"My father-in-law?" Wang Feng asked in some surprise.

"It's your father-in-law, Zhong Youpeng, and Zhong Youpeng." Zhang Weixin nodded in affirmation.

"Lao Qi is right," Wang Kunjun continued, "Judging from what Lao Qi just said, what we need each other to do, it is indeed only Zhong Yuanwai who is the most suitable." ”

Wang Feng is also a smart person, when he first heard Zhang Weixin propose to invite his father-in-law Zhong Youpeng to be a lobbyist and middleman for the team, although he was a little stunned because he didn't react for a while, but after he recalled what Zhang Weixin just said, he quickly figured out the key.

Now the team is planning a very big thing, according to the thinking of the people of this era, their behavior is equivalent to rebellion, the rebellion of the Khitan people - but the crossing team chose to take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the Chai Rong Northern Expedition to implement, in order to shift the focus of the contradiction between the Later Zhou army and the Liao army, so as to reduce the pressure on their own body, so that their actions are more calm, and their grasp is greater.

This kind of confidential event that will be killed or even wiped out, naturally you can't just find someone to help the crossing team. Therefore, this kind of thing to communicate and exchange with the Han local shili and officials in the Youyun area in order to gain the trust and support of the other party is definitely the best choice for Zhong Youpeng, an old acquaintance who has been very close to the crossing team and has a relationship with each other's children and families.

After thinking about this, Wang Feng was relieved, he nodded, and said, "In this way, the younger brother's father-in-law is indeed the best person to do this." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Feng looked up at Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin, and asked with some doubts: "Since the two elder brothers have made up their minds, what are you going to discuss with my brothers?" The committee will issue an order for Seventh Brother to go to my father-in-law to talk about this matter. I think my father-in-law had a big enmity with the local chief executive, Xiao Siwen, who stayed in Nanjing, and he never forgot the hatred of Fan Yang Lu's family. With my brother's understanding of his old man, as long as he can drive Xiao Siwen and the Khitan shili out of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, he will definitely raise his hands in favor and will definitely spare no effort to support this matter. ”

Hearing this, Wang Kunjun first nodded, then shook his head again, and said: "Xiaofeng, what you said is indeed the truth, but when we do things, especially when we do things like 'rebellion', we must think carefully before acting."

Yes, because the Lu family was framed for destroying the door many years ago, Zhong Yuanwai can be said to hate Xiao Siwen to the core, and he can't eat his flesh, drink his blood, and sleep on his skin. But his hatred is more of a family hatred and a personal grudge. What he hated was not the Liao State government, but Xiao Siwen himself. In a sense, if Xiao Siwen no longer exists, then this bitter hatred is likely to be gradually forgotten by him.

However, what we have to do in the near future is not just to deal with one Xiao Siwen, but to be the enemy of the entire Liao court. We know our own strength, and we know that after completing the second phase of army expansion, our Liliang can completely compete with Liao's military Liliang in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, but Zhong Yuanwai doesn't know this.

In his opinion, we people may be more different, or according to the parlance of our time, we think we are more different. Whether it is behavior or ideology, it is different from ordinary people. But he will never be willing to risk killing his head and participate in our actions because of our otherness and our differences, even if this action may give him a chance to kill the enemy.

Besides, this time, we can't put all the burden on Zhong Yuan, and all the members of our team, as well as the eyeliners arranged by the Ministry of Intelligence in various states and counties, will provide assistance to Zhong Yuanwai. These eyeliners were put in place by the intelligence department with great effort, and it is natural to be cautious about sharing such a confidential matter with people outside the team. Only after it was determined that Zhong Yuanwai really had anti-Liao intentions, did the Ministry of Intelligence dare to let its eyeliner, secret stakes, and secret agents cooperate with Zhong Yuanwai.

Based on the above considerations, for the sake of prudence, the committee decided to communicate and exchange with Zhong Yuanwai as a son-in-law before substantively cooperating with him on the great cause of 'anti-Liao'. After finding out their actual thoughts on the 'anti-Liao', they will react accordingly -- or everyone will tacitly assume that the contact between the two sides has not happened; Or assign Lao Qi and the brothers of the Intelligence Department to contact him and conduct further consultations on cooperation between the two sides. ,

The reason why the committee decided to send you was because they felt that you were Zhong Yuanwai's son-in-law and that it was easy to gain Zhong Yuanwai's trust. The two sides will not have too many scruples and wariness when they talk. On the other hand, because you are my cousin, and your status in the team is not low, and you can show that we attach importance to this matter by coming forward to make preliminary contact with Zhong Yuanwai. ”

After listening to Wang Kunjun's explanation, Wang Feng basically understood the ins and outs of this matter, and also understood that the best person to do this matter was indeed himself. Since it is to pave the way for the future development of the team, and the committee has made a decision, Wang Feng no longer shirked, but took on this task very happily - although this matter requires him to use family affection to serve the interests of the team, but before the interests of the team and personal interests, Wang Feng still firmly chose the former.

Wang Feng's acceptance of the committee's decision is just the beginning, and there is still a lot of work to be done. The first of these was for Zhang Weixin to give Wang Feng a general introduction to the guidelines adopted by the committee for the team's contact and cooperation with local Shili and Han Chinese officials -- after persuading Zhong Yuanwai to participate, Zhang Weixin, who might also be involved, personally came forward to consult with Zhong Yuanwai and those would-be partners, telling Wang Feng that it was for him to facilitate his communication with Zhong Yuanwaito answer some questions that the other person may have.

The second thing was dictated by Wang Kunjun and written by Zhang Weixin -- Wang Kunjun's calligraphy was really flattering, so he had to be ghostwritten by Zhang Weixin, who had good calligraphy -- to write a letter to Zhong Yuanwai, showing the team's sincerity in asking Zhong Yuanwai for help, and showing the team's determination to "oppose Liao".

The third thing was that Zheng Zhiwei, on behalf of the Ministry of Intelligence, gave Wang Feng a general introduction to the deployment of the "Dark Feather" spies in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun at this stage, so as to increase Wang Feng's bargaining chips in his own hands when he persuaded Zhong Yuanwai.

The one thing that Zuihou did was to explain to Wang Feng that once Zhong Yuan showed the intention of helping, Wang Feng could take the opportunity to invite the other party to the "Xianglong Fort" to visit the recruit training and exercises of the "Flying Dragon Army", so as to enhance his confidence in working with the crossing team and strengthen his determination to "oppose Liao".

Wang Feng naturally wrote down these things one by one, and said that he would do his best to persuade his father-in-law to come out and contribute to the most important operation of the crossing team so far.