On the bank of the clear stream, in the sparse forest, a slightly slender figure stood there, looking into the distance with his hands behind his back. Duan Xiushi frowned slightly, dismounted outside the forest, and slowly walked in.

Hearing the footsteps behind him, the figure slowly turned around, looked at Duan Xiushi and smiled gently: "Chenggong, you are here." ”

Feng Changqing's expression looked extremely tired, faintly but with a murderous aura, it looked extremely weird, Duan Xiushi looked at this elder, and suddenly had a trace of illusion in his heart, as if he had seen an injured beast.

"The doctor has worked hard all the way." Duan Xiushi arched his hand towards Feng Changqing, "I haven't seen you for more than a year, but the doctor has lost a lot." For example, today's coffin is in the city, and the doctor doesn't go to worship first, but summons Xiushi to this place, but why? ”

Feng Changqing smiled and said: "Coming to a confidential place is naturally a matter of secrecy. The city is full of Ma Renjie's eyes and ears, so naturally you and I can only meet here. Worshipping the coffin of the Son of Heaven is naturally important, but it is not in a hurry, in comparison, it is more important to avenge the Son of Heaven. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Duan Xiushi's face sank suddenly.

Feng Changqing sneered, but did not answer.

Duan Xiushi stared at Feng Changqing with a fixed gaze, and said coldly: "Doctor, what do you mean, please explain it clearly." I was in charge of military law in the army, and even the doctors were under the jurisdiction of military law. What does the doctor mean by his words, please make it clear! ”

Feng Changqing nodded: "Okay, then I'll make it clearer." Cheng Gong, Ma Renjie brought back thousands of men and horses from the river that day, I ordered you to assist Ma Renjie, do you still remember those words when you were in Shule City? ”

Duan Xiu nodded practically: "Naturally remember." ”

"What did I tell you?"

"The doctor said a lot."

"The most important one."

Duan Xiushi was silent for a moment, and said softly: "Doctor, what you said is that he has different ambitions. I want to cut it down for you, and get rid of it. ”

"You remember, that's good." Feng Changqing said in a deep voice, "Chenggong, the time has come." ”

"Doctor, what do you mean by that, do you mean to tell me? Renjie has already germinated a different ambition? Duan Xiushi's brows were about to stand up, "This kind of thing is not something that can be said casually, there is not enough evidence, I don't believe it." ”

"A gentleman can be bullied, Chenggong, you were deceived by Ma Renjie. But you still remember what you said back then, this is very good, I misread Ma Renjie. After all, I didn't misunderstand you. ”

Feng Changqing sighed, shook his head and said, "Steamed bear paws...... Steamed bear's paw ...... Chenggong, don't you understand such an obvious thing? You're a reader! ”

"Doctor, the death of the Son of Heaven was just an accident. The Son of Heaven choked to death by eating steamed bear's paws, which I personally checked. I also know about the old things of becoming a businessman, but this time...... It was an accident indeed. ”

"Accident! Hehe. Accidentally! Feng Changqing sneered, "Cheng Gong." There are some things that may not be true. Even though I'm in Anthy, I know what's going on. In fact, before the army class, I was already aware of some things on the Tingzhou side, and I just waited to see how Ma Renjie would deal with it after the class. I didn't expect it to be like this in the end, the day Ma Renjie's class came back. The Son of Heaven died. I was also at fault in this matter, and after killing the traitor, I went with the Son of Heaven. ”

Duan Xiushi was silent for a long time, shook his head and said, "Doctor, I never believe that Renjie will be the one who kills the king. ”

"You've been with him for too long. Already deceived by him. Even if it's me, it's not the same for the past few years. Cheng Gong, a person, will change. High-ranking officials and lords are hot, and they are already extremely popular ministers, so it is not so easy to let go. Cheng Gong, do you remember what Shule Cheng said that day, do you still remember how you commented on Ma Renjie that day? ”

Duan Xiushi's expression was abrupt, and his brows were tightly furrowed.

Feng Changqing smiled coldly and said: "You said eight words, the eagle looks at the wolf, and the scheming is deep!" I have almost forgotten this sentence, but when I think about it today, it is really in one sentence! Today's you and I are not as thorough as you were today! ”

Duan Xiushi's brows tightened even tighter, and the scene from a few years ago resurfaced in front of him.

At that time, Ma Renjie was erecting a high platform outside the yamen of the Shule town guard, and personally distributed bereavement pensions to the families of the athletes who died in the Battle of Talas, with 150 yuan per person. And he and Dr. Feng sat on top of a nearby restaurant, watching Ma Renjie openly be favored by the city.

It's been almost five years, and the words I said at the beginning instantly echoed in my ears.

……

"The eagle looks at the wolf, and the scheming is deep. Doctor, the Ma Renjie in front of me is no longer the Ma Renjie I know! ”

"The Ma Lian Ma Renjie I know values love and righteousness, but he is just a martial artist. This time he was trapped in the enemy country, if he returned alone, who would have thought that he would actually kill all sides in the river, bring back thousands of my Anxi Han'er, and kill the general and marshal of the big cannibal! If it was Ma Renjie in the past, he would never have been able to do this......"

"This time, his merits are comparable to Banchao Chen Tang, and the knighthood will be certain, and it can be said that he is glorifying his ancestors. The original Ma Renjie didn't attach much importance to fame, and he disregarded the rules like this and randomly distributed bereavement pensions to the families of the war dead, which was very similar to his personality......"

"But with his Ma Renjie's original temperament, he will definitely not sit on a high platform like this and openly win people's hearts! He was a ranger, and he had always been generous and bold, and he had absolutely disdained such a villain's behavior before......"

"It is a taboo in the army to be kind to him, if he cares about his future, he should not do this, and if he does so, he does not care about the future. If he said that he didn't care about the future, he deliberately bought people's hearts so deliberately, for fear that others would not know that he gave him these wealth......"

"In the past two days, I have heard some rumors in the market, and I think the doctor has also heard about it. Now everyone in Shule Town is rumoring that General Ma Lan has taken on a big role in the distribution of this pension. I checked, and the source of the rumors turned out to be those cronies of Ma Renjie......"

"Doctor, Xiushi doesn't know what happened to Ma Renjie in the river that made him have such a change. I can't see through what he did, and I don't know what he thinks. All I know is that he's ambitious at the moment, he's already going crazy, and whoever stands in his way, he'll step on it regardless of what's in his way......"

……

Did you look at this old friend like this back then?

But wasn't he ambitious that day just for the sake of the Lord Anthy, to show his ambitions?

Many things later, have proved that he is the most suitable candidate for the main side of Anxi, since the Tibetan trouble, every year to prevent autumn consumed manpower and material resources, but he was decided by a battle. Da Shi is strong, comparable to the Tang Dynasty, but he easily broke through the capital, and now it occupies a large area of land, plus the Hui Hui, Tiele Jiubu has almost dried up the blood on the Mobei grassland, and can no longer be the trouble of the Tang Dynasty. Such feats are enough.

What's more, he has repeatedly expressed that he is not ready to fall in love, and is ready to entrust the land of the west to himself and Doctor Feng, and he left.

Will such a person rebel, will he ...... Regicide?

Duan Xiushi looked at Feng Changqing with a murderous face, and felt a little confused. If Ma Renjie is really a monarch killer and really wants to rebel, he will naturally stand on Feng Changqing's side, and he will naturally fulfill the promise of the day and kill the rebels and thieves for the Tang Dynasty to eliminate the big trouble. However, what if Dr. Feng misjudged?

Today's Ma Renjie, he knows very well how important Datang is. He knew his status in the hearts of the soldiers in the west of the city. If this old friend is unjustly killed, which of those arrogant soldiers can be convinced, I am afraid that if they don't fight back, they will also turn back. In that case, wouldn't he have become a sinner in the Tang Dynasty.

"In case Renjie really has a heart of disobedience...... Duan Xiushi thought about it along this line of thought, and was shocked in his heart.

If this old friend really has a heart of disobedience, then no one can control it at this time. Because in the past few years, Moxi has been a monolith. At the beginning, those veterans basically followed Li Siye to Hedong, and the army was all the young Zhuang faction pulled out by Renjie, if these people were Ma Renjie to make them rebel, I was afraid that there would be no hesitation. The Son of Heaven ordered Renjie to dominate the affairs west of the quicksand, and the army on the west side of the city was allowed to expand to 100,000, and he really expanded the army on a large scale, and the two armies of Anxi Ting, including the men and horses on Qiangtang, were already more than 100,000. And that's not counting the army of the generation in the river.

And the generals and colonels of the three armies in Beiting were also replaced by Renjie to the Shaozhuang faction, Du Huaiguang, Li Qiyun and others were all Renjie's privates, and they obeyed Renjie's orders. Even the major post stations in Moheyan were originally controlled by the Guazhou army, but now they are all in the hands of the Yiwu army.

If Renjie had been preparing to rebel a long time ago, these things could be considered that he had arranged them in advance. If the west is ironclad, there will be no worries, and the new army under his command is invincible in the world, and who can resist the border troops everywhere. If Renjie really wants to rebel, there is no one to stop him.

If this is the case, the only people who can stop him are himself and Doctor Feng. If Renjie died, he would naturally not rebel.

After thinking about this train of thought for a while, Duan Xiushi's face became extremely solemn. At this time, he also understood why there were always Ma Renjie's ill-intentioned discussions in the court of Chang'an, think about it from another angle, the power in Renjie's hands can already easily threaten the empire, the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty is in his thoughts, how can those people in the court not be afraid.

In the past, I always thought that these were all foolish people, and I couldn't see Renjie's merits and loyalty, but now that I put myself in their shoes, Duan Xiushi understood what those people thought. I am afraid that most of the people who talk about it like that are not selfish, but worried about the safety of the country. If he didn't have a personal relationship with Renjie, and he was also an important minister standing above the court, I was afraid that he would think like this.

However...... After all, Renjie has a great merit.

Duan Xiushi was silent for a long time, looked at Feng Changqing and said, "Doctor, this matter ...... It's just too much to pull in. If you want me to conspire with you to do this, you have to give me hard evidence. If your evidence doesn't convince me...... As Du Yuhou, I am in charge of military law, and I will not be polite to Renjie, and the same is true for doctors. ”

Feng Changqing's face was cold, and he nodded with a sneer: "Okay, do you want evidence?" Then I'll give you proof! ”

…… (To be continued......)