"Wait—" A low, powerful voice sounded slowly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The voice came from the family of a middle-aged scribe, and the middle-aged scribe behind him did not seem strange at first glance, forty or fifty years old, dressed neatly and ordinarily, with only a huge agate wrench in his left hand, showing a slight sense of wealth.

But it was just the words of the family in front of him, and the old monk, who was still arrogant, flattened down like an inflatable doll that had been pumped out in an instant. The expressions of the Wang Anshi brothers and others were as if they had met an old friend.

"Lord Xia-you-"

"Uncle Xia, you are also here to incense—"

"Uncle Xia, is the excerpt coming back to Beijing? But there is a happy event to repay. ”

"How are you doing, father and mother?"

"Uncle Lao Xia remembers, the family is kind and the family is strict, and the health is good......"

Surname Xia? Can you make the old monk admit it? Is it Wang Anshi's family uncle, met in Jinxi? In Fang Zhongyong's mind, as if searching for keywords, he handed out one information point after another, and then searched for it in the current Song history. Suddenly, there was a flash of inspiration, could it be-

Xia Zhu?

It's almost a certainty.

Xia Zhu is also a fellow villager of Jiangnan West Road like Fang Zhongyong, Wang Anshi and others, and at this time, Lord Xia Zhuxia, who was once a high privy deputy envoy, is the last year of Ding Wei's home, so it is not surprising that he came to Liuyun Temple.

Thinking of this, through the warm and greeting faces of the Wang Anshi brothers and Xia Zhu, Fang Zhongyong carefully looked at Xia Zhu's angular face.

The eyebrows are steep, the lips and teeth are very thin, slightly purple, the whole person is thin and spirited, the long hair is very 6, and the gray hair is not messy, neat and spirited.

If you are not mistaken, Xia Zhu's gaze is also looking sharply at Fang Zhongyong's side at this moment, and after a moment of looking at each other, Fang Zhongyong was defeated, and he lowered his head and stopped looking at him.

But he heard Xia Zhu calmly say to the great monk: "They are all pilgrims, and the year is almost over, so why bother." Looking at the old man's face, it is better to prepare some fasting meals, and the old man and several generations of friends in the world will talk about it. ”

The words of the great monk to Xia Zhu were really, with a kind of fart and nonsense, and he obeyed the instructions and went to prepare.

Originally, the Zhikong and Zhizhi, two muscular monks who were going to bring their younger brother to Bianren, were also respectful at this time, with a compassionate face, and Amitabha Buddha's invitation to guide Xia Zhu and everyone to the guest room of the side hall to rest and sit down.

No one dares to mention the word half a merit or money.

A high-ranking official who is idle at home, this kind of momentum is also a bull break.

Fang Zhongyong thought as he followed behind Chai Lin and walked to the guest room in the side hall step by step.

Everyone sat down humbly, and Fang Zhongyong looked around the environment of this guest room: the north and south are transparent, the window is open under the plum blossom tree, simple and clean, and there is a Go board on the table, which is made of fine nanmu, which is quite exquisite.

Xia Zhu, who was talking to everyone, kept staring at Fang Zhongyong, who was standing behind Chai Lin with a low-key and deferential expression.

Thinking of Fang Zhongyong's "high theory" just heard, if it is: Qian Zhuangzi, who has the seal of the official Jiaozi, is a good way to get rich, but he has to have a martial arts, and the martial arts are just a few literary exams, and then the joints of the door can be touched, Yunyun.

Look at the present, Fang Zhongyong's face is childish, fair and tranquil, the hair on his chin has not yet grown, and he has a harmless face.

Xia Zhu felt an indescribable chill in his heart.

This kid is only so old, dignified, but his ideas are too old and spicy--only, he is right. What's more, if the Chai family has the intention to make friends and attach themselves to him, and with his influence in the military, he will take care of the safe operation of his family's money bank, and it may not be a reasonable and legal big deal to turn back.

In the heart of Xia Zhushu, who had a majestic aura, the small abacus crackled. But he just smiled on his face, greeted the brothers of the Wang family, and chatted about some family life.

The first time I saw Xia Zhu, Wang Anshi's brothers, Chai Lin and others, they were all very pleasant. After all, Xia Zhu, a high-ranking official like Xia Zhu who was born in a professional class and was about to recover soon after the end of Ding Wei, is so approachable, kind and kind, the young people are naturally overjoyed, and who is not happy with one more thigh and multiple roads?

As a result, Fang Zhongyong, who always looked strange and unhappy, stood there, becoming more and more out of place with everyone, which attracted Xia Zhu to pay more attention.

There is no way, Fang Zhongyong originally really wanted to be a beautiful man who made a fortune without saying a word and quietly mixed in the Great Song Dynasty. But the appearance of Xia Zhu couldn't help but make him think that only a few years later, he was about to start a war, was about to be beaten to the point of bleeding, and offered a large number of New Year's coins, and was taken advantage of by the Khitan to rob more New Year's coins, pushing the common people of the Great Song Dynasty into the Song-Xia War with a heavier burden and abyss.

This should have dragged on, should have been strong and clear, the stronghold was firmly defended, time was exchanged for space, economic warfare and protracted warfare were used to drag down the Western Xia, and the soldiers were bloodless.

However, due to the impulsiveness and anger that prevailed in the court at that time, as well as the empty salary for many years, the generals did not know the soldiers, were not well prepared, could not fight in the field, made strategic mistakes, and improperly selected the commanders, and so on.

And the Lord Xia Zhuxia in front of him was one of the only two lords and factions in the main battle of the Manchu Dynasty at the beginning of the Song and Xia wars.

Although the reason for his peace is completely unspeakable compared with Wu Yu, another lord and minister who has insight into the interests and has a clear strategy.

Although this Xia Zhu is the adopted son of Xia Chenghao's family, a martyr who died in a night battle with the Khitans, he started with poetry and writing, and he is obviously not a heroic general on the battlefield.

He is in the military position, more because of the family relationship is mostly in the generals, and his original intention, when he was appointed as a privy deputy envoy and a top high-ranking official such as the governor of political affairs, when he was sent to the frontier, the official family was quite clear.

Fang Zhongyong remembered that in Xia Zhu's reluctance to accept the appointment, he was quite unold-fashioned, and wrote such words: "If you don't wear the sky, it is difficult to worship the vault; Etiquette as a pillow block, endure the sound of music. ”

This literally means that I have a grudge against my father against these barbarians on the northwest border, and your big official family sent me over, so that I can see their happy life every day, and I have to bow down to the king of the barbarians, which is simply unacceptable to me, unacceptable.

However, everyone understands that the true meaning of this recital is: I want to stay in Beijing to have fun, and I can be a sesame official, and you sent me to the northwest border, no matter how big the official is, I don't want to be a big official, I don't want to, I don't want to roll all over the ground to take back my life.

In this way, the high-ranking officials at the commander-in-chief level of the military region who were reluctant to take up their posts, when the war was about to break out, it was really, and they just didn't want to fight. If you want to fight, you might as well play some hooligan tricks.

Xia Zhu's first move was to promise the Western Xia people with 250,000 yuan of official silver, and whoever could take Li Yuanhao's head would be named Li Yuanhao's official and give him so much money as Li Yuanhao in the Great Song Dynasty every year.

However, the notice of the discord between the red fruits and fruits that he wrote in Chinese, not the Western Xia script, undoubtedly fell into the hands of Li Yuanhao first, so in exchange, Li Yuanhao wrote a reward to humiliate him: Those who take Xia Zhu's head will be rewarded with two pieces of money......

However, Xia Zhu, who has far-fetched motives for solving problems, wrong ideas for solving problems, and rogue methods for solving problems, may not be unsuitable to deal with Li Yuanhao, who is also a big hooligan.

On the contrary, his actions and his obscene tricks, as long as they are used properly, will be of great help in dealing with Li Yuanhao.

After all, as a traverser, the final outcome of Western Xia was defeated by civil strife. As for the various factions in Western Xia, how to divide and disintegrate, Fang Zhongyong saw it clearly.