The sky is bright, the rising sun illuminates a piece of red and yellow buildings under the Phoenix Mountain in Lin'an City, the stilt cornices and the copper nails nailed to the thick door reflect the bright light in the morning light, waking up this prosperous city from the night, and radiating the infinite vitality of the Oriental Capital.

Jia Rudao hurriedly walked into the Privy Council duty room separated from the imperial city by a wall, with two dark circles hanging under his bloodshot eyes, obviously he didn't sleep well last night.

He went around to sit down in his place behind the large square table, and immediately several officials and ministers surrounded him.

He looked at these subordinates with black circles like himself, waved his hand impetuously, and said in a muffled voice: "What, is there any new news?" ”

Chen Yizhong, a member of the Privy Council, replied in a deep voice: "Everything is as usual, the fleet departed from Xiangyang, went down the water, traveled a hundred miles a day, and we sent people to keep an eye on the wharf and water gates along the way, and once there is news, it can be uploaded back immediately." ”

Jia Rudao patted a copper paperweight on the table depressedly, rolled his eyelids and said, "So, Li Zengbo, this old fritter really doesn't plan to do it?" ”

Chen Yizhong smiled bitterly and said: "This person has worked with adults in Jinghu for many years, and his temperament should be best understood by adults, Li Zengbo is notoriously slippery, good at drilling camps, and bad things are not touched, but I am afraid that he has already seen that we want to borrow his hand to get rid of Changsun Hong, so we sent that letter in the starry night, and it is basically impossible for him to do it." ”

"Humph!"

Jia Rudao snorted heavily, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I gave him a fortune, but he didn't appreciate it!" That's it, how can it be of great use if you don't have to be treated? Wait for the matter of Changsun Hong to be over, see how I clean him up! ”

Several henchmen at the table glanced at each other, tacitly did not speak, but had different expressions on their faces, and they must have their own calculations in their hearts.

After Jia Yidao vented a few words, the hall official Weng Yinglong stepped forward and asked: "My lord, Li Zengbo refuses to do it, so we ......."

"If he doesn't want to do it, we'll do it ourselves!" Jia Rudao twisted his eyebrows with an iron-faced face: "I'm afraid that the eldest grandson Hong won't come, since this person is here, how can there be a reason why he won't fall into the hands of the imperial court!" Now the official family has been persuaded by me that when he is a flood beast, his head will fall to the ground, only sooner or later. ”

Weng Yinglong's eyes lit up, and he echoed Jia Rudao's angry words: "My lord is right, this person secretly communicates with the traitors of the Tang Sect, and kills innocents by the hands of smuggling salt dealers in Tubo in Sichuan, and even the family members of the adults are not spared, it is really a great crime, if this person is not removed, the country will be difficult to decide!" The adults killed him to eliminate harm for the country, and the merit is in the future! ”

This sycophant fully mobilized Jia Yidao's emotions, which made him even more annoyed, and he slammed the table and shouted: "Dozens of people from my Jia family died at his hands, and this revenge will not be avenged!" If he had known that he was the culprit earlier, the last time he entered Beijing, it would have been an opportunity to destroy this fang, but it's a pity! Let him live so many more days! ”

A few henchmen hurriedly said: "Your Excellency doesn't have to be angry, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and now Changsun Hong is drilling himself under the adult's knife, are you still afraid that he will not be able to escape?" ”

Jia Rudao laughed angrily: "Yes, yes, yes, I'm out of shape, don't mind, let's get down to business." ”

Everyone sat around Jia Rudao's table again, and the hall official Liao Yingzhong took out a scroll, opened it and said while looking at it: "Jinghu said that Changsun Hong probably noticed the danger of entering Beijing this time, not only brought 300 iron guards with him, but also left 780,000 soldiers and horses outside Fancheng, cutting wood into camps, building platforms on flat ground, digging the ground as a trench, and surrounding Fancheng into an iron barrel. ”

The Privy Counsellor immediately said: "Also, the news from Lianghuai said that Shi Tianze and Za Shu'er are about to move in Guide Mansion, and there are signs of going south again, and they have been collecting food and troops for the past two months, building siege equipment, and Yu Yu and Du Gao of Lianghuai once again asked the court for reinforcements. ”

"Reinforcements, reinforcements! As soon as something happens to these people, they need reinforcements from the imperial court. So what else do they have to eat there?! Impotent! Jia Rudao seems to be very angry these days, and the brows that have just been soothed instantly wrinkled together, and he shouted angrily: "The money has been given, the soldiers have been given, and reinforcements have been given, isn't it really a bottomless pit?" Is the imperial court a cornucopia?! ”

Wang Ting and Liao Yingzhong laughed a few times, and one said: "My lord, having said that, we still have to come up with a strategy, otherwise there is really something, and it will not be good if we are caught off guard." ”

The other person also said: "Yes, I think Changsun Hong is not defenseless now, three hundred guards are not to worry, but he has been operating in Guanzhong for a few years, and he has been eye-catching with the heroes in the north, maybe there is some secret hook between each other, if we want to be unfavorable to Changsun Hong, it is necessary to do a good job of border defense in advance, otherwise those barbarians are stubborn, and it is very troublesome to fight to break the net." ”

Jia Rudao flicked his sleeves disappreciatively: "Barbarians and northern thieves are profit-seeking, I have already considered it, Ying Long, you can tell me how effective the things you did in the early stage." ”

The hall official Weng Yinglong rose up in response, although he was not an official of the imperial court, he had no official position, and he only hung the title of Jia Nidao's personal staff, but he was able to sit here and talk with a group of officials, and the senior officials of the Privy Council present such as Wang Ting and Chen Yizhong did not dare to despise him, relying on Weng Yinglong and Liao Yingzhong to be the real henchmen who were extremely trusted by Jia Nidao.

They are all doing the work of selling officials and putting silver in Jia Rudao's waist bag, and many secret things are also responsible for the two of them, if you talk about status, Wang Ting and Chen Yizhong, who are high-ranking officials of the Privy Council, are not as good as Weng Yinglong and Liao Yingzhong.

As soon as Weng Yinglong stood up, everyone turned their eyes over. Weng Yinglong smiled bitterly and arched his hand: "My lord, Yinglong is not talented, and the matter has not been done well." ”

"What's going on? Do they think the conditions given by the imperial court are not enough? Jia Rudao's face sank.

Weng Yinglong smiled bitterly: "Through an intermediary, I have successively contacted many generals in the Changsun Hongjun, promising a number of official positions and benefits, as long as they are willing to break away from the Changsun line, be loyal to the imperial court, and be willing to fight for the imperial court when the barbarian army is in turmoil." These conditions are all agreed to be made according to what the adults say, but ......"

He rubbed his hands, looked up under the staring eyes of Jia Rudao and others, and continued curtly: "However, those barbarians didn't say anything, not only did they not agree, but they also beat the middleman and almost drew a knife to kill someone. Shi Tianze and others in the north were noncommittal, they didn't say good, they didn't say bad, they accepted the money sent by our middlemen, but they just didn't want to say a clear word, humming and perfunctory. ”

Jia Rudao couldn't hold his breath anymore, and interjected angrily: "What about our Great Song generals?" They are taking advantage of the court, so they don't know what to do, right? ”

"They agreed happily, and generals such as Ai Zhongxiao, Liu Quan, and Gao Gao all had heavy troops in their hands, and they immediately agreed."

Jia Yidao and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and even high-fived each other and laughed.

"Sure enough, my Great Song Army General can be relied on." Wang Ting and the others stroked their beards and nodded happily.

"Still." Weng Yinglong smiled bitterly as if he had swallowed a fly: "The middleman just handed over the words, these people secretly took their families to Sichuan overnight, they were originally Jinghu generals, and their families were all in the Xiangfan area, very close to Sichuan, and when we found out, it was too late to stop them." So how much credibility there is to their words, there is a need to discount. ”

The smiles of Jia Rudao and the others suddenly froze on their faces, and the warm atmosphere was instantly frozen into frost. 繶䂕N୎ᰠ⩲㩧晎䭜ᴠg끥节ⱻN・17䵑㦍֖ژȰ