Just as the study is a man's last territory, Cui Yuan's study is also not allowed to be easily entered, he has two study rooms, one is an outer study room, which is used to receive some allies and henchmen; The other is the inner study, which no one is allowed to enter except for a maid who specializes in cleaning the room.

Cui Yuan put the jade on the table, and took out a small gold-painted box from a red sandalwood box, he took out a golden key from the bottom of the box to open the small box, which contained some letters, he flipped through the bottom and found a yellowed plain note, his hands began to tremble slightly.

On the plain note is a poem:

The pearl of the king,

Xie Jun's ruler.

Gift the king and the wisdom sword,

May you slash lovesickness.

The inscription is exactly 'Guangling Chu Banglan. ’

"It's her, it's her jade card!" Cui Yuan muttered to himself, the Banglan on the jade plate and the Banglan on the letterhead were exactly the same.

Cui Yuan carefully put the letterhead back away, he stared at the jade card in a daze, and seemed to remember the years more than twenty years ago, when he was thirty-six years old and had just inherited the head of the family, and Chu Banglan was only seventeen years old, with a peerless appearance and unparalleled beauty, he had already been ordered by his father to marry the daughter of Sun Quanxu, the head of another big family, and gave birth to a son Cui Xian, but he fell madly in love with the seventeen-year-old Chu Banglan, and the result was of course gloomy and sad for him.

More than 20 years have passed, and Cui Yuan, who is close to the sixtieth birthday, has long forgotten these past events, but a jade plaque that he met by chance evoked his memories of the past.

At this time, there were soft footsteps outside the door, and the housekeeper whispered outside: "Master, the second master is here!" ”

The butler's voice interrupted Cui Yuan's memories, and he smiled self-deprecatingly, what do you want to do at such an age?

"Got it, take him to my study first!" Cui Yuan casually rested the jade on the desk and got up.

Just a moment after Cui Yuan left, her daughter Cui Ning tiptoed outside the room.

"Father, are you in there?" Cui Ning knocked lightly on the door of the study, he heard that his father went to the inner study, but after knocking a few times, there was no sound inside, she pushed it gently, and the door of the study 'creaked' open.

The interior was brightly lit, and a warm atmosphere came through the cracks in the door.

The warm atmosphere reminded Cui Ning of her childhood, she often sneaked into her father's study and covered his eyes, at that time, her father always smiled and hugged her on his lap, took out some maps and told her many interesting stories, these were many years ago, but it seemed to happen yesterday.

"Father, are you there?" Cui Ning walked into the study lightly, his father was not there, and the brazier in the house was crackling! A string of sparks burst out of the ground, startling her, Cui Ning was about to withdraw, but suddenly saw a light green jade plate on the table, very familiar, she thought of the jade card under Zhang Huan's neck, a trace of uneasiness arose in her heart, she walked over quickly and picked up the jade card, and there were indeed two words on it.

There is no doubt that he has fallen into the hands of his father, Cui Ning was shocked and confused, standing there dumbfounded and at a loss, 'Crackle! With a bang, the brazier burst into a string of sparks, and she woke up, then pinched the jade plaque in her hand, and left in a panic.

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Cui Yuan came to the outer study, Cui Qinggong was pacing anxiously in the room, he had been busy purging military discipline for the past two days, and he didn't know about Cui Ning's kidnapping, until Cui Ning returned home, he didn't know about it, and all this was caused by his bastard son.

Seeing the eldest brother come in, Cui Qinggong hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, and he said ashamedly: "It's all Xiong'er who caused trouble and wronged Xiao Ning!" ”

Cui Yuan waved his hand and said, "Fortunately, Ning'er came back safely, and nothing happened, so the matter will be settled for the time being." ”

"What about Zhang Huan! Did he forget it? ”

In the final analysis, Cui Qinggong was still for Zhang Huan, and he said unwillingly: "Big brother, this person will become the pillar of the Zhang family, and he can't let it go!" ”

Cui Yuan was silent, if Zhang Huan was not a child of the Zhang family, he would do whatever it took to recruit him, just outside the Chunming Gate, he single-handedly forced himself away, hundreds of cavalry galloped past him, but he didn't even blink an eyelid, just with this courage, he could recruit him as a son-in-law.

It's a pity that he is a son of the Zhang family, and he will never be able to become his right-hand man.

However, today's discovery of that piece of jade made Cui Yuan suspicious of Zhang Huan's life experience, if Chu Banglan was really his mother, then he shouldn't be just a concubine anyway, it was this doubt that made Cui Yuan's heart to kill Zhang Huan a little shaken, at least until the truth was clarified, he didn't want to touch Zhang Huan for the time being.

"Someone has already begun to intervene in Xiong'er's meritorious work, you must not make any more extraneous branches, otherwise it will hurt me, have you heard?"

"But...."Cui Qinggong was still a little unwilling, "Big brother, I can let those scholars go, but Zhang Huan kidnapped Xiangguo's daughter, how can I spare him?" ”

Cui Yuan looked at him and said coldly: "Second brother, hatred will blind your eyes, Zhang Huan is not important, the important thing is that Zhang Potian can make your generals give up the task with a few words, this is the big thing you should consider, you really disappoint me!" ”

Cui Qinggong's face swelled into the color of pig liver, and he hurriedly explained to his eldest brother, "I have already killed the military envoy who betrayed me, and Liu Yuanqing, I now suspect that he was also released in private!" ”

"Nonsense!" Cui Yuan slapped the table and shouted: "Can you scare them by killing someone?" If you kill someone, you will force them to Zhang Potian, won't you use other methods? ”

The eldest brother's rare anger made Cui Qinggong stand up in fright, and he trembled and said, "Please instruct the eldest brother!" ”

"I can't think of such a simple solution!" Cui Yuan stood up and said to him word by word: "Our Cui family still has 150,000 troops in Shandong, won't you transfer their generals to each other?" ”

The air in the study seemed to be frozen, Cui Qinggong's head was deeply bowed, he didn't dare to say a word, Cui Yuan also realized his strictness, he slowly sat down, and relieved the tension in the room with a gentle tone.

"This time Wei Ge is coming violently, what will happen next will be a vicious battle, among the seven great families, the Wang and Yang families have been used by my Cui family, Zhang Ruohao will naturally support Wei Ge, and the remaining Chu and Pei families are extremely critical, especially Pei Jun, the fox, there is no substantial benefit, he will not agree."

Cui Qinggong still didn't dare to make a sound, Cui Yuan glanced at his brother, and said with a slight smile: "Xiong'er, this wild horse, should also be in a cage, I plan to marry his youngest daughter Pei Ying for Xiong'er, what do you think?" ”

Cui Qinggong nodded and responded: "Everything is arranged by the eldest brother!" ”

Cui Yuan smiled and waved his hand, and said, "You first concentrate on really catching Feng Xiangjun into your own hands, and in two days I will think of putting you into the cabinet first." ”

"The Cabinet?" Cui Qinggong was stunned for a moment, the seven members of the cabinet are all the heads of the seven great families, and they are also the highest authority in the Tang Dynasty, how can others tolerate the Cui family getting two seats.

"Big brother, I'm afraid this is a bit difficult!"

"Is there any difficulty, don't I know?"

Cui Yuan smiled coldly, "You have to remember, our ultimate goal is to rotate the right minister in June next year, everything else is just a means, and letting you enter the cabinet is just a temptation of mine!" ”

Cui Qinggong seemed to understand whether he understood or not, his eyes were confused, Cui Yuan smiled faintly, and no longer explained.

At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps at the door, and then the chief housekeeper reported outside, "Master, Zhang Shangshu is visiting!" ”

"Jang Ruoho?" Cui Yuan was a little surprised, but he immediately reacted, Zhang Ruoho must have come for Zhang Huan, but how did he know that Zhang Huan was in his hands?

"Ask him to wait in the small guest room for a while, and I'll come when I change my clothes."

Cui Yuan turned around and said to Cui Qinggong: "Go!" Get the army under control. ”

After Cui Qinggong left, Cui Yuan pondered for a moment and instructed his subordinates: "Go to the East Courtyard to bring Zhang Huan, treat him with courtesy, and don't slack off." ”

When his subordinates were about to leave, Cui Yuan stopped him again, "Send someone to Taiyuan to check Zhang Huan's details, especially to pay attention to his mother's situation!" ”

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Jang Ruoho is indeed here for Zhang Huan, and after getting a distress letter from the grocery store owner, he rushed to Cui's mansion without even changing his clothes, and now Zhang Huan is extremely important to him, and he is the key to whether the Zhang family can be revitalized.

There is no shortage of money and the Zhang family; People, Hedong has been a densely populated place since ancient times, what the Zhang family lacks is the younger generation who has courage and a sense of the overall situation, and lacks a cadre who can rebuild the Hedong Army, in the Zhang clan where decadence and comfort prevail, Zhang Huan is undoubtedly a person who has the ability to turn the tide, let him rebuild the Hedong Army first, and then give up the position of the head of the family when the time is ripe, these are things that Zhang Ruohao has long considered mature.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Huan set off a huge wave as soon as he arrived in Chang'an, and now he was detained by Cui Yuan, he was extremely worried that Cui Yuan would kill Zhang Huan on the spot, which would make his years of hard work go to waste.

Just when Zhang Ruohao was waiting uneasily in the guest hall, Cui Yuan's hearty laughter came from afar, "Let Zhang Shangshu wait for a long time, Cui Yuan is guilty!" When the sound arrived, Cui Yuan appeared at the door with a smile.

Zhang Ruohao hurriedly stood up, smiled and arched his hand to him: "Uninvited, I should apologize!" ”

Cui Yuan stepped forward and grabbed his arm affectionately and smiled: "Zhang Shangshu had better come uninvited every day, so that I will be happy." ”

Zhang Ruohao stroked his silver beard and said with a slight smile: "It's just that the amount of wine is quite large, and I'm afraid that the little stock in Xiangguo's cellar will be drunk every day." ”

"There is wine, I'm afraid that Brother Zhang won't come to drink!"

"And that kind of thing?" Zhang Ruohao and Cui Yuan glanced at each other, and they both laughed.

The two sides sat down, and without waiting for Zhang Ruohao to speak, Cui Yuan smiled and said bluntly: "Zhang Shangshu must have come from Zhang Huan's business!" ”

"Exactly, I heard that he acted recklessly, and the old man came to apologize."

Cui Yuan smiled faintly and said: "Zhang Shangshu's apology, the old man can't afford it, you can take it away, but I have a small condition." ”

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