Hearing Zhang Xi say this, Li Tai couldn't help laughing.

"I know that there should be many evil voices trapping me in Jiangling now, and I must have an evil plan to plot Jiangling, so it is better to go quickly to ensure safety. I don't know if Zhang Hou has heard this remark? ”

He first looked at Zhang Xi and said with a smile, and after Zhang Xi heard this, his face suddenly became embarrassed, his mouth opened slightly, but he didn't know how to answer.

Li Tai did not continue to make things difficult for Zhang Xi, but continued: "The land of Liang and Han was the old capital of our country, and Liang State Lanqin took advantage of the westward migration of our king and the instability of the society to lead troops to steal, and my monarch and ministers tried their courage to recover Liang Han, may I ask Zhang Hou, is this matter against morality?" ”

When Zhang Xi heard this, he immediately shook his head a little awkwardly, and lowered his head. As a native of Nanliang, answering this question in the face of such a question still made his face a little unbearable.

Li Tai then continued: "Before, Liu Zhongli went south to Qinwang and failed, but when he returned, he tyrannically raised troops and went straight to Xiangyang. The king of Liang is my friend's best friend, and I should send troops to rescue him because of this attack, and the land of Handong is therefore obtained. At that time, I had an appointment with Jiangling, he took Jingling and I took Shicheng as the boundary, may I ask Zhang Hou, can I cross the line now? ”

Zhang Xi hurriedly shook his head after hearing this, he also understood what Li Tai was trying to express in this question.

"As for Yiyang, a few years ago, he was not in Hou Jing's rebellion, and then he was even more thieves who wanted to join the East Thief. Shouyang, Hefei and other places, I have to give it up, and the Jiangbiao Lei Chi is even more indiscriminate! ”

Speaking of this, Li Tai was also angry in his heart, and he directly slapped the case and said angrily: "I have had many contacts with Jiangling before, and I always uphold the attitude of a gentleman!" Including entering Xiakou, they were all invited by your lord to assist in the defense of Jiangzhong, but now they are being attacked by vicious speculation, is it because I used to be too polite, so I have cultivated such an arrogant and stupid mind of you and other people in the south! ”

Crash!

Li Tai's sudden anger frightened Zhang Xi, who was sitting in the seat, and his body shook and directly knocked down the pearls of a large wooden bucket, and those pearls were sprinkled all over the ground, Zhang Xi was even more frightened, and hurriedly avoided the banquet and said: "This is all a fool in the country, who wants to make the holy car go east and maliciously frame." I and the servant have long admired the great general's virtuous name, and I know that the great general's faith and righteousness are unparalleled, and I dare not make evil remarks without saying a word......"

"Zhang Hou doesn't need to panic, I'm just angry and emotional, I don't mean to step down."

Li Tai raised his hand and motioned for his soldiers to clean up the pearls scattered all over the hall, then looked down at Zhang Xi and said: "Although I am virtuous and virtuous in the southern country, I will definitely not treat those who are destined to be unkind, and treat each other with courtesy!" Whether or not your king is going away has nothing to do with me, but if anyone slanders me and makes me an enemy, I don't mind letting him taste what it is really like to be my enemy! ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, after the servant returns to the country, he must advise the lord to discern people's words, don't be mistaken by treachery, and be sure to be pro-virtuous and stay away from evil!"

When Zhang Xi heard this, he kowtowed again and again.

"Since Zhang Hou has said this, I will believe you. But I have heard that there are many famous ministers in your country who have made such remarks, such as Zhou Hongzheng and others in Runan. ”

Li Tai recounted the information he had received, then looked at Zhang Xi and said with a smile: "This kind of person with a great reputation and who prides himself on being upright, can Zhang Hou have a plan?" ”

"Yes, yes, please, please let the general let the servant think a little!"

Hearing Li Tai's remarks about Zhou Hongzheng's almost the same as those in the Jiangling court, Zhang Xi realized more and more that the current Jiangling court was afraid that there was no secret at all in the eyes of the other party, and since he asked this question, he undoubtedly wanted to see how valuable he was.

Between the lightning and flint, many thoughts flashed through his mind, and after a while, he gradually came to an idea: "Although Zhou Hongzheng is famous at the time and looks like a martyr, he is actually just a person who sells his name. In the old years, Zhaoming was not long, Taizong raised his heir, Zhou Hongzheng actually advised Taizong to follow the story of Wu Taibo's sages, push the throne to let go, and teach people to abandon their family and country to chase away their fame, and the absurdity of his people can be seen! ”

Li Tai couldn't help but be happy when he heard this, he didn't expect that Zhou Hongzheng, who had never met before, was still such a brave little old man, and he actually advised Xiao Gang not to accept the position of prince.

But obviously Xiao Gang didn't listen to him, but in the end, he just passed the emperor's addiction as a puppet, and then he was killed, I don't know if he regretted not listening to Zhou Hongzheng's advice before he died.

"Today, it seems to be magnanimous, but it is wide on the outside and taboo on the inside, and he has not sent a confidant to a person like Zhou Hongzheng. Now Xiangyang and Jiangling have become a deep enmity, if Yueyang makes heavy goods to give Zhou Hongzheng, thank him for his outspoken grace back then, now you can see that there will be suspicions, alienating Hongzheng, not to adopt his words is also logical! ”

After hearing this, Li Tai's eyes suddenly lit up, who said that these Southern Liang nobles were useless? Let them revitalize the society, they may not be able to do it, but if they are allowed to engage in infighting, bring disaster to the country and the people, they will have 800 ideas in a turn of their eyes, and this is called professionalism!

It's just that General Li Bingqing Yujie, I have to wash my ears quickly when I hear such a dirty thing, of course I can't continue to inquire about the details, so I frowned, waved my hand and said: "Day and night, physically and mentally exhausted, please Liu Lang entertain my distinguished guests, I must let Zhang Hou return happy!" ”

When he had said this, he stood up. Seeing this, Zhang Xi also said that Li Tai couldn't look down on this method, so he got up again and said, "General, please stay, there are still ...... servants."

Liu Guangde pulled him aside, and said with a smile: "The general is busy with official business, and Shang Ken took the time to come to see him, which can be described as courteous to Zhang Hou." With the intention of things, there are deep expectations. At this time, Zhang Hou enjoyed this rich favor, and after a long time, he knew each other more deeply, so why worry about the world and hesitation! ”

Liu Guangde and Zhang Xi stayed in Fancheng for another two days, but their plan Li Tai did not continue to participate in the interrogation, but only ordered his nephew Li Zhen to cooperate with their actions to a certain extent.

When Xiao Jing, the king of Liang, knew that Li Tai was passing through Fancheng, he also hurriedly led Cai Dabao and several other cronies to meet him, on the one hand, to ask how the war against Shu was going, and on the other hand, to find out whether there would be any changes in the attitude and policy of the Western Wei Dynasty towards Jiangling in the future.

This is another person who is carried away by hatred, and between his words he is exhorting Li Tai to persuade the imperial court to hurry up and put the invasion of Gangneung on the agenda, and he does not feel guilty at all about this kind of traitorous words and deeds. Of course, it is also because in Xiao Jing's mind, he never felt that Jiangling could represent the orthodoxy of Southern Liang.

Li Tai perfunctory King Liang on his lips, but he sighed in his heart, I really don't know how much sin Xiao Lao Bodhisattva has done to raise such a group of wonders. Originally, these clans should have the strongest sense of responsibility for the rise and fall of the society, but as a result, they were all full of selfish desires, as if the only meaning of life was to be embarrassed.

He did not discuss the attack on Gangneung with King Liang in depth, because he did not really want it to happen too soon. Once an attack on Gangneung is launched, it will inevitably bring great changes to the situation and order in the southeast, and he is not confident that he will be able to firmly control the situation at the moment.

When Li Tai left Fancheng and returned to Chubei, the latest news from Jiangling was also delivered, and Xiao Yi gave up his plan to move back to Jiankang and decided to stay in Jiangling.

Zhang Xi's discordant plan was very successful, and he directly told Xiao Yi that Zhou Hongzheng had a secret communication with Xiangyang, and strongly persuaded the capital to move just to transfer Jiangling's personnel to Jiankang, so that Xiao Jing, the king of Liang, could successfully capture Jiangling.

In this way, Xiangyang and Jiangling are all in the hands of Xiao Jing, the king of Liang, plus Shuzhong, which has been captured by the Western Wei Dynasty, then Xiao Jing will have the absolute upper hand in the confrontation with Xiao Yi, and at that time, Jiankang will have to bear the pressure of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and it will directly fall into an embattled situation.

Not to mention how Xiao Yi felt, Li Tai felt that this was too vicious after listening to the confession!

So it is not surprising that Zhou Hongzheng, the main member of the persuasion to return to Jiankang, was directly alienated by Xiao Yi's suspicion and sent to prison to interrogate whether he really had anything to do with Xiangyang.

As for Zhang Xi, he gained Xiao Yi's trust and replaced Zhou Hongzheng as the Huangmen squire and sat in Shizhong Province. In addition, his uncle Zhang Xuan, who was originally appointed as a foreign guard, was now also recalled to Jiangling and served as the right servant of Shangshu. All of a sudden, Fan Yang's uncle and nephew, who were originally in the cold, became infinitely beautiful in Jiangling.

After gaining power, Zhang Xi did not forget the friendship with Li Tai, and directly sent an envoy all the way to Chubei under the guise of public and private affairs, asking when he could ship the goods he had received before back to Jiangling.

Li Tai has always been very generous in this regard, and besides, it is just a temporary change of things to a warehouse, when even the staff arranges for transportation to Gangneung according to Zhang Xi's wishes.

When he sat on the cold bench before, this Zhang Xi showed a very high united front value because he was familiar with the internal personnel disputes in Nanliang, and now that his family has regained power in Jiangling, this line is of course more worthy of maintenance.

Just when Li Tai was still glad that a breakthrough had been made in the infiltration of the Jiangling court, he didn't expect that their Western Wei Dynasty was also on fire in the backyard, and a conspiracy against Yuwentai, the head of the hegemonic mansion, was unfolding.

(End of chapter)