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Hearing King Jin's heartfelt words, Shen Si was inexplicably relieved.Make people have a confidant, and there is no hatred anymore. Although the King of Jin and him have known each other for a short time, they can't be said to be inseparable, but they know him, understand him, trust him, and respect him everywhere. They are no longer like fathers and sons. The hypocrisy and obscenity.Therefore, in his private heart, he has already recognized King Jin as a friend. Whether it is King Jin's concern or partiality, he will accept it openly. On the contrary, if King Jin needs it, he will not hesitate to accept it. Hesitant to help.

At this time, King Jin and Shen Si were sitting opposite each other, seemingly casually, but actually carefully observing every tiny expression of Shen Si.When Shen Si bluntly said that he could not accept his invitation to be a general, King Jin was quite surprised: "Why? Don't you want to show your skills?"

Shen Si glanced at King Jin lightly: "As the lord said, I have fought with Shuai Shen for many years, but I rarely have the opportunity to confront the Tatars head-on. I can't be exempt from the common sense, thinking that going to the altar to worship the general today is for the sake of making history in the future. As for this battle that is doomed to have no chance of winning, it will only hurt my face if I fight it, so why waste my efforts? Unless..." In Jin When Wang was on the verge of disappointment, the corners of his mouth suddenly curved slightly, revealing a mischievous smile, "Unless the lord can promise me three things."

Realizing that Shen Si was just playing tricks, Jin Wang let out a long breath: "Nian Qing, but it's okay to say."

Shen Si sat upright and said seriously: "First of all, if you worship me as the general, then I will take care of all matters of dispatching troops and horses, commanding and training, and the rest of the generals, no matter how high or low they are, must obey my orders. , even the prince is not allowed to intervene at will."

King Jin smiled faintly with his phoenix eyes: "This is natural. Victory or defeat is instantaneous in marching and fighting. This king has also read a few books on the art of war and knows that 'the city must not be attacked; Not subject to' reason."

Shen Si nodded in satisfaction, and said again: "Secondly, I am a newcomer and I have no name. Once I hold the military power, I will definitely attract countless criticisms and slanders. Three people will become tigers, so I have to guard against it. Therefore, I want the prince no matter what the situation is. They all believe in me completely.”

King Jin flicked up his robe sleeves: "Nianqing can rest assured. As the saying goes, you should not be suspicious of a person, and you should not be suspicious. Since this king has recognized you, he will ignore all kinds of rumors and gossips. Wei Lu is not a person who can be easily manipulated." , Thinking about it, Nianqing is also not."

Shen Si nodded happily again: "Well, I will not worry about such meaningless things anymore. But the prince must not be too happy, this third matter is not so easy compared to the previous two, I want the prince to find a way Stir up some trouble among the Tatar nobles and delay the time for them to send troops, preferably two months."

"This..." Jin Wang asked puzzledly, "Can you tell me what is the purpose of this move?"

The expression on his pensive face was unfathomable: "If the Tatars appeared outside Jinyang City immediately, we might have a chance of winning in a desperate fight, but if we kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, the prince will also be greatly injured. But if the The war has been delayed for two months, and I can borrow the heavenly soldiers and generals to help you kill all directions, as for the reason... the heavenly secrets must not be revealed."

King Jin couldn't help but chuckled, ever since Shen Xiaowu'er let go of his vigilance and became more childish in front of him, Zhuge Wuhou's clever calculations are just borrowing the east wind, he is a black boy like a monkey, but he threatens to borrow the heavenly soldiers Heavenly general... Ha, it depends on what tricks he plays!

Over the years, in order to protect himself, the King of Jin has placed countless eyeliner tricks everywhere, and the Tatars also have his hidden secrets. If the plan is well-planned, it is not impossible.He squinted his eyes and considered for a long time, and finally made a few proposals: "Okay, as you said, I will try my best."

There was a moment of silence in the car, and I heard the sound of horseshoes. After a while, I looked at King Jin with deep thought and sincere eyes: "Shouzhi," he said in a quiet voice, but his tone was extremely firm, "Since you believe in me so deeply, In the first battle of Jinyuan, I will not let you down!"

King Jin looked back, the two suddenly looked at each other and smiled, no need to talk anymore, how much pride and aspirations were already understood in each other's hearts.

Walking to the gate of the palace, Shen Si got out of the car with King Jin one after the other, but just after walking not far, she was stopped by Princess Crimson who was dressed as a guard: "Shen Nianqing, just now you used that sword technique What is it?"

Before Shen Si could speak, King Jin straightened his face: "Crimson, don't mess around! How is it proper for a daughter's family to learn how to dance swords and swords all day long? If you don't obey me, I will ask your mother to take care of you so that you can learn." rule!"

Although his tone was fierce, there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, which naturally had no deterrent effect.Seeing that Shen Si was about to leave, the princess grabbed his sleeve from behind and said, "If you are willing to teach the sword technique to the princess, the princess will reward you a lot. If you don't, the princess will also have it." There are thousands of ways to force you to submit."

Since the other party is a girl, it is inconvenient for Shen Si to shake it off abruptly, so he had to pretend to compromise and said: "Since the princess has an order, how dare Shen Si not obey?" When the princess believed that she really let go, he said in a serious manner, Speaking of my sword technique, it has a lot of origins. It was passed down by Wulishan Daoist Daoist, and it is called the "Rampant and Overbearing" sword. In my opinion, the princess is very talented and has a strange bone. He has already understood this sword technique. What is the essence of it, why do you need to learn it again?" As he spoke, he took Jin Wang with him and ran away.

Princess Crimson was raised in the hands of King Jin and Princess Wang since she was a child. Although she acted arrogantly and arrogantly, her nature was extremely simple. After listening to Shen Si's words, she was foolishly amused for a long time, until Shen Si escaped far away before realizing it later. After thinking about it, I was so angry that I jumped up and down: "It's so brave, you dare to ridicule the princess, I... Humph! Humph!"

She really had nowhere to vent her anger, and she caught sight of the golden gourd who was about to pass by with her head shrunken, and immediately shouted: "Stop!" Then she went up and kicked, "Since you eat and live with him, you must It's a gang! You also have a part in bullying this princess!"

Seeing the princess now, Jin Hulu was eager to take a detour, so he couldn't do it the more he wanted to hide. He was scolded for no reason, and he wanted to take the blame for Shen Si. In desperation, he had no choice but to choose what he liked The princess loved to say: "The young one dare not, how dare the young one offend the princess. In fact... In fact, General Shen has also taught the young one to learn martial arts and swordsmanship in the past few days, but the young one is really stupid. Now he can only learn from it. The most obvious thing to learn..."

Princess Crimson was overjoyed when she heard the words, and clapped her little hands happily: "That's great, that's great, it should be simple, tell me quickly, what moves have you learned?"

Facing the expectant eyes of the Princess, Jin Gourd timidly replied: "Today I just learned how to do the horse stance..."

The princess blinked her big eyes and stared blankly at him for a long time, a piece of flour gradually turned red, and then whipped her head and face with a whip: "Bastard! You said you weren't playing tricks on the princess, and you guys are all on the same line!"

Hearing Princess Crimson making a fuss behind him, King Jin simply couldn't see it, and he and Shen Si hurried to the study through the lakeside veranda.

Jin Wang shook his head and complained to Shen Si while walking: "Oh, blame me, blame me, it's because this king is too pampered and spoiled her temper."

Shen Si smiled understandingly, but did not speak.In the past, Old General Shen often used similar words on him, so how could he have the right to criticize others.

The king of Jin didn't know how to think about it, and he still sighed to himself: "If she is a son, it's fine. The king can take care of him all the time, but she is a girl, and she will get married one day. This is so unbearable." Don't worry. Most of those princes and grandchildren who are well-matched can't stand her temper. Those who can swallow their anger must be from humble backgrounds and unsuitable families. If someone comes from a noble family and doesn't care about temper and is willing to marry her, I'd rather After weighing it up, there is no guarantee that person has other plans..."

After talking to himself for a long time, Jin Wang found that Shen Si had been walking beside him with his head down silently, and he laughed at himself unconsciously.Yes, Shen Si is just taller and more heroic, tougher and more courageous in dealing with things. In terms of age, she is actually not much different from Scarlet, she is still a child at all.I was so dazed that I was discussing how to raise children with a child in a serious manner.

Walking to the end of the veranda, Shen Si stopped her feet and looked thoughtfully towards the lake on one side.There is a thin layer of ice on the surface of the lake, which is clean and transparent. When the sun shines, it shines like gemstones, making people dare not open their eyes.He took a few more steps forward, stepped over the fence, as if he wanted to verify something, stood on the edge of the rocky bank, stretched out his toes, and tried to tap the ice twice. There was a continuous cracking sound of "click", and a few small fish could be seen swimming slowly under the ice layer, leisurely and comfortably.

"Be careful, Nianqing!" King Jin turned around and disappeared from Shensi, he looked around quickly, and when he caught a figure, he felt angry and funny.Obviously afraid of the water to death, what is not good for playing, and even ran to the lake to step on the ice!He took a few steps forward and pulled the man back vigorously, "This lake is deep and cold, it's no joke, and there are years of aquatic plants at the bottom of the lake, once entangled, even people who are familiar with water will fall It may not be easy to get away."

He was stunned for a moment, and then laughed happily: "So this water is the most powerful thing. It can beat the shore with waves, trickle with trickles, and kill people invisible... It is really a magic weapon..."

King Jin laughed: "Yes, yes, since it is a sharp weapon of a magic weapon, you, a mortal body, can't touch it, so we have to wait until the heavenly soldiers and generals are invited."

Hearing King Jin's teasing, Shen Si did not refute, but the corners of his mouth were pursed, and his smile was extremely proud.

After dinner, the King of Jin left his meditation in the study, and summoned Gu Zhuozi and Sun Rushang to discuss the matter of preventing the Tatar army from marching.

Gu Zhuozi has always been shrewd and never competed with his master for merit. Before speaking, he asked King Jin as usual: "I don't know what your lord's plan is?"

King Jin took a few sips of tea while sitting in the main seat, and said unhurriedly, "If Moruo sends a team of dead soldiers to assassinate Guli Chi Dahan, what do you think?"

Shen Si was puzzled: "Assassination of the Great Khan is not easy? Maybe it will anger the Tatars and make them more ferocious."

King Jin got up and walked to his side, patted his shoulder with a smile: "Yes, because it is not easy, so this trip is only allowed to fail, not to succeed."

Hearing the words "success is not allowed", he pondered and thought that the king of Jin had made a mistake at the moment, and was about to ask a question, Gu Zhuozi swayed his feather fan and said slowly: "My son, you know that Gu Lichi's most beloved eldest prince, Buxian, has Half of the Zhou family blood, his biological mother is a young lady of the Great Zhou family, and he has even recruited several Great Zhou surrenders to serve as his staff. If Prince Buxian intends to assassinate the Great Khan and replace him, then the assassins will infiltrate A week or two would be no surprise."

As soon as Gu Zhuozi opened his mouth, the King of Jin knew that he had fully understood his thoughts, he nodded in approval and said: "With A Yuan's help, I can drink and enjoy myself all day long and forget about business."

"Where is that, my lord's praise, if it weren't for my lord's one word, I would never have thought of such a clever plan." Gu Zhuozi's boasting was so blatant, it made people's hair stand on end, and even hid in the shadows The corner of Tu Moer's mouth twitched slightly.

At this point, Sun Rushang also gradually realized: "Oh...it turns out to be a plan to kill people with a knife and attack the west with a slap in the face. It's so wonderful!"

In the room, only Shen Si frowned and kept silent, pretending to be his son's men and going to assassinate Lao Tzu, this plan is too childish.Since Buxian is Guli Chi's most beloved eldest son, the throne must be left to him after Guli Khan's death. He is not very old, so why bother to assassinate him?That Guli Chi Khan is not a fatuous person, as long as you think about it a little, you will find that there are many doubts. Prince Buxian knows that he has an embarrassing background, so why would he send Zhou people to assassinate Khan?This is clearly self-inflicted!Moreover, it was not Buxian who led the army this time, and the second prince Hariba, who was the commander in chief, was holding all the heavy troops. He chose this opportunity to carry out the assassination. How does he compete with the brothers for the throne?

Seeing that Shen Si's eyebrows were almost knotted, King Jin asked knowingly, "Does Nian Qing think that this king's assassination plan is too hasty?"

After pondering for a moment, he said bluntly: "If I were Gulich Khan, I would never easily believe that this matter was done by Prince Buxian."

King Jin laughed loudly: "If you were Guli Chi Khan, would you suspect who was playing tricks?"

"This... Could it be that... is the second prince Hariba?" Shen Si's eyes lit up, "Yes, it is Hariba! According to this, the prince neither intends to assassinate Gulich Khan in the name of Buxian, nor I don’t want to use Guli Khan’s hand to get rid of Buxian, but deliberately arrange a good show, and finally point the finger at Hariba!”

Seeing that King Jin was in a good mood, Gu Zhuozi also came alive, and explained carefully to Shen Si: "The second prince Haribah was born to the side concubine of Guli Khan. Although he is brave and good at fighting, he has a high reputation among the Tatar nobles, but because of His mother's relationship has never been valued by the Great Khan, and this time, many nobles recommended him to be the commander in chief. If Buxian is eliminated, Hariba will undoubtedly be the first to benefit."

King Jin chuckled: "Even if this move can't shake Hariba, at least it can make Guli Khan feel some suspicion towards him. Guli Chi himself was able to ascend the throne by killing his brother and occupying his sister-in-law. For the conspiracy between brothers to frame him." The most fearful thing. At this time, the army is gathering outside his Tatar royal city, how can Gulich sleep peacefully?"

Jin Wang himself was born in the emperor's family, and he knew that people's hearts are sinister. Even if it is his own father and son, once suspicion arises, it will be difficult to turn back.And his plan was to make use of the complicated relationship between Gulich, his father and his son, and if a snake hits seven inches, it will surely hit.Shen Si smiled convincingly and said: "So, the one who uses iron as a sword is a servant, the one who uses soldiers and horses as a sword is a middleman, and the one who uses power as a sword is a master. The 'swordsmanship' of guarding them is really brilliant!"

Hearing Shen Si blurt out "Keep it", others didn't treat them like that, but Gu Zhuozi covered half of his face with a fan and smiled meaningfully.

Everyone discussed the specific details of the operation with the manpower arrangement for a long time, and it was not until the fourth watch that they dispersed to rest.After Shen Si left, King Jin left Gu Zhuozi alone.Gu Mingzhang's army also has cronies of the King of Jin. Since he wanted to delay the Tatars' offensive, he had to use two prongs to be reliable.Therefore, he ordered Gu Zhuozi to have someone secretly reveal the marching route of the rebel army, so that the nearly defeated rebel army could linger for a while, so that the Tatars would not rush to invade Jinyuan.Therefore, the matter also involved the secrets of Yifu Guard's defense, and the information was to be stolen from Shen Wei, so as not to be too thoughtful, King Jin didn't want to let him know.

Three days later, a group of seven dead soldiers was about to set off for the Tartar King City.In order to act secretly, these people left the city at night and arrived at the foot of Liu Gu Mountain in the early hours of the morning.King Jin personally brought Shen Si to see them off, and prepared the horses and all necessary things for the trip at the foot of the mountain in advance.Afterwards, Chang Shi Sun Ru, the Chamber of Commerce, disguised himself and personally escorted them out of the customs together in the caravan.

The inside of these men's necklines had been sewn with poison in advance, and they would take it out and hold it in their mouths before they did anything. Once they were captured, they would immediately bite the pills and swallow them.Even if someone escapes by chance, he must take the initiative to send it to the person in charge of responding to kill him, and then pretend to be killed by the culprit.

This time, apart from meditation, King Jin only brought Gu Zhuozi and Tu Moer with him, so even the scene of seeing him off seemed extremely deserted.

The few dead men who had thought about it had never seen each other before. At this time, they looked at the past one by one under the faint morning light. They were all vigorous and healthy young people. Some of them had slender eyebrows, eyes, shoulders and solid shoulders, obviously of Tartar blood.He couldn't help but feel a heavy heart when he thought that these vivid faces would be buried in barbarian lands in the near future.

Shen Si has seen life and death a lot, but rarely watched a person die like this. When parting, Shen Si walked up to several people and said emotionally: "I am thinking about Shen Nianqing, these brothers are generous and generous. , please accept my worship."

As he spoke, he knelt down on one knee and gave a deep salute, and those people quickly helped him up, and the leader of them clasped their fists at Shen Si and said: "Your Excellency is Little General Shen, I will be here next time."

The second person behind him also reported his family name: "I'm Xiong Youxin." The rest of the people also said, "I'm Liu Sanbao, I'm Yu Yan, I'm..."

After everyone had registered their names, the red-faced man named Zeng Qi said to Shen Si: "We and the others have bizarre life experiences. If the prince hadn't rescued them, they would have died long ago. I am content with living in the world for twenty years. General Shen is the prince. Those who trust, we also believe in you, the general will be able to kill all the Tatars in this battle."

The burly man named Xiong Youxin followed up and said: "Although we cannot fight Tatar soldiers on the battlefield, we still died fighting against the Tatar invasion. We deserved to die. On the day when the great army flag is raised to victory, please, general, offer sacrifices for us." A glass of thin wine, when I drink the general's celebration wine, I will be able to smile forever."

Shen Si's eyes were slightly hot, and he cupped his fists in his chest: "Don't worry, Shen Si will definitely live up to expectations!"

When the time came, the pedestrians jumped on their horses one by one, galloped away through the morning mist, and quickly disappeared at the end of the path.The early morning light in the distance shrouded the surrounding fields in a confused azure blue. The mountains and forests were thin and the branches were sparse. Occasionally, a gust of wind would whistling and turning among the rocks. Horse leather shroud also...