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The second group of envoys sent by the Eastern Capital was quite numerous, and the carriages and horses were endless on the road, attracting a large number of people to watch the city when they entered the city.

After entering the city for half a mile, the team stopped, and Xu Ji, under the guidance of a knight in brocade, stepped forward to see Zhang Shiyu, the prince of Jibei.

Zhang Shiyu sat in the carriage with a tired face, the curtain was lifted in a corner, he squeezed out a smile and complained: "It's really hard to travel overnight." ”

"The road is rough, the wind is cold and the dew is cold, no wonder the prince is not adapted."

Zhang Shiyu leaned over and grabbed one of Xu Ji's hands, "Brother-in-law, is this going out of the city?" ”

"Hmm."

"Then I won't delay you, go say hello to my sister, and when you come back, we'll talk in detail."

Xu Ji was silent, and Zhang Shiyu smiled: "Brother-in-law won't take the book of resignation seriously, right?" The younger sister was severely reprimanded by her father and mother, she had already realized her mistake and admitted that she was still the daughter-in-law of the Lou family. ”

Zhang Shiqing actually showed the letter of resignation to his parents, Xu Ji felt funny in his heart, and arched his hand: "The county lord must be exhausted, I will leave when I see him." ”

Zhang Shiqing fell asleep in the car, just opened his eyes, stretched his arms and stretched out his waist, and asked the little girl colorfully, "Have you arrived?" Why doesn't anyone ......?"

Before he finished speaking, the curtain opened, and the "husband" appeared in front of the car.

"The county lord has worked hard all the way."

Zhang Shiqing immediately withdrew his arm, his face was cold, and the grievances that had been accumulated for many days suddenly came up, his eyes turned red all of a sudden, he was ashamed and angry, and said hatefully: "The ghost of the guy, can't I hide from you even when I go to the ends of the earth?" ”

Xu Ji was not surprised by this, and said with a smile: "One day husband and wife for one hundred days, it is not yet a hundred days." ”

Taking advantage of Zhang Shiqing's lack of crying, Xu Ji arched his hand, turned around and left, called his entourage, and led the horse out of the city.

The queue was endless, and Xu Ji could only walk close to the side of the road.

Zhang Shiqing brought at least 500 people, half of whom were guards, half were honor guards and waiters, and the car was loaded with all kinds of daily necessities, most of which did not look like treasures used to bribe Zhou Tingshi.

The king of Jibei mobilized the crowd and sent most of the people and things in the palace, I don't know if he was worried about the suffering of his children or had other intentions.

Xu Ji led his entourage to the north, and before he reached the riverbank, he saw a large military camp opposite.

The two crossed the river from a small ferry, and immediately a soldier greeted them, asking for their names and origins, and Xu Ji handed over the letter written by the three kings and a large bag of gifts, which the soldiers took to report, and some others stayed under surveillance.

After a while, the soldiers returned on horseback and allowed those to enter the camp.

The Jizhou Department has strong soldiers and horses, and the military appearance is neat, among the armies that Xu Ji has seen, this is the most, not to mention the scattered army of the world, even if it is the forbidden army of the Eastern Capital, it is not as good as it.

There was still a mile away from the gate of the barracks, and Xu Ji was asked to dismount and enter the camp on foot, and the entourage could not follow.

Jizhou is almost full of cavalry, there is no language in the camp, only the neighing of horses, and the air is filled with the mixed smell of forage and horse manure.

The Chinese military tent is not large, except for a high flag at the door, the style is almost indistinguishable from other tents.

Before entering the account, Xu Ji was carefully searched, and all the hard objects on his body had to be taken out for display.

There were only two people in the tent, one tall and strong, covered in heavy armor and a long beard hanging down his chest, sitting in a chair behind the bookcase, reading an official document, and the other dressed as a scholar, smiling and nodding to the guest.

No need to ask, these two people are Zhenbei general Wang Tiemei and staff member Sun Yalu.

Xu Ji stepped forward and arched his hand: "In Xia Xu Ji, I have seen General Tiemei and Mr. Sun. ”

"Xu Gongzi doesn't have to be polite." Sun Yalu replied.

Wang Tiemei raised his gaze and stared at the comer, surprised that the other party refused to kneel, and after a while, he sneered: "Sure enough, it is the son of the general, even if he changes his surname, he is still the son of the general." ”

Xu Ji arched his hand again, "I have broken away from the Lou family in Xia, representing the three kings of the Incarnation Army." ”

"Which three kings?" Wang Tiemei asked knowingly.

"King of the Descendant, King of Wu Yue, King of Liang."

Wang Tiemei turned his head to Sun Yalu and said: "Follow me, you can only be a staff member, it is better to go to the descending army, maybe you can also get a king." ”

Sun Yalu said with a smile: "The king of the troubled people, it is better to have a pawn under the command of the general, I would rather stay by the general's side." ”

Wang Tiemei laughed, his beard trembled, and after laughing, he said: "Lou Gongzi, uh, Xu Gongzi, don't care, there are too many princes from all sides recently, not a thousand, but also eight hundred, I am about to be unable to receive here." If I hadn't heard that Xu Gongzi was the son of a general, I might not have been willing to see him today. ”

Xu Ji said: "Although there are many princes in the Quartet, how many of them have reached the Eastern Capital, and they can confront the main force of officers and soldiers?" ”

Wang Tiemei's smile gradually disappeared, his face was naturally stern, and he didn't need to make too many expressions to capture people's souls, "Confrontation? Who confronts whom? ”

"The three kings of the descending army confronted the officers and soldiers in Mengjin, and the king of Liang had already captured the two cities......"

"Does Xu Gongzi know about it, or has he not gotten the news yet?"

Xu Ji was suddenly asked, unable to answer.

Wang Tiemei shook the official document in his hand, and then put it on the table, "The military report just came, the battle of Mengjin has ended, the descending army has been defeated, the whole army has been destroyed, and the three kings have been captured. ”

Xu Ji was shocked in his heart, but his face was already silent, and he arched his hand again, and said with a smile: "Dare to ask the general, where did the military report come from?" ”

"What, you don't believe it?"

"I don't believe it, because I have learned from the past, I don't dare to believe it."

"What lessons from the past?" Wang Tiemei was confused, and he looked at Sun Yalu whenever he had doubts, and this time was no exception.

Sun Yalu nodded and motioned for the general to listen to the guest.

"The commander of the officers and soldiers in the Eastern Capital is Lan Sui, although General Tiemei has been stationed in Jizhou for a long time, he should have heard of General Lan's deeds in Qinzhou, right? He lied about the military situation for more than a year, but unfortunately, he deceived the court, but he couldn't deceive the world, and the rebels from all over the world swarmed up to expose his lies together. Not long after, those who came could learn from it, why did General Tie Mei believe it? ”

Xu Ji guessed correctly, the military report on the table came from the imperial court, Wang Tiemei picked it up and looked at it again, and said in a low voice: "Such a prominent military exploit is indeed not like Lan ......"

Sun Yalu coughed, and Wang Tiemei hurriedly changed his words: "Even if the military report is exaggerated, it should probably not be bad, the battle of Mengjin will inevitably be defeated, and even if the three kings are not captured, life and death are unpredictable." ”

Xu Ji said: "The general is suspended in the north of the Zhanghe River, and the situation in Mengjin is observed in the south, and he only understands one 'approximately', I'm afraid it's not enough, right?" ”

"Haha, lobbyists have hard mouths, and you're even harder than the average person. Rest assured, within two days, the details will come, and we will talk about it then. I persuaded Xu Gongzi, this 'majority' has no effect on me, but it is enough for you, run, run as far as you can, take the treasure given to you by the Descending Army, hide and be a rich man. ”

"My ambition has been set, and I would rather be the soul of the chaotic saber than the rich man who escapes the world."

Wang Tiemei sneered, waved his hand, and showed the end of the meeting.

Sun Yalu sent Xu Ji out of the barracks, and said on the way: "Xu Gongzi is not strange, my general is in charge of the Jizhou army alone, and if he takes a wrong step, he will have to involve 200,000 soldiers, so he is anxious in his heart, and he often does not choose to speak, and he does not intentionally snub the envoy." ”

The strategist's mouth opened his mouth and came, Xu Ji didn't take the "200,000" seriously, and said: "General Tiemei is the uncle of Fang, dominating a state, who in the world does not admire, who does not look forward to it?" Even if you speak more heavily, it should be, not to mention that General Tiemei just told a few words of truth. ”

Sun Yalu sighed, "The king has lost his crown, the minister has lost his king, the whole world is already in name only, the common people are screaming, like a fish thirsty for water, Xu Gongzi is a famous family, when he thinks of sages and sages, and takes it as his responsibility to save the common people, do not enter the door of vertical and horizontal, and learn the technique of repeated swaying of lobbyists." ”

Xu Ji was stunned for a moment, Sun Yalu's words were clichés, but he shouldn't say it, and he shouldn't say it at this time, he seemed to treat the guest as a student waiting for teaching.

"Remember." Xu Ji said perfunctorily.

Sun Yalu didn't take it seriously and continued: "Since Gongzi Xu has come to Yecheng, has he ever visited Mr. Fan? ”

Fan Shu is a famous person in the world, no one knows it, as soon as he says "Mr. Fan", he knows who it is, Xu Ji said: "Is Mr. Fan in Yecheng?" I don't know. ”

"I moved here a year ago, living in the Siguo Valley ten miles away from the east gate of Yecheng, I went to visit a few days ago, the old gentleman was not in good health, but he still remembered the world's major events in his heart, and interrogated me for an hour, and finally the disciple persuaded him hard, and he went back to the room to rest."

said that it was "interrogation", but Sun Yalu had a smug look on his face, obviously proud of being valued by Fan Guan.

"If you have the chance, you will definitely visit it." Xu Ji continued to perfunctory.

When he arrived at the gate of the barracks, Sun Yalu whispered: "I'm afraid that the Descending Army is really not good, and after that, the Jinyang Army will face the officers and soldiers, or fight or retreat, it is not a good strategy, Xu Gongzi has already made plans." ”

"Thank you, it's not enough to worry about victory or defeat for a while." Xu Ji gave his hand and said goodbye, called his entourage to ride back to the city, and walked faster and faster, anxious.

The Descending Army must at least hold Mengjin, otherwise, it will be a complete defeat, Xu Ji couldn't understand, since the Descending Army was allied with the Jinyang Army, why didn't they fight according to Tan's senseless plan?

When I returned to Yecheng, it was only afternoon, and there was no special reaction from the officials and people in the city, while Nanzhongfang was already in chaos, and envoys from all sides were all over the streets, asking for news everywhere, regardless of whether they were friends or foes, familiar or alive.

Xu Ji entered the workshop, Master Huang poked his head out of the door, glanced at him, and immediately retracted it, not as enthusiastic as yesterday.

Xu Ji didn't take a few steps, six or seven people surrounded him, and asked in a scramble: "The Descendant Army has been defeated, have you got the news?" ”

Xu Ji didn't know these people, so he didn't answer, he squeezed over and walked forward, and Wang Dian, who came from Jiangdong, approached and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Xu Gongzi can go back to Wuzhou with me." ”

Xu Ji smiled and thanked him to show his composure.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the residence, an attendant stepped forward and said, "Mr. Guo asked Xu Gongzi to come back and go to his place." ”

Guo Shifeng lived not far from the next door, and Xu Ji went immediately.

The Jinyang people brought by Shen Cong were even more flustered, standing in the courtyard and whispering, Guo Shifeng stood at the door of the main hall, not talking to anyone, and when he saw Xu Ji, he waved to him.

Shen Cong circled back and forth in the hall and muttered: "The big thing is bad, the big thing is bad, I know that the Descendant Army will not be the climate, my father refuses to listen to my advice, and the big thing is bad......"

Seeing Xu Ji, Shen Cong didn't stop, continued to spin in circles, muttered non-stop, and lowered his voice slightly.

Guo Shifeng didn't call Shen Cong, his expression was more serious than usual, and he said directly: "Yu Shizi doesn't live in Nanzhongfang, Zhou Tingshi arranged a place for him to live in the mansion, and Lan Yong just moved over, it seems that things are really not good." ”

"No news?"

"There is a lot of news, all of them are the ......defeat of the World Army in Mengjin," Guo Shifeng pulled Xu Ji aside, "Either do it immediately, or bow down, the seventeenth prince will make a decision immediately." ”

Shen Cong on the side finally stopped, very interested in the word "Guishun".