Zhu Nao

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.The spirits of all the envoys were lifted, and more than a dozen eyes stared at Lu Guang and Liu Song.Even Huang Dongxuan, who had already adjusted his posture and was about to sleep, quickly sat up straight and listened to what the two of them had to say.

Liu Jingfeng was still full of elegance, drinking while watching a play.

Both of them were obviously disrupted, but Lu Guang reacted faster and preemptively said: "Liu Song! You will meet Jiangning Army's captain Liu Jingfeng and Changshi Xie Wuchen on Wuwu Day of the Guiyou month. You accept them. How much gold, jade, silk and satin, do you dare to deny it?""

Liu Jingfeng sprayed a sip of tea on the table with a "poof", coughing from choking.

Lu Guangdao: "Jiangning Army is greedy for life and afraid of death. You took bribes from Liu Jingfeng and Xie Wuchen, and arranged for them to garrison Chenqiao during the Battle of King Qin, avoiding Fengrui! You formed a party for personal gain, filled your pockets, and regarded state affairs as a trifling matter. What face do you have to preside over the alliance?!"

Liu Song obviously didn't expect this to happen, and he was at a loss for what to do, he stuttered and said: "You, you spitting blood!"

Lu Guang was aggressive: "I'm bloody? The gold ingots cast by Jiangning Mansion have the words 'Made in Jiangning Mansion'. Do you dare to let people go to your arsenal to check?!"

Liu Song choked for a moment.He didn't have time to melt down and recast those gold ingots, and they were lying in his armory right now.Of course he couldn't have someone check it out.

Lu Guang cast his eyes on Liu Jingfeng again: "Lieutenant Liu, do you dare to deny it?"

Several eyes turned to Liu Jingfeng again.

Liu Jingfeng was wiping his mouth with a silk scarf, and suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention, which was quite embarrassing.He put away the silk scarf, still maintained his demeanor, and smiled at the crowd: "I'm not sure about this, Mr. Lu may have misunderstood something...let's listen to Mr. Liu's words."

He didn't mean to justify, he just lightly threw the conflict back between Liu Song and Lu Guang.Obviously he had no intention of wading in the muddy water, nor did he want to stand on either side between Lu Guang and Liu Song.

——He had an indifferent attitude towards this matter. The reason why he gave Liu Song a gift was not to recognize Liu Song's status as the leader, but to save himself as much trouble as possible.If the incident got too troublesome, he would directly lead his troops back to Jiangning Mansion.Who can tie his thousands of troops to the battlefield?

Liu Jingfeng's attitude was actually acquiescing to this matter, which made it difficult for Liu Song to ride a tiger.

Lu Guang looked at Liu Song triumphantly, wondering if he had anything else to say.As long as Liu Song can be pulled from the main seat, it will be his turn to sit next.

Liu Song defended weakly: "I, I just did a business with the Jiangning government. They paid me to buy food and grass. There is no such thing as a party. Isn't your Henan government also doing business with Shu merchants?"

Without waiting for Lu Guang to find fault with him, he quickly threw the spearhead back, and shouted: "Lu Guang, you are collaborating with the enemy and the bandits. You are treasonous, and your crimes are heinous! You deliberately framed me and disrupted the alliance. What is your intention? "

Lu Guang was surprised: "Collaborate with the enemy? You, you are talking nonsense!" The crime of collaborating with the enemy is much more serious than forming a party and accepting bribes, so there is no room for him not to panic.

Liu Song insisted: "I'm talking nonsense? During this year, your Henan government sent money, food and supplies to the rebels many times. Guo Bandit and Li Bandit can live to this day because of you, Lu Guang, who support them! What else do you have to say?!"

The audience was in an uproar, and all eyes were on Lu Guang's face again.

Lu Guang was obviously panicked, his face was flushed, and he almost bit his tongue, "I... I... I didn't cooperate with the enemy! The rebels occupied the upper reaches of the water source, and they closed the gate to cut off the river water, leaving my cultivated land without water. , the crops withered...I just had to..."

Henan Province is next to Guo Jinli's rebels, and a large number of mountains, forests and lakes are occupied by the rebels, and many of the products needed by the people of Henan Province come from them.Lu Guang didn't dare to send troops to suppress the bandits, so he had to rely on the breath of the rebels for many things.

The position is the position, and the days have to go down.In the name of cutting off the river, the rebels demanded property from the Henan government. Lu Guang could only do so obediently in order to calm things down.Moreover, whether it is the folks or the government, sometimes they will secretly trade with the rebels to exchange the products they need... This is definitely not because he intends to cooperate with the enemy, it is really forced by life.The position that can't fill the stomach can only be shouted on the mouth.

Lu Guang did not believe that the Guangjin Mansion was completely innocent and had always been at odds with the rebels.Also next to the capital, who can be more noble than whom?It's just that Liu Song was obviously prepared, he fell behind and couldn't argue with it.

Everyone in the hall had different expressions, most of them were gloating, but only Huang Dongxuan whistled openly, and almost wrote "it's not a big deal to watch the excitement" written on his face.

Both Liu Song and Lu Guang were extremely annoyed.

Originally, Lu Guang thought that he would damage Liu Song's reputation and be forced to step down as the leader if he exposed Liu Song's use of King Qin to enrich his own pocket.And as a Central Plains bureaucrat, he is also the second initiator of King Qin, so he can take over naturally.

But Liu Song thought that he had taken advantage of the fact that Lu Guang had contacts with the rebels, which would make Lu Guang lose face.If Lu Guang wants to oppose his proposal again, he has reason to question Lu Guang's motives.In order to get rid of his charges of collaborating with the enemy, Lu Guang had to do his best to suppress the bandits, no longer caring about sacrifice.

They all thought that they were bound to win today, and they were fully prepared to kill each other with one blow.In fact, they did deal a serious blow to each other, but it was a pity that they both died together.

The alliance had just begun, and the two governors had already fallen into the sand.There is no doubt that the confusion of the alliance this time is worse than the first time.For several hours, the envoys from all the prefectures almost forgot to discuss the specific matters of King Qin, and only cared about blaming each other and adding insult to injury.

The only thing that was better than last time was that no one fell asleep in the meeting due to the intense atmosphere this time.

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The alliance ended without a problem again. Liu Song took his entourage to a deserted place, kicked at the slender saplings by the roadside, and cursed angrily: "Bastards! A bunch of goddamn beasts!"

None of his followers dared to raise their voices, not even to breathe.

Liu Song frantically said: "How does the surnamed Lu know that I have taken things from the Jiangning Mansion?! Who told him?? Did our army have a spy??"

Several people looked at each other.

Everyone was afraid that Liu Song would suspect him, and that Liu Song would take this opportunity to thoroughly investigate military discipline, and there would be many unlucky people.So someone immediately shirked and said: "Fu Yin, could it be that the Jiangning Mansion leaked the news? I saw Liu Jingfeng's attitude today, and it is very likely that he is causing trouble inside!"

The others quickly echoed: "Yes, I also think we have fallen into the trap of Liu and Xie."

"Fu Yin calm down."

Under the comfort of everyone, Liu Song gradually calmed down.Indeed, it is very likely that the news leaked from Jiangning Mansion.For any matter, the more people involved, the less likely it will be kept secret.

Liu Song rubbed his forehead with a headache.Today, he was besieged by the emissaries of the government at the meeting, and he was completely humiliated.But he has been busy until now, of course it is impossible to give up, he must find a way to reverse the situation.

But how can the situation be reversed?He has to know who can be wooed and who must be suppressed.But now he has no clue.In other words, he must have more information, and he needs someone to advise him.

Liu Song said wearily: "You go to the army to find capable people, whoever can offer me a good plan, I will reward you heavily! Also, the person who came to send me news last time, didn't he say that he was very well-informed, and he was everywhere. Do you have any friends? Go and find him, I want to ask him for more information."

The entourage repeatedly agreed.

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Wu Cong and Wei Yue left the meeting place together and rode towards the garrison.

Lu Chencong asked, "You guys told Lu Guang that Liu Song took advantage of the Jiangling Army?"

Wei Yue said mysteriously: "That's more than that."

"More than that?" Wu Cong was taken aback, "Could it be...you guys told Liu Song about Lu Guang's dealings with the rebels?"

Wei Yue smiled silently, acquiescing.

Wu Cong laughed when he thought of the chaotic scene today, and how the two governors almost threw the table over in a fit of rage.Dare to quarrel for a long time, this situation was created by Zhu Nao?He couldn't help saying: "... well done!"

For Xie Wuji, he also hopes that this ridiculous alliance will be disbanded as soon as possible, and the princes and armies will go back to their respective homes, so as not to stay behind to drag him down.So of course they are happy to see such a thing happen.

In fact, Liu Song and Lu Guang were not the only ones who bought news of Shu people at the banquet today, and some other princes also patronized Zhu Nao for business.It's just that the scene today was too chaotic, and many people didn't have a chance to say what they had prepared.

The key to Zhu Nao's ability to do this business is not how confidential the information he sells is, but because he knows exactly what kind of information should be sold to whom and when.Rather than saying that what he sells is news, it is better to say that what he sells is a strategy.

For example, the matter of Liu Song's acceptance of bribes and the matter of Lu Guang's contacts with the rebels were said to be confidential, but in fact they were not so confidential, and many people had dealt with them.As long as someone becomes suspicious and investigates, it can be found out.The problem is that others may not be able to imagine it, and it takes time to think about it.And Zhu Nao, he anticipated the development of the situation one step ahead of others, and thought of what people need faster than others, just like selling water to thirsty people, how could this business fail?

Much of the information that Zhu Nao currently has is not even classified as secret, but just anecdotes and gossip.For example, the commander-in-chief of a certain army had an affair with the wife of a lieutenant general, for example, a lieutenant of a certain military academy prostituted the wives and daughters of all the officers... He didn't need to bribe anyone for these gossips. full ears.And these things are just jokes in the eyes of most people, but here in Zhu Nao, at the right time, they can also become important information that can be sold at a high price.

Moreover, the news or strategies he sold to the princes were not useless, on the contrary, they were very effective.If he had only sold to one of Liu Song or Lu Guang, perhaps this person would have accomplished something today.It's a pity, with such a good business, how could Zhu Nao only do it with one family?

Wu Cong couldn't help laughing out loud when Wu Cong thought of how the princes would feel when they found out how they were manipulated by others, and the people who manipulated them were just trying to make money.

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A dozen men in military uniform sat on a path.

Shi Bai once again told the crowd: "Do you remember? When the Shu army comes over in a while, I will go forward to provoke. As soon as I start cursing my mother, you rush up and do it directly! Those Shu soldiers are not prepared, they must be dumbfounded. We grabbed a few of them and killed them, and ran away after killing them. Otherwise, we would not be able to escape if there were too many people coming.”

Everyone nodded. "Got it." "I remember."

These people were all wearing the military uniforms of Xie Wuji's Yanzhou soldiers, and their accents were all from the Yanzhou area.But they are not real Yanzhou soldiers.They were sent by Xie Wuchen to drive a wedge between Shu Army and Yanzhou Army.

Shi Bai had been observing here for a while, he knew that a troop of Shu troops would pass by here on patrol at this time every day, and he also knew that the soldiers of the two armies were not wary of each other.He planned to lead people to pretend to be Yanzhou soldiers for a while, and deliberately provoke disputes with the soldiers of the Shu army.

It should be known that the soldiers are a group of vigorous young men, very impulsive.He didn't believe that the two armies were so close that there would be no friction between them.Maybe it was just a small fight in the past, so it didn't attract attention.But this time, if he was allowed to kill a few people, the contradiction would become even bigger.The soldiers of the two armies will inevitably breed mutual hostility.At that time, they will mix in and instigate provocation, and soon the soldiers of the two armies will turn against each other.

"They're coming!" someone reminded.

Shi Bai looked back, and sure enough, a dozen soldiers of the Shu army on patrol came towards their direction.He hurriedly whispered: "Quick, block the road."

Not long after, the patrolling Shu army came to them.

This road is extremely narrow, Shi Bai and others sat down on the road, and the road was blocked tightly, making it impossible for the Shu soldiers to pass.

The leading Shu soldier saw that the opponent was a Yanzhou soldier, and as Shi Bai expected, his attitude was very kind: "Brothers, please let us pass."

Shi Bai looked at him coldly, and said in a very bad tone: "Who are you calling brother? Who is brother to you Shu rats? Take a pee and take a photo, are you worthy?"

The Shu soldiers were obviously taken aback.

The leading Shu soldier looked at Shi Bai, but he was not angry, and asked calmly, "Which battalion are you from? Have you brought your battalion badge?"

Shi Bai patted his buttocks and stood up, thrusting his chest straight at the Shu soldier, full of provocation: "So what if you bring it, so what if you don't take it, why should I show you?"

He just waited for the Shu soldier to scold him angrily or push him, and he would immediately start cursing his mother, and his dozen or so brothers would rush up to do it.However, if the Shu soldiers were not prepared, they would definitely suffer a big loss.

He thought very well, but unfortunately things did not develop as he thought.

The leading Shu soldier looked at him coldly for a while, and sure enough, he shot at him, but he didn't push or yell, but pulled out his saber with a "chuckle", put it directly on his neck, and shouted sharply: "Take them all! Anyone who resists will be killed!"

The patrolling Shu soldiers were already prepared when they heard that the other side refused to show their battalion badges. As soon as they heard the order, they rushed forward in unison, drawing their knives, and surrounded Shi Bai's men.

Shi Bai's neck felt cold, and he was instantly stunned.

And the people brought by Shi Bai were all dumbfounded.The agreed arrangement is clearly not like this, is it?Doesn't it mean that the relationship between the two militaries is very good?Didn't it mean that if they do it first, the other party must not be prepared?

How could it be that they were going to catch each other by surprise, but how could it be that they were caught by surprise by the opponent...

In just a blink of an eye, more than a dozen fake Yanzhou soldiers were all taken down.They didn't even dare to resist because of the order "those who resist will be killed".

The leader of the Shu soldiers ordered: "Tie these people back and hand them over to Fu Yin and General Xie!"

Shi Bai and others, who wanted to cry but had no tears, were taken away just like that.