"Who are these?"

"Big brother, these are my life-savers, if it weren't for the righteous to save me, I'm afraid I would have been in a different place. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Hearing his third brother say this, Liu Xuan suddenly bowed his hand in awe: "Thank you for saving your brother, Bosheng is grateful." ”

One of the four people on the opposite side stood up, and I saw that he was wearing a good silk robe, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, rhino skull and jade cheeks, he was really handsome and strange, and his bearing was extraordinary. There is also a jade pendant hanging around his waist, although Liu Jiu has not seen much, but he can also see that this piece of jade is a priceless treasure, hanging on his waist at the moment, it really complements the owner.

With a warm smile on his face, he said: "Brother Tai's words are wrong, and when the road encounters injustice, he should draw a knife to help, this is the style of my generation." Although I am dull, I also understand what righteousness is. ”

When Liu Xuan heard what this person said, he couldn't help but sigh: "Okay! What a great righteousness! Dare to ask what this benevolent brother is called? ”

"The surname of the contemptible person is Duanmu, a single name is given, the word Boya, and he is a native of Nanyang." The boy didn't know where to take out a folding fan, shook it gently and continued to introduce:

"This is Neiko and my two domestic servants, our master and servant four originally wanted to go to Yuzhou to join distant relatives, but on the way encountered officers and soldiers massacring refugees, I waited for a little help to save Liu Xiugongzi, but unfortunately those poor people suffered this disaster for no reason!"

When Liu Jiu heard Duanmu Ci say this, he sighed: "Brother Duanmu is really compassionate. ”

"My surname is Liu, my name is 縯, the word Bosheng, and I am also a native of Nanyang. This is my brother Liu Xiu, presumably you should know each other too. ”

After he finished introducing himself, he said with a little hesitation: "Since Brother Boya is a native of Nanyang, he must have heard of the names of my brothers. ”

Duanmu Ci smiled slightly: "I have heard a little." ”

Liu Xuan's eyes froze, staring at his eyes and asked word by word: "Then why does Brother Boya dare to stand here and talk to me, not afraid of being arrested by the court as a chaotic minister and thief?" ”

He put away the folding fan nonchalantly, patted it lightly on his left hand, and said very meaninglessly: "Since I dare to save Brother Ling under the hands of officers and soldiers, what are I afraid of the imperial court?" ”

"Haha, that's good! In this case, it is better to go into my camp to rest for a while, so that my brother and I can repay Brother Duanmu's kindness. ”

"Then I'll be disrespectful."

"Please." Liu Xuan waved his hand and introduced Duanmu Ci and others into the camp.

Liu Jiu has always been bold, it turned out that when he was in his hometown of Chungling, he was good at making friends with chivalrous people, and at this moment he saw that Duanmu Ci was talking extraordinary, so he also had the heart to make friends. He put on a banquet and invited Duanmu Ci to take a seat, and even Gao Yuan and Zhang Aijia, who were domestic servants, had a place.

And Liu Xiu is calm and not good at words. But in the face of their own life-saving benefactors, the brothers showed twelve points of enthusiasm, and kept beckoning everyone to eat meat and drink wine.

The liquor of the Western Han Dynasty was rice wine with a low degree, and because there was no distillation technology, it looked turbid and slightly bitter in the mouth.

Duanmu Ci didn't mind, as long as someone toasted him, he would not refuse, and after drinking more than a dozen bowls of belly, he still talked and laughed with everyone without changing his face. This made Liu Xuan couldn't help but look at him again.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone also drank away, and they also let go of many guards and scruples, and began to call brothers and sisters.

Liu Xuan put the wine cup in his hand on the case, pretended to be drunk and said to Duanmu Ci: "I don't know what Brother Boya thinks of the current imperial court?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the banquet was silent, and even a needle could be heard falling on the ground.

This sentence seems ordinary, but it is secretly mysterious. Although today's general trend can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, after all, the center is still there, although Liu Xuan and others are called "righteous army" in a good way, but in the eyes of ordinary people, they are just anti-thieves.

Now Liu Jiu's question makes it difficult for ordinary people to answer, after all, a thief makes you evaluate the current dynasty, and it is really difficult to talk about this matter.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, Liu Xiu hurriedly stood up and said, "Big brother, you are drunk, come, I will take a cup of Jingen Gong instead of my eldest brother." As he spoke, he raised his head with a cup in both hands and drank it all.

The corners of Duanmu Ci's mouth rose slightly, and he raised his glass and said: "Uncle Wen (Liu Xiubiaozi) brother is polite, Ci is a vulgar person, and he has no special views on the current court, but the Duke of Xuan asked, then I will be ugly." ”

"Today's imperial court can be described as a wind and rain, like a pavilion of rotten wood, as long as the slightest wind and rain will collapse. And in my opinion, today's saint is not a good lord, since the Tianfeng years, often change the law, the implementation of the ancient system is also to make the anger of the people, inside and outside the court are some wine bags and rice bags, only know greedy for pleasure, the people are so poor and forced to levy harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, so that there are heroes in various places to rise up, for the people to ask for their lives. This is the face of the lost country. ”

Duanmu Ci's words were loud and impassioned, which calmed everyone present.

Liu Xuan slammed the wine cup on the case, laughed and said, "Haha! Brother Boya has such an insight, and I have always been worried that Brother Boya will say something sour like 'loyal and patriotic' like those rotten Confucians. It's me who blames you, come on, come on, foolish brother punishes himself! ”

Duanmu Ci hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Duke Xuan is too famous. It's just telling the truth. ”

"But ....." He muttered for a moment.

"But what?"

"I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Oh? But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Duanmu Ci raised the wine cup and asked Liu Xuan: "I watched the recent military direction of Duke Xuan, and I must have a plan for Wancheng?" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Liu Xuan's subordinates drew their swords and stood one after another, glaring angrily at Duanmu Ci.

This sentence should not have been asked, after all, this is an important matter for other people's military aircraft, and you are an irrelevant person asking this, doesn't it make others suspect where you are a spy and want to spy on the military?

"Sit it all down for me! Brother Boya is a distinguished guest I invited, what is the problem with this? Anyway, others are not stupid, and they can probably guess a thing or two by looking at our movements. ”

Liu Xuan scolded his subordinates, then turned his head to Duanmu Ci and said with a smile: "I won't tell you, it's true that as Brother Boya said, our Lingling army has coveted Wancheng for a long time, as long as Wancheng is captured, our army will make up for both grain and grass and weapons, and there will be no worries anymore." ”

After listening to Liu Xu's words, Duanmu Ci couldn't help but shake his head and said, "In my humble opinion, attacking Wancheng is indeed a bit inappropriate now. ”

"I want to hear about it."

"First, there is a huge disparity in power. Wancheng is a big city in Jingzhou, there are 3,000 soldiers in the city, and the high wall of the city is thick and surrounded by water on three sides, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the Duke of Xuan intends to enter Wancheng, it will be difficult to get what he wants without 5,000 elite soldiers. ”

"The second is that although the current court has declined, the hundred-legged insects are dead but not stiff, and the whole country, how many people with armor are more than 100,000? In the face of such a behemoth, it is not good to be targeted. If you attack Wancheng, it won't work, and if it does, it will be equivalent to stabbing a hornet's nest. The imperial court will definitely send a large army to conquer, and when the time comes, will the Duke plan to abandon the city and flee? Or fight to the death? ”

"This ....." Liu Xuan was speechless when Duanmu gave a seat, he originally thought that as long as Wancheng was defeated, then there would be no need to worry about the supply of troops and food, and it would be logical to become the lord of Nanyang next. But these are all based on the defeat of Wancheng, what if it can't be defeated? Or if it is defeated, the court will send people to ask for it, what should I do?

Thinking of this, Liu Jiu was shocked into a cold sweat, and felt that his back was about to get soaked. He hurriedly stood up from the seat and bowed to Duanmuci: "Thank you Mr. for what you said, you almost caused a catastrophe!" ”

"What should I do next, I think Mr. has already taken some countermeasures, and please teach me."

Duanmu Ci wanted his words, he was secretly happy in his heart, pretended to mutter for a while, and said: "Well, since it's all said here, then I might as well say a little more." ”