Delong

Chapter 364 River Walk (21)

"Has the Dragon Clan already reached this point?"

After Xie Minghe explained the half-truth and half-false in detail, Wang Daiji sat there in a daze for a long time before opening his mouth slowly. "Forgive me, I thought it was normal to take advantage of the wind and waves with Zhang Sanlang's ability, and it was more common sense to separate some territories. In the future, it would not be impossible for Tenglong to spread its wings, but within three years, there were more than ten counties. The site plus two master masters, it's not Bai Sanniang and Wu Dalang... Isn't this a bit unbelievable?"

"I understand Wang Shilang's meaning." Xie Minghe only twirled his beard across a table and smiled across the table. "What your Excellency cares about is not territory and soldiers and horses, but two masters. After all, since ancient times, there has been a saying that the Trinity can be the best in practice. With these two masters in hand, if another Bai Sanniang or Wu Dalang crosses the limit, Then there will be a qualitative change, when the time comes, even if the grand master abandons the pagoda, it may not be able to hold back, this is equivalent to the Dragon Clan having its own pillar... right?"

"That's exactly what it means." Wang Daiji replied sincerely. "too fast."

"Then I won't hide it from Wang Shilang. It is said that there are some sayings in it. One of them is actually done by the black emperor's formation in the Northern Demon Guards. It may not be a real master. It is said that Zhang Sanlang After Hebei gained a foothold, a Commander of the Demon Guards of the Northern Lands came with him personally, and then went back alone." Xie Minghe said seriously. "But the other place is indeed true. Otherwise, how could Zhao Guang be easily captured? But I wonder if there are Bai and Wu's help?"

"So that's how it is." Wang Daiji was a little stunned. "That makes a little bit of sense, but it's still surprising."

Xie Minghe thought for a while, but he couldn't hold back his mouth, so he sighed: "Actually, I have my own thoughts on this, and I think that Zhang Sanlang is naturally quite capable, but his grasp of the current situation may not be so To be sure, today's situation is mostly due to the fact that the Great Wei court has no joint bearings, and all limbs have lost their function. That's why it came to this... just like a person, who seems to be alive, and has all weapons and armor. Duan is majestic, but when he is about to cut down, he often loses his strength halfway, which makes it appear that Zhang Sanlang is more than capable of using the knife."

There is some truth in these words, and it also touched the depths of Wang Daiji's heart, which naturally caused him to nod his head again and again: "This is right, brother Xie said it properly, I am in Jiangdu, why don't I know the inside story? The court has really lost its joint, next The prefectures and counties cannot be connected at all, and this matter alone is the death spot, and Jiangdu is also the death place... Zhang Sanlang bitterly said, it is really clear."

Xie Minghe also nodded, but continued to remind: "Actually, Wang Shilang is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Shang Shu is in the Eastern Capital. He is the one who is in charge of the Ministry of Punishment. He wants to check whether Shanyang was raided. There is always a way to support the past two days, why bother here?"

"Of course I can trust Xie Xie and my third brother Zhang." Wang Daiji quickly waved his hands. "It's just a surprise..."

After the probing was over, the two paused together, and Wang Daiji saw that the other party said this, and he believed it more or less with the evidence in hand, so he finally asked solemnly: "So, brother Xie, my card What do the three brothers want me to do?"

"It's just a business deal, please ask Wang Shilang to be a dentist." Xie Minghe responded straightforwardly, not caring at all that the other party changed his address.

Wang Daiji's heart moved slightly, but he pretended not to know on his face: "Could it be that you want the court to buy General Zhao with something?"

"Yes." Xie Minghe laughed on the spot. "About a similar transaction."

"Brother Xie, don't be joking." Wang Daiji responded with awe. "I don't believe that my three brothers don't know about the temper of a pilgrim. How could they promise to redeem someone? It's normal to wantonly implicate others under rage and fear."

"It's not doing business with a saint." Xie Minghe smiled half a smile. "It's not a saint who is in charge of the court now. Speaking of which, I haven't been at home for a long time, and I don't know what the saint is up to lately?"

"I'm thinking about building a Danyang Palace." Wang Daiji replied calmly.

"At this time, he is still thinking about building a new palace, he..." In the middle of speaking, Xie Minghe suddenly widened his eyes. "What palace?"

"Danyang Palace." Wang Daiji replied calmly. "It's Danyang in Danyang County, your hometown. It's in Jiangning City, Danyang County. Build a new palace at your home."

Xie Minghe was dumbfounded: "Is he crazy?!"

Wang Daiji kept silent.

Xie Minghe was anxious in his heart, and wanted to stand up and yell, but after thinking about it, he came to his senses, and finally just smiled: "He's not crazy, it's just that he has committed the old problem of not treating the people below him as human beings... Then let me be honest, he It is destined not to be repaired, but it will force the aristocratic families in Jiangdong and Jiangxi to rebel together. I have traveled all over the world for these years, and I don’t know the specific situation in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, but as long as this matter gets out, maybe someone will contact Nanling on the same day Or the rebels of the True Fire Sect, and the rebels will not lack manpower and material resources in the future."

"Yes, the rebels in Jiangdong and Jiangxi have become inexplicably powerful again, probably related to this matter." Wang Daiji sighed. "It's not just that, for this matter, Mr. Yu, who was still very useful, is now abolished, and he is only reduced to a document..."

"Can it not be abandoned?" Xie Minghe took a breath and smiled wryly on the spot. "Yu Xianggong is the senior minister of Nanya, and he is from a second-rate family in Jiangdong. He is the only one here. The sage said, now that the sage wants to build the Danyang Palace and force Jiangdong to give up his last thoughts, he can't explain it to the upper and lower, which is equivalent to cutting off the source of the upper and lower together, isn't he just reduced to a lonely waste?"

Wang Daiji just nodded.

But at this point, Xie Minghe came to his senses, and didn't care too much: "Then I won't be a fool, and Zhang Sanlang doesn't want to do business with Mr. Yu...Since ancient times, the power lies in the soldiers, and now Jiang can hold on. Nothing else, only the Jiangdu-Xuzhou Forbidden Army with [-] to [-] people, and the Sima brothers and sons who are now in charge of the Jiangdu-Xuzhou military power? As I expected, Sima Huada is in Jiangdu In the city, I am afraid that they deliberately concealed the news of the Dragon Clan's arrival in Shanyang, right?"

"It turned out to be a deal with the Sima family." Wang Daiji was stunned, and then he couldn't help but sigh. "That's true. Sima seems to be trying to cover up the news...it seems to be feasible...but how to deal?"

"We withdrew from Xuzhou, evacuated all three routes of troops, and asked Sima Zhengjiao to return Linyi, and by the way, Li Wenbo's head." Xie Minghe said the core message without hesitation. "The two sides are just doing nothing. Of course, it would be great if we could ask for some military rations and equipment."

"It's possible." Wang Daiji nodded expressionlessly. "What is Li Wenbo? Since he came to Jiangdu, I can give you his head, but Sima and his son can only agree to return it to Linyi... However, if you say it like this, you seem to have something to hide, right? Don't you have to be unable to hold on anymore? Otherwise, why is the bottom line so low?"

"There is drought in Huaibei, and the autumn grain production is estimated to be reduced. The weather is hot and the soldiers are hard. Some things cannot be hidden, and they are not prepared to hide them. You can find out about the frontline." Xie Minghe became serious when he realized the key. "However, this is definitely not because we are afraid of war, but Zhang Sanlang has something to say to me. He said that he should not take the initiative to persecute Jiangdu unless it is a last resort, because the sage will be beneficial to the Dragon Gang in one day. The sage suddenly disappeared, and these imperial troops are going to cause a big mess."

Wang Daiji was silent for a while, digesting the other party's words, and nodded slowly for the first time today.

Besides, the two talked nonsense for a long time before, and they were probing and greeting, but when it came to the specific transaction, they seemed rushed. A lot of information was the kind of speech that would not be mentioned if both of them could understand it.

The most obvious one is that when the two talked about it, they bypassed a major prerequisite for the transaction - Sima Huada's willingness to trade.

"Let me just say it directly." Seeing the other party nodding his head many times but never directly agreeing, Xie Minghe simply decided to speak out. "This saint acts like this, sooner or later he will lose control of the army, and then provoke a mutiny in the entire eastern capital - the Kansai Imperial Army. But after all, he is a saint for more than ten years, and mutiny is not so easy. One is To connect the inside first, it needs the leader, and it takes time; the other is to worry about a few people, Niu Dugong, Lai Zhaner, and the saint himself. If you can't find a way to cut them off one by one, everyone will be afraid... This kind of Under the circumstances, Sima Huada also sat on the stove and roasted. He knew better than anyone else the dissatisfaction of the forbidden army below, and he also knew better than anyone else the sage's willfulness. at this time……"

"At this time, your Dragon Gang directly attacked Shanyang, defeated and captured Zhao Guang easily, and he was terrified to the extreme. Now making this deal with him is actually saving his life." Wang Daiji said. "It also saved the saint's life, but it also took the saint's life...Of course, as Zhang Sanlang said, it is also good for the Dragon Gang."

Xie Minghe nodded slightly.

Without him, Zhang Xing had already analyzed it when he came here, if the deal is done.

The first is to prevent Sima Huada from sitting on wax, so that he can fool the past, so as not to expose the military situation. A conflict broke out between Sima and that saint. The current conflict is likely to be a direct and hasty palace coup. That side will definitely die, and the winning side is likely to be too weak to survive the next shock.

This is what Wang Daiji meant by saving Sima Huada and the saint's life.

Second, the objective maintenance and promotion of Sima's leadership in the Forbidden Army will make Sima Huada more confident and the saint even more unpopular when the next conflict comes.

Then next time, the possibility of the saint's defeat will be greatly increased. This is what Wang Daiji said about taking the saint's life.

Third, delaying the outbreak of conflicts and the loss of control of this elite forbidden army group will strategically buy time for the Dragon Gang and greatly reduce the impact on the Dragon Gang, which is in an awkward position.

"Then there is only one last question left." Wang Daiji raised his hands and asked. "If this deal is successful, how can I take the opportunity to escape from the sea of ​​suffering? Does Zhang Sanlang want me to use this as a vote to join his Dragon Gang?"

Xie Minghe came to laugh on the spot: "Zhang Sanlang said that if Wang Jiulang goes to dethrone the Dragon Gang, he will naturally greet him, but if Wang Shilang has other ideas, we will not force him...Your Excellency can appoint you at any time that is not excessive. As one of the conditions, if we join this business, we will all endorse it when the time comes...you also have to pump money!"

"So, brother Xie, please sit down for a while, I'll go find Sima Huada to discuss this business." Wang Daiji just nodded today, but this time he got up immediately after nodding, and put away Zhao Guang's ribbon. "Sima Huada is actually a typical second-generation nobleman. He has no brains. I have to go and settle the accounts for him personally before I can agree."

"This is the original intention of looking for Your Excellency." Xie Minghe cupped his hands.

Wang Daiji just cupped his hands and went out directly.

As soon as the man went out, he rode his horse and came towards the north, but when he reached the intersection in front of the palace, it was obvious that Sima's mansion was on the east side, but he continued to come towards the palace without stopping.

Xie Minghe followed far behind, dumbfounded, intending to stop him, but he didn't dare to show up in front of the palace where countless masters under Dugong Niu were seated, he could only be dumbfounded, and watched him enter the palace.

Then the whole person felt cold and cold, squatting on the roof of the building, but didn't know what to do.

However, Xie Minghe still misunderstood Wang Daiji and Brother Wang Jiu after all. He was really not there to inform, but to verify the information.

When this guy came to the palace, he first went to look for a few Beiya fathers-in-law, asked about the saint's health, and after confirming that the saint was just entertaining with banquets for several days, and ignored the government affairs at all, he knew that the saint was indeed being deceived.

Then, he went to the "Military Department" again, found a few people he had been friends with, and made some insinuations about the situation. As a result, not only did these people not know the military situation in Shanyang, some even didn't know the military situation in Xuzhou.But at the same time, several of the seasoned officials of the Ministry of War still sensed the instability in Xuzhou through some basic dispatches of food, grass and military equipment.

It is precisely because of this that they were not surprised by Wang Shilang's inquiry, but happily shared their little secrets - the Jiangdu court was half-paralyzed at all, and they did not have much effective information, that is, friends like Wang Shilang and the others It was such a joy.

At this point, Wang Shilang still didn't dare to take it easy, so he went to meet a few friends in the Forbidden Army - dispatching troops and horses, they must have their own military order system, and then asked a question in a straightforward way The key information is that Sima Huada, the general in charge of the forbidden army, sent a messenger to General Zhao Guangzhao stationed in Anyi the night before yesterday.

At this time, Wang Daiji was completely relieved, and then he didn't go to look for Sima Huada, but just sat there at the place where he was asking for information.

About half an hour later, Wang Shilang waited for what he wanted - Sima Huada sent someone to invite him.

The two sides met at Sima Huada's private residence. The latter's eyes were bloodshot, and he frowned to see the servant of the Ministry of Punishment. He bit the bullet and asked, "Wang Shilang, what are you doing asking about the military situation?"

Wang Daiji sighed, trying to calm down thinking of the lobbyists in the novel, and boldly said: "Sima Gong... I'm here to save your life."

Sima Huada was stunned for a moment, then stood up abruptly, causing Wang Daiji to tremble in fright, then walked forward quickly, held the hands of the latter in front of him, and tears came down all at once:

"Wang Shilang, someone has saved me. Tell me, what is the current situation?"

Wang Daiji was dumbfounded, let alone a yellow bearded nine, how could he receive such treatment?
The point is, what have I been tossing about this afternoon?Don't you Sima Huada test me according to the book?
(End of this chapter)