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Yuan Mansion, Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng sat opposite each other, the letter sent by Yuan Hui was placed on the case, Ma Lun sat next to Yuan Kui, his eyes flickered, Yuan Feng's eyes swept over the faces of their husband and wife, with hope in his eyes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The emperor's concubine has been kept in Liu Xiu's house?" Yuan Kui twisted his beard, he hadn't recovered from his shock yet, and the chagrin on his face couldn't be suppressed, "So, we were blinded by their monarchs and ministers?" ”

Yuan Feng smacked his lips, and he also felt bitter in his mouth. This Shandong war, I don't know when, the war horse has become the key to victory, and the war horse of Bingzhou and Liangzhou has become a resource that all forces are fighting for, Cao Cāo has the support of the Son of Heaven, and got four thousand war horses from Bingzhou, each war horse is about 200,000 yuan, a total of nearly one billion money, the Cao family and the Song family can be said to be going all out, but compared with the Yuan family, the price they paid is not worth mentioning.

The Yuan family and its followers bought more than 7,000 war horses for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and these 7,000 war horses were obtained without the support of the Son of Heaven, and they paid a high price of 500,000 yuan each, a huge sum of three or four billion yuan, which not only sucked up the wealth accumulated by the Yuan family for nearly a hundred years, but even those who followed the Yuan family were dragged to exhaustion, and if they continued to fight, they would have to sell their land and houses.

What makes them even more afraid is that if it weren't for Zhang Jiao's sudden death, which made Yuan Shao pick up a big bargain, then the Yuan family would still not be able to avoid failure after paying such a big price, and only the Son of Heaven and Liu Xiu would benefit at that time, and they would have lost both people and money, so they could only be slaughtered by the Son of Heaven.

Now that nearly 5 billion money and grain have flowed into the pockets of the Son of Heaven and Liu Xiu, Guanzhong Tuntian and Xiliang raising horses are no longer a matter of money for Liu Xiu, it is only a matter of time, and with Liu Xiu's strong backing, what is the Son of Heaven afraid of?

The Yuan brothers looked at each other, but Ma Lun couldn't stand it anymore, and stretched out his hand to push Yuan Kui: "What's the use of talking about this now?" The money has been spent, but fortunately, the battle with the highway has been won at the beginning, Nanyang and Jizhou are the territory of the Yuan family, and it will not take a few years for the money to be gathered again. You should think more about how to deal with the next situation. ”

"What's there to deal with next?" Yuan Kui snorted, and his face became relaxed: "The meaning of the Son of Heaven is nothing more than to let Cao Cāo occupy Yanyu, let Liu Xiu fight Guanzhong, and become a combination of East and West, so as to compete with my Yuan family." ”

Yuan Feng nodded again and again, extremely proud in his heart, but it was not easy to show it on his face, his two sons, one south and one north, had dominated half of the Han Dynasty, and although Yuan Kui was the most talented among their brothers, he did not have any children, and in the end, all the plans were cheaper for him.

"If that's the case, then why did Ah Hui send this letter out?" Ma Lun sneered, and his disdainful gaze swept over Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng's faces. Yuan Feng hurriedly put away the smugness that he couldn't hide, but Yuan Kui looked at his wife in surprise: "You mean ......?"

"Yes, the emperor's concubine has been kept in Liu Xiu's house, but why did he suddenly return to the palace now?" Ma Lun pointed his finger at the secret letter on the case, "Think about it again, when the imperial concubine returned to the palace, where was Liu Xiu?" He asked people to escort the emperor's concubine through the city, why didn't he escort him, this is a good opportunity to invite pets? ”

Yuan Kui's eyes rolled, and he suddenly tasted a strange feeling from it.

"The reason why the Son of Heaven can play with our Yuan family is because there are pastures in Bingzhou and Liangzhou, and Liu Xiu spares no effort to support the Son of Heaven, but how much do you think the Son of Heaven can give to Liu Xiu? Don't forget, Liu Xiu still owes a lot of money to the people of Bingzhou and Guanzhong, and after paying off the debt, how much can he have left? ”

Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng glanced at each other and leaned forward in unison to hear more clearly.

"The most important point is, if the Son of Heaven really let Cao Cāo occupy Qingzhou and Yanzhou as you said, then what did Liu Xiu gain? He has the greatest credit, but the Son of Heaven does not reward him, but wants to support the Cao family to balance his strength, what do you think he thinks? ”

Yuan Kui suddenly realized, this situation is indeed strange, the Son of Heaven supported the Cao family, that is, to weaken Liu Xiu, and the pastoral garden established by Liu Xiu presided over the war, which brought great benefits to the Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven did not mean to reward Liu Xiu, but took the imperial concubine back to the palace from Liu Xiu's hands. The imperial concubine is only six years old this year, and he seems to be in a hurry. What's more, Liu Xiu did not participate in such a show of his face when escorting the imperial concubine back to the palace, but stayed in the White Horse Temple.

What is he doing at White Horse Temple? And why don't you just go to the palace to see the driver? Don't...... Has he fallen out of favor?

Yuan Kuihuo raised his head, with surprise in his eyes, the corners of Ma Lun's mouth twitched, and he glanced at her husband with the intimate eyes that only husband and wife have, blaming him for his negligence.

"Don't be happy too early, Cao Cāo is not terrible, after all, he is only attached to the Song family, if the emperor's concubine is made the crown prince and succeeds to the throne smoothly, then of course his Cao family will rise, but the Son of Heaven has not yet reached the age of establishment, if nothing else, the prince can only be the prince within ten years, with the Cao family out of the background of eunuchs, it is not easy for them to gain a foothold in Shandong." The corners of Ma Lun's mouth provoked a contemptuous smile: "Moreover, if something happens, how can my Yuan family be able to resist the north and south?" ”

"But with Liu Xiu, it's different." Ma Lun's words changed: "If Liu Xiubing goes out of Wuguan, then Nanyang will be in an emergency, and if Liu Xiubing is out of Taihang, then Jizhou will be in an emergency." And don't forget, there are also Liu Xiu's senior brothers Lu Min and Gongsun Zan in Youzhou. She paused, and raised her eyebrows, which were neatly cultivated, "I think Zigan refuses to go to Guanzhong, but returns to his hometown, I'm afraid it was also arranged by the Son of Heaven." ”

"Arranged by the Son of Heaven?"

"Yes, the Jing soldiers in the world, from Youliang and Liang, and Liang is now controlled by Liu Xiu, the only one who can compete with Liang is Youzhou, Zigan is loyal, if Liu Xiu has any thoughts of disobedience, he will definitely stand on the side of the Son of Heaven to balance Liu Xiu."

"But despite this, Liu Xiu's strength should not be underestimated." Ma Lun's gaze fell on the urgent letter again: "Now, not only are we on guard against Liu Xiu, but the Son of Heaven is also on guard against Liu Xiu, so this is our chance." And this is the purpose of Ah Hui's adventure to send this letter. ”

"We ...... Liu Xiu? Yuan Feng was taken aback.

"Makes sense." Yuan Kui nodded thoughtfully, "If the Son of Heaven really wants to support Cao Cāo and weaken Liu Xiu, it is indeed an opportunity for us. Send someone to the White Horse Temple tomorrow to see what Liu Xiu is doing there. ”

"But how do we cooperate with Liu Xiu? He has always refused to bow to us, and when we wanted to marry Ah Hui to him, he refused to agree. ”

"He was still young, and after a few years of training, he wouldn't do that again." Yuan Kui smiled slightly: "You see that he and the highway get along well, they are still rivals at the beginning." ”

Yuan Feng suddenly woke up, he glanced at Yuan Kui and his wife, and stopped talking. If you want to join forces with Liu Xiu, only Yuan Shu is the most suitable, not only because Nanyang is the closest to Guanzhong, but also because Yuan Shu has a good relationship with Liu Xiu now. And Yuan Kui and his wife put forward this suggestion, in fact, they were fighting for the resources of the Yuan family for Yuan Shu. Last time, Yuan Shao was a little reluctant to transfer troops to Yuan Shu, since they wanted to pass on Yuan Shu, they naturally refused to let Yuan Shao take the lead. It's just that this will further intensify the open and secret struggle between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao?

"By the way, to find Liu Xiu's parents, you have to hurry up, this has been delayed for almost two years, why is there no progress at all?" Yuan Kui said dissatisfiedly: "There were so many ranger swordsmen under Ben Chu, could it be that they were raised for nothing, and it was useless at all?" ”

Yuan Feng hurriedly explained: "In the past two years, I have been busy with the war, and the energy spent on that matter is indeed insufficient. However, the world is so big, and now that there are many displaced people, it is indeed not easy to find two people. ”

"It's not easy to find, find his parents, and then we have the capital to negotiate with him." Yuan Kui said without pretense: "Now that the war is over, let Ben Chu hurry up a little." ”

"Okay." Yuan Feng nodded expressionlessly. When Ma Lun saw it, he also felt that it was not appropriate for Yuan Kui to speak to his brother in this tone, and explained: "My Han dynasty is based on filial piety, and if we can find a breakthrough from his parents, it is very important for us." ”

"I take care of it." Yuan Fengqiang smiled: "I will tell Ben Chu and let him hurry up." ”

Ma Lun thought for a while, and then reminded: "I think I can send someone to Zhuo County, first, to see if his parents have come home, and second, I can also ask his neighbors to see if there is anything abnormal in their family." I always felt that something was not quite right with this family, maybe it wasn't as simple as going missing, and if I visited his hometown, maybe there would be an unexpected discovery. ”

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Liu Xiu changed into a scholar's regular clothes, took Wang Zhi and two tiger warriors quietly out of the White Horse Temple, and the others were all waiting in the White Horse Temple, they had just received the edict of the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven issued an edict to "reprimand" Liu Xiu, saying that Liu Xiu taught the emperor's concubine to be a martial artist, and he was worthy of the trust of the Son of Heaven, so that he could reflect on it in the White Horse Temple and not be allowed to communicate with the outside world. In a short period of time, the White Horse Temple has become a place of isolation from the outside world.

And Liu Xiu needs to use this time to find out the truth about Zhang Jiao's accidental death.

His first stop was Luoyangzhi, Taiping Road, north of Luoyang City, last time this place was destroyed by Liu Xiu once, all the money was robbed by Liu Xiu, and then Ma Qiang returned here to rebuild, but now Taiping Road has become a traitor, and can no longer preach openly in Luoyang, they can only hide in a nearby manor.

Ma Qiang's face was very haggard, and when he saw Liu Xiu, his eyes were also very complicated, and the disciple Tang Zhou behind him was even more angry, clenched his fists, and wanted to pounce and fight with Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu didn't think so, he didn't take Tang Zhou in his eyes at all, he said to Ma Qiang bluntly, I was ordered to investigate the cause of the death of the great sage and good teacher, since you suspect that it has something to do with me because after the death of the great sage and good teacher, Yingzi also disappeared, then we will start with Yingzi. I need you to tell me everything about Yingzi, starting with how I found her, and I can't leave a single thing out.

Ma Qiang frowned: "The person who found the Holy Aunt is Senior Brother Yuansheng, and his whereabouts are unknown now, I'm afraid it's not easy to find." ”

"I don't believe there is no way for you to communicate with each other within the Taiping Dao." Liu Xiu waved his hand and interrupted Ma Qiang's words: "You immediately send a message to inform him to come to see me." ”

"Uncle Zhang is in Montenegro, why don't you go to Montenegro? Are you scared? Tang Zhou Yinyang said angrily.

Liu Xiu frowned, and looked at Ma Qiang unhappily: "How do you teach your apprentices, you don't understand the rules at all, do you want me to help you discipline them?" ”

Ma Qiang's face sank, Tang Zhou's face suddenly turned pale, and he didn't dare to say a word, but his eyes were even more resentful.