However, in just a few days, the good situation that Baiyunwu originally occupied took a sharp turn for the worse.

Li Chengcheng's men had already occupied Mizhou, not to mention the defeated Jilu army, even Zhong Tianzheng's army, which had been entrenched in the area of Tiefu Port before, had also mysteriously disintegrated and disappeared.

At the same time, Ji Nantang also gathered tens of thousands of troops to raid Yezhou without knowing where to fight.

Si Ankong, who succeeded Wang 13 in command of the Jiangbei Army, has a body of force, is not good at leading troops, Fu Liangji Mingzhe, who is responsible for the responsibility of the consultant, has always been silent, and the deputy generals have been accustomed to Wang 13 when no matter how absurd the order of the main general is, as long as he obeys the order and acts, he can win the battle, one by one is no different from a marionette, and the result is a big loss, a scuffle, Si An was killed by random arrows, and tens of thousands of people in the Jiangbei Army were captured, so that not to mention Yezhou, even Guanzhong could not be saved.

Subsequently, Li Chengyun issued a message, saying that the bandits in Guanzhong pretended to be in the name of the previous dynasty, and the bandit leader called himself the lord of Baiyunwu, disrupted the dynasty, repeatedly committed assassinations, poisoned and hijacked important ministers, and even colluded with the Jilu country, promising to send troops with heavy money, kill our people, and occupy our mountains and rivers. He personally led a large army to Fengjing to quell the rebellion, and called on the people of the world to punish this fang.

At this time, there were many capable people gathered under the command of Li Chengyun, and this article was written generously and fiercely, and it was extremely powerful.

The lord of Baiyunwu was naturally furious when he saw it, if he wanted to, he would definitely send a large number of assassins to mix in the water and give Li Chengyun and his gang a good look, but unfortunately a group of his cronies went to Feiyun River to set up an ambush before, and there was an accident, so many masters have not heard from them since, and they have not even come back to report the news.

Although there are many obedient men under them, there are few who are truly faithful. Most of them did not dare to resist after taking the Divine Pill, and the lord of Baiyunwu also realized that the situation was not good, and at this time, Dongfang returned to Beijing emotionally to complain. Coupled with Zhang Qi's disappearance on the way, this kind of abnormality naturally made him suspicious, and ordered Mu Peng to take Wang Shisan back to Beijing immediately.

Waiting for Wang Thirteen, in addition to face-to-face confronting, there are also interrogations and interrogations.

Wang 13 didn't have time to explain to Wen Sheng, so he set off immediately. However, he was not too worried, since Wen Sheng and Li Junchi and the others were hiding nearby. must always pay attention to his and Mu Peng's every move, as soon as he sets off here, Wen Sheng will get the news as soon as possible.

How to get in touch. He doesn't have to worry about how Jingli arranges, he still has to think about how to deal with the old thief.

This first time we met, we had to find a way to fool the past and dispel the old thief's vigilance. to find an opportunity to uproot it.

Nothing happened all the way. A few days later, Mu Peng and Wang 13 came to the outside of Fengjing City, only a few miles away from the East City Gate.

After entering Jingding, Mu Peng has been in contact with Jingli, the lord of Baiyunwu should have known that they arrived in Beijing today, seeing that the long pavilion was in sight, Wang Shisan reined in his horse and said to Mu Peng with a smile: "I don't know who the dock master will send to greet me?" ”

Mu Peng frowned: "Still greet us?" So much has happened. It would be nice not to punish the guilty. ”

Wang Shisan naturally saw that Mu Peng was preoccupied, whether he could deceive the master of Baiyunwu. Mu Peng's performance was very important, so he deliberately brought up this topic to add some confidence to the other party.

"How could you have such an idea?" Wang Shisan's face was full of surprise, "If you want to deal with it, you should also dispose of the east, if it weren't for that bastard who relied on the favor of the dock master and interfered in military affairs indiscriminately, we would have laid down the water early now and made a great contribution to the dock master." If I am the dock master, I know that because he missed the opportunity to spoil a big thing, I have my heart, you and I are also meritorious men who have defeated Yezhou, and no one will punish us, you just put your heart back in your stomach. ”

"But the ...... of the East"

Wang 13 snorted, and his tone was gloomy: "I didn't send troops out of the water, but I made Yezhou change hands, and if there was such a mistake, someone must take responsibility for it." It's not us, it's the East. He just held a grudge because he mistakenly took the divine pill that Zhao Kang put in the wine, and he made trouble for us in every way, what loyalty does this person have to the dock master? The lord of the dock still relies on him so much, he regards him as an arm! ”

The divine pill was obviously put into the wine pot by himself, Zhao Kang was just dragged by them to be a substitute for the dead ghost, Mu Peng understood Wang Thirteen's words, God knows this matter, and then Wang Thirteen, he and Zhang Qi know, Zhang Qi is more auspicious, as long as the two of them are determined, how can the dock master know the truth?

And Wang 13 has a saying that makes sense.

If you don't have different intentions, how can you be so resistant to taking the Divine Pill?

Mu Peng couldn't help but think that if he changed places, not only would he not be angry, but he would also wish to pass the matter of the Divine Pill through the clear road, Dongfang's performance was indeed questionable.

He didn't want everyone to have their own ambitions, and not everyone under the master of Baiyunwu wanted to pursue that excitement, and there were many people who avoided the Divine Pill.

There is a way to add sin to the desire, and there is no excuse for it. Wang 13 continued to reassure him: "Brother Mu, there is a sentence that our brothers will talk about in private, and you must not spread it." ”

"What?" Mu Peng pricked up his ears.

"Maybe the dock master wanted to ask him to take the Divine Pill, but it was hard to speak."

When he had finished speaking, Wang Thirteen whipped his hand and whipped it on the horse's buttocks, and the horse neighed, spread its four hooves, and galloped forward.

Fengjing City arrived in a flash, and there were really a few people waiting at the gate to greet them.

The person at the head, Wang Thirteen, knew that it was Hongguang, who had dealt with him a lot last time he came to Beijing.

This is also a close confidant of the lord of Baiyunwu, and as far as Wang Thirteen can see, his status is similar to that of Dongfang.

Mu Peng arrived from behind, and was relieved to see Hongguang and others at the city gate, and said with a smile: "Cousin, why are you here in person?" ”

Hongguang first looked Wang Thirteen up and down, and greeted him lightly, not as enthusiastic as last time, Fang turned to Mu Peng, and sneered: "Who do you want to see, do you want to call Dongfang to pick you up, or will the dock master personally greet you?" ”

Mu Peng was silent.

Wang Shisan didn't seem to hear the ridicule in Hongguang's tone, and took the words as a matter of course: "Forget Dongfang, although I feel that according to the merits of me and Brother Mu, it is not an exaggeration for the master of the dock to welcome him, but his old man must have been very busy recently, and I can arrange for you to pick us up, Brother Mu and I are already satisfied and grateful." ”

"......" as soon as this statement came out. Hongguang and the few people he brought with him all looked strange.

Everyone looked at Wang 13 as if they didn't know each other, and they all thought the same sentence: "This kid really thinks so?" ”

Wang 13 slowed down and waited for Mu Peng to come up. Riding with him, he whispered, "Why don't you tell me that Brother Hongguang is your cousin?" ”

No matter how low his voice is, there are people practicing martial arts around him, his ears and eyes are clear, and he can hear them clearly.

Mu Peng was a little afraid of Hongguang, and whispered: "What is there to say about this." Many of us who grew up in Baiyunwu are related to each other. ”

Wang 13 complained in a low voice: "How can it be the same, I came to the capital last time, but I was taken care of a lot by Brother Hongguang." ”

The corners of Hongguang's mouth twitched. He saw his cousin's eyes shrinking, deliberately avoiding himself, but he got together with Wang Shisan and kept muttering, which showed that the two of them got along well in the Jiangbei Army. I can't help but regret that I didn't take Mu Peng out of this task in the first place.

It's too late now. This kid has little ability and courage, and he actually offended the East to death.

He said, "The dock master has an order that as soon as you return, go to see him immediately." Come with me. ”

Mu Peng's face was bitter, and even Wang Shisan's heart was cold.

He asked tentatively, "I wonder where the dock master is now?" ”

Hongguang glanced at him deeply: "The dock master is naturally in the palace, otherwise where would he be?" ”

Wang 13 scratched his head, but said, "It's hard to say. Brother Hongguang has not heard of the phrase 'under the Putian, is it not the king's land'? Although the world is big, where can the dock owner go? ”

Hongguang really hadn't heard of it, so he was shocked at once.

"Under the world, it is not the king's land" is from the Book of Songs.

During the 30 to 31 years of Jianzhao, Wen Sheng and Wang 13 exchanged a large number of letters, the earliest she taught Wang 13 to read and write with "Thousand Character Text", and later Tiannan Haibei, both saw the strange things in the book, and also had a feeling for a while, she wrote the "Book of Songs" and wrote the "University".

The poem "Beishan" is written under the heavy conscription, busy and idle, incompetent people steal high positions, and talented people have no chance to show their talents.

Although Wang Shisan is not good at reading and has not been able to understand many things, he has a very good memory, and he has not forgotten those catchy poems for several years.

When he saw Hongguang's dumbfounded, he felt very proud in his heart, and this feeling was even more pleasant than suppressing the other party with his martial arts.

Therefore, it is said that there is one thing in the world, scholars are afraid of being soldiers, soldiers are afraid of military generals, and military generals are afraid of what, it is funny to say, when it comes to the court, he is afraid of civil officials.

Small, as long as the old thief wants to be the emperor, Lao Tzu can't cure you?

Wang 13 then smiled embarrassedly: "I forgot, the dock master, his old man has not yet slaughtered Yang Hao's father and son as emperors, didn't Zhao Kang prepare Zhou Dian and everything, Brother Hongguang, the dock master has not been launched yet, isn't it because no one has taken the lead to support it?" ”

Hongguang said in a deep voice: "The current situation is not stable, and the dock master is afraid that he does not have this mind." ”

Wang 13 disagreed: "Since Brother Hongguang doesn't want to come forward, then I, Wang 13, should not give in, I have a feud with Dongfang, but I can't let him take the lead." ”

Mu Peng looked at Hongguang with a hint of encouragement.

Hongguang's eyes flashed, but he didn't make a sound.

The group came to the palace gate, Hongguang took them directly in, and the person guarding the palace gate should be the old man when the Yang father and son were in power, seeing Hongguang and others being half short for no reason, not to mention the body search, and the atmosphere did not dare to come out.

It wasn't until I passed through the outer court that I saw the people of Baiyunwu among the guards.

Wang 13 looked left and right, and quietly remembered what he saw, the old thief was obviously not enough manpower, so he had to occupy the magpie's nest. I saw it last time, if it weren't for this, he would not have kept the lives of Yang Haoyu's father and son, and forced Yang Haoyu to recognize him as his father-in-law.

When he came to the old thief's residence, Hongguang asked the two to wait outside and went in to report on his own.

It took a long time before the inside called Mu Peng in.

Unexpectedly, he was still separated, Mu Peng Khan was about to come down, Wang Shisan could only show encouragement, and watched him enter the hall all the way.

Wang Shisan was not worried about Mu Peng confessing himself, the more he was afraid of the Baiyunwu Lord, the more he dared not tell the truth, only according to what he taught him, as long as he didn't happen to be addicted to drugs inside, the old thief would not be able to find the flaw in a short time.

Instead of worrying, it is better to think about how to deal with the old thief's inquiry for a while.

Wang Thirteen waited outside the hall for most of an hour before he was called in.

When he entered the door, he peeked and vaguely saw that the old thief was wearing a Taoist robe, sitting cross-legged behind the curtain with a gloomy face, and Hongguang was standing aside and waiting, neither seeing Mu Peng nor Dongfang.

There is an incense burner on the desk in front of the old thief, I don't know what incense is burning in it, it smells good, and the mountains next to it are all folding, and they are thrown everywhere.

Wang 13 was afraid that he would be suspicious and didn't dare to look at it more, so he said, "My subordinates have seen the lord." Since I left Beijing last time, I haven't seen the dock master for two or three months, and my subordinates miss it very much, I don't know if your old man has always been good? ”

After a long pause, he listened to the master of Baiyunwu say: "Wang Thirteen, you are so bold!" ”

Wang 13 replied without hesitation: "The subordinates belong to the dock master, and their lives belong to the dock master, and no matter how bold they are, they are also the dock master's. ”

The lord of Baiyunwu stagnated for a moment, grabbed a notebook, threw it at Wang Shisan, and said coldly: "Nonsense, let me ask you, why don't you take advantage of Ji Nantang's battle with the Jilu army and send troops to Kaizhou?" ”

Wang 13 didn't hide, the song was bounced away by his internal force, fell to the ground and opened it, and what was written inside was the text sent by Li Chengyun.

The old thief grabbed this difficulty, which means that Mu Peng has successfully passed the test, as for whether Zhao Kang's scapegoat will be unlucky because of it, Wang Shisancai will not care about it, he has made up his mind, and he will say this and this with the words that he has prepared a long time ago, with grievances in his voice.

"Master Dock, Dongfang is your right-hand man, and he went to oversee the army, and his subordinates are loyal to you, I dare not disobey his words. The subordinates don't understand, it's just a god pill, where does he get so much resentment? ”

The lord of Baiyunwu said lightly: "If he is at fault, I will punish him, you only say yourself, if you really want to open the state, don't say one east, ten easts are in your place, you can also find a way." ”

This is a bit unreasonable, but Wang Thirteen can't refute it.

He took a deep breath, stiffened his neck and said, "Then if you want to say that, your subordinates know your mistakes, and ask the dock master to deal with it." ”

After pausing for a while, Fang listened to the master of Baiyunwu and said: "The punishment is not urgent, you must have heard about the current situation, you can tell me, how should I deal with Li Chengyun?" ”

Wang 13 said: "According to the opinion of his subordinates, it is better for the dock master to ascend to the treasure as soon as possible." As soon as the Zhou Dian was issued, everyone in the world knew that the lord was the true son of heaven, and under the world, it was not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. Even Yang Haoyu recognizes you as his father, what is Li Chengyun? ”

The lord of Baiyunwu sighed: "The idea is good, the words are even more beautiful, 'Under the Putian, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king', in this case, the lord of this dock intends to publicly behead the sons of Lu Datong, and you will supervise the beheading. ”

(To be continued.) )