One hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver? !

Gu Xi and Pei Tong were both immersed in this unexpected surprise.

Only Master Yang reacted the fastest. Before Pei Yan finished speaking, his mind was racing. When Pei Yan finished speaking, he immediately showed displeasure and retorted, "You can't say that! The 150,000 taels of silver were left by Old Lady Pei, inherited from his father. If anyone wants to thank someone, they should thank Old Lady Pei! And his second uncle gave up his share..."

How greedy!

Pei Yan felt more and more that he was right. He said coldly to Master Yang: "My brother has always been close to you, so did he tell you that the 200,000 taels of silver he gave to the third prince were from the public treasury?"

Master Yang, Pei Tong and Gu Xi all looked at him in astonishment, not knowing what he meant.

Pei Yan's expression became even more stern, and he said, "You don't think that just because my father is the clan leader, he can just take two hundred thousand taels of silver from the public treasury without recording it, right?"

The three of Master Yang's eyebrows jumped, and Master Yang even asked, "Xiaguang, what do you mean?"

Pei Yan said, "My elder brother passed away in a hurry, and my father was worried and didn't have time to sort out some things. After I took over, I found that the two hundred thousand taels of silver had not been recorded. But it has been three years, it can't just stay on the account, right?"

Mr. Yang, Pei Tong, and Gu Xi all forced their smiles, and several of them looked at Pei Xuan.

If they want to settle the account with Pei You's family, they said that they had divided 150,000 taels, but it was not enough to pay it all back. Do they want another 50,000 taels to settle the account?

If this is the case, what is the point of this property division?

Did Pei Xuan give up his inheritance rights because he knew this?

Then what is the point of dividing into sects? What is the point of analyzing products?

Pei Xuan was able to rise to a third-rank official in the officialdom because of both luck and ability. As soon as Master Yang and the others looked over at him, he knew what they meant.

How could his father leave any handle for others when doing things?

Even if he didn't know about the money, he was sure that his father had settled the account long ago. Otherwise, when Gu Chang and his friends went to Jiangnan to check the account, they would not have been able to find it.

His younger brother said and did this because he wanted to get rid of his elder brother's family completely, right?

Why is it time to line up again?

Can't Pei Xiaoguang just be more obedient?

Although Pei Xuan was a little annoyed, he knew in his heart that if he didn't take this opportunity to separate Pei Tong, there would be more troubles in the future.

He just felt a little sorry for Pei Tong, wondering how much money Pei Yan would give him.

And Pei Tong estimated that this was the only time in his life that he would be able to get money from his brother.

But Pei Yan can do anything. When he was an official, he looked like an official. Now that he is in charge of the household affairs, he looks like a big businessman.

Compared with the money Pei Yan can earn in the future, this little bit of silver is really like drizzle.

Pei Xuan secretly sighed and smiled bitterly: "I didn't know there was such an account. But the Pei family does have such a rule. Whoever embezzles the public money must make up for it with interest. Two hundred thousand taels of silver is not a small number. Even if my father wants to settle the account, he must give him a chance and time!"

Indeed, Old Lady Pei left too hastily.

But Master Yang absolutely disagreed to let the eldest branch of the family fill this hole.

Pei Tong and Gu Xi were not too happy either.

Pei Yan saw that the bait was almost laid and it was time to close the net, so he said: "I won't beat around the bush with you. You can take the money that Dad left for your eldest brother. What Second Brother gave you was out of his friendship with Atong. I don't care and I can't control it. I can only say that I will find a way to make up for the 200,000 taels of silver that Big Brother owes. You don't have to worry about it. Leaving the Pei family with a clean record is the last respect that I, as your uncle, can show to your father!"

He said the last sentence to Pei Tong.

Pei Tong's eyes became slightly moist as she listened.

If only my father were still alive!

How could he be so passive?

Pei Tong lowered her head and said nothing.

Only then did Master Yang understand why Pei Yan said, "Consider it a gift from us two uncles."

If it is true, then the 150,000 taels of silver were really given to Pei Tong by Pei Yan and Pei Xuan.

Mr. Yang did not think this was fake. First, Mrs. Pei only had this much private property at most, and second, two hundred thousand taels of silver was indeed not a small amount, and it would take time and effort to settle the account.

Then let’s stop while we’re ahead!

Master Yang was thinking in his heart that he was afraid that Pei Yan and Pei Xuan would have new ideas, so he decided to just lock in the profit.

"The child is still young and cannot do without the support of the elders." He smiled and refused to mention the 200,000 taels of silver. He thanked the two Pei brothers directly. "I won't say more. Then, according to the wishes of the two uncles, Pei Tong will take his mother, brother, wife and children to live separately. In the future, everyone will treat each other as relatives and no longer worship their ancestors together. As for Atong's father's grave, I think it would be better to move it to the capital, so that it will be convenient for Atong and his family to worship in the future."

Living in the capital is not easy.

It's not that you can stay just because you become a high-ranking official.

There were no estates nearby for sale, and retired officials had no permanent property, so they had no income.

Pei Tong couldn't help but feel a little hesitant.

Master Yang just looked at Pei Yan without saying a word.

Pei Yan did not refuse and said generously: "Okay! I'll see in the next two days whether I can get anyone to give up some land."

Mr. Yang and Gu Xi both breathed a sigh of relief.

That's how the matter was settled.

With a house and a farm, and if they could find a way to transfer their household registration, they could live in the capital, away from the gossips of the Pei and Gu families. Most importantly, she no longer had to see Yu Tang all the time, call her "aunt", say hello to her, and pay her respects.

Gu Xi felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders, and that he had been reborn like a phoenix from the ashes.

A sincere smile appeared on her lips.

Gu Chang frowned for the third time and asked the servant who was leading the way with a lantern in front of him: "Did you take the wrong road again?"

After dinner, the Pei brothers sat with him for a while, and Pei Yan also gave him a rare book from the previous dynasty. He was overjoyed, but he did not forget the purpose of coming to Pei Mansion today. After turning a few pages, he couldn't turn any more. But he didn't know what the Pei brothers said to Pei Tong, and he didn't invite him to come over to talk after two rounds of tea. He couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and stood up to ask. Who knew that as soon as he stepped out of the door, he met the servant who came to report the news, saying that he was ordered by Pei Yan to take him over for a talk.

He didn't think much about it, took the book, and followed the servant to the inner house.

However, the boy had already walked around this fake Taihu stone mountain three times and still hadn't brought him to the place to talk, which made him suspicious.

When the boy heard this, he was so frightened that he trembled and almost dropped the lantern on the ground.

"I, I was just transferred to the inner court to work." He stuttered, "It was night time, and I didn't know where I was going all of a sudden?"

Oh my god!

Gu Chang complained in his heart, but did not take it too seriously. He asked where the flower hall where they were talking was located. He looked up at Xing Xiang, chose a direction and walked in front of the servant.

The servant dared not say anything, but raised the lantern to light the way for him.

After a while, the servant saw a tartan-painted lantern hanging on a tall ginkgo tree not far from the Third Elder's residence.

He sighed secretly, knowing that his mission was accomplished, and his steps became lighter.

When Gu Chang entered the flower hall under the guidance of the servant, he could not help but raise his eyebrows when he saw Master Yang and the people from the Pei family having a very pleasant conversation.

Didn't the Pei family ask him to be a witness? Could it be that Master Yang didn't do anything wrong?

Gu Chang greeted everyone present with confusion in his heart, but his eyes involuntarily lingered on Yu Tang for a few moments.

Yu became more and more beautiful.

Especially under the lights.

Her skin is whiter than snow, her eyes are bright, and her spirit is radiant, just like a lily in full bloom under the moon, overflowing with vitality, making people feel cheerful just by looking at her.

Pei Yan watched, stood up calmly, put Yu Tang behind him, called loudly for the maid to come in and serve tea, and calmly dragged the chair to block Yu Tang's seat.

Gu Chang's eyebrows moved slightly.

Is that what he meant?

He observed Pei Yan and Yu Tang, but when he looked over, Pei Xuan had already told Gu Chang that Pei Tong wanted to split the clan.

Gu Chang was shocked. He stood up from his seat and stared at Pei Tong and Gu Xi sternly, saying, "Is what Master Pei said true?"

Pei Tong and Gu Xi knew he was against it when they saw him like this. Pei Tong couldn't help but stutter: "Yes, that's right. My eldest uncle also knew and agreed. My second uncle doesn't want the property left by my grandfather, so it will be divided equally between me and my third uncle..."

As for the debt of 50,000 taels of silver, he thought it would be better not to tell Gu Chang.

Gu Chang looked towards Master Yang.

Master Yang coughed slightly with a bit of uneasiness, then he pretended to sit up straight and said, "This is a long story. Pei Xiaguang separated Pei Tong after careful consideration. After the separation, it doesn't mean that he doesn't recognize Atong anymore. Atong can still bring his mother and brother back to the capital. For Atong, it's better for him to try out some new things while he's still young."

What a bullshit!

If the Pei brothers hadn't been present, Gu Chang would have cursed out loud.

He knew that the Yang family was more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish success.

If you want to blame someone, blame him for not taking it seriously, allowing the Yang family to interfere in his sister's family affairs, and making such a short-sighted decision.

If he had known earlier, he should not have cared about face and listened to the Pei brothers and waited outside.

Gu Chang didn't even want to look at Master Yang, let alone talk to him.

He bowed to Pei Xuan and Pei Yan, and said sincerely: "Can we not split up the family? They are still young, and Atong's father is gone. If they have done anything wrong, please feel free to correct them. There is no need to split up the clan!"

Pei Xuan looked heavy-hearted. Hearing this, he said, "It's not that we don't want to take care of Atong, it's because the division of the clan is better for Atong." He added, "There are some things that we, as uncles, cannot help but be biased. It's better to let Atong tell you later. I asked you to come here so that you can be a witness. As for the property that should be given to Atong, we two uncles will not keep a single cent for ourselves."