That night, Zhang Xuan sent an urgent letter to Wei Yunqi of Beihai County, asking him to also use King Qin as an excuse to recruit 5,000 troops in Beihai County, and at the same time sent 50 personal soldiers to Beihai County to assist Wei Yunqi in recruiting troops.

Although Zhang Xuan adopted Li Jing's suggestion, it did not mean that he had to abandon his original plan, and in any case, he would try his best to return to Qingzhou.

After a day's rest in Taiyuan, Zhang Xuan led an army of 2,000 to continue southward, and three days later, the team arrived in the capital and settled in the camp in the east of the capital.

At this time, Yang Guang and the 100,000 Xiaoguo army had returned to the capital, and there was no movement after Yang Guang entered the palace, and there was no news about the reward and punishment measures of King Qin.

There was a lot of discussion in the streets and alleys of Luoyang, and all kinds of gossip went viral in the market, although the news came out one after another, but one thing was the unanimous consensus of the government and the opposition, and there was no doubt that this meeting alliance incident would have a far-reaching impact on the political situation of the Great Sui.

In the afternoon, in the lobby on the second floor of the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant, Zhang Xuan, who had just arrived in Luoyang, sat down with Li Jing, Wei Chigong and Yang Shanhui to taste the mellow wine of the Tiansi Pavilion together.

The lobby was full of guests, with the return of the Son of Heaven these days, the lobby seemed to be lively, almost all the drinkers were talking about the alliance incident, Li Jing and Yang Shanhui were talking in a low voice, but Zhang Xuan pricked up his ears and listened to the conversation of several drinkers next door.

"This time King Qin, Zhang Xutuo, Pei Renji and Yang Yichen did not participate, I don't know what is inside?"

"The reason is very simple, don't they all go to the Ministry of War? You'll find out tomorrow by yourself, it's better not to talk about this kind of thing outside, hurry up and check out and leave! Tomorrow I have to go to the morning pilgrimage. ”

Several people didn't say anything more, and they all pooled money to settle the bill, and at this time, Zhang Xuan heard that one of the voices was a little familiar, it seemed that it was Wei Jin, a member of the military department who had come to inform him.

Zhang Xuan hurriedly whispered a few words to Wei Chigong. Wei Chigong nodded, got up and walked out, and after a while, a few people next door also settled the bill, left the wine table and walked out of the door.

But not long after they left, Wei Chigong brought one of them in. "Boss, he's coming!"

The person who came was Wei Jin, a member of the military department, he was not so much brought in, but forcibly escorted in by Wei Chigong, his arm was pinched by Wei Chigong, his face was full of pain, and there was a trace of horror in his eyes, he didn't know what was going on, until he saw Zhang Xuan. There is a sense of sudden enlightenment.

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, Wei Chigong immediately let go of Wei Jin, Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Wei Yuanwailang, please take a seat!" ”

Wei Jin glared at Wei Chigong fiercely, rubbed his arms and sat down, and bowed to Zhang Xuan, "I didn't know that General Zhang was sitting behind us, and he was rude just now." ”

"It's okay, I just heard you talking. I would like to ask specifically. ”

Wei Jin was stunned for a moment, and said cautiously: "Can the general refer to Zhang Xutuo's matter?" ”

Jang Xuan nodded. "Not only Zhang Xutuo, but also Yang Yichen and Pei Renji, why don't they send troops to Qinwang, I hope Brother Wei can tell me the truth."

Wei Jin glanced at Li Jing and Yang Shanhui next to him, and Zhang Xuan smiled: "They are all my henchmen, Brother Wei, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it!" ”

Wei Jin sighed and said, "This matter is actually not a secret. Everyone knows it in their hearts, but no one dares to say it, General Zhang Da complained to the Ministry of War several times that King Xun Yang Qing secretly colluded with the Wagang Army to supply food to the Wagang Army, but this complaint has been suppressed. This time, General Zhang Da, the king of Qin, wrote to the Ministry of War, he was afraid that after his army left, the Wagang army would withdraw and recruit troops, and his siege would be wasted, so he applied to the Ministry of War not to send troops to King Qinwang for the time being. ”

"What about Yang Yichen?" Zhang Xuan asked quietly, "What reason does he have?" ”

Zhang Xuan didn't ask Pei Renji, because Qin Yong told him that Pei Renji gave up King Qin's plan because he couldn't cross the Yellow River, but in contrast, Zhang Xuan cared more about Yang Yichen.

"Yang Yichen didn't go to the court, but we all know that he was fighting with Geqian, Yang Yichen defeated Geqian's 100,000 army in Gaojibo last month, and defeated Gao Shida's rescue, when King Qin's order was issued, he was trying his best to exterminate the remnants of Geqian, so he didn't go to King Qin of Mayi County."

"What does the military department think about this?"

Zhang Xuan continued to delve in: "I don't mean the official attitude of the Ministry of War, but what do you think in private? ”

Wei Jin smiled noncommittally and said: "We all think that Yang Yichen put the cart before the horse, although the suppression of bandits is a big deal, but the saint may not accept it, the key is that there is a problem with his attitude, Zhang Xutuo is too, even if he explains in the book, it is useless, in contrast, King Xun sent his two sons to lead the army north to King Qin, which is better than Zhang Xutuo will make a gesture." ”

"Do you think Yang Yichen and Zhang Xutuo will be held accountable?"

Wei Jin shook his head, "Frankly speaking, no one dares to say this kind of thing now, if the saint doesn't liquidate, then everyone will be fine, but if the saint is liquidated afterwards, at least one of the two of them will be unlucky, we all think so, but some people say that Zhang Xutuo is more likely, because he has no connections to guarantee him, but some people say that Yang Yichen is more likely, because the saint has long wanted to move him, and now there are all kinds of theories, and no one knows what the result will be." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled, "Thank you Brother Wei for being honest and bothering." ”

Zhang Xuan gave Yu Chigong another look, and Yu Chigong understood, got up and waved his hand, "Wailang, please!" ”

Wei Jin hurriedly saluted Zhang Xuan, got up and hurried away, at this time, Yang Shanhui sighed and said, "I'm afraid Yang Yichen is going to be in danger." ”

"Why not Zhang Xutuo, but Yang Yichen?" Li Jing asked with a smile.

"Zhang Xutuo can't mix in the officialdom, but his qualifications are not deep, and the saint will not worry about him at all, and Yang Yichen has been in a high position for too long, and his qualifications in both military and political affairs are very deep, in short, he is the second Yang Xuangan."

Zhang Xuan was silent on the side, and Li Jing asked, "Does the general still plan to act as originally planned?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "No matter what, Yu Shiji's path can't be broken." ”

He said to Yang Shanhui again: "I have already sent someone to contact Xiahou Yan, please ask Sima to come forward for me tonight." ”

Yang Shanhui smiled: "The general can rest assured, I am better at this kind of thing." ”

At night, Yu Shiji sat alone in the study to read, he also took two days off from Mayi County, on the one hand, he was slightly sick, on the other hand, he was also frightened in Yanmen, and needed a good rest to relieve his soul.

At this time, the voice of his stepson Xiahou Yan came from outside the door, "Father, the child is back." ”

"Come in!"

After a while, Xiahou Yan hurriedly walked in, holding a wooden box in his hand, Yu Shiji glanced at the wooden box and asked, "Have you seen Zhang Xuan?" ”

"Back to my father, it was not Zhang Xuan himself who came forward, but a civil official under him, called Yang Shanhui, who came forward for Zhang Xuan."

Yu Shiji was slightly stunned, isn't Yang Shanhui Wei Juncheng? How did he become Zhang Xuan's subordinate, he understood after a little groaning, Yang Shanhui was Donglai Juncheng before, and Zhang Xuan was pulling it by himself, and he must have rejoined Zhang Xuan.

At this time, Xiahou Yan put the wooden box in his hand on the table, "He gave me this thing." ”

Yu Shiji opened the wooden box, and there was a small brocade box inside, there was a small gold lock on the brocade box, but there was no key, Yu Shiji directly unscrewed the small golden lock, only to see that inside the brocade box was a pearl placed on the red brocade, about the size of a pigeon's egg.

Xiahou Yan was also stunned, "Father, this kind of pearl is sold in Nanshi, I bought it, a string of eighteen pieces, three hundred taels of gold, and the quality is similar." ”

What he meant beyond his words, how did Zhang Xuan send a worthless pearl?

Yu Shiji's face became extremely serious, he stared at the pearl for a moment, suddenly turned around and blew out the lamp, the study was dark, slowly, I saw that the pearl in the brocade box lit up, brighter and brighter, just like the bright moon, and the whole room was reflected by its brilliance snow-white.

Xiahou Yan was stunned, his mouth was long, and he couldn't speak for a long time, he was also a knowledgeable person, although he didn't see it with his own eyes, but he knew what it was, this is the legendary night pearl, the Son of Heaven and the Queen each have two.

Xiahou Yan gasped and exclaimed in a low voice, "Oh my God! ”

Yu Shiji lit the lamp again, and soon, the Night Pearl returned to normal, no different from ordinary beads.

Yu Shiji sighed softly and said to himself: "This is the pearl of the king, he actually gave me the pearl of the king." ”

"He has a request for his father."

Yu Shiji nodded, "I know, what does he want me to help with?" ”

"He wanted to ask his father to help transfer him back to Qingzhou, and in addition, there were many wounded soldiers in his army, and he wanted to arrange for the wounded soldiers to go south by boat, hoping that his father could lend him two transoceanic boats in the dragon boat."

Yu Shiji paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, Zhang Xuan's request was not surprising to him, the saint thought that he had a foundation in Qingzhou, so he transferred him away, just like transferring Wang Shichong from Jianghuai.

If it were usual, Yu Shiji might consider cost performance, but after this alliance incident, Yu Shiji's mentality has also changed, he can no longer be mercenary, he has to consider the fate of his family.

Yu Shiji glanced at the beads on the table again and asked, "How much gold did Zhang Xuan give us?" ”

Xiahou Yan thought for a while and said: "The child remembers that he gave 1,000 taels the first time, 1,500 taels the second time, and at the same time gave 2,500 taels of gold alone, a total of 5,000 taels of gold. ”

Yu Shiji nodded, pointed to the Night Pearl and said, "You return the Night Pearl to him, and at the same time return the five thousand taels of gold to him, remember, you have to return it to him with your own hands." ”

Xiahou Yan was taken aback, "Father! ”

Yu Shiji ignored Xiahou Yan's surprise and continued: "You tell Zhang Xuan that I will do my best to help him realize his wish, I don't have any purpose, I just want to make him a friend." (To be continued.) )