The carriage stopped in front of a courtyard in Shengye Fang, the yard was not large, and there were seven or eight people living in front and back.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the courtyard was still filled with a strong New Year's flavor, and the servants were in a hurry, but their expressions were very cheerful.

"Haha, it's just the right time for Brother Song Xian to come back!"

Seeing that Mr. Song enter the door, a person walked out of the room, about fifty years old, with a long beard, and the robe on his body filled it with a bit of bookish air, but the shrewdness in his eyes could not be concealed.

"Let's go, the food and wine are ready! Today, brother, I spent a lot of money to get a pot of fine wine, and I will keep it for you to enjoy!"

As he spoke, he enthusiastically went to pull Mr. Song's arm.

Mr. Song shook his head apologetically: "Brother Xie, Brother Xian is here to resign today!"

"What?" the man was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Where are you going? Where can you go on the first day of the first lunar month?"

Mr. Song shook his head and smiled: "I just found a suitable proprietor in Xia, and I will go with him today!"

"Huh?" The man surnamed Xie was startled, raised his eyes to look at the low-key but sturdy carriage outside the courtyard, his face showed obvious depression, and he said with regret on his face: "This ...... Brother Song Xian, this is ...... Are you leaving?"

Mr. Song stood still, clenched his fists, bowed and bowed, and said: "In the past year, thanks to Brother Xie's care, he has reached out to help the younger brother when he is down, this little brother will never forget it, if he Xie brother has difficulties, the little brother will do his best to help!"

The man surnamed Xie shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I originally wanted Brother Xian to stay and help my brother...... Forget it, the virtuous brother has great wisdom, and he is a businessman for his brother......"

"Alas, is it going to leave?"

Mr. Song nodded.

"Come on, go clean up for Mr. Song!"

"Don't bother!" Mr. Song shook his head and said, "Just a few clothes and a few books, I'll just clean up by myself!"

"Well, good!"

After a while, Mr. Song, who had packed up, stood outside the door, and behind him, two of An Lushan's guards carried his luggage.

Looking at the sturdy sergeant in front of him, as well as the quiet carriage, the man surnamed Xie had more bitterness in his eyes, and laughed at himself: "I originally wanted to give my virtuous brother a bag of entanglements, but now it seems that I am afraid that I will bring humiliation on myself!"

Mr. Song smiled: "The little brother is not the pedantic sour Confucian, Brother Xie's kindness, I understand!"

"It's just...... The Tao is different!"

"Alas......" the man surnamed Xie sighed: "Good!"

said and hugged his fists and said: "Then I wish Brother Xian a long journey!"

"Haha!" Mr. Song laughed and said, "I hope it is as Brother Xie said!"

After speaking, Mr. Song got into An Lushan's carriage and then drove towards the city gate.

In the same place, the man surnamed Xie was still standing there, looking at it from afar.

Inside the carriage, Shi Chaoying lowered the curtain and said with a smile: "This person is really infatuated!"

This Mr. Song is a good friend of Yan Zhuang, before coming to Chang'an, Yan Zhuang strongly recommended this person to An Lushan, and this is the scene of An Lushan Lixian.

If you want to recruit this person, it is naturally impossible not to investigate this person.

Regarding Mr. Song's life and recent encounters, An Lushan naturally found out clearly.

The man surnamed Xie has been helping and soliciting Mr. Song in the past year, and they are also aware of it.

"It's just, what kind of thing is he!" Shi Chaoying looked at An Lushan, and seeing that he didn't say anything, he smiled at Mr. Song again: "Mr. Song is so talented, how can he be buried in the hands of a mere businessman?"

Mr. Song turned his head, looked at him, his eyes were cold, and said lightly: "The grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring, and I still understand this truth! Brother Xie is sincere and intersecting, although I am different from the way, I will never allow others to slander him!"

Shi Chaoying glanced at An Lushan again, and hurriedly nodded apologetically: "Mr. forgive me, Chaoying doesn't dare!"

At this moment, An Lushan opened his mouth: "Mr. Song, don't be angry, Chaoying, this kid is still young, and he will have to be disciplined more in the future!"

"Yes, yes!" Shi Chaoying said stupidly: "I hope that Mr. can teach more in the future!"

Mr. Song didn't answer, just bowed slightly, and then closed his eyes and went to recuperate.

At the same time, Xiao Yan, who had been following An Lushan, naturally also saw the man surnamed Xie and the small courtyard.

While following An Lushan's carriage from a distance, he said to the young man beside him: "Go and touch the bottom of that person!"

"Okay!"

It wasn't until An Lushan's carriage entered the military camp ten miles outside the city that Xiao Yan stopped, then turned around and headed for another military camp not far away.

After entering his own military camp, An Lushan was obviously much more relaxed, and the young Shi Chaoying couldn't help but say: "It's still comfortable in your own territory! Stay in that Chang'an City, you have to be on guard everywhere, you don't dare to say a word, you are suffocated!"

Mr. Song on the side said flatly: "The emperor, he is frightened! Not having troops in his hands is his biggest weakness, but for us, this is a good thing, but there are also risks. ”

If you just enter a team and are entrusted with a high position, if you can't show your value to the fullest, you will only lose the trust of the leader in being questioned again and again.

Seeing everyone's eyes, Mr. Song continued: "The emperor does not have soldiers and horses in his hands who can command like his arms, of course, this is a golden opportunity for us, but recent events have made the Holy Lord wary of all the troops. On the side of Jiangmen, he has always been in tune with the gods, and the marshal, as a vassal general, has nothing to do with the forces of the DPRK and China, and it is easiest to gain the trust of the emperor at this time, and even ...... Dependent!"

"However, a companion is like a tiger, in this delicate period now, every move of the handsome will determine your honor and disgrace, and even life and death!"

"What is the construction of Mr. Yì?" Anyone will say that An Lushan relied on these means to climb from a small soldier to a high position in the past, and some ambiguous so-called situation analysis could not fool him.

"In the frontier, it is nothing more than raising self-respect!" Speaking of this, Mr. Song glanced left and right, and saw that there was nothing unusual in the generals beside An Lushan, and his heart was relieved. So he still said calmly: "These, presumably the handsome man is already doing it, but it is necessary to grasp the measure." ”

"In recent years, the emperor has been good at martial arts, and there have been more and more battles on the frontier, and the commander has also been reused because of his good fighting. It's just that now it's a little different, after the crown prince's incident, the emperor's trust in the border army can never change in the slightest, at this time, if he is still as belligerent as before, he may not be able to please the emperor, but if he changes his course immediately, it will not work, it is very easy to arouse the emperor's suspicion, and the proportion must be mastered. ”

An Lushan listened quietly, but his face gradually became a little impatient, Mr. Song saw it in his eyes, so he said: "So in the future, the focus of the handsome is not on the frontier, but in Chang'an!"

"This ......" Shi Chaoying glanced at An Lushan and said to Mr. Song: "The border army is the foundation of our existence!"

The words are not finished, but the meaning has been reached.

Mr. Song smiled: "That's right! That's why we have to focus on Chang'an in order to maintain our advantage in the border army!"

Nowadays, it is impossible for the emperor to let the marshal master more soldiers and horses, and it will not be long before there will be a recital in the court asking the marshal to dismiss the town. At the beginning, the marshal won the two towns and the festival degree was already bad for the interests of Jiangmen, and now the emperor is undecided, once such a request appears, Jiangmen is bound to add fuel to the fire. ”

An Lushan frowned slightly and nodded slowly.

"What should I do?" Shi Chaoying hurriedly asked: "Why don't we immediately lead the troops to the expedition as soon as Fan Yang returns? Once the battle starts, the emperor will not dare to mess around!"

"No!" Mr. Song said categorically: "At this time, it will only backfire if this trick is used again! If such a discussion really occurs, the marshal should immediately write a letter to ask for his resignation, because his speech ability is limited and he is not competent, and at the same time, in Chang'an, he should secretly advocate the rumor that the marshal supports the army and respects himself. ”

"Want to get away with it?" An Lushan asked.

"The handsome is wise!" Mr. Song said after a flattering sentence: "This method is not clever, mainly in the emperor's heart, the handsome has no power in Chang'an, so even if such remarks appear, the emperor will only think that it is a means to suppress you." ”

In addition to dealing with possible crises, the key is to maintain the emperor's trust in you! Only by accurately and timely grasping the emperor's mentality, can the commander's actions in the frontier be targeted, and only by satisfying the emperor again and again, the emperor's trust and dependence on you will become more and more important, and the position of the commander can be as stable as Mount Tai!"

"It's too obvious to be like Dashuai's previous entrapment of Ji Wen and Yang Zhao, and a discerning person can see it at a glance!" Regardless of the shock that flashed in An Lushan's eyes, Mr. Song said lightly: "If there is a special person stationed in Chang'an, some things can be done naturally." ”

An Lushan was silent for a moment, and bowed slightly: "Okay!"

Seeing his nod, Mr. Song secretly sighed, the current opportunity was not easy to come by, although he knew what An Lushan was going to do, but the bitterness of not meeting talents and being unwilling for half a life had already surpassed the so-called loyalty to the Li family's dynasty.

An Lushan's 5,000 troops immediately began to pull out the camp, and it didn't take long for the neat queue to gradually move northeast.

In the other barracks, Hua Da and Sun Desheng also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally gone!" Sun Desheng's expression became relaxed, and he said goodbye to Huada: "Then our family will go back to the palace first!"

"Father-in-law go slowly!" Hua Da arched.

After Sun Desheng led 2,000 soldiers and horses back to the palace, only the internal guards were left in the barracks.

"How is it?" Hua Da turned around and asked Xiao Yan, "What is the origin of the person recruited by An Lushan?"

At this time, the young man who was sent by Xiao Yan to investigate the man surnamed Xie also returned.

"That person's name is Song Yu, he is a tried-and-true tribute, a native of Jiannan Dao, and has some friendship with Meizhou Taishou back then, and he can only enter Beijing to catch the exam after being recommended for nearly ten years, but he has not won the exam once, and he lives in Chang'an by selling words. ”

"A year and seven months ago, a Yangzhou businessman named Xie Yang took him in and had always wanted to recruit this person, but this person was determined to be in the officialdom and did not want to be with the businessman, so he just came up with some ideas for Xie Yang, so that Xie Yang, who was originally just a small businessman, gained a firm foothold in Chang'an. ”

After listening to Xiao Yan's statement, Hua Da groaned: "So this person named Song Yu still has some ability?"

"It should be!" Xiao Yan replied: "An Lushan is also the envoy of the two towns, and he still has this vision of knowing people, if this person really has no ability, it is estimated that he will not be able to deceive him." ”