When Xu Jie said this, fear appeared in his eyes. He looked at Lu Guang anxiously and said, "Tell me, if I give up more than 400,000 acres of land, how will the world judge me? How will future generations laugh at me? Do you want me to commit suicide out of shame and anger, and then be infamous for thousands of years?"

Lu Guang was speechless after hearing this. For an old man in his twilight years, this reason was indeed sufficient.

"Then what should we do?" He stopped trying to persuade Xu Jie and just obeyed orders.

"Let me think about it, let me think about it..." With the help of Lu Guang, Lord Xu stood up and walked to the row of clothes hangers in the inner room.

On each clothes hanger, there is a set of theatrical costumes, some for Diao Chan, some for Xi Shi, and some for Du Shiniang... The old man was short, fair, and handsome since he was young... It was a pity that he was delayed by becoming an official.

Whenever he was with these beloved women, Lord Xu felt extremely calm, and even his thinking became much sharper.

After a while, he said to Lu Guang in a deep voice: "The only solution now is to ask for help from the capital. Xu Wu should have more than one million taels of silver in his bank. I will write a letter and you can take it to the capital and ask him to cooperate with you."

"Yes." This was Lu Guang's old specialty, but he still felt overwhelmed. "But the impact of Lin Run's incident was really bad, so I'm afraid lobbying will not be effective."

"Yes, it is extremely difficult to make Hai Rui move now." Xu Jie nodded in approval and said, "So this time we have to show weakness."

"A self-torture tactic?" Lu Guang suddenly realized.

"You could say that..." Xu Jie said, then laughed at himself, "You don't have to act hard. Hai Rui will punish you soon!"

Hearing this, Lu Guang couldn't help but say with sympathy: "At this time, I should stay with my master, right?"

"Don't worry about me. My Xu family is big and powerful. Hai Rui can't just deal with Lin Run's case. He can only chip away at it bit by bit. I can still hold on for a long time." Xu Jie waved his hand and ordered in a deep voice:

"In short, after you enter the capital, you must work with Xu Wu to get through all possible channels, especially to make friends with the eunuchs. Those eunuchs are greedy for money and are the easiest to bribe."

"I know." Lu Guang nodded. This was something he was familiar with.

"After you make friends with these people, spend as much money as you can to buy them out. At the same time, keep reporting to them my miserable situation in Jiangnan. Let's keep it slow for now." Xu Jie exhaled and said, "When the heat is almost right, I will teach you what to do next."

"Yes." Lü Guang said with tears in his eyes: "Then the master will suffer during this period..."

"Aren't people born to suffer?" Xu Jie said with a bitter smile, "When I was just one year old, I was thrown into a well by a servant. Fortunately, it was a dry well... But when my family found me, I was already dead. My parents couldn't bear to let me go and didn't bury me immediately. As a result, I came back to life three days later. When I was five years old, I passed by Kuancang Mountain with my father and was pushed down from the mountain by a servant. I survived because my clothes were hung on a tree."

"It's a blessing in disguise!" Lu Guang looked thankful, but he couldn't help but murmur in his heart, how wicked must the parents of Lord Xu be to have caused the servants of the Xu family to constantly attack a child?

But Lord Xu obviously had not considered it from this perspective. He always believed that this was a manifestation of his "surviving a great disaster and having good fortune in the future."

"I passed the imperial examination at the age of 21, but my predecessor died soon after. I returned to the Imperial Academy, but I offended Zhang Cong again and was demoted to the poor and remote Yanping Prefecture as a magistrate... Speaking of which, Hai Rui also worked there as a teacher, but I was 20 years ahead of him."

"Later, I was promoted step by step in the local area. I was finally promoted back to the court by my mentor Xia Guixi, but he was harmed by Yan Fenyi. I was suppressed for more than ten years. In order to protect myself and realize my ambitions, I compromised and suffered humiliation. I finally waited until Yan Song fell, and the state affairs were corrupt and the border was in danger. After sending off the late emperor, I met my enemy Gao Suqing, and the new emperor disliked me, so I retired sadly... Alas, I have never had a good day."

Xu Jia took out a pink silk scarf, wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "I was thinking about retiring and finally being able to live the life I wanted for a few years, but this happened again. I finally understand that I am like the beauties in those operas, and my life is destined to be a miserable one."

Lu Guang could not help but feel a chill. His master's girlish heart was growing stronger and stronger. He quickly changed the subject and asked, "Should we ask the two gentlemen to temporarily leave Jiangnan and go to a distant place to avoid the limelight?"

"Hmm." Xu Jie also knew that if Hai Rui took action, Xu Fan and Xu Ying would definitely be the primary targets. However, he still didn't believe that Hai Rui could capture them from their own home.

"I have already ordered the two evildoers not to leave the house. Even if Hai Rui is crazy, he won't raid my house, right?"

"It shouldn't be that serious." Lu Guang thought about it and agreed, but still reminded: "But we must always prepare a retreat for the two masters, just in case."

"Yes." Xu Jie nodded and said, "After the news has died down, I will arrange for them to live in Zhejiang or somewhere further south for a few years."

"Master, please take care of yourself." Lu Guang wiped his tears.

"Okay, take care of yourself too." Xu Jie nodded, and went out of the study with Lu Guang. He first wrote a letter to Xu Wu, explaining the whole story. He also wrote letters to the big guys in the capital and the captains of Wang Wang. The words were so humble and sad that anyone who heard them would cry and anyone who saw them would be sad.

After Lu Guang put the thick stack of envelopes close to his body and said goodbye, Lord Xu rubbed his swollen eyes and continued to lie over the desk, struggling to write a reply to Hai Rui.

At the governor's headquarters, Hai Rui soon received a reply from Xu Jie.

As usual, he handed it to Niu Chenshi after reading it.

The letter said that the order of the Zhongcheng should be obeyed. However, the lands occupied within five years can be verified and it is not difficult to clear them. But for those in the past, I really don’t know. Moreover, the documents have been lost. Even if I want to return them, I don’t know who to give them to. I can only ask the government to check it themselves. If there is solid evidence and there is a law to follow, they should be cleared.

Seeing the resentment between the lines, Niu Chenshi could not help but prostrate himself in admiration, thinking that it seemed that Hai Gong was more powerful, as he could actually break the turtle magic of Xu Ge Lao.

But now the situation seems to be even worse. Even a rabbit will kick an eagle when it is in a hurry, and Xu Ge Lao is much more powerful than a rabbit.

The Rabbit is pretty much the same...

Niu returned the letter and sighed, "It seems that Lord Xu has refused."

Hai Rui was also filled with disappointment. He just couldn't understand why, with Lord Xu's wisdom, couldn't he see that he was helping him?

Why must he sacrifice his life rather than his wealth? Besides, I didn't push him to a dead end.

I can only say that he is blinded by greed and is beyond redemption...

He had done his best and had nothing to worry about. He gave the order in a deep voice:

"Arrange it immediately and open the court tomorrow morning!"

p.s. I paid off my debt last Saturday. Please give me a monthly pass.