The night shrouded the lonely bamboo city, and the smoke rose in the city, and the stars and candles lit up.

When Xu Ao saw General Qin, General Qin was releasing a falcon in his hand.

Seeing Xu Ao and the somewhat frightened guards behind him, General Qin frowned slightly. Even if you are grateful in your heart, is it too nonsense to let people in without passing on the word?

"General Qin, I'm here to apologize, what I said today was too impulsive. Xu Ao saw General Qin frowning, thinking that it was the daytime that he was still mindful, and he couldn't help but feel apprehensive. The originally stiff waist pole couldn't help but soften again.

General Qin saw the panicked appearance of the guards, although he was angry in his heart, he was unwilling to reprimand in front of Xu Ao, but just waved his hand and let the guards retreat.

The guards withdrew from the courtyard and closed the gates.

This time, General Qin did not signal Xu Ao to go in with him, and second, he did not signal Xu Ao to sit down, and what made Xu Ao uncomfortable the most was that he did not say anything. I don't know what's going on in his mind at all.

couldn't help but panic a little: "General Qin, don't take it to heart." I'm just anxious, and it's not like the general doesn't show compassion for his subordinates. ”

General Qin waved his hand, signaling that Xu Ao didn't have to say any more.

Xu Ao shut up in embarrassment, only thinking that he had completely offended this general of the unified army.

"Xu Ao, do you know why my surname is Qin?" General Qin suddenly opened the topic and said an irrelevant question, which made Xu Ao stunned for a moment.

Why is the surname Qin, of course, because your family name is Qin. Just like my surname is Xu, my father's surname is Xu, and my surname is Xu. However, since General Qin asked, it must not be so simple, Xu Ao could only pretend to be curious: "The kid doesn't know, please ask the general to give advice." ”

General Qin watched the falcon in the sky fly farther and farther: "There is no one else here, let me tell you a story." ”

He didn't find a place to sit down, and Xu Ao couldn't sit down, so the two of them just stood in the courtyard and listened to General Qin's story. Xu Ao only felt that this situation was a bit ridiculous.

"When Zhou Tianzi divided the princes, there was originally no Qin country, in order to restrain some people and seek some balance, the king of Zhou at that time made the original horse officials the princes, that is, the ancestors of the Ying family. Xu Ao nodded, indicating that he knew the story. The story of this Da Zhou dividing the surname Ying is similar to what I saw in previous history books.

"After King Yu ruled the water, the heavens sent merit and rewarded those who had merit to people, and the biggest reward was the power of the bloodline that spread with the bloodline. This is also the basis for why the princes were able to cultivate techniques that ordinary people could not cultivate. And the ancestors of the Ying family, during the period of King Yu's water control, did not contribute much, and the merits were not high, so the power of the bloodline that was rewarded was not strong. But it's better than nothing. It's a pity that before King Zhou divided the surname Ying, there was a big split within the Ying family, and the spell corresponding to the bloodline of the Ying family given by King Yu was divided into two. The Ying family, which was divided into two families, attacked each other, and in the end, the entire cultivation method was destroyed in civil strife. Afterwards, although the Ying family collected some from the princes' families, who would give you the things at the bottom of the box, not to mention, even if they were given, the bloodline of the Ying family was not necessarily suitable for cultivation. General Qin sighed, as if he felt sorry for the Ying family.

"After the Great Zhou Dynasty divided the Ying family, the Ying family established the Qin State. It gradually grew under the sympathy of the subsequent generations of King Zhou, until now, although the Ying family still does not have a cultivation method that belongs to its own bloodline, it can rely on the equipment invented by various craftsmen and the techniques studied by warlocks, which are still among the powerful countries today. But when the Qin State was just established, the Ying family was so weak, and it was not even as strong as the eight families who were rewarded to him by King Zhou. Thus, the inevitable declaration of war and seizure of the lord appeared. The power of each family is growing day by day, and the Ying family is even weaker. Although the original King of Qin tried to seek opportunities to live and die with these eight families through marriages and other means. There was even a situation where the Ying family was the king, and the daughters of the eight families must be the last. But it still can't change the situation of each family encroaching on the Ying family. General Qin snapped his fingers: "In addition to the Jiang family, the Liu family, the Wang family, the Li family, and the Zheng family, there are three families that are now divided into several small surnames. ”

No matter how hard King Qin tried, he couldn't resist this trend. The wife of the children of the royal family must be the daughter of the Eight Great Families, so any king with the surname Ying in the future must be the grandson of the Eight Great Families. The Eight Families are getting stronger and stronger, the Ying Family is getting weaker and weaker, and the Qin State is becoming more and more chaotic. So, the king of Qin at that time secretly discussed with the rest of the small families in the country and established an organization called the dark hall, what is the dark hall, that is, the court in secret. A political circle that avoids the Eight Great Families. The elites in each small family will be secretly given the surname Qin by the King of Qin, and the country as the surname, what a great honor, not to mention the various benefits promised by the King of Qin. As a result, each family has sent the most dedicated successor into the arms of the Ying family. They joined forces and gradually gained a firm foothold in the court. Dozens of families worked together to continuously weaken the power of the eight major families. The petty officials at the bottom were gradually divided up by these families, and the eight major families were constantly held in various false positions. It's like cutting down a tree, the roots of the tree can't be saved, and no matter how dense the trunk and crown grow, they can't escape death. ”

General Qin sighed again: "By the time the Eight Great Families find out that something is wrong, the big thing will be a foregone conclusion. The heads of the families could only knock out their teeth and swallow blood. So the Eight Great Families became the Eight Great Families of Xianyang, not the Eight Great Families of the Qin State. The Liang Zi of the Ying family and the eight major families was also married. The Dark Hall had also fulfilled its mission and should have been disbanded. But the promise made by King Qin has not been fulfilled, so the eight major families have fallen, and the dark hall cultivated by King Qin has become the biggest internal threat of Qin. That King of Qin established a secret guard. It's not so much a guard hiding in the shadows as a killer hiding in the shadows. The secrets of each family were found out and passed on to King Qin's desk, and even the head of the family said which dream King Qin knew clearly. After mastering a large amount of empirical evidence, King Qin began a new round of purging. The family that changed the surname to Qin fell, and the family was raided and exterminated. Most of the remaining families also consciously restored their original surnames and no longer used the surname Qin. ”

General Qin looked at Xu Ao and smiled slightly: "Don't you understand what I'm saying?"

Xu Ao scratched his head: "What does the general mean is that you are the only one of the few remaining families that King Qin did not cleanse?"

"No, my surname Qin has nothing to do with the Dark Hall. General Qin sighed for the third time, and he didn't know what he was feeling.

"Then what does the general mean by telling this story?" Xu Ao was even more confused, telling a long list of stories, but it had nothing to do with his surname.

"You'll find out later. You go back, it doesn't matter if young people are impulsive, and I won't take it to heart. General Qin waved his hand, signaling that Xu Ao could go back, and when Xu Ao turned around and was about to leave, he suddenly stared at the dry pear tree in the courtyard and said, "Uncle Zheng Guo told the old man that on the way back to his hometown, he was robbed by an unknown master. ”

Xu Ao's heart moved, and he quickened the pace of leaving.