The reason why Yang Fan had ordered the Lu family to be grounded for three years was because of the purge of the southern officials. His enmity with the Lu family was set in stone, and there was no reason to give them a chance to grow stronger. Every blow he could take counted. Moreover, the purge of the southern officials was an opportunity he had created, allowing the Lu family to benefit from it. How sullen would he be?
In addition, he had long since prepared to deal with Old Man Lu's eldest grandson, Young Master Jiang. He had secretly implemented this plan while he was still in Luoyang. But he didn't know Young Master Jiang's true background at the time. Although he knew he was from one of the seven sects and five families, he couldn't determine which one.
Now that he knew he was from the Lu family, he had to force the head of the Lu family to swear an oath that the Lu family would not pursue any conflicts between him and the Lu family within three years. This way, he could fight with Young Master Jiang without restraint. Otherwise, it wouldn't be safe to send his family to Chang 'an if he wanted to make an enemy of a millennium-old family. He would probably have to send his entire family to Java.
Lu Zhongjia had no choice but to form an alliance with Yang Fan. From Lu Taigong's point of view, he had only lost a few official positions in the Southern Frontier, and the impact on the Lu family wasn't that great. But even in death, he didn't expect that these past few years were precisely the critical moment when the world's political situation was changing rapidly. The aristocratic families were so powerful that they made a comeback in just a few years.
One step late, every step late! If they missed this opportunity, the Lu family's footsteps would never catch up to others.
After Wu Zetian suppressed the aristocratic families for a short period of time, the aristocratic families quickly made a comeback. The Seven Sects and Five Families, as well as their branch families, continued to dominate the imperial court. There was nothing that could be done about this. They had the best educational resources, and their disciples were all talented. Their connections in the imperial court were also incomparably strong. If the 'climate' was slightly better, how could they not thrive?
For example, the Cui family of the seven sects and five families had more than twenty prime ministers in the two hundred years of the Tang dynasty. But the Lu family had always been silent, only gradually recovering in the middle and late Tang dynasty. As a millennium-old family, during the Tang dynasty, the Lu family only had eight prime ministers, only a third of the Cui family.
Among them, the earliest one was the Prime Minister for a short period of time more than 90 years later. In other words, Yang Fan's words today had caused this thousand-year-old family to be depressed for a full hundred years. As long as Yang Fan was alive, no one in the Lu family would be able to pay respects to him.
That was not all. Because of today's events, not only did the Lu Family's influence decline step by step among the Seven Sects and Five Families, but their influence in the Obvious and Hidden Sects of the Succession Hall was also deteriorating.
At the end of the Fifth Dynasty, the Seven Sects and Five Families fell apart, but the Succession Hall was still thriving. The Lu Family had to take the risk and try to eliminate the important figures in the Succession Hall of the other big families in order to control the entire Succession Hall and then use the power of the Succession Hall to revive the family.
In the end, the plan failed, and the Lu family was eradicated. Only two young men managed to escape. One was named Lu Jiusi, and the other was named Lu Yisheng. They did not forget to revive their family. In the end, the two brothers were killed by someone. Coincidentally, the person who killed them was also surnamed Yang!
Tracing back to the source, everything was caused by today.
If Lu Zhongjia had known that the Lu Family would pay such a heavy price for agreeing to this condition, he would rather have his two grandsons die, or even all the members of the eldest branch, than agree. For a thousand-year-old family, there was no crueler blow than this.
After making the oath, Lu Zhongjia put down his hand and looked at Yang Fan calmly. After all, he was the head of a family. Since the matter had been settled, there was no need for him to be unnecessarily angry, which would only make people despise him. But his grandson Lu Binzhi still stared at Yang Fan fiercely, as if he wanted to pounce on him and tear off a piece of flesh.
"If Yang Fan forces Lu Binzhi to die, he will die, and so will his whole family. Doing so will definitely arouse public anger, and none of the Seven Sects and Five Families will let him go. But now, the Lu Family will lose face, and Yang Fan will be safer, and … he will be unanimously favored by the other six families of the Seven Sects and Five Families … "
Ning Ke thought, and looked at Yang Fan with a very interesting look.
This guy fully showed his wisdom and courage, and of course, at the Furong Bridge, he also showed his bravery and outstanding skills. There were many such outstanding children in aristocratic families, but they lived in big and small circles since childhood, and were bound by layers of rules and regulations. No one could be as arrogant as him, like this …
"Manly!"
When these four words flashed through his mind, Ning Ke somehow felt a little hot on his face, so he immediately changed the word in his mind, "Masculine!"
Ning Ke was born with a disease, and her physique was naturally weak. Girls always liked strong men, and the weaker the girl, the more so. Ning Ke admired Yang Fan's wild, unruly, and domineering nature.
Ning Ke was not the only one who admired Yang Fan. Old Master Li, who was old but didn't die and turned into a thief, admired Yang Fan more than she did, but he still pouted and pretended to be on the same side as the Lu Family. Anger was shown on the outside, but joy was hidden within. This was even more powerful than the expressionless poker face.
Yang Fan didn't seem to see his expression, and even walked closer to him, smiling politely at him, "Liu Biantian is downstairs. If Old Master Li and Old Master Lu are seen by him, I'm afraid he will figure out something unusual. Can you two go away?"
The old man said angrily, "Do you really have a way to hide from Liu Biantian? That young man is as cunning as a fox! "
Yang Fan still smiled politely. "Junior will give it a try!"
The old man looked at him suspiciously, and said to Old Master Lu, "Let's go. This is the world of young people. We two old men should go away."
Yang Fan smiled and said, "Childe Lu, you can't go, you still need to stay and help. Please take the eight crossbows with you. It's better to throw them into the river, so as not to leave any traces! "
The two old men ignored him, and walked to the side room with a sullen face. Yang Fan turned to Ning Ke, bowed deeply, and said politely, "Yang Fan has something to trouble you!"
Ning Ke was delicate and thin, with a palm-sized snow-white face and a sharp chin. Only her big eyes were especially bright. Seeing Yang Fan suddenly walking to her and bowing deeply, Ning Ke's big eyes couldn't help but open even wider, and she asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"
…
"Oh, Mr. Liu, why are you here?"
When Maqiao saw Liu Biantian, he immediately showed an expression that was even more surprised than Liu Biantian.
Liu Qian was in his forties. He had a white face and a small beard. His features were elegant, but his eyes were not lively enough. They were always slightly squinted, giving off a sense of craftiness, as if he was plotting against someone. In fact, Liu Biantian only had some eye problems, which was myopia. He had to squint his eyes to see clearly.
Liu Guitian's figure and appearance were quite good, but his small eyes were the least attractive of his features. If he continued to squint like this, his eyes would become even smaller, and it would seriously affect his temperament and demeanor.
Liu Qietian squinted his eyes as he approached Ma Qiao. Seeing that he was fine, he heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Commander Ma, what happened? Why did the Imperial Army's cavalry come out? I was scared when I heard about it in the yamen. Is there a rebellion in Furong Courtyard? "
Maqiao laughed nonchalantly and said, "Oh! It's nothing, it's nothing. It's just that an ignorant thing had a conflict with imperial envoy Yang. As the imperial envoy's bodyguards, we naturally moved out. "
Liu Biantian was stunned, and said nervously, "Conflict? What kind of conflict? Could it be that someone wants to harm the imperial envoy? "
Ma Qiao said, "At first, there was no collision, but later on, there was a collision. The imperial envoy came to this banquet without any guards, so he sent someone to inform me. When I heard this, I quickly brought people here. Haha, it's all right now. Because of the urgency of the matter, I forgot to inform His Excellency and made you come all the way here. I'm really sorry. "
Maqiao's words came out of nowhere, so Liu Biantian naturally didn't understand. He squinted his small eyes and looked up suspiciously, then grabbed Maqiao's leather wrist guard and asked anxiously, "What's going on? Commander Ma, please explain."
"Ahem, look at how anxious His Excellency is. Haha, this is actually what happened …"
Maqiao gestured and explained. Liu Biantian let go of Maqiao's hand in a daze and said woodenly, "That's it?"
Maqiao nodded matter-of-factly and said, "Yes! That's what happened! "
Liu Biantian looked back at the Dragon Martial Army soldiers who had their swords unsheathed and arrows nocked. They looked murderous, as if they were facing a great enemy. Then he looked at the Chang 'an soldiers with spears and the Chang' an government officials who had their hands on their swords. In a hoarse voice, he said, "I … will go up and take a look!"
Ta! Ta! Ta!
Liu Biantian lifted his legs high and took light steps. Holding the hem of his robe with both hands, he climbed up the tall building step by step. When he reached the top, he saw the great imperial envoy Yang sitting in high spirits with his nose in the air. Sitting next to him was a slender girl with an oval face the size of a palm. Her skin was as white as jade, and her facial features were bright and beautiful. Her gentle smiling eyes were focused on him.
On the left sat a black-robed young man. Liu Biantian recognized him as the head of the Dugu family, Dugu Yu. Young master Dugu looked helpless and was drinking silently.
On the right sat a young man in a white robe. Liu Biantian also recognized him as Lu Binzhi of the Lu family in Fanyang. Young master Lu's face turned red and green. He looked indescribably ugly. From the bulging veins on his forehead, one could see that he was suppressing his anger, but he didn't dare to explode.
Behind this pair of "Black and White Impermanence" were seven or eight guards. Each guard stood there empty-handed, like a flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Behind them stood two rows of burly men, all dressed in shining armor and holding swords. They looked like a group of fiends in the Hall of Limbo!
The muscles on Liu Qiantian's cheeks suddenly twitched a few times. "The imperial envoy flew into a rage and sent the three armies to Quchi. I didn't know what kind of disaster had happened here, so I rushed over in a hurry. It turns out that the imperial envoy was fighting with someone for a woman's favor! It's true that Chang 'an is the old capital of Haojing, but you don't have to reenact the' fire beacons teasing the feudal vassals', do you? "
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