Beichen Mansion has been gloomy and bleak in the past few days, and the whole mansion seems to be shrouded in shadows. From the head of the house to the servant, they all sighed incessantly. The atmosphere was very solemn, and even the children who loved to make trouble on weekdays saw that the adults' faces were not very good and quiet, and they hid in the house and did not dare to shake in front of the adults. The subordinates are not very willing to go to the street to buy these days, and the hawker shopkeeper, even if no one dares to say it openly when they see their Beichen family, there are still many people who secretly ridicule them. The Beichen family has been rampant for more than ten years, the scenery has been for a long time, only others come to flatter on weekdays, and they have never been so angry.

Beichen Qu finally couldn't sit still, he was still lucky, and everyone would forget about it in a few days, but it turned out that the cynicism against Beichen Mansion would only intensify, and if it continued like this, Beichen Mansion would easily become the target of public criticism. The Beichen clan is anxious day by day, and he still vividly remembers how the various sects and families in the rivers and lakes framed and persecuted the Shentu clan before, and even he himself was a member of the extermination of the Shentu clan. He knew that the rivers and lakes had been oppressed by their big families for a long time, and everyone had long been resentful, and now he didn't dare to resist just because no one wanted to be a bird. But if someone, even if only one person rises up like Ye Ji at the beginning, then there will be a steady stream of condemnation behind them, until they completely divide and eat up the Beichen family.

Now the Beichen family is a jackal in a trap, and if there is no action before the hunter arrives, then he can only sit and wait.

The elders of the Beichen family sat in the lobby, except for Beichen Lin, the rest of the clan elders were present, and even Beichen Yuan was exceptional. Since he lost face at the martial arts conference, he always wants to find some dignity somewhere, and he just wants to feel the pleasure of controlling the fate of others by participating in this meeting, he is fed up with others secretly saying that he eats soft rice, and even those lowly subordinates of the Beichen family dare to secretly say irresponsible things. He must regain some face today, and by the way, he is also here to find out the current situation, if Beichen is defeated, it will naturally be a tree falling and scattered, and he is afraid that the position of the deputy master will not be long before he sits.

The atmosphere at the meeting was very heavy, everyone was silent and just lowered their heads silently, their expressions were slightly solemn, and their brows were tightly locked. Looking at this oppressive and dreary atmosphere, Beichen Qu was silent for a long time and then spoke, "Beichen Lin's use of evil medicine must be well known to everyone in the martial arts, what do you think of this matter?" ”

"This ......," Beichenxiong said after touching his beard and muttering for a long time, "Xiao Min has already disposed of the body, and now there is no evidence that my cousin used evil medicine." ”

"You have always been the most protective of your cousin, and now you naturally speak for him." Beichen Chang snorted disdainfully, he had long been very disgusted with Beichen Lin, but he was just a concubine who was raised by a side branch, and he actually dared to think about the position of the head of the family, he had never looked down on this kind of person who couldn't get on the stage, but looking at Beichen Xiong's gradually darkening face, he was a little happier, and he continued, "No evidence? Do you need proof of that incident? ”

With just one sentence, the atmosphere instantly fell to freezing, and everyone fell into silence again. Yes, as long as it is profitable, who cares if this thing is true or not, it is the flies that will rush desperately when they smell the smell of meat. Even if there is no evidence, you can fabricate evidence.

Looking at the heavy atmosphere, Beichen Yuan wondered what else he needed to consider for such an obvious matter? Seeing that everyone didn't speak, he didn't plan to speak, but if he didn't say anything, wouldn't his trip be in vain?! So he couldn't bear it anymore, so he spoke at the right time, "This matter is already obvious, it is nothing more than solving Beichen Lin to prove himself and protect the Beichen family." ”

Everyone turned their heads to look at him for a moment, he was a little embarrassed for a while, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, and said angrily, "Could it be that there is another way?" ”

The clan elders just smiled and shook their heads, but didn't say anything. Beichen Lin has always been a retribution, although he will inevitably suffer if he says this thing, but it is not a good idea to say bad things about him before he is completely hammered to death, after all, he has developed a lot of his own power through his family, and it is not a good thing for him to be remembered. What's more, there is also a Beichen Xiong in the Beichen family who only helps him, which is also a grudge. Beichen Yuan said naturally what they thought in their hearts, but there are few people who really want to say this, who wants to do it? It's only this inexperienced stunned blue.

"Even if Beichenlin is executed, will he be able to block the mouth of Youyou?!" A wave of anger rose in Beichenxiong's heart. This group of people is really confused, they really want to bring down Beichen Mansion, even if they kill all the people involved, it will not help, the original Shentu family is the best example. "If you really follow those people, it will only make them feel that Beichen Mansion is easy to bully, and then it will only get worse."

"If you don't hand over the people, will the other families give up?" Beichen Chang didn't give up, and chattered endlessly, "Don't say anything else, just say that Huangfu is involved, he has been eyeing us recently, for fear that he won't be able to find a mistake." "Fortunately, before the martial arts conference, the two families still have the intention of forming an alliance, and in order not to cause disputes, they specially arranged the order of the battle between the Huangfu family and the Beichen family during the competition.

But since the incident of Beichen Qi, the Huangfu family has changed the direction of the wind. Originally, it was planned that the two families would squeeze the Song family out of power first, but now that Beichen Mansion has such a big handle, the Huangfu family naturally does not want to miss it. This is the best opportunity to bring down Beichen, the opportunity will not come again, if it is mentioned in the future, it will be suspected of turning over old accounts, but it will fall behind. Therefore, it is simply necessary to take advantage of the current situation to take the Beichen clan in your hands to strengthen your own power.

"Have you forgotten, Senior General Fuguang, now he is fighting on the front line, but if he comes back......" Beichenxiong didn't say any more, just stop talking. Anyway, Beichenlin is also someone's father-in-law, if Beichenlin is really executed, then Beichenlin is afraid that it will be difficult for everyone in Beichen Mansion.

"Hmph, General Fuguang, pampered and arrogant, the emperor has long been afraid that he has a heavy army. Originally, he was the son of King Yun, and since King Yun committed suicide, the emperor deliberately wanted to deprive him of his military power. Beichen Chang didn't care, glanced at Beichen Xiong contemptuously and continued, "I heard that most of his military power has been recaptured, isn't the emperor sending him to kill the enemy now on the intention of letting him die on the battlefield first?" ”

Beichen Yuan also became serious when he heard this, he did hear a lot of news about the court from the lord of Yunrou these days, but women can't participate in political affairs, so she just heard that General Fuguang did go on the expedition, and the emperor summoned him to the Yangxin Palace to discuss matters before the expedition, although he didn't know what he said, but General Fuguang's face was extremely bad when he came out, and he didn't think anything good.

The crockpot will not be broken from the wellhead, and the general will inevitably die in front of the battle. Even if the emperor let go of General Fuguang, the two countries have been fighting for years, he will die at the hands of the enemy sooner or later, at that time, this backer will fall, who can Beichen count on?

Now it's exciting, the people present don't know the situation in the court, and they are stunned by him. Especially Beichen Qu's face was very ugly, and he looked Beichen Chang up and down vigilantly.

Seeing that no one dared to refute him, he continued, "Once the emperor has suspicion, then no matter how many powerful people are not allowed to fall into the clouds, how high they climb at this time, how bad they will fall," Beichen Chang watched the faces of the people around him become more and more solemn, leaned on the chair very proudly, and then said, "Don't implicate us Beichen at that time." ”

"The situation is not clear yet, but it's just hearsay, if it's not as you say, then we will offend General Shangfuguang." Beichenxiong looked at the group of wall grasses hatefully, and then retorted, "Why don't you detain them first, and wait until you see the situation clearly before making a decision." ”

Next, a group of people quarreled about whether to execute Beichenlin, each with their own opinions, and it made sense on either side. This meeting was noisy from morning to evening, the roof was about to be lifted, the noise was dry, the spit was flying, and there was still no reason for the noise, although most of the people were more inclined to execute Beichenlin, but there were still a small number of people who fought hard and refused to back down.

Beichen Qu listened with relish at first, but the more he went to the back, the more bored he felt, he didn't want to hear a word anymore, he had a headache and raised his forehead, his eyes were gloomy, "Enough!" That's it for today, and we'll talk about it tomorrow. He ignored the protests of the crowd and went straight out.

The people who were still chattering behind them were left behind, and everyone broke up unhappily in the end. But at this time, most of the public opinion has been inclined to hand over Beichenlin, and only Beichenxiong is still insisting. Beichen Yuan's face was not very good, there was a lot of quarrel today, and few people noticed what he said. There is always some displeasure in his heart, this group of people just look down on him, and he must prove himself!

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At the other end of the room, Beichenlin was pacing back and forth in the room, restless, still muttering something in his mouth, watching the sky outside gradually darken, but there was still no news. There were also guards at the door, as if he was afraid that he would run away, as if he were holding a prisoner. Finally, the door creaked open, and a small servant walked in with a food box. While bringing out the rice, he whispered to Beichenlin what happened and the results of today's clan meeting.

"How can it be!" Beichen Lin swept the rice to the ground, and smashed the food box as if he was in a hate to it, he pointed to the direction of Beichenqu's room and scolded angrily, "What are you, I didn't make this decision for the sake of the Beichen family, but now they all have lost their conscience, and they are in a hurry to push me out, don't think about it!" ”

Seeing this, the little girl had to hurriedly pack up the food box, withdraw and close the door. Beichenlin inside was still smashing the cup and scolding, and the sound could even be heard on the other side of the room, and he was willing to stop until nightbreaking/

It was getting late, and there was only one lamp left in the room, and the firelight was dancing, reflecting Beichenlin's figure and jumping with it. Looking at his shadow, Beichenlin was stunned, thinking about something, with a fierce look in his eyes. Suddenly, several swords reflected the moonlight shining on his face, and an assassination was unfolding in secret.

The next morning, the little maid carried a bowl of warm porridge, this time he learned wisely, he didn't bring a food box, and even the porridge he brought was put for a while, so it wouldn't be too hot. He knocked on the door, but waited for a long time and there was no response, and the two guards at the door looked cold, looked at each other, and then kicked the door open. What caught his eye was Beichenlin who fell to the ground, holding a bloody letter tightly in his hand, and there was a large pool of blood beside him, his eyes widened as if he was dead. Two other men in black also died inside the house, looking like assassins.

"Hurry! Go and tell the head of the house. One of the guards exclaimed, and the other hurried to the antechamber. The little guy ran away tremblingly. Not long after, a few clan elders and a bunch of people from Beichen Qu rushed over and crowded at the door. Beichen Qu went first to check the pulse again, and sniffed, and his hands trembled a little. He stood up and looked at the two assassins, mortally wounded by a sword in the chest, no longer breathing.

His face was gloomy and he didn't know what to do for a while, and behind him, Beichen Chang looked at this scene and thought about it for a while, and then said, "Family master, it is really a decision that has already been made, and I will rest assured." ”

"It's not me!" Beichen Qu glared angrily, turned around and looked at Beichen Chang in disbelief, he didn't understand why he insisted that he did it. Looking at the inquiring eyes of everyone, he felt that he couldn't wash it even if he jumped into the Yellow River now.

"Yes, yes, naturally not the head of the family" He looked like 'I understand', and turned to the person next to him and shouted loudly, it wasn't the head of the house, do you remember clearly? ”

"I remember it clearly." Everyone agreed, and there has been a lot of noise in the past few days, and the headache is extreme, and now it is solved. In the crowd, only Beichenxiong was full of displeasure and even a little resentful, and he silently looked at the corpse on the ground and silently clenched his fists.

The incident happened suddenly, but in order not to arouse speculation from the outside world, the Beichen family has blocked the news.

But I don't know why the news of Beichenlin's killing is still spreading among people, and there are several versions for a while, some say that Beichenlin committed suicide in fear of crime, some say that Beichenlin was killed by evil medicine, and many people say that Beichenqu assassinated Beichenlin, as if they saw the murder scene with their own eyes.

Liang Jian didn't believe in these versions circulating in the market. Beichenlin is not a person who will commit suicide in fear of sin, he is more like a person who will pull a cushion when he dies; It is also unlikely that the evil medicine will backfire, since he knows the end, he will not risk his life, and then use the ghost. The last statement is even more unbelievable, even if Beichenqu doesn't like Beichenlin on weekdays, he will not be stupid enough to assassinate at this juncture, even if he wants to execute Beichenlin, he will choose an upright way instead of this sneaky method.

"So... Could it be that the emperor sent someone to assassinate him? Zhou Wenjun looked at the secret letter that came from the early morning and pondered.

"I guess it's him," Liang Jian said as he pushed open the window and looked in the direction of Huangfu's house in the distance, "killing two birds with one stone, why wouldn't he do it?" "It can not only solve Beichenlin, but also blame Beichenqu.

"There are people watching at the door, and the murder inside can be found out in the morning silently, who believes this?!" Zhou Wenjun actually felt a little admired, what a good strategy.

Therefore, people will default to Beichen Qu's doing. Later, as long as Huangfu Wading said something secretly, it was actually not Youpanruo, then the tainted handle of Beichen Canal was enough for him to pinch him. ”

"Isn't it a ghost?!" Zhou Wenjun was slightly surprised, and quickly recalled the information of Yu Panruo and thought that she had misremembered, and then looked at Liang Jian's meaningful eyes, she quickly understood, and smiled, "Yes, who can say that it must be Yu Panruo, as long as Huangfu comes forward and says that it is not, there are a few who dare to question it." ”

In this way, Beichen Qu's accidental killing of siblings will become his biggest handle, and he will not be able to convince the public at that time, if Beichen Xiong calculates, he may not even be able to sit firmly as the head of the family, so in order not to be leaked, he will inevitably be led by the nose by the emperor.

Huangfu Shi is also a scheming master, and he uses the infighting between the two Beichen brothers to control the Beichen family. But if the Beichen family is defeated and taken over directly, the old retainers of the Beichen clan will definitely be dissatisfied, and I am afraid that it will take a lot of twists and turns at that time. Rather than this, it is easier to arrange a puppet that can be controlled, and Beichen Qu is the best candidate, as a sister-in-law in the Beichen family, which attaches great importance to blood, he can naturally serve the public, and he himself can only brute force, simple-minded, and he is naturally a calculation of a quasi.

After killing the shrewd Beichenlin, as long as Beichenqu's wife Xue Shan is killed again, then Beichenqu will completely become a brave and unscrupulous marionette.

"Sure enough, it is not unreasonable for Lao Song to say at the beginning that he should keep an eye on the Huangfu family." Zhou Wenjun said with a smile.

"It's just that Xiao Min is okay over there, right?" Song Bingzhu asked with some concern.

"I've already told him about this before, he will protect Mrs. Xue in the next few days, and I will also send a lot of people to secretly keep an eye on Beichen Mansion and Mrs. Xue's side, if anything happens, they will arrive as soon as possible." Zhou Wenjun said, leaning against the window, looking at the sunset in the distance, the afterglow of the sky, and leisurely drinking the spirits in his hand.

"Now we don't have to do anything, just wait and see a good show." Liang Jian lay down leisurely, looked at the letter that was just delivered today, and breathed a sigh of relief. This was sent by Lao Yan to report safety, and the faint uneasiness in her heart was completely dispelled.

In the past two days, Beichen and Huangfu's family have been busy with funerals, but one is to have a grand funeral, and the other is just a hasty burial. In the past, there were indeed a lot of casualties after the martial arts conference, and it was not uncommon to do funerals, but in previous years, funerals were done by some small sects, and some unknown heroes could only be wrapped in straw mats and thrown into mass graves. No one thought that this year it would be the turn of the Beichen family and the Huangfu family. This is unusual, and under the schadenfreude, everyone has even more respect for the white crane hero.

In order to hold a funeral for Huangfu Yintang, the Huangfu Mansion has been busy with his feet not touching the ground in the past few days. At this time, Huangfu Shi still has to take time out of his busy schedule to comfort the Beichen family, but Sima Zhao's heart is known to passers-by, who can't see the conspiracies and tricks behind his back. It seems that only Beichen Qu's honest person can't see through it, and thinks he cares about it with kindness.

"Brother Huangfu, you're here." Beichenqu stood on top of the mourning hall, looking a little haggard, as if he was annoyed by the gossip of these days.

"Brother Xian, how did Brother Lin die?" Huangfu said, his tone sounding a little sad and regretful. After Huangfu Yintang died, a lot of gray hair grew on his temples, and he looked like he was several years old at the moment, and his face was unstoppably tired.

"Brother Huangfu, do you believe that I didn't kill you?" He pursed his lips, pondered for a long time, looked at Huangfu She's tired old face and sighed, and then said solemnly, "I have already sent someone to investigate," I don't know where the assassin killed him, and there is no clue until now. ”

Huangfu Shi pretended to be silent for a long time, looked at the tablet on the mourning hall and looked at Beichen Qu's serious face, and then hesitated for a long time before he hesitated, "I naturally believe you, but there is one thing I don't know whether to talk about or not." Seeing that Beichenqu was aroused, he shook his head and muttered, "Forget it, I still won't say it." ”

"What? Tell me about it. Beichen Qu saw that it wanted to speak and stopped, and he was really a little anxious, and when he saw Huangfu's worried face, he was even more anxious.