On the tenth day of the first month, Chen Caozhi, Xie Daoyun, Xie Xuan, Zhang Xuanhu, and Gu Kai pointed to Mangosteen, and in the afternoon of the same day, Huan Wen invited the Xifu officials to a banquet in the General's Mansion. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and the hall was silent.

Huan Wen Zishi eyes majestically glanced at the bureaucrats, and said in a deep voice: "Yesterday, I received six hundred miles of urgent documents in Huaibei, Yan Taifu Murong Ping and Longzhu General Li Hong attacked Xuchang and Runan, and our army was defeated in the Hanging Gourd, Ying" Taishou Li Fu died in battle, Runan Taishou Zhu Bin Ben Shou Qin, Chen Jun Taishou Zhu Fu retired to Pengcheng, the Yan army is menacing, and I want to take all the land of Huaibei, I have urgently ordered Xizhong Lang to wait for Yuan Zhen to wait for him, tomorrow, I will personally marshal the Zhou Division Tun Hefei to supervise the battle" looked at Chen Caozhi, and said: "Chen Oak will lead the mission to set off with me the day after tomorrow." The situation is urgent, if Qin takes the opportunity to invade Hanzhong and Jingxiang in the south, at that time, the war is continuous, and the country is not at peace. ”

Chen Caozhi bowed and said, "Obey." ”

The feast was dispersed, Chen Caozhi returned to the Phoenix Mountain residence, Ran Sheng, Laide and Shen Chiyan were already waiting there, Ran Sheng is now the commander of the Ministry of Qu who commanded thousands of people, the military uniform was neat, majestic, bowed and said: "Brother is going to go north with Da Sima in the near future?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "The day after tomorrow will set off, your: Have you selected the hundred accompanying sergeants?" ”

Ran Sheng said: "The elite of the three hundred Xifu is already on standby and can come out at any time."

Shen Chiling heard that she was going north the day after tomorrow, she couldn't hold back the excitement in her heart, and when she saw Chen Caozhi looking over, she hurriedly bowed down and said, "Master Chen, Chiqian has already prepared his suits, and twenty skilled archers and horses are on standby at any time. After a pause, he said, "If I had known that I would go north with Master Chen, I should have brought three hundred parts from Wukang." "Shen Chiqian's father, Shen Jin, led a thousand strong men to Luoyang last year, and most of those 1,000 strong men were Shen clans. Therefore, there are not many private soldiers left in the Shen manor.

Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "I went out this time, not to fight the day after tomorrow, but to go out in a hurry. It was a great pity that he couldn't see Duan Si, the riding governor, before the envoy. ”

Duan Si belonged to the Xianbei line of the Duan Division, and his father Liaoxi Gongzhao Mobo had established himself as Shan Yu, and later returned to Shi Zhao, after Shi Zhao perished. Ran Shan was in power, the Central Plains was in turmoil, Duan Si followed his brother Duan Mu to lead the troops to surrender to Murong Trai, at that time Murong Chui was named Murong Ba, because he accidentally fell off a horse and broke his teeth when training the army, so he changed his name to Murong Chui, after Duan's return to Murong Chui, Duan Qin married his two younger sisters to Murong Chui, Murong Chui was named King Wu, and Duan's sisters were called Da Duan Concubine and Xiao Duan Concubine. Duan's sisters are highly sexual, and Murong Chui's brother Yan Wang Murong Jun is concubine Ke Zuhun is not harmonious, Yonghe ten years, Murong Jun called the emperor, built the name Yuankui, Murong Jun is brave and talented, the fifth brother Murong Chui is also quite jealous, conniving at the queen Ke Zuhun to sue the big Duan concubine Wu Cup, forcing the big Duan concubine to die, Duan Qin, Duan Si brothers led the troops to rebel, Murong Chui in order to win the trust of Murong Jun, personally suppressed Duan Bu, killed Duan Qin, Duan Si fled south to Huan Wen. Huan Wen was awarded the six-rank cavalry governor, and now Jingzhou Huan Huo is training cavalry, Chen Caozhi learned that he was going to send an envoy to Qin, and asked Huan Wen to see Duan Si. In order to learn more about the situation of Qin and Yan, but it was not mentioned in the general's mansion Huan Wen before. Presumably, Duan Si has not yet arrived from Jingzhou

Unexpectedly, Ran Sheng said: "Brother wants to see Duan Caidu, Duan Caidu came here by boat from Jingzhou the day before yesterday, and now in the Hucheng military camp, I will accompany Brother to see him." ”

Chen Caozhi was overjoyed. After dinner, he followed Ran Sheng to the sub-city of the soldiers in the north of Guyi City, and met Xie Daoyun and Xie Xuan's sisters and brothers at the Phoenix stop, and asked where Zizhong was going? Chen Caozhi said: "Go and visit Murong Chui's wife and brother Duan Si." ”

Xie Xuan said: "Is Duan Silai aunt?" Zizhong is to know his confidant. He approached and whispered: "Duke Huan moved to Hefei, my sister joined the army in the military government, and she also has to accompany her, and the son will take care of my sister on my behalf." ”

Chen Caozhi looked at Xie Daoyun and said with a smile: "Very good, you can ask Brother Yingtai all the way to Yuzhou about everything." Chen Jun Xie has been operating in Yuzhou for many years, from Xie Shang to Xie Wan, it can be said to be deep-rooted, Chen Caozhi listened to Xie An and Xie Wan talk about the two characters in Wuyi Lane that night, and benefited greatly, but after all, it was only in a hurry for an hour, and I didn't know much, I wanted to ask Xie Daoyun carefully after Xifu, but I didn't expect to set off for the north the day after tomorrow, and now I heard that Xie Daoyun is also going to Hefei. Of course rejoice.

Xie Daoyun and Xie Xuan's sisters and brothers saw Chen Caozhi and Ran Sheng go to the north of the city, and Xie Xuan said: "Zi Chui spared no effort to serve Duke Huan. ”

Xie Daoyun said: "Zizhong's envoy to Qin is an edict of the imperial court, not just for the Huan family

Xie Daoyun's words unconsciously revealed the meaning of protecting Chen Cao, of course, Xie Daoyun was right. Xie Xuan smiled. said: "Duke Huan wants to get involved in Yuzhou and Xuzhou. Over the years, I have tried my best to abolish Fan Wang and degrade my fourth uncle, but I still have not been able to expand the power of the Huan family to Yuzhou and Xuzhou, these two states are the gateway to Jiankang, and Huan Gong does not gather the troops to control Yu and Xu, so he will not dare to usurp a thing, and now Huan Gong's infant state is planning to be Xizhong Lang Yuan Zhen and Beizhong Lang will Geng Xi, Murong Ping Nan to, "Zhong Huan Gong is in his arms, Huan Gong moved to Hefei, it is to exclude the forces of Yuan and Qing, and then further control Yuzhou, so, Huan Gong usurped the throne is not far away, this is what my three uncles and all the big clans do not want to see." If Zizhong is determined to serve Duke Huan, he is afraid of being criticized by the family. ”

Xie Daoyun said: "Ah Ji and Zizhong have been friends for several years, don't you know that Zizhong is a person?" Zizhong is borrowing the power of Huan Gong to show his ambitions, Huan Gong is over fifty years old, and his five sons are not virtuous, and I look at Huan Gong's son Huan Xi and Zizhong are not harmonious, Huan Gong has the grace of knowing Zizhong, but Huan Xi is not, Zizhong will do his best for Huan Gong, but will not serve Huan's death! ”

Xie Xuanqi said: "Are Huan Xi and Zizhong not on good terms? I have never heard of it. ”

Xie Daoyun: "Some things have to be watched by yourself, where can you hear about it!" ”

Xie Xuan smiled and said: "My sister is the most knowledgeable about her son's intentions, and my brother is not as good as her."

Xie Daoyun diverted the topic and said, "Ah Ji, I will go to Hefei the day after tomorrow." When did you and Zhang Xuanzhi go to Jingzhou? ”

Xie Xuan said: "After my sister leaves, I will set off." ”

Xie Daoyun "um".

Chen Caozhi was slightly surprised when he saw Duan Si, didn't they all say that there are many handsome men and beautiful women in Xianbei, but this Duan Si in front of him is really ugly. Duan Si was in his thirties, tall and thin, with a dark eagle nose and brown eyes, and a scar on his left cheek, and his smile was still hideous, like a purple centipede wriggling

Duan Si first heard the name of Chen Caozhi last year, and knew that Huan Da Sima valued Chen Caozhi very much, and when he saw it today, he was really outstanding. Compared with the Murong man who is known for his handsomeness, he is more elegant, and unlike Jiang Zuo's popular male weak beauty, Chen Caozhi is clear and straight, and he has a free and easy atmosphere, which makes Duan Si involuntarily sigh that Jiang Zuo has such a character

Under the conversation, Duan Si admired Chen Caozhi even more, and Chen Caozhi saw the contradictions within the Murong royal family more clearly than him, and he was very strategic about Murong Ke and Murong Chui's talents. Chen Caozhi knew it better than Huan Wen, which really surprised Duan Si!

How did Duan Si know. Chen Caozhi's demise of Qianyan and the merits of Murong Ke's brother's talent all come from later historical theories. The future generations look at the gains and losses in the past life and the conclusion of the coffin, of course, it is incisive!

The longer he talked with Chen Caozhi, the more Duan Si felt that Chen Caozhi's wisdom and insight were unfathomable, and of course he knew everything about Yan Guo that Chen Caozhi asked. Since Chen Caozhi knew more clearly than he Duan Si about the contradictions between Yan Guo's Taishi Mu Yugen, Taifu Murong Ping and Murong Ke, and Murong Chui's brothers. So what else can he hide, destroying Murong to avenge the Duan clan is exactly what he Duan Si is looking forward to, and talking to Chen Cao made Duan Si feel that the powerful Murong clan is completely likely to fall apart in just a few years, and his Duan clan's feud is very hopeful, so when Chen Caozhi proposed to borrow one of his Duan Si's cronies to accompany him to the north, Duan Si immediately agreed, and called a witty and capable house slave to come out and ordered him to serve Chen Cao as the master, this house slave is named Duan Li. The four former Duan Si led more than 1,000 troops to defect to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. was chased and killed by Murong Trai all the way to Pengcheng, and there were only two hundred horsemen left, and Duan Zhao was one of them.

Chen Caozhi's purpose of visiting Duan Si was achieved, and after talking for a while, he and Ran Sheng got up to say goodbye, and it was already night.

Duan Si was sent out of the barracks. To Chen Caozhi: "Xianri Northern Expedition Murong, Duan is willing to be a pioneer." ”

Chen Caozhi smiled and said, "Duke Huan has his own place to ride over. Xin Dao: "Duke Huan's third Northern Expedition was to use Duan Si as the leader, the technical head was defeated, Duan Si was also captured by Murong Chuisheng, and sent back to Yandu Longcheng to behead, it was very tragic, and tonight I had a long talk with Duan Si. The flapping of butterfly wings should be able to change many things. ”

The next day, Chen Caozhi asked to see Huan Wen for a private matter, that is, his sister-in-law's brother Ding Licheng, Chen Caozhi pleaded with Huan Wen, saying that his widowed sister-in-law only had this one brother-in-law, but he was far away in Xishu Jian to recommend the county order for Wuyang County. It was only once in five or six years that he was able to return to his hometown, and he wanted to be transferred to a small county closer to his hometown as an official. Please allow Huan Wen's permission.

Huan Wen was quite pleased with Chen Caozhi's private affairs, which was also an expression of Chen Caozhi's following him Huan Wen, only he Huan Wen was the backer of the Qian Tang Chen family

Huan Wen said with a pleasant face: "I have also heard that your sister-in-law is virtuous, Ya respects her, since she has such a request, how can I not allow it!" He also said: "Tomorrow, I will lead the boat division to move to Hefei, I am afraid that the affairs will be complicated and forgotten." Today, he ordered someone to pass on the history of Yizhou Thorn. Let Zhou Assassin send the county order back to Jiankang to wait for the appointment of a Yangzhou county It is difficult to have a vacancy, so he will be a magistrate in a county in Jiangzhou, and if he has political achievements, he will be promoted. "Immediately ordered the oak subordinates around him to write down Ding Licheng's name for the official county.

Chen Caozhi had a heartfelt matter, and deeply thanked Huan Wen. (To be continued)