Zhu Wen's rash visit made Li Bao startled at first, and thought that this Zhu San had come to take revenge after hearing the news. So Li Bao first asked Zhu Wen how many men and horses he brought, and then he gathered his men to discuss countermeasures. After everyone discussed, Li Bao was relieved.

Although the Tang Empire in the second year of Guangqi had just been pacified for more than a year, it was still not peaceful in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the root of this unpeace came from the remnants of the Huangchao bandit army, Qin Zongquan.

This Qin Zongquan is also a character, at first he was just a small general in Caizhou, but as the Yellow Nest ravaged the Tang Dynasty, in the first year of Guangming (880 AD) he launched a mutiny to expel the Caizhou Assassin Shi to occupy Caizhou, with the Huangchao forces occupying Chang'an, Yang Fuguang recovered, Qin Zongquan immediately took refuge in Yang Fuguang, and was later awarded the Fengguo Festival Envoy for merit.

Later, Huang Chao withdrew from Chang'an and led his troops into the Central Plains. Qin Zongquan was defeated in the battle, so he surrendered to Huangchao and learned the tradition of Huangchao using human flesh as military rations. In the fourth year of Zhonghe (884 AD), the Huangchao people rebelled and left, and Qin Zongquan announced that he was anyway, and the warlords who followed the Tang Dynasty began to hunt down and kill the Huangchao people.

However, Qin Zongquan is a capricious villain, when he saw that the people in the Central Plains were withered and there was no strong town, Qin Zongquan reversed, this time he didn't want to be a little minion anymore, he openly called the emperor, and claimed to inherit the Huangchao pseudo-Qi Daotong.

This son of Huang Chao is still wandering in the land of Jing Chu, but this Qin Zongquan has come out and is willing to be the heir of Huang Chao, which is really shameless.

After Qin Zongquan became emperor, in just one month, he divided his troops to capture more than 20 prefectures, including Shaanzhou (now west of Sanmenxia City), Luozhou (now Luoyang), Huaizhou (now Qinyang), Mengzhou (now Mengxian South), Tangzhou (now Tanghe), Xuzhou (now Xuchang), and Ruzhou (now Linru), and became the most powerful warlord group in the Central Plains for a while.

And Zhu Wen because of his meritorious work in suppressing Huangchao, the official seal of Bianzhou (now Kaifeng) assassinated the history, and Xuanwu Festival envoy. In addition, Zhu Wen was also in a state of hostility with Li Keyong, who occupied Taiyuan.

In the original history, it is impossible to say that Zhu Wen is the most dangerous time than at this stage, he is in the middle of Hedong and Qin Zongquan, and the wind and rain are very sad. If he hadn't been helped by his fellow sect brothers Zhu Jin and Zhu Xuan in Shandong, Zhu Wen would probably have been strangled by Li Keyong and Qin Zongquan.

Since the probability of Zhu Wen coming here with malicious intent is very small, Li Baosui decided to meet this Zhu Asan. So Li Bao said goodbye to Zheng Yan, and then went to the Zheng family's old mansion to meet Zhu Wen, who was renamed Zhu Quanzhong at this time.

When he arrived in the lobby, Zheng Ningji was chatting with Zhu Wen, and when he saw Li Bao coming, Zhu Wen immediately smiled and gave Li Bao a smile, Li Bao ignored Zhu Wen, and just nodded to Zheng Ningji.

"Zhu Quanzhong, the envoy of the humble official Xuanwu Festival and the assassin of Bianzhou, has seen His Royal Highness King Ji, and His Royal Highness is fine."

"Well, excuse me, Ambassador Zhu is not polite, sit down, the tea and pastries here are good, you must have not eaten them, so let's eat more when you come today."

Zhu Wen saw that Li Bao looked very arrogant in the face of the rustic buns, and he didn't dare to get angry. After all, the King Ji in front of him was not only a royal clansman, but also a great defeat for himself as the Huangchao Army, and assisted Zheng Ji in Fengxiang to eliminate Shang Rang's 50,000 expeditions to the west.

A prince of the clan has a record of complete victory against the Huangchao army, which has to be said to be a miracle for the Tang Emperor and the late Tang Dynasty, where the clan was almost all rice buckets.

According to Zhu Wen's character, Li Bao suddenly appeared on his territory, he would have made the first move, but Zhu Wen at this moment did not dare to do so. There are three reasons for this:

First: King Ji Li Bao is definitely the most reputable clan in today's Tang Dynasty, he is smart and wise, and has a strong army, and the power of the eunuch Lingzi was also taken by King Ji Li Bao, the center of the Tang Dynasty has completely become the bag of King Ji, and he has the right to speak in the center.

Second, there is a three-jump location difference in China's topography, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Tibet is the first tier, the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi belongs to the second tier, and the northwest region of the Tang Dynasty controlled by Weizhou and the capital Chang'an constitute a geographical location advantage over other territories of the Tang Dynasty. This group controls all the production and income of the Tang Dynasty and the Silk Road, and has a geographical suppression advantage.

Third: The firearms advantage of the Weizhou strong army is incomparable, no matter how strong the army has never won in front of the Weizhou army under the command of King Ji, this is the most terrifying place for King Ji and the Weizhou army.

On the other hand, Zhu Wen, he was at his weakest time at this time, and he was also in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides in the north and south, and when the Xuanwu Army was at its most critical, Zhu Wen's purpose in coming to Xingyang to meet Li Bao was obvious, he came to form an alliance.

Therefore, Zhu Wen was very humble, and despite Li Bao's contempt, he continued to smile: "The humble official heard in Bianzhou a few days ago that the king came to Xingyang, and the humble official's roughness in Bianzhou is very much because he also knows that the king is unwilling to come to the jade toe, and the humble official admires the king's heroic posture very much, so he asked the king not to blame so-and-so uninvited. ”

Li Bao picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of tea, then glanced at Zhu Wen with slanted eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, don't say Ambassador Zhu's high-sounding nonsense again, everyone is a smart person, you can say it directly." ”

The main reason why Li Bao was so polite to Zhu Wen was because he was still on Zhu Wen's territory, if he wasn't afraid that he would rather be broken than broken, how could Li Bao come to see him.

Since you see it, you might as well go ahead of this evil wolf and make a mistake, and wait until you get out, after all, when he is far away in Chang'an, Zhu Wen will not be able to do anything to himself, and he will not have to worry about what Zhu Wen will do to the Zheng family at that time.

When Zhu Wen saw that this auspicious king was so simple, he immediately knelt on the ground and said to Li Bao: "The king is wise and discerning, and the humble official does have something to report to the king." ”

"Say it."

"Yes, this is the first thing, that is, the traitor of Qin Zongquan in Caizhou, suddenly proclaimed himself emperor in Caizhou a month ago, and attacked the city everywhere, and soon he has hit a certain Bianzhou city, and the humble official dares to ask the king to send troops to quell the rebellion and save the humble official and the people of Bianzhou from fire and water!"

"Ambassador Zhu's words are wrong, Lone is just a prince of the clan, and this quelling the rebellion is something that the officials and the court princes have to worry about, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to talk to Lone about this."

Zhu Wen saw that Li Bao's mouth was full of untruths, and he was not good at accusing Li Bao, so he continued with a bitter face: "The king should not shirk the lowly officials, just now the king also said that he wanted the lowly officials to speak directly, but the king was so unhappy. Who in the world doesn't know that this Chang'an City is now only effective when the king speaks, the official family is just an ornament, and the princes of the political hall are not all the mouthpieces of the king? The king, you can see that such a vulgar person as a lowly official can see it, how can a handsome person in the world not see it? ”

"Haha, Ambassador Zhu can be regarded as an understanding person, but how much authority is still there in the Tang Dynasty today, I don't think Ambassador Zhu knows it. The pacification of Qin Zongquan was not a very important matter for the imperial court, because Qin Zongquan was still separated by many feudal towns in Chang'an. ”

As soon as Zhu Wen heard Li Bao say this, he secretly scolded Li Bao for being treacherous in his heart, it turned out that Li kept the mind of watching the fire from the other side, how could this be good?

Li Bao couldn't help but feel a burst of secret joy when he saw the helplessness on Zhu Wen's face, this Zhu Wen is a hero, but he also needs strength to pretend to be forced.

At this time, Zhu Wen had no one and a small territory, but he was in a time of life and death, and he saw that Li Bao's arrival in Xingyang was a good opportunity to make friends. So he listened to the advice of the strategist Xie Tong and hurried over. But here Li Bao has such an attitude, which makes him very angry, but angry is angry, the situation is stronger than people, what can he do.

Zhu Wen continued to Li Bao: "The king was born with martial arts and wisdom, and the humble official had his admiration for the king when he was defeated by the king under the city of Chang'an. After Zhu Wen finished speaking, he immediately kowtowed to Li Bao "bang, bang, bang" several times in a row.

When Li Bao heard that Zhu Wen admired him, he felt a feeling of nausea in his heart, Zhu Wen, a bearded man, admired himself as a handsome and handsome guy, which made him can't help but feel a chill in his heart. However, this first person of the fifth generation kowtows to himself, and whether he is sincere or not, this treatment is not something that anyone can enjoy.

Li Baohaha laughed and said: "What is Ambassador Zhu doing, you must also know that we are all courtiers of the official family, and our allegiance to Gu is also allegiance to the Tang Dynasty official family." Ambassador Zhu should hurry up, we have to think about this matter of Qin Zongquan in the long run. ”

As soon as Zhu Wen heard Li Bao say this, he immediately rejoiced, "The king has promised to be a humble official, that's great!" From then on, the lowly official is the loyal dog of the king, and he must serve the king with royal courtesy, and the king will be worshiped again. Saying that, Zhu Wen kowtowed to Li Bao again.

"Well, it's time to get up, this court quells the rebellion, you also know, the imperial treasury is empty, and the generals have to pull out money when they go out to fight, and they want to save Bianzhou, but they also have more than enough strength but not enough strength." Li Bao said half-truthfully to Zhu Wen, who was squinting and smiling.

"The king can rest assured, since the imperial court has allocated troops to relieve the siege of Bianzhou, the cost of this promotion and the money for the generals are naturally provided by a certain Xuanwu Town." Zhu Wen said very painfully.

"Well, since Ambassador Zhu can understand the emptiness of the treasury and is very relieved, I think the official family is also very happy that Ambassador Zhu is so loyal to state affairs."

When Zhu Wen heard Li Bao say this, his heart was relieved, and he immediately asked: "I wonder when the king will be able to send troops to quell the rebellion?" ”

"Oh, Ambassador Zhu, you also know this, there are basically no available troops in the imperial court, and if it is mobilized from Weizhou, it will be three months later."

"Ah, that's too slow." Zhu Wen said discouragedly.

"But don't worry, Lone can write a letter to the center, let the official family issue an edict, and order the surrounding towns to assist Ambassador Zhu in quelling the rebellion."

"Well, that's it. As for this matter of sending troops to quell the rebellion, please urge the king more! ”

"Don't worry, Ambassador Zhu, this matter must be taken to heart. And even if you don't look at your face, you have to look at the face of Lone's concubine Zhang Hui, she is still a fellow villager with you. Li Bao looked at Zhu Wen playfully and said.

"Huh? Oh, the humble official doesn't know that the king has a concubine and a certain fellow villager, hehe......" Zhu Wen said insincerely.