Zheng Tai didn't know what Dong Chong's heart was like, he only knew that he had failed, and he had failed badly.

He had lost an important reinforcement, and the loss of this reinforcement would have an indelible and significant negative impact on his plan to bring down Liu Bei.

At this stage, every army that is not under Liu Bei's command is very important in their eyes, and if they are indispensable, without one, the already small victory rate will become even more pitiful, which is not something they can accept.

However, what they can understand, everyone else understands.

Coincidentally, Jia Xi, who went to visit Jian Shuo, also encountered a similar thing.

Jia Xi thought that he was a powerful figure of the Valle Reading family who deigned to visit Jian Shuo in person, and Jian Shuo should happily go out to greet him, and then engage in a big battle to put gold on his face.

But he never expected that he would be greeted by a lazy "waste person".

When Jian Shuo met Jia Xi, he was wearing a regular dress woven by Shu brocade, leaning lazily on the soft couch, surrounded by dancing dancers and musicians playing hard, he ate fried chicken legs, drank peach wine, and enjoyed the dance music, happy like a fairy.

And whether it should be said or not, the current Jian Shuo has completely lost the heroic and strong appearance when Liu Hong was still alive, and he is now a puddle of soft fat piled up.

Jia Xi didn't expect Jian Shuo's life to be so erosive, and suddenly felt that his intention might not be able to resonate with Jian Shuo.

"Jia Gong is a rare guest, come to people, good wine and good food, take out the best things in the house, don't slack off Jia Gong!"

Unlike Dong Chong, Jian Shuo did not have a vital tool to commit crimes, so he did not carry out some immoral actions, but other aspects caused a lot of stimulation to Jia Xi.

For Jia Xi's visit, Jian Shuo was welcome, so he came up with the most dignified hospitality combination - fried chicken thighs and Jiuquan peach wine.

"Don't talk about this fried chicken thigh, it's a famous dish in the palace now, if you want to say that you haven't eaten a bite of fried chicken thighs in Luoyang City, you're embarrassed to go out, but this Jiuquan peach wine is not a simple thing, it was sent by Liu Xuande last month, and you can't buy it with money!"

Jian Shuo arranged a whole plate of fried chicken thighs for Jia Xu, which was quite generous, but Pu Tao wine was only given a small pot.

Looking at the food and wine in front of him, Jia Xi didn't know whether to be happy or depressed for a while.

This Jiuquan peach wine is indeed money can not be bought, in addition to the palace special supply and important clan special supply, only Liu Bei is qualified to distribute, only a very rare amount can flow into the market every year, that is to fight luck, financial strength and hand speed, all are indispensable, less can not be bought.

Liu Bei is also very particular about giving people, either powerful people who have a good relationship with him, or his own cronies and subordinates, or people with high morality.

Within the ancient literature school, he only gave it to Lu Zhi and Zheng Xuan, and Ma Riyan could occasionally get a little mixed up, and he and Zheng Tai did not get Liu Bei's gift since the second year of Jian'an.

If you want to drink Jiuquan peach wine, you either have to go to someone else's banquet to mix a few sips, or send someone to guard in front of the salt shop.

If you want to say that Jia Xi and others have a lot of grudges against Liu Bei, it is really hard to say.

However, I can't drink a few sips of Jiuquan peach wine throughout the year, but here in Jian Shuo, I can drink this small pot at once, and Jia Xi is still very happy.

But the problem is that this was sent by Liu Bei......

Could it be that the relationship between Jian Shuo and Liu Bei is quite good!?

Eating fried chicken legs, drinking peach wine, and watching singing and dancing performances should have been the best combination in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but Jia Xi was worried and unhappy in his heart.

Finally, after Jian Shuo's enjoyment was finished and he was full of food and drink, Jia Xi finally said his intention.

He told Jian Shuo what happened between him and Liu Bei before, and then euphemistically asked Jian Shuo if he had the idea of resisting Liu Bei's "hegemony".

Rebelling against Liu Bei's "hegemony"?

For this question, Jian Shuo, who enjoys his current life very much, actually thinks it's quite funny.

"Liu Xuande has more than 200,000 troops, if you want to resist him, you must first ask his army if they agree, ask his arrogant soldiers and generals if they agree, and then ask Lu Zigan if these people agree, and when they all agree, you can try to resist him, otherwise, hehehe......"

Jian Shuo poured a glass of Jiuquan peach wine, tasted it deliciously, and glanced at Jia Xi in front of him, but didn't finish his words.

Jia Xi's face was unhappy.

"We all know this, it's really difficult, but it's man-made, although there are many people inside and outside the court who support him, but there are also many people who oppose him, and his wolf ambitions have not been exposed, once exposed, people who are dissatisfied with him will definitely attack him!"

"Then it's not too late for me to help when they attack in groups, right?"

Jian Shuo smiled and did not let go.

"Captain Jian, that's not what you said!"

Jia Xi hurriedly said: "You may not know, Liu Bei's power desire has now swelled to the point of unstoppable, and the power he has now is already very large, but he is still not satisfied, he still wants to have more power, if he really succeeds, won't he become the emperor?"

Now you have 30,000 Xiyuan Army, this is the largest army in the whole world that is not under Liu Bei's control, or the Son of Heaven's army left by the first emperor, what an important and justifiable army, once this army is shot, Liu Bei will not dare to act recklessly, because attacking the Xiyuan Army is attacking the Son of Heaven! ”

"Jia Gong may not know that now the Xiyuan Army is no longer under my command except for the headquarters of the military captain, and the other seven captains' armies are no longer under my command."

Jian Shuo waved his hand, and picked up the fried chicken leg that had been gnawing beautifully: "I have only one army left, more than 3,000 people, less than 4,000, even if I want, let me take more than 3,000 people to fight against Liu Xuande's more than 200,000 troops, how to fight?" ”

"What? The West Park Army already? ”

"Yes, the West Park Army was not under my control a few years ago."

Looking at Jian Shuo's appearance of saying terrifying words with a calm face, Jia Xi suddenly felt that his heart was about to be frozen by the cold cold and couldn't beat.

"How so? The Xiyuan Army is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and you are the commander of the Xiyuan Army ordered by the first emperor, how can this be? You...... Were you forced by Liu Bei? ”

Jia Xi hurriedly said: "If that's the case, isn't this evidence of Liu Bei's wolf ambition?" He plotted to seize the Son of Heaven's pro-army, which was to be detrimental to the Son of Heaven! ”

Jian Shuo blinked.

"Oh, I can't say that, the main thing is that I can't afford to raise 30,000 Xiyuan Army, the Xiyuan Army was originally the expenditure of Shaofu, and the military expenses were all provided by Shaofu, after the death of the first emperor, Shaofu was taken care of by Liu Xuande, and the military expenses were also from his side.

Later, I thought that I was embarrassed to let people pay for it all the time, so I asked him if he wanted to take control of the Xiyuan Army, and he shirked it a few times, and I gave it a few times, and he took it, and I kept a Shangjun as a pro-army, and the rest, forget it. ”

Seeing that Jian Shuo said so indifferently, Jia Xi's whole person was not good.

30,000 West Garden Army!

The Son of Heaven's pro-army Xiyuan Army stationed in Luoyang City is above board!

What an advantage, an army that can turn things around in a palace coup!

You just let it out?

Of course, this really can't be blamed on Jian Shuo, it is really a huge cost to raise troops, and the finances of the Shaofu are controlled by Liu Bei, and the military expenses of the Xiyuan Army are provided by Liu Bei.

After the Luoyang Mutiny and Liu Hong's death, Luoyang was in chaos for a while, and the court was chaotic and the finances were empty, not to mention military spending.

At that time, everyone knew that the one who had money and gave money was the uncle, and the one who didn't have money was the stinky sweet potato that no one loved.

In less than half a year, the other seven captains of the Xiyuan Army were all familiar with Liu Bei, and the middle-level officers were also very familiar with Liu Bei, and even Liu Bei had to be present at the military meeting, and if he was not present, the military meeting of the Xiyuan Army would not be able to start.

Jian Shuo, a person who is so good at observing words and feelings, how can he not see that people's hearts are back?

If he doesn't take the initiative to attack, he won't even be able to drink soup, and being able to keep an army can be regarded as Liu Bei's rules, in case Liu Bei doesn't follow the rules, he won't even be able to keep the army.

What is power?

Power is people plus money, and if someone has no money, who will play with you?

Liu Bei has someone who is rich, has a lot of money, and is still strong, so it is undoubted that the Xiyuan Army took refuge in Liu Bei, Jian Shuo thought it was funny, he didn't understand why Jia Xi still thought that the Xiyuan Army was in his hands.

How much does he look down on Liu Bei?

However, people like Jia Xi really don't have any compulsion, and they think very highly of themselves, and they feel that the Valverant Clan is the most amazing existence in the world, except for the adult emperor, no one can suppress them, so they are so arrogant.

Although they were vaguely aware of Liu Bei's extraordinary, and realized that Liu Bei might not be able to defeat them alone, they looked for allies everywhere to find helpers, but it was too late.

Jian Shuo smiled and drank a small half pot of Jiuquan peach wine, ate two fried chicken legs, and then clapped his hands.

"Jia Gong, I understand what you mean, and I also know what you think, but I advise you not to do this, isn't it good to live? If you are alive, you will have a future, and when you die, you will have nothing left, just like those families who do not abide by the slave restriction order, how fierce they are at the beginning, and how many will die later.

Liu Xuande is a person who keeps his promises, he said that if he wants to beat you, he will beat you, and if he says that he will destroy your three clans, he will destroy your three clans, and he will never break his word, and do what he says, so I suggest that you forget it, take a step back, Liu Xuande will give him whatever he wants, don't fight with him, you can't win. ”

Jian Shuo said it simply, but Jia Xi was depressed in his heart.

"What you said is simple, this is not my business alone, it is the matter of the entire Fufeng Pingling Jia family, as well as the protégés of the Jia family, as well as their families, do you know how many families and how many people are involved?

If it's just my own business, I don't care at all, but this is the whole family's business, and I can't afford it alone, it doesn't matter if I retreat, what do the people in the family and so many other families live on? ”

"Liu Xuande won't kill you all, right?"

Jian Shuo smiled: "If you fully cooperate, I don't think Liu Xuande is the kind of person who rushes to kill everything, and he will leave you a little bit, isn't this the case with Hongnong Yang's family?" They gave up, and now they have preserved the family, and they have a son who is a general under Liu Xuande, and I heard that he is quite important. ”

Jian Shuo mentioned the Yang family, which made Jia Xi stunned.

Not to mention, Liu Bei is really not the kind of person who rushes to kill everything, as long as he does what he says, most of them will survive, even if they were enemies of him.

The most typical example is Hongnong Yang.

At the beginning, the Yang family, as the leader of the modern literary school, fought against Liu Bei for several years, and Yang Ci and Yang Biao fought against Liu Bei for two generations, and Yang Ci even died for it.

But later, I don't know what happened, Yang suddenly reversed his attitude and watched from the sidelines at the most dangerous time for today's literary school.

After the modern literary school destroyed itself, they were arrested by Liu Bei and interrogated in Luoyang, and their family property was confiscated, and everyone thought that the Yang family was finished.

has offended Liu Bei, or is it the former leader of the current literary school, don't you want to be killed by Liu Bei?

Surprisingly, Yang was not killed.

The identity of the Yang family was taken away, the family property was dismembered, and the network of protégés and former officials was disbanded.

But the Yang family survived, and in the team of the modern literary school, which was basically purged, the Yang family belonged to the fish that no one expected to slip through the net.

So it wasn't until the dust settled on this matter that some people thought about it in hindsight, whether it was because the Yang family had secretly reached some kind of agreement with Liu Bei before, exchanging family resources for the lives and survival of people in the family.

Now it seems that the Yang family is successful, although the family industry has been almost dismembered, the style of the century-old family is gone, and the family has begun to cultivate the old road of family heirlooms, but the hope is still preserved, and it is alive to enter the next era.

So at that time, there were also people in the circle of the ancient literature school who discussed, saying that Liu Bei was really quite disciplined, as long as he really surrendered and confessed, even if he offended him fiercely, he would let him live and give him a chance to live.

So everyone commented at that time that Liu Bei was broad-minded and tolerant, and he was the material for great things.

Thinking about it now, Jia Xi suddenly felt that what Jian Shuo said was right, if he really gave up lying flat, Liu Bei would not kill them all, he would leave a way for people to live, leave a way to live, and if he really had to go to the dark, he would be completely eradicated by him.

But......

Is there really a way to live?

Now, is there a way back for them?

With so many interests, so many networks, so many people pointing to their family to eat, and a huge burden, how can they be thrown away?

Thinking about it carefully, Jia Xi really admires Yang Biao, under such circumstances, he can actually make such a strong man's decision to break his wrist, how much pressure does it have to be to do it?

Jia Xi thought about it and felt that he couldn't resonate with Yang Biao.

"What Captain Jian said is indeed reasonable, but this kind of thing is not something that I can make a decision alone, and it is also a family of Valve, and he Liu Bei should not treat us as his lackeys, he is too arrogant."

"Those who have no strength are called arrogance, and those who have strength are called self-confidence."

Jian Shuo laughed and said: "Liu Xuande is the most powerful person in the world, he really calls it self-confidence, not arrogance, if you regard what he says as arrogance, then ...... Jia Gong, go back and discuss it with your people, admit defeat to Liu Xuande, and don't be ashamed. ”

Jia Xi was silent for a while, didn't say anything more, and quickly said goodbye and left.

Jian Shuo said goodbye to Jia Xi, returned to the inner hall and drank peach wine for a while, looked at the precious pot of Jiuquan peach wine, rolled his eyes, and called a servant to come in.

"Take my token to the General's Mansion, go to the General in person, and tell the General that Zheng Tai, Jia Xi and others have ill intentions towards the General, and are trying to attract people everywhere to launch a mutiny, please take precautions as soon as possible."

"Yui!"

The servant nodded, took the token and put it in his arms, and immediately ran away.

(End of chapter)