Southern Min Yue, a maritime family, has endured, the rising star of Hai, and the Yue family has old grievances, and can not be solved.

- "Yongshi; Biography of the Colony

In Jinghai Villa, above the Red Mansion, I looked at the geographical map of the mountains and rivers on the table, and said with a smile: "Nan Min Yue is the first in the world, has been passed down for several generations, enduring, not only can the family come out in large numbers, and in-laws all over the world, since the collapse of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Yue clan took the opportunity to control the military and political power of Southern Fujian, after the establishment of the state in Southern Chu, Southern Fujian is still unique, Southern Chu is forced by the pressure of Dayong, there is no spare strength to pacify Southern Fujian, so the Yue family is the actual princes, although nominally Southern Min is a vassal of Southern Chu, But in fact, just like Binzhou, it is not under the control of Nanchu. However, the Yue family will not go too far, after all, if Nan Chu is iron-hearted, although the Yue family can surrender to Dayong in exchange for support, but in the short term, they will retreat to the sea, then the Yue family's industry in Nan Min will suffer major losses, so for the Yue family, it is best that the world is divided like this, so that they can have greater interests. ”

Princess Changle, who was originally sitting on the soft couch next to her and concentrating on embroidery, raised her head and said thoughtfully: "When my cousin was dormant in the East China Sea, the Yue family took the initiative to support my cousin and married my cousin. ”

I said leisurely: "Yes, although the Yue family lives in the South China Sea, there is no ability to chase the Central Plains, but the ambition of secession is indeed there, 'full of flowers drunk 3,000 guests, a sword light cold twelve states', this is the famous sentence to describe the prestige of the Yue family, these twelve states refer to Fuzhou, Jianzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tingzhou, Nanjianzhou, Shaowu, Xinghua and Meizhou, Jieyang and Nanao in eastern Guangdong, although Nanao is not a state, but this place is known as the throat of Fujian and Guangdong, merchant ships gather, prosperous more than Binzhou, so it is said that 'twelve states'. Although the Yue family actually only controls Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Jieyang, and Nanao, it is the essence of southeast Fujian in Guangdong. Although the Yue family is low-key, they have never fought for hegemony, and they have not claimed hegemony, but only from the sentence 'full of flowers and drunk 3,000 guests', you can know the grand occasion of the Yue family's guests. If you want to maintain such a position, in addition to being a vassal to the strong, it is possible to let the troubled times end. This time, the Jiang and Yue families married again, and the Yue family took the initiative. ”

Princess Changle frowned slightly and said: "This Yue family is so attentive, it's really hateful, the suffering of the people in the world probably doesn't matter in their eyes." Suiyun, in this case, why do you see this marriage succeeding, in this way, wouldn't it be as they wished. Moreover, now that the Hai family is engaged in shipping with your support, Binzhou has become a seaport second only to Quanzhou in Southern Fujian, and the military support of the cousin is even more important, and now the Yue family is probably also playing the idea of ocean trade, if they master the secret technology of Hai's shipbuilding, wouldn't it be like a tiger with wings, even from this point of view, they can't let them successfully marry the Jiang family? ”

I played with the jasper paperweight in my hand, and said lightly: "Although the Yue family has bad intentions, it is also my will to let them intervene in the ocean trade, this is the case in this world, except for the throne can only be monopolized by one person, no matter what it is, it is best not to find a way to monopolize it alone, now the ocean trade is monopolized by the Hai family, I don't know how many people are red, if there is no unification today, it is okay, wait until the world is unified, after the four seas are leveled, I am afraid that the first person who wants to deal with the Hai family is the Son of Heaven." Even if the Hai family is temporarily immobilized for the sake of my face, after a hundred years of me, the Hai family is expected to be destroyed. In this case, it is better to let the Yue family get a piece of the pie, in this way, although there will be people who want to fight and suppress, as long as they have enough ability, they can support it. ”

When Princess Changle heard the sentence "The first person who wants to deal with the Hai family is the Son of Heaven", her hand shook, and the embroidery needle had already pierced her fingers, but after hearing it, she calmed down and said: "This is also true, although the imperial brother is wise, but it is difficult to pretend to be invisible to this kind of thing, since the husband has this plan, Jiang Yue's marriage does not have to worry about it, but the Yue family is already so powerful, and it is inclined to Nanchu, and they refuse to surrender to Dayong, and the husband is now letting them meddle in ocean trade, doesn't it further fuel their arrogance?" ”

I said meaningfully: "How can there be such a good thing, although the Yue family can participate, but not now, if the Yue family is not weakened, don't say that I won't rest assured, even Brother Hai will be uneasy." I am ready to deal a heavy blow to the Yue family first, and then give them the opportunity to participate in ocean shipping. ”

Princess Changle said worriedly: "But since the Yue family is the overlord of the South China Sea, how can the husband give them too much blow, after all, Nanmin is still the territory of Nanchu now, if the Yue family is angered, they turn to fully support Nanchu, wouldn't it be even more troublesome?" ”

I shook my head and said: "Everything is prosperous and declining, the Yue family has now been inherited for more than ten generations, and it has long been full of hidden worries, especially criticized is that the Yue family's means of doing business are too domineering, and the opponents in the business are often suppressed by all means, those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me die, and the merchants of southeast Fujian in Guangdong have to look up to their noses, Zhong Ying once mentioned that he offended a deacon of the Yue family in eastern Guangdong, and as a result, he encountered bandits when he went to sea, and the family business was destroyed, and then Zhong Ying suspected that this matter was done by the Yue family, although there is no evidence, However, there have always been dealings between the Yue clan and the bandits, and Zhong Ying could have continued to do business afterwards, those creditors did not want to force him to repay his debts, but hoped that he could continue to operate, so as to repay those huge debts, but it was also the Yue family who hindered them, and finally Zhong Ying scattered all his family wealth and still owed a lot of debts, and Nan Min could not accommodate it, so he went to Dayong. It's also a coincidence, he was in charge of the business of Tianji Pavilion, and he took a fancy to Zhongying's talent, so he supported him to make a comeback, and later the thief found out that he and Hai Zhongying were uncles and nephews, and I lived in seclusion in the East China Sea, so I fully supported the Hai family, and Jiang Hou was also very dissatisfied with the Yue family, which formed the situation that the Hai family came to the top. Yue's style of doing things naturally has a lot of enemies, and it is usually not visible, but if it is a critical time, it will be a situation of attacking in groups, and the Yue family is also full of hidden worries. The dispute between the head of the Yue clan is now in full swing, and it is the best opportunity to fight the Yue clan. ”

Princess Changle sighed and said: "The royal family's seizure of the heir is certainly bloody, and the battle between the family and the head of the family is also a tragic matter for you to live and die. ”

I said softly, "Zhen'er, do you think about the palace hunting again?" ”

A trace of pathos flashed in Princess Changle's eyes, and she said: "How can I forget this matter, the eldest brother rebelled and died, the sixth sister-in-law committed suicide to apologize, and the queen also committed suicide, such a tragic incident Zhen'er really doesn't want to recall." ”

I walked up to Princess Changle, gently took her into my arms, and said, "Don't think about it too much, this is also what they deserve, and besides, you and I are in love, it is also because of the change in the hunting palace, if nothing else, just for this, you shouldn't be so sad." ”

Princess Changle couldn't help but blush, although she had been married for nearly three years, she couldn't help but lose her temper in public when she remembered that when she was called the Hunting Palace, she was still ashamed in her heart. I saw that she was no longer sad, so I said: "Since you don't like to listen to the family affairs of the Yue family, I won't mention it, at this time, Shen'er should wake up, you go and take a look, I still have to read some documents, just go." ”

Princess Changle put away the embroidery and complained: "You said that you left the court in the past two years and recuperated with peace of mind, but you always couldn't let go of these things. ”

I couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Zhen'er, I told you a long time ago, my hair is also helpless, although the Nine Turns Heart Protection Pill saved my surname, when I arrived in the East China Sea, Mr. Sang was careful to regulate my body, but the surname of the medicine is still too strong, which makes my hair color look like this, in the past few years, I have been calm and recuperate seriously, as for the trivial matters of the Hai family and the Yue family, it is just that I was idle and bored to relax, didn't you see me forgetting to sleep and eat, right?" ”

Princess Changle glanced at Jiang Zhe and said: "Okay, I believe that you are, if you hadn't helped the second brother at the beginning, you wouldn't have almost died in Chang'an, and you won't be allowed to work so hard in the future, don't you know from me, a few days ago, as soon as the second brother's letter arrived, you began to get busy, it seems that this leisurely day is almost over, and I won't stop you from acting, but everything has to be relaxed, don't work as hard as before." ”

I hurriedly said: "It must be certain, my wife's order must not be obeyed, or I will go with you to see Shen'er." ”

Princess Changle couldn't help but laugh and said: "Don't mess around, I don't know, if you go to see him, you will definitely tease him again, he is the time to snooze." I don't know what your surname is, I've heard my second sister-in-law say before, you always secretly bully and tease Lan'er, and now even Shen'er doesn't let go, it's really not like a father. ”

I couldn't help but shrink my neck, I didn't dare to argue with this, I teased my son to cry several times, and the princess caught me squarely.

After the princess's figure disappeared, I retracted my reluctant gaze, stepped forward to inspect the embroidery left by the princess, and sure enough, I found the blood stains on it, and I couldn't help but feel gloomy in my heart. When the princess eloped with me to the East China Sea and got married under the auspices of Mr. Sang, not to mention the cumbersome etiquette of the princess's marriage, she didn't even have the basic six rites, and there were very few people watching the ceremony, except for a few people around her, there was no outsider. After getting married, nearly half a year, I spent all my time in recuperation and medicine, and the princess was just a name, but the princess had no complaints, served and served wholeheartedly, and took on the responsibility of presiding over housework and taking care of Roulan, although with the help of Dong Que and Zhou Shangyi, but a lady of the sky, it took a lot of effort to take care of these trivial household affairs. In the past two years, my health has improved greatly, and although the friendship between husband and wife is good, I still dare not indulge in moderation in the boudoir, but the princess is as always taking care of my daily life and diet. In order to regulate my body, she even took the secret book of medicinal diet collected by the royal family to ask Mr. Sang for advice, and now my diet is all purchased by the princess, and even Mr. Sang has to admire the princess's talent in this regard. I couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of the little pastries that the princess occasionally cooked, and the delicacy was unforgettable.

The princess is so affectionate, I should have lived with her like this, but now I have to re-enter the world, although I don't want to leave this plain and happy life, back to the sinister world, but this is also a helpless thing, Li Zhen said some time ago let Hua Liu send a letter over, explaining the current situation, and asked me to go out to help, not to mention Li Zhen's previous kindness, even for the sake of Princess Changle's face, I can't ignore it, if there is any tragedy in the Dayong royal family, I'm afraid Changle will not be able to stand it. Besides, this is also a good opportunity for Princess Changle and the Emperor Taishang to get back together, no matter what, the princess eloped back then, which always made Li Yuan angry, and now that he has reappeared in response to the emperor's edict, he can make their father and daughter reconcile, presumably the princess will be happy. Moreover, I know that now that I have become the son-in-law of the Dayong royal family, my fate is closely related to Dayong.

Looking at the stack of documents on the bookcase, I flipped through it again, a cold smile appeared on my face, and I read softly: "Donghai, Yuejia, Northern Han, Southern Chu!" The tone gradually carried a sense of slaughter.

At the same time, in the island port where the Marquis of the East China Sea held a big wedding for his son, on the boat where the Yue family in the South China Sea was married, in a very secret cabin, a young man with a beautiful appearance and elegant temperament was also flipping through the papers, and a silver lamp in the windowless cabin radiated a dim light, reflecting the face of this young man who was nearly thirty years old, perhaps because of the role of the light, and the young man's handsome face had a trace of vicious murder.

"Donghai, Yuejia!" The young man whispered, a cold glint of disdain flashing in his eyes. Putting down the paperwork in his hand, the young man picked up the silver lamp and walked to the corner of the cabin, where a delicate map hung on the bulkhead, drawing the territory of the former Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the territories now occupied by Dayong, Northern Han, and Southern Chu were all circled with different colors of paint. The young man's gaze fell on Binzhou in the north and Quanzhou in the south, revealing a cold smile, and then his gaze fell on the area of Qinzhou and Zezhou, where the Northern Han and Dayong confronted each other. He said to himself: "The Northern Han should take the opportunity to attack Dayong, they should not miss such a good opportunity, although the loss of the East China Sea is not a fatal blow to Dayong, it is also a loss that hurts the muscles and bones, and there is another benefit to controlling the East China Sea, maybe I can catch that person." ”

Thinking of that person, a look of deep hatred flashed on the young man's face, and he said fiercely: "Jiang Zhe, Li Zhen, I will never let you go, Li Zhen, you promise yourself to be chaste, and you refuse to marry me in every way, it's okay, but you eloped with Jiang Zhe, such unchaste and unclean, what face do you have to live in the world." ”

Just when this young man's face showed a cruel and vicious look, someone said outside: "Shouza, everything has been prepared, the news comes from Yue Wujiao, if there is no accident, please don't take action for Shouza." ”

A hint of mockery flashed across the young man's face and he said, "Come in." ”

The hatch opened, and a thin-looking middle-aged man walked in, and he said respectfully: "The first seat, the first seat of the Yihuang Hall and the first seat of the Fengwu Hall have all received letters, please indicate when to start." ”

The young man said lightly: "What's the hurry, wouldn't it be better to wait until they are both defeated?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled slightly, and said: "Yue Wujiao is also a shrewd person, this time he actually entered the trap of the first seat like this, and he is really discredited, the first one is wise and powerful, how can those businessmen be matched." ”

The young man did not have the slightest smugness, and said: "I have also failed miserably in the past, eat a trench, grow a wisdom, I have learned two things, one is that there is no one without weakness in the world, and the other is that if things are not successful, you can't relax." Yue Wujie is not a stupid person, but his weaknesses are too obvious. Speaking of which, this is also the way of inheritance of the Yue clan, which has given him too much ambition.

Speaking of which, the ancestor of the Yue clan was also quite a far-sighted person, he knew that the wealth could not be more than three generations, and it was difficult for the descendants of the pampered to take on the big responsibility, but he didn't want the descendants of the descendants to be replaced by the side lineage, so he set such a strange rule. Each generation of suzerain can choose a virtuous heir as the next generation of suzerain, if all the heirs are unsuccessful, then the suzerain can choose one of them as the acting suzerain, and then designate the best and best person in the clan as the chief deacon, the power of the clan is held by the chief deacon, and at the same time, the suzerain will designate a close person as the protector. In this way, if there are virtuous and capable heirs of the acting suzerain, with the assistance of the Dharma protector, the suzerain's power can be naturally taken back from the archdeacon, and if there is no outstanding heir in the third generation, then the archdeacon can inherit the position of suzerain. In this way, it not only gives the children of the side line in the clan the opportunity to seize the heir, but also gives the greatest guarantee to the lineage, just imagine, if the acting suzerain who has been deprived of great power does not know how to educate his son to regain power, then it is natural for this branch to be replaced. So after this rule was set, the Yue family passed on for seventeen generations, and although the descendants once lost power, they were all regained in the end. That's why Yue Wujiao is anxious and cooperates with us.

Today's Yue clan suzerain Yue Wuling although mediocre, but not stupid, he married his sister to the East China Sea Hou Jiang Yong, has consolidated his power, and now he wants to marry his beloved daughter Yue Qingyan to the little marquis Jiang Haitao, his eldest son Yue Wenhan is even more eloquent, you say that this more uncorrected eyes see that the power in hand is going to be sent out again, how can we be willing, we start from here, the more unentangled for the position of power, how can there be no reason not to take the bait. ”

The middle-aged man said hesitantly: "Even so, Yue Wenhan is very respected by the children of the Yue clan, if we help Yue Wujie like this, I am afraid that those people of the Yue clan will not accept Yue Wujiao as the sect master." ”

The young man smiled: "There are some things you don't know, this Yue Wenhan is indeed eloquent, but he has done one thing that should not be done, he should not have blocked our way, there should not be such a good sister who thinks about him, and he should not marry such a concubine." ”

The middle-aged man suddenly said, "Could it be that Mrs. Xue is also from Yihuang Hall?" ”

The young man hesitated for a moment and said: "This is not true, in the past, this Mrs. Xue was also our old acquaintance, she was originally from a noble background, but now, her father is also a member of the court of the official residence, a dignified daughter, if it weren't for the wrong behavior, how could she be someone else's concubine." Speaking of which, the door master, Ji Shouzuo and Yan Shouzuo still feel that Mrs. Xue is too embarrassed for them. However, no matter what, if Mrs. Xue hadn't persuaded the Yue Wenhan brothers and sisters, I am afraid that they would have committed suicide a long time ago, and they would not be at our mercy. Who let this Mrs. Xue have a good face, and she doesn't want to tell her husband about the old things in the past, if we don't threaten her, how can she be willing to comply. ”

The middle-aged man said: "But the first one originally agreed, after the matter was completed, to keep Yue Wenhan's surname and let him help Mrs. Xue as the main room, the more unwilling to agree to this matter?" ”

The young man sneered: "If you don't agree, you can't do it, leaving Yue Wenhan is to contain Yue Wujiao, lest he be too arrogant, anyway, Yue Wenhan will not have the ability to escape from the palm of our hands at that time, the big crime he committed, except for Nan Chu and us, who can protect him." ”

After the young man said this, the cabin fell into an incomparable silence, he subconsciously recalled the hard work of the past few years, the originally hostile Nanchu was not easy to gain a foothold, and everyone in the door had their own thoughts, after two or three years of fighting, it was finally possible for him to regroup the Fengyi Gate, grouping the Fengwu Hall and the Yihuang Hall, and disperse the original forces of the Fengyi Gate, Ji Xia and Yan Wushuang led the two halls respectively, and the two often fought secretly because of discord in ideas, and formed the Chen Hall by themselves, recruited outsiders to get started, and served as peripheral affairs and charging into battle. On the surface, it was neutral, but because the two halls attacked each other, they made their Chen Hall the most important force, and the door master Ling Yu had already given the three halls an air, and there was no other force except for a personal guard around him. And because he knew that Fengyi Gate was not where he could seize the ultimate power after all, he cleverly maintained Ling Yu's status and the balance within the door, what a difficult process that allowed him to finally fully master Fengyi Gate and start the revenge he dreamed of. And he finally persuaded Shang Weijun to cooperate with him, for Shang Weijun, the Lu family, who controlled the military power in one hand, was too much of a threat, even better than the threat of Dayong's Nanchu. The self-destruction of the Great Wall is probably the favorite of the rulers of Southern Chu in the past dynasties.

Lu Can, a hint of coldness flashed in the young man's eyes, if he hadn't relied on this person to resist Dayong now, he would have thought of letting Lu Can die a long time ago, not for Shang Weijun's waste, but because Lu Can was once his disciple. It was as if a vicious beast was roaring in his chest, crying out, destroying everything that the man had left in the world, and this was the only obsession in his heart, Wei Ying.

In the wedding hall, after the heavy curtain, the bride is still waiting for auspiciousness under the service of the maid and servant, the Yue family is a famous family, Yue Qingyan is the daughter of the sect master, the maid is like a cloud, the makeup is rich, the bride is the bride's brother-in-law, the young sect master Yue Wenhan and the chief deacon of the Yue family are more and more uncorrected, of course, at this time they are already in the front of the happy hall, in addition to the female relatives of the Yue family, there are only the servants of the Jiang family. The person who is responsible for taking care of the bride is not someone else, but Mrs. Xue, Yue Wenhan's concubine.

This Mrs. Xue has been married into the Yue family for nearly two years, this lady is a young lady that Yue Wenhan met by chance, it is said that after the famous family of the North Land, because of the fate of the canopy, in the South China Sea Putuo Mountain Zizhu Nunnery with Qing Xiu, three years ago Yue Wenhan went to Putuo Mountain on behalf of the deceased mother to make a vow, inadvertently met this Mrs. Xue, quite in love, hard pursuit, but this Mrs. Xue is as cold as ice, repeatedly refused. Yue Wenhan pursued it for more than a year before he finally moved the beauty. According to Yue Wenhan's meaning, he wanted to marry her as the main family, but he was opposed by the elders of the Yue family, who had great hopes for Yue Wenhan and regarded him as the future suzerain, and the marriage of the suzerain of the Yue family could not be easily decided. Although the Xue family has both good looks and appearances, its origin is unknown, and it can never be the main room. In desperation, Wan turned to the Xue family and pleaded, hoping that she would marry herself as a concubine and wait for the right time to correct her. Who knew that after thinking about it for a few days behind closed doors, the Xue family actually agreed, and said that he was not worthy of being Mrs. Yue. Although Yue Wenhan was strange, he was already in love, and he happily married Mrs. Xue. The relationship between the two was originally very good, but since the young lady's wedding date was agreed, there seemed to be no problems between the two, Yue Wenhan suddenly became cold to Xue, but Xue didn't care, but enthusiastically talked about his sister-in-law's marriage.

Roulan and Li Lin, under the leadership of the Jiang family's servants, saw that when they walked into the back hall, what they saw was that the Xue family was directing the maids to make up the bride. Xue is also twenty-six or seventeen years old, looks like a spring flower, has a body like a willow, has a generous expression, and has a graceful temperament. However, Roulan's mind was all on the bride, and when she looked carefully, she saw that the bride was only sixteen or seventeen years old, weak and slender, picturesque, beautiful and elegant, although she was still young, but she was already a stunning appearance, if there was any shortcoming, it was that this Yueqingyan's complexion was too fair, almost transparent, although it was beautiful, it was too pale, and it seemed to be lacking in qi and blood. Therefore, Xue is personally applying rouge to her, carefully drawing for a long time, before reluctantly letting go, Xue must be good at grooming, through her skillful hands, Miss Yue really seems to have a little more blood, and a little more gorgeous. She was dressed in a red silk wedding dress, with a phoenix crown and a veil, which looked even more beautiful, and the servant woman with the soft blue exclaimed: "The young lady is really good-looking, and the little marquis is really a blessing." ”

Her voice alarmed the Xue family and the others, and she smiled: "It turned out that Mama Li had arrived, what is this?" Her gaze fell on Rou Lan and Li Lin.

The servant woman bowed down and said, "Mrs. Xue, this is Miss Lan, the daughter of the little Hou Ye's teacher, and the Hou Ye asked her to come to the back hall to meet the young lady." ”

A bright light flashed in Mrs. Xue's eyes, and she said with a smile: "It turned out to be Miss Lan, Qingyan, you came to see you." ”

Yue Qingyan was originally silent, but when she heard Mrs. Xue's words, she raised her head, looked at Roulan, her eyes were as bright as a cold spring, and she bowed lightly and said, "Sister Lan." With that, he stretched out his right hand and motioned for Roulan to come over to her. What kind of slender hand is that, with ice muscles and snow skin, as if carved from beautiful jade. Roulan walked to her side, couldn't help but hold the slender hand, the tentacles were cold for a while, Roulan couldn't help but think, could it be that this bride is made of ice? I couldn't help but shudder.

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