Hypocrites

The young official is Yang Xi, the current captain of Sili.

"Wars have been going on for years, and taxes and military service are heavy. Now that Beichao intends to negotiate a peace, it is also a rest for the four towns in southern Sichuan. The four towns are located in high mountains, with scattered farmland, inconvenient transportation, and sluggish commerce. It is not easy to support [-] soldiers."

Tong Fangdao: "As Nan Qi's minister, Master Yang should not belittle the Southern Sichuan Army too much. In my opinion, it is not impossible for the Southern Sichuan Army to take Shangdu City while taking advantage of Beichao to deal with the Niaoyi people and have no time to look south."

Apparently, a few back and forths had passed since the argument, Liang Heng was getting bored, and wanted to yawn, but was suppressed by Duan Xiang's wink.

The courtiers had different opinions and gathered in Tianlu Pavilion, almost all the people who had the right to speak in Nanqi Chaotang at the moment.Whether they are cautious, passionate, or have ulterior motives, but they can't tell who is Jiang Zhi's fourth person to kill Han.

When the sun goes down, all the talents break up the meeting.

Liang Heng was exhausted from tormenting, Shen Yu came in with a food box and set out a few plates containing yokan and honey ham.Smelling the aroma of food, Liang Heng revived and said discouragedly: "It seems that my father and I are not suitable to be emperors. Let the Liang family come by themselves. I have no choice. You say, just for the sake of peace, How many opinions have been put forward? Who do I listen to? Who is right? "

Shen Yu stuffed a chopstick of ham into his mouth and said, "Do you have your own opinion?"

Liang Heng swallowed the ham, satisfied, squinted his eyes and said: "You forgot, even if I have an idea, it is the third general who makes the final decision. If there is something dissatisfied, I dare to blackmail me again in private." Submission? However, I think what Yang Xi said is correct, and we must refer to the opinion of the King of Southern Sichuan before making a conclusion."

Shen Yu was still deep in thought, and the appearances of the previous officials appeared one by one before his eyes. Among them, there must be a fourth person hidden, but who is it?

Liang Heng said to himself: "However, it's very strange. Although civil servants have always been the main peace and military generals are the main battles, the three generals in Langzhong are not considered military generals in the true sense. They only have 5000 troops in their hands, and they have never participated in front-line battles." .How come the three of them stand up against Bei Chao with an attitude of never ending? What good does this do them? Whether the war ends or not, the four towns in southern Sichuan will be most affected, so what does it have to do with them?"

Having said that, the two looked at each other.

Before Liang Heng turned his head, Shen Yu reminded: "Why doesn't it matter? If, as we guessed, Langzhong San will collude with the King of Southern Sichuan and share the secrets of the royal family, then the interests of the King of Southern Sichuan will be their interests. In other words, if the three Langzhong generals are leading the battle, there may be hidden instructions from the King of Southern Sichuan."

"South Sichuan wants to fight?" Liang Heng was not without surprise, "What's the good of fighting? Every year I ask the court to allocate food, grass and military salaries, and I will be ridiculed and neglected every year."

"Then the interests of the king of southern Sichuan and the three generals in Langzhong are not the same. The main battle is the self-interest of the three eunuchs. Keeping southern Sichuan in the flames of war all year round, as you said, only [-] southern Sichuan troops will be affected. The reason why the imperial court allowed the southern Sichuan supporters to self-govern , It is also because of Beichao's restraint that [-] elite soldiers can't escape easily, and Beichao is a nail piercing the bone, nailing the Southern Sichuan Army to the south bank of Zhuoshui."

Shen Yu's face changed suddenly.

Liang Heng said: "How?"

"Think about it," Shen Yu said, "if the three eunuchs really put the Emperor Wu's bone ring on the Southern Sichuan Army and used the army to frighten your father, what they hope to see most is that the Southern Sichuan Army will free up their hands and strengthen their control over the imperial court. The intimidation? Using Beichao to imprison King Liang's army in Zhuoshui, won't this force have nowhere to display?"

"Oh." Liang Heng nodded repeatedly.

"Oh what? Did you understand?"

Liang Heng shook his head again.

Shen Yu had no choice but to let him eat first.The two of them sat across the table, shared the food, and forgot about everything after a meal.

The weather is getting warmer, the shadows are getting shorter, and the days are long. After nightfall, I can hear the chirping of summer insects.

Liang Heng woke up refreshed, and ordered Xinzhou to call the princes of the left and right.

It was still early, and it was not yet time to go to the hall. Today, the Taiwan guards were on patrol, and Shen Yu came very quickly. After waiting for a cup of tea, Duan Yanling came yawning with his hair crooked.

"Sit, sit." Liang Heng looked in a good mood.

He sat upright and announced a message: "An ancient emperor came to the throne, and there was a tradition of patrolling Kyushu and demonstrating prestige at home. Since I took the throne, I have often thought about this issue."

"Isn't thinking too much?" Duan Yanling was baffled, "Where did the Pian'an Dynasty come from Kyushu for you to travel around?"

Liang Heng said: "Shut up, listen to me. All in all, I decided to leave the palace on a day trip to search for Hechuan. But this trip is hidden and needs to be concealed. At that time, if I am sick, you will go with me, and Zuo Du will be guarded by Xinzhou." Yangshi Palace, no one is allowed to spy."

Both Xinzhou and Duan Yanling stared at him.

"Where are you going?" Duan Yanling asked.

"Go north after leaving Wangdu City."

"Are you crazy?!" Duan Yanling shouted, "Lang Zhongsan will make you unable to even get out of the city gate! They will never agree! Why do you love to run outside when you have nothing to do? I will not agree!"

"I'm not crazy, and I've never been confused. Beichao Yihe's letter of credence has not yet crossed Zhuo Shui. I want to see for myself whether it's détente or war. Locked in this cage, talking empty words with others, isn't it? Just sober?"

Duan Yanling stopped talking.

Everyone quieted down.Shen Yu watched coldly, seeing that Duan Yanling's worries and anxieties were very real, as if he was really thinking about Liang Heng, that the son of a daughter would not sit down, and that the king of a country did not leave the capital easily.

Unless thousands of rides accompany, ten thousand rides clear the way.

However, with Nanqi's national strength, it is not easy to get thousands of rides and ten thousand riders, not to mention that all members of the Southern Army are under the command of the three generals.

Duan Yanling said: "I will be with you, 20 Diange guards will accompany you, and when we arrive in Shixing County, we will dispatch two teams of soldiers."

"Okay," Liang Heng said dryly, "Then the next day, the southern army who heard the news should welcome them back to the Golden Luan Palace. Are you and I pretending to be stupid, Yanling?"

"Anyway, I have to follow you!"

"If you follow me, there will be no one in Zhangyi Palace. If you stay and deal with me, Shen Yu will protect me all the way."

"He protects you?! What can he do!" Duan Yanling was angry.

Liang Heng didn't speak, and a strange atmosphere grew around him.Duan Yanling knew that he was not choosing what to say, but he already had a lot of opinions on Shen Yu, so he also stiffened his neck and kept silent.

Immediately afterwards, there was a strange, clanging sound of metal rubbing against each other, neither fast nor slow, hiding the imminent murderous intent.

Looking at the sound, it was a bit of cold light, Shen Yu's thumb picked out the scabbard, pushed it back, and picked it out again.

There was a warm smile on Shen Yu's face: "If you meet a spy assassin, you can kill him with one sword in front of the emperor, and you don't have to worry about it."

Erxie's hilt collided with the scabbard, making a crisp thud.

"Do you want to try my martial arts? Master Zuo Duhou."

Involuntarily, Duan Yanling held down Junzi's sword by his side, and said faintly: "That's exactly what I meant."

In the arsenal school field, the ground is made of diabase rocks, with a black luster. Dozens of soldiers are marching shirtless, with the soles of their shoes stepping on the rocks, making a loud bang.

When Duan Yanling and Shen Yu came over, no one paid attention to them at first, then the two of them bound their sleeves and wore long swords, each on one side of the school field, and the confrontation gradually started.Everyone noticed the abnormality, and found that the chiefs of the two guards of the platform and the pavilion were going to have a competition, and all the spectators came at once.

In the stands above, Liang Heng was also infected and became nervous. He recognized that most of the crowd below were guards who didn't need to patrol. They yelled Duan Yanling's name, as if they had become his confidants.

"Shen Yu!" Liang Heng shouted, startling Xinzhou.

The sharp edges of the two long swords flashed, refracting the sunlight, causing a chill to pass through the eyes, so that everyone in the school had to avoid their sharp edges.In the blink of an eye, Duan Yanling had made his move.

The gentleman's sword that Chou Qianli collected finally fell into his hands, and was sharpened by a craftsman. The golden lin pattern on the hilt was like a general's emblem.What level Duan Yanling is, Liang Heng is not very clear, he only knows that he has been practicing martial arts with the instructor of the Southern Army for more than ten years, but he has never mentioned it to Liang Heng.Now there is no such thing, but Liang Heng saw one or two flaws himself.

Shen Yu was like a leaf, under Duan Yanling's fierce attack, he moved nimbly, and the sound of the blade passing by was like the sound of gold and jade.

On the dark green school field, two cold lights are like dragons and lightning, and the wind blows clothes for a while.The sword moves changed freely, the Erxie sword pierced through the blade, and it was even lighter than ordinary iron swords. Duan Yanling was flexible and tried to insert a sword into it to lift the long sword. Shen Yu choked back.

The gentleman's sword leaned against Shen Yu's shoulder.

The Erxie sword was pressed against Duan Yanling's face.

Shen Yu's lips moved, and between his teeth he sent out a sentence that no one could hear except Duan Yanling: "Today, apart from you and me, the only one who knows where he is going is dumb. If someone blocks you on the way, whoever leaks the news It's you."

"It's him who trusts you, not me."

Duan Yanling gritted his teeth and smiled, and wanted to cut Shen Yu out, and he knew that Shen Yu still had reservations before, the strength of the sword was like mud, and the man was no longer in sight.The next moment, the sharp blade wrapped around his neck, and the cold hair rose up, and the hilt of the sword hit the back of his neck heavily, causing him to stagger again and again, almost falling to the ground.

"Tie." Shen Yu stood steadily, and was swept into the palm of Duan Yanling's sword, blood oozed out.

Beside the school grounds, one of the guards retreated quietly.Go out of the palace and cross the Chidao, and arrive at the Guangliang gate of a family facing the street in Denanlu.

The station guard walked through the corridors, pavilions, and watchtowers familiarly, and came to a small courtyard.By the waterside of the rockery pool in the courtyard, the prime minister is sitting on the scale, playing chess alone.

The Taiwan guard went to the chess table and reported: "The Zuo Duhou and You Duhou are competing in the school field, and the emperor is in the turret."

In the room, a young man's voice said: "The martial arts competition is for the emperor's entertainment. Is my brother so busy?"

The prime minister sat under the rockery, staring intently at the disk: "Yanling is not such a person, there must be something else going on."

"He treats that younger brother in the palace sincerely, and he can't do anything stupid." The person in the room said coldly.

Duan Xiang shook his head: "You look down on him too much—you go back and continue to monitor the actions in the palace."

The station guard retreated in response.

After a while, a book boy with a long chin came out of the room, holding a piece of silk in his hand respectfully, he walked to the chessboard, and made a chess piece according to the drawing on the silk.

Duan looked at each other and sighed: "Fighting for one calamity, but losing a large area of ​​the country. After all, I can't hold back."

He picked up the sunspot with two fingers and settled it, the book boy hurriedly wrote it down on the silk, and took it back into the house.