Chapter 688: Friend and Foe
"I've always been worried that our Yang family will cause a storm because of the short-sightedness of some people, but I didn't expect some people to be so short-sighted, colluding with the White Lotus Sect, and even becoming a pawn of the Three Princes, I really don't know how the family has cultivated disciples over the years." "Uncle Jiu, it's useless to say these things now, and now I should think about how to make up for it, or resolve this crisis at the lowest cost." A hint of gloom also flashed in Yang Xuanyi's eyes, the Yang family is the first family in the world, it can be said that in addition to the royal family, the Yang family has the most reputation, but once Yang Xiuchen's joining the White Lotus Sect is exposed, although the Yang family will not be suppressed by the royal family, its reputation will definitely drop a lot.
In this era where reputation is paramount, once the reputation is affected, even if the strength is still there, many people will gradually jump out and want to resist or even overthrow the position of the Yang family.
"Make it up? It's useless. A wry smile appeared on the corner of Yang Manlou's mouth, when he left the Yang family and came to Jinling, he had a deep talk with the eldest brother, and suggested that the eldest brother must strictly guard some children and not let them take shortcuts, but the result does not seem to be ideal.
"When something like this happens, the only thing the Yang family can do is to insist that this is Yang Xiuchen's personal behavior, and it has nothing to do with the position of the Yang family. Shilin is a clear stream, although it has no strength, but its influence is very huge. ”
"Uncle Nine, then let's release some rumors before this to reduce the negative impact of Shilin on our Yang family." A bright light flashed in Yang Xuanyi's eyes, and he said loudly.
"It's too late." Hearing Yang Xuanyi's words, a trace of bitterness appeared at the corner of Yang Manlou's mouth.
"Since Shen Yan wrote a secret letter to tell me this, it means that he must have thought of countermeasures to expand this matter and cause a certain sensational effect, thereby reducing the difficulty of the emperor's disposal and increasing his bargaining chips for the throne."
"Uncle Nine, although I don't have a good impression of Shen Yan, but in this matter, I think he wrote a secret letter to tell Uncle Nine that he wanted to sell Uncle Nine a favor, so Shen Yan may not think of this." A hint of hesitation flashed in Yang Xuanyi's eyes, and he said with some uncertainty.
"Our relationship with Shen Yan is both friend and foe, if it does not harm our interests, Shen Yan will definitely take action, and, if I guess correctly, Shen Yan must tell the emperor about this, although the emperor does not have a very good way to take our old world, but after all, the emperor stands in a righteous situation, which makes us very passive. Besides, with Shen Yan's character of being unprofitable and not early, he must have a backhand. Yang Manlou's eyes flashed with a confident light, and he said affirmatively.
"Since Shen Yan wants to make a move, then why do you still tell us this." Yang Xuanyi didn't quite understand Shen Yan's approach, isn't this a contradiction.
"Shen Yan has two motives for this move, one is to ask us to withdraw from this matter and not fall into it, so as to owe him a favor. Second, it is to tell us that he has no last resort in this matter, and to suggest that we should not tear down his platform in this matter. A bitter smile flashed in Yang Manlou's eyes, he should have been cheeky enough to pull Shen Yan into his camp, so that Shen Yan would leave a show for the Yang family in this matter.
"We have a good opponent, an opponent that we can learn from and respect."
"Grandpa, when did we have a good opponent?" As soon as Yang Manlou's words fell, Yang Ruoxi walked in with a faint smile on his face.
"It's nothing, I'm talking about Shen Yan." Yang Manlou hurriedly gave Yang Xuanyi a look, signaling not to tell Yang Ruoxi about this.
"Shen Yan? What does he have to say. Hearing Yang Manlou's words, a trace of doubt flashed in Yang Ruoxi's eyes, and his eyes rolled slightly, revealing a strange look.
"Shen Yan is terrible in Huaibei County, he has defeated the army of the White Lotus Sect many times, and has successfully eliminated more than half of the White Lotus Sect's troops, and now he is even more out of breath with the White Lotus Sect, pressing the White Lotus Sect to shrink in Lingnan and dare not come out." A loving look appeared on the corner of Yang Manlou's mouth, and he glanced at Yang Ruoxi, and couldn't help but secretly think in his heart: If Yang Ruoxi could have behaved more naturally, maybe Shen Yan would not have the same attitude as he did at the beginning, and maybe Shen Yan would have become his grandson-in-law.
However, there are no assumptions in this world, assumptions, just a kind of mental regret and self-comfort.
"Grandpa, this must not be true, Shen Yan is only a few thousand people, I heard that the White Lotus Sect has 200,000, and a few thousand people have defeated 200,000, this is simply impossible." Yang Ruoxi's eyes were wide open, full of surprise and doubt.
"What's impossible about this, fighting a war is not about numbers, it's about paying attention to skills, besides, Shen Yan has a very good set of military training, and he defeated the Northern Jackal Cavalry that had been pressing on the head of Great Xia for decades, so it is very likely that Shen Yan can win the battle." A look of indifference appeared at the corner of Yang Manlou's mouth, and he said slowly.
"Yes, Ruoxin, Shen Yan's several battles were not fought by all the White Lotus Sect soldiers, but the White Lotus Sect divided several waves of troops, and Shen Yan had a fierce battle." Yang Xuanyi understood Yang Manlou's eyes, and then briefly said the matter of Shen Yan's defeat of the White Lotus Sect.
"I didn't expect that Shen Yan was still so powerful, thinking that the 50,000 troops of the Jinling Front Army were all disabled by the White Lotus Sect, and Shen Yan actually disabled the White Lotus Sect with thousands of people, it is really unbelievable." There was still a trace of shock in Yang Ruoxi's eyes, mixed with a hint of other looks.
Which girl is not pregnant with spring, which girl has no illusions in her heart, which girl does not live with a hero in her heart, Yang Ruoxi also has such a feeling.
was so disgusted with Shen Yan at the beginning, it was nothing more than hearing that his grandfather was going to marry him to Shen Yan, although this world is about the life of her parents and the words of the matchmaker, but Yang Ruoxi's background and the environment in which she grew up created a seed of rebellion in her heart, the reason for the rebellion was that she didn't know Shen Yan, and once she had some understanding of Shen Yan, Yang Ruoxi's attitude towards Shen Yan had quietly changed.
Otherwise, Yang Ruoxi would not often go to Wangjiang Tower, let alone talk to Qiu Yingxue, in addition to increasing his understanding of Shen Yan, he still wanted to have a good relationship with Qiu Yingxue and Cheng Keer.