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Chapter 189: Two Marquises in One Family (Subscription Request)
The spring breeze is silent, but has a faint fragrance.

The tension in the pavilion dissipated a lot, and Zhou Tianji's old voice filled with hatred echoed.

"You're right, I deserve to die!"

"But the more damned people live better!"

Chen Yuan drank silently, his blue robe gradually combed together, with only one side of the strap lifted by the spring breeze, as if filtering out Zhou Tiance's words.

Chen Kuang was standing on the porch not far away, his figure hidden in the shadows.

He crossed his hands in his sleeves, like an ordinary old man, staring intently at the two people in the pavilion.

The sunlight shone on him through the willow branches on the wall, and only his calm eyes could be seen in the dim light.

If the master and Master Yuan come to blows, who should he help?

The severity of the illness is unknown.

But both of his hands were ready, it was just a matter of making one more move.

half an hour.

Chen Yuan didn't raise his eyebrows, didn't even look at the other side, and said in a cold tone: "Go on."

Hearing this, Zhou Tiance forced a smile onto his wrinkled face. There were so many wrinkles like ravines stacked up that it was almost impossible to see any flesh and blood.

The long-term illness had already overdrawn his body, but he still managed to hold on and lasted this long.

It’s for this moment!
"All of this started with the Battle of Beixiongguan thirty-eight years ago."

Zhou Tiance drank wine, coughed from time to time, and slowly recounted the dramatic change that caused the extinction of the Zhou family's descendants for a thousand years.

"In that war, my Zhou family gave everything they had. All the descendants of the main branch and the side branches went to the battlefield. In addition, the Taoist priests from Wuliang Mountain and the Northern Zhili family recruited by Guanwu almost all died at Beixiong Pass."

"That's ridiculous!"

"The war lasted for a whole month, and Zhenbei King Du Qing just arrived! It took a whole month!"

"Even the two martial marquises, Chen and Wang, took nearly twenty days to reach Beixiong Pass!"

"If I hadn't led a group of family generals to arrive first, Beixiong Pass would have been breached by the Demon Court long ago, and the people of Northern Zhili would have been devastated!"

"But when we arrived, we were still a step late."

"The entire Beixiong Pass has almost become a den of ghosts. The corpses of my Jingye Army are everywhere inside the pass, and demons are everywhere outside the pass."

"Lian Guanwu...he has been seriously injured." Zhou Tiance suppressed the hatred in his heart and said with trembling lips:

"For three consecutive days, we repelled twelve attacks from demons, but we also suffered heavy casualties."

"Your second and third uncles are dead, your cousin Zhou Lin is dead, and your uncles are dead too, all of them are dead!!"

"How can this not make me hate you?!"

At this point, Zhou Tiance's hatred was beyond words, his eyes and face were all ferocious.

Chen Yuan stared at him, his expression unchanged, as if what he heard was not the death of several uncles, but some strangers.

To him, these were not reasons for Zhou Tiance to target him, his second brother Chen Yi, and the Chen family.

Even if it was, in his opinion Zhou Tiance was crazy!
Take a long breath.

Zhou Tiance coughed violently several times, poured a glass of wine with trembling hands and brought it to his mouth to calm his excitement, and the ups and downs of his thin body slowed down a little.

He looked at Chen Yuan, smiled bitterly and said, "Yuan'er, you haven't experienced that war, Grandpa doesn't blame you for not understanding."

"But this is hatred, a blood feud that destroyed my family. Grandpa has no choice but to hate it!"

"Is plotting against the Chen family also part of revenge?" Chen Yuan asked calmly.

Zhou Tiance shook his head and sighed, "Grandpa said that he did all this for you."

Without waiting for Chen Yuan to ask, he continued:

"At that time, the battle of Beixiongguan was won. I had just recovered from my serious injuries, so I started to investigate the secrets behind that battle."

"I will investigate each of them, including Zhenbei King Du Qing, Wu'an Marquis, and Taishan Marquis, to find out why they were slow to provide support."

"It was not until the end that I realized that it was not just one person who stopped the King of Zhenbei and others from delaying their rescue, but the entire civil officials!"

"Because of his status as the heir of Guanwu Wuliang Mountain, they were afraid that he would use this opportunity to strengthen the power of the Wuhou faction, so they tried every means to keep the King of Zhenbei in the palace."

Zhou Tiance said with a painful expression: "It was then that I realized that the court had long known that the demon court would go south to attack the pass, but they kept it secret."

"After the war breaks out, the entire civil service group will call on the ministers and assistant ministers of the other five ministries except the military to jointly report to the emperor and frame us."

"The most vicious one is that he slandered Guan Wu for colluding with the Demon Court and wanted to kill all the Zhenbei soldiers at Beixiong Pass."

"That's why the King of Zhenbei stayed in the imperial city to wait for the results of the investigation. This wait lasted for a long time."

Having said this, Zhou Tiance's face was already somewhat numb, as if hatred had filled his body and prevented him from showing any emotion.

He drank a glass of wine silently, looked at Chen Yuan and said, "Actually, I should thank the prince."

"If he had not secretly instructed the Wu'an Army and Taishan Army to set off during the investigation, Beixiong Pass would have been breached."

"But I also hate him. I hate why he didn't give the order earlier, or later... If I had died in prison, there would be no subsequent events."

Join forces to frame...

Chen Yuan didn't expect that the Zhou family's decline was due to this. He originally thought that the demon court was moving south with great force, and the Zhou family was the first to suffer the disaster.

But who would have thought that it was actually due to disputes in the court, or that it was a joint effort of the entire civil service group!
"What happened afterwards?" Chen Yuan asked thoughtfully, "How did His Majesty deal with this matter afterwards?"

"Disposal?" Zhou Tiance sneered and shook his head.

"My Zhou family did so much, and suffered so many casualties, but in the end, not only did we not receive any credit, but we were punished by the emperor, and the civil officials said that we had 'failed the defense war'!"

"Even the King of Zhenbei and the Marquis of Taishan were harshly criticized, and their merits and demerits offset each other."

"The only one who received the reward was Chen Zhiwang, Marquis of Wu'an, who was posthumously named the King of One Word and One Shoulder."

"At the same time, after Chen Taiping took over the title of Marquis, he also received a plaque with the four characters 'loyalty and courage' written by the emperor himself, which is now hanging in his study."

Zhou Tiance seemed to be laughing in anger, the skin on his face twitched a few times, and he looked at a corner of the stone table and said:

"I am targeting the Chen family, not only for the sake of the Zhou family's bloodline inheritance, but also for this reason."

"As both of us are warriors guarding Beixiong Pass, why is it that only the Chen family received the emperor's reward?"

Chen Yuan frowned. This matter was indeed a bit strange.

"Is this also a conspiracy of the civil servant group? To divide the three military marquises Zhou, Chen, and Wang?"

Zhou Tiance paused and sighed, "Maybe, but I don't have time to think about that."

"When I found out what the civil servants had done, I wanted to kill them all."

"But when I wanted to take action, Xie Jing found me."

"Left Prime Minister?" Chen Yuan had naturally heard of this name, but he had only heard some rumors on the road when he left Wuliang Mountain and headed for Nanman.

According to rumors, the left prime minister Xie Jing was extremely powerful and had controlled the court for decades, forming cliques for personal gain and committing all kinds of evil.

But some people also say that he is a good official who is dedicated to serving the people.

Not only was he knowledgeable, he was also good at flood control and disaster relief, and did a lot of good things for the people of various states.

mixed reviews.

"It was him," Zhou Tiance sighed, "He persuaded me to give up the idea of ​​targeting the civil servant group."

"The reason is simple—I can't beat him!"

"The entire civil service group involves the three major universities, the aristocratic families of various prefectures, and many nobles in Kyoto Prefecture. I can't resist them alone."

"Even if I fight to the death to kill some of them, I can't hurt the civil officials at all, which is like hitting a rock with an egg."

Chen Yuan frowned a little: "Why did he advise you? Isn't he the most important civil official?"

"The scenery in Xie Jing's eyes is beyond the imagination of ordinary people." Zhou Tiance shook his head and said:
"His words were like a revelation to me. After that, I took over the 'Hidden Dragon' founded by Guanwu and wanted to make long-term plans."

"But after so many years, the situation has made me more depressed... The civil officials are powerful and have already taken root in Wei over the past thousand years."

"The roots are so tangled together like a spider's web that it's impossible for me to take revenge."

Zhou Tiance's tone was dejected, but his emotions were much more stable, as if a huge stone pressing on his heart had been removed, and his whole body felt much more relaxed.

Chen Yuan looked at his great-grandfather with such an expression, as if he was looking at him carefully for the first time and saw into his heart.

He did not doubt the previous words, or there was no need to doubt them.

Whether it was the battle of Beixiong Pass or the struggle between civil officials and military marquises, they were all too far away from him.

He just wanted to find out why Zhou Tiance treated him like this...

"Finally," Zhou Tiance saw through his thoughts and said, "Grandpa only has one last wish left - to let you take over the position of Marquis Jingye."

Seeing Chen Yuan was about to speak, he quickly raised his hand to interrupt him and said, "Don't rush to answer. Just listen to me, okay?"

Chen Yuan closed his mouth and nodded slightly: "Grandpa, please!"

He has waited for so long, he can afford a little more time.

Seeing this, Zhou Tiance forced a smile.

"Grandpa targeted Chen Yi not for any other reason, but because he didn't want him to become a stumbling block for you."

"The Wuhou lineage has been passed down for thousands of years, and there has never been a situation where there are two Wuhou in the same family. When the previous one resigns, the next generation will choose the best one to succeed him. This has never changed."

"If you succeed to the position of Marquis Jingye, then Chen Yi or Chen Fan will succeed to the position of Marquis Wu'an."

"Even if you change your surname from Chen to Zhou, in the eyes of outsiders, the court, and many ministers, you still have the blood of the Chen family flowing in your body."

"By then, they will certainly obstruct your succession in every possible way, so I thought..."

Zhou Tiance raised his eyes and said with a slightly proud tone:
"When there is only one qualified heir in the Zhou and Chen families, there will no longer be a situation of 'two marquises in one family'."

"It's a pity... I shouldn't have let Chen Yi go. No, I shouldn't have let Chen Taiping marry Xia Wanwan. Otherwise, things wouldn't have come to this point."

Chen Yuan gritted his teeth and looked at him and asked, "Is this what Grandpa said about doing it for me?!"

"You are not doing this for me. You are doing this just for yourself and for the Zhou family's inheritance!"

He was still wondering why Zhou Tiance was plotting against him and the entire Chen family, but he didn't expect it to be such a joke in the end.

Just to avoid being obstructed by others and to prevent the Zhou family's inheritance from being cut off, he would kill Chen Yi and Chen Fan, so that the Chen family would also be extinct.

His heart is truly vicious!
"I guess so," Zhou Tiance was not annoyed. After he decided to tell everything, he no longer thought about anything else.

All this is just for the inheritance of his Zhou family!

"Plans cannot keep up with changes. Chen Yi has become powerful now and cannot be defeated by human power."

Zhou Tiance looked at Chen Yuan and said in a serious tone: "Grandpa said so much, but I just want you to promise me one thing."

"Take over the position of Marquis Jingye, change Chen to Zhou, and pass on the Zhou family for me."

Chen Yuan refused without even thinking: "Impossible!"

The previous word "damn it" had already expressed his resentment, but it could not relieve his depression.

He could forgive Zhou Tiance for locking him up in the dungeon, and for asking him to become Yan Hai's disciple.

But she could never forgive him for plotting against her second brother, and it was even more impossible for her to forgive him for plotting against her and killing Ling Yinrong!
Zhou Tiance seemed to have guessed his answer long ago. He stared at him for a long while before slowly speaking:

"Yuan'er, do you know how much energy a Wuhou, especially one like me who is about to die, can unleash before he dies?"

"Chen Yi is indeed not someone that ordinary people can deal with now, but he is also a human being, and humans have weaknesses."

"You still want to threaten me?!" Chen Yuan stood up suddenly, his hand already grasping the Wanjun Knife.

The serious illness came in an instant, standing in front of Zhou Tiance, looking at him calmly and said:

"Master Yuan, please don't embarrass me."

"Get out!"

Zhou Tiance also stood up, patted his shoulder, motioned him to step back, and looked at Chen Yuandao:
"Yuan'er, whether it's a threat or not is not something I care about." "If I can't target Chen Yi, I can target people close to him, like the girl you met in the southern barbarian land."

Seeing him mention Ling Yinrong, Chen Yuan's face became even colder, "Don't force me!"

Zhou Tiance seemed not to sense his murderous intent, and continued to speak without changing his expression:

"In addition, I can also choose Chen Fan, your mother, and so many people in the Chen family."

"Yuan'er, if you don't agree, I will force you to agree!"

Hearing this, Chen Yuan's eyes became more murderous, and the dark blue sword intent around him flickered. A layer of frost spread from him to the entire pavilion, and then to the pond.

In just two breaths, the backyard of the mansion was covered with frost, and even a dark blue sword could be vaguely seen in the sky above.

But in broad daylight, the long sword that remained condensed was not noticed by anyone.

"Even if you kill me here," Zhou Tiance looked at the big knife in his hand, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.

"You still can't stop what I want to do. Do you know how many people there are like Lou Yuhuang of Wuliang Mountain?"

"There are also 'latent dragon seeds' like Lu Qian. You also don't know where they are."

"As long as there is one person left, the Chen family will never have peace."

Zhou Tiance smiled even more, and his old face blossomed with a sickly smile like a withered flower:
"Yuan'er, you can't defend against it!"

Chen Yuan pursed his lips slightly and looked straight at him, as if he wanted to remember his expression in his heart.

At this moment, he seemed to hear a burst of wild laughter coming from his heart.

Along with the laughter, there were also those cold, crazy words: "Chen Yuan, you are such a waste!"

"Why don't you kill him?!"

"If you kill him, you will truly protect the Chen family and yourself!"

"Have you forgotten how Ling Yinrong died?!"

Chen Yuan gritted his teeth and closed his mind, his expression remained unchanged.

a long time.

Just as Chen Yan was about to persuade him, Chen Yuan put away the Wanjun Knife and slowly said:

"There is still someone in the Chen family who will inherit the title of Marquis. If I take over the title of Marquis of Jingye, it will also be 'two marquises in one family'... How will you solve this problem?"

Seeing his tone soften, Zhou Tiance was delighted, and said with excitement on his face:
"There is a way to solve it! As long as you agree, Grandpa promises that no one will hurt anyone in the Chen family from now on, no matter if it's Chen Yi or Chen Fan!"

Chen Yuan stared at him for a long time, then nodded slowly and said, "I will give you an answer in two days!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding sword intent dissipated, and the shadow in the sky also disappeared.

"My dear grandson, Grandpa is waiting for you!"

Zhou Tiance's smile became even wider, and he actually laughed out loud with great satisfaction.

"We've waited so long, two more days won't make a difference!"

Chen Kuang, who was standing by, also relaxed. Looking at the grandfather and grandson, he felt the same relief as Zhou Tiance.

That’s good, that’s good... In this way, the master’s wish will be fulfilled, and there shouldn’t be any other problems.

Just as Chen Yuan turned around and walked out, an anxious voice came from outside the yard: "Brother, brother, are you there?"

Zhou Tiance listened carefully, still smiling: "It's Fan'er."

Chen Yuan naturally knew that the person who came was his third brother Chen Fan, so he turned around and left after saying "please stay".

He bumped into Chen Fan head-on, and before he could say anything, Chen Yuan held his neck and walked out.

"Hey? Hey? Big brother, Grandpa is here too. I, I haven't paid my respects to Grandpa yet."

"Grandpa is not feeling well today, come back with me."

Chen Yuan just held him down and dragged him out.

Chen Fan had no choice but to turn back and wave goodbye to Zhou Tiance, then looked at Chen Yuan and asked:
"Brother, do you know that the second brother is back?"

"Second brother is back?" Chen Yuan paused, some hesitation in his heart, but soon his eyes became firm.

"Yes," Chen Fan said as if complaining, "My second uncle went to pick me up personally, and my great-grandmother and other uncles also went to greet me."

"And they didn't inform me, nor did they inform my mother."

"The worst thing is that my great-grandmother even took my second brother to the ancestral temple to burn incense... Big brother, even you didn't go to the ancestral temple after you came back, but my second brother went. I..."

"Shut up!"

Chen Yuan interrupted him harshly, pulled him out of the mansion, and said coldly:

"Third brother, I hope you won't say such things again!"

"But..." Chen Fan didn't understand.

"No buts!" Chen Yuan looked at him seriously, "What your second brother did outside Zhennan Pass deserves the Chen family and even the entire Wei Dynasty's kindness!"

Chen Fan said "oh" and muttered to himself about the ethics of seniority and respect for the young.

No matter how great the achievement is, it is outside and there are still rules at home.

However, he was powerless and seeing that Chen Yuan was serious, he had no choice but to accept it.

"Eh? Brother, isn't this the way back?"

"I still have things to do, you can go back if you want."

"Then I'll go with you. Brother, you're also a famous person on the Tianjiao List now, so you should be able to protect me, right?"

"It's hard to say. Who knows if there is a big demon hiding in the dark?"

"How could that be, hehe..."

After the two men left, the door of the mansion behind them opened again.

Zhou Tiance looked at Chen Yuan and Chen Fan who were gradually going away, with a slightly sinister look on his face.

"Is the Chen family impatient? They want to decide on a successor to the title so soon!"

Chen Yan came behind him, thought for a moment and said:
"Master, maybe it's true as Master Yuan said, that Old Madam Chen took Master Yi to the ancestral hall just because of his contributions in Zhennan Pass."

Zhou Tiance glanced at him and snorted, "Are you worried that I'll deceive Yuan'er? You're worrying too much!"

"I dare not." Shen Yan was speechless.

Over the years, the old marquis has done things that were unexpected, and he couldn't help but think about it.

What if Young Master Yuan agrees to inherit the title of Marquis Jingye, and something happens to the Chen family? Wouldn't that make things difficult for everyone?

……

At night, the early spring weather in Kyoto Prefecture was still very cool.

But every neighborhood was crowded with people, especially Zhuque Street. The inns, taverns and brothels along the street were all bustling with people.

The noisy sound could be heard from far away.

If such a commotion had occurred in the past, the Night Watch and the Black Armor Guards would have come to clean it up long ago.

But before the grand event was about to begin, the court issued a special notice to temporarily lift all curfews in Kyoto Prefecture.

As a result, no matter whether it was outsiders, traveling merchants, or common people from various neighborhoods, they all had fun wandering around in many prosperous places.

"Hahahaha, seeing these young geniuses coming here, I feel the strength of our Great Wei."

The Emperor of Wei ascended the Vermillion Bird Tower under the cover of night. In addition to his attendant Liu Gao, there were two court officials in red official robes.

He looked at the lights on Zhuque Street and said quite complacently: "Xie Jing, how do you think my achievements compare to those of previous emperors?"

"Your achievements are unparalleled!" Xie Jing bowed calmly.

A middle-aged man with a white face and no beard beside him also bowed and said, "I dare not speak nonsense."

"Just based on your Majesty's achievements in defeating the demons in the north and suppressing the barbarians in the south, your Majesty has surpassed the last emperor by 99%!"

Xie Jing raised her head slightly and glanced at him with a slightly strange look in her eyes.

Emperor Wei shook his head and said, "Han Song, when did you learn how to flatter others?"

This person was actually Duke Xing, Lin Hansong.

After hearing this, he still bowed and said: "I dare not, I only speak the truth."

Emperor Wei laughed in silence, but he stopped nagging her. He turned to look at the Kyoto Academy in the middle of Suzaku Street and said:
"I heard that after Chen Yi came back, there was a lot of discussion between the two counties?"

"I haven't heard of it." Lin Hansong shook his head.

"Have you heard of it, Zuo Xiang?"

"Your Majesty, I have heard something." Xie Jing was familiar with the Emperor Wei's temperament and continued:
"I heard that when Chen Yi arrived in Jingdu Prefecture, the Prince of Zhenbei happened to be going to welcome the Crown Prince and the Princess. As a result of rumors, the rumor spread in the prefecture that he was going to welcome Chen Yi."

"Is it not really?" Emperor Wei asked with a smile.

"No!" Xie Jing insisted.

Lin Hansong on the side lowered his head, a slight look of sadness on his fair face, but he didn't dare to show it at all.

At this time, Liu Gao, who was standing on the other side, smiled and agreed:

"Your Majesty, we see that Earl Yingwu has made such great contributions at Zhennan Pass, it is only right for Your Majesty to go there and help him."

"Oh?"

"After all, this Yingwu Earl is the son of Wu'an Marquis. He hasn't made any achievements in Beixiong Pass yet, but he has already sent a great gift to Prince Jiahong. Prince Qing is anxious."

"Haha...that's right." Emperor Wei suddenly laughed, as if he agreed with this statement very much.

On the contrary, I have nothing to say about the excuse of "rumor spread".

Xie Jing raised her eyelids and resisted the urge to speak.

a long time.

Emperor Wei stopped laughing, waved his hand and walked out of the building.

As he walked, he said, "I am very pleased that all the geniuses have gathered in Kyoto Prefecture. I am very pleased!"

"Liu Gao, pass on the order and have the Master come to the palace to see me!"

"Yes……"

Only after the master and servant had gone far away did Xie Jing and Lin Hansong stand up.

They didn't look at each other, their eyes were fixed on Suzaku Street below, their expressions flickering with the light.

"Thank you, Prime Minister. The wind is blowing."

"Yes, I will need to wear more clothes when accompanying the saint at night..."

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　　Leo traveled through time and space, and a seed of the "sacred tree" came with him.

　　After planting, you can regard the land within a certain range as your own "territory". Reclamation, farming, breeding, mining...

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(End of this chapter)