Chapter 75 I lead the donkey, you pull it out
Autumn is getting stronger.⊙,
The osmanthus flowers in Woniuling are blooming, and the fragrance fills the mountain, but the summer flowers are still blooming gorgeously. The crape myrtle is like a beautiful carpet, spread on the undulating fertile fields, on the leek floor, and purple dandelion-like flower balls move with the wind, rising and falling like waves.
The two old men Zhan Bofei and Zhan Bohao who were walking in this beautiful scenery were in a dismal mood. During this trip to Woniuling, they undoubtedly signed a treaty of "destroying power and humiliating the country", but... this was signed by them willingly.
If they do not agree to Ye Xiaotian's request, as long as Zhan Long is not released, they will have the ability to force Zhan Long's orphans and widows to delegate power and establish a new chieftain, but... is it meaningful? If the Zhan family is about to be destroyed soon, what can anyone do to be this short-lived chieftain?
The An family seemed to be determined to stand by and watch. Governor Ye was obviously helping Ye Xiaotian again, so they had no choice. At present, this ending is still a result that the two old people could barely accept, so when the two old people walked out of Woniuling, they had already agreed on a solution to this matter.
Zhan Bofei and Zhan Bohao returned to Zhanjiabao, and did not say a word about the result of the trip, and went straight to the family's convention hall. Important members of the entire family followed one after another. Zhan Pengju couldn't wait to say, "The second uncle, the ninth uncle, and the two old men went to Woniuling, what was the result?"
Zhan Bofei and Zhan Bohao looked at each other, and Zhan Bofei slowly said, "This trip is not going well!"
Everyone's hearts suddenly sank, Zhan Bohao said: "Ye Xiaotian refused to negotiate with us. He just wanted our Zhan family chieftain to talk to him."
Mrs. Zhan said angrily: "My husband is the chieftain of the Zhan family. Now he is locked in jail. How can I talk to him? This is clearly an excuse for our Zhan family!"
No one answered her words. Zhan Bofei and Zhan Bohao both looked at her with cold eyes. Zhan Dashao suddenly understood something, and his face suddenly turned as pale as paper. She took a step back and suddenly turned to look at other tribesmen, hoping that someone would support her. But she was disappointed, and the Zhan clans looked at her with cold eyes.
Once upon a time, they were also angry about Zhan Boxiong's death, but some of them were because of Zhan Boxiong's man? Perhaps more because Ye Xiaotian offended the majesty of Zhan Family Castle. When the Zhan Family fell to its current level step by step, they found that it was impossible to defeat Ye Xiaotian again, this anger shifted to the person who caused the disaster:
Why did Zhan Boxiong become obsessed with the ghosts? He agreed to Yang Yinglong's illusory promise and tried to attack Ye Xiaotian. He even adopted the stupid idea of framing the Tian family and completely offended the Tian family. The Zhan family ended like this today. It was all the trouble caused by Zhan Boxiong!
Sister Zhan trembled: "My husband was locked in the dungeon by the Ye surnamed in the dungeon for the sake of the Zhan family. Could it be... do you actually want to betray him?"
Mrs. Zhan's voice was sharp and echoed faintly in the quiet hall, as if there was no one in the hall, and her loneliness and helplessness became increasingly apparent.
After a long time, Zhan Bohao's heavy voice slowly rang: "Even without Ye Xiaotian, our Zhan family cannot have no home leader for a long time. Zhan Long was arrested has become a fact. Ye Xiaotian has no possibility of releasing him. Our Zhan family has no leader. How can we deal with the current dilemma? Therefore, I think. We should propose to establish a new chieftain..."
Before Zhan Bohao could finish his words, Mrs. Zhan yelled: "My husband is not dead yet, why should I choose another toast?"
Zhan Bofei said coldly: "My Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty was captured by the Oirat, and the court could establish another Emperor Jingtai. How could a small Zhan family not establish another chieftain?"
Zhan Dasao cursed resentfully: "Emperor Yingzong restored the throne, and no one who supported Jingtai at the beginning did not end well!"
Zhan Pengju heard the two old men say they wanted to call on their clan members to establish a new chieftain. His heart suddenly felt hot. He was the only one with the most capable and prestige among the younger generation. Who else can this chieftain give him?
After Zhan Dasao said this, Zhan Pengju was afraid that these words would scare some of his tribe members and immediately retorted: "Sister-in-law, how many people can have successfully restored the throne in ancient times? What's more, if Emperor Jingtai had not been critically ill and had to be buried in the sky, how could Emperor Yingzong restore the throne? The same thing may not have been reappeared in my Zhan family!"
Zhan Bofei angrily said, "Okay! Don't argue anymore! I made this decision not for me! I am so old, how many years can I survive this old bone? After all, everything is for the survival of my Zhan family!"
After drinking Zhan Dashen's sister-in-law, Zhan Bofei slowed down his voice again and said, "On the way back, Lao Jiu and I had a plan and decided to choose another person among the nephews in our later life to serve as the chieftain. Lao Jiu, tell me."
Zhan Bohao coughed, stroked his beard and looked at everyone. Seeing everyone looking at him, especially his nephew Zhan Pengju, his eyes were extremely eager, and he couldn't help but sigh and said slowly: "I discussed with my second brother, and I think that Yichi's child is smart and smart. Therefore, the two of us decided to support Zhan Yichi as the chieftain of our tribe!"
After Zhan Bohao said something, the whole hall was silent. Zhan Yichi? Zhan Yichi's child is still young and is not qualified to participate in the discussion in this hall. Everyone did not expect that he was the candidate who was the two elders.
Mrs. Zhan was so angry that she trembled all over: "Even if you want to establish a new chieftain, my son should inherit his father's position! My son Yicong is only one year younger than Yichi, why should I establish Yichi as the head of the family?"
Zhan Bofei slapped the armrest of the chair hard and shouted angrily: "Woman's opinion! Why don't you understand? Our Zhan family wants to rescue the situation now, and can only rely on Ye Xiaotian! But in your room, you have an irreconcilable grudge with Ye Xiaotian. Can someone sit by and watch my Zhan family change you into the chieftain?"
Zhan Bofei reduced Zhan Boxiong's death to the private hatred of Zhan Long's room, and picked out the entire Zhan family. In anger, Zhan Dashao did not pay attention to Zhan Bofei's sinister intentions and screamed: "Does the second child have no sympathy with Ye Xiaotian? Yichi's father died at the hands of Ye Xiaotian!"
After saying this, Zhan Ersao immediately looked at her resentfully. Zhan Ersao even died of her husband, so she had no choice but to rely on her. She was not as famous as a long house, so she always followed Zhan Dasao as a minion waving flags and shouting. But now her son was nominated as a toast, and the second sister-in-law was so excited that she almost broke out of her voice. If it weren't for the accumulation of power, the second sister-in-law would have to rush forward to fight with her sister-in-law for her son's bright future.
Zhan Bohao said coldly: "Zhan Hu was instructed by Zhan Long to follow Ye Xiaotian and assassinate Ye Xiaotian, but his whereabouts were revealed. He was killed by the officers and soldiers who protected Ye Xiaotian to the capital. What does it have to do with Ye Xiaotian? There is a grievance and a debtor. Don't mistake the enemy! Besides, Zhan Hu's family didn't say that they wanted to take revenge. Can you guarantee that Zhan Long will not say revenge once he is released?"
Sister Zhan was speechless and turned to Sister Zhan angrily and said, "Second Sister, what do you say?"
Zhan Ersan said stutteringly: "I... I am a woman. I don't have any ideas. Everything is followed by the two old men."
The two old men Zhan Bofei and Zhan Bohao smiled bitterly, listening to them? They were just incapable of helping others and were forced to follow Ye Xiaotian's idea.
In fact, the two of them have always been a little confused. Why did Ye Xiaotian designate Zhan Hu's son as the chieftain? To talk about the hatred with Ye Xiaotian, it is mainly Zhan Long. Zhan Hu's branch, wouldn't it be better if he was willing to support Zhan's side branch?
But now seeing that Mrs. Zhan wishing she could swallow Zhan Er's aura in one bite, they realized how well Ye Xiaotian's abacus was. If Ye Xiaotian supported them to support the side branches, the two women in the legitimate family plus a bunch of children. They were not opponents at all, and the Zhan family could quickly unite and establish a new core.
However, if the descendants of the second wife of the Dizong are the chieftains, the eldest wife of the Dizong and the second wife will inevitably be divided. When their status is slightly stable, Ye Xiaotian will release Zhan Long. At that time, facing this former chieftain and uncle, the second wife will have to rely more on the side branches and Ye Xiaotian.
In this way, although the side branches are large, they are not enough to take overall charge. The legitimate family is completely divided and it is difficult to hug them into a group. The role Ye Xiaotian can play is crucial. At that time, Zhan Er's room was too late to hold his thighs, so why would he talk about opposing him?
Zhan Bofei and Zhan Bohao gave winks to those tribe members who were usually close to each other, and everyone immediately expressed their support. Soon, Zhan Yichi, who was peeing and mud with his friends in the village and sweating profusely, was taken to the meeting hall and was taken to the main seat in a daze.
Everyone bowed together and shouted "Tashi". Zhan Yichi wiped the sweat from his head, and shouted at his mother Zhan Ersan, "Mom, I'm thirsty!"
Zhan Ersan cried with joy, looking at her son who sat on the throne she never dared to hope for, and was in a state of great excitement and could not do so.
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Zhan Bofei and Zhan Bohao thought that changing to establish a toast was a relatively troublesome thing, but they did not want to solve it so smoothly. They thought it would be easy to marry Zhan Ning'er and marry Ye Xiaotian to become the third wife, but they did not expect to encounter trouble in this matter instead.
Miss Zhan refused to get married.
One of the reasons for Miss Zhan is: her mother is suffering from chronic illness and her father died early. As her mother's only daughter, she must be filial to her knees. Filial piety and righteousness are ahead, who can force her to get married?
The second reason for Miss Zhan is: her uncle died at the hands of Ye Xiaotian, and she could not marry her enemies and forget her hatred;
The third reason for Miss Zhan is that she is also the eldest daughter of the Zhan family. The Zhan family is ranked among the eight great kings, and she is many times more noble than a small official in Woniuling. How could she marry her? And she is also a third wife? This is a disgrace to the Zhan family style.
Miss Zhan’s three reasons are righteous and righteous. The new wife, Zhang Ersan, who was not good at speaking, left the courtyard where the mother and daughter lived in shame. When they talked about the situation to the two old men, Zhan Bofei and Zhan Bohao, the two old men became anxious:
Are you shameless? Are you shameless? Are you shameless? Are you pretending to be good at getting cheap? Thinking about the time when you were seeking death to marry Ye Xiaotian, who wouldn't know about this? If your mother hadn't been sick and you were bound to leave, you had already elope with Ye Xiaotian. Now you have become the most protective person in the Zhan family! Is this really a family, not entering the family? Ye Xiaotian is treacherous and shameless, and Ye Xiaotian's future third wife is really worthy of being able to bear the face!
But no matter how much I think about it, even though Zhan Ning'er was making a move, the two old men could do nothing. They had already achieved this. If Ning'er refused to get married and Ye Xiaotian refused to send troops to rescue the siege, what was the purpose of the Zhan family's trouble?
There was no choice but to lead the team to the top figures of the whole clan, carry forward the spirit of visiting the cottage three times, and go to the small courtyard where Zhan Ninger and his daughter live again and again, flattening the weeds in the courtyard, and finally reaching an agreement:
In order to solve the crisis of the Zhan family, Zhan Ning'er agreed to commit her marriage. In this way, Ning'er became a great hero to save the family. She sacrificed herself to commit herself to the evil demon king Ye Xiaotian in order to solve the crisis of survival and death faced by the family. It is really outrageous!
Zhan’s mother was plagued by chronic diseases. As a filial daughter, Ning'er refused to leave her mother. Fortunately, the two places were not far apart. After Ning'er got married, her mother could temporarily move to Woniuling and be nurtured by Ning'er.
In order to get Ning'er's mother to agree, the two old men persuaded the brother and sister-in-law for a long time. Although Zhan's mother was gentle on the outside and strong on the inside and stubborn on the inside, she attached the most importance to the family. The people of the Zhan family took turns to persuade her. She naturally agreed.
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Under the Zhanjia Fort, Tong Yun couldn't capture it for a long time, so Tong Yun couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He did not surround Zhanjia Fort, but instead held troops under the west gate of Zhanjia Fort. Anyway, this is the foundation of the Zhan family, so he was not afraid that the Zhan family would escape from the fort and suffer too much damage to the attack.
If the Zhan family really wants to abandon the fort and flee, it is just his wish. If the Zhan family brings the old and the young, they will leave the Kaijia Fort with all the fine and soft skills. The speed will definitely not be fast. He can move his troops to chase him at any time. At that time, he will capture the women and children of the Zhan family and the wealth accumulated over hundreds of years. Even if the young and middle-aged people of the Zhan family escape, they will become rootless duckweed and will not be a problem.
Now this stalemate is what he most reluctant to see. The Cao family has not completely calmed down. Although their Tong family pretended to defect to Yang Yinglong, Bozhou, which brought peace to the rear, the army has been separated for a long time. It is difficult to ensure that Yang Yinglong will not have any unfair intentions.
But Tong Yun was also reluctant to let it go. If he could occupy the Shiqian Zhan family in one fell swoop, the power of the Tong family would be three times larger. Even if he could fight against the Yang family in the Shangbozhou, it would be easy for the Tong family to escape from the secret control of the Tian family.
This is not because Tong Yun is not loyal to the Tian family. After all, he has the surname Tong. Even if the Tian family was still the head of Sizhou and Sinan provinces, the Tong family was also a relatively independent Tong family. The head of the Tong family's family's final consideration was to start from their own family, which was natural.
Over the years, because the Tong family was in a narrow and long area, just between the Cao family and the Yang family in Bozhou, they were seeking survival in the cracks, so they had to rely on the support of the secret power of the Tian family, so they still bowed to the Tian family.
But once the power mastered by the Tong family no longer needs to rely on the help of the Tian family, or even surpass the Tian family, why did he obey the Tian family? In the future, he could establish an alliance with the Tian family and advance and retreat together, and he would be worthy of the friendship between the two families for hundreds of years. As a younger brother, I would like to thank him for it.
With this consideration, Tong Yun is really reluctant to give up Zhanjiabao now, and it is rare to chase him. At first, he was most afraid that Ye Xiaotian would lead his troops to arrive in time and get a share of the pie with him. Now he is eager to send troops to Ye Xiaotian. The two families work together to win Zhanjiabao, and they will share half of each of them better than not being alive now.
Tong Yun frowned and asked Yue Zhengqing, a big-headed man under his command: "What is Ye Xiaotian doing? Now the good situation is, why is Woniuling still holding his troops?"
Yue Zhengqing replied: "Master Chieftain, my subordinate sent someone to inquire. It is said that Tongren gave birth to a child in Chieftain, and the child's biological father was Ye Xiaotian. Ye Xiaotian went to Tongren's mansion and stayed for a long time. Moreover, Zhan Ning'er and Ye Xiaotian of the Zhan family have always had feelings for each other. Due to Zhan Ning'er's relationship, Ye Xiaotian has always been unwilling to fight with the Zhan family!"
Tong Yun snorted disdainfully: "Heroes are short of breath and their children have long love. What big thing can they do?"
At this time, Tong Yun's master Wu Xi excitedly walked into Tong Yun's tent and shouted loudly: "Master, Woniuling has sent troops! Woniuling has finally sent troops!"
Tong Yun was overjoyed and praised: "Yes! This is what a hero does. How can he give up a great opportunity for a woman? Finally, he woke up early. In this way, it would be easier for our two coalition forces to capture Zhanjiabao!"
Wu Xi reminded: "Master, with Woniuling joining forces, it is easy for us to take down Zhanjiabao, but how to distribute the land, population and wealth of Zhanjia has become a problem. Ye Xiaotian has a big appetite, I am afraid..."
Tong Yun was reminded by him and nodded, "Not bad! You must be careful about this!"
He walked to the tent, looked at the thick wall of Zhanjiabao, and sneered: "I can't eat this Zhanjiabao alone, so is he, Ye Xiaotian! Stop the troops and wait for him, Ye Xiaotian to talk about it! How to divide this piece of fat must be written down in black and white to use troops together!"
At the command of Tong Yun, the Tong family soldiers who were sieging the city immediately gathered back to the camp. Tong Yun sat in the central army tent with a big horse with a golden sword. He estimated that Ye Xiaotian would come to see him first when he arrived at Zhanjiabao. If he didn't see him, let him attack the city first. He would suffer a great loss. He would not be afraid that he would not feel hurt. He would definitely come to negotiate with him at that time.
Tong Yun made a pot of tea, and slapped his legs while drinking tea while waiting for Ye Xiaotian. The pot of tea was almost turned into white water before he saw Master Wu Xi running in with a burning butt. Tong Yun said unhappily: "What's the hurry! Ye Xiaotian is here?"
Wu Xi said in a very furious manner: "Master! Big things are not good! Ye Xiaotian, he has entered the fort!"
"Ah?" Tong Yun was shocked and widened his eyes: "Have you entered the fort? How could he be? How could he conquer Zhanjia Fort so quickly?"
Wu Xi said with a sad face: "He is not conquering him! He led a lot of people to the east gate of Zhanjiabao. Zhanjia opened the gate and welcomed him into the city with a blowjob!"
Tong Yun made a "click" sound and his chin almost lost its stagnation: "How is it possible! How is it possible!"
Before he could finish his words, the big-headed man Yue Zhengqing rushed in again, "Sir, go and have a look. Ye Xiaotian is on the fort, please meet you at the city!"
Tong Yun was inexplicably, hurried out of the camp and rushed to the bottom of the fort to see. Sure enough, Ye Xiaotian was standing on the arrow tower in the fort, waving to him enthusiastically, and greeted: "Senior Tong, don't be fine!"
Chapter completed!