Tong Guan did lose a lot in order to make military merits and for his own ideals.

In terms of position alone, he was the palace attendant next to the emperor, and after leaving the palace, his status among the eunuchs tended to plummet.

Eunuchs, after all, can only gain enough power by relying on the big tree of the emperor. Once left the emperor, he would be nothing.

But Tong Guan still left the palace without hesitation and set foot on the battlefield in the northwest. From this point of view, his determination is very great. At the same time, his tolerance for failure is much lower, and he has no way out. He couldn't accept that after paying countless costs, he was kicked out, this result. His eyes showed unwillingness and stubbornness, as if he was a prisoner who had been wronged, and after facing the injustice of the final judgment, he wanted to destroy everything.

"I'm not convinced!"

Tong Guan roared again.

An Tao was unmoved before, he just didn't care about Tong Guan, a eunuch.

However, when Tong Guan roared for the second time, he was slightly moved. It's not that he was impressed by Tong Guan's great ideals, there is no such possibility. It's that he feels that if he continues to let Tong Guan make trouble, he will be in a bad mood. Since this is the case, he wants to let Tong implement his heart to the end.

An Tao snorted, suppressed the disdain in his heart, and pretended to be relaxed: "Tong Guan, the old man is not an unkind person, since you are not convinced, then good, the old man will give you this opportunity." ”

Tong Guan's anger had reached its peak, but when An Tao said to give him a chance, he was stunned.

There is a kind of vicious dog that scares the gods and spirits, and suddenly finds that there is no enemy around. After being stunned, he realized his gaffe, bowed down and said to An Tao: "Thank you, scholar." ”

An Tao waved his hand and said: "Don't thank me first, you still have to think about your own problems clearly and prove your innocence, which is the only way out." ”

Proof of innocence?

Tong Guan was stunned.

Liu Yannian, who was sitting on the side, thought that two days ago, he was like this, first making trouble like a martial artist, but in a blink of an eye, An Tao gave him a chance. And then he ...... turned out to be the object of salvation for meritorious service.

That's right, this old man is very bad, digging holes everywhere for him to jump.

When he fell into the pit, he had to be grateful to An Tao, because his soul was full of sin. But the problem is that even if Liu Yannian is pressed with a hat of guilty and meritorious service, he doesn't know what he is wrong.

Liu Yannian and Cai Jing are on the same page, and they have also played in the imperial court, so it can be said that there is definitely no problem with innocence. But he still found out that he was young, and An Tao asked him to prove his innocence, but not let him disassociate himself with Cai Jing. Instead, let him prove that he is the White Lotus.

it!

Which one will be okay as a general?

Otherwise, where did the equipment of their personal guards, the house slaves and the moon beans come from?

What's even more terrifying is that An Tao is the Privy Council of Tongzhi, and he is in charge of the promotion, appointment and dismissal of all military generals in the Great Song Dynasty. Cai Jing still has to find his colleagues to help, but An Tao only needs to stamp the generals to deal with the generals.

An Tao has been a herdsman official, a ministry boss, and even in charge of the Yushitai, and his grasp of people's hearts can be said to be at the peak. He won't be like Cai Jing who will be arrogant as soon as he comes up, and he will thunder at every turn. He has to be much more generous, and he will give everyone a chance, and then everyone will find that they can't take the opportunity.

Shame on the trust of the imperial court.

Shame on the opportunity of the big guy An Tao.

In Liu Yannian's view, Tong Guan can't get out of this dead end. There are transactions between Tong Guan and Cai Jing, not to mention that there is a black-faced black guy on the side, Liu Yannian naturally knows Li Kui, but he doesn't know that Li Kui is very good at fighting, and checking accounts is even more terrifying. In one day, he can find out the holes in the account books of several years.

Fortunately, An Tao did not let Li Kui start to check the accounts, but said to Tong Guan: "As long as you prove that you are not connected with Cai Jing, the old man can open the net and give you a chance." ”

These words are useful to Liu Yannian, and they are definitely ironclad evidence for Tong Guan to crush all his confidence.

Tong Guan looked at An Tao in a daze, stunned, of course he and Cai Jing did not collude, and asked himself, there was no problem at all. But in order to send Cai Jing away, he did make a lot of concessions. An Tao can beat Cai Jing to death and make it into an ironclad chain of evidence. But Tong Guan didn't have the courage at all.

As a result, on Cai Jing's accounts, Tong Guan turned a blind eye, even if it was in the past. This is a bad debt, open it, you can only sink yourself deeper and deeper, knowing that at this moment, Tong Guan deeply realized An Tao's malice. What gives you a chance is to make you admit your mistakes and then make meritorious contributions.

Tong Guan opened his mouth slightly, but found that he couldn't say a word, and finally had to hang his head in frustration and sighed: "Tong has to think about it, there is indeed something that he doesn't notice." ”

An Tao is not such a foolish person, since he is ready to attack Cai Jing, he has no possibility of a network card. Cai Jing must be nailed to the pillar of shame, Tong Guan just lowered his head, he wanted to get through the trick, and he underestimated An Tao's methods.

He sneered: "Tong Guan, this is not enough. ”

"You should completely get rid of corrupt people, otherwise, the old man can't tolerate you, and Your Majesty can't tolerate you." An Tao paused, and said in a threatening tone: "You are a person who came out of the palace, so you naturally know what is involved. ”

Tong Guan raised his head in horror, he couldn't bear to be an insignificant grain supervisor in Qin Fenglu before, but what was completely unexpected was that even if he didn't look down on the grain governor, he still had to pay a certificate of nomination to get it.

After An Tao finished speaking, he didn't bother with Tong Guan, and then asked Li Kui: "Renjie, how long will it take for the accounts to come out?" ”

"Half a day."

"Okay, Tong Guan, the old man will wait for you for half a day at most."

Tong Guan was then led to a side room in the back office. Looking at the cobwebs on the roof, broken and swaying in the breeze, the dust on it had an eerie feeling, it should be the firewood room vacated by the back office. Tong Guan is wandering in the world, how many years has he not lived in a dilapidated house.

Just as Tong Guan was stunned, the door creaked open.

Gao Yu poked his head out, and then entered the house. Sitting in front of Tong Guan with a little embarrassment, Tong Guan saw that Gao Yu was still in the same general uniform as before, and he could still enter and exit freely in the rear office, which showed that Gao Yu had rebelled.

Gao Yu was actually not a mutiny, but a denial, and in the end he could only tell what he knew.

It's just self-preservation, and there's nothing wrong with that.

Tong Guan had a cold face, and said to Gao Yu with a posture of rejecting people thousands of miles away: "The Tao is different, and it is not conspiratory!" ”

Gao Yu knew that Tong Guan had misunderstood him, and hurriedly raised his hand to explain: "Father-in-law, don't hold on." For Cai Jing, is it worth it? ”

Tong Guan was stunned, he and Cai Jing definitely didn't have a relationship to protect each other.

The relationship of interests between them only exists when Tong Guan wants to take over Qin Fenglu's military and political affairs smoothly, but Cai Jing deliberately gets stuck and makes him back down.

It's not difficult to figure out the crux of this, but the difficult thing is that if he backstabs Cai Jing, what if Cai Bian retaliates?

Gao Yu said helplessly: "Father-in-law Tong, don't look at you and I are both court officials, but people like you and me, will Your Majesty care, will Zhang Xiang care?" What's more, Qin Fenglu's officials, regardless of whether they are military generals and civil officials, are at least on the petition for their names, and Cai Jing can't turn over this time. You and I are not related to Cai Jing, why should you and I fall into a catastrophe for him? ”

"You're here to be a lobbyist?" The childlike playful tone and prickly tone really made Gao Yu uncomfortable.

But Gao Yu is a small person who has experienced street messing, if he cares about face, he can't even survive in the capital back then. He said leisurely: "Father-in-law Tong, this is a fight between immortals, how can we be small people like us, how can we have the right to choose?" ”

"yes!"

Tong Guan seemed to be said to be in the sore spot of his heart, and asked, "If our family ...... What will Bachelor An do with Tong? ”

"Father-in-law Tong, haven't you figured out the situation yet? The current situation is that everything that Bachelor An gave us has to continue, and we have to grit our teeth and go next. ”

Gao Yu looked at the door, and then said with an embarrassed face: "Father-in-law Tong, I'm going on patrol, so I can't talk to you." ”

After speaking, Gao Yu left in a hurry.

In the official residence, Li Kui listened to the audit results brought by Qiu Xuanhuai, and then looked at them carefully. estimated a rough number, and said to An Tao: "It has been ascertained, there is a deficit of 150,000 guan, if Tong Guan's testimony can be matched, Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and the Yushitai can all investigate, it depends on how the bachelor chooses." ”

"Tong Guan still refuses to come forward?"

"After all, Cai Jing still has a younger brother who is in power, and he may have concerns."

An Tao stroked his beard and said to himself: "The old man is still too kind, and he even delusionally wants to give Tong Guan a chance." ”

"Father, Tong Guan spoke."

"Bring it here."

Tong Guan, who appeared in front of An Tao again, had lost the angry look in his eyes, and at the same time, he seemed to accept his fate, and at the same time, he had a kind of innocence that was slaughtered by others. An Tao didn't care about Tong Guan's confession, but casually put the confession in his hand on the bookcase, as if he recognized Tong Guan's choice to abandon the secret, and said: "Tong Guan, you didn't disappoint the old man." ”

After a slap, it's time to give a sweet date.

An Tao immediately changed his previous appointment to Tong Guan, pointed at Li Kui and said, "Renjie knows, right?" ”

"The slave recognizes!"

An Tao was noncommittal, but he didn't have much emotion and said: "In the future, you will be a supervisor in the Feilian Army." ”

"Slave and maid, thank you for your leniency." Tong Guan, who is under the eaves, has no qualifications to bargain at all. He could only bow his head in thanks.

But Li Kui?

Tong Guan's gaze at Li Kui was indescribably complicated. Li Kui is always separated from him by one layer, but even Tong Guan can't tell when he provoked him.

To say that the first time he saw Li Kui a few years ago was on the official road in Yizhou. His daughter-in-law Sang Hongye mocked Li Kui for not being able to ride a horse, and Li Kui did not have a seizure at that time. But after that, Li Kui deliberately kept his distance from Tong Guan, which made him very puzzled. It's just a quarrel of words, is it worth holding such a grudge?

If Li Kui is a civil official, he has to keep a distance from the eunuchs, which is unreasonable.

But the problem is that Li Kui and Hao Sui have a very close relationship. did not despise Hao Sui because of the defects of the eunuchs.

This made him puzzled, and after that, Tong Guan worked in front of Concubine Xian, and it can be said that he was very close to the Liu family, and Taishi Liu was Li Kui's future father-in-law. But why is Li Kui completely guarding himself. Even if he wanted to make friends himself, Li Kui deliberately kept his distance.

This puzzled him.

"Renjie, our family will follow you in the future."

Outside the official residence, Tong Guan made a full gesture to Li Kui, but Li Kui did not mean to be with him. Instead, he said lightly: "Since Gonggong Tong has already done the past, then Gao Yu should be notified and is ready to leave Qinzhou and return to Anxi Prefecture." ”

"That's too rushed, isn't it?"

"Remember, Tong Guan, you are a prisoner, and if you are dissatisfied, you can give your majesty a secret fold, this is what you should do."

"You!"

Tong Guan angrily pressed his back molars, his fists hidden under his clothes clenched, and his nails were almost embedded in the flesh, and he didn't know it. He knew that Li Kui didn't like him very much, but when he really wanted to work together, he found that Li Kui didn't like him at all, but looked down on him.

I despise him so much that I don't even have the heart to say a word to him.

Tong Guan roared angrily in his heart: "I am your prison army!" ”

Gao Yu patted Tong Guan's shoulder at this time, and said in a low voice: "Don't see Father-in-law Tong, Renjie is this temper." In the army, he is the only one who can give orders, not even you and me. ”

"How is that possible?"

After clearing the customs and screaming, he was still secretly happy before, as long as he was a prisoner, he could also make meritorious contributions on the battlefield. But after Gao Yu's reminder, he found that things were not as simple as he thought. Li Kui's appearance seems to indicate that Tong Guan's military career has ended ahead of schedule.

How does this work?

He endured the humiliation and burden, just because one day in front of the tomb of his benefactor Li Xian, he poured a bowl of liquor and told his benefactor: "Li Gong, I have already done your unfulfilled ambition for you." ”

But Li Kui's style of doing things suddenly made him have the possibility of breaking his thoughts. Tong Guan couldn't help but press his throat and retorted: "Isn't there anyone who objects?" ”

"No one dared to oppose him." Gao Yu thought for a while and reminded Tong Guan: "Father-in-law Tong, you have to be prepared, once Renjie decides to send troops, you will be left behind." ”

"Why? I'm also able to get on the horse and kill the enemy......"

After Tong Guan finished speaking, he became a little short of breath. He can get on the horse and kill the enemy, but at most he pretends to be like it, and he is reluctant to fight with his own life. Besides, if he really rushes forward, he is worried that he will not survive.

Gao Yu complained: "What Renjie wants is a helper who can slash and kill the enemy generals neatly, but the father-in-law's skills can only become a burden to the army." ”

"But didn't General Cheng also follow the army to participate in the war at the beginning?"

Tong Guan said that he was already faceless and skinless, Cheng Zhijie again, he is also a disciple of the general, he has practiced since he was a child, he is skilled in bows and horses, and he is familiar with the rough art of war. In terms of force, Tong Guan is not the opponent of Cheng Zhijie, who has a good face. Again, with a thirty-pound long weapon, there is no problem at all in dancing.

But what about Tong Guan?

There is simply no way to play with such a heavy weapon.

Besides, Gao Yu felt that Tong Guan was a little bit too late, and said dissatisfiedly: "Father-in-law Tong, General Cheng is Renjie's brother-in-law, can't he talk the same way?" Moreover, Father-in-law Tong, for those who do not obey, Renjie has never agreed. You have to be prepared. ”

Looking at Gao Yu's back, Tong Guan said in a low voice: "It also depends on the owner to beat the dog, and he also deserves to wear small shoes for our family?" ”

Two days later, Anzai.

Li Kui pointed to Yutu and ordered the generals of the Feilian Army: "The whole army will set off in three days to capture Lanzhou. ”

"Ruda!"

"The end will be."

"You take 3,000 men and horses to follow behind the cavalry."

"Gao Yu!"

"The last general!"

……

Tong Guan listened to Li Kui's order, and felt very uncomfortable. This honor used to be his exclusive honor. But when Li Kui gave all the orders, he suddenly found that he didn't seem to have received orders? He suddenly became anxious, got up and said to Li Kui: "Master Li, why is there no military order from Tong?" ”

Li Kui raised his eyelids blankly, and the incomprehensible answer instantly pierced Tong Guan's weak heart, and he roared in his heart: "He didn't treat our family as a man!" ”