Murong Xue left the imperial city, didn't even care about going home, and went straight to find Shen Lie. However, what he didn't expect was that Shen Lie's residence was already empty at this time.

Unable to find Shen Lie, Murong Xue's heart suddenly disappeared, and she hurriedly turned her horse's head and ran to the office of the Reverse Scale Division in the Eastern Capital, where she happened to meet Lao Dong and Zhou Xing sitting in the house and drinking.

Seeing Murong Xue, Zhou Xing hurriedly got up in surprise: "General Murong, when did you come back?" ”

"I also just arrived in Luoyi today," Murong Xue was a little anxious: "What about you Lord Changshi?" ”

Zhou Xing was stunned when he heard this, and then said deliberately: "I don't know if you are asking Shen Changshi or Tian Changshi?" ”

Murong Xue kicked Zhou Xing directly, and said angrily: "Fuck! What teeth to grind! The long history of bullshit! Of course, Lao Tzu asked Shen Lie! Where are the others? ”

"General, don't worry," Dong Tianxing pulled Murong Xue to sit down: "Dissipate your anger and speak slowly." ”

Zhou Xing cried with a sad face and said depressedly: "General Murong, our Lord Changshi has already left and gone to Jiangnan alone." ”

Murong Xue raised her eyebrows: "How did you do it?" Why don't you keep him?! ”

Dong Tianxing relieved Zhou Xing and said: "Alas, Shen Changshi is a hero, of course he can't do things like his mother-in-law." Yesterday morning, he left a letter and left alone, no one knows. ”

At this point, Murong Xue knew that it was useless to be in a hurry, so she picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all, and then asked in a deep voice, "Have you discussed any solutions, and how to support Shen Lie next?" ”

Dong Tianxing first glanced at Zhou Xing, who was full of sadness, and then explained: "As soon as Tian Mu took office yesterday, he issued an order to let the Reverse Scale Division concentrate all its forces, keep an eye on the Yizhou Imperial Court and the Jingxiang army, and closely monitor all the officials and generals. At the same time, he also used the excuse of 'preventing leakage of information and protecting Shen Lie's safety' that no one was allowed to intervene in Jiangnan's actions, otherwise military law would be involved. ”

Zhou Xing suddenly scolded: "Damn, I'm not going to do it!" Find a long history! ”

Murong Xue glared at him: "Okay, don't make a mess." Do your duty honestly, save Tian Mu from finding an excuse, and then add trouble to Shen Lie. Master Dong, you are resourceful and resourceful, you can't just watch Lao Shen go to Longtan Tiger's Den alone. ”

Dong Tianxing stroked his beard, nodded and said, "Before you came, I was about to discuss this matter with Xiao Zhou." ”

He took a peanut and threw it in his mouth, and said while chewing: "In my opinion, the current situation is not particularly bad, and Lord Shen should not act rashly until he understands the situation." The only problem to worry about is that he is alone, and his two fists are difficult to defeat with four hands, in case of a situation, he is afraid that the opponent will not be able to defeat the opponent. ”

"That's right," Murong Xue bowed slightly: "He went to Jiangnan alone, although the target was small and not easy to expose, but he didn't even have a helper by his side to get things done, and he lacked reinforcements when he encountered danger." I have a lot of generals there, but they are all reckless men who only know how to fight, and they are completely amateurs in the way of the Reverse Scale Division. I'm afraid that when the time comes, not only will I not be able to help, but it will also be easy to make mistakes. ”

Zhou Xing said: "The same is true of Lord Changshi's friends in the rivers and lakes. Small favors can help, but big favors are difficult to count on, and some of them may have been bought by Lao Jianhua in advance. ”

Dong Tianxing looked at the two of them, and waited for a while before suddenly laughing: "You two are really confused. In this whole world, except for the Beiya Reverse Scale Division, are there no other top spies? ”

Murong Xue was stunned when she heard this: "Other top secret agents? Who are you talking about? ”

Zhou Xing suddenly understood, and said loudly: "Old man, what do you mean...... Zhenjiang Army Intelligence Division?! ”

Dong Tianxing hurriedly made a small gesture, nodded and said, "That's right, the Intelligence Department under the Dadu Protector, I don't think it's necessarily worse than your Reverse Scale Division, right?" ”

"It's not bad," Zhou Xing said: "Brother of the Intelligence Division, the means are quite hard!" ”

Murong Xue was slightly puzzled and said: "Although Jiang Yao has a master of secret agents, but from the western Xinjiang to the eastern capital, separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, it is even more distant to go to Jiangnan, and when we tell him, it will take at least ......a few months for him to send people to reinforce Shen Lie."

Dong Tianxing smiled sheepishly: "General Murong, you don't know your good brother too well. I don't believe it, most of the protectors really don't even have any deployment to the Central Plains homeland? ”

As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Zhou Xing, and his face was full of narrowness.

Zhou Xing smiled meaningfully, and bowed his head slightly: "Don't hide it from the two adults, after establishing contact with our Anti-Scale Division, Dadu Hu has indeed sent many brothers from the Intelligence Department to the Central Plains. Although I don't know exactly how big the intelligence network they have built, I can be sure that there must be people from both Lianghuai and Jiangnan. The reason is very simple, because several of the secret strongholds were set up with the help of the lowly position. ”

Murong Xue stared at Zhou Xing in disbelief: "Is it so exaggerated?!" Li Jiangyao: What do you want to do? ”

Dong Tianxing said lightly: "Most of the capital guards are born as Pegasus scouts, so of course they attach importance to the role of intelligence. No matter what he wants to do, he won't harm Saint Tang in short. Xiao Zhou, do you think the idea of decay is feasible? ”

"Absolutely!" Zhou Xing nodded again and again: "I will immediately send someone to contact the Intelligence Department, they know that the safety of Lord Changshi is at stake, and they will definitely not stand idly by." ”

Dong Tianxing said happily: "Then let's do both!" While writing a letter to inform Dadu Hu, he contacted the Intelligence Department of the Zhenjiang Army here and asked them to help secretly. ”

Zhou Xing readily agreed: "I understand, let's do it!" ”

With that, he ran out in a hurry.

Looking at Zhou Xingyuan's back, Murong Xue was thoughtful. After a while, he suddenly sighed faintly: "I can't understand Your Majesty anymore." Such a good Northern Ya Reverse Scale Division, why did he destroy the Great Wall? ”

Dong Tianxing took a sip of wine, shook his head and said, "The emperor's heart is like the depth of the sea. Getting to that location, something ...... Alas, no way. ”

"You're pretty open-minded." Murong Xue said half-jokingly and half-mockingly.

"General, I've been an official for thirty-five years, oh no, it's been thirty-six years," Dong Tianxing said with a smile: "This time is longer than your age, what else can't you see?" Our emperor, who ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne in the midst of the world's strife, has nothing to ask for, and can only survive by struggling on his own. Anyone, including Shen Changshi, including you, including the old man, is a tool that must be used well. On the contrary, when the tool threatens the emperor, even if there is no evidence, he will not hesitate to dispose of it. ”

Murong Xue was noncommittal to Lao Dong's words, and drank a cup silently.

Dong Tianxing saw that he was silent, and continued: "Do you know why Your Majesty reused Wei Zixuan, Gong Chengze and Tian Mu? ”

Murong Xue looked at each other curiously: "Why?" ”

"Everyone else thinks that Your Majesty likes them to welcome and pat horses, but in fact, this is to make the emperor think simply." Dong Tianxing put down his chopsticks and said in a deep voice: "The reason why the emperor will accept them is first of all because these three guys are not too stupid, and the more important reason is that they start from the end of the day and have no roots. ”

Murong Xue was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then immediately understood what Lao Dong meant:

It starts from the small end, and it is easy to control; Without roots, there will be no rebellion.

In contrast, he Murong Xue and Shen Lie both belong to the kind of people who have an extremely high starting point and a strong foundation.

As for Dong Tianxing, just like Wei Zixuan, he was a little-known minor official from the fifth grade, but he was reused by Li Bing in a short time.

Murong Xue suddenly found that the old man in front of him was really unusual, and he saw those things in the court really clearly.

He poured wine into Lao Dong's cup with sincerity: "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years." Come, old man, a toast to you. ”

Dong Tianxing touched him with a smile: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, the old man is also too drunk and nonsense." General Murong doesn't need to take what I just said to heart, because your position in Your Majesty's heart is different from others. ”

Murong Xue smiled faintly: "Oh? What's the difference? ”

Dong Tianxing said: "The emperor is also a human after all, and if he is a human being, he will talk about feelings." General Murong has followed loyally for many years, regardless of life and death, and is the most trusted and inseparable person of His Majesty. ”

Murong Xue shook her head slightly: "I never thought about this. Back then, I promised the first emperor and the young prince to protect the Holy Religious Covenant wholeheartedly, and I dare not forget it for a while. If one day Your Majesty doubts me, then I will leave freely and be an idle crane. ”

"The general's high style and bright festival are admirable. However, compared to you, the old decay is more worried about the protection of the capital. Dong Tianxing did not hide his inner thoughts: "The emperor's attitude towards the Zhenjiang Army is really a bit difficult to explain. ”

Murong Xue said vigilantly: "Do you see something wrong?" ”

Dong Tianxing smiled bitterly: "Do you still need to watch this?" Isn't it obvious? The old man has always been unable to understand that even if the emperor is wary of the generals of the army, it is not as hostile as he is to the protectors of the capital. ”

Murong Xue suddenly smiled narrowly: "Regarding this issue, I can guess the reason behind it." ”

"Oh? Tell me about it. ”

Murong Xue leaned her head closer and said in a low voice, "When you were in the Western Frontier, you should have seen Xiahou Ninghan, right?" ”

Dong Tianxing was stunned: "You are asking knowingly, of course I have seen it." The Holy Princess, the Grand Duhu, we have eaten together. How...... Oh my god, is it?! ”

Murong Xue nodded: "She is also the person Your Majesty likes." ”

"Oh, the old man understands now," Dong Tianxing suddenly realized: "No wonder the first time I met the emperor, he actually vomited blood and fainted when he read the letter, it turned out that it was because the Xiahou girl married Dadu Hu." Heck, isn't this more troublesome? ”

Murong Xue looked a little helpless: "Who said it wasn't?" The biggest grievance in this world is the hatred of killing his father and taking his wife, and the emperor's heart knot with Jiang Yao is probably difficult to untie. ”