Gao Fei saw that the official was in his forties, with a handsome appearance, a clear beard hanging on his chin, and he looked very elegant. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info He took a step forward and arched his hand: "Under Wang Yu!" ”

A faint smile appeared on the official's face, and he hurriedly walked in front of Gao Fei, bent down and said to Gao Fei: "I am Sima Cheng, the assassin of Xiangzhou, and I am very surprised that Wang Gongzi suddenly visited. Wang Gongzi, please come inside! ”

Gao Fei and Mao Bao followed Sima Cheng into the Xiangzhou Thorn Mansion, and after the three of them came to the hall, they sat down separately, and then someone brought some tea.

Sima Cheng first spoke: "I have heard of the name of Wang Gongzi for a long time, a poem "Out of the Stopper", it can be said that it is popular all over the country, I remember that when I left Beijing, His Majesty was still reciting this poem of Wang Gongzi, saying that Wang Gongzi is a rare genius, a prodigy, at that time I was still thinking, like Wang Gongzi such a prodigy, I don't know when I will be able to see it. I don't think I'll see Wang Gongzi here, it can be seen that God has mercy! ”

"The prince has won the prize!" Gao Fei responded politely, "Actually, it's just some people's exaggerations......"

Sima Cheng said: "Wang Gongzi is really too modest. Wang Gongzi was born in a famous family, and it is really rare to have such a modest attitude. By the way, Wang Gongzi, why did you suddenly come to Changsha City? ”

Gao Fei said: "Lord Wang, I can't hide it, I'm from Wuchang. ”

"Wuchang?" After Sima Cheng heard these two words, his face suddenly showed a trace of panic, but it was soon fleeting, "Shouldn't Wang Gongzi be in Jiankang, how could he come from Wuchang?" ”

"More than a month ago, I set off from Jiankang to visit my master Gan Zhuo in Xiangyang to congratulate him on his birthday, and when I came back, I passed through Jiangzhou and was intercepted by my uncle's subordinates, and then I was sent to Wuchang and placed under house arrest in the General's Mansion, where I lived for more than a month." Gao Fei said 1510.

"Old General Gan turned out to be your master?" After Sima Cheng heard this, his heart was full of doubts, "oh", and then asked, "How can there be such a thing?" General...... Isn't it your uncle? Why did he put you under house arrest in Wuchang City? ”

Gao Fei looked around and saw that there were still some idle people in the hall, so he had some scruples and did not answer immediately.

Sima Cheng saw Gao Fei's worries, so he withdrew from the idle people and others, and then said: "Wang Gongzi, now there are only three of us in the hall, what are you difficult to hide, you can say it now." ”

"Lord Wang, General Gan is indeed my master. My uncle...... Oh no, it should be Wang Dun! He relied on the fact that he was a general and held 200,000 heavy soldiers in his hands, so he had the intention of betraying the court and wanting to be the emperor himself, but he was afraid that my father would stop him, so he detained me in Wuchang City, so as to blackmail my father, force my father to comply, and want my father to be in the same stream with him! ”

"Humph! Wang Dun traitor! Sure enough, there is a heart of disobedience! Your Majesty uses him so much, but he wants to rebel against Your Majesty, he really deserves to be killed! Sima Cheng said indignantly.

Gao Fei saw that Sima Cheng was so excited, so he continued: "The prince is a relative of the emperor, and now His Majesty has sent the prince to serve as the assassin of Xiangzhou, this position is very important, Wang Dun has always regarded the prince as a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh, once Wang Dun commits a rebellion, he will inevitably send people to attack Xiangzhou, and when the time comes, I hope that the prince will take more precautions." ”

Sima Cheng said ambitiously: "Although Wang Dun is strong and strong, but Xiangzhou is not an idle place, as long as he Wang Dun dares to come, I will let Wang Dun die under the city of Changsha!" ”

Gao Fei felt that Sima Cheng was a little too ashamed, but he didn't want to say it directly, so he just reminded: "Wang Dun's soldiers are well-fed, and there are many generals under his subordinates who can fight habitually, so it's better for the prince to be cautious, don't be careless." ”

Sima Cheng said with a smile: "Why should Wang Gongzi grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige!" The 60,000 troops in Xiangzhou are all the old troops of General Gan Lao, although the army is not as much as Wang Dun's, but thanks to the drills of General Gan Lao, these 60,000 troops are all elite soldiers who are invincible in a hundred battles. At that time, when General Gan Lao was transferred to Liangzhou, I had done a handover with General Gan, and General Gan had long expected that Wang Dun would not be subordinate, and Xiangzhou was also a place that Wang Dun wanted to take, so when he went to Liangzhou to take office, he did not take a single soldier with him, and left all the soldiers and generals in Xiangzhou, just in case. Now the people who are reused in my Xiangzhou are all the old subordinates of General Gan, and they have long been unaccustomed to Wang Dun's evil deeds, and they can't wait to go to Wuchang. ”

After Gao Fei heard this, he felt a little comforted in his heart, and it seemed that Gan Zhuo was really prescient. It's just that he remembered that in history, Xiangzhou was still occupied by Wang Dun, and Sima Cheng was also secretly killed by Wang Dun. If Gan Zhuo's subordinates are really so powerful, what is the reason for Xiangzhou to be captured?

After thinking about it, Gao Fei couldn't figure it out, but Sima Cheng gave him the impression that he was relatively frivolous and not stable enough. When Gan Zhuo was in Xiangzhou, with his ability, he might be able to protect the people of Xiangzhou from invading, but Sima Cheng's limited ability and too much support may be the main reason why Xiangzhou was captured by Wang Dun's army.

History has long been unverified, and Gao Fei doesn't need to think about it so much, but what he wants to do now is to unite with Sima Cheng in Xiangzhou to contain Wang Dun and completely strangle Wang Dun's rebellion in the cradle.

"Master's subordinates are naturally very powerful, but the prince should also be cautious, after all, the soldiers and horses in Xiangzhou are far from being able to compete with Wang Dun's 200,000 army......

As soon as he said this, Sima Cheng was reluctant, and he glanced at Gao Fei in his eyes, revealing a trace of disdain. Immediately afterwards, Sima Cheng suddenly thought of a question, so he asked directly: "Wang Gongzi, you just said that you were placed under house arrest by Wang Dun in Wuchang City, so how did you escape?" ”

Gao Fei smiled and said, "I came out of the General's Mansion directly, and I don't have to run away at all, because no one dares to stop me." Now, I have gained Wang Dun's trust, and I have also united some people to prepare to seize the military power of Wang Dun's subordinates, and when Wang Dun really rebels one day, we will have the capital to compete with Wang Dun. ”

Sima Cheng listened to Gao Fei's words suspiciously, and suddenly laughed out loud and asked, "Prince Wang, are you really joking......

"Lord Wang, do you look at me like a joke?" Gao Fei said seriously.

Sima Cheng looked at Gao Fei carefully, and saw that he looked preoccupied and meticulous, but he chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "So, what you said is true?" ”

Gao Fei nodded heavily, and then said: "I came to Changsha this time, in fact, the purpose is very simple, I want to have a simple meeting with the prince, and I want to tell the prince that we have almost controlled all the troops in Jiangzhou. Not only that, but we also united with my master Gan Zhuo, as well as Yuzhou Assassin Shi and Pingbei General Zu Ti, as long as Wang Dun dared to move, we would rush up and attack from everywhere, strangling Wang Dun's rebellion plan in the cradle. Of course, we also hope that the prince can join this alliance, and at that time, the thief will also need the prince's help. ”

After Sima Cheng heard this, he was still a little skeptical, and asked in disbelief: "Is this serious?" ”

Gao Fei said: "If the prince doesn't believe it, he can send his confidants to Xiangyang to ask my master Gan Zhuo for an explanation." ”

Sima Cheng said: "I will definitely send someone to inquire." Wang Gongzi, what do you want me to do when you come to Changsha? ”

"It's nothing, I just want to ask the prince to cooperate. We can completely control the soldiers of Jiangzhou, but we can't control the soldiers of Jingzhou, the fundamental reason is that the people who led the troops in Jingzhou were Wang Dun's own brother Wang Han, and Wang Dun's cousin Wei Yi, they are all people with heavy troops, and they are also people trusted by Wang Dun. ”

"We ...... Refers to...... In addition to Wang Gongzi, is there anyone else involved? Sima Cheng asked sensitively.

Gao Fei nodded and said, "Lu Wan and Jiang Zuo Bada's cadres are all involved. ”

Sima Cheng said: "It's no wonder! I have long heard that Wang Dun forcibly hired eight celebrities, it turns out that these eight celebrities have become Wang Gongzi's henchmen, it can be seen that Wang Gongzi is not simple at all, at a young age, he has such ability, it really makes me admire and admire! ”

Gao Fei said: "The prince praises!" ”

Sima Cheng and Gao Fei chatted very well, the two of them went straight to the point, without any fancy intestines, and then, Sima Cheng agreed to participate in Gao Fei's alliance, and invited several important people in the state to come out and meet Gao Fei.

About a stick of incense passed, the chief Shi Yu Kui, Sima Yu Wang, the lord Bo Deng Qian, Xi Cao Shuzuo Han Jue, Engaged Wu Yan and the school captain Huan Xiong and others came to the hall one after another.

These people were originally Ganzhuo's old department, and after Sima Cheng took office, there was basically no change in Xiangzhou's personnel arrangements, and the original team was still used.

Sima Cheng introduced Yu Kui, Yu Wang, Deng Qian, Han Jue, Wu Yan, and Huan Xiong one by one, and then introduced Gao Fei, and when these six people heard that Gao Fei was the apprentice of their old boss Gan Zhuo, they felt very cordial.

Subsequently, Sima Cheng asked people to prepare a banquet and warmly entertained Gao Fei and Mao Bao, and at the banquet, everyone talked about Wang Dun again, and Sima Cheng told Gao Fei what he did in Wuchang one by one, so that everyone was in awe of Gao Fei, a young prodigy.

This trip to Goofy was not in vain, because of the relationship between Gan Zhuo and here, there was a peaceful atmosphere up and down.

At the banquet, Sima Cheng drank a few more glasses because he was happy, and he was not strong enough to drink, so he soon got drunk and was helped into the room to rest.

As soon as Sima Cheng left, Yu Kui, Yu Wang, Deng Qian, Han Jue, Wu Yan, and Huan Xiong gathered around Gao Fei and asked Gao Fei about the current situation of his old boss Gan Zhuo, and Gao Fei answered them one by one.

Subsequently, Gao Fei asked Yu Kui, Yu Wang, Deng Qian, Han Jue, Wu Yan, and Huan Xiong about the situation in Xiangzhou, and the faces of the six people showed some indescribable embarrassment at the same time.

Gao Fei found this clue and asked: "Six adults, is the situation in Xiangzhou not optimistic?" ”

Changshi Yukui first said: "Xiangzhou has reached the boundary of the strong outside and the middle dry, this year because of the weather, Xiangzhou has a flood disaster, the farmland is not harvested, and the people are even more difficult to solve the problem of food and clothing. However, our so-called prince only knows that he is reckless, and he is not willing to open a warehouse to release grain and relieve the people, nor is he willing to build a canal and dredge the river, causing a large number of people in Xiangzhou to flee for refuge. Xiangzhou, which General Gan worked so hard to govern, is about to be destroyed in the hands of this imperial relative! ”

Lord Bo Deng Qian said: "We made a lot of suggestions to Sima Cheng, but he rejected them, saying that His Majesty appointed him as the assassin of Xiangzhou, just to restrain Wang Dun and prevent Wang Dun from acting arbitrarily." But if they don't even care about the lives of the people in the state, once Wang Dun's army fights, who among the people is willing to defend the city with the enemy? ”

"In addition, in the places where Xiangzhou borders Jiangzhou and Jingzhou, Wang Dun's army has been ready to move, and it has also constantly instigated the local people to flee, causing a large area of fertile land to be barren and becoming a no-man's land for dozens of miles, and the situation in Xiangzhou is not as optimistic as Lord Assassin Shi said." Captain Huan Xiong said.

Subsequently, Yu Wang, Han Jue, and Wu Yan also expressed their opinions, which roughly meant that Sima Cheng was too arbitrary, did not listen to suggestions, and only cared about training soldiers and horses, but did not care about the life and death of the people.

Sima Cheng has never done anything that violates the law and discipline, but in order to expand the army, he blindly recruited troops, there were only 30,000 troops in Xiangzhou before, and after Sima Cheng took office less than half a year later, it has been expanded to 60,000 people, most of which are those stinky raw melons and eggs, all of which were forcibly arrested by Sima Cheng to be soldiers, which made the people complain.

Yu Kui, Yu Wang, Deng Qian, Han Jue, Wu Yan, and Huan Xiong also jointly wrote a note to the court, but they were stopped by Sima Cheng's eyes and ears, not only tore it off in front of them, but also scolded them for not knowing how to serve the court, and the six people who made it were also shameless. And since then, the power of the six people has basically been taken back by Sima Cheng, and Sima Cheng himself promoted those who were flattering to do things in their place, and military discipline and law were already on the verge of corruption.

After Gao Fei listened to the words of Yu Kui, Yu Wang, Deng Qian, Han Jue, Wu Yan, and Huan Xiong, he couldn't help frowning, and then he remembered the events in history.

However, Sima Cheng's heart was good, but he used the wrong method, Gao Fei thought, maybe this was the main reason for Sima Cheng's final failure.

Gao Fei said: "Jun, Zhouye." People, water also. People can carry boats, but they can also capsize boats. Thanks to Sima Cheng or a relative of the emperor, doesn't he understand the truth in this? The six of them are all my master's old subordinates, so is there nothing they can do about this Sima Cheng? ”