Xu Xinyao hesitated slightly, stopped silently, and stood aside.
Xu Yuan finished the operation in an orderly manner, and while using the restraint to seal the saint's remaining soul, he suddenly said casually:
"By the way, Xu Changge may be with his father."
Hearing this, Xu Xinyao was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at the wound on the back of her hand:
"Third brother, are you worried that I will complain to my eldest brother?"
"Complain?"
Xu Yuan glanced at her and murmured, with a hint of amusement in his eyes.
He recalled some memories from the past.
When boys were young, they all liked leather. Their father didn't care, so only their eldest brother took care of it.
Xu Xinyao is the only girl in the family, and Xu Changge, as the eldest brother, loves her very much.
And Xu Xinyao is a doormat. She will only cry secretly when she is wronged. But the problem is that Xu Changge can tell that she has cried as soon as they meet her. Whenever this happens, Xu Changge will take him out and beat him up without saying a word. .
Because he was the only person in the entire Xiangguo Mansion who would offend Xu Xinyao.
This eldest brother has had some problems with his character since he was a child. He doesn't care about facts or anything. He only wants what he thinks, not what you think.
The boss is gone.
If there are four kids at home, most of the time this situation will turn into him running away while cursing Xu Changge. Xu Changge quickly follows with a calm face and wants to beat the person. Xu Xinyao pulls the eldest brother to persuade him, and the second brother Xu Changan stood in front of him and tried to reason with his elder brother.
Second brother Xu Changan likes to reason with people the most, and he almost never loses when trying to reason with others.
But the problem is that although the second brother is more reasonable than Xu Changge, he can't beat him.
In the end, the literary fight turned into a physical fight, with Xu Xinyao crying and persuading the two brothers.
I don’t know how many times this scene has been staged in the Prime Minister’s Mansion.
later
Later, he was gradually the only one left in the house, and everyone else left.
Thinking of this, Xu Yuan shook his head gently:
"It doesn't matter, you can just say it if you want to. Anyway, I won't be returning to the Imperial Capital for a while."
Xu Xinyao lowered her eyes and looked at the wound on the back of her hand:
"This matter is Xinyao's fault, and the third brother is responsible for the beating."
Xu Yuan ignored her.
About two quarters of an hour after the formation was activated, the other end belatedly picked up the communication, and his voice was as calm as ever:
"Changtian?"
Xu Yinhe's place seemed to be in a downtown area, and the sound was slightly noisy.
"Well, father, it's me." Xu Yuan replied.
After he finished speaking, the noise coming from the communication crystal suddenly disappeared. It should be that the other party used some means to block the surrounding sounds:
"Something happened just now. You are looking for your father now because of Shengshan County's affairs?"
Xu Yuan nodded:
"Yep."
"Because Shengshan County was destroyed?"
Xu Yinhe's deep voice asked such a question calmly, without the slightest disturbance, as if he was ready for the entire Shengshan County to be massacred.
Xu Yuan was stunned when he heard this.
He had previously used a communication crystal in Huanglongji to notify his father, clearly explaining the general situation and how long Shengshan County could last. The other party just listened calmly at that time, but the father had already accurately predicted this in his mind. Things that happened.
If he hadn't met Xu Xinyao on the way, there was a high probability that Shengshan County would have been completely slaughtered at this moment.
After a pause, Xu Yuan replied in a low voice:
"No."
"No?"
Xu Yinhe's voice remained calm, and he turned to say: "It seems that something happened."
"I met the fourth sister in Huanglongji." Xu Yuan spoke simply.
"Xiaosi?"
Xu Yinhe's voice was filled with a hint of surprise, and then Gujing Wubo's voice was filled with a hint of smile: "It's quite a coincidence, she is by your side now?"
"Yeah." Xu Yuan.
Xu Xinyao on the side said in a low voice: "Father."
When the other end of the communication circle heard this voice, it was silent for a while and just said softly:
"Don't blame yourself too much. This matter has nothing to do with you. My father will take care of it. Talk to your third brother properly. You haven't seen each other for a long time."
Xu Xinyao clenched her fists and said nothing.
Xu Yuan listened and shook his head gently.
This is how my father always treats his family.
When the children do things, he comes to wipe their butts. Even if the sky falls, he will be there to hold them up.
However, Xu Yuan still spoke out:
"Father, Xiaosi should reflect on this matter carefully. She trusts the sect too much."
"Um?"
Xu Yinhe hesitated, smiled and said, "Don't blame your sister too much. Your brother can't bear to see her being wronged."
Xu Yuan chuckled lightly and said:
"So what if you can't see it, she is indeed wrong about this."
Xu Yinhe smiled when he heard this and uttered three words:
"Progress."
After a pause, Xu Yinhe brought the topic back on track, and his voice came:
"Since Shengshan County saved me, you probably came to me to talk about the Wanxiang Sect."
"Yeah." Xu Yuan nodded.
Xu Yinhe asked in a low voice:
"Lou Ji's people just went to Huanglongji to get the prisoner you mentioned. Changtian, how do you want your father to deal with the Wanxiang Sect?"
Xu Yuan did not speak, but glanced sideways at Xu Xinyao beside him and motioned for her to speak.
Xu Xinyao's eyes flashed with light, she bit her lip and whispered:
"Father, there should be many uninformed people in Wanxiang Sect."
Xu Yinhe didn't speak, only the sound of gentle breathing could be heard.
Xu Xinyao continued:
"The people who want to take action against Shengshan County should be those high-level officials, okay?"
"well"
Xu Yuan sighed lowly at this time and looked at Xu Xinyao with a little disappointment in his eyes.
Xu Xinyao saw the look in her third brother's eyes and swallowed her words in mid-sentence.
Xu Yuan took a deep breath and whispered:
"Father, I agree with Xinyao. I don't recommend taking action against the Wanxiang Sect immediately, but the reasons are different from hers."
Xu Yinhe came from the communication crystal:
"Tell me."
Xu Yuan glanced at the fourth sister with lowered eyes and clenched fists, and whispered:
"The first thing we should consider now is not how to take revenge, but how to provide disaster relief and stop losses. With the current situation in Shengshan County, there are no border troops left, and the official system has been paralyzed. In addition to medicine and food, everything is dead With so many people and monsters, there is a high probability that they will encounter plague in the future, and these series of things will require silver."
"."
After a moment of silence, Xu Yinhe's voice came:
"Changtian, you mean not to attack the Wanxiang Sect, but instead use this reason to ask for silver and materials as compensation?"
Xu Yuan's eyes were dark and he whispered calmly:
“It’s just that we don’t take action now.
"Father, you should know that both Pingning Prefecture and Xizezhou, where Shengshan County is located, have huge financial deficits and cannot provide disaster relief funds at all. If they want disaster relief, they can only go to your side, not to mention the issue of time. , after layer upon layer of exploitation, it would be pretty good to get half of the money and food in the hands of Shengshan County.
"What's more, the current situation is not suitable to attack Wanxiang Sect."
Xu Yinhe became quiet a little, and his voice was filled with interest:
"go on."
Xu Yuan thought for a moment and continued in a low voice:
"First, the annual spring tide has not yet subsided. It is difficult for Xizezhou's officers and soldiers to mobilize enough elites to deal with the Wanxiang Sect. If they mobilize troops from other places, there is a high probability that they will be discovered by these sects and everything will be exposed. The Sect will not wait for death, and must be prepared to jump over the wall. The Wanxiang Sect has been operating in Xizezhou for hundreds of years, and if they start a rebellion, the losses will be huge. "
"Never start a war when the other side is well prepared."
"."
After saying this, Xu Yinhe smiled, very softly, but Xu Yuan heard it.
The huge secret room was quiet for a moment, and then the communication crystal flashed again:
"continue."
Xu Yuan thought for a moment and continued:
"Second, the huge compensation will most likely lead to internal strife within the Wanxiang Sect. When faced with common interests, they are unanimous, but when it comes to matters such as compensation, they will not be monolithic, and will only blame the scapegoat for the matter being exposed. Try your best to put it on other people’s heads to reduce your own losses.”
After Xu Yinhe listened carefully, he asked calmly:
"What if they don't want to compensate?"
Xu Yuan shook his head:
"They will not refuse to pay compensation. At most, they will ask us to hand over witnesses and all relevant information. And the moment we reach cooperation, we have become accomplices. If they bring up the old story again and they reveal the matter, we will also be implicated. .”
Xu Yinhe's voice was still unhurried:
"In this case, how can we attack Wanxiang Sect again in the future?"
Xu Yuan smiled in a low voice:
"No need for a reason in the future."
"."
After the words fell, there was silence.
Then,
Xu Yinhe laughed, and this time his laughter could be heard clearly in the silent stone house:
"Oh, you really don't need a reason in the future, Changtian, is there any more?"
"certainly."
Xu Yuan replied, glancing at Xu Xinyao who looked complicated at the side:
"Third, and most importantly, just like what you did before, father, this behavior can send a signal to the sect. We, the Prime Minister, have surrendered. You have given up the intention of rectifying the sect, and we have begun to prepare for a retreat. .”
"That makes sense."
Xu Yinhe lightly praised it, but immediately denied it: "But Changtian, you missed the most important point."
Xu Yuan's eyes were slightly surprised: "What?"
Xu Yinhe's voice was gentle:
"Only when the knife is placed on the neck, the sect will give in. Even if they agree to the compensation for causing the Wanxiang Sect to bleed, they will only squeeze it out bit by bit. Maybe they won't be able to pay it all in ten, maybe twenty years. They will never give it. They overestimate their bottom line, and their bottom line has no lower limit."
Xu Yuan frowned:
"Father, what about this matter?"
Xu Yinhe said softly:
"I have asked Yuan Hao to take 40,000 black scale troops to secretly depart from Anfengzhou in batches in the name of supporting the border."
Hearing this, Xu Yuan's eyes flashed.
After so many years, the Wanxiang Sect has lost the original consciousness of "the emperor guarding the country" as the founder of the sect, and has moved its sect to the easternmost part of Xizezhou, near the junction with Anfengzhou.
Moreover, he knew the entire Yuan Hao in Cangyuan.
A high-ranking cadre under this father had such an outstanding personality that Xu Yuan remembered this mid- to late-stage BOSS.
An out-and-out war lunatic.
Thinking of this, Xu Yuan gathered his thoughts and asked slightly hesitantly:
"But wouldn't such behavior cause the Wanxiang Sect to jump over the wall?"
Xu Yinhe replied:
"No one can get close to the military camp. These 40,000 black scale troops are counted in teams (50 people) and rush in batches. They will not converge until they are close to Vientiane City."
When Xu Yuan heard this, his eyes were slightly stunned.
How dare the armies of this world travel in such a hurry and be reduced to pieces under such communication conditions?
Moreover, with such a march, what should we do with the baggage? What about war equipment? What should I do if my team gets lost halfway?
However, after thinking for a moment, Xu Yuan was generally relieved.
A unit of fifty people can ensure confidentiality while maintaining basic organization and discipline. As for baggage and equipment, they can be transported by air through Xumijie and flying monsters. After all, this troop deployment is within the country and there will be no encounters. There is a situation like an ambush, and the official roads in Dayan are extremely developed. There are many stations along the way. It is basically impossible to get lost without going deep into the mountains and forests.
Moreover, most of these soldiers should have been trained from Tianan Martial Arts School.
This extraordinary world cannot be measured by the ancient war patterns of previous lives.
After pondering for a long time, Xu Yuan said softly:
"Father, with this kind of march, how long will it take to get there?"
Xu Yinhe naturally knows this very well:
"Calculating the time, most of the soldiers will be able to gather and attack Vientiane City in about two decades."
Saying that, Xu Yinhe paused:
"When the time comes, Changtian, go talk to the people from the Wanxiang Sect."
"." The corners of Xu Yuan's eyes twitched.
For a long time,
Xu Yuan suddenly said one word: "Me?"
"Of course." Xu Yinhe said slowly: "Yuan Hao is violent by nature and is not suitable for negotiation, so you go."
Xu Yuan coughed lightly: "Father, are you sure you want me to go?"
Xu Yinhe's voice was soft:
“At first I wasn’t sure whether to let you go, but now I am sure.
"certainly,
"If you don't want to go, Changtian, you can refuse."
Xu Yuan thought for a while and replied:
"I go."
Xu Yinhe gently clasped the document in front of him: "Don't feel burdened, it doesn't matter even if the negotiation is not concluded."
After a pause, Xu Yuan asked:
"Father, can I take Xinyao with me?"
"."Xu Xinyao.
Xu Yinhe did not agree immediately, but asked:
"Xinyao, are you willing to go with your brother?"
Xu Yuan looked back at her, and Xu Xinyao nodded slightly:
"This happened because of Xinyao, so naturally I am willing."
Xu Yuan chuckled:
"Father, if that's the case, then I'll make some preparations."
Xu Yinhe didn't mean to hang up immediately, he just said:
"Don't worry, my father just has something else to ask you for."
Xu Yuan paused after hearing the words, thought for a moment, and asked:
"Father, tell me."
Xu Yinhe pondered for the first time and whispered:
"I just came out of Wuchenghou Mansion."
"Wu Chenghou?"
Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows and subconsciously thought of the princess named Mu Zhiyun: "Is it related to me?"
Xu Yinhe did not deny:
"Yeah, related."
"Father, you can speak frankly."
"You have reached the age of weakness."
"."
Hearing these familiar words, Xu Yuan's heart skipped a beat and he said nothing.
Seeing that Xu Yuan didn't speak for a long time, Xu Yinhe coughed lightly:
"Marquis Wu Cheng agrees that you should return to the Imperial Capital, and my father has arranged a marriage for you."
(End of chapter)
