Li Xin rarely hesitated in the study, since the fire in the military port, he has been involved in internal strife, after some careful arrangements finally initially stabilized the situation, but Wei Guogong Xu Hongji is now recuperating behind closed doors on the surface, not asking about political affairs, but in fact he is secretly actively arranging activities. These were also things he had expected a long time ago, and now he was able to clean up this person step by step.

However, what made Li Xin a little headache was that he had just received a secret report that Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, had sent someone to cross the Yangtze River to the north a few days ago, according to the insiders around Xu Hongji, it was reliably confirmed that the old man's wishful thinking was to bring the lord of Xinle from Shanxi, and he also asked the court to determine the time of the marriage of the two.

Most of Li Xin's cronies are now leading troops outside and taking charge of themselves. In the past, he was always noisy in his ears, but now that there are fewer people around him, he is a little uncomfortable. He could even imagine how people like Lu Jiu and Mi Yan, who were good at expressing their opinions, could behave when they learned the news.

In fact, the chances of Wei Guogong and Xu Hongji succeeding in these two moves are not high. Now there are thieves everywhere in Henan and Shandong, and it is unknown whether those messengers can pass through the chaotic war zone safely. Even if they succeeded in reaching the north of the Yellow River and Shanxi, the King of Jin would be willing to send his beloved daughter to this land south of the Yangtze River at great risk. Second, it is unknown whether Zhu Youzhen will change his mind. Even if all this goes extremely well, returning to Nanjing safely is still a huge problem that cannot be escaped.

Thinking of this, the stubborn and beautiful face of the county lord of Xinle suddenly jumped out of Li Xin's mind. This is a girl with an extremely firm mind, and he was also quite moved to be able to calmly die in the midst of thousands of troops. It's just that Li Xin can't respond to her insistence.

"Marquis of Zhenlu, Marquis of Zhenlu?"

A reverent call pulled Li Xin back to reality. The person who came was Chen Wenshan, and when he saw his excited appearance, he knew that the previous confession had been completed.

"How? Zhu Yuncai made a guarantee? ”

Chen Wenshan's expression was exactly like this, "As expected, Zhu Yuncai promised not to torture Xu Wenjue to achieve his goal, he has already been to Zuo Mengeng, and it seems that he has reached some kind of tacit understanding with him!" ”

Zhu Yuncai's use of Zuo Mengeng as a breakthrough was somewhat unexpected by Li Xin, and he knew very well that once Zuo Mengeng's line was used, this person would be involved in a wide range of situations, and it would set off a huge chaos across the country. This is also one of the reasons why Li Xin was quite hesitant before, after all, once he tears his face, the powerful and authoritative central court will completely lose its prestige, is this a good thing or a bad thing for China in the world?

But Zhu Yuncai chose this shortcut without hesitation, but indirectly made a decision for Li Xin. With Zhu Yuncai's mind, he could naturally see what the consequences of Zuo Mengeng's involvement would be, but he still did so, which was equivalent to having made a choice.

"Xiaguan is worried, Zuo Mengeng is Zuo Liangyu's son after all, if he is implicated, wouldn't it be another strong enemy for Nanjing?"

Li Xin glanced at Chen Wenshan, and said meaningfully: "Zuo Liangyu is far away in Shaanxi, and he hooked up with King Shen. Since he dared to send his son to Nanjing, he would have anticipated the danger. ”

The meaning of these two sentences did not match, and Chen Wenshan was a little confused, but he still raised his doubts.

"Yes, why did Zuo Liangyu send his son to Nanjing in person, and how many risks should there be involved?"

Li Xin followed Chen Wenshan's words and said: "But no, think about what important events can make Zuo Liangyu make his eldest son willing to take such a risk and come to Nanjing to traffic grain?" ”

Chen Wenshan, who almost didn't think about it, opened his mouth and said: "The matter of millions of military rations is big, and I want to send my eldest son, and I also said that it is ...... in the past" Speaking of this, Chen Wenshan was suddenly stunned, and a thought that made him cold came out of his heart.

"Isn't it, isn't it ......?"

Chen Wenshan's hindsight is a little hindsight, but it doesn't mean that he is dull, under Li Xin's prompt, it is too much to say that he can't see Zuo Menggeng's mysterious mission clearly. Thinking of this, he looked at Li Xin with apprehension, wondering what the marquis of the town was planning, and at the same time, an inexplicable worry and excitement surged in his heart. It was only then that Chen Wenshan realized that he had unknowingly been caught up in a whirlpool that would never turn back.

But at the same time, Chen Wenshan also realized that while the risks existed, the prospects were also facing unpredictable wealth. In the bottom of Chen Wenshan's heart a year ago, he had been discouraged and excluded everywhere for many years, which made him disheartened for a long time, and he only wanted to finish the last magistrate in peace and stability, so he asked the court to return to his hometown. can be calculated, who can calculate that since he met the marquis of Zhenyu last year, the trajectory of his life officialdom has changed completely.

And he, the county magistrate of Xiaxian County, who was originally going to return to his hometown, jumped to become the governor of Nanjing, the capital of Nanjing, such a prestigious position is not something that ordinary people can bear? This was something I never dreamed of before. If the Marquis of Zhenyu continues to walk, what wealth will be waiting for him in front of him?

Chen Wenzhi suddenly woke up, when did he have such a rebellious thought, which is completely inconsistent with himself who has always only pursued the way of peace and self-defense! In fact, he didn't know that in the face of the temptation of all his strength, no one could resist it, and in the process of being tempted, even if he changed his heart, he didn't know. Power is like a spiral nest, everything on the surface of the water will be constantly pulled towards the center, whether intentionally or unintentionally, no one can resist.

In this process, Chen Wenzhi is a person who has been pushed away, but on the contrary, Xiang Xiong Mingyu and Zhu Yuncai and others have taken the initiative to choose, and everyone has already had a thought at the beginning of making a choice, so what else can stop them?

These thoughts were all muddy fragments in Chen Wenshan's mind, and he was not aware of this at this time, but he finally had a trace of gradually sober consciousness, no longer as muddled as before, and was always pushed forward, and then forward.

After these turns in his heart, Chen Wenshan's eyes when he looked at Li Xin again, in addition to apprehension, he was more just in awe. The Marquis didn't speak again for a long time, and he could only wait quietly on the side.

At this time, Li Xin suddenly changed his words, and said abruptly: "Recently, there have been many activities of unknown people outside the mansion of Wei Guogong, and Tianfu should be responsible, and immediately arrange proper personnel to pay attention to protection, otherwise Wei Guogong will not be able to explain to the imperial court except for any accidents!" ”

Li Xin's words were not direct, but Chen Wenshan's heart was full of coldness, and the Marquis of Zhendao was finally going to tear his face with Wei Guogong, what to send someone to protect, it was clearly surveillance and attack.

"The lower official has written it down!"

Chen Wenshan didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly agreed respectfully. After a few more gossips, Chen Wenzhi saw that Li Xin had no more instructions and retreated. After leaving Li Xin's study, Chen Wenzhi immediately went to Yingtianfu's signing room to gather his old team, that is, the master and a dry soap who were brought from Longtan County, and gave them a clear order.

"Select dozens of trustworthy people, arrange them around the Wei State Mansion, and strictly check all strangers entering and leaving, and if you suspect that there are lawbreakers, you can be detained on the spot!"

The master thought that he was familiar with Chen Wenshan, and he had never been very informal, and when he heard the murderous spirit in Fuzun's order today, he couldn't help but remind worriedly: "The owner, for the sake of the official, he wants to be in the middle, so blatant, do you have to offend the Duke of Wei to death?" In the future, if he turns over the salted fish, where will he be able to accommodate the owner? ”

Chen Wenshan sneered secretly, the reason why the master can only be the master is that the instrument is insufficient, he only sees that being an official requires exquisiteness in all directions, but these are just techniques, not fundamentals. The reason why he Chen Wenzhi was able to occupy the important position of Ying Tianfu Yin, where is the foundation? Naturally, it is the marquis of Zhenju, if there is no marquis of Zhenju, then Wei Guogong will take a straight look at himself?

However, Chen Wenshan didn't want to explain to his master, he just glared at him, "What's the noise?" This matter is very involved, and it cannot be neglected, if you don't want to do it, I will arrange for others! ”

There was a question in his sentence, and the master's face suddenly sweated, and at the same time, he couldn't get off the stage. After all, in front of a dry soap, this lord of the mansion rarely rebuked himself. He still wanted to fight for a few words, but when he saw Chen Wenshan's solemn face, as if the current appearance of the enemy, his heart suddenly shook violently, and the words immediately changed when he reached his mouth.

"Obey the orders of the Lord!"

Wei State Mansion, Xu Hongji since returning to Nanjing, fine clothes and food, do not have to work for the military, exhausted, more than ten days of recuperation, the original emaciated body has gradually become blessed, although the mood is the same depression, but the development of the situation is gradually developing according to his own expectations.

In the past few days, on the surface, Xu Hongji has been recuperating at home behind closed doors, but in private, he has sent messengers from all walks of life to and from the mansions of the powerful in the city and exchanged letters with each other. One of his purposes is naturally to find out the current intentions of the hundred officials in the city, as long as he knows the true thoughts of these people, he can carry out the next step.

In fact, the thoughts of the officials were not as he expected, almost all of them had a two-pronged attitude, on the surface they were respectful to Li Xin's side, but in private they still secretly communicated with themselves. There were only two people whose attitudes greatly exceeded his expectations, that is, Zheng Sanjun, the secretary of the Nanjing household department, and Gao Hongtu, the secretary of the Nanjing military department. In the reply letter of these two people, Yunshan Wushu had an ambiguous attitude, and he talked about him left and right, which disappointed Xu Hongji greatly. There is also a Xiong Mingyu who has always been close to him, but this person is now said to have gone to Hangzhou, and he will always wait for him to come back to try and woo.

Suddenly, a family member came to report in a panic, "Master, the messenger was stopped outside the house by a group of people and couldn't enter!" ”