Duanmu Xian privately thought that Mu Yan had done a good job in this matter.

Of course, Anping is more beautiful, worthy of being the princess of Zhenguo who was sealed by the first emperor, if she doesn't make a move, she will do it, and once she makes a move, the means is fast and accurate, and she hit the sore spot of these people with the power of thunder, and taught the people of Zhuangjun Wangfu and Xinghe Bofu a lesson, killing chickens and monkeys, and setting an example.

He wants to see who dares to send women to the new emperor in the future!

Duanmu Xian felt quite happy in his heart, and became refreshed again.

He was about to pick up the teacup, when he suddenly remembered some private discussions he had heard recently, his eyes flashed slightly, and he changed the topic and said, "Four girls, you will get married next month, so don't go out recently." ”

Duanmu Fei immediately responded obediently.

She rarely goes out on weekdays, anyway, there is nothing at home, and there is a cute little nephew to hug, she is very busy every day.

Looking at the cute and well-behaved appearance of the little granddaughter, Duanmu Xian opened his lips slightly when he wanted to speak, and said vaguely after considering his words: "Four girls, just leave all the evil things to your grandfather, and your grandfather will deal with it, don't worry." ”

Duanmuxian was annoyed in his heart, and even more distressed.

Today, there are still people who have a deep meaning to say to him, there is a rumor among the people that "the state-owned demon is a catastrophe", Duanmuxian directly threw a sentence of "nonsense" to the other party, but there was still a trace of apprehension in his heart.

Since last winter, there has been little rain and snow in Yuzhou and Jizhou, and since this year, there has not been a rain.

"......" Duanmu Fei looked at Duanmu Xian in confusion.

What evil?!

After the peony banquet, Duanmufei stayed at home every day and never went out again, and Duanmujun would not talk about this topic in front of her, so Duanmufei didn't know about it at all, and she hadn't even heard of it.

Duanmujun's complexion changed slightly.

She didn't want to ruin her sister's mood for these filthy things, so she picked up a piece of hibiscus cake and sent it to Duanmu's mouth, reassuring her: "Zhenzhen, you don't have to worry about it." ”

"If Ah Yan really takes this kind of nonsense seriously, it doesn't matter if he doesn't marry!"

What evil possession, there is harm to the fortune of the country, Duanmu Jun does not believe a word.

To this day, remembering Duanmu Chao's remarks about openly slandering his sister in the court that day, Duanmu Jun was angry, gritted his teeth and reprimanded: "Second uncle is really stupid!" ”

Duanmu Fei bit the sweet and fluffy hibiscus cake, looked at Duanmu Jun for a while, looked at Duanmu Xian for a while, confused, but still said a good word for Mu Yan: "Sister, don't worry, Ah Yan won't take it seriously." ”

I hope so. Duanmu Xian sighed again in his heart, thinking of Duanmu Chao's unfilial son, his heart was depressed again.

He rubbed his eyebrows, and didn't want to mention this unfilial son, so he asked Duanmu Heng: "How is Ah Heng?" ”

In the past few days, Duanmuxian has been busy with official business, and he has not returned to the house, and he does not know much about the situation in the house.

As the saying goes, there are parents in the world.

When something like this happens, the most difficult thing is probably Duanmu Heng.

My sister died unexplained, and her biological father and mother are still in prison in Jingzhao Mansion.

"Ah Heng wants to go to Yang's house to bring the second sister back." Duanmu Road.

"......" Duanmu Xiancai picked up the teacup, and put it down again without drinking, his eyes flashing.

Duanmuxian came back and looked at Duanmujun and Duanmufei, and asked hesitantly: "Big girl, four girls, what do you two mean?" ”

Duanmu Jun said: "Grandfather, the second sister was killed by Yang Xuyao, although she is married, she has nothing to do with the Yang family since then. Her surname is Duanmu, so let's take it back. ”

The deceased is gone, even if Duanmuqi had any grievances between their cousins before her death, they have disappeared with her death.

Duanmuxian also meant the same and nodded.

No matter how big Duanmuqi is, he will not rebel, and he will not die for his crimes.

"It's good to take it back." As he spoke, Duanmu Xian's expression became even heavier, and he said in a deep voice, "The Yang family committed a major crime of rebellion, which affected the nine clans. ”

Duanmu Xian thinks much more than Duanmu Xian, the nine clans of the Yang family also include the Duanmu family of the wife family, and now the new emperor has no intention of pursuing the Duanmu family, but this is not a handle.

Since Yang Xuyao killed Duanmuqi and was unkind and unjust, then the Duanmu family took back Duanmuqi's bones and buried them back to the ancestral grave of the Duanmu family, which means that the clan will come forward to represent Duanmuqi and the Yang family, and Duanmuqi will no longer be the wife of the Yang family from now on, and in the future, if there is anything to do with the Yang family, it will naturally not implicate the Duanmu family.

Moreover, in the eyes of outsiders, it cannot be said that the Duanmu family is dissociating themselves, but will only denounce the Yang family as vicious.

Duanmujun and Duanmufei glanced at each other, and they both pursed their lips and smiled.

There is one point, Duanmu Jun's thoughts are the same as Duanmu Fei's, and Mu Yan will not be angry with the Duanmu family for such a trivial matter.

My grandfather was sometimes worried about the sky.

However, even if they did, I guess my grandfather wouldn't listen to it.

Grandfather has always been a person who likes to be prepared for danger in times of peace, and it is not a big deal anyway, as long as he is happy.

Duanmu Xian actually took the time to come back, and after returning to the outer study to change his clothes, he left in a hurry.

The sisters went arm in arm in the direction of the inner court.

"Sister, do you know what grandfather said about 'evil' just now?" Duanmu blinked and asked curiously.

Duanmujun originally didn't want to say these things to pollute his sister's ears, but now, he can only say it.

She started from the 14th of March when Duanmuqi asked her to go to the Qingjing Temple, and continued to say that everything happened after she was taken from the princess's mansion to the Jingzhao Mansion court on the 15th.

"......" Duanmu pursed his lips.

knows her own affairs, she is indeed a wisp of ghost, and from this point of view, Duanmuqi is not wrong.

Duanmu Fei was silent, his eyes dark.

Duanmuqi said indignantly as he walked forward: "Nine times out of ten, Yang Xuyao instigated Duanmuqi to ask me to go to Qingjing Temple, and Duanmuqi was just a chess piece in Yang Xuyao's hand. ”

Why hasn't Yang Xuyao been caught yet! Duanmu Jun frowned and said secretly.

Yang Xuyao, who was remembered by everyone, had fled to the border between Jizhou and Jinzhou under the escort of a group of dead soldiers.

Along the way, Yang Xuyao slept in the open air, day and night, and had to avoid the pursuit of the court's pursuers, he didn't care about his appearance at all, his hair and clothes were covered with dust, and his chin was even more bearded.

He hasn't had a good rest for a few days and nights, and he hasn't eaten a good meal, and in just a few days, he has lost a lot of weight, and he looks haggard and embarrassed, even if Duanmuqi is resurrected, I am afraid that the person in front of him can't help but be her husband who shares the same bed.

At this moment, Yang Xuyao was sitting on the ground, leaning against the trunk of a tree, holding a piece of dry food in his hand, eating absentmindedly, occasionally drinking the water in the cowhide water bag with his head up, and wiping his mouth with his cuffs heroically.

Around him, a dozen dead men were patrolling with long knives, vigilantly watching movements in all directions.

Suddenly, a middle-aged dead soldier dressed in a cyan short fight rode his horse, and as soon as the other dead soldiers saw him, they immediately let him go.

The middle-aged dead man rode his horse to Yang Xuyao's side, then neatly turned over and dismounted, clasped his fists and saluted Yang Xuyao, and said, "Son, there is no trace of the pursuers." ”

Yang Xuyao casually replied absentmindedly.

It was the first good news he'd heard in those days.

But even so, Yang Xuyao's brows were still deeply locked, his eyes were flickering brightly and secretly, and his heart was depressed.

Since he inherited everything from the Yang family, everything has gone very smoothly, and he has become accustomed to and enjoyed this smoothness.

He used the resources and gold and silver of the Yang family to open the way, and over the years, he had been expanding his power in the dark step by step.

This time, Yang Xuyao also planned and arranged everything early.

Involving Duanmujun is the first step in this plan, and it is also an extremely important step.

His intention is to use Duanmuxuan to contain Duanmuxuan, so that he can force Duanmufei to help Fu Yingxuan enter the palace, otherwise, according to the new emperor's jealousy of Cen Yin, even if Fu Yingxuan successfully hooks up with the new emperor, the new emperor may not admit it, Fu Yingxuan can't go to the yamen to sue the new emperor for chaos and abandonment, right?

As long as Fu Yingxuan enters the palace smoothly, he and her child can become Mu Yan's eldest son.

Next, it's simple.

He just needs to wait for the opportunity and use Mu Yan's hand to clean up Cen Yin first, and after that, Mu Yan will have no use value.

Mu Yan can die, and the prince who can succeed to the throne is only his own children.

Yang Xuyao took another bite of dry food, his eyes were as dark as a owl, "How is it in the capital now?" ”

The middle-aged dead man immediately replied: "Now the evil rumors are spreading in the capital, and even Jizhou has heard about it, the capital must be in a hurry, and it shouldn't take care of us for the time being." ”

"......" Yang Xuyao's thin lips pursed into a straight line, but.

At the beginning, he wanted to contain and manipulate Duanmu Fei to make this evil remark, and he deliberately spread these rumors, and used those young and vigorous students to add fuel to the fire, just to use this handle to control and coerce Duanmufei, so that Duanmufei had to be used by them from now on.

That is equivalent to him placing an eyeliner beside Mu Yan that Mu Yan will never doubt, and he can also kill two birds with one stone to make Fu Yingxuan's life in the palace better in the future.

However, his plan fell short.

Defeat was too easy.

The plan just began, and the first step failed, Duanmujun clarified the suspicion of murder, and Mrs. Fu and Fu Yingxuan's mother and daughter were also taken by Anping.

Until now, Yang Xuyao didn't know what went wrong.

Obviously, Duanmuqi successfully made an appointment with Duanmu to Qingjing Temple;

Obviously, Duanmu Chao and Xiao He also fell into his trap;

Obviously, Fu Yingxuan took advantage of the convenience of the Qingping Administration to successfully enter the peony banquet of the eldest princess of Anping......

Obviously, everything was according to his plan step by step, but it failed inexplicably.

Even he can only flee everywhere like a lost dog.

The middle-aged dead man looked at Yang Xuyao's face was not good, and said again: "Childe, seven or eight miles further on, you will enter Jinzhou Taikang City, and the house has been arranged." ”

Hearing Jinzhou, Yang Xuyao's brows finally stretched slightly, and there was a light in his eyes.

Jinju is a line that Yang Xuyao laid out a long time ago, on the one hand, it is a help that he can use, and on the other hand, it is also a way for him to retreat, just in case.

However, Yang Xuyao originally thought that there would be no such eventuality, thinking that he would definitely not come to this point.

Yang Xuyao swallowed the last piece of dry food, jumped up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, and ordered: "Let everyone prepare, after a cup of tea, we will set off for Taikang City." ”

The dead soldiers hurriedly took orders and began to pack their bags.

Yang Xuyao whistled, and a black horse grazing under a tree ran towards him.

Yang Xuyao grabbed the horse rope, turned over and got on the horse neatly, and looked up at the direction of Jinzhou from afar, his eyes were not instantaneous.

"Next, we must take Jinju in our hands, and only then can we attack and retreat! With Jinju as the boundary, the world is divided into two. ”

Yang Xuyao said with a firm expression.

The breeze blew in his face, blowing the broken hair on Yang Xuyao's cheeks, covering his handsome cheeks messily, and there was a smell of ambition all over his body.

"Childe is wise." The black-clothed dead man immediately clenched his fists at Yang Xuyao on the horse, his expression was respectful and reverent, and his eyes were sincere and focused, as if Yang Xuyao was their god.

Yang Xuyao was secretly glad that his ancestors had left him this group of loyal dead soldiers, so that he would not fight alone.

Yang Xuyao froze down, and said in a stiff voice: "Now it seems that we can only support Mu Youjing first." ”

At the beginning, Yang Xuyao sent someone to rescue Mu Youjing, and sent him to Nanhuai all the way, just to use Mu Youjing's identity as the prince to cooperate with Suna, the queen of Nanhuai, and to use the power of Nanhuai people to go north.

Yang Xuyao also knew that this matter could not be done in a while, and he was prepared, and it might take ten years or even more to succeed.

However, Fu Yingxuan suddenly entered his field of vision, allowing him to see that there was another possibility, so he temporarily abandoned Mu Youjing and chose Fu Yingxuan.

If it can be done, this will be a shortcut, maybe he will be able to kill Mu Yan in less than five years, and then assist the new lord as the regent, hold the power of Dasheng firmly in the palm of his hand, and let the bloodline of their Yi family ascend to the position of the lord of the Central Plains again!

But the plan failed.

At this moment, he had to rejoice that he still had Mu Youjing, a chess piece that could be used, but fortunately, he was only hanging Mu Youjing at that time, and did not turn his face with him.

"I'm not defeated yet." Yang Xuyao muttered to himself.

His eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and his back was straight.

He's come this far, there's no turning back.

Defeat is death, and victory is the world.

That's right, although he lost for a while and could only withdraw from the capital, he was not left with nothing.

He still has gold, he has a fire battalion, and he has a loyal private army and dead soldiers.

Even if the ancestral house of the Yang family is seized now, it doesn't matter, what is hidden there is only a small part of the Yang family's property.

He's not defeated yet!!

At this time, all the dead men were also ready, and they got on their horses, and the horses neighed and paced their iron hooves.

"Let's go!"

As soon as Yang Xuyao clamped the horse's belly, the black horse under his crotch rushed out and rode away.

The dead followed closely as well, their hooves flying and a gray mist of dust.

The group kept going, and after a stick of incense, they came to Taikang City.

The middle-aged dead man had already come to explore the way, so he led the way, and after passing through six or seven streets, they came to a house in the south of the city.

Almost as soon as they arrived, they heard a "squeak" and the door of the house was opened from the inside.

An old man with gray hair greeted him with two young men in Tsing Yi, saluted respectfully, and invited Yang Xuyao and his party into the house.

A servant cautiously poked his head out and looked at the street outside the house to make sure that no one was paying attention to them, and then closed the door again, and the street returned to its previous calm, as if no one had been there at all.

"Childe," the old man stretched out his hand to make an invitation and led Yang Xuyao inside, "You have worked hard all the way, do you want to wash up and rest for a while?" ”

"There's no hurry." Where is Yang Xuyao in the mood to rest, "Let's get down to business first." ”

The old man led Yang Xuyao to a hall.

Yang Xuyao sat down on the Taishi chair at the top, and the middle-aged dead man sat down at the bottom, and the little guy quickly served them tea.

As soon as he sat down, Yang Xuyao asked eagerly, "Tell me how Xiao Tian is doing first?" ”

The old man smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Don't worry, Childe, Xiao Tian already believes it." ”

When Yang Xuyao heard this, he was relieved, and leaned on the back of the chair relaxedly.

This is the second good news he heard today.

Yes, Xiao Tian is just a mountain bandit, and he only agreed to the court's recruitment for the sake of power and interests, like this reckless man who can only fight and kill, what does he know,?! He was afraid that as long as he helped the imperial court pacify Jinzhou, he would be able to get the wealth of the sky and worship the prime minister!

How can things in this world be so simple, they only need to provoke a little, and Xiao Tian will naturally be suspicious of the imperial court.

As long as Xiao Tian has a dislike with the imperial court, then the chaos in Jinju will continue, and he will have a chance!

The corners of Yang Xuyao's lips curled slightly, a touch of disdain flashed under his eyes, and he seemed to smile and said: "I am also 'bothered' about Taichuzhai." ”

In that year, Jinju was in turmoil, the people fell into the grass, and mountain bandits were rampant everywhere.

Among the large and small cottages, Jinjiazhai and Taichuzhai rose, and their power expanded rapidly, and the two villages each dominated one side.

At that time, Yang Xuyao noticed the chaos in Jinju and guessed that the imperial court was powerless to quell the chaos for a while.

Because the former Jinzhou Wei Yan General Army led most of the troops to aid the southern border, the remaining troops of Jinzhou Wei were only thirty percent, and these thirty percent of the troops could not deal with the wolf-like mountain bandits at all.

Moreover, the war situation in the south was stalemate, the treasury was empty, and Mu Jianming was unable to transfer troops from Jingwei and other guards for a while.

The chaos in Jinju is inevitable, but it is his opportunity.

If he can take this opportunity to hold Jinju in his hands, he will have a greater grasp of it if he wants to start an incident in the future.

Yang Xuyao's first eye was Taichu Village.

In order to show his sincerity, he asked his cronie Yan Ke to personally go to Taichuzhai to see Xiao Tian, and at that time he may have a lot of benefits for Xiao Tian, however, Xiao Tian did not give face and refused Yan Ke again and again.

There is a good story about Liu Bei's three visits to the thatched house, originally Yang Xuyao also thought that Xiao Tian was just holding a shelf, so he asked Yan Ke to stick Xiao Tian's cold ass again and again, until Yan Ke was rejected for the third time, Yang Xuyao gave up Xiao Tian and chose Jinjiazhai as the partner instead.

However, Jinjiazhai really couldn't do it, even if he supported them with a lot of gold, silver and firearms, in the end he still failed to take Taichuzhai, failed to kill Xiao Tian, and failed to occupy Jinzhou.

Last year, when Yang Xuyao heard that Xiao Tian was actually recruited by Mu Yan, he was so angry that he smashed a room of things, and after that, he sent a batch of firecrackers to Jinjiazhai so that Jinjiazhai must clean up Xiao Tian this time.

Xiao Tian is the pillar of Taichu Village, as long as he dies, Tai Chu Village will become a plate of loose sand, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

On the contrary, Jinjiazhai lost consecutive battles and lost several cities in Jinju.

Yang Xuyao was annoyed for a while, and said coldly: "Jin Dahu is really a useless thing!" ”

The Jin Dahu he said was the owner of Jinjiazhai.

The other two people present also knew that Yang Xuyao had failed to recruit Xiao Tian before, and they were all silent.

Yang Xuyao took two deep breaths in a row, and quickly calmed down a lot, and said in his heart: What if Xiao Tian is recruited, a mountain bandit is a mountain bandit, stupid and short-sighted!

This time he came in person, and he will definitely take Jinju smoothly.

"Go ahead with your plan." Yang Xuyao commanded, his eyes narrowed, and a cold light as sharp as a knife flashed.

The old man immediately clenched his fists and took the order: "Yes, Childe." ”

A gust of wind blew from the front, and the sky outside was overcast at some point, and the clouds were layered on top of each other, exuding an ominous atmosphere.

In the next few days, the cities of Jinju were gray and cloudy, and the air was stuffy and unpleasant.

On March 24, Xiao Tian, who was in Longqing City, ushered in an uninvited guest.

"Mr. Xiao, a person who calls himself Xu Dajian asks to see him."

A soldier hurried to the martial arts arena.

At this time, Xiao Tian, who was wearing a cyan power suit, was dancing with a knife, he had an amiable baby face, but he was dancing with a huge nine-ring knife.

Chop, split, sweep, tease, push...... The nine-ring knife danced vigorously, and the chill was forestry.

After Xiao Tian played two more tricks, he put away the Nine Rings Knife, his eyes flashed, and he said casually: "Bring someone here." ”

The soldier withdrew from the arena again, and after a while, he brought with him a short-bearded man in his thirties.

Xiao Tianzheng was sitting on a circle chair, slowly wiping his knife, so focused, so serious, as if he was unaware of Xu Dajian's arrival.

"Senior brother." Xu Dajian stopped five steps away, looking at Xiao Tian with a very complicated look.

Xiao Tian raised his head at this time, looked at Xu Dajian with four eyes, and a faint smile on the corner of his lips.

There was silence all around.

Xu Dajian stared at Xiao Tian deeply, his pupils flickering brightly and darkly.

Obviously, they are brothers who have grown up together since childhood, and they used to be like brothers who could entrust each other's lives, but slowly they went further and further.

Now, when he looked at Xiao Tian again, he only felt that the person in front of him was so familiar and so unfamiliar.

In October last year, Xiao Tian returned to Taichuzhai safely.

At that time, Xu Dajian was somewhat weak-hearted, for fear that Xiao Tian would know something, but Xiao Tian didn't say anything, only said: "Senior brother, since you are not willing to live under others, then leave with your people." ”

In fact, even if Xiao Tian didn't speak, Xu Dajian wouldn't be able to stay.

As long as there is Xiao Tian in Taichu Village, he will never have a place to get ahead, and he excused himself with the excuse of "the Tao is not the same", and all his people left Taichu Village

Since then, their brothers have parted ways.

However, soon after he and his men left, he heard the news that Xiao Tian had been appointed by the imperial court as the chief soldier of Jinju.

The chief soldier is a first-class military attaché!

When the news came, Xu Dajian could clearly feel that many of his subordinates regretted following him, and they all felt that staying in Taichuzhai and staying under Xiao Tian would have a brighter future.

At that time, someone vaguely mentioned to Xu Dajian whether to go back to Taichuzhai and be soft with Xiao Tian.

Xu Dajian didn't respond.

He felt that Xiao Tian was deliberately targeting himself.

I think that at the beginning, he had mentioned the matter of recruiting to Xiao Tian again and again, Xiao Tian rejected him with righteous words, but later, he accepted the recruitment of the imperial court in turn, and became the chief soldier.

It's really scheming!

Xu Dajian clenched his fists tightly, his body was tense, and his eyes were like swords.

Obviously, Xiao Tian must have done it on purpose, he should have accepted the court's recruitment at that time, but he wanted to monopolize the court's reward alone, so he deliberately squeezed himself away, with sinister intentions!

In the face of power and interests, even if they are brothers who have grown up together since childhood, people will not be destroyed for themselves!