Jiang Qing

"Yan Jin, you seem to be more cruel than before." Ren Heyu didn't face him directly, but squinted at him.

Sun Zhe ignored his probing eyes, lowered his head and stroked the cat in his arms, and replied calmly, "How did Lord Hou know that I was not ruthless before?"

Ren Heyu chuckled twice, did not answer his words, but acted graciously, as if he wasn't the one who just asked Sun Zhe how to deal with Xie Xian.

"It's just a small official, Yan Jin should not make any big moves. What's more, if such a clean person can be taken into our pocket, can he have an extra pair of eyes if he is not in court?" Ren Heyu's eyes were shining brightly, Waiting for Sun Zhe's answer.

Sun Zhe raised his eyelids and glanced at him, without any emotional fluctuations, he just put the matter lightly and said: "Everything should be done according to Lord Hou's wishes."

Ren Heyu has long been used to his indifferent temper, and he doesn't feel any offense. Besides, although Pingdonghou can't do anything publicly, but with him secretly coordinating, Pingdong Sanzhou always has to be obedient Many, Ren Heyu couldn't afford to argue with him at this juncture.

"We've been resting for too long, and people outside have started to rush." ​​Ren Heyu pointed out, "I guess we should pick a good day to do it in the next few days, please Yan Jin and I will take a look at this Li country. Great scenery."

Sun Zhe raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard the words, knowing that he was about to make a move, he said with a teasing smile: "Such a beautiful thing is naturally disrespectful, but after Lord Hou gets his wish, what I want is not only the three states of Pingdong .”

Ren Heyu seemed to be very satisfied with what he asked for, and laughed loudly: "At that time, how could a small military marquis be worthy of Yan Jin, Yan Jin should be the king's talent."

"It's disrespectful, thank you so much, Lord Hou." Sun Zhe's eyes moved slightly, he smiled slightly, and agreed to his words.

The spring day is getting warmer, the horse neighs and people wake up, just in time for a fight to beautify the peaches and plums this March.

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Outside Pingdong.

It has been more than ten days since Xie Xian entered Nanyang, and Mei Shao only received a secret letter from Xie Xian two days ago.

It briefly and concisely wrote what Xie Xian had seen and heard since he entered Nanyang, and mentioned that Pingdong Marquis Sun Zhe had become Ren Heyu's guest, and he heard some news that Ren Heyu was going to raise troops during this period of time in the mansion.

When Mei Shao first received this letter, she was really sweating for Xie Xian. From his description, Mei Shao could only infer that he was treated as a normal imperial envoy in the Hou's residence. Although Ren Heyu tried to win him over, But it wasn't deliberate, and Xie Xian didn't show any eagerness to defect to Ren Heyu, and it's all developed according to common sense up to this point.But since Ren Heyu didn't fully trust Xie Xian, how could he over and over again hear the news that Ren Heyu was about to send troops, unless Ren Heyu deliberately leaked the news to test him, if that's the case, Xie Xian's current situation is too dangerous very.

Thinking about it this way, Mei Shao was going to write back to tell him to withdraw from Nanyang, but after going through the secret letter with a few sentences again, Mei Shao discovered a strange thing, Xie seemed to know the news a few times With Sun Zhe present, there is another possibility that Sun Zhe deliberately let Xie Xian know the news, and he is using this method to pass the news to himself.

In Zhang Huailiu's narration, he was able to escape from the Nanyang Marquis Mansion because someone secretly helped him. Compared with the time when Zhang Huailiu escaped, it happened to be after Sun Zhe disappeared.And in the Nanyang Marquis Mansion where all Ren Heyu's retainers were there, the only one who was able to obtain the core information and possibly protect Xie Xian was Sun Zhe.

Others don't know Xie Xian's real identity, but Sun Zhe has seen him before, and he can guess who sent Xie Xian after a little thought. If he really devoted himself to Ren Heyu's command, he should have been in Nanyanghou long ago. To expose Xie Xian's identity in front of him, instead of letting him stay in the Hou's mansion for such a long time unharmed, and let him hear some news.

But at the same time, Mei Shao could feel that Sun Zhe didn't completely want to rely on the imperial court, he just used Xie Xian as a channel to pass on some news that he thought was necessary. There is no meaning to reveal half of it.

To put it simply, this is a signal of cooperation from Sun Zhe to him. If he believes it, it will be regarded as agreeing to his request for cooperation.

However, this is just Mei Shao's deduction, he will not act rashly without seeing the actual traces, but he still made some preparations, focusing on selecting a few weak ones, which may be the primary consideration of Ren Heyu's dispatch of troops. , wait quietly.

One night about five days later, Mei Shao was looking at the deployment map in the account, when the general who had sent the deployment came back, saying that there was movement in the southwest corner.

Mei Shao, who had been hanging on his heart for fear that his wrong assumptions would hurt Xie Xian, breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down, and ordered the general to send a message to encircle several ambush troops near the southwest corner. He led a team of people and headed towards the southwest corner.

When we arrived at the boundary between east, west and south of Ping, we saw that the gates of the city in the southwest had been opened wide, black smoke billowed everywhere, and the sky was just dyed red by the flames. It seemed that the army had just risen. Forced to retire Ren Heyu's advance troops and formally stationed in Pingdong, Ren Heyu was caught off guard, retreated to garrison in Pingdong, locked the gates of the three states of Nanyang, and returned to Minzhou.

Ren Heyu's expression was grim in the Nanyang Hou Mansion of Minzhou. He glanced coldly at the Pingdong garrison general who had withdrawn from the hall, his eyes filled with gloom, "Is this how you garrisoned in Pingdong? Ambushing outside the city, you didn't notice at all, the military salary I paid these years was fed to the dogs!"

Seeming to be out of breath, Ren Heyu blurted out vulgar words that Xie Xian had never heard from him, so he inevitably looked up at him, meeting Ren Heyu's probing eyes.

Caught off guard, Xie Xian didn't have time to look back, his heart beat violently.

On the eve before Ren Heyu sent troops, he had approached Xie Xian to test his attitude. Xie Xian knew that he had this intention long ago, and under the temptation of both sides, they both had intentions. a staff member.

Everyone in the hall is not a smart person, they all caught Ren Heyu's eyes, and someone said: "Master Hou, the whole hall is full of old people who have been with you for a long time. If you know that there are people lying in ambush outside the city, how can you deliberately hide it?" Do you want to report? Master Hou just take a look, who is the newcomer sitting here, and who is the one whom Master Hou talks to every day..."

The person who spoke was an old man who followed Ren Heyu. Although his words were a bit vulgar on weekdays, he was a solid confidant of Ren Heyu.

Ren Heyu's eyes fell on Xie Xian slightly, and his tone softened a little, he said: "Although Mr. Xie has just entered my residence, I believe that Mr. Xie's heart is just like this Marquis's heart."

"Lord Xie is not involved in military affairs, and we are just following the orders of Lord Hou. Mei Shao was clearly prepared for the first battle. Could it be that the roundworm in Lord Hou's stomach can grow its own wings, fly out of Nanyang, and reach Mei Shao?" In Shao's ears?"

Ren Heyu narrowed his eyes to see Fei Yongchang who spoke, and said meaningfully: "General Fei means that the Marquis has Mei Shao's eyes and ears?"

"Speaking out of thin air, my subordinates dare not speak in vain. It's just who Hou Ye often talks about military affairs with, and who he listens to when he talks about his plans. Some of them may have lost their minds, and I don't know."

Ren and Yu were silent and did not speak.

Xie Xian did not expect that Fei Yongchang would speak up for himself for no reason, and it was difficult to distinguish his intentions for a while.

Before he could think about it, a cold voice came down from above.

"What General Fei means is that I betrayed Lord Hou?" Sun Zhe glanced at him coldly. The coldness of that glance was shocking, but his words did not. There are too many ups and downs, "Ben Hou and the ancestors of Hou Ye are both military marquises conferred by Emperor Mu Lie, and their status is equal. I am not necessarily inferior to Nanyang in Pingdong Sanzhou. General Fei feels that what he Mei Shao can promise me, he Zhao Zhen What else can you promise me?"

Sun Zhe called the current Holy Majesty's name without hesitation, sneered, and said contemptuously: "What the Marquis wants is the opposite of what they want. General Fei, who only wants to be subordinate to others in his life, probably won't understand what the Marquis wants. Word."

Sun Zhe raised his chin haughtily, nodded towards Ren Heyu, and asked, "Your Majesty also sees it that way?"

Sun Zhe had always been humble and reticent in the Nanyang Marquis Mansion. He never used his status as Marquis to overwhelm others. It was seldom when he was so aggressive.

Ren Heyu's scrutinizing eyes slid across Sun Zhe's face inch by inch, as if dissecting the expressions on his face piece by piece, but he didn't see any cracks on that calm face.

Pingdong and Nanyang are very close. Ren Heyu and Sun Zhe have dealt with each other in the past, but they have never been so blind to this person as they are now. Perhaps Jiang Xiyue's momentum was too strong in the past, but Ren Heyu underestimated this person. Marquis Ping Dong, his temperament became gloomy, and even Ren Heyu, whose hands were stained with blood, felt a little terrified.

"I am honest and cautious." Ren Heyu said slowly, word for word.

He turned his attention to Xie Xian again, but his heart kept going between the two of them.All the people here have followed his confidant all along, and followed him out of the most filthy and vulgar place. There are only the two of them, and only they have the possibility to inform him.

"Now that the troops have been dispatched, the report from the mansion will spread to Pingdu. Mei Shao is famous for sending troops to suppress. We can't retreat." Ren Heyu said to the generals in the hall: "Everyone, why don't you speak freely and tell us what we should do? response."

Xie Xian was not allowed to listen to the usual military affairs, Xie Xian was ready to retreat to avoid suspicion when he heard this, but Ren Heyu stopped him when he saw this, "We are all a family, Sir Xie sit down and think about this Marquis together, How to break this situation."

Xie Xian's hands and feet were slightly stiff, and he sat back.

After Ren Heyu spoke, the others didn't have any objections, and they directly discussed the layout and route of the next battle in front of Xie Xian. Ren Heyu listened intently, selected a few, and ordered people to pass orders to follow what he said. do it.

The land of Nanyang is mostly waterways, and the Nanyang army is skilled in water warfare. Ren Heyu wanted to use the warships as a barrier to directly crush the army, trap Meishao's army on the water, and then eat it.

The land in the west of Shanxi has high mountains and lush forests, and most of the troops are good at land warfare. Even though Mei Shao is from Lanzhou and is familiar with water skills, there is no time to train the army in water warfare in such a short period of time.

What's more, even if Mei Shao can transfer the military ships from the surrounding states, compared with the giant ships in Ren Heyu's hands, the armor-making capabilities of those ships will be much worse.

The more Xie Xian listened, the more frightened he became. With his thoughts so confused, he didn't even hear Ren He Yu calling him.

"Master Xie." Ren Heyu called him again, and said, "Master Xie doesn't seem to be thinking about military affairs. Could it be that Madam is not feeling well recently, so she is worried?"

Xie Xian's original wife was weaker in body, in order to spread the news to the outside world a few days ago, Cheng Nian claimed to be in a bad mood and rarely appeared in front of everyone.

Xie Xian was stunned for a moment, then echoed Ren Heyu's words, and said in a coy way: "My wife is weak and a little unacceptable, so Master Hou laughed at me."

After discussing how to send troops, Ren and Yu resolved a problem, and they relaxed. Hearing this, he suddenly became interested, and asked, "I heard that Mr. Xie hadn't earned fame when he married his wife. , even the big wedding is unusually easy, isn't this wronging Mrs. Ling?

Xie Xian didn't know what kind of medicine he sold in the gourd for a while, so he could only follow his words: "Ma'am, she doesn't care about these things."

"Why don't you care?" Ren Heyu looked very understanding of women's minds, and said with concern: "It will take some time for the army to move out again. Ben Hou thought that it would be a good idea to make up for Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Ling's happy event." Counting as a good fortune, I wonder how Mr. Xie would like it?"

Xie Xian's heart skipped a beat, and he keenly noticed that Ren Heyu was focusing on himself and was trying to find out something, so he bit the bullet and replied, "Why bother Lord Hou..."

"What's the trouble?" Ren Heyu interrupted him, and smiled back at his refusal, "Last time, Mr. Xie said that his family is in Xiangcheng. I don't know if there are any elders at home. Benhou also It’s better to send someone to invite you.”

"I lost my father since I was a child, and lost my mother after I got the honor. I'm really not a lucky person. The elders in the family have been scattered all over the world, and I can't find them." Xie Xian understood that Ren Heyu began to doubt his identity.

"It's okay, Mr. Xie told Benhou where he lives in Xiangcheng. Benhou's subordinates are quite capable, so they will send people to look for it now, and they can catch up."

Xie Xian clenched his hands tightly, his palms hurting, and he didn't relax at all. He smiled lightly, "Then thank you, Lord Hou."

What Ren Heyu said, it seems that Xie Xian will not send troops if he can't get married for a day.

Xie Xian knew that Ren Heyu had given him enough time, so he blatantly presented this information in front of him to see what choice he would make.

Although he had already prepared for it, the fire burned too fast, and it would soon burn himself.

And Xie Xian can't dodge, and can't dodge.

Jinxi Dajun and Xie Xian were placed on a balance, and the center supporting the balance was Xie Xian's heart.