Now, the Cui family is at this crossroads. Will Liu Bei pass the knife to Yuan Shao or reach another peak? Even Cui Yan himself cannot see clearly. Yuan Shao and Liu Bei are too strong, so strong that he can no longer see.
When it comes to the original appearance, we can only rely on intuition and guesswork to tell the difference.
This is actually the feeling of most aristocratic families. Who among Yuan and Liu is strong and who is weak depends on too many things. The only judgment they can rely on is the previous judgment of which aristocratic family has more and which is stronger.
In this era, aristocratic families represent knowledge, money, food, and population. Therefore, most aristocratic families think that Yuan Shao is stronger, but at the level of Cui Yan, he can vaguely grasp some clues and see something wrong!
As for the guy who is at Xun Yu's level and can tell Xun Chen that a comprehensive defense is the best strategy, I'm afraid he knows everything he needs to know. Unfortunately, some words cannot be completely convinced by relying on guesswork. After all, Xun Yu can't arrive at the battlefield in person.
, Otherwise, I am afraid a more accurate judgment will be made.
It's a pity that Cui Yan is not a top figure like Xun Yu, and it is impossible to convince the elders of his family just by relying on some guesses.
To be precise, Cui Yan's position has been somewhat shaken since the previous mistake in choosing Cao Cao. If it weren't for the fact that the Cui family in Qinghe did not have anyone more capable than Cui Yan, I am afraid that Cui Yan's position would not be shaken at all now.
To be sure, he himself may even have to step down.
[Alas, we must not make a mistake again. If we make a mistake again, I'm afraid there will be no more Cui family in Qinghe.] Cui Yan looked up to the sky and sighed. His burden now is already very heavy. If he makes a slight mistake, I'm afraid there will be more noble families.
Adding insult to injury.
"My Lord, we have a visitor." A servant said to Cui Yanyi, cupping his hands.
"Who is it?" Cui Yan calmed down for a moment so as not to let others see his thoughts from his expression later.
"The master's clan brother." The servant lowered his head and reported back.
"Deru?" Cui Yan asked sideways, and then said, "Prepare the banquet and invite him in, and also clean up the banquet in the back courtyard."
Soon Cui Lin was led by his servants and entered Cui Yan's back room. Compared to Cui Yan, who was wearing a brocade robe, Cui Lin was dressed much shabbierly.
"Brother, do you know why I'm here?" Cui Lin didn't say anything false to Cui Yan, and went straight to the topic after sitting down at the table.
"Unknown." Cui Yan could roughly guess it, but he denied it without changing his expression. He wanted to know how Cui Lin could convince him.
"Brother, please don't bully me." Cui Lin shook his head, "I'm here for Liu Xuande. Qinghe is in such a mess. If the Cui family doesn't get out of the quagmire right now, how long will it take?"
"But what should I do if I take action now and find myself in another bigger quagmire after jumping out of the quagmire?" Cui Yan sighed and said. His younger brother is looked down upon by the Cui family because of his dullness and stupidity, but he is the only one in the Cui family.
I know that the other person is really wise, but it's a pity that I can't express it.
"Liangdao!" Cui Lin raised a finger and said. Cui Yan suddenly became enlightened, but still hesitated.
"If Liu Xuande still can't win like this, then he won't be able to share the title of world overlord equally with Yuan Shao." Cui Lin said with a clear mind.
"Indeed!" Cui Yan nodded. The Cui family has such an opportunity, why not give it a try? Even if Liu Xuande is really bad. Even if they still lose to Yuan Shao despite creating such a big advantage, it will only be
It can be said that the Cui family in Qinghe is very lucky. As for the Cui family, they have their own lineage of Boling to inherit!
With Cui Lin's words, Cui Yan no longer hesitated. He immediately ordered people to invite Xin Pi and Zhu Ling to a banquet, and at the same time sent people to notify Xu Shu and Wei Yan. As a result, Xin Pi and Zhu Ling came, but Xu Shu and
At that time, Wei Yan found out that Gao Lan was heading to Yanzhou and immediately led his troops to withdraw.
Although Xinpi and Zhu Ling came, they were obviously on guard. Even Xinpi did not hide his suspicion of Cui Yan. After all, although the Cui family in Qinghe is still a wealthy family in Jizhou, the upper-level officials in the battle with Cui Jun have their own problems.
learn.
As the losers, the Cui family of Qinghe will not be looked down upon. After all, the higher-ups know that Yuan Shaola's side was responsible for the defeat of the Cui family of Qinghe. But at this juncture, Cui Yan can't help but invite Xinpi and the others to a banquet.
Think about it.
The servant who went to investigate went quickly and returned quickly. He rushed back before Cui Yan was ready to meet Xin Pi, and then informed Cui Yan of the unfortunate news. Cui Yan was immediately stunned and finally made up his mind.
As a result, Liu Beijun actually left. Could it be that something big happened?
But at this time, Cui Yan also knew not to dwell on this, and immediately went out to meet Xin Pi and Zhu Ling with a smile on his face.
"George, I'm afraid Wenbo both suspect that I have ulterior motives for today's banquet." Cui Yan went out and bowed his hands with a smile on his face, then invited the two of them into the hall, and said with a gentle face.
"Soldiers are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the path to survival. We must observe them." Xin Pi said without changing his expression.
"Do you think I'm a person who doesn't know the art of war?" Cui Yan's face jumped, but he still held back his annoyance and said.
"It's just that we have to be careful in everything, and I ask for Ji Gui's forgiveness." Xinpi didn't care about Cui Yan's expression, and said very calmly, almost saying that we didn't want to eat this meal, and we would talk about it later when we have time.
"Humph, here we come to see you off. Since you two are like this, my Cui family doesn't need to welcome you." Cui Yan flicked his sleeves and walked away, leaving Xin Pi and Zhu Ling hanging in the living room, followed by several servants.
He came out and sent Xinpi and Zhu Ling out.
Before Xinpi and Zhu Ling could react, they were sent out of the Cui family by servants of the Cui family. They were immediately confused.
"I'm afraid we are targeting the Cui family." Zhu Ling said with a wry smile.
"Well, at this juncture, you should be cautious if you can. If you offend now, you will still have the opportunity to repay in the future. But if Ganling is lost now, the lord's great cause will be affected." Xinpi sighed,
Although he had long known that Cui Yan was upright, Xinpi was a little embarrassed by his actions that were so embarrassing, but Xinpi felt relieved.
"Xin Changshi, Butler Cui asked me to give this thing to you, saying it was given to you by the head of the family." As Xin Pi was thinking about whether he should wait until after the war to visit the Cui family again, a personal guard ran over.
Xin Pi took the letter, browsed it briefly, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then handed it to Zhu Ling, who was also overjoyed after reading it.
"As expected of a local snake, he was able to obtain such information." Zhu Ling said with a sigh.
"Send someone to investigate and explore a hundred miles away. If Xu Shu really withdraws his troops, then we will go to him and apologize."
Make sure that the other party can send this kind of information, and it will basically not be false. (To be continued)