"Then there's Miss Lao Lu." Lin Xuan said lightly.
He wanted to see what the Lu family's plan was.
"Master Marquis, please come this way, madam." Lu Yuxuan said.
Guo Caiyue said quickly: "You misunderstood, I am not a lady."
"Hold your fists, I made a mistake." Lu Yuxuan said with a smile.
Lu Yuxuan led Lin Xuan and Guo Caiyue to the second floor. After sitting down, he ordered someone to bring tea.
"I wonder if Mr. Hou can lend me a moment to speak." Lu Yuxuan said.
Lin Xuan pondered for a moment and said to Guo Caiyue: "You sit here for a while, I will come back when I go."
Guo Caiyue nodded.
"Master Marquis, please come here." Lu Yuxuan said.
Lin Xuan followed Lu Yuxuan to the next room. After sitting down, Lin Xuan said lightly: "I don't know what Miss Lu wants to tell me."
"Master Hou, there are no eternal enemies in the world. The Lu family is willing to form an alliance with Master Hou." Lu Yuxuan said.
Alliance?
Lin Xuan couldn't figure out the Lu family's intention for a while, and said with a smile: "Don't the rich families always look down on the poor? What's more, in your eyes, I am the son of a merchant, I am just a vulgar person, right? The Lu family actually wants to be with me.
Do I form an alliance?”
"The Marquis is joking. For our family, inheritance is the most important thing. Now that the royal family is powerful and the Lu family is unable to compete, they naturally need a way out." Lu Yuxuan said with a smile.
"A retreat?" Lin Xuan sneered: "Are you referring to me as a retreat? Why didn't I know I was so capable?"
"Although the Marquis is not there, the Marquis's holy family is prosperous, so he can naturally form an alliance with my Lu family." Lu Yuxuan said.
Lin Xuan sneered and said: "Tell me, what is the purpose of your Lu family? I am not a fool. If you want to surrender to His Majesty, wouldn't it be better to go to His Majesty directly? Why come to me? What's more, I have to send a woman like you here.
.”
How could Nuo, a big Lu family, send a woman to do such a thing concerning the family's survival? He was really regarded as a fool.
"The Marquis should know that the five surnames and Qiwang seem to be in the same spirit, but in fact they are fighting with each other. There are countless informants from other families inside and outside the Lu family, inside and outside the palace. If they come into contact with His Majesty, they will definitely not be able to hide it. If the information is exposed,
, the Lu family will be in danger of being destroyed." Lu Yuxuan said.
Lin Xuan naturally knew what Lu Yuxuan said, but he did not believe that the Lu family would surrender.
There is no such thing in history.
"It is not convenient for our Lu family to contact His Majesty in private, nor can we contact the Marquis in private. Because there are many caravans going to sea in Guangzhou, we can receive a lot of foreign jewelry and jade. The Yuxuan Pavilion in Guangzhou is very important. I visit it basically every year
Come to inspect. When I knew that Mr. Hou was coming to Lingnan, I came to Lingnan years ago so as not to arouse suspicion from other families." Lu Yuxuan explained.
Lin Xuan frowned slightly. Everything seemed reasonable, but the surrender of the family to Li Shimin was the biggest unreasonable thing.
"His Majesty's attitude towards the aristocratic family should be understood by the aristocratic family. I don't understand why the Lu family would do this." Lin Xuan said.
"Aristocratic families are all unparalleled. They want to maintain their status. It's human nature. Is this normal? However, one moment and another, being a hero who knows the current affairs has always been the way for the family to survive." Lu Yuxuan said in a calm tone.
said.
"Want to hear the details."
"The aristocratic family has heirlooms of poetry and calligraphy. The paper and printing technology developed by the Marquis have threatened the existence of the aristocratic family. Of course, based on this alone, it is impossible for the Lu family to think of taking refuge with His Majesty. After all, no one is willing to give up their power.
" Lu Yuxuan said.
"Since you don't want to let go, why do you want to give up all of a sudden?" Lin Xuan asked doubtfully.
"Rights and inheritance. For aristocratic families, the most important thing is inheritance. Originally, the five surnames planned to jointly support King Wei. As long as King Wei can ascend to the throne, the siege of the aristocratic family will naturally be resolved."
"However, the Cui family has the idea of replacing them. The five surnames have been inherited for thousands of years, and there have been many chaos in the world. No one has ever participated in the struggle for hegemony. Does the Marquis know why?" Lu Yuxuan said.
"I'm also confused about this." Lin Xuan nodded.
Historically, when the world was in chaos, the five surnames would spread their investment among various princes, but no one had ever participated in the struggle for hegemony.
If it is said that it is because of family inheritance and is unwilling to compete for world hegemony, doesn't every family head have that intention?
"The ancestors of the five surnames have ancestral precepts and are not allowed to participate in the struggle for the world. Anyone who violates it will be expelled from the family." Lu Yuxuan said.
"This is impossible." Lin Xuan shook his head.
Not to mention anything else, the Li family of the Tang Dynasty came from the Li family of Longxi. Although it was just a side house, they were still members of the Li family.
Lu Yuxuan knew what Lin Xuan was referring to, and said: "Isn't it strange, Lord Marquis? When the Supreme Emperor raised his army, why did the Li family only have members of the Li family of the Supreme Emperor to help the Supreme Emperor? And after the Supreme Emperor conquered the world, why didn't he reuse the Li family of Longxi?
people?"
"Because when the Supreme Emperor raised his army, their branch was expelled from the Li family. After the Supreme Emperor took over the world, the Li family in Longxi begged the Supreme Emperor to return to the Li family. Although the Supreme Emperor agreed to return to the Li family tree, he felt depressed in his heart.
I breathed a sigh of relief and did not give any preferential treatment to the Li family in Longxi."
No wonder the Li family not only failed to help the royal family, but instead joined other families to fight against the royal family.
"What you just meant is that the Cui family is going to rebel? Didn't you say that the five surnames have ancestral precepts that prohibit them from fighting for the world?" Lin Xuan asked strangely.
"The Cui family did not explicitly say they wanted to rebel. This is what our Lu family head saw from the Cui family head's behavior." Lu Yuxuan said.
"Oh?" Lin Xuan asked, "I wonder what the Cui family did?"
"The Cui family proposed to win over the generals in the army to cultivate power and support King Wei's ascension to the throne. However, the Cui family took over the matter of winning over the generals alone and did not give other families a chance to intervene."
Lin Xuan mocked: "Don't your family just want to use the emperor as a puppet? Isn't it normal for the Cui family to do that?"
"Based on this alone, we cannot conclude that the Cui family wants to replace the royal family. But the Cui family also wants to provoke a war and let those people further take power. This is a big problem."
"We are both from aristocratic families, wouldn't it be more beneficial to the Lu family if the Cui family could replace them?" Lin Xuan said lightly.
"Because our Lu family feels that the Cui family is not your Majesty's opponent, and we don't want to follow the Cui family into a dead end." Lu Yuxuan said.
Lin Xuan said thoughtfully: "I wonder what the Lu family needs from me?"
Whether the Lu family's surrender is true or not, let's leave it to Li Shimin to worry about.
"The Marquis just needs to convey the Lu family's wishes to His Majesty." Lu Yuxuan said.
Lin Xuan nodded and said, "Okay, I will bring you the message."
"Thank you so much, Lord Marquis. Those jewelry should be considered as a thank you gift." Lu Yuxuan said.
Lin Xuan shook his head and refused: "No, so as not to arouse others' suspicion."
There is no free lunch in the world. The more expensive something is, the hotter it is to hold.
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After Changsun Wuji made his move, he said: "Life is like a chess game. Many people are chess pieces but don't know it."
Hou Jun said with a smile: "Lin Xuan has some merits. Does Zhao Guogong know which chess piece I like best?"
"Oh? I would like to hear the details." Changsun Wuji said lightly.
Hou Junji took a step forward with the pawn in hand and said: "What I like most is pawns. They are just small pawns, but they never retreat."
Changsun Wuji's eyes flashed.
He noticed that Hou Junji was a little out of control, so he came to beat him.
But Hou Junji used pawns to tell him that he had no intention of retreating.