Li Ze stood in front of the Jiedu gate and looked up at the big characters flying dragons and phoenixes on the plaque of the Jiedu Mansion of Chengde. The font was clarified and elegant, and it seemed that it was definitely from the hands of famous masters. However, the huge white flower on the plaque and the white cloth hanging from both sides destroyed the meaning of these words, showing a sense of sadness.

In front of the gate, Li Ze was the only one who was independent. At this moment, Cao Xin, You Yong, Wang Sili and others were all a few steps away from him. In front of Li Ze, an old man wearing mourning clothes was kneeling. At this moment, he was holding a tray in his hands, and there were filial pies, mai and other items in the tray.

There was a silence in front of the Jiedu gate, and everyone was staring at Li Ze. Li Fu, the butler of the Li family, who was kneeling on the ground and holding up the tray with his hands, trembled slightly.

Will Li Ze answer?

Will Li Ze wear mourning for Su?

Everyone was waiting for the answer given by Li Ze.

At this time, around the gate, not only were there civil officials and military officials under the Jiedu Mansion standing, but also representatives of the well-known gentry families in various places. Naturally, some people wanted Li Ze to accept all this calmly, because they did not want Chengde to cause trouble again, and some people wanted Li Ze to kick Li Fu over and refuse to accept filial piety. In this way, they opposed Li Ze as Chengde's new master for many reasons.

Even though Li Ze is now powerful in his military power, he still cannot block the world's long-lasting mouths under the patriarchal law and etiquette.

Li Ze took a deep breath. No matter how unwilling he felt in his heart, from the perspective of patriarchal etiquette, Su was still his legitimate mother, and he had to call him mother. His biological mother who now lives in Wuyi can't be called a mother.

He stretched out his hand and took the tray from Li Fu's hand.

Behind him, there were sounds of countless people breathing a sigh of relief. So many people suddenly let out a breath at the same time, and the sound was a little louder.

Some are happy, some are disappointed.

Seeing Li Ze taking the tray and kneeling on the ground, Li Fu was overjoyed, got up from the ground, bowed and said, "The old servant changed his clothes for the young master."

Li Ze looked at the old servant who was obviously overworked, with two big swollen eyes and tired faces, and could not suppress the joy in his eyes, and nodded slightly.

Put on the long filial pie, put on the hemp clothes, tie a hemp rope around his waist, and then take off a short knife and jade pendant hanging around his waist and put it in a tray. Li Fu turned around and faced the door: "Young Master, the master is in the mourning hall, please cry to the mourning hall!"

In the spacious mourning hall, dozens of monks fell to the ground, and various magical instruments were ringing together. The monk's whispered chant was flowing in the house. The huge coffin was placed in the middle. The governor of Chengde Jiedu Li Anguo sat upright on a chair with his eyes slightly closed, as if he was sleeping. On both sides, several people wearing filial piety stood with their hands down. Seeing Li Ze slowly coming, these people all looked up at Li Ze.

Standing in the first row, the first one was a girl about seven or eight years old. Li Ze knew that the daughter of Su's wife's daughter, Li Xin, was her only sister. And at the bottom of Li Xin, there were three men standing, and these must be Li Bo, Li Tao, and Li Yuan, the third son of the second uncle Li Anmin.

His eyes stayed on Li Yuan for a moment, and many of the previous storms were caused by this child. Zhenzhou and Zhaozhou set off a wave of waves asking Li Anguo to adopt Li Yuan, and countless waves were added in vain.

I didn’t see Suning, nor did I see Li Anmin.

This made Li Ze very satisfied. If he had seen these two people in the mourning hall, he wouldn't mind overturning the table.

Seeing Li Ze's eyes staying on him, Li Yuan shivered and shrank his body as much as possible behind the two brothers. His eyes flashed, and he would never dare to look at Li Ze again.

She smiled in her heart, and it turned out to be a silver-like wax gun head, which was not useful. It was better than that girl Li Xin, who kept staring at her, and there was a flash of hatred in her eyes.

Li Ze shook his head and looked at a woman in her early thirties in her mourning clothes behind Li Xin. The man was the girl from Su's family. Now he should be the aunt of the Li family! Li Xin, a child who looked at him like this must have been influenced by this person. I don't know how many bad things this person has said behind his back.

It's really unwise! Didn't she know that the person who is in charge of the Li family will become her in the future? Wouldn't she know that her words can determine her life, death, honor and disgrace?

When he walked to the coffin, Li Zejing stood for a moment, finally knelt down, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and gave a great gift.

It was not until this time that Li Anguo finally opened his half-closed eyes, looked at Li Ze, and nodded slightly.

Li Ze really couldn't cry. He believed that even if he really squeezed out a few tears, it would be just a joke for outsiders. Today he appeared here just because of the ban on patriarchy and etiquette. He had to go through a mere formality. Perhaps everyone inside and outside the house knew it well except Li Xin, the girl!

When Li Ze performed his rituals, the sound of bells and drums in the mourning hall was loudly heard.

Li Ze had neither love nor hatred for this woman, but on the contrary, she felt a little pitiful. Just as Li Ze said to Li Anguo earlier, this woman never received the love of Li Anguo in her life. On the contrary, she gave all her to Li Anguo, but in the end she still couldn't save the decline of Su's family.

Li Anguo respects but not loves Su family.

Li Anguo loved Wang and even turned against him into enemies.

Li Ze looked up at Li Anguo. The man in front of him looked glorious all his life, so why isn’t he a poor person?

After bowing, burning paper and burning incense, a series of etiquettes were finally completed under the guidance of Li Fu. He stood up and Li Fu led Li Ze to the side of the coffin, where a cushion was placed. Under Li Fu's gaze signaled, Li Ze bent his knees and knelt down.

Next to the coffin, there is only such a filial son.

With the cigarette smoke, accompanied by the chant of the ritual official, people who were qualified to step into the mourning hall to cheer for filial piety appeared one after another in front of Li Ze.

Without Li Anmin and Suning, Cao Xin was the first to come in.

After everyone worships, burns incense, burns paper, they will walk to Li Ze, help him up, and whisper a few words of comfort in their ears.

Even though everyone knew that this was just a false story, everyone did it very seriously and piously. Li Ze stood up and knelt down, and then stood up again, which made his legs sore and numb. He thought to himself, it would be better to kneel like this.

However, he also knew that this was his first meeting with these top figures in Zhenzhou and Zhaozhou. This was an opportunity for him to know these people, but it was also an opportunity for these people to understand him.

There will be more time to deal with in the future!

Chengde's civil and military officials had the most detailed information about these people. However, those wealthy merchants, aristocratic families and powerful people who appeared here made Li Ze pay more attention.

Because these people will definitely become the targets he will attack in the future.

Although Chengde is rich, it is also compared to other towns. Ordinary people have food and clothes a day, so they will not die of cold and hunger. This is still a big gap from the wealth in Li Ze's mind. Chengde's wealth is actually still concentrated in the hands of high officials, powerful people, and aristocratic people.

If these people in other places account for more than 90% of their overall wealth, then in Chengde, these people account for at least 70% to 80%.

Dealing with these people is destined to be a long-term and arduous task. It is impossible to cut the mess quickly like in Yizhou. If the knife is cut steeply, it is easy to cause a rebound. Whether it is Zhaozhou or Zhenzhou, once it becomes unstable, it will inevitably endanger the safety of the entire Chengde.

These two states are the essence of the entire Chengde.

Top-down improvement will inevitably face great resistance. Next, we can only rely on Yang Kai's Yixing Society to slowly launch a bottom-up revolution.

This is an act of dancing on the tip of a knife while stepping on a steel wire. If it is not good, it is easy to lose control. Li Ze wanted to use the spark to set off a prairie fire, but he only wanted to burn away weeds without damaging the crops. The difficulty can be imagined.

But no matter how difficult it is, you have to do it!

After a busy day, Li Ze has never suffered such pain in the past few years. When he returned to the study with Li Anguo, his whole body became a little stiff and his knees were even more painful. It was not until he drank a bowl of ginger soup that his body became warmer.

"It's hard for you today." Li Anguo was a little relieved. Li Ze's performance during the day made him completely relieved. Although this son was much worse than Li Che, Wu Yong was far inferior to Li Che, but he was more than one level higher in terms of character, cunning, and dealing with people.

"It's not that difficult!" Li Ze shook his head: "No matter what, I am always your son, and she is always my legitimate mother. I am not as resentful towards her as you imagined. At most, I just think she is an ordinary elder. The grudges of the older generation should be settled."

"I'm very happy when you say that." Li Anguo nodded: "Su's last wish before his death..."

"Father!" Li Ze cut off Li Anguo's words, "I know what you want to say. Su can spare, but Suning can't. This is my bottom line."

"He has deprived Suning of all his power, and he is already a useless person. Why do you have to take his life?" Li Anguo sighed.
Chapter completed!