Zhu Nao

The news of Shangguan Xian's return to the city spread like wildfire in the city at dawn.On the contrary, the dignitaries living in the inner city are not as well-informed as the common people.

However, due to Tao Bei's sudden absence from the early court, everyone was puzzled.After the court came down, the officials hurried to find out why Tao Bei was absent.Ever since, the news of Shangguan Xian's entry into the city spread in the inner city...

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Zhang Ling walked into the hall, and Zhu Xin was sitting in a corner of the palace, meditating and chanting sutras.Zhu Xin was sent to Jialan Temple by his parents when he was a baby. He grew up under the statue of Bodhisattva and in front of the incense burner since he was a child, and his bones were soaked in the spirit of Buddha.Even though he became emperor, he still lived like a monk, eating fast, chanting Buddhist sutras, and meditating every day, and had no other hobbies.

He doesn't look like an emperor, but Tao Bei is happy to see it succeed, wishing that he can spend his whole life beating wooden fish with a pure heart and asceticism, and don't be interested in the government.So Tao Beifei didn't stop him, but built several Buddhist halls specially for him in the palace, and regularly invited a group of old monks into the palace to accompany him to chant scriptures, almost turning the palace into a temple.

Zhang Ling walked over to Zhu Xin and sat down, and listened carefully for a while, only to find out the scriptures that Zhu Xin was reciting right now.He couldn't help wondering: "Who are you praying for?"

After Zhu Xin finished reading a passage, he opened his eyes unhurriedly, and said, "General Tao didn't come to court today, he may be sick. I'm praying for him, hoping he can recover soon. "

Zhang Ling: "..."

He sneered and said: "Little monk, then you have to use your life's magic power to pray for him. Otherwise, I'm afraid he won't last long."

Zhu Xin asked in surprise, "Brother, what's wrong with General Tao? Is it serious?"

Looking at his innocent look, Zhang Ling was silent for a moment, then reached out and pressed his head hard.

Zhu Xin was at a loss.

Just now Zhang Ling sent someone to inquire why Tao Bei didn't come to the court, and only then did he hear about Shangguan Xian's return to Beijing.It is said that when Shangguan Xian came back, the curfew had just been lifted, and the guards guarding the city were a bunch of idiots. Instead of blocking the news immediately, they let the matter get worse.By the time Tao Bei sent people to arrest him, the city was already full of disturbances.

Zhu Xin may not understand what this means, but it is impossible for Zhang Ling not to know. He almost immediately thought of all the evil consequences that Shangguanxian's appearance would bring to Tao Bei and Liang Guo.

More than four months have passed. During these four months, it doesn't matter whether Shangguan Xian surrendered or betrayed Liang Guo.The important thing is that Tao Bei has already convicted Shangguan Xian, and the involvement is extremely wide. The matter has been settled and it is impossible to change it.

Due to Tao Bei's tough tactics, there were many people who were dissatisfied with this from the government and the opposition, but they were all suppressed by Tao Bei.Now that the situation has calmed down for the time being, Chen Guo also took the initiative to come to the door to join forces. Originally, as long as they can achieve certain results in Henan, people will soon completely forget about Shangguan Xian.But at this time, Shangguan Xian came back!

No matter how Tao Bei accuses Shangguan Xian and creates public opinion in the end, if so many people see Shangguan Xian walking into Yedu alone, those forces that have been suppressed will definitely rebound violently, and those banned rumors will come again. Flooded, they added to Tao Bei's already precarious reputation.

Whether this stroke will be the last straw that breaks the camel's camel's back, or whether it can be erased, Zhang Ling doesn't know.However, Shu's successive victories over the years and Tao Bei's repeated mistakes made him feel that the situation was dark.

He was naturally annoyed and dissatisfied by this, but he couldn't help applauding Zhu Nao's move!Zhu Nao is so powerful, he really knows how to kill people invisible!Who would have thought that if the enemy's chief general was captured, he would not be able to kill him, and he would put him back after a while? !This move is really poisonous!

With such a talent, I was really wronged when I was defeated by him...

"Oh, if I knew it earlier, why did we have to travel all the way to Yedu? How much better would it have been to sneak into the ranks of the Shu army and go back to Hanzhong with them?" Zhang Ling shook his head and sighed.He has a very thick skin, even though he was once defeated by Zhu Nao, he didn't think about revenge.Where there is glory and wealth, he wants to run there.

Zhu Xin didn't understand what he was talking about, but he only knew that the senior brother treated him well, and he followed the senior brother wherever he went.

Zhang Ling narrowed his eyes and looked Zhu Xin up and down.After a while, he didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly nodded thoughtfully.

"Continue to recite the scriptures. Pray for General Tao and Liang Guo." Zhang Ling patted him on the shoulder and said, "It seems that the geomantic omen in this palace city is not good enough, that's why the scriptures you recited are not effective. Another day Let me ask someone, where is the best Fengshui temple in the Liang Kingdom. I will take you there to chant scriptures and worship Buddha."

Zhu Xin nodded in confusion, closed his eyes and continued beating the wooden fish.

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Tao Bei walked back to the mansion with heavy steps, only to feel that there was a tendon in the back of his head being tightly strangled by someone, and he felt a burst of pain.He didn't want to say a word, turned his back to the left and right, and walked towards the backyard with a dull head. He was about to go back to rest, but a servant from the house ran over.

"Mr. Tao," said the attendant, "Mr. Liu from Jiangning Mansion came to ask for an interview half an hour ago, and he is still waiting in the lobby."

The back of Tao Bei's head twitched violently.

Right now he can ignore everyone, but only Liu Jiangping has to deal with it.He stood there for a moment, rubbed his face vigorously, pulled himself together, turned around and walked towards the lobby.

After entering the hall, Liu Jiangping was indeed sitting in the hall with an extremely serious expression.

Tao Bei stepped forward bravely: "Why is Mr. Liu here?"

Liu Jiangping didn't beat around the bush, and asked straight to the point: "Mr. Tao, I've already heard about what happened this morning. Didn't you say that Shangguan Xian has been persuaded to surrender by the people of Shu? Why is he back now? What's going on? !"

Tao Bei took a deep breath and stared at the table: "Zhu Nao knew that he was once my confidant and favorite general, and he tried to send him back to regain my trust and become a secret agent of the Shu army. I have seen through their tricks and sent him back Arrested and thrown into jail."

"Ha!" Liu Jiangping sneered.

This kind of statement is too absurd, maybe you can fool ordinary people, but you can't fool the Liu family's children.How smart is Zhu Nao?That is the king of Shu!If he really wanted to use Shangguanxian as a spy, he should suppress the news after the city of Puzhou was broken, persuade him to surrender as soon as possible, and then send him away on the grounds that Shangguanxian led his troops to escape.How could it be possible to wait for more than four full months before someone came back?Who are you fooling!

Hearing Tao Bei's words, and Liu Jiangping's understanding of Liang's situation during this period of time, he basically guessed what was going on.

He said coldly: "General Tao, it is said that this is your Liang country's political affairs, and I should not interfere. But I want to ask you, how do you plan to deal with that Shangguan Xian?"

Tao Bei said, "Young Master Liu, I will handle this matter properly. I need some time."

Now that the news of Shangguan Xian's return cannot be suppressed, he can't solve him quietly, and must give an explanation to the outside world.But he can't bring people back to the city today and behead them tomorrow.If you deal with it too quickly, people will say that he has a guilty conscience.He can only wait for a while now, while observing the direction of public opinion in the ruling and opposition parties, while thinking about countermeasures.

Liu Jiangping squinted his eyes, carefully observed Tao Bei's expression, and questioned: "Tao Gong, I know that Shangguan General was your right-hand man. But now, you won't be soft-hearted towards him, right?"

Tao Bei's eyelids twitched, and he opened his mouth to retort, "How is that possible!"

Liu Jiangping said coldly: "That's good. There is no turning back when you open the bow. For the sake of Mr. Tao himself or for the country of Liang, please ask Mr. Tao to solve this trouble as soon as possible! I think the monarch of our country will never want to see Duke Tao's reputation has been damaged by this incident!"

It's not that Liu Jiangping supports Tao Bei so much, but he knows very well that the fate of the entire Liang country now rests on Tao Bei alone.Over the years, in order to secure his position, Tao Bei has constantly provoked factional struggles, concentrating the power of the government in one person.This is indeed helpful to the temporary stability of Liang Guo's political situation, but it also means that no one can replace him.In case something happens to Tao Bei, Liang Guo will immediately become a mess!Chen Guo sent money and food again, just because he was afraid of such a situation, so Liu Jiangping rushed to see Tao Bei as soon as he heard what happened in the morning.

After talking about Shangguanxian, Liu Jiangping's expression eased a little, and he changed the subject: "I came today to ask Mr. Tao about sending troops to Henan. Does Mr. Tao have a plan?"

Tao Bei frowned.

Originally, this matter was not so fast, and the alliance between him and Chen Guo had only been roughly settled, and the officials of the two sides had not yet finished discussing the specific details.But now Liu Jiangping is urging him to ask questions, obviously in a hurry.

This is also a good thing for Tao Bei, as soon as the war is put on the agenda, Chen Guo will send the food and grass as soon as possible.Moreover, once troops are dispatched, the war can be used to divert conflicts outward, and the matter of Shangguan Xian may be suppressed.

So Tao Bei said: "Yes. I want to send 12 troops to Henan." He briefly introduced the troops to Liu Jiangping.Undoubtedly, those are all disobedient soldiers and horses under his command.

Liu Jiangping was obviously satisfied with the number of troops, as for the others, he could not intervene in asking Tao Beifei to assign which army to send.He asked again: "Then I don't know who Tao Gong wants to appoint as the chief general?"

The back of Tao Bei's head tightened again.He stayed up all night last night, just thinking about it, but he couldn't come up with a result all night.

After a while, he gritted his teeth and said decisively: "I want Tian Chou to lead the army!"

Liu Jiangping couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Tao Bei thought about it, but in the end he was still worried about using the young general.Tian Chou, one of the three generals under him—now the second general—was originally stationed in Xuzhou, but now he can only be transferred back from Xuzhou.

After all, Xuzhou borders Chen State. Now that the two countries have joined hands, the situation in Xuzhou is not so tense. Gao Hongtao of Jizhou dare not move no matter what. Jizhou borders Youzhou, so there must be no mistakes.

It's just that Tian Chou had never been to Henan before, and had been fighting in the Xu and Yan areas.Now there is no other choice but to let him go.

Liu Jiangping didn't know anything about the battlefield, he only knew that Tao Bei's lineup of troops made him very satisfied.So he said: "Mr. Tao, let's settle the matter as soon as possible in the next few days. I will send people back to Chen Guo to report and let them prepare food and grass. Mr. Tao, please hurry up and mobilize troops."

Tao Beidao: "That's natural!"

Originally, the two sides wanted to drag it out for the sake of profit.But when Shangguanxian came back, they all sensed that the crisis was approaching, and they could put aside all other matters first, and the most important thing was to deal with Shu first!

The two hit it off immediately, and immediately ordered their people to deliver the letter quickly.