The secret discussion in the study soon ended, and seeing that it was getting late, Sima Yue prepared to go to dinner.

After dinner, he had to go around the concubines of Xinna.

Luoyang is in a mess, and for some dignitaries, it may not be an opportunity.

Otherwise, with his age, identity, and status, how can he accept a twenty-eight-year-old scholar girl?

Wonderful, wonderful.

"My lord." Director Wang directly interrupted Sima Yue's interest and said, "There is one thing that is inconvenient to say. ”

Sima Yue was a little unhappy, but he still pretended to be as warm as jade, and said with a smile: "You, you, you are still secretive, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." ”

Director Wang organized the following sentences, and the matter of Pei Yao's visit to Sikong involuntarily floated in his mind, and he only heard him say: "Uncle Shao Xun has the courage to inherently be unsuitable, but he has offended Meng Jiu, and I am afraid that the overall situation will be unfavorable. ”

Sima Yue put away his smile and said unhappily: "What does Jun Nai mean?" ”

Director Wang didn't care whether Sima Yue knew the process of the knot between Meng Jiu and Lu Ji, so he talked about it again, and then said: "Sikong has great ambitions, but Luoyang is a lonely city, and for today's plan, I still have to befriend the king of Chengdu." Xun has inherent bravery, but it is only a horse's ear. Meng Jiu held a grudge and slandered Chengdu day and night, dripping through the stones, fearing that something would happen. ”

"Sooner or later, Lone will have to turn his face with Sima Ying." Sima Yue said.

"Admittedly." Wang Dao said: "If the king wants to achieve his great ambition, he must get rid of Sima Ying, but not now." It's a bit unwise to do a big thing for a husband. ”

Sima Yue's face changed for a moment, and finally said, "It's not proper." If you do this, won't it chill the hearts of everyone? Teach others how to see? Don't say more, you have your own plans. ”

"Yes." Director Wang replied respectfully.

He didn't expect to do anything at this moment, but just planted a seed in advance.

Pei Dun came more and more often, and Pei Yao also visited for the first time.

Behind Pei Yao, there is also the figure of Pei Kuo, the general of the middle base. If Sikong wants to win over the forbidden army, he is bound to show goodwill to the Pei family, and Pei Dun is much more likely to be the assassin of Xuzhou.

This is unacceptable to him.

Recently, cousin Wang Yan mentioned that Jingzhou may have a chance.

At the beginning, Zhang Chang rebelled, and Sima Xin, the king of Xinye and the governor of Jingzhou, was killed. Sima Yu, the general of Zhengnan, went south to quell the chaos, and sent his henchman Zhang Yi into Jingzhou to lead the post of assassin history, but he was killed by Liu Hong, the official assassin of Jingzhou.

Liu Hong pleaded guilty, in order to calm the chaos as soon as possible, the imperial court did not pursue it, and Sima Yu's forces were completely expelled from Jingzhou, so Sikong had no opinion?

That's where the opportunity lies.

The cousin wanted Wang Cheng to be the governor of Jingzhou, and took the lead in mastering a large state for the Langya Wang clan. At the same time, he also inquired about the affairs of Xuzhou, which put Wang Dao under great pressure.

Mi Huang and Shao Xun, with Concubine Pei as a link, are very close to the Pei family, which is a stumbling block for Director Wang to seek Xuzhou, and they are unhappy in their hearts.

It doesn't matter if the eye medicine doesn't work out this time.

The situation in Luoyang, there is still something to play.

Whether it is Sima Yue or Sima Ying who actually controls the imperial court, they must use their cousin Wang Yan.

At that time, we will have to see who the history of Xuzhou will be.

******

The city gate was closed, and Mi Huang and Shao Xun stayed in Sikong Mansion overnight.

Of course, it is impossible for the two to live together.

Mi Huang lives in the guest room and has a beautiful warm bed.

Shao Xun lived in the barracks of the guards, sleeping with the smell of feet and the sound of grinding his teeth—he was used to it, and the barracks were like this.

His mentality is still very good, he is about to do big things, but he is not nervous at all, but sleeps very sweetly.

Before going to bed, he even talked about his hometown friendship with these guards, and talked a few words about his hometown.

This kind of chat is certainly beneficial.

At least, Shao Xun learned that Xuzhou had been attacked by the rebel army in the past year, and that there was a person named Feng Yun who was wreaking havoc everywhere, and the government had not been able to calm it down despite all its efforts.

He also learned that there was also a rebellion in Yangzhou, and the imperial court seemed to have sent a leader surnamed Chen to fight the thieves, and there were many victories.

These first-hand news that seem to be true and false have greatly enriched Shao Xun's understanding of the world. He now knows that Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Jingzhou and other places are very unpeaceful, and the war is raging, which is sad.

At the same time, it is a little confusing.

The combat effectiveness of the local army of the Great Jin Dynasty fluctuated, one would be defeated by the Wandering Army, and the other would defeat the Wandering Army, almost completely depending on who the main general with the troops was.

In the final analysis, it is still the pot of Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty - after Ping Wu, "I went to the state and county soldiers, and the big county placed 100 military officials, and the small county 50 people".

It's funny enough for a county to maintain law and order.

Of course, there is no resistance in the locality, the Taishou are specific officers, and they understand that there are not enough people to do this, so they use local finances to raise an extra batch, but the base is so large, how much can there be? What's more, many counties are still equipped with 50 soldiers and 100 soldiers, and once something happens, they can only expect the eight metropolitan governors to send soldiers over, but they are slow, and by the time they arrive, the peasant army has already become bigger.

Rotten!

At the end of the day, after eating wheat porridge, Shao Xun and Mi Huang converged and returned to the outside of the city.

Before leaving, he didn't see Pei Sixteen, and he didn't receive the "latest instructions" from the princess.

"Inspector, you said before that you could be released, what kind of official can you be?" On the way back, it was inconvenient to talk about confidential matters, so Shao Xun pulled up something else and asked casually.

"Prefectural order." Mi Huang said.

"This ......" Shao Xun was a little surprised.

Ye Cheng Sima Ying's staff Lu Ji, after leaving the palace, commanded an army of more than 200,000 people, although it is child's play, but if he is transferred to the magistrate, no matter how bad he is, he is too guarded, right? And even more than that—in fact, Lu Ji is already a Taishou-level official.

Mi Huang served as a supervisor in Yuefu, but after leaving the house, he could only be a county commander, and the gap was so big.

"My family is not high, if I go out, I can really only be a county magistrate." Mi Huang felt Shao Xun's surprise, and said indifferently: "Jiupin Zhongzheng system, that's all." It is more than enough than the above, and if Liu Qia leaves the house, the county order will not be obtained. ”

The two laughed together.

Stepping on Liu Qia's birdman in private, it's so cool.

"So, don't think you're delaying me anything." Mi Huang patted Shao Xun on the shoulder and said, "The county order is really boring. Either continue to serve as a supporter in the shogunate, or find another place. Lieutenant Chen of Donghai is seriously ill and has been bedridden for more than a year, and the Wang Guojun is reorganizing in Luoyang, so it is not difficult for me to fight Lieutenant. Don't think I'm going to offend people like that, it's okay. If you want to climb up, how can you not offend people? A group of harmony can still be promoted, hehe, I can't even think of it. ”

"That's true." Shao Xun echoed.

Resources are limited, there are so many official positions, and for people who are not from good backgrounds, the pressure of competition is very high, and they really have to fight for their lives, and offending people is a trivial matter.

"Actually-" Mi Huang glanced at Shao Xun again, and the expression on his face was a little regretful: "Xiao Langjun, you have a lot of trouble than me, and the people you have offended are too great." ”

"Who?"

"Eunuch Meng Jiu." Mi Huang said: "You killed Meng Chao and got the opportunity to be promoted, but you also offended Meng Jiu." However, maybe I can't escape, who will make me the master? ”

Shao Xun was silent.

In fact, in the simple martial arts values, the two armies fought each other, each for its own master, and did not use any indiscriminate means that people and gods were angry about, and killed them in a dignified manner, what kind of grudge is it?

Since you have eaten the bowl of rice of Wufu, you should accept such an ending.

It's just that Meng Jiu doesn't necessarily think like this.

He is a eunuch with a distorted mentality, just because Lu Yun does not agree with his father to be the Handan order, he can hate the Lu family brothers, and finally make a lot of trouble, ending with Lu Ji being imprisoned and killed - the latest news, Lu Jiyi's three clans, his brother Lu Yun, Lu Tan and his friends Sun Zheng, the doorman Fei Ci and Zai Yi were all killed.

"Don't overthink it." Mi Huang sighed and said, "Lu Ji and Meng Jiu have been feuding for a long time, and there is more than this incident. Perhaps, in Meng Jiu's view, most of the responsibility for Meng Chao's death lies with Lu Ji, and he may not necessarily know you and me. But don't be careful, that's the truth. From the bottom of my heart, if Sima Yi is undefeated and still in the center, Meng Jiu will not have a chance to harm us. But do you think Sima Yi can win? ”

Shao Xun shook his head, Sima Yi had too many tricks and had missed the opportunity to win.

"Then it can't be helped." Mi Huang continued: "It's a big deal for me to abandon my official position and flee back to my hometown. You only have one way now, let Sikong protect you. Lu Ji is the history of the plains, and he is Sima Ying's person, as long as Meng Jiu slanders and asks Sima Ying to agree, Lu Ji will die. But we are Sikong's people, Meng Jiu wants to harm us, it's not that simple, we have to let Sikong agree. ”

"I don't like what I say, and I'm not the kind of person who is clever at talking, but I'm telling the truth. Xiao Langjun, you have to make Sikong feel valuable, and he is reluctant to abandon you, understand? ”

"I understand." Shao Xun took a deep breath, bowed and saluted, "Xie Duhu points out the maze." ”

"It doesn't have to be that way." Mi Huang waved his hand and said, "If it weren't for you, I might have been killed by Meng Chao." I won't help you, and my conscience won't go. Also, if you are worried about your family, it is better to let them hide in my village. Xuzhou is not peaceful, it is very chaotic, there are countless military households who have run away, your family has run away, and no one will pursue it. ”

Speaking of this, Mi Huang smiled proudly and said: "Since you are literate, you should know the old things in the late Han Dynasty." At that time, my family made a fortune in business, but there was no official power, so I funded Liu Xuande with a lot of money. Of course, in the end, there was not much gained, and Xuzhou was returned to Cao Cao. Although the Mi family was not specifically targeted, life was really difficult, and it took a long time to recover. ”

"Now, it's a little stronger than the late Han Dynasty, not to mention the noble family, but it is barely among the small surnames. A few months ago, my son wrote to me that he wanted to overhaul the Dock Fort to seal the clouds and Shi Bing, and I agreed. Isn't it money, haha, my Mi family's old business business has not been left behind, and the ordinary scholars may not be as rich as my family. ”

"After the completion of the dock fort, how can the Zhuang Ke tribe pull out two or three thousand, after the rough training, those soldiers in Donghai County and even Xuzhou, I don't look down on them, as long as they don't come to tens of thousands of people, they can't take it at all. If your grandmother and brother and sister hide in the dock fort, there should be no danger. ”

Speaking of this, Mi Huang looked at Shao Xun again.

This young man, skilled in arching and horses, good at soothing soldiers, is a rare talent. If he is his son-in-law and helps train the Zhuang guest department, wouldn't it be natural?

It's just that, alas, it's useless for him to be optimistic, and he has to agree with his uncles and elders in the family.

After all, Shao Xun is just a military family, and his background is too low. If the Mi family was still a wealthy businessman, it is estimated that he would be recruited as a son-in-law, but now that there is a family, some people begin to think that they are superior, but there is a lot of resistance.

I really should pull those people to Luoyang to take a look, let them see Zhang Fang's butcher's knife, maybe change their attitude!

But then again, Shao Xun is a "wild horse", not so easy to tame......

Mi Huang sighed silently in his heart, and hurried away.

Shao Xun also followed behind with a heavy heart.

His hand had already subconsciously clenched the hilt. Things are more complicated than imagined, and this time, Sima Yi has to be arrested if he doesn't catch it.

He lives, I die.

He dies, I live.

The little people don't have a choice.

In this world, the most reliable thing is really your own knife.