Xiqi City, Jiang Shang Mansion.

Since Jiang Shang gave up the position of the national teacher of the dynasty and followed Ji Chang to Xiqi, Ji Chang and a group of civil and military generals regarded him as guests, and there was an endless stream of carriages outside the mansion every day, a prosperous scene, but Jiang Shang understood that this was just an appearance, although Ji Chang trusted him very much, but Xiqi Wenwu did not trust him as much as Ji Chang, the reason why there was such a scene was very large because he helped Ji Kao and rescued Ji Chang from the palace, but for them, Jiang Shang was just an outsider, and he was also a person who abandoned the king's betrayal, although they would not show Xi àn because of Jiang Shang's face, but they were somewhat resistant to Jiang Shang in their heartsJiang Shang also knows that trust is not established overnight, so he has been silently waiting for a suitable opportunity.

I saw Jiang Shang holding a blue and white feather fan to isolate the backyard, the autumn wind blowing the fallen leaves, lonely and accompanied by this life, Jiang Shang looked down at the fallen leaves over and over again and was silent, and suddenly the waiter came to Jiang Shang's side quickly and said: "Master, Sanyisheng Sansan asks to see." ”

"Sanyisheng ......" Jiang Shang couldn't help but squint slightly when he heard this, the thoughts in his heart turned rapidly, and his mouth said without stopping: "Hurry up, please." ”

"Yes. The waiter retreated, and after a while, an elegant man in white walked in, only to see that this man was about thirty years old, with an elegant and handsome face, two whiskers left and right, and a pair of Danfeng eyes slightly narrowed, obviously a smart and witty person, this person was the left and right hand of Xibohou Jichang, the head of Xiqi civil officials, San Yisheng.

There are not a few officials who have come to visit Jiang Shang's mansion these days, but only two people have never shown up from beginning to end, these two people are Nangong Shi and San Yisheng, and now that Sanyi is suddenly visiting, does it mean that the Xiqi civil official group is ready to accept Jiang Shang? As soon as he thought of this, Jiang Shang immediately smiled and said: "I don't know if Lord San is visiting, Jiang Shang has missed the welcome, please forgive me." ”

"Mr. is polite, but it is San Yisheng who took the liberty to come to the door and disturb him, please forgive me. San Yisheng arched his hand and smiled: "Due to the urgency of the matter, polite words, San Yisheng will not say much, I came to see Mr. this time because of ......"

"The war is coming!" Jiang Shang said suddenly, San Yisheng suddenly showed a look of surprise, but his slightly narrowed Danfeng eyes crossed a touch of almost invisible understanding, and this wipe was noticed by Jiang Shang, he said quietly: "As the so-called 'nothing to go to the Three Treasures Palace', Lord San is the right and left hand of the Hou Ye, responsible for the affairs of Xiqi Wenchen, and he is busy with official affairs every day. ”

"And from the fact that Sanda came to me, I can speculate that this matter should also be related to me, but I have just arrived in Xiqi, and I have been in the house every day, and I have never gone out for a single step, so I rashly speculated that Sanda's important affairs should have nothing to do with Xiqi, and before I came to Xiqi, I was a national teacher of Yin Shang, and I speculated on the basis of this identity, and it is obvious that the matter of Sanda is related to Yin Shang. Jiang Shang said with a smile: "It is no secret that the king has always looked at the Hou Ye unpleasantly, and this time the Hou Ye left the court late at night, although it was to avoid trouble, but it also gave the king an excuse, presumably the king must have used this as a reason to attack Xiqi!"

"If my prediction is correct, the king will definitely order the Eastern Bohou Jiang Huanchu, the Southern Bohou E Chongyu, and the Northern Bohou Chonghou Hu to assemble a large army and stand by at any time, and at the same time order the two hundred princes belonging to the West to attack Xiqi, and anyone who refuses to send troops will be punished as collaborating with the enemy and treason!" Jiang Shang said with a smile.

As Jiang Shang spoke eloquently, San Yisheng's face became more and more strict, but this Yan sù's face was to cover up the shock in his heart, you must know that he had just gotten the news not long ago, and Jiang Shang, as he said, has been staying in the mansion and never going out, but what Jiang Shang said is the same as the order of the King of Zhou, there are only two possibilities, either Jiang Shang has a force in his hands that he does not know, and this force secretly transmits information for him, or Jiang Shang is extremely wise, just by relying on the clues of clues, and the understanding of the King of Xuan for a period of time, he can guess the order he issued, no matter which one, San Yisheng feels that Jiang Shang is unfathomable。

"It turns out that a qiē has long been in the mastery of Mr. San Yisheng arched his hand and said: "As Mr. expected, the king ordered the two hundred princes of Xiqi to send troops to fight, although these two hundred princes respect the Hou Ye very much, but under the pressure of the king of Zhou, there are also thirty-six princes to respond, these thirty-six princes are less than hundreds, more than thousands, forming a coalition of about 50,000 people, is approaching Xiqi, Hou Ye ordered to recruit Xiqi civil and military to discuss countermeasures, I think such a major event, how can there be less Mr. present, so I hereby come to invite. ”

"I see. Jiang Shang nodded and said, "Please also take me to prepare for a while in the front hall of Lord San, and then I will go with you to see Lord Hou." ”

"Please hurry up, sir. San Yisheng urged, then turned around and went to the front hall, leaving Jiang Shang alone with a feather fan that shook slightly, frowning and thinking.

Suddenly, Jiang Shang looked sideways at the corner of the wall and said, "Come out." ”

"Hehe, I really can't hide it from the master's eyes. With a chuckle, the figure of an old man with white hair suddenly appeared in the corner of the wall, it was broad daylight at this time, and there was no shadow in the corner, obviously the old man's stealth technique had been cultivated to a very high level, but the most important thing was not how strong the old man was, but his identity, this old man was actually a few days ago, the prime minister of Yin Shang who had just returned to his hometown, Shang Rong!

I saw Jiang Shang wave his hand, Shang Rong's body instantly shriveled, and finally turned into a palm-sized paper man and flew into Jiang Shang's hand, it was actually a Taoist puppet secret technique, Jiang Shang pinched the paper man with his hand and closed his eyes and concentrated, and the memory of the paper man was instantly read by Jiang Shang, Jiang Shang took a moment to digest these memories and then opened his eyes and smiled: "Yiqiē...... It's all under control!"

Xiqi City, Xibohou Mansion.

The civil officials are headed by San Yisheng, the military general is headed by Nangong Shi, the civil and military officials are solemn on both sides, Ji Chang sits on the main seat with a calm face, although there is no terrifying domineering of the king, but it is also a face of the holy lord of the Ming monarch, Jiang Shang stands beside Ji Chang with a feather fan, and Nangong Shi casts a disobedient gaze at him from time to time, just because the place where Jiang Shang stands is designated by Ji Chang himself, and it has always been a place where confidants and wise people stand, obviously Ji Chang is not suspicious of employing people, and he wants to prove his trust in Jiang Shang in this way.

"This time, there are thirty-six princes attacking my Xiqi, I don't know what you think, please speak freely. Ji Chang's words kicked off the meeting.

Before Ji Chang's words fell, Nangong Shi, who didn't want to be robbed of the limelight by Jiang Shang, immediately spoke: "The princes of the 36th Road are not worried, as long as the Hou Ye gives me 50,000, no, 30,000 elite soldiers, I will definitely break the enemy army and strengthen my Xiqi might!"

"Never. San Yisheng said: "The princes of the Thirty-six Roads have no bad deeds on weekdays, but because of the threat of the King of Xu, they have to be enemies with Xiqi, and it is not difficult to defeat the princes of the Thirty-six Roads with Xiqi troops, but after this battle, the prestige that the Hou Ye has accumulated among the princes over the years will also be lost, but the gains outweigh the losses!"

Hearing this, Nangong Shi hurriedly said: "Then what do you say, don't we do anything, and the princes of the Thirty-six Roads will retreat by themselves?"

San Yisheng shook his head and said: "Of course, we can't do nothing, but we can't blindly fight hard, we must come up with a plan to let the princes of the Thirty-six Roads retreat without a fight, so that the prestige of the Hou Ye can be preserved, and Xiqi's strength will not be lost because of this." ”

Ji Chang nodded and said, "That's exactly how it should be." ”

Since even Ji Chang nodded, the tone of this deliberation was set, and in the next hour, the ministers continued to propose various methods, but they were constantly vetoed, after a long time, Ji Chang's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and suddenly Ji Chang noticed that Jiang Shang beside him was smiling from beginning to end, which was completely a look of a bamboo in his chest, Ji Chang suddenly said to Jiang Shang in his heart: "Seeing that Mr. is smiling, he should have a plan in mind, I don't know if I can say it and solve problems for Ji Chang?"

Ji Chang's words suddenly made Jiang Shang the focus of attention, but Jiang Shang's face remained unchanged, and the feather fan pointed at San Yisheng and said: "Didn't Hou Ye find that since he put forward his opinion, since this hour, Sanda has not said a word from beginning to end, his face seems calm, but the confidence in his eyes can't be concealed in any way, obviously Sanda already has a strategy to retreat from the enemy when he puts forward his opinion, why should Hou Ye go far?"

"Sir is gracious. San Yisheng chuckled: "Since Master Hou asked Mr. about the plan to break the enemy, why did Mr. push it to the subordinates, does it mean that Mr. is not confident in his own strategy, or is Mr. not ready to give advice to my Xiqi?"

"Eh, what Master San said, it really took Jiang Shang's army, since Lord San said so, I have a plan for reference. Jiang Shang said with a smile: "Lord San also said that the princes of the Thirty-six Roads attacked Xiqi because of the threat of the King of Zhou, so if we want to crack this game, we naturally need to start with the King of Zhou, the best result is that the King of Xuan himself ordered the withdrawal of troops, if it can't be done, at least let the King of Xuan have no time to distract himself, and at the same time, the Hou Ye can send a person who can speak well to meet the thirty-six princes, state the interests and disadvantages, be strict with right and wrong, do not ask for their immediate withdrawal, just wait and see the changes, and then ...... It's about waiting for the right time. ”

"What time to wait?" Ji Chang asked puzzled.

"Waiting for an opportunity to force the King of Zhou to withdraw his troops, an opportunity for the civil strife of the Yin Shang Dynasty, an opportunity for the Three Dukes to turn their faces against the King of Zhou, and also a ...... The timing of the official war!" Jiang Shang said inexplicably: "And this time is ...... Soon to come!"