Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 505

Yuan Shu brought Mrs. Feng and other relatives to send Wang Zheng and his party outside the palace before stopping.

Afterwards, he did not return directly to the bedroom, and asked Madam Feng and other wives and concubines to return first, but Yuan Shu brought Yang Hong, Gu Yong and others to an inner hall.

After the maidservant served tea, Yuan Shu waved back to the left and right, and then he looked sideways at Yang Hong and asked, "At the table just now, why did you wink at me and teach me not to open your mouth to join the king's government in making important matters? Do you think his analysis of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's internal strife is wrong? ?”

Yang Hong shook his head and said, "That's not true. Yuan and Cao are in the same northern region, and the neighboring country is the enemy country. Sooner or later there will be a war. I agree with that."

Hearing this, Yuan Shu couldn't help being surprised: "Then why do you want to persuade me?"

"Xudu is the important town of Cao Cao's capital. Even if we start a war with Yuan Shao, it is impossible to ignore this place. The king's government wants to make a surprise attack, and this is too lofty to talk about."

"As for Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, even if they were at war, it is impossible to choose this time for the autumn harvest. It is even more likely that it will be the beginning of spring next year. Wang Zheng's words cannot be trusted!"

"My lord, I guess he just used this to delay the time, and he just left if he refused."

Gu Yong on the side also echoed: "Yes, Sun Ce is dead, but Wang Zheng refuses to say when he will return to Xuzhou. I saw him speak at the table, his words flickered, and most of his troops were left to station in Lu'an and Anfeng. Even though the two places are far away from Jiujiang, my lord still has to be guarded against, and the thousands of Xuzhou soldiers and horses who have entered the city this time need to be supervised day and night, and we must invite him to Xuzhou as soon as possible."

"The thieves chased away the guests as soon as the rebellion was over. Wouldn't it make the world's teeth cold? Do you think that this Marquis forgets the fish when he catches the fish, and doesn't know kindness?"

Yuan Shu frowned slightly, showing embarrassment, and asked Yang Hong again: "What do you think, the military advisor?"

Yang Hong looked at Yuan Shu seriously and said: "The teacher of Xuzhou tiger and wolf, even if Wang Zheng has no dissent, it would be inappropriate to stay for a long time."

"There are not enough soldiers and horses in the territory now. With such a strong army, wouldn't it be just for our defense?"

Yuan Shu didn't think so, and waved his hand and said: "Although Wang Zheng was born in a grassroots family, he has kindness and righteousness in his heart, and he upholds virtue. It's just that he now has six counties and millions of soldiers and civilians. He is still humble and polite when facing this Marquis. We have talked a lot with him today. , Every time I ask, he will definitely answer, which is really rare, and his heart is honest, far from being comparable to Sun Ce and his ilk."

Hearing this, Yang Hong showed helplessness. Sometimes his lord thinks too much, and sometimes he thinks too little.

"When Emperor Gao lived in Shandong in the past, he was greedy for wealth and goods. He was fond of beautiful concubines. After entering the customs, he had nothing to take from property and no luck to women. Fan Zeng was shocked when he heard about it. He said to Xiang Yu that his ambition is not small."

Yang Hong advised: "My lord also said that Wang Zheng is a worthless man, and he is no different from other yellow scarf bandits in terms of background. It can be seen that since the incident, he has not been greedy for gold and silver, and he is not good at women. He will be weak next year, but he will have no Generally, people of the same age are willful and willful, but their emotions and anger are not shown, why is that?"

He paused every word and said: "It must be ambitious and wants to become a hegemony. Such a person, how can he be a loyal person, and the lord can't relax his vigilance because of his superficial humility and politeness!"

Yuan Shu refused to obey, but he restrained himself when facing Yang Hong. He didn't refuse directly, but shook his head and said, "Well, sir, you can urge Wang Zheng and Xuzhou soldiers to quickly put down Sun Ce's remnants. matter, you can see off your guests."

Yang Hong was still waiting to persuade, Yuan Shu became impatient again, he just looked around and said loudly: "If he is cheating, why would he come to the city twice to see me?"

As he spoke, he laughed, ignored Yang Hong and Gu Yong, got on his horse, was hugged by the guards, and rode away.

At the same time, Wang Zheng and Qiao Wan were also talking about Yuan Shu.

Qiao Wan asked, "What do you think of Yuan Gonglu?"

After getting along for a while, Qiao Wan's impression of Wang Zheng has changed quite a bit. In addition, she is not actually Wang Zheng's subordinate, so when getting along in private, her attitude is quite casual, and she no longer calls Wang Zhoumu.

Naturally, Wang Zheng couldn't be troubled by this question. Although he and Yuan Shu didn't have a close relationship, this Skeleton King was thoroughly analyzed in later generations, and he immediately said:

"Although Yuan Gonggong was born in the Yuan family in Runan, he is quite different from ordinary high-school children. You can see that although he always satirizes Cao Cao and Yuan Shao with his family background, he is actually just swearing and exposing faults. , in fact, they don’t necessarily place much importance on their origin, and it is because of this that they can attract heroes from all over the world to vote for them.” The so-called heroes of the rivers and lakes, of course, are those handsome yellow scarves.

Qiao Wan was very surprised, and couldn't help raising her eyebrows: "I didn't expect you to think highly of him?"

"Even mediocre people will have something to shine. Yuan Shu was able to escape from Luoyang back then. At least he was considered courageous and decisive, and he was able to create such a large foundation. How could he be too resourceful?"

Wang Zheng said with a smile: "However, this person has many shortcomings, one is impatient, the city is too shallow, the other is that he is lenient and sincere to others, but he has no plans. "

"I can tell that Yuan Gonglu is impatient." Qiao Wan asked curiously, "Why do you say that he is too shallow and has no plans?"

"Yuan Shu has always wanted to proclaim himself emperor, and I'm afraid he has been planning for several years. As a result, Sun Ce retreated when he raised an incident. Isn't it because he has no plans?"

Wang Zheng said in a deep voice: "A man should have a long-term ambition, but a very determined one. If it is what he pursues in his heart, he should be indomitable and never regret it. How can he repeat it so often?"

Qiao Wan thoughtfully said: "I have a good heart, even though I died nine times, I still haven't regretted it?"

"That's right." Wang Zheng said, "Today when Yuan Shu heard me say that he wanted to attack Xudu by surprise, he was immediately moved, and his eyebrows were beaming with joy. It shows that he has no plans, but is also happy when he hears the words. It shows that the city is not deep."

"Then why do you say that although he can support soldiers, he can't use them?"

"Sun Jian, Sun Ce and his sons are both rebellious and lonely generations, but they were able to serve Yuan Shu successively. It can be seen that this man has the ability to recognize talents and is more tolerant. That's why I say he can win scholars and support scholars."

Wang Zhengdao: "However, why did Sun Ce attach himself first and then rebel? It is because this son is not willing to be subordinated to others, and also because Yuan Shu can't employ him. You see, Zhou Tai met with that school lieutenant Liang Gang today. Yuan Shu, who was forced to pretend to be drunk, opened his mouth to stop him, but the other generation actually showed resentment and dissatisfaction. If he is under the command of this general, how can he be tolerated? Yuan Shu didn't take it seriously. How important is the army in troubled times? If it cannot be prohibited by order, it can be seen that its employment is improper."

Hearing this, Qiao Wan took a deep look at Wang Zheng, her eyes were full of admiration, but she didn't know it, but her voice became more and more gentle: "You see people in detail, you have a good eye, But Yuan Shu is mediocre and ineffective, far beyond comparison, it seems that the day when Jiangdong will enter the king's pocket is not far away."

Wang Zheng was not as relaxed as she was. Hearing the words, he shook his head and said, "Although Yuan Shu has no suspicions at the moment, Yang Hong and Gu Yong at the table today have repeatedly raised the topic to ask about Ben's future intentions, and they have repeatedly asked about the return date of Xuzhou. It’s because I saw a little truth, especially Yang Hong, who is eloquent, quick-witted, eloquent and resourceful, and should not be underestimated, hey, it’s okay.”

Qiao Wan asked, "What's okay?"

Wang Zheng shook his head: "It's nothing." It was just now that he suddenly remembered Yan Xiang who died under Zhang Fei's spear. In Wang Zheng's view, this man was far more resourceful than Yang Hong. Last week's failure, so I couldn't help but blurt out the so-called "it's okay", naturally it is best to say that this person is dead.

It's just that Yan Xiang had some friendship with him after all, Wang Zheng immediately reacted to this thought, although he didn't say he felt guilty, it was a bit unnatural after all.

He walked to the window, admired the bright moon with his hands behind his back, and murmured: "Anyway, since Yang Hong and Gu Yong have taken precautions, this matter is cheap and should not be rushed. They caught it, but it was a little troublesome."

Qiao Wan also got up and went to the window, stood side by side with Wang Zheng facing the night, and asked softly, "How do you want to slow down?"

"On the one hand, continue to implement the next step in an orderly manner according to the original plan, on the other hand." Wang Zheng suddenly shouted: "Wang Xiong!"

Hearing Wang Zheng's summons, Wang Xiong, who was guarding the courtyard outside Tang, trotted over and pushed the door in: "My lord, the last general is here, what orders do you have?"

Seeing the appearance of a third person broke the harmonious atmosphere between the two, Qiao Wan who was at the side felt dissatisfied, gave Wang Zheng a slight look, and immediately opened the distance between the two of them calmly.

Naturally, these Wang Zhengs didn't notice, they just looked at Wang Xiong and asked, "Do you know where Li Ren's residence is?"

"I know." Naturally, Wang Xiong knew that this person had been persuaded by Guo Jia, and secretly joined his family, so he nodded quickly.

"Okay." Wang Zheng said, "It's hard work for you to take a trip, go to Li Ren tomorrow morning, and tell him to investigate carefully, and make sure to find out what Yang Hong is doing, lest he spoil the general's affairs by playing tricks on Yuan Shu behind his back. "

"promise!"

"and also."

Mrs. Feng who was seen at today's banquet suddenly appeared in front of Wang Zheng's eyes, and his heart moved, and he said: "Let Li Ren get in touch with Yuan Shu's inner chamber more often, and don't hesitate to give money, and make sure that the people who sleep next to him are more loyal to the general." Speak good words and try to influence Yuan Shu's judgment."

"As for the rest, proceed according to the original plan. You, Wang Xiong, and Li Ren are jointly responsible for making good friends with Shouchun generals, especially the guards of the city gate. In addition, Wu Sheng and Huang Zhonghe will also let Wu Sheng, Huang Zhong and pretend Sun Thief's Liu Ye continued to discuss what to do, once out of the city in three days, make some moves and make some noise, so that Yuan Shu can feel at ease."

The so-called wall fell down and everyone pushed it. After several fierce battles, Sun Ce's army and horses had already been killed and injured. In addition, Sun Ce's commander is dead, and there is still Cheng Pu who fled. What can happen, but other places in Lujiang Well, Wangzheng, the two important throat towns of Lu'an and Anfeng, could not be returned to the Yangzhou army. Of course, Liu Ye, who had already recognized him as the master, led some Shanyue people and new recruits to become sun thieves, causing disturbances from time to time.

Wang Xiong complied solemnly, seeing that Wang Zheng had no other orders, he left immediately.

Wang Zheng glanced at Qiao Wan at the side, and was about to say that it was getting late, should she also go back to her room, but saw Qiao Wan staring at him for a while, and suddenly asked: "What about my mission?" ?”

you?
You are not my subordinate, how can I arrange any tasks for you? This is different from the killing of Sun Ce that day. It is almost Qiao Wan's initiative to ask for his life. After all, she and Sun Ce have a big feud.

Wang Zheng just wanted to say this, but when he saw her serious face, he swallowed the words again, thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "You are quite handsome now, and you can act as a facade. In the next few days, follow me to eat and drink."

In order to capture Yangzhou at the lowest cost, Shouchun must change hands at the lowest cost. In addition to letting Yuan Shu relax his vigilance as much as possible and make friends with various officials and generals, he also has to cooperate with another force in Shouchun City. Say hello and even take advantage of it.

On the next day, when Wang Xiong, Li Ren and the others began to split up and take their respective responsibilities, Wang Zheng was fine. Some people should not be in a hurry to meet, so it is nothing more than responding to some active invitations. Most of them are civil and military ministers under Yuan Shu's command. The host and guest enjoyed themselves.

Today, Wang Zheng's advantages have far outweighed his shortcomings, and he was born in the Yellow Turban.

In addition, he doesn't like to put on airs, and he has a high charm blessed by the system. It is actually very easy to deliberately make friends with people. It didn't take long before, no matter whether it was the high court of the Zhumen, or even the streets and alleys in Shouchun City, Many people mentioned Wang Zheng in private, and they all praised Wang Zheng: "Not only is he a young man, but he also has both ability and political integrity. He is really a hero in the world!"

At the same time, good news came from Lujiang, and Huang Zhong, who was stationed in Lu'an, won another big victory. He defeated [-] grandson thieves, and [-] of them were beheaded alone!
The news spread to Shouchun, Yuan Shu was very happy.

He said to Yang Hong: "Huang Hansheng has been famous as a marquis for a long time, and he personally sits in Lu'an, which is really extraordinary. Are you still worried that Wang Zheng has different ambitions? It is obvious that he wants to get rid of all evil and clean up Yangzhou's future troubles!"

"You said before that the grandson thief is not good enough, and Wang Zheng's words are not credible, and these 5000 people are still not good enough. If there is fraud, so many grandson thief heads are always true, right?"

"Let's listen to this Marquis. After the Xuzhou army has completely solved Sun Ce's remnants, it will not be too late to ask them to return to Xuzhou."

Yang Hong's face was as sinking as water, and he remained silent.

Anyone with outstanding intelligence must be proud and confident, and most of them stick to their own opinions. Yang Hong is no exception. Seeing that Yuan Shu can't be persuaded, he doesn't bother to talk nonsense. When I returned to the mansion, I invited my cronies to ask:
"It has been three or four days since Wang Zheng came to Shouchun, is there anything unusual?"

"Grandpa, the villain and a few brothers are guarding in shifts. They are constantly watching outside the guest house day and night, and they haven't seen anything unusual. Except for the daily banquet, Wang Zheng has never been anywhere, er, except for a little."

"Which point?"

The relative said: "The state shepherd sent a few girls to the embassy. They are all famous beauties in the city, good at singing and dancing. As a result, in the past few days, the villain chatted with the servants in the embassy, ​​but Wang Zheng didn't touch any of them. , it's really strange."

What kind of strange is this? Can't people have high vision?

Yang Hong stared at the confidant with dissatisfaction, thought for a while and asked, "Which banquets did you go to, but have they all been recorded? Are there any important ministers and generals among them?"

"It's all written down, and it's been recorded in the roster." The confidant said hurriedly: "There were no important people in the past few days, but tomorrow"

"It is said that Wang Zheng is going to the wedding banquet of his eldest son Yuan Yao."

Shizi?

Hearing this, Yang Hong's eyes froze immediately.

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