Zhang Bin came suddenly, and after Pei should let him enter the gate, he still insisted on setting up a seat in the courtyard as if it was the first time, and ordered the old army to serve wine and food. Zhang Bin picked up the bowl, saluted Pei Gai first, then took a sip and put it down: "The day before yesterday, Kong Chang sent someone to deliver a letter, but unfortunately Brother Ling was not in Pengguan......"

Pei Gai nodded: "I know." "It is said that Kong Chang first interrogated a few prisoners, and then wrote a letter to shoot into Pengguan, and asked Chen Wu directly, and the answer was - who? Zhongshu Huangmen Shilang Pei Jun? I saw it, but he couldn't get help, so he had already returned to Luoyang. When the news was reported to Mengcheng, Pei Gai was extremely sad - since he returned to Luoyang, it was estimated that Pei Song would not survive.

Zhang Bin comforted him a few words, saying that it was estimated that there would be a month or two between Pei Song's return to Luoyang and Liu Yao's encirclement of Luoyang by Liu Yao and other troops, and many officials and civilians fled from Luoyang City in advance - for example, Sima Duan who ran to Gou Xi. So-"Brother Ling may still be alive, the son of Julu Chenggong, who can bear to harm him?" I don't know if I'm sure, Pei Lang doesn't have to be too sad. ”

Pei Caixin said, "Who can endure the harm"? Wasn't I almost slaughtered by Shile? Moreover, it is still Liu Yao, who is many times more brutal than Shi Le, and Wang Mi......

Zhang Bin comforted him a few words, and then twisted his beard and asked, "Pei Lang's seven tricks are exquisite, do you know what I'm here for?" ”

Pei Cai said I don't know-"I was about to ask for advice, Zhang Jun is not in charge of the overall situation in the government office, why did he come to the cold house?" ”

Zhang Bin smiled: "The son has fallen, and the game is on its own, so why do you need me to preside over it-I am here to play chess with Pei Lang." But he didn't order the old soldier to show the chessboard and chess pieces he was carrying, but suddenly he reached out and took out something from his sleeve and threw it in front of Pei Gai: "Pei Lang, do you recognize this thing?" ”

Pei Cai looked down, this thing was only half the size of a palm, black, like garbage picked up from some ruin—what was this? Reach out and pick it up, touch the texture, well, it is indeed a burned piece of wood, and then turn it over and take a closer look, it seems that there are some black traces, which can be spelled into a "non" word......

Hey, isn't this the imprint I wrote to Wang Zan that day, and I temporarily picked up a stone seal to engrave it? That's not "non", that's half a "Pei" word!

Pei Gai was surprised in his heart, but he tried his best to keep his calm expression unchanged, his fingers trembled slightly, and then he stabilized, and threw the fragment of the wooden slip back on the seat - "From my hand, I naturally know." ”

Raising his head to look at Zhang Bin's expression, the other party seemed to have a faint look of pride. Pei Gai couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly: "Sure enough, 'the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind' - but I don't know whose hand the projectile is doing?" ”

The smug look in Zhang Bin's eyes gradually faded, and his expression became serious: "Projectiles are naturally in the hands of Ming Gong." People are cunning and secretive, but with Zhang as the support, Ming Gong can see it. Pei Lang, Qing is not worth Wang Zhengchang's actions, so why do you need to tell it secretly? ”

Pei Cai lowered his head and thought about it, thinking that some things might as well be honest, as long as he can conceal the core secrets, it will be easier to win the trust of others-especially for a smart person like Zhang Bin, it is useless to make up nonsense-"I should be kind to him, and I can't bear to see him being deceived by villains." If you are a general, you will not tell it secretly. ”

Zhang Bin looked directly into his eyes: "Does Pei Lang know that once this seal is made, Qu Mofeng will be in great trouble?!" ”

"He has treated me with a disgraceful look," Pei Gai said with a faint sneer on his lips, "why should I care about his life? "I just plan to take revenge on Qu Bin, and I want to get rid of Qu Bin with the hands of Wang Zan and Gou Xi, so what?

Zhang Bin sighed softly, and said in his heart: Little guy, I still think you are a righteous gentleman, and you will repay you so much...... You are not Zhuge Kongming, you are Fa Xiaozhi! Well, that's fine.

He immediately questioned Pei Gai: "I regard Pei Lang as my close friend, and since I know about this, why don't you tell me the truth?" ”

Pei Cai couldn't help frowning slightly: "I thought Zhang Jun already knew...... Could it be that Qu Bin was not sent by Zhang Jun? ”

Zhang Binshi pressed his two fingers on the mat, right next to the fragment of the wooden stump, as if he unconsciously knocked lightly twice, and then said with relief: "It doesn't matter. ”

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Jiwu is about more than 100 miles away in the southwest of Mengcheng, it is said that its city was built in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Eastern Han Dynasty was the first county, belonged to Chenliu County, and the province entered Ningling County in the early Jin Dynasty, so it is the same as Ningping City, it is just a market town-style abandoned city. On that day, Shile led his army to set out at Yuzhong (about nine o'clock in the later world), arrived at dusk, and then stayed overnight to wait for the arrival of Wang Mi the next morning.

Soon after Shi Le left, Qu Bin, who had been under the pretext that his injuries had not healed, quietly sneaked out of the house, took two healthy servants, and went straight to the agreed place. The head is back to be a thief, his head is also probed, his waist is also bowed, his eyes are turning left and right, his hands don't know where to put it, and his posture is inevitably a little sneaky.

Crossing two streets to a seemingly deserted earthen house, Qu Bin's servant gently knocked on the wooden door. Immediately, I heard a deep voice in the room: "But Mr. Qu?" ”

"The last official Qu Bin."

The door opened a crack, and Qu Bin ordered two healthy servants to wait outside the house, watching the wind, and he squeezed in sideways. I saw that the light in the room was extremely dim, and more than a dozen men could be faintly seen squatting along the wall, their right hands pressed on their left waists, as if holding sharp blades. Qu Bin turned his head to look at the person who opened the door, the man was burly, his face was full of beard, but he stood upright, and made a gesture to him: "If it is done today, my brother will not forget Mr. Qu's kindness." ”

Qu Bin felt that his legs were a little trembling, but he still calmed down, hurriedly returned the salute, and then lowered his voice and asked, "General Gou, the specific plan, has Brother Zun explained it to the general?" ”

The man surnamed Gou replied, "Understood." We should follow Mr. Qu, bypass the inspection, and go to burn the government office. As long as the fire starts, Shi Le and the others see it from afar, they will inevitably return in panic, and the brother and the prince will be able to wait for the opportunity to escape. As for us, we should also escort Mr. Qu to the agreed place outside the city to meet and get out of this cage together. ”

Qu Bin nodded and said Okay, let's go. As soon as he turned around, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart, and he didn't understand what was going on, so he heard the whisper of a person surnamed Gou ringing in his ears: "Mr. Haojiaoqu learned that we will not follow you into a trap, and my brother and prince will not wait for an opportunity to escape on the way...... When I see Wang Mi, it will be the time for my brother to get rid of his shackles and return to the heavens! ”

Qu Mofeng felt that his eyes were dark, and he couldn't hear the last sentence-

"My brother is the most unbearable in his life, so I will take your life first, and then rob that Pei!"

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Zhang Bin not only brought wine and food, but even asked the old army to carry a chessboard and two bags of chess pieces, saying that he wanted to talk to Pei Caishou about a game. Pei should be indispensable, anyway, he has to wait for the big thing to happen, and he can't talk to Zhang Bin all the time, for fear that if he talks too much, he will lose, and playing chess is a good way to kill time.

He had learned Go in his previous life, and he had also dabbled in it in this life, but unfortunately his level was not high. And the experience of the previous life cannot be accumulated in this life - not to mention the setting of the "seat", the Go board of this year turned out to be seventeen vertical and horizontal, a full seventy-two points less than the later life! What the hell is going to do here?!

That's why after more than a dozen rounds, Pei Gai was completely crushed by Zhang Bin. Zhang Bin saw him staring at the chessboard, twisting the short velvet beard on his chin, and thinking about it, he couldn't help but smile with the chess pieces: "Pei Lang, if the chess game is like a marching formation, and there is no way to play, how can you assist Ming Gong to determine the world?" Ma Jichang (Ma Rong)'s "Go Fu", do you still remember? ”

Pei Gai in this life has nothing else to do, but he has read a lot of articles, and most of them still have memories, so he didn't raise his head at the moment, and recited casually: "A little look at Go, the law is in the use of soldiers." The three-foot situation is a battle field. Chen Jushi was a soldier, and the two enemies were equal. The clumsy are useless, and the weak die first. Self-neutralization, please say its side. First according to the four roads, the corners are next to the side. The edges are covered and often look at each other. Leaving the horse's head, he walked ...... geese again and again, "I memorized all the more than 300 words in one go, and then fell heavily - "The enemy is decisive in victory, and Zhang Jun has planned for the lord, and Pei is just a scholar......

Zhang Bin responded casually and interrupted Pei Gai's words with a smile: "General Xiaozhi doesn't look at it like this." He said that Zhuge Kongming was only skilled in civil affairs, but he didn't want him to be able to destroy Cao Wei's pawn in Longshang, but he also had the great talent of generals - and Pei Lang was the leader of Wolong. ”

Pei Gai still didn't look up: "Ma Fuzi (Zhao Kuo) said that the military affairs, his father can't be difficult, but it is not good, once he personally commands the army, Zhao Shi will be overturned-does Zhang Jun think so?" ”

"Pei Lang, you don't have to be too modest," Zhang Bin pointed to the chess game, "The way to use soldiers is nothing more than the four words 'knowing oneself and knowing the other', and the same is true of Yidao." Pei Lang didn't know how I fought with the laity in the countryside, and he was opposed by a dignified and upright soldier, so he was naturally overstretched. ”

Pei Caixin said that how can I be "upright"? I have returned all the formulas in the future to the teacher, so I can't think too far at all, and I am forced to follow your footsteps...... He complained in his heart, and accidentally made a wrong move, he couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, and simply didn't think about the chess game too much, but raised his head and asked Zhang Bin: "After today, can Qu Mofeng live?" ”

Zhang Bin fell a son and blocked Pei Gai's small piece of chess. He replied with a smile while mentioning it: "The abandoned son should have been lifted, so why ask?" ”

"Actually," Pei Gai frowned slightly, "since he has lived to this day, he doesn't have to die, so why bother to draw snakes...... And since he is dead, what should Xu Jiwu do? ”

Zhang Bin stretched out his hand and pointed to a few chess pieces connected in a straight line on the corner of the chessboard: "Qu and Xu, cicada ears; Gou and Wang are praying mantises; If the praying mantis doesn't focus on the cicada, how can the yellow finch bite it? I'm afraid that the praying mantis will fly away first. Now that the cicada has been eaten, Xu Jiwu has no choice but to reluctantly do it......"

Pei said: "The so-called 'riding a tiger is difficult'. ”

Zhang Bin glanced at Pei Gai: "Pei Lang always has a witty word." As he spoke, he fell.

In fact, Zhang Bin's chess strength is not very high, Pei should tempt him to talk and be distracted, and he actually grabbed a small mistake of the other party, and immediately mentioned the three sons, and said with a smile: "Zhang Jun's chess, interlocking, if I make a mistake, I will lose all the way...... However, if the plan is too deep and the situation is more dense, the omission may become more obvious. Don't you hear that the great ingenuity does not work, and the clothes are seamless? "I've already guessed your general plan, but I'm still confused about how it will be implemented, and the deeper I think about it, the more my brain hurts. Is it necessary to make it so complicated? The more complicated the plan, the more likely it is to produce uncertainties between the links, and then become fatal omissions - and the extremely weak organization and execution in these years to do things.

Zhang Bin frowned, staring at the chessboard, holding a chess piece in his hand, but he refused to fall for a long time. Pei Cai waited for a long time, and was about to be urged, when he suddenly saw Zhang Bin throwing the chess pieces in his hand at will, finally raised his head, and sighed: "Pei Lang is right, I am too big." ”

Pei Gai didn't understand what Zhang Bin meant, whether he suddenly thought of any loopholes in the plan, he just instinctively teased: "The so-called 'good riders fall, good swimmers drown, good drinkers get drunk, and good fighters die', wisdom should not be too cowardly, too much, but it will be a disaster." ”

Zhang Bin was stunned for a moment when he heard this-this kid is really a good export, where did all these words come from? Is it an improvised fabrication, or is it really something? Forget it, now is not the time to think about these issues - immediately picked up the saber that was taken off his lap, stood up, and bowed his hand: "Bin is leaving." ”

Before the words fell, I suddenly heard a chaotic but clearly deliberately suppressed footsteps outside the door, followed by a few muffled snorts. Pei Gai also hurriedly stood up, turned his head and looked in the direction of the gate - only to hear a "bang", the door latch was kicked and broken!

Zhang Bin couldn't help but take a step back and sighed: "It's already late." ”

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The Mengcheng Government Office is about a mile away from Pei Gai's residence, and at this moment, Xu Guang and Xu Jiwu are carrying their hands behind their backs, circling around several cases repeatedly. From time to time, he raised his head to look at one of his cronies standing by the door, but whenever that crony met his gaze, he always frowned and shook his head.

Xu Guang looked at the sky outside the window, and couldn't help but hate and said, "Where did this ink seal go?!" ”

As he spoke, he once again habitually looked at the cronie, only to see that the cronie turned his face outwards and seemed to say something. Xu Guang was overjoyed, and ran closer in a few steps: "Is the fish finally gone?" The cronie turned around, but his face was full of surprise: "No, no retribution, but...... But the fire has been kindled......"

Xu Guang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly looked out. Originally, there was a lot of firewood and grass in the courtyard of the government office, but now I don't know who ignited it, the fire suddenly started, and the smoke began to roll, even if it was more than ten steps away, you could feel the heat wave coming to your face. Xu Guang didn't even have time to put on his shoes, so he ran to the courtyard barefoot, waved his hands and shouted, "Who asked you to light the fire?" The thief has not yet arrived ......"

I heard a low and slightly jerky voice from the side: "Mr. Xu, Qing's bait has been swallowed a long time ago, if you don't lift the hook again, I'm afraid you will get nothing." ”

Xu Guang heard this voice familiar, and hurriedly turned his face to take a look, and sure enough, it was the Hun general Xuan An under Shi Le's command. He immediately asked in surprise, "Why did General Yu come here?" That...... Where is the Qu Mo Seal? The corners of Xuan'an's mouth twitched, revealing a faint sneer: "I'm afraid the corpses are already cold." Then he took out a bamboo slip from his arms: "The Ming public has an order, so that I am fully responsible for the aftermath." ”

"Why don't you ...... Ming, Ming Gong" Xu Guang muttered a few sentences, finally calmed down, couldn't help but smile bitterly, and asked Xuan An: "It turns out that there is a plan in the plan, and there is a well in the well, and Xu is also in it without knowing it-please, is this Zhang Mengsun's plan?" ”

Xuan An nodded expressionlessly. Xu Guang asked again: "I don't know where Meng Sun is?" Why not take charge of the big picture? ”

Xuan An smiled: "With me here, Mr. Zhang went to Pei Lang to play chess." ”

Before the words fell, I suddenly saw a small soldier running over from outside the courtyard in a hurry, and said something in Xuan An's ear, and Xuan An's face changed on the spot: "What, those thieves are trying to rob Pei Lang in vain?!" ”

When Xu Guang heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, and laughed: "Praying mantis catching cicadas, praying mantis catching cicadas - unknown Zhang Mengsun and Pei Wenyue, after a game, how many remnants can be left?" ”