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When Zhi Jiukai was woken up by his nephew from his deep sleep, he still had the unreal feeling that he was in a dream.

Until he hurried to the place where the Xu clan lived, he heard a cry of mourning, and then saw the furnished lobby.

Gusts of new wind blow the white flags in front of the hall, and the lights on the thick white candles are like beans, and the tears of the candles are like the cries around. above.

Zhi Jiukai saw the coffin in front of the hall.

His gaze flitted from the crowd who were caressing the coffin and screaming, and stared straight at the person lying in the coffin.

I haven't seen him for several hours, but the old friend has changed into a new suit, his hands and feet are laid flat, his hair is tied up meticulously, his face is also calm, but those eyes are staring open and refuse to close!

Zhi Jiukai tripped over the threshold and staggered two steps.

The nephew accompanying him quickly reached out to help Zhi Jiukai, but he was swung away forcefully.

He threw himself in front of the coffin, touching the cold body with his trembling hands, ripping his clothes into a mess, revealing the dark red circle around Xu Qingping's neck!

Xu Qingping, who was lying in the coffin, seemed unable to bear the force, his head tilted slightly, exposing the flesh and bones under his neck.

The dazzling scene called thunder exploded in my mind, and the past was vividly displayed before my eyes.

Years of friendship, like-mindedness, wind and rain, no need to look back, but also know that there is a friend who will always have a firm company by your side!

Just before this sleep, they were sitting at the same table, talking about various things that should be paid attention to after the five sects enter the family.

He said... He said worriedly: "This time, the Sword Palace and the Buddha Kingdom don't seem to want to participate in too many aristocratic families and the Sui Palace. They only sent 300 people. The remaining three are Luoxinzhai, Tantric, and Daqing. Luoxin There is no need to worry about her taking advantage of the fire to rob her. Daqing's wolf ambitions are also clearly revealed. Only Tantric sects, this time's behavior is confusing. Not only did they send two major ministers here, Enter Zhongdu with Nie Jinglun and You Bule's team..."

Then his voice lowered: "Although the current situation is unfavorable, I think it will be peaceful after this period. No one can ignore the power possessed by the Zhi family, and no one can ignore the popular support possessed by the Xu family... Sigh, I only hope that the family can expel the Sui Palace as soon as possible, and the family will be peaceful as soon as possible..."

Thinking back to yesterday, Zhi Jiukai's face flushed red, his internal qi became disordered for a moment, and he spit out his blood on the coffin!

Grief and rage all came out with this mouthful of blood!

Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Zhi Jiukai's mind immediately became clear.He put away his excess emotions, knelt beside the coffin, first wiped off the blood on Xu Qingping's face, then straightened his head, adjusted his clothes, and finally closed his eyes with the palm of his hand, saying: "How lucky is life, to be A close friend who has been trusted for life and death. Don't worry, I will kill anyone who harms you, so as to comfort your spirit in heaven."

Zhi Jiukai took his hand away, but his subordinates closed their eyes.

Behind him, there were bursts of mourning, and the sound of gongs and drums.

I went to Xu's, but the matter was not over.

As soon as Zhi Jiukai stepped into the mansion, he saw his clansmen rushing forward, telling him that Nie Jinglun, You Bule and Gao Dan were visiting, now Nie Jinglun and You Bule are in the main hall, while Gao Dan is waiting in the study .

Zhi Jiukai's eyes flashed.

One is in the study room, two are in the main hall, and the three of them are obviously not in the same direction.But it was rumored that Gao Dan was seriously injured, and now he is not recuperating at home but came to him?

He pondered for a few breaths, then walked to the main hall first.

In the hall, Nie Jinglun and You Bule were sitting on the left and right sides. Nie Jinglun looked gloomy, while You Bule was smiling all over his face. Zhi Jiukai didn't know what the two of them were going to do for a while, so he had to use soldiers to block them. Concealed, and asked routinely: "The two patriarchs came here hand in hand, but do you have something to discuss with me?"

Holding a feather fan in hand, You Bule stood up from his seat, smiled and said, "Patriarch Zhi must have heard about all the things that happened last night, so he was not in the clan just now, did he go to Patriarch Xu's place?"

Zhi Jiukai: "Not bad."

You Bule said leisurely: "Oh, I just met Patriarch Xu yesterday, and I didn't think about saying goodbye. It's a pity. But when I sighed, I thought that Patriarch Nie and I were also assassinated by evil spirits last night. If it wasn't for me and Nie The patriarch is lucky, and it is a pity that others should do it now, thinking about it this way, I don’t know whether to be happy or sad, should cry or laugh."

Zhi Jiukai sternly said: "Patriarch Xu passed away, and I am also in unbearable grief, what do you want to say now?!"

As soon as You Bule put away the feather fan, he also said sharply, "Okay, I'll come and ask directly: last night, the five families were in trouble, but the Zhi clan was the only one who was calm, what did the head of the Zhi clan say! Patriarch Xu was assassinated to death, Patriarch Gao was assassinated and seriously injured, patriarch Zhi didn't have the slightest reflection or guilt!"

"You Bule, you—" Zhi Jiukai blushed, the corners of his mouth twitched, as if he was too angry to speak.

But his heart was far less angry than he showed.

His heart is very clear:

Now it is useless to say any circumstantial evidence, these two people... took the opportunity to force the palace to come!

There is nothing to say about the situation in the front hall. After a cup of tea, several people broke up unhappy.After leaving the front hall, the anger on Zhi Jiukai's face faded quickly, and when he reached the door of the study, he had already focused all his energy on the next meeting with Gao Dan.

He pushed open the door and walked in, and saw that in the study, Gao Dan was lying on the slump, his face was pale, blood was faintly visible in his chest and abdomen, his eyelids were half closed, he didn't open his eyes until he heard the sound of the door opening, and struggled to hold on. Get up—

Zhi Jiukai hurriedly stepped forward, held Gao Dan's palm with one hand, and supported Gao Dan's shoulder with the other, and said in a loud voice: "Patriarch Gao has been seriously injured and should be recuperating, why did he make this trip himself? It's good for people!"

Taking the opportunity of getting close, he secretly investigated Gao Dan's situation, and found that Gao Dan's Qi and blood were deficient, and he seemed to have been seriously injured.

This result was both unexpected and somewhat reasonable. I don't know if it is true or if it is a bloody trick.Just now when Zhi Jiukai was thinking about it, he saw Gao Dan holding his hand tightly, and smiled miserably: "This matter... I think I have to come here in person no matter what, and at the first time... I will personally convey it to you..."

He gasped intermittently several times before he could finish the sentence.

A bad premonition rose in Zhi Jiukai's heart.

Gao Dan swallowed the blood froth welling up in his throat, and said with great effort: "Gu'an Pass is broken...you and my two clans were slaughtered by the evil spirits!"

Zhi Jiukai's ears roared, and his heart shook violently!

After the Zhi clan came out, Nie Jinglun took the lead and walked with the Youbule clan, until he entered the study and retreated to the left and right, he said anxiously: "Why are you aggressive towards Zhi Jiukai today? What if he hates you what should I do?"

You Bule was still shaking his feather fan, calmly asking, "Did you do what happened yesterday?"

Nie Jinglun frowned and said, "Of course not, what are you thinking?"

You Bule smiled and said, "Since it wasn't done by you, nor by me, and Zhi Jiukai couldn't cut off his own arm due to emotion and reason, so is there any doubt about who did it?"

Nie Jinglun said: "You mean, Gao Dan—" He was suddenly excited, and smiled, "Haha, Gao Dan planned to kill Xu Qingping! Once Zhi Jiukai finds out that Gao Dan is the mastermind behind the scenes, he will definitely kill Xu Qingping!" I will fight Gao Dan to the death, and then we will reap the benefits—"

You Bule suddenly sneered: "Hehe, you think Gao Dan doesn't know about this? Don't worry, since Gao Dan has taken this step, he will naturally have the trust of other followers who can seek Zhi Jiukai's trust. Now Zhi Jiukai is the most suspicious Yes, it must be the two of us. Even if we rushed to Zhi Jiukai to identify Gao Dan, Zhi Jiukai would never believe us."

"This?" Nie Jinglun recalled, wondering and uncertain, "Xu Qingping died, Zhi Jiukai clearly suspected everyone, didn't what you did just now brought Zhi Jiukai's suspicion of Gao Yan to our side, Helped Gao Dan?"

"Helped Gao Dan? That's not necessarily the case. You and I are on the same rope, how can I sacrifice myself?" You Bule's eyes flickered, and he asked Nie Jinglun first, "If you say that before last night , How many forces do you think the family has, who is bigger and who is smaller?"

Nie Jinglun pondered for a moment, a little reluctantly: "Zhi Jiukai and Xu Qingping accounted for [-]% of the power, and the remaining [-]%, let's share it equally with Gao Dan and Shao Qianyuan."

"But now Xu Qingping is dead." You Bule's voice was quick and soft.

"That's right," Nie Jinglun's eyes were also radiant, "Xu Qingping died, and he died so quickly, so suddenly and so lightly, not to mention whether the next patriarch will still obey Zhi Jiukai's words, it is the Xu clan's right to be the patriarch. The struggle for turbulence cannot be ended in a day or two. Although Zhi Jiukai can still win over Mrs. Xu, we can also win over Mrs. Xu!"

He gradually caught up with the train of thought, and quickly said: "Zhi Jiukai has broken his arm now, and his strength is probably only [-]% left, and we and Gao Dan and the others each account for [-]%..." He was half excited, and frowned again Wrinkled, "Why don't we deal with Gao Dan first? If we first try to find evidence that Gao Dan secretly colluded with the people in Sui Palace and killed Xu Qingping to Zhi Jiukai, then Zhi Jiukai will definitely avenge Xu Qingping, so the two Everyone loses, and we just sit back and reap the benefits."

You Bule smiled and said: "What if Zhi Jiukai, after receiving the news, immediately attacked and successfully absorbed Gao Dan and Shao Qianyuan's forces under the banner of eradicating traitors and avenging Xu Qingping, and instead became stronger?"

Nie Jinglun choked, but quickly asked back: "But what if Gao Dan tricked Zhi Jiukai into trusting him, killed Zhi Jiukai, successfully absorbed Zhi Jiukai's influence, and became a new Zhi Jiukai?"

You Bule waved his fan and said earnestly: "But we already know that Gao Dan is struggling with Sui Gong, as long as we can find evidence and reveal it to You Lu, the people of the aristocratic family will be hostile, the members of the Righteous Alliance will turn against each other, and Gao Dan will be ruined." .And what do we know about Zhi Jiukai? We only know that Zhi Jiukai has controlled the family for many years. Is there any chance for us to get rid of Zhi Jiukai without a single soldier? It is almost impossible."

Holding the handle of the fan, he pressed the feather fan down, right on the back of Nie Jinglun's hand.

"Now that the first messenger of Tantric Buddhism is in our mansion and persuades Tantric Buddhism to stand with us, none of us will be afraid of this round of wrestling."

"First kill Zhi Jiukai, then drive Sui Palace, and then get rid of Gao Dan. From now on, you and I will be respected by the family."

Nie Jinglun's throat rolled up and down, he was completely convinced by You Bule: "Kill Zhi Jiukai first, let us walk into the eyes of many forces in Youlu, and then find evidence, get rid of Gao Dan, take the people back to their hearts, change the six surnames into Nie and You, you and I, control the family together!"

You Bule raised his feather fan, smiled slightly, and said in his heart:

In fact, whether Gao Dan colluded with Sui Palace or not is not that important... As long as he and Nie Jinglun can become the biggest contributors to expel Sui Palace in the next battle, then there is evidence anyway.

After all, the guilt of history must be shouldered by someone.

One day after the soldiers of Daqing entered the family's border, Jieyuan received a letter from Emperor Xuande of Daqing.

Of course, Emperor Xuande would not be so stupid as to write a letter with his own hand and stamp his private seal. He just entrusted his confidants to enter the Sui Palace camp quietly in the middle of the night, and then took out a letter that was not signed or stamped, and the handwriting could not be verified. I took something unique to the royal family as a token, proving that the letter was indeed from Emperor Xuande.

The messenger had already been taken to rest, and Jieyuan's game of chess came to an end. The black and white dragons fought inextricably on the chessboard, and it was impossible to tell the winner or loser for a while.

He temporarily put down the chess pieces, and took a look at the letter instead. There was nothing new in it, but Emperor Xuande earnestly told him that it was time to fulfill his previous promise and hand over half of the aristocratic family to Daqing to take over.

Jie Yuan finished reading the letter and smiled slightly. At this time, Jiaojiao just flew into the room from the window. Seeing Jie Yuan's smile, she was startled, lost her footing, and fell to the table.

Then it ignored the pain of its own body, jumped up on one foot and said, "Brother Yuan, your smile is too scary, even scarier than the little monk Wuyu pinching bugs!"

Jie Yuan glanced at Jiaojiao, then touched his cheek thoughtfully: "Really? I just thought of something funny just now." He asked Jiaojiao, "Does the bird think that I am different from the past?"

Jiaojiao puzzled and said: "Why is Brother Yuan different from the past? Brother Yuan is Brother Yuan, the unique Brother Yuan!"

Jieyuan was very satisfied with this answer, and asked Jiaojiao: "Do you still miss the rockery and flowing water in the original mansion, the exotic flowers and plants, and your exclusive Qinan strange fire tree?"

As soon as Jiaojiao heard the name, her saliva flowed down: "I miss you!"

Jie Yuan: "Calculate the time, that tree should bear fruit, let you go back to the original mansion to have a full meal, and help me bring a letter to Emperor Xuande, how about it?"

Jiaojiao: "No problem, I'll leave it to the bird!"

Jie Yuan: "Just tell Emperor Xuande like this..." He had an unpredictable smile, "It's not yet. But it will be soon."

The author has something to say: Jiaojiao: Brother Yuan is Brother Yuan, the unique Brother Yuan, the bird testifies!