Feng Changqing entered the tent, and was not surprised to see Yan Xiaosi and Tian Zhen, nodded slightly, and then crossed his hand to Li Siye and said: "Tai Lieutenant, the supervising army Xing Yanen has just gone to find the last general, and the implication is that I will take refuge in the Marshal's Mansion marching Sima Li Fuguo, and I also gave the last general a pig waist of three hundred taels. At this juncture of the great battle, in order not to make these eunuchs get in the way, the last general had to temporarily accept it, but the last general knew the seriousness of this matter, and came to report to the captain to show his heart. ”

Li Siye nodded and said: "You did the right thing, being too rigid is not the best choice, it is better to be able to be false and wronged." You go down first, don't make Xing Yanen suspicious. ”

After Feng Changqing left, Tian Zhen stood behind the curtain and looked at his back suspiciously: "If he is a wavering wall-riding faction, trying to eat both sides, and then choose to take sides when the critical moment comes, wouldn't it be very dangerous for us." ”

Li Siye smiled: "If you choose with reason, the wall-riding faction is indeed the best attitude at the moment, but my time in the Anxi Army is far longer than Feng Changqing's, and he himself knows this, I believe he will not make a dangerous choice easily, let's wait and see." ”

He turned to the two of them and said, "After you go down, you must always keep an eye on Yu Chaoen and Xing Yanen, and always beware of them stumbling on Zang Xiye and Feng Changqing. ”

"Whoa!" After the two crossed hands in unison, they slowly withdrew from the big tent.

Li Siye sat back in front of the desk, and gently tapped his forehead with melancholy, there is no absolute loyalty in this world, everyone's choice is related to the current situation, he naturally has to be vigilant at all times, give them hope at the same time, and not let them have too much hope.

Once the battle of Luoyang is over, Li Heng takes his Lao Tzu back from Shuzhong, his suspicion of military generals will soon surface, and he is of course the first to be targeted, even Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi and others cannot get out of such a crisis of trust.

At this time, the night was thick, everything was silent, and the occasional wolf howl sounded in the sky. He was about to cover up the quilt and fall asleep, when the guard suddenly said outside the tent: "My lord, someone asked to see him, and he claimed to be from Shu. ”

Li Siye perked up, sat up from the floor with his hands propped up, and immediately responded: "Please come in." ”

A person lifted the curtain and entered the tent, and saw that he was dressed as a fisherman in a robe, wearing a hat on his head and couldn't see his face clearly, Li Siye frowned and asked suspiciously: "Your Excellency got lost in fishing late at night?" Why did you come to my Chinese army tent late at night? ”

The man took off the hat from his head and threw it on the ground, revealing a face with hard lines like a stone carving, and the scar on his left eye was still obvious.

"Zhang Xiaojing?" Li Siye was taken aback: "You are from Shuzhong?" ”

Zhang Xiaojing nodded silently, turned to the outside of the tent and said, "Master Wei, you can come in." ”

Lifting the curtain and entering the door was a scholar in a robe, but his eyes were a little heavy, and at first glance he was a brother who often stayed up late and hurt his nerves.

Zhang Xiaojing crossed his hands to Li Siye and said: "I am from the command of Chen Xuanli, the general of Longwu in Shuzhong, and I have come to join Dr. Li. It's just that Chen Xuanli originally refused to let go, but later agreed, and the exchange condition was that I would bring this Wei Yingwu son to meet you. ”

Li Siye said happily: "I'm glad that you can come, there is just a lack of one to join the army around me." ”

Zhang Xiaojing directly knelt down on one knee and refused: "I came to join the doctor, not for the official position, but to be able to kill the rebel on the battlefield with my own hands." I asked the doctor to let me join the Anxi army, I can be a jumper, I can be a crossbowman, but don't let me be an officer. ”

Li Siye also knew this person's temperament, and said calmly: "As the saying goes, people make the best use of their talents, you used to join the army, you were a bad marshal, and you were also a lieutenant of the Longwu Army, even if you are transferred at the same level, it is not too much to be a captain." Rest for the time being tonight, tomorrow I will send someone to send you to Feng Changqing, the envoy of the Anxi Xingying Festival, now rest for the time being. ”

Zhang Xiaojing didn't insist on his request anymore, but crossed his hands and said, "Thank you, Doctor Li." ”

He immediately instructed the guards outside to let him settle Zhang Xiaojing in a resting military tent. Zhang Xiaojing stood up, saluted Li Siye again, and turned to follow the guards. After so many years of not seeing each other, the relationship between the two has become estranged a lot, and the reason for this estrangement is the change in the gap between the identities of the two. Zhang Xiaojing has more of a ranger temperament, and he also has a casual attitude towards things such as official rank and status, otherwise Tianbao Sanzai's desperate efforts on the first night would have been exchanged for Feihuang Tengda.

Until Zhang Xiaojing went out, this Wei Yingwu Gongzi always stood quietly on his side, without any additional expression. Until Li Siye took the initiative to ask him: "The son is from Shuzhong?" But you're here to deliver the letter? ”

"I have been the guard of the Emperor since I was fifteen years old, and now the Emperor is afraid that something will happen, so I have been sent to contact the doctor."

Li Siye stood up from the felt mat in a middle single, paced back and forth and said: "Life is inherently changeable and unpredictable, even the Son of Heaven is no exception, the change you are talking about has already happened, since the emperor came from Chang'an to Xingshu, the world is in danger, not to mention the emperor." Now that the world is moving, what can the emperor do? “

Wei Yingwu put his hands behind his back, with a calm and calm posture of a traditional lobbyist, and said eloquently: "Although the emperor escaped from Chang'an, although he was criticized by the world, he has been the son of peace for 40 years, and he has also created a unique Kaiyuan prosperous era. He has been in power for many years, and his experience and insight are not many times higher than that of His Majesty today. The doctor is honest and sincere, but he remembered the old kindness of the emperor, and he made good use of you, so that there are 100,000 soldiers in the three towns under the command of the doctor today. ”

"And if the emperor expects it to be good, when today's son is quite jealous of the doctor, he can tolerate you for a while, and he can tolerate you for a lifetime, and once the son of heaven and a courtier, this is a truth known to the ancients. Besides, when the emperor was in power, he had already named you the king of the county, what can the new monarch use to show his favor to you, at most he is a third duke with a false name, that's all. And how kind the emperor is to you, in the past, he crowned you as the king of Xiliang County, and built a luxurious palace in Chang'an City, even if he has now taken refuge in Xichuan, but the trust in you generals is comparable to His Majesty today? ”

Li Siye turned his head and suddenly smiled: "An Lushan's rebellion is a watershed, from that moment on, whether it is the Emperor Taishang or the emperor, their mentality has changed, and it is no longer possible to use yesterday to equalize." Emperor Taishang was also quite kind to Gao Xianzhi in the past, but he listened to the words of a eunuch villain and beheaded him on the head of Tongguan City. ”

"No, it's different after all." Wei Yingwu's voice was a little excited: "Today's emperor is definitely different from today's emperor, I think you still can't be realistic, Doctor Li." ”

Li Siye said: "Okay, since you want to talk about reality, I'll talk to you about reality, do you think the emperor can live past the emperor?" ”

Wei Yingwu's face showed anger, but he was silent. Unexpectedly, Li Siye asked and answered himself: "I can live." ”

He continued: "But if you think about it a little longer, after a hundred years, the Emperor Taishang and the emperor will choose who will inherit the stall of the Tang Dynasty, when all the kings are already in their twilight, and the third generation has already stood out, who is the best in the third generation?" In the past, when he was in Xingqing Palace, who was the emperor's favorite grandson? The son of the eternal king? Or is it the son of King Shou? Neither. He may have a grudge against his son, but his relatives made him very fond of the emperor's eldest grandson. Two generations of emperors will choose the same heir, does the rift between them mean anything to us generals? ”

Wei Yingwu's face was stunned, and he didn't know how to answer.

What Li Siye wants to say is not finished: "Since ancient times, most of the people who have been close to each other and actively participated in the internal struggle of the royal family have no good end, such as the eldest grandson Wuji, Lai Junchen, and the close ones such as Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong. Besides, no matter who has the upper hand between the Emperor Taishang and His Majesty, it must be Li Yu, the king of Chu, who will inherit the throne, for a person who sways left and right between his father and grandfather, repeatedly jumping sideways, what will he do after he becomes the emperor in the future? Can he be allowed to jump sideways any longer? ”

After Wei Yingwu heard these words, he stared at him deeply, and without saying anything, he turned around and walked out of the tent, Li Siye weighed it in an instant, and suddenly said to his back: "The emperor is about to send someone to Shuzhong to pick up the emperor back to Chang'an, if the emperor can stay in Shuzhong on the grounds of illness, it will be good for himself and the world." But if you enter Chang'an, it is equivalent to entering a cage. ”

Wei Yingwu didn't look back and said, "The Emperor misses Chang'an very much, how long do you want him to stay?" ”

"It would be better if we could wait until the counterinsurgency was over."

"How does this help the Emperor? At that time, the emperor's power was solid, and returning to Chang'an was more like being in a cage, which was what the emperor was most concerned about. ”

Li Siye Yao crossed his hands in the direction of Shuzhong and said: "If the Emperor can wait until the end of the counterinsurgency to return to Chang'an, his subordinates will have their own rewards." ”