"I served Liu Guangshi, the military envoy of the national army, to pay homage to the officials. Unexpectedly, I saw him again after several months of separation! I was in Huaibei before, pursued by the Jin people, and was squeezed out by Zhang Jun and Wang Yuan. I almost thought I would never see him again in this life.
It’s hard to meet the official family!”
Unexpectedly, the late-night imperial meeting held by the Zhao family in the wilderness of Bagong Mountain with grief and indignation actually started with Liu Guangshifu kneeling down and crying as soon as he appeared.
"Liu Qing..."
Under the firelight, even though Zhao Guan's family was furious before, they couldn't help but feel a little confused at this time. They wondered if Yang Yizhong had deliberately lied in order to favor Zhang Jun, and that he had misunderstood this Western Army veteran who was the same age as Han Shizhong.
However, he took a look at the two generals who followed Liu Guangshi and bowed down at a distance from the edge of the curtain, namely a commander named Fu Qing, and Wang De, whom he had heard about for a long time, nicknamed Wang Yaksha.
...But it’s hard to deny Yang Yizhong’s return.
In desperation, Zhao Jiu, who had just put on his clothes and sat upright on the Grand Master's chair, adjusted slightly, and then managed to suppress his many emotions and asked again: "Liu Qing, let's not mention Jin Jun, you said that you were raped by Taiwei Zhang and Taiwei Wang.
What's going on with Lieutenant's exclusion?"
"Officials!" Liu Guangshi, who was in full armor, suddenly raised his head, revealing a face covered with mud. Even his appearance was hard to see clearly, and he looked quite pitiful. "Good instructors, I know... I received your majesty's order yesterday at Cai Cai, and Xu Chen divided his troops.
Huaihe was resting, and I was naturally very grateful. Moreover, because our army's sergeants were killed and wounded on a large scale by the Jin people, they were really unfit to fight. Even if we stayed in the city, people were in panic, which was not conducive to defending the city. So I thought of letting Wang Taiwei (the imperial commander)
Wang Yuan, the commander of the camp, and Zhang Taiwei (Zhang Jun) made a convenience, and Xu Chen led some of the scattered troops to cross over at night to calm the morale of the troops..."
When Zhao Jiu heard this, he couldn't help but nodded when he thought of the scene where he was so scared that he jumped into the river. In fact, when Liu Guangshi said this, he seemed to be able to tell the story of his sneaking across the river.
only……
"Why did they start arguing again, why did they want to rob the boat, and why did they burn the ferry?" Zhao Jiu frowned and couldn't ask further.
"Report to the officials!" Liu Guangshi immediately raised his head, but pointed his finger at Wang Yuan, the commander of the imperial camp who also chose to kneel down and bow his head. "The reason for the dispute was because Wang Yuan did not want his troops to lead his troops to the night crossing!
"
"Why aren't he allowed to travel at night?" Zhao Jiu continued to frown and asked like a repeater, but he asked Wang Yuan.
"Report to the officials!" Wang Yuan raised his head at this time, and his face was filled with fireworks and dried mud. It was even more colorful than Liu Guangshi's face, but his words were full of sorrow and indignation, and he didn't know what he was suppressing. "Your Majesty..."
"Good instructors know!" At this moment, Liu Guangshi suddenly interrupted, pointing at Wang Yuan and crying. "Wang Taiwei has selfish motives! He should have promised many dignitaries in the industry, but he secretly worked for those dignitaries at night.
He wanted to transport wealth and goods, so he was unwilling to transport troops for me! My subordinates were angry and argued with Wang Taiwei's subordinates, which led to trouble!"
Zhao Jiu became more and more puzzled and could only continue to ask: "Where did all the dignitaries come from here, and where did they come from, and what kind of wealth did they have to transport troops? Even if there were, they should have crossed the Huaihe River at Yingkou before, where did they come from?
Is there any reason why you are still in Huaibei now?"
"It was given by Zhang Jun." Liu Guangshi quickly kowtowed and explained. "The officials don't know that Zhang Taiwei was in Jingdong and Huaidong and successfully suppressed bandits one after another... The rebels rebelled, and all the military state treasury and people's property belonged to the rebels.
However, Zhang Taiwei took it calmly, so he had no intention of hiding the wealth in Xiacai City. He had long wanted to use it to bribe the dignitaries in order to secure a future. However, the officials had to leave after a few days, so he had no idea.
It was too late to do this, so he let Wang Taiwei be the middleman, and he made countless riches to cross the Huaihe River late at night, and handed them over to his old subordinate Yang Yizhong for distribution... As for the minister who could not restrain his subordinates, he later took advantage of the wealth and even seized the ships and burned the crossing.
This is indeed your fault!"
Zhao Jiu had no expression on his face. He first looked back at Yang Yizhong who knelt down with a plop, then at Wang De and Fu Xuan who stood silently on the edge of the curtain, but finally looked at Wang Yuan:
"Wang Qing, what do you say? Have you transported the goods for Zhang Boying?"
"I...I...I really don't know!" Wang Yuan murmured for a long time, but then gave an incredible answer. "At that time, the chaos broke out, and I was transporting troops in the river, or I was on patrol at Xiacai Neidu.
Maybe Emperor Jianfuzuo did it privately? As for after the chaos broke out, I was really incompetent. I couldn't restrain the fleet, and I couldn't put out the fire at the ferry. I could only escape back in embarrassment... Today's crime is all due to my incompetence!"
Zhao Jiu tilted his head and thought for a moment before he understood what Wang Yuan meant. Liu Guangshi passed all the responsibilities to Zhang Jun, who could not cross the river to distinguish them, and to Lieutenant Wang in front of him. For some reason, Lieutenant Wang did not dare to
He denied it and did not dare to take responsibility, so he passed the responsibility to a subordinate.
And without asking, Zhao Jiucai could guess that Huangfu Zuo was probably stranded in Huaibei at this time and would not be able to get through for a while.
Thinking of this, Zhao Guanjia sneered, and then glanced at Lu Haowen, Zhang Jun and others who hurried here, and then stopped at another person: "Wang Qing, you are the prime minister, now Liu, Zhang
, Wang and the three lieutenants have their own disputes with each other, and you are the only one who can put an end to them. What do you think this matter is all about?"
Wang Boyan took a step forward and came to the middle of the curtain. He maintained the dignity of a scholar-official and a prime minister. He neither knelt down nor burst into tears, but that was all... He opened his mouth to speak, but when he met Zhao
After Jiu's cold smile, a sudden thought occurred in his heart, and he almost immediately wanted to swallow the words he had prepared; but then he turned his head, his eyes drifted past the three generals kneeling towards Zhao Guan's house, and landed at the entrance of the curtain behind him.
Seeing Wang De and Fu Qing's figures, they finally didn't dare to change their tune.
Just like this, after pausing for a long time, Prime Minister Wang, who really didn't know how to speak, just stood there like a lump of elm wood, silent and speechless, which was really funny.
Zhao Jiu sneered more and more, but didn't say much. He just kept quiet, as if he was determined to see if the other party could speak... However, he might have been waiting for this opportunity. In this gap, a figure in the distance
However, the little chamberlain took the opportunity to lead another general in full armor and hurriedly passed Wang De and Fu Xuan into the curtain.
The person who came was Hu Yantong, the deputy commander under Han Shizhong. After the incident in Shunchang Mansion, this person led his headquarters to stay with Zhao Jiu and was promoted to commander. Obviously, this is another arrangement similar to that of the Red Heart Team by the Zhao Guan family.
It seems that he wants to take the opportunity to expand his immediate bodyguard.
Hu Yantong's hurried arrival directly attracted the attention of everyone in the curtain, but this person did not say anything. Instead, he came directly to Zhao Jiu and bowed down and presented a document.
Zhao Guanjia glanced at the seal of the document in the light of the fire, and immediately became serious. Then he opened it directly in front of everyone, and began to read it on the Taishi chair... With this action, everyone in the curtain turned their attention to the document.
Above, it is obvious that this should be a text sent by Han Shizhong, who is far away.
However, I don’t know if it was an illusion. Although the official took only a moment to read the letter and kept a faint smile throughout the whole process, the censor Zhongcheng Zhang Jun, who was very close to him, vaguely felt that the official had a slight smile on his hands when he read the letter.
Trembling.
It can't be because it's freezing, right?
Something is going to happen!
In fact, when Zhao Jiu put down the documents and exhaled several long breaths, this was the instinctive reaction of many people.
"That's it!" Zhao Jiu pinched the document, and then suddenly smiled at Wang Boyan. "I understand what Privy Council Wang means, thank you for your hard work!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Although Wang Boyan did not kneel down, he was still in tears.
"I understand what Taiwei Wang means." Zhao Jiufu turned to look at Wang Yuan, who was embarrassed on the ground for a moment. "But you defend Taiwei Liu so much, and you don't hesitate to blame your subordinates... In addition to a little bit of publicity, you don't have anything else.
Unspeakable secret?"
Before Wang Yuan could speak, Liu Guangshi himself and the rest of the people present were suddenly shocked, because Zhao Guan's words seemed to place the blame on him, Taiwei Liu.
"My lord..." Liu Guangshi opened his mouth to speak.
"I thought about it for a moment," Zhao Jiu raised his hand to stop Liu Guangshi's defense, and then said thoughtfully as if talking to himself. "Han Shizhong once told me that he was your Lieutenant Wang during the expedition to Fangla.
At that time, you, Taiwei Wang, were under the command of Taiwei Liu's biological father... In other words, you and Han Shizhong were both Liu Yanqing's former subordinates! And Liu Yanqing and our father and son, Taiwei Liu, have always passed down the line as generals.
, is famous for being good at nurturing soldiers...You pride yourself on being a general of the Liu family, so you are unwilling to identify the benefactor's son and would rather bear the blame for him, right?"
Before Wang Yuan could speak, Liu Guangshi kowtowed on the other side: "Guan family! I have no intention of colluding with the generals! I just..."
"Liu Taiwei is so majestic!" Zhao Jiu suddenly held the document and his expression turned cold. "You actually don't allow me to finish my words in my own words?!"
Liu Guangshi was shocked immediately, but quickly bowed his head and said nothing.
"I won't say much about your selfishness tonight. As for your publicity tonight, it's nothing more than the feeling that Liu Taiwei's superior move will end the problem. Now Zhang Taiwei and his troops are in trouble in Huaibei, and Liu Taiwei is in trouble.
Taiwei and his elite are full of talents." At this point, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but sneer again. "So for the sake of the overall situation, it is better to abandon Taiwei Zhang and follow Taiwei Liu, or simply because he is worried that someone who does not serve him well will not be able to serve him well.
Taiwei Liu is going to tell a story about Chen Qiao, and you will all become Chai's surviving ministers..."
"I am really scared!" When Liu Guangshi heard this, he couldn't bear it anymore and kowtowed repeatedly. "Your Majesty said that they were favored by my father and son, but my father and son have always been favored by the emperor! This time..."
"If you dare to interrupt me again, I will assume that you want to occupy this crappy chair!" Zhao Jiu and Liu Guangshi spoke almost at the same time. "If you want to talk, come up with a knife and kick me out first!"
But this time, Lieutenant Liu fell to the ground completely silent.
"Prime Minister Wang didn't say a word, Taiwei Wang was filthy, my guards secretly pulled my clothes to prevent me from getting angry at this time, Xianggong Lu and Zhang Zhongcheng repeatedly winked at me and advised me to slow down... Everyone's public conscience
I understand, but I'm just afraid that if Liu Taiwei rebels, today's Bagong Mountain will become the place where the Song Dynasty was destroyed." Zhao Jiu finally finished these words."
Everyone in the curtain today clearly knows this idea, so why do we have to hide it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of beetle leaves from the edge of the curtain in the distance, which made everyone nervous to the extreme. In the strange silence, the sound of wind and fire merged. Almost everyone wanted to speak, but no one had the courage.
When Liu Guangshi opened his mouth, he raised his head anxiously several times, but he did not dare to speak.
"Wang Qing! Was that you just now?"
The one who broke the silence was Zhao Jiu who was slightly moved in his heart.
"Not me!" Wang Yuan responded in embarrassment.
"I'm not calling you." Zhao Jiu suddenly raised his voice. "Wang De Wang Yaksha is standing by the curtain! Can you hear me? I'm calling you!"
Wang De, who had a full beard and looked like a yaksha, was stunned for a moment, but he still hurried forward and came to the bonfire, ready to bow his head and salute.
"Come forward!" Zhao Jiu waved her hand. "No need to salute. I have something to ask you."
Wang De became more and more confused, but he still walked around the two lieutenants on the ground, came to Zhao Jiu's side, and bowed his head again.
"Do you recognize me?" Zhao Jiu turned to Wang De and pointed to the tip of his nose.
"I know!" Wang De replied blankly. "I have seen officials in Hebei and Nanjing."
"That's not what you mean..." Zhao Jiu laughed in relief. "I'm asking you, who am I?"
Wang De became more and more confused: "Of course the official family is the official family!"
"Who is bigger, the official or the lieutenant?" asked Yang Yizhong behind him, Lu Hao on the side, Zhang Jun and others, Zhao Jiu continued to laugh and ask.
"Of course it's the official family!" Wang De opened his mouth to reply, but couldn't help but add. "But the official family, Liu Taiwei really has no intention of rebellion. He is just timid and can easily get into trouble..."
Zhao Jiu nodded, as if he didn't care: "It's good that Wang Qing knows that I am older than the Taiwei... I want to ask you one more thing. When Wang Qing was stationed in Xuzhou, did he encounter the Jin army before retreating, or after retreating?"
The Jin army we encountered? What is the approximate number of the main force of the Jin army behind us? Is it one hundred thousand, or more than twenty thousand?"
Several civil and military officials standing around were stunned. Even the kneeling Yang Yizhong and Wang Yuan raised their heads in astonishment. Without waiting for Wang De's reply, Liu Guangshi on the ground suddenly kowtowed repeatedly.
When Zhao Jiu saw this scene, he couldn't stop laughing ferociously in his heart, but he simply raised his hand and signaled: "Wang Qing, there is no need to answer, go and invite Commander Fu."
The whole audience held their breath in silence, but after Wang De left the imperial chair and throne in a daze, he hurried to the curtain and caught Fu Xuan, who was also in full armor... How could Fu Xuan be a rough guy like Wang De?
On the other hand, at this time, there is probably only one Wang De in this account who is a confused idiot, otherwise he would not have been shocked by Zhao Guan's explicit words just now, and then cracked the armor leaves.
But having said that, Commander Fu was dragged by this bastard, but he didn't need to worry about anything, and just followed the other party to the imperial court and bowed down.
"Fu Qing is a newcomer, and all he wants is fame and fortune...right?" When facing Fu Xuan, Zhao Jiu changed his rhetoric.
"minister……"
"You don't have to answer, just listen!" Zhao Jiu said simply in the Taishi chair. "It is said that Liu Taiwei and his son are good at raising soldiers. To be fair, I can't do that, but I am at the end of my rope here.
That I can still restrain Taiwei Liu like this means that my capital is still richer than that of the Liu family... Since Fu Qing is doing business, instead of selling himself to the Liu family, why not sell it to me? The money he gives you can also be used by me.
Give it, I can still give it to you if he can’t give it to you!”
"Please give me a message if I die!" Liu Guangshi couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly shouted, "Guan family! I really have no objections!"
"I know you haven't!" Zhao Jiu said from afar. "Otherwise you should have stopped me when I called Wang De."
Liu Guangshi felt that his body was half weak in an instant, and he just lay on the ground and said: "The officials only need to know about me! This time I have taken away my military power, and I will have nothing to say!"
"Please, please help me hold Lieutenant Liu's hands." Zhao Jiu ignored them, but turned back to look at Fu Xuan and Wang De.
Wang De was stunned for a moment, obviously hesitating, but Fu Xuan quickly jumped out, and just before Liu Guangshi was about to stand up, he pushed the man with his legs from behind, and then easily took the man down with his hands behind his back.
Liu Guangshi was restrained and could only shout loudly: "Guan! I am definitely not plotting rebellion! Please spare me, Guan!"
Now, it was Wang De's turn to be panicked for a moment. Under the gaze of the officials, the brave general nicknamed Wang Yaksha hesitated for a moment before finally stepping forward and taking Liu Guangshi's already limp horse from Player Fu.
Come on, hands down.
Seeing this, Zhao Jiu finally stood up, turned around and looked around, and then actually took out a shining steel knife from Yang Yizhong, who was still kneeling.
Liu Guangshi became more and more frightened, and burst into tears for a while, but he continued to talk nonsense: "Officials! Good instructors know! My behavior is certainly a serious crime, but I did it based on the official's intentions! I have always done this.
Knowing that the officials wanted to go to the south of the Yangtze River, and seeing that they wanted to leave when they arrived, I thought it was a hint from the officials, so I made up a 100,000-gold army..."
"I trust Liu Qing." Zhao Jiu came over with a knife in hand without stopping at all. "It's just that I changed my mind a long time ago and don't want to go to Jiangnan!"
"I really don't know that Guan Jia, Zhang and Han are really going to fight, and I really have no intention of treason..." Liu Guangshi continued to defend, but now that he saw the shadow of the knife reflecting on his head, he could no longer do it.
Make a sound.
"Official!" At the critical moment, Lu Hao asked He and Zhang Jun looked at each other and had no choice but to line up together. Then Lu Xianggong spoke hurriedly first. "Since the matter has come to this, why not take away his military power and deal with it calmly? How can any official take action personally?
What is the reason for killing a dignified captain with a sword? Where is the national system?"
"Guan family." Zhang Jun also carefully bowed his head and advised. "I also thought that Liu Guangshi should die, but the situation at this time is dangerous, and the danger of national subjugation is not false talk. The official family should focus on the overall situation and not easily lose people's hearts."
Zhao Jiu had no time to pay attention to these people, because he held a knife and gestured behind the armor-clad Liu Guangshi for a long time. He didn't know how to start. With no choice, the official could only turn around and ask the know-it-all Yang Sheren: "
Zhengfu, how should we proceed at this time?"
Yang Yizhong had already been dumbfounded. When he was suddenly asked, he blurted out: "Have the officials ever seen killing chickens? Now they can do it like killing chickens..."
As soon as he said this, Yang Yizhong already regretted it... Firstly, he really shouldn't get involved in this kind of thing; secondly, he also instantly realized that the official had never seen the shape of a killed chicken?
However, after hearing these words, Zhao Guanjia no longer hesitated. He just leaned down, grabbed the frightened Liu Guangshi's helmet tassel with his left hand, and used his right hand to use the knife to cut the opponent's exposed Adam's apple... Then
His movements were skillful, as if he had actually killed a chicken.
After one blow, there was no more noise in the curtain.
Wang De and Fu Xuan let go of their hands, each looked at each other, and stood silently. Only Liu Guangshi clutched his throat and threw himself on the ground, making a little noise. Looking at his struggle, it looked like his throat had been cut.
Chicken-like.
Zhao Guanjia held the blood-stained steel sword in his hand and looked at it for a while. When there was no movement on the ground and he felt comfortable all over, he abandoned the steel sword and turned around to answer his prime minister and Yushi Zhongcheng loudly:
"I would rather perish the country than kill this person with my own hands!"
ps: Dazhang wishes everyone a happy New Year in advance.