Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Hou Junji smiled sadly twice, and asked coldly: "I have nothing to say now, right? How long do you want to pretend? How long do you want to lie to me? Could it be that you want to wait until the wedding day?" One day, when the guests gather, you will publish this letter again, and then you will slap my Hou Junji hard on the ears, so that my Hou family will be completely disgraced?"

"Ah? Why would Duke Lu think of his subordinates so much? My Helan family is loyal to you, Duke Lu, and has no second thoughts! Misunderstanding, it is definitely a misunderstanding!"

Helan Qiaoshan disregarded the reservedness and dignity of General Zuo Jinwuwei, bowed down to Hou Junji, and hurriedly explained: "This matter is the idea of ​​Helan Chushi, a wicked member of my Helan family, and we are also here today. I just found out about this a long time ago!"

"Humph!"

Hou Junji snorted coldly, and said disdainfully: "Helan Qiaoshan, you actually pushed this matter to Helan Chushi? How could he, a playboy, be the head of your Helan family? If it wasn't for Helan Chushi's wrong letter After leaving my house, maybe I will still be kept in the dark on the wedding day?"

"No, no, Mr. Lu, listen to my explanation~"

Helan Qiaoshan dragged his knees on the ground, and prostrated himself in front of Hou Junji, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his lips were trembling, he shouted: "Duke Lu, my subordinate has always been loyal to you, How could you regret the marriage halfway and put you in an embarrassing situation? This matter was entirely done by Helan Chushi, an unworthy descendant of the Helan family, and has nothing to do with us."

Faced with Helan Qiaoshan's entreaties, Hou Junji did not soften his heart at all. Instead, he stretched out his foot and kicked Helan Qiaoshan to the ground, angrily shouting: "Helan Chushi did it all by himself? Is he your Helan Qiaoshan? A descendant of the Lan family? Helan Qiaoshan, are you fooling me by treating me, Hou Junji, as a three-year-old child?"

Helan Qiaoshan was kicked over and fell directly on his back, but in an instant he got up like a spring and knelt in front of Hou Junji, and continued to beg and explain: "Mr. Lu, you have to trust me, you must trust me. The Helan family prospered because of Duke Lu, how could they do such a stupid thing to kill themselves?"

Hou Junji was always suspicious, so it was hard to believe Helan Qiaoshan's one-sided words, and then he let out a sneer, and hummed softly: "Helan Qiaoshan, there have been many rebellious people throughout the ages, all consciously growing wings Only when you are hard will you do those ungrateful and rebellious things. Hehe, I, Hou Junji, was blind, and I, Hou Junji, misread you."

"No, Duke Lu, listen to my explanation."

Helan Qiaoshan glanced at the letter that was still on the table, got up suddenly and rushed over, holding the letter from Helan Chushi that was sent by the beggar on the table in the morning, and handed it to Hou Junji. Hastily shouted: "Mr. Lu, look, our family also received this letter from Chu Shi this morning."

Hou Junji was startled for a moment, and then snatched the letter with a gloomy expression. After a look, it was exactly the same as the letter he had received.

Afterwards, Helan Qiaoshan hurriedly handed over the letter that Hou Junji threw on the ground, and shouted: "Mr. Lu, if you look at this letter again, both the content and the handwriting are exactly the same. Handwritten by the bastard nephew Helan Chushi. No, I can guarantee that these two letters must have been fabricated by someone with ulterior motives copying Chushi's handwriting. The purpose is to provoke our Helan family and Duke Lu's mansion. The discord between the two is deliberately destroying the marriage of the two families!"

Hou Junji checked it carefully, and sure enough, the handwriting and content were exactly the same.

Subconsciously, Hou Junji believed in what He Lanqiaoshan said, and his gloomy and irritable expression gradually faded, and he asked back: "So, someone made a move against you and my two families. Playing tricks?"

Seeing the gradual change of Hou Junji's face, Helan Qiaoshan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Exactly, if you let me know who did such a shameful thing that lacks great virtue, I, Helan Qiaoshan must smash his body into thousands of pieces to relieve the hatred in his heart."

"Humph!"

Hou Junji snorted again, closed his eyes silently and began to meditate, screening opponents and enemies who might commit such indiscriminate methods in his mind.

At this moment, there was a burst of yelling in the hall, and Helan Qiaoshan heard his elder brother Helan Qianshan running and panting, while shouting intermittently: "Second brother, it's terrible, it's terrible, the city!" There are a lot of letters that are exactly the same as the one left this morning. Now the city is talking about the marriage between our family and the Hou family, and our two families have been treated as a joke. My God, there are already rumors in the city that Miss Hou's family She is so ugly that she has been nicknamed 'Hare'. Second child, second child..."

After shouting, Helan Qianshan had already arrived in the hall.

When he saw that Hou Junji was also present, he was dumbfounded, and suddenly he was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground as if his muscles had been cramped.

And after Helan Qiaoshan heard the words, his vision went dark, his throat was slightly sweet, and he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

Fortunately, he supported the corner of the table to stand firm, otherwise he would follow in the footsteps of the boss Helan Qianshan.

At the same time, a voice of grief and indignation hovered in his mind: "Helan Chushi, Helan Chushi, you are a sinner of the Helan family, who did you offend outside? How dare you put my Helan family in such a situation!! !"

"Oh!"

Hou Junji had already raised his eyebrows, his angry eyes seemed to burst into flames, he gritted his teeth and stared at Helan Bridge Mountain, and said word by word:

"Helan Qiaoshan, today, you must give me an explanation, an explanation that will allow me, Hou Junji, to have the face to go out and look up to others! Otherwise, I will make your Helan family restless from today, and be defeated from now on! !!"

Chapter 1008 Day by day

"Duke Lu, Duke Lu, listen to your subordinates' explanation, this, this..."

Helan Qiaoshan looked anxious, pointing to the sky and swearing: "This is a conspiracy, this is definitely a conspiracy!! This is a conspiracy against my Helan family!!!"

"Helan Qiaoshan, stop explaining, explaining is tantamount to covering up. In this way, whether it is a rumor or a conspiracy, the most effective way to break it is to speak with facts."

Hou Junji's voice at this time had become extremely gloomy, he didn't care about Helan Qianshan who was limp on the ground, he stared at Helan Qiaoshan without blinking, and said sullenly: "If you want to stop the rumors, only the wise , then you have to show the facts to convince others. Only the facts can make all the conspiracies invisible. So, you want me to believe that you, Helan Qiaoshan, are still loyal, and you want me to believe that your Helan family has not changed their minds. Then you ask your nephew Helan Chushi to get out now."

Speaking of this, Hou Junji glanced at Helan Qianshan, who was slightly unconscious on the ground, and after a cold snort, looked up at Helan Qiaoshan, whose complexion changed, and continued, "As long as you let Helan Chushi married Hou's daughter, and the Helan family and Duke Lu's mansion held a grand banquet to confirm the marriage of the two families. Then, all the rumors would not be self-defeating, and the so-called conspiracy would be true. The ice melted and disintegrated. Helan Qiaoshan, call Helan Chushi out, I want to see him!"

"what?"

Helan Qiaoshan's expression froze for a moment, and he said with a guilty conscience: "This, this... Lu Guogong... Chu Shi's evil... Then, what..."

Seeing this, Hou Junji turned his face and scolded again: "What this and that? Hesitating, don't you even have the confidence to ask Helan Chushi to come out and clarify with me? Helan Qiaoshan, how dare you talk about all kinds of things today? , has nothing to do with your Helan family? If you weren't a guilty conscience, how could you be so hesitant?"

"Ugh……"

Helan Qiaoshan stomped his feet, and sighed bravely: "Mr. Lu, let me tell you the truth! Chu Shi was deceived by lies and instigated by this conspiracy, so he left. The family ran away to escape into the empty door. The other party was convinced of Chu Shi's bastard's nature, and sent him away so that he could not come out in time to refute the rumors, so he laid out this series of tricks. Duke Lu, this is the truth of the whole thing, I, Helan Qiaoshan, use my own head as a guarantee, this is the real purpose of the other party!"

"Helan Qiaoshan, you can say whatever you want now, but how can you make me believe you?"

Hou Junji yelled almost hysterically: "Right now in the city, all the high officials and dignitaries, down to the traffickers and pawns, are talking about my Hou Junji's daughter being escaped from marriage, and they are all commenting that my Hou Junji's daughter is a lame mother. Yasha'. The face of my Duke Lu’s mansion has been completely lost. Now you tell me that this is a conspiracy, how do you let me win your trust?"

Helan Qiaoshan felt helpless, and now he couldn't argue with anything, so he could only swear once again: "Mr. Lu, the Helan family and the Hou family are both prosperous, and both will be harmed. stupid thing, please believe me."

"Don't make these useless vows to me." Hou Junji waved his hand impatiently, pondered for a while, and finally said:

"Helan Qiaoshan, I'll give you ten days. After ten days, if Helan Chushi doesn't come back as scheduled and can't marry my daughter as scheduled, hmph, I, Hou Junji, will be ridiculed and shameless by then, but you Helan Qiaoshan, and you, the Helan family, don't even think about it."

After finishing speaking, he walked away, stopped at the door, and said: "Ten days later, if you can't prove your innocence with facts and actions, then your Helan family will wait for me to take over your responsibility." The wrath of Junji! Helan Qianshan, I will do what I say, if you don’t believe me, let’s wait and see! Don’t forget, why did you and your Helan family rise up!"

After the sound fell, Hou Junji had already drifted away, and disappeared from Helan Qiaoshan's sight in a very short time.

Helan Qiaoshan's heart was ashamed, he looked at his elder brother who was limp on the ground with a dejected face, and cursed bitterly: "You are really useless, you are as useless as your useless son, you gave Helan It was you who dug the grave for the Helan family that brought disaster to the family. You are the sinners of the Helan family!!!”

Afterwards, he yelled at the servants outside the hall, "Send the Eldest Master back to the room. Then notify everyone in the mansion to search for the whereabouts of the Young Master!"

Soon, several servants rushed into the hall and hurriedly carried the elder Helan Qianshan down.

There was a burst of noise, and then the hall was empty, and Helan Qiaoshan was the only one left in the hall, and the original silence returned.

"Ugh……"

Helan Qiaoshan stopped for a long while, looked up to the sky and sighed: "It seems that after today, the Helan family and Duke Lu's mansion will never be able to return to the original relationship of intimacy and trust."

Because he knew, how could the person who planned such a conspiracy with deep scheming allow them to find the whereabouts of Helan Chushi in just ten days?

Therefore, Helan Qiaoshan has already realized that if Helan Chushi fails to marry Hou Junji's daughter ten days later and let all the rumors be dispelled, then what awaits him and the whole family will be a hurricane. disaster.

As soon as he thought of this, the little cleverness in Helan Qiaoshan's heart was ready to move, and an imperceptible brightness flashed in his eyes.

……

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At this time, Duke Wei's mansion.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Li Jing was still wearing an undershirt, carrying a hoe and turning the soil in the vegetable garden that he usually cultivated in the mansion, sweating profusely, and his ears were not idle.

A servant was reporting to him the gossip that was circulating in the city today, about the gossip about Helan Chushi, the youngest son of the Helan family, who escaped marriage, and about Hou Junji's daughter being an extremely ugly lame hag.