"Sit and drink tea."

"Yes, Master Hou."

Zheng Fan sat down in the chair, but did not pick up the teacup.

"Longjing produced in Qianguo, products."

Zheng Fan shook his head and said:

"Master Hou, drinking tea just after dinner is easy to hurt your stomach."

"Oh, really?"

Jing Nanhou put down the teacup in his hand,

Road:

"Since you are in the army, you still care about self-cultivation?"

"If you go back to the Hou Ye, joining the army is for me to expand the territory of Dayan, to maintain health, and to see more of the prosperity of my Dayan after opening up the territory."

"Grind for Benhou."

"Obedience."

"Ben Hou wants to write a letter to Wei Zhonghe, and the celebrant is short of talents like you."

"............" Zheng Fan.

Looking at Zheng Fan's embarrassment, Jingnanhou waved his hand and said:

"Sit down, it's no big deal, you can say beautiful things, it's also a kind of ability, besides, in terms of kung fu and the ability to lead troops, your Zheng Shoubei is no worse than others."

"Hou Ye has praised it falsely, there are still many things that need to be learned from you Hou Ye."

"Chen Daxia, a ranger swordsman in the Qianguo, it is rumored in the rivers and lakes that he is a natural sword embryo, self-taught to practice swords, and when he became an adult, he visited the Sword Pavilion of the Jin Kingdom and knocked on the Daze Sword Shrine of the Chu State.

His own cultivation is probably above the sixth grade, and after this person kidnapped you, he went straight to Cuiliu Castle, but was repelled by the barbarian cavalry in your fortress.

Ben Hou is very curious, why did he go to Cuiliu Fort with you? ”

"Master Hou, this matter has been investigated by his subordinates, and he also reported it to the Secret Spy Division yesterday."

"Ben Hou has seen it, and what Ben Hou is puzzled about is that he really didn't kill you and accompanied you to Cuiliu Castle."

Zheng Fan hesitated,

Answered:

"Back to Hou Ye, he is stupid."

"What's the explanation?"

Zheng Fan stretched out his hand and pointed to his head,

Road:

"That hero, there's a problem here."

"Incomprehensible and simple?"

"Master Hou hit the nail on the head."

Zheng Fan, who learns and comprehends the sycophant technique from practice every day with blind people, is often so familiar with it when he really needs to use it himself.

"It seems that he is really a sword idiot."

"Yes, Master Hou, otherwise I won't be able to see Master Hou today."

"Presumably you know the identities of the other two groups of assassins?"

"Got it, the six princes arranged a connector in the lowly fortress."

Jing Nanhou was not sensitive to this, Zheng Fan said it generously, and Jing Nanhou listened as if it was nothing.

"Isn't the relationship between you and Xu Wenzu in Hutou City the same as fire and water?"

"We are strangers in a foreign land, and when someone comes from my hometown, I want to welcome them."

"Being a stranger in a foreign land sounds good, but Ben Hou doesn't believe it."

"Master Hou is wise, after Shi Beizhi heard that Lord Xu had become the top boss of the lowly position, the lowly position was so frightened that he hurriedly went to the post station in advance and waited to take the blame."

"Hehe, it's okay, I'll go to Beijing with Ben Hou in three days, and you can go back and recuperate."

"Obedience!"

"By the way, I would like to give Xu Wenzu another sentence, three days later, on the day Benhou entered Beijing, the Jingnan Army withdrew from Nanwangcheng."

"I know."

Zheng Fan walked out of the house, and the cuckoo followed and said to Zheng Fan:

"Lord Zheng, just come at noon in three days."

"Thank you, Sister Du Juan, for reminding me."

The cuckoo returned to the house,

"He's gone?"

"Let's go, Master Hou."

"Hmm."

"Master Hou, this Lord Zheng Shoubei is really interesting, he is thoughtful."

"Are you giving him eye medicine?"

"Master, although the slave family followed you, the slave family can't be a female celebrity, the slave family will, and that's what the secret spy department has learned."

Jingnanhou picked up the teacup,

took a sip of tea,

Said slowly:

"A pool of stagnant water, natural and pure; Big rivers do not reject sediment. ”

……

Leaving the house where the Marquis of Jingnan lived, Zheng Fan and Ah Ming walked towards the General Military Mansion together.

The General Soldier's Mansion is still the General Soldier's Mansion, and many people died more than a month ago, but Xu Wenzu still moved in by name.

Maybe, what Xu Wenzu wants is to convey his attitude in this way, but obviously, it can be clearly seen from the desertion at the gate of the General Soldier's Mansion,

In this city, the real speaker is the marquis.

Xu Wenzu had been waiting for Zheng Fan for a long time, and he also learned from Liang Cheng that Zheng Fan was asked by Jingnanhou to meet him today.

After Zheng Fan came, Xu Wenzu immediately invited Zheng Fan into his study.

The study was a little empty, and the desk was a little messy.

Xu Wenzu didn't shout for tea, but closed the door heavily, and then lifted the inkstone and other objects on the table and slammed them on the ground.

Roar three times in a row:

"How can this be true? Outrageous! Outrageous! ”

Zheng Fan stood silently to the side, watching Xu Wenzu act.

After smashing things, Xu Wenzu walked to the bookshelf and took down a box, opened it, took a piece of persimmon cake from it, and handed it to Zheng Fan.

"Eat, I brought it from the north."

The persimmon cake is also smeared with honey.

Zheng Fan stretched out his hand to take it, took a bite, and said while chewing:

"Jingnanhou asked me to bring a message to your lordship."

"Say, what do the old man Jingnan Hou have to order."

"Ahem........."

Zheng Fan coughed a few times, but he was not polite, he found a chair and sat down, Xu Wenzu knew that he was injured, so he took the initiative to pull over a chair and sit down next to Zheng Fan.

"Marquis Jingnan said that he will enter Beijing in three days, and on that day, the Jingnan army will also withdraw from Nanwangcheng."

"Huh............" Xu Wenzu breathed a long sigh of relief.

Obviously, this sentence relieved him of a lot of pressure.

The previous one died inexplicably, there was an assassination at the funeral, and he was also robbed and killed on the way to the post.

Now it's okay, after the Jingnan army withdraws from Nanwangcheng, he will always be able to take back some of his authority.

"In addition, Master Hou said that he would take me into Beijing with him."

"Take you to Beijing?"

"Yes."

"Right now, Beijing is a place of right and wrong, above the court, whether it is war or peace, there is a lot of trouble, you are just a garrison, but there are so many troubles, after entering Beijing, someone will definitely make trouble for you."

When Chao Zaisuke's alma mater was smashed by himself, can this be a big trouble?

"It's okay, since the Marquis of Jingnan wants to take me into Beijing with me, it's impossible to watch me being killed by them."

"You kid."

Xu Wenzu reached out and patted Zheng Fan's shoulder.

Yesterday, Xu Wenzu went to Cuiliubao after learning the news of Zheng Fan's awakening and knelt down for Zheng Fan.

Therefore, in front of the deep-sea comrades, Zheng Fan can relax a little now.

Here, it is Nanwang City, not Hutou City after all.

To put it nicely, his revolutionary friendship with the deep sea comrades has been further deepened, to be realistic, Xu Wenzu is no longer the one who can be decided in a word by overpowering the county order in Hutou City, although the official position is bigger, but the right to speak is much smaller.

Moreover, he Zheng Fan also boarded the ship of Jingnan Hou.

"Because the Marquis of Jingnan is not hereditary, it is indeed much worse than our Zhenbei Marquis Mansion in terms of heritage, but this generation of Marquis of Jingnan is the younger brother of the queen and the uncle of the future prince, and he is more deeply appreciated by His Majesty, you can get his treatment now, and the future is limitless."

"Brother, are you testing me?"

"Hey, where is the temptation, I don't have anything to hide from you, you come and see this."

Xu Wenzu took the initiative to pull Zheng Fan up to his desk,

"Look at these, these, and these."

"It's all official documents from the fortress?"

"That's right, the Ministry of Industry sent me, and the official documents of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War are below."

"Oh."

"Brother seems to have known about it for a long time?"

Zheng Fan wanted to ask what he knew, but he still responded thoughtfully.

"Yes, you must have come to the post station to wait for me in advance that day, just to inform me of this."

Zheng Fan continued to groan, bowing his head slightly.

Comrade Deep Sea, please continue to make up your brains.

"Yesterday, my brother and I came and went in a hurry, and I saw that you had just woken up, and I was embarrassed to talk to you about business, in fact, I was still wondering about the sudden transfer of me to the south as a chief military officer, and I once thought that the imperial court saw through my disguise and deliberately transferred me out of Beifeng County.

But it wasn't until I saw these official documents that I realized that this battle would probably not be fought. ”

Because there was no reason why the imperial court was preparing to start a war with the Zhenbei army, it began to throw away its materials and energy in southern Xinjiang and began to build a new fort and a new city.

Even if it is said that they are worried that after the outbreak of the Yan Civil War, the Qianguo people will go on another northern expedition and want to profit from the fishermen before they take precautions in advance, because the fortresses and cities of the Yan people are not originally used for defense.

The theme of the Yan army has always been to attack, relying on the iron cavalry that the Yan people are most proud of, on the battlefield, to crush the enemy, instead of huddle in the fortress and play a war of attrition with the Qianguo people.

To put it more realistically, Yan Guo really can't afford this kind of war of attrition.

"The construction of these forts and cities is in preparation." Zheng Fan said.

"Yes, this is to prepare for more troops, and to reserve more grain, grass, ordnance and other supplies."

In fact, when Qin Shi Huang first built it, he wanted to use it as an outpost to attack the Xiongnu, but later generations were a bit wasted, and they slowly turned the Great Wall into a turtle shell.

"In the official documents of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, I have been promised ten official positions for the garrison, and the funds and people of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households will also be drawn after the beginning of spring.

The only thing wrong is that these official documents are not the clear purpose of going. ”

The fact that the unspecified decree is meant that these official documents seem to have been issued by the yamen of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household and other ministries, but in fact, these ministries and yamen may not know about this matter at all.

However, the official documents were signed with the red of the celebrant and the seal of the Yan Emperor, and the channels for sending them were also the way of the secret spy department, which proves that these official documents and instructions came from the Yan Emperor, not the result of consultation with the court ministers.

Where is this posture to fight a civil war?

This is clearly fucking preparing to go south!

Zheng Fan took a deep breath, and the blind man Bei and his own guess were finally verified.

Zhenbei Hou and Yanhuang are indeed acting.

Zheng Fan turned his head to look at Xu Wenzu and said:

"Brother, you make preparations first, and when spring begins, you can do things in a down-to-earth manner."

"Do you still need to teach this? Although my heart is towards Zhenbei Hou Mansion, I am also a Yan person. ”

Xu Wenzu was obviously very dissatisfied with Zheng Fan's reminder.

Internally, he must be on the side of the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei.

But externally,

He must be on the side of Yan Guo.

This is the difference between a political position and a national position, and the former is inherently subordinate to the latter.

"Actually, don't hide it from you, brother, the county lord sent me to the south at the beginning, and I actually didn't know why in my heart."

"Yes, I thought it was the county lord who wanted to leave a way out for the Hou Mansion and let you run it first."

"Oh, I didn't expect that." Zheng Fan shook his head and sighed, "Our Hou Ye's mind is really vast. ”

"That's natural, by the way, you are close to Jingnanhou, isn't it also because?"

"It was our Hou Ye who greeted Jingnan Hou."

"No wonder, no wonder."

Zheng Fan really felt that chatting with Xu Fatpang was too easy, Xu Fatpang's brain replenishment ability completely allowed him to think about what to make up for any reason, he could take the initiative to send it to you.

"Then you took the initiative to go to Qianguo a month ago, too?"

"It's pathfinding." Zheng Fan said very seriously, "It's also to touch the reality of Qianguo, just like what you're doing, brother, you're also preparing for going south."

Both of us, both from the north, have now been transferred to the south, this is a signal, it may not take long, at most half a year, our northern army is estimated to be coming here. ”

"Hehe, that's going to be a big boost."

Xu Wenzu, who was beaten with the nationalist chicken blood of his family and country, looked very excited.

No matter how mature a bureaucrat or a mature politician is, in fact, he cannot avoid this temptation to expand his territory.

Everyone wants to leave a name in history, everyone wants to be born in a pioneering era,

If there is a choice, who wants to play office politics there all day with a dark face?

"By the way, assassinate me that day...... Oh no, you know all the details of your assassination, right? ”

"I know, but I still can't figure out who is going to kill me."

"This is Xiang Zhuang's sword dance intended for Pei Gong, you are just a chess piece, or, just a target for fighting cattle across the mountain."

"I'm not a big fan of this analogy."

"I can't guess who is going to target you, and I can be sure that the assassins really weren't trying to kill me."

"Hmm."

"However, I still cooperated with that Jingnan Marquis to give us a performance of discord, and after entering Nanwang City, I haven't seen that Hou yet."

"In Jingnanhou's heart, there should be a number."

"I hope so, but many times, people's minds will actually change, and Jingnanhou's position is actually naturally different from ours."

"Why?"

"Jingnan Hou Tian has no mirror, in the Tian family, although the Tian family is not the top few door valves in my Dayan, but it is also regarded as a second-rate bull ear, ranking five top door valves, it is estimated that there is no position of the Tian family, but if it is ten, then the Tian family will definitely be able to sit firmly in a seat, and the current queen is the daughter of the Tian family, and the future prince also has half of the Tian family's blood, so to speak, in the Qing Dynasty, the Tian family should be the first door valve.

In our town, Beihou Mansion, the people are not prosperous, and our Hou Ye has a son and a daughter. But the Tian family is a big family, and it is a real gate.

You said, Your Majesty and our Hou Ye have engaged in such a big battle, and it seems that they will not really fight, so who are their targets? ”

Xu Fatpang's political sense of smell shocked Zheng Fan.

On his side, first, there are spoilers in advance for the six princes, and secondly, there is a blind BUG in the analysis, so that this conclusion can be drawn, but Xu Wenzu has already begun to see the general trend of development in the future.

At this moment, it seemed to be windy outside, and the door of the study began to make a slight grinding noise.

Xu Wenzu sighed and said:

"The door of my study is so broken that I wanted to tear it down the first day I moved in."

"My lord, I don't think we need to think about these things."

I used to call my brother, but now I call my lord.

"Brother, I don't need to worry about anything, anyway, I'm in the south, and my family has already been related to this sect for three generations.

But you're different,

Jingnanhou entered Beijing this time, and if he really can't say it, he will ......."

Zheng Fan suddenly felt that the weather had cooled down a bit, probably because his body was too weak after being injured.

"A while ago, the old man of the Tian family celebrated his 70th birthday, and the Marquis of Jingnan did not return to Beijing to accompany his old man for his birthday, this time it was the birthday of the queen's mother, but the court issued a decree to allow the Marquis of Jingnan to enter Beijing to celebrate his birthday.

Although the queen's status is noble, in this way of humanity, how can there be a saying that she does not congratulate her father on her birthday, but instead congratulates her sister on her birthday? ”

"Hmm...... Yes. ”

"But it's okay, our Hou Ye is also in the capital, no matter what happens, our Hou Ye will protect his family, no matter how much he Jingnan Hou and his Tian family toss, it has nothing to do with our Zhenbei Hou Mansion, our Hou Ye, the most short-guarded."

"That's, that's."

Zhenbei Hou has never seen me, how can he protect me?

"However, this Jingnan Hou does have a good way of governing the army, I checked the file, and I did not find a record of harassing the people in the city after the Jingnan army entered the city."

"Maybe it's been erased?"

"Words can be erased, but the military discipline of the Jingnan Army is the first among the military I have seen in half my life."

"Can't even compare to our Zhenbei Army?"

"In terms of the discipline of fighting in battle formations, our Zhenbei Army should be the first, as for the rest, you haven't seen how ruthlessly our Zhenbei Army plundered the desert barbarian tribes.

This Jingnan army, in the end, saw less blood. ”

"Yes."

After chatting with Xu Wenzu, Zheng Fan walked out of his study with a box of persimmon cakes, and after meeting Siniang and them in the backyard, he got into the carriage and left the General Soldier's Mansion.

On the way back, Zheng Fan told Siniang about his intention to follow Jingnan Hou into Beijing.

is different from the reaction Zheng Fan expected,

Siniang doesn't seem to care about the risk of entering Beijing at all,

Women's interests are always so strange,

Siniang actually asked directly:

"In this way, the Lord will soon be able to see the little sixth son you have been thinking about again."