[On the first day of work after the year, I was a little busy, and now I am rushing out. The second update, ask for red tickets, collection. 】

Although Li Shizhong glared at Han Gang and scolded him, he couldn't change the result after all. He was slapped on the head by Wang Shao, but he couldn't attack on this matter. What Wang Shao said is the right theory, to be a monk for a day and ring the bell for a day, since the case is in hand, it must be tried.

In front of Wang Zhongzheng, Li Shizhong could only laugh a few times, and said that Wang Zichun was reasonable, and he should be like this, raise his glass and toast Wang Shao's wine. And the atmosphere at the banquet was doused with a bucket of cold water, and it never warmed up again. After a while, the governor of Qinzhou said that he had a headache, and after confessing to Wang Zhongzheng, he should leave the scene first.

Wang Shao's intentions, Li Shizhong had seen through it before. He was looking forward to the situation in front of him that would allow him to stay in Qinzhou, and he was able to greet Wang Zhongzheng, a eunuch, with a smile, also because he had a little self-confidence. But Wang Shao expressed his attitude in person, how the Son of Heaven would choose in the end, and what the result was, in fact, it was already clear.

A banquet broke up unhappily with Li Shizhong's departure, and Wang Shao's poor dagger had caused an uproar in Qinzhou officialdom.

Outsiders who don't know the inside story don't know that Wang Shao's original intention is to let Wang Zhongzheng report the situation of his incompatibility with Li Shizhong to the Son of Heaven. In their eyes, Wang Shao was carrying the momentum of the two great victories, and he clearly wanted to separate one, two, and three from Li Shizhong at the official banquet.

In the eyes of outsiders, Wang Shao's timing of the attack was amazing. Dou Shunqing was affected by his grandson, Li Shizhong was not treated by the envoys of the Son of Heaven, Xiang Bao's position of jurisdiction was replaced by Wang Shao's ally Zhang Shouyue, and Qin Fenglu's Jiyi writing in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Tibet was now in full swing, and now was a good opportunity to redivide the factions of Qinzhou officialdom.

If it weren't for Wang Shao's qualifications being too shallow, he hadn't even made a general judgment, and the governor of Qinzhou, an important county, would at least have the title of servant or above, and the position of the governor of Qinzhou would not fall on the heads of others. And now, if Li Shizhong and Dou Shunqing are gone, the current Qinzhou General Judge is not qualified to take over, so he can only send someone else from Beijing.

With Wang Shao's exploits now, and the appetite of the Son of Heaven to be hung up because of the two great victories, the new Zhizhou sent will definitely give full support to Hehuang Kaibian. In the eyes of other officials, Wang Shao's confidence is here.

For the misunderstanding of outsiders, Wang Shao didn't care so much, Han Gang heard a little rumor, and he didn't pay attention to it either, now their most important job is to accompany Wang Zhongzheng.

Although it will take at least a month for the Son of Heaven to make a choice, Wang Zhongzheng's choice has already come out. After inspecting more than 1,000 heads in Qinzhou, he followed Wang Shao to the border.

In Yongning Village, I saw the Mashi Rongchang, met Yu Longke and blind medicine who came to meet in Guwei, and Wang Zhongzheng followed Wang Shao to Weiyuan Fort. Wang Zhongzheng was very interested in the source of Weishui, but Wang Shao had to deal with some trivial matters in the fort, so he arranged for Han Gang and Wang Hou to accompany him to the birthplace of Weishui.

Looking down at the crystal clear trickling stream under his feet, Wang Zhongzheng couldn't see how this had anything to do with the turbid and turbulent Weishui. Even if the water level was low due to the drought, the Weishui he saw was still like thunder. Wang Zhongzheng held a deep question: "This is Weiyuan?" ”

"This is exactly Weiyuan." Wang Hou nodded and replied, pointing to the wooded mountain that flowed out of the stream in front of him not far away, "That is the mountain of birds and mice in the same cave as mentioned in the book. ”

"'Guiding the way from the same nest of birds and mice?' Wang Zhongzheng casually quoted the words and sentences in "Shangshu 61 Yu Gong", obviously knowing the Confucian classics well.

That's it. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" also contains, 'Weishui out of the birds and mice with the cave mountain, the east into the river, into the north of Huayin. But the birds and mice recited for a long time in the same hole, and now they are all called the Bird and Mouse Mountain. The name of the bird and mouse has a history of thousands of years. ”

Han Gang nodded and said, but in his heart he was amazed that Wang Zhongzheng was able to easily grasp the words in the Shangshu. sighed secretly, to be able to mix in the court, it really can't be a simple character.

Judging from Wang Zhongzhenglu's hand, his understanding of the Nine Classics of Confucianism may be a little stronger than Wang Hou. And his calligraphy, Han Gang has not seen much these days, and it is indeed of the highest quality.

Han Gang had heard that those high-ranking servants in the palace basically entered the palace since they were young and studied in the palace. After years of education, there are no literary talents and martial arts, all of which are impressive. Serving as an official abroad is often better than some scholars who can only recite poems.

Thinking of Qin Han, the famous eunuch of the Zhenzong Dynasty, and then looking at Wang Zhongzheng in front of him, Han Gang couldn't help but sigh that the so-called rumors and rumors were indeed from their origins.

Qin Han led the army to fight in the south and the north in his life, and was wounded nearly 50 times before and after, resisting the Khitan invasion in the north, rebelling in Yizhou in Nanping, and confronting Li Jiqian, Li Yuanhao's grandfather, in Guanxi.

And Wang Zhongzheng's inadvertent display of knowledge can already make ordinary Confucian scholars ashamed. And now he is wearing a green cloth shirt, dressed like a literati, and his slender eyebrows also give him a bit of a gentlemanly atmosphere.

However, Wang Zhongzheng has a problem with greed for money. A few days ago, when he was in Qinzhou, he accepted the gifts given to him by various families without hesitation. When Wang Shao and Gao Zunyu heard about this, they both frowned. Compared with Qin Han, who has no money to spare, Wang Zhongzheng's virtue is much worse.

"It's not too early, you have to go to the Pinzi Spring in Weiyuan, and now you have to go faster." Wang Hou urged in front.

Han Gang looked up at the sky, it was indeed nearly noon. There are no serious cement roads in the mountains, and you walk slowly, and you don't have time to get out of the mountains at dusk.

"That's right." Han Gang turned back to Wang Zhongzheng and asked, "You know, are we going faster?" ”

"Let's hurry up then. I also want to see what the source of Weishui looks like as soon as possible. It would be even better if we could see what it means to be a bird and a mouse in the same nest. ”

"Birds and mice living together are hard to see." Wang Hou said with a smile: "I came with Jiayan in the next year, but I only saw bats flying around." ”

"It's already here, no wonder it's so familiar." Wang Zhongzheng turned around and asked Han Gang, "What about Han Fu's hook you?" ”

Han Gang said: "It's the first time I've been here in Xiashang. ”

The group quickly whipped up and soon entered the Bird and Mouse Mountain. From the scorching sun to the lush woods, a refreshing coolness descended on everyone, making people feel refreshed.

And a crisp bell sound came from the depths of the woods. Before Wang Zhongzheng could ask, he saw a group of Fan people and horses flashing out at the turn of the road ahead. More than twenty horses had two large packages on their backs, and there were six or seven Tibetan people driving the horses.

As soon as these people saw the forty or fifty cavalrymen coming towards them, they immediately became nervous, and they stopped their mounts vigorously, and they also held the bow arm of the hilt of the sword in their hands. However, when they saw Han Gang's outfit clearly, they relaxed and drove the horses to avoid the roadside.

Han Gang and the others rode by on horseback, ignoring these Tibetan people. After a long journey, Wang Zhongzheng looked back and asked, "Why are there merchants here?" ”

Han Gang explained to him: "In the south of Mouse Bird Mountain, the tributaries end into Weishui, and in the north of Mouse Bird Mountain, the water veins end into Tao River. This mountain is actually the watershed of Weishui and Taoshui, and the main road from Hehuang to Qinzhou passes through the mountain, so there are many business travelers. At this time, it is still relatively small, and when the horse fat grows up in autumn, more than a dozen horse teams can be seen passing by on this road on any day. ”

Wang Zhongzheng looked at the increasingly narrow and winding road under his feet, and frowned: "Could it be that there is no other way to go to Hehuang?" ”

"Absolutely!" Han Gang nodded, "The other way is the Exposed Mountain to the north. However, the terrain of the open mountain is difficult to navigate, and it is easy for light cavalry to pass through, but it is difficult for caravans carrying goods to walk. ”

"It's an easy road!?"

Han Gang said with a smile: "This road was built in the Tang Dynasty, and it has not been renovated for hundreds of years, so it looks dilapidated and narrow, but in fact, if you rebuild it, it will be much easier to walk." ”

He stopped his horse and called out to the two soldiers for a few words. I saw the two of them nodding and walking down the road. He drew his knife and dug for a while in a sparse meadow on the side of the road, digging a hole.

Han Gang pointed to the loess in the pit: "Regardless of the Han and Tang Dynasties, they all build bridges and pave roads here." Look at the rammed cooked soil below, it can be seen that it is part of the official road. The soil layer above was silted up after more than 200 years of flooding. Therefore, it can only grow grass, not trees. ”

He pointed to the mountains in front of him, "When we capture the two walled forts set up behind the mountains in the future, we can free up our hands to rebuild the Bird and Mouse Mountain Road." At that time, it would have been much easier to transport grain to the river. However, if Hezhou can be captured and Taoshui can be controlled, most of the grain and military resources can be transferred by the waterway in Sichuan, and the cost will be more economical than going to Qinzhou. ”

Listening to Han Gang's narration of the ancient and modern Bird and Mouse Mountain Road, Wang Zhongzheng finally understood why the young man in front of him was so valued. Knowledgeable, outstanding, and talented in setting up sanatoriums and making sand tables and military chess, he is indeed a rare talent. Thinking of Han Gang's claim to be exploring Weiyuan for the first time, he already knew so much about this place, which shows how much effort he has put into it.

The group walked more than a mile in the woods along the road connecting Hehuang and Qinzhou, and then followed Wang Hou into a small mountain road. The mountain road went all the way to the top, and there were constantly hanging rattans and branches blocking the way in front of him, so Han Gang had to send someone with a knife to open the way in front.

Listening to the sound of running water from the forest beside them, Han Gang and Wang Zhongzheng walked for about an hour, and the mountain road in the woods finally came to an end, and the Weiyuan stream that was originally blocked by the woods suddenly opened up, and a ruined temple with moss marks everywhere appeared in front of everyone.

Following the flow of water, Wang Zhongzheng looked at the bubbling spring gushing out of a bowl-sized stone cave by the broken temple, shook his head and sighed: "I can't imagine that the surging Weishui is so small at its source. ”

Wang Hou said: "No matter the river, it can be traced back to the source, and it is just a clear spring." ”

Wang Zhongzheng turned his head to the west, his eyes seemed to look through the mountains in front of him, looking at a place in the distance: "I don't dare to look at the source of the river, but I don't know when I will see the source of the big river." ”

When Han Gang heard this, the corners of his mouth curled slightly. The eunuch beside him really thought about the military exploits of Tuobian.