Chapter Eighty-Eight: Taiyuan Liujia (3)
Xianping four years twenty-two, Taiyuan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The spring snow falls, the wild geese return to the north, the vast snow white, in addition to the earth, there is a mansion in Taiyuan City.
The Taiyuan royal family has long declined, or in other words, the Taiyuan royal family, as a force in the rivers and lakes, has long lost the dominance of the entire Hebei martial arts. Today's Taiyuan royal family, in addition to the haze shrouded in it, only the atmosphere in the house is more dignified than the dark clouds.
At this time, not to mention the men in the Wang family, even women and children, rarely cry. The time when the Wang family could cry has passed, and now those Wang family members who are still in mourning are all in front of the grave, not in this dark cloud.
"Liu family, did Taiyuan have a Liu family?"
A voice came from the Wang family's council hall, even through the door, the Wang family's disciples outside the door could hear clearly, although the door of the council hall was closed, but with the sound easily penetrated this door through the master, it seemed that this door that could be destroyed at all did not pay attention to this door.
"There were, but ...... That was twenty years ago, why did the messenger say that?"
"It's just a little weird because I never seem to have heard of it...... There is also a Liu family in Taiyuan. ”
"The Liu family is not a martial arts family, to be more precise, the Liu family doesn't even have the title of a family, they are just a merchant gang. ”
"Shang Gang? That's also a person in the rivers and lakes. ”
"No, they said they would never set foot in the rivers and lakes. This voice was extremely decisive, and the disciples of the Wang family standing outside the door, just by the slaughter in this voice, they knew that the owner of this voice was Wang Sanye.
The former head of the Taiyuan Wang family, that is, the one lying in the coffin before being transported to the cemetery today, is Wang Qixuan, the head of the Wang family, known as the "Golden Sword King", who ranks not low in the who's who of the rivers and lakes, and is also one of the best masters in Hebei.
This Wang Sanye is Wang Qixuan's younger brother of the same father and mother, different from the second master of Wang, Wang Sanye looks very similar to Wang Qixuan, not to mention the handful of goatee, it is the two eyebrows as thick as sea cucumbers, which make people forget their appearance at a glance.
It's just that apart from the appearance, there are not many similarities between this Wang Sanye and Wang Qixuan. In the position of the heir of the head of the family, no one has ever taken Wang Sanye into account, Wang Qixuan has three sons who have been crowned, after all, in the Great Song Dynasty, it is not a strange thing to have a brother and a brother.
It's just that Wang Sanye wants to inherit the position of the head of the family, and there is a barrier that he will never be able to surpass - Wang Sanye doesn't know martial arts. To be more precise, it is that Wang Sanye does not know any martial arts at all, even if it is the internal strength and mental method that the disciples of the Wang family must learn, Wang Sanye has never learned it. How can the head of a martial arts family not know any martial arts? Just because he doesn't know martial arts, there is absolutely no possibility for Wang Sanye to inherit the position of the head of the family.
"What are you doing?" a loud shout made the two disciples guarding the door of the council hall tremble, and the voice was all too familiar to them.
"The eldest young master, it was the third master who asked us to ......"
There is only one person in the Wang family who can be called "the eldest young master", and that is Wang Shiqin, the eldest son of Wang Qixuan.
"Third uncle?" Wang Shiqin was slightly surprised, flicked his sleeves, and pushed open the door and entered the meeting hall.
The two disciples of the Wang family outside the door, you look at me, I look at you, for the eldest young master's move, the two of them can also understand, after all, there are three young masters of the Wang family who can inherit the position of the head of the family, although the eldest young master treats people kindly on weekdays, he is also deeply loved by Wang Qixuan. But now that the enemy is present, not to mention that the Yang family is pressing forward step by step, he has taken advantage of Wang Qixuan's serious illness to smash several blacksmith shops under the name of the Wang family, which is the secret letter of the government's conscription, which is the first thing that the head of the Wang family will bear the brunt of after taking office.
Of course, these things are far away from these two disciples of the Wang family, who are trusted by the third master of the king, but have already courted the eldest young master in front of the eldest young master, and at this moment can only secretly pray that the eldest young master will not sit in the position of the head of the family, otherwise the two of them are very likely to be expelled from the Wang family because of this trivial matter.
Of course, they didn't know that it was impossible for Wang Shiqin, who had already entered the council hall, to take this trivial matter into account, not to mention that Wang Shiqin was not a person who would repay him, just because the position of the head of the Wang family was now undecided, he was destined to have no other energy to do stupid things that hated others.
"Ziying, are you here?"
"Ah Da has seen the third uncle. ”
After saluting, Wang Shiqin glanced at the main seat of the head of the Wang family, and the burning ambition in his eyes happened to be captured by the guest sitting on the throne.
Wang Sanye introduced Wang Shiqin to him: "Ziying, this is the messenger from the Divine Gate. ”
Wang Shiqin looked at this guest, but Wang Shiqin was immediately disappointed, the appearance of this guest did not satisfy Wang Shiqin, or rather, a guy with a black robe covered with a hood covering his face, and a gloomy body without the slightest breath of life, it was impossible for people who saw him for the first time to have any good feelings.
"I've seen the messenger. ”
Wang Shiqin didn't know if this man, whose entire face was shrouded in shadows, could see his appearance clearly, but the necessary etiquette must be sufficient. The Taiyuan royal family is nominally the commander of the martial arts on Hedong Road, but in fact, above the Taiyuan royal family, there is a real commander, and that is Shenmen. Now that the position of the head of the family is undecided, Wang Shiqin did not think of asking someone from the Divine Gate to adjudicate, but before looking at this envoy, Wang Shiqin glanced at his two competitors who were already seated, that is, his two younger brothers. But whether it is Wang Shichu or Wang Shiqi, Wang Shiqin's two younger brothers did not have the slightest smug look, and when Wang Shiqin secretly looked at the two of them, the two of them also secretly looked at Wang Shiqin.
"I am the new sword envoy of the Divine Gate, and I have seen Wang Dashao. ”
Although this person was dressed strangely, there was nothing strange about the etiquette, but his identity was a little peculiar. Wang Shiqin had a little more contact with the people in the Shenmen, which was also the reason why Wang Qixuan often ordered him to be a messenger. Besides, even if they are not envoys, the names of the three envoys of the Divine Gate are not a secret to the people in the rivers and lakes.
"Brother Man, he ......"
"The envoy has already left the Divine Gate, what's the matter?
The new sword envoy of the Shenmen said that it seemed that the news was inconvenient, but in fact, the news of Man Hongsha's departure from the Shenmen was only released by the Shenmen on February 20 this year, and of course there would be no news from Taiyuan.
"Brother Man, why did he leave the Divine Gate?" Wang Shiqin's voice was already a little unstable, he didn't have many friends in the Divine Gate, but his status was not low, the reason why he wanted to be familiar with the red sand was because of Hu Yun.
"Ah Da! Don't be rude to the envoy!" "Now that Wang Qixuan is no more, Wang Sanye is the person with the highest rank in the Wang family in the council hall today, and only he can scold Wang Shiqin.
"I'm sorry, I have a little friendship with Brother Man, and I was quite surprised when I heard the news, so I offended the messenger and hoped that the messenger would be blamed. ”
Of course, Wang Shiqin also came back to his senses at this moment, and he immediately bent down and bowed to apologize, but there was still a thick disbelief in his eyes that hung down and looked at the ground in a daze.
"What is the blame? I am just the sword envoy of the Divine Sect, and the Divine Sect will never care about the affairs of other family sects, as long as it does not involve other sects and does not involve the safety of martial arts, when did my Divine Sect interfere with the family sect? Wang Dashao, I came here today not to inform you of such news, Wang Dashao, please sit down, let's talk slowly. ”
This is not respectful, it is difficult to say humble, although it is not polite, but it is also difficult to say disrespectful. But in the ears of Wang Shiqin, there was another meaning in it: "He said that he would not interfere with the family sect, and naturally he would not interfere with the matter of who is the head of my Wang family...... So, this new sword envoy is for the Yang family's business?"
Thinking so in his heart, his face naturally appeared a little depressed, and after sitting on the chair, Wang Shiqin's movements were also a little unnatural.
After the new sword envoy sat down in Wang Shi Qin, he suddenly raised his head that had been hanging down, but instead of looking at Wang Shi Qin, he looked at Wang Sanye, who was sitting on the left side of the main seat with him, and the three young masters of the Wang family opposite the two of them never saw what the new sword envoy looked like.
Wang Sanye also knew what the new sword envoy meant by this glance, although the new sword envoy kept saying that he didn't care about interfering in the affairs of the heir of the Wang family, but if someone in the Wang family offered to ask the Divine Gate to take care of it, according to the original agreement between the Divine Gate and the major families, the Divine Gate naturally also had the right to interfere in it.
The sword envoy of the Divine Sect just glanced at it, telling Wang Sanye that he was not satisfied with these three young masters.
"Aren't you satisfied? Isn't there a person of great use among the three?"
Wang Sanye frowned, and the calm expression on his face also collapsed slightly, this scene was naturally seen by the three young masters opposite him, although the three young masters didn't know what was happening, but there was no doubt that the atmosphere in this room was more solemn.
"I can't hide it, I came this time, for the matter of the Yang family in Taiyuan, before the death of the 'Golden Sword King', I had a letter to Yingtian, this letter was not deceived at all, and the door master also handed over this letter to our three messengers for a look. ”
"Messenger, Father, His Hand ......"
"Naturally, it was Wang Sanye who put pen to paper. ”
"Don't dare, the messenger can call me a loyal word. ”
"That is a letter dictated by Jing Zhong's ghostwriter, the 'Golden Knife King', the content of the letter is roughly that the Taiyuan royal family is now in danger, and the Taiyuan Yang family is pressing step by step, and the Taiyuan royal family can barely support it...... Of course, the letter said tactfully, but whether it was me or the other two envoys, they all thought that tactfulness would not solve any problem at all, I wonder if the three young masters and Jingzhong can agree with my judgment?"
Although this statement is straightforward, it is not something that anyone can accept, because as long as you agree with the words of this god who holds the sword, it is an admission that the Wang family is now in decline and the Yang family is powerful, which is a matter of raising the enemy's morale and destroying his own prestige. The three young masters of the Wang family only had the same tone on this matter and resolutely refused to nod, but the third master Wang didn't have too many scruples.
"As the messenger said, this is indeed the case, my Wang family is indeed being forced by his Yang family step by step, if it continues, I am afraid that the Yang family will replace my Wang family......"
But this new sword envoy of the Shenmen did not leave any room for the third master of the Wang, or the Wang family, and he directly pierced this layer of the curtain: "As Jingzhong said, my Shenmen only needs to form an alliance with the Yang family again, so why help the Wang family?"
When the three young masters of the Wang family heard this, they were furious, and they had even begun to figure out what this sword-wielding envoy was here for.
"According to the agreement between us. ”
When the new sword envoy of the Divine Sect heard the words of Wang Shichu, the second young master of the Wang family, he couldn't help but chuckle twice in that gloomy voice.
"Wang Ershao, the so-called agreement is always effective when it is beneficial to both parties, if an agreement is suddenly not beneficial to one of the parties, then what reason does this party have to continue to abide by the so-called agreement?"
"You-"
"Ah Er, shut up!" After Wang Sanye snorted, the anger that Wang Second Young Master had just raised disappeared.
After Wang Shi Chu An sat down steadily, Wang Shi Qin and Wang Shi Qi also gritted their teeth and stared at the person under the black robe, and their eyes could almost tear the flesh under the black robe to pieces.
"If the Divine Gate really wants to give up the Wang family, why did he come to my Wang family's mansion to declare war? Or do you want to take more things from my Wang family? Although the eldest brother is no longer there, but now none of the people present will agree to this 'alliance under the city'......"
"I heard that a tavern in the Yang family was smashed?" The sword envoy did not directly give the answer that Wang Sanye wanted, and his sudden change of question did not make Wang Sanye and the three young masters of the Wang family dissipate their anger.
Seeing that no one answered, the Divine Sect Sword Envoy had no choice but to continue: "The Yang family has already done it. ”
"You...... What does it mean?" Wang Shiqin was extremely puzzled by the inexplicable question of this Divine Gate Sword Envoy, and even more so at the conclusion that this Divine Gate Sword Envoy had drawn by himself.
"I mean, the Yang family has already made a move, but you are still here fighting for the position of the head of an unimportant family, which is right in the hands of the enemy. ”
"What do you mean?"
Wang Shi Qin stood up abruptly and glared angrily at the new Divine Sect Sword Bearer.
"Ahh
But even Wang Sanye's scolding couldn't stop Wang Shiqin's anger next.
"You just said that the Divine Gate will not interfere in my Wang family's family affairs, what does this mean now? You don't know your name, you don't know your surname, you don't know your name, you can be arrogant and domineering in my Wang family, but now why are you in charge of my Wang family's family affairs?"
"Because this is not just a family affair of the Wang family, Wang Dashao. ”
"What do you mean, third uncle, why are you ......?"
"Sure enough, it's you. ”
Wang Sanye's voice was a little gloomy and a little lost.
"I didn't expect it to be your ......"