In the courtyard, in the corridor of the backyard, Li Wen quietly poked his head out and looked up.

With the lamp in the study, the figures of the Xue Shao brothers can be faintly seen projected on the window paper. You can see that they are arguing, but Li Wen can't hear them.

"The Third Son." Suddenly, a light female voice sounded behind her, which startled the nervous Li Wen.

"Yes, yes...... Madam? Li Wen hurriedly saluted, "I've seen Madame, Li Wen is rude!" ”

"The third son doesn't have to be polite." Xiao Shi also glanced up in the direction of the study, and said softly with a smile, "It's cold and the night is dew, the third prince might as well go to the guest room early to rest." ”

"Hmm...... It's too late at night to bother. Li Wen was a little flustered, "Next, please say goodbye - Madame stays, there is no need to send each other." ”

"It's hard to walk at night, but the third son walks well." Xiao didn't say much, only gave a salute to show goodbye, "Our mansion is not considerate of hospitality, and I hope that the third son Haihan." ”

Li Wen left in a hurry, but it was a bit like fleeing.

A rare cloud of sadness appeared on Shaw's face. After a moment of deep thought, she walked to the study.

Xue Shao and Xue Yi were sitting silently, and the room was silent.

Where is the Xue family going, this question is so unbearable.

Xue Shao could understand Xue Yi's confusion and fear, but Xue Yi couldn't understand what Xue Shao was thinking at the moment.

"Tuk tuk", there was a knock on the door. ‘

Xue Yi sat up with a bounce, and Xue Shao frowned and looked at the door.

"Husband, Erlang, it's late at night.

Xue Yi took a long breath and sat down again, "You sleep first, I have something to talk about with Erlang." ”

Xue Shao frowned, "Big brother, you might as well let your sister-in-law in." ”

"She's a woman, what do you know about this?" Xue Yi said angrily.

"Solidarity and fate. Sister-in-law, when did you abandon my Xue family? Xue Shao said, "Besides, the sister-in-law is not an ordinary woman, so she has a true understanding." It must not be a bad thing to have one more person to talk about. ”

“…… All right! Xue Yi sighed lightly, "Madam, please come in." ”

Xiao Shi pushed open the door, gently covered it, and then stepped forward, and whispered: "Li Wen was listening in the porch downstairs, and when I found out, he left in a hurry." ”

Xue Yi was slightly stunned at first, and then sighed, "The noble son of the royal family is like a rat stealing a dog...... Shame on you! ”

Xue Shao sneered, "He must be very afraid of me now." I'm afraid that I, the secretary of the military department who was born in a soldier, will take him for questioning, and even cut him off on the spot as a thief. ”

Xue Yi was stunned again, and then smiled bitterly, "I forgot, Erlang is known as the 'human slaughter'. Our own family may not feel it; and so on, all of them are in awe of Erlang. Regardless of Li Wen, even our grandfather's Huo Wang Li Yuanliang also talked about it to his brother, saying that his younger brother Xue Juma was born with an elegant and graceful appearance, but he was slaughtered by a person in Helongbo, and he was really a person who could not be good-looking, and the future life was terrifying! ”

"Huo Wang Li Yuanliang?" Xue Shao smiled indifferently, and the scene in his mind came to mind when Li was seriously ill, and he led a group of Li family members to force the palace and question the embarrassment of Wu Zetian.

——If the Li family's royal family is really going to be purged, Huo Wang Li Yuanliang will not be able to escape from it. Even if he is the younger brother of Taizong Li Shimin, he will not be saved!

"Husband, Erlang, I don't know if I should say a sentence or not?" Xiao Shi said suddenly.

"Say it!" Xue Yi said.

Xiao Shi said: "Under the nest, there are no eggs. The Xue clan in Hedong was a loyal minister of Li Tang from the day of the opening of the Tang Dynasty, and later became a relative of the royal family. Therefore, one loses and one wins. ”

"These great truths, and you still use a woman to preach to us?" Xue Yi waved his hand, obviously already a little upset, "If there is no word of achievement, you will retreat." ”

"Husband, don't be impatient." Xiao Shi was not in a hurry, and continued, "Back then, it was difficult for Yan Zi to be immortal, and Yun,

Therefore, if the monarch dies for the community, he will die; If the community dies, it will die. If it is not his own selfish pleasure to die for himself, who would dare to let it go? ”

Xue Yi, who was a little upset, was slightly stunned when he heard this.

Xue Shao also suddenly felt that he was in his heart, and looked at his sister-in-law in surprise, quite impressive.

It is worthy of being a noble woman who was born in the scholarly family of the Xiao family in Lanling, and this allusion cited by the Xiao family, who has read poetry and books since childhood, is also very famous in history. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Yan Zi was the minister of the Duke of Qi Zhuang. Duke Qi Zhuang had an affair with Dongguo Jiang, the wife of his minister Cui Zhu, and was killed by Cui Zhu. Later, Cui Zhu was reappointed as a new monarch, and Yan Zi was naturally purged because he was the former monarch and old minister. He was advised to flee, but he said, "Why should I flee if I am not guilty?" - In the end, it was issued that loyalty to the society was much higher than loyalty to the king.

This idea coincides so well with the concept in Xue Shao's heart!

"Husband, Confucianism says that the people are your family, and the society is secondary, and the monarch is light." Xiao continued, "Now that the people are safe and the society is peaceful, only the king sits in the side hall. However, was the status quo of this king sitting in the side palace formed overnight? ”

Xue Yi blinked, speechless.

Xue Shao continued, "My brother and sister-in-law are above, and the younger brother is still less than a year old." Before and after I was born, the two saints were in charge of the country. In the following nearly 30 years, the kings rarely went to court, and all of them were ruled by the Wu clan. Now, the monarch's power has been sidelined, and the Wu family has grown in wings, and the old men of the Li family's royal relatives and relatives have begun to be anxious like ants in a hot pot. The younger brother wanted to ask, but their Li family did not hesitate to spend thirty years pushing away their monarchical artifact little by little. At the last moment, when others were about to get their hands on it, they were desperately eager to take it back - what did they do earlier? The monarchy artifact is a candy bamboo horse in the hands of children, can you take it back if you want to give it? ”

"Erlang, are you counting the first emperor?" Xue Yi's voice sank.

Xue Shao smiled slightly and shook his head, "Little brother didn't mean to count anyone. The younger brother is only stating one fact, that is, freezing three feet is not a day's cold. The situation has come to this point, and this is neither the fault of the first emperor alone, nor is it the fault of you and me. Among them, there are historical inevitability and man-made accidents. The death disease lies in the fact that the accident of man can no longer change the inevitability of history. The Wu family has struggled for 30 years, and the Li royal family has been insensitive for 30 years. When he woke up, Li Shi found that someone else's knife was already on his neck, so he shouted for his life, Aiqing to save him...... Brother, sister-in-law's words have actually been said very thoroughly. Even though we are not sages like Yan Zi, why bother to die for such a king? ”

"......" Xue Yi glared at Xue Shao, his face was cramping, and he didn't say a word.

"What's more, the people are still good, and the society is there." Xue Shao said, "It's still the previous example, the Wu family has been able to govern in the Tang Dynasty for 30 years, and its governing philosophy of 12 suggestions has been deeply rooted in the soul of every Tang people, and the beneficiaries are even more numerous." Otherwise, there will be no Yonghui Dazhi, national security and people's abundance. ”

Xue Yi and his wife remained silent and listened very seriously.

Xue Shao said: "In the past thirty years, not only our kings and ministers have become accustomed to the Wu clan ruling above the court, but even the rural people thousands of miles away have become accustomed to it. Otherwise, the Yangzhou Mutiny with the goal of crusading against the Wu clan and Kuangfu Luling King gathered 200,000 people, why was it shattered in October? - Actually, his death is not because of how incompetent Xu Jingye is. On the contrary, a few of them can plan an earth-shattering rebellion in a single wine shop to sweep half of the south of the Yangtze River, but they are actually very capable. But if they are really righteous soldiers, even if they fight to the last soldier, they will still be glorious, and they will not die or die. But why did they defeat Xu in a battle|Jingye brothers themselves were killed by their own subordinates and sacrificed their heads to the imperial court? Why did this wave of anti-military movement disappear overnight? ”

"Have you thought about it, have you had the underlying reason?"

Xue Shao took a deep breath and asked himself: "In the final analysis, the country is safe and the people are abundant, and no one wants to fight with their own people." What the people really care about is not who sits on the dragon chair, but who can make them live a good life. Therefore, even if Xu Jingye gathered hundreds of thousands of ants in an instant, their foundation was as vulnerable as a mud and sand city wall. On the other hand, Wu's greatest confidence is not the die-hard loyalists and henchmen she appointed above the court, but the people's aspirations that she has accumulated through 30 years of ruling to benefit the people. In a word, it should be obeyed. ”

"That's right, it's what Confucianism calls the induction of heaven and man, and the people respond to the sky. The will of the people is the will of heaven. It has been proven that so many examples throughout the ages have long been proven, and those who win the hearts of the people win the world. Xue Shao sighed heavily and said, "If it happens, it will be like the will of heaven." Those who go along with it prosper, and those who go against it die. ”

"Erlang, is this the reason why you have always been actively loyal to the Wu clan?" When Xue Yi said this, his tone was not so polite.

Xue Shao smiled indifferently, "Brother, junior brother will not blindly be loyal to anyone. ”

"You! ......" Xue Yi was angry for a while.

"Don't be angry, husband." Xiao Shi persuaded him gently, "I think Erlang's meaning is as difficult as Yan Zi's immortal monarch." Loyalty to the community is far better than loyalty to the king. ”

Xue Yi thought for a long time almost with bated breath, exhaled a breath of turbidity, and said: "Having said that, our Xue clan is tired of the Li family's imperial grace, and it is connected to the Li family's bloodline. If Li Tang's artifact really changes hands to others, we will not mention the emperor's grace, and we will also be implicated and die! - How will you respond? ”

Finally, it's the heart of the matter!

"Please sit down, eldest brother, and listen to the younger brother!" Xue Shao took a step forward and bowed his hand, looking resolute.

"Good...... Today, I will listen to your high opinions. Xue Yi sat down, "Madam, you personally went to guard the door." I want to talk with Erlang at night and reach the sky! ”