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Jingshi Luoyang, Yuan Mansion.

Since being kicked from the Situ position by the Son of Heaven to Da Honglu in February, Yuan Kui has not been in a good mood. This is not only because he was demoted to Dahonglu, but also because he faintly saw the crisis, the crisis hanging over the Yuan family's head.

Will the Li family be the destined opponent of the Yuan family?

Yuan Kui thought of what happened sixteen years ago.

That year, the Shi Party and the Eunuch Party fought very hard. The Shi Party, led by Chen Fan and Li Ying, was obviously at an advantage, and they assisted the general Dou Wu to control the government and also planned to cut off the eunuch party.

However, this is clearly not in Yuan's interest. Because this will not only destroy the state of mutual checks and balances between the government and the government, but also make the Yuan family lose its biggest backer.

At that time, Yuan Yu, one of the regular attendants, was a relative of the Yuan family, had a good relationship with the Yuan family, and won the trust of Liu Hong, the little son of heaven. With an internal official like Yuan Yu, coupled with the status of the three princes of the Yuan family, the Yuan family became the most prominent family at that time, and the other families were much worse.

However, once the plan of the Scholars Party succeeded, the transcendent status that the Yuan clan had won so hard would be broken, and everyone would be disrespected.

Moreover, it is not enough for the leader of the scholar party like Chen Fan, even if the Yuan family loses Yuan Yu, the lieutenant official Neiying, it will not threaten the status of the Yuan family, but Li Ying is different. He was originally the leader of the scholars, and he was born in the family of the three princes. Once he is allowed to ascend to the throne, the transcendent status of the Yuan family will definitely be replaced by the Li family.

This is something that Yuan Kui can't tolerate. Therefore. Yuan Kui did not hesitate to betray the Shi Party, he revealed the news that he had found out that the Shi Party wanted to get rid of the eunuch party to Yuan Yu, and then Yuan Yu stabbed the news to the leaders of the eunuch party Cao Jie and Wang Fu, and what happened after that is well known: the general Dou Wu was killed, the Taiwei Chen Fan was killed, the Shaofu Li Ying was killed, and the second party disaster broke out. And Yuan Kui was also promoted from the position of Dahonglu to Situ three years later, ranking as the third duke. made the Yuan family the most prominent family of the fourth generation and the third prince of the Han Dynasty.

Originally, with the killing of Li Ying, the rest of the Li family was also exiled to northern Xinjiang, Yuan Kui thought that the threat of the Li family to the Yuan family had been eliminated, but he never expected that fifteen years later, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and the Li family actually rose in another unbelievable way.

Yuan Kui was very scared in his heart, afraid that the Li family would learn the real story of Li Ying's murder. So when the good news from Youzhou reached the court, he tried his best to suppress Li Yi. But the general trend is difficult to disobey, in order to exterminate the Yellow Turban Thief, the Son of Heaven not only has the intention of suppressing Li Yi. On the contrary, he trusted him very much, and made him the commander-in-chief of the suppression of the Yellow Turban Thieves.

During this period, Yuan Kui also used no less means, wanting to kill Li Yi. But they were not able to succeed until they led the army to exterminate the Yellow Turban Thieves and achieved the first success. Became the governor of the state.

And the Li family is also extremely prominent, Li Ying's old thing was posthumously named Taiwei, and even Li Jin's dead ghost was posthumously named Situ, and the Li family became a family of four generations and three princes on a par with their Yuan family in another way.

Now, the Li family has risen again, but the Yuan family has a situation where there is no successor. Of the three brothers of his generation, only the second brother has two sons, the eldest son is also the concubine Yuan Shao, who succeeded to the eldest brother Yuan Cheng, who died early, and the second son Yuan Shu inherited the title of the second brother.

What worries Yuan Kui even more is that neither Yuan Shao nor Yuan Shu are obviously not people who can make a difference.

The eldest nephew Yuan Shao Yuan Benchu was very graceful and suave, and he also had some reputation in Beijing, and he seemed to have the ability to inherit the Yuan family's business, but Yuan Kui knew that Yuan Shao was just an embroidered pillow. He is already forty years old, but he is just a staff member of the butcher-turned-general, and it is difficult for him to take on a big job at all.

The second nephew, Yuan Shu Yuan Highway, is a worthless second ancestor, and it is not necessary to think about him inheriting the Yuan family business and carrying forward the Yuan family.

As he grew old, the huge Yuan family actually showed a decline with no successor.

Yuan Kui knew that the Han Dynasty had experienced nearly two hundred years of stability, and another troubled era was coming. This was originally a good time for the Yuan clan to rise and seize the world, but now......

However, Yuan Kui, who is ambitious and tenacious, does not want to give up, especially the opportunity he unexpectedly got at the beginning of this year.

A drink and a peck, it seems to be a destiny. Sixteen years ago, he killed Li Ying in the position of Da Honglu. Sixteen years later, he returned to the position of Da Honglu, and God also gave him a chance to kill Li Yi.

It seems that the sky is endless!

Yuan Kui set his sights on the northeast, thousands of miles away in Liaodong, has that person already succeeded? It's the third time, and hopefully he won't let himself down again.

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Xiangping City, Gongsun's family.

Late at night, the house of the Gongsun family is still lit with candles, and the sound of silk and bamboo singing and dancing is endless. Gongsun Zhao is a person who is very good at enjoying life, and he easily does not let go of any opportunity to eat, drink and have fun, as long as he has time and money.

After reading the secret letter sent by Yuan Kui, Gongsun Zhao thought for a while, then pushed away the petite woman in his arms, got up and stood up.

This kind of thing, he must discuss with Zhu Liang. Zhu Liang has a withdrawn temperament, and he never participates in such occasions.

Zhu Liang lives in the side wing of the Gongsun family's mansion. When Gongsun Zhao walked in, he was alone holding a chessboard and studying the chess game.

"Yuan Situ sent a letter, asking us to strike again and get rid of Li Yi." Gongsun Zhao threw Yuan Kui's secret letter onto Zhu Liang's chessboard and said, "I want to hear your opinion. At this time, we suddenly make a move, is it necessary? ”

Zhu Liang glanced at the letter written in Sijuan with disdain, dusted it to the ground casually, and asked disdainfully, "What benefits did that hypocrite promise to give Ling Jun?" ”

"One thing, it is nothing more than that after the matter is completed, he will promote me to the position of Liaodong Taishou." Gongsun Zhao also said with some displeasure, this is the third time, the promise has not changed at all, and the Yuan family seems to be declining more and more.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Zhao said: "Now, Yuan Situ has been degraded by the Son of Heaven, and the power of the Yuan family has been greatly hit. Although his life was safe, it was difficult for him to gain the trust of the Son of Heaven after this incident. The struggle between the DPRK and China is fierce, and maybe the Yuan family will fall at some point. At this time, should we avoid suspicion a little, so as not to be involved in the future? ”

Zhu Liang shook his head and said, "Ling Jun is wrong. Don't be confused by the things in front of you, the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, the power that has been painstakingly managed for decades is very huge, and this little thing can't move their foundation, it's just a loss of money. Just like that time in February, Yuan Situ didn't immediately use the money to buy a position in Dahonglu. That bit of money was originally their illegal gains, and for them, it doesn't matter whether they lose or not, and there are more opportunities to get it back in the future. ”

"The biggest advantage of the Yuan family is that their protégés and former officials are all over the Han Dynasty, which no force can do, so it is difficult for them to be defeated, even the forces of their relatives are not as strong as them. Even if the eunuch party wanted to do something against the Yuan family, it would be difficult to damage the foundation of the Yuan family. ”

Zhu Liang seemed to touch his sadness, his cheeks twitched a few times, he paused for a while, and sighed: "What the Yuan family ordered, we still have to do it, we can't suffer a loss." ”

Gongsun Zhao put his hands behind his back, walked back and forth a few steps, and said, "Then how can we help each other in the safest way?" I have to get credit, I can't do it in vain. Last time in the subject country, our Gongsun family had already done it in vain. Then in Xiangping City a few days ago, we did it again in vain. We have lost a lot, but we have gained nothing. It's only three times, and I don't want to do it again for nothing. ”

Zhu Liang slowly put down the chess pieces in his hand, muttered for a while, and then said: "For the first time, last time, Lingjun's family was entrusted by the Yuan family and the other two gate lords to prevent Li Yi from entering Liaodong, wanting to drag him down from unifying the military and political affairs of Youzhou, so as to delay his Northern Expedition, and then be punished by the Son of Heaven, but he didn't expect Li Yi to be so decisive and send troops to attack Liaodong with thunder, which led to huge losses for Lingjun's family, and Liaodong also fell into the hands of Li Yi. ”

The second time, Ling Jun attacked and killed Li Yi again, preparing to solve Li Yi and Yang Zhong at the same time, but failed again. Actually, that opportunity was the best, but it's a pity. ”

"It's a pity." Gongsun Zhao also said regretfully, "If we kill Li Yi, we will not only help the Yuan family and the other two gate valves solve more and more serious troubles, but at the same time, Yang will be implicated and will definitely be dismissed, so that I will have the opportunity to take his place and control Liaodong." In this way, my credit is great, alas......"

Gongsun Zhao shook his head again and again, and said with a very annoyed expression: "It's a pity." ”

Zhu Liang twisted his beard and sighed: "For the first time, we miscalculated Li Yi's determination and courage to unify the military and government of Liaodong, causing Liaodong to fall into Li Yi's hands; And the second time, we misestimated Li Yi's strength, so that the assassination failed. After Li Yi was stabbed, he acted extremely cautiously. The last time he returned to the camp outside the city, he actually mobilized 500 guards and 2,000 iron horsemen to pick him up, which shows his precautions against assassination. Now, there is no movement on the Fang County side, but Yuan Kui's hypocrite has asked us to strike again, and things are more difficult to do. If we still can't get it this time in Fang County, let Li Yi run back unharmed, we will be in trouble. He saw that we released the prisoners and burned the evidence, how can we deal with the aftermath? If he is not good for Ling Jun, we ......"

The corners of Gongsun Zhao's mouth moved slightly, and he said disdainfully: "Forgive him for not daring to touch me." Does Sir think we don't have a chance to kill him? ”

"There's a chance." Zhu Liang pondered for a long time, and said slowly, "Li Yi is a fierce tiger, he has suffered a loss, and it will be difficult to make him suffer a second loss, but there is still a chance." ”

He reached out and picked up a chess piece on the chessboard, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, as if to see the flower from this chess piece. (To be continued.) )