Chapter 638

The Zhen family was about to reach a critical moment of life and death.

Wuji County, Zhongshan Commandery.

Zhen family mansion.

In the reception hall.

The person sitting in the upper seat was not the family head Zhen Yao, but an envoy wearing a gray robe.

This envoy came from under Yuan Shao's command and was a minor official who couldn't even be ranked.

But for such a person, the Zhen family dared not offend him easily at all.

After welcoming him in, Zhen Yao immediately arranged for him to sit in the upper seat of the reception hall.

I saw that gray-robed envoy shake his robe fiercely, like interrogating a prisoner, and asked Zhen Yao:

"You are the head of the Zhen family, Zhen Yao, right?"

"Do you know what mistake you have committed?"

These two sentences left Zhen Yao directly stunned in place.

However, his reaction could also be described as rapid.

As the saying goes.

If you don't know what you did wrong, apologizing first is never wrong.

Thus, Zhen Yao hurriedly pleaded guilty to this gray-robed scholar:

"I failed to welcome you properly, and I hope you will forgive me."

As these words fell.

The expression on the gray-robed envoy's face eased slightly.

But immediately after, he suddenly seemed to think of something and snorted coldly:

"Does your Zhen family think that the sky is high and the earth is far, and His Majesty cannot manage you here?"

This statement made Zhen Yao's brain crash on the spot.

Recalling it, he remembered that Yuan Shao and others supported Liu He, the son of Liu Yu, as emperor.

The gray-robed scholar came from under Yuan Shao's command, so the emperor he spoke of naturally referred to Liu He, and could not be Liu Xi, the son of Liu Xie.

Seeing this, Zhen Yao hurriedly spoke some words of loyalty again.

But the purpose of this gray-robed scholar coming here today.

Besides showing off,

was more to complete the task Ju Shou had entrusted to him.

After showing off in front of Zhen Yao.

The gray-robed envoy opened his mouth like a lion:

"Zhen Yao, your Wuji Zhen family, as subjects who have long received the grace of the Han Dynasty, should set an example."

"Taking out all your family wealth to support the Grand General, is that too much to ask?"

Even though Zhen Yao had already prepared to have his flesh cut.

But hearing that he had to cut so much all at once, he almost couldn't hold steady and collapsed on the ground.

"Great... Great Lord, my Zhen family is honest and upright, but we really don't have much surplus wealth these years."

"Even if we hand it all over to the Grand General, I'm afraid it's just a drop in the bucket."

Zhen Yao said this to cry poverty, indicating that his family didn't have that much money.

But how could this gray-robed envoy let the Zhen family go just like that?

He was Ju Shou's man, and before heading to Wuji County, he had already roughly investigated the Zhen family's assets.

Today's purpose was to strip the Zhen family clean.

What if the Zhen family was unwilling?

Hehe, at most by tomorrow, there would be an army to arrest the Zhen family from old to young!

Seeing that Zhen Yao could no longer hold up.

A woman over thirty years old, but still charming, came to Zhen Yao's side and promised on Zhen Yao's behalf:

"Please rest assured, Great Lord."

"My Zhen family's loyalty to His Majesty and the Grand General is witnessed by Heaven and Earth."

"Later, my Zhen family will go and count all our assets, and as soon as the counting is finished, we will immediately hand them all over to you."

"In addition, you have worked hard coming from afar."

"Tonight, please stay here."

"My Zhen family will definitely give you the highest standard of hospitality!"

Hearing this.

The gray-robed envoy smiled and nodded.

What does "highest standard of hospitality" refer to?

In the eyes of the gray-robed scholar, it naturally refers to some adult projects that are relatively motivating.

Not bad, not bad.

This Zhen family is still quite sensible.

The gray-robed envoy thought to himself.

Subsequently, under the arrangement of this woman and Zhen Yao, the gray-robed envoy stayed in the guest room of the Zhen family with peace of mind.

After settling the gray-robed envoy, Zhen Yao asked this woman with an anxious expression:

"Mother, what are you doing?"

"Although my Zhen family has some surplus wealth, if it's all handed over to Yuan Shao, what will my Zhen family do in the future?"

Looking at Zhen Yao's serious expression, this woman, who was Zhen Yao's mother, Madam Zhang, rolled her eyes and said:

"Yao'er, you are truly stupid."

"If you don't stabilize that envoy temporarily, do you think Yuan Shao and Ju Shou will be able to let my Zhen family go?"

"By then, just an army of several hundred people could snatch everything my Zhen family has!"

"Even, those few sisters of yours will fall into a miserable situation because of this."

Being told this by Madam Zhang, Zhen Yao fell silent.

To be honest, Zhen Yao is simply not a suitable family head.

The reason he could become the family head was mainly because his two elder brothers had passed away successively.

By seniority, it reached his turn.

And for these years, the Zhen family, sitting on huge wealth, was able to continue to survive in Wuji County, mainly because of the help of Zhen Yao's mother, Madam Zhang.

If there were no Madam Zhang.

Just based on Zhen Yao's temperament, I'm afraid it would cool down sooner or later.

"But... Mother, is my Zhen family really unable to escape this disaster?"

Zhen Yao was somewhat unwilling.

Although in the late Han period, the status of merchants was not high.

But Zhen Yao could not be considered a pure merchant.

Strictly speaking, the Zhen family was a "part-time merchant" with scholar status.

Even if they were down and out now, they had produced Nine Ministers officials before and were once considered a powerful family.

If all this wealth was plundered, Zhen Yao would have no face to see his ancestors in the underworld.

Looking at Zhen Yao's appearance of "almost being suffocated by urine," Madam Zhang felt angry.

The Zhen family passed down to Zhen Yao's generation, besides the already deceased eldest brother and second brother of Zhen Yao.

Below Zhen Yao, there were still two elder sisters and three younger sisters.

But those five women were each smarter than Zhen Yao.

It's a pity that Zhen Yao is the only one left with a male body.

Otherwise, the position of family head would definitely not be given to Zhen Yao.

However.

With Zhen Yao's IQ, Madam Zhang had to break down all the words and knead them into pieces to explain.

Just as Madam Zhang intended to popularize knowledge for her silly son. ===== CHAPTER 639 =====