Hearing that Zhang Weixin and Xu Shaoan had something important to see him, Wang Kunjun's first reaction was whether there was something wrong with his brother Gao Jun. Therefore, he hurriedly ordered his guards to invite the two brothers in, and helped his beloved wife to leave the inner room of the study basking in the sun and move to the outer room to sit down and wait.

Wang Kunjun and his wife sat down on the chairs, and Zhang Weixin and Xu Shaoan had already walked in. Seeing that Zhang Xiaofei was also there, Zhang and Xu first inquired about the fifth sister-in-law's body after greeting the fifth brother and five sisters-in-law, and then sat down and started to talk about business.

"The two brothers are in such a hurry to see each other, is there something wrong with the old brother?" Zhang and Xu's butts were just on the chair, and Wang Kunjun asked anxiously.

Hearing this, Zhang Weixin hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Fifth brother, don't worry, there's nothing going on over there with the old brother, everything is as usual." The two of us brothers came today, but it was the door of the Jiedu Mansion who came in to pass the ceremony, saying that there was a visitor from Lanzhou who wanted to visit our brothers, and he happened to be bumped into by me and the eighth child. Because in my impression, our brothers didn't seem to have any friends in Lanzhou, so I asked the man more about the details of the visitor, and it turned out that the visitor was an old acquaintance of ours. ”

"Our old acquaintances? Who's coming? Wang Kunjun asked puzzled.

"Speaking of which, you've seen this man, brother, too. He is the one who used to deal with our brothers, had a one-sided relationship, and was the head of the Youzhou branch of the 'Feiyan Hall' for a period of time, and the current deputy head of the 'Feiyan Hall', and the nephew of our old rival Zhang Yongde. Xu Shaoan answered on the side.

"Zhang Neng? What did he come to do? Could it be that he saw that we once again swept away his Liliang in the Beiping Army, and felt that he couldn't fight us in spy warfare, and wanted to come over and admit defeat and surrender, and shake hands with us, right? Zhang Xiaofei also asked a little puzzled.

"Judging from the fact that he dared to come to visit blatantly, the possibility of easing relations with us is indeed quite high. However, it only took six or seven days for the 'Feiyan Hall' Beiping Branch to be cracked by us, even if Zhang Yan fled back to Lanzhou without stopping, Zhang Neng immediately set off to Beiping City, and he would not be able to arrive in such a short time. Therefore, my brother thinks that Zhang Neng's coming here should be a decision made by Zhang Yongde early on, and it should have nothing to do with our cracking of the 'Feiyan Hall' Beiping Branch. Zhang Weixin analyzed.

Wang Kunjun nodded when he heard this, and said, "What Lao Qi said is reasonable. Zhang Yongde was demoted out of Kaifeng because of the 'Shijie Wei' and the Later Zhou court's intention to suppress the leading generals, and he must have been angry in his heart. In addition, Zhao Kuangyin accepted the suggestion of Xu Xinsheng and Brother Xu, and continued to suppress and frame this old opponent, so that every once in a while, he would be reprimanded by the Later Zhou court, and his prestige and reputation could be said to be getting worse and worse, so Zhang Yongde's life in Lanzhou during this period of time was actually very difficult, and it should be more and more difficult. In this case, he set his sights on our Beiping Army, hoping to release his past suspicions with us, and even form an alliance, so that it is not impossible to use the liliang of our Beiping Army to fight against Zhao Kuangyin and the Later Zhou court. ”

"An alliance with us? Isn't Zhang Yongde afraid that we will give him a fall and take the opportunity of his unfavorable situation to completely eliminate him as an opponent? Xu Shaoan said with some disbelief, "Besides, with our relationship with the 'Feiyan Hall', he is not afraid that we will give Zhang Neng, the deputy head of the 'Feiyan Hall', eight pieces?" ”

"Now Zhang Yongde's situation can be called precarious, if we can't win over a powerful ally like us, even if we don't make trouble for him, the day of his death and annihilation is probably not far away. Rather than sit back and wait, take a risk. Although drinking to quench your thirst is a self-defeating way, it can be regarded as a happy death, which is much better than being tortured and chopped by people in every way. And once he wins the bet and drinks a glass of cold beer, wouldn't he be as happy as a fairy! Zhang Weixin explained, "As for Zhang Neng's safety, presumably Zhang Yongde has calculated that we will not fight against his nephew, so he will send his nephew to Beiping." After all, these two countries have not yet killed each other, not to mention that he and we are just opponents who don't like each other and secretly wrestle with each other, and killing a Zhang Neng is at most a little evil for us, and it will not do any good to the overall strategy, but will leave a bad reputation of being narrow-minded, intolerant of people, and not generous. ”

"What Lao Qi said is reasonable, and he also thinks about it this way for his brother." Wang Kunjun agreed, "With Zhang Yongde's current situation and the current political pattern of the Zhou court in the future, he has only one way out to find an alliance with our brothers." It's just that I don't know what kind of conditions this Zhang Yongde will come up with in exchange for an alliance with us. ”

"What else can he get in exchange, it is nothing more than official positions, titles, money, etc., this kind of bargaining chips are the most commonly used to win over others." Xu Shaoan said angrily when he heard this, "Hmph, if you want to rely on this little profit, let us go south to help him, Zhang Yongde doesn't take our Beiping Army too seriously." ”。

Zhang Weixin shook his head when he heard this, and said: "It is obviously impossible to invite our army to the south with these things alone, and with Zhang Yongde's wisdom, he will naturally not use those false names to fool us." After all, compared to the net worth and life of himself and his family, and the huge benefits that may be obtained, this is really a bit out of reach. In my opinion, Zhang Yongde is afraid that Zhang Neng will bring us a big gift package, a big gift package that we will not refuse. In any case, there is a precedent for this kind of thing, and he Zhang Yongde may not learn from it. ”

"Could it be that Lao Qi thinks that this Yongde will be the same as Shi Jingjiao of the Later Jin Dynasty, and do the kind of dirty thing that is criticized by the people of the world and has been stinking for thousands of years?" Wang Kunjun understood the meaning of Zhang Weixin's words after a little thought, and asked with some disbelief.

"What does it matter if you can sit in that chair that everyone covets and become a bastard who has been pointed out by thousands of people and has been stinking for thousands of years?" Zhang Weixin replied, "In order to be able to grasp the supreme power, many people do whatever it takes -- including completely putting aside their previous grievances and becoming allies with their old rivals, as well as scum who betray the country and the nation for their own selfishness. ”

"Then according to the two elder brothers, if Zhang Neng really came to make peace and form an alliance with us on Zhang Yongde's instructions, will our brothers agree to Cong?" Xu Shaoan asked.

"That's a natural yes." Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin replied in unison.

"Now that we are about to go south, all we need is an excuse to make our division famous. Since Zhao Kuangyin was afraid of Zhang Yongde for various reasons, he had to wait until he got rid of this potential opponent before staging that good show of 'yellow robe', so that the time for us to go south had to be delayed again and again, and we continued to pretend that we were about to go north at the risk of being discovered by the opponent. Then let's take the opportunity to push Zhang Yongde, let him do the 'unbearable no longer need to endure' on the basis of no 'worries', hold high the banner of the so-called 'Qingjun side', and go to fight with Zhao Kuangyin and the Later Zhou Imperial Court to break the net. Then, we can come forward openly to clean up the mess, completely eradicate Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin, the two rebel ministers and thieves, and return the world to a bright and peaceful Shijie. Wang Kunjun further analyzed.

Speaking of this, Wang Kunjun paused slightly, and saw that Zhang Weixin and Xu Shaoan had no objection to their statement, so he continued: "Since the two brothers have no objections, then in my opinion, the eldest brother will be invited, and the four of us brothers will discuss a charter, and then you will come forward to contact Zhang Neng, probe the bottom of the other party, and see if it is really as we expected." As for the terms of our alliance, you can only increase or decrease it at your own discretion according to the benefits provided by the other party on the basis of not arousing the suspicion of the other party, and there is no need to discuss it with us. Anyway, what we want is just an excuse to go south, and it's not really a good idea of the little benefit he gave us. ”