"This ......" Cheng Mingzhen was taken aback. He didn't expect Dou Jiande to grasp his past situation so carefully, according to this calculation, the various actions of the Zhaozhou battalion after returning to Ping'en, I am afraid that it will not be able to escape the eyes of the other party.

But Dou Jiande suddenly mentioned Xu Maogong, what did he want to do? Despite the thunder rolling in his heart, he still tried to put a calm smile on his face, thought about it, and whispered back: "That was a long time ago. It's just because they once took in Wang Ermao, so the two sides have had some contacts. But later, the Wagang Army was treacherous, and the minister broke off his friendship with Xu Mao! ”

"I know, I know!" Dou Jiande guessed that Cheng Mingzhen had misunderstood what he meant, and waved his hand with a smile, "What kind of friendship did you have with them before, it was all in the past, and it was my old Dou Shi's business." If my old Dou cared about this, I wouldn't have to send myself to your yamen! ”

"The trust of the lord, the minister, the minister is unforgettable!" Cheng Mingzhen's face flushed with shame, and he stood up and apologized. Dou Jiande's words are very reasonable, if it weren't for his great trust in Cheng Mingzhen, no matter how good his martial arts are, who would be willing to go to Ping'en County Yazhong alone without even bringing a personal soldier? In case of a rebellion in the Zhouzhou camp, isn't that tantamount to sending sheep into the tiger's mouth?

"What is the minister, sit down, see me dizzy standing up!" Dou Jiande laughed and stood up, walked in front of Cheng Mingzhen, and pressed his hands on the other party's shoulders. "Sit down, talk about the public, we are monarchs and ministers. In terms of selfishness, it's not an exaggeration for you to call me Uncle Dou. Although they are a little far apart from each other, their affection cannot be separated. Otherwise, why bother to come together in the first place? ”

"Yes. What the lord said is very true! Feeling the pressure on his shoulders, Cheng Mingzhen sat down slowly. In my heart, a thousand flavors are intertwined. Whether the other party is deliberately pretentious or has the intention to win over, dare to ride into Ping'en alone, this courage alone is enough to make him admire him.

But what did he do to Dou Jiande? Smarmy? Yang Feng Yin violation? Precautions? Of all this, which one should be the work of a courtier? But if he didn't, the bloody corpses in the green forest shook in front of his eyes again, and he couldn't rest at night. Hiding a knife in a smile, turning clouds and rain, which bloody storm was not sunny before it happened?

"Sit down, sit down, look at you, why be so nervous?" Feeling the stiffness of Cheng Mingzhen's body, Dou Jiande continued to smile and comfort. "The reason why I asked you if you know Xu Maogong is not to blame you. I want to contact Xu Maogong, I hope you can thread the needle from it! ”

"The lord wants to contact Xu Maogong?" Cheng Mingzhen's body stiffened again, as if he was even more surprised than when he was asked about his friendship with Wagangzhai just now, "He is the third leader of the Wagang Army!" ”

"That's all the old calendar!" Dou Jiande shook his head slightly. "You don't know yet, Zhai Rang was chopped up by Li Mi, and Xu Maogong also lost half his life. It was only because Li Mi wanted to borrow his hand to subdue the Wagang Inner Camp that he did not order him to be killed. ”

"When is the thing?!" Cheng Mingzhen's eyes widened, and he almost jumped up from his seat again. But in fact, he had already heard about the news of the infighting in the Wagang Army through the intelligence sent back by the sentinels, but he didn't have the details that Dou Jiande had mastered. Therefore, I am willing to pretend to be stupid in order to cover up the gaffe just now.

Dou Jiande really didn't doubt him, or he didn't care about the little tricks in Cheng Mingzhen's heart at all. "This matter has long been spread in the rivers and lakes, but there are different statements. According to the detailed report I sent, it should have happened at the same time as our attack on Qinghe County. Li Mi set up a Hongmen banquet to invite Zhai Rang, and then smashed the cup as a number, killing Zhai Rang and his henchmen, sons and nephews. Shan Xiongxin was forced to surrender, and Xu Maogong was stabbed in the back and almost fell off. General Cheng Zhijie led the troops outside, and after learning the news, he returned to the division and worked hard with Li Mi, but he didn't know what to do, and he was persuaded by Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin, and handed over more than 10,000 elites under his command to Li Mi......"

Combining Dou Jiande's words with what he knew, the changes in the Wagang Army gradually became clear in front of Cheng Mingzhen's eyes. In his opinion, with Li Mi's tiger and wolf ** love, after getting the support of Pei Renji, Qin Shubao and others, of course he will no longer be willing to live under Zhai Rang. Therefore, killing the master and standing on his own, this kind of common behavior in the green forest naturally happened within the Wagang Army. It's a pity that Xu Maogong and Xie Yingdeng, who are heroes, are clearly heroes, but they have been stuck in the quagmire and unable to extricate themselves.

"After Yuan Baobao was driven away from Wuyang County by us, he went to Ji County. I don't know what means he used to persuade Zhang Wenqi, the Taishou of Ji County, to dedicate the entire Ji County to Li Mi along with Liyang Cang! After talking about the infighting information of the Wagang Army, Dou Jiande casually threw out another shocking news.

"The a**!" Cheng Mingzhen was so angry that he smashed the case and scolded Yuan Baobao for his shamelessness. "He eats the Great Sui's Yulu, how can he destroy the Great Sui better than anyone else? This can't be done, we can't just watch the Wagang Army reach out to our doorstep. If the prince is ready to wave his army south, the minister is willing to wear armor again! ”

"For the time being, we don't have the strength to fight with the Wagang Army!" Dou Jiande was very satisfied with Cheng Mingzhen's performance, pressed his shoulder hard, and smiled comfortingly. "With our current strength, if we attack hard at any cost, we can indeed take down Liyang Cang. But we can't eat all the food there, and we can't transport it away. burned it ruthlessly, and it was even more scolded by the world. In case Li Mi brings Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie and others to take it, we will have to fight him hard......"

"What the lord said is very true." Cheng Mingzhen sat down and nodded slightly. "But the Wagang army has already captured Shangluocang, and at this moment, Liyangcang is in hand, isn't it like a tiger?"

"That's why I want to contact Xu Maogong through you. At present, he is ordered to go out of the town of Liyang, but it is this Wagang three masters! Dou Jiande smiled and nodded, showing an unfathomable appearance.

"Li Mi sent Xu Maogong out of the town of Liyang?" Cheng Mingzhen was really surprised this time. Whether it was the infighting in the Wagang army before, or whether it was the Yuan Treasure offering to the thieves, he had already heard about it and could analyze the cause of the incident. But Xu Maogong's arrangement of dragging half of his body out of Liyang greatly surprised him. changed his position in Li Mi, even if he didn't kill Xu Maogong at this moment, he would have to be put under house arrest to avoid the day when this person would seize power under the banner of avenging Zhai Rang. How could he put this person so far away from him and let him slowly dry his wounds?

"Haven't you heard of the plan of sacrificing sheep to tigers?" Dou Jiande's words came from his head again, like a ray of sunshine behind the fog.

"Li Mi wants to borrow our hands to kill Xu Maogong!" Cheng Mingzhen's body trembled, and he suddenly realized. "I understand, presumably he had an agreement with Wagang Neiying not to care about old grievances, so he couldn't attack Xu Maogong. Therefore, he simply sent Xu Maogong to Liyang, waiting for the lord to bring troops to get rid of this person for him! ”

"Didn't I tell you just that? The grain stored in Liyang warehouse is huge, we can't transport it all, we can't eat it cleanly, and we can't burn it. Losing thousands of stone of grain, except for a big trouble, how is this business not cost-effective! Dou Jiande smiled, removed his hand from Cheng Mingzhen's shoulder, slowly sat back in his position, and continued to taste Mei.

"The lord's discernment, the minister is ashamed!" Cheng Mingzhen wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said. This is not a deliberate slap on the other party's ass, indeed, since the contact between the two sides, whether it is deliberately pretending or unintentionally, Dou Jiande's vision, means, and strategies are more than one step above him everywhere.

"You don't have to be too humble. When you are alone, your level is far inferior to you in all aspects! Dou Jiande threw a plum into his mouth and responded with the taste.

Everyone has vanity, from emperors and generals to peddlers and pawns. Dou Jiande doesn't like to listen to boundless flattery, but the achievements he has made still need to be seen by someone and write envy and admiration on his face. This is also the reason why he likes to discuss problems with Cheng Mingzhen very much. To be honest, he really likes the feeling when he talks to Cheng Mingzhen. The other party is not like Cao, Wang and others, and they need to be repeatedly mentioned to understand the key points. The other party is smart enough to be able to penetrate almost a little. At the same time, the other party is very modest, and he is not like those so-called celebrities and sages, who are obviously far inferior to themselves in vision and strategy, but they have to pretend to be profound. Even if he is ugly, he will not admit it, as if he will take the initiative to praise others, and he will devalue his own value.

"The lord doesn't have to be too humble." Cheng Mingzhen responded with a smile. "If the minister has half of the lord's knowledge, he will not be forced into a desperate situation by the court and the Wagang thieves that day!"

"Haha, haha, you little guy, your mouth is like honey!" Dou Jiande shook his head with a smile, and looked at Cheng Mingzhen's eyes more and more kindly, "Let's stop praising each other." It is useless to praise one's own family and praise heaven. To be serious, I want to subdue Xu Maogong, do you think it's possible right now? ”

"You can try your best!" Cheng Mingzhen put away his smile and sat up straight. "But don't report too much hope!"

"Why, doesn't Xu Er know what to do, so he has to be willing to be in Li Mi's hands?" Dou Jiande paused for a moment and asked in surprise.

"As far as the minister knows, Xu Mao's son is extremely arrogant!" Cheng Mingzhen thought about it and introduced his views to Dou Jiande one by one. "He suffered such a big loss at the hands of Li Mi, how could he swallow his breath easily? But once he votes for the lord, it is tantamount to turning the personal grudge between the two into a matter of two countries. If you want to retaliate, there will be a lot of inconvenience! ”

"That's right, our strength is still too weak at the moment!" was poured cold water by his subordinates, Dou Jiande was not only annoyed, but became more and more calm. "If Xu Maogong wants to take revenge by the hands of outsiders, the strength of the imperial court, Li Laoyu, and Du Fuwei is no worse than ours. Since he didn't take refuge in Mrs. Li and the imperial court, he probably won't take refuge in us. This guy, alas! ”

"Don't be upset, it's better to try than not to try!" Seeing that the expression on Dou Jiande's face was very regretful, Cheng Mingzhen comforted him in a low voice.

"If it's impossible, why leave a laughing stock in vain!" Dou Jiande shook his head, and the regretful expression on his face was replaced by pride. Just for a moment, his eyes quickly brightened again, smiled, and asked in a low voice: "What if I don't try to take him down, but secretly with him?" Xu Maogong will never refuse someone to help him recover his strength? ”

"The lord is talking ......" Cheng Mingzhen's thinking couldn't keep up with Dou Jiande's changes, and he asked hesitantly. Soon, he turned the corner and stroked his palm with a smile: "This plan is very good, very good." The minister was willing to write this letter to the Lord. Even if you can't drive the tiger and devour the wolf, at least you can let Xu Mao recuperate with peace of mind! ”

"It's not just about friendship, it's about being practical!" While eating green plums, Dou Jiande pointed to Cheng Mingzhen, "You have to find a way to tell Xu Maogong that my old Dou is in urgent need of food seeds here." Willing to trade pig iron, wood, glue paint and goose feathers with him. No, it's a deal with the Wagang Army. Are they all green forest colleagues? Haha, with the same breath, watching and helping each other is always the way to go, haha, haha..."

"The lord is clever!" Cheng Mingzhen admired and panicked again. Anyway, he has now taken refuge in Dou Jiande, otherwise, if he really encounters such an opponent, he doesn't know how to be calculated by the other party.

"Write, write, write now. I wrote it before everyone entered the city, so we can settle down and drink early! Dou Jiande ignored Cheng Mingzhen's sycophants and urged with a smile.

"Minister, take the order!" Cheng Mingzhen stood up with a smile and ordered his soldiers to get pen and ink. Turning his head, he said casually as if he had just remembered: "A few days ago, Mr. Luo of Youzhou came, but the minister didn't understand the lord's thoughts, so he couldn't keep him in time......"

"What do I leave him for? Is it a ransom for a ticket? Dou Jiande's smile suddenly turned cold, and he stared at Cheng Mingzhen's eyes and asked.

"My lord, my lord is not." Under Dou Jiande's aggressive gaze, Cheng Mingzhen was stunned several times in his heart, and he couldn't say a word of the lie he had prepared for a long time before. "The lord of the red line said, the red line ......"

"Does the red line mean that I, who am my brother, want to take Gongzi Luo hostage?" Dou Jiande grinned, making it impossible to tell what he meant. "Is she still holding back, not allowing you to force Luo Cheng to stay? Presumably, she also took the initiative to prepare a soft horse for Luo Cheng, urging the surname Luo to run away?! ”

"The lord expected nothing bad!" Cheng Mingzhen slowly oozed beads of sweat on his forehead, and replied with his head down. Knowing that he couldn't play tricks with Dou Jiande, he simply took the initiative to admit defeat. "The minister is incompetent, please punish the lord!"

Although it was expected that Dou Jiande would not turn his face against himself for this matter, he was still very nervous in his heart. The other party is too clever, in comparison, he is like a live fish in a crystal bottle, no matter how he beats and struggles, he can be seen clearly.

"Isn't it good that those who should go are gone, and those who should stay are staying?" Dou Jiande pinched half of the plum and stared, as if it was full of worldly events.