Chapter 861 Preparing for the Return Trip [2]

The Taifeng Town civilian team has been in the capital city for almost two months, and everyone is homesick.

So after Uncle Qin said this, everyone said, "Hey, hey, it's time to prepare to return."

From this day on, everyone started preparing for the return journey.

But there is still a long time before the Mid-Autumn Festival, so everyone is not in a hurry and is still busy with the tasks assigned by Duke Yan every day.

For example, go to the local martial arts hall to help, do accounts, go to the government office to help, go shopping for experience, go to the military camp to practice, etc.

After being busy for a long time, I will find time to do my own things.

Jiang Dalang and Xu Sanjun even had to work at night.

The problem of hidden spies has never been completely resolved, so the Duke of Yan must train a group of people to secretly keep an eye on those who might be spies in the Northeast Province.

Jiang Dalang and Xu Sanjun were among them, so their trip to the capital was not easy at all.

The local martial arts hall in the capital city has also started classes.

The prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the Northeastern Province have also received documents to establish local martial arts halls, and are currently making extensive preparations.

General Liang even sent his thousand and hundred households to various prefectures and counties to help run the local martial arts halls.

The Shilin, the Provincial Administration, and the Military Command also sent people to help.

Therefore, the personnel currently in charge of the affairs of each village martial arts hall come from all over the country - Shilin, Liang Family Army, Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office, and Military Command Commissioner's Office.

But the person who is in charge of all the local martial arts halls in Northeast Province is only General Liang.

Such a huge civilian armed force fell into the hands of General Liang, which made Gu Chengyong very angry... This was His Majesty and the Duke of Yan trying to completely seize his power!

But the Duke of Yan was still in the capital, and the Liang family was at their peak of power. He suffered because he failed to discover the lurking spies.

Therefore, he did not dare to say a word and could only lie low, waiting for Duke Yan to leave. Then he would unite with the powerful families, Qu Tongzhi, and General Chi of Tianmang Mansion to sideline General Liang!

Gu Xuan has been under the care of Gu Chengyong recently. Seeing that Gu Chengyong was gloomy for several days because he had lost some of his power, he couldn't help but give his father some advice.

"Dad, Jiang Dalang is someone who can be won over. Why not marry one of our concubine sisters to him? And another concubine sister to that Xu Sanjun. He is now also a general. Let the two concubine sisters persuade them to work together to trip up the Liang family army. After using them to seize the power of the Liang family army, let the concubine sisters persuade them to fight each other, and our family will benefit from it."

“……” Gu Chengyong was stunned, staring at Gu Xuan, his body slumped in the leather chair, his face becoming increasingly gloomy.

"Dad? But did your son say something wrong?" Gu Xuan was a little scared. He had been beaten too much in recent days.

Gu Chengyong said coldly: "If you have any other plans, tell me all of them."

Gu Xuan was overjoyed. Dad, what he meant was that he was right and he wanted to continue listening?

Then he will say everything he wants!

"Dad, there are still many girls and boys of marriageable age in the Qin, Jiang, Xu and Qiao families. I am thinking of giving up a few of my clansmen to form marriage alliances with them."

"In-laws are the strongest relationship in the world. If we are convicted of a crime, we will be together. Our Gu family is in charge of the military affairs of the entire Northeast Province. If we take the initiative to express our intention to marry them, they will definitely not be able to resist. They will be happy to fall into our trap and allow our family to control them."

"I heard that the Qin family is noble. If the Qin family looks down on my relatives, my son will endure it and take a girl from the Qin family as my concubine!" Gu Xuan said this with gritted teeth, looking like he was willing to sacrifice himself heroically for his father's future.

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Gu Chengyong couldn't help it, slapped him on the head a few times, and cursed: "I thought that the famous teachers who taught you were not good enough, so I brought you with me and taught you personally. But it has been a few months, and you are still as stupid as a pig. What kind of bad ideas do you come up with? Is your brain as shallow as the petty people fighting each other?!"

Gu Chengyong was so angry that his heart ached.

But watching Gu Xuan crying reminded me of the time we spent together as father and son...

Because the relatives of military generals had to be held hostage in the capital, many of Gu Chengyong's children were in the capital, and only his illegitimate sons could stay with him.

And Gu Xuan has been growing up with him since birth.

The way he gets along with Gu Xuan and her son is like an ordinary family.

So even though Gu Chengyong was harmed several times by his son, he still didn't want to give up on him.

I can only warn you: "Remember, don't be too smart, don't take the initiative to provoke Qin, Jiang, Xu, Qiao, Xue, Huang, Li and other families. If you meet them, avoid them."

"Don't even think about marrying into their families. What's the point of marrying into their families? Is it necessary to marry into their families?"

Gu Chengyong's plan is to find an opportunity to make a big move and completely eliminate all political enemies of the Liang faction!

The Qin, Jiang, Xu and Qiao families belong to the Liang family.

"Xuan'er, just stay calm and don't do unnecessary things. Don't let others catch you. This will be a great help to Dad."

"Wuwuwu, Dad, I know I was wrong. I just wanted to help you share your worries." Gu Xuan cried in pain, and then said angrily, "I don't deserve it for you. Dad has helped His Majesty before, but the Duke of Yan only gave the power of the Xiangwu Hall to Liang. At least give half to Dad. Dad is the one in charge of the military affairs of Northeast Province!"

"Shut up and stop crying." Gu Chengyong scolded, but Gu Xuan's complaint touched his heart.

There was silence in the room for a while, and Gu Chengyong said again: "Don't be anxious, and don't be jealous... Although the Xiangwu Hall is now in its heyday, it is a big hidden danger. Maybe in the end, hehe."

Maybe in the end, the Liang family army, Qin Jiang Xu Qiao and other families will be wiped out because of the local martial arts hall.

Gu Xuan: “…”

Well, he really didn't understand, but he still flattered her at the right time.

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The Qin, Jiang, Xu and Qiao families did not care about Gu Chengyong because General Liang would deal with him himself.

Now, several families are busy with their errands, preparing for their return trip, and also preparing to visit the Xue family.

Mrs. Xue formally sent them invitations, inviting the Taifeng Town folk troops, the mountain people, and Mr. Xun to attend a banquet at the Xue family.

Originally, I only wanted to invite the Qin, Jiang, Xu, Qiao, Zhou, Lu and Han families, but I was afraid that people in my fellow travelers might be dissatisfied, so I just invited them all at once.

I invited you on the last day of June.

As soon as the time of Si arrived that day, Mr. Xue and his wife opened the main door and waited outside to greet them.

"Wow, the Xue family is worthy of being rich for so many generations. This house is really magnificent. The old man has opened his eyes." The speaker was old man Xun. He was like a monkey, running faster than anyone else. He jumped out of the car before it stopped, ran to the gate of the Xue family, and admired the house.

Mrs. Xue was frightened by him, but when Mr. Xue secretly told her that this was Empress Xun, she was extremely surprised.

What surprised her even more was that Master Jing had also come, and was helped out of the carriage by Ying Zilin.

Mrs. Xue almost cried with joy... She had only intended to be thorough when she posted the invitation, but she had never expected that she would actually invite such distinguished persons as Mr. Xun, Mr. Jing, and Mr. Ying!

Li Zhen also came with his wife and children.

Zheng Tongpan and his wife also came with their family.

After Kang Liwen learned the news from his son Kang Rong, he also rushed over with his family. He was very tactful and only brought his wife and legitimate children, and did not dare to bring his illegitimate children.

More and more people came, and Mrs. Xue was shocked.

Fortunately, the ingredients were prepared in sufficient quantity and the guests were entertained very well.

She just felt a little regretful that she couldn't have a dinner with old friends like Qin, Jiang, Xu and Qiao. Instead, because there were too many guests, it turned into a "formal banquet".

Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts that Mrs. Xue prepared for Qin Jiang and Xu Qiao became even more generous.