After Li Mao conducted a comprehensive analysis of the information collected from different channels, he determined that Li Chun had made up his mind to take advantage of the chaos in Hengzhou to solve the Chengde problem.

The situation in Hengzhou is critical, once the imperial court intervenes, how will he deal with himself.

"Once Hengzhou can't bear it, the imperial court will lay a stake in Hebei, Zhang Maozhao of Yiwu, and Cheng Zhiyi of Henghai are afraid that they will not be able to carry it for long, which is like dominoes, falling the first, second, and third, it will cause a chain reaction, and finally the situation will be out of control. But if I openly interfere in the affairs of Hengzhou, I will put myself on the opposite side of the imperial court, and the pressure of the whole Hebei will be on my shoulders, and I can't carry it, and I have no intention of helping anyone to carry it. ”

Li Mao sighed after speaking, and wanted to take a sip of tea, but found that the tea bowl was empty.

"Mr. Chang cares what they think"

"They advocated leaking the news to Chengde, so that they could be prepared, and force the imperial court to retreat."

"Retreat in the face of difficulties"

Tian Qi rushed the boiled boiling water into the teapot, Li Mao drank tea in a very special way, he was not used to drinking the tea bricks made well, but drank those roasted tea leaves, grabbed a handful of tea leaves and put them in the pot with boiling water, soaked and drunk, the taste was bitter, although it can wake up the brain, but it is difficult to enter, this method of drinking tea is no different from cow drink in Tian Qi's view, although she does not like knitting female red, but she has a unique opinion on drinking wine and tasting tea.

Li Mao is a very stubborn person in terms of living habits, but when she gets to her land, she can only sit and wait slowly according to her rules, and she is also a very stubborn person in life.

"It is impossible to retreat in the face of difficulties, Huaixi's troops are much stronger than the current Chengde, and the imperial court also said that it would fight, and it won the war, and now the victorious army, how can you care about the strength of Hengzhou, not to mention that there is Wang Tingcuo, Chang'an only needs an edict to make Chengde himself infighting, believe it or not"

Li Mao believes that Wang Tingcuo wants to enter Hengzhou, divide Hebei, and establish himself as the king, so he even gave up the two states of Yingmo and Mozhou, but at this time there is a situation that cannot be improved, how can he be willing to be willing at this moment As long as the court appoints him as the envoy of the Chengde Festival, he will not hesitate to kill Wang Yu and clean the Wang family.

Li Mao thought for a while: "Otherwise, if I return the two states of Yingmo to him, what reason can I find." ”

Tian Qian shook his head gently, poured tea for Li Mao, and said: "As long as you do it in Chengde, the imperial court has a lot of good cards, but you don't have anything." ”

Li Mao said: "What do you mean?"

Tian Qian said: "If there is no section on Wang Chengyuan's violent death and civil strife in Hengzhou, after Huaixi is pacified, who should be the next target of the imperial court?"

Li Mao's mind suddenly lit up, and he said in surprise: "You mean that the water will lead to the south."

Tian Qian picked up the tea bowl and smiled reservedly: "I didn't say anything." Drink tea. ”

There was a big event in his heart, Li Mao was in a good mood, but he asked Tian Qian: "It's not early, is it convenient to stay tonight?"

Tian Qian said: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, you promised to go to the orchid hall tonight to enjoy the flowers." ”

Li Mao had no choice but to get up and say goodbye.

Lan'er's maid Hanxiang had been ordered to wait at the door, and when she saw Li Mao and Tian Ling coming out, she panicked and hid behind the flowers and trees on the side of the road.

Hanxiang saw that the direction of Li Mao was the Orchid Hall, so he took a shortcut and rushed back to report the news, Lan'er said angrily: "I asked you to do something, why are you so unconcerned, he can't come halfway." I'll ask you. ”

Hanxiang said with a smile: "Will come, will come, I think he is very thoughtful to the Tian family's lady, which is like a husband and wife, it is clearly a guest." It's not like a family. ”

Lan'er said sourly: "She is a famous lady and a lady of the title, so the man naturally has to treat her with respect, which is like us people, who come from a humble background and call back and forth." ”

said so, but I was very happy in my heart, since Tian Qian entered, Li Mao has not reduced his love for her, Tian Ling is shrewd and strong, and he attaches great importance to power, but there is one benefit, he loves his sisters and does not compete for favor in the back house.

Li Mao goes to her to discuss things, occasionally leave tea and dinner, but easily do not stay there, according to the man's romantic nature, it is naturally impossible to forgive the fat in the mouth, it seems that Tian Qian himself rejected him, this person has lofty ambitions, knows how to advance and retreat, and knows how to be a man, Lan'er can't help but like her a little.

After waiting for a cup of tea and not seeing Li Mao enter the door, Lan'er panicked, complaining about Hanxiang on the one hand, and busy looking for Li Mao, Hanxiang was also red-eyed, and hurriedly volunteered to invite Li Mao, and said fiercely that if he didn't come, he would tie it with a rope and tie it over.

Li Mao came out of Guiyuan to go to the orchid hall, but a strange idea suddenly appeared on the road, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible, so he turned around and went to the study, found Qin Fengmian and Zeng Zhen, asked some things in detail, asked the two of them to retreat outside the door, and found Chang Mucang, closed the door and discussed.

After Qin Fengmian left, Li Mao left Zeng Zhen alone, dictated a letter for her to record, and instructed it to be sorted out and sent to Chang'an, so that Qin Mo could follow it. Because it was confidential and very urgent, Zeng Zhen sorted out and transcribed it on the spot.

Li Mao also sat and didn't move, when he was bored, he looked at Zeng Zhen, and he was shocked to see it, Zeng Zhen's beauty is peerless, and the beauty is unbearable.

Li Mao hurriedly moved his eyes to the garden outside the window. The flowers in the garden are blooming, just like Zeng Zhen at this moment.

Like a beautiful flower, like a year of water, no matter how beautiful the flower is, there will be a day when it will wither, just watching the flower in front of him slowly wither, Li Mao's heart is like being pierced by an awl, and it hurts very much.

Zeng Zhen quickly drafted a letter to Qin Mo in accordance with Li Mao's meaning, imitated his tone, read it clearly to Li Mao, and presented the original text again, Li Mao read it again, the meaning was expressed accurately, the handwriting was beautiful and neat, he was very satisfied, and signed it without moving a word, and put the flower on it.

Zeng Zhen took the letter, saluted and prepared to leave.

Li Mao coughed, and Zeng Zhen stood up and asked what else was going on.

Li Mao blushed and said: "Now, I am talking to you as a brother, and this matter is not easy for others to manage, but I can't help but say it." ”

Zeng Zhen said: "If it is a private matter, I ask to talk about it another day, and I have important things to do today." ”

Li Mao was speechless for a while.

When Qin Mo received a letter from Li Mao, asking him to try to draw the attention of the imperial court to Ziqing, Wang Tingcuo of Hengzhou also received a letter, he read the letter, and said to the visitor: "What you said lightly, I really did something, what should I do if you don't admit it?"

The person who came smiled and said: "Since ancient times, wealth and danger have been sought, if you dare not take this risk, why do you sit in the first place in Hebei Xiongzhen." ”

Wang Tingcuo's left and right were very dissatisfied with the arrogance of this "Luoyang merchant", and one by one they were angry and rushed to the crown, and the case was struck.

Wang Ting pressed his hand and stopped everyone, but said: "This, you have to sell your strength to make a deal, why do I believe that you will fulfill the conditions you promised." ”

Come to the human: "Within three days, I will bring you the heads of Lu Zhen and Fang Chuang, how about it?"

Lu Zhen and Fang Chuang are all tooth generals in Wang Shizhen's era, with similar qualifications to Wang Tingcuo, and now he is in charge of the internal guard of the Shuai Mansion, but the two ladies are the first to look forward to it, and they don't buy Wang Tingcuo's account at all, and Wang Tingcuo hates the two of them to the core.

"Although the two of them can't get along with me, they are both loyal and righteous people, and my old king admires them tightly, and I don't embarrass them. You really have the ability to pull out the gale gear. I want Wang Shiyuan's head. ”

"Then it's a word, I will pull the gale stall from the root within three days, and take Wang Shiyuan's head as a token."

"If you can really do this, I believe that you can do it, and my royal court will go to the soup and fire, and I am willing to serve the court for the dogs and horses."

After sending people around, Wang Ting asked left and right: "Is this person credible?"

The tooth general Wang Huaili said: "He really has the ability to pull out the gale stall, let's believe him once, but I think he is bragging, so Wang Shiyuan is easy to provoke." ”

Everyone burst into laughter, but they didn't think so.

Wang Tingcuo also laughed twice, he had a scar on his face, and when he laughed, the scar was twisted, which was more ugly than crying. After everyone went, he summoned a confidant and instructed: "Go and report to the Wang family: just say that someone wants to demolish his temple." ”

There is a mansion covering a wide area in the sincerity square in the south of Hengzhou City, the appearance is very dilapidated, the black paint on the gate is peeling off, the gatehouse is covered with grass, the soil fur skirt on the courtyard wall is peeling off clean, and the square mud bricks of the wall are exposed, it seems that this is a once magnificent, now fallen big family.

Nearby residents all know that the owner of this household is surnamed Wang, in his early forties, tall and tall, born a talent, but also elegant and modest, like a scholar, it is said that he and the town marshal is a family, in terms of generation, or the ancestors of Wang Yu after the current festival.

Or because of this relationship, although the family's behavior is low-key, it is also somewhat famous in the south of the city.

As soon as the sky was dark, the whole house was full of lamps and candles, shining like daylight, Yiqiao frowned: "Are these lamps and candles blowing in the wind, lighting so much, so early, who did it." ”

The senior brother Peng Bai, who led her inside, said: "Who else can be the guy who speaks the most in this house." ”

Yi Qiaoping was most unaccustomed to Peng Bai's oily tone, so he glanced at him and didn't say anything.

This is Wang Shiyuan's secluded mansion, she was tired of being here almost every day before she was twelve years old, pestering him to teach herself swordsmanship, pestering him to tell himself stories about his past and interesting anecdotes on the rivers and lakes, and then she grew up, and went out with people to explore the rivers and lakes, the four seas are home, there are fewer here, but there are always ten times eight times a year, this year he is not in good health, she returned to Hengzhou, while learning to deal with the chores in the file, while coming to assist her sister-in-law to wait for his decoction, every three or five days to come.

Today, what's the matter, the whole house has become so strange. The atmosphere in the house became so oppressive that the oppressive people were out of breath, as if the sky was about to fall.

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