Ling Yun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he heard a voice-over.

"Chen Xiong is just a cover, is the real collaborator Wu Xing Shen?"

The Shen clan in the world came out of Wuxing. The Shen clan in Wuxing can be called one of the top clans in the Southern Dynasties. It was a large clan that was known together with Gu Zhang and Zhu Lu after Wang Xie. Especially during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was even more a powerful clan in Jiangdong with Lanling Xiao clan. Although the Chen clan was once the lord of Southern Chen, Chen Baxian, the founding lord of Southern Chen, was just a poor family. There were five emperors in the Chen dynasty. If the deposed emperor was eliminated, then two of the four emperors were the daughters of the Shen clan in Wuxing. Chen. The empress of Emperor Wen and the Empress of Chen Houzhu both came from the Shen clan of Wuxing. The Shen clan of Wuxing, with tens of thousands of families in the same clan, was powerful and one of the top wealthy families in Jiangdong. The Southern Chen was destroyed, and the Chen family suffered a fatal blow and fell to the bottom of the mud. However, although the large clans like the Shen clan were hit, their status in Jiangdong was still extremely strong. Ling Yun remembered that in the anti-Sui frenzy at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the three major forces in Jiangnan, Du Fuwei, Chen Len, and Shen Faxing. This Shen Faxing was born from the Shen clan of Wuxing.

During the wave of rebellion in the Jiangnan region in the tenth year of Kaihuang, two rebellious tyrants were among them, Shen Xuan, Suzhou and Chen Xiaoche, Wenzhou, who were also branches of the Shen family of Wu Guang.

"At that time, Chen Yin was not allowed to enter the palace because Chen Xiong's mother was a genius, so she was appointed by the Shen family, the family of Empress Chen." This sentence was already very clear. Chen Xiong was just a puppet. He was a young man in his twenties. Although he was the son of the deposed prince of the Chen Dynasty, he was just an illegitimate son, without a name or share, and he was not even qualified to let the Sui Dynasty take him to Guanlong. How could Gao Qianxue watch such a person be an ally? Now everything is clear. The partner of Gao Qianxue's cooperation is actually the Shen family of Wuxing behind Chen Xiong. However, a big family like Wuxing, Shen, always likes to make things happen, and likes to make clouds and mountains and mists. He wants to gain benefits, but does not want to get into trouble. Therefore, Chen Xiong was pushed to the front, and they were lifting the line behind.

Chen Xiong had nothing worthy of cooperation, it was considered a useless rib. But the Shen family in Wuxing was different. They wanted people, money, and had a very high reputation. They were local emperors. Moreover, these Jiangdong tyrants had woven a dense network over the years. Their power should not be underestimated. It would be unrealistic to say that they could defeat the Sui Dynasty by uniting them. After all, the rebellion of the tenth year of Kaihuang was instantly pacified. But Gao Qianxue was afraid that she had never expected to overthrow the Sui Dynasty. They just wanted to take revenge and sabotage.

But what made Ling Yun a little puzzled was that the wealthy family like the Shen family in Wuxing was the best at waiting and watching the situation. Now the situation in the Sui Dynasty is at its peak. King Yang Guang of Jin has been in charge of Jiangnan for many years and has long won over the gentry in Jiangnan. Shen family will not be unable to see the situation clearly. Why did they have to contact Gao Qianxue and cooperate with them?

"In fact, we have worked with the Shen family for a long time, not only with the Shen family in Wuxing, but also with many Jiangdong tycoons." Gao Qianxue said unsurprisingly.

"How is this possible? What can they work with us?"

"Smuggling!" Gao Qianxue gently spit out two words.

Gao Qianxue is the princess of Northern Qi, but she is just a princess of the destruction of the country. Northern Qi died twenty years ago. However, as the former overlord of the East, Gao Qianxue has many supporters, including former officials of Northern Qi, the former Gaomen of Guandong, and even the Hu tribe outside the pass. Gao Mingyue's father Gao Baoning was in charge of Longcheng outside the pass until the third year of Kaihuang. The most important reliance was the support of Khitan, Mart and even Goguryeo. It is precisely with this relationship that the Gao Qianxue sisters only died However, the royal family still controls a considerable force over the years, relying on the support of some powerful people in Kanto and the support of the Hu people from outside the pass. They secretly maintain secret contact with the Hu tribe and many wealthy families in Kanto, so they have channels for purchase and shipment with a smuggling channel and a smuggling network. They smuggled war horses, fur, medicinal materials outside the pass, and then smuggled weapons, armor, iron tools, tea, and outside the pass. The smuggled money is used to maintain the operation of this secret force.

Such smuggling is actually very profitable. Moreover, because they have a good relationship with the Hu people, it is much safer and more convenient than many Central Plains merchants who smuggle by themselves. In addition to occupying more land, many clans actually operate a large number of shops. Smuggling is also an important source of their wealth.

Jiangdong is rich in silk, porcelain and other objects, and it is also along the coast, so smuggling Liaodong by sea is a huge profit.

However, at the beginning of this year, the Sui lord Yang Jian issued an order for Jiangdong to strictly prohibit local governments from building large ships to sea, and violators would be punished severely. This is a sanction for Jiangdong smuggling. This intention violated the interests of many wealthy families in Jiangdong, including the Shen family in Wuxing. This is also the reason why Gao Qianxue can join forces with Shen family now. Perhaps the Shen family did not really want to rebel from the Sui Dynasty, but they must have wanted to use the Gao family's smuggling channels to continue to maintain the smuggling business, and even wanted to take this opportunity to increase their share of smuggling.

"Beware that the Shen family just wants to use us."

"Use and being used have always been like this. The so-called cooperation is just mutual use. If there is no value of utilization, then cooperation will be impossible. Yilang, do you think so?"

Ling Yun couldn't help but amazed by Qianxue's keenness. If this woman was born in later generations, she would definitely be an elite in the mall, and it would be no problem to host a large group. Through the surface, she not only has the sensibility of a woman, but also has the rationality that many women never had.

"By the way, that illegitimate child is actually nothing to talk about. Do you know who Xiao Shiluo, who saved Chen Xiong and the others?" Qianxue pulled down Luo Sha on Mi's rosy and clamped her face. Although the red sun in the morning is beautiful, for an albino patient, the sun is always burning, and even the not-so-strong sunlight will make them unbearable.

"Is it Lanling Xiao's family?"

The Xiao family of Lanling is a famous family in China and a top aristocratic family. From the time of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, Xiao Wangzhi, the chief tutor of the Han Dynasty, and from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the late Western Jin Dynasty, to the time when he moved south at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Sima family was placed south of the Yangtze River due to its large family. It is known in history as the "Nan Lanling". It is still called the "Four Major Overseas Chinese Hopes" of the Southern Dynasty. It is indescribable. Since the end of the Jin Dynasty, this family has become increasingly large. According to the history known to Lingyun, the Xiao family of Lanling will become more and more powerful in the future and become the top aristocratic family in the world and a thousand-year-old clan.

During the Southern Dynasties, they were royal families of Southern Qi and Southern Liang. Even during the Southern Dynasties, the Xiao family had more than 30 prime ministers. In the Sui Dynasty, when the son personally asked for the daughter of Xiao as a concubine for his second son Yang Guang, it can be seen that his dignity was obvious. Although the Xiao family was greatly impacted during the Hou Jing Rebellion, the Xiao family still maintained the small court of Hou Liang in Jiangling in Jiangling. Although it was finally annexed by the Sui Dynasty, they were treated well because of the voluntary surrender of Hou Liang.

Therefore, Ling Yun thought that Xiao Shiluo was unlikely to be a member of the Xiao clan of Lanling. Although the Xiao clan regarded Lanling as the county guard, in fact, the Xiao clan had moved to the area south of the Yangtze River long ago. After the demise of Nanliang, most of them fled to the Jiangling area in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. In the Sui Dynasty and Houliang, these Xiao clan members also moved to Daxing City, the capital.

"Do you know Xiao Maha?"

"Of course I know." Ling Yun replied immediately. Xiao Mohe's name is well-known in Jiangdong. This guy is the god of war in Jiangdong and the most powerful general in Jiangnan. It is hard not to know whether or not. Moreover, Xiao Mohe is indeed the Xiao family of Lanling.

Xiao Mohe's father was the county magistrate of Shixing, Nanliang, so he was considered a child of an official and had been practicing martial arts since he was a child. At the age of nineteen, he had fought with his uncle and fought alone on the war horses, and no one could defeat him. Later, Xiao Mohe joined the command of Chen Baxian, the emperor of Southern Chen, and became a general of Southern Chen. About twenty-five years ago, the Chen army was in the northern expedition, and the purpose of attacking Northern Qi was to recover the Huainan area north of the Yangtze River. Northern Qi was the strongest among the three kingdoms of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Their vanguards were all eight feet long and extremely capable, and there was also a Hu god in the Western Regions.

The archer was afraid of the Chen army. Wu Mingqi, the commander of the Chen army at that time, said that if the Hu people in the Western Regions could be killed, the enemy would lose morale. He asked Xiao Mohe, can you kill Yan Liang with your name? Wu Mingqi personally drank wine for Xiao Mohe. After Xiao Mohe drank wine, he rushed into the enemy formation alone. The Hu master archer came out of the formation. Before he pulled the bow open, Xiao Mohe had already rushed to the front and threw the mills directly to smash him to death. At this time, the powerful troops of the Northern Qi attacked, and Xiao Mohe fought against all the heroes, and all of them were killed. The Northern Qi army was defeated.

At that time, Xiao Maha was famous all over the world, and was known as Guan Gong's rebirth and the most powerful general in the world. Unfortunately, when Sui pacified Nanchen, he turned against the enemy and surrendered without fighting. However, this peerless general surrendered to Sui, but there was no reason for this peerless general. The reason was that he fought for the country on the front line, and later ruler Chen Shubao took this opportunity to deal with Mrs. Xiao, who entered the palace and met the concubine of the later ruler. After a while, the two of them became traitors. Xiao Maha wore a green hat on his head. He was so embarrassed that Xiao Maha could not be willing to be willing. Thinking that Xiao Maha was a powerful general, he was the founding general who followed the later ruler's uncle, Chen Ba, and died first, and made great contributions to the five emperors of Southern Chen. When Chen Houzhu treated him like this, he naturally did not hesitate to fight on the front line, took the opportunity to surrender the enemy and attacked him.

However, after surrendering to the Sui Dynasty, this powerful general did not have a good life. Although he was granted the position of Kaifu Yitong Sansi, he had been idle in Beijing. This year, the King of Han was appointed as the General of the Cavalry by the Emperor of Sui and followed Yang Liang to control Bingzhou. But at this time, Xiao Maha was already sixty-six years old and old.

"What's the relationship between Xiao Shiluo and Xiao Mohe?"

Gao Qianxue smiled and said, "Xiao Shiluo is Xiao Maha's second son. There are rumors that Xiao Shiluo was actually born to Chen Shubao and Mrs. Xiao."

Damn, the Sui Dynasty also had gossip, and it was so exciting. Chen Xiong was the illegitimate son of Chen Shubao's son. If Xiao Shiluo was Chen Shubao's illegitimate son, he would still be Chen Xiong's uncle. He is really his own person.

"No matter whether Xiao Shiluo is Chen Shubao's illegitimate son, he is now nominally the son of Xiao Mohe. Xiao Mohe has been surrendered to Sui for nine years and is still under the command of the King of Han. Why did Xiao Shiluo take action? Is there any fraud?" This inexplicably complicated relationship made Ling Yun feel a little confused. But he still felt that this matter was a bit strange. Although Xiao Mohe was not doing well in the Sui Dynasty, he was still a general after all, and his son Xiao Shiluo had no reason to help them.

"I heard that Xiao Mohe has never liked this son, and his brother Xiao Shilian is said to like this brother either. Otherwise, why would you think Xiao Shiluo stay in Jiangnan?" Gao Qianxuedao, "Set Xiao Shiluo is Chen Shubao's son, how do you think we should treat this sudden appearance of Xiao Shiluo?"

Xiao Mohe's daughter was once the crown prince's concubine of Chen Shubao's son, the deposed crown prince Chen Yin. His wife later had an affair with Chen Shubao. The son might have been born of Chen Shubao's affair with his wife. This situation is really complicated. Chen Shubao had an affair with his wife's mother, which was a mess with his relatives. If Xiao Shiluo was Chen Shubao's son, then should he be called Chen Yin's brother-in-law, or his brother, or sister-in-law, or sister-in-law?

"Be careful." Ling Yun shook his head and said.
Chapter completed!