Zheng Dahu looked at Xu Laifu, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It seems that Butler Xu really wants to go all the way with the tiger-character flag, but I can tell Butler Xu that the tiger-character flag will be wiped out by the army soon. The tiger-character flag will be wiped out by the army." The owner of the flag, Liu Heng, I think Butler Xu knows better than me who he is."
Hearing this, Xu Laifu's heart trembled, he looked up at Zheng Dahu and said, "I'm just a small steward of Li Zhuang. Even if something happens to the Tiger Flag, they won't be able to find me!"
"That's not necessarily the case." Zheng Dahu said, "The little steward is also a member of the Tiger Flag. Whether the relationship with the Tiger Flag is deep or shallow is not a matter of words for my family."
After speaking, he looked at Xu Laifu with a smile on his face.
Xu Laifu frowned and said, "Master Zheng doesn't look like he's from the Yamen. Could it be that he's from some house?"
After working as a housekeeper for so many years, I had some guesses about Zheng Dahu's identity as soon as I caught sight of him.
Zheng Dahu smiled lightly and said, "I might as well tell you that behind me is the garrison mansion."
"No wonder." Xu Youcai suddenly realized.
Although he only worked as a manager in Lizhuang, he also knew that there was a discord between the newly appointed guard and Tiger Flag, so it was not surprising that the Guard House would secretly deal with Tiger Flag.
Zheng Dahu said, "As long as you agree to go to the governor's office to sue Huzi Banner for seizing the Xu family's property, and expose Liu Heng's identity as a bandit, in the future my family will not only not hold you accountable for being a bandit, but will keep you in charge of Lizhuang." "
Xu Laifu shook his head slightly and said, "Master Zheng is joking, how do I know who is a bandit or not? The Xu family's property was taken away, so I have no idea. Since the master passed away, everything in the family has fallen into the hands of the eldest young master. "
"Nonsense." Xu Shunqing said, "How could you not know that Liu Heng is a bandit? You even took the Xu family guards to Hutou Village in person."
Xu Laifu said, "There is such a thing, but there are no bandits on the Hutou Village mountain, so the old slave brought all the guards back."
At this time, Zheng Dahu answered, "If there were any bandits in Hutou Village at that time, you only need to call the guards who went to Hutou Village with Butler Xu and ask them."
Hearing this, Xu Laifu smiled bitterly and said, "Master Zheng, why bother! Now that I am no longer a member of the Xu family, I only come to Lizhuang to work for the food and clothing of the family. Why should Master Zheng push me so hard?"
Seeing that Xu Laifu's tone was a little loose, Zheng Dahu said, "To tell you the truth, it's not just my family that has to deal with Liu Heng and the tiger-character flag this time, but also Datong Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li. Do you think a small tiger-character flag can be more powerful than the deputy general?" Is the commander still powerful?"
"This..." Xu Laifu's expression changed several times.
He didn't expect that there was a deputy general soldier behind him who wanted to deal with Liu Heng. Before, he thought it was the second master of the Xu family who came to guard Lingqiu.
"You all heard it!" Xu Shunqing said with a look on his face, "I really thought that you would be safe and sound if you hugged the thigh of the tiger-character flag. Let me tell you, the tiger-character flag will be wiped out by the army soon, and it won't be long before that Liu Heng will Open the knife and ask to behead."
"Steward Xu, as long as you agree to do things for us and go to the governor's office to sue Hu Ziqi and Liu Heng, my master will keep you safe in the future." Zheng Dahu said to Steward Xu.
Xu Laifu lowered his head and said nothing.
At this time, the woman who went into the house to get the money came out of the house with a cloth bag in her hand.
"This is all the money in the family." The woman handed the cloth bag to Xu Laifu.
Xu Laifu did not take it, but said, "Bring it to the young master."
Without him having to say anything, Xu Shunqing came over on his own initiative, grabbed the cloth bag, and said, "This is my Xu family's money. You don't need to pretend to be kind."
When the cloth bag was in his hand, he opened it immediately and looked at it. He found that there were twelve ingots of gold ingots inside, a total of ten ingots.
Seeing so much money, he couldn't help but swallow.
In the past, he had not only one hundred taels, but even five hundred taels, but now he couldn't even get out one tael of silver and only had dozens of copper coins on him.
"This is not the Xu family's money." The woman couldn't help but say.
Xu Shunqing scolded, "Fart, you two are slaves and maids in my Xu family. Where did the money come from? It was not stolen from my Xu family."
The woman was about to defend herself, but was stopped by Xu Laifu who was standing aside. He said, "Okay, the money has been given to the young master. You can say whatever you want!"
The woman's face turned ugly, but she said nothing.
After putting away the money, Xu Shunqing said, "Okay, it seems that you have benefited a lot from my Xu family. Is there anything else? Hand over all the money from my Xu family."
"No more." The woman said angrily.
Xu Laifu said, "It is indeed gone. This money has been accumulated by the couple over the years."
"Huh, whatever money you have, it all belongs to my Xu family." Xu Shunqing snorted coldly.
Zheng Dahu on the side never stopped Xu Shunqing from taking the money.
Even though the money fell into Xu Shunqing's hands, he could still get part of it.
Seeing that the money was being collected by Xu Shunqing, Zheng Dahu said, "Steward Xu, for the safety of yourself and your wife, I advise you to abandon the dark side and turn to the light early, and don't follow the tiger-character flag into darkness."
Xu Laifu thought for a long time and said, "Master Zheng, please give me some time to think about it."
Xu Shunqing, holding the money in his arms, said, "What else is there to consider? Master Zheng can come to see you in person. This will give you a way to survive. Otherwise, you two should be arrested and executed by the government just because you have betrayed my Xu family." head."
Xu Laifu glanced at the other party and said, "Young Master, this matter is of great importance. Let me give you some time to think about it." '
"I'll give you one day at most. My adults don't have the patience to wait for you." Zheng Dahu said.
"Thank you, Mr. Zheng." Xu Laifu gave a salute.
"I will come again tomorrow." After Zheng Dahu finished speaking, he said to Xu Shunqing, "Let's go and give Butler Xu a day to think about it."
"Two ungrateful people." Xu Shunqing glared at Xu Laifu before leaving with Zheng Dahu.
After they left, the woman said dissatisfiedly, "The family saved this hundred taels of silver and gave it all to the young master. He is a bad gambler and lost it all to the gambling house in two days."
"Give him the money and forget about my worries. We will have nothing to do with the Xu family in the future. It's a pity that the master is such a shrewd man and raised such a useless son. How can the Xu family be undefeated." Xu Laifu Sigh.
The woman sighed, "Forget it, just give it to me, and just think that all these years of working for the Xu family were in vain."
Xu Laifu stood in the courtyard for a while, then turned and walked out of the courtyard gate.
The woman behind shouted, "It's almost noon, what are you doing?"
"Go to Xujiazhuang." Xu Laifu said.
The woman rushed forward a few steps and said, "The young master and the others have just left. If you go to Xujiazhuang now, you might run into them."
Xu Laifu, who was walking out, stopped, slapped his forehead in annoyance, and said, "Yes, I will listen to you and go later."
With that said, he closed the courtyard door and retreated into the courtyard.
