"General, why don't you think about things differently?"

Li Xun rolled his eyes and said with some amusement: "Sima Tu, can you change the word?" If you have a fart, let it go, you have done things under me, and you know that I am not a patient person. ”

Sima Tu smiled and said: "General, think about it, in today's situation, the Wing King is the one who takes the initiative, he is in the dark, you are in the light, with the same strategy to respond to all changes, for you, there is no benefit, it will only make yourself more passive, the Wing King's current means are still in the tentative stage, test the emperor's bottom line, once he tries out the result, and then make a move, general, you.... I'm afraid it's hard to resist. ”

Li Xun asked in a deep voice, "Then what do you think I should do?" ”

"Take the initiative."

Sima Tu said: "What kind of means will the Wing King use and when will he attack you, general, you don't know anything, in this case, why not take the initiative from passivity?" You strike first, firstly, to disrupt the deployment of the Winged King, and secondly, to make the Winged King change from active to passive, and the roles are reversed, only in this way can you have the possibility of victory, general. ”

Li Xun nodded, feeling that what Sima Tu said was very reasonable, but he still smiled bitterly: "The power of the Wing King in the court should not be underestimated, I am weak, and the King of Qi and my aunt are in such a situation now, I can't help much, what qualifications and abilities do I have to deal with the Wing King alone?" ”

Sima Tu was surprised: "Why does the general think like this? If it weren't for King Qi and Concubine Li Guifei to help behind the scenes, I am afraid that your military power would have been gone a long time ago. ”

Li Xun frowned and said, "Why do you say that?" ”

Sima Tu said: "Through the general's description just now, the emperor is obviously preparing to let the general go to Hedong to serve, in this case, Wuzhou's position and military power, naturally have to be transferred to others, Yiwang obviously took a fancy to Wuzhou, in front of the emperor tried his best to say, since the emperor has the intention to transfer the general away from other places, Wuzhou this place, what does it matter to Yiwang?" ”

Li Xun said in a deep voice: "I have been fortunate in Wuzhou for so long, and I finally established a little foundation, so how can I be willing to give it away?" ”

Sima Tu shook his head and said: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, it is not the king's ministers, everything in the world is the emperor's, he can give you the military power of Wuzhou, of course, he can also give it to others, the Yiwang's advice and self-recommendation, the emperor should have agreed, the reason why there has been no action until now, it must be someone to dissuade it in front of the emperor, or the king of Qi, or Li Guifei, or the political forces behind them, otherwise the general will return to Fengjing this time, it will not be possible for such a long time, and the emperor will not have any arrangements." ”

Li Xun was silent, listening to Sima Tu's analysis, thinking about things during this time, it was true, it had been more than half a month since he came back, and no one from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War had come to inform him to report on his work, Zhao Zhi rarely asked about his actions in Wuzhou, if he didn't have other thoughts about himself, it would not have been possible to have such a strange situation.

Looking at Li Xun in contemplation, Sima Tu whispered: "General, although you and King Qi are cousins, logically speaking, you will definitely stand on King Qi's side, but... If you don't say or do some things, how can King Qi know your attitude? King Qi doesn't know your attitude, and many things won't take the initiative to show you. ”

Li Xun's body shook slightly, in his mind, recalling the past, his aunt Li Yi taught him a lot, what to do, what not to do, said a lot, and with Zhao Xun, it seems to be close, but that is just a manifestation of the blood and family relationship between the two, Li Xun now thinks about it, and suddenly finds that when he was with Zhao Xun, he never discussed political matters, is it his own problem, or Zhao Xun's problem? After listening to Sima Tu's words, now that I think about it, it is still my own problem, just like Sima Tu said, there are some things, if you don't say it or make it, how can others know your attitude? I don't even know your attitude, how can I trust you, in the past few years, I have been smooth sailing, and more of it must be the credit of my aunt Li Yi, but is there no credit for Zhao Xun? They do a lot of things to themselves, they just don't say it, they don't know it, and they do it, to them.... And what did you do?

In the final analysis, I am still too passive and passive.

After pondering for a long time, Li Xun looked at Sima Tu and said lightly: "What do you mean by taking the initiative?" ”

Sima Tu said in a deep voice: "The Wing King attacked the King of Qi, and the breakthrough choice was to start from you, the general, why not ..... Give back to the other in his way? ”

"Be specific."

Sima Tu laughed and said, "This.... General, this matter is very important, and the villain has not yet thought about it. ”

Haven't figured it out yet?

Li Xun glanced at Sima Tu playfully, stood up from the ground, and said lightly: "Sima Tu, do you want to go out from here?" ”

Sima Tu was excited, but he still held back, his expression remained unchanged, and he said softly: "I have committed a capital crime, and if I want to get out of here, I'm afraid don't think about it." ”

Li Xun smiled and said lightly: "How do you know if you can't do it if you don't try?" I'll help you. ”

After receiving Li Xun's affirmative answer, Sima Tu couldn't help it anymore, and his face suddenly had a look of excitement, no one would be afraid of a long life, especially Sima Tu, who had suffered for 20 years and finally returned to the Central Plains, cherished this hard-won opportunity for rebirth.

Sima Tu fell to his knees and cried, "Please save me, general." ”

Li Xun nodded, glanced at Sima Tu deeply, and turned to leave.

Sima Tu raised his head and looked at the back of Li Xun leaving, at this time, Li Xun's voice came: "I once helped you once, this is the second and last time, follow me honestly in the future, without my permission, you are not allowed to go anywhere." ”

Sima Tu sat slumped on the ground, muttering to himself, not knowing what he was talking about.

Early the next morning, Li Xun dressed up and went directly to Liu's Mansion to find Liu Zhigu.

"Li Xun meets Lord Xiangguo."

Li Xun walked into the living room and saluted Liu Zhigu.

"No need to be polite, General Li, please take a seat."

Liu Zhigu raised his hand, smiled faintly, and asked Li Xun to sit down and speak.

"Why does General Li have time to come to the old man today?"

"Something to ask for."

Liu Zhigu smiled and nodded: "You say." ”

"I'm going to save Sima Tu."

Liu Zhigu has some impressions of this name, the case in Daizhou is actually very serious, but some people have used certain means to press the matter, and finally found someone to come out and carry the black pot, this person.... It is Sima Tu, the matter of Daizhou, the political hall also asked, and Liu Zhigu has read the handling documents of the Criminal Department, so he has some memories of the name Sima Tu.

Liu Zhigu shook his head: "Sima Tu has committed a crime, the evidence is conclusive, you shouldn't intercede for him." ”

Li Xun said: "Guilty or not, let's not talk about it for the time being, I just want to ask Lord Xiangguo to save him and spare his life." ”

Liu Zhigu frowned, with a hint of displeasure on his face, and replied to Li Xun: "Guilty or not, let's not talk about it for the time being, why should I help you?" ”

"For the sake of King Qi."

Liu Zhigu was slightly stunned, glanced at Li Xun, didn't ask more, pondered for a moment, and finally nodded.