I Became the Older Brother of the Heroine in an Abusive Novel

The Xu Mansion is not very lively these days.

Xu Xiang was in a very bad mood, and everyone in the mansion saw it.In the whole family, Mr. Xu kept his word. No one in the whole house dared to touch Mr. Xiang's bad luck, except for the young master who was out in the wild and never came home.

At the same time, everyone vaguely knew that the Xu family had violated the emperor's taboo recently, and even the officials in the court did not dare to walk around with the Xu family easily.

Today, when I heard that the father-in-law from the palace came, the atmosphere in the whole Xiangfu became more condensed.

Thinking about it is not a good thing.

The servants of Xu's mansion were a little bit guilty in their hearts, and they were discussing in private, saying that they didn't know what happened to the mansion.

However, everyone's discussion was discussion, but they all tacitly stayed away from the study room.

Because at this time, Xu Xiangzheng and his eldest son Xu Zongwei were discussing matters in the study.

There was a lot of depression in the study.

"Father, this..." Xu Zongwei stood in front of Xu Xiang's desk and said. "Accordingly, the layout of the south of the Yangtze River is perfect, and you know it, father. It's just that the boy Anna ran to cause so many troubles, so His Highness the Fifth Prince caught the handle..."

"I told you to bring Cong'an back, why would you delay like this!" Xu Xiang glared angrily.

Xu Zongwei hurriedly said: "My son had already reduced Cong'an's food and clothing costs. It would have been a while before he could be forced back, but..."

"But you just can't control your wife!" Xiang Xu said angrily. "The procrastination has reached the present, and it will soon lead to a catastrophe?"

Xu Zongwei didn't dare to talk back.

But he also knew that his father's tantrum was unreasonable.Xu Cong'an is the only male in the next generation of his family, who in the whole family does not pamper him?Since he was a child, he felt that this child was raised too spoiled, but he was poor in health, even his own father was too fond of him.

A few months ago, Xu Cong'an sneaked out of Chang'an to play. Although he wanted to force this kid back, he still had to take care of his wife and parents.To be a little stricter, not to mention his wife making trouble, even his mother would cry hard at him for a while, crying for his darling grandson.

Xu Zongwei is now an official servant of the Minister of the Household Department, and his affairs are already complicated. In addition, Xue Yan has been making a lot of noise in the court this year, so he really has no way to do it, so he can only turn a blind eye.

He blatantly reduced his son's expenses, but allowed his mother and wife to fill in the vacancy with their own bodies, going back and forth, instead allowing Xu Cong'an to play outside for half a year.

But I didn't expect that such a big accident would happen in this game.

Xu Zongwei stood by the desk silently.

Xu Xiang reluctantly drank a couple of sips of tea, suppressed his anger for the time being, and said again: "Now is not the time to ask the teacher for his crimes. Fortunately, there is still Father Ling Fu. Now the Holy One just got the news, and there is still room for turning around. "

When Xu Zongwei heard the words, the seriousness on his face did not fade at all.

"Father means...?" he asked.

After all, the charges against the Xu family are solid now.Officials in Jinling were greedy for ink, and all the money was given to their sons of the Xu family.Coupled with the chaos in Shandong a few days ago, it was enough to kill him and his father.

In addition, after listening to Ling Fu, Xue Yan also found the head of the King of Yunnan, and seemed to have found a clue, knowing that the people who caused chaos in the south of the Yangtze River were sent by the King of Yunnan.

It's not a day or two since the Xu family has had money exchanges with the King of Yunnan.Now the soldiers under the king of Yunnan are like the private soldiers raised by their Xu family.

Although the emperor will not be able to find out who is funding the king of Yunnan in a while, it is only a matter of time.It is absolutely impossible for the Xu family to spend so much money and such a large amount of transactions without leaving any clues.

Furthermore, the emperor is already going to send troops to deal with the king of Yunnan. When the king of Yunnan is arrested and returned to the court, will he still keep his mouth shut for the Xu family?

When the emperor finds out the truth, it will be the time when their Xu family will be wiped out.

No matter how you look at it, it's a dead end.

Xu Xiang looked at Xu Zongwei.

"Just now, there is another piece of news from Lingfu, which my father hasn't told you yet." He said.

Xu Zongwei hurriedly asked, "What is it?"

Xu Xiang said slowly: "The daughter of the Jun family is pregnant with the dragon heir, and it has been three months now. The Holy Lord, Longyan Dayue, has made her a noble concubine."

Xu Zongwei was shocked: "Isn't she already infertile?"

"I heard that there is a capable maid by my side, who doesn't care about oil and salt, and is very good at medicine." Xu Xiang said. "This time they kept it a secret. They didn't let the emperor know until the three-month fetus was stable."

Speaking of this, Xu Xiang raised his eyes and looked at Xu Zongwei.

"You should know that whether Xue Yan or the fetus in the womb of the Jun family's daughter, if any of them ascend to the throne, the fate of the Xu family will not be better than today." He said.

"Now, the only way to save the Xu family and prosper for a few more years is to put it to death before completely losing hope."

"But father, what should we do?" Xu Zongwei asked hurriedly. "The power we have worked so hard to arrange now has been brought to light by His Highness the Fifth Highness, and we can't come up with anything else for a while..."

"We still have the last hole card." Xu Xiang said.

Xu Zongwei was shocked when he heard this.

"You mean..." He paused for a long time before uttering with difficulty. "Fourth Highness?"

They have made so many layouts, relying on the presence of a prince in the palace.They are the power of the prince, and the prince is also their backer.

But this hole card is not easy to use.

When will it be useful?

... only when there is a change of dynasty.

Xu Zongwei looked at his father in shock.

His father glanced at him indifferently, with the same expression on his face, but Xu Zongwei saw the bloodshot eyes in his father's eyes, and the madness hidden under the calmness.

That is a desperate gambler who bets all of his wealth, wanting to bet the madness and determination of winning or losing in the end.

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Emperor Qingping made up his mind to send troops, but now, when and where to send troops still needs to be considered.

The military generals of the previous dynasty rebelled frequently, causing turmoil and unrest in the world. Therefore, in the Yongjian Dynasty, Taizu deliberately suppressed generals and cultivated civil officials.

This custom has been handed down for several generations of emperors until now.Looking at the court, some military generals with real power are those who guard the frontier. It is really not easy to find a general who can speak before the emperor.

In addition, the Xu family had lost the trust of Emperor Qing Ping, so when Emperor Qing Ping summoned people to discuss matters, he had to consider the relationship between the other party and the Xu family.If you are too close to the Xu family, you can't choose either.

Although the information Xue Yan sent this time did not specify that it was the Xu family who funded the King of Yunnan, but the confession stated that there were officials from the court who cooperated internally and externally.

Combining these two huge ink corruption cases of the Xu family, even if Emperor Qingping didn't want to doubt, he had to doubt that it was the Xu family who cooperated with the king of Yunnan.

Therefore, after picking and picking, Emperor Qingping still picked a group of civil servants to discuss and arrange the troops and horses to go south to Pingfan.

When the civil servants came, they argued endlessly.

When it came time to use troops, the disadvantages of emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts were revealed.There are fortresses all over Dayong, and the number of officers and soldiers stationed is fixed, so they cannot be moved easily.Moreover, they had to dispatch troops in a hurry, so that the king of Yunnan could not be aware of it in advance, so they needed to mobilize troops close to Chang'an.

The civil servants fought back and forth, but they couldn't come to a result.

Among the civil servants, there was an official who didn't say much, just nodded and shook his head.

Everyone was arguing dryly, and Emperor Qingping was also upset when he heard it. No one noticed that this official was vaguely cramped.

Only Lingfu stared at him nonchalantly.

Leng Fu knew who this man was.

This person originally belonged to the Jiang family, and also came out of Linjiang Academy in Jinling.This man was originally very upright, but a few days ago because of his children, he was caught by the Xu family.

Today, this person was arranged by the Xu family.

The man looked around and met Ling Fu's gaze.

He paused and looked away a bit.

Just at this moment, the civil servants who were arguing stopped temporarily.

Emperor Qingping rubbed his eyebrows and sighed.

"Li Aiqing." He took a sip of tea and happened to look at the official. "I see you haven't said much, but what do you think?"

The official stood up tremblingly, and knelt down in front of Emperor Qingping.

"I have an idea." He kowtowed. "Boldly speaking, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Emperor Qingping said: "You tell me."

The official paused, his whole body was embarrassed by Ling Fu's gaze, as if he was timid because of the thoughts he was about to say, and there seemed to be no flaws.

"There are soldiers at Qinmen Pass in the north of Chang'an City, they can be used," he said.

For a while, everything was quiet.

Emperor Qingping frowned, pondered for a moment, and said: "Does Li Aiqing know, whose subordinates are the soldiers at Qinmenguan?"

"First of all, I know that all the soldiers and horses in the world belong to His Majesty." The official kowtowed and said slowly. "Although the soldiers at Qinmenguan belong to General Xu Zonglun, on the one hand, General Xu Zonglun is only Xu Xiang's successor son, and he is not close to Xu Xiang; on the other hand, General Xu is sincere. He sacrificed his life to save His Majesty. Three things... I have the guts to say that Your Majesty is keeping secret about the Xu family's greed for ink, so he must have not made up his mind and doesn't know how to deal with them."

Emperor Qingping looked at him silently.

He was right.

He also knew about Xu Xiang's family affairs back then.Xu Xiang had few heirs and had no sons, so he adopted his brother's child. It was Xu Zonglun.But within two years of Xu Zonglun's arrival, Xu Xiang's wife gave birth to his current son Xu Zongwei.

Xu Xiang tried his best to train Xu Zongwei, but he ignored Xu Zonglun.If not, Xu Zonglun would not have gone to the border before he was crowned.

Xu Zonglun did sacrifice his life to save Emperor Qingping.

Thinking of him, Emperor Qingping fell silent.

Although he hated the Xu family for being greedy for money under his nose, but now he can't find another family to replace it.The stability of the previous dynasty has always required the peace of all parties, and the most taboo is to suppress one party and make the other party bigger.

Emperor Qingping was silent for a while.

"Go on," he said.

Hearing this, the official prostrated himself on the ground and continued, "Your Majesty, why not give the Xu family a chance to send troops to suppress the King of Yunnan. If they do well, His Majesty can punish them again, but let them live. In the future, they will I must be heartbroken and repay Your Majesty."

Everything was quiet.Emperor Qingping remained silent, and no official dared to refute.

The official continued: "If Your Majesty is still worried, General Xu Zonglun can be appointed as the deputy without the right to make decisions, and then arrange someone who His Majesty trusts to be the chief general."

These words touched Emperor Qingping's heart.

After a while, he put down his teacup.

"Do as you say," he said. "Come here, pass the decree, immediately summon the Qinmenguan garrison to Chang'an, and I will personally farewell for them."