Tongzhou Mansion, located at the source of the river, is located in the central and western part of Daguang, which is the western gateway of Guanzhong.

Since the death of Shi Hua, the real head of the Tongzhou Mansion has fallen into the hands of Counselor Zhu Qingxian.

It stands to reason that when Hua Chang died, his title, power and responsibility should be inherited by his eldest son Hua Ying, but sixty percent of the military power in the Tongzhou capital was in the hands of Zhu Qingxian, and the matter became complicated.

Although Hua Ying is cowardly, he is not stupid, when his father Hua Chang was still in the position of assassin history, Hua Ying had already sensed Zhu Qingxian's ambition and threat.

Therefore, Hua Ying has been wooing the officials and generals of the old faction and the same state who have a gap with Zhu Qingxian in the past few years.

Today's Tongzhou is actually divided into conservatives who support Huaying's rise to power, and new advancements who support Zhu Qingxian's promotion to assassin history.

After several battles, Zhu Qingxian, who had the advantage in his own troops, gradually gained the upper hand, and many conservatives and neutral generals took refuge in the Counselor's Office, and the situation was one-sided.

Moreover, Zhu Qingxian also has the biggest hole card, that is, Yang Jie, who has always supported him in governing the same state capital.

In the back garden of the Counselor's Palace, Zhu Qingxian carried a wooden bucket and carefully sprinkled the water in the barrel with a wooden scoop on the various flowers in the pot that had not been released.

The tense of Tongzhou became clearer, and Zhu Qingxian's mood naturally improved, and it was finally his turn to peep at the history of Tongzhou for many years.

At this time, Ji Yan, the chief secretary of the same state, hurriedly walked in, and said happily as he walked: "My lord, good news, great news!" ”

Zhu Qingxian put down the wooden scoop and stood up, and said with a smile: "It's Lord Ji, what makes you so overjoyed?" ”

Ji Yan held a letter in his hand, raised his hand and handed it to Zhu Qingxian and said with a smile: "My lord, take a look." ”

Zhu Qingxian glanced at the letter in Ji Yan's hand suspiciously, turned around and took a brocade handkerchief from the housekeeper's hand to wipe the water stains on his hand, and then took the letter and opened it.

"The commander of the original Wenzhou light car and the commander of the soldiers and horses of Zhushan County make Wei Song want to defect to me?" Zhu Qingxian read the letter carefully, and at the same time doubted the letter.

Ji Yan replied: "Yes, my lord, this was just sent from the Western Defense Barracks in the morning. ”

Zhu Qingxian thought for a while and said, "Who is this Wei Song?" ”

"Lord Hui, the lower officials have already investigated, Wei Song, a person from Wenzhou Mansion, is strong in martial arts, and he was originally a light car captain under Yu Wenmang, and Yu Wenmang has a life-saving grace for him.

When he was last year, Yuwen Mang failed to attack Shuzhong, but was killed by nine nerds, this Wei Song once led his subordinates to follow Yuwen Mang's cousin Yuwen Zhen swore to defend Wenzhou City, but later Yuwen Zhen was killed by his subordinate Zhang Xuan, and led the Shu army into the city, then Wei Song saw that the general trend had gone and led two thousand old troops to flee into the mountains to become mountain bandits. ”

Zhu Qingxian's eyes were blank, and he condensed: "I have no friendship with this person, why did he defect to me?" ”

Zhu Qingxian is cautious and cautious, and he suspects that there is fraud.

Ji Yan said: "According to the person who came to deliver the message, Wei Song hated Yang Yi to the core, and during this period of time, he had been trying his best to harass the Shu army in the Wenzhou territory, but he was outnumbered and it was difficult to find sufficient logistics supplies, so it was difficult.

Wei Song heard that your lordship is upright and upright, and you are at odds with the nine nerds, so he wants to lead his troops to vote. ”

Zhu Qingxian listened to Ji Yan's statement, walked to a chair in the garden and sat down, took the tea brought by the next person and took a sip.

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Qingxian still waved his hand and said: "This matter should not be gullible, I think those nine nerds have always been cunning, and Lu Yuanliang, the heir of the Ghost Valley, is even more scheming, if you fall for their tricks, the gains outweigh the losses." ”

"My lord is far-sighted, and the officials admire it." Ji Yan bowed his hand and patted a sycophant, hesitated for a moment but said: "But my lord, that Wei Song is strong in martial arts, has a thousand strengths, and has the courage of ten thousand people, and the two thousand soldiers under his command are also soldiers of a hundred battles, if we have this person to be attached, the strength will really rise a lot, and..."

"And what?" Zhu Qingxian looked up at Ji Yan.

Ji Yan said softly: "And my lord, Wei Song still has a lot of good things there. ”

"Good stuff? What's good? ”

Ji Yunning said: "According to Wei Song, in the middle of last month, he intercepted a batch of Shu army materials in Guoshui County, Wenzhou Prefecture, in addition to a lot of grain and grass, there are also 3,000 pairs of Shu army standard armor and weapons. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Qingxian suddenly became interested, as we all know, the reason why the Shu army is almost invincible in the east and west is that the equipment in Shu is extremely sophisticated, and the nine nerds don't know what forging method is used, the armor made is strong but not heavy, and the blade is even more sharp and can be broken.

The princes of the world did not dislike the standard equipment made in Shu, but Yang Yi was extremely treacherous and strictly controlled the output of the equipment of the Shu army, which was not only extremely limited in quantity but also outrageously expensive.

"Three thousand armor equipment is a good thing!" Zhu Qingxian sighed.

However, Na Ji Yan said: "My lord, not only that, but along with the interception of these three thousand pairs of armor by Wei Song, there are also twenty Shu-made trebuchets, thirty giant crossbow machines, and more than ten cloud ladders. ”

Zhu Qingxian stood up suddenly, and exclaimed, "Is this true? ”

Ji Yan said: "I have sent someone to check, but the lower officials think that Wei Song has no reason or guts to lie to us." According to Wei Song, when he intercepted these combat equipment, all these things were disassembled and placed on the wooden cart in an orderly manner, and he did not dare to stop and quickly pulled all the things into the mountain.

Wei Song intercepted such a large amount of war materials, Lu Yuanliang, who was in charge of Wenzhou, was furious and sent heavy troops to encircle and suppress, Wei Song did not dare to engage in the war and could only hide in the mountains and flee in all directions, and now he was forced to be cornered, so he sent someone to want to defect to us, and Wei Song was willing to send all the war materials obtained as a military order to you, in order to show his sincerity. ”

Zhu Qingxian paced back and forth in place for a few steps, falling into deep thought.

Such a large amount of Shu-made war preparation materials is not unattractive, and Zhu Qingxian is also very urgent in need of this batch of materials, not for his own use, but as a bargaining chip to send to the capital.

Since Hua Chang's death, the situation in Tongzhou has been confusing, although Zhu Qingxian has the initiative, but it is still difficult to ascend to the position of assassin, Hua Ying and the stubborn resistance of the conservatives make him feel extremely annoyed.

Someone once persuaded Zhu Qingxian to lead the Kyoto army into the Tongzhou capital to help him send dissidents, but Zhu Qingxian has been hesitant, because he understands a truth, that is, it is easy to invite God and difficult to send God.

Once Yang Jie's army entered the Tongzhou capital, then Tongzhou basically belonged to Kyoto, which was not what Zhu Qingxian wanted, it was better to work for others than to be the master of his own house, he wanted to be the real Tongzhou assassin.