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Just after capturing the small city of Mengjin, Ma Wei actually had a murderous intention towards Luo Hanqi and wanted to kill the generals and seize the army.

Xu Ji was so surprised that he couldn't speak.

Ma Wei motioned for Xu Ji to go downstairs with him.

"The world is turbulent, everyone can be called king, does the younger brother really want to assist others wholeheartedly and be willing to be a servant?"

Xu Ji shook his head and glanced upstairs, "It has nothing to do with this, the city is weak, it is not a place to live for a long time, and there are five hundred soldiers of King Wuyue outside......"

Ma Wei interrupted Xu Ji with a smile, "Those soldiers are only temporarily surrendered to Ning Baoguan to take refuge, and they have no loyalty at all, they are bent on returning to Huainan and Jiangdong, if it is true, they may be more recognized by the younger brothers." ”

Xu Ji still shook his head, "If you don't have a stable foothold, you will offend Haoqiang first, how can Brother Ma deal with Ning Baoguan's army?" ”

"It's just a few thousand people, it's not a big army. Within three days, I was able to make this city impregnable, and as soon as Ningbaoguan arrived, I asked for help from the big city on the south bank, took the opportunity to occupy it, and then spread the word to the Liang Dynasty and gathered soldiers and horses. After that, the royal families of the five countries were restored, so that they could fight separately, and the younger brother could also return to Jiangdong to rebuild the state of Wu. ”

"And in the end?"

Ma Wei smiled, "Manpower can be called king, only the mandate of heaven can be called emperor, and the 'last' thing will be said at the end." ”

Seeing that Xu Ji was still groaning, Ma Wei said: "The people are ignorant and don't miss their homeland, the scholars of the Five Kingdoms are not like this, those Liang people who defected to me were originally from a family, and they were dismissed as concubines by Emperor Tiancheng. When the younger brother returns to Jiangdong, he will definitely make a big difference. Those who have strong ambitions, take the common people as their thoughts, and do not tie their hands and feet for a few people, and the younger brother can give up the Lou family, how can he be soft on a reckless man? ”

Xu Ji sighed lightly, "I may have ruined Brother Ma's plan." ”

"Huh?"

"Before entering the city, I suggest that Luo Hanqi immediately send someone back to inform King Wu Yue, I'm afraid that it won't take three days, and Ning Baoguan will lead his troops to come."

Ma Wei was stunned, and suddenly remembered that Xu Ji originally had a horse, but he walked into the city, and the mount was obviously used to ventilate the news.

"Three days, I only need three days." Ma Wei sighed, quickly returned to normal, and smiled: "Presumably it is the will of God, I don't want to let me succeed too early, it has nothing to do with my brother." It's better to do this, I will make normal arrangements to defend the city, and within three days, if Ning Baoguan arrives with troops, we will have to stay under him temporarily, if he does not come, act according to my plan. But there's one thing, my brother has to do me a favor anyway. ”

"Wooing Jiangdong soldiers? I'm afraid I don't have that ability. ”

"Haha, I don't need to do anything, I want to make some fuss with your life experience, you don't object."

Xu Ji was very opposed in his heart, but he couldn't find a suitable reason for a while, so he had to say: "Okay." ”

Ma Wei's face was happy, "Although Luo Hanqi is a reckless man, he is also a fierce general, and I have Brother Lao to hold him in the next few days, don't let him see through my plan." ”

Xu Ji nodded and reminded: "Ning Baoguan is a master of the world, after learning the news, he will definitely come quickly, Brother Ma is careful, don't show flaws in front of him, let alone take risks." ”

"Don't worry, I know the importance of timing."

The two went upstairs to continue drinking.

Before dark, Xu Ji went to the South City Tower to watch the situation on the other side.

The middle of the bridge is full of wood and stones, obstructing the passage, the big city on the opposite side looks deserted, there are not too many officers and soldiers stationed, the river under the bridge is surging, although the weather has turned cold, there is still no sign of freezing.

"Is Tiancheng Dynasty really going to die in the Lan family?" Xu Ji muttered.

There were seven or eight soldiers on the city tower, all of them Ma Wei's subordinates, standing aside and talking in a whisper, and one of them came up and said, "Is Your Excellency the seventeenth son of Lou who is the assassin?" ”

"Exactly, but I've changed my surname to Xu."

"Gongzi refuses to forget his roots and changes his surname to Wu Guozhi, which is worthy of being a true hero and admirable." The man bowed.

This person is in his thirties, although he is dressed as a soldier, his appearance and conversation are not good, Xu Ji returned the courtesy, "What is a hero to be an outlaw under him?" I don't know what you call you? ”

The man smiled and said, "There is a village man, and his name and surname are not enough to worry about." He put away his smile, "We have nothing else to do, just to thank Xu Gongzi for his righteous act of assassination, please accept my wait." ”

Everyone bowed down at the same time, and Xu Ji hurriedly helped up the leader, saying "I dare not be".

After chatting for a while, those people were quite interested in the details of the assassination, Xu Ji didn't want to say this, but when he thought of Guo Shifeng and Ning Baoguan's evaluation of him, he forced himself to answer all questions, no matter what he did in the future, "attaching people" was a skill he had to learn.

These soldiers are all children of the Liang Dynasty, although they were demoted to the people, their spirit is still there, and they have shown their sincerity in just a few days after following Ma Wei.

The soldiers went to defend the city, and Xu Ji went downstairs to find Ma Wei.

Ma Wei has already arranged a place for Xu Ji to live, and more than ten tablets are placed in the main hall, all of which are the emperors of the Wu Dynasty, and the only one who accompanies them is the princess of Wu State.

The state of Wu has existed for forty or fifty years, and the previous generations of emperors have been posthumously sealed, and Ma Wei has not been left behind.

Looking at these tablets, Xu Ji was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Brother Ma is fast." ”

"It's really in a hurry, it's just lettering, don't be picky, the tablet of the emperor of the Liang Dynasty is also shabby."

"This trick...... Does it really work? ”

"Hehe, Brother Solid Eyes, don't care if it's useful or not, let's talk about it after using it. I still have something to do, I'm not here to accompany you, the incense and candles are ready, so let's light them yourself. ”

Ma Wei said goodbye and deliberately opened the door and courtyard door.

Xu Ji overcame the embarrassment in his heart, lit candles and burned incense in front of each tablet, and slowly, his mood was solemn, especially when it was his mother's turn to be tablet, he suddenly felt sad.

After all these years, his mother's appearance is still extremely clear, so clear that he suspects that his memory must be wrong.

When night fell, Xu Ji took a few steps back, knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully, silently wishing his mother peace and happiness in the heavens.

There was nothing to do that night, and early the next morning, Xu Ji went to drink with Luo Hanqi again, this time he didn't call other leaders, Ma Wei only showed one side, and was busy arranging to defend the city.

There was an accident in the small city, and the big city on the other side seemed to be aware of it, and sent people to drink across the bridge, and Ma Wei had to find a way to deal with the past, and there was almost no time to be idle all day.

Luo Hanqi didn't know that he had just escaped death, drank wine and ate meat, and was very happy, and sighed: "This is the life of people, I think when we just rebelled, we turned over two cows, ate a lot, and then began to starve and be full." Finally got some food, King Ning always insisted on making long-term plans, not as arrogant as Ma Wei. ”

"King Wu Yue has lofty ambitions, which is not comparable to ordinary people." Xu Ji said with a smile, his task is to eat well with him.

"Of course, of course, when King Ning accepted the title of king, we all thought it was ridiculous, look at it now, he really pulled up a team, at least he had the opportunity to occupy Jiangdong, which is the richest place in the world......"

"General Luo is not annoyed, let me dare to ask, why have you been following King Wu Yue, even if you think the king is ridiculous, you will not leave?"

"Hey, hey." Luo Hanqi drank a bowl of wine cleanly, let out a long breath, and wiped his mouth, "When I left Qinzhou, there were a lot of people, and in the end, there were only about 20 of us left, why didn't we even want to leave?" Because King Ning is righteous and brave enough, who of us hasn't been rescued from the pile of dead by him once or twice? Don't talk about others, my life is handed over to King Ning, without him, I would have died in the wilderness, I don't know what beast ate it, how can I have the opportunity to sit here and drink wine and eat meat? ”

Ning Baoguan's ability to "attach to the public", Xu Ji can't learn it.

Luo Hanqi was in high spirits, and told a lot of stories about Ning Baoguan's past, and his reverence was overflowing.

"King Ning said, everyone can do it, before the Zhang family became emperor, he was also an ordinary person, and he was lucky to dominate the world. When King Ning becomes the emperor, I will be the general, and you can be the national teacher. ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "In the past dynasties of the Central Plains, there was no position of national teacher, only the imperial teacher. ”

"Then be a master, in short, a big official."

Luo Hanqi was drunk again, fell asleep, and threw the empty bowl tightly in his hand.

Xu Ji went out for a stroll and saw a group of soldiers around in front of his residence, so he went to check.

These people were all soldiers of Ning Baoguan, and when they saw Xu Ji, they all got out of the way, but their eyes did not leave his face, as if they had just met him.

Emperor Wu's tablet actually had some influence, but these people were originally ordinary people in Jiangdong, and they didn't care about the previous emperors as much as the descendants of the Liang Dynasty, they only stared at people, didn't bow down, and didn't speak.

This is an opportunity, Xu Ji felt that he should say something to win people's hearts, but he couldn't think of the right words, he could always accurately guess the ambition and confusion of the emperor and general, facing a group of ordinary people, but there was a blank in front of him.

"Ladies and gentlemen...... They're all from Jiangdong, right? Xu Ji finally spoke, and several people ran across the street, making him feel more and more empty.

"Are you really the son of Princess Bao?" An old man asked.

"Yes, my mother was originally the princess of Wu Kingdom."

"There is more than one princess of Wu Kingdom, and there is only one princess of Bao."

Xu Ji's mother's name is "Bao Xin", so she nodded and said, "I am the son of Princess Bao." ”

The person on the other side also nodded, but there was no sense of awe, and the old man said, "Are you assassinating Princess Bao to avenge it?" ”

"Yes."

"Then why don't you go to Koto?"

"The road is dangerous...... Like all of you, I am trapped here, and I can't go to Koto. ”

The old man looked at his companions around him, "It's better not to go." ”

"Why is that?" Xu Ji was inexplicable.

The old man refused to explain, "We are from Jiangdong, we want to go back to Jiangdong, you are not, there is no need to go, and if you go, it will also cause chaos." You dare to stab, it is estimated that you are not small, Jiangdong does not need more people like you. ”

Without waiting for Xu Ji to ask, everyone dispersed, and no one remained.

Thinking about the attitude of the Liang Dynasty towards Ma Wei, and then looking at the disrespect of the Jiangdong people towards him, Xu Ji was quite shocked.

One of Ma Wei's soldiers came running, "King Liang asks Gongzi to go to the south gate." ”

Ma Wei already proclaimed himself the King of Liang.

The south gate opened, and many soldiers stood outside, looking out towards the bridge and the opposite bank.

Xu Ji squeezed through the crowd, came to Ma Wei's side, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"The opposite side just shouted, saying that the imperial court has issued a decree, and all the defenders of the big and small cities have withdrawn to Luoyang, leaving empty cities and bridges."

"Lan Sui's idea again?"

"I guess so."

Ma Wei looked at Xu Ji, the two of them had the same idea, and they didn't dare to say that Lan Sui was stupid, but felt that there seemed to be a trap.

Ma Wei gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, I want Dacheng too." ”