Chapter 5 Lobbyists
Li Tingyu narrowed his eyes, looked Wang Huan up and down, and asked with some surprise: "Have you ever been a soldier?" ”
Wang Huan said: "The villain's family has been a farmer for generations and has never entered the army. ”
Li Tingyu snorted coldly: "This general has been fighting horses all his life, either on the battlefield or in the barracks, so where do you recognize this general?" ”
Wang Huan coughed and said in his heart: Of course it's in the history books. But he didn't dare to say this, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he immediately had a speech.
"Before the villain entered Yangzhou City, he had begged for a life outside the city, and he was fortunate to have seen the adult when the general was patrolling, so he knew the adult." Wang Huan's tongue is like a spring, and he speaks without leakage.
Li Tingyu thought for a while, and remembered that when he first followed Liu Liangzuo to Yangzhou to set up defenses, he did patrol outside every day, and at that time, there were refugees in a radius of dozens of miles outside Yangzhou, and it was normal for someone to see him because of this.
Thinking like this, Li Tingyu went to Sancheng with caution, his tone softened, and then asked: "There are rows of monks' houses here, how do you know that I live in this house as soon as you enter this courtyard?" ”
Wang Huan replied respectfully: "Your Excellency, this is very easy, the whole row of houses, just your house is still lit up, the other people have already gone out to kill people and rob things, the house is dark and quiet, so I know that the adults live here?" ”
Speaking of this, Li Yan behind Wang Huan sneered: "What a clever mouth, can't the one who stays here be someone else, it must be a general?" ”
Wang Huan smiled when he heard this, looked up at Li Tingyu, his eyes were as calm and calm as a pool of autumn water, and said slowly: "Because I know that the general is not that kind of person!" ”
Li Tingyu's face did not change, and he stared at Wang Huan expressionlessly and said, "Oh? So what kind of person am I? ”
"Loyal to the country, protect the territory and protect the family, endure what ordinary people can't bear, do what ordinary people can't, a dignified man, a really great husband!" Wang Huan met Li Tingyu's gaze without fear, looked at each other and said.
These words were spoken sonorously and loudly, and as soon as the words came out, the hut suddenly fell silent.
Wang Huan's heart was actually drenched in sweat, these sycophants snapped, although Li Tingyu's life is worthy of these few comments, but to speak righteously like Wang Huan, you have to be thick-skinned enough.
Sure enough, after Li Tingyu heard this, his face turned from black to blue, and then to normal color, Wang Huan knew that he had slapped the horse's buttocks, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
After being silent for a while, Li Tingyu grinned at the corners of his mouth, laughed a few times in a low voice, and asked with a smile: "Little monk, who taught you these words?" ”
Wang Huan suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said: "It's not taught by others, it's all the heartfelt words of the villain." ”
"Fart!" Li Tingyu's face changed, and he said angrily: "Lao Tzu is on the verge of defection, and he surrenders before he fights, which husband is counted?" You little bald donkey is talking nonsense, teasing and mocking me with words! Lao Tzu cut you! ”
The burly man was angry, and at the same time he made a gesture to draw the knife, but his movements were very slow, he didn't stand up for a long time, and his eyes kept staring at Wang Huan without moving.
Wang Huan was startled at first, and secretly said that this soldier would turn his face when he turned his face, and he didn't even say hello, could he make it a habit to cut people? When he saw Li Tingyu's eyes and staring at his face, his heart jumped, and he suddenly understood: It turned out that this soldier was still not at ease with himself and wanted to test himself!
My heart was bright, and I couldn't help but scold in my heart: Your mother! People say that the soldiers are all straightforward and straightforward, and there is only one tendon in their brains, why is this Li Tingyu's brain like a fox, so cunning to death!
Wang Huan stalked his neck and shouted hoarsely: "The general doesn't believe me, and I have no choice, it's better to die under the general's knife than to die under the Qinggou knife!" ”
Li Tingyu and Li Yan's faces changed greatly when they heard this, one changed his knife to a shot, covering Wang Huan's mouth, and the other was lying on the crack of the door, looking outside, looking nervous.
Wang Huan was happy in his heart: Your grandmother's bear, tell you to scare Lao Tzu, it's strange if Lao Tzu doesn't scare you to death! He had already observed when he came, and there was not a single ghost in this monastery except this house, so he dared to shout so loudly.
Li Yan lay on the door for a long time, and after confirming that it was safe, he turned back and made a gesture to Li Tingyu with a dark face. Li Tingyu took a long breath, let go of the big hand covering Wang Huan's mouth, sat back on the bunk, grabbed the tea bowl on the table and drank it dry, glared at Wang Huan and said, "You little monk, are you really not afraid of killing your head when you say these words?" ”
Wang Huan listened to his soothing tone, knowing that this big man had a sense of trust in himself, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot, and said in a sad tone: "Kill the head? Since the day his family was killed, the villain has put life and death aside, the country is ruined, and he can't save the country and defend the enemy if he stays on his head, and he can't defend his family and become benevolent, what's the difference between death and death? ”
Li Tingyu took the case and said in a low voice: "What a life and death aside!" Little monk, what's your name? Have you ever read a book? ”
Wang Huan said: "The villain's common surname is Wang, his single name is Huan, he read books when he was a child, and he is coarse and well-versed in writing and ink. ”
Li Tingyu stroked his palms and smiled: "Okay, okay, I'm short of a scholar, why don't you just follow me, don't be a monk of this Laoshizi." ”
Li Yan was anxious when he heard this, and said loudly: "My lord, this monk's origin is unknown, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for him to follow us!"
Li Tingyu smiled and said: "It's okay, the people who dare to scold the Qing dog in the Qing army camp in this world will not be greedy for life and afraid of death, slave and servile, although this Wang Huan is young, his knowledge is not small, let him follow us, maybe I can cultivate a talent for the country." ”
Wang Huan was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Wang Huan thanks the general for his kindness!" ”
Li Tingyu held Wang Huan's arm with his big hand, Wang Huan felt as if there was a crane to support him, and he couldn't help but stand up, and couldn't help but be surprised by Li Tingyu's arm strength, thinking that if this big man went to the Olympics to participate in weightlifting, he might win the gold medal.
Li Tingyu said in a deep voice: "Don't talk about it, what is the reason why you just said that you want to save us?" ”
Wang Huan licked his lips and thought for a while: "General, but in the past few days, he has been preparing to break away from the Qing army and return to the west alone This time not only Li Tingyu, but even Li Yan, who was standing behind Wang Huan, was taken aback, and almost drew his knife again, because Li Tingyu was unwilling to die for the Manchu Qing Dynasty and intended to get out and go back, only the two of them knew, and they didn't even communicate on weekdays, how did this little monk know?"
Wang Huan saw that Li Tingyu's face was as pale as dirt and he froze still, and when he looked back, Li Yan seemed to be desperate to cut people, and knew that he could no longer pretend to be a high-level traitor, so he immediately said eagerly: "General, Wang Huan has the idea of expelling the slaves of Jianzhou and recovering the rivers and mountains of Daming, please don't dislike Wang Huan from a poor background, this life will be given to the general in the future!" ”
If you don't show loyalty at this time, if Li Yan's knife can't be controlled, then everything will be over.
Wang Huan's tone was sincere, without any pretentiousness, Li Tingyu couldn't believe it, Wang Huan peeked over, only to see Li Tingyu's face cloudy, it took a long time to calm down, slowly sat down, exhaled, and asked: "Little monk, I have already taken you in, and I will naturally take you with me, but, how do you know that I am going to get out of the west?" ”
Wang Huan said: How do I know? Of course, it's written in the history books.
Thinking so in his heart, he said another set of words: "The general speaks with a SC accent, and the soldiers he brings are white pole soldiers, and the villain concludes that the general must be under the command of Qin Liangyu, the chief soldier of SC, who served under Liu Liangzuo because of the dispatch of the imperial court, and after Liu Zongbing surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he was the general of the front, as his general, he should be in a high position like him, but the general refused to resign, and was willing to be an ordinary pawn, which is unreasonable, of course, the general is high-spirited and bright, and he is unwilling to go with the Qing dog, but it also shows that the general is unwilling to serve the Qing army. Since he doesn't want to send people under the fence, he will leave sooner or later, and if he wants to go, it is better to leave early than late, because if he is late, there will be changes, maybe Liu Liangzuo will be transferred to other places, if the distance is far, it will be even more inconvenient to return to SC, so the villain boldly speculated that the general will get out and leave within a few days. ”
Li Tingyu was originally the chief officer of the SC Qin Liangyu's personal soldiers, and followed the main general to participate in the battle against the Qing army and the peasant army many times, and was promoted to the general, because there was little left of the army with combat effectiveness in the Ming court, the SC white pole soldiers were brave and good at fighting, and were drawn out to Liu Liangzuo to participate in the defense of Nanjing, but Liu Liangzuo was greedy for life and afraid of death, and retreated before the battle, Li Tingyu's return road was cut off, and there was nowhere to go, had to follow Liu Liangzuo to flee east and west, until he finally surrendered to the Qing army. But Li Tingyu was very unwilling in his heart, and he didn't want to go back to SC all the time to plan to take action in the past few days, but today he was told by Wang Huan, so he was shocked.
Li Tingyu opened his mouth for a long time before he asked in surprise: "Little monk, are you really just a little monk?" ”
Wang Huan arched his hand to the sky and said: "It's not a secret, the teacher who learned to read when the villain was a child was an unborn Confucian, astronomical and geographical, monk learned Buddhism and Taoism, and was proficient in everything. ”
After saying that, he said sadly: "It's a pity that his old man is very old, and he has gone several years ago. ”
Li Tingyu was relieved, no wonder this little monk was mysterious and secretive, it turned out that there was a master professor, so thinking about it, it made sense, and he was immediately overjoyed: This Wang Huan seems to be indeed a talent, with such a little clue, he can deduce so many ways, but don't let the Qing soldiers rob it.
So Li Tingyu asked again: "But, you said you want to save me, what's the matter?" ”
Wang Huan said: "The general plans to contact the old department of the white pole soldiers in Liu Liangzuo's army and return to Sichuan together?" ”
Li Tingyu and Li Yan were stunned again, you know, they haven't done this yet, they just thought about it in their minds, how could Wang Huan know about it again?