Chapter 1348 A family’s reluctance and helplessness!
After an incense stick of time, Hu Wenjie returned to the Hu family's residence in Lin'an from the governor's office. After returning home, he went straight into the study.

Hu Wenjie leaned back in his chair with a tired look on his face. Although Murong Yuliang's attitude towards businessmen like them was very good, in Daqian, the government is the government and the people are the people. No matter how rich a businessman you are, without power to rely on, you are just a commoner!
Especially in front of a big guy like Murong Yuliang, you have to maintain enough respect, so just now in front of Murong Yuliang, he couldn't sit or stand properly. Although the conversation time was not very long, it made Hu Wenjie, an old man, very tired!

But compared to the physical fatigue, the regret and helplessness in his heart really made Hu Wenjie at a loss!

Ever since the Hu family decided to transform themselves from wealthy businessmen to powerful members, over the past few decades, the Hu family has arranged for anyone, whether direct or branch, to study for the imperial examinations as long as they are considered to have a talent for studying. Among the hundreds of disciples of the Hu family, a total of 51 people passed the imperial examinations!
Among these fifty-one people, thirty-five were tongsheng, thirteen were xiucai, and only three were jinshi!

Hu Ming is one of these three Jinshi, and he is also the one with the smoothest career development. He has always been the hope of the Hu family and is highly regarded by the family. He is the key figure in the Hu family’s transformation from a wealthy businessman to a powerful G. They all hope that Hu Ming will be able to occupy a high position one day, and the Hu family will also be able to rise to prominence...
It was precisely because of this expectation that the Hu family knew that Hu Ming secretly embezzled a lot of money from the family, and committed treason by poisoning his mistress, and often beat and scolded his brothers in the family, but he, as the head of the family, turned a blind eye and even helped Hu Ming eliminate these influences and appease some people in the Hu family.

But now he had to give up Hu Ming!

Although this is the best option under the current circumstances! It is also the only option!

But Hu Wenjie felt extremely painful and helpless inside!

After all, giving up Hu Ming is not just giving up Hu Ming as a person, but also giving up the Hu family's dream of transforming from wealthy businessmen to powerful people!
Over the years, under his strategy of using money to pave the way, many people in the Hu family became Gs, but most of them were minor officials, and only a few reached the seventh rank or above. And there was only one second-rank minister like Hu Ming!
With the help of Hu Ming, the Hu family's business was able to reach a higher level, and this also made Hu Wenjie see that the possibility of a successful family transformation was increasing!
This is also why Hu Wenjie, no matter how much money he spends, even if it means selling houses and land, will help Hu Ming to make further progress!
If it weren't for this current incident, he should be raising money for Hu Ming and using the entire Hu family's strength to pave the way for Hu Ming's career!
But unfortunately, things are unpredictable. Hu Wenjie never expected that Hu Ming was actually related to Cui Zibo's death!
When Hu Wenjie heard this from his nephew Hu Xinglong, he was a little bit unbelieving. In his opinion, although Hu Ming's character was a bit sinister and cruel, he was a very sensible person who knew who to offend and who not to offend!
Although Cui Zibo is not a big shot!

But what can he do? His father, Cui Shao, is a top figure in the Yijing court...
So how dare you, Hu Ming, get involved in Cui Zibo’s death?
Although it was still a little hard to believe that Hu Ming would do such a thing, on the one hand, Hu Xinglong was very sure of what he said, and on the other hand, Hu Wenjie had long been puzzled by why Hu Ming was stranded in Jiangnan, so that day he asked Hu Xinglong to find Hu Ming and ask him about the matter clearly!
Hu Xinglong had been bullied by Hu Ming before. He was forced to kowtow and confess his guilt to Hu Ming because of something. Hu Xinglong regarded this incident as the most shameful thing in his life!
Originally Hu Ming had been a big G, and Hu Xinglong thought he would never have the chance to take revenge in this life and would take his regrets to his grave. However, he did not expect that the world is unpredictable, and the changing situation in the Yijing court gave him the opportunity to take revenge!
Hu Xinglong naturally would not miss the opportunity when it came. He wanted Hu Ming to regret forcing him to kowtow and confess his guilt. He wanted to make Hu Ming feel the same humiliation!

Therefore, two hours after Hu Wenjie gave the order, he forcibly brought Hu Ming to Hu Wenjie!
Although Hu Ming was helpless when he saw the truth was revealed, he could only tell Hu Wenjie everything, including how he took Cui Zibo to live a life of debauchery and how he made Cui Zibo take Wu Shi San. As for Cui Zibo's death, Hu Ming believed that it was a completely unprovoked disaster.

Especially regarding Cui Shao’s revenge, Hu Ming thought that it was a manifestation of Cui Shao’s impotent rage. It was not him who caused Cui Zibo to contract syphilis…

Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. If you, Cui Shaoniu B, want to take revenge, you should go find the person who caused Cui Zibo to contract syphilis. Why are you looking for me, Hu Ming?
Cui Shao, you can't manage your own son, but you insist on blaming yourself for Cui Zibo's downfall?

Hu Wenjie was very helpless and conflicted about Hu Ming's explanations. He originally held on to a glimmer of hope, wondering if Cui Shao had misunderstood Cui Zibo. However, after listening to Hu Ming's story, Hu Wenjie realized that Hu Ming was indeed involved.

So now that this situation has been confirmed, Hu Wenjie is faced with a painful choice - should he protect Hu Ming?

Although Hu Wenjie is from Jiangnan and has not been to the north for decades, since he realized a few years ago that the Yijing court led by Ye Mingsheng would become the ruler of the world, Hu Wenjie has also spent a lot of energy to understand the power structure of the Yijing court!
Therefore, although Hu Wenjie had never met Cui Shao, he was very clear about Cui Shao's important political status and political power in Daqian!

Although the Hu family has some connections and strength after several generations of hard work, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are like an egg hitting a rock when compared with Minister Cui.

If possible, Hu Wenjie is willing to spend money to resolve this grudge, even if this matter will cost half of the Hu family's property...

But as a father, Hu Wenjie is well aware of the sadness and hatred of seeing a young person die. Although Hu Ming did not directly cause Cui Zibo's death, he was also one of the culprits who led to Cui Zibo's downfall, which also means that this is a mortal feud!
Realizing this, Hu Ming did not try to spend money to solve the matter. He knew very well that doing so would not only fail to solve the problem, but would anger Cui Shao even more!
If you want to settle a deadly feud, you have to fight to the death!
So even though Hu Wenjie was still very reluctant at the time, for the sake of his family he still persuaded Hu Ming to plead guilty and not let this matter implicate the family!
Seeing that Hu Wenjie actually abandoned him, Hu Ming was very angry. He accused Hu Wenjie and other family members of being treacherous and ungrateful. Without him, Hu Ming, acting as a matchmaker for the Hu family in the G field, could you all live so happily and freely?

Why did he try so hard to please Cui Zibo? Wasn't it because he wanted to contribute to the family? After listing all his contributions to the Hu family over the years, Hu Ming knelt down and begged Hu Wenjie not to abandon him. He hoped that Hu Wenjie would go to Murong Yuliang to find a solution!

Hu Ming said that Murong Yuliang and Cui Shao had always been at odds with each other, and there had been signs of open and covert fighting between the two during the Fengwu Army period. And now Murong Yuliang, as the governor of Jianghuai, was in charge of Jiangnan and Huainan, and was deeply trusted by Ye Mingsheng.

Therefore, if Murong Yuliang is willing to stand up and say a few fair words for him to save his life, Hu Ming might have a chance of survival...

In order to persuade Hu Wenjie to go to Murong Yuliang to plead for him, Hu Ming also showed Hu Wenjie his last two trump cards!

The first trump card is that he has embezzled a lot of activity funds provided by the family over the years and has saved up more than 200,000 taels of silver. He also has a lot of other land deeds, field deeds, gold and silver jewelry, and antiques. The total value of these things is more than 100,000 taels of silver.

The second trump card, although Hu Ming did not stay in the Yijing court for a long time, he also accumulated some connections through the tactics of money and sex, and discovered the habits and handles of many people. Hu Ming is willing to write these things down and hand them over to the family!

Listening to Hu Ming's story, Hu Wenjie was honestly a little moved. He thought of going to Murong Yuliang with a try-it attitude to see if he could save Hu Ming's life.

However, many people in the Hu family, including Hu Xinglong, were opposed to Hu Wenjie's idea!
These people believe that Hu Ming has offended Cui Shao to death, so under the current circumstances, what the Hu family should do is to cut ties with Hu Ming as soon as possible to prevent Hu Ming's incident from implicating the family. If they insist on continuing to help Hu Ming save his life, it is very likely to anger Cui Shao!
And with Cui Shao's power in the Yijing court, killing Hu Ming and getting rid of the Hu family at the same time would only be a side job!

Hu Wenjie was also very disappointed with Hu Xinglong and others. He knew that the reason these people opposed protecting Hu Ming was not because they were worried about their family being implicated.

It was simply because they had all been bullied by Hu Ming in the family, or were dissatisfied with Hu Ming’s arrogant behavior, so when they saw Hu Ming in trouble, they wanted to add insult to injury and vent their anger...

Although he was very disappointed with the ideas of these people in the family, because there were so many people holding this idea, Hu Wenjie, as the head of the family, had to consider their opinions. Just when Hu Wenjie was repeatedly struggling and didn't know what to do, things changed again!
Ever since Hu Ming confessed, he has been under house arrest by Hu Wenjie, waiting for Hu Wenjie's final arrangement for him!

When he was first placed under house arrest, Hu Ming was very confident in his two trump cards. He believed that Hu Wenjie would go to talk to Murong Yuliang for the sake of the 300,000 taels of silver and his connections in the Yijing court!
Although going to talk to Murong Yuliang may not necessarily convince the Jianghuai Governor, it is at least a chance!

Hu Ming is now like a drowning man, about to be choked to death by the water. Therefore, even if there is only a glimmer of chance of survival, a glimmer of hope, he cannot give up and must give it a try!
Hu Ming knew that in order to develop Jiangnan and implement Work F in Jiangnan, Murong Yuliang needed help from these businesses in Jiangnan, and their Hu family’s Ruifengchang business was one of the largest businesses in Jiangnan. Therefore, if Hu Wenjie showed up, it would be possible to persuade Murong Yuliang to show up...
Although Hu Ming knew that Murong Yuliang, the governor of Jianghuai, was not good enough in front of Cui Shao, this was still a hope after all!
Just when Hu Ming was hoping that Murong Yuliang could save his life, he heard voices from within the family that they wanted to cut ties with him. Upon hearing the news, he was like falling into an icy cave!

Hu Ming never expected that at this time not only Cui Shao was determined to kill him, but even the Hu family members also wanted him dead!
At this moment, a feeling of betrayal suddenly lingered in Hu Ming's heart. Hu Ming originally wanted to see Hu Wenjie's attitude before making a plan, but seeing that Hu Wenjie was unable to make a decision, and the arrest warrant from Yi Jing would soon arrive in Jiangnan, Hu Ming knew that he could not wait any longer!

The ancients said that of the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best one. In fact, Hu Ming had planned to run away from the very beginning. However, once he ran away, all the efforts of his first half of life would be in vain. He, Hu Ming, could only live in hiding for the rest of his life, or even leave his hometown.

Secondly, Hu Ming also knew that if he ran away, the Hu family would inevitably be implicated.

Although Hu Ming has some dirty feelings and conflicts towards some people in the Hu family, the Hu family is after all the place where he grew up, and he still has some ties and feelings to the family!
But now that the family is so unkind, don’t blame me, Hu Ming, for being unjust!
Out of fear of death, on a dark and windy night, Hu Ming bribed the guards with silver, broke free from the Hu family's house arrest and escaped from the Hu family!
Hu Ming originally wanted to run away, but although he was good at scheming, he was not good at running away. In addition, he underestimated the family's ability to hunt him down, so he was caught by the family after only two days of running.

Hu Ming's escape caused an uproar in the Hu family. Everyone knew very well that under the current circumstances, if Hu Ming escaped, the Hu family would have to bear Cui Shao's anger. Therefore, Hu Ming's move also aroused public anger. Some originally neutral clansmen also demanded that Hu Wenjie and Hu Ming cut ties...
Under such circumstances, although Hu Wenjie, as the head of the family, was still unwilling to give up Hu Ming, he had to follow the opinions of his clan members!