In the side hall of the city lord's mansion in Qilian City, because the surrounding doors and windows are closed, it is difficult for the outside light to penetrate in, so even in broad daylight, the room is a little dim, and the position of the owner of this place is in the innermost, and half of the people sitting on it are hidden in a layer of hazy gray, and it is not real from the door.

Wei Ping, who was brought in by the people of the house, looked at the person opposite, but only slightly, his body bent slightly, and he didn't even hang his head, which can be regarded as a greeting, and he looked a little arrogant.

It's just that before he could speak, the person sitting on the main seat couldn't help but pat the armrest, stretched out his hand at once, pointed at Wei Ping with his finger, and asked loudly: "Bold! Who are you, why don't you kneel when you see this official?"

Wei Ping listened, smiled slightly, and shot back in a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant: "Under the surname Wei, you have to be favored by Your Majesty, entrusted with important tasks, and the official residence of the Imperial Doctor, even if you are Hu Yanzhuo himself, you are just the city lord of a small city, and you are just the county guard of the same place, how can you be virtuous, but let me bow down to you?"

These are the truths, according to the official rank, in this Weiguo territory, the people who are worthy of his Wei parallel salute are only Wu Heng and Emperor Wei Duanmu Shuofeng, and the others, no matter how powerful they are, are just equals, he Hu Yanzhuo is something, even if he is replaced by his own brother Hu Yanshi, because of the difference between civil and military, it has to be a step short of Wei Ping.

How could the people sitting above not know what the identity of this surnamed Wei was, this was a big celebrity in front of His Majesty the Emperor, and his status was not much more than that of Mr. Wu, it was indeed incomparable to himself, but what he wanted was just to give the other party a dismount, so he just snorted lightly, and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "Hmph, Lord Wei is really a great official!"

Wei Ping smiled indifferently, and then continued to retort-for-tat: "Although I am in a high position, I often feel like walking on thin ice, being a man and doing things, I have always been conscientious, I dare not slack off, I only hope to be able to do my job well, lest I live up to His Majesty's trust, and you are just a county guard, not to mention not going out of the city to greet the honorable driver, but I still dare to negotiate conditions with His Majesty the Emperor, if you want to compare this official authority, I am really inferior to you." ”

The person sitting on the throne listened irritably, and interrupted the other party very impatiently, and asked, "Okay! Lord Wei, don't play tricks here, let me ask you, what about Wei Chi Dan?"

Wei Ping not only did not answer, but asked the other party in turn, and asked in a deep voice without giving way: "It doesn't matter where General Wei Chi is, I would like to ask you, what are your intentions in doing this?

When Hu Yanzhuo heard this, he immediately gritted his teeth and roared: "You ask me what I want? That is naturally revenge, and there is revenge and revenge! Isn't this the axiom of the world, he did such a thing at the beginning, then he should think of the consequences, today's fruits are all the causes of yesterday, and he should have accepted them!"

No matter who deliberately arranged everything behind this, Hu Yanzhuo didn't care at all, of course, he didn't dare to dig deeper, because he knew that it would only make him more painful, and he couldn't avenge it, so it was better not to think about it, what he wanted now was just a goal to vent his anger.

Then again, it was indeed Wei Chidun who was the one who took the knife at the beginning, and no one forced him, it was his original knife that caused him to have no queen in Huyan's family, and he became an incomplete man, and he had to avenge this revenge no matter what.

The original compromise was just a helpless move, after all, even he understood that this matter is no wonder his brother is weak, because his arms can't twist his thighs, and eggs can't win stones, he swallows his anger, it doesn't mean that he accepts his fate, nor does it mean that he is relieved, on the contrary, he is just waiting for an opportunity, and now he finally has a good opportunity, so why should he let Wei Chidun go?

But he didn't want to, Wei Ping still didn't answer directly, but put on an extremely puzzled look, but his eyes seemed to penetrate the darkness, he was looking at Hu Yanzhuo's eyes, and asked: "This is really strange, let me ask you first, are you now a courtier of the Liang Kingdom or a courtier of the Wei Kingdom?"

In the middle of Wei Ping's deep question, he heard Hu Yanzhuo's breathing on the throne obviously stagnant, and his voice began to become a little muffled, "How about the courtiers of the Liang Kingdom, and what about the courtiers of the Wei Kingdom?"

Wei Ping stretched out his hands all of a sudden, and said eloquently: "If you still think that you are a courtier who defends the country, then you should naturally open the city gate immediately, go out of the city in person, and go to welcome Your Majesty into the city, after all, as a courtier, how can you negotiate with Your Majesty on any terms?" Besides, the person you want is still Your Majesty's own uncle, and he has made great contributions to David, so it is reasonable that you should not do this, as a courtier, embarrassing Your Majesty is already an unforgivable capital crime, regardless of the situation, blindly wanting to take revenge on an important minister is not the mentality that a courtier should have. ”

"What's more, I heard that the matter had already been decided a long time ago, and your Huyan family accepted the conditions for compensation, otherwise you wouldn't be able to sit here today, since the original matter has been over, how can you think of settling accounts after the autumn?

Hu Yanzhuo was so angry that he almost stood up and scolded when he heard the other party describe himself like this, but before he could make a move, Wei Ping suddenly changed his tone and said meaningfully: " But if you want to be a courtier of the Liang Kingdom now, then you should open the city gate, because the pursuers of the Liang Kingdom are behind, if you just block the way forward and do not let Your Majesty enter the city for refuge, then if Your Majesty is captured by the people of Liang Kingdom, you will not have any credit to repay the new master, on the contrary, if you take this opportunity to capture that person, and then open the city gate to welcome the people of Liang Kingdom into the city, it will be a great achievement, and it will not be difficult for you to be promoted to the third level, so what are you waiting for?"

"Bang Bang!"

Suddenly, from the invisible dark place, there was a sudden burst of crisp applause, and then he saw Gu Xuan stepping on his majestic steps and coming out from behind the main seat, Hu Yanzhuo saw this, quickly stood up, and carefully stepped aside.

He is a person who will judge the situation, especially when he knows what Da Liang has infiltrated the country, he has been completely frightened, and he is really loyal to Da Liang, and now his real master is standing here, how dare he sit?

Gu Xuan praised: "Mr. Wei is really not an ordinary person. ”

The reason why he said this was because Gu Xuan understood that if the other party just saw Hu Yanzhuo, he would never speak like that until everything was clear, then the only explanation was that he saw that something was wrong with the whole scene, and then deduced that he was here.

"Sinner Wei Ping, see the prince!"

Wei Ping just glanced at Gu Xuan slightly, and then immediately stretched to the ground, made a big salute, and was about to kneel down, Gu Xuan saw this, hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hands, helped him up, and then asked, "What is the crime of sir?"

He didn't waste time asking the other party why he knew him, because he knew that even if the other party didn't deduce it by his brain, he should have seen his own portrait, not to mention, his own features were too easy to recognize.

Wei Ping raised his head, made a very serious look, and explained: "In the lower body of Liang, but in the defense of the country for eight years, serving the enemy as the main, calling the enemy the emperor, failed to fulfill the responsibility of a Liangguo courtier, this is the crime of the minister." ”

Gu Xuan smiled, and then shook his head a little helplessly, he knew what the other party meant, so he didn't bother with this stubble anymore, but directly diverted the topic and asked, "Duanmu Shuofeng is just outside the city?"

Wei Ping nodded and said, "Yes, there are more than 200,000 other troops, all of whom are still outside and are not allowed to enter the city." ”

Gu Xuan bowed slightly, and then asked with an exquisite taste, "What does Mr. think?"

Wei Ping smiled slightly and said, "Lord Wang, I'm afraid you don't know yet, our Da Liang sent the person who pursued them this time, called Cao Yan." ”

When Gu Xuan heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and suddenly realized, and at the same time he was emotional, and at the same time, he was sad, thinking that the second brother had no last resort in his life, one link after another, without any flaws, how could such a person not be able to change his life?

"It's him, that's easy, let's wait here for now. ”

Although Cao Yan is different from Lu Dengyun, he is not counted as his subordinates who Gu Xuan, but he still doesn't need to risk opening the city gate, coming in with Duanmu Shuofeng, and then closing the door to beat the dog to take him down, now he just needs to wait first, keep in touch, wait until the pursuers behind him come, and then attack back and forth, after capturing Duanmu Shuofeng, this credit must still be counted on his head, because Cao Yan will not rob him, and according to this, Cao Yan's appearance must have been carefully arranged by the second brother, and he has no reason not to believe him.

In the past, Gu Xuan thought that it would be enough to share Gu Cang's worries, so he didn't fight or grab, and he didn't want to be in the limelight, grab a lot of credit, and how much reward, he even did something like kneeling and begging Lu Yi to return to Beijing to assist Gu Cang, proving that he really didn't think about whether to be crowned a king or not, but now it's different, Gu Cang is dead, and everything he left behind, he must get it, because he will never allow the second brother's relics to be taken away by others.

I have to say that as soon as Gu Cang died, he did get great spiritual growth, and the whole person has changed a lot inside and out, at least his responsibility has changed from the original county to a future country, and he can no longer fight or grab, because the roof that used to shelter himself from the wind and rain has now disappeared, he must be strong, he must fight, he must deter all small people, and scare away all unscrupulous people.

Wei Ping raised his eyes slightly and looked at Gu Xuan seriously, while he was also thinking silently, this time he was meeting Gu Xuan's gaze, and quickly lowered his head again, for the sake of His Holiness, as a courtier, it is a sin to look directly at the other party's face, but from the other party's expression, he read some sadness, and after a little thought, he understood what was going on, and while secretly sighing in his heart, he didn't dare to mention more on this kind of issue.

"Lord Wang, since I have seen you, the minister is also relieved, but I don't know if I can ask you for something?"

Gu Xuanhao waved his hand dryly, and then said: "Mr. for my great cause of great coolness, lurking behind enemy lines for eight years, hard work and high achievement, whoever forgets the good of Mr., Xuan can't forget, so sir, please speak, no matter what it is, as long as Xuan can do it, he will definitely not refuse." ”

After thinking for a while, Wei Ping said softly: "The more than 200,000 patriotic soldiers in the outside world are mostly from ordinary people, and it is not their fault that these two countries are at war, and I hope that the prince can tolerate their mistakes, don't kill them again, and let them go home when they have to capture Duanmu Shuofeng and others." ”

Gu Xuan squinted his eyes, looked at him, and after being silent for a few breaths, he suddenly grinned at the corners of his mouth, and said, "Sir is really good at figuring out the will, you have studied this king, right?

Hearing this, Wei Ping raised his head, straightened up, and looked at him as well, the corners of his mouth slowly curled.

"Hahahaha!"

"Hahahaha!"

The two looked at each other for a moment, and then laughed at the same time, but they confused Hu Yanzhuo next to him, not knowing what was going on.