It was a matter of life and death for the Poyang Gu family, Gu Shi didn't dare to delay in the slightest, and he didn't even return to his own Zhuangzi, so he simply led the Arab horse in Shang Cheng's stable, and asked Shang Cheng to borrow Gao Qiang and a few guards to enter the city.

I don't know how he moved, and I don't know what he said to others, anyway, before noon the next day, he led a group of five or six princes, heirs, and county kings back to the merchant Zhuangzi. Among them, the king of Ruyang is the uncle of the current emperor, and the king of Jiangling and the king of Xiangzhou are the brothers of the emperor of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty; The king of Qinghe County is even more amazing, he is the grandson of King Huaisi, the fifth son of Emperor Gaozong, and the king of Ruyang also has to respect his uncle in front of him, and he leads the title of Shangzhu State, and when it comes to military qualifications, he is a generation older than Xiao Jian and Yang Du, so he is naturally the leader of this group of people. The other two princes who came with him were also quite authoritative figures in the clan.

With such a large group of distinguished guests, Shang Cheng did not dare to slack off. Before the people arrived at the village, he ran to the front of the Yimen to wait, warmly welcomed the guests to the hall, and asked people to send hot hand towels for them to wash their hands and faces, and personally held the tea cup containing the hot fragrant tea soup tea to the king of Qinghe County and the king of Ruyang.

The king of Qinghe is already in his early eighties, his hair and beard are all snow-white, but he is very well raised, his round and tense face is full of red light, and he can't even see a few wrinkles, and he walks with a tiger's style. At present, he was standing at the head of the hall, and seeing that Shang Cheng was still busy serving tea to the king of Jiangling, he put the lamp in his hand on a few places, waved his hand, and said very boldly: "Zida, you don't have to be busy!" We are not here today to be guests, nor are we here to taste the taste of your tea. He is an old soldier, he speaks and does things very cheerfully, and seeing that Shang Cheng is holding a cup of tea and handing it over, he said again, "You don't have to worry about them." If they can die of thirst while guarding the teapot, they deserve it! He turned his head and looked around, pointing at Gao Qiang at the door. You are the boy with your surname Gao! We have something important to say to your general, you go out to arrange the guards, as long as the Son of Heaven does not arrive, no one else is allowed to disturb! Come and sit down, we have something to ask you about. This last sentence was said to Shang Cheng.

Shang Cheng nodded to Gao Qiang, still served all the tea and soup, and then came over and sat down at the head of the old county king. These were the seats that the other kings had set aside for him. They obviously knew the temperament of the old county king, and they didn't need his orders, so they set aside the position in advance.

The old county king didn't hurry to ask questions first, stared at Shang Cheng up and down a few times, and then asked him: "Zida, we have heard a little bit about the Hanyuan Hall meeting that night. Originally, we thought that this was a matter of the imperial court and had nothing to do with our clans, but yesterday evening the Marquis came to us and said that the monk wanted to borrow money from us to ask for something...... Expedition ......" he said, and he couldn't remember which one he was going to to fight in the East. King Ruyang reminded him, saying, "It's the Fujiwara clan, a relative of the Eastern Wa Kingdom." ”

"Oh, yes! It's this Fujimoto clan or the Fujikata clan. King Qinghe said, "I haven't seen the strategy yet, but since it's your one-handed sketch, no matter how bad it is, it won't be bad." He turned his head and said to the king of Jiangling and the king of Xiangzhou, "I told you a long time ago that Xiao Jian is good at stability and not good at strangeness, and Yang Du's ability is more than enough if he leads an army alone, but if he is allowed to command the three armies to divide and attack, he can teach him to mess up his own position in a moment; Needless to say, Yan Gu's stupid guy is very common, except for desperately sticking gold on his face and proclaiming what 'Yan Baisheng', other skills are very common. Only Shang Yanshan is the best, and his method of using troops is quite similar to that of Wang Hao, the general at the time of the founding of the country......"

Shang Cheng came to listen to him come up and rated himself so highly, and he was still two points complacent in his heart, but then he heard that he was more than Wang Luxury, and he was immediately deflated. He also thought that all the compliments of the king of Qinghe were sincere, who knew that all the words of the old county king were good words. Wang Hao was the pillar of the dynasty during the time of Taizong, which is true; said that Wang Hao is the head of the famous generals of the Great Zhao Dynasty, it is estimated that even if there is much controversy, it will not be too controversial, but Wang Hao's war with Xiao Jian is a routine, both of which are slowly advancing to suppress people, which is such a characteristic, and said that he can be quite similar to Wang Hao? He wanted to overwhelm people with power, but the Yanshan Guards and the border army totaled more than 40,000 horses, so what did he use to oppress the 100,000 iron cavalry on the left flank of the Turks?

The old county of Qinghe, Wang Wu, said to himself: "...... In the battles fought in Yanshan last year, I carefully read the strategy and summarized it after the war. It must be said that Guo Biao and Sun Fu fought too hard, and if they hadn't been suspicious and stubborn, the left wing of Tuqi would have been defeated even worse. and Zhang Shao, who is now known as the master of the art of war, fought the battle of defending the city in Duanzhou, and he was also dragging mud and water! "It's another long-form commentary on the war. He has a high seniority, and his status is transcendent, from the king of Ruyang to Shang Cheng in the hall, everyone is his junior, so when he speaks, everyone can only make a preoccupied appearance and listen attentively, and they have to cooperate with the palm and nod from time to time. Finally, when he said that he was thirsty, he picked up the lamp and drank water, Shang Cheng immediately climbed the gap between the words and interjected: "The old county king praised me." If it weren't for Sun Fu and Guo Biao playing well, I wouldn't be able to be the marquis of this county. Then the topic changed and asked directly, "You came here with a few princes today, wouldn't it be just to guide my military?" ”

The king of Qinghe County seemed to have a sudden realization, slapped his forehead with his hand again and again, and shouted in his mouth: "Look at me, look at me, people will break their mouths as soon as they get old, they are looking for you to have something to do, why do you keep chattering as soon as you talk?" One by one, old fifteen, you come and talk to Zida. ”

King Ruyang nodded, and then took over: "Uncle Ying, the idea you gave to Gu Hou has already been conveyed to us. It's just that there is something we don't understand, so we came here to ask for advice. ”

Shang Cheng smiled. King Ruyang is a well-known shrewd person in the clan, and he points out the root in one sentence. King Ruyang said, "The idea you gave Gu Hou", naturally it is impossible to refer to Gu Shi raising money and food for the first three people, and more importantly, Gu Shi can use this matter to get in touch with these people in the hall, and everyone can work together to do business. Since it is a business, then harmony can make money, it is one thing not to easily quarrel with others, and it is another to not teach others to look down and bully at will, Gu Shi is the leader of the business, of course everyone can't watch him being bullied by others; If someone jumps out to bully Gu Shi in the future, then everyone has to come forward to help him say a few words. Therefore, the true meaning of King Ruyang's words was to tell Shang Cheng that they knew very well in their hearts that Gu Shi had taken advantage of them!

Shang Cheng didn't speak, quietly waiting for King Ruyang's next words.

King Ruyang continued: "We have thought about the things that Guhou mentioned to us, but we can do it or not. The reason for this is that the conquest of the Eastern Wa is the country, and we clans should think about the Son of Heaven and share the worries of the country, and when the household department is in trouble, we are willing to give up some external things; That's what we do. There are two ways to say it. First, Gaozu said that the emperor of the Chen family was not allowed to hear about state affairs, which everyone here remembers clearly, so we must not do this kind of thing; Second, we may have to consider one or two ideas from others, but we should be at your disposal...... You ...... about glass" He laughed dryly twice, and without saying any more, he looked at Shang Cheng with a smile to see how he explained the matter of glass.