Huaizhou Sheng family is famous for filial piety, although the family is huge, there are many children and grandchildren, but the father is strict and filial piety, brothers are harmonious, they are humble and courteous to each other, and there are occasional disputes between the clansmen, so they ask the old and virtuous people to rule in the middle, and everyone is ashamed of reporting to the official.

Therefore, when the world was in turmoil, the officials and people of Huaizhou invited the Sheng family to send people to take charge of state affairs, and even the pastoral guard and the assassin Shi also gave way one after another, not daring to compete with the Sheng family.

The Sheng family couldn't refuse, and reluctantly took over the authority, but unlike the heroes elsewhere, the Sheng family was ruled by three people, the same clan but different fathers, and they were ranked by brothers, namely Sheng An of Line 3, Sheng Kuo of Line 8 and Sheng Yin of Line 12.

Soon after Xu Ji entered Huai, he met the Sheng family's army, and coincidentally, Sheng Yin was in the army, and when he heard that the envoy of King Liang was coming, he immediately ordered him to be brought.

The Liang army attacked Runan City, and the Sheng family was not indifferent, and sent a large army to watch from afar, and the camp was closer to Wuzhou.

Sheng Yin is in his thirties, with a long beard hanging down his belly, which is one of the symbols of the Sheng family, and there is even a legend that claims that the Sheng family determines its status by the lushness and length of the beard.

Of course, this is nonsense, Xu Ji will not believe it, he knows that the Sheng family has produced a lot of scholars, but there are not many who are good at commanding soldiers, only one veteran Sheng Xuan is more famous, he has seen it in Jizhou.

When Xu Ji entered the account, Sheng Yin was looking at the name sticker handed in earlier.

"In Xialiang King's envoy Xu Ji, meet General Sheng Twelve." Xu Ji arched his hand.

Sheng Yin put down the name sticker, "Your Excellency, isn't that Xu Ji of the Lou family?" ”

"Exactly."

"Hmm." Sheng Yin nodded and looked at the more than ten generals in the tent, "He's still alive." ”

Xu Ji smiled: "General Sheng Twelve seems to be a little surprised. ”

"It's not an accident, but a sigh, sighing that the avenue collapsed, the loyal ministers and filial sons died and no one cared about the roadside, but the chaotic ministers and thieves can travel the world, and they are courteous everywhere they go."

"In troubled times, there really is no reason to talk about." Xu Ji also sighed.

Sheng Yin laughed, "No matter what, the Sheng family will not treat the envoy badly, Mr. Xu has something to say, although he said it directly, he will go back to King Liang quickly after saying it, and bring my reply: Although Huaizhou is weak, it has 300,000 troops, although the Huai people are stupid, they are not bullied, please King Liang to prepare for battle, and the children of the Sheng family will be there immediately." ”

Xu Ji showed a hint of surprise, "General Sheng Twelve didn't listen to what I had to say first, and then replied to King Liang?" ”

"Mr. Xu can be out of the blue, and the Sheng family follows the path, and the answer will not change with the times."

Xu Ji smiled, looked left and right, and saw that Sheng Yin had no intention of retreating from the generals, and said, "Where is the old general Sheng Xuansheng?" ”

"The old general is not in this army, I am in charge here, Mr. Xu asked him what he did?"

"General Sheng Twelve said that the Sheng family followed the road, I want to ask General Sheng, when he first entered Jizhou, which road did he take?"

Sheng Yin laughed, "Mr. Xu doesn't have to insinuate, whether the Sheng family goes west to Qinzhou or goes north to Jizhou later, they all follow the right path, it is the heroine of Yecheng who is in power, corrupts the cadres, disrupts the government, and the Sheng family has no choice but to take a cheap move." It's a pity that God didn't bless this dynasty, and caught up with He Rong to enter the fortress, and there were people like Mr. Xu who were clever and made a hindrance from it, so that General Sheng returned in vain. ”

"That's what General Sheng said?" Xu Ji showed a hint of surprise again.

"Xu Gongzi should save some effort, don't ask about our Sheng family, just talk about King Liang's intentions."

"King Liang invited the Sheng family to do another 'cheap move'."

Cheng Yin was silent for a while, and suddenly laughed, "King Liang wants to attack Jizhou, he should go north, why did he go south to Runan?" ”

"Runan is the city of Luozhou, and King Liang went there to recruit troops."

"The lord of Baocheng has long been dominated by the Sheng family, and Runan has already belonged to Huaizhou."

Xu Ji said with a smile: "The boundaries of Kyushu are clear, although the imperial court is weak, the emperor is still there, and the Sheng family is taking the city in Yuezhou, which right path is followed?" ”

Sheng Yin said coldly: "King Liang still wants to use the Sheng family again, tell him, don't dream." ”

"It's a pity, it's a match made in heaven, both sides benefit, General Sheng Twelve ......"

"No." Sheng Yin didn't want to talk nonsense anymore.

"It's getting late, can I borrow it here for one night, and I'll be on the road tomorrow morning?"

Sheng Yin snorted, "I'll leave as soon as it's dawn." ”

"Thank you."

Xu Ji lived in an ordinary tent, but fortunately, there were only two people, him and Chang Yan, and it was not crowded.

Regarding the attitude of the Sheng family, Chang Yan was not surprised at all, "The last time the coalition army entered Hebei, this time King Liang disregarded the old friendship and came to attack Runan, if the Sheng family can forgive him, it would be strange." In fact, let me say, Childe came for nothing. finally entered Huaizhou, and the son had a heart, and now only Wuzhou has not been there. ”

"It doesn't hurt to get to know the Sheng family."

"I read the book that a strategist can discuss the situation in the world without leaving home, and he can judge someone's strength or weakness, good or evil based on just one or two deeds, and only the son has to see it with his own eyes."

"There is a way to look at it from a distance, and the deeds of the Sheng family are famous, in fact, it can be judged by this, but after seeing it with my own eyes, it is more down-to-earth. It's a pity that I only saw one, and I don't know what kind of people I am. ”

"Does Childe think the Sheng family has a future?"

"From a distance, the Sheng family not only wants the name of the wayman, but also wants the truth of the hero, and the future is worrying."

"I think King Liang is actually good."

"Haha, are you still worried that I will take refuge in King Ning?"

Chang Yanzhi said: "I really don't want Gongzi to be used by King Ning, but I said that King Liang is good, and I mean it." ”

"What's a good idea?"

"I know that many people often laugh at King Liang's phrase 'Emperor Liang', if in the past, I also thought it was a joke, but now I think it is rare. Why? In the troubled times, some people take advantage of the situation to rise up and claim the king's hegemony, but when they need to take risks, they all retreat and have a plan for self-preservation. Following Gongzi all the way, the only people who dared to face difficulties were Hanzhou Lou Changshi, Jingzhou Chen Aicai, and Liang Wang of the Eastern Capital...... There are only a few kings of Jiangdongning. Speaking from the heart, although Lou Changshi and Gongzi are brothers, they have no brotherly affection, Chen Yicai has no trust in Gongzi, King Ning is brutal and arbitrary, I don't need to say more, only King Liang regards himself as an emperor, has lofty ambitions, and can use Gongzi's strategy. ”

"I'm about to be moved by what you said." Xu Ji said with a smile.

"But Childe still has other plans."

"I don't have any plans, I just haven't made up my mind yet."

Chang Yanzhi sighed, and was about to say more, when someone outside: "Junior of the Sheng family, I want to see Mr. Xu." ”

Chang Yanzhi lifted the curtain and welcomed in a young man.

The young man's beard just covered his throat, he had a pair of extremely bright eyes, and he was amiable, and after entering the tent, he arched his hand and said, "In Xia Shengjiao, meet Mr. Xu." ”

Xu Ji remembered that this person was one of the generals around Sheng Yin, and said politely: "General Hao, please take a seat." ”

Sheng Hao sat on the bunk opposite, poured tea in Changyan, and saw that this person was carrying a knife, so he decided to stay at the door and did not leave.

Sheng Hao didn't mean to talk alone, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu may not remember, we used to be classmates in the Temptation Academy." ”

Xu Ji said unexpectedly: "Forgive me for being clumsy, I really can't think of it." ”

"Don't blame Mr. Xu, that was five years ago, I only stayed in the Temptation Hall for less than a month, and then I went home for the funeral, and after the three-year period, the Temptation Hall is no longer there."

Even if there is no chaos in the world, the Temptation Hall will be canceled by the imperial court, Xu Ji asked: "Since I am a classmate, General Hao seems to be old, I don't dare to be called 'Mr.'." ”

"Mr. Xu doesn't have to be humble, although I left the Temptation Academy, I often have correspondence with the teachers and scholars in the museum, especially the scholars, in which he praised Mr. Xu's talent."

"Does General Koo know the whereabouts of the pedant?"

"I haven't been in touch for a long time, and I've always had a guess, thinking that Wenren and pedants knew that the troubled times were coming, so they found a place to take refuge in advance."

"It's possible." Xu Ji said with a smile.

The two talked about the past in the museum, although Sheng Hao had only been in the museum for a month, he was very familiar with the students in the museum, and when it came to some names, he didn't even know Xu Ji.

"Brother Linglou Zhongjun is now in Guangling City, I have to go back in a few days, does Mr. Xu want to bring a word?"

Xu Ji shook his head, "It's enough to know where Lou Zhongjun is." ”

The two chatted for a long time, and Sheng Hao finally got down to business, "I can't hide it, I heard King Liang's suggestion in the account, and I was quite interested, and it was difficult to speak at that time, so I specially asked to see Mr. Xu, and I would like to hear about it." ”

"General Sheng Twelve has made up his mind, and General Hao ...... Can you move him? ”

"The three masters of the Sheng family, the twelve generals don't make sense here, and there are two others."

Xu Ji thought for a while and said: "King Liang's attack on Ji this time is different from the last time, the time, place, and people have all been taken into account, and the plan is thorough, and there is a ninety percent chance of winning, but without the help of the Sheng family, it will be difficult to succeed." ”

Xu Ji roughly said Ma Wei's plan, especially how to defend against the counterattack of He Rong's army after the success, but omitted a part of King Ning, "King Liang has few soldiers, if he gets the help of the Sheng family, he can take it together, and after the fact, Luozhou will be returned to the Sheng family, and the king of Liang will be based on Hebei in the north, and then unite with the heroes in the south of the Yangtze River, and the He Rong people will be attacked on several sides and will inevitably flee." ”

Sheng Hao nodded as he listened, "The plan is indeed thorough, but what our Sheng family is most worried about is not He Rongren, but Ning Baoguan in the south." It was also the carelessness of the Sheng family for a while, returning to the mountain and letting Ning Huguan sit in Jiangdong. At the beginning, the king of Guangling recruited troops and horses in Wuzhou, and as soon as he died, the soldiers and horses were divided into various counties and counties, and they were all enveloped by Ning Changguan. Ning Baoguan peeped into Huaizhou from time to time, and the Sheng family had the heart to go north, and it was difficult to solve the worries of the abdomen. ”

Xu Ji was silent.

Sheng Hao smiled: "Is there anything else Mr. Xu can't say?" ”

"There is indeed one thing, I should have waited for the Sheng family to agree with King Liang's plan a little, but now ...... A bit early. ”

"Mr. Xu is so careful, he has to convince the person in charge of the Sheng family, but he is unwilling to make it clear, but it is a little difficult."

Xu Ji thought for a while, "King Ning's attack on Huai is a suspicious soldier, but he actually intends to Jingzhou, and he wants to protect himself by relying on Jiang." ”

Sheng Hao let out a long sigh, "In this way, even Liang Jun is a suspicious soldier?" ”

Xu Ji smiled and nodded, "So the Sheng family has no worries, and they can go north with King Liang to attack Ji." ”

Sheng Hao got up and arched his hand: "I already understand, looking at this situation, it is indeed a good plan to join forces to enter Hebei, I will try my best to persuade the principal, ask Mr. Xu to go back and tell King Liang, let him prepare for going north first, and the Sheng family will later." ”

Xu Ji sent Sheng Hao outside the tent, and when he came back, he laughed a few times, but Chang Yanzhi was extremely confused, "What Gongzi just said is all the truth?" ”

"Word for word."

"But...... Going to the bottom so quickly, I'm afraid the Sheng family won't believe it, right? ”

"I'm here to get rid of King Liang's troubles, not to make the Sheng family believe me."