After dealing with the matter of the flower picking conference, Wei Ran returned to the house, and at this time, the family came to report that someone had a handwritten letter from Gao Xiaoshun and had been waiting in the wing room for a long time.

Wei Ran was very surprised in his heart, Gao Xiaoshun could find him when he needed to, but doubts were doubts, Wei Ran was still the first to let people be summoned from the side room.

Seeing Duan Weiyang, who was tall and tall, Wei Ran saw at first glance that he was not a Han, because there were many Xianbei and Qiang people in Chang'an City, so Wei Ran also knew a little about it.

Wei Ran didn't ask directly, but first looked at Gao Xiaoshun's letter, and then said: "Gao Xiaoshun said in the letter, you are from Qingzhou?" ”

Duan Weiyang looked at the white-faced man in front of him, his appearance was quite young, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, no one would have believed that the world-famous King of Southern Qi Qin was so young.

Duan Weiyang immediately said: "Exactly, the grass people were originally the generals of Qingzhou, and the opponent of the Qingzhou assassin Duan was my uncle, after returning to Qingzhou from Luoyang, my uncle was unfortunately killed that night, and was killed by the conspiracy of the Heba brothers and their sons, and the grass people had nowhere to go, so they came to join the prince." ”

Wei Ran put down the letter and said with a sigh: "It's another human tragedy that caused Xiao Wall and cannibalized bones." ”

Wei Ran then said: "Qingzhou belongs to Eastern Qin, you should avenge your grievances to Yecheng, why did you come to our court." ”

When Duan Weiyang heard this, he knew that Wei Ran still had the intention of temptation, so he said sincerely: "It's not a secret, I wanted to go to Yecheng, but my uncle treated me like a son, if I went to Yecheng, Min Guan would definitely not help me take revenge, and the grass people heard that He Basheng sent the news to Yecheng as soon as possible, asking Min Guan for a reward, so that Qingzhou really fell into the hands of Min Guan." The distance between the West Qin and the West Qin is very far, thinking about it, the Gui Dynasty has the ambition of swallowing the world, and Huaibei is connected with Qingzhou, so it came to the Gui Dynasty. ”

When Wei Ran heard this, he thought secretly in his heart. He has also heard the name of Duan Weiyang mentioned by others, he is the most important person under Duan's command, and he is also quite popular in Qingzhou, so it is best to use him to conquer Qingzhou.

Thinking of this, Wei Ran said: "In this case, this king is not coy, General Duan is a masterpiece and should be reused, I will report to Your Majesty tomorrow, and General Duan will be the assassin of Qingzhou, General Long Xiang, and the military governor of Qingzhou." ”

In fact, Wei Ran did have the suspicion of writing blank checks, because there was no Qingzhou in the Southern Dynasty, and when Xiao Huan succeeded to the throne before, he had used the Qiaozhou system of Houqian, which was abolished during the Xiao Heng period.

After thinking about it, Wei Ran said: "However, our army has been fighting for many years, and now it is close to winter, I want to repair for half a year, and then raise sword soldiers, and I hope that General Duan will be calm and impatient." ”

Duan Weiyang kowtowed and said gratefully: "The last general doesn't dare to ask for too much, I just hope that he can slash the Heba brothers in his lifetime." ”

Wei Ran nodded slightly, and then turned his gaze to Zhao Zhen: "Mr. Zhao abandoned the industry and came here with General Duan, this king is deeply grateful, Mr. Zhao can first be Xuzhou Sima, go to Xuzhou to take office, assist General Liu to govern the land of Xuzhou, protect the territory and the people, accumulate troops, and when the time is ripe, this king can send troops from Xuzhou, Nanyuzhou, and Yangzhou to attack Qingzhou by land and water." ”

Zhao Zhen was ecstatic at the moment, knowing that he had won this bet. Later, in order to consolidate his weight in Wei Ran's array, Zhao Zhen said again: "King Qin, the lowly position is not quite popular, and the lowly position can go to the middle of the people, gather the troops, and the army will go up the coast, and if you can't occupy it, you can get twice the result with half the effort." ”

Wei Ran nodded slightly, what Zhao Zhen said was indeed a good policy, and it was most appropriate to transport grain and grass by sea.

Later, Wei Ran temporarily placed Zhao Zhen's family in the post house, and he left Duan Weiyang to live in the mansion.

In the evening, when Wei Ran and Duan Weiyang were drinking at night, they suddenly asked, "The general came alone?" Are your family still in Licheng?"

Duan Weiyang nodded yes, but then said lonely: "I'm afraid that the family has suffered an accident in Licheng, and the last child is only seven years old." ”

After thinking about it, Wei Ran finally relieved: "I will repair two letters, one for Min Shiyuan and one for He Basheng, and ask him to hand over your wife and children and send them to Jiankang, if not, I don't think they will dare to disallow it." ”

Wei Ran is quite confident at this time, Min Shiyuan doesn't want to have a bad relationship with Wei Ran for the time being, if Min Shiyuan refuses Wei Ran's request, then Nanqi can take the opportunity to send troops, and the land of Qingzhou should still be in chaos with the death of Duan Rival, and He Basheng and others don't want to fight with Nanqi.

Duan Weiyang hurriedly thanked him, Wei Ran helped him up, and said, "General Duan doesn't have to be like this, but if his wife and children have already been killed, this king has nothing to do." ”

At this time, in Qingzhou City, the two He Bata brothers, who had not caught Duan Weiyang, captured Duan Weiyang's wife and children in Licheng, Duan Weiyang's wife was also the daughter of the Xianbei clan, although she was not pure-blooded, but He Batsheng did not dare to deal with it easily for a while, so he just put his wife and children in prison.

Min Shiyuan learned in Luoyang that Duan Biao was dead, He Batsheng asked to establish Duan Bechen as the history of Qingzhou Thorn, and after he was the governor of Qingzhou, he readily agreed, and said to Fu Yuan: "General Fu, now the general trend has been achieved, Duan Rival has died, He Batsheng supports Duan Biao's son, but there will be a dispute in the future, I not only named He Batsheng as the history of Qingzhou Governor, but also named He Batsheng as the general of Qingzhou, leading the Qingzhou soldiers and horses." ”

Fu Yuan naturally knew Min Shiyuan's intentions, so Qingzhou would definitely be divided, although the high-level officials of Qingzhou Xianbei respected the Duan family, but now that the lord is weak and the minister is strong, he will definitely rebel again.

"It's just a pity that I ran away from Duan Weiyang, and I still don't know where I am." Fu Yuan said regretfully.

Min Shiyuan also sighed with emotion, Duan Weiyang is a hero, he always thought that Duan Weiyang came back to find him to avenge his grievances, and he could subdue this fierce general at that time, but now that Duan Weiyang is missing, he sent someone to answer Duan Weiyang at the Qingzhou border.

Just when Min Shiyuan and Fu Yuan were confused, Wei Ran's letter was also sent to Luoyang.

Min Shiyuan opened the letter, his face suddenly changed greatly, Fu Yuan on the side was unknown, so Min Shiyuan threw the letter to Fu Yuan, and said: "Duan Weiyang has defected to Nanqi, Wei Ran has a letter, let us hand over Duan Weiyang's family, otherwise we will bring it back ourselves." ”

When Fu Yuan heard this, he was immediately angry, clenched his hands, and scolded: "Wei Ran, we are really soft persimmons." ”

Min Shiyuan was also quite angry: "Wei Ran is holding us now, and we don't want to use swords and soldiers, and force us to comply." Huaibei is close to the land of Qingzhou, the Qi army can attack from the sea, Duan Weiyang is quite popular in Qingzhou, if they choose to raise troops at this time, He Basheng has not been able to control the entire territory of Qingzhou, Qingzhou will be in danger. ”

After thinking for a while, Min Shiyuan wrote a letter and sent it to Qingzhou.

Seeing that Fu Yuan was curious, Min Shiyuan had no choice but to say helplessly: "The only way to do this now is to temporarily agree to Wei Ran's request, not to mention that Duan Weiyang's wife is a Xianbei person, if he doesn't return it, it will be even more inappropriate for Wei Ran to find a family affair for Duan Weiyang in Jiankang at that time." ”