Chapter 70: Digging the Foot of the Wall
When the king of Shang heard Gongsun Sheng's words, he was a little interested in Gongsun Sheng, you must know that Gongsun Sheng can say such a thing is definitely a flexible person, although his guess is not accurate enough, but that is because the news is not right, at least Zhao Di does not know that he has a ship formation plate in his hand, but he can connect the whole thing in series, and give Zhao Di Yin their conclusion, which is already a quick response.
Moreover, only Gongsun Sheng dared to stand up and face him directly, so King Shang had some appreciation for Gongsun Sheng, so King Shang said with great interest: "Then do you think this king should stand up and administer justice for you?"
Gongsun Sheng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't dare, don't dare, all this is my own fault, no wonder anyone, I just hope that the king can raise his noble hand and spare my life." β
Seeing that Gongsun Sheng was still very self-aware, King Shang couldn't help but nod slightly: "It's not impossible to want this king to spare your life, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is unforgivable. If you want to get out of it with just a few words, it will be too easy, and you may think that this king is easy to bully in the future! Don't say that this king will not give you a way to live, this king will give you two choices: first, be directly beheaded by this king on the spot to make an example; second, directly submit to this king and be a retainer of this king, and this king can forgive you once. β
Gongsun Sheng obviously didn't expect that the king of Shang would actually subdue them and let them directly act as his retainers. The retainer's statement is just a little better, but in fact, to put it bluntly, they are the house slaves of the Shang Dynasty, which means that they all have to take refuge in the Shang Dynasty and become his slaves.
This choice is difficult for Gongsun Sheng, you must know that they are the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, at least nominally the soldiers of the Great Song Kingdom, and the core of Gongsun Sheng and his gang of Liangshan are all official positions, and they are also members of the scholar class in the Great Song Dynasty.
However, Gongsun Sheng knew that if he didn't agree to Shang Xuan's request, they might really be wiped out this time, and make a choice between life and death, Gongsun Sheng felt that if he was humiliated, it was really nothing, but he was afraid that he would not be able to convince Song Jiang and the others, because Song Jiang and they didn't realize that they were in the building boat, and they had already put life and death into Shang Xuan's hands.
Seeing Gongsun Sheng's hesitation, Shang Xun's face sank, and he snorted coldly: "What's the matter? Is it difficult to choose? Otherwise, let this king directly help you make a choice." β
Gongsun Sheng hurriedly bowed and said, "Don't dare." It's just that we have made a bloodline oath to the Great Song Dynasty and must be loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, which is really unconvincing to the prince!"
Shang Xuan said that if he changed his face, he would change his face, and when he heard this, he turned to laugh, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, this king has his own solution to this matter." β
Belch......
Gongsun Sheng didn't expect that King Shang didn't care about the so-called bloodline oath, what was going on, he was a little confused.
"Now this king only needs you to make a blood oath to this king and the Great Shang Dynasty, and this king can give you a life. The king of Shang continued, "This must not be a difficult thing for you, right?"
Of course, this kind of thing can be done for Gongsun Sheng and a group of core figures in Liangshan, but is it really good to do so? Gongsun Sheng suddenly felt that these Liangshan people seemed to be about to become the rhythm of the three surnamed domestic slaves, first taking refuge in the Great Song Dynasty, and then now they want to take refuge in the Great Shang, so that in the end, these people are regarded as the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty or the soldiers of the Great Shang, or the retainers of the King of Shang?
However, now under the death threat of the king of Shang, they seem to be unable to make any other choice, and in the end, Gongsun Sheng can only give up: "Please also ask the king to give Sheng a moment and let Sheng go to persuade the brothers." β
This time, Shang Xuan was quite satisfied with Gongsun Sheng's answer, and nodded slightly: "Okay, then the king will give you half a pillar of incense time, I hope you can make a choice as soon as possible, if you haven't given a reply yet, then don't blame this king for directly helping you make a choice." β
Gongsun Sheng bowed again, and then retreated into the boat, apparently to persuade Song Jiang to go. Watching Gongsun Sheng leave, Shang Xuan turned his head and glanced at Zhao Di who was behind him, and saw Zhao Di standing there calmly with a faint smile on his face, watching him subdue the bandits in Liangshan, he smiled and said: "I didn't expect that there are still a few people who are quite knowledgeable and courageous in this Liangshan, and the virtuous brother doesn't mind taking them into his account for his brother, right?"
Zhao Di shook his head slightly and said: "As long as it is the eldest brother, you value it, even if you go to accept it, the younger brother has nothing to say." β
Shang Xuan was very satisfied with Zhao Di's answer, and said with a smile: "Then you're welcome to be a brother." β
Shang Xuan's words seem to be asking himself, but in fact he doesn't mean to discuss with himself, at this time Shang Xuan is really showing his domineering, even if he doesn't agree, he will definitely not stop, on the contrary, if he stops it, he is likely to attack himself directly. This is not an inquiry, much less a temptation, but a warning.
Of course, Zhao Di understood the meaning of these words, so he would never oppose it in this situation, let alone obstruct Shang Xuan, on the contrary, this situation had long been in Zhao Di's calculations, only if Shang Xuan attacked the bandits in Liangshan, and then there would be hostility between him and Li Gang, and he would be able to wander between the two.
Why did Zhao Di never think of completely subduing the Liangshan bandits, that is, he had already had this kind of plan, the Liangshan bandits were just a bargaining chip in his hand, and only by throwing this chip could the two tigers compete for each other, so Zhao Di has always kept a distance from the Liangshan bandits, and only accepted Luda and Shi Qian as apprentices, firstly, because all the talents in Liangshan were not what he urgently needed; secondly, there were no really top-notch people in Liangshan who were worthy of Zhao Di's efforts to cultivate, that is to say, Zhao Di actually didn't look down on these peopleγ
Accepting Luda as an apprentice, firstly, because Luda is a man of temperament, and secondly, Luda himself rushed to find him;
Seeing that Zhao Di's face was calm, as if he really didn't care about the people in Liangshan at all, and there was nothing else to do at this time, Shang Xun smiled and said: "I heard that the virtuous brother has accepted two apprentices in Liangshan, I don't know if I can cut my love? β
For the further advancement of Shang, Zhao Di was still not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "I and the two are called master and apprentice, but in fact, there is no restraint on the two, if the eldest brother needs to, he can discuss directly with them, if they want, the younger brother has no words." β
King Shang obviously didn't expect Zhao Di to be so relieved of his two disciples, his eyes flashed slightly, and he smiled and said: "Brother Xian is really magnificent, in fact, being a brother is just a joke with Brother Xian, how can you be embarrassed to let Brother Xian cut his love." β
Zhao Di smiled and said: "The little brother is not joking, everything he said is true, the eldest brother just goes to them to negotiate." β
Shang Xun's face was unimpressed, and he waved his hand and said, "Say it again, let's talk about it!"