Chapter 159: Worrying about the country and the people
Liu Chan and Ma Jian had just stepped into the gate of Gaoding's mansion, and according to the guard's instructions, they walked directly into the courtyard in front of them.
"Smack!"
As soon as I walked into the courtyard, I heard the sound of falling objects from the room in front of me with the door closed.
The two looked at each other and smiled, it must have been Gao Ding who threw something inside, which was good, so I didn't have to find another room.
Gao Ding's room is about the same size as Guo Jing's living room, but now the door is closed, and only the chaotic sound in the room is heard.
Liu Chan and Ma Jian walked gently to the door of the Gaoding house, and the sound of "demolishing the house" inside the house became louder, and the two of them didn't mind, and pushed the door open with a soft smile.
Gao Ding, who was throwing a tantrum and smashing things, suddenly noticed a glimmer of light at the door of the house, and then heard the sound of the door opening, and walked over with his fists clenched, and kept scolding: "Whoever let you in, get out of here!" ”
"Hehe, the king is so angry." Liu Chan was not scared because of the angry appearance of Gao Ding who came over, put his hands behind his back, and said with a smile.
Hearing the voice, Gao Ding was stunned for a moment, just because the light in front of the door blocked his vision, he couldn't help but raise his hand to block his forehead, so as to block the dazzling light.
At this time, at the moment when his hand blocked the light in front of him, he also saw Liu Chan with a smile on his face.
With a flick of his mind, Gao Ding always felt that this person was familiar, but suddenly forgot where he had seen it, and couldn't help but say, "Who are you?" ”
"Hehe, the king is really a noble man who forgets things! The king was in a hurry in Yueshan City that day, and we didn't have time to say hello to the king. ”
"Yueshan?" Gao Ding murmured.
Suddenly raised his head, looked at the smiling young man, suddenly his narrow eyes widened, remembered something, and said incredibly surprised: "You, you are the one who was that night!" You guys! You are from the Han Kingdom! ”
Liu Chan naturally knew that the night Gao Ding said was the night he held Meng Shuang hostage.
Smiling slightly, Liu Chan was not surprised, and said, "It seems that the king still remembers us." ”
"Sure enough!"
Gao Ding was shocked now, and snorted coldly: "You broke this king's Yue Cheng City, and this king is still trying to settle accounts with you, but you are good, you actually sent it to the door!" ”
"Someone!" Gao Ding yelled outside the house after speaking.
"Hehehe." Liu Chan still had a smile on the corner of his mouth, "The king didn't ask why we suddenly sent it to the door?" ”
"Huh?" Gao Ding is not a reckless man, and when he heard the words of the young man in front of him, he frowned slightly.
Seeing that Gao Ding was silent, Liu Chan continued: "Could it be that the king can become a barbarian king if he arrests us?" ”
Hearing the barbarian king, Gao Ding's heart swelled with anger again, and suddenly his eyes turned and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”
Liu Chan didn't answer Gao Ding's question, but raised his head slightly, looked at the messy room, and said, "We came from afar, how can we be considered guests, does the king want to entertain guests at the entrance of the house?" ”
Gao Ding glanced at Liu Chan, thinking that it was also his own home now, and the two Han people would not play any tricks.
Thinking of this, Gao Ding snorted coldly, "Come in if you're not afraid of death!" As he spoke, he kicked away the desk in front of him and sat down on the desk in front of him.
Liu Chan was not shocked by Gao Ding's lukewarm words at all, smiled at Ma Yan, crossed the somewhat messy room, and sat down with each other next to the desk closest to Gao Ding.
Gao Ding sat down, glanced at Liu Chan and the two of them coldly, took a sip of the wine glass on the table, glanced at him and said, "Say, what do you mean?" ”
Liu Chan had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, lowered his head and stretched out his slender fingers, rhythmically tapping on the desk in front of him without speaking.
Ma Tan on the opposite side rolled his eyes, and hurriedly smiled: "King, we are here to help the King this time." ”
"Help Ben King?"
A sneer appeared at the corner of Gao Ding's mouth, "You guys would be so kind." ”
"Hey, hey." Ma Yan grinned, squinted and said, "Naturally, we won't be so kind, just for our own interests." ”
Gao Ding was not surprised by this sentence, after all, if there is no interest, how can the Han people come to him, these are all he can think of, but if the interests of the two parties will not conflict, he is still happy to cooperate because of interests.
"Tell me, what do you want? If you want Dianchi City, this king can't do it. ”
"No, no, no." Ma Jian smiled and waved his hand, "Actually, we also know that the various clans in Nanzhong are just bewitched by Yong Yan. ”
Ma Tan said this, glanced at Liu Chan, who was hanging his head opposite him, and then squinted and said, "We just want a person/head?" ”
"Yong's head?" Gao Ding was not surprised, and squinted at Ma Yan.
"Hey, King Yingming." Ma Yan nodded and smiled.
At this time, Gao Ding sat obliquely on the side of the desk, and couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his chin, as if he was thinking about something, whether his narrow eyes glanced at Ma Tan who was smiling below and Liu Chan, who had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and knocked on the desk.
Gao Ding was thinking about nothing else, just thinking about whether Yong's person/head should be given to Han Guo, and how sure he was.
If he suddenly attacked Yong Huang at this moment, he felt that he was sure, after all, he and Wu Guo, Yong Huang and the Nanzhong tribes had not yet had a stalemate, and he could completely take advantage of Yong Huang's unpreparedness to kill the other party, he felt that this was a simple matter.
It's just that he is also worried that if he destroys their alliance in this way, he will be broken by the Han army when the time comes, after all, this is how their eight clans in Nanzhong were broken by each of them back then, and then his gains will outweigh his losses.
Glancing at Ma Jian with interest, Gao Ding stroked his chin and said with a smile: "Then what can you give to this king?" ”
Ma Tan raised his head and smiled, "I don't know if the Barbarian King and Nanzhong can do it?" ”
"Hahaha!" Gao Ding raised his head and laughed, suddenly raised his hand and slapped the table under him, and snorted coldly: "What a cunning Han man!" You think this king is a fool! Now you are on the expedition to Nanzhong, but you want to give it to me? ”
Ma Tan was not surprised by Gao Ding's words, and still smiled, "Your Majesty said that the conquest of Nanzhong was because the commander Yong Huang suddenly rebelled against Wu, presumably the king also knows that our relationship with Wu If Yong Huang does not get rid of it, how can we calm the people's hearts!" You must know that when the first emperor was in power, the affairs of Nanzhong were handled by all ethnic groups! ”
Ma Tan made the various ethnic groups in Nanzhong clear up the relationship with Yong Yan in one sentence, and directly told Gao Ding that they were just to crusade against Yong Yan who rebelled against Wu State, and then compared Liu Bei's appeasement of Nanzhong when he was there.
Yes, in the past, the Han Kingdom in Nanzhong would not be in charge, but Yong Yan rebelled against the Wu State and also wooed their various ethnic groups, which was the antagonism with the Han State. But now, although he has also taken refuge in the state of Wu, he is like a queen/mother, in the end, he not only lost Yueshan City, but now even the barbarian king is also lost!
It's all because he went against the Han State and listened to Yong Yan, and in the end, Wu State didn't let Meng Shu be the barbarian king, and then thought about the 10,000 soldiers from Wu State who still had to eat their own grain and grass, the more Gao Ding thought about it, the more angry he felt!
"Since you can't stand me! Why should I give you my life? Gao Ding clenched his fists fiercely as he thought about it, and a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes.
Looking at Gao Ding, who clenched his fists slightly, Ma Jian was overjoyed in his heart, and continued to add oil and vinegar: "As long as the king helps us send Yong's person/head, it will be a meritorious contribution to our Han rebellion, Your Majesty is benevolent, and he will definitely be crowned the king of barbarians, and he will rule the entire Nanzhong when the time comes!" ”
Gao Ding, who had just followed Wu Guo and got nothing, couldn't help but feel a trace of joy in his heart when he heard that Han Guo not only wanted to give him the barbarian king, but also let him be in charge of the entire Nanzhong.
"Is that really what your Han Emperor said?" Gao Ding's face softened a little when he thought about it, and a slight smile gradually appeared on his face, looking at Ma Yan's eyes with fire/heat.
"Hey, hey." Ma Tan squinted and smiled, then took out a bright yellow gold silk from his robe and handed it to Gao Ding, "Your Majesty's holy decree has been issued, doesn't the king still believe it?" ”
"Divine decree?" Gao Ding looked at the bright yellow gold silk in Ma Yan's hand, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, please take a look." Ma Jian did not hesitate, and directly handed the holy decree to Gao Ding. It's just that Gao Ding didn't know if this holy decree was the masterpiece of the young man next to him who was smiling and gently tapping on the case, or if it was written according to Meng Shuang's plan before he came.
If Gao Ding was still a little hesitant before, but now that he sees the holy decree on this Daoming golden silk, he is completely moved.
This is a holy decree! It is said that when he was crowned a barbarian king, the emperor made such a holy decree, and now he is actually going to be crowned and become a barbarian king.
Ma Jian glanced at the excited Gao Ding, and hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "That king, our plan." ”
"Huh?" Gao Ding reluctantly relieved himself from the holy decree in his hand, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, isn't it the person/head of Yongyun?" For this king, it is not yet a hand-to-hand capture. ”
"Really?" Ma Tan was also surprised and happy, as if he felt that he had encountered something particularly surprising.
"En" Gao Ding clenched the fingers in his hand, squinted and nodded.
"That's really good, only with the king, no, it's the barbarian king, as long as there is the help of the barbarian king, then this rebellion seems to be effortless! The barbarian king is really the lucky general of our Han Dynasty! Ma Jian patted the horse's ass and hugged his fist to Gao Ding, as if Gao Ding was a living bodhisattva of the savior.
"Hey" Gao Ding hurriedly waved his hand, and said with righteousness: "It is the unshirkable responsibility of this king to punish the hoe and rape for our big man." ”
The two of them have a big man on the left, and a rape on the right, and those who don't know still think that the two are good officials/members and ministers who are worried about the country and the people.
As for Liu Chan, who was smiling and bowing his head on the side, it seemed that he had already been forgotten by the two of them.
Then the two of them formulated a plan to kill Yong Huang, according to Gao Ding's words, the sooner a traitor like Yong Huang made him bow down, the better, and finally set the details before Meng Shuang's marriage, and solved the future trouble while Wu Guo did not have support.
Ma Jian clenched his fists from time to time to Gao Ding, who was worried about the country and the people, and squeezed out a few tears from time to time, only hating that it was a pity to meet the prince who was so worried about the country and the people now.
The two talked happily, Gao Ding wanted to leave these two Han envoys for dinner, but Ma Jian politely refused on the pretext that there are many people in Dianchi now.
Gao Ding thought about it, sighed, and hugged his fist to Ma Jian with a little regret, "Then the king will not leave the virtuous brother to eat, and go back to tell Your Majesty that this time the king will not pay Your Majesty's trust." ”
Gao Ding's face was resolute, like a general ready to shroud the body of a horse leather at any time, Ma Jian couldn't help but squeeze a few tears in his eyes, "Barbarian King, take care!" The virtuous brother is waiting for the time to have a good time with the barbarian king! ”
"Take care of your brother!" Gao Ding also hugged his fists.
The two of them shushed again, and this time they slowly walked outside under Gao Ding's gaze
"Alas!"
Until the backs of the two of them disappeared, Gao Ding didn't seem to have recovered from worrying about the country and the people, and sighed habitually, only then did he hold the holy decree in his hand and smile on his lips, and walked into the room briskly