Yu Zizhen had him send thirty male and female guards to the Wei family under the guise of servants. According to Yu Zizhen, there were at least seventy or eighty of them from the escort agency. In addition, she had secretly prepared a team of a hundred to provide support at any time...
Yu Zizhen shrugged. "You're well aware of my situation, aren't you? I can't rely on my family at all. If I don't rack my brains to save my life, when the Lu family and the Zhenbei Palace completely fall out, what will I do to survive?"
It has to be said that Yu Zizhen's appropriate act of pity was indeed very effective. Her words not only dispelled Yang Shixian's previous doubts, but also earned him sympathy, guilt and admiration.
Yu Zizhen added, "This matter is between you and me, please don't tell anyone else, Brother Yang."
With the addition of a big secret shared by only the two of them, Yang Shixian's trust index in Yu Zizhen instantly increased.
He nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, I won't even tell my grandfather."
Yu Zizhen smiled with relief. She pulled out a stack of banknotes and said, "Having offended the Lu family, I'm afraid it will be difficult to liquidate the Wei family's assets immediately. I'm willing to take over everything at market price and publicly announce that I'm only offering them half the market price."
Yang Shixian: ???
Yu Zizhen was helpless. This kid had grown up in the capital and was smart, but his life experience was really pitifully little. She said:
"Lord Wei comes from a humble family, and his wealth was accumulated bit by bit after he became an official. It wouldn't fetch much money. If I cut it in half, they'll get even less."
"But the Wei family will have to spend money to carry the coffin back home, hire escorts, buy carriages and horses, and spend money on food, drinks and accommodation along the way. If you calculate it this way, won't the Wei family have much money left?"
"Don't think that the Wei family will be able to live a stable life just by returning to their hometown."
"First of all, they were forced to return home because they had offended the Lu family. So after they return, will the Lu family persecute them through the hands of local officials?"
"Secondly, compared to the rest of their family, the Wei family is incredibly wealthy. Putting aside the question of whether their friends and family would come to borrow money, let's just talk about those refugees and disaster victims who can't make ends meet, as well as the idle rogues. Wouldn't they take risks just for money?"
Yang Shixian:!!!
Yang Shixian's expression gradually grew solemn. At that moment, he was completely impressed by Yu Zizhen. He stood up and bowed to Yu Zizhen, "My dear brother, you are very thoughtful. I am far behind."
As far as Yang Shixian knew, all of Lord Wei's relatives in his hometown were within the third degree of mourning, and they were all farmers, merchants, and the like with no future.
The blood relationship is distant, the contacts are rare, and the affection is naturally weak. In addition, they don’t have any great abilities, so naturally they don’t have the ability to protect the Wei family in the local area.
From this perspective, it is not a good choice for the Wei family to return to their hometown to live.
But apart from their hometown, where else can the Wei family go?
Seeing Yang Shixian's expression change, Yu Zizhen knew he had come to his senses. She said, "If the Wei family is willing, I can also have them sent to settle somewhere else. You can let them choose between Jiangnan and Northwest."
Yang Shixian was a little surprised that he didn't hear Yu Zizhen say "the northern border", but he quickly found a good excuse for Yu Zizhen.
He believed that Yu Zizhen excluded the northern border in order to prevent him and the Wei family from becoming suspicious, and suspected that Yu Zizhen was trying to win over the hearts of the people for the Zhenbei Palace.
You know, although Lord Wei is dead, he still has many peers, old friends, and students in the court. These people may not be able to help the Wei family who are in the crisis, but they can do things for the Zhenbei Palace to the best of their ability.
Yu Zizhen was so clear about not asking for anything in return that Yang Shixian immediately admired her even more.
He nodded in agreement, and then thanked Yu Zizhen on behalf of the Wei family.
Yu Zizhen stood up and said, "Then I'll leave this transaction between me and the Wei family to you. Remember to pay the Wei family the full market price."
She pointed to the stack of banknotes she had placed on the long table. "If the money is not enough, please, Brother Yang, please help me advance some of it. Just tell me the exact amount, and I will pay you all at once when the time comes."
Yang Shixian agreed on the surface, but in his heart he was thinking of secretly giving some money to Yu Zizhen or the Wei family.
He knew the Wei family and knew that they would definitely not accept the money if he gave them directly, but he could add some silver as appropriate in the name of buying their property.
As for Yu Zizhen, Yang Shixian was so grateful to her that there was no way he would ask her to give him any more money.
He pocketed all his private money, and then went to the accounting office to withdraw five silver notes with a face value of one thousand taels. Then he took those people who entered the Yang family after Yu Zizhen under the banner of Yang family servants, and went to the Wei family to mourn Lord Wei.
The Wei family immediately set up a mourning hall for Lord Wei. Officials of the Qingliu faction, including Yang Zhengde, had come to pay their respects one after another before Yang Shixian finished school, so there were no other outsiders in the mourning hall except Yang Shixian.
Yang Shixian first paid his respects to Lord Wei according to the rules, and then proposed to visit Mrs. Wei.
Lord Wei's eldest son, with red eyes, personally led Yang Shixian to his mother.
Mrs. Wei was not in her own courtyard in the backyard. After Lord Wei's mourning hall was set up, she had been guarding the courtyard where Lord Wei's body was placed.
When Mrs. Wei saw Yang Shixian, tears started to flow before she could even say a word.
She was grateful to Yang Zhengde for speaking up for her husband and personally delivering her husband's body. She always treated Yang Shixian as her own child. She couldn't thank Yang Zhengde in person, but she could meet Yang Shixian, who came to pay his respects as soon as he got the news.
Yang Shixian accompanied her in tears for a while, and naturally he used gentle words to comfort Mrs. Wei.
After Mrs. Wei calmed down, he whispered another purpose of his visit to the Wei family.
Madam Wei and the eldest son of the Wei family who was listening were both shocked. As far as they knew, their family had never had any connection with the Zhenbei Palace.
At this special moment when most people are avoiding their Wei family, would the Prince of Zhenbei, who has never had any contact with their Wei family, be willing to lend them a helping hand?
Yang Shixian could understand their disbelief, so he recounted everything he had said to Yu Zizhen.
He even vouched for Yu Zizhen, "Zizhen is righteous, sincere, yet shrewd. In my opinion, he is a trustworthy person. Although he cannot openly oppose the Lu family due to his awkward situation, he still has a warm heart."
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