Guo Wei's large army marched along the line of Kaifeng, Zhongmu, Zhengzhou, and Luoyang at a speed of thirty miles a day, which was actually a rush to march. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info walked two hundred and sixty or seventy miles, Heyang had arrived, and the two armies of Fengguo and Husheng had been on the road for ten days, and in order to avoid being too tired and susceptible to epidemics, the army had to be repaired in situ for two days.

The old three cities of Heyang under the jurisdiction of the Heyang Jiedu have now been renamed Mengzhou, and Guo Wei took advantage of the two-day rest to decide to meet with an important person, who was Feng Dao, who had just asked for his dismissal and thought about it at his home in Mengzhou.

Guo Wei had just ridden to the door of Feng Dao's spacious and luxurious mansion, and the two white doormen had already saluted him respectfully:

"Is it Guo Shuxiang? My father-in-law has been waiting for many days. ”

Guo Wei knew that this old man always liked to engage in some mysteries, and he was sick. He casually entered the courtyard. When he arrived at the middle hall, sure enough, Feng Dao had already bathed and changed his clothes, and sat with his eyes closed at the left head of the room, thinking that he had just waited for a long time before taking a nap, after all, Feng Xianggong was old......

Guo Wei saw that he had given up the main seat to himself, but he didn't really sit down, but sat opposite him on the right. He could not bear to wake the old man from his sleep, so he sat there and waited patiently for him. After a long time, Feng Dao's head sank down first, and then a spirit woke up, and when he saw that the person in front of him was Guo Wei, he hurriedly got up and bowed his hand and said:

"Hey...... The old man expected that Dingshu Xiang would come early today, so he waited here in advance, but who knew that after waiting for half a day, he actually fell asleep by himself, but let Guo Shuxiang wait for me, well, I'm really ashamed......"

"Gong Feng doesn't have to be polite!" Guo Wei hurriedly returned the salute.

He glanced in the direction of the back hall again: "Why didn't Ling Gongzi Feng Ji come over?" Guo wanted to meet this great talent. ”

"Mo Ti is a son of a scumbag," Feng Dao hurriedly sighed for a while and shook his head, "Zhongshu Province summoned him because of a vacancy, and he wanted to let others go, but every time he gave up because of his frivolity and shallowness." He is still hiding in Kaifeng's mansion at this time, fiddling with the flute and pipa all day long, he is really a person who doesn't know the severity......"

"Oh? Xianlang is still in Kaifeng? Guo Wei suddenly stared at Feng Xianggong's eyes, "Isn't the cause of this incident Xianlang's willful behavior in the Qinglou?" He was originally the reason why Feng Gong retreated to Heyang, why did Feng Xianggong think about it behind closed doors again? ”

Feng Dao's most feared person in the past in the court was Guo Wei's fishhook-like eyes, he knew that his trick of protecting himself was finally not only seen through by the other party, but also let him simply point it out in person. This sudden attack really made me feel overwhelmed......

He hurriedly coughed: "Huh...... The meaning of Guo Shuxiang's words is old...... The old man didn't understand too much. ”

"Haha, Gong Feng, if Ling Gongzi's nonsense was intentionally done by your father and son, then Guo Mou admires Taishi's methods even more" Seeing that Feng Dao lowered his head and couldn't speak, he also looked away and stopped pressing step by step:

"Hey...... Feng Gong, these are indeed difficult for you......"

When Feng Dao was in Kaifeng a few months ago, it was the most critical moment of the cattle slaughter case and the Kechang case. The emperor and the empress dowager put pressure on them from time to time in the court, and Su Fengji and Su Yuqi wanted to send Feng Ji to Zhongshu Province to win over Feng Xianggong. Feng's father and son were afraid that it would be difficult to be a person in the forbidden army and the Privy Council when they mixed with Su Fengji, so they had to deliberately avoid the position of Zhongshu Province.

Feng Dao saw that Guo Wei's sigh sounded sincere, so he breathed a sigh of relief and replied:

"Guo Shuxiang thinks too much, how can there be such a thing," but he paused and said: "Of course, if the cardinal minister can understand the hardships of my father and son, it will be pitiful." The old man felt that Guo Shuxiang still had some magical powers after all, and looking at what happened in the court last month, he knew that Li Ye and Su Fengji really couldn't turn the sky upside down, and I actually couldn't help anything in the court. ”

Guo Wei nodded and knew that he didn't completely deny it, anyway, his meaning was at the end of the point, and the topic would be over

Who knew that Feng Dao then nailed the conversation here: "However, the old man thought of the result, but he didn't expect that Li Ye would lose so badly!" "I didn't expect Cheng Kuiyuan to take advantage of the solar eclipse and marriage, and he would be able to climb the pole against the queen mother and the emperor."

Guo Wei's heart sank: "Oh? Feng Xianggong's words are worth playing, I don't know what you think of Cheng Kuiyuan and his people? ”

"It's hard to say...... Feng Dao shook his head and took the tea handed by the servant, he first signaled Guo Wei to invite first, and only after seeing him shake his hand did he pick up the tea bowl and take a sip, and then continued: "Those who predict the heavens may not be able to see through the world. Those who can foresee the rise and fall of the millennium, but it is difficult to see through the current crisis. According to the old man, it is difficult to predict whether this person's current life is a blessing or a curse. ”

Guo Wei frowned and savored Feng Dao's words repeatedly, but he didn't say anything for a long time......

Feng Dao stroked his beard and said: "Guo Shuxiang came here today to inquire, I'm afraid that he doesn't just want to talk about these leisure topics, right?" ”

Guo Wei hurriedly nodded and said: "That's right, Guo came here tonight, in fact, there are some military affairs, and I want to hear Feng Gong's opinion." Now the puppet king Li Shouzhen is holding on to the city of Puzhou, Hezhong City, the city is strong, and his puppet Qin army is very brave and good at fighting, so Li Thief can defend the city with only half of his troops. ”

Feng Daoshu agreed: "That's right, Li Shouzhen dared to put out the heavy troops and arrange them near Yongxing because of this advantage, this army of soldiers and horses is his live chess, and when the time comes, it is possible to cooperate with Zhao Siwan to attack Guo Congyi, or to reflexively attack Guo Shuxiang who is in the forced river." ”

In this case, Guo wanted to ask Feng Xianggong, what is this Pucheng in the river? Or is it around? ”

Feng Dao held on to the handrail to support his old body, he paced back and forth for a while, and suddenly turned to Guo Wei and asked:

"Guo Shuxiang, the old man heard that when you were young, you were fierce and violent, but you were a gambler who wandered the streets, but right?"

Guo Wei's face sank, these past events have long passed, since the marriage with the Chai family and the gradual prodigal son turned back, the despicable and absurd past has always been a taboo in his heart, dare to mention this matter in front of him, in addition to the deceased Chai family, I am afraid that there is only Guo Rong, even Chai Shouli does not dare to touch this tiger beard......

"So what?"

Feng Dao saw him sneering, but he deliberately ignored it:

"When Guo Shu was playing with people on the street for many years, how did he win or lose?"

"When you gamble more, you win more, and if you gamble less, you will lose cleanly." Guo Wei reluctantly squeezed out this answer.

Feng Dao looked at his expression, and he was afraid that if he continued to ask, he would have a seizure sooner or later. But Feng Xianggong had no intention of avoiding this topic, but continued to follow up.

"Is it that every time he borrows money, the cardinal immediately throws it on the game and wants to turn it over, but he loses clean again, so he borrows back and forth, loses one by one, and finally ends up in debt and destitute?"

Guo Wei's anger gradually subsided at this time, and he also stood up, looking at the carved beams and painted pillars of the room and thinking silently......

"I don't know that the old man was a fellow state festival envoy many years ago, and he was a good gambler for many years, but I never threw the gambling book into it little by little, but occasionally waited until I had the confidence to play with those tooth generals and practitioners, and others lost nine out of ten bets, but I was much better than them......"

"Feng Xianggong is right," Guo Wei finally laughed again: "When I borrowed money once, I didn't gamble, but temporarily saved it for other purposes, but as a result, I saved more and more money and then entered the game, and this time I won a lot." ”

Guo Wei basically understood what Feng Dao meant:

"The matter of gambling, people who gamble often lose money, but it is not that the technology is not good, but every time they bet, others are calm, but they are like fighting for their lives, and the natural momentum is not prosperous, and the momentum is declining and the person will definitely lose nine out of ten bets."

Guo Wei's so-called "momentum" is actually not a vain thing, if this concept is replaced by the language of modern society, it is actually "psychological advantage", you must know that all gambling games, whether mahjong cards, poker, betting, are actually competing for psychological advantage. Not only at the gambling table, but also in the competition between life and others, why is it not a game? Your initial resources are good, and of course you can win the game in one game. On the contrary, if you want to make a fortune of hundreds of millions with the body of Bai Ding, then I am afraid that it is not technology that dominates this matter, but a low probability......

"I understand...... Guo Wei nodded and let out a long sigh: "Now I am in the edict of the Son of Heaven to conquer these frontier places of the three feudatories, the time is in me, Tongguan is in the hands of the imperial court at the moment, the location is in me, the three major camps in the northwest plus the blessing of the three forbidden armies, if there is chaos in the imperial court, there is also a risk of Shi Hongzhao's vigilance, so the people are also in our army." The grain and grass of the summer and autumn taxes of the imperial court were in constant supply, so that the gambling capital of our army was much larger than that of Li Shouzhen. ”

"Guo Shu sees things very clearly." Feng Dao praised it, knowing that he hadn't finished it yet, so he waited for him to continue.

"My gambling is big, so the momentum is in me, as long as my army surrounds the river and is impassable, it will be invincible. In this way, Li Shouzhen was so anxious, and under the coercion, he would inevitably make some fatal mistakes, whether it was a desperate fight or a desperate fight, or a desperate defeat, in the end, our army could always win this game. took the river, then Chang'an Zhao Siwan was self-defeating, and in the end, even if there was a pseudo-Shu rescue under Wang Jingchong's weak strength, it would not be able to become a climate. ”

Feng Dao smiled and narrowed his eyes: "The cardinal minister is right, that's the reason!" ”

However, what Guo Wei didn't find was that when he mentioned the word "Shi Hongzhao", Feng Xianggong frowned......

Note 1: Regarding Guo Wei and Feng Daoheyang's night talk about Guo Wei's gambling addiction, it can be found in Ouyang Xiu's "History of the New Five Dynasties" Li Shouzhen's biography, which the author has expanded and further elaborated.