Tang Yuan didn't answer right away.

Cao Sheng smiled and continued: "I have been in the military for decades, and I know too well the importance of standing in line. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the attribution of each general is secretly related to the first official who promoted him, and deep down, he has long regarded himself as this chief official, because between you, there is the grace of acquaintance. How rare it is to know the grace of encounter. First of all, the chief officer's recognition and appreciation of you will give you the opportunity to fight, and when you risk your life to get results, the chief officer will treat you as her cronies, and you can also deeply understand this in your heart, and there is already an unbreakable relationship of trust between you. Especially when this person is still a woman, and she has become a queen. Now Tang Qi's position is very awkward, he is the bridge between the Tang family and the royal family, but she feels that she is a leaf boat, if she wants to sit firmly in the position of the queen, she also needs to have her own strength, and you, that is. ”

"I wonder why General Cao told me this? Do you want to draw a line with me, or do you want to form an alliance, please give me a quote. Tang Yuan said: "Since the day I Tang Yuan joined the army, I only had one belief in my heart, I joined the army only to expel the Tartars and save the people of Daliang from fire and water." I have no interest in the battle over the gate valve within the Liang Dynasty. ”

"If that's the case, you should move closer to the emperor. Although His Majesty the Emperor is young, he is a benevolent king, and only by completely eliminating the power of the gate lords can the Great Liang Dynasty have long-term peace and stability. Cao Sheng said.

"Queen Tang Qi has the grace of knowing me, and the great Sima Tang Zhen also has me, let me do something of betrayal, I will never do it." The young general said indignantly.

"If there is a contradiction between Empress Tang Qi and Great Sima Tang Zhen, who will you support?" Cao Sheng asked.

Tang Yuan said: "Tang Zhennai is Tang Qi's father-in-law, and they are like father and son, and it is impossible for them to turn against each other." ”

Cao Sheng sneered: "In the face of power, even if it is a biological father and son, the love is very thin. ”

"I don't think so."

"You're too young."

"No more." The young general's face was very white-skinned, and he was angry, and immediately turned angry.

But Cao Sheng didn't care that Tang Yuansheng was angry at all, and continued to ask: "I want you to give me a definite answer, I said yes, if Tang Zhen wants to kill Tang Qi now, will you do it?" ”

"No."

"If Tang Qi wants to kill Tang Zhen, are you willing?"

"I won't."

"I'm disappointed to tell you that this is going to happen sooner or later, and I want you to think about who you're going to support as soon as possible." Cao Sheng shook his head.

Tang Yuan looked into the distance and said, "If their father and daughter turn against each other, I will help the weaker side escape, of course, all this must be within my ability." ”

"When the time comes, I'm afraid I won't leave you this opportunity." Cao Sheng sighed.

"Hehe, my life is up to me." The young general threw down his sleeves, "General Cao, this is the end of today's conversation between us. I don't have to worry about General Cao's future in Tang Yuan. I have my faith, I have my brothers, I have my troops. The battle has nothing to do with me, if there is a war in the future, I will leave the army, but before leaving, I will say something to the person I want to help, if that person also wants to leave, I will take that person away, but if that person is obsessed, I can't do anything. Leave! ”

"Tang Yuan, I advise you, now is the best time for you to make a decision. Perhaps it is also the last chance. ”

"General Cao, I also advise you, if you push me into a hurry, how do you know that I will not be the next warlord of the Great Liang? I have understood what you mean, you want me to stay in Jiaohe City, I think this is also what the Queen Mother meant. Yes, I can stay, but this ancient city is in ruins, and there is no water source nearby, so I can't stay here, even if I rebuild the Anzai Metropolitan Protectorate, I have to find a place with a water source and rebuild the city. ”

"And have you found the site of the new city now?"

“…… Not yet. ”

"Then don't bother looking for it." Cao Sheng suddenly smiled and said: "You are not easy to deal with, and after talking for a long time, I didn't understand who you are." But it doesn't matter, as long as you still have the Tartars in mind and defend the Liang Dynasty, you are still a usable person. You ran all the way to the bone, but you didn't know that Jiaohe City had been relocated en masse. I don't think Da Sima knows. Now General Min Yue is rebuilding a new city on the Tarim River. Whether the old general will let you take his place, you still need a secret decree in my hand. Tang Yuan took the order! ”

Tang Yuan looked at what Cao Sheng had taken out of his sleeve, the golden scroll, which looked very high-level.

Cao Sheng said loudly: "Empress Dowager Cao's decree, Tang Yuan, a native of Jiaodong, is the general of Yunlu of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and when he saw General Min Yue, the two negotiated in detail, and finally whether General Min Yue handed over the seal of General Anxi and the tiger talisman to you will be decided by the old marshal himself." ”

handed over the Empress Dowager's decree to Tang Yuan, and asked Tang Yuan to take the scroll to see Min Yue, while Cao Sheng continued to follow behind, and kept Tang Yuan "escorted" to Xinjiaohe City.

The new city is still two days away from the ancient city, Tang Yuan has been in turmoil for the past two days, in fact, he did not deliberately deceive Cao Sheng, deep in his own heart, he really can't make a choice between Tang Zhen and Tang Qi. If these two people turn against each other in the future, who will he listen to, he feels very entangled.

She was promoted by Tang Qi all the way to the position of Zhonglang General, and it stands to reason that she is her old master.

But Tang Zhen is not thin on himself, how can he meet the old handsome sword soldier with a clear conscience?

Chen Bao saw that Tang Yuan was in a heavy mood and came to ask what was the matter.

Tang Yuan knew Chen Bao's character, his personality was extremely arrogant, and the decisions he made were often too arrogant to discuss what he thought in his heart, but he didn't want to refute the face of his second brother, so he called Tang Hu and Nalan Xin to talk about this matter together.

Tang Hu said: "If you want me to say that there is no need to worry about this matter, let's take a step by step and see which of them will mix well at that time, and who we will help." ”

Tang Yuan's face was expressionless and he didn't speak.

Chen Bao said: "If you want me to see, you must be a man from the beginning, so that you can be regarded as a manly husband, since we are Tang Qi's hand, we can't forget the old kindness." And the reason why Da Sima is good to us now is because we have been cultivated by Tang Qi, and this army is originally Tang Qi's army, how can we turn against others? ”。

Tang Yuan raised his eyes and looked at Chen Bao and didn't speak.

Nalan Xin smiled and said: "This is really a big issue worth discussing, this matter must be cautious, if you want me to say, let's not be in a hurry to express our stance now, as long as we have a good number in our hearts." In fact, I think Tang Hu's statement is the most realistic, and it is also the way to protect himself. But if you want to do big things, you still have to follow one person as the second general said. ”