Chang 'an, the mansion of the Wang Family's branch family!
The branch families here were basically merchants. On one hand, they could gather information for the Wang family, and on the other hand, it was convenient to do business.
But today, Wang Ting, who was pacing back and forth in his study, seemed to be impatient.
During the morning, Duan Lun personally escorted Zhao Weimin and Wang He back to Chang 'an.
Although Wang Ting had long known about it, seeing it now, he still felt as if the Wang Clan's face had been slapped by someone. It hurt!
As for him, he was waiting for news. Although the news from the main family was slower, he believed that they had already known.
As expected!
Just as he was feeling anxious and hesitant, a letter came from the main family.
"Master!"
The servant outside the study suddenly knocked on the door and shouted," There's a letter from the Wang family of Taiyuan!”
Wang Ting paused and immediately said,""Bring it in!"
The servant quickly came in with a letter and handed it to Wang Ting respectfully with both hands.
Wang Ting took the letter and hurriedly took out the letter to read.
After reading ten lines at a glance, Wang Ting's hesitant expression suddenly became much more determined.
"Prepare the banquet immediately. Master is inviting people to dinner tonight!”
Hearing Wang Ting's words, the servant hurriedly nodded and bowed before leaving to prepare.
Seeing the servant leave, Wang Ting took a deep breath and called for a servant girl to help him change his clothes and send the invitation out.
He didn't know who he was going to give it to, but the number of invitations wasn't much.
About ten!
There were only about a hundred civil and military officials in the Imperial Court, but it was actually not enough.
Today, he was going to invite more than ten of them!
It could be seen that the Wang family had quite a say in the imperial court.
Less than two hours after the invitation was sent out, all the guests had rushed to the manor for the banquet. Of course, the officials who came to the banquet were basically officials of the six ministries, and each of them had a high status.
Among them, there were rank four councilors, rank five supervisors, and rank six officials, but they had power in their hands.
Wang Ting stood at the door in his new clothes, looking like Maitreya Buddha. Everyone greeted him with a smile.
When almost all the guests had arrived, Wang Ting smiled and picked up a glass of wine. He walked to the front and said,"Everyone is a member of the Wang family. Tonight can also be considered the Wang family's family banquet. The Wang family will have to rely on all of you in the future. Today, this Wang invited all of you to dinner because I hope that all of you can help! This Wang will toast everyone first."
As he spoke, Wang Ting raised his wine cup and downed it in one gulp.
Almost all of the guests who came today were members of the Wang family or officials related to the Wang family.
Everyone was also relying on the Wang Clan, so they all drank the first cup of wine with respect.
Immediately after, the Imperial Court began to talk about serious matters.
"Everyone should still remember Liu Xuan, who was mentioned a few months ago…"
Wang Ting told them about Liu Xuan and the Wang Clan, and everyone had an impression of them.
At that time, the Wang family's idea was to get the people from the Ministry of Works to put pressure on them. However, who knew that Zhao Weimin and Wang He would run into the muzzle of a gun and be taken down by Duan Lun, Cheng Yaojin, and the others.
Now that Zhao Weimin and Wang He were in danger, the Wang Clan had also received a letter from the Wang Clan.
His goal was clear. He wanted to protect these two people.
Wang Ting was also blunt." Zhao Weimin and Wang He are still useful, but this time, they were bumped into by Duan Lun and the others. I think they are in danger. Everyone, please help!"”
After Wang Ting made his request, everyone at the banquet fell silent.
Duan Lun was the Minister of Works, while Zhao Weimin and Wang He were also officials of the Ministry of Works.
Moreover, they had bumped into Duan Lun on the spot. It would not be easy to deal with him, so they were a little hesitant.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Wang Ting understood that although they were members of the Wang family, if they did not talk about benefits, they probably would not stand up for themselves.
After all, Duan Luncheng and the others were not good people.
Wang Ting raised his head and drank a cup of wine. He looked at everyone and said," I hope that everyone can contribute more. The Wang Clan also knows that it will not be easy to protect them, but the King of Wei has already expressed that he will help. Not only that, if we can protect the two of them, the Wang Clan will also be grateful to everyone.”
As for how grateful he was, Wang Ting did not say.
However, everyone understood that if something happened to them in the future, the favor that the Wang Clan owed them would be repaid today.
Thinking of this, everyone looked at each other and began to discuss.
The first to speak was a direct descendant of the Wang Clan, Wang Bingwen, the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Official Personnel. He was a refined middle-aged man wearing a long green robe. His eyes were sharp and he had a mustache.
He coughed slightly and the discussion immediately disappeared.
"Master Wang is right. If I'm not wrong, Duan Lun will mention these two people at the morning court tomorrow. If we want to protect them, we have to push the charges down. The suppression must be dealt with lightly and not let others see it.”
"That's right. Zhao Weimin and Wang He were directly killed by Duan Lun. We can't just dismiss them, but we can transfer them to someone else.”
The person who immediately answered was called Wei Du, and his wife was also from the Wang family. He was also an official of the Ministry of Works, a fifth-grade official.
As for the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Works and the others, they had already gone to see Li Tai.
The Wang Clan could be considered to have a two-pronged approach!
On one hand, he was trying to rope in a portion of the Wang family to help. On the other hand, he was trying to rope in the King of Wei, Li Tai, and the other aristocratic families to help speak up.
Of course, the Wang Clan had also promised a lot of benefits.
Without benefits, who would help you?
Wang Bingwen and Wei Du's words made everyone present think for a while, and then everyone agreed.
"That makes sense, but Duan Lun isn't a good person to talk to. I think we have to bring Liu Xuan's matter into the picture.”
"That's right. It would be better if we could push the blame to him. Otherwise, push it to this subordinate.”
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Everyone offered their suggestions one after another, and Wang Ting's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
It wasn't too much to pay a little price to protect Zhao Weimin and Wang He. After all, these two were still relatively young, and there was still hope for them to be promoted.
The Wang Clan didn't have much authority in the Imperial Court. If they lost the two of them, it would be a blow to the Wang Clan.
The outside world would probably go crazy. The huge Wang family was actually unable to deal with a small seventh-grade county magistrate, and they even got themselves killed!
At that time, the Wang family would probably lose all their face.
This was also the reason why the Wang Clan's patriarch insisted on protecting Zhao Weimin and Wang He.
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