In the past, the imperial capital of Luoyang was deserted, but the once prosperous streets were deserted, and a broken corner of the palace could be faintly seen under the sunset.

A carriage stopped on the Tianjin Bridge, and Xu Bin, dressed in sackcloth, stepped down from the carriage, stretched out his hand and scanned the palace wall in front of him.

Shi Siming's army guarding Miyagi knew that he was a messenger sent by Li Siye, and opened the corner door with an expressionless face and waited for him to enter.

Xue Song, as Shi Siming's confidant and courtier, also personally walked out of the palace gate to greet him, and the two smiled and exchanged hands. Xue Song led the way in front and said, "Gong Xu, please." ”

During the journey between the two of them from Duanmen to Miyagi and then to Mingtang, Xue Song began to test Xu Bin verbally: "Duke Xu, now that your lord Li Siye monopolizes Guanzhong Longyou, but he supports a royal child surnamed Li as the emperor, is it because he wants to learn from the Cao family to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes." But the orthodox emperor of the Tang Dynasty is still there, and you can't hold it back, but make an imposter to confuse the real with the fake? But this festival of the Tang Dynasty makes no one a fool. ”

Xu Bin smiled indifferently: "Where can the truth and falsehood of things in this world be clear?" Everything is measured by strength, and when the real is self-defeating, the false becomes true. ”

Xue Zhen snorted a few times after hearing this, and followed his words and said, "You are right, whether it is true or not, the banner of the Li clan will not be useful one day." ”

"You're right, what people in the world care about is not who can be in the world, but who can give them peace and stability."

The two secretly talked for a few rounds, and Xue Song introduced him into the tall and majestic Ming Hall, where Shi Siming could be vaguely seen sitting on the imperial steps in a yellow robe, and on both sides of the hall sat the civil and military officials he had pieced together from everywhere.

Xu Bin walked up, bowed to Shi Siming, and said, "Xu Bin sees Emperor Xiongwu of Great Yan." ”

Shi Siming looked at the mask on Xu Bin's face and asked with some surprise, "Why don't you show your true face?" ”

Xu Bin calmly replied: "Zaixia's face was burned by a fire, I'm afraid it will tarnish the emperor's face." ”

Shi Siming did not continue to delve into this issue, and he was not so low-level as to slander his appearance, but said quite smugly: "I don't know if Xu Xiang represents the puppet emperor of the Tang Dynasty or Li Siye?" ”

"Oh. What do you mean by that? ”

Shi Siming said with a smile: "If it represents the Tang Emperor, then in my eyes, only Li Heng, who retreated to Jiangdong, is the real Tang Emperor, and the one you support is an impostor." If you come to talk to me on behalf of an impostor, you are not giving me face. ”

"If you represent Li Siye, he does have this qualification in terms of momentum, but his official position is not big enough, I am the emperor and he is just a courtier, logically speaking, he has to come to see me in person, and only send you here is such a thing?"

As soon as Shi Siming's words fell, the ridicule of his group of courtiers sounded in the entire hall, and Xu Bin still stood proudly, not affected by the ridicule of these people.

"In the past, the Son of Heaven was called the most noble, but the saint was not noble, the sage was not noble, and Zhou Gong Yiyin was not a great talent, not as good as those mediocre monarchs who did not seek government in their positions? Not as good as those short-lived monarchs who took advantage of the situation to cause chaos, but crossed history like meteors? Wei Wu Cao Cao was not crowned in his life, so he couldn't afford to be called a saint? Yuwen Tai Rong Ma life, Xing Juntian, Kaifu soldiers, his exploits are comparable to Sima Min, Liu Yuan, Shi Le, Murong Yun, Feng Ba, Tuoba Tao, Gao Huan, Xiao Daocheng and so on? ”

Shi Siming stood up angrily, walked to the edge of the imperial staircase and glared at Xu Bin and said, "Li Siye is just a clown who jumps in the footsteps of others, dare to be on a par with Zhou Gong, Yi Yin, Cao Cao, and Yuwentai?" ”

Xu Bin quickly shot back: "Now that the situation is unstable, the world is undecided, and the victory or defeat is not yet known, how do you know that he can't be compared with them." With the current situation, our lord monopolizes Guanzhong with the Flying Tiger Iron Cavalry, takes Longyou, Fuhexi, dominates the party, and has more than 200,000 strong soldiers. ”

"You fart! There is such a thing as putting gold on your master's face, I can't fight him, why are you here? He is just relying on the danger of the terrain of the party, and the sturdiness of Tongguan is just a shrinking turtle, you let him lead the troops out to fight with me, Lao Tzu will definitely beat him to lose his armor and wipe out the whole army! ”

Xu Bin said with a smile: "You are right, my lord is indeed inferior to you, it took a lot of effort to obtain this treasure land in Guanzhong, and it took a lot of effort to stabilize Laochao Hexi, so I relied on the terrain advantage to fight against you." But now the one who really has the advantage of terrain is not Deng Jingshan who occupies Taiyuan? At the beginning, you and my lord agreed to deal with the imperial court together, and our lord took the party and entered the pass, and you attacked Yunzhong Taiyuan to obtain Hedong. But I didn't think that in the end, I broke through the Shangdang, Puzhou Jiangzhou, and crossed into Guanzhong from Pujin, but you returned under Taiyuan City, if you say so, in fact, the strongest in the world is Deng Jingshan in Hedong? ”

Xu Bin put up his hands and said to himself: "If that's the case, then I've come to the right place this time." You were defeated in the hands of Deng Jingshan, but you joined forces with him to attack my lord, do you think Deng Jingshan can help you unify the north? You couldn't be more wrong to think so. But don't forget that he is Li Heng's loyal dog, once he breaks through the Shangdang and takes Jinpu to pass Guanzhong, the first thing he has to do is to put Guo Ziyi, who is entrenched in Hanzhong and Shuzhong, and then welcome Li Heng back to Guanzhong from Nanyang, and then he will still attack you as a traitor. ”

Shi Siming raised his eyebrows and asked, "In your opinion, I should unite with Li Siye?" Hmph, to unite with him is to seek skin with the tiger, do you think I don't know? How many times has he cheated me? ”

Xu Bin shook his head and smiled: "The emperor is wrong, you think that Deng Jingshan seems to be isolated and helpless, but behind him is Li Heng and the stubborn forces that defend them. The real isolation and helplessness is the emperor, you and my lord, if we don't unite again, will we wait for the future Zheng Huajie to make Xu Shuji, Chen Xu Jiedu to envoy. Xu Si Jiedu envoys, as well as Ziziqing Jiedu envoys, Xiangyang Jiedu envoys, these people helped Deng Jingshan defeat us one by one under the joint efforts of the imperial court? In the eyes of others, we are rebellious, and we cannot share the same sky as them. ”

Shi Siming asked with an incredulous look on his face: "Li Siye lives in Guanzhong and has already driven Li Heng to Jiangdong, can he still be so cowardly?" ”

Although Li Heng was defeated, most of the land in the world is still his, and most of the envoys in the world are appointed by him, and if they are not careful, they will make a comeback. And we all know that Deng Jingshan is mostly a corrupt Confucian, and this person will not surrender no matter what. Your Majesty, if you unite with him today, you can be regarded as truly seeking the skin of the tiger. ”

Shi Siming nodded slowly, and then a smile flashed on his face and said, "In this case, I can unite with Li Siye and stop attacking the Shangdang." But Deng Jingshan has occupied Taiyuan Yunzhou for a long time, which is a great threat to Lone. Now that I occupy Luoyang, I am also threatened by Chen Xujiedu's envoy Wang Zhongsheng, so I need a part of my troops to garrison Luoyang. I have only one request for the union of our two families, that is, to solve Deng Jingshan as soon as possible, you must be the main force, and since I can't draw troops, I can cooperate with the Hexi Army as support. How is it? ”

Xu Bin thought silently, thinking that this Shi Siming was really deceitful, in his eyes, this Deng Jingshan was a hot potato, and after others went to catch it first, he would go to pick the fruit ready-made. But how can things in the world be completely certain?