During lunch, there were only four dishes and one soup on the table, and among the four dishes, only one dish was meat dishes, and the others were just vegetarian dishes, which could be said to be very shabby.

Fu Guodong, An Wanghai, Guan Mochen and Guan Kangan sat at the table, and there were no subordinates in the hall, let alone orderlies.

An Wanghai knew that this was deliberate by Fu Guodong, because he knew very well what kind of person Guan Mochen was, Guan Mochen was just like his son's name - Kang An.

Fu Guodong smiled: "Come, eat." ”

As soon as the words fell, Guan Kangan immediately got up, first serving a meal for Fu Guodong and An Wanghai, then his father Guan Mochen, and finally himself.

Fu Guodong exclaimed: "Mr. Guan, your education for your son is really commendable. ”

Guan Mochen just said lightly: "It should be." ”

During lunch, because of Guan Mochen's words to Guan Kangan, "Eat silently, sleep silently", the four of them had nothing to say.

It wasn't until after the meal that Guan Mochen put down his chopsticks and said: "Dashuai, you don't need to be like this in the future, I know that your living habits are different from mine, you don't have to arrange it like this every day in order to accommodate me, I am not a rigid person." ”

Fu Guodong just smiled awkwardly.

Guan Mochen said again: "After dinner, let's talk about business." ”

Fu Guodong immediately got up and said, "Okay, let's go to the study to talk." ”

Guan Kangan immediately cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and said at the same time: "Dad, then I'll go back to the room to warm the book." ”

Guan Mochen just said "um", and no longer cared about Guan Kangan, so he went to the study with Fu Guodong and An Wanghai.

After entering the study, Fu Guodong said bluntly: "Mr. Guan, I invited you to Yongcheng this time in the hope that you can save Yongcheng from the war. ”

Guan Mochen glanced at An Wanghai: "With all due respect, is it to save Yongcheng or to save you?" ”

Fu Guodong said: "Save Yongcheng and save the people." ”

Guan Mochen asked again: "Since this is the case, it is very simple, after the arrival of the revolutionary army, Fu Dashuai can open the city and surrender." ”

An Wanghai laughed secretly, this Guan Mochen really deserves his reputation, he doesn't go around in circles in everything, and every sentence is to the point.

Fu Guodong was not embarrassed, but said: "I am not afraid of the revolutionary army, but Chen Bozhong, you know, he is now playing the banner of the vanguard of the revolutionary army, I am afraid that before the revolutionary army arrives, let me surrender Chen Bozhong, once I surrender, what Chen Bozhong will do to me, how will he treat Yongcheng, it is difficult to say." ”

Guan Mochen nodded and said: "You have surrendered the Fenghua New Army, Chen Bozhong naturally does not dare to do anything to the people of Yongcheng, otherwise, once the revolutionary army arrives, he will definitely not let him go, so, in the final analysis, Fu Dashuai still wants to save himself." ”

Fu Guodong was silent,

An Wanghai felt strange at this time, it was impossible for Fu Guodong not to know that Guan Mochen was this kind of person, why did he invite him to add to his blockage? A Chen Bozhong, don't say that he Guan Mochen, even he can deal with it himself, what does this Fu Guodong want to do?

Fu Guodong, who had been silent for a long time, finally said: "Mr. Guan, I don't hide it, I want to unload my armor and return to the field, but in the past, I was a warlord, and I sought a lot of personal interests for myself, and it is not too much to say that I was corrupt and bent the law, my plan is to do something for the people of Yongcheng before the revolutionary army comes, this is the purpose of my invitation to Mr. to come, in fact, I have already put life and death out of the way." ”

An Wanghai looked at Fu Guodong with some surprise.

Guan Mochen glanced at An Wanghai, and asked again, "What does the big boss want me to do?" ”

Fu Guodong asked rhetorically: "What is Mr. willing to do?" ”

Guan Mochen smiled and said: "What I do, it depends on whether the handsome man is willing to give up power, and it also depends on how bold you are?" ”

Fu Guodong was puzzled: "Decentralization? ”

Guan Mochen nodded and said: "Yes, let's delegate power first, from tomorrow, all the affairs of the Governor's Mansion will be handed over to me and Mr. An, and it will be tried for seven days first, and after seven days, the commander will make a decision." ”

Fu Guodong said happily: "A word is a certainty. ”

Guan Mochen said with a straight face: "Handsome, this is not child's play. ”

Fu Guodong also said with a straight face: "It's definitely not child's play! ”

I don't know why, this conversation between Guan Mochen and Fu Guodong made An Wanghai a little scared, but he couldn't say why he was afraid.

After Guan Mochen and Fu Guodong agreed, they left the study and returned to the courtyard, followed by An Wanghai, but he didn't say a word.

It wasn't until the two of them came to the pavilion in the garden of the annex that Guan Mochen stopped and turned around and asked, "In the handsome study before, Mr. An has been silent, why?" ”

An Wanghai said: "There's no reason, it's just that I can't interject." ”

Guan Mochen hugged his fists and said: "What advice does Mr. An have, please make it clear." ”

An Wanghai shook his head: "I can't talk about advice, but I'm curious, why did Mr. Guan come to Yongcheng?" ”

Guan Mochen smiled: "Anyway, I'm not here for revenge. ”

An Wanghai laughed and said, "Mr. Guan has something in his words. ”

Guan Mochen said: "Since Mr. An's revenge has been avenged, then next, I hope you can focus on the overall situation." ”

An Wanghai looked directly at Guan Mochen: "You haven't answered my question yet, what are you doing in Yongcheng?" ”

Guan Mochen said: "Don't worry, I'm not here for Ling Jian, I know you're worried about this." ”

An Wanghai asked, "Why is that?" ”

Guan Mochen said: "Four words, set things right." ”

An Wanghai nodded and said, "I understand, you are an idealist." ”

Guan Mochen smiled: "Many people say this about me, since I have ideals, why don't I work hard to achieve them?" ”

An Wanghai asked: "Do you think you can do it on your own?" ”

Guan Mochen said: "It's man-made. ”

An Wanghai sighed slightly: "I have heard of your past deeds, but as far as the past is concerned, you have hardly succeeded, have you ever asked yourself, what is the reason?" ”

Guan Mochen hesitated for a while and said: "I am not talented, and I am greedy for life and afraid of death, which leads to giving up halfway." ”

"Halfway? In my opinion, Mr. Guan, every time you don't even start, you have already failed. An Wanghai bluntly said what he thought, "So this time, when Mr. Guan comes to Yongcheng, does he have any reason to believe that he will succeed?" ”

Guan Mochen said: "I didn't say that I would succeed, because on the road to the light, there are often many victims, and I am willing to be one of them." ”

An Wanghai asked: "I want to ask, Mr. Guan will put Yongcheng in order first, where are you going to start?" ”

Guan Mochen said: "In the past thousand years in China, the biggest problem is that the rulers have ignored the people at the bottom, so there will be peasant uprisings in all dynasties and generations, so to solve the problem of Yongcheng, it is four words - peasants and land." ”

An Wanghai agreed: "I agree, whether it is my prosperous China or this small Yongcheng, the peasant and land issues are the most urgent issues that should be solved at the moment, which is why Mr. Sun Yat-sen proposed 'equal land rights'." ”

Guan Mochen said: "Whether it is in Yongcheng or the whole country, the vast majority of the population are peasants, all of them are poor people, accounting for at least eighty percent of the population, but the power and economy are in the hands of those few people. ”

An Wanghai said with a smile: "This, I think, no matter how long it takes, cannot be changed." ”

Guan Mochen said: "Yes, so, even if some things are dreams, I have to try to complete them." ”

An Wanghai decided to wake up Guan Mochen: "Mr. Guan, you don't know that Fu Dashuai is also one of the three adults, right?" ”

Guan Mochen said: "Of course I know, and I also know that if Chen Bozhong didn't come to the city, he would be disdainful of me, but now, he can't protect himself." Before I came to Yongcheng, I had a headache, that is, the three families of Yongcheng, and now that Zhang Fuzhi has been knocked down by you, my head will be a little more comfortable. ”

An Wanghai said with a smile: "I understand, what Mr. An means is that as long as you and I cooperate sincerely, we can definitely put Yongcheng in order, save the people of Yongcheng from fire and water, and avoid the upcoming war, right?" ”

Guan Mochen nodded slowly: "That's right." ”

An Wanghai said: "I will do my best, I hope to succeed." ”

Guan Mochen hugged his fists and said, "Then Guan Mou thanked Mr. first." ”

An Wanghai returned the salute and watched Guan Mochen walk back to the big house opposite.

From An Wanghai's point of view, Guan Mochen is a person with noble ideals who comes out of the mud without being stained, but he is not an idealist who can see through reality.

Just a conversation, An Wanghai seemed to see Guan Mochen's future appearance.

"I hope so." An Wanghai looked at the big house where Guan Mochen lived and muttered to himself, "I hope that at the last moment, you will not despair of this world, but will only sigh that your life is not at the right time." ”

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"Realgar, Royal Rice, Thunder Pill, Benzoin, Mint, Night Xin......" Tang Anshu looked at the thousands of machine bags and other materials piled up in the room, and muttered to his companions this time.

Originally, there were Wu Sihe and Liu Luoqu, but why did the two escort Gongsun Zhu to Fengyan Island, it was too late to return, and what puzzled Tang Anshu the most was why Le Zhengxian disappeared mysteriously?

Early in the morning, he went to the hotel where Le Zhengxian lived, but was told by Yan Zhenguo and Xue Huichuan that Le Zhengxian came back last night and told them that he had something to do and left and never came back, and told them that if Tang Anshu came to find him, it would be convenient for Tang Anshu to go with him.

Because of the lack of manpower, Tang Anshu had to call Yan Zhenguo and Xue Huichuan.

Qiu Gubo and Qiu Yishan's father and son can't go, they can help An Wanghai if they stay, and the sharpshooter Bo Samadhi must also be left to An Wanghai, maybe they can save Wanghai's life at a critical moment.

That is to say, there are a total of nine people in Cangcheng on this trip, plus Tang Anshu, and on Hu Shen's side, the known people are Hu Shen, Zhang Dingfeng, Yunshang, One-legged Jin and Aconite, as well as an unknown number of Fengmanlou killers.

Although Hu Shen has the advantage in numbers, Ikeda Kei and his people going to the ancient tower should consume a small part of Hu Shen's manpower, and counting the distance from the ancient tower to the dungeon, he can be at least two days ahead of them.

So, I have to go tonight.

However, Tang Anshu still felt guilty in his heart, because when One-legged Jin pretended to be Gongsun Zhu, he told One-legged Jin that once he found out the real reason why Hu Shen and Yunshang found Ling Jian, he would immediately get rid of Hu Shen and get out with the aconite.

But how easy is it to say?

As the smartest and most sober person among the people in the trench, One-legged Jin asked sharply after receiving Tang Anshu's order: "Mr. Tang, you asked me to disguise myself as Gongsun Zhu, but in fact, the purpose was just to make me delay time, right?" ”

Tang Anshu did not deny it: "That's right. ”

One-legged Jin said coldly: "So, in fact, it doesn't matter to you whether you can save the aconitum or not, and your purpose is not here, on the contrary, you just threw the problem to me." ”

Tang Anshu still did not deny: "Yes." ”

One-legged Jin showed regret: "The Yaksha and the Night Stalker have become what they are today, and it is also in your expectation, because things have come to this point, it is beneficial to you, and you did not do your best to stop it, in order to send charcoal in the snow at a critical moment, let us remember your kindness, because you understand the character of our people, and we are all people who know how to repay our kindness." ”

Tang Anshu nodded silently.

One-legged Kim smiled, and the smile was far-fetched: "At least, you are very honest." ”

Tang Anshu said: "This is not honesty, it is my bottom line." ”

One-legged Jin said: "Yes, your bottom line is that you will not do things absolutely and leave room for maneuver, in addition, you are not willing to kill Hu Shen with your own hands, but you know that Hu Shen must die." ”

Tang Anshu said: "Although I don't recognize him as my master now, as far as he is concerned, it is equivalent to my second father, and I can't kill my father with my own hands." ”

One-legged Jin Dao: "So, you have used us, we have used our kindness, and we have been used to achieve your goals, only in this way will we follow you to Cangcheng and help you find Lingjian." ”

Tang Anshu said: "So to speak, you can also tell them the truth now." ”

One-legged Kim shook his head: "You know I won't, because we do owe you a favor." ”

Tang Anshu asked, "Am I despicable?" ”

One-legged Jin asked: "It depends on who you compare with, if you compare with Hu Shen, you are a good person." ”

Tang Anshu asked: "What about compared with An Wanghai?" ”

One-legged Jin said: "He is far more direct and honest than you. ”

Tang Anshu said: "So how does it compare with Cai Qianqing?" ”

The one-legged Jin looked directly at Tang Anshu: "Compared with Mr. Cai, you are a real villain." ”

Tang Anshu's heart ached, but he said: "It's okay, as long as you are not a hypocrite." ”

One-legged Jin said: "If we are still hiding this conversation, then you are really a hypocrite." ”

Tang Anshu said lightly: "Thank you." ”

One-legged Jin smiled miserably: "I just found out now that in fact, being a soldier is much easier and simpler than the local minister." ”

Yes, much simpler.

In fact, Tang Anshu knew very well in his heart from the moment he learned about the past of the trench that he finally had hope of cooperating with the people of the trench, of course, after the trench suffered heavy losses, and in this process, he must reach out to the people in the trench, and the final result was that everyone in the trench thought that they owed him and were willing to go with him to Cangcheng to find Lingjian.

So, does Tang Anshu really have the ability to stop this tragedy?

Tang Anshu didn't dare to think about it, and the one-legged Jin didn't ask in detail.

This is probably the dark side of Tang Anshu's heart.

This is probably the reason why one-legged Kim said that doing land is much simpler than doing recruitment.