jue curled his lips and quickly walked into the house.

Wei Shang followed him slowly. Until Zu Jue sat down, he was still shaking his coat, and then sat in front of Zu Jue again.

"What are your instructions, grandpa?"

Zu Jue immediately laughed.

"Either Wei Gong has always been magnanimous!"

"oh?"

"It is rare to find someone as magnanimous as you in the world. I still remember when you were in a hurry to leave in Yecheng. When you saw me from a distance, you bowed to me and bowed your head. No matter what proposal I made, you would agree.

It’s flattering to the extreme.”

"At that time, when I came, someone would lead me to the guest room and prepare tea, food, wine and meat."

"Now that Duke Wei is firmly in an important position, my power is not as good as before. Duke Wei immediately changed his face again."

"Even those villains know how to pretend in front of others and then explode behind their backs. Mr. Wei did it in front of me. He is really magnanimous! He is a gentleman!"

Hearing Zu Jue's words, Wei Shou laughed loudly.

"Master Zu, I am such a person, what about you?"

"When you first gained power, you never visited me like this. I invited you over every time, and you also stole a lot of things from my house."

"Master Ancestor, it's not that you no longer have the great love of the general, nor that your power has become low. It's just that now, there are so many talents under the general's command, and they are in charge of the North. You can't be the sole leader."

"Therefore, you don't have to be too angry."

Wei Shou gently picked up the tea and poured him some.

"How can there be any true friends in this government? Everyone takes what he needs. You needed me to support your ideas at that time, and I also needed you to take me out of Yecheng."

"But things are a little different now."

Zu Jue said, "What's the difference?"

Wei Shou's old face was full of smiles, "Since I defected to the general, I have never made any mistakes. On the contrary, many of the government orders in the North have been revised by me, and I have contributed a lot. I no longer need it."

Someone came to protect me."

"But Zujun, you need someone to help you more than before."

"Cui Jishu, Yang Xiuzhi, Bai Jian, Feng Shu, and Yuan Xiubo all want to be with the general and advise him."

"This time to stabilize the Northland, I heard that these people have their own ideas, and most of them are different from my grandfather."

Wei Shou took another sip of hot tea and sighed: "The current government is becoming more and more similar to Yecheng."

"The General's Mansion has become a subordinate and secretary. It does not participate in specific work. It is only responsible for providing decisions to the General, formulating and issuing them, and promoting major events."

"Xingtai does not participate in decision-making. He can only give suggestions and then implement them."

"There is a special Yushitai in Xingtai, which basically only takes orders from the General's Office and is not under the jurisdiction of Xingtai."

"These people want to compete with my grandfather for the position of 'Servant and Secretary of the Central Committee'."

"Grandpa, if your proposal this time is no better than others, I'm afraid the General's Palace Chief Shi will have to give it up."

Wei Shou looked at Zu Jue with a smile, "Grandpa came here early in the morning to ask me to help and support you, right? It's a pity that I am an official in Xingtai and cannot interfere in decision-making."

"Of course, if my grandfather can still get what I need as he did before, I will still be willing to find a way."

Zu Jue laughed.

He suddenly reached out his hand, snatched the tea cup from the other party, and took a few big bites.

"I'm not here to ask you for help, I'm here to give you an order to stand on my side."

"oh?"

"Order?"

"When did Zujun also serve as minister? How could I not know?"

Looking at Wei Shou with a proud face, Zu Jue took out a document from his arms with a smile and covered it on the case.

"What's this?"

"This is the secret message Duke Wei gave to his attendant Gao Yuanhai in the first year of Heqing Dynasty."

Wei Shou trembled all over and snatched the document away, about to tear it into pieces.

But Zu Jue laughed again, "You can tear it up, this is hand-copied, I have a lot more that I can bring to you so you can tear them apart slowly."

Wei Shou held the watch, his hands trembling.

Zu Jue said calmly: "In the first year of the Heqing Dynasty, Gao Yuanhai asked you about how to deal with the Northland. It was you who proposed to withhold the grain and grass shipped to the Northland and framed the matter on Hu Luxian."

"And it seems that 20% of the withheld grain went into your account?"

"How come Mr. Wei is only 20%?"

Wei Shou trembled and murmured: "My general said at that time that regardless of past crimes, I have merit."

"Yes, the general always keeps his word, and he will definitely not care about it. But, I don't know whether Hu Luguang and Hu Lvxian care about it."

"Think about it, with Hu Luxian's personality, if he knew that this matter was related to Wei Gong, he would definitely forgive you very generously, and he would never lead others to fight you. In the future, after his niece marries the general,

, your relatives will also treat you kindly.”

Wei Shou trembled and looked down at the document in front of him.

"You, when were you"

"When you came to seek refuge, I was already prepared. Not just you, but everyone who asked me for help, I have a way to deal with it. Otherwise, how could I dare to recommend you?"

"Wei Jun, I will give you one day."

"I want everyone's support, and my decision must be passed."

"Otherwise, everything I have here will end up in the hands of those who should see it."

Wei Suo's lips trembled, and he slowly looked at Zu Jue.

"Ancestor, this is not the way to govern the world."

"I don't care about that."

"As long as I achieve my goal, that's it! As for the means used, I don't care at all!"

"Do as I say!"

Wei Shou slowly lowered his head, "Wei."

Zu Jue stood up and left. Wei Shou took the document, trembling and wanted to drink tea to calm down, but when he stretched out his hand, it was empty. He looked around blankly.

The tea cup is gone.

At this moment, Zu Jue got on the carriage, holding the tea cup in his hand, looking at it for a moment, and then threw it out of the carriage.

He looked outside again. The city had become lively with people coming and going.
To be continued...