Cao Huigong laughed and said, "Don't come to be harmless, General Xue?" Xue Yusheng also said politely: "It turned out to be General Cao, I don't know how you came out of Ayang's place, and you are far away to meet forgiveness and forgiveness." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Cao Huigong laughed and said: "You make fun of me again, which pot you don't open, which pot you mention." "The Xue family and the Cao family were bitter enemies who had been hostile to each other for decades before Qinzhou, and the grievances and hatreds between the two families continued until Cao Huigong and Xue Yusheng's generation, but since Hou Mo Chen Chong entered Qinzhou, these two families have suffered a lot of suppression in terms of power, especially the Cao Hui Palace clan that originally occupied Tianshui, and they were even driven to the desolate desert city by Hou Mo Chen Chong: Ayang.

Cao Huigong was very clear about these past events, so his resentment towards Hou Mo and Chen Chong was not a matter of one or two days. But because he had lost ground in Qinzhou, and his original rival Xue Yusheng had clearly stood on the side of Hou Mo and Chen Chong, he had no choice but to live in seclusion in Ayang City, waiting for the opportunity to fight back. For the Cao family, who could no longer set off the wind and waves, Hou Mo Chen Chong also did his own thing, and listened to the persuasion of other wealthy families in the state, but did not take advantage of the situation to force Ayang and completely cut off the Cao family, which also laid the groundwork for the later rebellion of Cao Hui Palace.

Xue Yusheng was originally inseparable from Cao Hui Palace, but due to the difference in strength, their family has been in a position of passive beating, and later Hou Mo Chen Chong was appointed as the assassin of Qinzhou, he took the initiative to serve his subordinates for the interests of the family and the party of Cao Hui Palace, Hou Mo Chen Chong came out of Qinzhou and also hoped to support one or two local wealthy families as their right-hand men, so the two families were combined for their own purposes.

The loss of power in Cao Hui Palace also brought about a butterfly effect, and some newly rising family forces have replaced the original ruling class of Qinzhou under the hint of Hou Mo Chen Chong, which made old forces like Xue Yusheng at a loss, Hou Mo Chen Chong's wanton suppression of the original Qinzhou ruling class finally caused a big disaster, and Ma Jinglong, a wealthy family in Longxi, took the lead in rebelling and resisting Hou Mo Chen Chong.

Although Ma Jinglong's rebellion was later completely purged, many people were implicated, including Xue Yusheng. The reason is that before Ma Jinglong rebelled, he wrote a letter of advice to some officials and gentry in Qinzhou, hoping that most of them could rise up and rebel together. This was also written to Xue Yusheng, and Xue Yusheng did not report the letter to Hou Mo Chen Chong in time after receiving the letter, but burned the letter without authorization.

After Ma Jinglong's bizarre failure, his subordinates caught and died, some people in order to find a way to live, they shook out the things that were written at the beginning, this time it led to a lot of wealthy families in the state, Hou Mo Chen Chong was very angry after learning the situation and took a wealthy family out of anger, which can be regarded as killing chickens and monkeys, so he wiped out the family, and then people like Xue Yusheng were gradually marginalized by Hou Mo Chen Chong, and did not hold some important positions in the state, Xue Yusheng had a hard time, and carried everything silently.

However, there were unforeseen circumstances, and then the Hou Mo Chen Qiong incident occurred. Earlier, in order to maintain his family's status in Qinzhou, Xue Yusheng once married his cousin to Hou Mo Chen Chong's younger brother Hou Mo Chen Qiong. But later the relationship between the two families deteriorated, and Hou Mo Chen Chong married a concubine for Hou Mo Chen Qiong, a woman from another wealthy family, this concubine often oppressed the main wife because of the family's power, so Xue Yusheng's cousin was humiliated several times and was angry with Hou Mo Chen Qiong's ruthless indifference, and committed suicide by throwing herself into the well.

This incident cast a shadow on the two families who were already not very good. In order to appease Xue Yusheng, Hou Mo and Chen Chong handed over the jurisdiction of Anrong City to him. However, such an arrangement could not eliminate Xue Yusheng and the entire Xue family's Ganga status in Qinzhou. At this time, Xue Yusheng actually had the idea of betraying the Hou Mochen clan, but he was suffering from the fact that there were no other powerful forces in the state that could trust the alliance. He was weak and could not resist Hou Mo Chen Chong's army.

In this way, until Hou Mo Chen Chong sent troops to attack Ganzhou, Yang Zhong took the opportunity to cross Longshan and attack Qinzhou. Xue Yusheng felt that his opportunity had finally come, so he was overjoyed after Yang Zhong sent a messenger and wanted to go to the past, at this time his younger brother Xue Zongbao and his cousin Li Jinghe both disagreed, because the current situation is not clear, in case Yang Zhong is just the second Hou Mo Chen Chong, wouldn't he be here to lure the wolf into the house to help the abuse, so it is not as good as the lamp is clear and then make a decision on which side to join.

Xue Yusheng naturally agreed with this kind of waiting for a price, so he put aside the matter of serving Yang Zhong, purchased military rations and weapons and actively prepared for defense. Whether it is attacking or defending, these materials are in short supply and urgently needed. Sure enough, as Xue Zongbao and Li Jinghe expected, Hou Mo Chen Chong sent people several times to ask why he did not send troops to attack Yang Zhong. And Yang Zhong also sent people to persuade the Xue family to surrender many times, and even did not hesitate to use the official position of another driver as a condition for forming an alliance to get Xue Yusheng to support him.

But Xue Yusheng still wants to fight for more rights, so he continues to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. Today he was discussing with Xue Zongbao, Li Jinghe and others about the city defense. Cao Hui Palace sat with him as a guest and host. Cao Huigong spoke first: "Now that the Yang family and the Hou Mochen clan are fighting in the state, the Duke of Ming is in an important position but is unmoved, which makes Zai admire it very much. ”

Xue Yusheng laughed and said: "The situation is not clear yet, I don't dare to make a decision without authorization, which one is strong and which one is not, you have to see the results to know." Cao Huigong was very moved by his straightforward confession, so he also said: "Ming Gong's difference in words, the so-called sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight is to finally enter the game, in order to persist until the end, if Ming Gong just wants to finally find a family and go to the past, in my opinion, it is better to plan early, as the so-called charcoal in the snow is more memorable than the icing on the cake." ”

Xue Yusheng was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then asked, "Oh? I would like to hear about it. Cao Hui Gong Zhengse said: "If everything is done today in the Ming Gong, the Ming Gong **** then the Hou Mo Chen family has an advantage, if the Ming Gong ****, then Yang Zhong sits on the entire Qinzhou, but the Ming Gong is neither **** nor ****, I am afraid that no matter who wins or loses in the future, the two families will hold a grudge against the indifference of the Ming Gong." ”

Xue Yusheng nodded and said, "That makes sense." But I don't know what General Cao thinks about today's events in Qinzhou? Cao Huigong said: "My generation has no ambition and just wants to spend the rest of his life in peace, but Hou Mo Chen Chong has repeatedly persecuted and killed my people, and even sent me to the wild city of Ayang." My Cao clan is inseparable from him, and this has nothing to do with our political stance, and it is a matter of survival. ”

Xue Yusheng lowered his head and thought about his own affairs, and at this time Li Jinghe also said: "It is said that Yang Zhong is a person who can be trusted, and he has no one who does not try his best to do what others entrust him, plus he has a close relationship with Dugu Xin, Li Hu, Gao Bin and others in the court. At this time, Cao Huigong interjected: "This is also the reason why I chose him." Dugu Xin, Li Hu, and Gao Bin are all feudal officials, and these people are rumored to have dealings with Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty secretly, and it is difficult to explain the situation in Guanzhong now, but the strength of the Eastern Wei Dynasty is there, and even these people have turned around in advance, and small forces like us must also make plans in advance. (To be continued.) )