The rebirth of Jiangshan is hired

"I--"

The man gritted his teeth and looked at him, a bit of annoyance flashed in his eyes, but more of it was unstoppable hesitation.But Mu Qiu was not in a hurry, just looked at him patiently, and continued to speak slowly: "If I'm not wrong, Lord Ling formed an alliance with you, and the condition is probably to help you win the position of Khan, but The condition is that you never invade the Central Plains. The reason why you are asked to cooperate with the Third Prince is because in the conditions that the Third Prince made with you, there is an extra ten border cities for you—isn’t that the case?”

The man looked at him in amazement, shook his head and said incredulously: "Why do you know—you can't know, I only communicate with them in private, no one must hear..."

"I don't know, I'm just guessing with common sense."

Mu Qiu smiled faintly, patted him on the shoulder, approached him and said in a meaningful soft voice: "Don't think about the ten border cities, you can't swallow them. Either die here, or listen to us, we I will help you win the Khan position—I know you have probably heard this from Lord Ling once, but Lord Ling can’t save you right now, so it’s up to you to choose.”

"You are scarier than them all. Who are you - are you the younger brother he said..."

The man looked at him fixedly, with a little fear in his eyes.Mu Qiu couldn't help concentrating his eyes slightly. He frowned and looked at him for a while, then shook his head slightly and said, "I'm not a prince, but just a bodyguard. You can think about it for a few more days. If you finally figure it out, my highness will I will discuss an alliance with you."

The man lowered his head in deep thought, and finally stopped talking.But Mu Qiu didn't say any more, just tapped the big acupoints all over his body to seal his inner strength, and then returned to the side of those two people who didn't help from the beginning to the end and only cared about making trouble: "Your Highness, let's go back. Speak."

"Go, go back to the camp."

Song Zichen nodded, finally let go of Peng Feigui, and quickly followed Mu Qiu's pace.The three of them returned to the camp all the way, and Mu Qiu finally couldn't help but sighed softly, helped his forehead and said helplessly: "General Peng, with all due respect - it is naturally impossible for you to interrogate anything like this. Your Highness still knows Sing with me, pretend to cheat the Huns, and go to trial like you, even if it is changed, I can still stand it..."

"What a mess, why am I interrogating you..."

After all, Peng Feigui was wronged, so he replied in a low voice with a guilty conscience, and finally couldn't help it anymore, he simply gave up on himself and said: "After all, I don't know how to interrogate in the first place. If I leave this kind of matter to me, it's better to leave it to that rascal Lao Meng."

"It's okay, don't worry."

Song Zichen patted him on the shoulder, and finally found a chance to exchange all the previous run-off, and smiled lightly to relieve his anger: "You will know when it comes to war. Not only can you not interrogate, but you can't actually fight... "

"My lord, if we get to know each other better, you will be beaten for speaking like this."

Peng Feigui couldn't help but rolled up his sleeves, but he still gave up using force due to his status, and sat back sullenly, gritted his teeth.Mu Qiu couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly said in a warm voice: "Okay, let's not talk about this matter——Did Your Highness hear clearly what that person said just now?"

"pretty close."

Song Zichen nodded, but his expression also became serious, and he sat at the table and said in deep thought: "It seems that the matter is not much different from what we deduced, that guy Song Zixuan is really willing to spend this kind of money, just to get that Hun The prince was pried from Lord Linghou..."

"He may not have spent all his money. According to the third prince's habit of crossing rivers and demolishing bridges, after using that Hun, the chances of getting rid of him are obviously much higher than fulfilling the contract."

Mu Qiu smiled lightly, then shook his head solemnly.Song Zichen was poked at the sore spot by him, coughed twice guilty, and couldn't help but nodded vigorously with deep sympathy: "It makes sense, I haven't thought about this level--that guy is simply unreasonable, who knows? If you believe him, then you are really not far from death..."

"So, I misunderstood him?"

Peng Feigui responded in astonishment, and couldn't help interrupting the two people's words: "I still think he is a traitor who will do anything for his superiors—"

"I didn't misunderstand him in the last sentence—it doesn't matter, you can just misunderstand him like this, anyway, he is not a good person, no matter how bad he is, it is not good."

Song Zichen waved his hand casually, and shooed this endlessly troublesome guy aside, then looked at Mu Qiu thoughtfully: "But I still can't figure it out, the agreement between Lord Ling and him has almost no checks and balances." , this matter itself is not very reasonable... such a verbal agreement, even if the Xiongnu prince does not abide by it, what can Lord Ling do to him?"

Peng Feigui's gaze suddenly tightened, and he subconsciously looked at Mu Qiu, instinctively wanting to speak, but seeing that the man just shook his head slightly, he had no choice but to hold back his words.All kinds of complexities flashed through Mu Qiu's eyes, and he looked at his highness beside him, and still unobtrusively led the topic away: "This kind of agreement originally meant more meaning than substance, just like the promise made by the third prince to the prince of Fanbang. It's the same as ten cities, if they regret it and refuse to give it, they have nothing to do, and His Highness doesn't need to spend too much time on making an agreement with him."

"But isn't forming an alliance just to make an agreement?"

Song Zichen couldn't help but frowned slightly, vaguely felt that these words seemed to be concealed, but for a moment he couldn't figure out what was wrong, so he couldn't help but asked in a low voice.But Mu Qiu just shook his head patiently, and after a moment's pause, he said again: "The purpose of forming an alliance is to reach a tacit understanding, to take care of each other and cooperate with each other, and to get what we need and what we can do, but what we will get in the end is actually secondary. This principle is actually the same as in the officialdom. If two ministers have a deep friendship, they will help each other out in the court, and they will cooperate sincerely and open the door to each other when they are doing things for the emperor. This kind of alliance is mostly tacit understanding Xuan, not the two agreed that at the end of the year, you will send me a cart of gold, and I will return you a manor..."

"I understand. Song Zixuan asked me to marry the daughter of Duke Rong's family as his concubine, and that was actually the purpose."

Song Zichen knew it all, and suddenly responded, punching the table with his fist and saying: "I am the one who pleases Duke Rong, and I am the one who gives gifts, but in the end it is him who enjoys the benefits—I almost married him for him." A daughter-in-law..."

"My lord, do you really dare to say - have you forgotten what Mu Canjun can do?"

Peng Feigui frowned, couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder, and reminded him in a low voice.Song Zichen suddenly came to his senses, his complexion changed slightly, and he was choked by himself and couldn't help coughing several times: "I—I'm just making an analogy, Mu Qiu, don't take it seriously..."

"Your Highness, there is no need to be so nervous, and it is impossible for me to do anything to Your Highness..."

Mu Qiu couldn't help laughing, shook his head helplessly, and slowed down his voice: "Your Highness's analogy is correct...From today, His Highness must also start to cultivate his own power, so as to be able to compete with the third prince. There's hardly anything on our side that can help now—"

"Mu Qiu, we can't talk anymore if you talk like that."

Peng Feigui looked at him with dissatisfaction, knocked on the table and said, "What about me, I'm not considered a strength? Such a big Peng family, at least I can help a little bit?"

"Okay——except for the Peng family, there is almost no power to help us now..."

Mu Qiu changed his words in an obedient manner, but he didn't feel that he violated the peace at all, but continued to patiently say: "The attitude of the Rongguo government is not yet clear, but we are away, and the third prince is still in the court. There are many more chances, and now we can only see whether the trick of handing over the son to the emperor when we left Beijing will not work. Apart from this line, the Peng family is almost a lone minister in the court, but the military is extremely powerful. Deep, with the help of General Peng, it is not difficult to gain a firm foothold in the army. But in this way, we obviously have no foundation in the court, and we have to find another alliance."

"I still have the same idea as before. Now that Song Zichen has broken up with Master Ling, Master Ling will definitely rush to find me. If I don't agree, I will obviously be targeted by him, so why don't I just agree? In the future What are your plans?"

"It makes sense—I think the prince's words are rare and clear today."

Peng Feigui supported his neck and nodded, and responded with a serious expression, but Song Zichen mercilessly pushed his elbow back into his ribs.Seeing Peng Feigui silently clutching his side and bending down, Mu Qiu couldn't help but feel a little helpless when he was a teenager again. He rubbed his forehead and sighed very lightly. He said with a helpless smile, "Okay, okay." Now, His Highness and General Peng don't fight... It is inevitable to form an alliance with Lord Ling, but Lord Ling is destined to be unreliable forever. His Highness must find the support of the other party, so that he can have enough confidence to fight in the right place. Time to get rid of the Marquis Yunhui's mansion. How should this family be selected—does your Highness have any ideas?"

"Mu Qiu, I think you already have an idea."

Seeing that person's indifferent expression, Song Zichen felt a little nervous for no reason when he was being questioned by his teacher about his homework when he was a teenager.He cheered up and thought about it carefully, and eliminated all those who were not strong enough to compete with the Yunhui Houfu and those who were unreliable, but found that there were almost no one left, and his face could not help but slightly bitter: " It might be difficult to find a family that is of comparable strength and can win them over..."

"Your Highness is very thoughtful—it's just that the thinking is too single."

Mu Qiu replied with a slight smile, looking at the earnest look on his highness's thoughtful face, and patiently said slowly: "The so-called alliance can't be achieved overnight. Since your highness can't find the most suitable one, you might as well The best thing to do is to give up one of them and make up for it in the future. Since there is no one with equal strength, it’s okay to find someone who is weaker, and we will support each other in the future, and we can always improve our strength.”