Bang Dang! The teacup fell to the ground and shattered, the hot tea spilled all over the ground, Wang Ang stared at the messenger dumbfounded, he couldn't believe his ears, his daughter actually committed suicide by taking poison at noon, last night she also smiled and said to herself that the husband and wife were in love, why did she commit suicide by taking poison in less than a day, for a long time, he jumped up suddenly, grabbed the collar of the messenger, and shouted: "What the hell is going on!"

"Uncle said that Miss couldn't think about it for a while." The messenger replied tremblingly, he saw Wang Ang's eyes were extremely fierce, his lips couldn't help but tremble, and he added: "My uncle and Miss had a quarrel this morning, and I don't know the specific situation. ”

"Bastard!" Wang Ang overthrew the messenger and shouted, "I'll prepare the car!" ”

The carriage started, and a hundred attendants escorted Wang Ang's carriage towards Pingkangfang, the gate of Cui's mansion was open, and a group of family members gathered at the door, all of them looked nervous, and the whole house was full of anxiety and commotion, the carriage stopped, and several attendants escorted Wang Ang out of the carriage.

"Let me all in, and no one will be allowed to leave."

Wang Ang gave an order, a hundred guards drove all the family members into the house with knives, and the door was closed, closing all the tension and doubts in the door, Cui Xiong was no longer in the house, after Wang Tian committed suicide, he only came back to explain a few words, and threw the aftermath to the housekeeper, but he left under the pretext of being busy with official business, Wang Tian's body was still parked in the house, and the two personal maids did not dare to leave without permission, squatting on the ground with their faces like earth, and their eyes were full of fear.

"Listen to the two of you, Miss did commit suicide, Childe and Miss have always been very affectionate, because there was a quarrel yesterday, Miss couldn't think about it for a while, you two must not talk nonsense, otherwise Childe will not spare you!"

It was the housekeeper of the Cui Mansion who spoke. Although the cause of Wang Tian's death is unknown, even he suspects that it was Cui Xiong's hand, but Cui Xiong refuses to admit it, and insists that it is suicide. But there is one thing that the housekeeper knows very well, Mrs. is the daughter of the Wang family, and now she is not dead in vain, how can her mother's family be willing to give up, no matter what, Cui Xiong can't get out of it, he repeated what he just said, and saw the two women's expressions demented, and yelled again, "Did you hear clearly!" ”

"Humph!" Outside, there was a heavy snort and the sound of hurried footsteps. And bam! With a bang, the door was slammed open, and a large group of sword-wielding guards swarmed in, and in an instant they took control of all parts of the room, and Wang Ang strode in from the outside, and at a glance he saw the corpse covered with a white cloth on the bed. Qing Qing was cold, his daughter was still in the room, but the man said that he was busy with official business and left it alone, and for a while, Wang Ang hated so much that his eyes were about to erupt with fire.

"Knock on the big master!"

Two maids pounced! knelt down, these two maids came with Wang Tian to marry, and they have served the young lady since they were children. Seeing that the eldest master of his mother's family had arrived, the fear in his eyes suddenly disappeared, and they all cried bitterly, "The eldest master wants to call the shots for the young lady!" ”

The housekeeper next to him was scared into a cold sweat. He knew that the matter was a little big, and hurriedly said, "Wang Shangshu, this matter is a misunderstanding!" ”

Wang Ang's eyes swept away, he suddenly understood seven or eight points in his heart, and made a look at the attendant, and several guards rushed up like wolves and tigers, and dragged the housekeeper out of the room. Then the door was slammed shut. Wang Ang walked to the bed, lifted the quilt and looked at it. couldn't help but sigh a long sigh, he sat down slowly, and asked the two maids in a hoarse voice: "Let me ask you, why did the young lady kill herself?" ”

"Sir, the young lady was forced to death by that beast!" A maid was a little bold, gritting her teeth.

Wang Ang had gradually heard something strange, he squinted his eyes and asked, "Miss told me yesterday that they are husband and wife, isn't it true?" ”

"Master, that's Miss to save face and comfort you, in fact, Miss has been very bitter in the past few years."

The two maids were sharp-toothed, and they told Cui Xiong how he had been indifferent to Wang Tian over the years, and how he had beaten and humiliated her, one added oil and vinegar, plus their own humiliation and feelings, and exaggerated the trivial things by three points, and finally said: "Just because Miss was going to kill that male pet last night, Cui Xiong beat Miss today, humiliated her in public in the morning, and chased her back at noon and beat her violently, even if Miss didn't commit suicide, he would be beaten to death by him." ”

Wang Ang's eyes were red when he heard this, although he knew that Cui Xiong was not a good thing, but he never expected that this person would be vicious to the extent of using violence, does this need to be asked? He just deceived people too much, how good can his son be! But the maid's last sentence made him stunned, and he immediately asked, "Do you think that Miss still has the possibility of committing suicide?" ”

The two maids glanced at each other, and one of them said timidly: "Miss was locked in the house and cried alone for a day, and she couldn't do it when we went in the afternoon, but she never had any poison on her, how could she commit suicide?" So it's a little suspicious. ”

Boom! Wang Ang punched the table fiercely, he also thought that if his daughter was wronged, she would find her mother's support and would be able to die at will?

His eyes revealed a vicious murderous intent, Cui Xiong, Cui Qinggong, your father and son are really too deceitful! ”

He forced himself to calm down, and asked the two maids, "Do you know where that male pet lives?" ”

"I heard that they often drink and have fun in Li Du Restaurant, by the way, that male pet seems to be called Liu Xia'er."

"Liu Xia'er?" Wang Ang muttered twice, he stood up suddenly, waved his hand and ordered: "Go to Li Du Restaurant!" ”

At the end of the year, tens of thousands of candidates gathered in Chang'an, year after year, just for the glory of the moment when the title of the gold list was titled, at night, in front of the wine bottle, in the beauty of the smile, three or five relatives and friends gathered, not to mention the romance and talent of the Tang Dynasty.

The business of Li Du Restaurant at night is more prosperous than the day, the shouting and laughter are not uneared, the street is like day, people come and go, it seems very lively, suddenly, there is a thunderous sound of horses' hooves in the distance, mixed with a loud shout, "Flash ahead!" ”

The streets were suddenly chaotic, and everyone was scared to dodge on the side of the road. The sound of horses' hooves became louder and closer, and a dark shadow fell to the ground at the end of the street, and in an instant more than a hundred fierce guards appeared from the darkness, murderous and thunderous.

The guards crowded around a carriage. Slowly stopped in front of Li Du Restaurant, Wang Ang got out of the carriage, he looked around coldly with his hands behind his back, the front of the restaurant was empty, more than a dozen guys who greeted guests had already hid in the lobby, and the windows upstairs were crowded with black clusters of people watching the excitement.

The shopkeeper hurriedly ran out with a smile, bowed and bowed, "Welcome Wang Shangshu to our store, it's an honor." ”

"Cui Xiong is here?" Wang Ang's eyes met and asked coldly.

The shopkeeper secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good. He forced a smile and said, "He came in the morning, but soon he left, I don't know where he went?" ”

"What about Liu Xia'er?" Wang Ang's narrowed eyes gradually revealed murderous intent.

"Back to Wang Shangshu, Liu Xia'er may have left Chang'an early in the morning." The shopkeeper played a small drum in his heart, and he gestured behind him again and again, telling people who could understand to report Pei Danming. It's a pity that there are more than a dozen guys, and no one understands what he means.

"Leaving Chang'an?" Wang Ang sneered lightly, "It seems that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin." ”

He turned back to the guards and gave them a look, "Go and persuade all the customers in the store to leave." ”

The guards agreed loudly, and rushed into the restaurant with sticks together, so anxious that the shopkeeper made a fuss, "Lord Shangshu." I beg you to raise your noble hand and spare our shop for once. ”

Wang raised his hand behind his back, turned around and ignored it for a moment. The restaurant seemed to have exploded, and suddenly there was a smashing sound, the sound of dishes smashing, the table overturning, and the screams, and then a large crowd of diners rushed out, and did not pay the bill, rushed out of the door and fled in all directions, less than a quarter of an hour. Li Du's restaurant became a mess. But there was no one.

"Wang Shangshu, Liu Xia'er is really no longer in the store." The shopkeeper just finished with a crying voice. But he was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, only to see two guys helping Liu Xia'er out of the lobby, surrounded by dozens of soldiers from front to back, left and right, out of the store, the soldiers twisted Liu Xia'er in front of Wang Ang, and a strong smell of wine came to his face.

A soldier stepped forward to report: "Report to Shangshu, we found this person in the firewood room, and it is said that he is Liu Xia'er." ”

"Didn't he leave Chang'an?" Wang Ang asked with a slanted gaze at the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was speechless, he suddenly rushed forward and slapped Liu Xia'er with a big mouth, "Bastard!" What are you doing hiding in the firewood room? ”

Liu Xia'er smirked like an idiot, as if she didn't understand anything, and the shopkeeper hurriedly turned to Wang Ang and pleaded: "He's just a on the street, Shangshu must not care about him." Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud shout in the distance, "Let him go!" ”

I saw Cui Xiong striding towards the sky angrily, he pushed away the two guards, and was about to step forward to rob someone, where did the guards allow him to be presumptuous, and more than a dozen sticks firmly held him together.

Cui Xiong was furious, pulled out his long knife and shouted: "If you don't let him go, Lao Tzu will kill someone!" ”

"Good! Good! Good! It seems that killing people is your nature, and the old man wants to see who else you want to kill today? The hatred and anger in Wang Ang's heart had already ignited his whole body, and he pointed at Liu Xia'er and ordered: "Beat this person to death with a stick!" ”

Dozens of attendants raised the stick and swarmed up, around Liu Xia'er's head and brain-messed down, only a moment, Liu Xia'er, who was covered in blood and flesh, had fallen to the ground and died, the shopkeeper took a few steps back, staring blankly at the tragic scene in front of him, his mind was in chaos, Liu Xia'er died like this, how could he explain to the above?

And Cui Xiong seemed to be crazy, slashing and chopping indiscriminately, but he was soon restrained by more than a dozen guards and pressed to the ground.

"The king climbs the ashes! I have to kill you. Cui Xiong roared like a beast, and his roar was heard for miles away, "Your daughter was killed by Lao Tzu, your Wang family is all dirty, Wang climbs ashes, don't you know about those ugly things when Lao Tzu?" ”

The guards strangled Cui Xiong's mouth with their belts, but he still screamed indistinctly: "Woo woo climb the ashes!" ”

Wang Ang's face was so swollen with blood that it almost exploded, he trembled, his eyes stared at Cui Xiong, suddenly, his body shook, and he was about to faint to the ground, several guards supported him together, and shouted repeatedly: "Shangshu!" Chancery! ”

Wang Ang slowly woke up, his face had turned from pig liver red to extremely pale, and he pointed at Cui Xiong and said in a trembling voice: "Call me!" Kill him. ”

The guards looked at the team in embarrassment. This is Cui Qinggong's son, and the old man is really angry.

"Why don't you do it, I'll be responsible for killing him." Wang Ang shouted hoarsely.

"Team up, what should I do?" Several guards asked quietly.

The guards are finally gritting their teeth. "Break his legs!"

The stick was picked up and crackled! The stick hit him in the leg, Cui Xiong yelled a few times, and finally couldn't support it anymore and fainted all of a sudden.

Wang Ang had already left, the street was very quiet, the shopkeeper looked at Liu Xia'er in the pool of blood and Cui Xiong who had fainted, sighed long, and ordered someone to report to the official first. He ordered a few men to carry Cui Xiong into the restaurant and find a doctor for treatment, while he himself got into a carriage and galloped towards Pei's mansion, and what happened tonight must be reported to Xiangguo immediately.

Cui Xiong was lying in a private room on the third floor, and he had not woken up yet. A man sat on the side to watch over him, taking a light nap, but outside the window, a pair of eyes were staring at Cui Xiong tightly, and when he saw that the man was not leaving, he took out two ingots of gold from his bosom, one light and one heavy, and threw them towards the door. The boy who was napping immediately woke up, looked for prestige, and at a glance saw the gold in the corner, and he stood up in surprise. Running quickly, the dark shadow outside the window jumped into the room, silently, and lightning behind the screen.

The man apparently thought it was the diners who had fallen in the chaos, so he quickly picked it up and put it in his arms, looked up again, and suddenly saw that there was another ingot. I couldn't help but run out of the door in surprise.

It was in this moment. The man in black had already taken out a silver stalk and struck it at Cui Xiongdi's crotch quickly and accurately. Cui Xiong snorted, curled up violently, rolled over and rolled off the plank, and when the gold picker heard the sound and ran in, the man in black had long since disappeared.

Just when the Li Du Restaurant in Pingkangfang was in a mess, a guest came to Cui Yuan's mansion in Xuanyangfang.

Cui Yu hadn't stepped into this door for almost three years, the shadow wall had turned grayish-white, the original gold-edged decoration was gone, a row of willow trees seemed to have become a little old, their necks hung down weakly, bleak and lifeless, the corridor was mottled with paint, and there were even white logs exposed in a few places

Cui Yu sighed, the noble aura of the past was gone in this kind of mansion.

"Second master, please!" The old housekeeper brought Cui Yu to the study and said respectfully, "The master is waiting for you in the room." ”

Cui Yu tidied up his coat and hat slightly, and walked into Cui Yuan's study quickly, the furnishings in the room were still the same as before, simple and elegant, but there were piles of books, which looked a little messy, but Cui Yu seemed to feel a trace of discomfort, and he couldn't tell what it was.

"Second brother, I haven't seen you for many years." Behind a pile of books, Cui Yu saw his eldest brother, an old and thin old man, at this moment, he suddenly understood what made him feel uncomfortable, the room was full of the breath of an old man, as if there was a moldy book.

He hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "See big brother!" ”

"Sit down and talk! You're so tall, I'm not used to looking up at people. Cui Yuan smiled slightly.

"Yes!" Cui Yu sat down, bowed to Cui Yuan and smiled: "Big brother seems to be in good spirits, which is gratifying." ”

"Of course, the head of the family gave it to Cui Zhao, he had nothing to do all day, he was hungry to eat, sleepy and sleepy, and he woke up to see his grandson, he was carefree, and his spirit was naturally good, but the second brother didn't seem to be very good." Speaking of this, Cui Yuan smiled meaningfully and said: "I heard that yesterday Zhang Potian feasted Chang'an dignitaries, among the nine cabinet ministers, Cui Qinggong and Zhu Weidao are not counted, Li Mian is sick and sent his son to replace him, but the second brother neither expressed his position, nor did he let Cui Qi go on his behalf, second brother, it seems that you are not lightly ill!" ”

Cui Yu was taken aback, he suddenly realized that Cui Yuan had never really forgotten each other in the rivers and lakes, and his heart was still above the court, so he called himself to come, could it be

Cui Yuan seemed to know his thoughts, he smiled faintly and said: "In fact, there are only two ways in front of you, one is to maintain the status quo, live in the shadow of Pei Jun, do nothing, and return to your hometown after more than ten years, if you don't want to take this road, then, there must be someone to replace Pei Jun, no!" is to replace Cui Xiaofu, at that time, for the balance of power, you have the possibility of coming back again, of course, it is only possible, no one can say what will happen in the future, it depends on whether you are willing to give up some of your current power for this possibility. ”

Cui Yu was silent, of course he understood what the eldest brother meant, and he only understood Zhang Huandi's strategy after Li Mo committed suicide, but it was too late, Feng Xiangjun was like a ship with a broken cable, irretrievably drifting away, for this reason, he was bored, angry, and exhausted himself thinking about how to keep the military department, maybe Zhang Huan was not interested in this, maybe he just wanted to enter Guanzhong, or he took a fancy to the household department that controlled the world's money and grain, otherwise how could he control the grain in Chang'an?

But at this time, Cui Yuan's words finally cut off his glimmer of hope, and he saw the cruel reality, what Zhang Huan wanted was his position as a squire in the military department.

"Has he ever come to see Big Brother?" Cui Yu's voice was a little hoarse.

"Yes, he came to me yesterday afternoon." Cui Yuan nodded slowly, "He hopes that the second brother will lend him the position of the squire of the military department." ”

"Borrow?" Cui Yu was a little puzzled.

"Second brother, borrowing land means that he not only wants to get the military department, but also the full support of his subordinates, just like Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, and Sun Quan also gave him his sister-in-law. Cui Yuan smiled like an old fox, at this moment, he had already figured out to the little fox, Zhang Huan made enemies on all sides, how could he not think that while getting the military department, he also got a firm supporter?

"Second brother, think about it yourself! If Pei Jun didn't promise him anything, how could Zhang Huan send the grain to Chang'an? ”

"Don't think about it, I'll listen to my eldest brother."

Without the support of the family, his Cui Yu is a rootless duckweed, in the past three years, he has learned from the pain, even if Zhang Huan does not have a borrowed word, he will still not hesitate to obey the arrangement of the eldest brother, in order to express his willingness to return to the family.

Cui Yuan glanced at him deeply, and his eyes suddenly revealed a trace of brotherly warmth, he stretched out his thin hand and smiled slightly: "Second brother, when I promised you something when I was a child, you always had to hold me and give me a high-five, do you remember?" ”

Cui Yu also laughed, he scratched the back of his head, stretched out his hand embarrassedly, and slapped Cui Yuan lightly, both of them laughed, their smiles were bright, as if they had returned to their childhood.

At this moment, there was a slight sound of footsteps outside the door, "Master, I just heard a message." ”

It was the voice of the old housekeeper, and Cui Yuan smiled: "You just come in and talk about it!" “

The old housekeeper walked in, lowered his hand and said, "Just now, a family member came back from Pingkangfang and said that Cui Xiong had an accident. ”

Cui Yuan was not surprised, his nephew was stupid, reckless, and arrogant, and it was strange if something didn't happen! He sneered and asked, "What happened to him?" ”

"I heard that his wife was unbearable to his abuse and committed suicide by taking poison at noon, Wang Ang asked him to settle the account, and just now beat him to a cripple in Pingkangfang, and it is said that he also injured his life."

Cui Yu was taken aback, and he hurriedly said to Cui Yuan: "Big brother, didn't Cui Qinggong and Wang Ang have a deep enmity now?" ”

Cui Yuan shook his head, sighed softly and said: "Marriage has always been a double-edged sword, if it is used well, the two families can share the same hatred; But if it is not used well, it will turn against each other, and it seems that Jianghuai will have a lot of things from now on. ”