Jialin Pass

In the study room of the Governor's Mansion of the Western Army, there was a letter on the bookcase of Zuo Zongming, the general of the Western Expedition, and Zuo Zongming looked at the letter and fell into deep thought.

At this time, an old man pushed open the door and walked into the study, Zuo Zongming stood up and said, "Uncle, my nephew is planning to send someone to find you." ”

This old man is Zuo Zongming's second uncle Zuo Jingjiang.

Zuo Jingjiang stepped forward and saw the letter on the table, Zuo Zongming explained: "Uncle, you take a look at this letter first. ”

Zuo Jingjiang picked up the letter on the left and opened it, Zuo Zongming explained: "My father-in-law means that he wants me to secretly get rid of Qian Yi and collect 80,000 Jingbei troops for my own use, and then he and I will jointly put pressure on Your Majesty to create an established fact, and then continue to attack Shu, so that I can occupy Shu and echo him." ”

After reading the letter, Zuo Jingjiang replied, "Zong Ming, what do you think?" ”

Zuo Zongming sneered: "He wants to use me as a swordman?" ”

Zuo Jingjiang put away the letter, lit it directly on the candle flame, and saw that the letter was burned before saying, "Make a knife?" There is no problem with making a knife, the question is whose knife to make and who to cut. ”

Zuo Jingjiang's tone changed and asked Zuo Zongming: "Zongming, how old are you this year?" ”

Zuo Zongming replied: "My nephew is twenty-nine years old. ”

Zuo Jingjiang smiled: "You have become one of the commanders of the five armies in less than a young age, why do you think you have such an opportunity?" ”

Zuo Zongming replied: "Your Majesty has always been important, my father sacrificed his life for the country when he conquered South Vietnam, His Majesty has mercy, and my father-in-law is my father's best friend, and he has been supported over the years, and he has also married his daughter to me, and he has a lot of kindness to me, so I keep my father's foundation back then, and I have the opportunity now." ”

Zuo Jingjiang said with a smile: "Zong Ming, what is the relationship between your father-in-law Wang Dun and His Majesty?" ”

Zuo Zongming: "The face and the heart are not in harmony, that is, the balance is maintained on the surface, I think Your Majesty has already had the heart to eliminate the accumulated shortcomings in the southwest." ”

Zuo Jingjiang: "It shows that you are not confused, but have you ever thought about it, since you are Wang Dun's son-in-law, why does Your Majesty still trust you so much and entrust you with important tasks?" Don't you think it's weird? ”

Zuo Zongming thought for a moment before saying, "Uncle, I have thought about this before, and I really can't think of the deep meaning of His Majesty's arrangement!" ”

Zuo Jingjiang stroked his white beard and said: "That's because, the person who is most unlikely to betray Your Majesty and fall to Wang Dun in the world is you Zuo Zongming, so Your Majesty dares to put you in the important place of Jiazhou, to contain Xishu and contain Yuezhou, Wang Dun is not without ambition, and he has not spent much effort in order to entrap you over the years, but he has no confidence, you will stand on his side." ”

Zuo Zongming asked suspiciously: "Uncle, is there anything hidden here?" ”

Zuo Jingjiang nodded, and then took out a small wooden box from his arms and handed it to Zuo Zongming: "This is a secret letter sent by Your Majesty yesterday, you see, I have been in secret correspondence with Your Majesty over the years, on the one hand, to monitor Shu, on the other hand, it is Wang Dun who is guarding." ”

Zuo Zongming opened the wooden box, there was a letter inside, Zuo Zongming read it quickly, and his face changed abruptly: "Your Majesty asked us to cooperate with Qian Yi, wait for the will of the imperial court, and be ready to attack my father-in-law at any time?" ”

Zuo Jingjiang nodded: "Yes, the big hatred has endured for twenty years, and it's time to do it." ”

Zuo Zongming was puzzled: "Uncle, Your Majesty originally planned to deal with my father-in-law, but where did this big feud begin?"

"You listen to me slowly, it's time to tell you."

Zuo Jingjiang slowly walked around a piece of the past.

"Twenty years ago, in order to destroy the Nanyue Kingdom, His Majesty ordered Wang Dun to be the main general, your father to be the deputy general, Wang Dun led 100,000 troops from Guizhou, and your father led 100,000 troops from Ningzhou. Kill your father's messenger to Jiandu. ”

Zuo Zongming had never heard of this past when Zuo Jingjiang talked about it, but his expression was already quite serious.

"Uncle, why haven't I heard of this past?"

Zuo Jingjiang said with a cold light: "This is the hatefulness of Wang Dun's old thief. ”

"Wang Dun secretly collaborated with the enemy, promised not to destroy the Yue Kingdom, but in fact, he bribed some of your father's subordinates with a lot of money, and when your father attacked the city of Yuezhou, he cooperated with the outside world and killed your father, saying that your father died in the rebellion!"

Zuo Zongming's eyes were blood-red, his fists were clenched, and he smashed his fist on the desk: "Uncle, is this all true?" ”

Zuo Jingjiang nodded and continued: "Wang Dun collected your father's soldiers and horses in the name of counterinsurgency, and then turned against the Yue State, attacked the Yue State, and in order to cover up the guilt, killed several rebellious generals and killed more than 3,000 royal ministers of the Yue Kingdom; Wang Dun stole the merits of destroying the country, and the court said that your father was harsh to his subordinates, so much so that he mutinied, if he hadn't suppressed it vigorously, I was afraid that the situation would have been eroded. Your Majesty did not believe that he sent someone to investigate in person, but unfortunately several lieutenants who were bribed by him all made false testimonies, and in the end, your father was not only useless, but also punished and deprived of the title of marquis, and most of the people in the court and the opposition were bribed by Wang Dun, and no one spoke for your father. In order to keep the Zuo family, I was wronged and pretended not to know. ”

Zuo Jingjiang said this, tears were already raining down

"Zong Ming, if my uncle doesn't pretend to be confused, I'm afraid the old thief won't let go of our Zuo family!"

Zuo Zongming also tightened his teeth and grabbed Zuo Jingjiang's hand: "Uncle, you have worked hard. ”

Zuo Jingjiang sighed and continued.

"Wang Dun, this old horseman, is really good, and afterwards he went to the table to ask for credit for your father, saying that although there is a big mistake, but there is also a great merit, let Your Majesty treat our Zuo family well, so Your Majesty will restore your Yongyi Marquis title.

In fact, he did this in order to justifiably annex your father's general, and he could also have a good reputation for tolerance, so those who didn't know thought that he was kind to my Zuo family, but in fact, your murderous enemy was Wang Dun's old thief! ”

"Zong Ming, this is the truth, this is the deep hatred of our Zuo family, this is why Your Majesty trusts you, the hatred of killing your father is not to be shared with the sky!"

After Zuo Jingjiang finished saying this secret, his whole body was as if he had unloaded a thousand pounds of burden, and he slowly sat down in his seat.

Zuo Zongming said bitterly, "Uncle, why have you never told me about it all these years, but instead let me marry the daughter of the old thief and recognize the thief as my father?" ”

Zuo Jingjiang said helplessly: "Because when your father sent out the army, I guarded the rear, so at first I thought that your father really died in the rebellion, and even felt grateful for the old thief, but later His Majesty has been secretly investigating this matter, when there was a messenger who sent the good news was robbed and killed, the person who chased and killed did not make up the knife, and came back to life, and then was found by the Black Dragon Guard, so that some clues were found, Wang Dun was also wary of those who betrayed your father, so people continued to die unexpectedly, Therefore, there was a lieutenant general who secretly left a secret letter to Heilongwei for fear of an accident, and His Majesty was fully aware of this matter, but he was no longer able to deal with Wang Dun;

Wang Dun took the Yue country, was ordered to garrison, these years has been raising Kou self-respect, holding 200,000 soldiers and horses, Your Majesty is deeply jealous, so has been unable to overturn the case for your father, and then His Majesty secretly summoned me back to Beijing, and informed me of the evidence, I only knew that Wang Dun was the enemy of our Zuo family, and His Majesty also felt guilty about this matter, so he gave our Zuo family a promise: destroy Wang Pingshu, Zuo family as a prince! ”

Zuo Jingjiang looked at Zuo Zongming and said solemnly: "So Your Majesty is the Ming Jun who is kind to my Zuo family, Your Majesty has supported you all these years, and has given you the control of the Western Governor's Mansion, holding heavy troops, what you want is your knife, and the one who cuts is Wang Dunpifu, who has a great enmity against our Zuo family." ”

Zuo Jingjiang slapped it on the table.

"So over the years, we have obeyed Wang Dunyan's words and dealt with them in a moment, marrying the daughter of the Wang family, smuggling grain and grass to the Wang family, sending money and sending beautiful women, others say that we wear a pair of pants with the Wang family, if not, how can we paralyze this old horseman?"

Zuo Jingjiang couldn't hide his indignant look when he talked about these things.

"Uncle and His Majesty have been planning all these years, and the outside world thinks that the Northern Army of Jing is coming to Jialin Pass to deal with Xishu, but in fact, His Majesty wants to destroy Wang Dun first, civil strife is uneven, social restlessness, and people all over the world have been deceived by His Majesty, but I didn't expect Wu Guogong to have an accident, so His Majesty's plan can only be suspended."

Zuo Zongming finally understood, he thought for a while and said: "The old man actually wants to provoke the relationship between his nephew and His Majesty, and his intentions are sinister. How should the nephew reply. “

Zuo Jingjiang said: "Everything is as it is, just say listen to his plan and act, but it will take some time to plan step by step, and settle his heart first." ”

Zuo Jingjiang continued: "In addition, let me remind you of one point, this Qian Yi went from being in the prison to being sent to our army, outsiders saw that it was a princess pleading, but in fact, it may be a bitter plan by His Majesty and Qian Yi, the Qian family and our Zuo family are both meritorious military generals, and there is also the support of the Chen family and the He family, and the four princes are in the same spirit, so this time Qian Yi comes, Your Majesty should have something to entrust, you can communicate with him, and the day of the defeat of Wang Dun is the time for my Zuo family and the Qian family to raise their eyebrows."

My left family is His Majesty's sword, and His Majesty will kill whoever he says, and we will kill him. ”

After Zuo Zongming heard all these things, his heart was churning like the sea, who would have thought that his father-in-law was actually the enemy who killed his father, and His Majesty was the one who had the grace to know him, for His Majesty, he was willing to make this knife, but if this knife really killed Qian'er's father, how should he face her, after all, it has been ten years, this woman really loves herself, she also loves this woman, and she has three children, what about the children?

Wang Dunruoping, Fu Zhu Jiu, what about Qian'er? What about your own children?

There are also the queen, the crown prince, the king of Xin, and the king of Ning, who seemed to see the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, which made him, a general of a hundred battles, tremble for a while.

"Uncle, this knife wants to kill Wang Dun, but it also has to cut the flesh in the nephew's heart!"

"Zong Ming, you don't have a choice!"