Wang Shichong smiled slightly, and the green light flashed in his eyes: "It seems that Brother Xiao is sure enough to get rid of General He Ruo?" ”

A trace of cold cruelty flashed in Xiao Miao's eyes: "It's not the time yet, but I'm still sure about this matter, it's okay, it's an oath between us as allies, if something happens at that time, don't say it!" ”

Wang Shichong also felt a chill rising from his vest, the young man opposite was also ruthless and talented, and in time, he would definitely be his fierce rival, but if he wanted to create chaos, he had to be this person, which made his heart fall into a short period of uneasiness.

Xiao Mo didn't notice the subtle changes in Wang Shichong's eyes, and he smiled: "Brother Xingman, I don't understand why you want to get He Ruobi to Xiangzhou in the south, can you explain this intention to me first?" ”

Wang Shichong came back to his senses and smiled slightly: "Brother Xiao, you said that if you were He Ruobi, who had been operating here for so many years, and suddenly became nothing, what would happen?" ”

The corners of Xiao Miao's mouth hooked, and he said disdainfully: "There is a saying that you are willing to gamble and lose, since he has a war horse bet with you, then he should admit it, Brother Xingman, do you think that if you lose this time, he will give you this condition, and let you go to Xiangzhou to develop?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "Then Brother Xiao thinks that He Ruobi can't stay in this Jingxiang land, where will he go?" It's nothing more than Guanzhong, or a place like Bashu, with his impulsive and unbearable temperament, I'm afraid that it will soon be exposed, and there will be an incident, and we will be implicated at that time. ”

Xiao Mo said coldly: "You don't want him to go back to the north and spoil your business." Let him do my evil on the south side of me. Or rather, to contain me. Is that right? ”

Wang Shichong's face did not change, and said lightly: "Brother Xiao, can't you even deal with a foreign He Ruobi?" I have many friends in the Central Plains and the North, but these people are just like you, once the troubled times come, they will become my strong opponents, which makes me not restless for a moment. You don't have a good night's sleep, do you just want to be comfortable, with neither friends nor opponents? ”

Xiao Mo gritted his teeth: "At least now, if you hadn't gotten He Ruobi to Xiangzhou, there wouldn't be any powerful forces around me, Chen Ling I didn't pay attention to it, but He Ruobi has been a general for many years, born in the Guanlong family, and has a heavy minister like Gao Xi behind him, which is a huge threat to me." How can you agree to him staying in Xiangzhou without consulting me? That's what you say. Can I also find someone who is against you everywhere and let him mess with you every day? ”

Wang Shichong said coldly: "If you have this ability, you are not afraid to turn your face with me, of course you can do this, I repeat, He Ruobi has been operating in Xiangzhou for a long time, and he has his power, as for my gambling contract with him, it is only limited to Jingzhou, even if he loses, he can go to Xiangzhou by himself, I said this to him today, it is just to sell him a favor, he will definitely think of this afterwards." Brother Xiao, don't you have the ability to get rid of He Ruobi, so are you still worried about how he will develop in Xiangzhou? ”

Xiao Mo snorted coldly: "How do I deal with him, it's my business, it's just from this matter, I think Brother Xingman is not sincere enough to me, you want to put He Ruobi by my side and continue to fight against me, how can we continue to cooperate in the future?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Brother Xiao, when you left Yingzhou last time, didn't you join forces with this He Ruobi to deal with me, and wanted to get him to squeeze me out of Yingzhou, at least not to let my family dominate, so you didn't hesitate to trade the properties of the four major families under you, did you consider our previous cooperation agreement at that time?" ”

Xiao Miao's face flushed slightly: "At that time, our agreement was very fragile, you and I both knew that at that time, we needed to wrestle with each other in this Jingzhou area, so naturally we could use our own means to cross the sea, but now that you have decided to withdraw from Jingzhou and no longer compete with me, it should also be clear that He Ruobi and Chen Ling are both competitors that I want to exclude, and now you give them this kind of funding and support, let them stay and continue to fight against me, isn't this just breaking the covenant between you and me?" ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "Brother Xiao, the covenant is only effective when the strength is basically equal, I, Wang Shichong, have to face all kinds of heroes in the north, and your brother Xiao shouldn't be too comfortable to develop in this Jingxiang land, Chen Ling is powerless to fight against you, and He Ruobi, to put it bluntly, I don't want him to return to the north so lightly and go against me, if you have a way to get rid of He Ruobi, I naturally can't ask for it, and it is impossible to find anyone to deal with you in the future." ”

Xiao Miao's eyes were blazing: "Is this true?" You're really not going to try to get your hands on it again? ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "Brother Xiao, if I really intend to compete with you here, if I want to keep my own people, such as Wei Zheng, how can I fake these people who are also my competitors?" And I know that He Ruobi and Chen Ling are not your opponents, and I want to forcibly oppose you for them, turning a future ally into a potential enemy, isn't it uncomfortable for myself. ”

Xiao Miao's brows finally stretched, and he smiled: "Since this is the case, I can rest assured, there was a conflict between the words just now about Brother Xingman, please forgive me." ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Brother Xiao, in my opinion, your defense is too heavy, this is not a good thing, the land of Jingzhou will be your Xiao clan sooner or later, my goal was not here from the beginning, I made it clear when I saw you for the first time, I was already satisfied with an ally like you, so why bother to be bored, but you, if you always have this mentality that only I exist, and do not live in harmony with the allies who are also anti-Sui, the Sui Dynasty has not died, and we will fight each other by ourselves, In the end, I'm afraid that the Sui army will be defeated. ”

The corners of Xiao Miao's mouth hooked: "What Brother Xingman said is extremely true, the younger brother has been taught, but this He Ruobi is a family of Guan Long, and my Liang was an equal relationship with the Western Wei Dynasty back then, in order to crusade against the Daoless Xiao Yi, I invited the Western Wei soldiers to help." But I didn't expect these Guanlonghu people to be treacherous. Take my city. plundered my people, directly turned my Liang into a vassal state, and after the Northern Zhou Dynasty of the Sui Dynasty, he forcibly recalled Xiao Zong and destroyed my Liang. ”

"So Xiao Mo has a common enmity with these Guan Longhu generals, even if he cooperated with He Ruobi here for a while before, he made up his mind to completely eliminate him in the future, but my power was weak at that time. You still have to rely on the strength of their Guanlong Group, now you don't need it, this He Ruobi, the younger brother must be eliminated, Brother Xingman, I heard that this guy also humiliated you when he destroyed Nan Chen, and he wanted to rob you of your merits, and I did this to avenge you. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "That was many years ago, at that time, I was a humble person, and it was helpless to be driven by He Ruobi. There is nothing to talk about revenge or revenge, if Brother Xiao wants to take revenge or eliminate He Ruobi's forces. You can do it yourself, please don't involve me, in this matter, Wang remains neutral, but I will keep my mouth shut about this matter, and I will not reveal the slightest rumor to anyone, and thank Brother Xiao for his warning. ”

Xiao Mo laughed and stood up: "Then I'll rest assured, Brother Xingman, let's say goodbye, I wish you a smooth future." ”

Wang Shichong calmly replied: "Brother Xiao Xian cherishes all the way. ”

After Xiao Miao's footsteps disappeared far away, Wang Shichong sat back on his seat and breathed a long sigh of relief, today's fight with all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods in Jingzhou made him a little tired, especially the showdown with Xiao Miao, which made his brain very swollen at this moment, and he wanted to go out, blow the night breeze, and clear his mind a little.

A sound of the organ sounded, and the secret door on the ground opened again, this voice Wang Shichong has heard many times today, and he has long been accustomed to it, he gently walked to the wall, and blocked the mouth of a sound transmission copper pipe that was painted to look the same as the wall, this pipe was specially asked by Wei Zheng to send someone to secretly lay it during his time in Yingzhou, today's showdown negotiation, he is not good to take Wei Zheng, but he has been letting Wei Zheng eavesdrop on it, and now it should be Wei Zheng who comes in, There is no need to leave this channel any longer.

Wei Zheng's dark and thin face was gradually reflected by the candlelight, and with a smile of admiration on his face, he bowed and said: "The lord's face is really wonderful, Wei is impressed." As he spoke, he took out a document from his bosom that still exuded the fragrance of ink, obviously just written, "Lord, this is an oath written by Wei, give you a copy." ”

Wang Shichong laughed, took the oath, and lit it on the candlestick in a blink of an eye, the fine rice paper and Wei Zheng's handwriting like a dragon and snake turned into black flocculent flowers in an instant, floating in the air, Wang Shichong sighed: "Xuancheng, what are you doing here?" Although you and I have the title of lord and minister, but we know each other, live and die together, so many years of love have come down, how can we compare with Na Hu Sizheng? ”

Wei Zheng smiled and sat opposite Wang Shichong: "Lord, since you know this truth, why do you have to force this Hu Sizheng to write this thing?" This person is a literati and a great talent, so he is not afraid of hurting him in this way? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head, and his eyes became dim: "Hu Sizheng is not a good person, unlike Xuan Cheng, who has a heartfelt relationship with me, I didn't want him to write this thing, because as a minister, it is normal to choose the lord and serve, but as soon as he left He Ruobi, he said to me that he wanted to ask for credit from the head of the old master, and his intentions were vicious and cruel, which made me a little worried, I want to use his talents, but I must have some restraint on this person, so I will let him write this oath, in case he has two hearts in the future, I will also make this oath public first, This is also a deterrent to Hu Sizheng. ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "What the lord said is very true, in fact, when I heard Hu Sizheng's words just now, I wanted to say that the lord should not reuse this person in the future, but looking back, although this person has a low character and a vicious heart, he can do some conspiracies and tricks that I can't imagine, and as far as I know, Hu Sizheng has a very good relationship with Gao Mao, the king of Qinghe in Northern Qi, who is also a nobleman of Guanlong, and Gao Shilian, the current head of the Gao family, can be described as a neck-to-neck friend. Han Shige and these people came to vote some time ago, but their status is not too high after all, if there is such a relationship with Hu Sizheng, and the Gao family is on the line, and then they can be related to the eldest grandson's family, and even the Tang Guogong Li Yuan's family, it is beneficial and harmless to us. ”

Wang Shichong smiled and waved his hand: "It's too far to say this now, let's talk about it, Xuancheng." You think I just want to make friends with Guan Long's military nobles. How many of them are willing to work with me on great things? ”

Wei Zheng's brows furrowed slightly: "The lord's talent is naturally nothing." Over the years, the prestige of the Southern and Northern Wars is also known to the world, but those Guanlong nobles are mostly concerned about their background, and you are invincible heroes, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to gain their sincere support in this generation, after all, not everyone is familiar with you like Li Jing, even that Han Shimo, I am afraid that I don't regard you as my own person in my heart. It's just that I need to cooperate with you for a while. As for Yang Xuangan....... Wei Zheng stopped his mouth when he said this, and was silent.

Wang Shichong nodded: "Yang Xuangan actually looks down on me in his heart, in addition to his identity as a high-ranking aristocratic prince, that set of innate superiority and that kind of compassionate, benevolent and moral outlook on life, but also work hard at the bottom like me, and I am born to be the opponent by all means, if I didn't help him a few times, I would have avenged my father in the future." He must unite with me, he will not be my friend. ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "But then again." Yang Xuangan saw with his own eyes how his father forced Yang Guang, a faint king, to death this time, and he will cut off all thoughts in the future, if he still has a choice to cooperate with the lord in the past, he will hesitate, struggle, and even waver in his conscience because he wants to do some dark means, I think he has no other choice in the future, only to rely on your power and start revenge on Yang Guang, plus the ambitious Li Mi, the lord, you three people, it is enough to stir the foundation of the entire Great Sui. ”

Wang Shichong couldn't see any smile on his face, he sighed softly: "Xuancheng, having said that, but from my heart, I don't want Yang Su to die so soon, this is not a good thing for us, after all, Yang Su is now supporting me with all his strength and protecting me, although I know that sooner or later there will be such a day, but I still feel that it came a little too fast, to be honest, I haven't fully recovered yet." ”

Wei Zheng also sighed: "Lord, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, people have good and bad luck, Yang Su's death has completely destroyed our business in Yingzhou, and even in the entire Jingzhou region, although you have made so many arrangements today, it can be said that the loss has been minimized, especially to maintain the strategic alliance with Xiao Miao, but after returning to the Eastern Capital, it is still a difficult challenge." I also just received the information, this time it was Zhang Heng who said that he would use the trick to remove the trouble, but he was not promoted because of this, but was sent by Yang Guang to repair the new palace outside Jinyang City and above Fenshui. ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed: "What did you say?" Zhang Heng went to Jinyang to repair the palace? ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "Yes, after killing Yang Su, I heard that Yang Su's sons were furious, and they were ready to send assassins to assassinate Zhang Heng, the number one female killer under Yang Su, Hongfu, once broke into Zhang Heng's house alone in the middle of the night, wanting to assassinate Zhang Heng and avenge Yang Su, but after Zhang Heng killed Yang Su, he was also weak-hearted, and did not sleep in his usual room, but temporarily stayed in the servant's room every night, which escaped a catastrophe, strictly investigate the murderer, but Yang Guang said that it was not appropriate to be too vocal at this time, otherwise the contradiction between him and Yang Su would be made public, so Zhang Heng was sent far away to Jinyang, and he was given a position of Jinyang Tongshou and State Assassin, and let him go to repair the palace. ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "I have long known that Zhang Heng would have this ending, when Yang Guang seized the throne, Yang Su on the bright side was in a high position and strategized, but most of the insidious and vicious tricks in the secret were what Zhang Heng thought, and even the charges against Yang Yong and Yang Su were mostly fabricated by Zhang Heng. Therefore, among the people that Yang Guang is deeply afraid of, Yang Su ranks first and has nothing to say, this second, naturally it is Zhang Heng, listening to Yang Su's previous tone, maybe the one who killed the monarch in Renshou Palace with his own hands is also this Zhang Heng, so Yang Guang is to take advantage of the discord between Zhang Heng and Yang Su, so that they can contain each other, but it is a pity that Zhang Heng's power is dizzy, thinking that if he gets rid of Yang Su, he can be safe, but he doesn't know that once Yang Su dies, he has no use value, and it is a matter of time before he falls out of favor and is abolished. ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "Just now, the lord rejected the strategy proposed by Hu Sizheng to lend and betray He Ruobi to protect himself, and he probably won't rely on beating Zhang Heng, a water dog, to get to the top." ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "Xuancheng, how do you say this, do you think that Yang Guang summoned me back to Beijing this time to ask me to find a way to find Zhang Heng's sin and cure Zhang Heng's crime?" ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "Although Yang Guangqi is violent, he is very clever, he used Zhang Heng to secretly control Yang Su before, this time he put Zhang Heng out, supervised the palace, and summoned the lord back to Beijing at this time, I think there must be a treacherous scheme, and the lord must not be fooled." ”

Wang Shichong's heart sank: "Xuancheng, go on, make it clearer." ”

Wei Zhengzheng said: "Zhang Heng has now offended Yang Su's family, and let Hongfu, who is Yang Su's righteous daughter, even assassinate him directly, although he was not caught on the spot, but Zhang Heng and Yang Guang both knew that this matter had nothing to do with Yang Su. At this time, Yang Guang suddenly summoned the lord back to Beijing, and did not explain the appointment, which would only make you do one thing, that is, to grant an official position such as supervising the imperial history, and let you go out to patrol and annex the provinces of Hebei Province, which was intended to let you catch Zhang Heng with a handle, and then punish him for his crime and get rid of it. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Then after I get rid of Zhang Heng, there will be no use value, and I myself have also participated in Yang Guang's conspiracy to seize the throne back then, so Yang Guang will begin to frame my crimes, for example, I colluded with Yang Su, Yang Xuangan's father and son early on, first instructed Hongfu to stab first, and then unjustly killed Zhang Heng, and wiped out me and the Yang family, so that Yang Guang can sit back and relax with one stone, right?" ”

Wei Zheng sighed: "The Lord is incomparably wise, how could you not think of anything I can think of?" So Zhang Heng can't die this time, at least, he can't die at the hands of your lord. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "I have considered this before, but there is still a problem, Yang Guang knows that I have always been able to check the intentions, so I have done so many unsightly things before, even if he doesn't say it, I will also make him very comfortable, if he sends me this errand this time, but I don't have any rectification of Zhang Heng, won't he be suspicious of me and suspect that I am beginning to intend to protect myself?" ”

Wei Zheng's brows gradually wrinkled: "This is indeed a difficult thing to do, after I received the news just now, I have been worrying about this matter, thinking about it, I haven't thought of a way to get the best of both worlds, lord, please forgive Xuancheng for being incompetent, but there is one point, Zhang Heng must not be framed by the lord this time, even if he reports the crime, he must not report a capital crime." ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Let me think about this matter again." By the way, what is the situation there in Yang Xuangan? ”

Wei Zheng sighed: "The spies in Songzhou also came back, Yang Xuangan cried and fainted three times after learning of his father's death, and almost had to go back to his breath, thanks to Li Mitong's medical skills and acupuncture to save him, he was brought back to life, and when Yang Xuangan fainted, he went back to Dongdu directly to assassinate Zhang Heng without waiting for Yang Xuangan's order." ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "A simple-minded woman is self-willed. But the shadow of An Suiyu appeared in front of his eyes again, for some reason, recently he often dreamed of An Suiyu and Hongfu, these two women are so similar, not only their appearances are out of the same mold, they are unique, but also loyal and have a strong personality, many times Wang Shichong thought that Hongfu is An Suiyu's siblings who may have been separated for many years, but then thought about it, the age difference between the two is more than ten years, how can they be sisters?

Wei Zheng didn't pay attention to the flickering expression on Wang Shichong's face, and he couldn't guess Wang Shichong's heart at this time, he continued: "As for Yang Xuangan, after waking up, he didn't have the same impulse to raise troops to take revenge as before, probably he had already been mentally prepared, and even calmly made people feel that he was not as bloody and bold as the world's number one general, at this time, Yang Xuangan had already embarked on the road back to the Eastern Capital, and Li Mi, Li Xiuning, Chai Shao and others also followed him all the way back to Beijing. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "As soon as Yang Su dies, I'm afraid that the marriage between the Yang and Li families will not be able to continue, so Li Xiuning will not be able to move the rescue troops to Daxing this time, and I don't know what Yang Xuangan will do to her in the future." ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "My lord, Yang Xuan's secret envoy contacted us, and after five days, we will meet at a land temple five miles away from the south gate of Luoyang." (To be continued......)