If these words were said by Shi Luosheng, Liu Zixuan would still be full of indifference, but the meaning of Jiang Wan'er saying it would be different.

Now the masters of the Tianluo Sect are like clouds, Zu Qingzhi and Hua Haoxuan are all peerless masters who are difficult to find in the world, and the remaining elders, hall masters, including Yang Yi, are also few opponents in the entire martial arts.

The Tianluo Sect does not need another master of martial arts, but needs a battlefield general with outstanding military strategy. Now, except for Ling Zhen, there is no one who can really take charge on his own.

Gao Kegong, Yang Yi, and the eight generals of the day are okay to deal with ordinary generals, once they face famous generals like Deng Yuanjue, Yan Chixing, and Tian Wuji, the possibility of winning is extremely small, which is also the reason why Shi Luosheng wants to subdue Bai Mengqi.

Liu Zixuan nodded a little ashamedly: "What my sister-in-law taught me is that I will pick up the military book again and review it." ”

Shi Luosheng saw that he humbly accepted criticism, so he stopped at it and didn't say more. After everyone arrived at Xianghu, Huang Songsheng handed over the naval army to Ni Yun of Changxing Island, and then took the naval army to Taihu Lake with Yue Shouming and Dong Liang, and Shi Luosheng and the three also rushed back to Rongcheng.

At this time, in the palace of Shangjing, Emperor Qi Jiang Huan Song was in a daze at Sun Zhongmou's upper table.

"My brother and my brother see Your Majesty, I don't know what your Majesty is calling your brother into the palace?" The voice of Jiang Huan Qin, King of Zhao, interrupted his thoughts.

Since Emperor Qi ascended the throne, Jiang Huan Qin was named King of Zhao because of his merits, and was crowned Sikong, but this official was not comfortable, Jiang Huan Song would often find some fault in his work to accuse him in public, and even after the integration of Zeng Dong's 300,000 army, he became more and more harsh on him.

Jiang Huanqin, who was drinking alone in the mansion today, suddenly heard the call, and thought it was not a good thing, but he didn't dare to slack off, so he had to enter the palace hard.

Sure enough, Jiang Huan Song glanced at him, and casually threw Sun Zhongmou's watch to him: "You take a look at this first." ”

Jiang Huan Qin took it and opened it, and then his face changed greatly: "How dare this Zeng Dong be so bold?" The third brother obviously ......" Speaking of this, Jiang Huan Qin reacted suddenly and quickly shut his mouth.

When Jiang Huan Song saw the expression of his second brother, he couldn't tell whether he was disappointed or relieved. It turned out that when he received Sun Zhongmou's battle report, he was also surprised, and his first reaction was that he leaked the news that Jiang Huanyan was dead.

"Second brother, let's analyze, why did Zeng Dong do this?" Jiang Huan Song's tone was still full of suspicion, wanting to find other flaws in him.

If this kind of thing happened, Jiang Huan Qin also knew that he was the first suspect, and if he couldn't say a reasonable explanation today, he was afraid that he would be assassinated by His Majesty if he didn't live for a few days.

He calmed down, pondered for a while, and said: "Zeng Dongken led his troops to attack Penglai, which proves that he did not doubt the death of his third brother before sending troops, but after arriving in Penglai, it stands to reason that he should attack the city first, and then attack Anyang, instead of appearing in Hanzhong City, unless he ......"

"Unless what? Go on. Jiang Huan Song nodded slightly, feeling that there was some truth.

"Unless he colluded with Ning Buqu, it was Ning Buqu who let him in, but why did Ning Buqu do this?"

"Are you saying that Ning Buqu knows the truth about the death of the third brother? This is impossible, even the fourth brother and General Hetian will not know, he has been making preparations in Yandi in advance, how can he know? Jiang Huan Song shook his head.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten Wan'er? She has always been in Xichuan, not far from Penglai. Jiang Huan Qin just speculated in order to put himself aside, but he didn't expect that he would be closer to the truth by mistake.

Jiang Huan Song frowned: "Wan'er?" It is possible for her that the horse Shi Luosheng and Ning Buqu have been friends for many years, and I heard that when the city of Nanjun was broken, he was also the one who rescued Ning Buqu. But how could they know about the third brother? ”

After speaking, Jiang Huan Song looked at Jiang Huan Qin with a murderous face. The latter had a cold war in his heart, and after talking for a long time, he still doubted himself.

Jiang Huan Qin hurriedly explained: "I don't think Wan'er and Shi Luosheng may know the truth, otherwise they would have directly raised troops under the banner of avenging the third brother, and now letting Zeng Dong do this is just to test us." ”

"Go on." Jiang Huan Song's complexion softened slightly.

"In the name of the third brother, they stopped Sun Zhongmou from entering the Yandi just to see our reaction. If we can get the third brother out, then Zeng Dong can be executed on the charge of disturbing the morale of the army and delaying the military aircraft. But if we can't let the third brother out, then they can be sure that the third brother is dead. Jiang Huan Qin was in a hurry, and his reasoning level went up to a higher level.

"But the third brother is no longer here, so why don't we find one from taking them out to expose them?" Jiang Huan Song looked embarrassed.

"It's better to find someone to pretend to be the third brother first, and then kill Zeng Dong." Jiang Huan Qin saw that he had finally diverted his attention and breathed a sigh of relief.

"No, the risk of pretending to be the third brother is too high, even if you can fool Zeng Dong, who is far away in Hanzhong, you can't fool the prime minister who is in Shangjing." Jiang Huan Song still shook his head.

Jiang Huan Qin saw that his proposal was rejected and couldn't think of anything better for a while, so he had to stand still and stop talking.

Jiang Huan Song closed his eyes, and after a long time he opened his eyes and said, "That's fine, since Zeng Dong said that the third brother is in Hanzhong, then we will simply cooperate with him." To the outside world, the third brother secretly left Jingsiyuan a month ago, and we just found out. ”

"How's that going to work? admits that the third brother is not there, doesn't that clearly tell Zeng Dong that the third brother is dead? Jiang Huan Qin was puzzled.

"It doesn't matter, Zeng Dong doesn't matter if the third brother is dead, as long as the world doesn't know. I've been worrying about the three-year period, and I thought that I would tell the world at this time next year that the third brother died of illness because he missed his father. ”

Jiang Huan Song continued: "Now everyone in the world knows that the third brother has gone to Hanzhong, if anyone else wants to see the third brother, let him go to Zeng Dong." ”

"Zeng Dong is the third brother's lieutenant, what if he wants to avenge the third brother?" Jiang Huan Qin asked worriedly.

"Revenge? Didn't he himself say that the third brother was in his barracks, why should he take revenge? Wouldn't that be a slap in his own mouth, I see that he is completely cocooned and self-bound. Jiang Huan Song smiled rarely.

Jiang Huan Qin thought about it carefully and felt that this was really the case, since Zeng Dong claimed that his third brother was still alive and in his military camp, then he could no longer rebel under the banner of revenge. As long as there is no such banner, what can he do with the more than 20,000 people in his hands.

"Go and give Hanzhong a decree, and let the third brother hurry up and send troops to attack Ning Buxiu." Jiang Huan Song said ill-intentionedly.

"Yes." Jiang Huan Qin was also happy in his heart, didn't you Zeng Dong say that the third brother is still there, then let him send troops to recover Yandi. If he disobeys the order, then there is a name to call him back to Beijing to ask for guilt.

If he didn't dare to come back, he could order the nearby Sun Zhongmou to send troops to exterminate them. At that time, the third brother was not found in the army, and Jiang Huanyan's death could also be blamed on Zeng Dong.

"Zeng Dong made such a play, but I didn't worry about the third brother. But there's one more thing I have to worry about, you know what it is? Jiang Huan Song's tone suddenly became cold.

"The younger brother doesn't know, please make it clear to Your Majesty." Of course, Jiang Huan Qin knew it, but did he dare to say it?

"Someone can pretend to be the third brother today, if someone else pretends to be his father's last order in the future, what do you say I should do? It's been more than half a year since I asked you to find out the whereabouts of Grandpa Hong and the edict, and you haven't reported your progress to me, so let's talk about it now. Jiang Huan Song looked at him expressionlessly.

It's finally here, and sure enough, the more I worry about something, the more I come. Jiang Huan Qin replied stubbornly: "The younger brother is incompetent, there has been no whereabouts of Gonggong Hong for the past half a year, and the younger brother guesses that he may have long been gone." ”

"Guess?" Jiang Huan Song sneered: "Can you guess such an important matter? Then I guess it's not that you can't find him, but you don't want to find him. ”

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Huan Qin was so frightened that he knelt on the ground: "Brother I don't dare, I hope Your Majesty will see it." ”

"Of course, I will be aware that when my father died that night, I dared to conclude that Gonggong Hong did not leave the city, or even the palace. In the past six months, I have also asked people to search every corner of the palace, and secretly search in the city, but there has been no result, and I have only one place that I have not checked, second brother, do you know where it is? Jiang Huan Song's tone became colder and colder, looking at Jiang Huan Qin who was kneeling on the ground, his eyes also showed a fierce light.

"Brother... I don't know, please... Your Majesty, please make it clear. Jiang Huanqin's voice became trembling when he spoke, and the sweat on his forehead couldn't stop flowing down.

"That place is your Zhao Wangfu." Jiang Huan Song shouted angrily, there are many places he has not searched in the capital, such as the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Great Sima Mansion, etc., but at this time, he deliberately only said Zhao Wangfu, and the intention is self-evident.

Jiang Huan Qin almost fainted when he heard this: "How dare the courtier hide Gonggong Hong in the mansion, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, just send someone to search for it." ”

"Second brother, don't get me wrong, of course I believe that you won't hide Gonggong Hong in your own mansion, but this matter is very important, and I hope you can concentrate on investigating this matter thoroughly. It's better to give you another two months, before this matter comes to a conclusion, you don't have to participate in other political affairs of Daqi, and I will find someone to replace you for the time being, I don't know what you think, second brother? ”

Since Jiang Huan Song sat on the throne, he has become more and more unhappy with this second brother who once competed with him. At that time, in order to stabilize people's hearts, he was named Situ, and at this time, he took this opportunity to take back his power.

Jiang Huan Qin was kneeling on the ground trembling, and when he heard his arrangement, how could he dare to object, so he could only agree.

Jiang Huan Song stepped forward and helped him up, and while helping him wipe the dust on his body, he comforted him softly: "Second brother, don't worry, as long as you can find out the edict of Gonggong Hong and my father, I promised to give you Xianyang as a fief, and you will be there in the future, unrestrained, isn't it beautiful?" ”