"I have a letter here, you can take a look." Li Congjia took the letter from his sleeve and threw it on the bookcase.

Zhang Xun made a surprised expression, slowly picked up the letter, unfolded it, and read it.

"This is actually Li Yuan's letter? Where did Your Majesty come from? The correspondence is under the control of the Huai Palace, how can Zhang Wenbiao not know? ”

"I'll promise he won't know, you don't care where you came from, read it, and we'll talk again."

Zhang Xun read the letter in one go, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart. Li Yuanxin's humility was surprising, but the final threat was fierce, and he deserved to be a scheming person. However, Li Yuan does have no other conditions, he has only one condition, to kill Zhang Wenbiao. This letter is intended to be divisive, which can be described as sinister, but for Zhang Xun, this condition is exactly in the heart.

"What do you think?" Li Congjia asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to say it."

"Say, I want to hear what you really think."

"Yes. The minister thought that there was something wrong with the letter. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

"The minister thinks that some of the words in Li Yuanxin's letter are not true, and he may not be as he said, perhaps with the intention of confusing His Majesty."

Li Congjia frowned and said: "I don't know who he is, but what I want you to say is not this, what I want to ask is whether the conditions he proposed are credible." Killing Zhang Wenbiao is already extremely difficult, and I am worried that after we go to great lengths to get rid of Zhang Wenbiao, Li Yuan will rebel......"

Zhang Xun smacked his lips and said: "Actually, in the eyes of the minister, it doesn't matter whether it is credible or not. The minister only asked His Majesty, if Li Yuan could really withdraw from the army after killing Zhang Wenbiao, would His Majesty agree? ”

Li Congjia groaned and didn't answer, his fingers unconsciously tapped on the table, this question was difficult for him to answer, but his hesitation was already the answer, that is, he could kill.

"If killing Zhang Wenbiao can be exchanged for the promise Li Yuanxin said, then we will have to try our best no matter what. Not only Zhang Wenbiao, even if Li Yuan wants to take the minister's life as a condition, the minister will gladly die. The minister will not even care whether Li Yuan's promise is credible or not, because whether it is credible or not, the minister always has to risk his life to give it a try, which is related to the foundation of His Majesty and the Tang Dynasty, which is the duty of the minister. ”

Li Congjia looked at Zhang Xun with a righteous and awe-inspiring face, and a trace of emotion actually rose in his heart, and the many times Zhang Xun and him spent with him in the past two years instantly appeared in his mind. Yes, no matter what, Zhang Xun is the only one who accompanies him from beginning to end. He is still loyal to himself, he is still the loyal minister who did not care about his own life to protect himself!

"Your Majesty, in fact, in terms of taking 10,000 steps back, if Li Yuan does not keep his promise, he is the emperor of the Chu State, what good is it for him to lose his trust in the world? What can he do other than expose his untrustworthiness? In other words, could it be that without Zhang Wenbiao, Yangzhou City would collapse? Apparently not.

We still have many soldiers to defend the city, and when the time comes, can the situation be worse? Unless His Majesty thinks that Zhang Wenbiao is indispensable, but in fact, his skills have already seen the real chapter under the city of Tanzhou, maybe His Majesty thinks too highly of him. ”

Zhang Xun's words have been made very clear, Zhang Wenbiao's life and death actually do not have much impact on the defense of the city, and Li Congjia does not dare to do anything about this at all. And if Zhang Wenbiao dies, he may be able to get a better or even the best of both worlds, then the next decision is actually a very simple matter, because the value of Zhang Wenbiao's death is obviously better than living.

Li Congjia stood dumbfounded and did not speak. This is the question he has been struggling with since he got this letter, he is not a decisive person, and sometimes he behaves very stubbornly.

At first, Li Congjia's idea was that he didn't want Zhang Wenbiao to die, although this thief set up his own dictatorship, but he had to rely on this tiger to hold Yangzhou, but now, if Zhang Wenbiao's death can bring a huge turnaround, Li Congjia wants to fight, and he is entangled in these two thoughts.

Now Zhang Xun's words undoubtedly tilted Li Congjia's thoughts towards the latter, and the current crisis and his own safety all forced him to make difficult decisions without exception.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, do you still need to hesitate when comparing the life of a rebel minister with Your Majesty's Jiangshan Sheji? ! When the judgment is broken, when the great calamity comes, there shall be no mercy of a woman! Zhang Xun's words were earnest, and he looked bitter.

"But, even if I want to kill Zhang Wenbiao, this Yangzhou city is full of his people, how can I easily move him?"

......

When Zhang Xun came out of the palace, it was already the time of the first shift, and after returning to the mansion in a hurry, he immediately ordered someone to call his two best friends in Yangzhou City to the study, and then told them the truth about entering the palace just now.

After listening to Zhang Xun's narration, Zhou Yi, who is now the commander of the Ma army in the forbidden army of the Yangzhou Imperial Court, said with a raised brow: "It's not in vain that I went to great lengths to send this letter to the palace!" Zhang Shilang! This is a good opportunity for us to get rid of Zhang Wenbiao! What the hell did Your Majesty say? What did he think in his heart? When we came to Yangzhou with His Majesty, we were bullied by this thief and others, and I have endured this tone for more than half a year! ”

Zhang Xun said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty didn't say anything, only said that you should consider it, but I estimate that Your Majesty is also moved." On the one hand, Your Majesty is worried that Li Yuan will not keep his promises, in case Li Yuan does not withdraw after we try our best to kill Zhang Wenbiao, wouldn't it be Li Yuan's counter-plan? On the other hand, His Majesty was also worried that it would not be easy to kill Zhang Wenbiao, but it would affect everyone's lives, so His Majesty hesitated. ”

Du Chengdao, who served as the deputy general of the garrison at the West City Gate of Yangzhou, frowned and said: "Your Majesty's doubts are also right, and I also doubt Li Yuan's motives. If Li Yuan has the power to attack the city, why not attack the city directly? Why do you want to write a letter asking Your Majesty to take the risk of killing Zhang Wenbiao? It's not that he is afraid of Zhang Wenbiao's leading ability, so he wants to use counter-plots to get rid of the person he fears the most. ”

Zhou Yi frowned and said disdainfully: "You mean, Li Yuan is not as good as Zhang Wenbiao?" Just his two moments, Li Yuan needs to be afraid of him? ”

Du Chengdao scratched his head and said: "Then Li Yuan is the general of the people in a hundred battles!" Even if Zhang Wenbiao is not as good as Li Yuan, we have to admit that Zhang Wenbiao has the ability to lead the army, after all, he swept the entire Jiangbei at the beginning! ”

"Whew! What is Zhang Thief's ability? Not long ago, 150,000 soldiers and horses were buried, and Lao Tzu saw him as a straw bale who was strong on the outside and dry on the outside. If you want to say that Li Yuan is powerful, then I am still convinced, but you say that Zhang Wenbiao is powerful, but I am not convinced. Zhou Yi sneered.

"If he is really a straw bag, let's sneak like this now-" Du Chengdao was about to refute, but Zhang Xun shouted coldly: "You don't want to quarrel, is it to quarrel when you are called?" ”

Zhou Yi and Du Chengdao hurriedly shut up, Zhang Yi frowned and pondered for a long time, and said softly: "I don't care about Li Yuan's true intentions now, I don't care if I can successfully kill Zhang Wenbiao, I don't care, I'm thinking about another thing now." ”

"What are you thinking?" Zhou Yi asked in a low voice.

"I'm thinking that maybe we made a big mistake." Zhang Xun sighed lightly.

"What does Zhang Shilang mean by this?" Du Chengdao was puzzled.

"I called you here to discuss with you, this matter is related to the survival of the three of us, and we must make a decision." Zhang Xun said in a deep voice.

Seeing that Zhang Xun said solemnly, the two of them were both shocked in their hearts, and their faces became serious.

"Zhou Yi, enlightenment, in order to seize the opportunity, we did not hesitate to kill under the wind and Lingdu, and I married my sister to His Majesty today, just to gain a foothold in the new dynasty. At the time, I thought this was the right step, but now it seems that this may be a bad move, and we have embarked on a road of no return. Zhang Xun's desolate voice echoed in the room, and his words were full of coldness.

"You mean we shouldn't have done that in the first place?" Du Chengdao asked in a low voice.

"It's really a stinky move, and I tried my best to bear the infamy and didn't get anything in the end, but made a wedding dress for these traitors in Jiangbei." Zhou Yi said coldly.

Zhang Yi glanced at Zhou Yi, and then said in a deep voice: "Zhou Yi, the matter has come to this, there is no need to mention this matter again." What I'm saying today is that we have to really understand which side the tide is on.

At the beginning, I thought that the Tang Dynasty was the orthodoxy of the world, as long as we supported King Zheng to ascend the throne, we would be the ministers of the dragon, no matter whether the final situation was controlled by the new emperor or controlled by Zhang Wenbiao, no matter how bad we were, we could mix with high-ranking officials and be rich for a lifetime. That's why I bet all my net worth, but you have also seen the current situation, this Datang is already in decline, but Li Yuan is unstoppable.

Not only is it unstoppable, but I am afraid that even the hearts of the people in the world are on his side now. You all know the news from outside, right? The 14 prefectures in Jiangbei and even half of the state capitals in Jiangnan all voted to support Li Yuan.

In Shouzhou, Liu Renzhan and Liu Chongliang led the righteous and brave people to riot, Liu Chongzhi commanded tens of thousands of soldiers, and finally ended up in a different place, and it is said that the heads were sent to Li Yuan. Our current court has long existed in name only. If Yangzhou City is broken one day, Li Yuan will definitely continue to lead the army to attack Jiangnan in the next step, how can Li Jingsui be his opponent? It won't be long before the entire Tang Dynasty will be completely destroyed. ”

"This Li Yuan really has some skills." Zhou Yi shook his head and sighed.