"Third brother," Wang Yan was still angry after returning to Situ's mansion, "King Zhao has not yet ascended to the throne, and the little official of Langya is so arrogant, why do you have to personally persuade him?

"He just didn't go any further, is there still a word from us now?" Wang Rong said lightly, "Sixth brother, don't you hear the strategy of going to the room to draw the ladder?"

"What does the third brother mean?"

"Think about how Shen Xiu dealt with Empress Jia. Wang Rong said calmly, "Isn't it also to send Jia Hou to a high place first, and finally pull the ladder." Zhao King Shen Xiu is now full of the temptation of the supreme position, and no one can stand in front of them. Then we will not only not block it, but also give them a ride. ”

"Let the princes of the world come to crusade against them?" Wang Yan already understood his third brother's plan, "But,"

"But the world will be in chaos, isn't it?" Wang Rong said what he thought for him.

"Third brother, if you act like this, won't the Shang Dongzhuo Rebellion be repeated back then?"

"Hmph, the lesser of two evils. Wang Rong said this with a flash of light in his eyes, "If you don't break it, you can't stand it." After the chaos of the Later Shang Dynasty, there was the world of the Great Zhou Dynasty. ”

"Third brother, is this really going to come to this point?" Wang Yan said worriedly, "Is there any other way?"

"Shangluo is now all under the control of King Zhao, and no one can turn the tables again. Wang Rong shook his head.

"I still can't figure it out, how can Shen Xiu, a poor man, bring the government to such a point today? Dong Zhuo was still reused by Emperor Shang Ling back then, and he was still the one in charge of the army. Isn't he, Shen Xiu, afraid that King Zhao will suddenly order him to be beheaded?"

"Sixth brother, you haven't understood it yet, Shen Xiu is not afraid of death at all, he can do anything for the sake of the upper position. When it was nothing, he dared to threaten a country's neutrality. This humble man is the kind of person who can make everyone in the world die as long as he can satisfy his own selfishness. ”

"Hey," Wang Yan sighed, "why is the situation so bad as it is today?" Knowing this, I should have agreed with you, Third Brother, at that time, and tried to protect the prince, even if we abolished Empress Jia, it would be much better than today's situation. ”

"This is the gap between us and these poor families. Wang Rong said: "They act without scruples, unlike us who are too involved, looking forward and backward, and in the end they can't do anything." ”

"Third brother, you have to think about it. If you really take the lead in persuasion, your reputation for the rest of your life will be ruined. People in the world will not understand the meaning behind your ladder in the upper room, and people in the world will only scold you for being inflammatory, and losing the face of celebrities. ”

"I'm in my nineties, and I still want those false names. I only hated that I couldn't always follow the footsteps of Ruan Ji and the others, didn't go to the temple, and wandered on the rivers and lakes. ”

Hearing Wang Rong's words, Wang Yan suddenly fell silent. After a long time, he raised his head again and said, "Third brother, then is our Jinyang Wang family bound to King Zhao, a big ship that is destined to sink? ”

"That's where I'm going to confer with you. Wang Rong was extremely solemn between his eyebrows when he said this, "Sixth brother, do you spare your life?"

Wang Yan was shocked, looking at Wang Rong's solemn eyes, and with his cleverness, he instantly understood his third brother's thoughts. He was silent for a moment, and then slowly spoke: "I understand, third brother, I will persuade you together." ”

"Well, you and I brothers will be able to accomplish this. Wang Rong suddenly shouted to the outside world, "Come in with a jar of wine." ”

After Uncle Wu came in with a puzzled look and took the jar of wine, he went out again with a puzzled face. Wang Rong opened the wine seal and poured two bowls.

"Come, since the death of Ji Kang and Nguyen, I have stopped drinking. How about you and my brother talk about the young maniac once today, and then indulge it again?"

"The third brother can have such an interest, how can I not accompany him. Wang Yan picked up a bowl of wine, and the brothers raised their necks and drank the two bowls of wine in one gulp.

"Hahahaha, okay. Ruan Ji Liu Ling was the best of this back then, and it is often said that the person who invented the brewing should be rewarded by the land and the territory. Brother Wei didn't think so, but now he drinks this thing again, and he knows that Ruan Ji's words are really wonderful. ”

The brothers drank bowl by bowl like this, and it was not long before the wine bottomed out.

"You and my brother take the lead in persuading, and King Zhao must be grateful to Dade. Taking this as an opportunity, I asked to release the children of my Wang family to assassinate the history of the two states. With such a return condition, I think that Zhao Wang Shen Xiu and others will not only not object, but will think that our Jinyang Wang family has been tied to them. ”

"The day they take office, it is time to raise the banner of righteousness. Wang Yan followed the words of his third brother Wang Rong and said, "In this way, our Jinyang Wang family is still the leader of a wealthy family in the eyes of the people of the world. ”

"Hahahaha, it's just you and me, these two old bones......"

"Our two old bones are old, so we'll just bury them in Shangluo. ”

"Sixth brother, do you think which of our Jinyang Wang family's children are suitable for releasing a state assassin?"

Wang Yan pondered for a moment before speaking, "Wang Dun and Wang Cheng." One is released to Yanzhou, and the other is released to Jingzhou. ”

"Oh, tell me why you chose these two states?"

"Third brother, is this taking the school examination for me?" Wang Yan laughed and said, "You and my brother have not been like this for many years. Yanzhou is the center of the world, and it is indispensable to hold high the banner of righteousness and unite the princes of Kwantung. ”

"What about Jingzhou?" Wang Rong asked again.

"Jingzhou has the solidity of Jianghan," Wang Yan said with another bowl of wine: "In case the coalition forces are unfavorable and return to the situation of discussing the defeat of Dong Zhuo, then Jingzhou will be more than enough to protect itself." ”

"Wang Dun has been fond of military books since he was a child, and his heroic spirit is the most prominent among the children, and he should be the assassin of Yanzhou. Wang Yan paused for a moment and continued, "Wang Chengqian Chong, a humble and virtuous person, from the advice, the most important person to protect the family, should be the assassin of Jingzhou." Third brother, do you think your sixth brother is properly arranged?"

Wang Rong pondered for a moment before he spoke: "Actually, I prefer to let Wang Cheng go to Yizhou. ”

"Yizhou and Jingzhou are fine, let's talk to a few others. Since he, Shen Xiu, wants to go upstairs, then we have to build this ladder to the sky as high as possible this time. ”

......

At the same time that the Wang brothers were drinking in their own house, there were also two big men drinking together in the Shili Long Pavilion in the northern suburbs of Shangluo City, and it was the third-grade barbarian monk and the fourth-grade merchant monk who watched Zhang Bu and Wang Tianci's sword comparison in Hongdu Academy that day.

"Brother Wang, you and I don't know when we will see each other again. To borrow the verse of a poet of your businessman: persuade the gentleman to drink a glass of wine, and there is no one in Yangguan in the west. ”

This extraordinary three-rank barbarian monk is none other than Liu Yao, the son of Liu Yuan, the current marshal of the Xiongnu left in the imperial court. The Xiongnu had unified the grasslands before the founding of the former Shang Dynasty and were veritable overlords outside the Saiwai. The former Shang and the Xiongnu fought for almost a hundred years, and finally defeated this steppe overlord. In the Later Shang period, the Xiongnu were divided into two parts, of which the southern Xiongnu went south and submitted to the Central Plains court and became an annexed state. After that, the Later Shang and the Southern Xiongnu jointly destroyed the Northern Xiongnu, and the title of the Saiwai Dashan Yu was returned to the leader of the Southern Xiongnu. At the end of the Later Shang Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Zhou at that time divided the Southern Xiongnu into three divisions and revoked the title of Shan Yu.

Liu Yao is the descendant of the Southern Xiongnu Da Shan Yu.

The Southern Xiongnu have been attached to the Central Plains for more than 300 years, and their upper class Xiongnu nobles have great admiration for the cultural clothing and even food customs of the merchants. When it was not annexed in those years, these high-ranking Xiongnu nobles imitated the customs and habits of the merchants everywhere. After more than 300 years, if they didn't still adhere to the tradition of the beard, no one would have been able to tell whether this person was a Hun or a merchant, and they would have almost become exactly the same as the merchants. This Liu Yao has been familiar with the scriptures and history since he was a child, and traveled around to study and apprentice, and Wang Mi was a confidant and friend he met when he studied under a great Confucian disciple in Jizhou.

The two have similar personalities, they are both extremely free and heroic people, and they became friends at first sight.

"Brother Liu, I think you, a proton, should not stay honestly in Shangluo as a proton. Wang Mi said with a smile after drying the bowl of wine, "Shangluo is going to be in chaos." At this time, no one will care about you, the Hun proton. Let's go back to your Pingyang, such a situation is the time for my generation to show their talents, don't waste any more time in the chaos of Shangluo. ”

"You, no wonder the teacher always said that you had a backbone in the back of your head, and this sentence is really not wrong at all. Liu Yao said with a smile: "Your father is also a dignified Great Jin Taishou, and you also attacked his title of Marquis of Ting, why do you always want to raise troops to make trouble, why do you live in peace." ”

"Born in troubled times. Wang Mi smiled and said: "You and I always feel that we can't build immortal achievements and leave a name in history when we can't meet the time of Gaozu Guangwu." God is pitiful, the Huangfu family is in civil strife by itself, God gives you such a big opportunity for people like me, you should devote yourself to it, and compete with the heroes of the world for that moment. That's how to live up to this life. ”

"If you and I meet on the battlefield in the future, what will Brother Wang do?" Liu Yao was still upright when he said this, without the slightest pretense.

"Fight the heroes of the world first, if the waves are sweeping the sand, you and me will be left in the end, on the battlefield, I will do my best to defeat you. I think you do the same. ”

"What a Qingzhou leopard!" Liu Yao praised from the bottom of his heart, "Brother Wang's words are very clear." After drinking this wine, don't pass by. He met on the battlefield one day, and then parted with Brother Wang. ”