The pine carriage brought back from Shanzhou was rampant in the streets and alleys, the sound of the wheels "chirping" and turning, the "whooshing" noise when the carriage swayed, and the sound of the horse's hooves ticking muffled the not loud speech inside, and it was inaudible outside. It's a good occasion to talk in a carriage.

Sanniang said: "As soon as the city gate was opened this morning, someone from the Cui family went out of the city, I sent someone to follow for a while, and the people who went out of the city were Cui Riyong's two sons and a daughter, and Cui Riyong himself was still in Chang'an." ”

Wang Changling immediately asked, "Nothing else besides this?" For example, are there any people from other places in and out of Cui's house? ”

Sanniang shook her head and said: "I didn't find it, but I can't guarantee it, because there are not enough people, I only stare at the two doors of their house." ”

Wang Changling groaned: "Sending your children out of Beijing? Look at this situation, I'm afraid someone has contacted Cui Riyong, what kind of conspiracy do they have...... Cui Shilang is timid and afraid, but he is cautious, this move must have been done by his wife Jia, it is really a woman's opinion, and this is the clue. ”

Xue Chongxun nodded, picked up the corner of the curtain and looked out and sighed: "I responded to that sentence: the more important it is, the more attention should be paid to details...... From this point of view, I'm afraid that Li Sanlang, who has been hiding in the grass for two years, wants to seize the opportunity to make a comeback. Cui Riyong is a small character, leave him alone for the time being, so as not to startle the snake, Li Sanlang is the biggest bane. ”

"And the gang of people who ran away with him at the beginning, plus the criminal minister Liu Youqiu and others, are also impatient to take advantage of the east wind to turn over, at this juncture, their gang of people do not do anything, but they really missed the opportunity." Wang Changling also said.

Xue Chongxun asked: "I think what I said about the construction of the county lord of Jincheng is quite reasonable, why doesn't the young uncle agree?" ”

Wang Changling pondered for a while and said: "Two things, the first is the alliance with Empress Gao, I completely agree, in today's situation, in the name of the emperor is the only way to gain a firm foothold. ”

Xue Chongxun nodded, with his current identity, it is impossible for him to directly overturn Li Tang and claim the emperor, right? Isn't that a crowd mocking the crowd and making enemies of the whole world?

Wang Changling continued: "But the second thing is that I have been authorized by the forbidden army from His Highness, and I dare not agree. I admire the vision and wisdom of the county lord of Jincheng very much, perhaps because she doesn't understand the situation of the lord in Shanzhou, thinking that no one is available, so she has no choice but to let Jian yì let you capture the forbidden army is better than nothing. In fact, the lord has a better choice, that is, the Shence Army (Shouyi Army), this army is formed by the lord, and the generals above the team are almost from the old department of the Flying Tiger Regiment, regardless of the combat power, the loyalty is far beyond the forbidden army.

…… Although the forbidden army is the emperor's personal soldiers, nominally only subordinate to the current emperor, but the soldiers inside have been in Beijing for a long time, and the relationship is intertwined, and the attitude towards the emperor and Li Sanlang is unpredictable; Now he never asks about the court, and he has no contact with the forbidden army, so he really can't be a soldier. When the time comes, Li Sanlang stepped forward to agitate, or what strategy was used, it was not impossible for the forbidden army to defect. ”

Xue Chongxun nodded and said: "What the young uncle said is extremely true, taking history as a mirror to know the rise and fall, and the legal military power is not certain to be used at an extraordinary moment. Like when Empress Wei was in power, the commanders and commanders of the four armies of the Praetorian Guard were all close associates of Empress Wei, and another 60,000 southern soldiers were stationed in Beijing, and they were also controlled by her henchmen, what was the result? ”

Wang Changling said: "So I have two words of advice to the lord: first, we should concentrate all our strength at an extraordinary time, transfer Yuwen Gong and General Zhang (Zhang Wulang) back to Beijing, and transfer the Shence army into Beijing Gongwei. The former is not a big problem, the transfer of two magistrates, the lord only needs to ask the prime minister of the DPRK and the central government to send an official document, the latter must be transferred to the imperial system, the lord has to try to persuade His Royal Highness;

Second, to win the support of Cheng Xianggong and Zhang Xianggong (Cheng Qianli and Zhang said). The purpose of winning over Cheng Xianggong is to fight for the athletes of the Long March, and the athletes currently stationed in the Gyeonggi region in batches are more reliable than the forbidden army, and Cheng Xianggong has a high prestige among the athletes, and not long ago he defeated Tubo, and there are many old generals in the Western Regions in the army; Strive for Zhang Xianggong in the Southern Yabing, Zhang Xianggong has been in the military department for many years, and his predecessor was the squire of the military department, and he was born in the southern military department, and he can get Zhang Xianggong's support, at least the army guarding several gates of Chang'an will be more reliable.

At present, the construction I have given to the lord is these two items, as long as it is done, the odds will be several percent. ”

Xue Chongxun praised it after hearing it, and said in his heart: People say that strategists are the most relaxed, as long as they move their mouths, but those mouths are not so active. In today's chaotic situation, Wang Changling can quickly sort out various joints and put forward effective methods, which is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth a thousand gold.

"Without further ado, I'll go and find out Cheng Qianli's tone first." Xue Chongxun immediately made a decision, and immediately knocked on the carriage and shouted, "Pang Er, go to Chengfu." Chengnan Nantong Shanfang, I went back to eat the roast tail banquet, do you remember? ”

Wang Changling had a look of approval on his face when he saw this, he knew that some people have a lot of ideas, but they can't act, and they are very slow to do it, for example, Wang Changling himself feels that he is that kind of person; And it takes vigorous and resolute people to do things.

The four horses escorted the felt cart to the south, and walked for a long time to reach Tongshanfang, which was not close even in a city. The area of Chang'an and modern cities is incomparable, but in this era, there are no buses and subways, and the area is too wide. Millions of people live here, it doesn't seem crowded, and even the southern part of the city is desolate; Even in the north of the city, there are mountains and rivers in the yards of the big families in the high gate, and they are like parks, like Yuwenxiao's house, they can still grow vegetables, and the spacious living environment can be seen.

When I arrived at the door of Cheng's house, I learned that Cheng Qianli was still working in Chaoli and had not returned. Menzi received the name post, and the people inside saw that it was the king of Hedong who visited in person, so they didn't dare to slack off, and the housekeeper asked someone to open the door to greet him, and went out to invite Xue Chongxun into the mansion for a while.

Xue Chongxun thought that it would not be good for his carriage to stop at the gate of a prime minister, so he got out of the carriage and asked Pang Er to drive the carriage elsewhere, and then let the slave wait outside the door.

There are fewer people in the south of the city, and even the miscellaneous servants of the public gate are lazy, and the street in front of Chengfu is full of sycamore leaves and maple leaves, and I don't know if I can sweep it once in a few days, and the long street of fallen leaves looks very bleak. However, if you look up, the red and yellow maple leaves that have not fallen on the trees are a different scenery, and it is a gorgeous scenery on a depressed autumn day.

After Xue Chongxun got out of the car, the guards next to him were extremely vigilant and silently paid attention to the movements around him. Sometimes it's urgent, and it's not uncommon for officialdom to buy murderous assassinations, but the people in the market don't know, if an official or powerful person dies, everyone gets the news that he either died of a violent illness, or he jumped off a building with depression and committed suicide, in short, it is unlikely to know the truth.

He followed the housekeeper of Chengfu into the living room of the front yard to drink tea and wait, the housekeeper stood on the side to accompany the conversation, and Sanniang and the others could only stand at the door. On weekdays, Xue Chongxun treats the people around him without a leftist of the master, and sometimes he meets at dinner, and asks Pei Niang, Sanniang and others to sit at a table to eat common meals, and treat them as friends. But not outside, you have to have a high and low dignity, otherwise outsiders will think that you are a prince who is ridiculous and has no rules.

The drums of the city gate have been beaten, and the sunset in the west spills into the room from the side of the living room, making the living room a bright light on the outside and dark on the inside. Xue Chongxun drank tea for a while, and finally waited for Cheng Qianli.

Cheng Qianli, who was dressed in a purple robe, stepped into the threshold, and then clasped his fists and said: "I don't know if the king of Hedong is visiting, I'm late to come back, I'm really sorry for waiting for a long time." ”

Xue Chongxun stood up from his chair and replied with a smile: "I just came here for a while, and besides, I didn't inform Cheng Xianggong beforehand, I was presumptuous." ”

Cheng Qian said with a fixed smile: "We are old friends, this politeness is still saved, please sit down, sit down and talk." ”

Xue Chongxun said softly: "I don't know if it's convenient to speak here?" ”

Cheng Qianli quietly glanced at the people behind him, there were a few people brought by Xue Chongxun standing outside, and he said: "It's okay here, but it's above board, we won't say anything unsightly, right?" ”

"That's that, that's." Xue Chongxun then sat down.

Cheng Qianli didn't sit on the chair opposite, but sat on the coffee table on Xue Chongxun's side, and the two of them were separated by a few cases, so they were close, so they didn't have to speak so loudly. Cheng Qianli picked up the teacup and blew on it, taking a big sip, obviously he had just gone home, and he hadn't even changed the official robe on his body.

After a while, everyone didn't speak, as if they were all thinking about something. At this time, many things are clear to everyone, and there is no need to talk too much nonsense.

Xue Chongxun didn't even mention it, he believed that Cheng Qianli could understand why he came to visit alone at this moment. Thinking about it this way, the two of them have a very tacit understanding.

Xue Chongxun didn't speak, but Cheng Qianli didn't say a word, they just sat together in silence, holding the teacup from time to time, and could only hear the jingle sound of the lid and the cup gently colliding. Xue Chongxun originally wanted to grasp Cheng Qianli's psychological shadow and persuade him, because the ancestor of the Cheng family was in the wrong camp when he was in the Wu Zetian Dynasty, and he didn't do anything bad, but he was still implicated and his family was ruined...... Inaction does not necessarily protect oneself, Cheng Qianli understands.

But Xue Chongxun didn't say it, he thought that in this silence, Cheng Qianli thought of everything, and at this time, silence is better than sound, probably that's the truth.

At that time, the Cheng family had a famous general, Cheng Wuling, who was very capable of fighting and was one of the rare military talents in the Tang Dynasty...... The so-called once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of grass rope. Now Cheng Qianli is so similar to the situation of his ancestors, his niece is in the Hedong Palace, and she is deeply favored by Xue Chongxun. When the time comes, if the Taiping Party is finished, he Cheng Qianli will not be able to wash it even if he jumps into the Yellow River, who the hell will reason with you in the power field? G