The information sent in the past two days has increased exponentially, almost all of them are related to the city lord's martial arts competition, and Zhong Heng, who has completed the negotiation, stayed by the Dragon King's side to help him review the documents.

"Nothing of value. Zhong Heng rubbed the temples on both sides, looked at the three or four feet tall paper on the table, and wondered how he had finished reading it, "It's all guessing, but the Dragon King surprised Bi Yucheng." ”

Zhong Heng had actually only known the news three hours before the others, so he was just as surprised, and had been hoping for an explanation, but the Dragon King had been silent for a few days, just letting him read the stacks of information.

"What is everyone's impression of Long Chuanyun?" asked Gu Shenwei.

"Good. Zhong Heng knew that the Dragon King was finally going to explain his true thoughts, "In the past month, he has won the hearts of the people in the Protector's Mansion, and many people really think that he is the best candidate for the city lord." ”

"What is Pang Jing's reaction?"

He was very angry, but he was even more angry that the Dragon King announced his real name, he wanted to cover it up, it was still obvious that everyone was interested in the Dragon King's name, but he pretended to be unintentional, hehe, on the day of registration, Pang Jing did lose his temper. ”

"So he already knew about my background. ”

Zhong Heng nodded, he would rather take a respectful and distant attitude towards the Dragon King's revenge obsession, and would not explicitly oppose it like Fang Wen, nor would he encourage him like a killer, "It seems that this is the case, Pang Jing has been a centrist for so many years, and finally threw himself into his brother and formed an alliance with the Queen Mother's party." ”

"It's strange on this point, the general Pang Ning and the Zhongchang servant Yan Qin are originally the same faction, but Pang Jing and the eunuch Zhang You don't seem to be consistent. ”

"Well, Zhang You is nominally just an entourage of the Central Plains envoys, and now the main and deputy envoys are dead, but he stays in the Central Plains military camp and does not leave, after Pang Jing arrived, the two have never met, as if they are acting separately from each other. Does Zhang You still have something to hide from the Dragon King?"

Thinking back to the timid eunuch, Gu Shenwei said: "There shouldn't be, he's just waiting for the next step." ”

The topic seemed to be getting farther and farther away from the city lord, Zhong Heng was not in a hurry, but liked this kind of slow and exploratory conversation, "No matter what the reason, Zhang You, or Yan Qin, intends to win over the Dragon King, and even does not hesitate to offend Jinpeng Castle, what is Pang Jing's intention? He accepted the bribe of the Dubu King, that is, he wanted to be the enemy of the Dragon King?"

"Pang Jing is an enemy. Gu Shenwei was sure of this, "But he didn't become my enemy after accepting a bribe, but he had already made a choice, and the Meng family's wealth was just a symbol of strengthening the relationship." ”

"Since the Dragon King had never been in contact with him before, the grudge must be a matter of the previous generation. Zhong Heng naturally came to this conclusion and began to worry about whether the Dragon King had gone a little too far.

Gu Shenwei saw through the prime minister's mind and said: "Pang Jing shoulders the task assigned by the Central Plains Imperial Court, which binds his hands and feet, and also sets rules for Biyucheng, I will abide by the rules, at least so far, this set of rules is more helpful to the Dragon Army." ”

"Is Pang Jing going to give the position of city lord to King Dubu?" Zhong Heng changed the topic to the city lord a little urgently.

"I guess not, first, there is no sign that King Xiao has lost power in the Central Plains, and the strategy he formulated in the Western Regions should not make major changes, and second, just for a city lord, it seems that King Dubu does not need to pay such a big price, using the property of the Meng family, he can completely achieve greater benefits. ”

"Let the Central Plains be crowned king. Zhong Heng said, this is the goal that the Dubu King has been pursuing, because the city lord is temporarily ignored by everyone, he began to understand the Dragon King's intentions, "The Biyu City Lord is a trick, when the Dragon King fights with all his might, Dubu King and Pang Jing have other plans, what will it be?

Gu Shenwei took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Zhong Heng, "This is written by the military advisor." ”

Fang Wen was in the North Garden, and it took more than a month for the letter to be delivered to the Dragon King, and he didn't know about Pang Jing's arrival when he wrote the letter, but this did not affect his judgment of the overall situation.

Zhong Heng read it, this letter has a typical Fang Wen is style, the words are gorgeous and jerky, full of impassioned and unquestionable taste, but the core content is still clear.

Fang Wen received news at that time that two teams of Central Plains envoys were going to the garrison of Shulitu and Luo Luo separately to announce to them the emperor's grace: the Central Plains was willing to stop the army and make peace, and at the same time to proclaim the king of the Eastern and Western Khans.

Affected by this news, Fang Wen reminded the Dragon King that it has always been the strategy of the Central Plains to stand side by side and divide and conquer, from the Beiting to the Biyu City, no matter whether King Xiao is in power or not, it is impossible for the Central Plains to only support the Dragon King's side.

Fang Wen speculated from this that in order to maintain a balance, whoever became the city lord of the Dragon King and the Dubu King would get the corresponding benefits to ensure that Biyu City would not be completely controlled by one person.

Zhong Heng had a general impression of the other party, thinking that it was a bombastic scholar, after reading this letter, he couldn't help but be impressed by it, as a prime minister, he can help the Dragon King to make suggestions and deal with the immediate crisis and enemy, but there are some things that he can't think of and can't see clearly, the military advisor may be ambitious, but he does think longer.

"The dragon king is the lord of the city, and the king of Dubu is the king, dividing the Biyu City into two, or governing together, fearing each other and beware of each other, and each party must seek the support of the Central Plains if they want to gain an advantage, which is the balance of the Central Plains people. Zhong Heng put down the letter, "But why didn't the Central Plains directly merge the two kings? That seems to be more convenient." ”

Gu Shenwei's letter inspired Gu Shen a lot, and the more he thought about it, the more thoroughly he became, "Because I had little contact with the Central Plains before, if the Dragon King's name was recognized last year, I should be more grateful to Beiting than to the Central Plains." Therefore, the Central Plains wants to give me a city lord and let me pay a lot of costs in the process, and I can't help but not value this position at that time. ”

"If you want to take it, you must give it first. Zhong Heng suddenly realized, "Who made this strategy?" Pang Ning, Yan Qin, and King Xiao?" Zhong Heng thought for a while, and gave his own answer, he is from the Central Plains, although he has never been a big official, but he is very familiar with the rules of officialdom, "No, there is no need for anyone to control the overall situation, this is a consistent strategy in the Central Plains, and the factions in the court naturally extend to the North Court and the Western Regions, so that the emperor only needs to gently move the people around him, and he can influence thousands of miles away." ”

The emperor himself doesn't even need to understand this truth, for him, all this is a custom left by his ancestors, just copy it.

Zhong Heng felt ashamed, he was from the Central Plains, but he couldn't see it as clearly as a scholar from the Western Regions, "The Dragon King gave up the position of city lord to Long Chuanyun, just to tell the Central Plains that the balance has not been reached, and if he is the king of Dubu, he must also recognize the dragon king." ”

This is indeed Gu Shenwei's plan, but it is not all, "The idea of the Central Plains, the idea of the Western Regions has the idea of the Western Regions, if I have to share Biyu City with another force, it will definitely not be Jinpeng Castle." ”

The Dragon King was still an Avenger, Zhong Heng cautiously avoided the forbidden area, and said, "The Dragon King has to cultivate another competitor, Xiaoyuetang? ”

No matter how ambitious the Lotus Girl is, Xiaoyuetang is still only a weak force, and Gu Shenwei never wants to stand side by side with her, the threat of the Lotus Girl is not much worse than that of Dubu King.

"What do you think of Shule Kingdom?" asked Gu Shenwei.

"Well, in terms of territory and population, the Shule Kingdom has this strength, but Prince Shule ...... I'm not very optimistic about him. ”

"The prime minister misunderstood, I mean you, what do you think of Shule Kingdom?"

Zhong Heng suddenly understood, couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and suddenly knelt down on his knees, "Dragon King...... I'm afraid I don't have this ability, Shule has been founded for a long time, and the royal family has quite a foundation......"

"For Biyucheng, the Shule country is too big, like the people of the Central Plains, I also want to divide and rule, the Shule royal family has its own share, can the prime minister keep the other?"

According to the habits of the Central Plains, Zhong Heng would have to resign a few times, but now he is more like a native of the Western Regions, and he decided to clearly express his ambitions, "I will never live up to the trust of the Dragon King." ”

Gu Shenwei motioned for the prime minister to get up, "Tomorrow you will go to the Shule [***] battalion in the west, take over that army, and get acquainted with the generals of Shule State, once you feel that the time is ripe, you will take people to Shule Kingdom, and the right general Shang Liao should recruit another group of soldiers, take them over, and you will be another Shule king." ”

Zhong Heng knew that everything was not for nothing, if he wanted to realize his ambitions, he had to put in hard work, but it was worth it, and the return given by the Dragon King exceeded his expectations, "This side of Biyu City ......"

"You don't have to worry, I have my own plan, I can't do without the position of the city lord, even if Pang Jing changes his mind, I will grab it. ”

"Dragon King, be careful, Jinpeng Castle is still strong, and if you are forced to have no way, you will definitely die and struggle. ”

"I'm just going to force the Dubu King to struggle. Gu Shenwei said, a faint layer of blush appeared on his pale face, which did not weaken the coldness, but looked cruel, "Only by making the Central Plains feel that Jinpeng Fort is a hot potato, can I destroy it logically." ”

Zhong Heng didn't ask any more, when he left the Protector's Mansion, he felt as if he was more than ten years younger, and he walked easily, eager to step to the Shule country hundreds of miles away, and look at that strange land, the dragon king didn't say how to divide it, but he already had an idea, and began to make a rough plan in his heart.

Biyu City was about to undergo earth-shaking changes, Zhong Heng sighed in his heart, he didn't have to participate in the changes here, he felt a sense of relief.

Gu Shenwei was still rummaging through the information that Zhong Heng had read in the house, and it was actually a bit risky to put Zhong Heng outside so early, but he had to arrange the struggle after that in order to focus on the competition that was about to start.

There are eleven days left before the first competition, even if it will not be him, Gu Shenwei still feels that his palms are slightly hot.

A piece of information caught his attention, seemingly insignificant, and Zhong Heng had good reason to ignore it, but Gu Shenwei found something interesting in it: a braggart swordsman and a monk who wanted to return to the world.

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