Looking at the tall and powerful and neat back of the Ming Wu Army sergeant, Liu Kongzhao couldn't help but admire in his heart: "Although Ji Qingwen, this kid is not likable, he does have a set of leading troops, no wonder he has failed to fall behind in several one-on-one confrontations with the White Lotus Sect bandits......

At this moment, he saw that Ji Qingwen had already walked out of the Wenzhou Mansion, followed by Li Yan, Li Yuanyin, Huang Degong, Yang Zhan and others, and did not bring other entourages.

I saw him slowly walk up to Liu Kongzhao, arch his hand, and said, "Lord Liu, I have lost my welcome and offended a lot." ”

Liu Kongzhao was in a good mood, so he also bowed his hand and said, "How dare you, how dare you." How about we have something to say in there? ”

There was nothing wrong with this request, Ji Qingwen agreed without thinking about it, and introduced Liu Kongzhao to the Yamen of the Wenzhou Prefect.

As soon as Liu Kongzhao entered the yamen, he saw that the soldiers of the Ming Wu army were cleaning in the courtyard, and they had cleaned the originally messy prefect's yamen quite neatly and neatly, so he praised: "Lord Ji really led the army well, and this time he broke the White Lotus Sect, which can be said to be a great achievement." Come, I have a few words to talk to you alone, so let's go to the main hall of the yamen and talk about it. ”

Ji Qingwen stopped and said, "That's not good. Lord Liu, when the White Lotus Sect Xu Hongru was raging before, he changed this prefect's yamen into his 'palace', and the yamen hall also took his 'palace', and even Xu Hongru himself died in this hall. It was therefore a vital place, and I had ordered it to be sealed so that no one, including myself, could enter. This hall will be torn down or burned, and it will be until the will of God. ”

This is Li Yan's proposal to Ji Qingwen, which is naturally reasonable and unreasonable, and people can't refuse.

Even Liu Kongzhao felt that such a suggestion was extremely appropriate, so he nodded and said, "Okay, Master Ji's method is very good." How, then, might we choose another secluded place to discuss things? ”

Ji Qingwen said: "Why do you want to do this? I think it's very confidential here, if Lord Liu has anything to say, just say it here. ”

"Whoa!" Liu Kongzhao smiled, "Lord Ji is wrong. You see that there are many people here, and there are not eight hundred but one thousand people around, and I don't know where it is secluded? I'm afraid that if the military affairs leak out, it will be bad. ”

Ji Qingwen looked at Liu Kongzhao's mysterious and mysterious demeanor, and couldn't help but be a little suspicious in his heart, thinking: Is this Liu Kongzhao going to tell me about Yuan Chonghuan?

This is indeed a militaristic matter, and it must not be leaked to anyone.

So Ji Qingwen rarely agreed with Liu Kongzhao's opinion, so he led him to the firewood room that was originally the yamen of the Wenzhou prefect, and ordered the soldiers of the Ming Wu Army who were close to him to guard outside the door, so he called Li Yan and entered the firewood room with Liu Kongzhao.

Ji Qingwen walked behind Liu Kongzhao and personally closed the door of the firewood room, and then said: "Lord Liu, you have something important and confidential, you can talk to me now." ”

Liu Kongzhao took a breath lightly, seemed a little embarrassed, pondered for a moment, and said, "Lord Ji...... It is...... This one...... That ......"

Li Yan held a dim oil lamp, slowly approached, and said with a smile: "Lord Liu is clever and kind to say, I remember that day when I was discussing the counterinsurgency strategy in the big tent of Xingyuan, Lord Liu was like a river, and we Lord Ji were speechless, why did he stutter until now?" ”

At that time, Ji Qingwen advocated driving the White Lotus Sect to the vicinity of Wenzhou City and then hunting them out, but Liu Kongzhao was opposed and almost broke up unhappily. In the end, Ji Qingwen was forced to use the "Sword of the Son of Heaven" given by Emperor Chongzhen to reluctantly subdue Liu Kongzhao's opinion, which achieved a complete victory in gathering the enemy to annihilate him today and not letting half of the White Lotus Sect bandits escape.

In this way, Li Yan brought up the old matter again, which made the original opponent - that is, Liu Kongzhao - extremely embarrassed, making his face flushed as a fairly white scholar, and he said for a long time: "Don't dare, don't dare." Fortunately, Lord Ji insisted on his own opinion that day, otherwise how could there be such a complete victory today? ”

It is certainly comfortable to be slapped on the back, but Ji Qingwen still has something in his heart, and he doesn't have time to listen to Liu Kongzhao's nonsense here, so he humbly said after a few words: "Lord Liu, you invited me to this place, not to say a few words of compliment, right?" If there's anything important, just tell it. ”

Even if he left the post of counterinsurgency chief, Liu Kongzhao is also a sincere man, and Liu Bowen's descendants were urged by Ji Qingwen like this, and anger suddenly ignited in his heart.

But people are under the low eaves and have to bow their heads, Liu Kongzhao has a request for others, so he can only correct his mentality, and continues: "That's, that's." Lord Ji, I remember that when I was discussing the general attack on Wenzhou yesterday, Lord Ji promised me that he would give me the first credit for counterinsurgency, I don't know if you still remember? ”

When Ji Qingwen heard this, he almost collapsed.

He thought that Liu Kongzhao was so mysterious, and he had to discuss with him about major matters related to the overall situation of the imperial court, the rise and fall of the nation, and the peace of the world, but he was just asking himself for merit......

This made Ji Qingwen suddenly angry, and his tone became extremely cold, and he asked rhetorically: "Remember, of course I remember." At that time, it was discussed, and the Wenzhou city wall was opened by me with artillery, so that Liu Jueye could send troops to take the lead in attacking. I have fulfilled all the above promises, but it is a pity that the soldiers and horses under the lord are not strong and have not been able to break through the defenses of the White Lotus Sect. You can't blame me for this, can you? ”

"Of course, of course." Liu Kongzhao's hot face was almost attached to Ji Qingwen's cold buttocks, "That's why I came to discuss this matter with Lord Ji." Lord Ji deployed well, broke the city, and killed Xu Hongru, the culprit, and almost all the work of quelling the rebellion was on Lord Ji alone. But Lord Ji is humble and never cares about these false names......"

Liu Kongzhao paused, secretly measured the thickness of his face in his heart, and then continued: "So...... This one...... That one...... Can you please Hime-sama...... Handful...... Give me Xu Hongru's corpse ......"

In the end, even Liu Kongzhao himself was embarrassed, and his voice became softer and softer, so light that even he himself couldn't hear it clearly.

Ji Qingwen understood his words, and thought: This credit is earned by Lao Tzu in a dignified manner, if you don't steal or rob, why should you give it to you?

He was about to refuse in person, but he heard Li Yan whisper three words in his ear: "Yuan Chonghuan." ”

These three words are as light as the "buzzing" of mosquitoes, but they are so loud that they are deafening, which makes Ji Qingwen wake up all of a sudden, and realize that he is now in the last years of the Ming Dynasty when the undercurrent is surging, and there is Emperor Chongzhen, who is extremely difficult to serve, and it is better to be a little low-key when he speaks and acts.

So Ji Qingwen hurriedly changed his tone and said: "What else should I do, it turns out that it's just such a trivial matter as asking for credit!" didn't say it, Lord Liu is the hand-picked general point of counterinsurgency, and the biggest credit is naturally yours. Xu Hongru's shriveled corpse is useless to keep with me, if Lord Liu wants it, just take it. ”

Liu Kongzhao didn't expect Ji Qingwen to agree so simply, he was really surprised and delighted, so much so that he couldn't believe his ears, and asked confirmatively: "Lord Ji, what you said is true?" Don't lie to me! ”

Ji Qingwen said with a smile: "Lord Liu, I have always been unreliable in my words, and I don't know how many things I have done to break my word and gain weight." But what Fang Cai said was indeed true, although Lord Liu was relieved. When the lord goes out later, he can immediately send someone to take down Xu Hongru's body. ”

Liu Kongzhao was overjoyed and said, "Then thank you Lord Ji...... Oh no...... It's Lord Ji. I heard that the emperor's will to knight Ji has been prepared, and now it is completed, and the matter of knighthood is expected. When the time comes, you and I will be nobles of the court, maybe we can be called brothers! You say, don't you? Brother Ji? ”

People will get carried away as soon as they are proud, and Liu Kongzhao, the incomparably noble earl, is no exception, and when he was sure that Ji Qingwen had given himself the first credit for counterinsurgency, he was so happy that he almost danced.

But I heard Ji Qingwen say coldly: "Lord Liu, don't be busy yet." I have a few more things to tell, you can hear me. ”