"Mao Gong has been persuaded by Wei Xuancheng to vote for Tang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" just sat down and heard a big piece of news.

Everyone looked at Shan Xiongxin, not knowing where he got the news from, and Wang Mai raised his ears when he heard Wei Zheng's name.

Shan Xiongxin drank a bowl of wine and put the wine bowl down: "I got the news when I entered the palace last night. "He is a general who is the third grade, although he is in name only, but he is a high-ranking official, and he accompanied the little emperor with other important ministers last night to keep the New Year.

"It's only because Wei Gong doesn't know anyone, and he mistakenly believes in that Bing Yuanzhen, but he missees Mao Gong." Qin Qiong slapped the low table and almost broke it up, and the dishes on the table jumped high and fell heavily.

"Bing Yuanzhen?" Wang Mai had heard of this person, and he was also the first general to follow Zhai Rang's uprising, and he was one of the core elders of the Wagang Army.

Shan Xiongxin gritted his teeth when he heard this name, and his fierce face was revealed: "Before the decisive battle with Wang Shichong, he had already taken refuge in Luoyang, but I hate that we people are all in the dark and fall for this person's tricks." When I heard him begging for food and grass for Wang Shichong that day, I felt that something was wrong, and later revealed his black heart. ”

Grain and grass? Wang Mai's heart moved: "When I was calculating the military capital with Wei Zheng that day, a batch of grain and grass was sent to Wang Shichong, and I thought it was a mistake at the time. ”

Qin Qiong let out a long sigh: "You don't know, wheat, we planned to fight Wang Shichong that day. Bing Yuanzhen jumped out and said that Wang Shichong had the intention of surrendering, and in order to reassure him, Duke Wei allocated a batch of grain and grass to Wang Shichong. Unexpectedly, this was the plan of Bing Yuanzhen to delay the army for Wang Shichong, Wang Shichong got the grain and grass, and immediately fought hard, and there was no intention of surrendering at all. ”

I see, I didn't expect there to be a spy inside Wagang.

"On the day of the defeat of Beibi Mountain, I took the remnants all the way from the north of Yanshi City to Luocang, where the guard was this Bing Yuan Zhen......" Shan Xiongxin saw that Wang Mai did not understand the beginning and end of the matter, so he told it from beginning to end.

Shan Xiongxin retreated into Luocang with the remnants, and Bing Yuanzhen took advantage of the fact that night when these remnants were asleep while they were all asleep.

Li Mi also rushed to Luocang that night, but had already heard that Bing Yuanzhen had voted for Wang Shichong, so he set up camp by the Luoshui outside Luocang, and did not move for the time being. It must be said that Li Mi can still make such a decision in such a critical situation, this plan is not unwise, but he doesn't know that Wang Shichong has already ambushed a group of men and horses in Luocang City, where Bing Yuanzhen is stationed.

As soon as it was dawn the next day, Wang Shichong's troops unknowingly opened the city gate and went straight to Li Mi's camp. Li Mi's reconnaissance troops kept an eye on the direction of Luoshui and did not find the enemy all night. It wasn't until the enemy troops from Luocang rushed under their noses that Li Mibu noticed it, but it was already too late at this time. Unprepared, Li Mi was defeated again and fled in a hurry.

And Shan Xiongxin and others, who were tied up by Bing Yuanzhen, were all captured by Wang Shichong's army, and Bing Yuanzhen also claimed that Shan Xiongxin had already colluded with Wang Shichong in order to exonerate himself. In order to confirm this remark, Wang Shichong deliberately appointed Shan Xiongxin as a nominal general. But that Bing Yuanzhen was named the servant of Huazhou Xingtai and became a powerful general under Wang Shichong, guarding one side.

Many of the original generals of Wagang heard about this, saying that he was easily submissive and had no loyalty to his old master, and Shan Xiongxin was labeled as disloyal.

Wang Mai looked at the sad Shan Xiongxin, and raised the wine bowl in his hand: "Second brother Shan, I have heard that you are a respected hero in the rivers and lakes. Loyalty or disloyalty, it's not for outsiders to see, the clear is self-purifying, the second brother is a bold person, why care about the nonsense of the slanderer? If you are depressed because of this, but you happen to fall into the arms of the bystanders, will not the relatives and enemies be happy? "What is loyal or unfaithful, the most important thing is to have your own conscience.

"That's it!" Cheng Yanjin also raised the bowl, "Second brother, you have the ability to do it, now our brothers are just a tiger falling in Pingyang, and sooner or later there will be a day of comeback." ”、

Qin Qiong also picked up the wine bowl.

Shan Xiongxin clenched his fists, picked up the bowl and drank it all, but his face was still sad.

Qin Qiong glanced at Cheng Yanjin.

Cheng Yanjin nodded and whispered a few words into Shan Xiongxin's ear.

Shan Xiongxin shook his head vigorously: "I have now been saddled with the name of disloyalty," with a sad smile on his face, "When Duke Wei killed Zhai Situ that day, we did not fulfill our loyalty." Now that he has voted for Wang Shichong, if he turns his back on the Lord and votes for Tang again, this disloyal name will be confirmed. The three surnamed domestic slaves, what face will they have to live in this world in the future? I knew that today, it would be better to go to Huangquan with Zhai Situ at that time. "Zhai Situ is Zhai Rang, the founder of Wagang, and later gave up his position to Li Mi, and Li sealed him as Situ. Later, the generals who were friendly with Zhai Rang persuaded him to regain power, and after Li Mi knew about it, he first killed Zhai Rang.

Wang Mai shook his head, although Shan Xiongxin is a good person, he is a little brainless. In these years, even Xu Wenyuan, a well-educated Confucian, knows how to be flexible, but he doesn't let go of his loyalty, and his sense of discipline is too strong. may have been a thief for a long time in the early years, and was brainwashed by the so-called "loyalty" values on the rivers and lakes.

A good man like Qin Qiong, since he joined the army, he has also changed his court several times. At the beginning, it was the regular army of the Sui Dynasty, which was originally to suppress the Wagang uprising, but later followed the Pei family father and son to the sworn enemy Wagang. Now although he is under Wang Shichong, he is planning to change jobs next time.

All the people sighed and said no more.

"That's right, wheat," Qin Qiong turned his head to look at him, "Why did Wang Shichong treat you differently in the palace today?" ”

Wang Maixin said that you just want to ask me about this, and shook his head: "I don't know why the prince looks at me, a person who has no power and no power, and who is not of high rank. ”

"Thinking that this Wang Shichong took a fancy to Brother Mai's talent, and felt that he was a person who could be wooed, he gave some small favors." Cheng Yanjin analyzed.

"Wang Shichong is cunning and deceitful, and he likes to give people verbal cheapness, you must not be deceived by his smiling tiger." Qin Qiong reminded him.

"Don't worry, I'll be prepared. Besides, I'm a lowly teacher now, and I don't think he thinks anything about me. ”

The three of them chatted for a while, and they were all not optimistic about the next situation in Luoyang. Today, Wang Shi acted as the emperor's invitation to buy people's hearts, and I am afraid that he can't wait to sit on that dragon chair in his heart.

"Alas......" Wang Mai sighed, if these three people met on the battlefield in the future, wouldn't they be going to stage a tragedy of fratricide. But looking at this single Xiongxin, it is really a bit old-fashioned. Thinking that such a hero in the last place would end up in a different place, Wang Mai felt extremely sorry.

When I returned home with a heavy heart, I suddenly remembered that I had promised Song Laosan to think of a long-term way to make money, and I cheered up again, picked up the pen on the table and drew the design drawing.

The second day of the Lunar New Year.

Wang Mai was woken up by the sound of firecrackers outside, and remembered that his annual leave was so occupied, which was really depressed.

The Imperial Palace is right next to the Imperial Palace, so he's walking the same path as yesterday. When I found yesterday's stall from memory, I saw the woman sitting at a table wearing a thick cotton jacket and stroking her cheek with one hand.

"Lang Jun is here......" The woman smiled when she saw Wang Mai and handed him the edict.

"Why is business so deserted today?" Wang Mai sat across from her.

The woman stood up quietly and stepped aside: "Yesterday was a big court meeting, so naturally business is good." Although the small shop is rarely patronized by officials like Lang Jun, there are many coachmen and pawns of those officials on weekdays. Today is the period of rest, and there are far fewer people. Lang Jun hasn't eaten breakfast yet, has he? ”

"It's the same as yesterday, trouble the little lady."

"By the way, haven't you asked the little lady for her name?" Wang Mai asked the gods. After saying that, I regretted it, in ancient times, if I asked the name of a girl casually, it would be mistaken for something interesting to others, although he did mean something.

The woman's face turned cold when she heard this: "Slave Sun, Rou Niang." However, she was a woman who opened the door to do business, and she was already criticized, and she wanted to make money with harmony, but now it was difficult to refuse this disciple, so she had to say no words to him, so that this person knew that it was difficult to retreat.

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that......" Wang Mai hurriedly explained.

The woman turned her head, but stopped looking at him, and turned to get busy.

Alas! Wang Mai covered his forehead, it was really getting darker and darker.

After a while, Rou Niang put her things together with a cold face and walked into the house without saying a word.

Wang Mai smiled bitterly and shook his head. There are thousands of beautiful girls in the world, but I have an idea about a married woman, isn't this cheap? Do you want to learn from the great official of Simon, no, no, no......

After eating in a complicated mood, he grabbed a handful of five baht coins from his money bag and put them on the table, and left without saying goodbye.

After entering the Guozijian to complete the entry procedures, he turned around and was about to leave, but the little official stopped him again: "I don't know what Assistant Teacher Wang's requirements for service are there?" ”

"Force?" Wang Mai scratched his head.

After some explanation, Wang Mai realized that the so-called service force was the servants provided by the government to officials for free, which was a benefit for ancient officials.

"I'll feed the horses." Wang Mai thought for a while and said. Raising horses is a troublesome matter, horses are more delicate than later generations of car breeding, from feeding forage, to disease prevention, and breeding, is a complex set of projects, non-professionals can not control.

"I'll see," the little clerk opened a booklet, "there is a dresser who comes from a groom, but he is younger, only eleven years old. ”

It's a little smaller, and Wang Mai is a little resistant to using child labor. After thinking about it again, if an eleven-year-old child falls into the hands of a vicious master, I am afraid that it is better to follow him. "That's it."

Guozijian, also known as Guozi Temple, has jurisdiction over five disciplines: Guozixue, Taixue, Four Disciplines, Calligraphy, and Arithmetic, and is the highest institution of learning in ancient times. However, at this time, the scale of the Guozijian was far less than that of the later dynasties, and the scholars were all the descendants of nobles or officials, and it was a veritable aristocratic school, and it was also an administrative body in charge of education.

After getting a little familiar with the environment in Guozi Prison, Wang Mai locked himself in the office and began to meditate.

"Knock knock." There was a sharp knock at the door.