"Who is it? How dare you come to my Zhang family and act recklessly!"
In the west of the city, there was a sudden shout from a luxurious mansion, followed by a chaotic and noisy sound. It seemed that the guards of the mansion were fighting an unknown unexpected intruder.
The outcome of the battle is unknown, but it quickly subsided. Judging from the fact that no one escaped, it was probably the Zhang family who captured or directly killed the people.
Even though this family is usually relatively quiet, it is the most powerful and powerful family in the entire Chang'an City, second only to the Dugu Clan and the Yuwen Clan!
As early as the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Zhang family had already bet on Yang Jian and received generous rewards. After hundreds of years of development, he has already become an extremely powerful character!
On weekdays, it would be fine if they didn't bully others. How could there be any reason for people to bully them?
"Have you found out who it is?"
The head of the Zhang family asked with a livid face.
"Report to the head of the family! Those thieves were very decisive. After realizing that they were exposed and unable to escape, they committed suicide! Some clues were found on them, but..."
"But what? If you have anything to say, just say it directly, don't hesitate!"
"Yes! My subordinates found some weapons from the Guards on these thieves. I don't know how they obtained them."
"Guards?"
The head of the Zhang family narrowed his eyes.
That's the Dugu clan's private land!
Is Dugu Valve behind this incident?
He subconsciously wanted to deny this idea.
During this period of time, Dugu Feng had been trying his best to win over him. Although his attitude was ambiguous, he did not refuse clearly.
They shouldn't be so unwise to attack them at this time, right?
Moreover, they are only weapons of the Guards. Although it is difficult for outsiders to obtain them, it is not difficult for people of their level to get some.
Framed?
The head of the Zhang family hesitated again.
Although this incident looked like a frame-up on the surface, considering some of Dugu Feng's actions and the special identity of the mansion that was attacked, this incident may not have been done by the other party.
He thought about it again and again, but still couldn't come up with an accurate answer.
In the end, the head of the Zhang family could only sigh and gave the order.
"Go ahead and double the patrol manpower every night from now on!"
"yes!"
The guards took the order and came out.
The head of the Zhang family looked at the thick night and sighed again.
"What a troubled time it has been! I wonder if my Zhang family can survive this disaster smoothly?"
Decades ago, his Zhang family made the right bet and followed the right master. Since then, they have risen to the top and become the first-class family in the world.
Today, decades later, the dynasty is about to collapse and another round of reshuffle has begun. Can the Zhang family still have such good luck?
The head of the Zhang family found it difficult.
The main reason is that the options currently available to him, the Dugu Clan and the Yuwen Clan, are somewhat unreliable in his eyes.
It is said that the main thing when choosing a person is to first look at the person, and according to his observation, both Dugufeng and Yu Wenji have quite a few flaws.
Even with the support of the two great clans, based on their abilities, the head of the Zhang family felt that at best they would be able to separate themselves and become princes.
If you want to achieve hegemony and ascend to the only supreme throne, unless you are lucky, the possibility is too slim!
Even the head of the Zhang family felt that following these two people would be better than following Yang Guang!
Of course, this refers specifically to the early Yang Guang!
In the early days, Yang Guang was definitely the best in terms of courage, character and ability!
Many people even think that he may create a prosperous dynasty and bring the Sui Dynasty to a new peak!
When Yang Guang first took over the country, he indeed showed very powerful means and abilities, and managed the country to flourish, and even vaguely resembled a prosperous dynasty.
pity.
Everything changed when he set his target on the nobles of major aristocratic families.
And when his three expeditions to Goryeo failed, he was almost crippled.
Nowadays, even if Yang Guang still has ambitions in his heart, it is difficult to attract their loyalty again - who makes their Zhang family one of the nobles of that family?
What Yang Guang wanted to do at the beginning was the interests of the entire aristocratic family. Even if the Zhang family benefited a lot, it was because of Yang Jian that they were where they are today, but it was impossible to completely abandon their own family interests and follow him.
There are only three choices in Chang'an City, one cannot be chosen, and the remaining two are difficult to choose, which directly restricts the future of their Zhang family.
"If you really have to choose, Taiyuan Li Clan is a good choice."
The head of the Zhang family thought of Li Clan in Taiyuan, which was not too far away from Chang'an. He had had contact with Li Yuan and knew that the other person's seemingly low-key personality actually concealed extremely profound wisdom.
If you compare Dugufeng, Yu Wenhuaji and Li Yuan together, you can clearly feel the gap between the three.
Anyway, if the head of the Zhang family had to choose, he would definitely choose Li Yuan!
The Zhang family's foundation is basically in Chang'an City. It is not that simple to get close to the Li clan in Taiyuan.
"I heard that Li Yuan's second son, Li Shimin, is in Chang'an City. Maybe I can go and meet him?"
The head of the Zhang family was thinking about it. It was rumored that when Li Shimin was just born, a virtuous man made comments about "helping the world and bringing peace to the people", saying that he had the power of a flying dragon in the sky.
He didn't know how much 'hype' there was in it. Who among the families had never done this kind of praising their own children?
After all, you are paid, so you must say something nice when you come to your door. This is an old tradition, and some are even more exaggerated than this!
It's like your child's 100-day banquet. If you invite a big shot to attend, will anyone really say that your son will never achieve anything in the future? It’s not all good, to say the least!
This is one of the reasons why even after Yang Guang heard the somewhat inappropriate comment of 'helping the world and peace of the people', he did not do anything about it in the end.
On the one hand, the power of the Li clan is there, on the other hand, everyone is like this, so the law does not punish everyone!
Of course, regardless of the praise he made when he was a child, Li Shimin has gained a lot of good reputation in these years.
"If it is confirmed that he is also a true dragon among men..."
The head of the Zhang family's eyes flashed with light.
Both father and son are heroes, so this Li clan is really worthy of his bet!
"But the most important thing now is the matter of Duke Yang's treasure house..."
His temples jumped as he recalled the unknown person tonight.
What a headache!
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The Zhang family is not alone.
On this night, unknown people appeared in many mansions.
Some were captured on the spot, others escaped, and some caused great commotion and called in the city defense.
All in all, it was a really lively evening.
By the next day, it immediately became the hottest topic in Chang'an City.
"Have you heard? There was a thief at Zhang Shangshu's house last night!"
"It's not just that! There was also a thief at Guan Shilang's house last night! I heard that many people died!"
"What is this? I heard that there was a robber in one of Yuwen Clan's mansions last night!"
"What's going on? Why were there so many thieves in one night? And they were all in the homes of important officials! Don't these thieves want to live?!"
"What do you know? Let me tell you, this is actually related to Yang..."
The voice suddenly lowered, as if he didn't want others to hear him, but the voice was neither far nor near, so it spread quietly.
After learning that these attacked mansions were all owned by Yang Su back then, the legendary Yang Gong's treasure house was probably hidden among them.
Naturally, a huge chaos ensued.
People from all walks of life came from all over the world for the sake of Yang Gong's treasury, and immediately began operations against these mansions.
Originally, given the power behind these mansions, people from all walks of life did not dare to act rashly and directly attack these mansions, even if they knew that there was likely to be a treasure house of Duke Yang.
But who gave Dugu Valve a 'good start'?
With such an example, all the greed in their hearts was instantly seduced.
That is the legendary treasure trove of Yang Gong that "can conquer the world"!
If I were to find him, wouldn't the world fall into my hands?
Putting aside the many logical flaws in this sentence, Yang Su didn't even become emperor back then, so you want to take over the world just because you got someone else's inheritance?
But even if this is removed, the value of Yang Gong's treasure house is enough to make countless people lose their minds.
That night.
The number of unknown people attacking various mansions and manors has increased by more than ten times. If these dignitaries had not arranged a large number of manpower for themselves in advance like the head of the Zhang family, something would have happened this time.
No!
Something has happened.
There were several families that were not that powerful and whose families declined due to various reasons, and were directly wiped out in this wave of impact!
Don't overestimate the moral sentiments of these people.
They came here for Mr. Yang’s treasure house. To put it bluntly, they came for the wealth!
I couldn't get Yang Gong's treasury, but I robbed you. How about making a big profit?
Naturally, these families were looted and even killed.
The occurrence of so many massacres suddenly raised the atmosphere of the entire Chang'an City to several levels.
Walking on the street, you can see a very obvious sense of tension. There is a huge gap between the atmosphere yesterday, which was bustling but still somewhat relaxed.
It’s still that restaurant.
Sitting by the window on the third floor, Li Shimin frowned tightly as he watched the scene downstairs.
"Something's wrong! It's so wrong!"
"Second brother, do you think something is wrong?"
"Progress! This thing is not progressing at the right pace! This is progressing too fast!"
"Huh?! Isn't this normal?"
Li Xiuning felt a little confused.
"Since we have thought before, there is someone behind this 'Yang Gong's Treasure House'. The purpose is to disrupt the world situation and even weaken the major forces of all parties."
"Under such circumstances, he would secretly intervene in this matter and promote the progress of this incident. Isn't that normal?"
"Normally this is true, but Xiuning you have overlooked a very important point."
Li Shimin shook his head and continued without waiting for Li Xiuning to speak.
"Time! You ignored time!"
"You also said before that due to the distance, many people have not yet arrived in Chang'an. If the purpose of the person behind the scenes is to weaken the forces of all parties, then the time when he detonated this incident and completely provoked the unrest should be After they all arrived in Chang'an City!"
"At this time, the situation has been detonated and Chang'an City has been plunged into turmoil. Not only will it not be able to reap the best results, but it is also likely to face the risk of being discovered!"
"It's not like there aren't smart people in the court. If the other party leads slowly and allows this incident to break out naturally, they may not be able to discover it."
"But now that this incident broke out so quickly and even directly wiped out several families, this is obviously too obvious!"
Although Li Shimin is confident, he will not underestimate the world. What he can see and think of, others may not be able to do.
Not to mention that the situation in Chang'an City is still so conspicuous now. Anyone with a little sense can probably figure something out.
Li Xiuning thought for a moment and then said.
"Second brother, do you think there is a possibility that someone, like us, also saw that this was a trap, and then he followed the trend, detonated the trap in advance, and exposed it directly to everyone?"
"Um?!"
Li Shimin looked stunned. This was a possibility that he had never thought of.
"If that's the case, what happened is reasonable..."
If we follow the idea of maximizing interests, the person who threw out the bait of 'Yang Gong's Treasure House' would never be able to detonate the situation at this time.
But if it were someone else, that might not be the case.
but······
Who is this person who detonated it in advance?
"Xiu Ning, I remember you told me before that the people who caused the turmoil in the first place were probably members of the Dugu Clan?"
Li Shimin recalled this issue immediately.
If we say who is most likely to detonate this situation in advance, it is undoubtedly the one who started to take action first!
"That's right, the people who started the attack all carried the weapons of the Guards. Only people from the Dugu Clan can get them! Of course, it is not ruled out that someone framed them and deliberately pushed this matter to the Dugu Clan. on the body."
Li Xiuning said.
"Dugu Valve?"
Li Shimin's eyes narrowed slightly.
Like the head of the Zhang family, he himself was not very fond of Dugu Feng and felt that he did not seem like someone who could dominate the world.
But if he is the person who triggered the situation in advance, then he may have to change his mind about him from now on.
Another old cunt who pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger?
Huh?
Why should I say another one?
"Second brother, actually compared to the Dugu Clan, I am more suspicious of the other force!"
Li Xiuning suddenly spoke to Li Shimin seriously.
"Which force?"
"Yuwen Valve!"
(End of chapter)
