Chapter 22: Psychological Poison Arrows

As soon as the sky was dark, the carriages stopped in front of Yuanshou's house one after another, today is the birthday of Yuanshou's wife Hou Mo Chen, Yuanshou wants to celebrate a little, sent out more than 30 invitations, banquets more than 30 important Guanlong nobles. ，

At the gate stood Yuan Shou's brother Yuan Tan and his eldest son Yuan Shangwu to greet the guests, at this time a carriage stopped, and the word 'Dou Fu' was written on the wheel with a lantern, which should be Dou Kang coming, and Yuan Tan hurriedly greeted him.

Dou Kang and Yuanshou clan brother, the current head of Youzhou Yuan Honghei have a very good relationship, and it is also an important Guanlong family that Yuanshou pinned his hopes on, but unexpectedly, a young man about twenty-seven or eighteen years old walked out of the car, Yuan Jian was stunned for a moment, didn't he say that Dou Kang would come in person? How did he become his eldest son, Dou Yan?

Dou Kang, the former governor of Youzhou, has been at home since he was arrested on suspicion of following Yang Liang's rebellion, waiting for the opportunity to re-emerge, originally Dou Kang was going to come to the door in person tonight, but temporarily changed his mind and asked his eldest son Dou Yan to come for him.

Dou Yan arched his hand and smiled: "My father was going to come, but when I went out, my ankle twisted, and the pain was unbearable, so I had to order me to come to celebrate his birthday for him. ”

Yuan Jian was extremely disappointed in his heart, but there was no way, at this time, another carriage also arrived, Yuan Shangwu greeted him, and coincidentally, it was Li Jiancheng who came on behalf of his father.

"My father is seriously ill and can't come, so I was specially ordered to give a small gift, which is not a tribute."

Yuan Jian glanced at Li Jiancheng, his expression of contempt was revealed, of course he knew that Li Yuan was pretending to be sick, it was nothing more than that he didn't want to come forward to impeach Yang Yuanqing for killing Yuan Shangwu without permission, a typical cowardly and useless person, he was useless if he didn't come.

Yuan Yan was too lazy to pay attention to Li Jiancheng, Dou Yan and Li Jiancheng were cousins, they grew up together since childhood, and they had a deep friendship, he greeted him early, and said with a smile: "Da Lang, I knew that the carriage behind me was you, so I will wait for you." ”

Li Jiancheng also smiled: "I still called you a few times, but you just couldn't hear it, I thought I didn't invite you to drink at the beginning of the year, and you held a grudge." ”

Both of them laughed, walked intimately to the Yuan Mansion, bypassing the wall, Li Jiancheng saw that there was no one left and right, so he asked in a low voice: "Didn't you say that Uncle Father came from here?" Why didn't you come again? ”

Dou Yan glanced back and pursed his lips disdainfully, "My father said that this is a personal feud between the Yuan family and Yang Yuanqing, and Yuan Min was actually broken at noon today, which shows the depth of hatred between them, and my father didn't want to participate in the grudge between them, so he didn't come." ”

Li Jiancheng was stunned, breaking Yuan Min's leg actually had such a consequence, which surprised him, and he hurriedly said: "Didn't you say that you want to unite the Guanlong forces to deal with the Shandong Shi clan?" ”

"Built, this kind of thing can't be explained, my father originally suspected that this was just an excuse for the Yuan family, called dealing with the Shandong Shi clan, in fact, it was a personal revenge, after the incident at noon, my father didn't believe it anymore, anyway, the Dou family had decided not to participate in this matter. ()”

Li Jiancheng nodded, "It's right not to participate, but if you do, you will get into trouble." ”

The two walked while talking, and soon entered the lobby, there were already more than 20 people sitting in the lobby, gathered together, all of them were representatives sent by various families, and some important people arrived, Yuan Shou was accompanying Yu Zhongwen to speak, and Zhang Jin was accompanying Yu Wenkai to speak, the Dugu family sent the eldest grandson Duguqi, and the Wei family also came, it was Wei Xiaokuan's son Wei Ji, the official servant Shaoqing, and the son of He Lou Zigan, Qian'an Taishou He Lou Shanzhu, He Ruobi's brother, Wanrong County Gonghe Ruodong and so on, Even Yang Xiong, the king of Ande, sent his youngest son, Yang Shidao, to attend.

Nominally, everyone is here to celebrate their birthday, but in fact, they have their own thoughts, and some really want to deal with Yang Yuanqing, such as He Ruodong, who can't wait to cut Yang Yuanqing with a thousand knives.

Some want to deal with the Shandong Shi clan, the most typical representative is Jingzhao Wei, the Wei family is mainly because of Wei Xiaokuan and the rise, in a strict sense, does not belong to the Guanlong nobles, and Hongnong Yang, Longxi Li family, belongs to the Guanlong Shi clan, Jingzhao Wei believes that the cabinet prime minister should be related to the Longshi clan representatives, Hongnong Yang can't go up, then it should be Jingzhao Wei's to serve, they are dissatisfied with Wenxi Pei Valve occupying two phases.

On the other hand, Wei felt deep guilt about the Yuan family because of the fornication between Yuan Shangwu's wife and King Qi, so Wei Ji, an important figure in the Wei family, participated this time.

But most people are hoping to take this opportunity to reunite the Guanlong nobles, in recent years, the Shengshang's suppression of the Guanlong nobles, everyone can see, if they don't fight, they will inevitably fall apart in the end, and the Guanlong nobles will completely decline, but due to the impact of the Yuanmin incident at noon, there are still many people who are suspicious, and send their sons to participate, first test the reality.

At this time, Yuan Shou saw that everyone was almost here, so he got up and smiled: "Everyone, please be quiet!" ”

The lobby gradually quieted down, and Yuan Shou raised his voice and said: "On a good day and auspicious day, the Yuan Mansion welcomes the arrival of the Guanlong family, today is my wife's birthday, and I also want to take this opportunity to discuss the future of the Guanlong family with you." ”

Yuanshou discussed with Zhang Jin in advance, and he couldn't directly say that he was dealing with Yang Yuanqing, which would make many people disgusted, thinking that the Yuan family was coercing the righteousness to repay personal grievances, and it could only be said that it was dealing with the Shandong Shi clan, and finally fell on Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing can only be one of the Shandong Shi clan.

Yuan Shou was about to review the glory of the Guanlong nobles first, when a butler ran over in a panic, "Master! Master! ”

Yuan Shou's speech was interrupted, he was extremely annoyed, and shouted angrily: "What's the matter? ”

The butler stammered, "Yang... Yuan Qing came and said to... Apologize, sir! ”

There was an uproar in the lobby, Yang Yuanqing actually came to the door to apologize, is it really to apologize? Yuanshou couldn't say any more, if it was usual, he would drink the order and beat him away, but now he didn't dare to deal with it hastily, Yuanshou glanced at Zhang Jin, Zhang Jin was his military advisor, Zhang Jin nodded, meaning to deal with Yang Yuanqing's matter first, otherwise it would cause unnecessary suspicion among everyone. ()

A wave of anger ignited in Yuanshou's heart, Yang Yuanqing broke his son's leg, and actually had the face to apologize, he arched his hand to everyone, "Please sit down for a while, I'll come when I go." ”

But who is willing to sit here in this kind of thing, everyone stood up and went out with Yuanshou, and some people still rolled up their sleeves and shouted, "Yang Yuanqing is too deceitful, and I am sorry for Brother Yuan!" ”

Li Jiancheng vaguely guessed that Yang Yuanqing's purpose in coming to the door should be to confirm his personal grudge with Yuanshou, so as to weaken the cohesion of the Guanlong nobles, which is similar to him breaking Yuanmin's legs.

This is an extremely powerful move, once the conflict between him and Yuanshou becomes a personal grudge between the two of them, then the common hatred of the Guanlong nobles will only become lip service, and no one will really contribute, wasn't He Ruobi's case in front of him back then?

Li Jiancheng also wanted to know how Yang Yuanqing would provoke, so he quickly followed......

Outside the mansion gate, Yang Yuanqing wore a purple robe of a civil official, with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face, he was still followed by two iron guards, San Lang and Shiro, and put a sandalwood box on the steps.

Dozens of family members of the Yuan Mansion blocked in front of the gate, staring at Yang Yuanqing fiercely, Yang Yuanqing took a long time to put his hands behind his back, with a smile on his face, he had already heard a noisy footsteps coming from the mansion.

The door opened, and the family members spread out to both sides, and Yuan Shou strode out, followed by a large group of birthday guests.

Yuanshou stared at Yang Yuanqing coldly, and asked in an extremely indifferent voice, "What are you doing here?" ”

Yang Yuanqing arched his hand and smiled: "Yuanqing is young and ignorant, and he has too many grudges with the Yuan Mansion, and he is deeply uneasy in his heart, so he has come to apologize to Yuan Neishi in person, hoping to resolve the personal grievances between us." ”

Zhang Jin also understood that Yang Yuanqing was provoking and sabotaging tonight's meeting, and as soon as his mind moved, he simply planned Yuanshou and pretended to reconcile with Yang Yuanqing, so as to block everyone's speculation that he was taking justice to repay his personal grievances.

Zhang Jin gave Yuan Shou two looks, Yuan Shou ignored him, and he whispered behind him: "You can pretend to reconcile." ”

Yuanshou still ignored it, Zhang Jin smiled bitterly in his heart, yes! The younger brother and nephew were not killed, and the son had his leg broken, how could this hatred be resolved, even if he pretended, he couldn't do it.

Yuan Shou laughed angrily, "Yuan Qing, you only broke my son's leg at noon, and you came to reconcile at night, what kind of person are you in the Yuan family, can you knead the noodles at will?" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly, "The incident at noon was that Ling Lang killed people first, I was just defending myself, and Ling Lang also admitted that the Yuan family made up my proverbs in an attempt to put me to death, and I, Yang Yuanqing, have already become adults and don't care about the Yuan family's assassination of me,....."

"Wait!"

Zhang Jin interrupted Yang Yuanqing's words, he stepped forward and said coldly: "General Yang, those proverbs are not made up by the Yuan family, that is, you made the plan to deceive Yuan Min to admit that the so-called state has national laws, since you found out that it was done by the Yuan family, then you should write a fold to report to the Sheng, and go to the Shengshang to sue the Yuan family, but you took the beggar to find Yuan Min without authorization, isn't this a trick to deceive?" You also deliberately broke Wonmin's leg to increase your hatred with the Won's family. ”

Zhang Jin turned back to everyone and said, "Everyone should understand that Yang Yuanqing's intention is to make everyone think that the Yuan family is a personal enmity with him, so as to provoke unity among our Guanlong nobles. ”

"Zhang Shangshu, you are wrong, you are really wrong!"

Yang Yuanqing still looked at Zhang Jin with a disdainful gaze in an extremely cold tone, shook his head, and he also said to everyone: "Ministers, I, Yang Yuanqing, am a soldier, pay attention to the distinction between grievances and grievances, and I don't like this kind of intrigue and secret fighting between civil officials. ”

He bowed his hand to Yuan Shou and said: "Yuan Neishi, the so-called grievances should be resolved or not settled, and you senior officials will testify, I formally apologize to you, from now on, our grievances will be written off, how about it?" ”

Two words burst out viciously from Yuanshou's thin lips, "Dream!" ”

Yang Yuanqing's face changed, he took a step back, stared at Yuan Shou and said slowly: "Yuan Neishi, is there really no chance of reconciliation?" ”

"Yang Yuanqing, you are too naïve, can our blood feud be ended with an apology? Let's go! I'm not going to kill you now, I hope you don't show up at my Yuan door again. ”

Yuan Shou secretly held back the anger in his heart, and repeatedly warned himself not to be angry, not to fall for Yang Yuanqing's plan, if he reconciled with him, whether it was true or false, his Yuan family would not be able to raise his head in front of the world, which was also the reason why he refused to agree to Zhang Jin's fake reconciliation.

Yang Yuanqing showed a look of disappointment on his face, and let out a long sigh, as if the Yuan family had lost a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"Yuan Neishi, I won't leave, I just said that today I must end this grudge."

Yuan Shou's eyes flashed with monstrous anger, "What do you want, say it!" ”

Yang Yuanqing's gaze suddenly became ruthless, full of cold murderous intent, as if there was a big conspiracy hidden behind him, his gaze slowly swept over everyone's faces, staring into their eyes, letting the ruthless murderous intent in his eyes be deeply imprinted in their hearts, making everyone's hearts have a trace of doubt or fear.

In the end, his gaze fell on Yuanshou's face, the cruelty in his eyes disappeared, and it became as sharp as a knife, and he said word by word: "That's good!" My Jingyuan family is a Xianbei royal family, and we resolve this feud in the way of Xianbei people. ”

He turned his head and made a look, Yang Sanlang stepped forward and opened the lid of the sandalwood box on the steps, there was only one piece of paper inside, Yang Yuanqing pointed to the paper, and said coldly to everyone: "This is my challenge book, I officially ask the Yuan family to have a life-and-death duel with me, and ask the ministers to be intermediary witnesses for us." ”

Yang Yuanqing deliberately said the word 'duel' very seriously, many of the guests behind Yuanshou were extremely shrewd old bureaucrats, and many people's faces turned pale, although there was no connection in Yang Yuanqing's words, but there was an invisible involvement in his words, which made many people involuntarily think of the 'He Ruobi case' that happened four years ago, didn't He Ruobi ask Yang Yuanqing to have a life-and-death duel at that time?

Shengshang took advantage of the contradiction between Yang Yuanqing and He Ruobi, set a trap, and finally hit the Dugu family and the Yuan family hard, opening the prelude to the attack on the Guanlong nobles.

Everyone thought of the saint's silence on the matter of prophecy again, and thought of Yuan Min's broken leg at noon, and the saint still didn't say anything, and a chill rose in many people's hearts, could it be that there would be a trap hidden this time?

This is an extremely clever psychological tactic, Yang Yuanqing will not mention the role played by Emperor Yang Guang in the battle between him and the Yuan family, and he will definitely not blatantly threaten everyone, then he will be tabooed by Yang Guang.

Instead, he used a clever psychological hint to propose a duel with the Yuan family, which made everyone think of He Ruobi's case at once.

Yang Yuanqing saw that everyone's faces had changed, and he knew that he had achieved his goal, and the iron plate of the Guanlong nobles was smashed by him.

He arched his hand slightly: "If Yuan Neishi is difficult to decide for a while, I can wait, ministers, Yuan Qing has disturbed everyone, farewell!" ”

Yang Yuanqing turned around and left, and after walking a few steps, he turned back to Li Jiancheng and smiled: "Brother Jiancheng, please tell my father that I, Yang Yuanqing, thank you!" ”

Li Jiancheng's face changed, and he asked in a trembling voice, "What are you thanking my father for?" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled incomprehensibly, "You know in your hearts!" ”

He turned and walked away.

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