"If you had stayed in Jinzhou at that time, not to mention becoming a general now, you would have been able to become a powerful captain leading thousands of troops." The middle-aged man in a green robe looked at Wei Changpan, who was slightly cramped by the stove.
Thinking of the past, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "When you and Liu Ziyi came back from the grassland, you were also in front of this stove, waiting for the red sweet potatoes to be roasted in the stove. You didn't look as reserved as you do now."
When he and the Jinzhou Rangers went north with fifty people, only Wei Changpan and Liu Ziyi were left when they returned south. After the disaster, they no longer had any scruples in their actions. But now Wei Changpan has come back to remember that he was with him.
Sitting in front of the stove roasting red sweet potatoes, and giving him a precious map of Jinzhou, he was a serious fourth-level Jinzhou general and frontier official! Wei Changpan is just a person who has been surrounded by Jiangzhou officials.
Now that the identity of the arrested Bai Ding comes to mind, it is inevitable that he doesn't know where to put his hands and feet.
At this time, Song Zhiwen, who was dressed like a Confucian scholar, saw that Wei Changpan was restless, so he smiled and comforted, "This is the Jinzhou General's Mansion. The Jiangzhou government regards you as a key criminal, but in Jinzhou you still made great achievements as before."
He is a hero, no matter how long the hands of the Gao family brothers are, they can't reach my three-acre land."
"The last time I left the city, I was ambushed twice by the Kalutai assassins. Once just outside Bingyuan City, and again only a few dozen miles away."
"Were these sneaky people so unruly at that time?" Song Zhiwen thought thoughtfully, "That makes sense..."
Wei Changpan heard the implication of Song Zhi's question, thought for a moment and then said: "General, there was some clues earlier, saying that there were killers from Gelutai gathering to go north..."
"It is indeed true. I'm afraid that a considerable number of them passed through the territory under my jurisdiction." Song Zhiwen did not deny it. "I'm afraid that these killers went north to the grassland with the instructions of a very powerful person. There are many tribes in the grassland.
The secret reports sent back in the past two years, which were hidden in the secret conversations, said that except for the leader of the Taiqige tribe, Dunmao, almost all the tribes in the grassland have changed their leader."
This act of almost changing the situation in the North without anyone noticing through assassination was a shocking feat to anyone. It took Wei Changpan a long time to come to his senses and said with a wry smile, "General, this kind of secret is just that
You told me that you will kill people and silence them soon."
"No one among the six ministers of the dynasty could make such a masterpiece. Several cabinet ministers were from the imperial examination system and would never take such a side path. At that time, in order to persuade Fenglutai to put down his worries, the governor of Huizhou became the governor of Huizhou.
Bao, and the Qin family's son Xiang, who is rumored to be able to use his family's financial resources to defeat a country's taxation, also came forward to lobby." Song Zhiwen said with emotion, "In the past, I never believed that Jianghu people can really affect the general trend of a country. You
He Liu Ziyi believed 20% when he returned, believed 56% when the Taiqi Ge troops attacked the city, and only believed 100% when he heard the news that Fenglu was going to Taipei."
When the emperor is angry, he lays down his corpse and his blood flows thousands of miles away. When the warrior is angry, his blood is splashed three feet high into the world.
"I can guess why Wei Changpan came all the way north." Song Zhiwen, who sat opposite Wei Changpan around the stove, moved his hand closer, "I will merge with this round city."
The people probably owe you a huge favor, so if you have any unkind request, you can go too far."
"Before you enter this mansion,
That kid Ziwen is still suggesting that we should lead someone to capture you first. After all, the fugitive wanted by the Jiangzhou government just swaggered into the Jinzhou General's mansion. If the Gao brothers in Jiangzhou want to make a fuss about it, even if
If you can't lose your official position, you will have to give this general a headache." Song Zhiwen looked at it with a nonchalant look when talking about this episode, "One of the Gao brothers controlled the military affairs of a state, and the other sat in a high position as the leader in Jiangzhou.
These two people have sworn hatred with you, so why are you still unwilling to think about it and want to try again with the power of my general?"
The room suddenly became quiet, with the only sound of burning charcoal.
Song Zhiwen was waiting for Wei Changpan's answer, and the guards outside the house were waiting for their general's reaction.
"General, can you please let the big brothers of the bodyguard outside the house sheath their swords first?" Wei Changpan bared his teeth, "General, you can teach people how to not be restrained by setting up such a big battle."
Zhang Ziwen, who led Song Zhiwen's personal bodyguards and twenty men, quietly reached outside the house when he heard Wei Changpan inside the house revealing their whereabouts. In desperation, he was about to lead his men to break down the door in case anything happened to the general, but he heard Song Zhiwen inside the house.
After Zhiwen shouted sharply, Zhang Ziwen stopped the movements of the guards with gestures and silently retreated a few steps.
"Let them take action, and the house will be in a mess again." Song Zhiwen sighed slightly, "If you have anything to say, just say it. Even if they want to rush in and take you, it will be after you finish speaking, but they only want to take you.
Throw you out of the city and far away from my mansion. There is only one seat for General Jinzhou. If someone wants to sit on it, they must try their best to squeeze me out first."
After he let Wei Changpan enter Yuancheng, he asked him to sit down and talk with him. The informants of the enemies in the house had already sent the news out at this time, although Song Zhiwen had no idea that anyone could use this method to win over
He dismounted, but being harassed too much was not a pleasant thing after all, and he spent less time playing with flowers and plants.
"Use the general's power to go to Jiangzhou to deal with Yanyu Tower. If we are held accountable afterwards, let alone my death, the general's situation will not be much better." Wei Changpan said honestly and fairly, "I sacrificed my life for the general.
, but I don’t dare to use this to make any big deal, I just ask the general to take action, so that the Jiangzhou general will no longer interfere with our grievances, and we will do the rest."
"That's it?"
"That's all."
"You have no chance of winning, and you are foolish and brave to do it knowing that it cannot be done." Song Zhiwen said categorically, "At the risk of your life and those of those people, risking your life and death, do you really think that Songfeng Mountain is just Songfeng Mountain?
The imperial court has spent these years practicing martial arts and writing, and Songfengshan was helped to become the co-leader of Jiangzhou and Jianghu. How can you allow you to push him down? This is no longer a situation of nine deaths, but for you, it is a certainty of ten deaths! You know that
It’s a dead end with no solution, do you still want to get involved?”
"I have no choice," Wei Changpan shook his head, and then looked at Song Zhiwen, "Gao Xu is about to die. If I don't try one last time before he dies, I'm afraid that whenever I close my eyes for the rest of my life, it will be my master and
The master, with his face covered in blood, asked me why I didn't avenge them."
"The theory of ghosts and gods is ultimately unbelievable." Song Zhiwen hesitated for a while and finally said, "Actually, you have a choice. As long as you stay in Jinzhou, within five years, Jinzhou's army will be defeated by one person.
, then you will know how insignificant the leaders of the Jiangzhou sect are in front of the government. If Gao Xu is lucky enough to survive..."
He killed the leader of the Salha tribe with his own hands, and he led his team to burn down the place where the Taiqi Ge tribe had stored siege equipment. When the barbarian troops came to the city that day, a man guarded the city gate and the barbarians could not pass through.
If this wasn't the seed of a famous general, Song Zhiwen would dig out his own eyes and feed them to dogs!
This general knew very well that the grassland tribes would only grow stronger after absorbing the plunder from Jinzhou, and it would be very difficult for the Jinzhou army to fully recover. Song Zhiwen was concerned about the fact that the Fulutai killer went north to assassinate such sidemen.
His behavior cannot be said to be disgusting, but he will never be trusted. This time on the grassland, the leaders of all the tribes except the Taiqiang tribe were simply replaced. The power of those tribes was not damaged at all. Song Zhi
As a warrior, Wen has always firmly believed that the only way to pacify the grasslands is on the battlefield.
Sooner or later, there will be a battle between Dayao and the northern grassland tribes, and it will only be more tragic than the Jinzhou War three years ago.
No one can avoid it. Wei Changpan may not necessarily become a rare and famous general, but Song Zhiwen must save some young people for the inevitable war in the future.
"General, when I wasn't practicing martial arts at that time, I heard the teacher say in the school that he knew something was impossible but he did it. The teacher said he had three ways to solve it."
"If you don't climb a mountain, you don't know how high the mountain is. If you don't go to a deep stream, you don't know how thick the earth is. This is one of them."
"The spring silkworms will not run out of silk until they die, and the wax torch will not dry until it turns to ashes and tears will dry up. This is the second one."
"When a gentleman does what is right, it is already known that he does not follow the way. This is the third point."
"I didn't understand it at the time. I just thought that man was stupid. He knew that he couldn't do something, but he still did it." Wei Changpan said seriously, "I already know the answer to the three explanations given by Mr. General. It's the general's kindness.
Chang Pan is convinced, but there are still people in Jiangzhou waiting for me to return. The general is the official of the imperial court, and asking the general to check and balance Gao Xu's eldest brother is an unkind request. If he is lucky enough to survive in the future, he will definitely join the Jinzhou army."
"Your husband and your master have taught you well." Song Zhiwen finally showed a helpless look and stood up with a long sigh, "Let's go."
Wei Changpan, who thought Song Zhiwen had issued an eviction order, clasped his fists and was about to stride out of the house, but heard the former say lazily, "You are leaving in such a hurry, don't you want to see the big gift I will give you?"
"Wei Changpan is overjoyed that the general has promised to check and balance brother Gao Xu. How dare he accept the general's gift?"
"You still have some self-awareness." Song Zhiwen raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "If you had agreed to stay in Jinzhou, then this gift would not have been given. However, this is not the gift that I will give you.
To be honest, this gift may be more valuable than the Jinzhou army that I promised you."
This extremely shabby-furnished Jinzhou general's residence had a large flower garden, which suited Song Zhiwen's temperament of growing flowers and grass.