Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Not only Wei Cai felt dazed, but Wei Xiong also couldn't believe it. On the way back, he was thinking about whether he had done anything to annoy Song Shiwei.

If Wei Xiong was only friendly and enthusiastic towards Song Shiwei before, now he has a strong respect for Song Shiwei.

The aristocratic family was a giant in the eyes of ordinary people, but the person in power was actually killed by Song Shiwei at will?

Simply appalling.

The heads of other noble families who had inquired about Song Shiwei were now gathered at the Liu family to talk. The Zhou family did not dare to go for fear of angering Zhou Huai. The other noble families secretly regarded the Liu family as the leader.

Liu Nian, the head of the Liu family, and Wang Yan, the head of the Wang family, sat at the head seats in the front hall, and Chen Liren, the head of the Chen family, sat below Liu Nian.

Wang Yan sat upright on the chair, glanced at the other two and spoke first to break the silence: "It has been confirmed that Li Shicheng was killed by Zhang's so-called sister Song Shiwei. According to the maid of the Li family, Song Shiwei was very skilled and the former steward of the Li family was killed by her with one sword."

Liu Nian nodded slightly: "I received the same news here. It seems that the two siblings are not ordinary people."

Chen Liren snorted coldly, "With such skills, they are certainly not ordinary people. I just don't know where they came from. No one in the village knows. The villagers who fled with them are like gourds with sawed mouths. They know nothing when asked. If Zhou Huai hadn't said so beforehand, I would really teach those people a lesson."

Seeing Chen Liren's angry face, Liu Nian said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, this is also for the peace of the northern border. Now that disasters continue everywhere in Dali, we have no choice but to move to the village to live temporarily. After all, they are just some short-sighted civilians. If you are tired of looking at them, just ignore them. Anyway, you don't go out much when you live in the village."

Wang Yan glanced at Chen Liren and suddenly said, "Brother Liu, should we send someone to warn Song Shiwei?"

"I don't think it's necessary. The Li family made things difficult for them first, which led to their counterattack. We have no grudges against them, so there's really no need to go against them for the Li family. Besides, we know very little about them, and I'm afraid something might happen. Let's see what the Zhou family does first. If the Zhou family doesn't care about this, why should we? Anyway, Li Shicheng's death will do more good than harm to us."

Chen Liren and Wang Yan thought about it carefully and felt that what Liu Nian said made sense. They had previously thought that the dignity of the aristocratic family had been challenged, so they planned to teach Song Shiwei and the others a lesson. Now Liu Nian's words made them realize the truth.

Think about it again, although the Li family has been suppressed by them for a long time, does Li Shicheng really have no backup plan?

That man kills people whenever he wants, and his style of doing things is really arbitrary. Either he is ambitious and has a great background, or he has no power but is not afraid of the Li family.

No matter which one they are, they are not simple characters that the aristocratic families can control, so it is better not to provoke them.

Seeing the change in their expressions, Liu Nian smiled and said, "Compared to Li Shicheng's death, I want to know who killed Wang Wan. According to the information we have heard, Wang Wan was not killed by Song Shiwei, but she committed suicide not long after Li Shicheng's death."

Wang Yan also had a thoughtful look on his face: "Wang Wan's suicide is indeed unbelievable. My wife also said that Madam Li didn't seem to love that old boy Li Shicheng so much that she would commit suicide. But the incident between the Li family and Song Shiwei was indeed caused by Wang Wan. If it wasn't Song Shiwei who killed him, could it be that kid surnamed Zhang?"

Liu Nian shook his head: "Not Zhang Wu either."

"If it's not them, then who could it be? Could it be that Wang Wan has offended someone else in the past?"

Chen Liren said, "I suspect that Wang Wan's death was caused by the Li family. It is said that Wang Wan and Li Shicheng's concubine Feng were always at odds. Li Zeqi inherited the Li family, and Wang Wan had the sole power to manage the family. How could Feng have a good life? Maybe Wang Wan's behavior was not as complicated as you think. It was just a simple trick in the harem."

Although what Chen Liren said did make sense, Liu Nian subconsciously felt that this shouldn't be the case. No matter how the three people speculated, they did not point the finger at Zhou Huai.

Chen Liren and Wang Yan did not stay in the Liu family for long. They left together. As for what the three of them were thinking, only they themselves knew.

After that, the major families did not inquire about Song Shiwei's affairs anymore. Instead, many people came to the Zhang Wu family one after another. Almost all of them were confidants sent by the heads of the families. Their purpose was to win over Zhang Wu to their camp.

Of the five great families in the north, the Li family is no longer a threat; Zhou family head Zhou Wende is a general appointed by the court himself, and his eldest son Zhou Huai is as scheming and cunning as the old foxes from the aristocratic families; then come the Liu, Wang, and Chen families, which appear to maintain harmony and stability on the surface, but each has their own little thoughts in their hearts.

I already know the abilities of the Zhang Wu siblings, if I can't get rid of them then I can only win them over.

Who wouldn’t want to have such an extraordinary person?

The noble families were not annoyed by being rejected by Zhang Wu. After all, the more capable people were, the harder it was to invite them. They firmly believed that only by visiting him three times could the other party feel their sincerity, so they visited him for several days in a row.

Zhang Wu was so annoyed by the disturbance that he took Huang Ying and hid with Song Shiwei during the day.

Song Shiwei, the person who can be killed at will by the head of the northern aristocratic family, the Liu, Chen and Wang families dare not bother her, otherwise they would not have gone straight to Zhang Wu. Everyone knows that Zhang Wu and Song Shiwei have a good relationship. Although winning over Zhang Wu cannot definitely win over Song Shiwei, at least there will be no day when they become enemies.

For the aristocratic family, Zhang Wu is the bond that connects him to Song Shiwei.

Just when the three families of Liu, Chen and Wang were preparing to send another manager to go to Song Shiwei's gate, Li An came to several families in turn, bringing Zhou Huai's password, and invited the three heads of the family to the Zhou family for a talk.

The three families were all in Xiahuang Village. After seeing Li An off, Wang Yan and Chen Liren went to Liu's house one after another. The three of them got together and couldn't guess what Zhou Huai suddenly called them over for.

The three arrived at Zhou's house before the moon rose. Li An took them to the side hall. On the way, no matter what they asked, they said they didn't know. After they were brought there, Li An said something to Zhou Huai and left.

As soon as they entered, they saw Zhou Huai reading a letter. It was hard to tell whether his expression was good or bad. They looked at each other and walked forward together.

Liu Nian had received a lot of help from Zhou Huai, and his relationship with Zhou Huai was closer than that of the other two families, so he spoke first: "The eldest master asked us to come over, but what happened?"

Zhou Huai put the letter down and looked at the others: "I heard that the Desert Village has been very busy these days. Do you have nothing to do?"

The three of them felt a jolt in their hearts.

Wang Yan hurriedly explained: "Young Master, you have misunderstood. Our families are not trying to cause trouble. We just know that there is a young man named Zhang Wu in the Desert Village who is very skilled, so we want to show him respect."

"Respect the wise and humble? From what I know, Zhang Wu seems to have rejected you."

Wang Yan looked at Liu Nian, who smiled and said, "A capable person is always different from others. As long as we ask him sincerely, he will see our sincerity. No one can live in seclusion in this world."