Chapter 368: Reaching a Consensus
The villain didn't know what he could do to help the general, General Meng only needed to tell the villain what he needed to do, and the villain would think about it again to see if there was anything he could do to help the general. "Master Liu said this cleverly, to respond to all changes without change, but when he said this, it was difficult for Meng Tian to speak.
Meng Tian laughed when he heard this, raised his wine glass and said to Liu Xiaoye: "What you say is not bad, you are the richest man in Dongjun City, it stands to reason that General Ben should not forcibly ask you to do anything for me, but since this group of rebels appeared in the territory of Dongjun, and General Ben is a newcomer, I don't want much else, I just need you to provide food and grass for the soldiers under General Ben, what do you think?"
The Mengjia army had 20,000 garrisons in Dongjun, 10,000 in Dongjun, and 10,000 in the rest of the surrounding small cities, while the total number of rebels outside Dongjun was less than 10,000. However, Meng Li led 10,000 Mengjia troops in Dongjun for two consecutive years without exterminating this rebel army, during which there was a lot of food and grass. Now that Meng Tian has also come here, even if he doesn't know how long he can wipe out this rebel army, the 10,000 Mengjia soldiers in this Dongjun city need a lot of food and grass every day.
As soon as Meng Tian came up, the lion opened his mouth, Liu Xiaoye frowned, since Meng Tian opened his mouth, he also let out his words, and he couldn't regret it. But he didn't go far to provide Meng Tian with the food and grass needed by this 10,000-strong army, although he could afford it, but wouldn't he help outsiders fight his own family.
"Well...... It's a little embarrassing for the general to talk like this, although the villain has some family resources, but this is not ill-gotten wealth that fell from the sky, if it is in my Qin country, it is not too much for the villain to pour out all his family wealth. Now, forgive the villain's words, the extermination of the rebels is a matter within the general's responsibility, and it is also a matter for the Qin State, what does it have to do with us and the grass people? The general's request is forgiven and the villain cannot agree. Liu Xiaoye said to Meng Tian.
Meng Tian put down the wine glass in his hand, stood up, walked to a richly decorated screen in the lobby, looked at the beautiful scenery depicted on it, and reached out to caress the wood grain on it. Liu Xiaoye's refusal was also expected by Meng Tian, for him to fund it was actually insignificant to Meng Tian, with or without his help, Meng Tian was confident to exterminate that group of rebels. I came here today to spy on the reality of this little master Liu.
Meng Tian turned around, looked at Xiao Ye Liu and said with a smile: "It's okay, this is indeed difficult for some strong people, since Mr. Liu is unwilling, then I will not be reluctant." But I have one more thing, I hope you can help me. ”
"Oh, what did the general say?"
Meng Tian looked at Xiao Ye Liu and said word by word: "I want you to help me bring a message to that group of rebels, I think this favor should not be too difficult for you." ”
"Well, the villain can promise the general, and the day after tomorrow I will have a batch of goods to be transported to Xianyang, and I should normally hand over the property to those rebels, and then I will tell them what the general said. Young Master Liu thought for a moment and replied to Meng Tiandao.
Meng Tian clapped his hands and smiled: "Okay, I will write a letter to you, and you will hand it over to the group of rebels the day after tomorrow." ”
Liu Xiaoye asked his subordinates to bring pen and ink, and asked Meng Tian to write the words to be conveyed to the rebels on a piece of silk cloth, and then asked people to put them away.
"General Ben is disturbed a lot today, come, I will toast you, and look at Haihan. Since everything that needs to be done has been done, there is no point in staying any longer, Meng Tian raised his glass to toast to Master Liu, and prepared to leave.
"Where is the general, whether it is public or private, it is the honor of the villain to be able to help the general. Come, General, please!"
After drinking the wine, Meng Tian took Li Qing and the others to leave, and Liu Xiaoye personally sent them to the door, and sent someone to bring gifts to Meng Tian. Meng Tian did not refuse Liu Xiaoye's kindness, and asked Li Qing and the others to accept all the gifts, and then left Liu's mansion.
Liu Xiaoye returned to the inner hall of the house, where all the people were here, and when they saw Liu Xiaoye coming in, everyone hurriedly got up to salute.
Liu Xiaoye's face was gloomy, and he sat in the first seat of the house, without saying a word.
A doorman was the first to ask, "Meng Tian came here today, but he embarrassed the lord?"
Liu Xiaoye took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and then said: "Meng Tian is here today, judging his words and deeds, it seems that he came to probe our reality and reality. During the banquet, he asked me to help him destroy the rebels, but I refused. ”
Many of the people here are Liu Xiaoye's henchmen, and they all know everything about what their lord has done. Moreover, most of them were the children of famous families among the princes of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, and after their family was destroyed by the Qin State, they were very hostile to the Qin State, and they were later recruited here to do something great.
"This Meng Tian is also rude, even if he is the general of the Qin State, how can he ask the rich people for food, grass and military supplies?" a man with a somewhat impatient temper suddenly stood up and said sharply.
Liu Xiaoye took a look at this person, this person is the son of Wei Wuji, the former Xinling Jun of Wei State, because Xinling Jun later lost power in Wei State, and took him to live among the people, until finally Xinling Jun died, and never returned to Wei State.
"Ke Qin, don't be impatient, you don't know who this Meng Tian is, since he dares to speak, he is naturally prepared, and the lord can refuse him, and he has taken a lot of risks. Another doorman sitting next to him persuaded.
"Lord, as long as the lord speaks, I will sneak into the county guard mansion tonight and let Meng Tian die under my sword. Wei Keqin took out the sword he was carrying at his waist and said to Master Liu.
Liu Xiaoye shook his head at Wei Keqin, if Meng Tian was so easy to kill, then I don't know how many descendants of the Six Kingdoms would have done it a long time ago. It's a pity that Meng Tian is not a mediocre person, and his martial arts skills are far beyond ordinary people, how can he be killed by assassination alone.
"Ke Qin, don't be impatient, I know that you have a blood feud with the Nameng family, but this matter is extraordinary, and the slightest carelessness will be shattered. Sat down first, and I'll discuss it later. Liu Xiaoye also persuaded.
"Alas~" Wei Keqin sighed and had to sit back in place. His father failed to attack Qin in the early years, and was divided by the Qin people with a counter-plot, which caused his father to be depressed and depressed, he made an oath since he was a child, changed his name to Keqin, and in this life he will destroy the Qin State and be ashamed of his father. And the culprit that led to his father's failure to attack Qin was this Meng Tian, who even almost shot his father to death with an arrow in front of the Hangu Pass of Qin State, stepping on his father's reputation to achieve his prestige as a young general, so Wei Keqin set Meng Tian as the biggest enemy in his heart, even higher than Emperor Yingzheng.
Liu Xiaoye sat there and inspected the people present, and the hatred for Meng Tian could be seen from everyone's faces, and it could be said that everyone present basically had grievances and hatreds with the Qin State, including himself. When his father-in-law Lu Buwei died, he held his hand by the sickbed and said that although he had no regrets in this life, he was uneasy, he had paid so much for the Qin State, but in the end he was infamous as a traitor, how could he feel at ease!
"Ladies and gentlemen, I know what I want, the tyranny of Qin, the emperor's reign is even more brutal, building the Great Wall, building the Afang Palace, and building the imperial mausoleum for himself, so that the people of the world have ten households and nine women, and the men are conscripted as civil husbands before they are minors. The world has been suffering for a long time, and we and other monarchs have gathered here just to overthrow the tyrannical Qin, so we must be more cautious in our actions. That Meng Tian is not very human, and the assassination should not be mentioned again. Now we have to discuss how we can preserve our strength under the conquest of Mengtian. ”
As soon as Liu Xiaoye finished speaking, the housekeeper of the house hurriedly walked in from the outside, walked to Liu Xiaoye's side and leaned over to say something in his ear, only to see Liu Xiaoye was overjoyed when he heard this, and then got up and walked out of the inner hall. Just when everyone in the hall didn't know what was going on, Liu Xiaoye walked in from the outside again, and another person wearing a hat followed him and walked in.
Liu Xiaoye turned sideways and exposed the person behind him, and then said to the doormen: "Everyone, please look, Mr. Zifang is here!"
The man took off the hood on his head, revealing his face, which was Zhang Liang Zhang Zifang of the Little Sage Village.
Leaving the Liu Mansion, Li Qing and the others each carried the gift from the Liu Mansion in their hands. Everyone's face was extremely happy, after all, Liu Mansion was the richest man, and Meng Tian's identity was far from being comparable to ordinary Qin officials, so this time Liu Mansion's gift was even more valuable, which made Li Qing and others, who had never seen the world, dazzled. These things are naturally rare and good objects in ordinary people's homes, but in Meng Tian's eyes, they are just ordinary playthings, and they are of no use to him, so he directly rewarded them to Li Qing and the others, which can be regarded as a deposit to ask them to help him in the future.
Meng Tian walked and suddenly stopped, so that Li Qing, who was following behind him and only looking at the gift in his hand, didn't pay attention and almost hit him.
"General, what's wrong?" Li Qing also stopped and asked.
Meng Tian turned his head, looked at Li Qing and asked, "Li Qing, let me ask you, have you ever seen this person among the rebels?" The person Meng Tian said in his mouth was naturally the master of the Liu Mansion that he had just seen.
Li Qing raised his head and recalled the rebel leaders he met when he was undercover among the rebels, thought for a while, and then said to Meng Tian: "Back to the general, the villain has never seen that Liu Xiaoye among the rebels. ”
"Oh, is it? That's weird. Meng Tian said, according to the news found by Meng Li and Tie Wei, the relationship between Liu Xiaoye and the rebels should be more than ordinary as he said, whether it is Meng Li's secret letter or Tie Wei's news, all the evidence shows one thing, that is, Liu Xiaoye is the real master behind this rebel army.
Meng Tian turned around and was about to continue walking, when someone suddenly said behind him: "Ah, I remember, among those guests in the Liu Mansion just now, I once saw a person in the cottage." ”
Meng Tian turned around suddenly, walked up to the man and asked, "Who is it?"