Guo Yue and Tan Yuan looked at each other, and after a while, Guo Yue smiled and said: "Mr. Tan, the backer you said, now you are difficult to protect yourself, is it an exaggeration, right?" ”

Tan Yuan sneered: "Hehe, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, feng shui takes turns, Deputy Commander Guo must not be a short-sighted person, right?" ”

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"Deputy Commander Guo, you only know that the father and son of Xihua Hou have won the grace of the Holy Grace, so do you know where the biggest gap between them and His Majesty is?"

"Estrangement?" Guo Yue was puzzled and said, "Mr. Tan, it's better to say it directly." ”

Tan Yuan picked up a wine jar, raised his head and took a sip, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "I don't know if Brother Guo still remembers that Xihuahou was scolded by the cane last year." ”

"Of course I do."

"Then you should always understand where the gap between Xihuahou and his son and His Majesty is, right?"

Guo Yue thought about it and sneered: "Hehe, so what? Is it possible that Your Majesty can still kill Shi Min's kid? ”

"Kill him? Deputy Commander Guo can't help but laugh, but you seem to have forgotten one thing, His Majesty's will is to let Shi Min temporarily take over the position of commander of the patrol battalion, temporarily! Do you understand? ”

"I know!" Guo Yue glanced at Tan Yuan and asked, "Mr. Tan, does he have any tricks?" ”

"I can't talk about high tricks, but I have an idea, I don't know if Brother Guo is willing to listen to it."

"Please."

"Although Shi Min is now the commander of the patrol battalion, in the final analysis, the patrol battalion is an acre and three points of land, and it is still Brother Guo that you have the final say. As the saying goes, a strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake, why are you so jealous of him? Tan Yuan paused as he spoke, and then said, "Just imagine, once your brother and Shi Min's people have a conflict, what the result will be? ”

"Mr. Tan, I heard that His Majesty has given him the right to be arbitrary, cut first and then play, you want my brother's neck to test Shi Min's knife?"

"Brother Guo, it seems that you still don't understand what I mean."

"Guo Yue is a rough man, Mr. Tan should not beat around the bush if he has something to say, just say it!"

Tan Yuan smiled, poured Guo Yue a glass of wine, and said, "No matter how favored the father and son of Xihuahou are, they are not of my race after all, and this is also a knot that Your Majesty and their father and son can never untie." Shi Min is young and frivolous, what will Your Majesty think if your brother and Shi Min's subordinates have a conflict or even bloodshed? ”

"Your Majesty has already given him the power of life and death, what else can you think!"

Tan Yuan shook his head and said with a smile: "No, no, no!" As long as someone makes a suggestion to His Majesty at that time, three or two sentences will make His Majesty suspicious. ”

"What doubts?"

"After all, Your Majesty is a member of the Qian tribe, do you think Your Majesty will sit idly by and watch his own people being slaughtered by Shi Min? If that time really comes, even if His Majesty agrees, those nobles and ministers will probably not agree, right? Can Shi Min, the commander of the patrol battalion, still sit safely? ”

"So what? If someone else sits in this position, I, Guo, don't want to rely on others? ”

"Brother Guo, I have already said just now, the patrol camp is an acre of three-point land, in fact, you still have the final say, as long as Shi Min is gone, why don't you have a chance? His Royal Highness King Qing won't forget you. ”

Guo Yue pondered Tan Yuan's words repeatedly, for him, if he wanted him to obey the orders of a Han boy, he couldn't swallow this breath in his heart, and the position of the commander of the patrol battalion was what he wanted the most, so Tan Yuan's words undoubtedly aroused his interest.

Despite this, a cunning person like Guo Yue, who has been in the market for a long time, could not fully believe Tan Yuan's words, so he asked: "Mr. Tan, what you said today is what His Royal Highness King Qing meant, or what you meant. ”

"Naturally, it is the meaning of His Royal Highness King Qing." Tan Yuan smiled, looking at Guo Yue's vigilant expression, he understood that at this moment, Guo Yue already had a plan to cooperate in his heart.

"Mr. Tan's words have some truth, but Guo wants to ask Mr., if my brother creates such an opportunity for His Royal Highness King Qing, how sure is His Royal Highness King Qing that he can let me sit in the position of commander of the patrol battalion?"

Tan Yuan squinted his eyes and said lightly: "That depends on how sincere Brother Guo is to my Royal Highness." ”

Guo Yue is not a fool, the meaning of Tan Yuan's words is nothing more than to ask him to be loyal to the Qingwang Mansion, which is the premise for him to be the commander of the patrol battalion.

"Let me think about it! After all, this is a gamble on the lives of the brothers in the patrol battalion, and I, Guo, must not be cautious. ”

"Brother Guo is a smart person, he should know the truth that good birds choose trees to perch, if His Royal Highness is the king of the world, not to mention the position of the commander of a small patrol battalion, it is possible to rank among the three dukes."

"Hehe, Guo is a rough person, and he doesn't have such great ambitions, but what Mr. said, Guo understands!"

"In that case, Tan will say goodbye and visit you another day!" Tan Yuan said, standing up and preparing to leave.

"Walk slowly." Guo Yue also stood up.

"That's right." Tan Yuan suddenly stopped, turned to look at Guo Yue, and said, "I almost forgot to tell Brother Guo that King Qing found some clues about Liu Rong's death, and I was afraid that someone deliberately targeted your patrol battalion, so he took Liu Rong under the knife." ”

Hearing this, Guo Yue's face changed slightly, and the hands behind his back were also clenched with fists.

"Brother Guo, take care, farewell!" Tan Yuan smiled slightly and bowed.

Unlike Liu Rong, Guo Yue has been a market man since he was a child, in addition to being ruthless, he is also cunning and suspicious. He didn't doubt Liu Rong's death, because he knew Liu Rong too well, and if it weren't for the fact that King Shizun of Qing didn't like Liu Rong and had no ambition to control, he wouldn't have helped this piece of mud on the wall.

Although Liu Rong has mediocre ability and irritable temperament, as far as Guo Yue is concerned, the two have a good personal relationship, so Guo Yue also has some doubts in his heart about the truth of Liu Rong's death.

"Deputy Commander! What did the housekeeper of the Qingwang Mansion say? Seeing Tan Yuan leaving, the little minions who were waiting outside walked in.

"Nothing! Let's keep drinking! Guo Yue shouted at everyone.

How can those little minions care so much? As soon as they heard about drinking, everyone was energetic, and a swarm of people rushed up, sitting on the ground and eating and drinking.

As soon as he sat down for a moment, there was a sudden sound of dull footsteps outside, Guo Yue just raised his head, and before he could speak, the door was kicked open, and everyone was startled, and quickly picked up from the ground, and pulled out their knives one by one.

Then by the dim candlelight, Guo Yue and the others saw clearly that Shi Min and more than a dozen subordinates were already standing at the door.

Seeing Shi Min appear, except for Guo Yue, the little minions were all a little panicked, and they couldn't hold the knife in their hands.

"Deputy Commander Guo! What are you doing here? Shi Min asked coldly.

Guo Yue didn't panic, took a few steps forward, looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, pointed to the wine jar on the ground and said, "I'm drinking with my brothers, hasn't the commander already seen it?" ”

In the face of Guo Yue's arrogance, Shi Min frowned slightly, but did not have a seizure, and asked rhetorically: "I have already established military regulations the day before yesterday, and it is forbidden to drink alcohol in the army. ”

"Commander, with all due respect, this rule of yours is unreasonable, so I don't think it's necessary to follow it!"

If you think it's unreasonable, why didn't you mention it at the time! Now it is futile to make many excuses! Shi Min asked sharply.

"What? Could it be that the commander wants to make an example of the monkey today? Guo Yue was not convinced, he didn't believe that Shi Min dared to do anything to him.

"Gather a crowd to drink heavily, you are guilty!"

"Know! A hundred rods! ”

"Since that's the case, then be punished obediently!" Shi Min glanced at Zhang Mufeng beside him and ordered, "Take a few of them back to the school!" Rebuke in public! Set an example! ”

"Yes!" Zhang Mufeng nodded and walked over with more than a dozen people behind him.

"Wait!" Guo Yue suddenly shouted.

Shi Min turned around, looked at Guo Yue, and asked, "What?" What does the deputy commander have to say? ”

"Today, my brothers and I can be punished with this rod, but Guo Mou advises the commander, don't regret it when the time comes!" Guo Yue's face was like frost, and his words had already revealed murderous intent.

"Oh? Then I'll wait! Shi Min frowned slightly, but he was not afraid at all.