Chapter 652: Precursor
Nominally, He Yuanshen was promoted two orders in a row, but Yan Chai transferred him out of Luoyang, and I am afraid that this life will come to an end after a long history, and it will be difficult to advance an inch. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
After He Yuanshen was ordered to be transferred, Yan Chai ordered Hong Shaotian and others in Luoyang to arrest the assassins, and ordered Zhongshu Province to draft an edict that if anyone dared to harbor the assassins, they would be punished by the nine clans and the government would be rewarded.
After Yan Zhao was one year old, there was progress in the case, Hong Shaotian, Xiahou Shen and others caught some suspects, and after some interrogation, they asked some eyebrows, and the assassin was probably related to the former Zhongxin County King Yu in Xijing.
When the imperial court learned of this news, it was naturally shocked, and Yan Chai ordered Guo Han, who led the troops to sit in Xijing, to gather all the men and horses to arrest the remnants of the king of Zhongxin County.
In the past, the king of Zhongxin County guarded Xijing for decades, and he had many confidants.
Although Ling Xian has been ambushed, there are still remnants of sin.
Fifty miles away from Xijing City, the old retainers of the Ling family, led by Liu Changben, a former subordinate of Ling Xian, killed cattle and opposed the Tang Dynasty!
Guo Han learned that someone had reported it and led his troops to chase after him, and Liu Changben and others fled to the Jiangling area in a panic.
When Fu Minghua learned that Guo Han led the troops into Jiangnan, he had already guessed Yan Chai's plan.
Guannei rivers and mountains, Jiangnan has had few disasters since ancient times, it is a place where literati live, Yan Chai at this time set up a name to make Guo Han lead the troops into Jiangnan, this move is afraid that it is greatly unexpected by the people of the Xie family.
Sure enough, the news came quickly, Liu Changben and other remnants of the former Ling Mansion rushed to Jiangling, and broke into the Yuwen Mansion when they were besieged by Guo Han and forced into a difficult situation.
In Jiangzhou Xie's Mansion, Master Xie was holding a pot in one hand and a cup in the other, and was pouring tea into the cup.
He was old, wearing a green shirt, wearing a head with two ears on his head, a ribbon around his waist, a fire in July, and the sun was scorching outside, but he was unhurried, watching the mist of hot tea evaporate.
"Master, the people besieging Jingzhou don't look like the Ling clan's thieves in the past."
On the stove next to it, the boiling water made a 'gurgling' sound, and Xie Lizhen, Xie Liheng, and the descendants of the Xie family all sat in the main house, listening to the middle-aged scribe under the hall:
"It's like coming out on your own, advancing and retreating in a measured manner, and killing decisively. There are 300 private soldiers in the Yuwen clan, including 50 elites borrowed by the Xie family, but they are still forced into the clan by the remnants of the 'Ling clan'. ”
As soon as the middle-aged scribe's voice fell, the faces of the Xie family showed a solemn expression.
Now, people with a little heart can see that this matter is deliberately done by the imperial court, and Gao even died, just taking the opportunity to make a big deal and bring the fire to Jiangnan.
The emperor had the heart to deal with the Xie clan in Jiangzhou, and no one thought that Yan Chai would come up with such a blatant move that would be criticized in the future.
"What does Jiefu think about this?"
Master Xie's eyes fell on the teacup in his hand, and after putting the teapot down, he put the cup to his nose and sniffed it lightly before he asked this sentence.
The 'Jiefu' in his mouth was born in the Linchuan Wang family, and he studied hard in his early years, but he was afraid of Taizu's cruel methods back then, and he was unwilling to become an official.
After intersecting with Master Xie, he was funded by Master Xie several times, and felt the grace of the Xie family, so he volunteered to live in the Xie family and give advice to the Xie family.
Wang Jiefu listened to Master Xie's question, and pondered in his heart:
"Sima Zhao's heart is known to passers-by." After he said this, he looked up at Old Man Xie's face.
He closed his eyes, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and under the curling white smoke, his expression seemed a little incomprehensible.
Outside the window, the sun was dazzling, spilling on the plants, creating patches of greenery.
The war has not yet spread to the Xie family, and the quiet Xie family has a bit of a dull feeling of being stormy.
The moment Wang Jiefu heard that Yuwen's accident happened, he knew that it was not very good.
The Xie family has been stable for many years, and although it is famous, in recent decades, the momentum has not been as good as before.
He sniffed, as if he could smell blood, and sighed:
"The reason why the Yuwen clan was moved first was just to kill chickens and respect monkeys."
Shelly Zhen frowned involuntarily:
"Yan Tang really dares to raise a knife at my Xie family?"
Even after many years, the Xie family lives on the side of Jiangzhou, and the children no longer enter the court as officials, but if Yan Chai wants to risk the disapproval of the world to make a move on the Xie family, it will still cause criticism, which is not like the day when Taizu killed some family members in exchange for infamy, and scared a cadre of students who are unwilling to be a functional.
If Yan Chai wants to destroy the Xie family, there are many Jiangzhou students who are willing to run for the Xie family, and then there will be no Taiping for decades in the rivers and mountains of Guannei, I am afraid that it will fall into war again.
If Yan Chai was smart, he shouldn't have done such a thing.
Xie Lizhen's words came out, and the rest of the people stared at Master Xie, who took a sip of tea, pinched his cuffs and slowly put the teacup on the table next to him.
Such a simple action was done by him, but it was as popular as it was, showing the etiquette of the Xie family.
Now that it is a critical moment, Wang Jiefu's words made the younger generations look sad, but Master Xie is neither humble nor arrogant, neither afraid and worried about the impending danger, nor anxious about the Yuwen clan being attacked by the 'remnants' of the Ling clan in the past.
He knelt on the cushion and glanced at his eldest son:
"Weizhi, you have lost your manners."
Master Xie was not in a hurry to talk about the danger of the Xie family, but first taught his son manners and etiquette.
Xie Lizhen took a deep breath, lowered his head, and after admitting his mistake, Master Xie smiled:
"Jiefu's saying that killing chickens and respecting monkeys makes sense, but the purpose of killing chickens and respecting monkeys is to make monkeys afraid." He glanced at the Xie clan people in the pavilion, and his tone was gentle:
"If you panic, you're in the hands of others. Now it is Yuwen who is surrounded, which proves that the emperor still has scruples in his heart, otherwise today's 'remnants of the Ling family' will break into the Xie family's genealogy. His smile revealed a bit of contempt, "The Xie family has been inherited to this day, and it is not without ups and downs. ”
He turned his head to look at the head, everyone sat on the ground around the fireplace, lined up on both sides, and now the Xie family is already the head of the family, but above the main seat, he still has an empty position, where Zhao Guotai's wife Cui Shi once sit.
Mrs. Zhao Guo has been dead for a year, but her shadow is still everywhere in the Xie family.
"When my mother was alive, everything was already settled."
After Master Xie said this, he seemed to be caught in his memories and stopped talking.
In the ethnology of the Yuwen clan that day, a total of more than 50 people were arrested by the 'remnants of the Ling clan'.
In addition to the disciples of the Yuwen clan, there were also scholars from all over the Jiangnan who went to the Yuwen family to study, and the sons of some Jiangling officials.
After the 'remnants' of the Zhongxin County Palace's palace were caught, they brutally killed more than 50 people and threw their bodies into the river. (To be continued.) )