Yue Buqun treats Ling Hu Chong like a parent, if he has a choice, he will definitely do everything possible to protect Ling Hu Chong.

Chu Yi sent someone to bring him a message before, but Chu Yi didn't care about Ling Hu Chong's life and death at all, and everything was left to him to deal with.

For this, Yue Buqun had no doubt at all, with Chu Yi's status and status, if he really wanted to kill Ling Hu Chong, it would be just a matter of one sentence, and a mere Ling Hu Chong would not be taken to Chu Yi's heart.

So if he really wants to protect Ling Hu Chong, it's not impossible.

It has been a few days since Yue Buqun first met Ling Hu Chong, and he has come to see Ling Hu Chong twice during this period, on the one hand, to see Ling Hu Chong, and on the other hand, it is not a struggle in his heart.

Ling Hu Chong is now the head of the Huashan faction, but Ling Hu Chong is definitely an unforgivable crime because he participated in King Ning's rebellion, and even helped King Ning deal with Chu Yi.

It is precisely because of this that the Huashan faction suffered a great disaster, if it weren't for his great achievements and desperate begging, I am afraid that the Huashan faction will really be completely extinct like the Qingcheng faction.

He could protect the others of the Huashan faction, but only Ling Hu Chong couldn't. Linghu Chong is the head of the Huashan faction, and what he does represents the Huashan faction, so he participated in King Ning's rebellion, and the consequence was the fall of the Huashan faction.

Even if Chu Yi didn't care about Ling Hu Chong's life or death, others might not care.

Yue Buqun knew very well that Chu Yi's surroundings such as Qi Hu, Fang Li and others, none of them were ordinary people, if he really saved Ling Hu Chong this time, then Fang Li and the others might not say it in their mouths, but they would definitely have opinions about it in their hearts.

Being remembered by these people, even Yue Buqun will not be able to eat and sleep.

It can even be said that Ling Hu Chong will not die, so the disciples of the Huashan Sect who he has worked so hard to get from under the butcher's knife of the imperial court will inevitably be targeted.

As the head of the Huashan faction, Yue Buqun knew very well in his heart that Ling Hu Chong would only be the most beneficial to the Huashan faction if he died.

After all, hundreds of disciples of the Huashan faction died, and it can be said that many of them are very innocent, if it is said that Ling Hu Chong, who caused all this, survived, wouldn't it be too unfair to these innocent Huashan sect disciples!

All kinds of thoughts flashed in his heart, and he struggled for a few days, and it was not until this moment that Yue Buqun could be regarded as completely determined.

When Yue Buqun's hand fell on Ling Hu Chong's head and his eyes wept, a line of tears rolled down from Ling Hu Chong's slightly closed eyes, which was originally lying there with a drunken appearance, and it can be seen from his reaction that in fact, Ling Hu Chong was not drunk, everything was just pretending.

Yue Buqun's voice sounded in Ling Hu Chong's ears, his lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything.

A vigorous infusion entered Ling Hu Chong's head, and in an instant, he saw blood flowing out of Ling Hu Chong's seven orifices.

Looking at Ling Hu Chong, who was already lifeless, Yue Buqun couldn't help but cry for it, and sat there for a long time before sighing softly.

took a step forward, slowly bent down to pick up Ling Hu Chong and then lay it flat on the bed covered with a layer of thatch, and then slowly helped Ling Hu Chong tidy up his messy hair and scattered clothes, just as he and Ning Zhong took Ling Hu Chong, who was still a child, back to Huashan to take care of it carefully.

The morning sun was rising, but the camp was in order, and the battalion sergeants were conducting drills.

A figure walked into the big tent, and it was Yue Buqun with a face of vicissitudes.

After a night, Yue Buqun seemed to be a few years old all of a sudden, and the whole person looked very vicissitudes.

Chu Yi heard the footsteps, looked up at Yue Buqun, saw Yue Buqun's vicissitudes of life, and couldn't help but show a little surprise, slowly put down the book in his hand, looked at Yue Buqun who saluted him, and said, "Lord Yue doesn't have to be formal, just sit down and talk!" ”

After saluting, Yue Buqun sat aside and looked at Chu Yi and said, "Chief Administrator, the lower officials have come to ask the Chief Manager for their guilt!" ”

Chu Yi couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this: "Oh, what does Lord Yue mean by this?" ”

Taking a deep breath, Yue Buqun said slowly: "Chong'er is dead!" ”

Hearing Yue Buqun say this, Chu Yi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, looked at Yue Buqun in surprise and said, "Linghu Chong is dead?" ”

Originally, Chu Yi thought that Yue Buqun was very likely to save Ling Hu Chong's life, after all, Yue Buqun's feelings for Ling Hu Chong were true, and he handed Ling Hu Chong over to Yue Buqun to deal with, but he didn't care about Ling Hu Chong's life and death.

It's just a Linghu Chong, to be honest, Chu Yi really didn't care.

Yue Buqun nodded slightly and said: "Linghu Chong, as the head of the Huashan faction, actually colluded with King Ning to rebel, this crime is unforgivable, the lower official was greatly favored by the lord, and promised the grace of the life of twenty people of the Huashan faction, but the others can live, and Ling Hu Chong alone can't do it, so the lower official is brave and personally sent Chong'er on the road, without asking the chief manager, and asking the chief manager to forgive the sin!" ”

Although he had already expected that Yue Buqun might kill Ling Hu Chong with his own hands, otherwise Yue Buqun would definitely not be so vicissitudes, but hearing Yue Buqun say this, Chu Yi was still very surprised.

However, it soon became clear to Chu Yi that in fact, standing on Yue Buqun's position, he had not many choices at all.

Compared to the future of the Huashan faction, no matter how much he treats Ling Hu Chong like a parent, he will be ruthless to kill Ling Hu Chong.

For the revival of the Huashan faction, Yue Buqun can even be ruthless to himself, and now he can't bear to give up Ling Hu Chong, which is reasonable, after all, no matter how important Ling Hu Chong is, it is not more important than the future of the Huashan faction.

Glancing at Yue Buqun, Chu Yi nodded calmly and said, "That's it, since Ling Hu Chong is dead, then you can bury him alive!" ”

Yue Buqun breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, got up and saluted Chu Yi and said, "Subordinates, thank you, Chief Manager!" ”

Seeing Yue Buqun leave, Lin Pingzhi, who was standing on Chu Yi's side, couldn't help but whisper: "Lord Yue is really ruthless......

Chu Yi shook his head slightly, even if Lin Pingzhi had experienced the catastrophe of Yu Canghai, but after all, he had not experienced too many facts, how could he understand Yue Buqun's choice.

Yangzhou

Since King Ning raised troops and occupied the city of Nanjing, and even ascended the throne, the city of Yangzhou changed its banner.

The prefect of Yangzhou Mansion, whether he was willing or persecuted by the wealthy families led by the Xie family in the city, was the king of Ning and bowed his head to the minister, representing that Yangzhou Mansion had joined the camp of King Ning.

From the moment when Yangzhou Mansion was attached to King Ning and openly rebelled against the imperial court, all the wealthy families led by the Xie family breathed a sigh of relief.

You must know that not long ago, the Jinyi guards who went south from Beijing City were only a few days away from Yangzhou City, and once these Jinyi Guards entered Yangzhou City, it was the end of several of their families who participated in the change of the palace in the capital.

Xie Mingyu, the head of the Xie family, Mo De, the head of the Mo family, and others took out a large amount of grain and silver to support King Ning's army, and now their support has finally been rewarded.

Yangzhou City was attached to King Ning, and those Jinyi guards who were sent by the Son of Heaven naturally stopped, where did they dare to enter Yangzhou City to cure the crimes of their families.

However, not long ago, there was not very good news from Jiangxi and Nanjing, the generals under the command of King Ning were defeated several times, and even the city of Nanjing was blocked by the imperial army led by Chu Yi.

In the garden of Yajing, there are still more than a dozen family owners from the previous time, and now these family owners are not what they used to be.

In the past, Yangzhou Mansion was nominally under the control of the Ming Dynasty, although they said that they were the gentry of Yangzhou City, and secretly controlled most of the lifeblood of Yangzhou Mansion, but on the surface, they did not dare to make any radical moves.

But now it is different, Yangzhou City has openly rebelled against the imperial court and stood on the side of King Ning, and as the people who supported King Ning, they naturally turned from dark to light and completely carved up Yangzhou City.

It is not so much that Yangzhou City belongs to King Ning, but that Yangzhou City belongs to more than a dozen large and small families headed by the Xie family.

Xie Mingyu and the others looked excitedly at the moment looking at the edict of King Ning from Nanjing City.

King Ning issued an edict allowing the local gentry to recruit volunteers to form an army of King Qin to go to King Qin in Nanjing.

In the eyes of Xie Mingyu and others, this is naturally great news.

These families had great influence in the local area, and there were at least thousands of tenants attached to them, and many servants in their homes amounted to hundreds or thousands.

But they have no military power in their hands, even if they divide the power of Yangzhou City, they can only control a certain number of soldiers and horses through the official government of Yangzhou City.

But now King Ning actually directly issued an edict to them, allowing them to recruit volunteers to form the Qinwang Army on their own, and there was no limit on the number of people who could recruit volunteers.

That is to say, if they are willing, they can take King Ning's edict and form an army of thousands or even tens of thousands on their own.

No one is a fool, if they can control tens of thousands of troops, in this land south of the Yangtze River, they will inevitably have a great right to speak, and even King Ning and even the court will look at them differently.

Xie Mingyu coughed lightly, knocked lightly on the table, looked around at the crowd and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, everyone has seen the edict sent by King Ning to spread to various places, I don't know what you think about it?" ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and no one is the first to express their opinions.

I saw Mo De, who was sitting on the side, slowly spoke: "King Ning has even made such a will, it can be seen that the situation in Nanjing City is very bad at this time, if it is not for being forced to be helpless, I believe that King Ning will definitely not make such a will!" ”

In fact, everyone knows this very well in their hearts, what are the consequences of allowing local wealthy families to recruit soldiers on their own, everyone is a reader, who hasn't read the history books?

Once the military power is overflowing, it will inevitably lead to the rise of local heroes, and the first threat is the imperial power, so if there is a little bit of sanity as a high-ranking person, he will definitely not easily release such a tiger.

This strategy is to drink water to quench thirst, and may be able to sustain life in the short term, but the consequences are unpredictable.

A wealthy man stroked his beard and said with a smile: "We were worried that relying on Yangzhou City's 3,000 soldiers and horses alone would not be enough to protect our safety, but now that King Ning has issued an edict, then we should respond, even if it is not to lead the army to relieve the siege of Nanjing City, at least the army is in hand, and everyone has some confidence!" ”

"Yes, yes, that's it!"

"Don't worry about anything, let's first form a volunteer and then talk about it, with soldiers and horses in our hands, no matter what happens, we have room to turn around, don't we!"

can become the head of the family, so none of the people present are stupid, and they all agree with it.

Xie Mingyu glanced at everyone, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Since you all have the same opinion, then listen to Xie Mou say a few words." ”

Everyone's eyes fell on Xie Mingyu, and only heard Xie Mingyu's expression be right: "Everyone, we can be said to be grasshoppers on a rope, once King Ning is defeated, then the imperial army will definitely not let go of those who support King Ning's army, so we must find a way to protect ourselves, and if we want to protect ourselves, then we must have enough strength, as long as we can unite as one, even the court and King Ning dare not underestimate us." ”

Saying that, Xie Mingyu said slowly: "So Xie proposed that the thirteen of us join forces and do our best to form a volunteer army." ”

Some of the family heads present were happy when they heard this, while others frowned.

Maude coughed lightly and said: "Everyone, the so-called snake without a head is not good, if our thirteen families want to join forces, we must choose a person to take the lead, in the following opinion, the head of the Xie family, Wen Taowu, is the most suitable!" ”

Xie Mingyu waved his hand again and again when he heard this: "Xie is a shallow learner, how can he afford such a heavy responsibility, everyone should choose another meritocracy......"

Everyone watched the performance of Maude and Xie Mingyu, looked at each other, and their hearts were like mirrors.

Among the dozen or so families present, when it comes to power and influence, it is naturally led by the Xie family, and the strength of the Mo family is enough to rank among the top few, and now it is obvious that the Xie family has joined forces with the Mo family, what else can they say.

Unless civil strife is going to break out, they have no other choice.

Whether he wants it or not, anyway, it's just a cup of tea, Xie Mingyu has become the leader of the thirteen coalition forces with a posture that really can't be delayed.

Xie Mingyu said with a bit of seriousness on his face: "Everyone, since you have decided to form a coalition army, let's discuss the grain, gold, silver, and even weapons needed to form a coalition army." ”

Maude took the lead and said: "My Mo family is willing to donate 100,000 stone grains and 100,000 taels of silver!" And among the tenants, a thousand strong men were selected to meet the needs of the coalition army. ”

Many people's faces became a little difficult to look at when they heard this, and Maude donated a lot of these at all, which means that they can't be too little.

Whether it is grain, gold and silver, or the young and strong among the tenants, they have accumulated it with great difficulty, but now they have to take it out, and it is really like cutting meat.

[The first one is sent, and those who have a monthly pass will be smashed down, I wish the bigwigs, 2019, a new year, and a new atmosphere. ] 】