Wei Zheng's eyes sparkled: "Two princes, let's not talk darkly, you and the two sons of the Yuwen family have been smuggling pig iron for many years, Yang Shizi is clear, so the lord also knows these things, and now the situation has changed, Yuwenshu intends to attack Yang Shizi and my lord, first, I want to get rid of a future rival, and secondly, I guess I have taken a fancy to my lord's property, you say, I want to continue to be friends with Yuwenshu in the future, Or do you want to establish a good relationship with our father-in-law and Yang Shizi? ”

Du Ji and Tong Lifu glanced at each other, and Tong Lifu said: "Second brother, come on, I have always listened to you, and you can do what you say." ”

Everyone's eyes focused on Du Ji's body, he groaned for a while, and said, "Big brother, before I make this decision, I want to ask you, how did you get your pig iron over the years?" You are in Mobei, and it does not border the Great Sui, could it be that your pig iron was brought by General Wang's caravan far away? But how did they check all the ways? ”

Du Ji smiled slightly: "Second brother doesn't know, we didn't go through the Great Sui Pass at all, but harvested iron ore from the Western Turks." ”

Du Ji's eyes widened in disbelief: "Western Regions? How can it be! During the reign of Datou Khan, the Western Turks and us were mortal enemies, even if the later Chuluo Khan ascended the throne, the relationship between the two families was still in a hostile state, and there has been an embargo on our Great Turkic pig iron, how could they give you these iron ores? ”

Gao Baoyi, who had never spoken, laughed: "Second prince, what Chu Luo Khan gave us is not iron ore. It's a directly built ironclad steel knife. Give us three thousand sets a year. There are also two million iron arrowheads per year. If it weren't for this kind of help, how could our eldest prince have created tens of thousands of ironclad elite riders in a few years? ”

Du Ji's Adam's apple moved, swallowed a bubble of saliva, endured the excitement and strong jealousy in his heart, and said, "How is this possible? Even if the Khan was willing to sell, wouldn't his army be equipped? As far as I know, in the past, when Datou Khan was in power, he could only produce so many iron weapons in a year. ”

He smiled and pointed at Wei Zheng: "This is to rely on General Wang's great help." You may not know that as the little Khan of the Awa Division, Chuluo Khan was able to ascend to the position of the Great Khan of the Western Turks, all thanks to the strong support of General Wang and Pei Shiju Shilang in the back, and after the fact, he also sent a large number of Han craftsmen into Jinshan (today's mountain, producing a large amount of iron ore, the place where the Turkic tribes arose) to create these iron-clad war equipment, so now the weapons and armor of the Western Turks. The annual output has skyrocketed from two or three thousand sets to 15,000 sets. You can now see how quickly I was able to expand my power. ”

Tong Lifu gritted his teeth hatefully: "As far as Yuwen told the pig iron smuggled by our brothers, every year it will be six or seven hundred sets if it dies, and sometimes it is not enough for war damage, just like that, every time we have to be lower, as if we owe him a lot of affection, although Yang Shizi is generous, he rarely makes this pig iron deal with us, if you want me to decide, then there is nothing to say, and I will definitely follow General Wang in the future." ”

Ji Ji's eyes rolled, and he didn't rush to make a statement, Wei Zheng has been observing his face, and he is a martial artist, happy and angry, and it is very easy to deal with, but this Lu Ji is a bit of a city, and now he is not in a hurry to express his position, probably he doesn't want to completely break off the relationship with Yuwenshu, and make a choice, after all, Yuwenjia is an old customer who has cooperated with them for many years, even if his ability is limited, he also took the initiative to find it, and there is no problem in terms of reliability. And once you cooperate with Wang Shichong, you will be fully subject to inference in the future, and it will be difficult to go back to Yuwenshu.

Wei Zheng smiled slightly, and said to Du Ji: "What doubts does the second prince have? ”

Du Ji nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Wei, I agree with what you said when you came today, you said that we should open the skylight and say bright words, don't hide it, right?" ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "That's right, the second prince has any high opinions or questions, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Lu Ji immediately said: "Okay, I want to ask first, what is Yuwenshu's status in the Sui Dynasty now, and what grudge does he have with General Wang, is it really impossible to resolve it, and it will be your life and death?" ”

Wei Zheng Zhengse said: "Now after Yang Guang ascended the throne, almost all the military and political affairs are from the hands of five people, known as the five nobles, militarily by Yuwenshu commanding the Fanshang troops inside and outside the Eastern Capital, and is also the supreme commander of the national army, the drafting of the edict is responsible for the Zhongshu Shilang Yu Qingze, the specific government affairs are handled by the Shangshu Zuo servant Su Wei, and the external strategy is formulated by the Ministry of Officials Pei Shiju, and the task of supervising hundreds of officials and controlling the government is the responsibility of Pei Yun, the Taichang Shaoqing, so Yuwenshu can be said to be outstanding in the military circles, Powerful to the sky. ”

Du Ji gasped: "Then you still dare to go against him?" Yang Shizi is now in mourning and has no official position, and what is General Wang's position now, can he fight with this Yuwen? ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "My lord was reported a while ago that he had bribed Yang Su, the Duke of Chu, to ask for an official, so he was removed from office. Yu Wenshu fell in love with my father-in-law's Wanguan family property, so he wanted to fabricate charges and frame my father-in-law. ”

Ji Ji's brows began to twist together, and even his face changed slightly, these Turkic princes have not known much about the inside affairs of the Central Plains, and most of them are also news transmitted by Wang Shichong, but I didn't expect that this time Wang Shichong provoked Yuwenshu with such strong strength, and the three of them were silent for a while.

Wei Zheng looked at the attitude of the three of them, and laughed: "The three princes think that my lord can't fight Yuwenshu?" ”

Ji Ji sighed: "Mr. Wei, whether it is in our Turks or in your Great Sui, the truth in the world is the same, we used to cooperate with Yuwenshu because he had an in-law relationship with Yang Guang, and he was a relative of the emperor, and now I heard you say this, he is in charge of the military power of the whole country, then even the emperor has to give him three points, even if General Wang is rich, how can he fight such a powerful minister?" I think we should say hello to the Yuwen family and persuade them to let General Wang go this time, of course. General Wang is also going to transfer some of his property. To keep the peace is. ”

Wei Zheng smiled and shook his head: "Prince Duji still doesn't know the strength of my lord." Think about it, how can my lord, a four-rank Kaifu general, be able to support a little khan like Chu Luo to ascend to the position of the Great Khan of the Western Turks? How can he make a secret alliance with a super family like Chu Guogong, as well as a new favorite of the current dynasty like Pei Shiju and Pei Shilang, who have been secretly allied for many years? ”

Aggressive's eyes lit up, and he slapped his thigh: "Yes, Pei Shilang is also a popular person in Yang Guang now, no worse than Yu Wenshu, General Wang is friends with him." How can you not fight Yuwenshu? ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly, stroked his goatee and said: "Yuwenshu wants to attack the lord this time, mainly because he was instigated by a villain named Feng Lun, this person is the niece and son-in-law of Yang Su, the Duke of Chu, and has been jealous of the lord for many years, but in the past, the relationship between the Duke of Chu and the lord was very good, and he didn't dare to make a mistake, and now that the Duke of Chu is dead, this Feng Lun will instigate Yuwenshu to take the opportunity of Yang Guang to liquidate Yang Su." fabricated charges and pulled the lord off the horse. Then rob the lord of his estate. ”

He muttered the word "Feng Lun" twice and shook his head: "This person is very bad, but I have never heard of it, the hero of the Duke of Chu, how can there be such a niece and son-in-law who eats inside and out?" ”

Wei Zheng sighed: "This person is talented, but unfortunately his character is extremely inferior, he is an out-and-out villain who tends to be inflammatory, when the Duke of Chu cherished his talent, married his niece to him, and recommended this person to the former Emperor Yang Jian many times, let him enter the Inner History Province as a housekeeper, and later became a squire, but according to the decline of the Duke of Chu, he immediately changed the court and switched to Yuwenshu, and this meeting ceremony is to frame my lord and Yang Shizi." How sinister intentions! ”

Du Ji laughed: "Mr. Wei, you have calculated that Yu Wenshu has sent Feng Lun to find us today, so you asked the eldest brother to ask us to come over to discuss this matter." But why did I hear the exact opposite thing from Feng Lun's mouth? only said that General Wang was also scheming, insidious and vicious, and said that the righteous princess of Dulan Khan back then set up a bureau for him to get rid of, and his father Khan entered the customs and became a puppet of the Han people, and he also planned it, Mr. Wei, do you dare to say it? ”

Wei Zheng's face did not change, and nodded: "These things were indeed planned by the eldest Sun Sheng and my lord of the family, more precisely, it was done under the order of the left servant of the Shangshu of the Great Sui at that time, Gao Xi, my lord of the family was not of high status at that time, so he could only pretend to be the traitor of the Sui Dynasty Wei Chiqin who was connected with the princess of Dayi at that time, as for the entry of your khan into the customs later, it was also personally greeted by the lord of my family, but the eldest prince was also there that time, and I can testify that that time really saved the life of your father Khan, Without my lord and the eldest grandson, your father Khan would not have been able to reach the position of Great Khan, and I am afraid that he would have been harmed by Dulan Khan long ago. And the three princes are not going to sit here and talk to me about these things. ”

Tong Lifu's eyes widened: "Hmph, so to speak, Princess Yicheng first promised to marry Dulan Khan, and then changed the hexagram halfway to pass on to my father Khan, provoking the previous war between Dulan Khan and his father Khan, in order to reap the benefits of the fisherman, is it also out of the plan of Changsun Sheng and your lord?" ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "That has little to do with my father-in-law, the matter of harmony is a major national matter, and it is not that only he can make decisions at that time, it is the plan of Gao Xi and General Changsun, but in the final analysis, it is still Dulan Khan who can't tolerate your father Khan, even if he doesn't marry another princess, he will also attack your father Khan, this is called the sky without the sun, and the country without the owner." In the words of your grassland, there is no room for two eagles in one piece of sky. ”

Du Ji waved his hand: "Okay, I don't want to hear more about these conspiracies and tricks of your Han people, it's just that General Wang has been engaged in dividing and disintegrating our Great Turks for many years, so for us, it is not a friend, in contrast, Yuwenshu and Feng Lun have not harmed us, I still want to cooperate with them more." Mr. Wei, if you need me to help your father-in-law intercede with General Yuwen, I can try, but if I want to abandon General Yuwen and only cooperate with your father-in-law, I think it's better to forget it. ”

Wei Zheng smiled and shook his head: "Prince Duji, you must know that it is not General Yuwen who has an enmity with my lord, but Feng Lun, please be sure to clarify this point to avoid misjudgment." ”

Duji asked rhetorically, "Is there any difference?" In what you said just now, what really made General Yuwen determined to move your father-in-law, I'm afraid it was still your father-in-law's Wanguan family property, Feng Lun just played a role in promoting. Isn't it? ”

Wei Zheng waved his hand: "I don't think I can say that." The second prince may not know the true strength of my lord. I was my father-in-law's friend. But there are not only the Duke of Chu and Pei Shilang, the civil and military ministers of the Great Sui, the Guan Long family and the Shandong clan, at least forty or fifty powerful people have contributed money and dividends to my lord, so it can be said that my lord is both prosperous and lossy, and my lord is running well. Give them rich returns every year, if Yuwenshu really gets the property of my lord, it is impossible to have this level of management, and when these powerful giants rise up to attack it, how can Yuwenshu resist it? ”

Du Ji's brows, which had been frowning just now, stretched: "Oh, in that case, why can General Yuwen still be able to remove General Wang's official position and become a commoner, can these powerful and wealthy families just sit back and watch without help?" ”

Wei Zheng laughed: "The second prince may not know yet. This time, the lord's dismissal was not done by Yuwenshu. It is my lord's plan to retreat, and the one who investigated and dealt with Yang Su's recommendation of officials this time was Yang Shizi's sworn brother, Li Mi, the prince of Pushan County, and also the current hardcore ally of my lord, my lord-in-law took the initiative to confess to Yang Guang about his previous relationship with the Duke of Chu, and asked for his dismissal, and Feng Lun, who is now a guest here, is really designing for our lord-in-law to remove his position as a waiter in the internal history, if not, how could he come to you alone now? ”

Tong Lifu let out a sigh: "Grandma is a bear, it turns out that this Feng Lun is now a common man, second brother, I think Mr. Wei is reasonable, don't offend General Wang for this cub, the strength of the people is here, it is because of his business channels, and no one can take his place, let's do the surname Feng, turn around and tell Yuwen that it was done by the horse bandits on the grassland, so as not to offend General Yuwen." ”

The corners of Ji Ji's mouth hooked: "Feng Lun is not so easy to kill, this guy is very cunning, and the Yuwen Chengdu who came with him, that is a brave general I have never seen in my life, that is, the strongest warrior of our Turks, I am afraid that it is not his opponent, with him, unless we dispatch thousands of iron horsemen, we can kill them, but can this still pretend to be a horse bandit?" ”

Wei Zheng's eyes flashed: "The third prince's kindness has been understood, but my lord has a comprehensive consideration this time, it's not as simple as just killing a Feng Lun, and my lord wants to be friends with the three princes for a long time, friends have to treat each other with all sincerity, and they must consider each other's interests, so that they can be done for a long time, I can completely understand the second prince's worries, and you don't want to lose General Yuwen's friend, right?" ”

Du Ji nodded: "General Wang's strength, I naturally appreciate it very much, but General Yuwen has cooperated with us for many years, and the friendship is also here, and now people are in a high position in the Sui Dynasty, and we don't want to offend, so the grievances between the two of you, I personally tend to mediate in the middle, and make money in harmony." I think from beginning to end this matter is that Feng Lun is causing trouble, the third brother just said that he killed this person, I have also considered it, but General Yuwen's grandson Yuwen Chengdu is here, if we kill Feng Lun, I am afraid that we will hurt Yuwen Chengdu, how can this be good? ”

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "In this way, is the second prince willing to stand on the side of our lord and help him get through this difficulty?" ”

Ji Ji gritted his teeth: "Mr. Wei, I won't tell you, Feng Lun came this time to make a fuss about the pig iron trade, and wanted us to bite General Wang back, and hide the pig iron in the Wang family's caravan, saying that he smuggled pig iron with us, we all know that the pig iron trade is the crime of killing the head and exterminating the clan in your Great Sui, so as soon as he mentioned this matter, I felt that the matter was strict, and I didn't promise him immediately, I came to the eldest brother here today, I also wanted to discuss this matter with the eldest brother, and now that Mr. Wei is here, he is so sincere, Then I also revealed the old bottom to you, you had better prepare early, don't send a caravan here for the time being, Feng Lun can't frame you, so naturally you can only give up. ”

Wei Zheng's eyes flashed with coldness: "It's not the character of my father-in-law to admit and obey softness, people set up a trap like this to harm us, and if we don't pay it back tenfold, is it still my father-in-law?" Now it's not a question of whether we don't send a caravan and avoid this catastrophe, but we have to plan and kill Feng Lun in turn, and then give Yuwen a warning question, do the two princes understand? ”

Du Ji gasped, from Wei Zheng's cold expression now, he suddenly felt a trace of fear, calmed his mood, and said, "Then how does Mr. Wei plan to do it, and what do you need us to do?" I have a bottom line, that is, I won't help you completely harm the Yuwen family. ”

Wei Zheng smiled and showed two yellow teeth: "Don't worry, at most, it's just a little warning to General Yuwen's two unsuccessful sons, and teach them how to behave in the future." ”

At the other end of Dali City, in the reception tent of Prince Duji, there are two Han people who are also dressed as Turks, sitting on the Hu bed, one of them is about forty, thin, two deep nasolabial folds between the nose wings, three long whiskers fluttering, and an indescribable yin owl air between the eyebrows.

The other was a young man in his early twenties, nearly nine feet long, as strong as a bear, although he wore a merchant's leather robe, but the muscles were enough to stretch the leather robe, and at first glance it was a standard fierce general, his lips had just begun to grow two beautiful mustaches, red skin, sword eyebrows, tiger eyes, beard at the sideburns outward, red lips and white teeth, dignified appearance, anyone who saw it would cheer for this young hero.

This person is the eldest son of Yu Wenhua, a new generation of Guan Long young Yingjie can be called the last generation of the little overlord of Yuwen Chengdu, he is a young man with extraordinary talents, although his father is a playboy, but he has been strictly trained by Yuwen Shu since he was a child, and there are masters in the world who passed on his bow and horse martial arts when he was three years old, Yuwen has been secretly passed on from generation to generation, and no one has practiced it for hundreds of years, and it was actually learned by Yuwen Chengdu.

After growing to adulthood, Yuwen Chengdu can tear the tiger and leopard by hand, and his arms have the strength of more than 1,000 catties, and he can open the six-stone iron tire bow, and the dragon and the five-spotted horse under the seat are the hybrid products of the Hexi Tianma and the sweat and blood BMW that Tuyuhun tribute, the divine horse is abnormal, and it can travel thousands of miles a day, and with the continuous improvement of Yuwenshu's status in recent years, the name of Yuwen Chengdu's bravery has hidden to catch up with Yang Xuan, who is known as invincible in the world.

But at this time, Yuwen Chengdu was restless, got up from the bed for a while, walked to the tent door and looked out, and then returned disappointed, and after sitting for a while, he repeated this action again, and in just over an hour, he ran back and forth more than 20 times.

Feng Lun slowly opened his eyes: "Young Shizi, don't be impatient, after all, today is General Changsun's visit as an ambassador, maybe the second prince is accompanying the dinner party at this moment." ”

Yuwen Chengdu shook his head and sat back on the Hu bed: "No, the entourage obviously reported, today's dinner did not let the three princes attend, and now the second prince went to the eldest prince's account, Mr. Feng, you said that our such an important envoy is waiting for his reply here, at this time, what is he going to do with his eldest brother?" ”

Feng Lun sneered: "Young Shizi, I am basically sure that the second prince is not so easy to fool, and he wants to cooperate with us, and he is afraid that if he fights the snake and does not die, let Wang Shichong know that he is helping us harm him, and Wang Shichong will cut off the supply to him Mo Nan in the future, so he is leaving a way out for himself." ”

Yuwen Chengdu's eyes lit up: "What does Mr. mean??" ”

Feng Lun said in a deep voice: "Yes, he must want to buy the bitter big brother who stayed in Mobei, to lure him, and in the future, he will be divided into hundreds of sets of armor and weapons every year, and use this small profit to lure the prince to do this kind of thing personally, so that if it is exposed, Wang Shichong will not hate him, and will only settle accounts with him." ”

Yuwen Chengdu let out a sigh of relief and sneered: "I can't imagine that these barbarians still have such calculations. ”

Feng Lun moved his mouth, and was about to say that there are also masters among the barbarians, and they are by no means barbarians who only rely on muscles, but there was a rush of footsteps outside, he quickly closed his mouth, stood up, and saw the tent door move, Duji, Du, and Livier The three princes rushed in, Feng Lun immediately changed his smiling face, and bowed his hand respectfully: "I have seen the three princes." (To be continued......)