There was a table in the second hall of the Luoding Zhizhou Yamen, on which there were a few side dishes, Zhou Shixiang and Song Xianggong sat opposite each other, and each of them had a wine glass in front of them, but no one had drunk it.

The weather is already warm, Guangdong is more in the south of the mainland, the temperature is much higher than the north at this time, both of them are wearing only a single shirt, Rao is so, still feel stuffy. Outside, there was no sunny day, and it was very stuffy, and it looked like it was going to rain.

After tasting a few bites of side dishes, Song Xianggong finally couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart, and looked up to Zhou Shixiang: "Qianhu really wants to sell Luo Ding to Tang Sanshui?" ”

"As long as Tang Sanshui is willing to buy it, of course I am willing to sell it."

Zhou Shixiang put down his chopsticks with a smile, and motioned to Lin Wan'er, who was waiting on the side, to go down first, and only after the girl withdrew a little reluctantly did he say to Song Xiang: "One is willing to sell, the other is willing to buy, Zhou Yu beats Huang Gai, no one suffers in this business." ”

"No one suffers in business, but have thousands of households ever thought about it"

Song Xianggong was a little hesitant, not knowing whether he should truthfully state his views and what kind of rhetoric should be used to talk about this matter, so as not to listen to Zhou Shixiang.

He hesitated how to speak, but Zhou Shixiang said happily: "Mr. Song doesn't have to swallow and vomit, if I guess correctly, Mr. will definitely want to say that it is very inappropriate for me to sell Luo Ding to Tang Sanshui, this move is suspected of being a traitor, or is it a traitor?" ”

Hearing this, Song Xianggong smiled bitterly: "Thousands of households know, why do they still want to sell?" ”

"If I don't sell it, this Luo Ding will be owned by Da Ming?"

Zhou Shixiang sighed lightly and shook his head: "Mr. Lei Xianchu's attitude is also in his eyes, I exchanged Luo Ding and tens of thousands of people in the camp for him for a county, why is he unwilling to change?" In the final analysis, we are not from the right background, and in the eyes of the governors of the Yongli Imperial Court, we are just bandits and thieves who can't help the stage. To put it mildly, my Taiping camp is probably just a night pot in the eyes of Zhang Xiaoqi, the governor of his four prefectures, if you want to use it, take it out, stuff it in if you don't need it, and throw it away if it stinks. ”

Song Xianggong didn't feel good when he heard these words, and he couldn't help but say: "Qianhu's words are very ugly. ”

"It's hard to hear, but the words are not coarse, Mr. savor it, is there anything wrong with what I said? If we were from a serious Wei Institute, whether it was Zhang Xiaoqi or Lei Xianchu, would we be so peepy at us? ”

Thinking of Lei Xianchu's reaction after hearing about Zhou Shixiang's conditions that day, Song Xianggong was also speechless, and could only sigh with emotion: "It's a pity that Cheng Langzhong is not in Gaozhou, if he is here, I'm afraid the situation will change again." ”

"If Cheng Bangjun really handles this matter by himself, he may not be much better than Lei Xianchu." Zhou Shixiang didn't expect Cheng Bangjun, the soldier of the military department, to stand on the side of the Taiping Camp to speak, if it was really this kid who came to Luoding to deal with it, I am afraid that he would be able to jump like thunder after seeing what the Taiping Camp did, after all, he represented the Yongli Imperial Court, but the Taiping Battalion did something like a rogue coerced, which must be heinous in the eyes of the Yongli Imperial Court, which represents the orthodoxy, and even more hateful than the Qing army that entered the customs.

Relatively speaking, Lei Xianchu, a simple martial artist, performed much better than a civilian official, at least he didn't scold on the spot, Pang Tianci, the magistrate, showed a normal attitude, and the pro-people official is always much more pragmatic than Qingliu, after expressing anger, he has to weigh his own weight and whether the other party has the possibility of turning his face and killing people.

Song Xianggong was silent for a while, and still persuaded Zhou Shixiang: "Now that Gaozhou has not officially replied after all, Qianhu, you are in a hurry to sell Luoding to Tang Sanshui, in case Gaozhou agrees to our conditions, then this Luoding is occupied by the Qing army, what will we exchange with Gaozhou?" And how to explain this? ”

Zhou Shixiang knew that Song Xianggong still had illusions about Gaozhou in his heart, so he asked him: "Gaozhou is only more than 100 miles away from here, is it enough to go back and forth for one day, one day is not enough, two days is enough, right?" But it's been four days, why is there no movement at all in Gaozhou, if they really care about Luo Ding, care about us, Mr. thinks they will drag on for so long? Since Gaozhou doesn't want to see us, why should we beg them with a dead face, Lian and Lei Erzhou can't go, let's go elsewhere, the trees are dead, the people are alive, the world is so big, as long as I am in the Taiping camp, where can we be safe. ”

Song Xianggong was a little surprised: "Why are Qianhu in such a hurry to leave Luoding?" He couldn't help but be surprised, because this was the sixth time that Zhou Shixiang had said in front of him that he would leave Luoding immediately.

Zhou Shixiang hesitated slightly, not knowing how to explain to Song Xianggong that he was making a judgment based on the historical memory of later generations, and after more than ten seconds, he finally said: "Don't hide it, sir, I have a hunch that this Yongli Imperial Court is afraid that something big will happen." ”

"Something big?" Song Xianggong was taken aback, and he didn't know what Zhou Shixiang was referring to.

Zhou Shixiang nodded, and said in a deep voice: "The Yongli Imperial Court is now relying on the Great Western Army to support the situation, but this Great Western Army is the old department of the big thief Zhang Xianzhong, sir, don't forget, it is these people who dug up the ancestral grave of his Zhu Youlang family, Mr. thinks Zhu Youlang really trusts this gang of people who dig his ancestral grave?" Between the words, he was not polite at all to the Yongli Heavenly Son of Anlong Mansion, and called him by his name.

Song Xianggong is a person who has rebelled a lot, how much loyalty can he have to the emperor of the Zhu family? Therefore, he didn't have much feeling about Zhou Shixiang calling Yongli's name, but he was quite dismissive of his judgment, and said: "At this time and that time, the destruction of the Fengyang Emperor's Mausoleum is the thief Zhang Xianzhong, but at this moment, the Great Western Army is led by Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and others. If there is no Great Western Army, I am afraid that he will not even be able to live in Guizhou, and he will not be able to die as early as Longwu and Shaowu. If Qianhu asserts that Zhu Youlang believes that Sun Kewang can't hope for them because the imperial tomb is destroyed, this Yongli court is going to have a big incident, I think I'm afraid it's a little too conjectural. ”

"The Great Western Army has won a lot of battles against the Qing Dynasty in recent years, but has Mr. thought about it, Li Dingguo has become a famous king twice, and the soldiers are pointing directly at the Yangtze River.

Song Xianggong didn't believe in the reason of suspicion, Zhou Shixiang had no choice but to move out of the second reason, that is, there was a problem between Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, otherwise the battle would be fought well, then Shunzhi children wanted to draw the river and rule, why did Li Dingguo suddenly leave Hunan and lead his troops to Guangdong, could it be that the second battlefield of Guangdong is more important than the main battlefield of Hunan, or is it more important to recover Guangdong Province than to fight to Beijing in one go?

This question made Song Xianggong stunned, and he suddenly felt that there was a problem between Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, but it was impossible to say where the problem was. This can't be blamed on him, after all, his knowledge is limited by his identity and environment, and he can't understand the real trend of the overall situation of the Ming and Qing dynasties, let alone figure out the struggle between the high-level leaders of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In his hesitation, Zhou Shixiang said again, this time it was a half-truth, he said: "I heard someone say in Xinhui that Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo of the Great Western Army are incompatible, that Sun Kewang holds the most respectful identity and has a hidden heart of self-reliance, but Li Dingguo is loyal to Zhu Youlang, if this is the case, I am afraid that sooner or later there will be a conflict between the two." If Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo have a domestic dispute, Li Dingguo is bound to withdraw to Guangxi and concentrate the main force to fight with Sun Kewang, so that the Yongli Imperial Court is a catastrophe, no matter whether Sun Kewang wins or Li Dingguo wins, it will be a disaster for the Ming Dynasty! It's so far away that let's not talk about it, as soon as Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo fought, Mr. thought that Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao in Guangzhou would not take advantage of the situation to occupy the entire territory of Guangdong? At that time, whether it is Luo Ding or Gaozhou, I am afraid that it will no longer be owned by the Ming Dynasty, in this case, why can't I make a deal with Luo Ding and Tang Sanshui in exchange for him a sum of food and materials, is it true that I want to take my brothers to accompany the funeral of the Yongli court in Luoding? Don't forget, sir, that we have very few soldiers who can fight. ”

What Zhou Shixiang said was really sensational, but it sounded like a thing, Song Xianggong couldn't digest it for a while, opened his mouth, and didn't know how to say it.

"Sir, think about it again, what is the big thing that makes Cheng Bangjun go back to Anlong Mansion in a hurry? Why is it Zhang Xiaoqi who is in charge of the situation in Gaozhou City, not Le Tongwu? Zhang Anke was exact, he didn't see any Great Western Army after entering the city, only the Gaozhou soldiers under Zhang Xiaoqi, where did the soldiers and horses of Nale Tongwu go? Why didn't Lei Xianchu and Pang Tianci mention Cheng Bangjun when they came, I have knocked on the side several times to know about Le Tongwu's situation, but he also refused to mention it, why is this? If Le Tongwu is really in Gaozhou, what can't he say? The two of them are so ghostly, but it makes me think that Le Tongwu must not be in Gaozhou at this moment, and even Gaozhou City no longer has a single soldier of the Great Western Army, and Zhang Xiaoqi does not have many soldiers and horses in his hands, otherwise he will never swallow us regardless of Cheng Bangjun's previous agreement!"

"In my opinion, Zhang Xiaoqi refused to agree to our relocation, on the one hand, he certainly looked down on our background and what we did, and on the other hand, he was afraid that this governor really did not have soldiers and horses to garrison Luoding, and pointed out that we could block the Qing army here for him. Otherwise, why ignore it and not even give a reply? As long as we can block the Qing army for him, our life or death has nothing to do with his governors of the four prefectures. I am not willing to sell Luo Ding to the Qing army, but those officials of the Ming Dynasty don't take us seriously, he is the first day of junior high school, and I will do fifteen, and this Luo Ding can't stay for a day or so. ”

Zhou Shixiang said so much in one go, only then did he find that Song Xianggong's face was ugly, and he couldn't help but realize that he seemed to be talking too much and too urgent, and the other party was afraid that he couldn't accept too much for a while, so he paused for a moment, preparing to change his mind so that Song Xianggong could completely abandon his illusions about Gaozhou, and when he was about to speak, he saw Song Xianggong's right hand on the table suddenly tremble, and then the trembling five fingers suddenly tightened in his palm, and his firm voice came from his ears: "Since the situation is so critical, then this Luo Ding really can't stay for a day, But I don't know where thousands of households want to go? ”

"Xiangshan County!"