The sky became darker and darker, and the old marquis never let people light the lamp, which made the facial outlines of everyone in the room seem a little blurred.

"Master Hou, it is not easy for the imperial court to accept us." Uncle Meng sighed lightly: "The second master is a hostage in Kyoto, and he sent someone over to say that many officials in Kyoto have a lot of criticism of the Xiling family in private, and some people even say that we want to divide the territory and stand on our own, although the sage ignored those folds, but also did not punish those officials who folded, so it can be seen that the saint is not completely opposed to those folds." ”

Yuwen Chengling nodded and said: "Father, in the past ten years, the criticism of the Xiling family has never been interrupted, and people who have been to Kyoto have come back and said that the Kyoto theater compiled the matter of capturing the Khan on a snowy night into a script, and the Black Feather General is naturally majestic on the stage, but we Xiling family are said to be shrunken turtles." He sneered and said, "It seems that the Wutuo people were repelled back then, and it was all the work of General Hei Yu alone, and our Xiling family had no merit." ”

The old marquis said lightly: "The best way to get the court to accept us is naturally to show loyalty to the court, and the best way to show loyalty is to make great contributions to the court." ”

"Master Hou, how to make a great contribution?"

"These two secret letters are our chance to make meritorious contributions." The old marquis's eyes were deep, and his expression was cold: "The Zhen family colluded with the Vedas and defected to the enemy and treason, if we help the court solve these rebellions, the saint will naturally be a great joy of the sacred heart, and our relationship with the court will also be reversed." ”

The white shopkeeper has already said with a smile: "Master Hou is strategizing, and his wisdom is far-reaching. In the eyes of the imperial court, the three major families of Xiling have always been regarded as one party, if we eradicate the Zhen family, or even escort these rebels into Beijing, the imperial court will definitely feel that our Yuwen family is loyal to the Tang Dynasty and does not protect the Zhen family, and it can also be used to block the mouths of those who criticize the Yuwen family. He raised his hand and stroked his beard and said: "Even if these two secret letters are handed over to the imperial court, the imperial court has scruples and will not act rashly against the Zhen family, but if we solve this matter on behalf of the imperial court, and then hand over the evidence and rebellion to the imperial court, and at the same time implore the sage to issue an order to send the Tang army to Xiling, what do you think the sage will think?" ”

There was silence in the room.

After a while, Uncle Meng said: "Even so, there is no guarantee that the imperial court will not settle accounts after the autumn." ”

"The saint is willing to see the faithfulness of his courtiers to him." The old marquis said: "In the hearts of the saints, there have always been two heart diseases, one is our Xiling, and the other is Southern Xinjiang. We have taken the initiative to show our loyalty to the imperial court, and we have made such a meritorious service, how can the saints turn a blind eye? ”

Yuwen Chengchao said: "Father, in this way, we can not only show our loyalty to the imperial court, but also allow the Tang army to enter Xiling and prepare to deal with the Wutuo people in advance, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone." ”

Yuan Shangyu never dared to speak, and finally said at this time: "Master Hou, don't say that the Zhen family has surrendered to the enemy, even if it has not surrendered to the enemy, the soldiers and horses of the three major families of Xiling have gathered together, and there are less than 3,000 people, and this amount of strength is vulnerable in front of the Vedic people." Before the Vedas were killed, we could not recruit soldiers and horses at all, otherwise there would definitely be people in the court who slandered us as plotting rebellion. However, it was too late to recruit soldiers and horses when the Vedas came to kill, and the soldiers recruited temporarily were just a rabble, unable to fight the Vedas at all. After a pause, he said: "If you want to protect Xiling, you can only let the Tang army station." ”

"Qin Xiao, what do you think?" The white shopkeeper suddenly asked.

Qin Xiao raised his head, thought for a moment, and then said: "The Zhen family's surrender to the enemy, as the old marquis said, is one to us

A godsend. Eradicating the Zhen family can not only clean up the threat behind us, but also ask the court for credit, killing two birds with one stone. ”

"The strength of the Zhen family is not weak." Yuwen Chengling said: "Their wolf riders are brave and good at fighting, and they should not be taken lightly. ”

The white shopkeeper stroked his beard and smiled: "Don't forget, there are still ten days, that is, the day of the mountain sacrifice, the major families of Xiling will come to Yuwen County, the Zhen family naturally does not know that we have insight into their actions to join the enemy, if nothing else, Zhen Huaqing will definitely come to the mountain in person, and at that time, it is a good time for us to make a move." ”

"Not bad." Yuwen Chengchao clenched his fists, and his eyes flashed: "If the Zhen family wants to come to the mountain, they can't bring all the eight hundred wolf riders into our territory, and it is easy to eradicate them." ”

Uncle Meng frowned and said, "Zhen Yujiang was stabbed ...... last time!" Glancing at Qin Xiao, he continued: "After that incident, the Zhen family will definitely be more careful. As far as I know, the Zhen family has secretly raised many masters over the years, and I heard that Shi Ling, the leader of the wolf cavalry, is a master of martial arts, even if the wolf cavalry will not bring them all, the protection force of the Zhen family on this trip must not be underestimated. Also, what is the attitude of the Fan family, we don't know yet, Master Hou, the Zhen family has surrendered to the enemy, whether they want to secretly communicate with the Fan family, and when the time comes, we will join forces with the Fan family, and we will be able to wipe out the Zhen family. ”

"Uncle, Master Hou also thought about discussing this matter with the Fan family." The white shopkeeper's expression became serious: "But I have discussed it with the Hou Ye again and again, and I feel that there is no need to communicate with the Fan family for the time being, so as not to cause extraneous complications." The strength of the Fan family is far inferior to us and the Zhen family, and we don't know what they think in their hearts, people's hearts are separated from each other, if our plan is known by the Fan family, if the Fan family leaks the news, things will be very bad. After a pause, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "And this time the credit for eliminating the Zhen family, why should we share it with the Fan family?" The only credit, our Yuwen family got it ourselves, but there is no need to divide it into two. ”

Uncle Meng smiled: "What Jing Zhai said is very true. ”

"If you have no opinion, the Zhen family will be eliminated, and it will be set on the day of the mountain sacrifice." The white shopkeeper said: "Commander Yuan, you are the general of the army, and it will be your White Tiger Battalion who will be responsible for the action at that time, how to act, you can think about it in the past two days, and after coming up with a foolproof plan, you will report to the Hou Ye." ”

At this time, Qin Xiao finally knew why the old marquis would summon himself and Yuan Shangyu to such an important meeting today, but he had already decided to attack the Zhen family on the day of the mountain sacrifice.

At this meeting, the deputy commander Su Chao was not called, obviously because he didn't want too many people to know about it, and he could summon himself over, but it also proved that the Yuwen family did trust him very much, otherwise it would be impossible for him to participate in such an important and confidential meeting.

Qin Xiao glanced at the white shopkeeper, but his heart was slightly cold.

Today's situation can be said to be planned by the white shopkeeper.

The two secret letters were forged by the white shopkeeper himself, which caused the hostility of the Yuwen family to the Zhen family, Qin Xiao knew very well in his heart that he took the opportunity to attack the Zhen family by sacrificing the mountain, and it must have been made by the white shopkeeper for the old marquis.

I was able to participate in this meeting, in addition to the fact that Wutuo and his party did make great contributions to the Yuwen family and gained the trust of the Yuwen family, there was another reason, I am afraid that the white shopkeeper praised himself a lot in the ears of the Hou Ye, and today he had the opportunity to enter the secret meeting of the Yuwen family.

If the Zhen family is defeated in the end, it will really be given by the white shopkeeper.

Qin Xiao is scheming to the shopkeeper

It's a chill, fortunately, now the position of the white shopkeeper is the same, the purpose of the two is to get rid of the Zhen family, at least so far, the relationship between the two is friend and not enemy, if one day the two become enemies, the white shopkeeper is his opponent, Qin Xiao really feels that the white shopkeeper is a terrible enemy.

"Before you do it, naturally you can't let the Zhen family notice it in the slightest." Yuan Shangyu said solemnly: "What my uncle said is not wrong, the Zhen family also has many masters, and the strength of the wolf rider is not weak, once they are prepared, when the time comes, the two sides will fight head-on, even if we can wipe them out, we will suffer heavy losses." ”

The old marquis bowed his head and said: "Shang Yu is reasonable. ”

"Master Hou, my subordinates should think of countermeasures as soon as possible and make careful arrangements." Yuan Shangyu got up and arched his hand: "This time, we will definitely wipe out the Zhen family at the lowest cost." ”

In order to raise soldiers for a thousand days and use soldiers for a while, Yuan Shangyu knew very well in his heart that the Yuwen family spent a lot of money to build the White Tiger Battalion, and made the White Tiger Battalion the strongest hole card of the language writer at any cost.

This time, you can only win, not lose.

Qin Xiao thought to himself, this time the Yuwen family had a careful plan, and the Zhen family naturally knew nothing about it, they couldn't have thought that someone would forge a secret letter to frame them for treason, so it was impossible to have any awareness of the impending doom.

With the intention of not having the heart, and it is still on the territory of the Yuwen family, the Zhen family can be regarded as inevitable.

Changxin Hou Zhen Huaqing will naturally come to participate in the mountain sacrifice, he only hopes that Zhen Yujiang will not be absent, once he does it, Qin Xiao wants to be able to cut off Zhen Yujiang's head with his own hands, so that not only can he get rid of an evil, but also avenge the Hu Butcher's family, so that the miserable family can also be blind.

The old marquis is very old, after the meeting, he went to rest, Qin Xiao wanted to go back to the camp directly with Yuan Shangyu, but Yuwen Chengchao stopped and said, "Qin Xiao, you wait a minute." He said to Yuan Shangyu again: "Father rewarded Qin Xiao with a house, today you go to the city, just go and see together." ”

Yuan Shangyu said with a smile: "Qin Riding School, Master Hou is rewarded, you have to thank him for the old man." Eldest son, I won't go there today, and I'll bring wine to He Qin Riding School when I have time. He patted Qin Xiao on the shoulder, and then bowed his hand to Yuwen Chengchao.

Yuwen Chengchao smiled at Qin Xiao at this time: "You don't want to live next door to the white shopkeeper, and you will make your wish come true today." Qin Xiao hadn't thanked him yet, and the voice of the white shopkeeper came from behind: "I guessed that it was you, someone has cleaned up the house next door in the past two days, I estimate that someone is going to move in, and the eldest prince also went over to see it in person, although I didn't ask, but I thought in my heart, nine times out of ten I will reward you with that house." As he spoke, he could hear the sound of wheels, Qin Xiao turned his head to look, and saw the white shopkeeper sitting on the wheels, and the wheelchair rolled automatically and came over this way.

Qin Xiao was surprised: "Can this chair still roll on its own?" ”

"This is the father found a master to build." Yuwen Chengchao said with a smile: "The master who built the wheelchair has a relationship with the public loser and learned some tricks. ”

Qin Xiao thought to himself that there are indeed a lot of masters, but no matter how good such a chair is, it is not worthy of envy, although the white shopkeeper has planned a careful plan, but he also paid a pair of legs as a price, since the Yuwen family has spent great effort to create such a wheelchair for the white shopkeeper, that is to say, in a short period of time, it is impossible for the white shopkeeper to stand up, and maybe he can only live in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.