Chapter 184: The Treacherous Ancients
"Sister, I'm ......"
Before Li Zhen finished speaking, he saw Cheng Ling'er smile and said, "I know!" β
"You...... Know? Li Zhen's face was startled and asked in surprise. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
Cheng Ling'er nodded and motioned for Li Zhen to sit down and speak.
"Why hasn't my sister slept yet?" Li Zhen sat cross-legged opposite Cheng Ling'er.
"Did you go to see Wang Yuankui?" Cheng Ling'er asked suddenly.
Li Zhen nodded when he heard this, and smiled slightly embarrassedly: "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from my sister!" β
"Hehe, I wanted to come over to discuss something with you, but I was stopped by the guards outside the account, and I wouldn't be able to enter if it wasn't for Gu Duoda's help!" Cheng Ling'er smiled slightly.
"I wonder what happened to my sister?" Li Zhen asked.
"Let's not talk about this first, you are going to see Wang Yuankui, what did he say?" Although Cheng Ling'er looked calm, Li Zhen could still hear the trace of worry in her tone.
"I didn't say anything, I just lied to him that all this was just by His Majesty's will, and he didn't suspect anything!" Li Zhen replied.
Cheng Ling'er thought for a while after hearing this, and then asked worriedly, "Do you really think he will believe it?" β
As soon as these words came out, Li Zhen couldn't help but be stunned, he originally swore that Wang Yuankui would definitely believe it, but this time Cheng Ling'er's question made him a little unsure.
Seeing that Li Zhen didn't speak, Cheng Ling'er then said: "In the first year of Changqing, Wang Yuankui's father Wang Tingcao killed Tian Hongzheng and established himself as Chengde Liuhou, so the imperial court successively sent several armies to suppress it, but in the end they all returned in vain, and finally had to admit that he left behind, and Wang Yuankui's role in this is by no means general, but since he took office, he has been obedient to the court in every way, do you know why?" β
"Since Emperor Wenzong, the imperial court's attitude towards the feudal towns has been tough, I think it has something to do with it!" Li Zhen replied.
"Yes, this is just one of them, the other more important thing is that the strength of the imperial court's forbidden army is gradually recovering, and Lu Long's Zhang Zhongwu and Wang Yuankui have always been at odds, and Wang Yuankui has also seen through this, so he is obedient to the imperial court!"
"Sister, what do you want to say?" Li Zhen asked.
So, you can't convince it with just a few words! The reason why he didn't say it was only because the result was favorable to him, that's all! Cheng Ling'er said slowly.
"For Wang Yuankui, at this time, you are just using each other, think twice about everything, you must not easily trust this person, but Zhang Zhongwu and his son, who were cheated by you, are worthy of your trust!"
After hearing the words, Li Zhen suddenly realized, he originally thought that he had really deceived Wang Yuankui, but now it seems that he is a little naΓ―ve, although he comes from later generations, and he claims to be well versed in officialdom, but at this moment Li Zhen really realized that in front of these treacherous and cunning ancients, he is still too tender after all.
Although Wang Yuankui acquiesced to his words, this was just his choice to believe, and he naively thought that he had deceived Wang Yuankui, but it seemed that Wang Yuankui had deceived himself.
Seeing the worry on Li Zhen's face, Cheng Ling'er couldn't help but smile and said: "You don't have to worry, you and him have the same goal in this matter, so he can only help you tell this lie to the end!" What's more, the opportunity for this matter is still in your hands, after all, he doesn't know about your relationship with Your Majesty! β
So far, Li Zhen had to acquiesce to this fact, but after this incident, he really felt the deceit of officialdom, and he was more defensive in his heart.
"Sister just said that there is something to discuss, I don't know what it is?" Li Zhen asked instead.
"Actually, it's nothing, I just want to remind you that you must not stay in the Deep State for too long! It's been almost ten days now, and it's time to leave! Cheng Ling'er said softly.
Why is that? Besides, even if we want to leave now, I'm afraid that Wang Yuankui won't let us leave until His Majesty's will comes down! Li Zhen said helplessly.
"It was indeed a little difficult before you didn't go to see Wang Yuankui, I looked for you late at night to discuss this matter, but now it's simple, since you have explained your purpose to Wang Yuankui, then he will naturally not be as cautious as before, now you only need to play a play with him, and the matter will be solved!" Cheng Ling'er said with a smile.
Li Zhen was thoughtful after hearing this, and only after a moment did he say slowly to Cheng Ling'er: "Shenzhou! β
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A day later.
In the big tent of the Chengde Chinese Army, Wang Yuankui smiled and shook a letter in his hand at the generals under his command, and said: "Go around, this Li Zhen just wants to get out!" β
"Sure enough, as expected, Li Zhen was just a delaying tactic to negotiate peace, and after all, he still failed to escape from the eyes of the envoy!" A military general couldn't help but laugh loudly.
"But I don't know how the envoy decides?" Another military general asked.
Wang Yuankui thought for a while and said: "Regardless of whether what he said yesterday is true or not, now I have the land of the three states at my fingertips, as for whether His Majesty means it or not, we would rather believe it or not, and what he said does have some truth, so I will give him a face and let him go!" After all, there are still many doubts in this matter, and we must guard against it! β
"Make Jun Mingjian, and his subordinates will send someone to the state to deliver the letter!"
Wang Yuankui nodded and said: "Well, now that Duan Chongjian is dead, he ordered Shen Governor Shi to temporarily take the position of assassin Shi, and when my army presses up, he will go out of the city to feint, but remember to retreat after a slight encounter with the enemy, and must not blindly go deep!" β
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Deep outside the city.
In the evening, I saw Wang Zhen anxiously breaking into Li Zhen's account.
"General, the scout has just come to report that the Chengde army is coming from the northeast in three ways!"
Li Zhen was shocked when he heard this, and immediately asked, "How many people are there?" β
"All 10,000 soldiers and horses have been dispatched! I guess it's real this time! Wang Zhen said worriedly.
"Hiss-" Li Zhen gasped and said slowly: "It seems that he finally can't hold his breath!" β
"General, what should we do now? Why don't you write another letter, maybe you can get him to retire!" Wang Zhen thought of the three thousand stones of grain and grass, since Wang Yuankui could give himself grain and grass, then maybe there was still some turn for the better?
After Li Zhen heard this, he glanced at Wang Zhen and said with a wry smile: "If there is no such thing, maybe he will not send troops, it is I pretending to be His Majesty's will to deceive him, so it seems that he must have seen through it, and he led the troops to come in anger!" β
After all, the situation was urgent, and Wang Zhen didn't have time to think about it when he heard this, so he said with a bitter face: "That'...... So what to do? Why don't you scold him again? β
"Nonsense, he's not a fool, this kind of thing is enough once, where can there be a second time!" Li Zhen said angrily.
"Still, things may not be as bad as they seem!" Li Zhen then showed a meaningful smile.