Huan Meng listened to Yuan Ziqiao's suggestion, and did not make a decision immediately, but asked Hao Sheng and Meng He, and said, "Who kind of person is Xin Zheng?" ”

Hao Sheng replied: "Xia Guan is in the Sword Pavilion, and he has been dealing with him for a few days, and I have never seen him lose his temper, he has always been gentle and gentle, but the fierce generals of Dingxi, such as Luo Dang and Gao Yan Cao, are respectful and respectful in front of him.

"The soldiers in the Dingxi army are both Tang and Yi, and nearly half of them are Yiren. Yi will be the head of the bald Bo Ye of the noble breed of Xianbei in the North Mountain, and there are Huyan Panni and other people, Bo Ye knows a little etiquette, and his speech is poor, and the generations of Panni are all rude, and they do not know Tang characters, but they all obey the military law of conscription. When the lower officials returned to Chengdu, Xin Zheng was sent to the outside of the Sword Pavilion Road.

"The character of the captive is not visible to the lower officials, but the corporal Lixian and the strict military law can be seen."

Meng He added: "When I was in the Sword Pavilion, Xia Guan saw a prison tent in the Dingxi camp, guarded by dozens of soldiers, and heard that the prisoner in the tent was Ling Huqu. Linghu Qu, the small sect of the Linghu clan, the king of Dingxi once appointed him as the assassin of Qinzhou and the Taishou of Wudu. I also heard that the younger brother of Linghu Qu, named Linghu Jing, was killed by Xin Zheng not long ago. ”

Huan Meng asked, "Why did you kill it?" Why was Ling Huqu imprisoned? ”

"It is said that it is to make Hujing prostitute the army, and the demons confuse the public and frustrate the army's heart; Linghu Qu is afraid of the battle, and the attack is not overcome in the middle of the day. His brothers were convicted of each other, one killed and the other imprisoned. ”

Huan Meng said in his heart: "Gao Chong passed through Jingzhou that day, and I summoned him to see him." Gao Chong praised Xin You's book to me, saying that he was the pillar of Longzhou, saying that after the death of Linghu Feng, the new lord of Dingxi was young, and it was all because of Xin You's book, Longzhou was safe, and there was no chaos.

"Looking at it now, this Xin You's book, condescending to respect the people, joy and anger are invisible, and the prestige of Yidi, Brother Linghu is the clan of the Linghu family anyway, and Linghu Qu is the history of a state's assassination, he does not tell his brother and imprisons his brother, and he is decisive and ruthless, the pillar is not the pillar, in addition, there is a small heroic posture, it should be right."

"Linghu Jing prostituted the army, and Linghu Qu was afraid of war", such an excuse may be able to coax others, how can it deceive Huanmeng?

Since the Tang Dynasty moved to Dingjiangzuo, the struggle between the scholars and the royal family, or in other words, the struggle between the scholars and the emperor and the clan has been more fierce and cruel than that of Longzhou!

As early as the early period after the Nandu, there was Cheng Yan, the king of Nanton, because of the resistance to the then powerful minister Wang, intending to boost the imperial power, and in the end fell short, was falsely accused of rebellion, not only died, but his descendants were also changed to surnames, and even, when he was killed, even the emperor did not know.

Counting on the fingers, the Tang Dynasty has been partial to the left of the Jiangzuo for nearly a hundred years, and in these hundred years, similar incidents have occurred one after another, and they are not uncommon.

The same is true now.

There are two clans with the closest bloodline and the most famous clan between Yu Xia and the Son of Heaven today, one is Cheng Xi, the king of Huiji, who started the prime minister's government last year, and the other is Cheng Xi, the half-brother of Cheng Xi, the king of Wuling, who served as the general of the town army the year before last.

Cheng Xi and Cheng Day, one of the brothers has no academic but martial arts, dissatisfied with the decline of imperial power, and the other is elegant and clear-talking, but has no experience in the world, and has close contacts with Jiangzuo celebrities. Because of his different abilities and political orientations, Cheng Tian is now the prime minister, known as the "Prime Minister", the prime minister, the prime minister, the king, and the title; Cheng Xi had a noble status in vain, was ostracized by the scholars, and had no real power.

This kind of political fight, Huan Meng has heard a lot and seen a lot, and he can guess with his toes that the real reason why Xin Er killed Ling Hujing and imprisoned Ling Huqu must be that the Ling Huqu brothers threatened his power in Dingxi, and it was definitely not because of the prostitute army and fear of war.

Huan Meng pondered for a moment, and then thought: "Xin Youshu has this image of a hero, so it's no wonder that he dares to rob my envoy and forcibly occupy the Sword Pavilion. Hao Sheng and Meng He are useless because they have high reputations, but I was wrong, and I shouldn't have sent them to the Sword Pavilion to surrender in the first place.

"Uncle Yan suggested that I summon Xin Youzhu to Chengdu to meet, and this strategy can be used. But who should I send this time? Hao Sheng and Meng He will not succeed, and sending them there again will only make them humiliated again. ”

looked around the bodies of the people in the tent, saw a person, and said in his heart, "This son is also!" ”

After choosing a candidate, Huan Meng stroked his beard and said, "Listening to you two say this, Xin Youshu can be called a hero in Longzhou." I'd love to meet him. Uncle Yan, your plan is available. Gu looked at the person he saw just now, and said with a smile, "Hao, Meng Erjun, just came back, the road is hard, it is not appropriate to travel far again." Yanwei, would you like to take a trip to the Sword Pavilion and invite the captives to come to Chengdu and meet with me? ”

The person named by Huan Meng is not very old, in his early twenties, and the appearance of ordinary people is not outstanding, but about "full of poetry and books", sitting among the celebrities in Jiangzuo who are full of tents, he is very pretentious, and there is a heroic atmosphere exposed.

This person's name is Xi Shantu, "Yanwei" is his word, and he lives in Xiangyang, Jingzhou. The Xi clan is a big family in Xiangyang, the clan is prosperous, and the world is a village tyrant. Xi Shantu is less ambitious, tireless in reading, erudite and informed, although he is not very old now, he has long been famous.

After Huan Meng served as the assassin of Jingzhou, according to the old practice, a large number of local scholars were removed from the pastoral mansion as officials, and at the beginning of the appointment of Xi Shantu and his two uncles were engaged in the state government, and later Yuan Ziqiao and Xi Shantu got acquainted, and under a talk, he was very valued and called him talented in Huanmeng, so Huan Meng changed him to be the master of Xicao.

The main bookkeeper is a close minister of the chief, and the relationship between the two is becoming closer and closer, and now, Xi Shantu is already Huanmeng's confidant.

Xi Shantu upholds the duty of a subordinate, and the lord has an order, and he does not shirk it, and happily agrees to it.

Huan Mengxi said: "If Yan Weiken goes, then the conquest will come!" ”

……

Xi Shantu was a neat person, so he didn't delay much, and the next day he left the camp and went north to the Sword Pavilion.

A few days later, outside Qinde City on the south side of Jiange Mountain, Xi Shantu ran into the patrolling Dingxi cavalry and told them what they meant.

The cavalrymen led him into the city.

The castle guard is now a koji chapter.

This time, the Koji generals from Xin Er to Shu have a total of two people, Lu Zhang, Luo Dang, Koji Zhang's courage is not as good as Luo Dang, and his wisdom is also ordinary, so he is not very conspicuous in Nanzheng and other battles, but after all, he is the son of his Koji clan, and Xin Er gave him the task of temporarily guarding Qin De.

When Koji Zhang heard the news, he couldn't help but say in his heart: "The conquest is like a god!" Huan Jingzhou really sent officials here again! ”

According to Xin Er's explanation in advance, Koji Zhang did not lose his courtesy, sent his own soldiers, and escorted Xi Shantu to the Sword Pavilion warmly and thoughtfully.

Xi Shantu has only heard of the reputation of the Sword Pavilion, this is the first time he has seen it with his own eyes, walking on the path leading to the dock wall, looking up left and right, all of them are cliffs that connect to the clouds, sighing in his heart, thinking: "If it weren't for the Ming Gong to defeat Chengdu, the pseudo-Shu Qin Lord surrendered, how could this Sword Pavilion, Xin Zheng capture be easily occupied?" ”

When they arrived at the Sword Pavilion Castle, Xin Er was already waiting indoors.

Xi Shantu took off his shoes and swords at the door, stood tall and stepped over the threshold, striding in.

When I looked, I saw a person sitting on the main couch, about twenty-six or seventeen years old, with bright eyes, short mustache under the chin, wearing a red folded hakama, sitting in a heroic posture.

Xi Shantu knew that this must be Xin Er, so he bowed and said: "Xishantu, the main book of Xicao, the official Jingzhou Assassin Mansion, will meet the general." ”

Xin Er smiled and said, "The main book, please." ”

Xin Er's gaze fell on Xi Shantu's body, and Xi Shantu was surprised to find that he didn't feel aggressive as he had imagined before.

In his original expectation, a person who dared to kill the Linghu clan and seize the Sword Pavilion by the tiger's mouth was described by Hao Sheng as "gentle and gentle", and his gaze would definitely give people coercion, however, at this moment, he did not realize that he was not aware of the biting coldness, but instead made him in a trance, like a spring breeze, and he mistakenly thought that he was in front of Huan Meng.

Xi Shantu settled down and thought, "No, the gaze of the captives and Ming Gong is not the same. Although they are all like the spring breeze, Ming Gong's gaze is comparable to the wind of February, and it is still sharp with an axe; The gaze of the captives is like a spring breeze in March, which seems to be more mellow than that of Ming Gong. ”

The servants put on the buttermilk.

Xin Er said: "In the mountains and wilderness of Sword Pavilion, there are no good drinks. This buttermilk is a thing in our army, and I don't know if the master can get used to it? "Please sit down with Xi Shantu and say, "Master book, please go to the couch first." ”

The buttermilk emitted a foul smell, and Xi Shantu only smelled it, and he wanted to gag, but he thought to himself: "Don't you give me a horse?" If I don't drink, he will look down on me; The subordinates sitting next to me were all eyeing me, and they were bound to laugh at me, and my momentum was weakened by three points, which was not conducive to achieving the mission. ”

Thinking of this, Xi Shantu sat on the couch, forcibly regurgitated his stomach, lifted the buttermilk, drank it all, and did not dare to taste it, so he hurriedly swallowed it; However, the fishy smell was not something that could be ignored without a taste, so it fell into the stomach and intestines, and immediately churned up, like a turbid current, and suddenly surged back to the throat, he hurriedly gritted his teeth, did not allow it to overflow, and swallowed it again.

Think about the buttermilk, Hu cannon meat and other categories, this is the food of the Hu people, the Tang people in the north are good, especially the Tang people in Longdi, who have lived with Hu Yi for a long time, they are used to eating, the Tang people in the south, the vast majority of them will never see the buttermilk once from life to death, where will they enjoy it? There was once a famous man in the south of the Yangtze River who ate cheese at the northerners who moved to Jiangzuo, and because of it, he got sick and said to the man: "Although the servants are Wu people, they are almost ghosts." "Ling" is a contemptuous term for the southern people to the northern Tang people. This shows the extent to which the southerners are not adapted to the food of the Northland.

Xi Shantu is still young, and he is strong for a while, which makes his stomach turn upside down.

Tang Ai, Luo Dang, Li Liang, and Qu Yuanguang and others were present, seeing that he was red-faced and thick-necked, restless on the couch, twisting his waist and abdomen, and his uncomfortable appearance was indescribable, they all snickered.

Xin Er's face was as usual, and he said with concern: "The main book doesn't drop this thing?" So why drink it again! He said with emotion, "Duyun is honest in my northerners, and the main book is also straightforward!" It's no wonder that when I saw the main book, I felt like I was an old friend. "Tell the servants, "Quickly serve tea with the main book, and clear the belly for the main book!" ”

Shu real estate tea, Ba County, Fuling County and other places of tea are famous Jiangzuo, although the sword pavilion is in the deep mountains, but from Qinde and other places, Dingxi soldiers have seized a lot of good tea cakes. At that time, the officials took the tea cakes, mashed them, put them with green onions, ginger and other condiments, put them in the pot, added spring water, fried them outdoors until they were cooked, sent them into the room, and respectfully put them on the table in front of Xi Shantu's couch.

It's already late, even if he drinks three bowls in a row, Xi Shantu's stomach is still uncomfortable, between his throat and lips and tongue, it is fishy and nasty, and he can't wash it.

Discomfort in the stomach, throat and mouth directly affects eloquence.

Fortunately, Xin Er knew his intentions, but he didn't need Xi Shantu to say more, and quietly waited for him to drink half a pot of tea, and then took the initiative to express his intention for him, and said: "The master book came from afar today, as I expected, it should be sent by Duke Huan?" ”

Xi Shantu reluctantly opened his mouth and said, "Exactly." ”

Xin Er pretended not to know why Huan Meng sent him, and said: "Huan Gong must have an order, dare to ask the master book to show me." ”

Xi Shantu took out the order and presented it to Xin Er by the officials who came from him.

After browsing Xin'er, Gu and Tang Ai, Luo Dang and others said, "Duke Huan summoned me to Chengdu for a meeting. ”

Luo Dang's face was unhappy, and he shouted: "Qin De and Sword Pavilion have just broken, Tang Shou and Jia Meng have just surrendered, Baishui has not yet been conquered, Ming Gong is the main general, how can he leave easily?" Duke Huan's call is too unreasonable! ”

When Hao Sheng and Meng He came to the Sword Pavilion to surrender last time, they brought a person from the Shu Qin court as proof that Shu Qin had surrendered; Xin Er sent Hao Sheng and Meng He away, but left this person from the Shu Qin court.

A few days ago, the bald Boye set off to fight Tangshou County and Jia Meng Pass, and brought this person in the army, but it was smooth and smooth, such as the same as the Sword Pavilion, and Tang Shou and Jia Meng were also recruited.

The good news of the bald and wild just arrived at the Sword Pavilion yesterday.

As for "Baishui", this is also a county in Zitong County. The location of Qinde County is precisely in the center of Zitong County, and in its southwest, there are two counties of Zitong and Fu; In its northeast, there are also two counties, one is Tangshou County, and the other is Baishui County.

Tangshou and Baishui are both adjacent to the Western Han River, Tangshou is in the south and borders Pasir County, and Baishui is in the north and borders Yinping County.

Xin Er's overall strategy to attack Zitong was to first go down to Qinde, and then form a trend of closing the door and beating dogs against Tang Shou and Baishui, and then take these two places. Now Tang Shou has fallen, only a white water is left, bald and wild because of non-stop, now along the river valley to the north, the resumption of the white water.

Xi Shantu said: "Have Tang Shou and Jia Meng surrendered to your army? If these two places have fallen, Baishui will be just a lonely city! Why do you need a soldier and a pawn, and if the soldier is not bloody, you can take it.

"Although Qinde County has only been broken, Zitong County and Fu County in the northwest of Qinde have been reduced to Huan Gong, and Qinde is only three hundred miles away from Chengdu. Are you still afraid that Qin De will have the courage to make trouble? ”

Refutating the reasons why Luo Dang listed the two Xin Er who could not go to Chengdu one by one, Xi Shantu continued, "Duke Huan supervised the military of Jing and Yongliu Prefecture by the decree of the court, and the general of the conquest led the history of Yongzhou's assassination. ”

After saying this, Xi Shantu was deeply annoyed, he really shouldn't have drunk that bowl of buttermilk, so that he had to be distracted and suppress his stomach all the time, so that the words that should have been righteous and awe-inspiring came out of his mouth, but he said it so softly.

Xin Er said in his heart: "Xi Shantu is so insistent, looking at his posture, it is necessary for me to go to Chengdu." It seems that my estimate is good, Huan Meng did have the intention of exchanging me for the Sword Pavilion. "That's what the master book says." ”

Xi Shantu said: "Dare to ask the general, I don't know when I plan to leave?" ”

"I can move whenever I want, but before that, the master has to take care of my body. I watched the main book's face red and swollen, and I couldn't sit steadily, so I guess it was the bowl of buttermilk that was to blame. The main bookkeeper, please go down and rest first, and I'll call back to the master book tomorrow, okay? ”

Xi Shantu was also really uncomfortable, the two mouthfuls seemed to be about to erupt, he knew that he couldn't be reckless, otherwise, he could only make a fool of himself on the spot, so he said: "Then the lower official will wait for the general's reply tomorrow." I didn't dare to use my strength, but I got down from the couch carefully, not forgetting the etiquette, and I made a gesture to Chong Xiner, and slowly moved out to the outside with the support of the servant.

And the servants of his own tent led him to his dwelling to rest.

Tang Ai, Li Liang, Luo Dang, and Qu Yuanguang and others laughed loudly.

Xin Er pointed at Tang Ai and said with a smile: "This method of Qing Zhi is inevitably narrow!" ”

The idea of provoking Xi Shantu to make him drink buttermilk to make his spleen and stomach uncomfortable in order to curb his anger was Tang Ai's idea.

Tang Ai smiled: "I only know that the southerners are not good at drinking cheese, and how can I know that he is not good at this!" ”

And Qu Yuanguang suppressed his laughter and said sincerely: "General, Yuanguang is foolish, this Chengdu must not go!" ”

"Why?"

"The Sword Pavilion is what I gained, and Jingzhou will inevitably be resentful. Xi Shantu was unwell, and insisted on asking the general to obey Huan Jingzhou's rules, which can be seen that Huan Jingzhou invited the general to Chengdu this time, and he must have other plans. The general is the master of my army, what if he is trapped in Chengdu? ”

"You have a point." Xin Er turned to Tang Ai and said, "Qianli, what do you think?" ”

Tang Ai said: "After Ming Gong asked Ai that day whether he should go to Chengdu, Ai Jing thought about it repeatedly, and now he thinks he can go." ”

"Oh?"

"There are two reasons to go."

Xin Er said: "Tell me about it. ”

"Huan Jingzhou cut Shu, only brought 10,000 elite soldiers, although Chengdu, Shu soldiers still have stubborn resistance, at this time, even if the dissatisfaction with the Sword Pavilion for the Ming Gong, in order to stabilize the Shu land, Huan Jingzhou is not able to fight with me. This is one of them. ”

"Yes, we don't fall behind militarily."

"Jingzhou is connected to Wei and Qin in the north, and Huan Jingzhou has the heavy responsibility of guarding the border, so he can't leave Jingzhou for a long time. He has been in Shu for a month, and it will be the deep winter season soon, the deep winter is cold, the river may freeze, once frozen, it will be impossible to sail. I guess he won't stay in Chengdu for long, at most, and when Shu is generally calmed down, he should return to Jingzhou. This is the second one. ”

Xin Er touched his beard and said with a smile: "Yes, Duke Huan will not stay in Chengdu for too long." And since he won't stay in Chengdu for too long, I will be safe and sound when I go to Chengdu. ”

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