Under the moonlight, talk about wine at night.

Fan Ziqi smiled, but the expression of the old marquis of Yuwen was already cold, and he said lightly: "I have the evidence of the Zhen family's rebellion in my hand, and the imperial court has given us the power to suppress thieves. The so-called thieves, that is, any rebellious ministers and thieves who are disloyal to the court, the Zhen family is disloyal, and they are also traitors, so they can naturally be exterminated. ”

"Brother misunderstood me." Fan Ziqi said: "I mean, it's not that you can't suppress thieves. In the past ten years, there are not a few thieves in Xiling, and we have never connived at those rebels. After a pause, his expression became cold: "If the Zhen family really harbors the intention of rebellion, or even defects to the enemy and treason, then of course it must be exterminated." ”

Old Marquis Yuwen frowned, stared at Fan Ziqi, and asked, "What do you mean by this?" Isn't it okay to cut it first and then come up with evidence? This kind of thing, if the news leaks and the Zhen family is prepared, it will be difficult to eradicate it. I am planning for the imperial court to extinguish the disaster before the Zhen family rebels. ”

Fan Ziqi bowed his head and said, "I understand what my brother means. The elder brother was worried about handing over the evidence to the imperial court, and the imperial court only relied on those two secret letters to convict the Zhen family, and the imperial court was more worried that reckless actions would lead to turmoil in Xiling, so it was likely to be patient. The elder brother was worried about the court, so he cut it first and then played it, and did what the court did not dare to do easily, so that he could not only get rid of the traitors, but also let the Yuwen family be appreciated by the court, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

Old Marquis Yuwen said: "In that case, do you want to go to school with me?" ”

"Brother, I asked you if you have reported to the court, and it is also for your good." Fan Ziqi said: "After all, the Zhen family is a marquis given by the imperial court, and those bandits and rebels can be cut first and then played, but can the Zhen family also be cut first and then played?" Even if he could cut them first, would the brother be able to come up with conclusive evidence after killing them? Leaning forward slightly: "If you can report to the imperial court or General Hei Yu first, take out the so-called evidence, and let the imperial court or General Hei Yu confirm that the evidence is conclusive and correct, and determine that the Zhen family has indeed committed rebellion, then no matter what method you use to exterminate the Zhen family, the court will only commend you for your loyalty and bravery, and the Yuwen family will definitely be greatly rewarded." ”

The matter of the secret letter was even more secretive, and it was not until he circulated it to the patriarchs in the tent, and there were very few people who knew about the two secret letters, and almost all of them were confidants of the Yuwen family.

Fan Ziqi had just arrived with the troops, and not a single soldier had entered the camp, so it was naturally impossible to contact the patriarchs in the camp, so he should not know about the two secret letters, but at this moment, he said the two secret letters lightly, and he seemed to have known what the evidence of the crime held by the Yuwen family was.

Old Marquis Yuwen's pupils contracted slightly.

Fan Ziqi said "two secret letters" in his mouth, and the old marquis's face had changed slightly.

Fan is to gamble. Seeing the old marquis staring at him, he sighed lightly: "If someone else gambles like this, the victory is almost decided, but it's a pity... It's your Yuwen family who is doing this. ”

"So what?" Old Marquis Yuwen said calmly: "You mean that the Yuwen family can't serve the imperial court?" ”

Although the old Marquis Yuwen still seemed very calm, a sense of uneasiness had faintly risen in his heart.

"If it were someone else, even if he didn't report to the court in advance, he would definitely increase his rank and become a knight." Fan Ziqi stared at the old Marquis of Yuwen, and said slowly: "Brother may not be thinking about adding an official to the knighthood, but just thinking that he can resolve the suspicion of the imperial court against the Yuwen family for many years, and let the Yuwen family resolve the crisis of more than ten years, to put it bluntly, brother."

Fan Ziqi shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about the strength of your two families, but the situation of your two families." ”

"You say so much, do you mean that I have now exterminated the Zhen family for the imperial court, and the imperial court will still not give up on my Yuwen family?" Old Marquis Yuwen said coldly.

Fan Ziqi said: "I mean, the imperial court has always regarded the Yuwen family and the Murong family as equal. Murong Rip the soil in Southern Xinjiang as the king, although he sent hostages to the court to ask for peace, and the court also gave him the title of King of Zhennan, but how could the court treat the Murong family as a courtier of the Tang Dynasty? The murderous intent of the imperial court towards the Murong family has never disappeared. After a pause, he continued: "The Yuwen family is the head of the three surnames of Xiling, in the eyes of the imperial court, the Yuwen family, like the Murong family, is the biggest thorn in the side, and when the time comes, it will not be soft." ”

"Comparing the Yuwen family with the Murong family, you think highly of the Yuwen family." The old marquis said lightly.

Fan Ziqi smiled: "Brother, this is pulling our Fan family ashore by the way?" If you really helped our Fan family, you should have told me about this plan a long time ago, instead of waiting until now to let me go to the book with you. He raised his hand and touched the green beard under his chin, shook his head and said, "But even if my brother wants to pull me now, I don't dare to sign a joint letter with my brother, so as not to be affected by the Yuwen family." ”

"Involved?" Old Marquis Yuwen frowned.

Fan Ziqi said: "If the Zhen family is really a traitor who defected to the enemy and treason, the Yuwen family will eradicate it, and the imperial court will of course reward it." The world is undecided, the Yuwen family has made great contributions, if the court is neglected, it will inevitably be criticized by the people of the world, and the saint has a Buddha heart, and naturally does not want to lose the reputation of contemptuous heroes. ”

Old Marquis Yuwen said: "If this is the case, then what else can be said?" Tonight, the head and excerpt of the traitor will be sent to Kyoto, the Zhen family's incriminating evidence is conclusive, the two secret letters are physical evidence, and the major patriarchs also have a book, that is all human evidence, human evidence and physical evidence, the Yuwen family naturally has no objection to the thief, you know that the saint will not treat the hero lightly, then the Yuwen family will of course pass this pass smoothly. If you read at the same time, the sage may also open up to your Fan family, and from now on, the Fan family will no longer be held accountable for their crimes. ”

"So in the end, it's only those two secret letters that have been found in your favor from the Beggar Mansion." Fan Ziqi smiled faintly, picked up the teapot, and added a little tea to the cup of the old Marquis Yuwen, and then said: "The authenticity of those two letters is directly related to the life and death of the Yuwen family. ”

Old Marquis Yuwen's body was shocked, and his eyes showed fierceness:

"Brother, the most important part of your gamble is to determine that the Zhen family is a rebel, if you can't prove that the Zhen family is rebellious, you send troops to attack and kill the Zhen family's father and son, it is to kill innocents, and it is the marquis of the Tang Dynasty who is killed, then you have committed a heinous crime." Fan Ziqi said slowly: "You can prove the evidence of the Zhen family's defection to the enemy and treason, just because of those two secret letters, if you say the witness, brother, these people are under your knife, what you say is what you are willing to listen to, if the knife of the court is on their necks, then what the court asks them to say, they will never say a word that the court does not want to hear, don't you say?" ”

The old marquis of Yuwen knew that what Fan Ziqi said was true.

Here, Yuwen Chengchao naturally saw it clearly, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone is ready." Hold the handle of the saber, and wait for a soldier from the Fan family to rush out, and immediately lead someone to rush forward.

"Don't act rashly, the eldest prince." Yuan Shangyu had already held down Yuwen Chengchao's hand that was about to draw his sword: "The old marquis said that without his orders, you must not act rashly." Even if the Fan family has great courage, they don't dare to hurt the old marquis under our noses, don't be impulsive. ”

"How do you know about those two letters?"

Fan Ziqi just smiled slightly, actually stood up, turned around and beckoned to the cavalry formation behind him.

Although there are hundreds of tiger horsemen here, there are also nearly 1,000 Fan horsemen on the opposite side, if the reckless action causes the two armies to fight, the consequences are unimaginable.

Suddenly, he saw the cavalry formation on the opposite side parting a road, and soon, a carriage slowly drove out of the parting road, and the carriage was different from the carriage that brought wine and food before, not only was it much simpler, but the carriage was also much narrower.

Yuwen Chengchao glanced at Yuan Shangyu, saw Yuan Shangyu's solemn expression, and knew that Yuan Shangyu was reasonable.

Although he couldn't hear what the two marquis were talking about, Yuwen Chengchao knew that what he was talking about must be extraordinary, and the old marquis had instructions in advance, so he was naturally worried about his rash moves.

The coachman waited for the cloaked man to sit down, then he gave up his hand, turned and quickly retreated.

Under the moonlight, I saw the cloaked man raise his arms and lift the hood on his head back, revealing his head.

There was still some distance from the wine table, and the driver jumped out of the car, walked to the side of the carriage, opened the side door, and then came out of the carriage with a person on his back, the person who came out of the carriage was wrapped in a black cloak, and the hood was on his head, and Yuwen Cheng couldn't see who the person was for a while.

Then the coachman carried the man in cloak to the table, stopped in the seat on the west side, and then carefully placed the man in the cloak on the ground, and sat down in his seat on the west side.

It's just that the distance is a little far, and the voices of the two marquis are not very loud, Qin Xiao faintly heard a few incoherent words, which are not very clear, and the general content is not understood at all, so he can only make up the few words he heard.

But at this moment, the cloaked man lifted his hood, and when he saw the man's appearance, he instantly recognized that it was the white shopkeeper.

"White shopkeeper!" Qin Xiao, who was standing beside Yuwen Chengchao, blurted out: "That's the white shopkeeper." ”

Yuwen Chengchao is surrounded by these people, Qin Xiao's eyesight is naturally the strongest, in fact, when the two Hou Ye drank tea and talked to each other, he quietly and secretly swallowed a blood pill, the blood pill was made of dog blood, after taking it, his hearing and vision were naturally not comparable to others.

Yuwen Chengchao turned his head and saw Qin Xiao looking straight at the cloaked man, and said in surprise: "You..... You say that's a white shopkeeper? ”

Qin Xiao looked at it carefully, was sure, nodded, and said, "The eldest prince, it is a white shopkeeper, there will be no mistake." ”

Qin Xiao's tone was unusually affirmative, not only Yuwen Chengchao, but also Yuan Shangyu and Fat Yu and others around Yuwen Chengchao were all shocked, and Fat Yu lost his voice and said: "White shopkeeper..... Isn't the white shopkeeper in Fucheng? He..... How could you be with the Fan family? ”