Lanqiao's room was dark, with no lights on. Only the watery moonlight filtered through the gauze curtains by the window, reflecting the hazy outline of the furnishings in the room.

Hua Yuxi did not follow her into the house immediately, but stood hesitantly at the door, her pretty face slightly lowered, and her toes wiggling uneasily.

"Come in, why are you standing there?" Lan Qiao looked back at her, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her into the house.

Hua Yuxi had fantasized about this situation more than once, but when Lan Qiao actually pulled her into the house, she still found it unbelievable. Seeing Lan Qiao closing the door behind him and lighting the lamp, her face became even hotter and her head

It also hangs lower.

Because the light was dim just now, Lan Qiao didn't see Hua Yuxi's shy look clearly until now, and asked in surprise: "You are blushing like this, what are you thinking about?"

Hua Yuxi played with the corners of her clothes with her fingers, biting her lips but did not respond.

When Lan Qiao saw her acting strangely, he became more suspicious. However, he did not pursue the question further. Instead, he spread out a piece of paper on the desk and studied the ink while saying, "Have you been to Duke Wei's mansion? Do you remember the structural layout inside?"

"Ah?" Hua Yuxi didn't expect Lan Qiao to ask this question suddenly. She was startled for a moment before saying, "Remember."

"It's impossible not to save Xiao Shu. Since you urged me not to kidnap Miss Xu San, let's change our thinking." Lan Qiao finished grinding the ink and began to polish his pen in the ink pool again, "Tomorrow evening, Xu Huizu will

I must accompany the third lady to the Xiang Mansion to celebrate her birthday. The Wei Guogong Mansion is empty, so I can take advantage of it and sneak into Xu's house to find someone. If you have been there, can you draw me a picture of the layout of the Wei Guogong Mansion?

"

Hua Yuxi suddenly realized that she had been thinking wrongly. It turned out that Lan Qiao had called her into the room to ask her to draw a picture. She blushed even more when she thought that she was still thinking wildly when she entered the door just now.

"You don't have a fever, do you?" Lan Qiao glanced at her with concern and put the back of his generous palm against her forehead, "It's not very hot."

"It's okay." Hua Yuxi smiled reluctantly and pushed Lan Qiao's hand away with a guilty conscience.

Lan Qiao handed the pen to her hand and said with a smile: "At that time, in the Shichuan Underground Palace, you could memorize the Xixia treasure map at a glance, and the layout of Xu's house was not a problem."

Hua Yuxi picked up the pen, hesitated for a moment, then put it down and said, "Master, are you planning to go alone?"

Lan Qiao said in shock: "Lan Feng doesn't know martial arts, it would be too dangerous to take him there."

"I'm not talking about the second young master." Hua Yuxi said in a dumbfounded voice, "Don't you ever think of taking me there?"

"This matter has nothing to do with you, so why should you put yourself in danger?" Lan Qiao looked at her puzzledly and said, "Because of An Xiaohan's matter, they are trying to kill you and then hurry up. You can hide it without being discovered.

I’m so lucky, how can I go out and do activities again?”

"The master's business is my family's business." Hua Yuxi put the pen back on the pen holder with some displeasure and said, "If it has nothing to do with me, then I won't draw this picture."

Seeing her anger, Lan Qiao rubbed his hands at a loss and said: "I know you are good at it, but hiding invisibly does not work when there are many people. If they find it, you can't protect it no matter how many people there are."

I."

"Who said it's for you? The young master is really capable of being sentimental." Hua Yuxi pursed her lips and said angrily, "The slave family went with the young master, firstly to avoid staying in the Xiang Mansion and being discovered by Xu Huizu's people, and more importantly,

I want to take this opportunity to kill Chang Hong and let Liu Yueyao learn my methods."

"Does Chang Hong have any big grudge against you?"

"He is responsible for the snack bill, and he almost killed the young master. Do you think he should be killed?"

"Should."

"Isn't that enough? With the addition of the Miss Li family you are looking for, it can be considered as killing three birds with one stone."

"What does reluctance mean? Saving Xiao Shu is the main purpose, right? Why do you look so reluctant?"

"Sir, life in the slave family is very hard." Hua Yuxi said quietly, and suddenly she started to cry, "I heard that Miss Li from Jiangpu is famous for having a bad temper and being difficult to take care of. She doesn't even listen to her own parents.

.If the young master really saved her, and she offered her life to repay his kindness, wouldn’t the slave family have multiple hard-to-serve mistresses? Then she would definitely not understand the slave family being so kind to the master, and she would be jealous and vent her resentment on the slave family.

…”

"Stop, stop, stop it first." Lan Qiao waved his hands repeatedly to stop her from continuing: "What is all this and what? I don't even see anyone now, where do you want to go?"

"Isn't it like this?" Hua Yuxi spread her hands innocently and made a face quietly.

Lan Qiao didn't want to make jokes with her, and mused: "Seriously, we should think carefully about what Xu Huizu's intention was in arresting Xiao Shu."

Hua Yuxi said nonchalantly: "Maybe it's just for the sake of beauty and temporary pleasure."

Lan Qiao muttered: "How could Xu Huizu be such a person?"

"What's impossible for heroes to love beauties?" Hua Yuxi turned her eyes and said with a smile: "With his noble status as Wei Guogong, there can never be too many beauties. Liu Yueyao often has trysts with him. It's him

The matter of underground lovers is no secret."

"It must be because of Xiao Shu's identity, or for some political purpose." Lan Qiao said cautiously, "Tell me about the origins of the Erqi Society and the subsequent development process. I will think about the connection, and maybe you can

Guess what he’s thinking.”

"Even if I don't tell you the origin, the young master will probably have guessed it." Hua Yuxi said perfunctorily, "It's just a cliché story about a few miserable people who were heartbroken by the late emperor and determined to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and avenge their families."

Lan Qiao asked: "These people you are talking about are Xu Huizu, Liu Jing and An Xiaohan?"

"Yes." Hua Yuxi said calmly, "Xu Huizu's parents were both harmed by the late emperor, Liu Bowen also did not die well, and An Xiaohan's beloved wife died of grief due to the Lan Yu case. They hit it off in the 27th year of Hongwu and were determined to take revenge.

, so the Erqihui was established."

"Among the three founders, Xu Huizu has the most powerful position, so Xu Huizu is of course the president of the Erqi Society?"

"Yes, in fact, even when it comes to martial arts, the hall master at that time was slightly inferior to Xu Huizu, not to mention military skills and political skills." Hua Yuxi nodded, "It's a pity that within four years, the late emperor died and they lost their revenge.

He wanted to completely subvert the dynasty established by the late emperor."

"What do they want to do?"

"The first step is, of course, to install party members in the court." Hua Yuxi explained patiently, "There are many civil servants and generals who disagree with the late emperor's atrocities or have sympathy for the relatives of the heroes. With Xu Huizu's prestige, it is easy to

They won over. Then they used their influence in the court to push Emperor Jianwen to reduce the vassal state, and tried to use drastic measures to ensure that everyone in the vassal kings in various places was in danger and had to fight against the imperial court to protect themselves.

"

"Is that why Prince Xiang's family set themselves on fire, and the little princess was also hunted down?" When Lan Qiao said this, his mind couldn't help but think of the catastrophic fire in Prince Xiang's palace that year.

"The ultimate purpose of all this is to force the most powerful King Yan to rebel and drag the Taiping world back into war. The generals who were good at fighting during the Hongwu period have been basically eliminated by the late emperor. The unscrupulous generals Jianwen can be used. Although they have the advantage of military strength,

But it is difficult to truly defeat King Yan. The incompetence of one general can lead to the death of three armies, and Li Jinglong is the most typical example."

"At this time, Emperor Jianwen had no choice but to use Xu Huizu to control the military and political power of the court?"

"Jianwen didn't trust Xu Huizu at first, because his sister Xu Miaoyun was Zhu Di's queen. But when Zhu Di won a series of battles, the Southern Army lost troops and generals, and Xu Huizu repeatedly proved his loyalty and strength, he relied on the Yingtian established by himself

The new army will reach the pinnacle of power sooner or later."

"Then we have to wait until the Southern Army and King Yan defeat both sides first." Lan Qiao sighed, "Isn't this another level of 'taking advantage of the opportunity'?"

"The food, wages, and weapons of Yingtian's new army were entirely raised by the Erqihui. It can be said to be Xu Huizu's private army. Once it gains power, it will dominate the court and regard the emperor as a puppet, such as Cao Cao in the late Han Dynasty and Huan Wen in the late Jin Dynasty.

Generally." Hua Yuxi said seriously, "Even if he himself does not usurp the throne, his children and grandchildren will inevitably take this last step and complete the final blow of revenge against the late emperor."

Lan Qiao said disdainfully: "This is based on the premise that King Yan can be defeated. Otherwise, if the southern army is defeated, how can there be any eggs in the overturned nest?"

"No one knows Xu Huizu's military talents better than me. People only think that today is not as good as in the past, but I don't know that in my opinion, his military strategy is even better than that of the old Wei Duke Xu Da." Hua Yuxi said calmly, "Wait until he really

If you fight against King Yan on the battlefield, you will know if I am wrong."

"Xu Huizu may have his reasons for subverting the world, but what about you?" Lan Qiao looked into Hua Yuxi's eyes and asked, "What kind of hatred do you have? What do you want to gain by joining the Erqihui?"

"Can you give me some more time?" Hua Yuxi said with a complicated expression, half regretful and half sad, "When the slave family is ready, I will tell you everything exactly."
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