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For Hua Hate Liu, it is not as difficult as imagined to sneak into the Di Mansion, because few people will take the initiative to touch the mold head of the Di family, and few people will take the sliding door and pick the lock as a hobby, and repeatedly touch this mold head.

I have to say that Hua Hate Liu not only has talent in this regard, but also has a lot of luck.

Just like last time, he basically didn't encounter any trouble when he entered the Difu.

There weren't many servants in the courtyard for Flute, and in fact there were only three people in the courtyard of Flute and the "gentleman" hiding in his house. If this is the residence of the young master of an ordinary family, not to mention anything else, at least there must be a few maids with a beautiful appearance, as well as cooks, florists, handymen, etc., and there are no more than a dozen people.

The most obvious example is a few children of the Confucian Mansion in Raozhou, and the flute also went to their courtyard to sit for a short time, which one didn't drive the waiting team of dozens of people? Especially Kong Biao, there are as many as ten girls in the inner room alone!

Compared with them, the situation on the flute's side can only be described by the word "poor sour".

At this time, the candle flame in the side room had already been extinguished, and although Hua Hateliu didn't know who else was in this courtyard except for the flute and Gongsun Zhiyi, it was certain that the "subordinates" had already rested.

That would be nice, lest someone whisper and he would have to be distracted to stop it.

The sound of the flute was as bright as daylight in the house. Naturally, the embellishments are not those priceless night pearls and the like, but just a few more candles. The flute sat in the main seat, and there was another chair opposite him, on which sat a woman—the word "sitting" may only be a general expression, but sometimes it omits some details, and it is more accurate to say that a woman is "tied".

"Sir brought her here, naturally, there is a reason, you might as well say it before I get angry, so as not to hurt the harmony when I get it." Although the flute said this, Gongsun Zhiyi knew that he was already angry, and he did not directly confront himself at this time, maybe there was some respect for him, or maybe he was also looking forward to what powerful reason he could say to take the opportunity to make this matter bigger?

"I went out without your consent and brought people back on my own initiative." Thinking in his heart, he softened his mouth, and first counted his own mistakes from the beginning, so as not to make a big fuss about the flute later.

"So Mr. must have his own reasons, so you might as well say them together." The flute did not say whether to forgive or not, but kept urging Gongsun to stop explaining.

"Besides, it's just the two of us here, so you don't have to hide behind the tent, come out and talk." After glancing at the tent, he pointed to the chair next to his right hand and said, "Let's leave it here, lest this personal servant of His Royal Highness the King of Lanling wake up and see that it is me, and think that I have taken her captive, and it will be bad to hate me in my heart at that time." ”

"Rest assured, she won't hold a grudge against you...... Maybe she herself will hold a grudge against you, but the forces behind her should not be clearly dissatisfied with this. Gongsun chuckled, walked out from behind his tent, sat down and explained to the flute.

"You...... What does this mean? Di Sheng's brows furrowed slightly, and he didn't know what kind of edge was hidden in Gongsun Zhiyi's words.

"I don't think you know!" Gongsun Zhiyi suddenly realized, but his pretense was too obvious, which made the flute's already angry heart even more irritable.

Fortunately, there was no need to wait for him to urge, and Gongsun Zhiyi consciously made his words clear: "In the past few days when you went out to find the whereabouts of the young lady, a distinguished guest came to the house. ”

"Where's the distinguished guest? Beidi or Junzhou? The first reaction of the flute was these two places, the king of Beidi and the king of Guangling in Junzhou, Song Jixu, who had a good relationship with them before, if there was a distinguished guest, then it was most likely one of these two places.

But judging from Gongsun Zhiyi's reaction, it seems that these are not these two places.

"Could it be that Mr. Sorrow hates the willow?" Thinking that it was just the time when he went out, Di Xun didn't know what he had talked about with Hua Hate Liu and the others, and he even returned empty-handed despite the fact that the little sister was still in their hands, which also made Di Sheng wonder if his father had met them before.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that Hua Hate Liu had indeed met with Di Xun, but not as a "distinguished guest", and "uninvited guest" might be more appropriately described.

"Zhanzhou." Gongsun Zhiyi had no intention of letting Di Sheng continue to guess, shook his head and denied Di Sheng's answer, and then said the option that Di Sheng thought would be one or two more behind.

"Zhanzhou, Zhao Amei, the princess of Song Changgong, King of Lanling." As if in order to convince Di Sheng, Gongsun Zhiyi said in detail: "Here we probably talked about some cooperation matters, at the beginning it was discussed by the Lord of Di City, and later by General Di. ”

"Then my eldest brother is not in the city recently......" After hearing the flute, he suddenly remembered that his father Dixun had said that the eldest brother had other important things to do, could it be......

"When you entered the city, it was when he escorted that distinguished guest out of the city, thinking that it is almost to Raozhou now, and you will probably be able to reach the camp of the king of Lanling at noon tomorrow, and as soon as the night after tomorrow, your two brothers will be able to meet again." Gongsun Zhiyi's words were mostly sarcastic, but at this time, Di Sheng didn't have time to delve into it, what he was thinking about was what purpose his father and eldest brother thought of cooperating with Song Changgong......

Isn't this the way to seek skin with the tiger and bring about its own destruction? How could the two of them be so confused!

"And what are your plans on kidnapping her?" He forcibly calmed his mind, and then asked Gongsun Zhiyi - the other party would never do anything useless, since he had done it, then he would naturally have some rhetoric, and now it is better to listen to what he said first, maybe it will also have some benefits for himself.

"I heard from you, the city lord wants Hua Hate Liu and others to kill Kong Zhongman, and agreed with them on a ten-day date?" Gongsun Zhiyi did not answer directly, and once again confirmed to the flute the news that he had heard from his mouth today.

"Yes, I was about to enter the door when I heard my father say this to them inside, and I could not have misheard." The flute carefully recalled what he heard at that time, and said to Gongsun firmly.

"So, at least you can see what the city lord means—or what he and Song Changgong mean, is it to make a move to Raozhou first?"

"If the 'distinguished guest' who came here is indeed Song Changgong's person, then your guess is very likely." When talking about "distinguished guests", Gongsun Zhiyi noticed that Di Sheng's brows rose slightly, and he thought that he was still worried about this matter.

"Then do you think it is good or bad for Guanzhou to start trouble with Raozhou early?"

"This ......" Di Sheng had never thought about this question, so as soon as Gongsun Zhiyifu asked, he was still a little stunned. However, this was only a temporary shock, frowning and thinking about it for a while, he roughly sorted out the stakes of the matter: "Just with the strength of our Guanzhou to fight Raozhou, the final result may be to win, but to be honest, winning is not the same as losing, the result is bound to win the war and lose the wealth, and the final profit can only be Song Changgong, who is standing still; Now that Song Changgong wants to fight Raozhou with us, the pressure should be much less, and the final results will be much richer. ”

"So it's good for us to cooperate?" Gongsun Zhi speculated with the words of the flute.

"I'm not done yet." Di Sheng shook his head and disagreed with Gongsun Zhiyi's conclusion, and continued: "Although this is the case, there is another problem, that is, our reliance on Song Changgong will become bigger and bigger, and in the end it will be difficult to be restrained and even dependent on him, and this result should not be invisible to his father......" In the end, Di Sheng still didn't understand why Di Xun chose to cooperate with Song Changgong - even if he couldn't cooperate with Guanzhou, Song Changgong would consider cooperating with Raozhou, but according to the temperament of the old man in Raozhou, There is almost no possibility of reaching a cooperation!

"Another point, what is unfavorable to us is actually beneficial to Song Changgong, and what is beneficial to us should be unfavorable to Song Changgong, according to this inference, we can know that if we stand in Song Changgong's position, we will always stand still and wait until Guan and Rao are both defeated is the best time to attack; Cooperating with Guanzhou or Raozhou, and then destroying only one state and leaving another state, is obviously not in the long-term interests of the Song Dynasty......"

"What do you mean, sir?" The flute frowned, listening to Gongsun Zhiyi's analysis was indeed very reasonable, but he didn't understand the hidden meaning behind this for a while.

"His Royal Highness the King of Lanling, I think there are some things that need to be dealt with urgently, so I have to give up the idea of swallowing Guan and Rao two states in one go, and adopt a strategy of gradual encroachment, taking one state first, and then seeking others after freeing up my hands." Gongsun Zhiyi analyzed.

"Something urgent?" Di Sheng recalled the news he heard recently, and none of the points directly pointed to Song Changgong, and couldn't help but wonder: "What is the matter?" ”

"I don't know." Gongsun chuckled, not feeling that there was anything wrong with his answer.

Seeing that the flute was silent, he stood up, took two steps late towards Huayu, and said softly: "I don't know, but this girl should know......"

"That's why you took her captive?" Flute frowned slightly, and said suddenly.

"Just one of them." Gongsun Zhiyi sat back and continued: "Without this woman, the possibility of Kong Zhongman being killed will be smaller, and then the possibility of Song Changgong achieving his intention will naturally be smaller...... Besides, his people were lost in the hands of Hua Hate Liu and others, and Hua Hate Liu and others need to give an explanation anyway, if this can cause a gap between the two sides, it is also a very good thing. ”