Xu Gaozhi heard the sound and walked into the room with a horsewhip in his hand, and as soon as he saw Lu Boyan, he fell to the ground on one knee and said, "The last general doesn't know the old general's food, he really deserves to die." Lu Boyan smiled and said: "You reckless man, it hasn't changed a little after so many years, and this is not a military camp, you get up and talk, what important thing do you have, so anxious?" ”

Xu Gaozhi is Lu Boyan's old department, and he once served under Tong Guan, but the two have been separated for many years, and I heard that he recently served as a deputy defense envoy in Rongzhou, but I don't know why he found his home at this moment, Lu Boyan felt a little strange, he knew that Xu Gaozhi had a reckless personality, and he was called a reckless man, so everyone called him Xu Mangfu.

I saw that Xu Gaozhi didn't say a word, took out a map from his sleeve, presented it to the top of his head, and said: "Old general, this is a joint letter from 46 military attachés of the size of Zhidingfu Road, Hebei Road, Hedong Road, Jingdong Road, and Jingxi Road, and I implore the old minister to convey it to the official family on his behalf, so as to listen to the sky and listen to our words." ”

Lu Boyan frowned and said, "What's wrong with your words, and what's the matter with the map presented?" ”

Xu Gaozhi said: "The old minister knew as soon as he read it, this is a sketch map of the scriptures I have discussed, with our names and surnames on it, and some brothers don't know a single big character, so they pressed their fingerprints." ”

"Sketch map?" Lu Boyan's eyelids jumped when he heard this, and he stretched out his hand to take it, but he saw that the names of large and small places on this map were densely packed, among which more than a dozen big characters such as Yan, Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, and Tan were very conspicuous.

At this time, Yue Fei also looked around, but at this time, he was no better than Lu Boyan, and he seemed to understand for a while.

Looking at the blank space of the map, most of the dozens of names are familiar, including this Xu Gaozhi's name, and some red finger prints are stamped in the blank space, which is obviously the person who does not know the big characters that Xu Gaozhi said.

Lu Boyan was not in a hurry to look at this scripture sketch, what was the scripture outline, but he first looked at these names, he glanced at ten lines, and only found an unfamiliar name and surname, so he asked: "Who is this Han Shizhong?" ”

Xu Gaozhi said "oh" and said: "General Han is a newcomer who has been promoted in recent years, and he also served under Tong Xianggong back then, but at that time he was just a small pawn, and later arrived at the thief Kou Fangla, Gao Tuoshan and other departments to be promoted. ”

Lu Boyan nodded when he heard this, he has been in the court for decades, and he knows most of the military attaches who have entered the country in various places. But when he heard it, he put the map on the table and said, "I won't look at your sketch map, it's ridiculous." ”

Xu Gaozhi hurriedly said: "Old Xianggong, what do you mean by this, I have the heart to serve the country, I only hate people and speak lightly, and I don't dare to play beyond the level, but this Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures Scripture Sketch is indeed my painstaking performance, if I can resist, I will ...... the Great Song Dynasty from now on."

Lu Boyan waved his hand to interrupt him and said: "Brother Xu, what are you saying that is strange, what is the outline of the sixteen states of Yanyun, if I am not mistaken, as early as the second year of Xuanhe, the Jin State has returned the sixteen states of Yanyun as promised?" ”

Xu Gaozhi said: "Old general, you are confused, the Jurchens only returned our six states and the empty city of Yanshan Mansion, just these, or the official family gave hundreds of thousands of taels ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Boyan slapped it on the table, but when he heard a "bang", the dishes and chopsticks on the table shook several times before he said: "Xu Gaozhi, you're not scolding Ben Jiang for being confused, you are scolding the official for being confused!" ”

"The last general will not dare!"

Xu Gaozhi was shocked, at this time, Yue Fei also had a "grunt" in his throat, as if he had something to say, but he knew that he was afraid that he would not have the right to speak at all, so he swallowed back what he wanted to say at the moment, and said in his heart: "This General Xu scolded the officials for being confused, which is not right, but after the long-cherished wish of this dynasty, hundreds of thousands of silver were exchanged for the empty city, which is really confused." ”

Lu Boyan's face slowed down, and said: "Okay, Brother Xu, I won't look at your picture, but I think of your sincerity, you and I have the love of colleagues back then, the old man advised his brother, for the turmoil in the current government and the opposition, it is necessary to have the official family to make the decision, the official family does things, and there is naturally a reason for the official family, and we only need to do our own duties in the territory, and we can be regarded as loyal to the country." ”

Xu Gaozhi hurriedly said: "Xianggong, you have been at home for a long time, I am afraid that Emperor Liao has recently lost the help of Wei Moge of the Yin Mountain Room, and wants to plan to send troops to Yanyun, at that time, our department can take advantage of the turbulent situation, through Yanyun, although the Jurchens are fierce, but we lead troops to hold on, it is expected that they will not be able to take care of each other, and it will be difficult to prepare for a while......

Listening to what he said, Lu Boyan sighed secretly, and thought: "Not to mention whether these things he said are feasible or not, I can't look at this picture after all, Hu Liao's demise has become a certainty, even if Emperor Zuo invites heavenly soldiers and generals, it will be difficult to save, don't say that it is stupid to recover Yanyun and other foolish dreams, it is difficult for him to fight the mountain, and it is difficult for the Jurchens to take care of each other." ”

He thought again: "But if I say no more, I will stand on my feet in the official family, but I will offend dozens of military attachés of all sizes on this scripture sketch, it will also be a stupid thing, and I will never be able to do it." ”

Lu Boyan obviously wanted to please both ends, and neither end wanted to offend, so he said: "Brother Xu, what you said makes a lot of sense, but you see that my brother and I are idle at home at the moment, and I have no job or connection, and I am afraid it will be difficult to see the official family." ”

After that, he pretended to mutter: "It's better like this, when I have the opportunity to meet the official family one day, and when I see that he is in a good mood, I will take the opportunity to report this matter to the official family, what do you think?" ”

Xu Gaozhi said happily: "Then this scripture sketch will be left in the hands of the Xianggong first, and everything will be done by the Xianggong!" ”

Lu Boyan shook his head and said: "It's not proper, you take this picture back first, it's better to keep it properly, I have a small lot of things here, in case it is damaged, wouldn't it ruin the hard work of your colleagues?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Gaozhi vaguely felt that something was wrong, but Lu Boyan was his old boss, and he didn't dare to be rashly suspicious, so he had to take back the sketch first.

Lu Boyan smiled and said: "Brother Xu, you and I haven't seen each other for many years, let's not talk about state affairs today, how about you come all the way and have a few drinks with the old man?" ”

Xu Gaozhi shook his head and said: "The territory is busy with official business, and since the prime minister has agreed, the general will retire first." ”

Seeing that he was leaving, Lu Boyan hurriedly called the messenger and said, "Come on, quickly take some silver money and send it to this general." ”

Xu Gaozhi was surprised: "Old man, what do you mean?" ”

The messenger took a bag of silver coins, and a few pieces of broken silver in the bag, most of which were money, and there were about dozens of touches.

Lu Boyan said with a smile: "It's rare for old people to see each other, so this small gift will be used as a coil, and I will buy some wine to drink on the way." ”

Xu Gaozhi hurriedly said: "By all means, at the end of this trip, if you have something to ask for, how can you make the prime minister break the bank." ”

Lu Boyan frowned slightly when he heard this, he is most afraid of two kinds of people in his life, one is not greedy for money, and the other is not lustful, if there is anyone in the world who has both, it is really terrible.

Although this Xu Gaozhi is his old subordinate, he never knew that he was not greedy for money, but fortunately, he knew that this person was very lustful.

immediately smiled and said: "Then brother, you are leaving, the old man is uneasy, it is better to do this......"

He said and turned to a low voice, and Xu Gaozhi whispered: "I have a new maid in my house, twenty-eight years old, the little face is tender and can pinch out the water, I wanted to leave my family Jingyuan to be a living maid, since the brother is here, why don't you stay here for the night, first, you and I can catch up, and second, how about inviting the brother to appreciate and appreciate the little maid?" ”

When Xu Gaozhi heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said he: "If you are fair and righteous, then you will be ashamed." ”

After that, the two left together, but Yue Fei was still stunned, it turned out that he was still thinking about Gao Xianzhi Shicai's words, at first he heard about the recovery of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and he was still very fascinated, but after hearing it, he secretly shook his head.

Yue Fei thought to himself: "No, no, most of the sixteen states of Yanyun are plains, even if you take the city and lead troops to defend it, you will be trampled by the iron cavalry to cut off the way to come, and then the grain and grass will be difficult to sustain, how can you talk about recovery, unless you ...... Unless ......"

Thinking of this, he seemed to think of something, but when he raised his head again, he found that Lu Xu and the others had already walked away.

"Alas......"