Jingshi, Xinxing Houfu.

The lights in the Hou Mansion are colorful, and today is the birthday of the emerging Hou Murong Wei.

However, although this birthday banquet was lively, there were not many people who came. In addition to the relatives of the Murong family in Kanto, plus some petty officials who are not in the stream, there are really only a handful of guests with status. There are only a few people such as Yangwu general Yao Chang and his son, former general Qifu Guoren, Guiyi Marquis Zhang Tianxi, and Li Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

The reason is very simple, first of all, as far as the Kanto Murong clan behaves, the upright loyal ministers look down on them and definitely disdain to be with them; Some of the traitors who were a little worse mixed up did not want to deal with them out of jealousy; And some ministers who are not loyal or traitorous want to protect themselves with wisdom, and they are worried that they will offend the Marquis of Luochuan by wishing the birthday of the Xinxing Marquis, and they are easy to be regarded as traitors by the loyal ministers, so they simply don't come.

Those who really came to congratulate him on his birthday were all traitorous ministers who were slightly better, and these people formed a party above the court to fight against loyal ministers and bewitch the saint. In previous years, it was not so deserted, after all, there was still a large number of traitors on Tuoba's side, and they accounted for a large amount. However, this year, Tuoba Jue ran to rebel, and his group of traitors fled, dismissed officials, and imprisoned, so naturally they couldn't run to congratulate Xinxing Hou on his birthday.

"Brother Murong, my brother is bitter!"

Guiyi Hou seemed to have drunk too much, and Ji sat on the ground, pulling the sleeve of Xinxing Hou's coat, and howling and crying.

At this moment, it is getting late, the birthday banquet is almost over, and the outsiders who celebrate the birthday are basically gone. Now those who remain in the Xinxing Hou Mansion, except for the clansmen of the Murong clan in Kanto, there is only one Xinxing Hou who is drunk and refuses to leave.

"Eh, Brother Zhang, don't rub your snot on my clothes."

Xinxing Hou watched Guiyi Hou use his clothes as a handkerchief, blowing his nose at the sleeves of his clothes, and suddenly felt nauseous.

"Back then, the three of you and I would ally and merge with the state, build an altar to the sky, and be about brothers. said that they would help each other and divide the world... Belch! Guiyi Hou said while crying, and burped by the way: "In the past, he was a neighbor with Qin, and now he is a minister with Qin, and his surname is not kind!" We treat him as brothers, but he treats us as courtiers! ”

"Brother Zhang, be cautious, slandering Your Majesty will cost you your head!" Xinxing Hou said so, but looking at his expression, he seemed to agree with Guiyi Hou's words. At this time, there were only the clansmen of the Eastern Murong clan in the field, so there was no need to worry about the words of the two of them leaking out.

"Hmph, what is Your Majesty, I think back then, who was not a Majesty."

Guiyi Hou snorted again through drunkenness, probably still frightened by the loss of his head, after all, he didn't dare to continue spraying Emperor Qin, so he quickly changed the topic and continued to complain: "If you want to say the most hateful, it is still the Jin Dynasty!" Back then, I fooled them into paying them a large sum of coins, saying that they would protect me, but when the Qin Dynasty called, the people of the Jin Dynasty actually sat back and watched me die. ”

In fact, the Jin Dynasty did not sit idly by, and still sent Huan Chong to fight against Qin and aid Liang at that time, but Huan Chong was instigated and stopped the army at the border of Qin and Jin and did not dare to go up. Guiyi Hou was drunk at this time, and vented all his resentment against the court to the Jin Dynasty, scolding him heartily. The main reason is that he usually can't find anyone to say these words, and he has been in the entire Great Qin Dynasty several times, and now he has a common language with him, and he is also a new marquis.

"And last year, when the imperial court went south, these Jin Dynasty people came to fool me again, saying that I should follow them and help me restore the country. I also ate lard and blinded my heart, believed their nonsense, and defected with Zhu Xu's ploppy thief. As a result, I just arrived at Huiji, and before my ass was warm, I was caught by the two men surnamed Pei, woo. ”

"Come on, Zhang Hou is drunk, don't hurry up and send Zhang Hou out!" Listening to this, Xinxinghou was also impatient, so he beckoned his subordinates to prepare to send Guiyi Hou away. The people of the Murong clan in Kanto gathered together today, and after the birthday banquet, they still had to discuss things, how could they spend all their time listening to Gui Yihou complaining here.

"Don't go, I won't go! Brother Murong, come, let's continue drinking! ”

Guiyi Hou Lai refused to leave on the ground, and wanted to play drunk. Later, Xinxing Hou summoned four healthy servants, grabbed his limbs, and finally set him up to see Xinxing Hou's mansion.

Out of the Xinxing Hou Mansion, Guiyi Hou still raised his head and scolded himself at the air: "The Jin Dynasty of the dog day, Sima Yao of the dog day, it's really not a thing, I'm bah!" ”

"Master Hou, let's go home." The servants of the Guiyi Marquis Mansion were already waiting outside the door, ready to help the Guiyi Marquis into the sedan chair and return home.

"If you don't go back, I won't go back!" Guiyihou struggled, as the saying goes, wine strengthens people's courage, and Guiyihou is full of courage at this time. He scolded and scolded, the more he felt that the Jin Dynasty was sorry for him, why did he accept his annual coin and not send troops to help, why did he fool him to go south last year, and caused him to be arrested back?

Thinking like this, Guiyi Hou couldn't help but be angry.

"Let's go, go to Honglu Temple with Ben Hou, Ben Hou is going to find the Jin Dynasty envoy to ask for an explanation, and ask them why the Jin Dynasty people persecute Ben Hou so much!"

As the Guiyi Marquis went away, the door of the Xinxing Marquis Mansion slowly closed.

In the hall, Xinxinghou finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Zhang Tianxi, this idiot is finally gone, okay, everyone take a seat!" ”

"Yes, Patriarch."

Xinxing Hou sat on it, and the clansmen of the Guandong Murong clan also found a place to sit down, ready to hold a meeting. Usually unprovoked gatherings are easy to attract the supervision of the Blue Fly Division, and the birthday of Xinxing Hou every year is a rare opportunity for the Murong clan in Kanto to gather reasonably and legally, and the important clansmen in Beijing are basically there.

What does a family meeting of a traitorous family usually discuss?

The answer is self-evident.

"The imperial court relied on its strength, and it was endless, and it was in the clouds in the north, and Shu and Han in the south, and it was thousands of miles away, and the road was facing each other. Now it seems to be a prosperous world, but in fact, chaos has been born! ”

The person who spoke was called Murong Shao, who was originally the son of Murong Ke, a famous pseudo-Yan general, and now served as an official in the Great Qin Dynasty. Later, he rebelled with Murong Chui, and was finally treated as a wild dog by Tuoba Jue in the Battle of Shenhepi and kicked to death.

"Oh, Asho, tell me carefully!"

Everyone urged, let Murong Shao continue.

Murong Shao said: "Let's not mention the rebellion in the north, there was news a few months ago, the Jianghu sect on the side of Yecheng held a martial arts conference, and the Heaven Swallowing Gang took advantage of this conference to annex the rest of the large and small gangs, and their power rose sharply, you should all know about it, right?" ”

It stands to reason that some regional underworlds are fighting to the death, and it is impossible to alarm the top families at the level of the Murong clan in Kanto. However, Yecheng is not only the Xiongcheng of Kanto, but also the imperial capital of the Yan Dynasty in the past, known as Jijing. In other words, Yecheng is the hometown of the Kanto Murong clan, and the Kanto Murong clan pays special attention to Yecheng, and any wind and grass will notice it.

"It seems that there is such a thing, but it is just a small fight by some gangsters, what kind of chaos is this. Could it be that the Sky Swallowing Gang can still rebel? ”

Murong Hong, the chief of the Northland, shook his head, feeling that what Murong Shao said was meaningless, what was there to say about a group of underworld mergers with each other. There were underworlds all over the country in the Great Qin Dynasty, and these people could only go to brothels and gambling halls to collect some protection money, and they could still be expected to rebel?

"Ah Hong, don't worry, I haven't finished yet." Murong Shao laughed and said, "According to the latest intelligence, the Heaven Swallowing Gang ...... It is very likely that it is the remnants of Ran Wei! ”

"Is that true?" Everyone's eyes lit up.

If it is really the remnants of a country, it is naturally not comparable to ordinary underworld gangs. As we all know, any organization or person that has been stained with the word "remnant" generally has evil intentions and is very prone to rebellion.

Murong Shao said affirmatively: "Eight or nine is not far from ten, this is the news that our Kanto Murong clan has been operating in Yecheng for decades, and it took great effort to find out. The only one who knows about this should be our Kanto Murong clan, and even the Blue Fly Division branch in Yecheng doesn't know about it. ”

As soon as they heard that there were remnant activities, the traitors immediately became happy and began to discuss them.

"The Swallowing Heaven Gang will not expand sooner or later, and within a few months of the Tuoba rebellion, they began to annex the Jianghu forces in Yecheng, and the time is really coincidental."

"If it is really the remnants of Ran Wei, maybe they are ready to take this opportunity to pull the flag and rebel and find an opportunity to restore!"

"That's right, it must be like this, the Heaven Swallowing Gang saw that Tuoba Jue had already rebelled first, so they couldn't help it."

"If that's the case, our Kanto Murong clan may be able to profit from it!"

The traitorous ministers expressed their opinions, but Xinxing Hou noticed that Murong Chui, the most active champion general in the past, sat in his position today without saying a word.

"Murong Chui, family discussions, everyone is expressing their opinions, why don't you speak? Dumb? ”

Xinxing Hou has always been unkind to Murong Trai, the main reason is that Murong Trai has now faintly become the real leader of the Guandong Murong clan, which makes Xinxing Hou, who is the patriarch of the Guandong Murong clan, very unhappy.

If it were as usual, Murong Chui should respectfully apologize to the Xinxing Marquis at this time. This old thing is very good at being a man, and he knows that Xinxing Hou is from the emperor and has a good face, so he will generally follow him.

But this time it's a little different.

When he saw these traitorous ministers discussing something rebellious, Murong Chui's mind kept echoing the two lines of poetry written by Pei Shengqin half a month ago.

"Fu Yan failed to cover Yan first, why should Emperor Qin die again!"

For half a month, this poem was like a nightmare, echoing in Murong Chui's mind, making him unable to even sleep, and he was in a trance all day long, and his heart was panicked.

This is especially true when I think of "rebellion" or hear others talk about it.

Just now I heard the clansmen discussing the matter of the great rebellion, but Murong Chui was thinking in his heart: "I have overthrown Emperor Yan Qin, how can I still go to restore Yan and Death Qin?" If you really do this, how should you evaluate me as a repeated villain? At that time, I'm afraid that I will really be like Pei Shengqin's poems, and it will be difficult for me to be a white-haired person in history! ”

"Once the swallow has been covered, it should not be sought again; Since he has already been Emperor Qin, how can he go to the death of Qin again! The old man is close to the age of sixtieth, and his time is short, so he still has to leave the infamy of a three-surnamed domestic slave before he dies, which will make future generations laugh at him! ”

Immediately, when he heard Xinxinghou's call, Murong Chui didn't say anything, just glanced at him coldly, and then raised his sleeves openly.

"What's wrong with you?"

"What is the champion general doing?

"Murong Chui, what are you going to do?"

Ignoring everyone's questions, Murong put down his face, pushed away the healthy servants guarding the door, and left the Xinxing Hou Mansion step by step with steady steps.

"From today on, I, Murong Chui, want to be a loyal minister! Even if it can't be passed down through the ages, it can't be left stinking for thousands of years! ”

Standing outside the Xinxing Hou Mansion, Murong Chui silently made an oath in his heart.