Dongdongdongdongdong-

The evening drums and thunder intersect, and the dark clouds on Chang'an City cover the sky, making the entire city appear solemn and depressing.

The countless imperial guards and wolf guards walked directly through Qianjie Streets and Baifang, closed the gate and started a curfew; the streets and alleys were empty, and even the most prominent Kuishou Street could not see a frame of a royal prince.

"It's going to rain..."

In the old wine shop in Qingshi Lane, the elderly shopkeeper, with a towel on his shoulder, looked at the gloomy sky, muttered softly, and then quietly. It was not because the only drinker in the old wine shop had changed his chatterbox problem, but just because the only drinker in the old wine shop didn't want to listen now.

The storm is shaking, and the building will collapse.

Song Ji, wearing a literary robe, sat at the wine table leaning against the alley, with two wine pots in front of him, and his face was already a little drunk.

Song Ji was meticulous and knew the reason for misleading things after drinking. Since he could remember, he had never been greedy for a cup. More than ten years since he succeeded to the throne, the only time he misleads his personal mistake was that he played chess many years ago, which delayed his time in court.

Sitting at the table where the three brothers were drinking together, there was only one single shadow left. Song Ji kept thinking about why it turned out like this, reviewing the past various measures and finding the reason.

There are many problems in the accumulation of Dayue's country for a hundred years, and there are many reasons for the current situation. However, after careful review, he seems to have done nothing wrong. Sooner or later, he will be like this if he does not reduce the vassal states. If the generals do not suppress them, it will be like this. If the world is not cleared, the world will not be safe. If we have to find a reason, it will be just the emperor, who has taken half a step faster.

Now that things have come to this point, the reason is nothing more than asking for peace of mind. What you really need to think about is how to deal with this situation.

Song Ji held a wine bowl and looked at the cloudy sky in Chang'an City, thinking about how to revive this dead chessboard. But looking back, there was not a single piece left under his hands, not even a chess piece. How to revive the dead chessboard?

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The dark rain curtain fell from the sky and hit the flying eaves and yellow wine banners.

Old Manager Sun warmed up another pot of wine and placed it on the wine table.

After drinking the wine in the bowl, Song Ji did not open the wine jar again. He just sighed softly, took out a tael of silver from his sleeve, placed it on the table, got up and walked out of the winery.

The only remaining Dead Sir C, holding an oil-paper umbrella, escorting Song Ji away.

Manager Sun stood under the canopy, watching two figures disappear into the darkness, with complex eyes, brewing for a long time, but he never said anything...

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At the same time, Kuishou Street.

There was a curfew at night, and both kings, princes, generals and ministers were staying in the mansion.

The gates of each family were closed, and there were wolf guards and imperial guards standing outside, guarding the enemy with a strong guard against the enemy, saying that they were to prevent assassins from murdering important officials in the court, but the meaning was that the civil and military officials who had worked hard in the court for many years would not be able to figure it out.

Next door to Xiao Mansion, the residence of the Censor Cui Huailu, also stood at the door of the wolf guards; and as the father-in-law of the dynasty, Song Ji seemed to treat him with special preferential treatment, and sent two teams of wolf guards, even guarding the back door seriously.

Cui Huailu is Song Ji's confidant. He has assisted Song Ji since Song Ji's rank. He must have made plans in the past. At this moment, only the only person who can enter the imperial study to talk about things is left. Cui Huailu still went there as usual at first, but before he even entered the door, Song Ji said, "Mr. Cui is old and has been resting at home recently, so he doesn't need to worry about political affairs."

The words were so straightforward, how could Cui Huailu not understand the meaning? He was already suspicious of Song Ji.

In the back garden of Cui Mansion, Cui Huailu, with gray hair, sat in the tea pavilion with a tea cup, frowned and thought hard, thinking about what was wrong with him.

Mrs. Cui sat in front of her and knew that her husband was left aside by the emperor these days. She hesitated for a moment, then she turned her back and said:

"My husband, was it because you made a bad idea and were discovered by the Lord?"

Cui Huailu's thoughts were interrupted by words, and his face darkened: "What's the bad idea? I thought about it. How could he discover this great magical power that the emperor could not observe the mind before he could plan before he could do it?"

Mrs. Cui thought for a while: "It must be that the emperor knew about Xiaowan. Do you think the emperor would send someone to harm Xiaowan?"

Cui Huailu was so angry when he heard this: "It's not that you, a stupid woman, who is hiding it from me, how could you make a fuss like this now? For so many years, even the Imperial Study Room didn't allow me to enter. There were more wolf guards at the door than the Xiao family, which was simply..."

"It's time for this, what's the use of scolding me? The emperor is suspicious by nature. Didn't you hide Xiaowan's affairs after you learned about it? Now the emperor is suspicious of you, who can you blame?"

"Last time, you stopped me and told the emperor to confess to the emperor. Who did you think you blame?"

Mrs. Cui sighed: "There is no way to turn back in this matter. If the emperor continues to rule, you will never think of turning back again in your life..."

"Hey!" Cui Huailu quickly glared at Mrs. Cui: "Are you tired of living? Your Wang family wants to search and exterminate the clan, don't pull my Cui family."

"What is the Wang family, Cui family, I have married into the Cui family..."

Mrs. Cui sighed, sat closer, raised her hand and pointed to the house next door:

"You have been suspicious of the emperor and are still on the boat. Even if the emperor suppresses this storm, you will not have the credit for you. If the ship is sunk, you will definitely be the first one. If you want me to see, you can ask what Xiao Lu's family means. Think about it, Xiao Xiang's sister is the prince's concubine, and you are Xiao Wan's father. If you are on the same boat, Xiao Xiang will still call you uncle..."

"You...a woman's opinion, how can you play like this in the court affairs!"

Cui Huailu glared at Mrs. Cui and wanted to say a few more words, but she felt that she wasting talk to women when talking about politics. She immediately got up and brushed her sleeves and walked out.

Mrs. Cui stood up and said, "My husband, where are you going?"

"Go to visit next door."

"There are all wolf guards outside, and they have many eyeliners. Let's talk on the way to court tomorrow."

“…”

Cui Huailu paused and turned into the bedroom...

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The mansion next door is the mansion of the Prime Minister Xiao Chuyang.

The Xiao family is frugal in style, and the lights are sparse at night, and only a few students of the Xiao family are reading at the window with their lights at night.

There is no light in the study room in the main courtyard, and people and things cannot be seen clearly in the dim light.

Xiao Chuyang sat on the couch, next to him was Lu Chengan, a senior farmer who had just sneaked over from the tunnel. There was a small desk between the two, and tea was brewed on it.

Both Xiao and Lu families have been passed down for a long time, and there have been no tit-for-tat confrontation in history. However, there have never been any enemies and enemies on the big chessboard in the world. As long as the interests are consistent, they are allies. Judging from the current situation, the Xiao and Lu families are obviously on the same boat.

Lu Chengan is Lu Hongluan's uncle. At this time, he leaned against the tea case with his left hand and said softly:

"The emperor has beenhaved abnormally recently and forced the Xiliang army to return to Suzhou. Xu Buling was stationed in Nanyang without leaving any face. It seemed as if he was forcing the Xu family to rebel. Xiao Xiang felt that Xu Buling would endure this anger?"

Xiao Chuyang put his left hand on his knee and his right hand gently taps the tea case:

"In view of the current situation, the Xu family rebelled and occupied Guanzhong at most. What they had to face were the princes outside the pass and Jiang Nu, the left prince of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Even if they could defend it, they would establish a small country in a small area in Guanzhong. It would be difficult to last for a long time. It can be said that there are all harms but no benefits. However, if you don't rebel, Xu Bu Ling will attack Nanyang, and Xiangyang's efforts will be wasted. Xu Bu Ling can't bear it, and it will be of no benefit."

Lu Chengan thought for a while: "The emperor put forward this situation and almost agreed that Xu Buling would rebel, which was already an attitude of overturning the table; Xu Buling would go back to Suzhou, and if he rebel, it would be difficult to make enemies on all sides for a long time. Both paths were not good for the Xu family. So no matter what Xu Buling did, the emperor would not be able to give in half a step, and give Xu Buling the third path..."

Speaking of this, Lu Chengan turned his head to look at Xiao Chuyang: "Has the Xu family ever revealed Xiao Xiang's secret? If they were determined to rebel..."

Xiao Chuyang frowned, quite dissatisfied with the words of this cliché:

"I am the prime minister of Dayue, not the prime minister of the Xu family. What is the difference between him and me and I directly point out the rebellion?"

Lu Chengan smiled and said, "That's just that I can't stand it. Judging from the current situation, it's better for the Xu family to not rebel. Otherwise, it would be normal for Da Yue to divide it into more than ten pieces, and it would be too much of a disaster. However, the Xu family wouldn't have suffered a clear loss like this. Xiao Xiang thought Xu Buling would be right?"

Xiao Chuyang shook his head: "The Xiliang infantry has withdrawn, but Xu Buling has no intention of accepting the order honestly. He probably will come back to Chang'an in two days and ask the emperor for justice. Then see what he says, what the emperor says, I can stand on the word "reason".

Lu Chengan thought about it carefully and sighed: "The emperor expected that the Xu family would rebel, but he would definitely not be justified without evidence. This matter is probably difficult..."

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