The autumn breeze is swaying, the lake is rippling, the pavilion is elegant, and the fallen leaves are light!

The stump of the teapot that had been broken earlier overflowed with a meandering stream of water, like a small snake swimming on the stone table, slowly coming to the edge of the stone table, turning into green droplets, slowly dripping. Zhao Bufan sat on the stone chair, staring at the dripping water droplets, silent,

Cai Jing saw the hesitation in his heart, and said hoarsely: "Here are you and me, since the words have been spoken, the old man also said something from his heart, if you let the old man be like when he was young, I think I can't do it, the old man has been spanning most of his life, he has already seen through the ups and downs of the world, and in recent years, his body has not been as good as a year, and he has not lived for a few years, just thinking about spending the rest of his life in peace, and your ambition is not something that can be completed in a short time, and when you start to do it, the old man may have died of old age, so there is no conflict between you and me."

You can't kill me now, let alone punish my heart, and you are not my enemy for the rest of my life, although I have asked for some benefits from you over the years, but I have also helped you a lot, it is considered two Qing, it is better to make a covenant from now on, you and I take what we need, you help me get rid of the rebel Cai You and Zheng Juzhong, I help you get rid of Tong Guan! You have your big dream of rejuvenating the country and the country, I enjoy my glory and wealth, and enjoy my old age in peace, how about it?"

"Deal!" Zhao Bufan made his own decision. "But I have a request now, the Daimyo Mansion Lu Junyi is ......"

Before the words were finished, Cai Jing waved his hand directly: "I already knew about this matter, and I have been waiting for you to beg me, but I didn't expect this to be the result in the end, but this is the best for you and me, you can take Lu Junyi away from Liang Shijie at any time, a trivial matter, I don't want you to share his family property, but you also have to show some sincerity, at least the Zhu family and you must clearly support me in the court, and help me restrict the rebellious Cai You and Zheng Ju and others! In short, the more your group helps me, the more I will naturally help you, fair trade!"

Zhao Bufan smiled and looked at the scheming Cai Jing deeply!

But as Cai Jing said, this is a matter of mutual benefit, and he has no reason to object!

............

Coming out of Cai's mansion, Zhao Bufan strolled home, always haunting what Cai Jing said later.

"The reason why Tong Guan stands tall is because Tong Guan can not only control the forces in the army in a proper manner, but also win battles, and can check and balance other powerful ministers in the court, so that the saint can rest assured, plus he is a eunuch, there is no descendant, and what he covets is only status and wealth, so the saint tolerates him, which is also the reason why it is extremely difficult to bring him down.

If you really want to kill Tong Guan, there are only three ways, one way is to let him lose the battle continuously, as long as the saint feels that he can no longer guarantee the stability of the Great Song Dynasty, he will inevitably be abandoned, and then we will try our best to cooperate, we can naturally quickly cut off Tong Guan's henchmen and military power, and finally kill him. The other way is to catch the evidence that he is shaking the country and the society, so that the saint feels that he is not good for stabilizing the country, then the same is true. As for the last one, which is to replace him, I personally advise you to go this way!

In short, in the final analysis, it is two sentences, if you want to bring down Tong Guan, you must first clear his military power and henchmen, which is the top priority, and Tong Guan's smartest thing is that he firmly controls the core elite of the Western Army in his hands, and at the same time secretly controls part of the army near Jingshi, so that people have no way to start. In addition, the situation between the DPRK and China is complicated, and the forces of all parties are tilting against each other, so we must grasp the scale when fighting, and we must not let the Great Song Dynasty really split!

If the scale is not well controlled, and the saint and the ministers find out that your actions are too radical, and even shake the society of the country, then let alone overthrow Tong Guan, you yourself will become the target of the public first, and in the end you may not even know how you died! Since you and I have formed an alliance, it is a grasshopper on a rope, I don't want you to kill yourself, you also think twice before doing things, don't drag me down! If you are undecided, ask your father-in-law Zhu Bocai more, and you can also discuss it with me before discussing it!

Also, if you don't have absolute certainty, then don't make enemies everywhere, come one by one, you hate Tong Guan the most, then focus on Tong Guan first, and you must not provoke others, especially Liang Shicheng and Yang Jian and other eunuchs in the court, if those eunuchs suspect that you are targeting the entire group of eunuchs, then you are very close to death!"

............

Thinking of Cai Jing's words in his mind, Zhao Bufan silently calculated, and gradually gained some context, and returned to Zhao Mansion unconsciously.

Yan Qing, who had been waiting for a long time, learned the news and immediately found the study.

"Extraordinary, how is it? Can you find a way to rescue the rescuers this time?"

"Don't worry! The second master will be fine, I will take a letter of resignation immediately, and when you rest for a few days, I will bring it back to the Daimyo's Mansion and hand it over to Liang Shijie, he ......" As he spoke, Zhao Bufan was stunned, and his mind was full of thoughts.

No, you can't let Liang Shijie return the family property to the second master, if that's the case, the second master will still guard his little family business, it's a pity that he has that ability, it's better to take advantage of his suffering, I will first borrow his millions of family wealth, so that he can go to the Liangshan Army, the big deal is that I will give him the position of commander of the Xiangdu, and directly let him take charge of the Liangshan Army, and then slowly try to return the money to him in the future.

In this way, the second master is equivalent to taking charge of the Liangshan Army on my behalf, and I will use Shi Wengong as his deputy to assist him, so that Shi Wengong will be in charge of the Chinese army such as the Guards Battalion, the Golden Gun Cavalry Battalion, and the Silver Armor Bow Cavalry, and the other will be in charge of the cavalry with Brother Lin Chong, and Brother Zhishen will be in charge of the infantry. Then the top leaders of this army are not only all my cronies, but also let several of them contain each other, avoid their respective shortcomings being magnified, and achieve the purpose of complementing each other's advantages.

With a plan in his heart, Zhao Bufan's voice changed: "Brother Xiaoyi, after Liang Shijie sees this letter, he will naturally let you take people away, but the second master's family property has not been saved, so you take him to the Northern Xinjiang Sikou Pass first, and then go to Shi Jin, and let him take you to settle down in the army first, and when I come back, I will try to let the second master be the commander of the Xiangdu, and you will also be the commander of the infantry army, do you think it is good?"

Yan Qing was slightly stunned, but in an instant, her face was full of smiles, and she said excitedly: "Extraordinary, you actually directly asked me to be the commander of the military capital?"

Zhao Bufan smiled and nodded: "What's the big deal, do extraordinary things in extraordinary times, I think you can, then you can do it boldly, you are used to fighting with people in the rivers and lakes, and you like to hide your skills a little......, but how could I not know?

Zhao Bufan stretched out his finger and pointed to his head, and said with a smile: "With your brain, as long as you are familiar with the military formation, you are not comparable to ordinary people on the battlefield, say something that should not be said, even if the second master has extraordinary martial arts, but if you go to the battlefield to fight together, the chance of his death is far greater than yours, you don't like to be strong, you like to hide clumsy, you like to rely here, don't you?"

"After all these years, you still know me best!" Yan Qingjunxiu's face showed a smile. "Okay, then I'll do my best, but I'm not as good as the master, he likes to watch the art of war in his spare time, and it's no problem to be a general, but I don't know much about the art of war, you have to teach me in the future!"

Zhao Bufan laughed happily on the spot.

"Brother Xiaoyi, I'm really not afraid that you are studious, but I'm afraid that you will not learn!"

Yan Qing is also a young man, looking at Zhao Bufan, who grew up together, is now famous, where will he not envy at all, Zhao Bufan invited him many times earlier, he was also extremely moved, but in the end he chose to refuse because he was worried about Lu Junyi, Lu Junyi was kind to him, so he wanted to repay the favor, and now this situation is a relief for him.

"Then I won't tell you more, I'll go back to the north first!"

Seeing Yan Qing's excited appearance at the moment, Zhao Bufan was also happy for him, but thinking of his secret arrangement, he still smiled and persuaded him: "What are you anxious about, the matter over there of the second master has already gone quickly, Liang Shijie will not embarrass him, he will only provide good food and shelter, you are very tired from running around for days, rest for a while and then leave!"

Yan Qing thought about it for a while, nodded and said, "It's okay, then it's all up to you!"

............

As the servants took Yan Qing to settle down, Zhao Bufan then went to find Zhu Bocai, one to inform him of the alliance with Cai Jing, and the other to ask him to send his henchmen to the Daimyo's Mansion to take over the Lu family's property, and strive to sell all the fixed property as soon as possible, and then send it to Juxianzhuang in the name of Zhu Bocai.

Now Juxianzhuang, Dongxiangang, and Heavenly Demon Hall all need a lot of money to develop, Lu Junyi is a huge rich, and his family wealth is more than one million, and it is difficult to count, if this money is divided, it can usher in a new round of rapid development, and Zhao Bufan does not intend to let Lu Junyi suffer, he plans to write down the amount of this huge amount of property, and return it to Lu Junyi in another way in the future.

Not long after that, there was an echo from the Daimyo's Mansion, saying that Liang Zhongshu did exactly what Zhao Bufan wanted after being instructed by Cai Jing, but surprisingly, Liang Zhongshu also played a very wonderful play in order to make everything reasonable.

He first revealed that there were many doubts about Lu Junyi's rebellion, and openly suspected that Li Gu and Liangshan bandits conspired to frame him, and intended to intimidate Li Gu and Lu Junyi's wife, both of whom were frightened and fled with a small amount of gold and silver that night.

Liang Zhongshu deliberately forced them to leave, so naturally he did not stop them, and after Zhu Bocai's henchmen took the opportunity to sell the Lu family's property and set off for northern Xinjiang, he suddenly made a list to arrest Li Gu, only saying that Li Gu framed Lu Junyi in the front, and sold the Lu family's property and fled in the back, the crime was unforgivable, and he was ordered to be arrested.

After Zhao Bufan, who was far away in Kaifeng, learned about this, he really admired the methods of these traitors, he could really play whatever he wanted, Liang Zhongshu's approach not only gave him enough favors, but also wiped his own ass clean.

But no matter what, the ultimate goal was achieved, although Zhao Bufan felt a little sorry for Lu Junyi in his heart, he felt that it was indeed the best choice to let Lu Junyi command the Liangshan army, and those properties would be returned to Lu Junyi sooner or later, so there was still nothing to regret, so he let Yan Qing go north and told him to take Lu Junyi to the north of Xinjiang.

At this point, Zhao Bufan finally got rid of trivial matters, and healed his wounds with the Nine Yin True Sutra with peace of mind, and read military books and poems in his spare time. At this time, his daily actions are no longer hindered, and his body is also very healthy, but he can't use his internal force to fight at will, but this is not a big problem, as long as he continues to practice the Nine Yin True Sutra, it will be fine sooner or later.

On the seventh day of the first month of winter, Shi Qian suddenly reported that the Liangshan bandits had broken through the wealthy Zengtou City, seized a large amount of money, grain and materials, worth at least more than one million yuan, and the original owner of the cottage, Chao Gai, also died inexplicably, and Song Jiang, the owner of the second village, officially took over Liangshan.

This news made Zhao Bufan a little unable to sit still.

He knew very well in his heart that the group of people on Liangshan had been attacking the prefectures and counties in recent years, and the accumulated money and grain were incalculable, and as they broke through Zengtou City, they must be fat at the moment, and if they didn't harvest it now, and when others ran to recruit or break through it in the future, it would definitely be a big loss. What's more, Song Jiang is not as ambitious as Chao Gai, this person is ambitious, since he has completely taken power, he will definitely recruit troops and buy horses, and it will not be long before the wealth accumulated by Liangshan will be consumed.

Now that Zhao Bufan has formed an alliance with Cai Jing, and there is an undisclosed identity of the prince, plus Zhu Bocai and a large group of low-key ministers are secretly helping, if he doesn't harvest it, then Liangshan, a boiled duck, may also fly away, so he also has the intention to return to Northern Xinjiang.

It's a pity that Zhu Lian's mother insisted on keeping him, so he and Zhu Lian must wait until the New Year pass before leaving.

Zhao Bufan thought that it was impossible to send troops to fight in this cold winter, so he agreed, but sent someone to the northern Xinjiang to give an order, so that the generals in the army could hoard food, reserve armor, and repair military tents, so as to prepare in advance for the conquest of Liangshan after the New Year.

............

On the night of the 30th month of the lunar month, Chinese New Year's Eve, the city of Tokyo is filled with a strong sense of joy, every house is full of lights, all kinds of strange couplets, paper cuts, lanterns are dazzling, and fireworks rumble, children are crazy and frolic, the end is lively, compared to the remote and poor northern Xinjiang, it is completely like two different countries.

Zhu's mansion is also a big deal, not only bringing the family members of the servants and maids to celebrate the New Year together, but even the people in Zhao Bufan's mansion also gathered together and set up dozens of tables in the front yard. Zhu Bocai drank happily, threw a lot of reward money, and let everyone rob him.

Zhu Lian's eldest brother, Zhu Xiaosun, pulled Zhao Bufan to drink non-stop, trying to get him drunk.

Zhu Xiaosun served as the capital inspector of the Beijing Inspection Department, under the jurisdiction of four gates, each with 2,500 people, a total of 10,000 people, full-time responsible for the daily security of the capital, and occasionally assisted in the Kaifeng Mansion to arrest thieves, so he was very busy most of the time, and he had never been able to sit down with Zhao Bufan for more than half a year. Now that it's time for the Chinese New Year, according to the regulations of the imperial court, all officials have seven days off, and he naturally wants to pull Zhao Bufan not to get drunk and not return.

After drinking, Zhao Bufan really couldn't stand it, so he made an excuse to say that he was going to the toilet and sneaked away, thinking about going to wake up the wine.

Because most of the servants and maids are eating in the front yard at the moment, and only a few guards are on duty, so the rest of the Zhu Mansion is very quiet, he went to the miscellaneous courtyard alone to fetch a dish of water to wash his face, so that his head is a little clearer, and then he strolls in the cold wind, and unconsciously crosses an arch to the annex of the Zhu Mansion.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a dark shadow.

He looked over in surprise, took a closer look by the light of the lantern in the distance, and immediately recognized that it was Qian Fu, the deputy capital of the Zhu Mansion.

Huh? Didn't he still toast in the front yard just now? Why did he come here? Look at the way he looks around, how sneaky is he?