The bright moon sprinkled all over the courtyard, and the night breeze blew on people's faces.

Li Xuan didn't know when he was already standing at the gate of the courtyard, watching Yao Zhi and Hu Yu leave.

Yu Ze was sent outside the post station until he returned.

Seeing Li Xuan waiting at the courtyard gate, he immediately walked quickly to Li Xuan's side, bowed his hand, and then got up and asked in a low voice, "Lord Wang, is this the end of the Xia family's affairs?"

Li Xuan nodded and snorted coldly: "What if it doesn't end, Yao Changshi has already promised to hand over part of the Xia family's property to this king, if this king doesn't stop, then when the time comes, it will be this king who should be cleansed, and people should be content."

"The Xia family's property?" Yu Ze's face was full of astonishment, recalling the end of the conversation between Li Xuan and Yao Zhi before, Yu Ze immediately suddenly said: "It turns out that the prince and Yao Changshi just said that?"

"It's just a deal." Li Xuan stood in the courtyard, Li Xuan raised his head, looked at the bright moon above his head, and said softly, "We are not Hangzhou officials, and what happens to the Xia family, the key depends on how deep the connection between the Xia family and the Tianyin Sect is. z.br>

If the collusion between them and the Tianyin Sect is very light, then the price to pay is naturally less, if the collusion between them and the Tianyin Sect is very heavy, then the price to pay is naturally heavy, Yao Changshi does not know the inside story in detail, everything depends on the investigation."

"But how can we confirm the collusion between the Xia family and the Tianyin Sect, if they lie in this matter and leave room for improvement, and we don't know anything, wouldn't we lose a lot of benefits." Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan with some concern, and said in a low voice, "Lord Wang, for the sake of financial gain, these people can do anything."

"Therefore, keep an eye on the Xia family, keep an eye on how many people they have died, the more people who die, the deeper their connection with the Tianyin Sect, and the fewer people who die, the shallower their connection with the Tianyin Sect." Speaking of this, Li Xuan paused slightly, shook his head slightly, and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "Don't worry, in this kind of matter, they will definitely not let anyone damn alive."

Yu Ze was silent for a while.

Most of the time, the internal strife of the family is more cruel and bloody than the limit of what people can imagine.

Even between the same clans, when it comes to the conflict of interests of rebellion, they are ruthless, and even more ruthless.

This point can be understood by looking at the fate of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

Several sons were all killed, and wives and concubines were included in the harem and pampered......

Under the cold moonlight, no one continued to speak for a long time.

Finally, Li Xuan broke the silence and said faintly: "For hundreds of years, the Wu Yue family has been connected to each other's marriage, blood fusion, mutual support, and common to the outside world, so easily, the Wu Yue family will not allow the Xia family to fall like this.

They can tolerate the decline of the Xia family, but they can't accept the destruction of the Xia family because of this, this is the bottom line of the survival of the family, and it is also their way of production, and it is also the way of survival of officialdom.

Of course, the tumors that should be cleaned up still need to be cleaned up, and the branches that should be pruned must also be pruned, and they must be thorough."

"Yes." Yu Ze recalls his past experiences, and sometimes this is true.

Turning his head sideways, Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan and sighed in his heart.

He had to admit that compared with a royal child like Li Xuan, although he himself was born as a Jinshi, he was seriously lacking in insight into human nature, but he had unique experience in some behaviors and things in officialdom.

Of course, Li Xuan has experienced a lot of growth during this period from Luoyang to Yangzhou, and then from Yangzhou to Hangzhou.

"By the way, Lord Wang, is this the end of the matter of Gongzi Qi?" Yu Ze's face easily changed the topic.

Compared with the Xia family, Qi Gongzi is indeed not worth mentioning.

"Of course, it's just a small person, this little face still has to be given to Yuan Tingshi." Li Xuan turned around, looked in the direction of the Thorn Mansion, and said softly: "Yuan Thorn Shi didn't want Qi Gongzi to be arrested, so he didn't get caught, and Yuan Thorn Shi didn't even want any relevant inside information to be revealed, so he sent the prostitute Shu'er to this king."

Speaking of this, Li Xuan showed a slight sneer and said

"Our Yuan Thorn Shi, he is still counting on Shu'er to lead the prince of Qi to this king, and then let this king help him solve all the troubles. From this point of view alone, our Yuan Thorn Shi is really a good name and cold-blooded!"

Righteousness kills relatives, honesty and integrity.

These two seemingly opposite entries hung on Yuan Jiazuo's head at the same time.

However, Li Xuan is not disgusted with these, and looking at a person can not only look at his methods, but also look at how he treats the people under his rule.

He is ruthless to the family and his relatives, but he treats the people like a warm wind.

Such people are not uncommon in history, but they are all historical ministers.

For example, Bao Zheng, such as Hai Rui.

"Uncle Yu, I will explain in a while, let the people on duty at night in the house scatter farther away, I have a feeling that Qi Gongzi is afraid that he will find the door by himself." A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Xuan's mouth.

His gaze crossed Yu Ze and landed on Shu Er on the left side of the courtyard, on the prisoner car.

[Shu'er, Shu Xueqing, Qingqiren, sixteen years old, Zhang Wanyu, the master of the Yuhang branch of the Tianyin Sect, is a young apprentice, and the day after tomorrow practices the qi realm. 】

Qi Gongzi is nothing more than a layman, maybe he has some ambitions, and he has some personal ability, but he has been able to get to this day more because of Yuan Tingshi's great help.

Once there is no Yuan Tingshi behind him, everything he has will be completely annihilated in a very short period of time.

At this time, the only two straws he could grasp were his own aunt, and the other was Shu'er in front of him.

His own aunt is Yuan Jiazuo's concubine no matter what, and Yuan Tingshi will naturally pay attention to one or two when dealing with it.

As for what happened to her, maybe she was imprisoned in the backyard, maybe she was sent to a mountain temple to become a monk, or she was thrown directly into the bottom of the well.

But this Shu'er is related to the Tianyin Sect, plus she is a Qingqi person, the fire in Qi Gongzi's heart will be more vigorous if it is not good.

"Xiong Yan!" Li Xuan let out a low snort, and Xiong Yan, who was wearing a dark robe, walked out of the darkness: "Lord Wang!"

"Release her from the cage, feed her something to eat and drink, recover some spirits, and then have someone wash her, I will leave Hangzhou tomorrow, and I don't need to bring an ugly and ugly woman with me." As soon as Li Xuan's words fell, Shu Xueqing, who was in the cage, immediately turned around, her eyes full of anger.

Although her face is full of filth, her fair skin, goose-egg-shaped face, and dark eyes can be seen as a beautiful embryo.

There is a part of the Tianyin Sect that specializes in cultivating children in the Qinglou, and then sends them to various princes and nobles, official eunuchs to be concubines and maids, and then through these women, control the entire family.

These are all common methods, Li Xuan once destroyed the Yunshao Courtyard that operated this matter in Luoyang.

However, this method only has to be effective for a while, and it will be much worse in the long run, after all, it is never easy to be an official, and the slightest flaw will immediately be a disaster.

Unless it's a stand-in for someone who costs a lot of money very little, of course, this is another profession.

Shu'er was cultivated by the Tianyin Sect to be a Qingqi person who can hook her heart, I don't know how much work it took, not to mention that she is still a Qingqi person.

As a man, Li Xuan certainly knows what other men think.

Especially Qi Gongzi, Li Xuan has thoroughly figured out his character.

As long as people are tempted a little, Qi Gongzi will immediately pounce on him like a hunting dog.

"Whoa!" Xiong Yan bowed down and agreed, and then said in a deep voice, "Lord Wang, there is another matter, Miss Wan'er's parents have found it and have brought it to the post station to meet Miss Wan'er."

"Hmm!" Li Xuan paused slightly, nodded, and said softly, "Let people take care of some, and after leaving Hangzhou tomorrow, this king will see you again."

"Whoa!" Xiong Yan turned to leave.

Turning around, Li Xuan returned to the house, picked up the tea on the side and took a sip gently.

Looking at the official document on the table about appointing him as the lieutenant of the inspection council Guoyi, he lowered his head and thought about it.

While thinking, Li Xuan looked up at Yu Ze, who entered the house with him: "Uncle Yu, the only thing that can't be determined now is where the main force of the Tianyin Sect is. The biggest reason why Duan Dudu asked people to send this thing to me is probably because even they don't know where the core power of the Tianyin Sect is hidden. Therefore, I want to use the power of this king to transfer the position of the main force of the Tianyin Sect, or find out."

"Although Yao Sima said that Dongyang, Xiaoshan, Taizhou and other places, several searches have not found their traces, but the subordinates think that there are still clues to check in the three places, otherwise, the Tianyin Sect's manpower would not have chosen to hide in these three places from the beginning."

Yu Ze sighed with emotion and said: "The terrain of these three places is too sensitive, once you occupy these three places, you can completely separate Hangzhou, Wuzhou, Yuezhou and Taizhou, so that all parties can not echo each other, once you start, it is very likely to force all parties to fight separately and fight the last net."

"No, what this king is most worried about now is that their actions are all cover-ups, and their real purpose is Wuzhou, after all, Wuzhou is their most important first step.

If they can't even take Wuzhou, then the power after that will not be able to be deployed, but it will be easier to be broken by each other. Although now it seems that it is very likely that the three-way shot may directly take Yuezhou."

Li Xuan sighed helplessly and said, "Now I feel more and more that everything in front of me is like a fog, firmly shrouded in everyone."

"But some of the keys remain the same, such as the equipment of the soldiers and horses that will be folded and rushed." Yu Ze stepped forward, pointed to the map of Wu Yue on the wall, and finally directly clicked on the point in Yuezhou.

Li Xuan nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, the most critical point in this battle now is where the troops of the Huiji Chong Mansion are."

"Not only do they need to guard against the Tianyin Sect, but they also need to guard against the invasion of the pirates, so it's a big trouble right now." Yu Ze sighed with emotion, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes

"This kind of thing is a secret among secrets, didn't you see that Yao Changshi was here for a long time before, and this king didn't ask a word?" Li Xuan sighed with emotion and said softly: "The strength of a Zhichong Mansion is still a little too small, and it is no wonder that the Duandu Governor will allow this king to recruit troops on his own, if it weren't for the wealth of Prince Qi this time, this king would not dare to mess around."

At this moment, a rush of footsteps came from outside the door, Li Xuan looked up, and saw Xiong Yan standing outside the door: "Lord Wang, Qi Gongzi has caught it."

Li Xuan smiled a little smugly.