Yuwen Chengchao's heart was cold, although he knew that the old marquis had become more and more cold to him over the years, but he didn't expect that the old marquis would make himself the enemy of the Yuwen family.

He and Yuwen Chengling have long been out of harmony, and now they still care about a trace of brotherhood, which is nothing more than a very harmonious relationship between brothers when they were young, and the past love makes him unable to really hate Yuwen Chengling.

Most importantly, although he suspected that the people behind the attack by the Tusun people were probably Tusunians, there was no evidence to confirm.

Maybe deep down, he didn't want to kill each other.

But if he is really sure that Uncle Meng is the mastermind behind the scenes, and Yuwen Chengling is also involved, then the brotherly love will come to an end.

Yuwen Chengchao is not a reckless man, although he is shocked in his heart, he knows that things must not be so simple, and the old marquis must have a deep meaning when he does this.

He knew that since the old marquis said these things tonight, he would inevitably give an explanation to himself, so he didn't say anything, he just wanted to know what the old marquis had to say.

"Zhen Huaqing has a sentence that is not wrong." Old Marquis Yuwen looked up at the night sky, put his hands behind his back, and said slowly: "For more than ten years, I have been afraid, afraid that the imperial court will settle accounts after the autumn. ”

Although he survived the attack, he lost several brothers who lived with him day and night.

Yuwen Chengchao had to admit that what the old marquis said was not wrong, if he was really expelled from the Yuwen family, and was taken away by Yuwen Chengling and Uncle Meng, and the real culprit of that attack was Yuwen Chengling, he was bound to be inseparable from the Yuwen family controlled by Yuwen Chengling.

Why did the old marquis let things develop to such an irreversible point?

"Yes, we want to protect our lives, and we don't want the Wutuo people to be ruined after they enter Xiling." The old marquis of Yuwen smiled bitterly: "So we have reached an agreement privately with several major families, and even secretly negotiated with the Vedic people, they promised that as long as we absolutely guarantee the support of the army, after the Vedic Iron Cavalry captures Xiling, they will not only not embarrass us, but will also give us a reward." At that time, we only thought that Xiling would fall, so we made a big mistake. ”

"The imperial court sent someone to negotiate with you, and you finally reached the conditions and supported the capital protection army." Yuwen Chengchao said: "The conditions you put forward are naturally a bigger mistake. ”

Old Marquis Yuwen bowed his head and said, "Not bad." The imperial court sent an envoy to persuade us to support the Du Hu army, we were in a dilemma, after discussion, I felt that compared to the Tang Dynasty, the Vedas could not be trusted, the Vedic people made a promise to us, just hope that the Du Hu army has no backup, they can defeat the Du Hu army faster. If they swallow Xiling, they are likely to backtrack. However, the envoy of the imperial court said that he could understand why we did not support the capital protection army, and said that the imperial court would never be dissatisfied with us in the slightest because of this, let alone settle accounts after the autumn. He sighed and said, "If we had taken the initiative to ask the court for guilt at that time, and then tried our best to support the Du Hu army, we might really be able to make the court open up." ”

Yuwen Chengchao's face was solemn.

"Do you know why we had to reach an agreement with the imperial court back then, so that the Tang army would withdraw from Xiling, and we would take charge of Xiling?" Old Marquis Yuwen sighed: "In the end, we have made one mistake, and we can only make up for the previous mistake with another bigger mistake. ”

Yuwen Chengchao said: "The first mistake my father said naturally refers to not supporting the Xiling Capital Protector in time back then? ”

"At that time, we did this because we were worried that after the Wutuo people were repulsed, if Xiling was still under the control of the imperial court, we would inevitably have to settle accounts after the autumn, and at that time, our Xiling family would also be in a catastrophe." The old marquis said: "In order to protect ourselves, we can only put forward such conditions to the imperial court. At that time, the Tang army was unable to provide support to the Duhu army, so it could only rely on us, and in the hearts of the imperial court, it was better for Xiling to be controlled by our family than to be swallowed by the Wutuos, so they agreed to our conditions, and because of this, we have laid the root of our own trouble. ”

Yuwen Chengchao sighed: "So for more than ten years, the three major families of Xiling have been worried about the imperial court settling accounts after the autumn, and they dare not let the imperial court control Xiling. ”

"In the past ten years, the Xiling family has caused many complaints from the people." The old marquis said: "If this situation continues, there is no need for the imperial court to take action, and the people of Xiling will be in chaos themselves." He smiled coldly and said: "The imperial court has not done anything in Xiling over the years, especially the Black Feather General, who was forced to withdraw from Xiling by the will of the imperial court, but why didn't he want to return to Xiling for a day?" Back then, it was because we didn't support in time that the Duhu army suffered heavy losses, and even that Xia Duhu died in Xiling. The soldiers of the Immortal Army, but count that blood debt on the heads of our Xiling family. ”

Yuwen Chengchao naturally knew about that past.

The Xiling Gate Lords finally proposed to the imperial court that after repelling the Vedos, the Tang army needed to withdraw from Xiling and keep the capital to protect the mansion and give

Give the Xiling family many rights, and even have a team of pro-soldiers.

"The enmity between General Black Feather and us cannot be solved in this life." The old marquis sighed: "He has long been canonized as a second-rank general, but he still has to deign to sit in Jiebei Mansion, saying that he is to beware of the Tusun people in the north, but in fact, he is just to keep an eye on us." I know very well in my heart that the imperial court may not attack Xiling in recent years, but as long as Murong in southern Xinjiang is solved, it will definitely be Xiling's turn next, and the imperial court will definitely take action against Xiling at that time, and the Yuwen family will bear the brunt of the first target of the imperial court. Gazing at Yuwen Chengchao, he asked, "At that time, I may no longer be alive, if you inherit the title and become the patriarch of the Yuwen family, what will you face?" ”

Yuwen Chengchao's body was shocked, and he suddenly realized something.

"The Yuwen family can't be extinct." The old marquis said slowly: "Although Chengling is smart, he has been pampered since he was a child, and he has no ability to take charge alone. If the Yuwen family wants to continue, you can only bear this burden. ”

Yuwen Chengchao's face was solemn, and he finally said: "Father, this time we exterminate the Zhen family, will General Hei Yu do something to us behind our backs?" ”

"That's not for sure." The old marquis narrowed his eyes slightly: "General Hei Yu and Kyoto Yutai are sworn brothers, and that great commander is deeply favored by the saint..... After pondering for a while, he finally said: "Instead of sitting and waiting, we found an opportunity this time, just to gamble, and only hope that the saint will be wise so that we can redeem our merits." ”

Yuwen Chengchao also knew in his heart that this time he would do something to the Zhen family to show loyalty to the imperial court, but it was impossible to determine what kind of decision the imperial court made.

One day, the imperial court really wants to attack the Yuwen family, and Yuwen Chengling and others will naturally be unable to escape death, but Yuwen Chengchao will naturally not be held accountable by the court because he has severed relations with the Yuwen family and even become the enemy of the Yuwen family.

The old marquis dotes on Yuwen

Chengling, and even the family business is called in the hands of Yuwen Chengling, just to protect Yuwen Chengling.

As soon as these words came out, Yuwen Chengchao suddenly realized that he finally understood the good intentions of the old marquis.

The old marquis has favored one over the other over the years, just because his vision is too long-term, and he expects that the Yuwen family will not escape the fate of being settled by the imperial court after all.

snubbed Yuwen Chengchao, and even planned to expel Yuwen Chengchao from the house, creating a situation where the two brothers were incompatible, which naturally wanted Yuwen Chengchao to completely sever the relationship with the Yuwen family.

Yuwen Chengchao hurriedly went over to help the old marquis, patted him on the back, and said, "Father, it's windy outside, so let's go back to the tent to rest." ”

"Chengchao, there is something I still have to tell you." The old marquis held Yuwen Chengchao's wrist, looked at Yuwen Chengchao and said: "My health has been getting worse and worse, I secretly called the doctor to see it, and it will be .....a year and a half at most!"

Yuwen Chengchao's face changed slightly, and the old marquis didn't wait for him to speak, he had already said: "If you can survive the catastrophe this time, the Yuwen family will be handed over to you in the future." You have to promise me that if you become the patriarch of the Yuwen family, you must not embarrass Chengling, he is your brother after all. ”

Even if Yuwen Chengchao is expelled from the Yuwen family, it is still the blood of the Yuwen family that flows in his body, if the Yuwen family really collapses one day, at least there is still a vein of Yuwen Chengchao that can continue the bloodline of the Yuwen family, and there is still a chance to revive the Yuwen family.

"Father.....!" Yuwen Chengchao's voice was already choked.

The old marquis patted Yuwen Chengchao on the shoulder and said, "That's the worst plan, it's not a last resort, and I don't want to go that far." Now we have the opportunity to gamble on a game, and this time I have already bet the entire Yuwen family on it, hoping that God will bless and let the Yuwen family escape the catastrophe. At this point, he suddenly coughed.

"No, it won't." The old marquis said: "He has elite cavalry guards under him, and no one dares to attack him along the way." Looking up at the night sky, and then at the Fanjia camp, his brows were locked, and at this moment, he heard an exclamation from the south: "There are cavalry, there are cavalry, there are cavalry, there are cavalry, on alert!" ”

Yuwen Chengchao's face changed slightly, and he glanced at the old marquis of Yuwen, and saw that the old marquis was quite calm, and said in a low voice: "Father, is it that someone from the Fan family has arrived?" ”

The elite tiger cavalry in the camp had quickly mounted their horses and converged to the south of the camp, and in just a few moments, the tiger cavalry had formed a cavalry human wall.

"Father, don't worry, I never thought of embarrassing him." Yuwen Chengchao sighed.

"Then I'm relieved." The old marquis coughed again, looked up to the west, and frowned: "It's almost ugly, it's only two or three hours before dawn, why haven't the people of the Fan family arrived yet?" ”

Yuwen Chengchao also raised his eyes and frowned: "Father, could it be that something happened to the Fan family in the middle of the road?" ”

Yuwen Chengchao passed through the human wall composed of cavalry, looked at the past, and under the moonlight, he saw the cavalry lined up in the distance, black and pressed, not to mention five or six hundred horsemen.

"They're only here now?" Old Marquis Yuwen breathed a sigh of relief: "Just let Old Man Fan jointly write a book." ”

"Master Hou, there is something wrong with that cavalry." Qin Xiao, who was beside Yuan Shangyu, said: "They are a hundred steps away from the camp, but they stopped over there, lined up in formation, and did not come, and there was no sign of leaving. ”

When Yuwen Chengchao and Yuwen Old Marquis came here, Yuan Shangyu had already stepped forward and said, "Hou Ye, eldest prince, a team of cavalry suddenly appeared in the south, with a lot of people, it seems to be the soldiers and horses of the Fan family. ”

At this moment, I heard the neighing of the war horses on the side of the Zhen family's camp, and a group of cavalry was moving rapidly from that side to this side, Yuwen Chengchao frowned, and Yuan Shangyu approached and whispered: "The eldest prince, my subordinates feel that the situation is not right, so they transferred soldiers and horses from there." ”

Yuwen Chengchao nodded slightly, and ordered: "Before you figure out the situation, don't act rashly." ”