Lingnan Gang

Su Beiqin never thought that Bai Zixia would join in this matter, so when he heard Zhuang Chu's words, he couldn't believe it. He wanted to ask Zhuang Chu for clarification, but Zhuang Chu betrayed him and asked him to find out by himself. Bai Zixia talked.When Su Beiqin saw Bai Zixia, Bai Zixia had just returned from the arsenal. He was wearing a green cloth shirt, with a slight sadness on his face, but his spirit was much better than when he saw him last time.

Bai Zixia let Su Beiqin into the back room, poured hot tea for Su Beiqin and said, "I wanted to pick you up outside the city with Mr. Zhuang this morning, but something happened suddenly at the arsenal, so I didn't get away for a while. Fortunately, everything has been resolved now, I planned to change into clean clothes before going to you, but I didn't expect you to come first."

Su Bei Qin Mosha rubbed the mouth of his cup, watching Bai Zixia's every move with extremely dark eyes, trying to see a flaw in Bai Zixia's words and deeds, "You said that I followed Wu Weiyang because I betrayed my original intention. Walked the same path as me?"

Bai Zixia sat down opposite him, thumped his sore leg from climbing the mountain and said with a smile: "I also said that you see farther than I do, and the path you walk may not necessarily be wrong."

Although he tried his best to hide his sad expression, Su Beiqin could still see a trace of sorrow from his smile. He was afraid that Bai Zixia would be treated unfairly, so he held Bai Zixia's palm eagerly and said, "If Mr. Zhuang is in trouble You can tell me about your place, you don’t have to stay with us against your original intention, it’s not good for you or me.”

"How come, Mr. Zhuang and the people in the village have treated me very well," Bai Zixia patted the back of Su Beiqin's hand and smiled, but the smile disappeared quickly, and the corner of his mouth became serious. , bowed his head in silence for a while, then sighed softly, and continued: "Do you still remember what I told you about the Lord paying tribute to the small Turkic country?"

Su Beiqin nodded and said, "Of course I remember."

Bai Zixia sighed again and said: "I wrote a memorial later and asked my friends in the court to hand it to the lord specially, urging him to recall the few highly prestigious generals who were misjudged before to the court, and to rectify the troops and horses. In the Turkic battle, Turkic is in the season of lack of clothing and food in winter, we have a good chance of winning, but I forgot, I am just a ninth-rank official now, the Lord will not listen to us."

I am afraid that Su Beiqin understands this feeling of not being trusted by the monarch better than Bai Zixia. His hand was unconsciously held tightly by Bai Zixia, and he felt a slight pain. Is it gone?"

Bai Zixia's originally worried face suddenly became a little angry, and even his tone became a little heavy, "I heard from my friends in the court that although the lord was angry, he didn't take my little official's remarks seriously. It's just that the traitor wanted to put me in an unrighteous place long ago, and slandered me on the Lord. The Lord cut off my official position in a rage, and put me in a cell to take me back to the capital for punishment. Fortunately, Mr. Zhuang heard about it. For this matter, bring someone to stop me halfway, otherwise I will go back to the capital this time, and I probably won’t have the life to meet you again.”

Probably Zhuang Chu was afraid that Su Beiqin would be worried about this, so he didn't tell Su Beiqin about it. After listening to Bai Zixia's statement, Su Beiqin was only left with regret and injustice.

Bai Zixia looked at his thick eyebrows and smiled and said: "That's good, at least I have really given up on the court, and our ten-year friendship can finally return to its original state. Before I was a brother, there was something I couldn't live with you. I also ask Su Beiqin not to mind."

Having said that, Bai Zixia still had a bitter smile on his face. He is not as straightforward as Su Beiqin by nature, and loves to get into trouble when things happen. I am afraid that the Lord will blame him. The first thing he thinks of is not that the Lord is incompetent, but that he is not doing enough. , maybe he can't forget about it for a long time afterwards, so no matter how Su Beiqin comforts him, it will be futile.

Su Beiqin withdrew the numb hand held by Bai Zixia, and the mottled light cast on his fair face. He smiled indifferently. It was a very plain smile, but it was surprisingly calming. There was also a slight smile in the pair of black pupils, "If Zixia believes in me, he must also believe in the person I choose, who can create another prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty."

Zhuang Chu pushed open the gate of Wu Weiyang's courtyard, and saw Wu Weiyang was lying on the recliner in a daze while basking in the sun, he didn't even notice that the small dried fish that Taxue put aside for him was almost eaten up, but After hearing the sound of the door opening, he turned his eyes and glanced lazily at Zhuang Chu and the young man brought behind him, and then continued to maintain the status quo in a daze.

"Is this how you entertain guests?" Zhuang Chuxi asked.

But Wu Weiyang made it clear that he didn't like to talk to him, so Zhuang Chu was not annoyed this time, he asked the young man beside him to move a chair, and sat beside Wu Weiyang, caressing the black pot in his hand leisurely with his legs crossed , he looked at Wu Weiyang's dying look, chuckled twice and said: "You really have been with Su Beiqin for too long, and even your temper has become dull like him."

Wu Weiyang scooped it up with one hand, took Taxue beside him into his arms and hugged him, turned his head slightly, his face behind the light showed a bit of gloom, "Why did you recruit Bai Zixia?"

Zhuang Chu knocked on the armrest of the chair with one hand, and continued to speak unhurriedly: "Are you angry because I didn't report to you in advance, or did you care because Su Beiqin and Bai Zixia were too close?"

Wu Weiyang sat up cross-legged, with his hands in his sleeves, his cheeks were puffed up, he lowered his head and ignored Zhuang Chu, and anyone with a discerning eye could know his answer at a glance.

Before, Zhuang Chu didn't intend to keep Bai Zixia, but when he rescued him, seeing his heart-wrenching appearance, he suddenly remembered his former self, and after talking with Bai Zixia, he was sure that he was a rare talent , so he decided to keep him here, even if Wu Weiyang made any move, he would have to go through Subei Qinna Pass.

Zhuang Chu is determined by Wu Weiyang's mind, which is why he has this leisurely appearance. He said with a smile: "A wise monarch will not refuse to accept a wise man because of personal reasons. If Su Beiqin knows that you are here because of this reason Drive Bai Zixia away or don't save him at all, I think you will lose him together, I made this decision to pave the way for you, why don't you show me face."

Wu Weiyang sneered and said, "Old fox, don't pretend to be dignified. I know what you're thinking. I've had contact with Bai Zixia a few times before, but I just don't think he can be trusted by me."

Zhuang Chu snorted coldly and said, "You Tang family members are all very suspicious. Before that, you didn't trust Su Beiqin, and you didn't trust me either. Don't say that I rely on the old to sell the old. It's just this person. If you haven't really understood it, don't jump to conclusions."

"All right, all right," Wu Weiyang waved his hand and said, "Since you and Bei Qin both agree that my objection will still work, even if Bai Zixia doesn't really belong to him, a small loach won't be able to cause much trouble."

Zhuang Chu naturally knew that this guy had a tough mouth, and he didn't want to be compared to Bai Zixia. He felt aggrieved and wanted to show off his prestige verbally. He rubbed his chin and asked, "Have you selected it as a rear point?"

Wu Weiyang habitually reached out to touch the small dried fish beside him, but unexpectedly the oil paper was empty. He was so annoyed that he pinched the fur on the back of Treading Xue's neck, ran to the room with a limp shoe, took a pack of dried dates, and put them in his mouth. After stuffing a few, he muttered, "I discussed it with Beiqin, and we decided to stay in Guangzhou."

Zhuang Chu grabbed a few dates from him and handed them to the young man standing behind him. The young man thanked him with embarrassment, Zhuang Chu stuffed all of them into his mouth, spit out two date pits, and said with a smile: "You have a big appetite, kid. You thought that Guangzhou and Qiongzhou would be taken by you if you said they would take it for you."

Wu Weiyang raised a harmless smile and said, "It depends on who you recommend to me."

Zhuang Chu then turned his head and asked the young man behind him, "Taiping, how sure are you?"

The person behind him is Gao Chengping, the young general Wu Weiyang kidnapped from Tang Shulin last time, he is two years older than Wu Weiyang, Zhuang Chu later heard what Wu Weiyang said about his performance on the battlefield, and thought he was a brave and resourceful man It's just that he is too immature in some aspects, not to mention being with an incompetent person like Tang Shulin, he is really inferior. If he can train with Wu Weiyang for a few years, he can become a general in his own right in the future.

Gao Chengping was always careful not to exaggerate, after listening to Zhuang Chu's question, he thought for a while and said, "According to the information collected by Brother Yin, Chengping is only [-]% sure."

Indeed, it was too difficult for Gao Chengping to take Guangzhou by himself. Guangzhou was one of the important cities in the Tang Dynasty. The city must be guarded by heavy soldiers. Judging from the information of Yin's absence, there are about [-] elite soldiers or even more. Zhou Guangcheng is a veteran soldier. He guarded the border of Tubo a few years ago. Till now, Tubo never dared to attack again. Gaining Tang Zelin's trust, he entrusted him with [-] elite soldiers and sent him to guard Guangzhou. When he first arrived in Guangzhou, he led troops to clean up all the troublemakers around Guangzhou and put Guangzhou in order, which was very popular.

Zhuang Chu said with a smile: "It seems that this battle, you have to fight in person as the leader."

Wu Weiyang clicked his tongue, raised his eyebrows impatiently and said: "I said, Mr. Zhuang, don't accept anyone as a treasure in your hand, even if it is a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk. If he has no weight, I will Why should you take him under my command, I don't object to those annoying literati handing over to you, but I'll pick the generals who will go to battle."

The corners of Zhuang Chu's mouth twitched unconsciously, and he snorted, "You kid is really rude, anyway, Taiping, you have to fight this battle."