Eight Hundred and Ninetieth Six: Northern Overlord (33)

Feng Zhen nodded with a smile, turned around and reached out to the child.

"To uncle."

Feng Zhen has a good relationship with the child. When he said this, the child immediately smiled and stretched out his arms to him.

"Feng Shushu." He called out crisply.

The voice fell to the ears of the patriarch Cui, it was like the sound of nature, but he could only watch helplessly as his son fell into Feng Zhen's arms.

"The old slave pleaded guilty to the master for failing to protect his wife."

Before the patriarch of the Cui clan put away his sour heart, two kind-faced servants got off the carriage behind them, and both knelt down in front of him.

He knew these two people, one was the steward of his concubine's dowry, and the other was a dowry maid who was later chosen as the child's nanny.

"Natural disasters, how can mortals predict it? The earthquake in Beijing made it difficult to survive. Sanniang...she is a blessing after all..." Looking at the plain dresses and slightly vicissitudes of the faces of the two, I thought of The patriarch of the Cui clan couldn't help feeling hot about the child's pink and tender face and the fine cotton clothes on his body, and said, "Thanks to the two of you who are loyal to the Lord, Cui and his son will know each other one day."

Feng Zhen saw the patriarch of the Cui clan helping the two loyal servants up with his own hands, and his impression of this man improved a little.

Thinking of this, he teased the child in his arms, and said, "That's your father over there."

The child's eyeballs rolled around, and he giggled and called "Daddy", which made the Cui clan leader's heart soften.

It's not that the Cui clan did not doubt the child's bloodline, but when the older generation saw the child's face, their doubts disappeared.

It turned out that this child was born so well that he was six points like his father when he was young.

The mother of the patriarch Cui looked at him and couldn't stop calling for his sweetheart.

Only after the child and two loyal servants were led to the backyard did Feng Zhen restrain his smile and cast a meaningful glance at Patriarch Cui.

Seeing this, the patriarch of the Cui clan invited Feng Zhen to the main hall in a low voice.

"Feng engaged, please!"

The Cui family has lived in Chongzhou for a long time, and made a fortune by doing business between Beijiang and Dongqing, earning money from both sides and still standing up to now. It is impossible to wink. Now it seems that this young Cui clan leader is really the reincarnation of a vixen , not only winking, but also smart.

Feng Zhen thought that he had to hint something so that the other party could understand.

Looking at it now, he didn't need to worry about it at all.

Feng Zhen entered the table gracefully, "Patriarch Cui, have you heard about the major events that have happened in recent days?"

Since the head of Cui's family is so upright, Fengzhen doesn't beat around the bush anymore.

The head of the Cui family retreated to the left and right, and said in a deep voice, "I have heard it a little bit."

Where is it just a little heard?

His ears were going to be deaf from the bombing.

After staying with the lord for a long time, Fengzhen likes to play straight balls more and more.

"Since I have heard it, what does Patriarch Cui think about this?"

Patriarch Cui hesitated for a moment, and then said after a while, "It's a bit of a humble opinion, I'm afraid it will offend Zhou Mu if I say it."

"Now that there is no one in private, Patriarch Cui can say whatever he has. My lord has always been generous and benevolent, accepting good words."

Patriarch Cui sighed, "Since more than ten years ago, foreigners in northern Xinjiang took advantage of the political turmoil in the Dongqing Dynasty to raid Shangyu County in Chongzhou, capturing and killing countless people. Although Mr. Yuanjing is going back to the three cities, there are still three cities left. In the hands of Beijiang, it has not been returned yet. After Beijiang grew stronger, it sent heavy troops to demonstrate at the border, causing the people of Chongzhou to panic. It is also clear in my heart. The development to the current situation is definitely not a one-time effort. Although the situation has improved after Liuzhou Mu took office, but... it is still a temporary solution, not a root cause..."

Feng Zhen listened carefully, without showing any displeasure or anger on his expression, which made Patriarch Cui a little more courageous.

He euphemistically said, "Chongzhou's gentry has become a climate, and Liuzhou Mu wants to gradually figure it out, which is not incomprehensible. Besides, after a few years, he has seen benefits to some extent. It's just...the cancerous things can only be removed by heavy medicine now! Liuzhou Mu worked hard, but the forces in Chongzhou had already become a foregone conclusion.

If you do not use external force to forcibly break it, I am afraid it will be difficult to cure it..."

Although Liu She doesn't like Cui's two-sided wall plant very much, Cui Patriarch has a good sense of Liu She.

Without Liu She's meticulous management and multi-faceted dealings, the situation in Chongzhou would only be worse, and it might even give birth to folk cult groups like the Tsing Yi Army or the Red Lotus Sect. It's a pity that Liu She is an external force after all, and he likes Xu Tuzhi's governance methods, and has been dormant and calm, trying to gather all his strength from the hands of the gentry, but the effect is too slow.

What's interesting is that Liu She, who likes Xu Xutuzhi, has a daughter with a bad temper, who gives the Chongzhou gentry a slap in the face as soon as she comes here.

When he thought about Jiang Pengji's contact with him in advance, Cui Patriarch keenly sensed something.

He felt that if he seized this opportunity, he might be able to push his family to the next level.

With such thoughts, he was so excited when he saw Fengzhen. The son is important, but the future of the family is more important.

After talking now, he felt that his guess was right.

Jiang Pengji intends to suppress other gentry in Chongzhou, but she doesn't intend to offend her, so she must support the confidants close to her.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to appease the large and small gentry forces in Chongzhou.

Just as he was thinking about it, Patriarch Cui heard Feng Zhen say, "Because of this, people like my lord who are dedicated to the people and fearless of power need to stand up in this world. What happened a few days ago was just an appetizer. Patriarch Cui thought , what kind of character is my lord?"

"Young and talented, with extraordinary courage and insight, no less than his father."

He said no unnecessary compliments, so as not to appear too obsequious.

"My lord intends to rectify Chongzhou, but the resistance encountered is too great, and there are always pretentious or foolish people trying to stop it."

"That's true." Patriarch Cui continued, "I also thought about helping the people, but there is nothing I can do. Not to mention the weakness of the people, there are still old and young in the family who need to take care of them, so I can't do my best. Now there is Liuzhou Mu. The people of Chongzhou have hope."

Feng Zhen admired, "Patriarch Cui is also a man of temperament, it is not easy to have such a heart."

"Ashamed, ashamed, it still didn't help anything."

Fengzhen changed the subject, and he said, "I really think that Patriarch Cui is a smart person, and he should know how to act in order to conform to the general trend. I won't say much. My lord and your son also have a fate. When it comes to relationship, it is natural to be with him. You get closer..."

Patriarch Cui smiled Yu Sheng when he heard this.

He also heard that his first wife was protecting the child and was buried under the rubble. Thanks to Jiang Pengji's all-out rescue, the child's life was saved.

Jiang Pengji is the savior of their Cui family, and even the savior of his eldest son.

If Mrs. Cui wanted to use this excuse to repay Jiang Pengji's kindness and reciprocate, no one else would be able to blame her.

"Speaking of which, my son has not yet been named. Selfishly thinking, since he has such a romantic relationship with Zhou Mu, he has the audacity to ask Zhou Mu to give him a name and spread it. It is also a legendary story. I don't expect anything else. , I just hope that this child can live a smooth life in the future."