Chapter Forty-Eight: The Bird Hides the Bow
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Meng Xunzhen fought a decisive battle against the peerless master of Buddhism in the Jingnian Monastery, and although he won the battle, he was also seriously injured. When leaving, he was first intercepted by Hou Xibai, an admirer of the concubine's "amorous son", and then attacked by the "shadow assassin" Yang Xuyan.
In order to prove the reputation of the concubine, Hou Xibai took the initiative to disclose the details of the incident, which shook the entire Luoyang. Meng Xunzhen's friends Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and Song Shidao made a big move for this, and successively designed to besiege Hou Xibai and Yang Xuyan, beating the two of them seriously injured and fled, not daring to show up in Luoyang. Later, Kou Zhong and others even had the heart to break into the Jingnian Monastery to seek justice for Meng Xunzhen. Seeing that this mess is getting bigger and bigger, and there is gradually a tendency to get out of control, under the pretext of the current enemy, he asked Kou Zhong to focus on the overall situation and forcefully suppress this matter.
However, the turmoil in Luoyang City did not end because of the temporary subsidence of the matter, but intensified. On the one hand, the contradiction between Dugu Valve and Wang Shichong has reached the point of irreconcilability due to their respective interests and ambitions, and on the other hand, Li Mi has officially declared the world, claiming that he has received the holy decree of the little emperor Yang Tong in Luoyang City, and wants to destroy the traitorous minister Wang Shichong, who interferes in the government.
After Meng Xunzhen's disappearance, the world seems to have returned to its original trajectory. After the birthday banquet of Rongfu, Wang Shichong was assassinated by a series of assassinations and was seriously injured under Li Mi's "Earth Fist". Fortunately, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's "Recipe for Eternal Life" returned to heaven and pulled him back from the ghost gate.
Wang Shichong, who was seriously injured and saved by Kou Zhong, relied more heavily on him, using him as a military force to assist the general Yang Gongqing to go out to meet Li Mi's army. In this great battle that decided the ownership of the Central Plains, Kou Zhong showed everyone's attention to his strategy and military talent, and his clever plans emerged one after another and interlocked, flipping the tide of battle little by little. In the final battle of Yanshi, Kou Zhong personally led the elite around behind the Wagang army. and Yang Gongqing's army flanked back and forth. The Wagang army was defeated, and Li Mi disappeared in the chaos, and no one knew whether he was alive or dead. Because there were no dragons, the Wagang army was divided when it landed, and the generals from all walks of life either led the troops to surrender, or supported the troops to wait and see, and the Wagang army, which once led the group, lost the qualification to dominate the world.
After the great victory, Wang Shichong couldn't wait to force out the Dugu valve, imprisoned the little emperor Yang Tong, and was in full swing to build the country and claim the emperor. In the list of bounties he announced. Many mediocre talents of the Wang family have been crowned kings, Yang Gongqing and Zhang Zhenzhou, two generals who have made outstanding achievements in the war, have only been awarded the title of two generals of the four towns, and as for Kou Zhong, the great hero who almost reversed the situation, he has not even mentioned it.
Because of Li Mi's disappearance, Wang Shichong changed to the strategy of Fusui against the Wagang army, and ordered Yang Gongqing, who commanded the army, to hand over the military power, and Zhang Zhenzhou to go to the town to take office, and at the same time asked Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling to return to Luoyang to accept his "thanks".
When Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling returned to Luoyang, Wang Xuanying, who had already been crowned the crown prince by Wang Shichong, and Lang Feng and Song Mengqiu, who were also generals of the Four Towns but were obviously more trusted by Wang Shichong, led the crowd to greet them. The attitude is very enthusiastic.
The group came to Wang Shichong's Shangshu Mansion. Just as they were about to enter the door, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling glanced at each other, and suddenly stopped together.
Wang Xuanying, who was accompanying him on the side, changed his face and unconsciously took two steps back to widen the distance between him and the two. With a slightly contrived smile, he asked, "Why don't Kou Junshi and Xu Gongzi go in?" Father, the emperor, is still waiting for the two in the palace. β
A mocking sneer appeared on Kou Zhong's face, and he shook his head and said, "Since the crown prince calls the prince his father, he should know that the emperor should live in the palace. I dare to guess that the one waiting for our two brothers in this Shangshu Mansion is probably not the prince. But axemen, archers, and the like? β
The sound of the blade coming out of the sheath was endless, and Wang Xuanying, Lang Feng, Song Mengqiu and a group of personal soldiers they brought with them pulled out their weapons one after another and outflanked them from the rear. At the same time, more than ten people came out of Shangshu Mansion. Block Kou Xu and the others in front. For a middle-aged man with a handsome face and full of mature male charm, he was followed by the eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Chi Jingde, Pang Yu, Luo Shixin and other generals of Tiance Mansion. On the rooftops of nearby buildings, countless archers appeared, thousands of strong bows and crossbows were filled at the same time, and Leng Sensen's arrow clusters pointed at Kou Xu and the others in the encirclement.
Kou Zhong looked up to the sky and laughed, and shouted: "As the old saying goes, 'The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks; Flying birds, good bows hidden', your Wang family father and son do this, aren't they afraid of being scolded by the world? β
Wang Xuanying, who patiently responded to the story of Kou Xu and the others, finally showed his true colors, and sneered triumphantly: "Kou Zhong, you are too naΓ―ve. Since ancient times, the winners have been kings, and the losers have been the villains, and history has always been written by the victors. After today, the people of the world will only know that you and Xu Ziling intended to assassinate my father and the emperor before they will be executed, and they will only scold you for deserving it! β
Kou Zhong was surprisingly not angry, but instead bowed his hand to Wang Xuanying deeply, and sighed: "The prince's words are really the most reasonable in the world, and Kou Zhong has been taught." β
Everyone was stunned by Kou Zhong's unexpected reaction, and the middle-aged man who led the generals of the Tiance Mansion snorted coldly: "Kou Zhong, don't play tricks, obediently tie your hands, I, Li Shentong, can promise to leave all the corpses for the two of you!" β
"It turns out that Your Excellency is Li Shentong," Kou Zhong glanced at a strangely shaped Qimen weapon sticking out of the other party's shoulder, and said with a calm smile, "I heard that Your Excellency has created the 'Three Halberds' method, hooking, pecking, cutting, and stabbing are varied, and it is famous in the north." Seeing you today, Sansheng is lucky. β
The eldest grandson Wuji behind Li Shentong stepped forward and arched his hand towards Xu Ziling, who had been silent, and said: "Brother Xu, the King of Qin has an order first, as long as you swear to withdraw from the rivers and lakes from now on, you can leave freely, and we will never leave in trouble!" β
"Brother Shimin is a human being, and he is decisive in killing, since he has decided to get rid of Kou Zhong, how can he leave me with this trouble? With my relationship with Kou Zhong, don't take out the little trick of the eldest grandson brother to show his ugliness. Xu Ziling exposed the other party's sinister intentions, and said lightly, "I used to wonder why the Wang father and son were so anxious to attack our brother, and when I saw you appear, I knew that this was the handiwork of Brother Shimin." Presumably, among the conditions for the alliance negotiated between Li Tang and Wang Shichong, there is such a thing as taking my brother's life? β
Kou Zhong laughed on the side and said, "But the junior brother thinks that Brother Shimin is afraid that he has made a bad move this time." Ziling Ke still remembers that Lao Meng once said, 'I am not afraid of god-like opponents, but only pig-like allies'. Brother Shimin cooperated with stupid people like the Wang family's father and son, who were short-sighted and small-bellied, how could they succeed? β
Wang Xuanying saw that Kou Zhong and their father and son were worthless, and he was so angry that he burst into smoke, and shouted angrily: "When you die, you dare to speak wildly." Archers, shoot these two boys for me! (To be continued......)