Brother Yang scratched his head, not knowing how to answer.

For him, he completely disdains those door views, rules and etiquette.

Of course, only for the people he cares about.

If other people want to "unruly" in front of him, there is a good chance that he will be cut badly.

Brother Ping is his eldest brother, and he is the person he respects the most in this world, except for his father and mother.

He didn't think that there would be anything wrong with what Brother Ping was doing.

“…… Uh, maybe it's the best of the best? Brother Yang smiled and helped Brother Ping speak.

The defense of men and women in Daqi has not yet been as strict as in later generations, but it has begun to take shape.

Generally, men and women, unless it is a good family, can come and go more freely.

For example, Zhu Susu and An Zichang's daughter Sister Zheng has a close relationship with several children of the Xiao family, and it doesn't matter if they usually go in and out together, because the An family and the Xiao family are good friends.

There are also children of relatives. For example, Du Hengxue's son and daughter, as well as Xiao Yanran's son and daughter, come to Xiao's house as a guest, and they don't have to shy away too much.

And Xiao Shiji thought about it, but he couldn't think of any relatives they had, or friends who were good friends in the family, so that Brother Ping could bring the girls to the house alone to let them see each other.

"Someone we know?" Xiao Shiji asked hesitantly. After all, in his heart, he also knew that Brother Lu Daoping was not the kind of person who did not distinguish between importance and importance, let alone a person like Brother Yang, who did not hit the south wall and did not look back.

Brother Yang hurriedly said: "I don't know this. Dad, don't be in a hurry to get angry. Maybe it's not that serious. Again. The eldest brother only mentioned it in the letter, and the eldest brother couldn't make up his mind, so he thought about whether to bring it back to his father and mother to see. ”

Xiao Shiji breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that Brother Ping is still very stable and has not been carried away.

"Your eldest brother is better than you! Don't frown! Xiao Shiji's expression perked up, glared at Brother Yang, and said, "You kid, the patrol task has not been completed, so you ran back for this little thing?" How do I teach you on a daily basis? Have you forgotten?! ”

Brother Yang jumped up with an "ah". Patted his head. He laughed: "Exactly." Dad scolded well, I almost missed the right thing. ”

He hurriedly ran back from Mobei's defense line, of course, not especially for Brother Ping'er's business.

Besides, Brother Ping even wants to go home. It's not going to be back soon. It is said that it will be the New Year at the earliest. He didn't have to forget about business for the sake of what would happen in two or three months.

"Say it! Your kid is really itchy, and he won't fight for three days. Isn't it true that the roof is uncovered?! Xiao Shiji couldn't wait to kick Brother Yang.

Brother Yang smiled and rushed to the side, dodging Xiao Shiji's "shadowless feet", and said in a low voice: "Dad, that's the case, I was patrolling Mobei and accidentally caught a Turkic deserter, and from his mouth, I knew some things about the Turkic royal court. ”

Since the last time, Xiao Shi and the Golden Wolf Cavalry led by Jieli Khan with the Xuanjia Army were all wiped out, the Turks have been much more honest, and the Turkic royal court cowering in the depths of the desert did not dare to cause trouble as before.

Occasionally, when I came out, I thought that Fan Yang would come to play in the paddock, but Xiao Shihe and his sons were all obedient, and they didn't dare to have any dissent.

There is the Chai family stationed on the Qinzhou side, echoing Xiao Shi and this side, forming a strong defense line, firmly guarding the border of Daqi and not being invaded by the Turks.

For the Turkic royal court, Xiao Shiji is no longer so concerned.

He sat back behind the bookcase and glanced at Brother Yang, "Let them fight." - It's best to lose both. ”

The succession to the throne of the Turkic court was even more barbaric and bloody than that of the Great Qi.

They pay attention to the death of the father and the succession of the son, and the death of the brother and the brother. It is common for a mother-in-law to remarry her stepson and a sister-in-law to remarry her younger brother.

Because the heirs to the throne inherited these women as if they were cattle and sheep.

Since he inherited the position of father/brother, all his possessions, including gold and silver, cattle and sheep, and women, except for his biological mother, were inherited by the later ones.

Jieli Khan inherited his brother's position, and of course inherited his brother's two keduns, both of whom were princesses of the former Great Zhou, Princess Chaoyi and Princess Chaoyang.

Princess Chaoyang was originally married to An Zichang's uncle. Later, because An Zichang was not angry with Emperor Dezhen of the previous dynasty to "give marriage" to his father, he killed the monarch in anger, and therefore formed a blood feud with Princess Chaoyang.

In order to take revenge on the An family, Princess Chaoyang pushed her ten-year-old biological son An Zichan, who was born for the An family, to the anti-thief Dou De at that time, and was cut off by Dou De, which in turn annoyed An Zichang.

When the two were first built in Daqi, they sent people to assassinate, chase and kill each other, and fought for seven or eight years, and the most difficult thing was because Princess Chaoyun, the little sister of Princess Chaoyang, loved An Zichang deeply, and reminded him at the cost of her life, so that An Zichang had a chance to turn over, and chased Princess Chaoyang and her group to the land of Daqi and could not survive.

Princess Chaoyi had already remarried twice at that time and was preparing to remarry a third time.

Seeing that Princess Chaoyang was coming to join her, she persuaded Princess Chaoyang to remarry the new Turkic Khan Jieli together.

This was all after Du Hengshuang led wild horses to break the Turkic Golden Wolf Special Horse in Qinzhou and killed the old Khan at that time with an arrow.

Princess Chaoyang, who ran to the Turkic court in the depths of the desert and hid, and the princess of Chaoyi, who wanted to restore the country for the Great Zhou Dynasty and eliminate the group of "chaotic ministers and thieves" of Daqi, joined forces and began to influence the power of the Turkic royal court, and supported many factions in the Turkic royal court.

Although the original intention of these two princesses was not to weaken the Turkic court, the direction of events was often not subject to the subjective will of people. The so-called "good intentions do bad things" abound.

Xiao Shiji and Chai Sichang of Qinzhou have been watching the infighting in the Turkic royal court coldly, and they don't want to interfere.

But this time, the news that Brother Yang brought back was not trivial.

"I caught that Turkic deserter. After the overnight interrogation, he felt that it was too strange, so he couldn't help but sneak to the place where the Turkic royal court was located to find out the news. As far as I know, the two princesses of the former Great Zhou Dynasty finally achieved the most difficult victory. They have mastered the power of the three most elite tribes of the Turks, and with their support, they are actively planning to get through the connection with the big cannibals further west, and plan to cooperate with the elite division of the big cannibals to go south together and join forces to divide our Great Qi! Brother Yang walked to the front of Xiao Shihe and the map behind him, and pointed out the location of Xiao Shihe's big food.

Xiao Shihe looked back in amazement. "Big food?! - They actually want to join forces to eat?! ”

Although the Great Food Country and the Great Qi are far apart. But the prestige of the Great Cannibal army has spread to Daqi. In recent years, the Great Food has produced a majestic king, proficient in the art of war, able to fight well, and attack everywhere. They have included all the countries around them in the Great Eclipse Territory. their gaze. It has already thrown itself into the southeast and northwest of the Great Food Country. Extremely ambitious.

"Yes. If there were only the Turks, we would have knocked them down, and of course we don't have to take them seriously. But if they join forces with the Great Cannibals. But it's very prickly. For the first time, Brother Yang was worried.

Xiao Shiji frowned and began to think about this question.

Brother Yang looked at him nervously, and he didn't dare to come out.

After a long while, Xiao Shiji's voice broke the silence in the study and asked him, "Brother Yang, you say, what should we do?" ”

Hearing his father ask like this, Brother Yang'er's eyes lit up.

He knew that when a father has an idea, he will ask his subordinates like this to see if his subordinates can think of it with him, and at the same time listen to the opinions of his subordinates and check and fill in the gaps.

Brother Yang coughed and lowered his voice: "I do have an idea. As he spoke, he walked closer to the map, and took a picture of his head at the position of the Turkic royal court, "Here, simply destroy them once and for all." Take this place back...... "He drew a circle on the vast land where the Turkic royal court had shrunk down, "setting up a feudal town here will become an outpost of Daqi to resist the Great Eclipse, and it will also provide Daqi with enough depth." Even if the Great Eclipse really breaks the defense line one day, we can drag them to death by dragging them in depth. ”

The corners of Xiao Shiji's mouth slowly turned up, and an appreciative smile appeared on his face.

"Yes, you kid has some brains. - Since the Turks are not willing to stay in the depths of the desert honestly, and have to do something at the instigation of those two women, we can't keep them any longer. Xiao Shiji stood up, looked at the vast land, and said with high spirits: "This time, it's time for us to make contributions to Daqi and expand the territory!" Do a good job, our Xiao family will be able to survive forever in Daqi! ”

Of course, if you don't do it well, the whole family will be buried in the smoke and sand of this desert.

Brother Yang, like Xiao Shiji, has a very strong spirit of attack, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "I'm with my father!" Then he hesitated and said, "...... Do you want to send your mother, brothers, aunts, uncles, sisters-in-law and uncles away? ”

If there is danger, there is no need to bury them with them.

Xiao Shiji sighed: "It's too early to say this. The first important thing for us is to obtain the permission of His Majesty before we can really prepare for the conquest of the Turkic royal court. You have to know the ...... of the road."

"Knowing the way, knowing the way! - The army has not moved, and the grain and grass go first, right? Brother Yang rolled his eyes, "Actually, we are going to fight the Turks, not to conquer Jiangnan." Grab more cattle and sheep along the way, and eat all the way. What are you worried about? ”

Xiao Shiji smiled and shook his head, "You're still a little tender." Before fighting, in addition to considering the possibility of defeat, we should also consider the question of how to deal with ourselves after victory. - You must know that people who serve in the army will not survive if they always lose battles, but they will not survive if they always win battles. ”

Brother Yang stared slightly, and then thought of the words "Gong Gao Zhen Lord", and couldn't help but say deflated: "...... Why is this happening? ”

"Nothing." Xiao Shiji smiled, "I couldn't figure it out before. But now that I'm sitting in this position, I'm starting to understand the thinking of the person sitting in that position. - Any reasonable suspicion of subordinates is normal. Sitting in that position under His Majesty, unless you are a fool, you will not trust others so easily. The human heart is inherently fickle. Today is a loyal minister, tomorrow may have changed. Besides, don't forget, how the Emperor Taishang raised troops. If he hadn't won so many battles and had a good reputation, he wouldn't have succeeded more easily than others. ”

Brother Yang is a young man in the end, and he does not have the stability and old age that Xiao Shihe has trained over the years. He pursed his lips and said, "We don't want to sit in that position, otherwise we ......."

Xiao Shiji glanced at him, "Nonsense! Can this kind of thing be said nonsense? - Do you think it's great to sit in that position? Think about it, how many times have emperors changed in the past thousand years? But those families can be safely preserved. Our family has a thin foundation, and once we lose power, our whole family will be destroyed. This business is really not cost-effective. ”

Brother Yang made a grimace, "Dad, I'll talk about it in front of you, don't be angry." As he spoke, he came over to Xiao Shihe and pinched his shoulder.

Xiao Shiji pushed him away with a smile, "You go out first, don't talk to anyone." I'm going back to Chang'an to discuss with your Uncle An. ”

Seeing that His Majesty is going to fail, he should also do something to determine what he and An Zichang planned at the beginning of this alternation of the old and the new.

To fight the Turks, the most important thing is, of course, to eliminate hidden dangers for the Great Qi and expand the territory of the country. However, it will inevitably bring benefits to the Xiao family. ——Those private soldiers of the Xiao family, this time, will officially serve under him and become their Xiao family's generals!

……

At this time, in Chang'an's Jingzhao Yin Mansion, Xu Shao was also sitting in front of the bookcase, looking at the mahogany box in front of him with a solemn face. It was a very ordinary makeup box, and he looked at it for a long time, but he didn't find any mechanism, and then he opened it carefully.

In the box, there was a very delicate bracelet inlaid with gold and jade.

This bracelet, he remembers very well. used to be his original wife, owned by the county lord of the former Great Zhou. And she deliberately used it to communicate information with people.

Xu Shao stretched out his trembling hand and gently unscrewed the gold-inlaid jade link, and sure enough, he saw a small paper scroll inside.

So thin, so small, curled up in a hollow row of red gold chains.

"It's so deceitful!" Xu Shao snapped the gold-inlaid jade bracelet into several pieces, and then threw all the pieces into the smoke cage and continued to burn.

"Someone!" Xu Shao called in the study.

The scholar came in and asked, "What do you command?" ”

"Who sent this box today?" Xu Shao asked, pointing to the mahogany dowry box on the table.

"According to Menzi, it was sent by Xiao Yiping, the eldest son of Xiao Shiji, the Duke of Zhuguo." That's why it can be successfully delivered to Xu Shao's desk.

"Brother Ping?!" Xu Shao was stunned, "How could it be him?" "Could it be that Xiao Shiji already knows what happened back then?

However, if he knew the truth, why didn't he come and question him himself, and give such an important thing to his eldest son, and then to him?

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There is only one shift today. There's something going on at home. I'm taking a day off tomorrow. The day after tomorrow. Hold your head and run away~~~

…… (To be continued......)

PS: Well, folks who are short of books, you can go and read my final book. Smoke and Water Cold, Rebirth Space Code and Walking with the Son, these three books are a series, and they are all ancient sayings. Mending Heaven is a separate, fantasy suspense story. It's not long, it's much shorter than the original. O(∩_∩)O