Chang Yihou was ambushed by the wolf horseman, which really surprised Qin Xiao.

But he soon understood that the purpose of this ambush was not actually Chang Yihou, or even General Black Feather, and the sword was pointed directly at the imperial court.

The general carefully laid out and took advantage of the battle between the families to get the opportunity to return to Xiling in one fell swoop.

The Zhen family has no leader, the Fan family has long been secretly taking refuge in the imperial court, and the Yuwen family is also willing to migrate into the customs after getting the general's promise, and the three major gates of Xiling can be solved almost without a single soldier of the imperial court, which is of course a very beautiful stroke of the general.

If nothing happens, control of Xiling will fall into the hands of the empire with great ease.

The general did not kill the Yuwen family, it was by no means soft-hearted, in the final analysis, it was for the stability of Xiling.

The Xiling family that turned their backs on the Tang Dynasty and sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight was not the only one with these three major gates, almost the entire hundreds of families in Xiling were led by the three major gates and turned their backs on the Tang Dynasty at the most critical moment.

General Hei Yu returned to Xiling, and for the Xiling family, the first question that came to mind was whether the imperial court would settle accounts after the autumn.

In fact, this is also the most worrying problem of Xiling Gate Valve in the past 16 years.

General Hei Yu promised that the Yuwen clan could migrate into the customs, and the imperial court also allocated a fief, which of course was also for all the Xiling families to see, at least to send a clear signal to the Xiling family, as long as they could be loyal to the imperial court, the imperial court would naturally not be wiped out, and would also give proper placement.

When the Xiling family got such a signal, the emotions that had been worried about it would naturally be relieved.

Xiling's huge land and many families can definitely not be controlled with a few thousand soldiers and horses.

In addition to making the people's hearts and minds, we can't underestimate the huge power of the Xiling family.

This force is deeply rooted in Xiling, controlling many affairs in Xiling, if the imperial court wants to really control this land, the first thing is to control the family of Xiling, and if you want to control the family, it is by no means a threat or intimidation, it must be both grace and power, not only to make them afraid of the empire, but also to ensure their interests to a certain extent, so that they are willing to be driven by the court.

The Xiling family is headed by the three major gate valves, and of course none of the other large and small families can compare with the strength of the three major families, but if the Xiling family joins forces, let alone the three major gate valves, even the imperial court will be afraid of three points.

And the three major gates are an important reason for bringing together the huge force of Xiling.

The imperial court wants to get rid of the three major valves, that is, to make the Xiling family leaderless, as long as the Xiling family cannot be united, it will naturally be firmly controlled by the imperial court.

The three major gates have been solved successively, and today's Xiling family is in a chaotic situation, and General Hei Yu is also going to take advantage of this situation to start a purge of Xiling, win over a part, strike a part, divide the cohesion of the Xiling family, and give both grace and power.

However, Chang Yihou's assassination this time can be said to have dealt a heavy blow to the general's plan.

When the Xiling family is worried about the future of their clan, the news of Chang Yihou being ambushed will inevitably cause the Xiling family to shake, and now there is a complaint posted in Turtle City, directly pointing the real culprit behind Chang Yihou's murder to General Hei Yu, which will naturally make the Xiling family even more frightened.

In addition to being afraid, of course, the Xiling family would no longer believe in the general and the imperial court, and even caused a counterattack by the Xiling family

It's also very possible.

After all, many families will think that the assassination of the old marquis of Yuwen is the settlement of the autumn of the Xiling family by the imperial court and General Hei Yu, and even so, the Xiling family will certainly not sit idly by.

Qin Xiao can figure out what's at stake.

The Xiling Three Cavalry has been subordinate to the Xiling family for many years, and no one can guarantee that when the Xiling family wants to fight back, they will not use the Xiling Three Horsemen, which is the strongest soldiers and horses of the Xiling family on the bright side, and the general certainly cannot allow these three soldiers and horses to be used by the Xiling family again.

The general ordered the two of them to take the White Tiger Battalion to Fan County, naturally because they were worried that the Fan family would be suspicious because of Chang Yihou's death, so they had to incorporate Fan Qi into the command of the Duhu Mansion as quickly as possible.

Although even if the three cavalry were really used by the family, the general could be suppressed by transferring the Immortal Army, but unless it was absolutely necessary, the general would obviously not let the situation develop to that point.

The general returned to Xiling, and the ultimate goal was to bring Xiling back under the control of the Tang Dynasty, and then reorganize the army to resist the eastward advance of the Vedas.

The premise of such a strategy is, of course, to let Xiling work together to resist a strong enemy, whether it is the Xiling family or the Xiling Three Cavalry, they are all important forces for the general to build Xiling's defense, and he never wants to see these forces that could have resisted the enemy suffer heavy losses because of civil strife.

Su Changyu has followed the general for many years, and of course he understands the general's thoughts, so he arched his hand and said, "Let's leave for Fan County as soon as possible." ”

Su Changyu understood why the general would let the two lead the team together.

Although the White Tiger Battalion has just been incorporated into the capital protection army, compared to Qin Xiao's role in the White Tiger Battalion, Su Changyu knows that he can't compare to it at all, Qin Xiao himself is a person from the White Tiger Battalion, and he is very admired by the soldiers of the White Tiger Battalion, as long as Qin Xiao is there, the White Tiger Battalion can be controlled in his hands.

"Bring Bai Jingzhai." The general was silent for a moment before he said: "He is very loyal to the imperial court, and he has a lot of contacts with the Fan family, as long as he is there, there should not be too many problems on the Fan family's side." I will write a letter to Fan Ziqi in person, and when you go to Fan County, you will bring the letter over and hand it over to Fan Ziqi in person. ”

Qin Xiao knew that this incident was very important, and if it could not be resolved quickly, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"General, ...... over there?" Su Changyu knew that among the three cavalry in Xiling at the moment, the White Tiger Battalion and Fan Cavalry would not have much change, but the wolf cavalry stationed on the side of Zhen County was obviously the most dangerous army and horse.

The father and son of the Zhen family were killed, and Shi Ling, the leader of the wolf cavalry, also died in Yuwen County, and the wolf cavalry would definitely know that he was being used to kill people with a knife, so that the wolf cavalry soldiers must be in extreme panic at the moment, and in such an emotion, it is easy for people to take advantage of it.

"I'll do it myself." The general said.

Chang Yihou was killed, which obviously made the general feel some kind of danger, and his face looked solemn.

The two knew that the general was going to think about the next move, and they were about to retreat, when they heard footsteps outside, and then they heard someone say: "Report to the general, Mencius Mo has something to report." ”

Qin Xiao heard that it was Mencius who came over, and his spirits perked.

"Come in."

After Meng Zimo came in, when he saw Qin Xiao, he nodded slightly, but his face was very serious, and he stepped forward and said, "General, Grandpa Fei of the North Courtyard has arrived." ”

The general's head suddenly wrinkled, Su Changyu's face was also ugly, and he sneered: "He came quickly." ”

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Where is it now? ”

"Someone under Grandpa Fei came to report, and he has gone directly to the post house." Meng Zimo said: "Yao Duhu has already gone to meet him. After a pause, he said: "Before he entered the city, he did not send someone to inform him, and after entering the city, he sent someone to say that it was late, and it was not good to come over today to disturb the general, and he would come to see him tomorrow morning." ”

Su Changyu sneered: "He is waiting for the general to meet him." ”

"Don't talk nonsense." The general said: "Changyu, bring me my armor, and I will go to see him." ”

"General, why do you have to go to see him?" Su Changyu said: "He is a prison sent by the imperial court, he should come to report to you as soon as he arrives in the city, how can there be a reason for you to go to see him?" ”

The general glanced at Su Changyu, and Su Changyu suddenly didn't dare to say more, so he could only go to get his armor.

Qin Xiao thought to himself that the general was a famous imperial general who was powerful in the world, and he was just a eunuch here, so why did he want the general to see him in person?

However, when Mencius mentioned the word "North Courtyard", Qin Xiao seemed to have heard it mentioned, but it was really unclear what it was.

Su Changyu took the armor and helped the general put on the armor very skillfully.

People rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, Qin Xiao feels that this is indeed true, the general's clothes and armor are on his body, and he is immediately majestic, just like a tiger with fangs, exuding a domineering aura all over his body.

"Zimo will come with me to the post house." The general said: "Changyu and Xiao'er go back and prepare and set off as soon as possible." ”

The two said yes and followed the general out of the door.

The two sent the general out of the Duhu Mansion, and seeing that Mencius Mo was escorting the general away, Qin Xiao said to Su Changyu: "Second brother, do you want to go to my house to sit?" It's not far from here, I'll have someone prepare food and drinks, let's have a couple of drinks? ”

"I don't drink." Su Changyu simply refused.

Qin Xiao has never seen Su Changyu smile, this guy seems to have a debt to him outside, he always has a face, thinks for a while, reaches into his arms and takes out a silver ticket, but it is not much, a hundred taels of silver, and he sent it over and said: "I am really happy to be a brother with you today, second brother, please accept this meeting gift." ”

He knew that Su Changyu must be very influential among the black feather night crows, and today a big cake was smashed on his head, not only was he included in the night crows, but also accepted by the general as a righteous son, and it was inevitable that he would be in contact with Su Changyu from time to time in the future, and many things really had to be taken care of by this cold-faced night crow, and the relationship still had to be better.

He looked at Su Changyu's appearance, he would definitely not accept this silver, but many people were not to blame, and he took the initiative to express his closeness, so naturally there would be no mistake.

"You have a lot of silver?" Su Changyu looked at the silver ticket in his eyes, and really didn't take it.

"It's done." Qin Xiao smiled: "Anyway, there is no shortage of silver flowers. ”

"Could it be that it's not the right way?" Su Changyu stared at Qin Xiao, looking serious.

Qin Xiao immediately said: "It's definitely not a robbery, this silver is clean." Just as he was about to put it away, Su Changyu looked left and right, and actually reached out and took it from Qin Xiao's hand, Qin Xiao was surprised, Su Changyu had already said: "I borrowed this silver from you, and I will pay you back the silver in the future." Stuffed directly into his arms, coughed, and still turned around and returned to the capital with an indifferent face.

Qin Xiao looked at his back, and only after a moment did he mutter, "It turns out that Zhonglang General also loves silver." ”