The Pingyong Mansion was full of people, all of whom were Zeng Yuanqi's staff.

Many of these people sneaked over to take refuge after Yong'an was breached, and they can be said to be loyal to Zeng Yuanqi.

Of course, there is another person who is particularly abrupt, he is Deng Shangchi, who has just come from Yong'an.

At this time, Deng Shangchi was standing in the middle of the lobby, and this time he hurried to Pingyong and was a little helpless.

Appointed by the Tongzhou Assassin or the military advisor Xu Linfeng, this trip was to provoke the dog-eat-dog internal friction between the two forces of Pingyong and Yong'an.

Chen Ziqian couldn't count on it, so he could only come to Pingyong to find Zeng Yuanqi to do ideological work.

According to his logic, on the occasion of His Majesty's death, the king of the emperor was detained at the gate of the imperial capital, and the general must support the new emperor if he wants to gain a foothold in the imperial court, and the new emperor succeeds to the throne, what he needs to rely on is the royal family, and his lord is one of the royal clansmen, whether it is the current situation or status, it means that his lord has a great right to speak.

Just as this time the general can issue an edict appointing Chen Ziqian as the Taishou of Yong'an, as long as his lord is willing, Zeng Yuanqi can also get the corresponding treatment.

Chen Ziqian is stupid, forget it, let his father-in-law not rely on the big tree, Zeng Yuanqi is now being driven out of Yong'an, and the future is not safe, he will not be stupid enough to go against his father-in-law, right?

I have to say that Deng Shangchi still has a lot of power in his hands, as long as he adapts to the times, he can promise more sweetness to Zeng Yuanqi.

No matter what, as long as he can successfully complete the task, he promises that it will be no problem for Zeng Yuanqi to be the emperor, and this degree is controlled by him.

Seeing Zeng Yuanqi return to the hall with a young envoy sent by Yong'an, Deng Shangchi was not panicked at all.

However, as a group of soldiers set up a makeshift stove outside the hall and carried an oil pot, his face immediately became a little difficult to look at.

"Zeng Fujun, what do you mean by this?" Deng Shangchi began to feel uneasy in his heart, and looked back at the oil pot outside the hall several times, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Zeng Yuanqi was not in a hurry to answer, he slowly walked up to the high hall and sat down, and said with a smile: "Today is really interesting, Assassin Shi just sent an envoy, intending to let our army send troops to recruit Yong'an, on the other hand, Chen Ziqian sent another envoy, intending to reach an alliance with our army, you all say, who should we listen to now?" ”

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, and all kinds of voices suddenly spread, only a few people in the front row of the hall were quite calm, either closing their eyes or pinching their mustaches to secretly ponder.

It can be seen that Zeng Yuanqi's staff members are much more calm than before, the scribes on the left and the military generals on the right.

Zhao Wengong, who was originally valued by Zeng Yuanqi, could only retreat to second place in the row of scribes, and in front of him stood a middle-aged man in his thirties, who looked quite calm and extraordinary.

On the other side, the generals are not simple, Han Sheng, who was originally the leader, has even retreated to the fourth position now.

It can be seen that Zeng Yuanqi's subordinates are now full of talents, and they have more confidence in the princes.

"Lord Mingjian, our army and Chen Ziqian are incompatible, if it weren't for Chen Ziqian's back, our army would not be so embarrassed in this expedition." Han Sheng stood up and arched his hand, he obviously didn't bring such a good thing as his brain.

The other civil and military officers also nodded in recognition of this, Chen Ziqian had hurt them too much before, if it weren't for Jing Ce Nian's sideways shot, they wouldn't even be able to stand here alive.

Now the opportunity for revenge has come, and the assassin can still promise good things, of course, he has to choose to fight back Yong'an.

However, because the Zeng clan is in the hands of Chen Ziqian, this kind of offensive to the lord will be won by someone, and there is no need to rush forward to express his position.

In the hall, Deng Shangchi was relieved to see that so many people were inclined to stab Shi's side.

But Zeng Yuanqi turned a deaf ear to this, looked at Zhao Wengong and asked, "Wengong, what do you think?" ”

Being named in public, Zhao Wengong glanced at Zeng Yuanqi meaningfully, and hurriedly stood up and responded: "I think that Pingyong is currently in the development stage, and it is not suitable to use troops against Yong'an, and it is more prudent to form an alliance with Chen Ziqian." ”

"Ridiculous, Zhao Wengong, Zhao Wengong, why did we fall to this, don't you have any points in your heart? Now that you still want the lord to cooperate with Chen Ziqian's treacherous villain, what kind of heart do you have? Han Sheng said angrily.

Seeing that the two were about to argue again, Zeng Yuanqi immediately looked at the scribe in front of Zhao Wengong, and seeing that the other party was still closing his eyes and recuperating without reacting, he raised his hand and suppressed the atmosphere in the hall and said: "Since everyone has different opinions, and it happens that both sides have sent envoys today, it is better to listen to what they have to say first." ”

"Envoy Deng, since you are here, you must have made sufficient preparations." Zeng Yuanqi grinned and sneered, and didn't forget to remind him as he spoke: "Do you see the oil pot outside?" Today, I will cooperate with whoever you two are more sincere, if you are not sincere to entertain this mansion, the oil pot outside is your destination, now, let's start! ”

Deng Shangchi and Dian Jitong looked at each other, and there was panic in their eyes.

Deng Shangchi has been an official for many years, and he is used to seeing strong winds and waves, so he took the first step to stabilize his emotions and said: "Dare to ask Zeng Fujun, this world is still not the world of Dayan, and Zeng Fujun is still not Dayan's courtier?" My lord is a member of the royal family of Dayan, and he is in charge of the land of Dayan Tongzhou, which is the orthodox royal road, and Zengfu Jun'an dares to turn his back on the royal road and join forces with traitors? ”

Dian Jitong took a deep breath, it was a matter of life and death, and immediately retorted: "Deng envoy this is a corrupt Confucian word, the Dayan court has long existed in name only, there was a party of Fang Shi in the past, deposing the Manchu Dynasty officials, and then there are generals who hold military power, and now it is the power of the government and the opposition, when Your Majesty is in charge of the funeral, the princes from all over the country support the army to stand on their own, and there is also a king holding the edict of succession in front of the imperial capital to buckle the pass, the sky is falling apart and the earth is close to the day, looking at the world, who turns his back on the royal road? Who is the traitor? Assassin Shi is only in charge of a state, and if he doesn't also wave his troops north to plot Huaizhou, isn't he a traitor? ”

"What the envoy said is really a great rebellion, my lord is a royal clan, strange armies have sprung up all over the country, chaos is frequent, Huaizhou was slaughtered by rebels, my lord is a royal clan, he should do his part for the court, and return to the court in the future. However, the noble lord Chen Ziqian, this son is a wolf and a wolf, and it is a capital crime to recruit troops and horses without authorization, and he imitates the rebels to attack cities and lands, this is not rebellion, what is rebellion? ”

"It's really a joke, Envoy Deng said that the world is the world of Dayan, but on the other hand, he said that my lord is a rebel, don't you know that my lord is currently the edict of the imperial court to seal Yong'an? By the way, didn't Envoy Deng just go to Yong'an a few days ago to congratulate my lord on his succession to the position of Taishou? Why did you change your tune again? You personally conveyed to my lord the handwritten letter of the assassination, ordering my lord to raise troops to attack the king of Zengfu, and the words were convincing, why, now you dare not admit it? ”

"You!" Deng Shangchi gasped, fell into the downwind in an instant, and immediately turned his mind sharply, and hurriedly made up for his mistakes: "Tongzhou can't tolerate rebellion, Chen Ziqian's choice to turn his back on the royal road is rebellion, Zeng Fujun understands the righteousness, and it is the duty of the people to raise troops to recruit Yong'an, this is the right way, in the future, my lord will be the court to rehabilitate Zeng Fujun, and even praise and reward Zeng Fujun, but if Zeng Fujun and Chen Ziqian are in the same stream, it is contrary to the righteous path, and it will be difficult to have a foothold in the future, not to mention, it will be spurned by the people of the world, To form an alliance with Chen Ziqian is to seek his own death, which is more important, presumably Zeng Fujun knows by himself. ”

The two of them fought with each other in the hall, you came and went with each other, each said its own reason, and everyone in the hall couldn't help but nod in approval.

Zeng Yuanqi sat in the high hall and listened with relish, he knew that Chen Ziqian was treacherous and cunning, and he also knew that Tongzhou Thorn Shi had hidden ambitions, and neither side was a good bird.

To be honest, he didn't want to deal with either side, but now Pingyong was in an awkward situation, and he couldn't offend at the same time.

Who should be chosen to cooperate?

The two people in the hall began to damage each other while arguing, and they didn't say anything that should have been said.

Zeng Yuanqi listened for a while, and raised his hand a little impatiently to interrupt the two: "I just want to know, what are the benefits of responding to the assassin's order and sending troops to recruit Yong'an, and what benefits can I get if I cooperate with Chen Ziqian and form an alliance?" ”

"As long as Zeng Fujun sends troops to Yong'an, the assassin can write to the imperial court, and seal Zeng Fujun as the two counties Taishou, if he can help assassin Shi Kuang to restore Dayan, and even hope to worship the marquis, this is the royal road!"

"King! Who said just now that Thorn Shi can't tolerate rebellion, my lord is a Taishou appointed by the imperial court, isn't it the same as rebellion in the eyes of Thorn Shi? Now that I don't move my lord to encourage Zeng Fujun, do you think Zeng Fujun will be so stupid that he can't see your thoughts? If you don't have to work hard to encourage Zeng Fujun and my lord to have internal friction, after the assassin Shi returns with his troops, he can take advantage of the situation to collect the land of Yong'an and Pingyong. Zeng Fujun, at this moment, only by forming an alliance with the lord of my family, and the two sides should respond to each other, so as to resist the counterattack of the assassin in the future. ”

Dian Jitong hesitated when he said this, but in order to save his life, he still boldly said: "It's not a secret, my lord has decided to send troops to recruit Huaihua in the near future, Pingyong's current livelihood is stable, and he also has the ability to mobilize troops for development, why not take this opportunity to wave his troops eastward and take Lelin in one fell swoop, so that Zeng Fujun and my lord can coexist side by side, and can welcome back the Zeng clan, isn't it beautiful?" ”

The voice of Dian Ji's call fell, and the scribe who was standing in front of Zhao Wen Palace closed his eyes and recuperated, suddenly opened his eyes and looked over: "Chen Ziqian wants to conquer Huaihua?" ”