Two handwritten letters from Sima Yan were sent from Luoyang.

Xilianghou Mansion:

After Han Xiu received Sima Yan's letter, a smug sneer instantly appeared on his face, and his ultimate goal of raising troops to defeat Sima Yan had finally been achieved.

His real purpose was not to restore Cao Wei's power, but to kill his younger brother Han Meng with the help of Sima Yan's hands.

Han Xiu did not inherit the title of his father Han Sui now, the Marquis of Xiliang, but was just a military captain by the side of Xiliang Taishou.

After Han Sui's death, the imperial court sent a Taishou surnamed Sun, but this guy was a short-lived ghost, and after coming here for two years, he couldn't afford to fall ill, and everything was taken care of by Han Xiu.

Relying on the support of his father's old subordinates in Xiliang, Han Xiu's prestige even surpassed that of Sun Taishou for a long time.

Later, Sun surnamed Taishou died, and Han Xiu simply took over the entire Xiliang.

At that time, Sima Zhao was alive, the entire Cao Wei regime was in danger, local opposition voices against Sima Zhao came and went, and there were people everywhere who deliberately rebelled, Sima Zhao was busy sending troops to suppress it all day long, and ignored the matter of sending people here for a while.

Han Xiu used his status as the eldest son to quickly drive the third brother Han Meng out of the house, and took the opportunity of the imperial court to send people into the capital to send Han Meng to the capital.

He did this for only one purpose, and that was to become the lord of Xiliang himself.

This time, I don't know who gave him the idea to fake rebellion, and wrote a letter to Han Meng in Beijing, and deliberately leaked the news, causing Han Meng to be arrested, and then committing suicide, and forcing Sima Yan to agree to his request.

Han Xiu felt that Sima Yan was still smart, he had not yet put forward the conditions, he had already promised to succeed his father as the Marquis of Xiliang.

"Come on, prepare pen and ink quickly, Benhou wants to give the king of Jin Chitose a reply."

A servant walked in and looked at Han Xiu with some surprise, not knowing when this eldest prince had become a Hou Ye, and actually called himself "Ben Hou".

Han Xiu's reply had not yet been written, and another letter was delivered to him.

The letter is from Qingzhou.

Han Xiu put down the pen and ink in his hand and took the letter.

The letter came from the hand of Fan Ru, the assassin of Qingzhou.

It was to the effect that he heard that Han Xiu wanted to crusade against Sima Yan, and he, as a friend of Han Sui before his death, was willing to raise troops to assist Han Xiu, and told him that at the same time as he was writing the letter, he had ordered 50,000 elite soldiers on the way to Xiliang.

Han Xiu laughed.

"Veteran Fan Ru actually took it seriously, and he had already raised troops to help, but how could he reply?"

While he was thinking, a little maid appeared behind him at some point, poking her head to look at his unfinished letter.

"Bold, dare to snoop on Benhou's letters?" Han Xiu shouted, and was about to slap him, but his hand stopped in mid-air, and he saw that the person who came was his younger brother and sister, that is, the girl next to Han Meng's wife, Bi'er.

When Han Meng entered Beijing, he did not take his family with him, and his wife Wang (nicknamed Yuelan) stayed in this Xilianghou Mansion.

However, Han Xiu didn't want to tell her the news that Han Meng was dead.

This Wang Yuelan is smart by nature and good at observing words and feelings, in Han Xiu's heart, her weight even exceeds all the female dependents in his house, there is something in the house, Han Xiu does not go to his wife to discuss, but first finds Wang Yuelan. It's no wonder that Wang Yuelan can always resolve it easily.

People in the house are rumored to have a very unusual relationship between the two.

It's just that this layer of window paper hasn't been pierced yet.

Because of the importance attached to Wang Yuelan, even the girl next to her is very favorable.

This maid named Bi'er is one of them.

"You girl, you don't serve the second lady in the house, but what are you doing here?" Han Xiu lowered his arm and asked.

Belle stuck out her tongue.

"Eldest son, the slave maid came to invite you over on the order of the second lady, if you don't go, the slave will go back to reply to the second lady."

Han Xiu quickly put away the letters on the table.

"The second lady of your family invites each other, how can Ben Hou not go, you go first, and Ben Hou will arrive later."

Bi'er was used to answering like this.

It must be a younger sibling and an older brother, even if they are very close on weekdays, they still need to be avoided. It's just that I don't understand where Han Xiu's title of Hou comes from.

Belle leaves.

Han Xiu did not go to Wang Yuelan's house from the front, but bypassed everyone's sight and walked into the courtyard through the corner gate on the side of the Hou Mansion.

Although there are more than a dozen houses here, only Wang Yuelan lives alone, while Han Xiu's family lives in the courtyard in front of him. Since Han Meng went to the capital, few people have come here. Usually, only a few male servants who are responsible for cleaning the yard will appear for a short time, and then there will be silence.

Han Xiu knew that this time was also the quietest time here.

Bi'er was waiting at the door.

Seeing Han Xiu coming, Bi'er smiled and didn't speak, but opened the door.

"But is my brother here?" In the room, Wang Yuelan's voice came.

"It's the eldest prince." Bi'er replied, motioning for Han Xiu to go in.

Han Xiu walked in.

This is the living room, a pot of freshly brewed fragrant tea has been placed on the table, and a smoking incense burner emits a faint scent of amber.

Passing through the living room, it was Wang Yuelan's bedroom, although there was a thin gauze curtain, but Han Xiu could still vaguely see Wang Yuelan's slender figure sitting behind the curtain.

"Cheap concubine, see brother." Wang Yuelan's voice came from inside.

"Brother and sister should be polite, little brother will be in the future for many days, it is really busy with official business, ignoring the needs of younger brothers and sisters, this time I want my little brother to come over, but is there anything wrong?" Han Xiu sat down and said.

Wang Yuelan, who was behind the curtain, suddenly couldn't help but laugh softly.

"There are no outsiders here, you and I don't want to be so polite." Wang Yuelan said.

Han Xiu also smiled.

"In that case, please come out and meet my younger siblings."

In that era, such a thing would hardly happen, except, of course, Han Xiu and Wang Yuelan.

Not long after, Wang Yuelan, who was wearing a floral jacket, walked out and sat opposite Han Xiu in a big way.

"Recently, everyone in the house said that the clumsy husband Han Meng will not return to Xiliang again, and the concubine doesn't know whether it's true or not, so I specially invite my brother to come over and inquire? I don't know if it's true? ”

Han Xiu quickly thought for a moment.

"The little brother is about to send someone to Beijing recently, if the younger brother really doesn't return, the little brother will definitely send someone to escort the younger brother and sister to reunite with him."

Wang Yuelan's little face suddenly collapsed.

"Is my brother still deceiving concubines at such a time? The letter you want your clumsy husband to flee the capital has been obtained by Sima Yan, and the clumsy husband must have been killed by Sima Yan at such a time, right? ”

Han Xiu was taken aback.

"How did my brother and sister hear about it?"

"The messenger you sent to the capital is Bi'er's relative, and this matter was mentioned to Bi'er, and the concubine will know about it. What is your intention in deliberately losing the letter? Wang Yuelan raised her voice and asked.

Han Xiu was shocked into a cold sweat.

"Brother and sister Hugh want to raise their voices, this matter, this matter is also a last resort."

"Your two brothers are both flesh and blood of the Han family, but why do you want to kill each other, is it, is it ......" Wang Yuelan's words suddenly stopped, and the expression on her face became extremely unnatural.

Han Xiu's hanging heart fell to the ground in an instant.