The night of Luoyang City was a faint and cold one.

On the banks of the Luoshui River.

Xiahou Ling stood under a big willow tree with a black hat, his hands behind his back, his eyes looked at the Luoshui in front of him, and a cool coldness appeared in his heart.

"What do you think, so engrossed!" A dark shadow appeared behind him: "If I wanted to kill you just now, you are already dead!" ”

"Congratulations, you've come out of the ghost prison alive again!"

When Xiahou Ling heard this, he didn't look back, but a smile appeared on his face under the hat: "Hearing your voice, I feel that I am not alone!" ”

"My life is good, the butcher's knife has been lifted, but God just won't accept me!"

Fang Shi's figure was faint in the darkness, and under the starry sky, only a shadow was revealed, and his voice sounded lukewarmly within the distance between the two: "You say, does this mean that I still have value for him Jia Wenhe!" ”

"Use value, that's true!"

Xiahou Ling's voice became a little gloomy and vicissitudes, and said, "But I don't have your good luck, God will clean me up soon!" ”

"You're exposed?" Fang Shi's voice trembled.

"How else do you think you can get out of the hell prison?"

Xiahou Ling's face remained unchanged, his eyes were calm, and he just sighed slightly: "I actually underestimated Cao Zihuan, the second child of the Cao family still has some wisdom, I left too many clues on him, so that he fought back against me when he was dying, the first person to suspect me should be ******, he has been checking me for a while, and his actions quickly aroused Jia Wenhe's idea, the paper can't hold the fire, and my identity can't help but investigate!" ”

"So I can get out of the ghost prison, is Jia Wenhe trying to use me to test you? Then you still meet with me, looking for death? ”

Fang Shi's eyes were cold: "Leave immediately, find a way to get out of the city, as long as you go out of the city, with the strength of Jinyiwei in Guanzhong, you can leave the territory of the Wei Dynasty and return to Jinling City without going east, going south and north." ”

"I can hide from the first day of junior high school, but I can't hide from the fifteenth!"

Xiahou Ling didn't seem to care about life and death at all, he just said lightly: "Being targeted by him Jia Wenhe, I have at least a hundred flaws in my body, there are at least dozens of pairs of eyes around me, and I can't get out, besides, Cao Mengde is already crazy now, there is a mistake in killing, I didn't let it go, since we can't hide, then we have to face it!" ”

"Isn't it what Javin and he is planning?"

Fang Shi thought of something, his heart trembled, and asked.

"You thought about it, yes, I think so!"

Xiahou Ling's eyes suddenly became cold, and he said calmly: "We have no regrets when we die, now that Dawu is about to dominate the world, there must be no problems at this juncture, from the moment the ghost spies appeared around me, I knew that I had been exposed, and I was ready to die, and then Jia Wenhe did not do it for a long time, this can only mean one thing, he wants to use me!" ”

He seemed to say to himself: "I am the highest shadow of Jinyiwei, and if you want to use me, naturally you won't just want to lead out the Guanzhong network, I guess Jia Wenhe must have a military plan in his hands, which involves me, so he will keep me, because people who have no use value can't live!" ”

"What's the plan?" Fang Shi became nervous.

"If I knew, I'd meet you again!"

Xiahou Ling smiled bitterly.

His meeting with Fang Shi was nothing more than an act of luring the snake out of the hole.

"What do you want to do?" Fang Shi calmed down.

"If you are willing to give up, you will have to give to you!"

There was a hint of determination in Xiahou Ling's eyes, and he said, "I'll lay down my life, and you will complete all the work of stealing this plan!" ”

"Will Jia Wenhe still believe me?" Fang Shi gritted his teeth.

At the point where the two of them are now, life and death have long been put aside, and what they want is to complete this task.

"It's hard to say!"

Xiahou Ling shook his head, not very confident, so he made another set of preparations: "We have to prepare with both hands, we want to take something out of Jia Wenhe's mouth, even if the Metropolitan Governor is here, it is estimated that we are not sure, what we can do is to do our best to obey the destiny of heaven!" ”

"Prepare with two hands, what is preparation with two hands?" Fang Shi asked.

"The commander of the Jinyi Guard's secret guard makes Liao Hao have a very obscure Jinyi Secret Son in Luoyang, his level is very high, and his status is also very high, he can become our second plan, if you can't make Jia Wenhe believe, then we will use our lives to make Jia Wenhe believe in him, and pile up the last hope on him!"

Xiahou Ling said coldly.

"Who?" Fang Shi trembled and hurriedly asked.

"Sima family, Sima Lang!" In the dark night, a faint sound sounded by the riverside.

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In the new year, there will still be a period of calm in the Central Plains, and both sides will refrain from the outbreak of war.

In February, the tenth year of the Warring States period, everything began to gradually rejuvenate, and on the ground of Koto, this kind of thriving vitality could be exuded everywhere.

Forbidden City.

The Cabinet Hall, the first auxiliary office hall.

After the just-concluded cabinet meeting, Sun Quan, the emperor of Eastern Wu, sat down with the cabinet chief.

Sun Quan sat on a high seat and flipped through the cabinet approval notes handed to him by Zhang Zhao: "Zibu, how is your cabinet preparing for the March Northern Tour?" ”

Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou were all hung up on the banner of the Great Wu Dynasty not long ago, and the people were uncertain and the people were worried, so the cabinet prepared a northern tour for this year last year.

This time the northern tour was the emperor's personal tour.

For a dynasty, the emperor is sometimes not just a position on the top, in the hearts of the people, he is a spirit.

In the land of Kanto that was only taken last year, there is no consciousness of the people of Dawu if they don't kill the people, but the emperor of Dawu has come in person, and they will subconsciously think that this is already the Dawu Dynasty, and the people will subconsciously belong to the people of Dawu.

"Back to Your Majesty, the cabinet of the Northern Tour has been prepared!"

Zhang Zhao hurriedly replied: "This time the scale of the northern tour is very large, the cabinet will send a large number of officials to follow the royal car, we are preparing a people's harvest action, in terms of propaganda, the propaganda department has already begun in the first month of the month Your Majesty personally went north to inspect the people's propaganda, and the route we have also planned, the first stop is Shouchun, this is the place where Your Majesty's dragon rises!" ”

Many years ago, Sun Quan went in and out of Shouchun City, under the attention of all people, holding the jade seal of the country, saying that the destiny of heaven is in me, so that countless people have passed it on to this day, after Sun Quan ascended the throne, many people regard Shouchun City as the place where Sun Quan rose from the dragon.

"Then His Majesty's royal drive will go along the north and south of Ru to Xudu, Chenliu, Dongjun, turn Qingzhou, go north from Qingzhou to Jizhou, from entering Youzhou, and then patrol the prairie, and the last stop is Xiangping, Liaodong, for a period of three months, of course, the security measures belong to the Praetorian Guard!"

Zhang Zhao said the road map in detail.

"I went north this time, who is in charge of the country?" Sun Quan thought for a moment and asked.

"In accordance with the way of supervising the country left by His Majesty's western expedition to Bashu last time, the Cabinet Military Aircraft Department of the Imperial Historical Observatory jointly established a supervising parliament to jointly supervise the country!" Zhang Zhaodao.

"Okay, just do as you say!"

Sun Quan nodded, and he also instructed: "But there is one thing, this time the northern tour is just to restrain the people's hearts, not to be too extravagant and wasteful, now the treasury of Dawu can't tolerate the slightest waste from us, try to be simple!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Zhao nodded, and a sly light flashed in his eyes: "Your Majesty can rest assured in this regard, our Dawu treasury does not need to pay a penny, the Ministry of Commerce and many businessmen in Jizhou and Yuzhou have discussed, and they will personally sponsor the whole process!" ”

"Zibu, you've become cunning!" Sun Quan was dumbfounded.

"This is a win-win situation, why not, they want the court to have an attitude, and we naturally want them to return to their hearts!" Zhang Zhao smiled slightly and said, "Besides, this was originally a plan proposed by the Ministry of Commerce, and the cabinet just approved it!" ”

Now those wealthy families and businessmen in the four northern states are like ants on a hot pot, worried about this, worried about which, at this time, if Sun Quan's northern tour is sponsored by them personally, it will not only save the imperial court, but also make them feel at ease with the imperial court.

"Your cabinet is in charge of this matter, as long as it does not violate the laws of Great Wu, I will not object, by the way, the governor of the Western Regions Protectorate who was discussed before, there has never been a good candidate, have you thought about it?"

Sun Quan flipped through the books and raised another topic.

"I originally intended that Han Sui personally be the governor of this Western Regions Protectorate!"

"A soldier as governor?"

Sun Quan's brows furrowed.

"Your Majesty, the territory of the Western Regions Protectorate is different from the Central Plains, and even the Kushan region, there are dozens of vassal states here, it's really too chaotic, although it is said that because our army swept strongly, they surrendered, but who knows if they will rebel, ordinary people can't suppress it, unless the general in the army!"

Zhang Zhao said in a deep tone.

"You're right in this regard, I'm okay with this matter, but you need to discuss it with the Military Aircraft Department!"

Sun Quan thought about it and agreed, but still instructed: "Han Sui, this person is known as the Jiuqu Lotus Root of Liangzhou, he has a lot of eyes, it is not so easy to use, there are fierce generals in the army who press him, and he is a little more settled, if he is allowed to monopolize the territory of the Western Regions Protectorate, I am afraid that my Great Wu Dynasty will produce an uncontrolled princely king!" ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, we will take care of this point, under the battle banner of the Great Wu Dynasty, even if he used to be a dragon, he will lie down for me!"

Zhang Zhao said confidently.

Today's Dawu, he has this self-confidence, whoever is against him will die, even if he is far away in the Western Regions, it is no exception.

"Good!"

Sun Quan saw that he was so confident, and he didn't say anything more.

The two continued to discuss several upcoming projects in the cabinet, and it was not until noon that Sun Quan left the cabinet hall.

He's been busy lately, though.

After leaving the cabinet hall, after just having a hasty meal in the imperial study, he was reminded by Xu Shu, who took over as the head of the imperial study and concurrently served as the staff officer of the imperial study: "Your Majesty, in the afternoon, there is still a battle about the upcoming battle in Liangzhou in the west to discuss with you!" ”

"Liangzhou is about to start?"

Sun Quan was a little surprised.

"I heard that it has only entered February, and the snow has not yet melted, and the soldiers and horses of the two legions in the west have begun to transfer troops to the north, preparing to do a big job in Liangzhou!" Xu Shu said.

"It's okay to fight, start early, solve it early, there are many dreams at night!"

Sun Quan sat on the dragon chariot carried by eight people and went to the Military Aircraft Pavilion.

In one of the council halls of the Military Aircraft Pavilion, many military aircraft ministers have already begun to quarrel hotly.

"Your Majesty!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

When the generals saw Sun Quan walk in, they hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"No need to be polite!"

Sun Quan found a place, sat down, and asked, "What are you arguing about?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is a strategic plan submitted by the Second War Zone!" Cheng Pu handed Sun Quan a plan for the layout of the battle situation in Liangzhou, which Zhuge Liang personally reported.

"Zhuge Liang is not good at taking Liangzhou step by step, what does he want to do?" Sun Quan looked at the top-secret strategy above and frowned.

"Your Majesty, he wants to take a risk!"

Zhou Yu said with a wry smile: "He is not only eyeing Liangzhou, he is also eyeing Chang'an, and plans to use Liangzhou to fight, lay out Chang'an, swallow Liangzhou and Sanfu in one go, and take Chang'an!" (To be continued.) )