Cultivation in the Family: Everyone is a villain

After the whole Tongling Rebellion, the Hou family made a lot of money, but it was not without any losses, such as a certain degree of casualties, the relationship between the Hou family and the Qinglong Society was exposed, and the relationship between the Hou family and Ding Buhai and Tong Wudi.

The hostility created by others, and the eventual defection in battle, offending the Purple Qing Holy Sect...

Among these losses, if Hou Yuxiao was asked to choose the most serious one, it would definitely be the impact of Lao Wu and Hou Yuduan in the Tongling Rebellion.

Frankly speaking, apart from those who died innocently and in vain, the most injured person in the Tongling Rebellion was Hou Yuduan. To a certain extent, compared to those who died, Hou Yuduan's heart was probably more painful and more painful.

torment.

For a long time, Hou Yuduan has been hiding very deep. Let alone outsiders, he has some secrets. Even his eldest brother, Hou Yuxiao, may not understand them all. At least, how strong he is is still a mystery to Hou Yuxiao.

Hou Yuduan is both a Confucian and a martial artist, and his martial arts cultivation can be sensed through Qi. Therefore, his cultivation in the Gangqi Second Realm Gathering Evil Stage cannot be hidden from Hou Yuxiao, but his Confucianism and Taoism cultivation are different. He can only sense it by taking action. Previously, Hou Yuxiao and

When he joined forces to kill Ding Dian, he knew that his Confucianism and Taoism cultivation were in the fifth realm of Zhengxin, which was equivalent to that of a master-level warrior, but he did not ask which realm among the five realms he was in.

The reason why Hou Yuxiao never asked about his strength was firstly because of his trust in his own Lao Wu, and secondly to create a motivational effect for himself, always remembering that Lao Wu's strength was probably better than his own.

I should better urge myself, the head of the family, to practice harder and harder.

Although Lao Wu's thoughts are unpredictable, his loyalty to the family and his trust in himself, the eldest brother, can withstand any test. Hou Yuxiao has always believed in this, and no one or anything can shake it.

But no matter how unpredictable his thoughts are, as the eldest brother who spends time with Hou Yuduan, there are some things that Hou Yuxiao can still confirm. For example, as a bystander, he can be completely sure that Lao Wu truly falls in love with the red girl.

When the red girl finally died, her physical body returned to Tian Honglu, which undoubtedly showed that the starting point of this blood demon rebellion was the Zhaoyang Rebellion at the end of last year. The whole process should be what the red girl said during the battle with Ji Yanzhi:

As early as four years ago, when Ji Yanzhi passed through Zhaoyang, Miss Hong knew that he was seeking to break through the sub-sage realm, and the barrier was her own, so she made arrangements in advance to let him discover Tian Honglu and mistakenly thought that Tian Honglu was her reincarnation. In fact, she

The purpose is to use Tian Honglu's body to resurrect.

Looking back now, Ji Yanzhi obviously knew about this. He also took advantage of Tian Fazheng and took advantage of Tian Honglu. After all, resurrecting the blood demon was the key to his breakthrough to Yasheng, but the problem was in this process

, he discovered Hou Yuduan’s piece of rough jade.

From Ji Yanzhi's words and reaction before his death, Hou Yuxiao had already deduced that he must have met Lao Wu a long time ago and valued him very much.

The Zhaoyang Rebellion at the end of last year started when Hou Yuxiao went to Tianling County and was threatened by Tong Hu and cooperated with them to bring Tian Honglu back. Later, the Shanyue Sword Sect attacked Zhaoyang with his clan, causing a large number of casualties. Even Tian Fazheng was killed in front of everyone.

It seemed that Tian Fazheng was responsible for killing his own sister in person, but in fact, it was undoubtedly Ji Yanzhi who controlled everything behind the scenes.

Ji Yanzhi had known for a long time that Tian Honglu was related to Miss Hong, so he deliberately asked Hou Yuxiao to take him back to Zhaoyang and let Lao Wu get acquainted with her in advance. This contributed to the subsequent love between Miss Hong and Hou Yuduan, that is to say, the relationship between the two

, it was clearly arranged deliberately by Ji Yanzhi.

What is the purpose of the arrangement?

Looking back now, the final suicide of the red girl is obviously the biggest gain caused by this deliberate arrangement. However, judging from the subsequent transaction between Ji Yanzhi and Huangfu Xing and the current war between the two states, Ji Yanzhi's intention is not limited to this.

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The thoughts and deeds of such a ruthless man who can use his own life as a chess piece to control the world's situation are definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people. Although Hou Yuxiao has not understood yet, what are the intentions of all the things Ji Yanzhi did in Tongling?

, but he can still understand these things that are closely related to him.

Among them, regarding why he deliberately arranged for Hou Yuduan and Miss Hong, he had also uncovered some clues in the past three days and had some guesses in his mind.

Hou Yuduan was very outstanding and had extremely high qualifications in Confucianism and Taoism. Ji Yanzhi valued him very much. Based on this premise, many things can be understood.

Regardless of good or bad, judging from Ji Yanzhi's words and deeds before his death, he was at least a man with extremely firm beliefs, extremely loyal to the Dynasty of Dayu, and an almost paranoid trust in Confucianism and Taoism.

Such a person can influence and change many people's four aspects. For example, his student Tian Fazheng is a very typical example. In the last years of Emperor Wuzong, Ji Yanzhi was loyal to Dayu in order to save the people and was able to hand his sister into the hands of thieves.

, his disciple Tian Fazheng, in order to practice his philosophy, was able to kill his sister Tian Honglu with his own hands. This is no coincidence. It can be said that he indoctrinated, educated, brainwashed, or influenced.

So from this, Hou Yuxiao could probably tell that Ji Yanzhi probably wanted to use this arrangement to change or influence Hou Yuduan's thinking.

Hou Yuxiao himself has also assumed the role of Hou Yuduan. If he faced such a big change, how would his mental journey change? However, after all, he is not a person involved, so no matter how much he assumes the role, he cannot have a personal experience.

The only thing he cared about was Ji Yanzhi's last estrangement...

Everything that happened in Tongling was arranged by Ji Yanzhi behind the scenes. Hou Yuxiao believed that with Lao Wu's wisdom, he would be able to see such a simple fact. Therefore, from a common sense point of view, Ji Yanzhi's last estrangement, Lao Wu should

It can also be seen.

But the problem is obvious, but it cannot hide the fact that Hou Yuxiao played a crucial role in this matter.

He was the one who brought Tian Honglu back from Tianling to Zhaoyang; he was the one who joined forces with Miss Hong to harm the warrior in the name of Qinglonghui; and even in the end, it was he who conspired with others to deal with Miss Hong.

This Tongling Rebellion was certainly not decided by Hou Yuxiao, nor could it be said that he caused it, but he at least played a role in fueling the flames.

Of course, he has his own legitimate reasons, for self-protection, for survival, for the development and growth of the Hou family, and even for Hou Yuduan, Hou Yucheng, and everyone in the Hou family...

However, no matter how many valid reasons there are, they cannot change the death of Miss Hong, the death of 80% of the people in the city, and the great disaster suffered by tens of millions of people in Tongling County.

Hou Yuxiao has done bad things before, but what happened in Tongling this time was indeed too serious, far beyond any bad things he had done before. According to Hou Yuduan's past, if there was the slightest sign of trouble, he would follow Hou Yuxiao and say that he was a kid for a long time.

This time, for such a big thing in Tongling, I had to point my nose in and scold him for a long time.

However, the strange thing is that Hou Yuduan did not even criticize him this time.

The rest of the people went to prepare for their respective tasks and left. Hou Yuxiao deliberately dismissed Hou Yucheng, Hou Yujie, and Hou Yuling, leaving Hou Yuduan alone. The two stood quietly in the hall. They were silent for dozens of breaths, and no one spoke first.

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On the night of the Rakshasa Festival, Hou Yuduan was seriously injured and fell into coma. Hou Yuxiao had sent people to take care of him day and night for the past three days. Knowing that he woke up last night, he originally thought that he might get angry with her, but in the morning Hou Yuduan did not come to look for him.

, Hou Yuxiao knew from that time that his Lao Wu’s mentality must have undergone some changes.

Just, I don’t know what the change is!

"Are you okay?"

After being silent for a long time, Hou Yuxiao really didn't know how to open the conversation, so he asked this sentence. After finishing speaking, his eyes were on Hou Yuduan's face, trying to capture the changes in the expression on his face.

Unfortunately, there was no abnormality on Hou Yuduan's face. He was not sad or sad, nor was he angry. He just chuckled and said: "Brother, I am concerned about you. My health is no longer serious. This time, I will also go to Xuzhou with the army.

I hope my brother will agree!"

Even if Hou Yuduan didn't mention it, Hou Yuxiao would definitely take him with him in this expedition to Xuzhou. It's not that he has no confidence. The key is that in such large-scale battles, there will be new situations and changes all the time, and decisions need to be made. Lao Wu

He is already strong in this aspect, and coupled with his cultivation and strength, bringing him along will naturally be a huge benefit without any harm.

"Brother, I guess there won't be only two states in this war. Since the Zhaoyang Rebellion started at the end of last year, the Jin Dynasty has also been eyeing this. If Leiyin Temple's plan to intervene in Tongling fails, it will not give up. There is a war in the east of Yongzhou.

, the Blood Spirit Holy Sect in the west and the Moyan Holy Sect in the north will not sit idly by and ignore it; we have no news channels on the right side, but if there is such a major event of a war between good and evil states, they will not be idle either.

Surrounded by a pack of wolves, Yongzhou must want to solve it quickly, otherwise when all other forces intervene, the situation of the Holy Church will be in danger.

Looking at it this way, Wanyang County and even Guangling Mansion will definitely be a fierce battle, but for us it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Conquering the city will definitely lead to the displacement of the people and an increase in the number of refugees. As long as the war does not extend to Yongzhou itself, we now have Tongling in our hands and will take advantage of this opportunity to welcome the refugees and expand the population!"

Hou Yuxiao was still thinking a lot, but when he saw that Hou Yuduan was already planning how the Hou family could make profits in this war between the two states, he suddenly felt relaxed.

However, when Hou Yuduan talked about the displacement of the people and the increase in the number of refugees, without any hesitation or soft-heartedness, and without any change in his eyes, Hou Yuxiao felt a little strange emotion in his heart.

Could it be that this was the influence Ji Yanzhi had on Hou Yuduan...

He seems to be not as kind as before!

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The fourth day of August in the year 1322 of the New Yu Calendar

Guangling Prefecture, Wanyang County

To say that the most famous place in Guangling Prefecture is definitely the Tongtian River. The Tongtian River is a tributary of the Yunlan Ancient River. It runs from southwest to northeast and divides the entire Guangling Prefecture into two parts. One has three counties in the northwest, and the other is in the northwest.

There are six counties in the southeast.

Among them, Wanyang County is located at the edge of the three Xi counties, which is considered the westernmost place in Xuzhou. It is adjacent to Tongling County in Yongzhou across the boundary monument.

The reputation of Tongtian River is not small. Firstly, as a part of Yunlan Ancient River, it is naturally the focus. Secondly, there is also the story of Jing Tianyu, the Sealing Sword Master. With the two combined, Tongtianjiang has become famous all over the world for a long time, and no one else has.

I don't know, no one knows.

Compared with Tongtianjiang River, Wanyang County's reputation is much smaller. In fact, it is more than a hundred miles away from Tongtianjiang River, but even so, it still gets some of the glory of Tongtianjiang River, and only then has the opportunity to be recognized by the world.

You know, otherwise, I'm afraid it would be as unknown as Tongling.

Although Wanyang County is not well-known, it is located at the junction of the two states. In the past, many warriors who wanted to cross the state border secretly and do some illegal smuggling business would come from other places.

But today, there was not even a single person on the official road, and it was extremely deserted.

Two horses galloped past from north to south. Riding on the horses were two soldiers wearing long swords and armors. Both of them were obviously anxious and they were waving their whips at high speed.

Almost reaching the extreme.

"Just after the covenant was torn up, Yongzhou's 170,000 troops came immediately. The Demon Cult had planned this for a long time. It's over. Tongling will definitely not be able to defend it. Even if we go to report the news, it will be too late for the reinforcements to arrive..."

"With Xizhao Jianshou and Lu Jianshi here, what are you afraid of!"

"What use are the two of them alone? No matter how powerful the Xizhao Sword Head is, can it still defeat an army of 170,000? There were originally 40,000 defenders in the city. Four days ago, Lu Jianshi took them to attack Tongling.

With less than ten thousand left, the city cannot be defended at all."

"Of course ten thousand defenders cannot defend Yongzhou. Don't forget, there is a brass sword formation left by the Holy Sect in the city. Lu Jian used the sword formation to defend it for ten days and a half. It will be fine. As long as we can get rid of the dragon

If Xiang County and Yangping County bring back reinforcements, Wanyang County will not be able to lose them!"

"But...but..."

"Don't worry, if we can defend Wanyang County, we two brothers will have made a great contribution. Maybe we can also give our descendants the opportunity to join the Holy Sect and go to Xuzhou to become masters!"

Although the two soldiers delivering the order were talking, the galloping movements of the horses did not slow down at all, especially after the bolder soldier on the left said something to boost morale, the two men's movements accelerated again.

A few points.

The horses under their crotches were all black and strong, obviously not ordinary. Not long after galloping, they were about to leave the official road of Wanyang County and set foot on the territory of Longxiang County.

The official road where the two people were galloping was empty and extremely quiet. However, about seventy or eighty miles away in the direction from which the two people came, Wanyang County City, which stood on the ground, was already filled with the sound of drums and the sound of fighting...

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"Kill all these Xuzhou dogs!"

"Tongling killed and injured 1.6 million people, let these Xuzhou traitors pay with their blood."

"Xuzhou broke the contract first, causing the demons to massacre my people in Yongzhou. There is a sworn blood feud. Brothers, please kill me..."

"They can't hold it anymore. Work harder and we'll be able to attack them soon!"

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Countless soldiers in black armor were swarming madly towards the west gate of Wanyang County. They all had crazy expressions. Some of their armors were completely soaked in blood, and some of them didn't even notice that the swords in their hands had been curled. Only one of them had noticed.

They rushed towards the city wall with energy. Many people in the middle area had already stood firm on the city wall, and a steady stream of Yongzhou soldiers behind them rushed upward.

The cast-iron city wall, despite being cut with dents by swords, still stood in place. There was no sign of damage anywhere and it was still strong. It was a pity that the people he faced were all warriors. Although these people were not strong enough to push through.

When you reach the city wall, you can climb without any pressure. In addition, there are not many defenders on the city wall. Breaking the city wall is obviously right in front of you...

"Holy Sect's Imperial Order, Brass Sword Formation!"

At this moment, a figure stood above the city wall and shouted angrily. Thousands of golden sword lights instantly rose in the city. The soldiers who were guarding the city were already demoralized. Seeing these sword lights, they instantly faced...

He was ecstatic, and his morale was suddenly boosted.

Contrary to them, the soldiers in black armor who were attacking the city looked surprised and confused when they saw these sword lights. They didn't know what these sword lights were...