It did not take too long for Xin Pi and Zhu Ling to verify that Xu Shu had indeed left, and based on Xin Pi's judgment, he concluded that Yuan Shao might have arrived and Liu Bei was in a tough fight and needed rescue.
Under such circumstances, Xinpi and Zhu Ling naturally handed over the city defense to their lieutenants with confidence, and then went to the Cui family overnight with gifts to apologize.
In fact, all of this was within Cui Yan's expectations. There was a strategy called playing hard to get. Although Cui Yan did not have any amazing ingenuity, once he made up his mind, he would never look back. Since he still planned to fall to Liu Bei, Then even if Xu Shu is not there, he still has to find a way to catch up with Liu Bei.
After that, the three of them naturally pushed cups and cups, and drank very drunk. Xin Pi and Zhu Ling came to apologize themselves. Cui Yan drank so generously, could the accompanying people not pour it into their mouths? Naturally, even generals like Zhu Ling were knocked to the ground.
"De Ru, contact Liu Bei for me. The only member of the Cui family I can trust is you." Cui Yan was about to vomit out the gall, but his consciousness was already clear.
"I'll go right away." Cui Lin nodded immediately and said, "I have ordered people to carry the two of them into the inner courtyard and light the spices for calming sleep. I don't think they will wake up for five hours."
"Well done." Cui Yan said dizzy. He knew very well that even if things were unfavorable, Xinpi and Zhu Lingsu would not have the slightest suspicion in the inner courtyard of the Cui family. At most, they would think that Cui Yan Virtue is indeed good.
That night, Cui Lin left Cui's house through the secret passage and prepared to go to contact Liu Bei's army in Qingzhou. Unfortunately, Zang Ba in Qingzhou had already rushed to the Bohai Sea at that time, and there was no general who could mobilize a thousand men in Qingzhou privately.
With Cui Lin's wisdom, he instantly saw something else under Zang Ba's undisguised behavior, and immediately understood everything, and immediately rushed back to Qinghe overnight. It must be said that the mobility of an individual soldier is really extraordinary. It's scary, especially when horsepower is sacrificed.
It was already dawn when Cui Lin returned alone. After rushing to Cui's house, he told Cui Yan everything he saw and heard.
"You mean Zang Ba has invaded Bohai. How is this possible?" Cui Yan said in disbelief.
"I'm afraid. Liu Bei has traitors in Bohai and even in the entire Jizhou. I'm afraid that the painful plot was done for all of us Hebei aristocratic families and Yuan Shao to see." Cui Lin said with a solemn expression.
"If the Zhen family rebels, Jizhou will be gone. The Zhen family is spread all over Jizhou. This is true." Cui Yan smiled bitterly. If the Zhen family really rebelled, Yuan Shao would have won the battle. Almost lost.
"The problem is that all families have the value of rebellion, but the Zhen family does not have the meaning of rebellion. Does the Zhen family have legitimate sons? No, does it have a successful bastard? No." Cui Yan asked and answered. This is also the reason why Yuan Shao let Zhen go. For family reasons, a family that can't even solve the issue of heirs doesn't need to be watched at all.
The issue of heirs cannot be solved, who will start the rebellion, and the person in charge of the Zhen family is a woman. Isn't it obvious that she will not participate in any power games, and will watch the whole show?
Naturally, this is a family of well-behaved babies. As long as Yuan Shao is clear in his mind, he will definitely not use violent means to attack. At most, he will use marriage to see if he can tie the other party to his ship. After all, the Zhen family is rich.
As a result, the current situation is that the Zhen family has rebelled. The Zhen family, which has no sense of rebellion at all, has rebelled. This makes Cui Yan extremely surprised. You must know that as long as the Zhen family hangs on the ground of Jizhou like this, no matter who takes control of Jizhou Everyone needs to treat the Zhen family well. This is the family that controls the food and clothing expenses of the head of the Nine Provinces!
"Let's take action. There is probably only one possibility. The Zhen family is sure that Liu Bei will win." Cui Lin looked at Cui Yan expectantly and said.
"Let's take action. The Zhen family has a great cause and has no rebellious value. Our Cui family will be divided into two. It's time for someone to explore the way. Let's take action directly. All the clan elders will be placed under house arrest." Cui Yan was extremely calm. said.
When the family has developed to this level, it has long passed the bloody period when the whole family was pressured for a little profit. Steady progress is what they pursue, and the Zhen family acted like this. If it is purely eager for quick success and quick gain, it is absolutely impossible!
You must know that the reason why Zhen Yi handed over the position of head of the family to the Zhang family was not only to send a signal to other families to withdraw from the family hegemony, but also because the Zhang family valued the entire family extremely!
But the current situation is obvious that the Zhang family has not changed, so only the situation has changed, so Cui Yan is ready to take action without saying anything else.
At dawn the next day, the Cui family's private soldiers took over the entire city by changing defenses. As for Yuan Shaojun, Cui Yan sent him to collect the reward in the name of Xinpi and Zhu Ling.
They received money, had food to eat, and the Cui family inspected the city defense. Xinpi and Zhu Ling went to the Cui family to visit the Cui family before. Wei Yan's army outside the city had retreated, and no one thought there was any problem. Cui Yan succeeded in this way He took over the entire city, and then divided the well-fed Yuan Shaojun into various parts of the city and placed him under house arrest.
After doing this, Zhu Ling woke up from a daze. When he learned that Cui Yan had arranged the city defense and that no foreign enemies were coming, Zhu Ling just had some breakfast and lay down again, without any doubts about Cui Yan. .
When Xinpi woke up, Cui Yan woke up before using Zhu Ling. He was dizzy and arranged the city defense, then fell asleep and fooled Xinpi, whose head was about to split. Last night, in order to get these two guys drunk, Cui Yan Yan Ke is really a good drinker.
Xin Pi was also careless. He had no defense against Cui Yan in the first place. After learning that Zhu Ling was dizzy and ordered people to change defenses, he went to sleep. He knew that Zhu Ling was actually very reliable.
As a result, by the time Xu Shu and Wei Yan arrived, Cui Yan had completely taken over the entire Ganling. After seeing the Daxia Dragon Bird Sword, his originally majestic and indifferent face also had a touch of joy. The Cui family of Qinghe was right. Got it!
Naturally, in this situation, Xin Pi and Zhu Ling had no way to do anything. When they were confused, they were captured by Xu Shu and Wei Yan respectively, and then tied into twists. The Qinghe Administration Office was captured by Liu Beijun from then on. Later, relying on the Cui family's strong dominance in Qinghe, they quickly captured the entire Qinghe County.
At this time, it was less than four hours since Yuan Shao fell. Jizhou, the most important city in Hebei Province, had gradually fallen into the hands of Liu Bei in a planned way. If Yuan Shao was still alive, he would probably sigh and know that he did not lose unfairly.
After accepting the entire Qinghe, Xu Shu and Wei Yan immediately began to register on the spot. Although there were only two of them, because the news of Yuan Shao's death had been known to Cui Yan, no one in the entire Qinghe dared to fail under the control of the Cui family. Obeying the orders of Wei Yan and Xu Shu, the so-called general trend has been achieved, which can be seen from this. (To be continued.)
