Wei Zheng said coldly: "This is very understandable, because you couldn't come up with any evidence of our rebellion last night." There are no forbidden things in Xiao Miao's house, and there are no weapons and armor. The two of us visited this prestigious scholar in Yingzhou at night, just like our private visit to Weifu along the way, and it was not an illegal act. If you bring someone to arrest me, you won't gain anything, and in the end you can only obediently let us go. ”

"And at that time, Xiao Mo was full of sentry agents inside and outside the courtyard, and it was unlikely that Brother Li would hear our conversation, at most he could only see the two of us brothers entering and leaving the courtyard from a distance. In that case, you're not going to be able to catch us doing anything illegal, are you? ”

Li Jing smiled and said, "Mr. Wei is really sharp and thoughtful, and Li admires him." It's just that what you said is a little wrong, although Li has no real evidence, and he can't help you, but as long as Li goes back to transfer troops to that courtyard, I am afraid that the cooperation between the two and Na Xiao Milling will be in vain. Xiao Mo is extremely suspicious, and the reason why he killed the old woman last night is because she heard your secret discussion. ”

"If I had brought the troops here at that time, Xiao Mill would definitely think that you had set up a situation to harm him, even if he avoided this incident, he would definitely hate the two of them, not to mention that the matter of cooperation must be yellow, this Xiao Mill may take revenge on the two and do something unfavorable to you, right?"

Wang Shichong said in a deep voice: "Okay, Li Jing, we don't have to talk about it here, we don't have to talk about it, presumably you brought us here, not to divide the superiority in words." Whatever you want to say, just open the skylight and say something. At least compared to Xiao Miao, I, Wang Shichong, still like you a little more. ”

Li Jing nodded. Zhengse said: "Actually, I worked with Xingman in the military department for many years. I deeply admire your talent. You and I can be regarded as sympathetic, and the reason why I resigned later was because I wanted to make friends with some local heroes in case of emergency. In fact, when I first came to Yingzhou, I didn't want to arrest this Xiao Miao, but intended to cooperate with him. ”

Wang Shichong said: "The pharmacist wants to cooperate with this Xiao Miao? I heard you right, what's in it for you? Back then, when you said that you wanted to make friends with heroes in the grassy world, you were just white. Now that you are a five-grade Yitong general, do you still need to carry your head like this and get involved with these thieves? ”

Li Jing smiled slightly: "Then you are now a third-grade of the dynasty, why do you want to cooperate with that Xiao Mill?" ”

Wang Shichong was stunned by Li Jing's words, and turned to a deep voice: "The pharmacist is so forgetful!" A few years ago, you should have known that I had made a huge contribution to the new emperor's ascension to the throne and had done a lot of unseemly things. How can he contain me? Therefore, we have no choice but to look for some foreign aid in case of emergency. And you take the initiative to make friends with bandits, can you be the same as us? ”

Li Jing shook his head and said, "What kind of person is Yang Guang?" We all know that he will bring disaster to all people. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone to find Yue Guogong when I was white. ”

Li Jing looked at Wang Shichong, sighed, and said slowly: "Compared with being a five-grade official now, Li is actually more willing to walk the rivers and lakes and make some preparations for the future. ”

"So as soon as my cousin sent me a letter asking me to come over to help, I immediately took leave to come to Yingzhou, just to see if there were any real heroes I could make friends with in this hometown of Xiao Liangguo."

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Then isn't this Xiao Mill just right for your appetite?" He is extremely talented and has a huge influence here, so he will definitely be able to become your pharmacist's foreign aid in the future. ”

Li Jing sighed: "Okay, you haven't figured out one thing, and that is Li's position." Your Wang family has a great cause, even if there are troubled times in the future, you will become the candidates who dominate one side, but what do I Li Jing have? It's just a useful body! So when it comes to troubled times, I can only vote for a master, instead of being self-reliant like you. ”

"Okay, Brother Wei, I'll just make it clear to you, in the future, I, Li Jing, can only find a master who is enough for me to rely on, and it is impossible to find an equal and cooperative partner like you. Originally, I wanted to find Yue Guogong last time, but unfortunately his old man would rather give me an official than accept me, so Li Jing had to find another backer. But this Xiao Milling must not be relied on. ”

Wang Shichong said "oh": "Where do you start with this?" Could it be that there is something wrong with this Xiao Mill? ”

Li Jing said coldly: "It should be very clear about its implementation, Xiao Mo dares to show his face here, and he can run this Yingzhou for several years, it is because of the support of Empress Xiao openly and secretly, and the person who maintains the connection between him and Empress Xiao is Sima of Benzhou, the hussar general Chen Ling." ”

Wang Shichong smiled, noncommittal, judging from the fact that Li Jing personally monitored Xiao Mo every day, Li Jing was able to find out the relationship between Xiao Mo and Chen Ling, which did not surprise him.

Wei Zheng suddenly spoke: "Where did the pharmacist know about this? Chen Ling doesn't seem to have had direct contact with that Xiao Mill. ”

Li Jing said: "In the last Dahongshan anti-thief's nest case, Li confirmed Chen Ling's identity. In fact, Li Jing has been staring at that cave for a while, and he has also seen the people in this cave come out and return to Yingzhou City to report to Xiao Miao. ”

"But Li has never wanted to do it, because Li wants to make friends with this heroic man who has such strength and ambition and dares to really make trouble in Yingzhou, not really wants to arrest him."

"But Li felt that this person was so bold, and he dared to kidnap so many barbarian villagers to build weapons for him, it was impossible to have no protective umbrella in this Yingzhou City."

"My cousin has always disliked participating in political affairs, and it is impossible for him to make friends with this person, so among the remaining people, the most likely ones are Hu Sizheng and Chen Ling. Only a high-ranking official of Changshi or Sima can cover for this kind of thing. ”

Li checked the information of Hu Sizheng and Chen Ling, Hu Sizheng has been here for a long time, and Chen Ling was recommended by Xiao Cong, who only came to Yingzhou two years ago, obviously on behalf of Queen Xiao. Both of these people may be Xiao Miao's umbrella. So Li decided to find out his bottom before meeting Xiao Miao. ”

"So what happened in the cave, Li actually really wanted to see. is who Xiao Miao's real accomplices are in this city. So Li notified Chen Ling. If all the thieves in the cave run away. That means that Chen Ling is his accomplice. On the contrary, if all the thieves are found, it means that Chen Ling is not his accomplice, and it can only be Hu Sizheng. ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "If it was Xiao Mill who was in the cave at that time, wouldn't you just end Xiao Mill in this way?" Aren't you afraid that the gains outweigh the losses? ”

Li Jing said: "At that time, I inquired, and Xiao Mo himself was still in the courtyard of the city, so Li dared to do it." As a result, the thieves in the cave really received the news half an hour before Chen Ling's arrival and ran away. This shows that Chen Ling will definitely be his accomplice. ”

Wei Zheng suddenly said: "But Hu Sizheng may also be his accomplice, your method can only confirm that Chen Ling is Xiao Miao's companion, but it does not clear Hu Sizheng's suspicion." ”

Li Jing smiled: "Whether Hu Sizheng is his companion or not, Li has no interest in knowing, because Li now thinks that Xiao Miao's person is too terrible and not worth relying on at all." ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "How can you see it? ”

Li Jing looked at the flowing stream and said, "This Xiao Mo was just a fugitive before, and after being a traitor, he dared to operate here completely by relying on the power and support of Empress Xiao. But in Li's opinion, he is no longer at ease to continue to serve Empress Xiao. Instead, he wanted to throw away Queen Xiao and go it alone. ”

Wang Shichong asked, "Where did Brother Li see this?" ”

Li Jing sighed and said, "It's very simple. Li has been staring at him for half a year, and in the past half a year, Xiao Mo is still walking the streets and alleys every day, going in and out of the homes of the powerful families in Yingzhou City, but he has no contact with Chen Ling, which is obviously trying to establish his own power. The fact that you went to Xiao Mo's house last night made me believe in this judgment even more. ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "You don't know what we talked about, how can you make such a judgment?" We can go to negotiate conditions with Queen Xiao through this person, how can you say that Xiao Mill wants to be self-reliant? ”

Li Jing smiled: "The reason why Li made such a judgment is not because of the fact that the two of you talked to Xiao Miao, but because that Aunt Liu was killed." Why did Xiao Mo suddenly throw a teacup from the room, and several people in black came out at once and directly killed Aunt Liu who was hiding in the vat? ”

"I have also checked the situation of Aunt Liu, this Qi Daofu has nothing to do all day, and Aunt Liu does some needlework to supplement the family, she will go to Chen Ling's house every half a month, saying that it is to weave some clothes for Chen's house, probably Aunt Liu's contact with Chen Ling is also through guò this channel."

"If Xiao Mo didn't want this Aunt Liu to know about the conversation between you early on, then you could have broken up that Aunt Liu early, or let her go to the periphery to guard and not let her know the content of the conversation between you. But he chose to kill this Aunt Liu halfway, and there is only one reason: that is, if your conversation is heard by Aunt Liu, it will affect your cooperation, or affect his safety. ”

"To put it all together, what Xiao Mo is talking to you about must be a personal cooperation with him, in other words, Xiao Mo wants to be self-reliant and get rid of Queen Xiao's control."

Wang Shichong sighed, nodded, and said, "The pharmacist's analysis is really wonderful, Wang admires it." Since you can deduce it, then Wang has nothing to hide, yes, Xiao Mo really wants to be self-reliant, and he also wants to cooperate with Wang. ”

Wang Shichong then described the situation of meeting Xiao Mo with Li Jing in detail that day, and told Li Jinghe that he also wanted to be independent in Yingzhou.

Li Jing quietly listened to what Wang Shichong said, and did not speak, and after listening, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Xingman's response is really wonderful, and Li also thinks that Xiao Mo must not be given a large amount of money, this person is really like a tiger wolf, if the development is too fast, it will be impossible to control it in the future." In fact, if it were according to Li's intentions, it might be better to get rid of this person. ”

Wei Zheng also echoed: "Yes, lord, you see that the pharmacist also means this, raising tigers is a problem, beware of eating yourself." ”

Wang Shichong raised his hand and motioned for Wei Zheng not to say any more, his expression became resolute: "There is no need to mention this matter again." I have already made this matter very clear, Jingxiang needs Chen Ling and Xiao Mo to compete with each other, so that we can reap the benefits. ”

Li Jing's eyes were blazing, and he said to Wang Shichong: "Okay, Li wants to ask you a word." I hope you can give me a letter of approval. ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "Pharmacist, please speak." ”

Li Jing took a deep breath. The calm tone couldn't hide the excitement in his heart now: "What do you want to do in the future?" You said you want to be self-reliant, too. In the future, do you imagine Xiao Mo taking the initiative to make trouble, or will you be a courtier of the Great Sui first, and then take advantage of the chaos? ”

When Wang Shichong heard this, he smiled: "Before Wang answers this question, I want to know why the pharmacist asked this, whether Wang took the initiative to make trouble, or took advantage of the situation, does it matter?" ”

Li Jing's expression was full of Yan sù: "Not bad." This matter is very important, and it is related to how Li will get along with Brother Wang next. ”

The smile on Wang Shichong's face gradually solidified, and he began to become serious: "In other words, this answer will determine whether the pharmacist and I will be friends or foes in the future?" ”

Li Jing replied without hesitation: "Yes, that's exactly the case." ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "Happy, the pharmacist is really a man of temperament, a frank gentleman, just say this to you, even if we become enemies in the future, we will meet each other in battle." Wang still won't regret getting acquainted with the pharmacist. ”

Li Jing smiled slightly: "Li has the same idea. So please be able to tell the truth. ”

Wang Shichong stopped laughing and groaned. said: "Actually, Wang is not a careerist like Xiao Miao, for the sake of his own power and ambition, he wants to cause trouble in the world and rebel. What we are doing today is just trying to protect ourselves. ”

"If the emperor can do half as good as the previous emperor, not cause chaos in the world, the people are not happy, and do not come to harm our Wang family, then we will be loyal ministers of the Great Sui with peace of mind and do our best to assist him. Just like when the emperor was alive, my king Shichong did it. ”

"But if the faint monarch has no way and kills our family, then I, Wang Shichong, will have to fight hard! Rabbits will bite when they are in a hurry, not to mention our royal family. Isn't that the reason for the remarks you made last time you went to the Yue Guo Mansion? ”

Li Jing smiled and said, "Okay, Li wants to ask you, is there an inevitable connection between the so-called faint monarch and the extermination of your family?" The first emperor also killed many ministers, but the first emperor had no problem in governing the country. If the current emperor only wants to consolidate his throne and attack your royal family, but on the other hand, he governs the country very well, then what will you do? ”

Wang Shichong has thought about this question countless times in his heart, and when he heard Li Jing mention it today, his heart moved, and he turned his head to look at Wei Zheng, and found that he was also looking at himself with a stern face, and seemed to be looking forward to his answer.

Wang Shichong let out a long sigh and said: "If the current emperor governs the country in a good way, and only attacks our Wang family for reasons such as high merit or murder, the world is peaceful and the four seas are stable, and we are powerless to fight against it, even those allies who are well connected will not be able to respond in this situation." ”

"At that time, the only thing our Wang family can do is to let as many clansmen as possible escape this catastrophe. Whether you are incognito or far overseas, you must try your best to keep my Wang family's incense alive and wait for the opportunity to take revenge. ”

Li Jing's eyes flashed: "How are you waiting for an opportunity to take revenge?" Please also ask Brother Wang to make it clear!"

Wang Shichong said in a deep voice: "We can't mess with the world with a family's personal enmity, artificially provoke wars, the royal family also has descendants, there is no 10,000-year-old iron country, one day, there will be a faint tyrant to bring disaster to the world, so that the heroes of the Quartet have risen up, and at that time, our Wang family will rise up again." ”

Li Jing asked tightly: "How can Xingman believe that future generations can always follow your idea?" ”

Wang Shichong laughed and said: "Pharmacist, look at this Lanling Xiao family, with national hatred and family hatred, just because of the last words of the ancestors, a heart of revenge can continue to the present." Empress Xiao is already a mother of the world, and she has not forgotten what she wants to do as a descendant of the Xiao family, and Wang is confident that our Wang family can also do this!"

Li Jing's tongue bloomed like thunder: "Okay, happy! Wang Xingman, you are a truly benevolent hero, just for what you said just now, I, Li Jing, am willing to be driven by you in the future! Lord, are you willing to accept Li Jing? ”

Wei Zheng shook his head, sighed, and his mouth moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he held back.

Wang Shichong kept looking at Li Jing, and didn't even take the initiative to look at his Xuancheng, he laughed: "Pharmacist, you don't have to be like this, you and I are brothers, we are friends, Wang doesn't like to drive others, he only likes to make friends with people sincerely, and he doesn't need to distinguish between high and low." ”

Li Jing waved his hand: "This distinction between the top and bottom is still needed, otherwise who will lead the many heroes and heroes?" Li really wants to make a contribution, and he wants to keep his family safe, but he doesn't want to use the lives of the people in the world to seek his ambitions. If you have a way, you will be supplemented; If you have no way, you will abandon it. In a word, Li didn't want to take the initiative to create a troubled world, but when it came to the troubled times, he didn't want to be martyred for the tyrant, and just wanted to follow the real hero. ”

Wei Zheng smiled "hehe": "Pharmacist, do you think the lord is a real hero?" ”

Li Jing nodded, and said with a straight face: "Yes, the prestige of the lord has already spread all over the world, I never doubt that the lord is a great talent, but what I want to follow is a real hero." A real hero must have the benevolence of a king, and have mercy on the people of the world, otherwise overthrow a tyrant and another tyrant, and the people of the world will never be able to solve the suffering of upside down. ”

Li Jing's eyes were blazing, and his voice was getting higher and higher: "If the lord is a person like Xiao Miao, if he has the conditions, he will rebel, and if he has no conditions, he will also rebel, and he will bring chaos to the world only for his ambition of wanting to be the emperor, then Li Jing will not only not be able to follow, but will also have to fight you to the death on the battlefield in the future." ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "But Xiao Mo just wants to restore his Liang Kingdom, and it doesn't seem that he has the ambition to sweep the world and establish a dynasty hegemony." ”

Li Jing shook his head: "The lord still doesn't know enough about this person, people's ambitions and desires will continue to expand with the rise of their status." When Xiao Mo was hiding in Tibet under the name of a fugitive, all he wanted was to survive. When he got the support of Empress Xiao and started to operate in Yingzhou, what he wanted was to build a force belonging to the Xiao family here. ”

"After he has gained a foothold here, he is thinking about throwing away his aunt and working alone, cooperating with you, and establishing a force that truly belongs to him instead of Empress Xiao in the future. When he really has his own power, he will think about taking advantage of the instability of the world to restore his Liang State and divide Jingxiang, this is the agreement between him and Xingman, right. ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "So when he really gained a firm foothold in Jingxiang and formed a separation, all he wanted was to enter the Central Plains and seize the world, is this what the pharmacist meant?" ”

Li Jing smiled slightly: "Yes, he is such a person." However, he is very clever and knows that the food should be eaten in one bite and not in a hurry. So every time he is achieving his immediate goal step by step, he is never too ambitious. For example, now, his goal is to cooperate with Xingman and get rid of Empress Xiao to stand on his own, but before he can get rid of Empress Xiao, he still needs to use Empress Xiao's power to establish a good relationship with Guanlong's military nobles like my cousin. ”

Wang Shichong thought of Xiao Miao's explicit overture and friendship with Han Shige before they parted in the small courtyard just now, and couldn't help nodding again and again.

Wei Zheng suddenly spoke: "Then with the current plan of the pharmacist, how should we get along with this Xiao Mo in the future, and how can you help us?" ”

Li Jing sighed and said: "Now Li is an official of the imperial court, and in the past, taking advantage of the fact that the emperor was seriously ill and Yang Guang didn't care about us low-level officials, he could take a long vacation to travel around the world and make friends with some heroes and heroes." ”

"But now that Yang Guang has ascended the throne, I heard what the lord said just now, and he will promote a large number of new officials through the imperial examination, breaking the current status quo of the imperial court official position being monopolized by the Guanlong military nobles and the Shandong family."

"In this way, it is impossible for Li's Yitong General to be absent from his post for a long vacation like before, otherwise Yang Guang will easily use this as an excuse to kick Li out, you must know that our Li family is not having a good time now."

"My brother Li Duan, who was already a general in the last years of the emperor, but in the early years of Renshou, he followed his uncle, Han Hong, who was then the governor of Daizhou, to go to war, and met with the army of Datou Khan, and in a big battle in Heng'an, most of the soldiers were lost, and my uncle and brother were dismissed because of this battle."

"Li had already been a member of the military department back then, but he was also implicated in this incident and was dismissed from office for the people." (To be continued......)