Qihuang

Hongsha Pass was getting more and more difficult. At this time, An Jun actually handed over a letter of surrender.

Xu Shaoqing had been staring at the words "promotion and reward" on the battle post, and he almost couldn't take his eyes back.

Hao Duoyu didn't notice, and angrily said with disdain: "Jizhou finally got out of the sea of ​​suffering, how can it return to Da'an again? Is it a dream? Master Xu, tear up this post!"

Xu Shaoqing avoided Hao Duoyu's extended hand, put the battle post into his sleeve, and said lightly: "How the place is doing, of course, cannot be separated from the Xian'an court, but also cannot be separated from the magistrates. Okay, most of the time It also depends on the local officials."

Hao Duoyu was taken aback, and looked straight at Xu Shaoqing.

Xu Shaoqing smiled at Hao Duoyu, but there was no smile in his eyes, he just said: "I want to be a good official."

Hao Duoyu also laughed, and slapped his heart: "Me too! Who isn't!"

Xu Shaoqing lowered his eyes.

Of course he wanted to be a good officer.

To be precise, he wants to be a senior official.

It can be said that Xu Shaoqing rebelled with Yan Liao.He witnessed Yan Liao's transformation from a frivolous and arrogant son of Mobei to a mighty king of Yan in Kyushu. He thought that with his own ability, following Yan Liao, he would be able to achieve great things in this troubled world. Thousands of years later, Not to mention that the name will last through the ages, but it must also be praised by future generations for its many achievements.

But who would have thought that Yan Liao didn't reuse him at all, and kept him in Jizhou?

On the contrary, the younger brother who left home at a young age, but was brought by his side with incomparable trust?

Xu Shaoqing knew that Mobei had always valued martial arts over literature, but he didn't expect that he would not be treated to such an extent.

A scholar dies for his confidant, and a horse is good for his confidant.Xu Shaoqing sighed, thinking, maybe King Yan is not my bole at all.

Seeing that Xu Shaoqing was depressed, Hao Duoyu thought that Xu Shaoqing was tired, so he cared and persuaded: "Master Xu's complexion is not good, you should go back to the account and dry your hair and change your clothes. The battle in Yuzhou is tight, and we still have more here." Come on, you can't get sick."

The corners of Wang Zai's eyes drooped again: "Hey...there's still something to suffer..."

Xu Shaoqing withdrew his thoughts, took a deep look at Hao Duoyu, turned and left the tent.

At nightfall, Xu Shaoqing was lying on the bed tossing and turning, hearing the sound of arrow feathers, and seeing the pale and cold corpses of soldiers in front of his eyes.

The situation is not optimistic. If you stick to it, if you keep on like this, Hongsha Pass will be broken sooner or later. At that time, not only the people in the pass will suffer, but none of them will survive!

Uneasy, Xu Shaoqing squinted for a while in a daze, and at dawn the next day, his body seemed to fall, and Xu Shaoqing suddenly sat up from the bed.

I have lingering fears.

Touching his back again, he felt the cold sweat on his hand.

"..."

Putting down his hands, Xu Shaoqing stared sideways at the Anjun battle post beside his pillow for a while.

After changing clothes and washing up, and leaving the tent, Xu Shaoqing saw that Hao Duoyu was still full of energy, cheering up the soldiers.

He didn't show it on the surface, but Xu Shaoqing was already thinking in his heart: "This Hao Duoyu is loyal to King Yan. If I have second thoughts... I have to get rid of him first."

Hao Duoyu felt his sight, he followed Xu Shaoqing's sight, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, someone from the army is here!"

As soon as Xu Shaoqing heard that someone was coming from the army, Xu Shaoqing's newly formed thoughts immediately receded like a tide, and he asked uncomfortably, "Which adult is here? Could it be that the reinforcements have arrived?"

But I feel wrong, how could it be reinforcements?The reinforcements could not enter the pass at all.

He was too anxious to ask such a silly question.

Hao Duoyu also laughed when he heard this: "How could it be reinforcements? It's the adults from Mobei, Lord Wang."

"Which Lord Wang?" Xu Shaoqing frowned: How could someone from Mobei come to Hongsha Pass at this time?

But soon, Xu Shaoqing saw the real face of the visitor, and it turned out that the visitor was Wang Xinbai.

And this Wang Xinbai made a small incident as soon as he arrived.

The soldiers found Xu Shaoqing and reported that Mr. Wang asked about Wang Zaiguan's situation in the military field. Seeing that Wang Zai sighed and was not very energetic, and his answer did not satisfy him, he directly asked someone to pull Wang Zai to the back and suffer. Twenty boards, say that this is a disease, most likely because of loose muscles and bones, it will be fine after a beating, and it will be alive and well after the beating.

Isn't this a mess!

Xu Shaoqing and Hao Duoyu looked at each other in surprise, and ran towards the school military field together.

On the school field, Wang Xinbai held a folding fan with black and white letters, and fanned himself to relieve the heat.Seeing him pointing and pointing, Xu Shaoqing immediately felt unhappiness. He walked over a few steps and asked in a cold voice: "What are you doing, Mr. Wang? I heard that you are coming to Hongsha Pass not far away. Is it just to discipline you for me?" Subordinate officials?"

Hearing Xu Shaoqing's voice, Wang Xinbai swiped his fan away, turned to face him, raised his lips and said with a smile: "Master Xu, I didn't plan to do it for you, but the attitude of this little official is really annoying. , how good is it for the people below to imitate his appearance?"

Xu Shaoqing sneered.He and Wang Xinbai have always been at odds, and asked angrily, "Why did Master Wang come here?"

Wang Xinbai stopped laughing, took out the token that Yan Liao left for him, waved it in front of Xu Shaoqing's eyes, and said: "This is not Mobei's leisure, am I here to visit you?"

Xu Shaoqing had strange dreams for as long as he slept in a night, and now seeing Yan Liao's token, his heart trembled, his face was a little ugly.

Wang Xinbai just stared at Xu Shaoqing, and naturally discovered Xu Shaoqing's guilty conscience.

Wang Xinbai: Alright... It seems that what was written in the secret letter may really be reliable news.

Speaking of the secret letter, I mentioned it a few days ago.

A few days ago, Tianwang Xinbai was staying in the school well, and was suddenly asked to see by a beautiful girl.

And this beautiful girl is not a stranger, she is actually the girl who took him back to Mobei from Jizhou many years ago.

Wang Xinbai saw that the girl was still so beautiful... oh no, seeing that the girl had something important to report, he immediately took her back to the prime minister's mansion.

Fortunately, she was brought back to the prime minister's mansion. This girl called herself Lin Qi of Qingniaofang, and brought him a secret letter from Wu Hai, as well as...Gusu Guoxie!

Identifying the authenticity of the Imperial Seal, Wang Xinbai was dumbfounded on the spot!

Bring him the Gusu Imperial Seal?how?Tell him to go to Gusu to become the king of Gusu? ?

But after reading Wu Hai's long secret letter, Wang Xinbai was no longer in the mood to joke.

Wu Hai didn't say anything else, he said

Talk about the situation in Yan, Gusu and An, and talk about Xu Shaoqing.

It was only then that Wang Xinbai knew that Xu Shaoqing had had a relationship with Wu Hai. Even when Yan Liao was annoyed by the old officials in Mobei, the trick to make Yan Liao become king directly was not proposed by Xu Shaoqing himself. It was Wu Hai's move to Xu Shaoqing!

Now Wang Xinbai couldn't calm down anymore.

Wu Hai said in the letter that Xu Shaoqing is too utilitarian, and when no one suppresses him, he is easily incited.

It was Wu Hai who instigated Yan Liao to proclaim himself king.The way to instigate Xu Shaoqing is to see Xu Shaoqing's utilitarianism.

Wu Hai painted him a beautiful picture of following King Yan to look forward to the horse and make great achievements.

Such a person was incited by interests back then, but now facing a severe crisis, it is inevitable that they will not be incited.

Wang Xinbai was taken aback by this letter, how could there be such a thing?If this is true, not to mention Xu Shaoqing's scheming, Wu Hai didn't have any good intentions at the beginning!

But Wang Xinbai was surprised, why did Wu Hai hand him this letter?

Immediately afterwards, he saw the explanation in the letter again.

The general idea is that Yan Liao is not very persuasive, and he likes to trust people he thinks he can trust. Now that Yan Liao is entangled in wars, you are the only idler in Mobei. Alright, there must be some royal token on him, you can take care of Xu Shaoqing, if Xu Shaoqing has any crooked thoughts, you can correct him.

Wang Xinbai: "???"

Is this a person?This is a ghost! !

After reading a letter, Wang Xinbai finally understood Wu Hai's meaning, and after he understood it, he was even more puzzled: What is Wu Hai doing?In Gusu, why are you still worrying about Daan?

Besides, if Xu Shaoqing really has a different heart, there are many ways to deal with him, so he won't be so shabby that he let himself be an "idle person" to correct him, right?

After being watched suspiciously by Wang Xinbai for a long time, Lin Qi said: "The king trusts the Xu family brothers, and the young master cares about the king."

Wang Xinbai is so smart, he immediately understood the twists and turns:

Wu Hai knew that Yan Liao was not an honest listener, so he probably wouldn't believe Xu Shaoqing if he told him that Xu Shaoqing was dishonest.In addition, Wu Hai had a private conversation with Xu Shaoqing before, he probably didn't want Yan Liao to know...but he was worried about something happening in Jizhou, so he told himself about it as a reminder.

Although he knew that the atmosphere was not right, Wang Xinbai almost laughed: This person is a bit interesting, why does he think he will believe it?

Thinking about it, his eyes fell on the Gusu Imperial Seal.

Wang Xinbai: "..."

This is also a ruthless person, Guoxi dares to hand it over to others?

As a keepsake?Ask for trust?

No, I'm afraid it's still implied.He hinted to himself that he didn't even look down on the national seal... or he wanted to say that without the national seal, he could still subdue Gusu.

Wang Xinbai's expression became serious, and the more he thought about it, the more it made sense.

Besides, Wu Hai's request was very pure and kind, roughly "go and stare at Xu Shaoqing, watch Xu Shaoqing before the reinforcements arrive, and don't let him do anything wrong with his lack of determination."Such a request, even if Wu Hai framed Xu Shaoqing, would not

What loss will it cause Yan.

Another important point is that Wang Xinbai himself doesn't like Xu Shaoqing very much. After reading such a long letter, although it is still impossible to judge whether it is true or not, it also planted the seeds of suspicion in Wang Xinbai's heart.

Therefore, this is how Wang Xinbai came to Hongsha Pass.

Wang Xinbai was highly valued by Yan Liao, Yan Liao confessed to him the matter of setting up a school, while Mobei valued martial arts and despise literature, fearing that it would be difficult for the court to speak, so he specially gave him a token of considerable power, and all important officials could understand this token under the right.

No matter how upset Xu Shaoqing was, when he saw Wang Xinbai showing the token, he knelt down and saluted.

Wang Xinbai didn't make things difficult for Xu Shaoqing, he asked a few people to get up and asked about the situation of Hongsha Pass.

Xu Shaoqing waved back the others, his tone was not good or bad, he told the truth about the situation, including the battle post sent by General An yesterday, and he also confessed.

After all, Xu Shaoqing laughed at himself, a little disheartened: "Does the king not believe me, and let Mr. Wang come here?"

Wang Xinbai's eyes were complicated, he tore up the battle post, and said, "The king doesn't believe you? The king doesn't believe that you dare to give you an order to stick to it? Xu Shaoqing, you and I don't have a deep friendship, but I have heard a lot during this journey. When the people in Jizhou say good things about you, you may not be a good person, but this official is not bad..."

Xu Shaoqing's face was slightly stiff.

Wang Xinbai pointed at him and said: "If you open the door for the sake of fame and fortune as the war post said, do you think the Anjun will let the people of Jizhou go? Once the army and horses come in, it will be a disaster! You have worked hard all these years. In less than three to five days, everything will be destroyed by you, and those people who praised you and prayed for you will all die! You won't be sad? You won't feel guilty? Are you really going to step on the bones of the ground?"

Hearing this, Xu Shaoqing looked at Wang Xinbai sharply.

Wang Xinbai: "To be honest, the one who doesn't trust you is not the king, but King Gusu Liang... Oh no, it's the king of Gusu now. If you have done something... If you want others to know, unless you do nothing, the sky will Eye-catching, it's inevitable that something will happen someday!"

It turned out to be King Gusu?

After Wang Xinbai said this, Xu Shaoqing stared and turned pale.

In fact, Wang Xinbai didn't quite understand what Wu Hai meant, but he would fool around. His old god was saying: "Gusu has voted for Yan. Is it difficult for the Yuzhou front? Is it difficult for Jizhou to return aid? If you really have What kind of crazy thoughts, drown it as soon as possible, otherwise... well, I can be regarded as growing up with the prince, although the prince has a violent personality, but the prince... if you really moved If you have a crooked mind, it would be better to fall into the hands of the king!"

Xu Shaoqing: "..."

After talking dry, Wang Xin fanned the wind, and asked with a smile: "Master Xu, share a tent with me? Don't worry, I've hit it off with you. Before Jizhou came to help, I was with you in life and death. Enough loyalty." ?”

Xu Shaoqing: "!!?"

After Wang Xinbai's timely "troubleshooting", let alone Xu Shaoqing's hesitation, even if he really made up his mind, after listening to Wang Xinbai's words, he still has to weigh the current situation and weigh whether the Da'an Dynasty still has a future.

After going back and forth like this, Hongsha Pass was closed for another four or five days.

Xu Shaoqing felt more and more that life felt like years, and his heart was in a mess. He really felt... Maybe he really couldn't hold on anymore!

On the fifth night after Wang Xinbai came to Hongsha Pass, one or two beams of wolf smoke pierced the night sky, and blazed brightly.

Xu Shaoqing, who didn't go back to the camp to rest, and sat by the long wall with the soldiers to rest, was shocked by the sudden noise and his heartbeat fluttered.He stood up abruptly, and saw An Jun densely packed in the distance from the ancient gate of the city tower, coming towards the closed gate like a flood of beasts!