Three anecdotes

Facing the Linyuan King who has been against him and the Beidi military commander, Jing Shanbo's attitude is really very bad.Especially when he handed Ming Hongdao to himself again.

"Since you have the ability to trap me here, why don't you have the ability to actually take this knife?" Jing Xiaoxia was very rude.

Cardinal Jin just sat with him in a separate case, "Since I promised my son to return the jade to Zhao, I will return it naturally."

"You lied to me that Second Senior Brother wanted to return this knife to Senior Senior Brother, so I gave it to you." Jing Shanbo got angry when he said this.

Cardinal Jin stopped him when he was rushing to help with a knife, claiming to be Chu Yi with a light belt, saying that he wanted him to return the Ming Hong knife to Shang Quhan, and asked Shang Quhan to return it to Shang Chengbi.Because Shang Chengbi issued an order to warn Shang Qunhan, it was all because he took the knife.Jing Xiaoxia naturally didn't believe it all, but firstly, Shang Chengbi had never reprimanded Shang Hanhan before this, and secondly, he really hoped that the elder brother could return the knife.The meaning of this knife is too great, it is not something he can afford.What's more, Cardinal Jin also moved out the second senior brother.Who knew that the second senior brother's autograph letter was actually forged by Cardinal Jin, Jing Xiaoxia is still angry now.

Jing Shanbo offered the knife, "Young Master will know in the future that this knife is also one of the tacit understandings between me and Senior Brother Ling. Soon, the imperial decree from the current emperor to bestow the knife on King Jingbian will come, and Young Master will naturally know that I It's a good intention."

Jing Shanbo didn't even bother to look at him, "I don't care whether it's good intentions or not. Now that the world is going to be in chaos, you should hurry up and get out of the way, don't stop me from helping senior brother."

Cardinal Jin nodded slightly, "My lord really needs Jing Shaoxia's help on an important matter." As soon as he finished speaking, he took out a bunch of tassels from his bosom.

Jing Shanbo almost jumped up from his chair, "Why is Hualiu's Fanying here with you?"

Cardinal Jin stretched out his hand and handed it to him, "Young Xia carefully checked to see if Brother Ling's token is fake."

Jing Shanbo snatched it away, and after examining it carefully, he asked, "How did you steal it?"

Cardinal Jin said, "My lord has a word that I want me to bring to Jing Xiaoxia."

Jing Shanbo snorted coldly, "It's fine to borrow my second senior brother's name, my senior brother is a great hero, how could he get along with you. Why, don't forge letters this time?"

Cardinal Jin said seriously, "Jing Shaoxia, this matter concerns the lives of the common people, please listen carefully to the instructions of the prince."

Jing Shanbo tilted his head, "Will a fox pretend to be an addict?" He was still angry at Cardinal Jin for lying to him.

Cardinal Jin suddenly lowered his voice, "Jing Yezhao, you dare not listen to your elder brother's orders. You have not been beaten for too long, and you have forgotten the taste of family law."

Jing Shanbo suddenly grabbed the knife on the table, and the knife was out of its sheath just by moving his hand. The sharp blade of Ming Hong's knife rested on Cardinal Jin's neck, "Don't push yourself too far."

Cardinal Jin didn't move, "Although King Jingbian and I have different ways, we don't want the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains to fall into the hands of Di people. Now that Jingchuan is besieged, and Helian Xi's troops are approaching the city, your senior brother believes in you. You won’t be confused when it comes to festivals, but you are still entangled in the little grievances and grievances of the past, Xiao Ye, when will you grow up.”

Jing Shanbo was suddenly called so by him, and when he got angry, the blade in his hand turned slightly, cutting Cardinal Jin's neck.

Cardinal Jin ignored it at all, and only said, "What your brother said, I ask you to persuade Liu Chengchou, Yin of Jingchuan Prefecture, to cooperate with me to take down Huai and Suzhou and force Nehad back to Jiangbei."

Jing Shanbo was taken aback, "Aren't you Beidi's military commander?"

Cardinal Jin's neck was just under his Minghong knife, but he raised his chest and said proudly, "You have seen my formation, which one is Shang Chengbi's soldier and which one is Helianxi's horse? "After he said this, he suddenly stretched out his palm, pushed away his hand holding the knife, and laughed loudly, "Do you think Jin Chonghua has just gone from one man's bed to another man's bed in the past five years? "

Jing Shanbo saw that he escaped so easily under his blade, although he didn't intend to kill him at first, but after all he had a high opinion of the former Chonghua young master, his voice became colder, "My senior brother has already As I said, you use Shang Chengbi and He Lianxi to recruit troops secretly, Ma Qizhi has a lot of ambitions, and now it has become a big deal, but what do you want?"

Cardinal Jin raised his head and said, "I want whatever your elder brother wants."

Jing Shanbo snorted coldly, "You are not worthy."

Cardinal Jin was not irritated by his complete disdain and ridicule, but said indifferently, "A person can bear as much as he can bear. My past is not my own choice, but five years ago I risked my life to be famous. Don't take this road, and you have to go on if you are bleeding like a river." He said this, but he didn't want to continue to entangle, but tried his best to state the pros and cons, "My Dachu is Zhurongzhixu, and I have always been taken by the people of the Central Plains. Treat me as a barbarian, and I, Chu and Di, have always been called Southern Barbarians and Northern Di by you. As barbarians, you don’t have to feel sorry for the people of Liang, and you should if you don’t believe me. But you should understand that now Nehad is in the north, and I am in the east. Once Jingchuan falls, Helian Xi's men and horses hiding in Dasanguan will immediately have a base camp. With his ambition, he will surely go all the way south and go straight to Jing'an City. Your God of Wealth who has been sticking to your side all the time Why doesn't the third sister-in-law continue to stay as a dog-skin plaster for Ji Xigu, why should she hope that she will go to Xicheng? Shang Chengbi is training the navy, why is your old enemy Beidi in Daliang only raising war horses and not repairing warships. Shang Chengbi Bi wants Xi and Xicheng to rule the world, but is it true that Shen Xiyun is willing to stay in a corner? Do you think that with the foresight of Emperor Xuan'an, when Daliang and Beidi are fighting hard, how can he stand by and miss the opportunity? If he wants to enter the army, the first step is to Where do you want to take it?"

Jing Shanbo has always only wanted to use his sword to fight for justice, and he didn't work very hard on the general situation of the world.It's just that his senior brother is a Shang Quhan who has the world in mind, and there are certain things that he can always hear and see. He remembers that he once pressed the senior senior brother why he must capture Chudi without mercy. After all, it is the hometown of the second senior brother.At that time, the eldest brother was pointing at the map, his index finger rested on Jingchu, but his gaze fell on Xicheng. Both Shang Chengbi and Shen Xiyun were heroes of a generation, and if they wanted to enlist Yunei, Chu was a battleground for military strategists.Not to mention that the king of Chu conspired against him, even if he did not conspire against him, there would be such a battle sooner or later.

In fact, the king of Chu was well aware of all this. When the incident happened, Shang Chengbi had just ascended the throne and had just experienced a great battle with Beidi. It can be sealed, and the master's uncle and nephew are at odds with high meritorious service.The King of Chu wants to take advantage of the favorable location to establish himself as the king, so that he can have both sides in the battle between Daliang and Xicheng in the future, or get another piece of the pie, but he doesn't want Shang Chengbi to be uncompromising, and he would rather support the powerful ministers than give up an inch of land , the king of Chu looked down on Shang Quhan and even more down on Shang Chengbi, and finally lost the army, and ended up with the country ruined and family defeated and three sons displaced.

Seeing Jing Shanbo's expression, Cardinal Jin knew that he already understood, "So, I can't let Helianxi win so quickly. To protect Jingchuan is to protect myself."

Jing Shanbo sneered, "Do you think I'm really stupid? If Mr. Liu joined forces with you to force Di Ren away, you would have taken Jingchuan by force. At that time, you were in the north and your father was in the south. I'm afraid five years ago What your Jin family has not accomplished, will be accomplished in five years."

Cardinal Jin raised his eyebrows, "As expected of Shang Yuhan's younger brother, I underestimated you." After he said this, he gently lifted the bunch of tassels, "Even you understand the truth, the invincible Jingbian Does the king not understand? He, why is he willing to let me take back the Ming Hongdao?"

Jing Shanbo stopped talking, and the bloody swallow in his eyes seemed to be depressed too.

Cardinal Jin looked at him, "It is because of his strategizing that he understands better. If I don't use me to contain Beidi, I am afraid Daliang will lose more." After he said this, he looked at Jing Shanbo, "When To this day, can’t you see that there is no one in this world who can stop me from returning to the country?” He gently wiped the blood beads on the side of his neck with his fingers, and the blood marks of four fingers on his snow-white neck were so beautiful Shocking, "You help me, I will restore the country, and the Di people will return to Jiangbei, and the wisdom of your elder brother will not be abolished. If you don't help me, I will attack the city, and my Xuanpao army will be encircled by Nehad. You people in Daliang. Will you help, or not?"

Jing Shanbo raised his eyebrows, and said in a cold voice, "Cardinal Jin, you are really a shameless person."

Cardinal Jin smiled, "It doesn't matter, you are honest and shameless, you are famous all over the world, it is enough for Liu Chengchou to trust you."

Jing Shanbo didn't want to see Chu Yiqing again, but Liu Chengchou sent a letter.At dawn on June 23, an arrow shot out from the city wall of Jingchuan and stuck in the gate of Qiuluo.

After Cardinal Jin occupied the four counties, he camped at Qiuluo, which is the closest to Jingchuan, and his snow-clothed guards were stationed outside the city. In the copper circle, there is an air of mourning soldiers born in darkness for a long time.

The snow-clothed guard with a white helmet and white armor pulled out the arrow, and a bunch of leaves from the tree that had been plucked from the locust tree were actually nailed to the arrow.

Cardinal Jin received the letter, pondered for a while, and sighed, "Liu Chengchou is indeed not an ordinary person."

Chu Fuguang looked at the bunch of leaves without flowers, "Will he agree or not?"

Cardinal Jin ordered the Xuanpao Army to follow Shen Sha beside him, "Tell Qian Yi, pass on my order, today, every household in Qiuluo County must cook Sophora japonica flowers and steam rice." Qian Yi is the master of the Xuanpao Army long.Cardinal Jin took over the four counties, and the real troops were only five hundred Xuanpao Army and eighty Xueyiwei.With Qian Yi and three others as the commander-in-chief, they are known as five hundred in snow clothes and eight thousand in black robes.

Shen Sha followed Cardinal Jin to Beijing three years ago, and entrusted his life and death to him. Half a year ago, he left the palace with Cardinal Jin to make arrangements for him, and he was used to never questioning Cardinal Jin's orders. It was inexplicable, but it was passed on verbatim to the Xuanpao Army guarding each village and ri.

Cardinal Jin has the grace of saving lives for the people of the four counties, and then he has the benefit of saving food. He has a large army to guard and camp here, but he never disturbs the people. , although at this time the Sophora japonica has gradually faded, and it is no longer a good time to eat Sophora japonica rice, but Cardinal Jin ordered that wherever he went, everyone bowed, and within a short while, the whole Qiuluo was filled with the scent of Sophora japonica and barley rice .There are even more kind women, children and old people who send home-made Sophora japonica wheat rice to the Xuanpao Army. The Xuanpao Army received the order of Cardinal Jin to eat with the people, but they refused to take more of the tea and rice. compensate.

At first, the villagers didn't dare to accept it. Later, after receiving the rice wine brewed by Lizheng, Cardinal Jin personally gave money according to the market price, and the people realized that he was not hypocritical.There is also a bold old woman who gives Xueyiwei food and tea by virtue of her age, but Xueyiwei has been courteous but refuses to accept it. The villagers see that Xueyiwei always only eats the dry food on his own body, and only drinks from his own leather bag For the water, there is a special person who regularly distributes meat jerky soup cakes and other things, so they will no longer send them.

Qiu Luo got the order of Cardinal Jin to steam the pagoda tree flowers in every family, and the neighboring Shunkang also followed suit. At noon, the smoke from the kitchen was rising, and the fragrance of pagoda tree flowers was wafting in the four counties, and Cardinal Jin also ate the pagoda tree leaves coldly.

The fragrance of the flowers is sweet, and taking advantage of this year's new wheat, the smoke from the kitchen is curling up, the fireworks are everywhere, the neighbors of the township party, gossip and gossip, it is definitely not like the scene of a famine year.

It was at this moment that mournful sounds resounded outside the city.

Fireworks suddenly erupted in Jingchuan City, which is just across the city from Qiuluo, but it was not cooking smoke. Large areas of pagoda tree leaves were set ablaze, and the smell of burning leaves was pungent, forcing the fragrance of pagoda tree flowers into nothingness. .

On the top of Jingchuan city, people burned locust leaves and sang loudly, "Green and tall locust leaves, pick them up and pay for the Chinese kitchen. The township lives in four counties, fragrant rice and budding reeds. The isolated city runs out of food and rice, and three meals are sad. No. Sangzi don’t ask each other, Bingxin is in the jade pot.”

The song at the top of the city was sung over and over again, the same local accent, the big tune I heard since childhood, and the singing broke the whitewash of the sophora japonica and wheat fragrance.Nehad's soldiers approached the city, and Liu Chengchou guarded the lonely city alone for more than a month, separated by a wall, on one side were green and fragrant locust trees, but on the other side were hungry and ran out of ammunition and food.In Jingchuan City, those who smell the scent of Sophora japonica and wheat are drooling, don't they have relatives of the people of Qiuluo?

The singing outside the city kept ringing, and the smell of burnt leaves choked on the nostrils, who could still smell the fragrance of Sophora japonica.

Cardinal Jin took a big sip of cold tea and coughed uncontrollably. He raised his hand to cover his mouth, fearing that he would really cough up his lungs after eating the cold tea. The singing outside the city still continued, Cardinal Jin thought, Liu Chengchou slapped him really hard, did he want to tell himself that he was surrounded by all sides?Even if you agree to cooperate with me, you still want to curse me to die?It really is the character of a capable official.Now that you have set up the stage, I can't do without singing in this play.

Cardinal Jin straightened up and put on a snow-white cloak. Before he stepped out the door, Chen Sha rushed to report, "My lord, all the elders of the four counties have arrived at the door. They will send troops to you to rescue the besieged people. What about people from Jingchuan?"