Camp Qiuzi.

In order to celebrate this victory, King Qiuzi held a celebration banquet to entertain the envoys of the Ming Dynasty.

Shen Zaikuan is young, handsome, and gentle, and his gestures all show the demeanor of a great power, neither with words for deterrence, nor without any coercion.

It was in that light, convincing tone that he asked King Qiuzi to agree to the request.

If it weren't for the fact that the situation was a little inappropriate, King Qiuzi even wanted to directly finalize the cooperation, because the agreement proposed by Shen Zaikuan was very generous and a win-win agreement.

This agreement is certainly a win-win.

King Qiuzi is a springboard to pacify the Western Regions, and an example to the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, if he behaves too arrogantly and too greedily, he will only push all the people who may become friends to Fang Yeyu's camp.

A thousand golden city bones!

Punish someone as a warning to others!

This is the eight-character proverb given to him by Li Tanhua, the old scholar of the Ministry of Rites, when Shen Zaikuan set off, and all the plans formulated by Shen Zaikuan are based on these eight words.

One more friend, one less friend to the enemy, and only the stupidest people will push their friends into the enemy camp for the sake of petty profits.

This is the suggestion that Chang Mao gave to Shen Zaikuan when the mission set off from Suzhou, and Shen Zaikuan thought all the way and silently deleted some of the more excessive conditions.

This act is not for the sake of King Qiuzi, nor for the interests of a certain oasis, but for the 36 countries of the Western Regions, and for the entire Silk Road.

It's long-term business.

It's a constant source of wealth.

If the agreement is successful, his merits will grow as long as the Silk Road is not broken.

Shen Zaikuan clearly remembered that the stories of those "diplomats" that Shen Lian once told him about not fighting for temporary profits, but for the glory of a lifetime.

Someone here asked, is Shen Zaikuan not afraid of being picked peaches, and working hard to fulfill others?

Unafraid!

Because it's almost impossible!

Even if someone can take away this merit, who can take away his reputation? Could it be that someone would change the historical records for the sake of such a small profit?

Shen Zaikuan is a scholar, what he wants is to be the king of the world, to win the name before and after his death, even if he is bullied alive, his reputation should always be preserved after death.

If he takes 10,000 steps back and is suppressed many times, he can also go to the Hanlin Academy to repair books or historical materials.

When the time comes, let colleagues add two strokes and subtract two strokes, and use a spring and autumn penmanship, who can snatch the name behind him?

Even if colleagues don't help, you can accept a few people as students, and when Shen Zaikuan is fifty years old, he doesn't dare to say that he is full of peach and plums, at least he can accept a few protégés.

This kind of thing is extremely operable.

In addition, Shen Zaikuan's character, I dare not say that it is Shen Qingtian, who is selfless, but he is also very, very loyal to Daming, and is willing to pay his youthful blood.

Scholars in their twenties still have young enthusiasm after all, and they will not focus on self-interest in everything.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be in vain to read the books of the sages?

Shen Zaikuan can be a high school champion, and he has enough wisdom to deal with these things, and he has already made a lot of preparations for this.

This is the truth that Shen Lian taught him.

What is the most perfect layout?

It is not to be able to obtain the most benefits, but to have the highest fault tolerance rate, not that you can't make mistakes, but what you can make up for after making mistakes.

When you are in a crisis, you can take risks, and when you are in an advantage, you should focus on stability, be upright, rely on the surging general trend to crush, and never be greedy for merit.

Adventure is Fang Yeyu's business.

Shen Zaikuan doesn't need any adventure.

No one wants Shen Jae-kuan to take a risk and grab profits.

From the moment Shen Lian found King Qiuzi, Shen Zaikuan didn't need to take risks, he only needed to advance steadily.

……

"Lao Shen, the layout of your brothers, I don't understand it more and more, to say that this is a coincidence, it is too much of a coincidence, if it is not a coincidence, but it is more incredible than a coincidence, what is going on?"

Chu Liuxiang reviews what happened recently.

When his mind no longer cares, he can think seriously, and naturally he can think of many flaws.

Shen Lian's performance was too weird.

On the grounds of looking for King Qiuzi, he left the envoy group with several masters, and then nominally helped Chu Liuxiang find Hongyan, but he achieved his goal by mistake.

It's just a matter of finding the king of Qiuzi, and he also found the traces of Shi Guanyin here, completed the plan made before departure, and completely destroyed Shi Guanyin's lair.

It was just a matter of destroying Shi Guanyin, and when Chu Liuxiang was waiting in the camp, he really confirmed Hongyan's traces, although he didn't feel particularly happy.

Then the rebels of Qiuzi came over.

Then Shen Lian led the army to kill back.

The mission found the king of Qiuci, the king of Qiuci successfully regained the throne, Shi Guanyin was completely destroyed, Chu Liuxiang found the three red faces, and all things were successfully resolved.

Everyone's happy!

There was joy on everyone's face.

Actually?

How did Shen Lian confirm these things?

How does Shen Lian cooperate with Shen Zaikuan?

If all this is all a coincidence, Shen Lian's luck is too good, according to Chu Liuxiang's observation, Shen Lian's luck is extremely poor, the two play dice, if Shen Lian doesn't use a thousand skills, pure luck, a hundred battles will be lost.

In any game of luck, without cheating, Shen Lian has hardly ever won.

The guy even gave a detailed argument:

Since ancient times, the spearmen were lucky to have a total of one stone, Changshan Zhao Zilong monopolized eight buckets, and the rest of the people were divided into two buckets.

Shen Lian even said proudly: "I belong to the weird luck, the fortune fluctuates very much, every time I am slapped by bad luck, the goddess of luck will throw me a sweet date to soothe my fragile heart." ”

This argument is so perfect that it is perfect everywhere except that it is not understood.

There are countless examples of this theory.

For example, if you go to the snowy mountains, you will encounter avalanches, if you go to the desert, you will encounter black sandstorms, and if you go to sea by boat, you will capsize.

At the same time, avalanches will pick up snow lotuses, avoid sandstorms will encounter the Temple of the Sun, and capsize ships may drift to special islands to find ancient inheritance.

Regarding Shen Lian's elastic luck, Chu Liuxiang really didn't know what to say, this was too boring.

Could it be that this is also elastic luck?

No way!

How could it be like such a bird?

If this is also considered elastic luck, now that the fortune is so strong, when it falls, wouldn't it be found when you go out and find that Pang Ban Bashi Ba is blocked at the door?

"Old Shen, my brain is very messy now, although it may involve the secrets of the imperial court, I still want to inquire about it so that my brain can be cleared up."

Shen Lian said indifferently: "This is actually nothing special, it's just that before leaving, my cousin designed many plans, and asked me to choose different plans according to the specific situation, so as to complete the layout." ”

As he spoke, Shen Lian drew a picture on the ground.

A straight line is drawn first, then a circle is drawn at the end of the line, and eight thin lines stretch outwards from the circle, and the thin lines meet in front of them, and the intersection is still a circle, and then a straight line is leaning out into the distance.

The picture is very simple, but it makes sense.

The path that everyone walked before was the initial straight line, the circle was the division of their respective troops, the thin line was all kinds of accidents, and the convergence of the thin line was the straight line where the army arrived, reached cooperation, and continued to probe outward, which was the plan after that.

Although it may seem extremely simple, the wisdom poured into it is truly shocking.

Chu Liuxiang exclaimed: "Old Shen, is this what you once said...... Open...... Open hanging? ”

Shen Lian: !! ∑(Дノ)ノ

Why do your ears work so well?

Are you idle and listening to other people's walls?

When did I say these words in front of you?

How do you know I'm cheating?

Am I supposed to kill people now?

Shen Lian's face showed murderous aura: "Xiao Chu, you know too much, knowing too much is not good for you, isn't it good to be confused?" ”

"Old Shen, don't make trouble~~"

"Who said I was messing with you!"

"Brother Shen, don't ~ don't!"

Hu Tiehua: Is the old bed bug crazy?

Ji Bingyan: This guy was kicked in the head by a donkey?

Greenbeard: Why didn't I learn to draw back then?

Shen Lian: I really want to kill you now!

As we all know, although Chu Liuxiang's martial arts are not the highest, it is very difficult to kill Chu Liuxiang, Shi Guanyin failed to do it, Jellyfish Yin Ji failed to do it, and Mr. Orchid failed to do it.

Of course, Shen Lian also failed.

At dawn, Greenbeard returned to Black Pearl's territory with his soldiers, and Chu Liuxiang Iron Triangle decided to be a guest with him to see what the situation was!

King Qiuzi led his troops back to Qiuci Kingdom.

The rebel generals were all imprisoned, and returned to the country of Qiuzi to behead them, and ninety percent of the soldiers chose to surrender, and some scattered and became rogues in the desert.

To put it mildly, this kind of business has been done more than once.

If there is a caravan that does not pay tolls or protection fees, and has not spent all the money in Qiuzi to take all the money it earns, then the caravan is likely to encounter sand thieves and be buried under the yellow sand.

This kind of thing should definitely not be supported, because this is what bandits do, but in the desert, this is the rule laid out on the surface, and all businessmen understand it.

Spending money to buy peace has been the case since ancient times.

Unless it is an imperial merchant with a deep background like the Hua family.

Even if you give King Qiuzi ten dares, he doesn't dare to rob the Hua family, otherwise Chang Mao won't be able to spare them!

……

Shen Lian played with the Star of Bliss in his hand, this is the gem that King Qiuci coaxed Shi Guanyin, it is said to be able to open the treasure of Qiuci, in fact, this gem

- Not all lies!

Shi Guanyin is not a three-year-old child, if she takes a random gem and means that it is a national treasure of Qiuzi, how can she believe it? Since she believes it, it means that this must be a national treasure of Qiuzi, and there is a documented record.

This is indeed a gem left by Xuanzang's journey to the west.

It was not left when I went, but when I came back, at that time, Qiuzi was under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate and belonged to the "Four Towns of Anxi".

Wang Xiaojie, the general in Detective Di Renjie, the greatest achievement in his life was to recover the four towns of Anxi, and even entered the martial arts temple of the Tang and Song dynasties with this achievement.

Yan Zhenqing personally wrote the list drawn up, and the gold content of this achievement is full of real gold.

Someone here asked, how did the country of Qiuzi become the four towns of Anxi? Isn't this the country of the Western Regions?

Li Shimin said that this question is a good question.

I have a brother who has worked tirelessly to find the way to the Western Regions for me to facilitate the attack of my army.

Li Zhi said that this uncle was really good, and he was worried that my army would get lost, and he also wrote a map, recording the geography of the mountains and rivers in the Western Regions, customs and customs in detail.

Listening to the story told by King Qiuzi, Shen Lian really wanted to ask if Tang Xuanzang's customs clearance document was inscribed by Li Shimin's imperial pen himself:

- Either he passes, or I come!

Is it really okay for you to say this to my face?

Didn't you see the generals behind me, they were all about to have pink eye? This is a martial temple merit!

This is called expanding the territory!

It's also called reclaiming your homeland!

This is the most sensitive nerve of the Central Plains generals!

Even Shen Zaikuan was already enthusiastic.

In case my cousin is from Rong, and I am the elder brother, I really can't stop him, and what will happen when the time comes, then I really don't know.

King Qiuzi was unaware of this, and intermittently told Master Xuanzang's profound Buddhism, as well as the Buddhist allusions within Qiuci Kingdom, as if he was talking about Buddha.

Due to the influence of Xuanzang's journey to the west, Buddhism in the Western Regions is very prosperous, and the country of Qiuzi mainly believes in Buddhism.

The most famous of the short stories of Buddhism that has been circulated in the country of Qiuzi is called Achari Ergaran.

It is said that during the Sui and Tang dynasties, the king of the Kingdom of Qiuci wanted to go out on patrol and let his younger brother supervise the country.

Before leaving, his brother gave him a box.

The younger brother didn't say what was in the box, but told the king not to open it halfway, and then open it again when he came back.

The younger brother is a decent man and has offended many people, and those people spread rumors after the king's return, saying that your brother has entered and left the harem and made the harem a miasma.

The king was furious and wanted to kill his brother, but the younger brother did not hurry and asked the king to open the box.

But it turned out that the younger brother had been worried about this for a long time, and in order to reassure the elder brother, he waved his knife from the palace and put the cut things into the box and let the elder brother carry them with him.

After some time, when the younger brother went out, he encountered 500 cattle and horses to be castrated, and the younger brother had compassion and bought all the cattle and horses.

After this incident, the younger brother was enlightened, and in the temple built by the king, he realized the Dharma, participated in the creation, reborn his flesh and blood, and gradually returned to normal.

When Xuanzang traveled to the west, he heard about this Buddhist allusion and thought it was very interesting, recorded in "The Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", and Shen Lian had heard a little.

I haven't heard it in the Western Regions, I've heard it in the Central Plains.

In the Central Plains version of the story, the protagonist is not Asari Ergaran, but the high monk Rama, and the ending of the story is not enlightenment, but a scramble for Rama's body.

How do you say that?

- It's not that you can't, but you don't!

In the case of Jinan Mansion that year, in order to facilitate various layouts, Heishi was destroyed by Guo Bujing, who disguised his identity and launched a surprise attack, forcibly bombarding and killing two Mengyuan protectors who were killed in thousands of troops.

This is the most serious loss suffered by Meng Yuan after his defeat and return to the grassland, at the level of martial arts masters.

In that battle, Shen Lian felt very cool, and Guo Bujing was also very cool, so he remembered it very clearly.

Isn't there a connection between the two?

(End of chapter)