Chapter 628: Confrontation (II)
Three days.
Sun Kewang wanted to find a meeting gift for Li Dingguo, a meeting gift that made Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi no longer trust him. The four governments of the Great Western Army are a whole, and differences are differences, but no one can do anything that is unfavorable to the Great Western Army.
Otherwise, it will be the target of public criticism.
Sun Kewang swept his gaze to Pan Guofeng, who was ten steps in front of him, and asked, "Is Bai Wenxuan still honest in the prison?" ”
Pan Guofeng bent down and replied: "To be honest, Da Shuai pointed out his crimes, how dare he be dishonest." ”
"Hehe, he's not honest, he entered the city in Li Dingguo. Instead of talking back to me and suffering now, it is better to wait for Li Dingguo to enter the city to rescue him, this Bai Wenxuan is much more treacherous than Li Dingguo. ”
Sun Kewang is not so easy to fool.
Pan Guofeng smiled, although his sycophants were exposed by Sun Kewang, he knew that Sun Shuai was still very useful. Since Zhang Xianzhong developed those murderous quirks, no one in the Great Western Army dared to show that he was more shrewd than Shangguan.
Seeing that Sun Kewang didn't have anything to ask again, he seized the opportunity to tell the news he had just gotten, "The secret envoy from Luoxiong Prefecture came to report that in the past month, there have indeed been some people of unknown origin who have interacted with Bai Wenxuan, but Bai Wenxuan is very cautious, and those people are even more careful, and they have not been able to catch conclusive evidence. ”
Sun Kewang sneered and said, "What other conclusive evidence is needed?" The road from Guiyang Mansion to Luoxiong Prefecture is extremely difficult and dangerous, Liu Suifeng, a servant of the Ministry who lives in Nanjing City, if no one answers, how dare he enter Luoxiong Prefecture alone, do you think he really wants to die? This old fox is very shrewd. ”
Three days later, the three generals entered the city of Kunming.
Pan Guofeng knew about the military order that Sun Kewang had just sent out, and said with some embarrassment: "Time is too tight, those people often hide in the mountains of Guizhou, which does not belong to the Daxi military control, and it is difficult to find the flaws in Bai Wenxuan within three days."
Sun Kewang slapped his right palm lightly on the table, his tone was domineering and ruthless, and asked, "What's the matter?" I know that he colluded with outsiders, he is guilty, can't you pry Bai Wenxuan's mouth open? ”
"Torture?" Pan Guofeng was shocked in his heart, and raised his head to reveal an inquiring gaze.
Bai Wenxuan is Li Dingguo's favorite general, and the consequences of the punishment without evidence are unpredictable.
Sun Kewang waved his hand, with an impatient look on his face, and said, "No matter what method you use, as long as you let him open his mouth and confess that he has already colluded with the Ming Court within three days."
Whenever he showed this kind of demeanor and movement, his confidants would know that he had made up his mind and should not be verbose any longer.
Pan Guofeng retired, turned around and walked out of the Shuai Mansion. As soon as he arrived outside the door, he immediately changed his bitter face. Sun Shuai has five cronies under his account, how could this drudgery fall into his hands.
How could Bai Wenxuan be so easy to torture to extract a confession, if he couldn't get Bai Wenxuan to speak, it would be a huge trouble, a trouble that would affect the life and death of the Great Western Army
The four family members waited outside the yamen of the mansion, and when they saw Pan Guofeng coming out, they immediately brought the war horse.
He sighed, walked over quickly, turned on his horse, and shouted, "Go, go to the prison." ”
Liu Suifeng is like a day for three days, reading, eating, strolling in the courtyard of Muwangfu, soaking his feet in a basin of hot water at night, and sleeping until dawn in the last night.
Now, it is not that he wants to contact the descendants of Mu Wangfu, but that he can no longer contact the descendants of Mu Wangfu.
He and two of his retinue were placed under house arrest.
Sun Kewang no longer saw him, and he was not allowed to walk in the courtyard where he lived.
If it comes, it will be safe.
It's all up to Li Dingguo.
Kunming is foggy and rarely sees sunlight, but the climate is very good, and this mission allowed him to avoid the scorching heat of Nanjing.
Three days later, in the middle of the morning, he sat down cross-legged in the bamboo bed of the hall, and suddenly there was a commotion outside, as if mixed with the sound of the iron hooves of the war horse stepping on the bluestone slab.
He beckoned to one of the guards and whispered a few words. The guard walked vigorously, turned and climbed up the attic, and climbed from the eaves of the attic to a cypress tree next to the house.
The branches and leaves of the cypress tree are verdant and luxuriant, the two of them can not wrap their arms, the top is much higher than the roof, it seems to be hidden in the rich fog of Kunming City, it looks like it has been at least a hundred years, I don't know if it was planted when King Mu repaired the mansion.
The guards leaped among the branches and leaves of the cypress trees like apes, and when they were almost at the top of the tree, they stopped and looked out. After a while, he returned from the same way and went to Liu Suifeng and said, "A large group of soldiers and horses have entered the city and are assembling in front of the government office, but the fog is very heavy, and the flag cannot be seen clearly. ”
"That's right," Liu opened his eyes with the wind, "and the time has come." ”
The commotion outside took a long time to stop. He waited quietly for the day.
The next day, he was waving his arms and turning his waist in the courtyard, and he was already sweating profusely halfway through the practice of a set of five birds.
A person recklessly broke in outside the courtyard, Pan Guofeng's expression was stiff, his head was a little scattered, and he said in a rough voice: "Liu Shilang, the general of the three mansions has entered the city yesterday, and I want to see you today."
Liu turned a deaf ear to the wind and continued to practice the five-bird play that looked clumsy.
Pan Guofeng was angry, Liu Suifeng was despising him and the Great Western Army.
Indeed, a Pan Guofeng, Liu Suifeng has not been put in his eyes. It wasn't until he finished practicing a set of exercises that he turned his head and said, "I'm old, and my body and bones can't stand the toss." Why did the general of Sanfu come after these days, I am afraid of delaying the affairs of the imperial court. ”
His eyes were sharp, and he saw that Pan Guofeng's eyes were bloodshot, and he didn't know what he was busy with in the past few days, but it must have something to do with him.
Pan Guofeng didn't want to see his face, so he arched his hand and turned his head away, leaving a sentence when he went out: "When the time comes, I'll pick you up."
Today, Liu Suifeng ate more breakfast than before, because today's meeting requires energy.
Halfway through, Pan Guofeng led people to the courtyard, and Liu Suifeng had already changed into a set of official clothes, and he was full of energy.
"Liu Shilang, let's go" Pan Guofeng held back his disgust. After General Sanfu entered Kunming City, he didn't dare to be too rude to Liu Suifeng.
Liu went out with the wind, and the two guards followed behind.
The salute he brought into the Kunming Mansion was placed in the wing room in a grand manner, and no one was left to guard it.
Pan Guofeng has always wondered if he has brought the holy decree of the Ming Dynasty with him. However, Sun Kewang didn't give an order, and he didn't dare to turn over Liu Suifeng's things privately. Sun Kewang is very shrewd, perhaps because of his shrewdness, he is sometimes a little suspicious.
The mansion and Muwang's mansion are separated by three streets, and the group walked quickly. There are soldiers standing in front of the palace, but there are not as many as the day before yesterday.
Liu Suifeng's official uniform swayed with the pace of walking, his chest was straightened, his abdomen was raised, and he had to make a proud appearance of an envoy from the Celestial Empire today.
Walking into the mansion with Pan Guofeng, he saw eight soldiers standing in each row in the lobby, and Sun Kewang was sitting on the main seat in the middle.
Three chairs were set up on both sides of the main seat, Li Dingguo sat alone on his left hand, and two people sat on his right hand, one was wearing a tunic suit, his eyes were like copper bells, and his chin had a thick black beard, and the other looked a little older, with wrinkles on his face, and his eyes were gentle.
Needless to introduce, he knew that the black-bearded person was Ai Nengqi, and it was Liu Wenxiu who looked at him with gentle eyes.
Pan Guofeng went to the lobby first, bowed his hand and said: "Sun Shuai, three generals, Liu Shilang bring" His tone was like bringing prisoners to the court for interrogation.
Li Dingguo's eyebrows twitched slightly.
Sun Kewang stood up from the main seat and greeted with a smile: "Liu Shilang has arrived, look at the seat" The three generals on both sides also stood up and bowed their hands.
Pan Guofeng stepped aside, and a soldier came over with a Taishi chair and placed it in the lobby.
A chair in the lobby seemed lonely and obtrusive, and he had never met a messenger like this.
Liu sat down with the wind steadily.
Sun Kewang and the other three also sat down separately, he had an expression that seemed to be smiling, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked: "Liu Shilang came to Yunnan on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, since he is recruiting the four mansions of my Great Western Army, he should treat each other with sincerity, why are there many untruths in his words before and after, deceiving the feelings between my brothers." ”
Li Dingguo's gaze was blazing, and it fell on Liu Suifeng's face.
"Hahaha, what Sun Shuai means is to question what the old man said to General Li in Luoxiongzhou is different from what he said to you the day before yesterday?" Liu Suifeng laughed heartily and said: "The Great Western Army has been harassing the Guizhou territory for the past few months, and its attitude towards the imperial court is unclear, how does the Holy Lord know if the four generals will accept surrender?" ”
"Everything I said is true, but the imperial court has prepared different rewards according to the attitude of the Great Western Army." Liu Suifeng stroked his gray beard with his hand, and said loudly: "The Holy Lord and the King of Jin have agreed, whoever works together with General Zuo to take down the entire territory of Shaanxi will be crowned king." ”
He threw out the most tempting bait at the beginning, not arguing with Sun Kewang on the details, those rewards were made up by him, and the King of Jin gave him a lot of freedom, but it was impossible to agree to crown Sun Kewang as the King of Qin.
As soon as Liu Suifeng said this, he really diverted his attention, and Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi all had a look in their eyes.
If Sun Kewang is expected to lead Zhao'an, they will not have anything to do with the king. To survive from Zhang Xianzhong's ministry and stand out, although these four people have different abilities and visions, they all know that preserving and even expanding their strength in troubled times is the first priority.
Sun Kewang advocated with Zheng Zhilong to attack the Ming, but that was the alliance led by Sun Kewang.
After the Great Western Army captured Yunnan, Sun Kewang was determined to reform and implement the integrated payment of grain by the officials and gentry, which alleviated the food and salary crisis. Because of this, Sun Kewang's ministry is growing rapidly, and there is already a situation of suppressing the three mansions of Qi, only Li Dingguo dares to make some different voices.
Liu Suifeng's strategy of bringing the Ming court made each of them see the opportunity.
Liu Suifeng didn't say that Sun Kewang was "Sun Shuai", and openly called the lord of the four mansions "general" on an equal footing, although it was obvious to sow discord, but the three of them, including Li Dingguo, were all pretending to be deaf and dumb there, and they were actually very useful in their hearts.
Sun Kewang asked compassionately: "Can you be crowned the king of Qin?" ”
This is a suspicious question.
Liu Suifeng shook his head and said: "There is an explanation on the saint, only Sun Shuai can lead the Great Western Army to the north to be crowned the king of Qin, and if only three generals are allowed to make meritorious contributions to the north, they can be crowned the king of the county." ”
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