Since the top Huang Shu praised all opportunities, he once set the strategy to the border. -------Surname. Chen Zongyuan "Generations of Life"

It is said that in the Tongwen Inn in Chang'an, Boss Zhong offended Li Dao because of his nephew Zhong Xuan, and was imprisoned and turned to Chen Long for help. Chen Long took the opportunity to feel the situation in Chang'an City, and was surprised to find that in addition to Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou, there was also a rare strategist Jia Xu in the world. And these people are loyal to Dong Zhuo, if they want to rescue Zhong Zhuo and reinstate him as an official, they have to think of a more thoughtful way.

Chen Long thought about it again and again, and proposed a way to intercept Dong Zhuo's letters. Dong Zhuo is about to lead a large army to quell the Xiliang rebellion, Chang'an belongs to his old department, if there is any conspiracy between them, there will inevitably be communication in advance. Seeing that Guo Jia and Zhou Budo both agreed, Long Chen stared at Lu Chang and said in a slight mutter: "Two key figures, one is Li Dao and the other is Jia Xu. We have few people, Li Dao is in a high position, and he must be heavily defended, only I will go in person, hoping to gain something. Jia Xu's side, please ask Lu Chang. Lu Chang hurriedly gave a military salute and said, "Don't worry, lord!" ”

Chen Long continued: "Lu Chang, you and I are only secretly watching outside Li Dao and Jia Xu's mansion to ensure our own safety. If someone who looks like a messenger arrives, I am afraid that it will be too late to intercept him, so I simply let him into the house, and when he comes out, follow him outside the city to intercept Li Dao or Jia Xu's reply. Lu Chang obeyed.

Chen Long asked Lu Chang to prepare the night clothes, and then said to Guo Jia and Zhou Budo: "Fengxiao, Yuan Zhi, the safety of the inn tonight can only trouble you two to take turns to keep vigil." The two of you will talk to Boss Zhong again, find a few guys to help, and stay at the door of the corridor of the guest room. Guo Jia and Zhou Budo knew that Long Chen was worried about the safety of his mother, so they nodded in agreement.

Lu Chang asked Boss Zhong for help, and quickly got two black clothes, found two pieces of black cloth, and dug a few holes to make masked black scarves. The two asked about the location of Li Wei's mansion and Jia Xu's mansion, and they came out of the dark place of the inn and rushed to the location of the stalk.

Chen Long, a single watch, found a big tree outside the courtyard wall of Li Dao's mansion, jumped into the treetops, and hid in the dense leaves, just enough to observe the entire Li Dao mansion. The mansion was tight inside and outside, and there were no less than dozens of guards guarding the front and back doors, as well as some shadowy secret sentinels, all over the roofs of the mansion.

Chen Long adjusted his breathing, waited patiently, and slowly judged the location of the living room, study, and bedroom of Li Dao's mansion, and his attention was mainly focused on the gate of the mansion. Chen Long judged that Dong Zhuo's messenger must have a token to enter and exit the city gate at night, and according to the psychology of Dong Zhuo, Li Dao and the messenger, they should have delivered those letters full of secrets that were not inhumane to outsiders under the cover of night, so as to gain some security.

The night was dark, and only the two dead wind lamps in front of the house were hanging high, shining on the armor of the guards guarding the door, like iron and blood. Just after the hour, a black shadow quietly floated out from the corner of the alley at the door, looked left and right and saw no one, slowly walked to the front of the house, and shook the token in his hand. Chen Longxin said: "It's coming! ”

The guards guarding the door saw the token clearly, and a general personally led the messenger all the way into the red candle shining study, and then went straight to the bedroom in the backyard alone, the position was in line with Chen Long's judgment. The bedroom lights turned on, and after a while, Li Wei, who was wearing a robe, hurriedly opened the door and flashed out, and went straight to the study. The general stood guard in front of the door of the study.

In the middle of the night, the messenger walked out of the study, and the keeper personally sent him out of the house. Li Wei slowly walked out of the study, looked left and right at the sky, and walked back to the bedroom.

Chen Long jumped down from a tall tree and leaped along the alley to the exit of the side street, and sure enough, he saw the messenger walking through the darkness and into an alley between people's houses, unaware that someone was following him. At the end of the alley, a horse was tethered, and Chen Long suddenly realized that the messenger had placed his mount in a hidden alley for fear of attracting attention from the sound of hooves in the night, which showed how invisible.

The messenger got on the reins of his horse, and was about to gallop, when he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head, and immediately fainted, and fell straight down from his horse. Chen Long grabbed it, first searched the messenger's chest bag, first took out a metal token, and then took out a sealed letter.

Chen Long put the messenger's body upside down in the saddle, pulled the horse around the main street, and went straight down the alley to the inn. Fortunately, I didn't meet the soldiers patrolling the city in the dark night, and the boss Zhong had already been instructed, and personally led two loyal men to guard the back door, and when he saw Chen Long coming back, he hurriedly opened the door and led the horse into the courtyard.

Chen Long was in the stable in the backyard of the inn, tying the messenger into a rice dumpling, taking off his two pairs of stinky socks and stuffing them into his mouth, so that Boss Zhong's loyal companions guarded him strictly. With the token and the letter, he went straight to his bedroom.

The bedroom is a suite, and the lights and candles in the outer living room are bright, and even Zhang Ning, including Zhang Ning, is waiting for Chen Long and Lu Chang to return. As soon as Chen Longfu entered the house, the three of them hurriedly stood up to greet them. Chen Long threw the letter and token on the tea table, Guo Jia's eyes lit up, and when he tore open the letter, Zhou Budo picked up the metal token and looked at it carefully.

After Guo Jia finished reading it, he presented the letter to Chen Longdao: "Sure enough, as expected by the lord, Dong Zhuo has long been disobedient. In the letter, Li Dao said that all the troops were well prepared, just waiting for Dong Zhuo to return. and retaliation against officials loyal to the imperial court, and especially cited Zhong Xuan as an example, which was to prepare for Dong Zhuo's land hegemony. As soon as Dong Zhuo's army arrives in Xiliang, the army will set off in the name of crusading against the rebels, stationed in distant Liangzhou Wuwei and other places, and proclaimed himself the assassin of Liangzhou. ”

Chen Long read it hastily, handed the letter to Zhou Budo, and said, "In that case, why don't they garrison Chang'an Jiancheng?" ”

Zhou Budo said first: "If you are stationed in Chang'an, and the army does not send troops to recruit the rebels, it will be too traceful, and a fool can see that he has a bad heart." ”

Guo Jia said: "Exactly. The so-called side of the couch does not allow others to sleep soundly. Chang'an is not far from Luoyang, and it is the choke point, the world's Xiongcheng, if he occupies this city, He Jin must not tolerate him, and will inevitably unite with many warlords to jointly encircle and suppress, when the time comes, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army will not be able to keep Chang'an, and can only flee the Gobi in defeat and become a horse bandit. On the contrary, he took advantage of the situation to go to Liangzhou to divide the territory, only saying that it takes time to quell the rebellion, and the emperor is far away, so he can naturally firmly establish the base area. ”

Chen Long thought to himself, the analysis of the two military advisors was very reasonable, and nodded: "I'm afraid this is also the strategy proposed by Jia Xu to divide one side." Dong Zhuo took this opportunity to claim the king and hegemony in Liangzhou, which was far away from Chang'an, but He Jin couldn't reach it, so he had to turn a blind eye. When the wings are full, Xiliang Iron Riding straight to Chang'an, I don't know if it can't be done. Thinking of Jia Xu's strategy in his heart, and the later Zhuge Kongming's fight, Jiang Wei was the harvest of Zhuge Liang's expedition to Xiliang. Zhuge Liang wants to attack Wei from Hanzhong and Xiliang, and the situation is very good, he can meet Sima Zhongda, and it is a day and a holiday. But I don't know if Lu Chang will gain anything on Jia Xu's side?

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Since Dong Zhuo has not occupied the heart of Chang'an for a long time, it is easy to do." Zhong Xuan's life was saved. ”

Chen Long smiled and said: "Fengxiao is unparalleled in strategy, and he is not under Jia Xu. Tell us what you think? ”

Guo Jiajun's face was glowing, and he said calmly: "With just a letter, Zhong Xuan will return safely." ”

Zhou Budo said: "You mean to find someone to imitate Dong Zhuo's handwriting, write a letter to Li Dao, and ask him to release him?" It doesn't seem to be a good reason. ”

Chen Long said: "The plan of filial piety is in line with my intentions. In the false letter, it is only necessary to write that after Zhong Xuan is a famous man in Yingchuan, it is not good to kill him for fear of causing turmoil in the major families of Yingchuan, as well as the discussions of court officials, and attracting the attention of the emperor. Let Li Wei focus on the overall situation, quietly release Zhong Xuan, and reinstate the official, don't delay the major event of separating Liangzhou for the sake of a Zhong Xuan. ”

Zhou Budo said: "It's a good plan, but as soon as Dong Zhuo came, didn't he immediately goof?" ”

Chen Long laughed and said: "I think, when the time comes, they will be busy sending troops and going to Liangzhou to live a leisurely life, such a trivial matter, I'm afraid Li Dao won't even ask." ”

Zhou Budo's mind turned around, and he also laughed and said, "The lord is clever." Dong Zhuo didn't know about it, and he wouldn't mention it. Haha, wonderful! ”

Chen Longling'er heard footsteps outside, and said with a smile, "The person who delivered the letter is none other than Lu Chang." Sure enough, Lu Chang's voice came from outside the door: "Lord! ”

Chen Long ordered Lu Chang to come in, but Lu Chang had not changed his clothes at night, and reported: "My lord, my subordinates have been squatting all night, and there is no movement in Jia Xu's Mansion, so I came back first." ”

Chen Long and the others remembered that it was already dawn, Chen Long stuffed the token into Lu Chang's hand, and was about to speak, when suddenly his hand shook, and the token jingled and fell to the ground, Lu Chang hurriedly leaned over to pick it up, and looked up to see Chen Long's eyebrows furrowed together.

Zhou Budo also noticed Chen Long's strange appearance, and suddenly woke up and said: "Although there is a token to send a letter, who can imitate Dong Zhuo's handwriting!" ”

Chen Long nodded silently, and Zhang Ning next to him hurriedly comforted him. Guo Jia suddenly laughed and said, "Don't worry, lord. Now there is a calligrapher in the prison, not at this time, but when? ”

Wake up the dreamer with a word, Chen Long and Zhang Ning and the others all laughed heartily, and Chen Long said: "This is also Zhong Xuan who saved himself!" ”

Early the next morning, Long Chen called Boss Zhong and asked, "Boss Zhong, you said that you have checked up and down, and it is okay to go to the prison to see Zhong Xuan, right?" ”

Boss Zhong said: "There is no problem with this. At the head of the cell, I had already taken care of it, and the nephew of the province was suffering in prison. Chen Long stuffed a letter into him and instructed: "You can put this letter and cloth pen in a food box, take it to prison, and let your nephew copy it to me in imitation of Dong Zhuo's handwriting, and I will have my own clever plan to get him out of trouble." ”

Boss Zhong was overjoyed, and at noon he took the food box and went straight to the prison, and stuffed a big ingot of silver to the cell head, who accepted the bribe, and knew that Zhong Miao had always been loyal, so he let them meet each other alone in the prison.

At night, just after the hour, Lu Chang appeared at the door of Li Dao's mansion dressed in black, the metal token flashed in the light, and the gatekeeper didn't say much, and sent Lu Chang into the study.

After a while, Li Wei came, and after reading the letter, Lu Chang said: "The lord said publicly, there is no need to reply to the letter." As long as tomorrow it is done as Thakin said. Li Jinuonuo agreed and asked: "Did the lord receive my letter yesterday?" Lu Chang said: "No, it is estimated that it is not so fast." The lord heard that you had imprisoned Zhong Xuan, and the news had reached Luoyang, and he thought that he was afraid that you would suppress other officials too loudly, so he only asked me to send another letter over. ”

Li Wei originally had some doubts about sending letters for two consecutive nights, and when he heard that the doubts had already disappeared, what was the difficulty of putting a Zhong Xuan, and he would be full of wings in the future, and he would return to Luoyang and settle accounts with him. Busy sent Lu Chang out of the house, Lu Chang went out of the house and did not mention the inn.

Early the next morning, the cell boss took a large number of keys, opened Zhong Xuan's cell door with a clanging and said, "Zhong is very happy!" Reinstated! You have a lot of adults, and don't remember the grudges of villains! ”

Zhong Xuan couldn't hold back a smile and said, "Wherever and where, it was all taken care of by the cell boss, and he didn't suffer." "Follow the cell leader, green light all the way, straight out of the prison.

Boss Zhong had already prepared a carriage to wait outside the prison door, and the uncle and nephew were very happy to see each other. Zhong Miao took his uncle a few steps into the carriage, lowered the curtain, and asked anxiously, "Uncle, where is the great benefactor?" ”