Gao Huan was stunned: "Xiao Yan is dead?!" How far has it got? I really didn't expect this lame monkey to make such a big fuss. Sima Ziru said: "The situation is far more than that, according to our eyeline in the gate, Xiao Duo has already sent someone to Yuwentai to ask for help because he can't resist Hou Jing's attack." If these two families form an alliance, it will be very bad for us. ”

Judging from the current suppression situation of the Eastern Wei Gao Huan Group against the Western Wei Yuwentai Group, if they and Nanliang really form an alliance or even say that they are one, it will be bad news for Gao Huan and them, and they will be surrounded by Yuwentai and Xiao Duo. Gao Huan was shocked again: "Is this thing confirmed?" Will Yuwentai send troops to aid Nanliang? ”

He Basheng said: "Judging from the current predicament of the Western Wei Dynasty itself, it is difficult for Yuwentai to draw out effective military forces to help Nanliang, but it is not ruled out that he may break the cauldron and sink the boat, you must know that Nanliang is now in danger, and it is very likely that Yuwentai will fish in troubled waters." Gao Huan nodded thoughtfully: "If that's the case, then it's really a troublesome thing." This Xiao Duo is also a fool, if you want to find reinforcements to come to us. We sent troops from Xuzhou and Huainan to smash Jiankang City, Hou Jing suffered from the enemy on his back, where is our opponent, and an alliance between a sinister villain like Yuwentai and him will only be betrayed by him. ”

Murong Heng stroked his beard at this time and said with a smile: "The king doesn't have to worry, the old man has a plan to tell Yuwentai to return empty-handed, Hou Jing will run away, and we will reap the profits." Gao Huan loves this little old man the most, don't look at his gray hair and beard, and he is also rickety, but he looks very good in spirit, and the most important thing is that he can come up with some clever tricks every time everyone has no good way, and he has repeatedly turned danger into safety.

Gao Huan walked to Murong Hengsheng with a smile, and said with a flattering smile: "Old master, what are your clever plans to calm the world?" Come and listen to us quickly, and let me wait for ordinary people to be edified by your wisdom and gain a long insight. Murong Heng picked up the teacup and said with a smile: "King, it's okay for me to say it, but can you give some benefits first?" "Has this old man changed his course? Now that he has learned to sit on the ground and start the price, Gao Huan said without saying a word: "You say, what do you want?"

Murong Heng stroked his beard and shook his head and said: "The old man is old, I am afraid that he will not be able to serve the king for a long time, in case one day his legs are kicked away, and the family has no money to spare and pity my children and grandchildren, so if you want to intercede with the king, can you reward me with 500 acres of fertile land in the southern suburbs of the city?" When Gao Huan heard that it was such a trivial matter, he immediately said: "Hey, I thought you wanted the moon in the sky and the dragon liver in the sea, just this request, don't say that you are as tough as a cow now, even if you die one day, your descendants can rest assured that you will leave it to me." Where will they starve. ”

Murong Heng shook his head and said: "The old minister is grateful to the king, but no one has been able to survive by relying on the merits of the ancestors since ancient times, as the saying goes, Fulu is only three generations, and the family will sit on the mountain with gold and silver, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the old minister can still serve the king, and accumulate some more fields and houses for them, and when I am old, I can look at ease with peace of mind." ”

Gao Huan was very moved when he heard this, the raised child knew the kindness of his parents, and he felt sorry for the hearts of parents in the world, as if he wanted a powerful person like Murong Heng, there was also the day when he left the stage of history, Tian Qian deeply abandoned the Qing name and festival that had adhered to his life and was willing to arrange a family business for future generations, such a mind had to be admired, Gao Huan took the old master's hand and said: "Old master, don't worry, even if you don't say anything today, I will give your children and grandchildren eternal wealth, as long as the world is still my Gao family." ”

Everyone present bowed their heads and remained silent, Gao Zhongming actually cried quietly at this time, Gao Huan turned his head and asked, "What are you crying about?" Gao Zhongming covered his face and said, "King, the minister is crying and accidentally hit his face just now." "This stupid thing is a chicken thief sometimes. Murong Heng wiped the corners of his eyes and got up and said: "Great King, this incident is an opportunity given to us by God, if we try to grasp this opportunity, then it is very likely that in the future, we will reign over the world, unify China that has been fighting for hundreds of years, and establish a new and glorious empire!" ”

Everyone was attracted by the old master's words, and they all raised their heads and pricked up their ears to listen carefully, and Gao Huan also asked urgently: "Old master, do you have any grand plans?" Murong Heng stroked his beard and looked at Gao Huan with a smile and said: "As the old man said just now, everyone has a day when they leave, and the old minister's health was okay before, so he didn't worry about the problem of what happened after his death, but now the old minister's health is getting worse and worse, so I want to try to make more plans for the king and our country before that day comes." ”

Gao Huan didn't know what happened to this old master today, and kept talking about old age, thinking that it was because he was busy maneuvering among the women these days and might have ignored him, so he comforted: "If there is really that day, I must come with the old master to witness this great moment." Murong Heng nodded and continued with a smile: "Zhong Ming, take a map." Gao Zhongming responded, and hurriedly went to the study to get a map of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty.

Murong Heng pointed to the area of Jiankang in the Southern Song Dynasty and said: "The reason why we have been unable to take Guanzhong for a long time under the condition of military and financial superiority is because he is still in the south to control the elbow, and now Hou Jing has caused internal strife in Liang, and they have consumed a lot of national strength by killing each other, at this time we took the opportunity to lead the army south, first occupy Jiankang, and then join forces with Xiao Duo to eliminate Hou Jing, and then destroy Xiao Duo into Lingnan and Bashu, and surround Yuwentai." At that time, the main force of our army was divided into two routes, all the way to Tongguan to fight head-on, all the way to Shu to take Hanzhong, plus there were three ways to attack Rouran in the north, and the fate waiting for them was only to be gradually eliminated by us. At that time, we will be able to unify the Central Plains and create a thousand years of imperial industry. ”

Everyone followed the map pointed by Murong Heng's finger every time, listening to his every strategic step, and felt that their blood was boiling, as he said, the belonging of the world would move towards unification and integration step by step, and they would also go down in history. It's inexplicably exciting to think about such a thing. Gao Huan was still relatively sober, so he asked: "Old Master, our far-reaching plan can be arranged in this way, but for now, what should we do to make Yuwentai return empty-handed, Hou Jing flees in the wilderness, and we take advantage of the fish?" ”

Murong Heng said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you still remember that we once captured a member of the Southern Liang Imperial Family named Xiao Daoquan before, and this person is still being locked up by us in Pengcheng waiting to be released. Gao Huan couldn't remember if there was such a person, and He Batsheng said: "Back to the king, when Yang Kan invaded Xuzhou, Qingzhou, he was indeed captured by our army. Gao Huan asked a little puzzled: "Who is this person from Xiao Yan?" Does he have anything to do with the promotion of Hou Jing this time? ”

Murong Heng said with a smile: "Great King, this person is Xiao Yan's nephew, and he is a vain son, we can take advantage of Xiao Yan's death to support him as the new monarch of Southern Liang, and attack Jiankang in the name of establishing a new monarch to destroy Hou Jing, so that our army will be famous and justified." As long as our army enters Jiangdong and strictly enforces military discipline and does not commit any crimes, I believe that most people will still welcome and support us. At that time, we will join forces with Xiao Duo, and Hou Jing will be attacked by the enemy and will not be accepted by the local people, and his demise will be an inevitable end. ”

Gao Huan wondered: "But the Southern Liang Kingdom has already established Xiao Gang as the new monarch, and he also took the initiative to contact our Huainan Assassin History in private, and wants to be friendly with us, is it really okay for us to do this?" "King, the gentleman does something and doesn't do anything, if there is a dispute today, it is urgent for someone like you to come out and turn the tide and set things right, Xiao Gang is just another puppet supported by Hou Jing, even he knows what will happen to him if Hou Jing wins power in the future, otherwise he will not take the initiative to contact us to ask for an alliance." We're just here to help Xiao Yan clean up the portal, and we don't have to care too much about the many comments of the world. Even Sima Zi stood up to support Murong Heng's plan at such an instant, how could there be no voice in such an initiative, he also wanted to honor his ancestors and go down in history.

Gao Huan thinks about it, how can a woman's kindness achieve great things? Besides, if you want to be loyal to someone like Zhou Gongdan, don't some people say bad things about him? As a mere layman, you really don't have to work hard to please everyone in the world. Thinking of this, Gao Huan nodded and said, "Okay, just act according to the old master's plan, but I want to see this Xiao Daoquan first and see what kind of person he is?" ”

In the official post house in Yecheng, the janitor opened the door early this morning to clean the yard and prepare to welcome the new guests, and suddenly a few hurried errand servants came in with a haggard look on his head, and the little guy didn't open his mouth to ask, only to see a person who took the lead showed the waist card of the Qi Wangfu and asked: "Where is the post man?" I'm looking for him urgently. Hurry up and report it. The little guy looked at the waist card and was so frightened that he looked back at the yard and ran. Several people also followed into the courtyard of the post house.

After a while, a person hurriedly ran out of the hall of the main house, and dressed while running, it seemed that he had just come out of the bed, and the man said to the leading officer: "The lower official is the post man of this post station, I don't know which one of your Excellency is on an errand in the palace of King Qi?" The leading officer said proudly: "You don't have to know this, it's just that I have a distinguished guest of His Royal Highness King Qi here, and I need to open a remote and deserted single room, you only need to provide a restaurant, and you don't have to worry about the rest, but there is one thing, you can't casually talk about this person in the post house, otherwise you will bear the consequences!" ”

Yi Cheng was stunned by the servants, and looked at that person who didn't look like a distinguished guest of King Qi, how could anyone be imprisoned in the post house like a prisoner? Although his heart was full of doubts, he had to nod frequently and said: "Xia Guan knows, Xia Guan must not talk about this to the outside world." So he turned around and asked the janitor to take the "grandfathers" to a remote house in the backyard.

Originally, Gao Zhongming wanted to put him in the prison of the Criminal Department in Yecheng, but Gao Huan disagreed, and later wanted to take him to the secret mansion of the Qi Wangfu to guard, Gao Huan did not need such a high standard, so he finally decided to arrange Xiao Daoquan in the Yecheng Post House, and arrange a few guards who are good at kung fu and quick and nimble.

Gao Huan wanted Sun Teng to meet Xiao Daoquan, because Sun Teng was engaged in diplomacy after all, and some diplomatic rhetoric was very familiar after all, so he himself and the generals hid in the secret room to eavesdrop, Murong Heng and Sima Ziru both agreed to this arrangement, not only losing their identity but also finding out the other party's hole cards.

So the place to meet Xiao Daoquan was arranged at Sun Teng's house, and the time was that night. Gao Huan and Murong Heng, as well as Sima Ziru, He Basheng, Xu Mingzhi, Yang Xiuzhi, Gao Yue and other important figures of Gao Huan Group all arrived in advance and waited for the start of the meeting between the two in the secret room. This is the first step for Gao Huan to agree to China's plan, and whether it can start depends on tonight's talks. Therefore, Gao Huan and others were very nervous and expectant.

In the evening, a carriage stopped in front of Sun Teng's county mansion, and several people like bodyguards supported a middle-aged man in his thirties who was dressed very luxuriously but looked slightly demented. This person is Gao Huan's captive Xiao Daoquan. (To be continued.) )