Changningfang is an inconspicuous area in Taiyuan City, because it is not rich or poor, so it is very ordinary, but there are also three religions and nine streams of people.

Dongxi Restaurant is an inconspicuous wine shop in Changning Fang, the location is not remote, but it is not located at the corner of the bustling street, the layout is simple and elegant, and there are no bright spots to be found, so the people who come and go are ordinary people.

After nightfall, Dongxi Restaurant closed early as usual, and the lights in the backyard were not bright, dim and dim. It is conceivable that there must be a disadvantage lamp oil that burns and has a peculiar smell, and this lamp oil has no other benefits, but it is cheap enough.

However, the guys in the store who prepare the ingredients for the next day obviously don't care about this, because they can't even afford this kind of lamp oil on weekdays. In this era of sunrise and sunset, those who have the ability to light lamps at night are at least in Taiyuan City.

There was a small square stone table under the lush locust trees in the backyard, a corner of the table top had been broken, and its surface had been polished smooth by the years. It's small, with only two small stools in front of the table, not stone benches, but wooden stools that the guys use everywhere on weekdays.

At this moment, the night is just right, the stars are shining on the branches of the tall locust tree, and the clear light is sprinkled from the treetops, and the shadows of the trees are swaying.

A woman in a purple robe with a graceful figure and a bewitching appearance was sitting at a small stone table with her legs folded and drinking tea. Her eyebrows and eyes are soft and tranquil, and there is a sense of detachment that does not cause dust, which forms a contradictory beauty with her mature and charming temperament.

To put it mildly, Zhou Chuanwen, who was willing to bow his head to his ear, stood a few steps away from the table with his hands bowed, his eyes fell motionless three inches in front of his feet, and he didn't dare to look up at the other party.

"Zhong Yuli's rebellion mission, you have done a good job. Although he has not yet fully served us, he can already help us do a lot of things, at least on the issue of Li Cunxiao. The opinions of Shaoyin of Taiyuan Mansion and the representative of the family are worthy of Li Keyong's attention in any case. ”

The purple-robed woman was naturally the commander of the Tsing Yi Yamen, she put down the tea bowl in her hand and glanced at Zhou Chuanwen in front of her.

The other party is her cronies, and her talents and temperaments are the best choice, and in the process of operation and development of the Tsing Yi Yamen, there are many characters like Zhou Chuanwen who have emerged, such as carp crossing the river.

Song Jiao intended to test the other party, and continued: "Tell me, what kind of behavior did our Tsing Yi Yamen perform the divisive plan this time, and what kind of behavior did it take before and after. ”

Zhou Chuanwen pondered for a moment, and then replied confidently: "The key to the discord plan is to make Li Keyong suspicious of Li Cunxiao, and change from trust to distrust. His Royal Highness's actions in Yizhou are just hors d'oeuvres, and the main part of the plan is still to be implemented by our Tsing Yi Yamen. ”

"His Royal Highness persuaded him to surrender in Yizhou, which has laid the foundation for the discord plan, and the next step is to guide Li Keyong to be suspicious. It is essential to let Li Ke use his confidants and cronies to help us speak. ”

"Li Ke uses three confidants and staff, Fang Qinghal has the highest status, but after our investigation, we found that he is a decent person, does not covet money, and has almost no weaknesses in the whole person, so he basically cannot be bought. So if you want him to use words to Li Ke, you can only make him believe that Li Cunxiao will really rebel. ”

"If you want to convince Fang Halal, you have to know who he trusts. We investigated him for a long time, and repeatedly probed his relatives and friends, including his children, but we couldn't find a breakthrough. Until Xu Maoda was discovered. ”

"Xu Maoda himself won't do things for us, if you want him to be compliant, it's a good choice to start with the people around him. After investigation, we found that his only son was uneducated, had not married a wife in his twenties, had not achieved anything, and still owed gambling debts in the gambling house. ”

"People like Xu Maoda's only son are effortless to control, and if you give a little sweetness, he will become our loyal dog, and let him do whatever he wants. ”

"By controlling Xu Maoda's only son, let Xu Maoda persuade Fang Halal for us, and then Fang Halal will influence Li Keyong. ”

"Fang Qinghalal is certainly decent, but Li Ke uses the other two henchmen, but they are both 'normal people', they will be greedy for money and like beauties, such people are easier to control, and they can be bought directly. As long as the price is right, there is no deal that cannot be negotiated, and there is no master who cannot be betrayed. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Chuanwen paused for a moment, and then continued: "Bribing Li Keyong's close confidants and letting them go to say that Li Cunxiao will rebel, even if Li Keyong didn't believe it at first, after a long time, the three of them became tigers, plus Zhong Yuli and a group of 'talented and knowledgeable non-descendant big men', he couldn't help but believe it." ”

Song Jiao lightly clapped her hands twice, "Yes, being able to see these clearly means that you are enough to be able to take charge of the affairs of the Tsing Yi Yamen." But to go further, that's not enough. ”

Zhou Chuanwen lowered his head: "Please give instructions to the commander." ”

Song Jiao said lightly: "If you want to separate Li Keyong and Li Cunxiao, what you did before can only be counted as one aspect, and there are a few hard dishes next." ”

She didn't go on, and without warning she fell into deep thought. Zhou Chuanwen didn't dare to ask, so he stood in place and waited for instructions.

Not long after, a woman with a beautiful appearance, sharp facial features, and twenty-nine years old entered the courtyard and reported to Song Jiao: "Great Commander, everyone is arranged, and you can act at any time." ”

Song Jiao nodded: "Then act." Zhou Chuanwen followed. ”

"Yes, Archon. ”

Leaving the wine shop, Zhou Chuanwen followed the woman and turned left and right, and finally entered an ordinary three-entry mansion. In this mansion, Zhou Chuanwen saw Song Jiao's second arrangement.

The room and courtyard were full of people, all kinds of things, dignified scholars, pot-bellied outsiders, yellow-faced and thin-skinned peddlers, down-and-out and emaciated storytellers, flowery kiln sisters, beautiful and refined Qing'er, vulgarly dressed long-tongued women, and even dwarfs who looked like children.

There are all kinds of people from all walks of life, and there are nearly 100 of them.

Seeing such a large number of people, Zhou Chuanwen was a little stunned.

"It's just a cousin. There are fifteen of them in Taiyuan City like ours!" the woman glanced at Zhou Chuanwen proudly, and said proudly.

Zhou Chuanwen sighed and said: "It is worthy of the great commander to come forward in person, this skill is indeed extraordinary." ”

It can be seen from this that in order to cooperate with the army to deal with Hedong, how deep the layout of the Tsing Yi Yamen was in advance.

Within a few days, rumors suddenly spread in Taiyuan City, and countless wine shops, teahouses, green buildings, and even streets and alleys were all talking about each other.

There is only one problem they discussed, that is, Li Cunxiao, who was newly promoted to the general of the military family, was used by Li Ke as a Dinghai god needle to stabilize the hearts of the army and the people, and he actually had close contacts with King An, and wanted to abandon Li Keyong to join King An!

Rumors began to spread from nowhere, and almost overnight, Taiyuan City was full of such remarks, and the rhetoric was convincing.

Their reasons are very sufficient, King An, who attaches great importance to the society of the country and aspires to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, attaches great importance to Li Cunxiao's talent, and wants to let the other party be used by the court and make contributions to the country, rather than to accompany the rebellious Li Keyong.

The most and most convincing evidence is that King An promised Li Cunxiao that as long as Hedong was pacified, the imperial court would let Li Cunxiao replace Li Keyong and be the envoy of Hedong Festival!

King An's conditions are very tempting, will Li Cunxiao agree?

Will say yes.

First, King An won successive battles, attacked the city and plundered the land, Hedong lost his troops and lost his territory, seeing that Li Keyong was not far from defeat, if Li Cunxiao didn't want to die, he had to find another way.

Second, Li Cunxiao is already a general of the military family, and Li Keyong is just a general of the military family, so why should Li Cunxiao use Li Keyong as a minion? The only person who can make him a minion is the imperial court!

The rumors spread everywhere, causing panic and anxiety in Taiyuan City. Although there are some arbitrary and unreasonable rumors, after all, wise men are only a very small minority, and they cannot stop the rumors from spreading wildly.

If Li Cunxiao defects, then Hedong, which is already unfavorable in battle, will be defeated, and those officials and generals in Hedong who are not Li Keyong's descendants, if they want not to be questioned after the war, they have to find another way out at this moment.

This way out is naturally to take refuge in the imperial court.

The Taiyuan Mansion and the Jiedu Embassy quickly reacted and sent many people out to refute the rumors, saying that Li Cunxiao was loyal and would not defect, and Hedong would also win a big victory. And Li Ye is perverse, he is a national sinner, and he will be destroyed by heaven and earth.

But many people don't believe it.

There is a reason for not believing, saying that Li Cunxiao will not defect, so he has to do something to prove his loyalty, such as fighting with the Yizhou officials and soldiers day and night, and never dying. It is said that Hedong will win a big victory, then at least the Hedong army will have to fight a few victories and recover some lost territory.

But neither of these are the case.

Soon, new rumors came out that Li Cunxiao would surrender the city in the near future and dedicate Yizhou to King An as a vote of allegiance to the imperial court. Then he will join forces with King An and turn his head to counterattack Taiyuan City!

The source of the news, which is said to come from the Pinglu military camp, is very credible.

And at this time, there was a defector in Yizhou City!

Although the number is small, it is of a bad nature.

This time, Taiyuan exploded.

The people have ideas, they want to avoid military disasters, non-Li Ke has ideas, they have to think about the future, Li Ke has his own ideas, they have to seek victory in the war.

At this time, Li Cunxiao and An Wangcheng met in front of each other, talked happily, drank happily, introduced each other as confidants, and hated each other, and the details of the private correspondence between the two were greatly exaggerated.

Everyone's spearhead is focused on Li Cunxiao.

In the government hall of the Jiedu Envoy's mansion, on the main seat, Li Ke sat cross-legged, his chin was supported by his hands, and his face was solemn and deep in thought. In the hall, the staff officers and generals were already noisy, and it was as lively as a vegetable market.

Taibao Li Sien was so excited that his face turned red: "Li Cunxiao must be withdrawn from Yizhou! He has been promoted to the general of the military family and has been in Yizhou for so long, but he has hardly played any battles and victories, and he has not even pulled out the camp of the thief army! If you want to say that he is not passively slacking off the war, and he is not colluding with Li Ye, I am the first to disbelieve it!"

As Li Keyong's absolute descendant, Li Sien will not allow this battle to be lost.

The secretary in charge of the Jiedu envoy retorted: "Li Cunxiao dragged down nearly 300,000 thieves with 70,000 people, if this is changed, who can do it? The thief army dug the ditch, covered vertically and horizontally like a spider web, and surrounded Yizhou, at this time, how can the 13 Taibao raid? Being able to defend the city is a victory in itself!"

The two began to quarrel again, and both sides had their own reasons, and neither could convince anyone.

"That's enough!" Li Keyong suddenly whispered, "Sit down." ”

At such a time, his face was surprisingly not angry, but he remained absolutely calm. For a Shatuo person who is accustomed to killing and rushing into battle, this is not easy, it can be seen that he has not stopped growing, "You don't have to fight anymore, no matter what, I trust the Thirteenth Taibao, and I believe that he will never take refuge in Li Ye's house!"

When the people heard this, no matter what they thought, they could only bow their heads and remain silent.

Of course, Li Keyong can't say that he suspects Li Cunxiao, unless he has already controlled Li Cunxiao and is ready to kill the other party. Otherwise, if these words reach Li Cunxiao's ears, Li Cunxiao can only choose to support the rebellion.

However, Li Keyong immediately said: "But the battle situation in Yizhou can't be stalemate like this." Rumors spread in Taiyuan City, causing panic and unstable order, and they could not be ignored. There has to be a solution to these things. ”

When a clear-eyed person heard this, he had already guessed in his heart that Li Keyong still wanted to move Li Cunxiao.