Beijing.
The heavy snowfall of the first month was vast, firecrackers were falling amidst the sound of wind and snow, and the flavor of the new year was still strong. However, the servants coming and going in the Duke of Qin's mansion were all trembling with fear, and the atmosphere was tense.
In the study room in the front yard, the situation was tense—
"Kuang Qingwu is a young boy. If he is not the only son of Kuang Shihan, he is nothing more than a mediocre person! Kuang Shihan himself fell into the hands of Qiu Jinglan, let alone him?!" Jiang Tianao sneered and looked down at everyone, "Back off. Wanbu Lailai, even if he escaped by chance, what did he do after that? Instead of hiding in a corner and living quietly, he started to commit robberies in Shazhou openly! "
"The most ridiculous thing is that the entire Zhenxi Army knew that his so-called bandits were always against the Zhenxi Army, and even harmed the soldiers several times, but they went slow every time to kill... The Zhenxi Army, known as the elite in the world, After guarding the Western Border for all these years, even though the Western Barbarians cannot advance even half a step eastward, what can they do to a sinner who was crowned only a year ago?"
Jiang Tianao looked at brothers Jiang Yazhu and Jiang Yashuang with lightning eyes, "You dare to say that this person was not ordered by Qiu Jinglan to eradicate dissidents under the banner of bandits?!"
This was the first time Jiang Yazhu was called over to participate in a discussion of this level. He was caught in the crosshairs of his uncle without thinking, and he knew nothing about the ins and outs of the matter. At this moment, he couldn't help but be stunned and speechless!
"Since the eldest uncle has said this, my nephew wants to ask the eldest uncle, the third uncle, the eighteenth sister, A Xing, and the youngest son of Marquis Jingchuan, where did they offend you?!" Jiang Yashuang also knew that the concubine The elder brother couldn't deal with the uncle, so he stood up expressionlessly, his dark eyes were cold, and he asked sternly, "In order to deal with my brother-in-law, you actually colluded with Kuang Qingwu to kidnap the three of them?!"
"Absurd!" Jiang Tianyao and Jiang Tianqi reprimanded at the same time, "You allowed your wife and brother to let Kuang Qingwu harm Shazhou, and you actually falsely accused your elders and instigated your own flesh and blood?! It's true that the older you get, the less sensible you become and the more you act nonsense! It's worse to keep doing this. Your eighth brother..."
"Serious? Nonsense? These are the judgments of my grandfather and father!" On the way to the study, Jiang Yashuang had already deduced who was the real culprit behind the attack on Jiang Yadan and his party. Now he can't wait to see the first and third rooms. The blame was pointed at Qiu Jinglan, who was even more certain - even though he had been scheming with the two uncles on behalf of the fourth house over the years, and had often deceived them. However, it hindered Qin Guogong and hindered their blood relationship. The target was mostly aimed at the other party's power. When it came to harming themselves, they kept their hands and controlled the bottom line.
But he restrained himself. What did the first house and the third house do? !
Jiang Qizheng, the only legitimate daughter of the fourth family, and her youngest son Qiu Feng are still in their infancy!
Ou Qinglan, the earliest and most loyal follower of the He clan in the Jiang family, is the only girl of this generation!
Even Ling Zui, who generally didn't care about his life in the Jiang family, due to his friendship with Qiu Jinglan and his care for Qiu Yilan and Ruan Ciyi, Jiang Yashuang couldn't just sit back and watch something happen to him!
"When Lan Lan was pregnant, I reminded myself that extraordinary measures must be used in emergency situations—" At this moment, Jiang Yashuang's heart was boiling, and her hatred was overwhelming!
"Now I realize that I am still too young. How can I compare to these two uncles in terms of cruelty?!"
He thought that the survival of Jiang Qizheng and the other two people was slim - after all, the death of the three of them had a huge impact on the fourth house. Jiang Yashuang could not imagine why the first house and the third house would give up. Family affection? If you still knew about this love, you wouldn’t have used this trick!
"The only hope is my brother, but my brother's power has been basically exposed as early as when Kuang Shihan was eradicated. Ren Ziyong's accumulated wealth for many years has been exhausted... The first and third bedrooms are easy to take care of, and so Calculation without intention, this hope is too slim!”
Suppressing the distracting thoughts in her heart, Jiang Yashuang suddenly burst into laughter, "Although my father is far away in northern Xinjiang, my grandfather is close by, so he can admonish his nephews. The reason why the two uncles are so eager to take over their duties is because they were told by their nephews." Are you in a hurry?"
"You are slandering your elders without any basis! Nineteen, you have never been such an ignorant person!" Jiang Tianqi sighed, showing pity, and his tone turned kind, "But uncle also understands you! After all, Eighteen and the others You must feel extremely uncomfortable when you suddenly encounter misfortune. Now you are angry and say something to your elders. Although it is not polite, we are all a family and no one will care about it... "
Speaking of this, he looked at Jiang Tianao - the latter frowned and immediately understood that this was to start the kind and tolerant elder mode, so as to set off Jiang Yashuang's unreasonable direction.
He was about to open his mouth to assist, but Jiang Yashuang already said: "Isn't it easy for Third Uncle to see the evidence?"
Ignoring the condensed expressions on the faces of the first and third houses after hearing this, he straightened his clothes and suddenly bowed down: "My grandfather and uncle are all aware of the martial arts of A Xing and Bago! I beg you, grandfather and uncle, To be fair!"
After he finished speaking, he kowtowed heavily. Although the floor of the study room was covered with thick felt, he was bruised all over - but Qin Guogong closed his eyes slightly and seemed to be concentrating, but he seemed not to have seen this scene at all; good There is also the Marquis of Jibei. He is an uncle after all, not his biological grandfather, so he cannot be so disrespectful.
Seeing this, his expression changed and he blurted out: "Why are you kneeling down? Get up and talk!"
"I beg my uncle to be fair -" Jiang Yashuang stopped kowtowing, but refused to stand up, insisting, "Although Bage is a man and is older than Ah Xing, due to the neglect over the years, his skills are inferior to Ah Xing's. How about Xing?”
"You..." Ji Beihou gave a bitter smile, looked around, and saw Jiang Tianao and Jiang Tianqi looking at him with complicated eyes. He pondered for a moment and finally said, "It should be... Ah Xing!"
"What my uncle said is absolutely true!" Jiang Yashuang laughed loudly, stood up and returned his seat, looking around with stern eyes, "Of course it's Ah Xing! Ah Xing's brother Bicheng is not good at martial arts. Uncle Jing has always raised Ah Xing as a man. She rides, shoots, drinks, and is as good as a man in everything! Moreover, she has often traveled between northern Xinjiang and Beijing since she was a child, and she is not afraid of traveling at all - but after their group was attacked, the only one who was not kidnapped was myna, not the last one! Possible escape!"
"Isn't this Kuang Qingwu deliberately letting Bage go?!" Jiang Yashuang glanced sideways at Jiang Tian'ao and Jiang Tianqi, and asked with a smile, "You two are truly elders! As expected, they are so calculating and vicious! No matter what Bage says, If something happens to my fourth eldest son, even if my grandfather remembers his great uncle's kindness, he will not be able to let it go easily. But neither A Xing nor Ling Zui's surname is Jiang, and the eighteenth sister is a married woman - so let it go! Brother Baz, it’s better to stay in front of Grandpa, right?”
"So it's because of this that you misunderstood us?" Jiang Tian'ao frowned when he heard this, and said harmoniously, "But your inference is too arbitrary! Do you think Xiaoba and his group have guards?" Of course, when attacked, we mainly rely on the guards to resist. There is absolutely no reason to rely on the four of them! The guards can't protect everyone, so they should prioritize them! Eight, is it someone else?”
Jiang Tianqi also said calmly: "And who knows this calculation, is it Qiu Jinglan who instructed Kuang Qingwu, just for you and me to kill each other, but he will benefit? Nineteen, you are my Jiang family's Yushu Zhilan , We, the elders, have high hopes for you! You can’t do something that hurts your loved ones and makes your enemies happy just because of someone talking to you in bed!”
Having said this, he looked at everyone, "Although the Zhenxi Army has never had a commander with the surname Ruan or Qiu since the founding of this dynasty. But that happened in the old year after all. Even Qiu Jinglan herself had promised , He only wants to take revenge. From now on, he will never get involved with the Zhenxi Army! But it has been many years since Kuang Shihan was executed, and Kuang Qingwu has been kept for himself... but others are still in the Zhenxi Army, blocking our family from taking over. Military power. This is really..."
The two cousins rigorously deduced a bold hypothesis. They both believed that the fourth house was deceived this time because Qiu Jinglan was shouting to catch the thief. The purpose was to drive away Jiang Yayue and Jiang Yaqing and monopolize the town. Western Army! As for Jiang Yashuang's suspicion, she was bewitched by his wife Qiu Yilan and turned her arms outward!
"Actually, there have been clues about this matter for a long time, but Shazhou is too far away from Beijing. When the news was first sent, it happened to be that you were nineteen and your wife had the good news. We thought this was your first child, so we should not ignore it. It’s better not to tell you this annoying news!” Jiang Tianao continued to portray himself as a good elder, “I planned to give Qiu Jinglan some advice without telling you two, so as not to embarrass you in the future… I think it was this move that made him make up his mind. determination!"
"Shazhou Cangmang, Xiaoba and his group didn't travel in a ostentatious way, so how could they be blocked by Kuang Qingwu?" Jiang Tianqi added, "How is it possible that someone didn't leak their whereabouts? Xiaoer and Xiaoliu They and Xiao Shiba are direct cousins! Not to mention Xiao Shiba, that girl from the Ou family was in Northern Xinjiang when she was three or five years old, and Xiao Liu hugged her as if she were her own sister! There are indeed scum in this world, but even if there are occasional rifts in our family, it won’t reach that point! Nineteen, what you just said really hurt our hearts!”
The two sang together, portraying the image of an elder who was misunderstood by the younger generation but still full of love and affection. Jiang Yashuang just watched indifferently. Seeing that they had finally come to an end, Fang Youyou said: "Since the two uncles feel that the nephew is making trouble unreasonably, they don't know if they can help clarify the confusion for the nephew?"
Without waiting for their answer, Jiang Yashuang asked with a chuckle, "The two uncles kept saying that my nephew's brother-in-law had evil intentions for a long time, and there were already clues about what happened to Bago and the others this time... So since the two uncles have made arrangements, I’ve already mentioned my nephew’s wife and brother, but why didn’t I remind Bago and his party who are heading to Shazhou?”
Hearing this, the colors of the first and third bedrooms changed slightly!
Jiang Yashuang stared at them and asked one word at a time: "Knowing that Kuang Qingwu had a problem, yet you allowed Bago and the others to enter Shazhou unprepared... I dare to ask the two uncles, since you are so tolerant and considerate of your nephew, and How did you forget to care about Bago and his party? "
He suddenly laughed out loud, "Fortunately, Bage is fine - he is the eldest son of my fourth brother. Who dares to touch him!? So, if the two uncles can't remember whether they told him, it doesn't matter. They will wait until Bage returns to Beijing." Just ask! My nephew thinks that although Bage is usually a bit naughty, he is still in his prime and will not forget the care of his two uncles so quickly, right? "
"..." Jiang Tianao and Jiang Tianqi still looked calm, but their hands under the long sleeves of their broad robes trembled slightly: You were careless! He just pretended to be a kind elder and pressed forward step by step against Jiang Yashuang. Unexpectedly, he didn't force the nephew into chaos and hysterics, but he caught the flaw!
If I hadn't warned Jiang Yadan before, I could have found some excuse to smooth things over. But now they have been treating the good elders for so long, and they are saying, "We have known about Qiu Jinglan and Kuang Qingwu's problems for a long time, and we didn't tell you because we were thinking about you and your wife." How can they explain that they didn't tell Jiang Yadan now? ? !
Just like what Jiang Yashuang said - they didn't dare to kill Jiang Yadan! ! !
There is no way to silence them, so they must explain—but how? !
There was an eerie calm in the study!
"Sixteenth Brother?" After a brief silence, the Seventh Young Master Jiang Yayi suddenly said, "Although the Fourth Uncle and the Eighth Brother are not here, the Fourth Brother is not the only Nineteenth Brother now, you are still his brother - do you think the Eighteenth Brother is also here? When they suffered misfortune, was it the fault of the first house and our third house?”
Hearing this, except for Duke Qin who was still meditating with his eyes closed, all the eyes in the study were focused on Jiang Yazhu!
Jiang Yazhu had never been to such an occasion. It was his first time to participate in such a fiery scene, and he was at a loss. When I saw him like this, my face turned red!
A flash of contempt flashed in Jiang Yayi's eyes, but she asked very kindly: "Nineteenth brother has said what he meant before you, and now it's time to listen to what you mean. After all, fourth uncle and eighth brother are not here , depending on your age, it’s you who should make the decision now in the fourth house!”
Of course, these words are accusing Jiang Yashuang of not obeying the elders and surpassing the concubine!
Jiang Yashuang smiled indifferently and was about to speak when Jiang Yazhu suddenly said: "Although there is an order of elders and younger ones, there are differences between concubines and concubines!"
Everyone was startled!
Jiang Yayi was especially shocked!
However, Jiang Yazhu, who was not used to speaking on such occasions, calmed down and said with a blush, "As the old saying goes, there are direct descendants but no direct descendants. It can be seen that the direct descendants are the first! Now I and I are the only ones in the fourth house. The 19th brother is here, the 19th brother is the legitimate son, and I am a concubine. Isn’t it natural for him to come out and speak for us? Brother Seventh, what is your intention to provoke me in person?"
Jiang Yazhu was flattered by other young masters outside, but he was extremely inconspicuous in the Jiang family. To be honest, except for Jiang Yadan, who took good care of him, and Jiang Qizheng and Jiang Yashuang, who respected him, no one else took him seriously. The same was true for Jiang Yayi. She thought she could get a breakthrough by targeting him, but she didn't know that the sixteenth brother, who was always considered a waste, suddenly seemed to have an idea. Not only did she find a acceptable reason for Jiang Yashuang's overstep, , and even put on a posture of holding this brother-in-law's thigh!
This puts Jiang Yayi in a dilemma!
Jiang Yazhu hadn't finished yet, he looked at the people around him: "I am not a direct descendant, I am not talented, and I was dissolute earlier. If it wasn't for the fourth house, I would not be qualified to be here today! But since the seventh brother has come to find me, If you want to ask me what I mean, let me tell you straight away: I am not familiar with Ling Zui and Miss Ou, but Sister Shiba is my legitimate sister, and her children are still raised in my yard, whether they are siblings or not! I still have to give my nephew an explanation in the future. If this matter is not thoroughly investigated, my whole family will definitely not accept it!"
"Thorough investigation!"
The sudden stop of drinking shocked everyone!
Following the sound, he saw his superior, Duke Qin, slowly opening his eyes, glancing at Jiang Yazhu without any emotion, and said indifferently: "Something has happened to the people in your room, and you want to investigate thoroughly...then investigate!"
After a brief silence, Jiang Yashuang asked calmly: "Then, who will investigate?"