The twelve ladies of the Cui family were in a hurry and bid farewell to their father. They rushed south quickly, fearing that the river would freeze and delay their trip.

Cui Jiu did not know the content of Cui Hongsheng's conversation with the Twelve Lady, but since Cui Hongsheng hinted that the Twelve Lady was one of Cui's layouts and entrusted the safety of the Twelve Lady to him, he naturally devoted himself to his duty, and only the Twelve Lady's leader was the leader. It was related to Cui Hongsheng's fate and Cui's future, Cui Jiu did not dare to be careless, let go of all distracting thoughts, and did his best to assist the Twelve Lady.

After crossing the river, the twelve ladies found Cui Jiu and asked him to find a Xu family wharf nearby. The message came out that Cui family wanted to see Xu Shiji.

Shortly after the message was released, the Cui family's fleet entered the Tongji Canal, and Xu Shiji also received the message, but he couldn't figure out Cui's intentions and was worried that Cui was coming for the Wagang brothers, so he simply avoided it and dragged it for a while. Just then, Xu Shisan suddenly appeared and sent Li Fengyun's news. Xu Shiji then wrote a long letter. After discussion with the Wagang brothers, he sent a confidant deacon, guarded by more than a dozen martial arts soldiers, and quickly sent to the Cui family's fleet on the Tongji Canal.

When Cui Jiu saw Xu sending a secret letter in such a "serious manner", it was probably of great importance, so he immediately delivered the letter to the Twelve Lady.

The Twelve Lady was very disdainful of Xu Shiji's exaggerated behavior. Isn't it just a letter that is so "tightened"? When she opened the letter, she was shocked when she saw the news about the white-haired prisoner and the Xuzhou thief. She was immediately surprised and suddenly looked solemn. After reading it, she had an incredible feeling. Who is this white-haired prisoner? What is the relationship between him and Yu Wenshu, the general of Zuo Yiwei? Why is his prediction of the Eastern Expedition as pessimistic as his parents? Why is his speculation on the future situation in Zhongtu exactly the same as what his parents said?

The Twelve Lady forced herself to calm down. After thinking for a while, she read the secret letter twice. Cui Jiu stood aside, with a look of confusion in his eyes. He didn't know what secret was written in the letter sent by Xu Shiji, which made the Twelve Lady feel anxious and restless.

The reason why the white-haired thief asked Xu Shiji to contact Cui and tried to get help was based on his pessimistic predictions about the Eastern Expedition. He seemed to know that the adults in his family were going to the Eastern Expedition battlefield. He seemed to predict that if the Eastern Expedition failed, Cui would be the first to be hit, so he took this incredible measure. A traitor and the number one wealthy family in Shandong would have intersections. Who would believe it?

The Twelve Lady stood up and handed the letter to Cui Jiu. Then she walked to the window and looked up at the embankment. The willow branches swayed on the embankment, and the willow leaves fell, and it was a bleak thing. A group of men in black stood in the howling cold wind, and black flares flew, and a vague sight of the horizontal knife and arrow hidden in it. The Twelve Lady frowned slightly, and a trace of contempt flashed through her eyes. Xu Dalang's courage became smaller and smaller. Such a small thing, but it was like facing a great enemy, and even made the servants in the family run all the way with weapons. Come on, can I really fall into the state of Cui? There are still people on the ground in Henan that dare to stroke my Cui's tiger beard? But at this moment, a fierce figure with white hair and dancing wildly suddenly surged into her mind and appeared in front of her, making her angry unstoppable. Evil thief, in this world, only you dare to stroke my Cui's tiger beard and humiliate my Cui's children. Okay, now you are here, how can you let you go? I must kill you and cut you into pieces to vent my hatred in my heart.

After reading the letter, Cui Jiu looked gloomy and gloomy. He didn't know whether he was doubting the authenticity of the contents of the letter or being shocked by the contents of the letter. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then opened the letter and read it again, then put the letter on the desk, with his hands behind him, and slowly paced around the desk.

The twelve lady's delicate body turned lightly, "Uncle Jiu..."

Cui Jiu raised his hand and shook it gently, "Incredible, incredible... A vicious thief, a thousand-year-old family... incredible..." Cui Jiu's heart was filled with anger and humiliation, and he could not accept such facts. Since ancient times, the Cui family looked down on all living beings, killed and seized, while the grass mustard and ants crawled on the ground, not even qualified to look up. But now, a evil thief, a prisoner, and a death row prisoner who was not even as good as the grass mustard and ants, dared to make the Cui family's idea and dared to blaspheme the glory of the Cui family.

"Uncle Jiu, the prisoner, said something very similar to the worries of the adults. If the future situation is really as predicted by the adults, then we will naturally use the prisoner."

Cui Jiu frowned and pondered with his beard. A little later, he whispered, "Just like what Ming Gong did in Hebei?"

The twelve ladies nodded slightly.

Rebellions in Hebei have occurred one after another, especially the three major counties of Bohai, Pingyuan and Qinghe, which are even more rampant places for Hebei thieves to be concentrated and rampant. If the Hebei government and Zhu Yingyang work together to suppress the thieves, just like Zhang Xutuo suppressed the rebellion in Qi County, how could the thieves in Hebei become increasingly powerful? The eastern expedition is imminent, and the emperor issued an order to transfer Cui Hongsheng from Hebei, which is directly related to the failure of Hebei to suppress the rebellion.

Cui Hongsheng was the governor of Jizhou in the past. In the past, the areas under Jizhou were the four counties of Bohai, Pingyuan, Qinghe and Xindu. In order to centralize the central government, the emperor changed the administrative divisions of prefectures, counties and counties to counties and county levels, and abolished the administrative divisions of prefectures at the prefectures to facilitate the direct control of the local governments. Cui Hongsheng immediately changed his position to the prefect of Xindu County, but he had a great influence in the entire Jizhou area, and other county magistrates were unable to compete at all.

It is not difficult to see from the central government's reform measures that the power and wealth of aristocratic bureaucrats such as Cui Hongsheng, whose vested interests have been damaged by reform, and their attitude towards reform can be imagined.

Although the Shandong aristocratic group had to support the emperor's reform in order to rise again and had to help the emperor fight against the conservative forces dominated by the Guanlong aristocratic group, once the Shandong people mastered the government, it would also become a conservative force that hindered reform. The emperor and the reformists knew very well that the real resistance to reform was the wealthy family and the aristocratic group. Therefore, while the Shandong aristocratic group consciously used "reform" to attack the Guanlong people, the emperor was also using "reform" to deliberately provoke the struggle between the Shandong and the Guanlong people, allowing the nobles to kill each other, while the emperor and the reformists sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and the fisherman benefited.

Of course, the nobles knew the sinister intentions of the emperor and the reformists, so they used the tricks and would fight when they should fight, without any mercy, and would fly away from blood. When they should have tacit understanding, they would definitely have a tacit understanding. The two sides joined forces to compete with the emperor and the reformists to hinder the reform process. For example, in the matter of suppressing the rebellion and suppressing the thieves, the Shandong people and the Guanlong people had tacit understanding, and they both consciously inaction, and even fueled the fire, hindering the Eastern Expedition with the chaos. The failure of the Eastern Expedition was of course a slap for the emperor and the reformists, especially for the ongoing reforms. However, for the nobles who opposed the reforms, the failure of the Eastern Expedition was a good thing and could launch a powerful counterattack against the reforms.

The Hebei rebellion repeatedly suppressed unjustly, and the role Cui Hongsheng played in it was self-evident. Similarly, the repeated suppression unjustly in the Qilu rebellion was also directly related to the "tactic understanding" between the Guanlong people and the Qilu people. However, the emperor and the reformists were eager to expedition the east. In order to ensure the victory of the eastern expedition, the rebellion from the north and south of the Great Henan and the southern part of the south must be wiped out. For this reason, the emperor and the reformists had to find a way.

In Hebei, the emperor transferred Cui Hongsheng away. What about in Qilu? What would the emperor think of to speed up the suppression of rebellion and suppression of thieves?

Cui Hongsheng left Hebei, which does not mean that Cui's influence in Jizhou has been eliminated. Qinghe Cui is the number one rich family in Jizhou area and the core force of Jizhou's local forces. It can be foreseeable that Hebei's suppression of rebellion and suppression of thieves must be difficult. The situation in Qilu area is relatively complicated. Even with the tacit understanding between the Long people and the Qilu people, there is a Zhongtu Navy stationed in Donglai. One of its two commanders is Lai Huer from Jianghuai, and the other is Zhou Fashang from Jiangzuo. They are both confidants of the emperor and military bosses who support the emperor's reform. With their intervention, Qilu's suppression of rebellion and suppression of thieves will inevitably be vigorous and decisive.

However, the Twelve Lady, based on the Cui family's own interests, planned to go to Qilu to "get a slut" and further disrupt the situation in Qilu, which required the power of Cui family to be placed in Qilu and Xuzhou.

Cui Jiu hesitated because from the current trend of Middle-earth, the Eastern Expedition cannot be stopped. Once the Eastern Expedition begins, millions of troops attacked each other from land and water, Goguryeo has no power to fight back at all. Therefore, he must consider how the Cui family responded after the victory of the Eastern Expedition, once the emperor and the central government "fighted" against Cui family in order to speed up the reform process? However, if the Eastern Expedition is defeated, Cui Hongsheng, as one of the commanders of the Eastern Expedition army, bears an unshirkable responsibility. How can Cui save his head of the family? How can he resist the storm that has been brought to light?

Cui Jiu expressed his doubts.

The more powerful the white-haired prisoner is, the more uncontrollable it is. It is like a double-edged sword. When Cui holds it in his hand, he can hurt people and be injured by the sword. The risk is very high.

"The victory of the Eastern Expedition is not good for me in the long run." The Twelve Lady said, "But if the Eastern Expedition fails, the Cui will be the first to bear the brunt. The Lord has no strategy to save himself, so he can only make arrangements in advance to protect the interests of the Cui family to the greatest extent. The Lord has already made arrangements in Hebei and also for Henan. The situation in Qilu is too complicated. If you want to control the situation in this area, you can only rely on the power of Xuzhou." The Twelve Lady pointed to the letter on the case table, "This trip, even if you don't have this letter from Xu Dalang, you will go to Pengcheng."

Cui Jiu pondered for a long time and asked, "Is that evil son of the Xu family reliable?"

The Twelve Lady smiled, "Although Xu Dalang is young and naughty, he is righteous and cautious, and can still be used."

"It's important to be serious, don't be careless." Cui Jiu instructed, "There is no trace between us and the white-haired thief."

"Good!" The Twelve Lady nodded, "After arriving in Songcheng, he abandoned the boat and drove to Pengcheng day and night."

Cui Jiuyi nodded, "I asked the Xu family's evil son to come and see you immediately, so you can't delay it."

When the Twelve Lady saw Cui Jiu's look of bitterness and grudges, she couldn't help but smile, "Don't you want to kill him?"

"That's the point." Cui Jiu sneered, "It's just that it's useful, so I'll leave him a head."

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