Chapter 20: Aftershocks (4)

During the period of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, in order to consolidate his rule, Emperor Xiaowen formulated a strict system of scholars, with "scholars" being official positions and "clans" being clans. The clans enjoyed political and economic privileges according to their rank, and maintained the gate valve system through eunuch channels and marriage relations, forming closed groups.

The officials of the clan are all considered to be "clear" positions, and generally do not take care of political affairs. The local family, if you can be a long history and don't drive or something, it can be regarded as a big deal within a state. Most of the posts of assassins are held by people from other places and are appointed by the central government. If he can be a term near his hometown, then the official family will be regarded as a local "giant crocodile".

The Yu family and the Shao family are both such giant crocodiles, but the Yu family's thorn history has been "dead for a long time", and its influence is far less than Shao Jing's "retired thorn history" when he is alive. However, the Yu family also served as the chief historian of Cangzhou earlier, and the Cangzhou Thorn History Mansion was overhauled at that time.

It was the Shao family who instigated the homeless people to make trouble, but it was Broken Hongchen who "kidnapped" Xu Qi, and the reason why it was put in quotation marks was because Xu Qing was not sure whether Broken Hongchen was "kidnapped" or "taken away" Xu Qi. Xu Qing didn't know what the connection between the Yu family and Duan Hongchen was, or was everything a coincidence? After all, this kind of thing can fall on Xu Qing, and there is no coincidence that it is unacceptable.

Qi Tai had already taken the soldiers to Yu's house to be a "guest", and Xu Qing brought Qi Qihu. Gun, go face to face to see the broken red dust. According to the current situation, Duan Hongchen has not severed his relationship with the Dark River, and he has not developed any forces in the Dark River. As a captain, except for being able to say a few more words when leading the troops, the rest of the time is lonely and silent.

Yunlai Pavilion, legend has it that when parting, the willows are folded in Yunlai Pavilion, which can send good luck to both parties. Duan Hongchen looked at Xu Qing, who was wearing a black-robed mask in front of him, and said, "Xu Tingshi, is it still necessary to do this?" ”

"Okay, it's weird hot......" Xu Qing took off his mask and asked, "How did you know about me?" ”

"I didn't expect that the King of the Dark River and the History of Xu Thorn would be the same person, but if I had this idea, and then connected with the recent movements of the Dark River, I would almost be able to guess ......"

"How is Xu Qi?" Xu Qing asked: "I won't give Xu Qi to you easily just because you are from the dark river, she is my family......"

"Because of this, it's possible for you to stand here instead of a corpse lying there......" Duan Hongchen smiled slightly, but he hadn't seen Duan Hongchen smile a little awkward before. Seeing that Xu Qing didn't speak, Duan Hongchen added a few words to himself:

"Her name is not Xu Qi, she is the princess of Bohai Kingdom, Bao Qilan ......" Broken Hongchen said again: "I am Bao Qilan's father, the Bohai royal family, and I have no surname......

"Two royal families, how did they get here?" Xu Qing asked, and Duan Hongchen opened the chatterbox.

To sum up, the Misty rose after the Central Plains experienced the Five Hu Chaos and established a small kingdom in the Liaodong generation. In the nomadic era, the Ya tribe was ruled by five khans, and later one king was dominant, leading the Ya people to lay a large piece of land, and later it was also the Bohai State established by this branch.

After several generations, the Bohai Kingdom began to prosper, learning the culture of the Central Plains to the west, accepting the displaced people of the Central Plains, and actively expanding the land to the east. Boom and bust, the geographical expansion was too fast, encountered strong enemies such as the Turks and Silla, and the Central Plains entered the unification, the population began to stabilize and not migrate, and the Balhae State lacked stamina.

External worries are always accompanied by internal troubles, and the remaining four kings who have long disappeared have emerged one by one, proposing the so-called re-rule of the five kings. The four kings colluded with outsiders to overthrow the king, and the Bohai Kingdom was divided into five, returning to the pre-liberation period in an instant.

And Duan Hongchen is the descendant of the original strongest king, the successor of the Bohai Kingdom, at least one of the five kings. However, after all, the new four kings are rebels, and if they want to consolidate the justice of their rebellion, how can they not cut the roots of the vein of Broken Red Dust?

Besieged from all sides, the small country with broken red dust will soon be unable to support it, and under the nest, how can there be eggs? The old king can only do his best to protect his children and grandchildren, so that he can take revenge in the future. Fortunately, one of his sons, Duan Hongchen, was taken care of by God and escaped......

Broken Hongchen escaped alone, and it can be said that his wife was separated and he had nothing. After arriving in the Central Plains, he became a chivalrous ranger. Life made him strong and unyielding, and life also made him silent and cold. As his current name, it is like a red dust.

And Xu Qi and Duan Hongchen's recognition is also legendary, just because Duan Hongchen overheard Xu Qi say a few words of aristocratic language. In addition, Xu Qi's appearance is similar, and he has some impressions of Duan Hongchen, so Duan Hongchen almost immediately determined Xu Qi's identity. As for how Xu Qi or Bao Qilan escaped, it is unknown.

After listening to Duan Hongchen's words, Xu Qing seemed to have watched an epic blockbuster. Reacting, Xu Qing asked, "What about the Yu family?" ”

"The Yu family is the Yu family, and it has nothing to do with me......"

"Oh......" This is reassuring, if the Yu family still has something to do with Xu Qi, Xu Qing will not be able to start, and the chicks are very short of each other.

Thinking of Duan Hongchen or a member of the Dark River, Xu Qing didn't know whether he was staying or leaving, and he didn't know where Xu Qi was going. So Xu Qing said again: "Next, where are you going?" ”

"Go back to Bohai, go to Liaodong, take revenge, and restore the country......" When Duan Hongchen spoke, there was no emotion in his eyes as usual.

"After the restoration of the country, Xu Qi became the king, and the people of the Yan Dynasty can inherit the family business regardless of their eldest male and female, which is the only place I think is better than the Central Plains......"

It's just that Xu Qing listened to it and disagreed, didn't he take Xu Qi back to the wolf's den and tiger's den, Xu Qing hurriedly said: "You want revenge, what are you doing with Xu Qi!" It's not okay to be a king, she's still too young, you can't let Xu Qi follow! ”

Xu Qing saw that Xuan Hongchen was still unmoved, and said, "You should know that this will be very dangerous......

Who knew that the red dust was categorical, and a rare trace of anger in his eyes was revealed: "The hatred of killing my father, the hatred of destroying the country!" ”

"But Xu Qi, alas...... You came to me to help, right? ”

"King of the Dark River, Xu Thorn Shi ......" Broken Hongchen said: "That's true, I thought that after the end, there would be no one to inherit the country, but I didn't expect to meet Bao Qilan......"

Xun Yeyu is safe, Xu Qi is safe for the time being, Xu Qing's heart was originally covered by anger, and the landlord's mind rose again, and interrupted: "This condition, do you think I will agree to help you?" I'm the official ...... of the Tang Kingdom."

"If the five kingdoms of the Yan Dynasty are unified, the national situation will return, and the south can attack Goryeo with the Tang State, and the Turkic Donghu can be contained in the north......" Duan Hongchen thought that Xu Qing mentioned the Tang State, thinking that he wanted to put the interests of the Tang State first, but he didn't expect Xu Qing to interrupt again: "No, no, no, I'm not talking about that ......"

"I'm talking about, what ...... I can get"

"Well, I don't know you all yet, Dark River King?" Duan Hongchen then said generously: "Without him, if Xu Tingshi is framed in the Central Plains one day, just come to Bohai!" ”

"This condition is okay, so after you return to the country, what can the people of Bohai get?"

"It's not a secret, after the rebellion of the four kings, the Central Plains culture was discarded, and the nomadic herding who had no fixed place was about to begin, and the nomadic ones were looted, and many people were displaced, if I returned to the country, I had to re-learn from the Central Plains culture, so that the people would be better off ......"

"Okay, the last one, is Xu Qi willing to follow you?"

"In fact, when Xu Qi put forward the idea of recovering the country, I restarted the ...... of the great cause of recovering the country," Duan Hongchen said helplessly.

"What?" Xu Qing stared at Duan Hongchen, wanting to find even a trace of hatred.

"Po Qilan said her mother ......"

Xu Qing suddenly understood that Xu Qi's mother must have been killed by the Four Kings, and she also wanted to take revenge. Xu Qi is like a sister, her mother is like my mother, this hatred is not good. Since Xu Qi is also willing, there are great interests for the country and the people, and there is a reliable way back for himself, so many birds with one stone, can he still agree? Xu Qing then said, "Then how can I support you?"

"A team of dark rivers, five hundred taels, and silver after the year."

Xu Qing gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, I can promise you, then, can I see Bao Qilan again?" ”

"Whew, it's good ......"

Seeing Xu Qi for the last time, Xu Qing's worries disappeared completely, and he talked with her for a while. But Xu Qing knew that Xu Qi was more with his personality and recognized the things, that is, he would not let go, return to the country and take revenge, Xu Qi should not be persuaded to return. Even when Xu Qing asked Xu Qi what the meaning of the indigo text meant, Xu Qi flatly refused: "Hmph~I won't tell you~~"

The disappearance of Xu Qixun Yeyu has finally come to an end, looking back on the whole incident, Xu Qing feels that the protection of his family is too weak, and he must select and train Zhang Linlin's soldiers as soon as possible. Secondly, Xu Qing discovered: "The disaster is quite big!" ”

Boiling the oil pot, Ling Chi's second punishment, at least can make Xu Qing have a more "brutal" evaluation, this doesn't matter, put it aside. Driving soldiers to disturb the people, breaking into people's backyards, women's inner rooms, and even intimidating the family's clothes are all taboos!

Face, face...... Why do people have to compete for superiority? Isn't it just for the sake of face? The most useful thing for the clan is face, when you go out, you are very majestic, and all those who are powerful and powerful recognize you as a "face" of three points. It can be said that the bigger the face, the more hands and eyes reach the sky, so the most important thing for the family is face.

If the money is gone, you can earn it again, if the house is gone, you can rebuild it, if your wife is gone, you can remarry, and your face is gone? If you pick it up from the ground, there will be ashes, which will make people laugh for a lifetime...... For the clan, can this be endured?

"Can you bear this!" An old man of the clan was furious, and yelled at the table, and if it weren't for the complicated clothes, he almost didn't jump.

"Yes, I can't bear it, I must give that kid a little color!"

"Well, we can only complain here, what else can you do?"

"That's right, he has more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, and the private soldiers in our hands are relatively scattered, so we can't win his ......"

"But what if they gather?"

"Then it gives him even more confidence, let him strike first, and destroy us one by one before gathering."

In a secret hall, the representatives of the various families of the world were far away, and they criticized Xu Qing remotely as usual, but there was no way to "govern Xu Qing". Suddenly, a person proposed: "Little brother thinks that he can first come to transfer the tiger from the mountain, and then come to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary!" ”

See clearly, it's Cheng Lu Jing of Haixing County!