Song Jingang looked at Kou Zhong intently and said: Brother Kou, does he know that he is in danger?
Kou Zhong secretly wondered if this sentence was extremely redundant. On the surface, he pretended to be asking for advice humbly: Brother Song, please give me some advice.
Song Jingang said in a deep voice: "Brother Kou doesn't have to say this clearly. You should know that we have close relations with the Turks, so we can also get precious information through them."
Kou Zhong felt Song Jingang's convincing charm more and more.
In fact, up until this moment, Song Jingang was still going around in circles and not getting to the point. But all these branches and leaves combined have created a strong sense of oppression, making Kou Zhong feel the need to get close to and cooperate with him.
It was obvious that the other party had seen through his intention to conquer the world, so every word struck such a chord that he couldn't help but feel moved.
He frowned and said: There is one thing that I still don’t understand. I heard that the Li clan has a good relationship with the Turks. If you and the Li clan start a fight, which side will the Turks help?
Song Jingang answered calmly: Brother Kou understands that the weak will help the other side?
The two looked at each other and laughed heartily at the same time.
Song Jingang suppressed his smile and said solemnly: Brother Kou has offended Li Shimin because of the Heshi Bi incident. With his decisive character, he will never let this matter go easily.
Kou Zhong said: Why does he think that He's Bi is in my hands? Even the concubine Xuan of the person involved is not sure about this.
Song Jingang said: This is very strange. But Li Shimin revealed to Tuli that he could guarantee that the Heshi Bi was in your hands. And he was very afraid of you, brother Kou, and made it clear that he could not take your two brothers for his own use.
I have no choice but to cut off my kindness and destroy you. Others don’t know the strength of his hands, but they can’t hide it from me, so I know that Brother Kou’s current situation is extremely dangerous.
Kou Zhong knew that Song Jingang's story was true because he couldn't make it up even if he wanted to.
I think it belongs to Li Jing and he indeed betrayed them. Otherwise, how could Li Shimin dare to insist that Heshi Bi was stolen by them? Kou Zhong's eyes suddenly flashed with murderous intent and he said solemnly: "Will there be fewer people who want my head on my neck? Why bother to have more of him?"
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Song Jingang said calmly: Brother Kou is a wise man, but how much do you really know about Li Shimin?
Kou Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "I was about to ask Brother Song for advice."
Yun Yuzhen and Bu Tianzhi both looked appreciative and were willing to ask questions humbly, which was a great advantage of this boy.
Song Jingang said: I have never met Li Shimin, but I have made some efforts to inquire and study about his behavior since the Taiyuan uprising. The conclusion is that this man is decisive and enterprising, and he has great ambitions. Because of his perseverance and outstanding character, he is good at using strange weapons.
Being able to defeat the weak and overcome the danger in order to win is a rare and rare military talent.
Then he took a deep look at Kou Zhong and said, "He has never made a mistake before. I will make no exception this time for Brother Kou."
Bu Tianzhi changed his tone and said: How strong is Li Shimin in Luoyang's hands at this moment?
Kou Zhong glanced at Bu Tianzhi in surprise. It seemed that the man's concern for him was not fake.
Song Jingang said: I don't know how many followers he has in Luoyang at present. However, the Tiance Mansion established by him is indeed worthy of fierce generals like clouds and ministers like rain. These two words show that this man is very charming and can make people's hearts turn.
After a pause, he said: I am the only person who has the most influence on him in terms of literature. He is Fang Xuanling. He does not know martial arts but knows people. When Li Shimin led his army into Guanzhong, Fang Xuanling came to Wei.
Bei Yeer was appointed by Li Shimin to join the army. All official documents and military orders were handled by him. Moreover, this person was the best at planning the work needed for the war. All the equipment, food, fodder, and equipment were kept in order.
Killing the enemy to win on the battlefield plays a key role in success or failure. If I start a war with Li Shimin, I will definitely assassinate this person first.
Kou Zhong thought that if he wanted to confront Song Jingang in the future, he would have to protect Xu Xingzhi first. Otherwise, it would be a big loss for him if he was assassinated.
Although Song Jingang has not yet seen directly what Kou Zhong did, Kou Zhong has roughly guessed the formula.
He wanted to use his familiarity with Du Fuwei to help Li Zitong deal with Du Fuwei, so that he could calmly command his army in Taiyuan to attack Guanzhong.
Of course, Song Jingang also knew that he, Kou Zhong, would not be easily instigated, otherwise there would be no need to waste words.
Bu Tianzhi asked: Who is the martial artist?
Song Jingang smiled bitterly and said: Then even if you raise your fingers and toes, it won't be finished. From the perspective of the Li clan itself, the three brothers Li Shentong and Li Shimin are the most brilliant. But the real strength comes from the masters from all sides who are attached to the Li family, of which there are about a dozen.
Why are people all top-notch and outstanding masters? They are called generals in the government. But these general-level people live in a woman. No one knows her name because her weapon is a red whisk.
She is a red-flecked girl but has no name.
Kou Zhong asked in surprise: Is she more powerful than Yang Xuyan? Why did she get the seat?
Song Jingang obviously didn't know that Yang Xuyan was Li Shimin's man and said with an moved expression: Where did Brother Kou know that Yang Xuyan had joined the Guanzhong Army?
Kou Zhong thought to himself that you are not omniscient and explained a few words: Can you make an appointment with Brother Song to discuss important matters later? I must go to the palace immediately to see Wang Shichong, otherwise he will be suspicious.
Song Jingang knew that he had impressed him and stopped forcing him to make an appointment, and asked Kou Zhong to leave after a period of time.
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Ba Fenghan jumped up in the air and landed easily on Xu Ziling's boat. He sat on the bow and said calmly: It's time to return the boat to someone else.
Xu Ziling said awkwardly: How did you know I was following you? You obviously never looked back.
Ba Fenghan opened his palm and found that there was a round mirror hidden in his palm.
Xu Ziling suddenly realized that Ba Fenghan asked: Did you hear everything?
Xu Zilingjun's face turned red and he rowed while saying: I thought you could talk in the dialect of your country, but it turned out to be Chinese! I'm sorry!
Ba Feng coldly said: I am here for you, why should I care about the Chinese language. A woman who turns into hatred due to love is sometimes more terrifying than a savage beast. The biggest problem is that you can't bear to do something cruel to her. I thought she was so young at that time, what did she do to her?
I never take anything too seriously. Only now do I realize how wrong I was. Oh! My heart!
Xu Ziling had already heard the sound of breaking waves and hurriedly rowed the boat aside.
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A speedboat passed quickly. The operator was a man who was no different from any local Luoyang man.
Their eyes lit up at the same time.
Ba Fenghan said: Can you smell it?
Xu Ziling definitely said: It tastes like raw herbs.
They both thought of Shangguan Long at the same time.
The boat had submerged into the depths of the vast rain and powder.
Xu Ziling pushed the oar into the water and secretly apologized to the original owner of the boat because he had to borrow the boat for a while longer.
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Kou Zhong and Yun Yuzhen returned to the carriage and Bu Tianzhi was still responsible for driving towards the imperial city.
Yun Yuzhen asked in a low voice: What do you think of Song Jingang?
Kou Zhong frowned and said: He was introduced by you, but he came to ask me.
Yun Yuzhen said angrily: I'm just following Master Xiao's instructions!
Kou Zhong laughed and said: Master Beauty, please don’t take this seriously. I think Song Jingang will be Li Shimin’s strong rival. This game of fighting for the world is getting more and more interesting. Hum! Liu Wu and Zhou Ding once made great promises to the Turks, otherwise the Turks
He will not give up his plums and favor them.
Yun Yuzhendao: This may be the principle of those who are close and those who are far away. Liu Wuzhou and other rebel armies in northern Xinjiang were all instigated by the Turks and professed Li Yuan. Because of the distance, the Turks did not trust him.
Kou Zhong thought: Why did Song Jingang not mention a word about Liang Shidu? He was Liu Wuzhou's senior brother and they were all masters of the Yingyang sect. They should advance and retreat together with each other.
Yun Yuzhen said: Even brothers can turn against each other and become enemies. Aren't Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou close friends? Now they are not suspicious of each other. I heard that Li Shimin and Prince Li Jiancheng are also brothers who are at odds with each other. Whenever the throne is involved, what happens? All human kindness is worthless.
Kou Zhong recalled that when Du Fuwei wanted to recognize him as his son, he did not mention Fu Gongyou and seemed to ignore him at all.
Thinking of Yun Yuzhen's reputation for being well-informed, she smiled and said: If I encounter trouble in the future, will Master Meiren'er be willing to help me with all his strength?
Yun Yuzhen glanced at him and sighed: How could it have been better then? I don't know how troubled I am now!
Kou Zhong intuitively felt that she was upset about the affairs between men and women and did not dare to ask further. He said casually: There are several masters in the Dugu family who have not shown up at all. For example, Dugu Ba seems more like a missing person. Do you know where they are? Yunyu He said listlessly: How did I know? We’re here! Get off the car!
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The boat carried Xu Ba and the two of them and parked them under a bridge. In the mist and rain, unless someone crossed the bridge in a boat or deliberately checked, they would not be found.
If this was a major waterway like Luoshui, their boat would certainly be quite an eyesore. However, what they were currently in was Yirenfang, a tributary of Xiangluo Canal located in the southwest of the city.
The boat was moored at the pier behind a courtyard near the water. There were also three covered speedboats moored at the pier.
The Luoyang waterway connecting the whole city is more convenient and faster than traveling by car and horse on the highway.
Ba Fenghan looked at the closed back door of the courtyard and said solemnly: I am sure to kill Tuli.
Xu Ziling said in astonishment: How come you are evenly matched with the two of you I just saw?
Ba Fenghan shook his head and said: This is just an appearance. Do you think your performance was far better than usual when you were interacting with the master's concubine last night?
Xu Ziling was shocked and said: I haven't really thought about this problem, but it seems to be the case now.
Ba Fenghan's eyes sparkled and he said in a voice full of longing and hope: This is the wonderful use of He's Bi that has allowed us to break through and surpass the previous physical limitations. What we need now is challenge and training to unlock the potential. Use it to become your own. Now Luoyang is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and we are surrounded by enemies on all sides. Is there any better place to practice martial arts than this in the world?
Xu Ziling lowered his head and watched the rain falling into the river and becoming part of the river.
The leader said: We are like an open river. Every time we fight with people, if there is a wind and rain, the water in the river will be more abundant. It is heart-warming to think about it.
Ba Fenghan said: Someone comes out!
Xu Ziling was already alert and hurriedly hid himself and looked towards the back wall of the courtyard.
Two figures jumped over the wall and landed on one of the speedboats, quickly untied and sailed in the other direction.
This is why Xu Ziling carefully parked the boat at the other end of Luoshui, otherwise the enemy would have discovered it at this moment, because the enemy's chance of going to the city center was of course the greatest.
Ba Fenghan watched the speedboat go away and smiled happily and said: This trip we made a mistake and ended up finding Qu Ao's temporary lair. No wonder we just smelled the scent of snow lotus, which is the sacred medicine of the Tiele people for healing.
Xu Ziling also recognized that the couple just now were Qu Ao's second disciple, the beauty Hua Lingzi, and his third disciple, Brother Geng. Hu'er thought to himself that it was such a coincidence and wondered: I wonder which one of them is injured?
Ba Fenghan said: You don’t have to be injured to deliver the goods! This is called being prepared for a rainy day.
Seeing Ba Fenghan's eyes flashing with lightning, Xu Ziling asked: Brother Fenghan, isn't he going to force his way in and kill him?
Ba Fenghan smiled and said: "Zi Ling really knows my heart. Just think about who is in the hospital? What is their strength? We all know nothing about it. The thrill of breaking into the dragon's pond and the tiger's den is so exciting. Can we become Yu Ning?" Masters of series like Dodge, Bi Xuan, and Fu Cailin just look at today!
At this moment, the two of them felt alarmed and looked towards the direction of the river leading to Luoshui.
A speedboat sailed quickly against the wind and rain. Except for one person who was steering the boat at the stern, there was a tall man standing upright at the bow. He had a long face and a ferocious face. His shoulders were wide, his waist was thin, and his legs were long. His appearance was majestic and terrifying.
Xu Ziling hurriedly averted his eyes and even though they were nearly thirty feet apart, he was still afraid of arousing the other party's alert and whispered: "He is the biological brother of Dugu Feng, the top master of Dugu Ba Dugu Clan."
Ba Fenghan was surprised and said: Didn't the Dugu Clan cooperate with Li Mi? Why did they secretly collude with the Tiele people? Go ahead!
Xu Ziling was recalling the scene when he left Xingyang City that day, when Dugu Ba took advantage of Shen Luoyan's mind to be distracted, hid in the snowdrift, and suddenly succeeded in a sneak attack. He also wanted to violently attack Shen Luoyan, but was finally attacked and injured by himself. Hearing this, he was dumbfounded and said: What?
Ba Fenghan slapped his palm onto the water surface, causing a jet of water to splash everywhere.
The boat broke through the river like an arrow and slid out of the bottom of the bridge to meet Dugu Ba's speedboat.
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When Kou Zhong jumped off the carriage to say goodbye to Bu Tianzhi, the latter shot out a paper ball with a snap of his fingers.
Kou Zhong took the carriage in shock and turned around to leave.
As he walked towards the central gate of the imperial city, he read the ball of paper given to him by Bu Tianzhi. Apart from writing the place where they met secretly, there was nothing else to say. He couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
Bu Tianzhi clearly wanted to hide Yun Yuzhen’s secret communication with him. What was going on?
But I felt vaguely that Bu Tianzhi had no ill intentions.
After entering the imperial city, the general guarding the gate took him to the Shangshu Mansion and waited for a long time before someone took him to the hall. As soon as he entered, he was astonished.
I saw Wang Shichong sitting high in the main seat at the south end of the hall. More than ten seats were evenly distributed, and both sides were filled with people.
Among the six seats on the right, Kou Zhong knew the beautiful Hu Ji, Linglong Jiao, Ke Feng Taoist, Tie Gou, Chen Changlin, and Wang Shichong. The ones on the right seat were Ouyang Xiyi, and Lang Feng and Song Mengqiu were accompanying them at the last seat.
The six people on the other side were all the last two whom they met for the first time. Wang Shichong seemed to be his son. Kou Zhong could not imagine that when he suddenly encountered such a battle, Wang Shichong stood up and laughed and said: "Kou Zhong, you came just now." It's time for us to discuss the big plan. Come! Sit down and drink a cup of hot tea.
Everyone clasped their fists at him as a salute, only the frosty Hu girl Linglongjiao gave him an indifferent nod as a greeting.
Ouyang Xiyi seemed to have a special affection for Kou Zhong, beckoning and saying: "You don't need to add a seat to sit with me!"
His own attendants added a chair for Kou Zhong to sit down beside the senior master and served him tea. After some commotion, Wang Shichong introduced two men wearing general uniforms on the left side to Kou Zhong. Another Yang Gongqing in Zhang Zhenzhou was the general who Wang Shichong relied on to help him. His status was higher than that of Lang Feng and Song Mengqiu. He had been stationed in foreign defense and fought for Wang Shichong against the rebels from all sides.
Kou Zhong knew that these were Wang Shichong's real team members, and paid special attention to those two people.
Zhang Zhenzhou has a tall figure, a long and thin face, and looks shrewd, confident, calm and composed. He rarely smiles. His high forehead is slightly raised, as if he contains infinite wisdom. He is thirty-five or six years old, and he seems to be a meticulous person.
Yang Gongqing was a little older, of medium build, and always had a gentle smile on his face. His slender eyes made Kou Zhong feel that he was a man of profound knowledge. When he spoke in a high-pitched voice, he spoke slowly and slowly, giving people a feeling of discontinuity and continuity.
The two people at the bottom are Wang Xuanying and Wang Xuanshu, the eldest and second sons of Wang Shichong. The former has scars on his face, and his behavior is a bit rough and reckless. His eyes are more vicious, which makes people dare not compliment him. His slightly short body shape already has fat commander Kou Zhongchai.
He is a person who indulges in drinking and sex, otherwise such a situation would not happen in his twenties. It seems that even if he had Wang Shichong's personal inheritance, it would not be able to make a difference.
On the contrary, Naidi was physically strong, radiant and vigorous. Although he was not as tall as Kou Zhong, he was still tall and mature, but his childishness was still there and he still needed some experience before he could stand on his own.
The other two people are Wang Honglie and Wang Xingben, both of whom are relatives of Wang Shichong. Judging from their appearance, they are not extraordinary figures. Half of the eight core figures of Wang Shichong's army here are related to Wang Shichong. Except for Wang Xuanshu, they are not ordinary people.
The use of private individuals in this way will have a certain impact on the morale of the military.
After drinking tea, Wang Shichong smiled at Kou Zhong and said, "We are all very happy to see our brothers back in good health."
Kou Zhong cursed secretly in his heart without mentioning the curfew order last night and said with a smile: What on earth happened that warranted alarming the Lord Minister and all of you to discuss the big plan here?
Wang Shichong said: "Huang Gongcuo has just arrived here. We are preparing to take the lead and make sure that the Nanhai faction's entire army is annihilated and never recovers."