Of course, as a passive party, Liu Zhang, who is not familiar with military affairs, actually has no good way, so he can only order the soldiers guarding the pass to strictly guard and not get out of danger.

It's just that what Liu Zhang didn't expect was that what he was waiting for was not the horn of war, but the good news of the addition of officials to the knighthood, and there were two teams of envoys from the north, one east and one north, who entered Shu successively and arrived in Chengdu City.

The first team of northern envoys was sent by Cao Cao in the Central Plains, they took advantage of Jingzhou, traced up from the river, all the way through Zigui and Jiangzhou to Chengdu City, although the number of people in this line was small, but they brought an edict from the imperial court, they wanted to form an alliance with Yizhou against Yan Yan in Guanxi, and awarded Liu Zhang, the general of Zhenxi, Yizhou Mu and other honorable titles.

The second team of envoys was sent by Yan Yan in Guanxi. They started from Hanzhong, and the team was quite large, and the momentum was also great. According to their statement, the hussar general Yan Yan was ready to go to the imperial court to award Liu Zhang, Zhenwei, Yizhou Mu and other titles, and the two families of Guanxi and Yizhou would form an alliance in the future, and Guanxi was willing to return the Hanzhong County recovered from the rice thieves.

This suddenly put Liu Zhang in a dilemma, on the one hand, Liu Zhang coveted the two promised celebrities, he had a weak personality, neither martial arts, nor talent, and suddenly inherited the foundation of Yizhou without the appointment of the imperial court, it can be said that the name is not right, in the past, Shen Mi, Gan Ning, Zhao Wei and others raised troops, and most rebelled against themselves for this reason, if they can be appointed by the imperial court or recognized by powerful forces, then their position as the Yizhou pastor is relatively easy to sit on.

But on the other hand, Liu Zhang is worried about the risks hidden behind the high-ranking officials.

If he forms an alliance with Cao Cao, it will anger Yan Yan in Guanxi, and the land of Bashu will probably suffer from the invasion of the Western Liang soldiers.

If it forms an alliance with Yan Yan and the two families form an alliance, Yizhou will temporarily lift the threat, according to the Kansai envoy, Yizhou will even be able to recover Hanzhong County, which has not been able to recover, but it needs to lose the currency and take the low as a small one.

Liu Zhang, who couldn't make up his mind in his heart, was distressed, so he could only gather the ministers of the state capital to discuss, but unfortunately in front of the two missions sent by Yan Yan and Cao Cao, many ministers who were known as resourceful on weekdays did not have a unified opinion, they had their own opinions, some advocated Lian Cao, and some advocated Yan, the scene of gossip made Liu Zhang's head ache, and in the end, he could only look at Zhang Song who was on the side, and asked as if asking for help:

"Don't drive, you have always had a high opinion on weekdays, but now you have an alliance, what do you think?"

With Liu Zhang's inquiry, the next subordinate slowly got up, he was short in stature, mediocre in appearance, and incompatible with other ministers, it was Liu Zhang's newly appointed Zhang Song.

Zhang Song seemed to have expected Liu Zhang to ask for help from him, he looked at Liu Zhang with a hint of pride on his face, and said leisurely:

"Ming Gong, Song thinks that it is still too early to decide which one to form an alliance with."

"Oh, how?"

Liu Zhang was quite confident in Zhang Song, and hurriedly asked.

"Shuzhong information is blocked, only know that Yan Yan of Guanxi has defeated Yuan and Cao's two armies, and the soldiers and horses are the crown of the north, so the minister guessed that the Guanxi envoys wanted to use the land of Hanzhong to force Yizhou to be a minister, and Cao Cao's strength was weaker than Yan Yan, and he needed to form allies and fight against each other, so in the name of the imperial court, he gave him a good name, and wanted to take the opportunity to unite Jingzhou and Yizhou to fight against the Guanxi soldiers and horses."

"Yes, it does."

Liu Zhang nodded, Zhang Song smiled slightly, and continued:

"But for other situations such as Kansai and the Central Plains, Shuzhong doesn't know anything, so we can't guess the other schemes of Yan Yan and Cao Cao, which is also the reason why the princes in the hall are arguing endlessly, but they can't fight for a result."

"What Ziqiao said is very true."

Liu Zhang followed Zhang Song's train of thought and nodded constantly.

"So the minister thinks that it is too early to dispute which one to form an alliance with, so the Ming Duke might as well temporarily agree to the two families, and entertain the envoys of the two families, and then send the envoys to Chang'an, Xiangyang, and Juandu, if Yan Yan really has no intention of attacking Bashu and is willing to return the land of Hanzhong, then it doesn't hurt to form an alliance with it, if Cao Cao and Liu Biao really have the intention to form an alliance to help each other, then the three families will form an alliance against Guanxi, Shuzhong will not have to worry about Yan Yan's schemes, and Ming Gong can also sit back and relax."

"Great goodness!" Liu Zhang listened to Zhang Song's words, thought about it, and suddenly turned his worries into joy, he laughed and praised sincerely:

"Don't drive, it's really my best talent in Shu, haha, I have to don't drive, sit back and relax!"

Liu Zhang saw that Zhang Song had helped him think of a countermeasure in a blink of an eye, and the benefits could be obtained in a short period of time, and the two families could not be offended first, and in the future, they would be able to maintain Yizhou's thoughtfulness for a long time, and he suddenly became happy, and he took the lead in laughing.

It was only after a while that Liu Zhang thought of something again, and he asked again:

"Don't drive, having said that, but the Yan and Cao families are not unscrupulous after all, we act like this, once the plan fails, I am afraid that we will not get anything, and we will annoy the two families at the same time, and when the time comes, Yizhou will be invaded by the Xiliang soldiers and isolated, but how can it be good?"

"Haha," Zhang Song laughed when he heard this, as if he had a bamboo in his chest, and he grinned:

"Duke Ming doesn't need to worry too much, the minister has already thought about this matter, Yan and Cao are fighting, there is an opportunity, as long as the envoys follow Zhang Yi and Su Qin, and do things that are vertical and horizontal, they can ensure that Yizhou is comprehensive!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Song glanced at Liu Zhang, and continued to smile and say:

"Nowadays, Guanxi is strong, Yan Yan is strong, and the envoys from Shu not only have the ability to break the bottle, but also need to have the festival of Su Wu not humiliating, the minister is not talented, and the grace of the Ming Gong is good, and he is willing to do his best to make an envoy to Chang'an, and seek peace for Yizhou, so as to recover a place in Hanzhong."

"Good!" Liu Zhang was overjoyed when he heard this, and he clapped his hands in admiration.

"Don't be talented and eloquent, if you go to Chang'an, you will be able to live up to your mission."

···

Liu Zhang obeyed Zhang Song's words, thinking that with the help of Zhang Song's talent, he could understand a matter of his heart for himself, and he was in a good mood, and after everyone retreated, he was about to convene the singer for a feast, but unexpectedly, Zheng Du went and returned, and he came quietly with a heavy face and asked to see Liu Zhang.

"Ming Gong can know that Yizhou will change hands tomorrow!"

Although Zheng Du is not valued by Liu Zhang on weekdays, as soon as he opened his alarmist words, Liu Zhang was still startled, his face was ugly, and he asked in a low voice:

"Zheng Zhi, what do you mean?"

"Ming Gong, Zhang Song has always been dissolute, despised for the Shu people, although he was promoted by Ming Gong, but he was treacherous and harbored evil intentions, his request to send an envoy this time was not to relieve Yizhou's difficulties, he must have seen that Yan Yan in Guanxi was powerful, and wanted to betray Yizhou——"

"Enough!"

Liu Zhang was furious when he heard that Zheng Du had no evidence and opened his mouth, and slandered Zhang Song who was trustworthy one after another, and pointed at Zheng Du's nose and scolded.

Although he had no intention of interfering in the struggle of his subordinates, he could not bear such slander.

But Zheng Du didn't give up, Liu Zhang didn't want to pay attention to Zheng Du, and wanted to throw off his sleeves and leave after scolding, but Zheng Du grabbed Liu Zhang's sleeve and said excitedly:

"The king is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, the king humiliates the ministers to death, Du can't bear to see the Yizhou foundation being taken away, and the Ming Duke has become a prisoner of the order, even if the Ming Gong wants to be executed today, the degree must also tell the Ming Gong to understand, in the troubled times, the weak eat the strong, and the strength is the strong, how can there be a reason for the strong to return to the county. The return of Guanxi to Hanzhong, this is the plan of the Qin State to imprison King Chu Huai, can't the Ming Duke still understand? Du heard that since the Xiliang soldiers captured Hanzhong, often secretly sent spies to infiltrate Bashu, Zhang Song is afraid that he has already been bought by the golden silk of Guanxi, this time he wants to take the opportunity of the envoy to Chang'an, collude with the alliance, and completely betray Yizhou to Guanxi! ”

"Nonsense, don't be loyal, how can you be a traitor to seek glory, come here, drive this Zheng Du out of the house for me!"

Liu Zhang tried his best to break free from Zheng Du's entanglement, afraid that Zheng Du would pounce again, and hurriedly summoned the armor soldiers outside the hall to drive Zheng Du out, Zheng Du did not give up, and wanted to struggle hard, but he hit the threshold and dropped two front teeth, he was full of blood, and still shouted: "Today Ming Gong does not listen to Du's advice, tomorrow the traitor Zhang Song will welcome the Xiliang soldiers into Shu, the land of Bashu is fated, once lost, please Ming Gong think twice!" ”

"Madness, madness."

Seeing Zheng Du's crazy shouting, Liu Zhang's heart palpitated, but after this change, he no longer had the mood to gather singers to make fun, and sat on the table alone.

Thinking of Zheng Du's repeated strong admonitions, Liu Zhang also had doubts in his heart.

Could it be that Zhang Song is really a traitor seeking glory, and wants to take the opportunity of going to Chang'an to sell Yizhou to Yan Yan in Guanxi?

···

Zhang Song was in a good mood, and the things he planned today were almost successfully completed, he leisurely got off the ox cart and walked towards the house.

Unexpectedly, he ran into his brother Zhang Su head-on.

Zhang Su is also a minister of Liu Zhang's state government, and he has also heard about Zhang Song's request to send an envoy to Chang'an today, and rumors that are unfavorable to Zhang Song have also appeared. He remembered that he had bumped into Zhang Song before and quietly met a few strangers with Kansai accents in the mansion, his face immediately changed greatly, as if he had a premonition of a catastrophe, and hurried to Zhang Song's mansion, wanting to learn some inside information from his younger brother.

As soon as Zhang Song entered the mansion, he ran into his brother, he immediately thought of something, his face changed slightly, and then he returned to normal, and asked with a sneer:

"What happened to my brother?"

The two brothers of the Zhang family did not get along well and had already separated early.

"Brother Zhong, tell me the truth, are you secretly colluding with Kansai and wanting to betray Yizhou?"

Zhang Su blackened his face, pulled Zhang Song down in the corner of the courtyard, and asked in a low voice.

When Zhang Song heard this, a cold light immediately shot out of his eyes, but he soon smiled again:

"It's ridiculous, my brother must have heard some rumors, it's just that some villains can't see their brother's ambitions, and they try their best to slander their brother, if the brother has nothing else, then the little brother has a lot of affairs, so he won't leave the brother."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Song wanted to turn around and leave, but Zhang Su grabbed his sleeve and asked again:

"But that day, I saw you and those two—"

"Shut up!" Zhang Song's face immediately changed, he shook off Zhang Su's hand fiercely, and said viciously:

"Zhang Junjiao, you have no evidence, don't say much, if you meddle more, don't blame me for ignoring brotherhood."

Zhang Song's attitude was tough, Zhang Su opened his mouth, speechless, and didn't dare to stop Zhang Song anymore, so he watched Zhang Song get rid of himself and strode into the inner hall.

After a long time, Zhang Su stomped his feet in annoyance, buried his head in his steps, and left Zhang's mansion without looking back.

In the inner hall.

Zhang Song stood with his hands tied, his back to the door, and he didn't know what he was thinking, a little servant hurried over and whispered:

"My lord, the man is gone."

"Well, let's go down."

Zhang Song knew who the little maid was referring to, he waved his hand, signaled the little maid to stand down, and he was still standing in the hall, and after staying for a long time, he seemed to have figured it out and sneered.

"The lord is wise and careful, and if he is not good, he will pretend to be treacherous and try it, Bashu is fertile and wild, strange goods can live, strange goods can live!"

···

The next day, Zhang Song, who was full of ambition, went to the state capital, but unexpectedly learned that Liu Zhang had temporarily changed his mind last night, planning to change the envoy candidate, and let Fei Boren send an envoy to Chang'an to discuss the alliance between the two families and the return of Hanzhong, while Zhang Song sent an envoy to the Central Plains and Xiangyang to find out the pros and cons of the alliance with Cao Cao and Liu Biao.

The reason for the replacement of the candidate is that Zhang Song is familiar with etiquette and can speak well, and he is the best candidate to meet the Son of Heaven and negotiate between the two families.

But a discerning person can see that Fei Boren's aunt is Liu Zhang's mother, the two are cousins, and their relationship is undoubtedly better than Zhang Song.

Zhang Song was also stunned on the spot when he heard this, he didn't know why Liu Zhang, who had never been assertive, suddenly changed his mind, but soon he reacted, Liu Zhang must be suspicious of himself, so he would replace the messenger, he laughed, and immediately returned to normal, gladly accepted the order, and actively prepared to make Jingzhou.

Sure enough, after Zheng Du's bitter admonition yesterday, Liu Zhang did become suspicious of Zhang Song, and specially sent his henchmen to observe Zhang Song's words and deeds when he accepted the mission.

After getting the report that everything was normal from his henchmen who came back, Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and happily enjoyed the newly choreographed dance music of the singer in Fuzhong.

While humming a little song along with the singer, he secretly thought in his heart: Don't drive is really a loyal and responsible person, after all, Zheng Du is more careful, no matter what, as long as the mission goes well, then Yizhou has the solidity of Mount Tai, and I will sit back and relax!