"King Jin?" When Guo Shifeng spoke again, his face was slightly surprised, and then he smiled again, "Young Master Xu plans to lead the troubled waters to the King of Jin?" Well, it is still possible to sever the relationship between brothers, let alone sworn brothers? ”

Xu Ji knew that he couldn't say any more, so he got up and said: "King Ning has far-reaching ambitions, and he is currently dormant on one side, sooner or later, when there will be a dragon day, he must know which of the world's heroes is strong and weak, and who is first and which is last." It's useless to say, let's go after King Liang. ”

The two set off on horseback, leaving their retinue to clean up the mess in the pavilion.

There was nothing to say all the way, and when the two caught up with the team, it was getting late, the camp had already been set up, and they hadn't gone far this day.

There were a few screams from the depths of the camp, and Xu Ji said: "King Liang kills people every day to establish his authority, and there must be something hesitant in his heart. ”

Guo Shifeng said with a smile: "Xu Gongzi be careful, although he is an old friend, he also has to care about the difference between the king and the minister, if your words are heard by King Liang, you should cause a big disaster." ”

"Brother Guo once asked me if I thought King Liang didn't have the qualifications to compete for the crown, and this was my answer."

Guo Shifeng was stunned for a moment, "Xu Gongzi ......" shook his head while laughing, not knowing whether it was praise or warning.

Ma Wei didn't even have a solid territory, so he was eager to establish the distinction between monarchs and ministers, and based on this alone, Xu Ji was not optimistic about him.

In the tent, Yu Zhan was happier than usual, and when he saw Xu Ji, he didn't speak, but just nodded slightly, his eyes flickered, as if he was waiting for Xu Ji to ask first, and after a long time, he finally couldn't help it, "Mr. Kou has been summoned." ”

"Really?" Xu Ji sat on the bunk, feeling a little tired.

"Some scribes and staff members in the army recommended it successively, and King Liang was deeply moved, and soon after setting up camp, he personally visited Mr. Kou's tent and invited him to drink in his tent, and he was talking at this time."

"I'm a little hungry too, what about dinner in the army?"

"Uh...... I thought you had eaten out, so I didn't stay. ”

"It's okay, I can last until tomorrow morning, and maybe someone will invite me to drink in the evening."

Yu Zhan was greatly dissatisfied with Xu Ji's indifferent attitude, "Young Master Xu is jealous, right?" Although Mr. Kou's eloquence is not as good as that of Xu Gongzi, he is good at subtle words and righteousness, and he will be able to persuade King Liang to withdraw from the army. ”

"What kind of 'subtle words'?"

"Yecheng is where the imperial court is, once it collapses, there is no owner in the world, there will be chaos, and the lives will be ruined, King Liang will go further, will become sinners through the ages, take a step back, then be the important minister of Anbang and the country, with the current situation of King Liang, rather than Huaizhou's pawn, it is better to turn to Yecheng as the mainstay."

"'Great righteousness' is there, and 'micro words' are worse."

"I'm stupid, Mr. Kou must be much better than me."

Xu Ji smiled: "Kou Daogu won't say this. ”

"Hey, Xu Gongzi doesn't believe in 'righteousness', so he thinks that others don't believe in it either?"

"I believe in 'righteousness', just because I believe in it, so I know that King Liang will not be persuaded by such words, and Kou Daogu will not waste his tongue on this, he is trying to see King Liang, and it has nothing to do with Yecheng."

Yu Zhan showed a hint of disdain, "Xu Gongzi thinks that Mr. Kou wants to announce his personal vendetta? Xu Gongzi can't stand being left out in the cold, and he always thinks of everything. ”

Xu Ji thought for a while, nodded and said: "I do hate being snubbed, and in retrospect, it was because I was snubbed that I made the act of stabbing in the first place." ”

Yu Zhan was slightly surprised, he had heard the rumors of the assassination, but he didn't expect to hear Xu Ji say it with his own ears, "Assassination, change surname, call the king, seize the valley...... No wonder Xu Gongzi doesn't believe in righteousness, in you, there has never been righteousness. ”

Xu Ji smiled, had no intention of arguing, lay down on his back, and muttered, "I have to wait a little longer." ”

Yu Zhan had a little favor for a short time, but once again disappeared, snorted, turned around and walked out of the tent, unwilling to be in the same room with this person, he could not walk freely in the barracks, he would rather stand at the door, or huddle with the Yecheng soldiers who were traveling with him.

Xu Ji fell asleep unconsciously, and was awakened by a burst of hunger in the middle of the night, there was no food in the tent, he could only swallow his saliva, regretting that when he talked to Guo Shifeng during the day, he only cared about drinking and did not eat more food.

Yu Zhan still didn't come back, Xu Ji couldn't sleep for a while, he was in a daze on his back, thinking about the biggest impact of Gu's "practice" on him was that he learned to "wait", and he was not in a hurry at all, no matter what the prospect was, he had to wait for the time to come before it could be realized.

Someone outside coughed, "Young Master Xu? ”

"Please come in." Xu Ji sat up.

Someone lifted the curtain and came in, probably feeling that it was dark, and turned away, asking for a lantern from outside, and came back in.

The tent suddenly became bright, Xu Ji was not very comfortable, and after a while, he saw the comer clearly, and was quite surprised, "Mr. Qiao!" ”

The person who came was Qiao Zhisu, who put the lantern on the ground, sat on the bunk opposite Yu Zhan, nodded, and said after a while: "It's me." ”

"It was a real bonus." Xu Ji said with a smile.

Qiao Zhisu sighed lightly, "I have served as a staff member under King Liang's account. ”

"Congratulations." Xu Ji didn't ask.

"I'm just trying to save my life."

"Understood."

"And Yecheng is not a place to live for a long time. Zhang's mediocrity has been a long time, not a day can change, the emperor is too young, although he has the ambition to seize power, but he has never revealed his people, to be honest, I persuaded Xu Gongzi to deal with the king of Xiangdong together, not my original intention, just to please the lord. ”

"So I didn't accept it either." Xu Ji said with a smile, he had already guessed Qiao Zhisu's intention.

"The two uncles and nephews of the king of Xiangdong and the king of Jibei have not recognized the situation until now, and they still think that their identities remain unchanged and their status still exists, and all the changes that have happened so far are accidents, as long as they work a little harder, the world will naturally belong to the Zhang family."

"The two kings are indeed not the lords of Zhongxing."

"Lord Huanyan...... Alas, it's a pity that she's just a county lord. ”

"Hmm."

Qiao Zhisu was silent for a while, and then suddenly raised his head, "There is no hope in Yecheng, Xu Gongzi must be able to see it clearly." ”

"I never had hope for Yecheng."

"In that case, why did Xu Gongzi want to be a lobbyist for Yecheng? Some people say that Xu Gongzi is to repay the favor, but I don't think so, I think Xu Gongzi must have a deeper reason. ”

Xu Ji did want to repay the favor, but he didn't want to reveal it now, so he smiled and said, "Those who know me, Mr. Qiao too." Although it is difficult for Yecheng to achieve great things, it should not die now. ”

Qiao Zhisu nodded, "To persuade people to win trust first, the way to win trust is to make friends." The person Xu Gongzi wants to persuade is the king, which is already difficult, and it is even more difficult to persuade as the enemy's envoy. ”

"Needless to say, I understand what Mr. Joe means. Wait a little longer, and King Liang will soon understand that he needs the advice of some 'enemy messengers' more than the returnees. ”

"Xu Gongzi can't wait, in three days, the Liang army will launch an attack on Yecheng. Yecheng has already agreed that King Liang will send an envoy into the city - Xu Gongzi hasn't heard the news yet, right? ”

"I'm cut off from Yecheng."

"Yecheng has already shown signs of surrender, and Xu Gongzi still has to run for it?"

"Whether Yecheng surrenders or fights, it's up to them to decide, I only care about the general trend - how long has Lord Yin been in Qinzhou?"

"Lord Yin? He...... It's time to ...... I don't know. Qiao Zhisu was caught off guard by the question, and replied a little flustered, "Why did Xu Gongzi suddenly remember Lord Yin?" He did leave one step ahead of us and escaped the Liang army, but he was alone, and there were only dozens of soldiers in his entourage, and the front was Tongguan guarded by the emperor's family, and the rear was the chasing soldiers sent by the king of Liang, and it was estimated that he had been caught at this time. ”

"It's a pity, I thought Lord Yin would be able to bring back the Jizhou Army, but as long as the exact news hasn't come yet, you can't say that he failed, right?"

"Even if Lord Yin successfully enters Qinzhou and rushes to Xijing, it will be difficult to quench his thirst from afar."

"Far water can quench the thirst of the far away, although the Jizhou army cannot return to Yecheng in time, but it can take advantage of the situation to attack and merge the state. Once the Shen family is in danger, He Rongbu will abandon it and support Yecheng instead, hundreds of thousands of cavalry will flock south, even if King Liang captures Yecheng, in a hurry, can he block it? ”

Qiao Zhisu said with a smile: "Xu Gongzi's idea is good, but ...... Too much assumption, the situation in Qinzhou is complicated, how can Yin Fu stabilize the morale of the army so easily? And how to persuade the soldiers to follow him to attack and annex the state? Is the descendant army in Xijing City sitting idly by? Even if the Jizhou army really dares to attack and merge with the state, the king of Jin occupies a favorable position, and he will be defeated if he is defeated? ”

"So I have to wait, Mr. Qiao has just served King Liang and has not yet made meritorious contributions, why not take the opportunity to advise, please wait a few more days, once the situation is clear, Mr. Qiao's contribution is not small."

Qiao Zhisu shook his head with a smile, "For one-tenth of the great work, but to take the risk of nine-tenths, I don't do this kind of thing, and Xu Gongzi can't find anyone willing to do it." ”

"Well, I had to do it myself."

Qiao Zhisu was ordered to persuade Xu Ji to surrender, but he didn't have much hope, and just acted as ordered, so he got up and said: "I said everything that should be said, if Wang Liang asks......"

"Mr. Qiao has made it clear that the blessings and misfortunes are clear, but I am stubborn and have to wait."

"Thank you." Qiao Zhisu bowed his hand and took his leave.

Yu Zhan happened to come back, took a look at Qiao Zhisu who was carrying the lantern, nodded to each other, and passed by.

Yu Zhan didn't talk to Xu Ji, took off his shoes, closed his clothes and lay on the bunk, and after a while, he suddenly sat up and said loudly: "I remember who he is." ”

Xu Ji lay there and didn't fall asleep, "What did Yu Gongzi remember?" ”

"The person who walked out just now is the one who discussed the conspiracy with you in the valley of thought, although I only saw the side face and back, but I will never admit my mistake."

"That one just now was Qiao Zhisu, who was a member of the general's staff, and then switched to the king of Jibei, and just transferred to the account of the king of Liang a few days ago."

"It turned out to be a capricious villain."

"Qiao Zhisu is by no means a villain, but he hasn't found the master yet, so Yu Gongzi shouldn't be too harsh on people in troubled times."

"Hey, you're one of the same kind of people." Yu Zhan lay down and recognized Qiao Zhisu, which reminded him of what he had sued but was wronged, both sad and angry, "Mr. Kou is still in the tent of King Liang, it seems that he is going to talk at night, which is a good omen - it is a good omen for Yecheng, but not necessarily for Xu Gongzi." ”

"You believe me?"

"Even if Mr. Kou says something in front of King Liang, it should be, this is not called a personal vendetta, but a combination of public and private, after all, you have done all the evil things yourself, you can't deny it."

Xu Ji said with a smile: "It's good that Kou Dao doesn't mention those 'evil things', but once he mentions them, King Liang will hire me as a minister." Yu Gongzi still doesn't understand? Now is a troubled time, and what the heroes want is someone who is good at 'doing evil'. ”

Yu Zhan finally came up with this set of rhetoric, but was refuted by Xu Ji in a few words, and he once again had nothing to say.

Xu Ji closed his eyes and muttered: "It can arouse the interest of King Liang Bingzhu's night talk, do you guess what Kou Daogu is talking about righteousness, or how to do evil?" ”

Yu Zhan couldn't answer.