When the news of Ji Ling and Zhang Xun's defeat in Xuzhou reached Anhui County, a group of people who were originally guarding around the mansion of the Qiao family of the Wang clan in Anhui County quietly withdrew from the county, as if they had never appeared in Anhui County.

Qiao's family has been grounded in the small county town for three months, and now that they are free, they are naturally happy, and they curse Yuan Shu in Shouchun City to finish as soon as possible, so that similar things will happen in the future.

"Sister, have you heard? The two dog-headed generals under Yuan Shu suffered a big defeat in Xuzhou, that Ji Ling was beaten by the Xuzhou army in Pugupi and looked for teeth, and Zhang Xun was even more unlucky, and was captured by Xuzhou Zangba in the north of Ling County! Xiao Qiao, who had just gotten the news, said to her sister Da Qiao excitedly.

Da Qiao was provoked by the gloating expression on his sister's face, "You, what kind of nonsense are you talking about, Zhang Xun and Ji Ling are the four major generals under Yuan Shu, and they will become ko-headed generals in your mouth." People will scold people and say that they are a dog-headed military division, but this dog-headed general is your sister's first creation! ”

Xiao Qiao tightened his red mouth, deliberately rolled his eyes, and then said stupidly: "These two guys each led 50,000 soldiers and horses to Xuzhou, but the result was not inferior to the 60,000 soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, and the people who fled back were not even 30,000. ”

Da Qiao sighed and said, "Alas, speaking of which, I really have to thank the two of them." If they hadn't been so clean and completely defeated, how could those pesky guys out there have quietly disappeared? I hope that Yangzhou and Xuzhou will not fight each other again in the future, otherwise I don't know how many innocent people will be killed and injured. ”

Just a few days after the sisters said this, Yan Xiang, the chief secretary of Yuan Shu, personally came to the door to apologize to the Qiao family, and presented a gift as compensation, although Qiao Xuan was very disdainful of Yuan Shu's approach, but he also understood that as long as Yuan Shu did not get out of Yangzhou for a day, the Qiao family would always be threatened by Yuan Shu, so he had to reluctantly accept Yan Xiang's explanation. Let's think that the people who besieged the Qiao family before came to protect the Qiao family.

Yan Xiang then hinted to Qiao Xuan that the Qiao family had been completely free in Yangzhou, and even if they moved elsewhere in the future, no one would stop them. Not only will there be no one to stop them, but there will also be soldiers escorting the Qiao family out of the country at that time, such as moving north into Xuzhou, west to Jingzhou, or south to Wu County......

Qiao Xuan is not an honest rural landlord who doesn't know anything, he also became an official when he was young, so he understands Yan Xiang's words very well. Qiao Xuanxin said: "This Yan elephant came to the door today. Where is the apology, it is clear that the Qiao family is trying to force the Qiao family to move out of Anhui County! It's just that the world is so big, where is the place where you can really live in it? ”

Yan Xiang saw Qiao Xuan's hesitant expression, so he kindly reminded him: "Old Qiao, this time is just a false alarm for the Qiao family, but no one knows if there will be a next time." Although it is difficult to leave the homeland, Yangzhou has now become a place of right and wrong, so it is better to leave early with the clansmen and go north. I heard that Qiao Lao's eldest daughter has already been engaged to marry Liu Shiren in Youzhou. This time, I took the opportunity to leave and sent my daughter to Jicheng to get married. I have never been to the north of the Yellow River, but I often hear people say that today's Youzhou and Jizhou are a land of peace, and Qiao's family went there. With the Liu family taking care of it, it may be a little more noble than in this Anhui County. ”

Qiao Xuan looked at Yan Xiang's eyes carefully, and found that the lobbyist sent by Yuan Shu had clear eyes, and he didn't dodge when he said the previous words. It should come from the heart. Qiao Xuan asked with some puzzlement: "Master Yan, there is something unknown about Xiao Lao'er, Yuan Highway wanted to take the Qiao family as a hostage before. Naturally, I can't talk about how much kindness there is to my Qiao family, but if you so sincerely persuade me to leave Yangzhou with my clansmen, or even move to the north, does this go against your original intention as a subordinate of Yuan Highway? ”

No wonder Qiao Xuan is suspicious in his heart, there is a saying that "if something goes wrong, there must be a demon", if the Qiao family is still in Yangzhou, then maybe there is a possibility of being taken as a hostage in the future, if the family moves to other places and moves to the territory controlled by Liu He, if Liu He wants to deal with Yuan Shu in the future, wouldn't he just be able to have no scruples and let go of Yuan Shu to death?

Yan Xiang smiled bitterly and said softly: "The following words can come out of my mouth and into the ears of Qiao Lao, and after I leave Qiao's house, I hope that Qiao Lao will never spread it." ”

Qiao Xuan nodded solemnly and promised: "As long as Master Yan is dedicated to thinking about my Qiao family, Qiao will definitely not put the king in an unkind and unjust place." ”

Yan Xiang said with some difficulty: "I am the master of Yuan Highway, and recently I have found some signs of his vain attempt to claim the emperor's self-reliance, if he really goes to that point, I am afraid that all the heroes in the world will come to crusade, and then he will inevitably be destroyed, and the fate of our people will not be much better." This time I came to Anhui County, on the surface, I wanted to use your Qiao family to exchange Zhang Xun and Yuan Jian for Xuzhou, but in fact, I wanted to help the Qiao family once, and at the same time leave a way back for the future. ”

"Why did Zhang Xun and Ji Ling return from a big defeat in Xuzhou this time? The common people feel that it is because the Xuzhou military and civilians are resolute and thorough in defending the land, but in fact, it is the result of Xuzhou Mu Lu Zigan's central strategy. Lu Zigan was previously the pastor of Jizhou, and he replaced the former Jizhou pastor Han Fu, who was transferred to Youzhou pastor. Since Lu Zigan's recovery, every step has a great relationship with Youzhou, in the final analysis, it is related to the Liu family and his son in Jicheng. As far as I can see, the son-in-law in the north whom you have never met before will not be the second in Guangwu, so ......"

Yan Xiang said that this is enough.

When Qiao Xuan heard this, he felt that his heart was pounding, his head was a little dizzy, and he silently recited a sentence in his heart: "Guangwu second ......, Guangwu second ......"

Guangwu is naturally the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu who opened the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Liu Xiu raised troops from the north, to put it more accurately, it was from the Jicheng cavalry, and finally swept all the heroes, and finally embarked on the road of supremacy.

In the past, Qiao Xuan just felt that he had found a husband with a very noble status for his eldest daughter, but as soon as Yan Xiang said this, he couldn't help but think deeply, the more he thought about it, the more incredible he felt, and the old man Qiao's heart was about to pop out. If it is really as Yan Xiang said, Liu He will dominate the country in the future and become the emperor of Zhongxing, then his Qiao family is the authentic imperial relative!

After thinking about it, Qiao Xuan finally made up his mind, and he said to Yan Xiang with a resolute face: "Master Yan's kindness, Qiao Mou remembered it, so I will send someone to Xuzhou to contact the Mi family, and I will definitely help Master Yan to promote the release of Zhang Xun and Yuan Lian." In the future, when the situation is really critical, Master Yan can come to the north to avoid trouble! ”

Later historical records record that Yan Xiang, who was the main book of Yuan Shu, once quoted the story of King Wen of Zhou, who owned two-thirds of the world, to dissuade Yuan Shu from taking that step, but it was not adopted by Yuan Shu, who was stunned by Li Lingzhi, and finally died unlucky with Yuan Shu.

In this time and space, because the situation in the world is completely different, Yuan Shu's concealment and caution on the road to becoming the emperor have only revealed some clues until now, but they have been understood by Yan Xiang. Although Yan Xiang was loyal to Yuan Shu, it did not mean that he was willing to follow a rebel on the road to destruction, so he wanted to leave a way for himself and his family to live through the Qiao family in Anhui County.

As Yan Xiang said to Qiao Xuan, the reason why Zhang Xun and Ji Ling failed this time was because they met Lu Zhi, a transcendent existence who was both civil and military, and whose prestige was enough to overwhelm the clans of various counties in Xuzhou, and Lu Zhi's appearance in Xuzhou was not accidental, but a chess game set up by Liu Yu's father and son in Xuzhou.

A person who can play such a big chess game, whether it is vision or strength, is to surpass the warlords of various states, if he wants to win the world, the chance of success is naturally much higher than Yuan Shu, who naively wants to be the emperor with a jade seal in his hand.

After Qiao Xuan sent Yan Xiang away, he immediately went to the Qiao family ancestral hall to meet the elders of the Qiao clan, and told him his idea of deciding to move to Youzhou with his own group. Of course, for the sake of the safety of the Qiao family and Yan Xiang, it was impossible for him to say such scary things as "Guangwu Second" to the clan elder, but he just said that because his team had a relationship with Youzhou, and Yuan Shu and Youzhou were quite bad, staying in Anhui County would bring trouble to the family.

The elders of the Qiao clan also felt that it was a good thing for Qiao Xuan's family to leave Anhui County, otherwise the entire Qiao family in Anhui County would be affected. After discussion, several old people with the most status in the Qiao family unanimously agreed that more than 70 members of Qiao Xuan's family would move to Jicheng and set up another ancestral hall, which has since become a branch of the Qiao family.

The Qiao family has thousands of people in Anhui County, even if Qiao Xuan knows that there will be a great wealth waiting for him when he goes to the north, it is impossible for him to take the whole clan to move north collectively. Besides, as long as their group left Anhui County, even if Yuan Shu had any ideas in the future, he would not be so mad as to vent his anger with the remaining Qiao clansmen.

The family naturally has the rules of the family, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are from Runan, even if the hostile forces with the two Yuan occupy Runan in the future, it will not kill the Yuan family in Runan for this, because doing so will lose the hearts and morals of the world, and will also cause public indignation.

From making a decision to going to the ancestral hall, it was only a matter of half a day, and when he returned to his house in the evening, he suddenly thought of something that gave him a headache.

What should Little Joe do?

Some time ago, the Jiangdong Sun family sent someone to come to Anhui County quietly, bought off the people who guarded the Qiao family, met Qiao Xuan secretly, and then made a request for marriage. At that time, Qiao Xuan was worried about the safety of the family, and Zhang Xun and Ji Ling had not yet been defeated, this shrewd old man happily agreed to marry his second daughter to Sun Ce, the eldest son of Jiangdong Haojie Sun Jian, in order to one day move the family to Jiangdong to avoid trouble.

Now, in order to become a "relative of the emperor" as soon as possible, Qiao Xuan has made a decisive decision to move north with his family, but if he leaves like this, he will be thousands of miles away from Jiangdong Sun Jian, and it is difficult to say whether the marriage of the second daughter can be successful.

The example of the eldest daughter is placed there, this long-distance marriage is the most tormenting, and the engagement has been for several years, because of the road, the daughter has not yet married out! (To be continued......)