The next day, news came out in Youlong Dazhai that Sang Mu had voluntarily resigned from his position as the clan elder.
It is said that as soon as the meeting ended yesterday, An Huai began to prepare to use Lando's death to remove Sang Mu as the elder. However, Sang Mu resigned first, which surprised the Hanuo family.
The news of Sang Mu's resignation actually didn't mean much to people outside the Youlong clan, but it caused quite a commotion within the Youlong clan. Many clan members were secretly discussing and speculating on the internal reasons.
As soon as the news reached Chang Bingkun's ears, Chang Bingkun immediately found Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu and informed Sang Mu of his resignation.
Upon hearing this, Chai Yan roughly guessed that Sang Mu's resignation should be closely related to the death of Lando and those clan soldiers.
"Master Chai, could it be that you persuaded Elder Sang Mu last time, so he decided to resign as an elder and prepare to join the imperial court?" Chang Bingkun asked in surprise.
Chai Yan smiled and shook his head, waving his hands and saying: "Mr. Chang, you think too highly of me. I'm not as powerful as you say. Speaking of which, this must be attributed to our Commander Hang!"
With that said, Chai Yan looked at Hang Baiqiu.
Chang Bingkun also looked at Hang Baiqiu curiously and asked, "Where do you start talking about this?"
"Me?" Hang Baiqiu was stunned for a moment, then looked at the two of them blankly, and asked in confusion: "What does it have to do with me?"
Chai Yan smiled and said: "It's none of your business. If you hadn't killed Lando, Sang Mu wouldn't have left the position of elder so quickly!"
Chang Bingkun hurriedly interjected: "Wait a minute, Mr. Chang, who is the Lando you just mentioned?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Chang, I forgot to tell you something..."
Chai Yan apologized and began to talk about the whole process of Hang Baiqiu and Ge Hong killing Lando and his party. At the same time, he also roughly explained Lando's identity and relationship with An Huai.
After listening, Hang Baiqiu still didn't quite understand what Sang Mu's resignation had to do with this.
Chai Yan couldn't help but secretly shake his head and laugh, thinking that he didn't understand this, you are just a stupid lady!
After all, Chang Bingkun was a member of the officialdom. He understood the entanglement as soon as he heard it, and immediately explained to Hang Baiqiu: "Sir Hang, this is not difficult to understand. Lando is the confidant of the Anhuai clan leader, and also
The general of the Hanuo family, his death is a very big loss to An Huai and the Hanuo family..."
Hang Baiqiu listened carefully and nodded seriously.
After taking a breath, Chang Bingkun continued: "Lando's death was the period when the conflicts and resentment between the Hanuo and Sang Mu families intensified. Therefore, they should be using Lando's death to make a fuss and successfully control Sang.
The shepherd elders have been squeezed out from the powerful hierarchy in their clan!"
"Oh, so that's it." Hang Baiqiu suddenly realized and understood.
Chang Bingkun cupped his hands to Hang Baiqiu and said: "Chang thanked Sir Hang very much. I believe that soon after this incident, the Sang Mu family will take the initiative to send someone to contact us."
"Really? That's great." Hang Baiqiu said happily.
Chai Yan smiled and said: "Mr. Chang, right now we are waiting for you to meet with Elder Sang Mu. After you have settled the matter, we can set off back to Beijing with peace of mind!"
Chang Bingkun looked very serious and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Mr. Chai, when we meet Sang Mu, Chang will do his best to persuade them!"
"Then we will wait for the good news from Mr. Chang!" Chai Yan said happily.
Just as the three of them were chatting about other topics, Zhao Xiong's voice rang outside the door: "Sir, an unknown child came just now. He gave me a letter and ran away."
"Letter to whom?" Chang Bingkun asked.
Zhao Xiong replied: "I don't know, there is a dragon character "鍍" written on the corner of the envelope..."
"鍍?" Chang Bingkun was stunned: "What does this mean?"
Others don't understand the meaning of the word "鼍", but Chai Yan understands!
"It's my letter!" Chai Yan answered immediately and said to Zhao Xiong, "Bring the letter in."
"Yes." Zhao Xiong responded.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Xiong pushed open the door and entered the room, respectfully handed the letter into Chai Yan's hand, then turned around and left, closing the door again.
Chai Yan was not in a hurry to open the envelope, but put on a relaxed smile and said to Chang Bingkun: "Mr. Chang, can you guess who wrote this letter?"
Chang Bingkun couldn't help but smile, folded his hands in front of him, and said confidently: "Sang Mu's family!"
Chai Yan immediately said in an exaggerated tone: "Oh my, Mr. Chang, you are too powerful, don't you have clairvoyance?"
Chang Bingkun was anxious to read the letter and said, "Master Chai, you'd better hurry up and read what the letter says..."
"Yeah, don't be too pretentious." Hang Baiqiu was also curious.
Chai Yan stopped joking, opened the letter and read it seriously. Hang Baiqiu quickly came over and read the letter together.
Soon, Chai Yan finished reading the letter, then handed it to Chang Bingkun and said seriously: "Master Chang, Sang Mu asked you to meet at Shili Pavilion outside the city tomorrow afternoon..."
Chang Bingkun quickly read the letter and nodded happily: "Great! I was thinking about this just now, but I came right away without thinking, hahaha..."
After a while, Chang Bingkun was ready to go back to his room to prepare for the meeting tomorrow.
Before leaving, Chang Bingkun pointed to the word "鼍" on the envelope and asked: "Master Chai, what is the special meaning of this word?"
"Haha..." Chai Yan couldn't help laughing.
Immediately afterwards, Chai Yan told the story of a pot of dragon meat costing one thousand taels.
Chang Bingkun shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Chai, you are really... amazing, amazing!"
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Sang Mu's house, the backyard verandah.
Sang Mu frowned slightly and stood on the porch looking at the clouds in the sky with his hands clasped behind his waist.
Suddenly, I heard footsteps coming from the side. I turned around and saw that it was Shaer Zidan who had returned.
Sha'er Zidan called from afar: "Grandpa, I'm back."
When Sha'er Zidan came closer, Sang Mu asked, "Has the letter been delivered?"
Sha'er Zidan nodded: "Delivered!"
Sang Mu asked softly: "Were you not noticed?"
Sha'er Zidan came to Sang Mu and whispered: "Grandpa, don't worry, I didn't go to deliver it myself, I asked Su Ni to do it."
"Su Ni?" Sang Mu was a little surprised.
Sha'er Zidan hurriedly explained: "Grandpa, Su Ni herself didn't show up. She found a child outside the inn, gave the child a few pennies, and asked the child to send the letter in."
Sang Mu then nodded and said, "Well, it's still prudent."
Sha'er Zidan looked around and made sure no one was around before whispering: "Grandpa, do you really want to do this?"
Sang Mu understood what his grandson was asking, so he asked, "What else? If we don't do this, are we still going to watch our family decline?"
After hearing his grandfather's question, Sha'er Zidan's expression gradually became serious.
Sang Mu patted Sha'er Zidan and said calmly: "Good grandson, you don't have to worry about the next thing. Let grandpa and the elderly at home handle it!"
After saying that, Sang Mu turned around with his hands behind his hands and walked slowly towards the end of the verandah.