Chapter 137: No one from the Xie family is allowed to leave the city
Cui Jing thought about it and told Yan Xingchuan not to rush to meet the Xie family members. They should talk to them first.
Anyway, once these conditions are mentioned, the Xie family will either leave in anger or start a riot.
It is really demeaning for the dignified King of Northern Yan to quarrel with them.
Yan Xingchuan waved his hand and threw the matter to him: "If they have the courage to join forces with Jiang Shao or others to deal with me, just come."
In the previous life, the Northern Yan army suffered heavy losses at Chongshan Pass, and he was eager to take over Yunzhou, Miaozhou, and Laizhou. After much deliberation, he did not get involved too much, and thus left the Xie family as a rotten root, allowing the Xie family to continue to occupy Laizhou and act tyrannically.
In this life, Chongshan Pass suffered losses, but not great. He had taken revenge once, so it was not so urgent. Therefore, he slowed down a bit. He had plenty of time and troops to deal with the Xie family of Laizhou.
If the Xie family dared to cooperate with Jiang Shao, he would not be afraid. He would just raid them and uproot the Xie family. Everything in Laizhou would belong to Northern Yan.
Since he dared to fight the Xie family to the end, he was not afraid of the worst outcome.
However, Cui Jing was worried about this, so he went to find Xu Daozhen after leaving and discussed it with him.
"When the time comes, you will play the bad guy and I will play the good guy. In your heart, the Lord's will is above all else. The Northern Yan army has no fear of the Xie family."
"As someone collaborating between my clan and Northern Yan, and with my in-laws in the Cui and Xie clans, I'm here to mediate and stabilize the situation, lest the Xie clan become desperate and collaborate with the imperial court or others."
Although I am not afraid, it is better not to fight if possible.
"It depends on whether the Xie family knows how to behave." Xu Daozhen shook his head and sighed.
Under the general trend, many people are eyeing Laizhou. Whether it is Beiyan or the imperial court, they will certainly not let go of this piece of meat that is right at their fingertips.
The Xie family does not have the ability to survive on their own and cannot protect the wealth of this state. If they become subjects and do not want to suffer any losses, that is absolutely impossible.
If you refuse to let go, the disaster of destroying your family may be just around the corner.
After a quick discussion, the two asked Cui Jing to invite the Xie family members in.
The Xie family members waited at the city gate for a long time, but no one invited them in. Many of them were very angry.
When he saw Cui Jing, Patriarch Xie smiled and said, "The nephew of the Cui family is so impressive."
It's really great that a young man is trying to climb up the ladder and bully the Xie family.
Cui Jing didn't care at all and said calmly, "If you can abandon darkness and join the light like me, then the Xie family members can do the same."
Patriarch Xie sneered and walked past him inside, followed closely by two other members of the Xie clan who were of the same generation as Patriarch Xie. One of them even said with disdain, "We are different from you. We can't be someone else's dog."
dog?
Cui Jing's face grew darker and darker, and when he looked up at the Xie clan members, an inexplicable cold light flashed in his eyes.
Xie Fangyuan's carriage entered the city under the escort of guards, followed closely by Xie's clansmen, servants and guards.
Cui Jing looked up at the three words "Yunshang City" on the city gate and narrowed his eyes.
After everyone had gone in, he finally walked in and said to the young officer guarding the city gate, "My lord has ordered me to deal with the Xie family's affairs, and I need your cooperation."
"Mr. Cui, please speak."
"Close the city gates." Cui Jing smiled. "Just say that an important document from the government office has been lost, and we need to find it now. Without my and Mr. Xu's orders, no one from the Xie family is allowed to leave the city."
"yes."
Looking at the defenders preparing to close the city gates, Cui Jing narrowed his eyes and smiled again.
dog?
I, Cui Jing, am a dog, so what is Xie?
It's just a pig driven into a poor alley, and a stupid pig at that.
He doesn't even know what situation he's in, yet he still dares to look down on him. So, you can't blame him for disregarding the obligation of being a relative by marriage.
The Xie family members entered the city gate and walked forward for a while until they reached the main road of the city. They continued walking forward for a while before they realized something was wrong.
They didn't even know where to go.
Helpless, I could only stop.
"Where's that kid Cui Jingzhi?"
Only then did they remember that Cui Jing was the escort who came to lead him into the city. Without him leading the way, they would not know where to go to see Yan Xingchuan.
"Damn, where are the people?"
"Is he going to run away?"
The Xie clan members almost broke into chaos.
Xie Fangyuan couldn't help but lift the curtain of the car and look at the closed shops on the street. Occasionally, patrol soldiers hurried past, and his face became a little ugly.
"Go and find Cui Jing."
The Xie family had no choice but to wait there and sent people back to look for Cui Jing.
About two cups of tea had passed before Cui Jing came over slowly, fanning himself with a folding fan. The Xie family's staff who had come to invite him were already sweating profusely.
"Hey, why are you all here?" Cui Jing raised an eyebrow, his eyes sweeping over everyone's faces one by one, a smile gradually spreading across his brows, "Why don't you all just leave?"
When the Xie family members heard this, some of them immediately became angry.
Xie Fangyuan said, "Cui San, we want to pay our respects to the King of Northern Yan. We'd appreciate your guidance."
"I don't dare to bother you, sir. After all, in the eyes of some people, I am just a dog." Cui Jing smiled casually.
"But since you think I'm a dog, I naturally have to do dog things, right? Wag my tail more happily."
Xie Fangyuan: “…”
Xie Fangyuan felt a headache. He knew that the Xie clan members were self-righteous and arrogant, but he had never thought it was a big deal. After all, their surname was Xie and they were members of the Xie clan, so they were born nobler than others.
But I didn't expect that at this critical juncture, I would actually offend Cui Jing and call him a dog?
Xie Fangyuan said helplessly: "Jingzhi, don't take the nonsense that my family members talk about. It's getting late now. Please take us to pay a visit to the King of Northern Yan."
"Of course I won't take it to heart. After all, a dog barked at me, and I can't just bark back like a dog. It's just that you guys were walking too fast, and I couldn't catch up."
The Xie clan member who had just scolded Cui Jing flew into a rage: "What did you say? Who did you call a dog?"
"Cui San, you are becoming more and more ignorant of rules and manners. Logically, I am your elder. What other child would speak to an elder like you? It is a lifelong shame for Duke Wende to have a junior like you!"
"No elder would call his nephew a dog in front of him!" Cui Jing retorted with a smile, "Could it be that in the eyes of the Xie clan, there are some things they can do that others can't?"
"If you do it yourself, you are still noble and upright, but if others do it, they are unruly and rude, and they are a disgrace to their ancestors."
"What kind of logic is this? Could it be the rules and principles of your Xie family?"
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