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No matter how chaotic the world is, how difficult the days are, the New Year still has to pass, the people living in the eastern capital, these two days are like kittens and puppies who have just arrived at the new home, first hide in the most hidden place, and then slowly probe out, check carefully, confirm the safety, come out to patrol, do not dare to go too far from the hiding place, when you hear the footsteps will still hide, wait a few days, before you can recognize the new home, start to do nonsense.

The people of the Eastern Capital are in the stage of careful temptation, and some bold people have begun to walk the streets and alleys, and even dare to talk about the "righteous army" entering the city, "once a son of heaven and a courtier, but the people are still those ordinary people, pay the same taxes, do the same work, and live the same life." ”

In the afternoon of the first day of the new eve, the street is particularly lively, the soaring prices can not stop everyone's enthusiasm for buying, every business is crowded in front of the door, people are crowded, people are next to each other, the guests complain that the merchants sit on the ground and raise the price, while competing for the goods, there is no chance to pick the fat and thin.

The rebels in the city were also very happy, the wine and meat were endless, almost half of the people were drunk and smoked all day, and the rebels outside the city felt obvious discrimination, and were very dissatisfied, and when a large number of wine, meat, and cloth were sent to the camp, they were temporarily comforted, although they were still clamoring to enter the city, but they were not so urgent, and they were willing to spend the New Year outside the city.

Xu Ji returned to the General's Mansion and invited the kings to meet tomorrow in the name of King Wu, and was approved.

Things are going well, at least on the surface, Xu Ji has the trust of all parties, and for the first time in this open and secret battle, he has a clear upper hand.

In the mansion, Xu Ji invited a group of Wu army soldiers to a banquet, and described to them various scenes after returning to Jiangdong, winning bursts of cheers, but he was not good at this kind of thing after all, after three rounds of drinking, Meng Shenglun, Song Xingju and other generals naturally won the opportunity to speak, and reinterpreted the promise of the ruling party, which deviated a lot from the original intention, but won greater cheers.

Xu Ji said: "When the eastern capital is stable, I and Zhujun will lead the army eastward, the officers and soldiers will inevitably look at the wind and surrender, and the rejuvenation of Wu is imminent, regardless of Wuzhou people and Jingzhou people, they are all heroes of the founding of the country." ”

Meng Seng Lun became like this when he said again: "The sky is over, our Wu people can finally avenge the revenge of destroying the country back then, and it is certain to take Wuzhou, but this is not enough, the ruling will also lead everyone to chase down the dead, eradicate the descendants of Emperor Zhang, and not let another evil seed be left in this world!" ”

Xu Ji said: "Although Wu died in Tiancheng, the tyranny of the Xu family is hard to escape the blame, and then return to Jiangdong, find the descendants of Queen Xu, remember the lessons of the previous car, we will assist the new emperor, treat the people well, and make Wu self-reliant!" ”

Song Xingci's understanding is: "Although we are the children of the old ministers of Wu State, but to tell the truth, Emperor Xu did not do anything wrong back then, he was drunk and murderous, and many loyal ministers died of torture, so that when the enemy was present, there were no available generals in the court." The rise and fall of the emperor is determined by heaven, if we can find the descendant of Queen Xu, this person has the style of the emperor, of course, we must serve him as the master, and then be a loyal minister. If you can't find it, or this person is too unpresentable, it is the will of heaven to let Xinxu ascend the throne. ”

Xu Ji couldn't argue, so he just smiled.

Halfway through the banquet, the ruling lady Xue Jin shook into the house, still wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, and she didn't see the outside, and the soldiers fought for wine, and those who came did not refuse, even if the other party was just an ordinary soldier, she drank it all, and there was no twisting or contempt.

Xue Jinyan immediately won the favor of the soldiers, and got more toasts than Xu Ji.

When night fell, the soldiers took their leave, staggering one by one, full of confidence in the future.

Meng Shenglun left late, and when the ruling government saw him off, he whispered: "If the ruling has any orders, just open your mouth, there is no need to rely on others for the affairs of our Wu Kingdom." ”

Xu Ji also wanted to reveal something, and said with a smile: "General Meng is my right-hand man, without you, I really can't show it." He looked left and right, lowered his voice and said: "Tomorrow the kings will gather, General Meng does not have to attend, guard the West City, gather the soldiers, and wait for my order." ”

"Yes." Meng Shenglun retired satisfied.

Back in the banquet hall, Xu Ji had to face his newlywed wife again, and arched his hand: "Miss Jin Shao, rest early." ”

Xue Jinyan's face was flushed, adding a little softness, but his eyes were still so indifferent, he glanced at his husband and said, "I understand, the matter of husband and wife...... If you don't work for the time being, if you dare to touch me again, I'll break your arm. ”

Xu Ji was relieved, wanted to laugh, and immediately held back, and said, "Miss Jin Shao is in charge." ”

"Where's the magic wand? Why didn't you bring it with you. ”

"I'll leave it to someone else for safekeeping."

Xue Jin shook a sneer and walked in front of Xu Ji, "Do you think you're smart?" ”

"I'm temporarily handing over the magic stick to others, not to prevent the golden shake girl, not to mention that this is not a smart trick."

Xue Jinyan didn't seem to hear the defense, "I'm not as smart as you, but I have the Heavenly Eye given by Master Maitreya and can foresee what is going to happen: you will voluntarily hand over the magic rod to me, and soon." ”

Xu Ji couldn't help but smile, "What else did you foresee?" ”

Xue Jinyan didn't answer and strode away.

is also a magic stick, Xue Jinyao is far inferior to his father Xue Liujia, and even less than Liu Youzhong, who is famous all over the world for his physiognomy.

Xu Ji avoided a problem, felt much more comfortable, and walked out of the banquet hall to find another place to live.

Song Xingju hurriedly came, and he and some Wu soldiers stayed behind to guard the gate, "Ruling power, you have guests." ”

"Who?"

"He claims to be a field craftsman."

Xu Ji was stunned for a moment, and came to the gate in person, and sure enough, he saw Tian Jiang standing outside, dressed in single clothes, and he didn't feel cold, and his expression was a little trance.

"It's rare to have a rare guest, Tian Zhuangshi, please come in quickly."

Tian Jiang hummed flatly, stepped into the mansion, and didn't even return the salute, Song Xingxi and the others were quite dissatisfied, and when they saw that the ruling party didn't care, they pressed the knife and gun in their hands.

Xu Ji hadn't found a place to live yet, so he took Tian Jiang into the banquet hall, "I'm sorry, I just drank and haven't cleaned up yet." How can Tian Zhuangshi be free...... Your mother? ”

When he arrived at the light, Xu Ji noticed that Tian Jiang had a white filial piety belt wrapped around his waist.

"I just left yesterday."

"By the way."

"Well, I'm not here for this matter, I'm going to find Master Fei, and General Cao asked me to come to you."

"Lord Fei has already left the city in the morning."

"I thought Lord Fei was going to live and die with Dongdu."

"Lord Fei really has this intention, I asked him to go out and go to meet the soldiers and horses of Yecheng in Jizhou."

"Jizhou people are coming?"

"I guess so."

"Hey, Xu Gongzi either guessed accurately, or he wanted to use this as an excuse to send Master Fei out of the city."

"I guessed it right. In fact, I suspect that the defeat of the officers and soldiers in Mengjin and the flight of the powerful people in the eastern capital are also related to Yecheng. ”

Tian Jiang was silent for a while, pointing to the residual wine on the table, "Can I drink it?" ”

"Whatever you want."

Tian Jiang poured himself a drink, did not toast, and did not speak for a long time.

Xu Ji pulled up a chair and sat down, but did not speak.

"I can." Tian Jiang put down the wine glass, and after a while, he drank more than a dozen glasses, and his face did not change at all.

"What can be?"

"You can work for Xu Gongzi."

Xu Ji got up and arched his hand: "It's my luck to be able to serve as a Tian fighter." ”

Tian Jiang raised his hand, indicating that he hadn't finished his words yet, "But I can't stay with Xu Gongzi now." ”

"Are you still in business? You can talk about it later. ”

Tian Jiang shook his head, "I'm fine, but Xu Gongzi doesn't need my service at the moment, and it's not worth my service." ”

The first half of the sentence is okay, but the second half of the sentence is a little weird, Xu Ji said: "I did something wrong, so that Tian Zhuangshi thought that it was 'not worth it' to serve." ”

Tian Jiang let out a long breath, and a smell of wine came to his face, "Xu Gongzi does not have the appearance of an emperor, and if he does it reluctantly, he will suffer in the future." If I stay at this time, it will only push Xu Gongzi into the fire pit faster. ”

Xu Ji smiled: "Tian Zhuangshi will still meet?" ”

"I don't see each other, it's just that there are a lot of people. Xu Gongzi is smart enough and has a benevolent heart, but he is self-contained, at best, you are too kind, at worst, you think too much, this is the enemy of the emperor. When Xu Gongzi changes his mind, I will come back and say goodbye. ”

Tian Jiang turned around and left, Xu Ji chased after him, "Tian Zhuangshi wait a minute, ......"

Tian Jiang walked fast, pushed the door out, Xu Ji ran out, but he couldn't catch up.

Xu Ji had no choice but to give up, looked at the back of Tian Jiang, and muttered, "Where did you come from the emperor's appearance?" After becoming famous, someone naturally made up the image of the emperor for me. ”

But Tian Jie's words still made Xu Ji feel uneasy, so he turned around the courtyard twice, went to the gate to call Song Xingci, and invited him to drink alone.

Xu Ji knew what his biggest weakness was, so he had to deliberately correct it and envelop the generals under his command.

Although Song Xingci and others were loyal to the ruling king, their relationship was not close, and they lacked personal relations with each other.

Song Xingci was a little flattered, and after a few glasses of wine, it became more and more natural and casual.

The two chatted, and Song Xingci's favorite sentence was: "Some people are really born, they are so young in power, and they have such courage and resourcefulness, which is really a great blessing for me Wu Guo." ”

Xu Ji smiled, praised Song Xingci's bravery, and then led the topic to Chang Shunzhi.

"Killing General Chang before the battle, my heart still hurts."

When fighting with the officers and soldiers, in order to establish authority and restrain the soldiers, Xu Ji had to kill two generals, one of whom was Chang Shunzhi, one of the seven generals of the Wu State.

Song Xingci's excited eyes dimmed suddenly, silently drank two more glasses of wine, and said: "Chang Shunzhi does not abide by military law, although he is not wronged in death." ”

"Even so, my heart aches. It's just that the troubled times are difficult, the weak eat the strong, and if the Wu army is a little weak, it will die at the hands of the kings, and there will be no chance to return to Jiangdong. ”

Song Xingju nodded, but stopped drinking, "What the ruling said is extremely true, the seven surnames were too scattered in the past, so they would be suppressed by the small surnames, and they were defeated in the Wu State, if it wasn't for the timely appearance of the ruling party, the Wu army would probably still be frozen on the edge of the Ru River, how could there be a chance to enter the Eastern Capital?" It's getting late, the government is resting early, and I'll go around again. ”

Song Xingju said goodbye and left, Xu Ji sighed lightly, he still hasn't learned the skills of human feelings, it's very simple to see others do it, but he always stumbles when he practices.

Xu Ji left the house, although all the plans were under his control, he felt lonely, and he no longer had the excitement and flamboyance when he first entered the Eastern Capital.

Owning a city is an illusion after all, he thought.

Xue Jinyao walked towards the gate with a team of female soldiers, without the intention of greeting, Xu Ji wondered and asked, "Where is Miss Jinyao going?" ”

"Go see my mother and hunt with her."

"Hunting?"

Xue Jin shook his footing, "I heard that the prey has come out of the nest, it is a good time to hunt, don't you Wu people never hunt?" ”

Xu Ji suddenly understood, it turned out that the prey was the people of the Eastern Capital.