"It doesn't matter what you say."

Under the shade of the tree, Gongsun Xun glanced at the other party's hand holding the melon, and only paused for a moment before replying resolutely. "Because I'm not going to get involved in it."

Xu You withdrew his hand again, but he was not in a hurry or angry: "Wen Qi's wisdom, I also admire it, but you have lived in Youzhou for a long time, you may not know the situation outside...... In the past few years, the Son of Heaven has lost the hearts of the people, and everyone has talked about him in private, saying that he is a rare and disobedient king throughout the ages, and he has long lost the respect of the past...... Therefore, if it can really be abolished and succeeded, people all over the world may be relieved in their hearts, and even happy to see it! ”

"But what about after success?" Gongsun Xun said disapprovingly. "Who can guarantee that the Hou of Hefei will be as good as today? And with the abolition of swords and soldiers, Hefei Hou is an adult person, whether he is virtuous or disobedient, how will he view the 'Yi Yin and Huo Guang' who do this after becoming the Son of Heaven in the future? Will it be like a man's back? At that time, I don't know how people like Wang Wenzu and you and me should deal with themselves? Besides, you Xu Ziyuan is such a smart person, and you actually use the cicada that will be moldy after the autumn as a metaphor, and you are obviously not optimistic about this matter, so you are extremely perfunctory...... And why fool me? ”

A series of rhetorical questions, but Xu You smiled silently.

"Ziyuan." A gust of summer wind blew, the trees above his head shook slightly, and under the light and shadow, Gongsun Xun stared at the other party and asked seriously. "Yuan Benchu just wanted me to go up the tree for him to fight cicadas, and then open his mouth to eat under the tree himself? Don't tell me it's none of his business. ”

Xu You finally got up, but once again reached out and touched the largest melon in the case, and held it in his arms, and it was not until the gust of wind blew completely and the shadow of the tree stopped swaying that this resourceful man stroked the melon and asked softly: "What does Wen Qi want to hear?" ”

"I'm going to hear it to the end!" Gongsun Xun stared at the other party coldly and said. "Make an offer!"

Xu You raised the melon in his arms as a gesture: "One thousand gold." ”

"My money doesn't come from the wind." Gongsun Xun couldn't help but sneer. "And after becoming a family, he became stingy, a thousand gold, enough to settle many homeless people...... Brother Ziyuan, you have to make sure that your words are worth the price. ”

"Why should Wen Qi be like this?" Xu You replied helplessly. "Didn't I have a flood in my home? Besides, in recent years, on the one hand, the imperial court has issued new money indiscriminately, and on the other hand, the world has been in chaos, and a lot of gold and silver in the Tibetan world have been taken out to buy grain and silk...... Precious gold and silver are hard to come by, so why should you be so stingy? ”

Gongsun Xun sneered and did not answer.

"That's it!" Xu You said more and more helplessly. "Wenqi, you and I have always traded fairly, and we have cooperated for a long time. So...... I can trust you. This time, I'll say it first, if you think that Yuan Benchu's calculation of you is not worth a thousand gold, you simply won't give it to me. But I think that with Wenqi's wisdom, there will definitely be a daughter with me at that time! ”

Gongsun Xun stretched out his hand to signal.

"Just as Wen Qi said." Xu You said with a melon in one hand and a whisker in the other. "This time it was indeed Yuan Benchu's doing, we first knew that the Son of Heaven intended to return to his hometown to inspect, and then we hurriedly sent Luo to buy the warlock and let him say that kind of thing to Wang Fen...... And this move is really a strategy to drive the tiger and devour the wolf! ”

"Who is the tiger and who is the wolf?"

"If it happens, it will naturally be you Hebei and Shandong heroes who are tigers, and the Son of Heaven and eunuchs are wolves!" Xu You replied calmly. "And if it doesn't work out, naturally the Son of Heaven will be the tiger, and you will be the wolf!"

"The first word is easy to understand." Gongsun Xun's heart moved slightly. "What do you say about the latter word?"

"Wang Fen has been in Jizhou for three or four years, and you have been in Youzhou for more than three years, if things don't work out, can the Son of Heaven let go of the hundred officials in Jizhou? Let go of your grandson? ”

"But what if I don't do it?"

"You've never had the final say, have you? Someone wants to abolish the establishment in Hebei, although the leader is Jizhou Wang Fen, but you, the master of the north who sits firmly in Youzhou, can get rid of it? Or will the Son of Heaven think that you can get out of it? ”

"If he can't get rid of it, what can he do to me?" Gongsun Xun asked abruptly. "Liangzhou rebelled and approached Chang'an; Jiangxia rebellion has not been quelled, and the state has risen again; As soon as the flood between Huaisi receded, the Qingxu Yellow Turban had already taken Mount Tai as a disaster in the Central Plains...... In March, Liu Yan wrote to the imperial court and suggested the restoration of the state pastoral system with the chaos of the four directions, but the reason why it was reluctantly rejected was not because there was no flood in the Central Plains at that time, and Youji was still safe. ”

"Who knows?" Xu You was not in a hurry, but continued to laugh. "That emperor in Luoyang may also understand these things in his heart, or he may not understand in his heart, but even if he understands in his heart, if you don't move General Wei, is there no other way and means?"

"I'm not afraid of the wind and waves."

"I can see it too." Xu Yu is still amiable. "Our General Wei is so deeply rooted in Youzhou, as long as people are here in Changping, they are not afraid of anything...... But Wenqi, will you only stay in Youzhou for the rest of your life? Didn't you say it yourself, sooner or later, you will have to go to the center again? That being the case, Wenqi, what about the arrangements you made in Jizhou for the return trip? ”

"What do you mean?" Gongsun Xun asked curiously.

"Why pretend like that?" Xu You lowered his head disapprovingly and flicked his shirt. "In the past few years, the world has been in turmoil, but Wang Fen is not the only one who has sat firmly in a state and stabbed history. At the beginning of last year, because of the defeat of Liangzhou, coupled with the previous twelve eunuchs and marquis, there was instability in the court and China, and everyone said that the court was unfair, so the Son of Heaven had to re-appease the heroes of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and many heroes were preserved...... Not to mention anything else, Zheng Zhengnan is in Qinghe, Dong Gongren is in Zhao State, and your brother Sun Zan is in Bohai, these three people have been holding the three sides of Jizhou on three sides for many years, if the Son of Heaven is dismissed because of this incident, what can you do? Wang Fen is rebellious, and his people have been in Jizhou for several years, with deep roots, the Son of Heaven will clean Jizhou as a precaution, isn't it something in the cleanup? ”

Gongsun Xun's face was as usual, and he was still unshaken.

"Wen Qi, this is where Yuan Benchu's killing move against you lies." Xu You looked at the other side and sighed faintly. "Wang Fen is a person with great ambitions and talents, and he does not have strong enough force in hand, and he actually calls friends and friends, from Qingzhou to Yuzhou, from Yanzhou to Youzhou, looking for heroes everywhere, and everyone knows it......"

Gongsun Xun's face still did not change.

Xu You paused, and couldn't help sneering when he saw this, and then continued: "Actually, Wenqi, if you participate, then Yuan Benchu cooperated with Luoyang in order to roast you on the fire, and there may be two or three percent chances in this matter." But a smart person like Wenqi who has the ability will not participate at all, so this matter will fail! And once the matter is revealed, the purge of Jizhou officialdom will be a foregone conclusion, and it may be involved in Youzhou and Merge Prefecture...... This linkage is not immune! ”

Gongsun Xun's face was still flat, as if he didn't understand.

Xu You didn't think so, but just got up with a few cases and approached the other party: "Wen Qi, I only ask you, without those minions scattered all over Hebei to support you from afar, once the Son of Heaven collapses in the future, why do you enter Luo to compete with Yuan Benchu?" And besides, the officialdom in Jizhou is empty, how many of the new officials do you think are protégés of the Yuan family? If it's really better than this, are you better than a few people? In fact, in terms of the competition between you and Yuan Benchu alone, it was originally that he won Luoyang and you won Hebei, but now that people make a clever move, the situation in Hebei has been completely reversed...... This is Yingchuan Guotu's strategy, before coming, I admired this trick of the five bodies to the ground. ”

"So," Gongsun Xun was finally slightly moved. "Yuan Benchu actually fell in love with this broken place in Hebei? He and the Yuan clan have such a thick foundation in Ruying Wanluo, why do they still come to such a place? ”

"Who knows?" The other party finally reacted, but Xu You was a little confused. "Maybe it's Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu who are fighting with him for the foundation of Luozhong and the south, or maybe he has other plans, but I can't guess much......"

Gongsun Xun realized in his heart...... In the final analysis, it would be nonsense to say that Yuan Benchu was preparing for the confrontation like his Gongsun Xun now.

After all, from Yuan Shao's point of view, at this time, he must still hope to solve the problem in Luoyang, achieve a joint government of Yuan and He Jin, and then further play tricks to overthrow He Jin, so that Yuan can gain power. At that time, whether the Yuan family wants to learn from Wang Mang to usurp the Han Dynasty or learn from Huo Guang to abolish the establishment, or how to do it...... Anyway, Yuan Shao's whole family couldn't have imagined the dramatic development of things in the future.

You must know that the collapse of the Han family is both inevitable and accidental, and the inevitability will not be mentioned, but if there is no Dong Zhuo, a reckless man from Xiliang, where would there be a sudden and comprehensive warlord separation? He couldn't have imagined that Dong Zhuo, who was a former official of the Yuan family, would ignore the table as soon as he entered Luoyang, and then Hulala would snatch away the central power.

Such a move can only be said that after a lot of bloodshed in the previous decades, Yuan Shao and most of the radicals realized that the future situation still needed to be solved by force, so they would use some thoughts in the local area to obtain military support to fight against the Son of Heaven and the eunuchs. Of course, according to Xu You's meaning, Yuan Shao's actions this time are obviously still beating rabbits with grass, and by the way, he is aimed at his Gongsun Xun.

Moreover, it really hit the point.

In the past few years, Dong Zhao and the trial have always been stable, but according to their mother's warnings, seeing that next year is the beginning of the world of great controversy, how can they be mourned all the time?

"Ziyuan is just here to bring news?" At this thought, Gongsun Xun finally frowned slightly.

"Isn't it enough to say the news?" Xu You was speechless. "Wen Qi, you know the news, you can pull out Dong Gongren and Zhen Zhengnan in advance, and then put them back when the dust settles...... Isn't this news worth a thousand dollars? ”

Gongsun Xun was speechless.

Or else? He can't say that it's too late to pull it out at this time, right? Oh, the Son of Heaven doesn't have a few good days, how do you know? When the time comes, the Son of Heaven will really burp, who is it? Is it from Nightmare Town?

It's not a joke, in terms of superstition in these years, I'm afraid it really has to be counted on his head.

Therefore, even if you want to discuss the countermeasures on this premise, you have to talk to your confidants, and Gongsun Xun really has nothing to say about Xu You.

Xu Ziyuan was a little flustered: "Wen Qi, what does this mean?" ”

"I have doubts." Gongsun Xun suddenly got up. "Therefore, I will give you 100 gold first, and if I finally follow your words to let Zhengzheng Nan and them avoid this calamity, I will have 900 gold with you...... If you can't avoid it, this news is a hundred gold. ”

"That being said," Xu You hurriedly threw down the melon and got up and grabbed the other party's arm. "I can also trust Wen Qi...... But why? Why don't you avoid it? ”

"The world is in chaos, and there is no one in Liangzhou to control it." Gongsun Xun was expressionless, turned around and replied. "After the autumn, the rebels will inevitably besiege the fortified areas on a large scale, and if the country is in need, I, as General Wei, may have to abandon my personal grievances and go out on the expedition with a heavy burden...... In this case, one is that it is too late to help Zheng Nan and Dong Gongren make adjustments, and the other is that it is unnecessary. ”

This time it was Xu You's turn to be speechless, of course he thought that the other party might be perfunctory, but he didn't dare to really assume that the other party would not do this...... After three or four years of forbearance, it's time to go back!

In addition, Gongsun Xun is a reputable person after all, so he can only helplessly let go, and then secretly pray that the other party will finally deal with it in advance according to his own strategy, instead of thinking quietly and going out of the mountain again.

On the evening of the same day, he didn't mention how much Xu Yu stayed here, and then he threw a lot of face at those Wang Fen's cronies, only that Gongsun Xun also summoned his confidants to discuss the matter.

As for Lu Fan, Lou Gui, Wang Xiu, Xi Zhong, and Du Ji, who has been highly valued in recent years, Gongsun Xun naturally didn't need to say anything perfunctory such as going on an expedition after the autumn, but simply said his hidden worries:

"That's the way it is, Yuan Benchu drove the tiger and devoured the wolf, but the body of the Son of Heaven is no longer good, I am afraid that it is too late to dodge at this time, but it will be self-defeating and lose the opportunity. But if you don't ask, you can only sit on the layout of Jizhou for many years. ”

There was a moment of silence.

Wang Xiu has always been silent when he encounters this kind of thing, Lou Gui is not good at scheming, and Lu Fan is gradually serious, unwilling to easily get into disputes, Du Ji is a newcomer after all...... However, it feels a little strange that Xi Zhong, who has always known opportunities and is very good at this, is silent at this time.

So not only Gongsun Xun, but in the end, almost everyone looked at Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai couldn't help sighing: "Junhou, if this is the case, I can only advise you to give up, or just follow Xu Ziyuan's reminder to let Dong Gongren and Zhengnan withdraw in time, or even directly invite them to come here and wait for the time...... After all, I am in Youzhou at this time, and there is no other way to interfere in the affairs of Luoyang and Jizhou, and since we can't interfere, we can only sit and watch the changes. ”

At this point, Xi Zhong couldn't help but stare at Gongsun Xun Zhengse and reminded: "You can't have to work hard in Youzhou for several years, but you are shaken by this kind of thing beforehand, right?" The Son of Heaven is rebellious, but after all, he is the Son of Heaven who has been ordered for decades, no matter what the prince wants, his death is the best time to launch...... And the prince also said that his life was not long. ”

Gongsun Xun was silent and turned to look at Du Ji.

Du Yi was also simply direct: "I think what Brother Zhicai said is extremely true, the prince has endured here for several years, so as not to waver for the two arrangements in Jizhou, because as long as the prince and the prince have been stabilizing the situation in Youzhou, then once the Son of Heaven collapses in the future, a good opportunity will appear, even if Jizhou has no support, the prince and the prince will carry the power of Youzhou, from north to south, it will be unstoppable...... There is no need to shake the overall situation for this, I want to come to the trial, Dong and Dong also understand the difficulties of the monarch and the marquis. ”

Gongsun Xun's face was as usual, and he looked at Lu Fan again.

Lu Fan was silent for a moment, but he also nodded in agreement: "As long as Wen Qi sits in Guangyang, it will naturally be successful when the time comes, and there is no need to disrupt the plan for this." ”

Several henchmen were so unanimous, Gongsun Xun finally bowed his head slowly: "In this case, I will write to the two of them to ask them to be careful, and then poke out Wang Fen's matter in advance, the province has many long nights." ”

Everyone agreed, and since they were unanimous, then everyone didn't stay long, and they all said goodbye, and then left General Wei's mansion.

On a summer night, the stars hung high, and the road was actually reflected very clearly, and a few people did not light lanterns or let the servants follow, so they walked directly to the residence where the shogunate was located.

Walking out of General Wei's mansion for dozens of steps, Xi Zhong suddenly spoke: "I understand Dong Gongren's mentality by the river that day. ”

The rest of the group laughed.

"Don't just laugh, what the hell are you going to do?" Xi Zhong asked with a wry smile. "The prince's posture is like this, as if he is still thinking about it."

"In fact, since the news of Fu Nanrong's death came last winter, Wen Qi has been a little unable to hold back." Lu Fan looked at the galaxy above his head and sighed. "He can't control his heroic spirit since he was a teenager, once he has an attack, he doesn't care about any situation, he has to stand up directly! This is the case in Liucheng, this is the case in Danhan Mountain, and this is the case in Luozhong...... The same is true of the Hutuo River, which made Dong Gongren completely heartbroken that day! ”

"It's not just Fu Nanrong, this time Yuan Benchu rarely provoked head-on, and the prince was not convinced." Lou Gui added on the side. "It's just that the prince is getting older, and his joy and anger are invisible...... If we hadn't followed him for a long time, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to see it. ”

"Not to mention how to deal with Yuan Benchu's powerful move," Du Ji interjected helplessly. "But now Youzhou is indeed a good situation. I can endure it for three years...... If what the prince said is true, then how can he not endure the last year? Why bother wading into troubled waters at this time? ”

"Youzhou can be stable, it all depends on the prince to sit here, and it really shouldn't leave without permission." Wang Xiu also seriously expressed his opinions. "As soon as he leaves, God knows how those powerful and alien races will jump, and whether Tuntian will be affected."

"If you can bear it, are you still our prince?" Lou Gui sneered helplessly. "And if he can't do what others can't do, why should we follow him?"

Under the galaxy, the five people stopped one after another.

"I'll go!" Xi Zhong suddenly sighed. "I was the first to say no, and I'll untie it...... After all, if you do it faster, maybe you can return to Youzhou in time to preside over the overall situation. And besides, the situation in Youzhou is very good, and I don't think it will be shaken because the prince is temporarily gone, or it will be shaken, and the prince will settle down as soon as he returns. ”

With that, the man turned and returned.

The other four were silent for a moment before moving on.

The stars hang high, and the cicadas chirp in the silent night.

——————I am the dividing line where the cicadas are constantly singing——————

"Taizu lives in Guangyang, leaning slightly, Jizhou Thorn Shi Wang Fen took Xu Yu as an envoy, and said that the matter of abolishing the establishment, Taizu angrily reprimanded him. And when he left, Taizu sighed at the starry river, left and right or knew its meaning, and persuaded him: 'The Son of Heaven is in a daze, so the prince and the prince are not allowed to be in the court. Today, the next has rebelled, and the soldiers are not enough to defend themselves, and the township of Youzhou is Jun Ende, and I am willing to follow it. When you live in Guangyang, you should lead the righteous people, and see that there is a way to help the world. Taizu sighed: "The Son of Heaven is faint, but the rebellion in Guanxi, how can Fu Nanrong be innocent?" Wang Fen's paradox, why do the hundred officials in Jizhou suffer? At the same time, the two places are involved, and there should be something to do. Left and right. —The Book of Old Swallows. Volume I. Emperor Taizu Wu Benji