This chapter describes a serious civil strife that occurred in the Jin Kingdom in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Lu Zhaogong. This turmoil was caused by internal strife within the Qi family, and then stirred up the Jin Qinggong, the Zhi family, and the Yangyu clan, and finally ended with the demise of the Qi family and the Yangyu clan.

Back then, when Yang Tongue (Shu Xiang) was still a young man, one day on the road he met a beautiful girl who had just arrived at the age of Jilu. He fell in love with the girl at first sight, and he followed her with a beating heart, and finally watched her enter the Qu Mansion (the home of Shen Gong Wuchen). Sheep Tongue later found out that the girl was the pearl of Shen Gong Wuchen and Xia Ji.

When Shu Xiang returned home, he was about to propose marriage to Qu Wu's house, but his mother wanted her son to marry one of her nieces. The stubborn temper of the sheep tongue has been cultivated since childhood. He said: "My father married several concubines from my uncle's family, but they almost had children, so that I almost had no brothers. I am afraid that this is God's punishment for the uncle family. In order for the family to prosper, I can't do the same thing as my father. ”

But the mother said, "Don't you know? Ziling's inner son killed three husbands (Gongsun Xia, Yushu and Xianglao) and a monarch (Chen Linggong), expelled two ministers (Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu), destroyed a country (Chen Guo), and killed her own son (Xia Zhengshu), isn't this God's punishment for her? I have heard that 'great evil will be great to those who are beautiful.'" That woman was cursed before she was born, he was Zheng Mugong's favorite daughter and Zheng Linggong's sibling. Zheng Linggong died early (killed by her uncle and son-in-law) and had no offspring, and God added all the beauty to her, so she used her beauty to harm the public family.

"At the beginning of summer, there was a beautiful woman with a dark complexion and a charming appearance, who was called 'Xuannu' by the world. Xia Le Zhengkui married her and later gave birth to Bofeng. Bofeng has a greedy heart like a tiger, a wolf and a wild boar, and does a lot of evil, and is called 'Dire Pig' by the world. The Bofeng family was later destroyed by Hou Yi of the poor clan, and Kui lost his sacrifice because of this. Not only that, the fall of the third generation of Xia Shang and the death of the prince Shensheng were all victimized by stunners in the world. The stunner in the world is enough to transfer ominous things to those close to you, so why should you bring it upon yourself? Only those who are of good character can avoid calamity, but what virtue do you have to prevent it from happening? ”

Uncle Xiang seemed to see his most heartwarming girl turned into a human-faced snake body, spitting out the demon of a blood-red letter, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of heart palpitations. He stuck out his tongue and finally suppressed the ** in his heart.

But Qu Wu didn't do it - the Yangyu clan is a Wang clan of the Jin Kingdom, and Shu Xiang is a young and promising political talent. Qu Wu said to Shu Xiang: "Since you have said that you want to marry my daughter (Shu Xiang's behavior is equivalent to swearing "sovereignty" over the girl to prevent others from taking the lead), you should keep your promise. If you break your promise, others will think that there is something unclean about her, and how will you let her marry in the future? "That's not all, Qu Wu found Jin Pinggong again and asked him to go out of the mountain to fulfill this karma.

As a result, under the forced order of Jin Pinggong, Shu Xiang was forced to marry Wu Chen's daughter. A year later, their eldest son, Yang Shime (Boshi), was born. Shu Xiang's sister-in-law (Bohua's inner son) heard the news and came to visit her sister-in-law, and when she heard the baby's cry from a distance, she blocked her ears and turned to run away. She ran home and said to her husband, "The child's cry is like that of a wolf, and it has wolf ambition; If it weren't for him, no one would have been able to destroy the Sheeptongue. ”

Time passed day by day, and Yang Shi also grew up day by day. He has a strong physique, a handsome appearance, and an arrogant personality. Whenever Shu Xiang saw his son, he thought of his dead ghost brother Sheeptongue Tiger, and remembered that his mother had made an accurate prediction that Sheeptongue Tiger would not die well. Every time at this time, Shu Xiang shuddered, he felt extremely remorseful for the youthful impulse of the year, and prayed that his mother's prophecy would not come true.

The Yang Tongue and Qi are world friends, and the traditional friendship between the two families originates from Yang Yu Chi and Qi Xi. After the two old-timers said goodbye, Yang Yu and Qi Wu continued their family friendship. Yang Shi and Qi Wu's son Qi Ying are of the same age, the two have been inseparable playmates since childhood, and the two inherited the family position after the death of Shu Xiang and Qi Wu, and became officials in the same dynasty.

Not long ago, Qi Ying encountered a tricky matter: his old man Qi Sheng and another retainer Wu Zang not only drank excessively, but also often shamelessly played "** games".

Qi Ying was deeply ashamed and angry, and he issued a solemn warning to the two, saying that if he found out that the two of them had done something incorruptible and shameful again, he would punish them with death. But these two villains are by no means idle: Qi Sheng controls the family's financial power, and Wu Zang controls the command of the clan armor; Qi Sheng also married one of his daughters to Zhisong. The two villains planted their own henchmen everywhere through bribery, punishment and personnel transfers, and emptied Qi Ying through various means. Therefore, the two of them still went their own way, and did not take their master's orders to heart at all.

Qi Ying tested several of the main retainers, only to find that they had all betrayed him and turned his allegiance to the two villains. It seemed that it was impossible to get rid of the tumor with his own strength, so Qi Ying had to ask Yang Shime for help.

Yang Shi patted his chest and said, "No matter how you want to deal with those two miscellaneous pieces, I will fully support you!" ”

For the sake of insurance, Qi Ying went to ask another friend, the son of the female uncle, the female uncle.

Uncle You shook her head and said: "There is a saying in the Book of Zheng: 'Evil and ugly, there are many disciples. There are so many things that have happened that are evil and evil! The Jin State Office has been out of order for a long time, and the master wants to eradicate the traitors, tsk, I am afraid that he will suffer from it. The poem also says: "There are many people, but there is no self-reliance." Master, let go of this thought for a moment. ”

Qi Ying didn't agree with his words, so she retorted: "The crusade against the two is my family affair, what does it have to do with the office?" ”

Uncle You was also a little annoyed, and continued: "Now that the prince has lost his power, he is in charge of his family; The major families are looking for various ways to expand their power, and the small family is not destroyed, how can it fulfill everyone? You don't know the relationship between Qi Sheng and Zhibo, if you want to get rid of Qi Sheng, you must win over a family that is equivalent to the power of the Zhi family, otherwise don't do it! ”

Qi Ying frowned tightly and brushed her sleeves away. He came to Yang Shi's house again and asked Yang Shime to prepare a hundred clan armor to be on standby at any time. Three days later, Qi Ying used a stratagem to trick the two out of Xinjiang City, and captured the two alive with the help of Yang Shime.

Qi Ying copied the homes of the two again, but could not find the account books of the family property. He forced Qi Sheng to hand over the account book, and Qi Sheng said: "The account book was placed in Zongyi by me." If the master can let me go, I am willing to hand over everything and leave the Jin Kingdom, and never set foot in the Jin Kingdom again for the rest of my life! ”

Qi Ying hesitated for a moment, then agreed. But this was just a delaying tactic by Qi Sheng, and while Qi Ying sent someone to retrieve the account books, one of Qi Sheng's cronies went to see Zhisong with a valuable bribe and asked him to save his master.