Three hours later, after the ugly hour, an inconspicuous black shadow emerged from Wan Zhiguang's military camp, and he did not ride a horse, but left the camp and hurriedly ran towards the Honka Ferry, where the water was slightly slower in the northwest direction.

Another half an hour passed, Shi Wansui's Chinese army tent, the sentries around it had been spread far away, and hundreds of personal guards made the fifty steps of the Chinese army commander's tent impassable, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, as if facing the enemy, but the outside of the camp was still the usual regular patrol, loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and it looked no different from usual.

Shi Wansui put his robe in big armor, his eyebrows were like ink, like a sharp knife, he was looking at a silk book in his hand with an angry face, his face was already swollen red, and even his hands were trembling slightly, there were only two people in the tent, Zhang Xutuo and Wang Shichong, who were also fully armed at this time, with a serious expression, but Wang Shichong's heart was like a big stone falling to the ground, and the plan had been successful by 90%, it depends on whether Shi Wanzai can make a normal judgment.

Shi Wansui's eyes fell on the last few sentences of the letter: "The king should send a messenger to directly ask Shi Wansui to hand over the spoils of the Ningzhou expedition, if he does not pay, then the envoy will inspect the baggage convoy, Shi Wansui's gold is in it, and it will be guarded by his personal guards. ”

Shi Wansui couldn't hold back any longer, and threw the silk book to his feet fiercely, and he was still angry, and stepped on it twice. yelled: "Salute first and then soldier? Push me to comply! Damn. Lao Tzu fought hard and was tired and tired. And suffer from the bird anger of this traitor! And there is no heavenly reason!"

Wang Shichong bent down and picked up the silk book on the ground, patted the dust on it, wiped the footprints away, and said calmly: "Dashuai, don't get excited, this letter is very important and useful to us." ”

Shi Wansui took a sip of water and calmed down his emotions. Turning his head to look at Zhang Xutuo: "Sutuo, where is that messenger now?" Where did you catch it? Confirm that Magic Light is not alarmed? ”

Zhang Xutuo arched his hand and said: "It was taken at the Gunsong Ferry three miles northwest, when he was about to swim across the river, and now the water is so urgent, this kid doesn't even want his life in order to deliver a letter, and he can be regarded as a man." ”

Shi Wansui frowned and turned to Wang Shichong: "Xingman, thanks to you today, if it weren't for you and Sutuo to find out about Wan Zhiguang's conspiracy, I'm afraid that I really want to fall into the way of this traitor." But you say that the faith cannot be destroyed, nor can the messenger be killed. And why? ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "Dashuai, we still have to plan it, today I pretended to take refuge in Wan Zhiguang, asked him to write a letter to the King of Shu, and sent a messenger to check the gold, that is, to give Dashuai enough time to dispose of the gold, now the situation is very clear, these gold has been targeted, it is a curse or a blessing, if Dashuai is still greedy for this small profit, it will definitely harm himself." ”

Shi Wansui was still a little reluctant, he pondered for a while, and said: "Actually, even if the King of Shu knows about gold, what can he do?" I only said that these are the seizures when searching the rebel departments in Ningzhou, if the emperor asks about it, it is a big deal that I will hand it over to the treasury, if the wind is calm, we will still divide it according to the original plan, what can the king of Shu do to me? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Dashuai, if you didn't let go of the planing brothers, then you have nothing to do with this practice, but you collect gold and set the enemy first, if something happens to Ningzhou, then your behavior that is not a big deal will be caught, and the emperor can forgive General Han Baohu for sacking the inner treasury of the Chen Dynasty last time, because the Chen Dynasty fell and Jiangnan was stable, but if Ningzhou rebelled again, and the emperor knew that you collected the gold and released the planing, it would be troublesome." ”

Shi Wansui said proudly: "Ningzhou has been purged by Ben Shuai this time, and most of the men in each department have lost most of them, how can they have the power to resist, we still have hundreds of hostages in each department, all of whom are the sons of the leaders of each department, and the source division also brought 10,000 Shu soldiers to sit in the town, so they can't fight back." ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Dashuai, I really think you are too optimistic, you don't know that the Shu soldiers of the Dao Dao are from generals to soldiers, and it is not good to fight, and it is hard to extort and extort money, just in the month when you pursued the planing, Wan Zhiguang and the source master both scraped out twenty boxes of gold from those small tribes, and now there is no one to manage the source master, and he still doesn't dig three feet into the ground."

Besides, they really don't have the strength to pull the flag and rebel, but if they hide in the mountains, don't serve the king, and start a guerrilla war with the imperial court, what is the difference between it and rebellion? When the time comes, the emperor will also hold you responsible, and the planing and shaking are all guys with hearts like tigers and wolves, so they will not throw rats for the sake of a son. ”

Shi Wansui began to sweat when he heard this, and he began to regret that he was overconfident and underestimated the crisis, and he was not as good as this young man who was less than thirty years old to see it thoroughly, so Shi Wansui sighed: "So, only sink this gold into the river, and deny it to death?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Now it's impossible to go back and catch the stalk, only to destroy the physical evidence." If the king of Shu can't catch the gold of the big handsome, then he can't tell the emperor about your money, even if Ningzhou rebels again, it doesn't matter about the big handsome, when the time comes, you just need to say that you are dedicated to the country, and the plan and the earthquake are also to promote the kindness of my Great Sui, which is conducive to cleaning up the hearts of the local people, just do it. ”

Shi Wansui glanced at Zhang Xutuo: "Sutuo, you have always been loyal and upright, and you also have resourcefulness, do you think this method is feasible?" ”

Zhang Xutuo said: "If you follow Sutuo's meaning, you shouldn't have collected money to release people in Ningzhou, and now it's not too late to make amends, and the way to do it is almost the only remedy." Dashuai, when the judgment continues, you will suffer from it, and you can't take chances anymore!"

Shi Wansui's eyes flashed: "There is the last question, this messenger was captured by us, and the letter was intercepted, should we kill this messenger and then change people to deliver the letter?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "No, the messenger is also a human, he was captured by us, it was originally a capital crime, if we return the letter to him as it is, or let him send the letter back, and promise to help him hide this matter, presumably he is happy to cooperate with us, after all, the letter is indeed handed over to the King of Shu intact, and afterwards Wan Zhiguang will check with the King of Shu, and there will be no flaws." ”

Shi Wansui nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, it's really good to have your help in this battle of Ningzhou, you help me, I, Shi Wansui, keep it in my heart, and I will definitely pay off in the future." ”

Wang Shichong smiled and arched his hand: "Serving the handsome is very happy." ”

From this day on, the army that was originally going to find a ferry to cross the river began to cut down wood everywhere and build ferries, and the army dragged on the south bank of Lushui for fifteen days, building three or four hundred wide-bottomed pot-bellied boats that could accommodate 30 people, all of which were pushed into the water, and Shi Wansui also led all the generals in the camp to carry out a ritual of sacrificing to the god of Lushui and water, and threw 49 steamed buns into Lushui.

This trick really worked, with the forty-nine white flowers of the big meat steamed buns into the water, the god of Lushui seemed to be very satisfied, the Lushui that has been rushing for days has become a lot more relaxed since that day, and Wang Shichong looked at all joyless, like Shi Wansui who lost tens of millions of money, but he knew best in his heart that it was not the steamed buns that slowed down the Lushui, but I am afraid that it was the fifty boxes of gold that Shi Wansui sent Zhang Xutuo to lead people to secretly sink into the river last night, which is really called a water drift.

Just when Shi Wansui ordered the whole army, the third watch to make food, the fifth watch to pull out the camp, and start crossing the river at dawn tomorrow, a sharp-eyed herald shouted to Shi Wansui on the altar: "Dashuai, there is a small boat coming over on the north bank of Lushui, under the banner of the King of Shu, it seems to be the messenger of the King of Shu." ”

Shi Wansui let out an "oh", and inadvertently glanced at Wan Zhiguang, who was looking excited next to him, and suddenly revealed a trace of murderous aura in his eyes. Wan Zhiguang stabbed this sharp look, and quickly lowered his head, but he was secretly happy in his heart: Long live Shi, let you be proud for a while, as soon as the messenger arrives, it will be time for you to finish! (To be continued......)