At night, when I couldn't see my five fingers, in front of the side door of Yanzhou Thorn Mansion, a figure flashed. A pair of slightly flickering eyes finally turned into firmness after a moment of hesitation, stepped forward and spoke a few words to the guard, and then was led into the Assassin's Mansion.

Zhao Jin looked a little nervous, paced quickly in small steps, followed closely behind the guard, and looked left and right, as if he was afraid of being seen.

As the head of the Zhao family, he had just concluded an alliance under the leadership of Yang Chen, and he came to Liu Bei's mansion that night, and his purpose was self-evident.

Today's world is no longer the world of the family. Zhao Jin, who has a calm personality, knows this very well.

While Yuan Shu brought a broader space to the family, he also completely imprisoned the domestic family. The family that once controlled the world is now a caged bird, and it is impossible to ask for its control.

He had signed such an agreement before, but he was forced to do so by the general trend, and he was not optimistic about it at all. What if Liu Bei is really eliminated? Not to mention Yuan Shu's attitude and strength, would Yuan Shao really accept them, a group of people from a family who rebelled against their master? The relationship between the Hebei family and their Central Plains family was once like fire and water, and if they wanted to defect to Yuan Shao, it would inevitably damage the interests of the Hebei family.

As a family, now it is no longer qualified to turn against the princes where it is. Because once you turn your face, you will lose both, and today's princes are no longer the princes who could only rely on the family in the past.

After thinking all this clearly, Zhao Jin rushed directly to the Assassin's Mansion that night, that is, now, and prepared to surrender to Liu Bei. However, the situation in front of him was somewhat unexpected to him.

In the lobby, the main seat is vacant, and there is also a side seat next to it that is also vacant, and there are already three people in the left and right rows of seats.

"Brother Wang, Brother Chen, Brother Yue." Zhao Jin looked at the three familiar figures in front of him in surprise and said in surprise.

The three of them were also nervous, but they were not surprised by Zhao Jin's appearance, bowed their hands slightly, and then closed their eyes and frowned into deep thought.

Zhao Jin, who is sleek and wise by nature, understood the situation in front of him in an instant, let go of the worries in his heart a little, and consciously found an empty seat to sit on the ground. Close your eyes and ponder, waiting for Liu Bei's arrival.

"Wow! For! For! ”

The rod rang three times, and the time had come. Two figures emerged from the doorway.

Zhao Jin and the other four people, who heard the footsteps, hurriedly opened their eyes, got up and sorted out their clothes, and greeted them respectfully.

A figure took the lead in crossing the threshold, and unsurprisingly, it was Liu Bei who everyone was waiting for. Then the second figure was half a step behind him, and immediately followed into the room. Zhao Jin and the others looked at this familiar figure, their eyes instantly widened, and their eyes were full of disbelief. They could never have imagined that this person who should not have appeared would appear here at this time.

Yang Chen!

Just now, as a leader, he called on everyone to rebel against Yang Chen, who destroyed Liu Bei. As the head of the Yanzhou family, Yang Chen, the head of the Yang family, has always been at odds with Liu Bei. He actually appeared here at this time!

In the stunned eyes of the four of them, Yang Chen followed Liu Bei from the hall, and sat on the side seat second only to Liu Bei's main seat with a calm demeanor.

Looking at the appearance of the four people below, Liu Bei, who had not seen a smile in the past few months, smiled slightly.

"It's a pleasure to see a few of you here today. But it seems that you are surprised by the current situation, right? ”

Yang Chen, who was sitting on the side seat, also smiled when he heard this: "It's really fortunate to meet the three of you again so soon." ”

After such a while, no matter how slow the four people present reacted, they understood the current situation, and they all looked at Yang Chen in horror, with resentment and fear in their eyes that could not be hidden, as if they were looking at a poisonous snake around their neck.

This man is terrifying!

Under the banner of leading the families to overthrow Liu Bei, they gathered everyone together, signed an alliance, and even fooled the families to report their respective strengths. As a result, in an instant, this alliance leader directly surrendered to the enemy, and needless to say, the alliance and the information of the family have definitely been presented by him. This trick is really ruthless.

At the same time, the four of them were also shocked by Yang Chen's courage and decisiveness. Their surrender can be said to be forced by the situation, but Yang Chen took the initiative to harm other families! This approach is basically equivalent to self-isolation from the family, and the Yang family will definitely not be accepted by the family group in the future, I am afraid that there is only one way to hug Liu Bei's thigh.

However, if you think about it carefully, this approach is also very consistent with the Yang family's behavior all along. Although the Yang family in Yanzhou is only a side branch, after all, it comes from the former Yang family in Kansai. As the only family that can compete with the Yuan family, whose protégés and former officials are all over the world, the Yang family also has its own uniqueness.

Among the four major families, the Yuan family takes the middle-level route of fame, the Xun family takes the top-level route of ability, the Chen family takes the upper-level route of connections, and the Yang family takes the route of protecting the royal family.

Loyal to the Son of Heaven, but not foolish. This ensured that the ups and downs of the Yang family for nearly a thousand years have never perished, although they have also experienced a lot of difficulties, and have been close to extinction several times, but they will rise again every once in a while.

Just like the current situation, when Liu Cheng was in power, although he was only a puppet emperor, the Yang family still tried their best to protect it and share honor and disgrace with him. Even if he was optimistic about Yuan Shu, he only sent Yang Xiu, Yuan Shu's nephew, out, and the position of the main family remained unchanged.

And after Liu Cheng was deprived of all power by Yuan Shu, the Yang family was not stupid, but decisively gave up and fell silent. Even if the relationship with Yuan Shu is good, even if the situation in the world is basically under Yuan Shu's grasp now, the Yang family is just doing their own work silently, and has no intention of taking refuge.

This is the Yang family, and they are not willing to take any risks, they just want to put the icing on the cake and fight for the dragon's merit from the snow. When the world is completely unified, Yang Biao and the Yang family will come back again to take refuge under the command of the only Son of Heaven, and they are loyal.

The Yang family relied on this means to avoid risks, and it was able to gain the trust of emperors of all dynasties and generations, and it has always stood tall in the past thousand years. Because they are extremely loyal, and the one who is loyal is not an individual, but the Son of Heaven. No matter who becomes the Son of Heaven, they will be the most loyal arm and will never become an enemy.

Compared with the Yang family, Yang Chen in front of him is even more thorough, almost crazy. What does it mean to be self-deprecating to do such a despicable thing? In the future, the life and death of their Yanzhou Yang family will all depend on Liu Bei, once Liu Bei loses trust in them, the Yanzhou Yang family will be attacked by the family in an instant and die, and there is no way back at all.

Is it worth it?

Looking at Yang Chen, who was sitting beside Liu Bei above them, with complicated eyes, everyone couldn't help but think in their hearts.