Chapter Forty-Eight: The Guest
"Master also has his own plans!" Shen Chengping, the way of nature, had some sympathy for Zhu Yuyan's meddling in the matter of the Dragon and Tiger Gate, but he still persuaded: "Now that the door is not responsible for the collapse of the party, it is very unstable, and it will split if it is not careful, and the master also wants to stabilize the situation." ”
"Of course I know, but sometimes the times don't wait for anyone!" Shen Chengping sighed and said: "Sometimes the battle for dominance in the world is a line, and I know the people in the door best, most of them are just some flies and dogs, and they only see the little interests in front of them, and they have been co-opted by Lin Shihong, how can they know the general trend of the world!" ”
Speaking of this, Shen Chengping's eyes flashed, and he said: "After swallowing Lin Shihong and the Iron Cavalry Association this time, our Dragon Tiger Gate will be the biggest force in Jiangnan, and as long as there is a year of hard work, continue to purge those forces in Jiangnan and horse bandits in various places, even if it is Song Valve, they can only cooperate with us, and those people in the door have not yet learned the lesson?" Their level, when Northern Qi turned from strong to weak, it was because they repeatedly made stupid moves! ”
Shen Chengping is talking about an old thing decades ago, in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi competed, when the national strength of the Northern Qi was stronger than the Great Zhou, the Yin Kui faction spent a lot of thought, secretly controlled the Northern Qi Dynasty, but they fainted frequently, the national strength of the Northern Qi Dynasty declined greatly, but the Northern Zhou Dynasty under the hard work of Emperor Wu of Zhou greatly increased, destroyed the Northern Qi, and later Emperor Wu of Zhou died young, the crown prince Yu Wenyun succeeded to the throne, indulged in wine, cruel and easy to kill, the Northern Zhou Dynasty lost the hearts of the people, which gave Yang Jian the opportunity to replace the Zhou with Sui, founded the current Sui Dynasty.
The original thing is only a few decades away from now, and even Zhu Yuyan has personally experienced it, but it is obvious that the Yin Kui faction has not learned the original lesson, and the political mind is still touching, just like modern saying, vision determines achievement, these people are short-sighted, and they are still self-righteous, no wonder they have never won Cihang Jingzhai for so many years. It is precisely because of this that Shen Chengping has been thinking of cleaning up some of the old people of the Yin Kwai Sect and letting some others take the throne instead.
"Brother Ping, don't worry about this, it just so happens that Shizun asked me to take charge of the Yinkui faction during this time, we can also take the opportunity to rectify the Yinkui faction, even if Shizun knows at that time, the wood is already in the boat, and we can only accept it!" The jade fingers like green onions lightly tapped on Shen Chengping's head.
"Haha, Master didn't accept it, in fact, I'm afraid she already knew a little bit about what we were going to do, but this time it was just pushing the boat!" Shen Chengping couldn't help but gently pinched the bridge of Wanwan's lovely nose and smiled.
"Seriously!" Wanwan wrinkled her nose slightly, stared at Shen Chengping with both eyes and asked, "Why don't I know?!" ”
"Silly girl, you just didn't think about it!" Shen Chengping continued: "Otherwise, why didn't Master choose to retreat in the Valley of Hundred Flowers, but went directly to Hebei? It's not that I don't want to be found by those people, but since the last time Master persuaded me to quit the army, Master and I have already reached a consensus on this matter. ”
After discussing with Wanwan, Shen Chengping specially summoned a guest, who was also a key figure in the original plot, and this was also the first official meeting between Shen Chengping and the other party.
The two people met in the courtyard, someone had already set up the wine utensils, a delicate small stove, the charcoal fire was burning, the wine was fragrant, the sweet and mellow was like the fragrance fluttering, the wine was good wine, the wine glass was refined from white jade, and the two people drank together at the same table.
Drinking a glass of Chinese wine, let the wine brew slowly in the mouth, and slowly feel a cool feeling welling up in my heart, as if a cool breeze is blowing, and an extremely comfortable feeling in my chest is surging.
"Good wine!" He is not a good drinker, but he also knows that such a drink is rare: "This wine is slightly astringent in the mouth, but it slowly swells up in the chest, and even better is the last faint floral fragrance, which is the fragrance of apricot blossoms!" With that, he took another sip of wine, closed his eyes, and slowly felt the wine in his mouth.
Shen Chengping gently turned the wine glass in his hand, the creamy wine glass shimmered with blurred brilliance in the sun, the clear wine rippled slightly, and there were a little petals on it, as if it was a little Huazhou, Shen Chengping said: "This is the famous wine in the apricot blossom building, calling the apricot blossom wine, which is made from the apricot blossoms, and the water used is the dew of the Qingming Dynasty, which is the most fragrant and pleasant, and the petals on it are dried apricot blossom petals, and the warm wine is more flavorful!" ”
"I have also heard the name of this apricot blossom wine, but I didn't have the opportunity to taste it, I didn't expect that there are so many ways to brew it, no wonder I can have such a reputation, this time I can drink this apricot blossom wine, it is also worth the trip!" Said in vain.
Shen Chengping smiled: "So you can drink more, I don't talk about other things here, the wine is definitely enough!" ”
The two then talked some gossip, Shen Chengping asked about the things in those places in Jingling, one of the virtual lines came together, he was originally a person from Jingling, and he was quite organized to speak, and the virtual line suddenly asked: "The master of the Shen Sect is now in charge of the Dragon and Tiger Gate to the south of the Yangtze River, I don't know what to do next?" ”
Shen Chengping knew the other party's intentions as soon as he heard it, this virtual action was the military advisor who gave advice to Kou Zhong in the original plot, and his intelligence was not described much in the book, but when Kou Zhong was not doing his business all day long, he managed the forces of one side in an orderly manner, and his talent was absolutely extraordinary, and it would not be worse than the so-called heroes of Lingyan Pavilion later.
Because of this, Shen Chengping has always paid attention to the relevant information, and when he found this person, he invited him to Longhumen many times, but the so-called king wants to choose a minister, and the minister also chooses a king.
Shen Chengping slowly drank a glass of wine and said slowly: "Yang Guang returned from the three expeditions to Goryeo, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the construction of canals and other labors drove the people to the extreme, such as today, although the Sui court has not perished, but it is no longer able to control the situation in the four directions, just like the current Jiangnan, most places no longer follow the orders of the imperial court!" ”
Xu Xingzhi nodded, but he didn't speak, now the situation is obvious, as long as he cares a little, he can see that what he wants to hear is not these general talks, if Shen Chengping's next words are as uninnovative as now, I am afraid it will not be possible to impress Xuan Xingzhi to work for him.