"Your Majesty spared your life, and the minister was also greedy for a while, so it had something to do with those people, and Your Majesty spared the minister's life......"

Li Hong cried bitterly and began to talk about Wang Mang as if he was spitting out beans.

Three days ago, several richly dressed people with graceful faces visited Li Hong, and these people gave Li Hong some gadgets and gadgets as they liked.

Li Hong has many advantages, but the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, there is no resistance to yellow and white things, under the favor of these people, Li Hong directly talked nonsense, claiming that he is the important minister of the Son of Heaven, and the most trusted courtier of the Son of Heaven today, as long as it is what he says, there is no Wang Mang who does not agree.

Li Hong can achieve today's position, IQ is absolutely no problem, he knows very well that these people will never simply give gifts to themselves when they come to him, he knows that these people have something to ask for.

Li Hong originally thought that these people would open their mouths, but he never thought that these people only made a small request to Li Hong in the end, that is, to delay the time for the Great Qin army to attack the Yu army as much as possible, if it was really impossible to delay, it didn't matter, but I hoped that Li Hong would remind them in advance at that time.

They told Li Hong very pitifully that they were just using people's money to do things for others, and the most important thing was that the people they were loyal to had already thought that the rebels were completely finished, and there was no hope, and they just wanted to save a small life, so they hoped that Li Hong would tell him in advance, and then they could free up some time to arrange to run away.

Li Hong was stunned by a large number of treasures, although he felt that these people were a little suspicious, and the reasons were also a little suspicious, but if he just delayed the time of some of the army's expeditions, or informed the other party of the time of the army's expedition, Li Hong felt that it was no big deal.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there are hundreds of thousands of troops here, once the army goes out, the movement is not trivial, even if the minister does not say it, there are also people who know about it, and whether the minister says it or not does not affect anything, the minister's loyalty to His Majesty can be seen by the sun and the moon, and I ask Your Majesty to spare the minister's life!" Li Hong bowed his head and kept kowtowing.

"Loyalty?" Wang Mang smiled and said, "Li Hong, you still have the face to be loyal to me, then I ask you, why don't these people go to find others, but want to find you?"

"This ...... Possible...... This, maybe because the minister is a civil minister, there is no guard, so it is easier to ask to see. Li Hong hesitated.

"Do you believe it yourself?" Wang Mang snorted.

Li Hong suddenly didn't dare to speak, he wanted to say that he believed it, but he knew very well that he absolutely did not believe in this reason.

Wang Mang saw that Li Hong was drooping his head and didn't dare to speak, so he said, "Do you know who those people are?"

"Your Majesty, the minister really found someone to inquire. Li Hong heard Wang Mang say this, felt that he couldn't run away, and hurriedly said: "Although the minister's brain is not good, but he is still not confused about big things, these people inexplicably ran out to give gifts to the minister, and the minister was always a little suspicious in his heart, so after sending these people away, the minister ordered his henchmen to follow, and as a result, although he did not find the origin of these people, he found that they had some connection with Meiyuan, so he did not continue to investigate." ”

"Plum Garden?" Wang Mang raised his eyebrows.

"It's Mei Yuan, although Mei Yuan is only a primary school valve, but behind his back, it's not easy to mess with, so the minister is not tracking. Li Hongdao.

Hearing Li Hong say this, Wang Mang then remembered the origin of the plum garden, although there is no top holy gate force such as Jixia School Palace in Daqin, but there are still some small school valves, among which the plum garden is a school valve in the south, although Li Hong said that it is a primary school valve, but the plum garden is really not small in the south, and there are many officials in the south who have a lot to do with the plum garden, at least when Wang Mang was in Nanyang before, he knew that many officials in Nanyang Xinyang were the disciples and grandchildren of the plum garden.

Since this matter involves the plum garden, there are some things in it that are more interesting, Wang Mang's eyes flashed, and he said, "Who is behind the plum garden?"

"It's White Horse Academy. Li Hong gritted his teeth and said: "There are many people who know about this matter, and the founder of Plum Garden is a scholar of White Horse Academy, and to some extent, Plum Garden is a subordinate force of White Horse Academy. ”

"Then who is behind the White Horse Academy?" Wang Mang said.

"This ...... The minister didn't know. Li Hong broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead.

"I don't know or I don't want to say. Wang Mang's voice was cold.

Li Hong gritted his teeth, and finally said: "Chen Zhen doesn't know who is behind the White Horse Academy, but I heard that the people of the White Horse Academy may be involved with the Jixia Academy. ”

"What do you say?" Wang Mang took a sip of tea.

"These are rumors, not necessarily true. Li Hongdao.

"It's groundless, it may not be without a reason, what kind of rumors are you talking about, why do you say that the White Horse Academy and the Jixia Academy are involved. Wang Mang said.

"Every few years, students from the White Horse Academy enter the Jixia Academy. Li Hong said: "Your Majesty also heard the words of Haifeng and Zhang Han before, with the talents and learning of the two of them, they can't enter the Jixia School Palace, which shows how discriminatory those two holy places are against my Great Qin Shizi, and in this case, the White Horse Academy actually has a way to send the scholars to the Jixia School Palace, even if they don't want to connect the two of them, it is impossible." ”

"White Horse Academy?" Wang Mang frowned.

Different from the Plum Garden, the White Horse Academy is a well-known university school in Daqin, and the Qinchuan School are all old schools in Daqin, with students all over the world, many of the scholars selected by Daqin every year over the years are from the White Horse Academy, including the new scholars selected by Wang Mang this time, as far as Wang Mang knows, more than ten people are from the White Horse Academy, from which it can be seen what status the White Horse Academy is in the Daqin academic circles, and it is no wonder that Li Hong will not continue to investigate after finding the Plum Garden.

But even though the power of the White Horse Academy is all over the government and the opposition, but Daqin is my Daqin, and this Daqin can't take his turn to be presumptuous in the White Horse Academy!

Wang Mang sneered, then looked at Li Hong and said: "Li Hong, now is the time for the imperial court to employ people, I will not punish you this time, in this way, all the treasures you have received will be donated to the imperial court for military salary, as for your own crimes, when this matter is over, I see that you are making decisions, and there is another one, that is, what you said to me today, you are not allowed to say it." ”

Li Hong kowtowed with a painful face: "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!"

Li Hong walked to his room with a calm face, then took a deep breath, and collapsed directly to the ground, he was really frightened this time, just now he really thought that he couldn't come back, and he escaped with a small life, Li Hong simply felt that he was really lucky, and when the mood completely calmed down, Li Hong screamed "My beloved baby!", and completely fell into endless grief.

Wang Mang's consciousness has been falling on Li Hong's body as if nothing, until Li Hong screamed, Wang Mang laughed, retracted his meaning, and then turned cold, and called Li Lan and said: "You go and tell Wang Jian, let him go to Qin Mengyao and ask if she should give Xu Wenqiang's head to me!"

Li Lan looked startled, and then didn't say anything, and went directly to find Wang Jian.

After Li Lan left, Wang Mang clapped his hands again, Lin Yuxin walked out of the shadow on Wang Mang's side with a complicated face, Wang Mang stretched out his hand to hold Lin Yuxin, and then took Lin Yuxin in his arms, Lin Yuxin snorted and tried to push Wang Mang away, but without success, Wang Mang directly stretched out his hand and walked on Lin Yuxin's body, Lin Yuxin suddenly felt weak and collapsed on Wang Mang's body.

Wang Mang smiled and said, "Lin Yuxin, you are my person, there is no need to always see outsiders like this, I don't want to be like this." ”

"You ......" Lin Yuxin wanted to scold, but she forced herself to hold back, she really knew that she couldn't take advantage of it in front of Wang Mang, so she could only let Wang Mang do whatever she wanted.

Of course, Wang Mang is not interested in having something happen to Lin Yuxin today, even if she is interested, she can't have something to do with Lin Yuxin in broad daylight.

Taking advantage of it, Wang Mang let go of Lin Yuxin, and then said, "How is the training of your shadow assassins?"

"The people handed over to me by His Majesty have very good qualifications, and now they have all touched the threshold, and they can be regarded as having some initial combat effectiveness. Lin Yuxin continued: "Of course, compared to the shadow assassins under my previous command, it is still a little worse. ”

"I just want to know, can these people go to war now?" Wang Mang said.

"Yes, but the casualties will be significant. Lin Yuxin said: "My personal suggestion is not to let them go to the battlefield, at most for another half a year, their combat effectiveness will be quite good, and they will be able to play a greater role at that time." ”

"Of course I know these things, but I need people now, I just want to know if they can use them?" Wang Mang looked at Lin Yuxin directly.

"Yes. Lin Yuxin was silent, and said in her heart Anyway, these people are also your people, and the loss is also your loss, and it has nothing to do with me.

"You can use it. Wang Mang said, "I didn't expect them to do anything, just let them thank the scouts for their work, anyway, they did this work before they were assigned to you." ”

"Just do some scout work?" Lin Yuxin looked at Wang Mang with some confusion, and then said, "If they just do these jobs, then they can still do it." ”

"That's fine. Wang Mang pulled Lin Yuxin into his arms, then leaned into Lin Yuxin's ear, whispered for a while, Lin Yuxin listened with a red face, and then left while Wang Mang was not paying attention.

"What you explain, I will do. Lin Yuxin shouted before leaving.

Wang Mang let Lin Yuxin leave, and then gently rubbed his temples, dealing with so many things at once, Wang Mang was really tired.

Far away among the rebels.

Wang Xi is entertaining a few people who are dressed luxuriously and gracefully, although as a prince, Wang Xi has always been well-dressed and well-fed, but now he is very careful when he starts to serve people.

"Lord Jiang, you are so identical, you can come to Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang really doesn't know how to entertain you, if it weren't for Xiao Wang's time to be in trouble now, he would definitely spread more than ten miles to welcome your lord. Wang Xi flattered the middle-aged man who sat on the top with an indifferent face.

"You should have always understood the meaning of your lordship. An old man on the left spoke: "Originally, we wanted to go to Emperor Qin, but Lord Jiang felt that he had an old relationship with you, so he decided to come to see you first." You should know how to do it. ”

Of course, Xiao Wang understands that as long as the adults are willing to support Xiao Wang to regain everything that Xiao Wang has lost, then in the future, if Xiao Wang is within his sphere of influence, the adults will walk at will. Wang Xi said directly.

Of course, Wang Xi knows what his promise means, but for Wang Xi, even if there is a glimmer of hope, he is willing to give everything, anyway, if he dies, all these promises are in vain, but if he can really get everything back, some small benefits are really nothing to the emperor of a country.

Anyway, I'm close to losing everything, even if I'm losing some, what's the big deal, and I'm also generous to others!

Lord Jiang was very satisfied with Wang Xi's answer, and said: "This seat really didn't misunderstand you, you are very good, this seat feels that a little prince is very mismatched with your ability, this seat thinks you should know what I mean." ”

"Little Wang, Lord Xie promotes!" Wang Xi was so excited that he almost knelt down for the lord in front of him.

Only Wang Xi knows what this one in front of him represents, this Jiang Lord, formerly named Jiang Yuanyi, is a university scholar of this generation of Jixia School Palace, different from ordinary university scholars, Jiang Yuanyi is a university scholar who is qualified to inherit the position of the palace master in Jixia School Palace, according to Wang Xi's understanding, this lord is also extremely high ranked among the people who are qualified to inherit the position of palace master, if it was before, Wang Xigui was the most noble prince of Great Qin, and he may not really flatter a scholar of Jixia School Palace, but his current down-and-out appearance, if he can really get Jiang Yuanyi's support, and even further get the support of Jiang Yuanyi's Jixia School Palace behind him, then he Wang Xi may not be able to take the throne from that Wang Mang Xiao'er, no matter how bad it is, he can regain all the wealth he has lost.

Wang Xi is so upright, Jiang Yuanyi is very satisfied with this, as a university scholar, Jiang Yuanyi knows very well that it is time to give Wang Xi a little sweetness, so he said: "Wang Xi, this seat is very satisfied with you, in this way, there are still a few people under this seat who can be used, so I will use it for you." ”

Saying that, Wang Xi clapped his hands outside, and there were seven scholars in Confucian clothes who walked in, and when they first saw these seven people, they were unremarkable, but if they looked at it again, they found that these seven people had a long breath, and the breath was connected together, and there was an extremely powerful power in it.

"Who are these teachers?" Wang Xi looked at Jiang Yuanyi with a puzzled look.

Jiang Yuanyi didn't speak, and the old man sitting beside him said a little proudly: "This is the palace protector of my Jixia School Palace, seven people in one, practice for a while, seven people join forces, they are ordinary innate late stage masters, and they can't help them for a while." ”

Wang Xi's eyes widened in surprise, a master of the late congenital stage, God, Wang Xi has known that he has been a master for so many years, Corporal Lixian, and has recruited many masters, none of which are masters of the late congenital stage, but now he has just taken refuge in Jiang Yuanyi, and this lord gave himself one, he has such strength, he can simply sweep Daqin.

Jiang Yuanyi's reaction to Wang Xi was very proud, this is the performance of a nobleman in a frontier country, arrogant and uninformed, as long as he shows some means, he will bow down at his feet.

Jiang Yuanyi was very satisfied with his arrangement, and said: "Before this seat came here, I had already made an agreement with the important ministers of Great Qin, and before they attacked, they would notify us, and then you could take advantage of the chaos to leave the army." ”

"Huh?" Wang Xi was shocked, and then overjoyed, as soon as he joined up with the Yu army, he regretted it, Guo Changfu not only did not see him, but directly imprisoned him, which was a great insult to a person like him who had never looked down on the country of Qiu.

Now Jiang Yuanyi told him that he could take the opportunity to leave, which was simply the most pleasant voice in the world, and it also made Wang Xi feel more and more that he had made the wisest decision to join Jiang Yuanyi in his life, so that Wang Xi actually said directly: "My lord, since we have such strength, why don't we directly take the little emperor's dog head, when the time comes, the little king will get the throne, and he will definitely serve Jixia Xuegong as the state religion of my Great Qin, and serve the adult as the national teacher of my Great Qin, and the status is above the little king." ”

Jiang Yuanyi's expression moved, quite moved, but thinking of some taboos, he said: "There are some things you don't understand, you just need to listen to the arrangement of this seat, and when the time comes, you will not be able to benefit from it." ”

Saying goodbye to Jiang Yuanyi, Wang Xi's face was cold, although he was carefully serving Jiang Yuanyi, he knew very well in his heart that he was just a useful pawn for Jiang Yuanyi now.

As a superior person, Wang Xi knows very well that as a chess piece, when it is useful, the superior will reward it, but if it is useless, the superior will not hesitate to abandon the chess piece.

In Wang Xi's opinion, there is a high probability that he will be abandoned, or in other words, he is afraid that he will be abandoned.

Wang Xi didn't know how such a high-ranking school in Jixia School Palace could suddenly come to Daqin, and also interfere in Daqin's internal affairs, but Wang Xi knew that the weasel was greeting the New Year, and he didn't follow his good intentions.

Wang Mang'er, this king knows that he can't fight you in this life, but these people in the Jixia School Palace are not easy to mess with, hehe!

Wang Xi's heart is clear, but he doesn't know, after Jiang Yuanyi didn't promise to take Wang Mang's head directly, Wang Xi also knew that Jixia School Palace never thought of making himself an emperor from beginning to end, Wang Xi clearly saw Jiang Yuanyi's proposal to himself, but in the end he seemed to be afraid of something, and gave up his own suggestion, then he had only one ending, as a bargaining chip to exchange benefits with Daqin.

The so-called letting yourself leave first is just controlling yourself in your hands in order to negotiate with Daqin!

Jiang Yuanyi is also careless, although he is a university scholar and one of the heirs of the palace master of the Jixia School Palace, but compared with these old foxes who have been intrigued for countless years in the court, he is still a little immature, he never thought that Wang Xi, who has been respectful to him from beginning to end, would dig a hole in his words and get the news from his mouth.

Zhao Wuji and Zhou Weiguo sent Jiang Yuanyi away, looked at each other, and Zhao Wuji said directly: "Old Zhou, do you think this matter is reliable?"

"What's the matter?" Zhou Weiguo pretended to be confused.

"Hmph, Lao Zhou, don't think I don't know your tricks. Zhao Wuji sneered: "No matter how good you pretend, do you think that those adults just now didn't know that we were eavesdropping, but they didn't care about us ants." ”

"Yes, we're just ants, since we're ants, why do you care so much. Zhou Weiguo snorted: "The sky is falling, there are tall people on top, when, it will not be the turn of ants like you and me to stand up, I, Zhou Weiguo, have always followed the rules, never do things beyond my ability, what you want to do, I can't care, but you are looking for death, don't pull me!"

After speaking, Zhou Weiguo turned to his side, Zhao Wuji's face was gloomy, staring at Zhou Weiguo's back and said: "Old Zhou, the ants are still stealing, I don't believe you really have no idea in your heart." ”

Zhou Weiguo was stunned, then didn't look back, and left directly.

Zhao Wuji stared at the direction of Zhou Weiguo's departure with a gloomy face, and then stomped his foot fiercely, although he was an ant, even if he was an ant, at the end of his life, he could bite an elephant to death.

In the big tent of the army, Guo Changfu looked at a letter in his hand and was speechless for a long time.

If Wang Xi was here, he would definitely be shocked, on this letter, almost everything between him and Jiang Yuanyi was written in the letter.

I don't know what kind of means Yu Guo can use to convey what just happened to Guo Changfu so clearly.

"Sovereign, what should we do with Wang Xi and these people?" said a ghostly voice from a man in front of Guo Changfu who was wrapped in black.

"Don't dispose of them, let them go. Guo Changfu said silently: "We have to give Jixia Xuegong a little face, our goal is only the three counties of Shenmu, as long as we take the three counties of Shenmu, I will have a passage to the north, and there will always be a chance to get more land in the future, Wang Xi has always been just an excuse for us, and now this excuse has been used up, since Jixia Xuegong wants to take him to what he does, then take it." ”

"Monarch Shengming!" said the black shadow: "There is another thing, I was about to tell the monarch that my country and Xu Guo have been exchanged letters every day, but since yesterday, we have not received any letters. ”

"Now there are people everywhere, it's all things, maybe something has delayed the time, it's not like nothing like this has happened before, just send someone to check. Guo Changfu thought for a moment, and then said: "A few days ago, there were a lot of people with powerful breath from the Qin army, but can you find out who they are?"

"We have sent all the manpower to investigate, but now the Qin army is really well defended, we really can't penetrate it, the secret hands left in the past have all been lost a few days ago, and now we can't figure out many things about the Qin army. The black shadow said: "But I don't think there is any need to worry about this matter, the strength of the Qin army, we already know it from Wang Xi's mouth, there is nothing to pay special attention to." ”

Guo Changfu frowned, was silent for a while, and said, "It's better to be careful, this king always feels a little frightened in his heart, as if something bad is about to happen." ”

"Don't worry, the monarch, I will immediately send someone to check again, if I still can't find it this time, then I will go myself. The shadow bowed.

Guo Changfu's face was a little relieved, he waved his hand, signaled the black shadow to go down, and then clapped his hands, and some important ministers of the Kingdom of Yu walked into Guo Changfu's big tent in turn.