The banquet is still going on, Chang Yanzhi is drunk, and he is a brother and sister to many naval leaders, and he has no time to take care of anything else.

Xi Yuansu asked others to move his position, let him sit next to Xu Ji, and asked for another bowl of wine, and said with a smile: "I'll give a bowl to Xu Gongzi." ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "When the old people meet, they should talk about wine, but I have been unwell recently, and I really don't dare to touch the wine, so I can only replace it with tea, and look at General Haihan Xi." ”

Chang Yanzhi on the other end finally noticed the situation here, and said loudly: "Childe can't drink, let me come!" With that, he took a big sip from the bowl, but he didn't recognize the identity of the toaster.

Xi Yuan laughed suspiciously, took a sip of himself, put down the wine bowl, and asked with concern: "Xu Gongzi is injured?" ”

"It's a little problem, it's just that you can't drink more."

"I see." Xi Yuan looked at Xu Ji suspiciously, and suddenly smiled, "I thought that when I was in Runan City, I was embarrassed by Xu Gongzi's plan, and later in the Eastern Capital, it was also because of Xu Gongzi, I was even more embarrassed, and I was lucky to save a life, no matter what, I never imagined that I would reunite with Xu Gongzi here!" ”

"I was surprised, too."

"How is that possible? Xu Gongzi is like a god, he never thought that he would meet the Xi family here before coming to Jingzhou? ”

"I thought of it, but I didn't expect it to be General Xi." Xu Ji said with a smile.

"I am also a member of the Xi family, Xu Gongzi thinks I died in the army?"

Xu Ji shook his head, "I just think...... Heng Guogong should send one of his sons here to arrest me. ”

Xi Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Young Master Xu thinks I'm here to arrest you on purpose?" ”

"People who 'anticipate things like gods' inevitably think too much."

Xi Yuanzhi took another sip of wine, and said with a smile: "Xu Gongzi really thinks too much, I have been coming to Yiling City for a few months, in order to fight against the southern enemy with King Yangjiang, I just heard that Xu Gongzi is coming two days ago, I said that I must meet to show respect, there is nothing else to think." I am a defeated general under Xu Gongzi, but I am convinced, and I only have respect for Xu Gongzi, and I have no grudges. ”

"I'm a gentleman with the heart of a villain." Xu Ji arched his hand.

"Xu Gongzi is worried that the Xi family will avenge the affairs of Hanzhou, right?" Xi Yuanwei sighed lightly, "The murder of the eldest brother is indeed a major loss for our Xi family, and the uncle Hengguo is very sad and does not eat and drink for several days. But our Xi family's grievances are clear, and we can find out clearly, the murderer is Tang Weitian, the general of Yizhou, and the mastermind is Shi Lou, the governor of Han. ”

Xi Yuansu suddenly raised his fist and smashed it on the table, "Lou hindered the shameless villain, when he borrowed troops from the Xi family, he groveled, and begged Hengguo Gong to send someone to be a shepherd, but the great achievement has not yet been completed, he has just walked out of the place of death, and his position is only a little more stable, so he turned his face and did not recognize people." Alas, when he returned the Jingzhou soldiers, our Xi family should have been vigilant, but Heng Guogong felt that Lou would not act immediately, and in terms of conspiracy and trickery, the Xi family was really inferior to the Lou family...... Haha, Xu Gongzi, don't think about it again. ”

"No, it won't." Xu Ji shook his head with a smile.

"In short, our Xi family can distinguish right from wrong, what Xu Gongzi did, everything is above board, but the building is different, he is the biggest enemy of the Xi family, even if there is no one left, the Xi family will avenge this sea of blood!" Xi Yuansu raised his fist, but did not smash it down, but slowly put it down.

"If you want to go to Hanzhou to take revenge, you must first calm the situation in Jingzhou."

"That's right, so Hengguo Gong invited King Yang Jiang to discuss the matter, hoping that everyone would discuss a plan together, and the two armies would work together to repel the southern bandits. Let Chen know that although Jingzhou is weak, it is not something he can bully. ”

"Advancing by land and water, I think the Southern Army has little chance of winning."

Xi Yuan's eyes lit up, "Xu Gongzi's words made me more confident." ”

"Don't dare to be, I've been away from military affairs for a long time......"

"The so-called bystander is clear, and people like Xu Gongzi, the farther away they are, the clearer they can see."

Xi Yuansu chatted with Xu Ji non-stop, almost didn't drink much, and between his words, he was full of admiration for Xu Ji.

The banquet lasted until the middle of the night, and when he returned to his residence, Chang Yanzhi fell asleep, but Xu Ji couldn't sleep, and after thinking about Xi Yuan's suspicious words, he still felt that there was fraud in it.

Early the next morning, Xi Yuansu sent someone to send an invitation to invite Xu Ji to the banquet at noon, and specially asked the servant to emphasize: "There are no outsiders, it is General Xi and Duke Xu, and they will reminisce together." ”

After the servant left, Changyan said, "Which General Xi?" Could it be that there is a Xi family here? ”

"The general Xi who fought with the Wu people in Runan City."

"It's him!" Chang Yan stood up with a hangover, his body shook, and he had to sit down again, "He wants revenge?" ”

Xu Ji shook his head with a smile, "Last night he sat next to me and said a lot of things, meaning that I was not an enemy, the person they hated the most in the Xi family was Lou Hindrance." ”

Chang Yanzhi nodded, "This Xi Yuan's suspicion is reasonable. ”

Xu Ji snorted and didn't say his guess.

"Then at noon, I will also accompany my son to the banquet, just in case."

"You'd better rest and stop drinking."

"I can still ......"

"Within three days, you will not drink a drop of alcohol." Xu Ji ordered.

"Good...... bar. Chang Yanzhi was indeed a little unsupportable, "Childe be careful alone, I won't be able to drink so much in the future, I was happy at the time, and I suffered later." ”

Xu Ji didn't mention the letter written by Mrs. Tie Fei last night, and he didn't want to do it today, so he hid the letter and went to visit Xi Yuansu alone, led by Yang Qinzai's soldiers.

Yiling City was dilapidated, more than half of the houses collapsed, and most of the bricks and stones were moved to repair the city walls.

Xi Yuansu lives in a relatively complete house, cleaned up, and the furnishings are complete, Xi Yuansu took off his military uniform, changed into civilian clothes, waited at the door early, and greeted him.

Knowing that Xu Ji couldn't drink, Xi Yuan suspected that people worked the dishes, all of which were exquisite, making it hard to believe that this was a delicacy that could be made in chaos.

This time, the two sides were more comfortable, Xu Ji drank a few glasses of wine, and drank tea at other times.

Xi Yuan said suspiciously: "It is my great luck to meet Xu Gongzi here, and I would like to hear Xu Gongzi's views on the situation in Jingzhou." ”

"I'm new to Jingzhou, I'm not familiar with Jingzhou, and I don't dare to say anything."

"Xu Gongzi is too modest, you are a person who has a general view, so you don't have to visit everywhere. And I don't ask about the whole situation, there is only one doubt, I hope that Xu Gongzi will give advice. ”

"I might be able to say a few words to answer questions."

"Let's not talk about the general trend of the world, where it is placed, anyone can see it, what makes me hesitate is this southern bandit."

"General Xi still feels that the odds are insufficient?"

"That's not it, the southern bandits have suffered defeats and morale setbacks, and they are no longer Jingzhou's opponents, I just can't tell whether they should exterminate the southern bandits in one fell swoop, or let them live."

Xu Ji already understood the meaning of Xi Yuan's suspicion, "Annihilating the southern army in one fell swoop can solve a temporary worry, but it makes Jingzhou and Southern Sanzhou become mortal enemies, or there may be troubles." If you let a way out, you may be able to merge the southern army into Jingzhou, but Chen Ill has no intention of surrendering, and if he waits, the morale of the southern army will recover, and it will cause a catastrophe. ”

"Xu Gongzi really didn't disappoint me, you will understand as soon as you say it."

"But I can't help General Xi, I don't know anything about Chen Yicai, I can't figure out his intentions, let alone go to persuade him."

"Chen is temperamental, killing several envoys of my Xi family, how can I let Xu Gongzi enter the tiger's mouth again? But I have an idea, please Xu Gongzi think about it. ”

"Please."

"When Chen Aicai first entered Jingzhou, he was very arrogant and unwilling to form an alliance with any party, and after the fiasco, he was still not convinced, and he had to divide the victory and defeat again, and he refused to form an alliance, but his arrogance was slightly reduced, and he also wanted to win over a few helpers. In the current situation in Jingzhou, the strongest is of course our Xi family, followed by Yang Qinzai, the king of Jiang, several generals in Jingdong, and several other forces in Xiangyang, Jiangbei. Chen Aicai sent someone to deliver the letter, but the generals of Jingdong ignored him, but the heroes of Xiangyang were quite moved, thinking that they could take the opportunity to expand. ”

Xu Ji nodded.

Xi Yuan's suspicion eased for a while, and continued: "Among the heroes of Xiangyang, there is a Song Zhuzhu, who was promoted as the leader, claiming to be the king of Chu, and also claiming to be a closed disciple of Fan Guan, a famous scholar in Yecheng. It is said that Xu Gongzi once lived in seclusion in Yecheng and had contact with Fan Men, have you heard of this person? ”

"I had a relationship with him."

Xi Yuan was overjoyed, "Great." ”

"General Xi wants me to persuade Song to take Zhu and ask him not to form an alliance with Chen Yicai?"

"Also, the Xi family wants to go to Hanzhou to take revenge, Xiangyang is on the right path, Song Zhuzhu can not help the Xi family, but please don't harass the way of marching."

"Since the Xiangyang heroes can be moved by the Southern Army, why are they unwilling to form an alliance with the Xi family?"

"Chen Aicai was generous to others, and promised all the counties of Xiangyang to Song Zhuzhu, claiming that after crossing the river, he would attack Jiangling City and destroy my Xi family, and he was willing to lend troops to Song Zhuzhu and let him dispatch."

"Chen was trapped in Jiangnan, and his promises were not credible."

"That's it, someone has to let Song Zhuzhu understand this."

Xu Ji pondered for a moment, "I only have a one-sided relationship with Song Zhuzhu, and I have no deep friendship......"

"With Xu Gongzi's intelligence, as long as he can meet, he will definitely be able to persuade Song Zhuzhu to change his mind."

"General Xi, don't get your hopes up."

"Is Xu Gongzi willing to give it a try? As long as Song Zhuzhu clearly refuses to be co-opted by the southern bandits, Chen Yi will be cornered, and he may have the intention of surrendering. ”

Xu Ji thought for a while, "Okay, since you have arrived in Jingzhou, you have to be entertained by General Xi, so you have to go for General Xi." ”

"Thank you." Xi Yuanyuan got up suspiciously and bowed to the ground.

Xi Yuanzhu was in a hurry, and immediately sent someone to send a letter to Song Zhuzhu in Jiangbei, and got a reply that night.

Xu Ji went out of the city early the next morning and said to Changyan: "Maybe it's really me who is too careful, Xi Yuan sent me to see Song Zhuzhu, I really have no malice when I think about it." ”

Chang Yanzhi rested for a day, recovered a lot of spirits, and said with a smile: "The prince is neither the king nor the general, so the Xi family naturally does not treat you as an enemy." ”

The camp of the Xiangyang Army is not far from the river, the scale is not large, it can accommodate less than 10,000 people, the tents are dilapidated, the flags are incomplete, and the soldiers walking in it are all dressed in vegetables, and it seems that they have not eaten much.

Chang Yanzhi whispered: "It's the first time I've seen an army that is poorer than the Descending Army. ”

Song Zhuzhu's tent was no better than the others, just slightly larger, he stood at the door, holding the knife on his waist, and said with a smile: "I think about the valley and say goodbye, I don't intend to meet here again." ”

Xu Ji stopped, vaguely feeling that something was wrong, and the soldiers on the left and right seemed to be wary of something.

"King Song has always been good?" Xu Ji arched his hand.

Song Zhuzhu sighed, "It's just a good life, fortunately Xu Gongzi came and did me a big favor." As a last resort, I want to exchange Xu Gongzi for some life-saving food. ”

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