Chapter 50: The Scheming of Zhongjue in Troubled Times

Zhong Roulan immediately looked at Zhong Jue standing at the head of the city with a complicated expression, and said in her heart: "Old fox! It turns out that your means are here, no wonder you are willing to give up the position of the city lord of Dongyang. ”

Tang Yuan, who was originally doing a good job of attacking posture, was confused at this time, why did Zhong Jue appear in Chuzhou, and what was even more puzzled was when he took Chuzhou, Tang Yuan, who was confused, looked at Zhong Roulan, and looked at Zhong Jue upstairs at a loss for a while.

Zhong Roulan saw Tang Yuan's embarrassment, and said softly: "Let the army enter the city, the state is still ours." ”

Zhong Roulan dismounted and moved to the city tower, greeted Zhong Jue in a proper manner, and said with an unhappy face: "Didn't your old man retire?" How can you be interested in snatching your daughter's job? ”

Zhong Jue stood up and walked in front of Zhong Roulan, stroked her head lovingly, and said embarrassedly: "Xiao Huli has long been eyeing Chuzhou, a month ago, knowing that Zhuo and Fan Lihu had reached an exchange, he sent troops from Pinghai to Zhenhai, you know that Zhenhai Port is my private territory, even Zhong Fan can't interfere." ”

"So you already knew about the cooperation between the Zhuo clan and the imperial court? You also watched Luling smash up? And Meng Yan is also in your plans? Zhong Roulan felt that she had been calculated, and Xiao Yu and Meng Yan were also stuffed into the chess game early by these two old foxes.

"Where is there a calculation of you," Zhong Jue shouted: "If it wasn't for Xiao Yu dragging Fan Lihu to death in Luling, how could we have so much time to transfer soldiers, if there was no Meng Yan to stir up peace in Xingtan, where could we divert the attention of the imperial court, of course, without you and Zhong Fan have been making hostile gestures, how to shift the attention of Chuzhou to the north, you are indispensable." ”

This is nonsense, purely comforting words, Zhong Roulan sat on Zhong Jue's seat with her ass, poured a handful of sour plums from Chuzhou into her mouth, her face was distorted with sourness, and she was still angry, "What if Xiao Yu is killed by Fan Lihu?" What if Meng Yan didn't take Shaoling? What if Zhong Fan and I don't move? ”

"Child, what we want is time, the time is ripe on the day Xiahou Ying left Yujun, and the reason why she didn't immediately occupy Chuzhou was because of the danger of Luling, do you know that Xiao Huli's dead soldier was on the shore that day, so Xiao Yu can escape no matter what, do you understand?" Zhong Jue patiently explained to Zhong Roulan that he didn't want to estranged Zhong Roulan from himself because of this incident, after all, Zhong Roulan was the successor in his plan.

"Old man, did you start the layout with Xiao Huli when you gave up the Dongyang City Lord, our group of people who claim to be smart are between being played with and applauded by you!" Although Zhong Roulan is angry, she is very empty in her heart, when you think you are making a seamless plan but in the hands of others, it is actually a chess piece, which way you should go, they have already decided, just waiting for you to drill in.

"You have done a good job, many things are unexpected, Xiao Yu can bear the hard battle of Luling, and Meng Yan will take Shao Ling lightly," he said and looked at Tang Yuan, who was still in the hair below, "And this guy can't take him under his banner no matter how much discount we Dongyang City gives him, but you make him loyal to you, these are not in our plan, your growth speed is too fast." ”

"Wait! Old man, you won't include Yang Boyu among you, right? Zhong Roulan strung together all the things that happened before and after in her mind, and found that Yang Boyu was a key figure that could not be missing no matter what.

"Hahaha! It is worthy of being my Zhong Jue's daughter, just a little bit, yes, Yang Boyu, Xiao Huli and the old man, the three of us have already reached an agreement, betraying Meng Yan is deliberately done by Yang Boyu, and it is indeed part of the plan to drive the two of them all the way to Dongyang City. Zhong Jue's hearty laughter felt very harsh in Zhong Roulan's feelings, more like a mockery.

"Fan Lihu is dead?" Zhong Roulan decided to collapse directly, it was too embarrassing.

"He can't die yet," Zhong Jue's words were like a thunderclap on the ground, Zhong Roulan had already closed her eyes, and immediately stood up again, she had already driven the dog into the poor alley, and at this time she gave him a chance to breathe, isn't this a tiger for trouble?

"What do you want to do?! What's the use of Fan Lihu keeping it, when will you stay if you don't take the opportunity to take Jinzhou at this time? ! Zhong Roulan's voice became higher and higher.

Zhong Jue patted her shoulder to signal her to stabilize her mood, and then said slowly: "We originally wanted to take the opportunity to take Jinzhou and force the Changsun clan to bow their heads, but recently we have found that things seem to be a little wrong, one is that the decrees of the imperial court no longer come from the palace and the southern pavilion, most of them come from the northern ya, Yuan Changli may have taken control of Luochen City, and the agreement between him and us is gradually invalidating; The second is that the Jiuqu Cui clan and the Changsun clan are very close, and the Cui clan, which is famous for its cultivation of cultural context, seems to have become stronger and stronger militarily in recent years, resisting the attack of the Taishi clan several times, and some people have seen the eldest grandson Ziyang in the Cui army; Sanquan Hanliang was originally a gesture of peace for us, and now it is gradually moving towards opposition to us, our goods in Dongyang City have been attacked in Shaohai many times, and people and ships have been lost, and the right Hanliang who should protect us is cold and abnormal, he has been very close to Donghai over the years. ”

"So in order to achieve a temporary delicate balance, Fan Lihu must go to Jinzhou alive and force him to choose, right?" Zhong Roulan analyzed the key.

Zhong Jue did not object, she was very surprised by Zhong Roulan's opinion, she summed up such a complex situation with a "balance" perfectly, and her experience in the south has indeed improved a lot in the past few years.

"Lan'er, don't keep letting your father say it, my father also wants to hear your thoughts."

Zhong Roulan hesitated for a moment, then tilted her head and said with a coquettish posture: "Old man, Luo Chencheng may have been controlled by Yuan Changli as early as the second sister's wedding, don't you think Ma Tong's death in the Battle of Yinqing Dao is very strange?" Ma Tong died Duan Wan was immediately transferred to the Luzhou Assassin History, and Ma Tong's pro-army commander Quartz rebelled in the Battle of Shaoling and attached himself to Meng Yan. ”

"Meng Yan didn't tell you about the link? Didn't say anything about the pear? Zhong Jue asked rhetorically.

"No, my second brother has always been the one you don't ask him to say, as for the pear is already the official envoy of Mengyan Mingjian, can I still ask?" Zhong Roulan's eyes flashed with a playful look.

Zhong Jue was slightly embarrassed, "Father thought that the pear was your eye buried next to Meng Yan, but my father was narrow-minded." ”

Zhong Roulan looked disdainful, "I was already a little ashamed of my second brother, I only have one meaning to keep Crisp Pear by his side, Crisp Pear is my sister, she can only be a maid by my side forever, and if she stays in Xiao Yu, she is at most a female official, and by the side of the second brother, he will treat Crisp Pear as a sister." ”

Hearing Zhong Roulan say this, Zhong Jue felt that it was a pity for Crisp Pear, but he still understood his daughter's thoughts, Crisp Pear grew up with her since she was a child, and spent more time with her two sisters than she did.

"What do you think of the Cui family and the eldest grandson family?" Zhong Jue didn't want to stay in the quagmire of self-blame anymore, so he decisively changed the topic.

"I don't know, these two companies understand it together, but they don't seem to understand it." Zhong Roulan replied simply.

"That's right, it's the same feeling for a father, what about Quan Hanliang?"

"Quan Hanliang wants to dominate in the north, the Beimu royal family has a big enmity with the Quan family, the north is barren, if you want to become big, you must have allies, and the East China Sea is his best choice, but although Quan Hanliang is ambitious, he still has a conscience, at least the people in the East China Sea can't set foot on the Central Plains." Zhong Roulan is full of grasp.

"Lan'er, according to what you mean, who is our most important enemy at the moment?" Zhong Jue was very satisfied with her daughter's analysis, and was even more convinced that Zhong's future would be pinned on her.

"Yuan Changli, since this guy sat in the position of the general of the Northern Ya, I don't know how many people he bought to work for him, Duan Wan is one, Cao Li, Feng You is also, Nangong Buqi Ying is his biggest helper in controlling the court situation, and there is a military advisor like Xu Shaoting by his side, once he sits firmly in the hinterland of the Central Plains, no one has a good life, he has only one means, work hard for him, and die if he is disobedient, it is very simple but very practical." Zhong Roulan has a bad feeling for Yuan Changli, this person's desire for power is too heavy.

Zhong Jue sighed, "If your three sisters are men, I will fight hard for you in this world." Zhong Jue is a little lost, this world still can't allow women to be the masters.

"Old man, what are you doing, our three sisters are living well now, the eldest sister has no worries about food and clothing, the second sister stabilizes Chen Guoguo, the future mother of the country, as for me, you don't have to worry about it, with you, there are two sisters and two cheap brothers, who do you think can touch me in this world, who dares to provoke me!" Zhong Roulan's words are domineering.

"Hahaha! Well, that's a good point! I'm worried about my father, okay, it's almost time to talk, I'll return to Dongyang tomorrow, and this state will be left to you. The worries in Zhong Jue's heart at the moment were somewhat alleviated by Zhong Roulan, and after speaking, she stood up and prepared to leave, let the young people toss the world by themselves.

Just took a few steps and suddenly stopped, turned around and said: "That's right, Lan'er, tomorrow our Dongyang City will officially be attached to the Chen Dynasty, Xiao Huli gave me the title of the king of Dongyang County, in charge of Dongyang, a total of seven states and nineteen counties, set up the Zhendong Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and govern two armies, one is the Zhendong Army, I have already informed Zhong Fan, the Zhendong Army is mainly based on the old department of Dongyang City, I don't move him, the other is the Qingluan Army, I specifically asked for it, as for who is the envoy of this festival, I think the kid below is good." ”

"Thank you father over there, yes, I have to thank my second brother-in-law." Zhong Roulan suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Didn't the second brother-in-law give me and Brother Zhong Fan a knighthood?" ”

"Ghost girl, give it, Zhong Fan conferred the title of Marquis of Huiji County, you, Lord Chenyang, this is still what your second sister thinks, no matter who you are, you are the Marquis of Pingyang County, and you can report it yourself when the time comes." Zhong Jue's face was loving.

"If the father walks slowly, the daughter will not be sent." Zhong Roulan's sudden honorific title of Zhong Jue's "father" made him stunned, and he was not used to this kind of title.

"Ghost girl, remember that you are a woman, it is inevitable to marry and start a family, do you know if you are less in front?" Zhong Jue was still not at ease and nagged more.

Zhong Roulan looked at the figure of Zhong Jue leaving, and suddenly felt that her father was a lot older, and the father's arms in her memory were always the thickest and strongest, and now her father was half a head of white hair, just when Zhong Jue's back was about to disappear, Zhong Roulan couldn't bear it after all, and quickly chased after her father and hugged her father from behind and whispered: "Father still remembers Empress Zhaohua?" Zhong Jue's body moved, and he said in a muffled voice: "If you dare to think, your father will clear all obstacles for you!" ”

Zhong Roulan smiled, with tears in her laughter, rubbed on Zhong Jue's back, and said with some sobbing: "You should be your king of Dongyang County, who wants you to be old and still rush outside to kill, how do you know that Chenyang is not as good as Zhaoyang?" ”

"Ghost Witty!"