Dajin royal family

Chapter 281

"What kind of person was mother in the past?"

Jiang Chengxiao asked this sentence in a very complicated mood. He himself didn't know if it was out of his heart, but he just wanted to know.

Xiao Tong smiled lightly, and said slowly: "Her, it's hard to tell. It's been more than 20 years. In my impression, your mother is still the little girl who likes to recite poems and fight against each other. I never thought that she would do it for a martial artist. .”

Having said that, Xiao Tong heaved a sigh of relief as if he was relieved of something on his mind.

"If she was still here, she would be glad to see you like this."

The two chatted a lot about Xiao Ruyin's past. Among them, Jiang Chengxiao also knew that the uncle in front of him was a real uncle, and he was a sibling of his mother.

"By the way, if you have a chance in the future, you might as well visit the old house. I keep your mother's boudoir."

There was a little melancholy in the words.

Jiang Chengxiao thought to himself, it seems that this uncle really values ​​Xiao Ruyin, otherwise he wouldn't have left her room after all these years.

"By the way, did you come to Jiangnan this time just to see me?" Xiao Tong asked.

Jiang Chengxiao shook his head, and said: "Actually, I was ordered by His Majesty to come to the south of the Yangtze River to inspect the disaster relief. Presumably my uncle also knew about the disaster relief in Qi County a few years ago. This time, His Majesty was worried and sent me here."

Xiao Tong nodded, and said: "So that's the case. I didn't expect His Majesty to value you so much. This is a good thing. Don't worry, I will definitely cooperate with you."

"Then trouble uncle."

Jiang Chengxiao smiled and cupped his hands.

Before I knew it, it was getting dark.

"Let's go, and follow me back to the mansion. You finally came to Jiangnan, and I must treat you well."

The two left the government office, under the astonished gazes of the guards, County Guard Xiao pulled Jiang Chengxiao's hand into the carriage and left.

Xiao House.

After Xiao Tong brought Jiang Chengxiao in, he left him in the hall to have tea, while he went out to order the servants in the mansion to prepare dinner.

"Master, those two people have extraordinary martial arts, they should have seen blood on their hands."

Nan Jiyun was beside Jiang Chengxiao, and told him the result of his exploration not long ago.

Jiang Chengxiao put down the teacup, a smile flashed across his mouth, and said softly: "It seems that my uncle is not an ordinary person."

In half a cup of tea, Xiao led a young girl into the hall.

"Qing Que, this is your cousin." Xiao Tong pointed at the girl and introduced.

Jiang Chengxiao raised his eyes, and saw a slim girl in a light purple skirt, with flowers and plants embroidered on the skirt, pink orchids tattooed between her eyebrows, a purple tassel inserted obliquely in her blue silk, her eyes were moist and slightly rouged , People can't help but feel compassion and care.

"I've seen my cousin." Jiang Chengxiao gave a slight salute.

"This is your cousin, Qingque." Xiao Tong introduced to his daughter.

Although her father had already told her about this cousin when she came, Xiao Xian was still a little surprised when they first met.

It looks pretty good.

Thinking of this, Xiao Xian's beautiful cheeks suddenly turned red.

"I've seen my cousin." Xiao Xian bowed his knees and saluted.

During the dinner, Xiao Tong introduced several concubines to Jiang Chengxiao.Xiao Tong's wife has died of illness, and there is currently no sequel, only one daughter by his side.

While everyone was chatting happily, the servant whispered a few words in Xiao Tong's ear, and then Xiao Tong left the table temporarily on the pretext of having something to do.

Xiao Tong left, only Xiao Xian and her aunts were left, and the atmosphere in the room was awkward for a while.

They are all female relatives, it is really difficult to chat with a man, so all of them just lowered their heads and ate their meals dullly.

In the end, Xiao Xian felt that it was inappropriate to snub his cousin like this, so he could only open the chatter box by himself.

It didn't matter to Jiang Chengxiao, it was just a whim to come to look for Xiao Tong today.

Since Xiao Xian temporarily replaced Xiao Tong's position, Jiang Chengxiao naturally smiled and chatted with her.

On the other side, Xiao Tong came to the inner study.

There are two people standing in the room, Zhang Xuan and Cen Zhenben.

"Why did my lord come to the mansion so late today, who is here?" Cen Zhenben asked strangely.

It stands to reason that when they came to discuss things in the past, the lord would come here as soon as possible, but today it was much later.

Xiao Tong nodded, and stretched out his hand to invite the two to kneel down.

"To be honest, my nephew is here today."

"Nephew?" Cen Zhenben and Zhang Xuan were surprised at the same time.

Zhang Xuan said: "My lord, I remember that the lord doesn't seem to have a younger sister. Where did the nephew come from? Could it be the nephew of the house?"

"No, he is my nephew, but the son of my deceased sister. It is also the first time I met him." Xiao Tong picked up the teapot and poured a cup for the two of them.

Cen Zhenben and Zhang Xuan looked at each other, feeling a little strange, they have been following the lord for more than ten years, but they have never heard of this matter.

But now is not the time to worry about these.

Zhang Xuan said: "My lord, there is news from Luoyang that Hunjun has ordered Langya County King Jiang Chengxiao to go south to secretly cooperate with the inner guards to investigate our Nanlianghui and Chen Qiujin's Nanchenhui."

Snapped!
The teacup in Xiao Tong's hand fell from his hand without warning, he didn't care about this, and looked at Zhang Xuan with burning eyes.

"What did you say, who is here?"

"Langya County King!" Zhang Xuan replied.

Xiao Tong settled down, picked up the teacup and put it on the table.

"You said it was the Prince Langya who came to investigate us?"

"Yes."

"Is this person the Butcher County King stationed in the northern border?"

"Yes."

"Is he still Prince Zhao's son?"

"Yes."

Xiao Tong slowly closed his eyes, fists in his hands.

"Go on."

Although Cen Zhenben noticed something was wrong with the lord, he continued: "If there is no accident, the inner guard should have found out that our two associations are going to meet in Yuzhang County. According to reliable sources, a 5000-member left The Feather Guards have now camped outside the city."

"According to what you said, this Langya County King came here this time to catch us all." Xiao Tong said.

Zhang Xuan nodded and said: "That's right, on the bright side, the Hunjun appointed him as the inspector of the south of the Yangtze River to investigate the flood, and he actually came here for us."

"Then what are your plans?" Xiao Tong opened his eyes, and an incomprehensible color flashed across them.

Cen Zhenben clasped his hands and said, "Brother Zhang and I have different ideas, so it needs to be decided by the lord."

"Say."

Zhang Xuan first said: "What I mean is, find this Langya County King, and then send someone to sink him directly, and do it cleanly, so as to cause an accident."

"Where's Mr. Cen?" Xiao Tong looked at Cen Zhenben.

Cen Zhenben said: "My point of view is to borrow a knife to kill someone."

Hearing this, Xiao Tong squinted his eyes, and said with a little interest: "Go on."

"Although Chen Qiujin wants to divide the southern kingdom equally with us, his ambition is too great and he will not stop here. We might as well use the hands of Duke Langya to get rid of Chen Qiujin. Don't worry, we can also monopolize the southern country."

"No, if there were no survivors of the Chen Dynasty who took the lead in rebelling, we would not be able to succeed. At this time, counting allies, we are a bit self-defeating." Zhang Xuan stopped.

Cen Zhenben shook his head and said with a sneer: "Brother Zhang, don't worry, the Southern Chenhui has lost Chen Qiujin and his younger brother. In short, the Southern Chenhui will not be eradicated easily."

"It would be a good thing if we could use the opportunity of killing Chen Qiujin to force Nan Chenhui to take the lead in rebelling. If we really fight against Nan Chenhui, especially at this time, it may not be theirs. opponent."

Zhang Xuan said: "But didn't we agree before that the two families rebelled together and became brothers to fight against violent advances together."

"Innocent!"

Cen Zhenben sneered at first, and then said: "Brother Zhang, don't forget that once Chen Qiujin rises in the southeast, there are only two directions for development, one is to fight west, and the other is to fight north."

"The west is our territory, how can we give it to him. And to the north is Qingzhou, the northeastern part of Jiangdong. Do you think the court will just ignore it?"

Zhang Xuan paused, thinking carefully.

Xiao Tong said: "Are you sure of success?"

"Four percent."

"Why only [-]%?" Xiao Tong asked.

Cen Zhenben said helplessly: "My lord, we can get this news, but I can't guarantee whether Nan Chenhui will also get the news at this time."

In this way, Xiao Tong understood.

"Just to be on the safe side, transfer all our people out, and leave this matter to Mr. Cen."

Xiao Tong paused, and said: "If possible, don't hurt the life of King Langya for the time being."

"Why?" Cen Zhenben said, "If we secretly kill King Langya, then we can completely shift the responsibility to Nan Chenhui, and the imperial court will definitely send troops to attack Chen Qiujin. Sit back and reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Xiao Tong was silent for a moment, then said: "Because he is my nephew."

(End of this chapter)