Prince Yu's Mansion.

Dressed in filial piety clothes, his face was pale, in the past few days, the life of Yang Zhuo, the son of Prince Yu, has been like a torment, under the white clothes, that face seems to have been possessed by some demons and monsters and sucked up the blood.

Three days of small mourning, seven days of mourning, the princess's coffin will not be buried until seven days after death, as the eldest son, Yang Jing will be in the mourning hall for seven days.

What is small and what is big?

Look at people.

Yang Zhuo only thinks about one thing now, to avenge his mother, he doesn't believe that Xiahou Zhuo's invasion of the palace that day was completely unpremeditated, his sister Xiahou Yuli is hiding among those entertainers, most of them are the masterminds.

He didn't even believe what Song Chunming, the steward of the palace, said before he died, in his opinion, it was all bullshit and lies, whoever believed it was a fool.

A small county order can make someone like Song Chunming work hard for it?

In the past few days, he has been kneeling and sitting here to keep the spirit, and he has thought about the whole thing thousands of times in his mind, and the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that these things are inseparable from Xiahou Zhuo.

His father, Prince Yu, was about to raise troops, Yang Zhuo felt that with the strength of the Jizhou army, it would not be difficult to break through the capital, and his father would be the emperor of Great Chu at that time, and he would be the rightful prince of Great Chu.

's mother is a member of the Yuwen family, and my father has the right to support the Yuwen family, who is in the opposition, and it is difficult to succeed.

And Xiahou Zhuo's previous performance was indisputable, and his true nature was exposed when his father was about to raise troops.

He felt that Xiahou Zhuo was the person behind the scenes, and the killer killed the princess, and his father would lose the support of the Yuwen family, and his father might let Xiahou Zhuo's mother become the princess, so that Xiahou Zhuo would become the future prince of Chu.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhuo's eyes could almost drip blood, it was hatred, hatred that had been carved into the bone marrow.

In the past few days, he didn't think about anything else, just thinking about how to get rid of Xiahou Zhuo's family of three, none of them could be left, they wanted to kill, and they had to kill thousands of corpses.

But he doesn't know what he can do now, the people around his mother, such as Jing Yaner and others, are already dead, and he, the prince of Yuwang, has lost his power from the Yuwen family.

It was absolutely impossible for his father to support him, so he could not use his father's power at all.

So who else can he use?

On the fourth day after the princess's assassination, Yang Zhuo finally thought of who could take advantage of it...... The Xu family.

This is what he thought of after thinking about countless people, and the reason why he can think of the Xu family is only because of the contradiction between the Xu family and Li Qi, and Xiahou Zhuo is obviously on Li Qi's side in this.

Yang Zhuo got up after thinking of this, his personal guard Chen Fenglie hurriedly reached out to help him, he had been kneeling for too long, Yang Zhuo's legs were not smooth, and his legs bent involuntarily when he got up.

"Shizi, be careful."

Chen Fenglie asked in a low voice, "Shizi, are you going to the toilet?" ”

Yang Zhuo snorted: "You can go with me." ”

Chen Fenglie took Yang Zhuo's hand and walked out, and when he walked to a place where there were few people, Yang Zhuo stopped, looked sideways at Chen Fenglie and asked, "I remember, your family seems to be from Yanzhou?" ”

Chen Fenglie replied: "The prince has a good memory, he just asked me casually before, and he remembered it when he didn't think of it, my family has indeed lived in Yanzhou for generations, I joined the army when the prince was on the border, and then I have been staying by the prince's side to do things, counting, I haven't been home for many years." ”

"Oh......"

Yang Zhuo asked, "Who else is in the family?" ”

Chen Fenglie shook his head and said: "I haven't had a letter to my family for a long time, I once wrote a letter back, but there was no reply, and then I asked someone to check, saying that the family had moved away, but it was not clear where I moved." ”

Yang Zhuo said: "That's really pitiful for you, in this way, I will ask my father to send someone when I go back."

Send a letter to Yanzhou and help you check in the name of the palace, there should be news...... You haven't been home in years, so you probably miss your family too. ”

Chen Fenglie hurriedly said: "I will definitely miss it, but after so many years, I have become accustomed to it." ”

Yang Zhuo smiled and said: "I just have something to ask you to help me do, if you finish helping me, I will assign you some manpower, and then give you the documents of the palace, and give you a large sum of silver, you go back to Yanzhou to find your family, blood is thicker than water, how can you not find it?" ”

Chen Fenglie's heart tightened, he knew that in the casual words of His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, there might be something earth-shattering.

"Son, please command."

Chen Fenglie lowered his head and said: "No matter what happens, the prince will explain, and I will go all out." ”

Yang Zhuo smiled and said, "It's not a big deal, you can help me send a letter to the Xu family in a while, and you will hand it over to the old lady of the Xu family." ”

He lowered his voice and said, "Only you can know about this letter, and you can't mention it to anyone in the palace, even my father. ”

"Yes."

How could Chen Fenglie say no, he could only accept it.

Not long after, after returning to the room, Yang Zhuo wrote a letter and handed it to Chen Fenglie, who immediately left Prince Yu's mansion and arrived at Xu's house not long after.

It was precisely because the prince of Yuwang sent someone to deliver the letter and asked to hand it over to the old lady of the Xu family, so when the news was reported to the old lady, the old lady did not immediately say whether he would see it or not.

Xu Gengmao has been in charge of the Xu family for many years, he has been at the helm of this huge family since he was in his forties, and it has been forty or fifty years now, and half of his life has been a decision-maker.

Such a person has a vision far higher than ordinary people, a city government that is far deeper than ordinary people, and a far more thoughtful than ordinary people.

"The prince has never had anything to do with my Xu family."

Xu Gengmao looked at his eldest son Xu Han, this is also an old man with white hair, he is over seventy years old, he has waited for decades to take over from his father, and he can't wait, but he may not be able to walk in front of his father.

His only hope now is that his son Xu Yuanqing can take over the identity of the head of the house.

But looking at the old man's bones, it is not a big problem to stay up for another ten or eight years......

"What do you think?"

Xu Gengmao asked.

Xu Han hurriedly replied: "Father, it may be that there is a request from our Xu family, just a few days after the princess died, the prince suddenly sent someone, mostly because there was no one around him to use, after the princess died, the Yuwen family's support for the palace has become an unknown number." ”

Xu Gengmao nodded: "You think thoughtfully, I guess it's probably the case, the son Yang Zhuo has no mother, and he has lost the support of the Yuwen family, and he is now anxious to hope that someone can stand on his side." ”

Xu Gengmao said: "If I send someone to see me for the first time, it seems that the weight of the Xu family is a little light, you go and see what the poor son wants to ask our Xu family to do." ”

Xu Han hurriedly said: "It's a little inappropriate for me to see it, let Yuan Qing see it?" ”

Xu Gengmao said: "He? I'm afraid that he doesn't have a lot of experience, and he will be talked about by the people of the world, and he is still too young. ”

Xu Han sighed: "Father, Yuan Qing is already fifty-three. ”

Xu Gengmao was stunned: "Even Yuanqing is in his fifties?" ”

He shook his head and said, "Then let Yuanqing go and meet him...... Yuan Qing is already in his fifties, how old are you? ”

Xu Han said: "Father, I am seventy-one. ”

Xu Gengmao glanced at him: "You are only seventy-one?" It looks like he's older than me

Target. ”

Xu Hanxin said Father, guess why?

Xu Gengmao asked: "You have too many things on your mind, so you look old." ”

Xu Hanxin said that you really guessed right.

Half an hour later, Xu Yuanqing stood respectfully in front of Xu Gengmao, leaned over and said, "Grandfather, I already know the intention of His Royal Highness the prince, and he also sent someone to send a handwritten letter. ”

Xu Gengmao, who is so old that he is not dazzled or deaf, took the letter and looked at it, and then smiled.

"It's just a shaft."

Xu Yuanqing immediately understood that the erection was not enough and the plot was ...... What the old lady means is that this kid can't do big things.

He leaned over and said, "Then I'll find an excuse to prevaricate when I turn around." ”

Xu Gengmao shook his head: "Otherwise...... He really has no one available, so he will beg to come to my Xu family, but he is unwilling to let go of his identity, in this letter, there are still two or three points of high command, begging people to achieve this, so it is just a city without a city. ”

He looked at Xu Yuanqing and said: "There is no city government, he wants to use my Xu family, but he can be used by my Xu family, and now all the families in the city will think about whether the Yuwen family will support Yuwang, and they are all looking ahead and backwards, and they originally wagged their tails like dogs, and now they are all cocking their tails again." ”

He smiled and said: "But this is the opportunity, with the Yuwen family supporting Yuwang, even if our Xu family contributes a lot, it is just a small follower, without the Yuwen family, as long as the Xu family exerts a little effort, Yuwang will have to rely on us." ”

He commanded: "When the funeral is over in seven days, you will go and see the prince in person, but I can probably guess what he wants to do, and what else he wants to do...... It's nothing more than getting rid of Xiahou Zhuo, you can trap his words. ”

Xu Yuanqing asked, "Then, what about our ruler?" ”

Xu Gengmao said: "Military power, if the prince can help our Xu family win the military power of the first army in the Jizhou army, I will agree to him." ”

Xu Yuanqing was a little apprehensive and said: "King Yu cares so much about Xiahou Zhuo, once he knows that our Xu family is involved......

"You're still too young."

Xu Gengmao smiled: "King Yu...... When he was young, he was brave and unscrupulous, but now it has changed, some cities, but he is still a reckless man in his bones, he thinks that everything is his decision? ”

After saying this, he looked at Xu Yuanqing and said: "My words, you go back and think about it, if you think clearly, I can rest assured that the Xu family will be in your hands in the future, if you don't understand, I can't hand over this Xu family to you." ”

This sentence frightened Xu Yuanqing's face pale.

His father didn't survive until the day when the clan power was in hand, and if he lost this opportunity again, his son was afraid that he wouldn't have a chance.

At this moment, Xu Yuanqing's mind turned back and forth, and finally, a bright light appeared in his mind, and he hurriedly asked: "Lord Jiedu?" ”

"Hahahaha......"

Xu Gengmao said with a smile: "It's not so stupid after all, you send someone to send an invitation, just say that I am about to have a birthday, but because the princess's affairs can't be handled, I can only privately invite the festival to make the adult come to have a meal, if the festival makes it willing to come, it is much heavier than a prince." ”

He waved his hand and said, "You go and prepare to see the prince first, and if the lord comes in a few days, you can sit with you." ”

"Yes."

This Xu Yuanqing, who is in his fifties, is as happy as a child under the age of 60 because of the sentence that he can sit with him, and he is the kind of child who is allowed to eat with guests for the first time.

The world is in chaos, and everyone who has some strength in their hands doesn't want a piece of the pie.

The Xu family, as the top three families in Jizhou, certainly want to share more of this cup.