Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 174 The Seed of Hatred

Li Jing's eyes lit up when he heard Li Congjia's words, and asked, "Did Situ really say that?"

Li Congjia was overjoyed from the bottom of his heart, and hurriedly said: "Of course it's true, we're gathering today. My son heard what Situ said with his own ears."

Li Jing couldn't help feeling emotional, and said: "In the entire Tang Dynasty, only Situ is the most loyal. As the elder of the society, being promoted to the ranks of the emperor's relatives is also a kind of commendation."

Just as he was about to agree, he happened to learn that Sun Sheng and Li Deming had returned.

Li Jing's heart trembled, and his face paled instantly. Why did he come so quickly? Could it be that he was kicked out directly? The northern thieves must destroy our society?
He suppressed his uneasiness and calmly said: "This matter will be discussed after the father comes back, and the father will deal with government affairs first."

Li Congjia looked at Li Jing with a somewhat panicked expression, and knew the situation facing his country, and his heart was sad.But when he thought about it again, he was about to be able to pair up with the younger sister of Zhou Jia'ehuang, and he was so happy that he couldn't help but chuckle to himself, his two buck teeth gleaming.

Li Jing received Sun Sheng and Li Deming in the front hall.

Seeing this, Sun Sheng told Li Jing in detail about the situation when he went to negotiate.

Li Jing didn't expect that his act of recruiting Luo Youdu was almost a bad thing, but hearing Guo Rong's last request, he couldn't help but feel a little weird. From a logical point of view, Guo Rong's theory of obeying the king and father is reasonable.

But what is the world now?
In this troubled world, human life is worthless, and morals are normal, which is not worth mentioning.

As far as the current situation of the Luo and Zhou families is concerned.

Luo Youdu married anyone, and the Zhou family chose any son-in-law, no one would say anything.

Guo Rong is completely making a fuss over a molehill.

But Li Jing's focus was not on this, but asked: "What about our proposal? Does Master Zhou have any other requirements?"

Sun Sheng shook his head and said, "Master Zhou said that he believes that we are sincerely surrendering, and the conditions are also satisfactory, and he did not ask for anything else."

Li Jing's heart sank, and he muttered, "That's good, that's good."

This time Guo Rong's three-way army was coercing Jiangnan, Li Jing was really frightened, and even wiped his tears in the court hall, and made a request for fear of dissatisfying Guo Rong, so he asked for a million years of coins.

Even if the south of the Yangtze River is rich, the million-year-old coin is not a small number.

As for Guo Rong's request, although it is strange, what does it matter to Li Jing?
It is more important than anything else to keep the land and land of the Tang Dynasty.

What's more, it's a woman, besides, she was already engaged to Luo Youdu.

The only one I can't stand is my own son.

"I know about this matter, and I will discuss it with Situ later. You two have worked hard, go down and rest!"

Li Jing sighed, and waved Sun Sheng and Li Deming to go down.

After the two of them left, Li Jing let out a foul breath, his face relaxed and even a little joyful.

As far as the current situation is concerned, it is better than anything else to keep Li Tang Jiangshan.

Li Jing walked quickly to the inner hall, and when he was at the door, his happy face turned serious.

"Daddy!" Li Congjia hurried up to meet him.

Li Jing forced a smile on his face and said, "It's time for the emperor to start a family, and I will be a matchmaker with you when I turn back."

Li Congjia danced for joy.

Then they heard "the former right servant, Chang Mengxi, has a daughter, gentle and elegant, who is just suitable for my son..."

Li Congjia was stunned for a moment, and said at a loss: "Daddy, no, it's not Chang's sister, it's Zhou's sister!"

Li Jing said with a serious face: "Be obedient, don't mention this matter. Zhou Zong's daughter and Luo Youdu have been engaged since childhood, and soon Zhou Ehuang will marry far away to the north. Don't think too much..."

Li Congjia was stunned as if struck by lightning and a thunderbolt from the blue sky.

He didn't know how he got out of the palace, he didn't know why he came to a side building, and he didn't know why it was dark.

Thinking of her sister Ehuang who is about to marry far away, she burst into tears, looking at the moon in the sky and the sycamore trees in the courtyard in autumn.

"Wuyan goes up to the west building alone, the moon is like a hook. The lonely sycamore tree is locked in the deep courtyard. It's a clear autumn. The cutting is constant, and the order is still chaotic. It's the sorrow of parting. Don't feel the ordinary feeling in your heart."

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As Li Jing agreed to Guo Rong's request.

The contract between Zhou and Tang also came into effect.

Yangzhou, Taizhou and other places in the Southern Tang Dynasty that had not yet been captured by the Great Zhou began to withdraw their troops and voluntarily gave up the land in Jiangbei.

The two sides then release the captives to each other.

According to Nan Tang's request, all captives belonging to Nan Tang had to be returned.

But Da Zhou only intends to return the captives who do not want to submit to Da Zhou, and the generals who have surrendered to Da Zhou will not be returned, and Nan Tang has to send their families to Jiangbei without making things difficult.

A weak country has no diplomacy and speaks nothing.

Regardless of any decision, as long as Da Zhou's side is tough, Nan Tang's confidence will naturally soften by three points.

Then compromise.

Bian Hao, Xu Wenzhen, Lu Mengjun and other Southern Tang generals were released, and several assassins from Dazhou were also captured during the Southern Tang counterattack, and they were also returned.

The captives released by Nan Tang naturally included the unlucky Zhao Pu.

Looking at the torrential river, Zhao Pu showed a bit of sadness on his face, "I, Zhao Pu, are back."

Thinking about the days of being captured, Zhao Pu looked back at Jiangnan, secretly hating in his heart: One day, he will take revenge for this.

Compared with other arrested officials, Zhao Pu had the lowest status in the camp.

First of all, his status as a judge is obviously one or two levels lower than that of the governor and the chief historian.

However, Zhao Pu had neither talent nor fame. In Jiangnan, where the style of writing prevailed, being a captive would be inferior to others.

The key point is that Zhao Pu is still nominally under Zhao Kuangyin's department.

Luo Youdu and Zhao Kuangyin were the two major sufferers in the Southern Tang Dynasty. If Luo Youdu's man could not be caught, he could only vent his anger on Zhao Kuangyin's man.

Therefore, Zhao Pu also received special treatment.

The aggrieved Zhao Pu even had the idea of ​​defecting to the enemy in the prison, but he thought that Nan Tang could not be the opponent of Dazhou. If he defected to the enemy, there would be indelible stains on his body, and it would be even more difficult to get promoted. He gritted his teeth and endured it.

Sure enough, they waited until the victory of the Great Zhou Dynasty and released the prisoners to each other.

This early in the morning, Zhao Pu and a group of Dazhou captives were transported from Jiangnan to Jiangbei.

Facing the group of captives, Guo Rong dealt with them in a low-key and reasonable way to save their face.

But because of this low-key, a few people were arranged to pick up and drop off.

Zhao Pu's status is not high, and he doesn't have many relatives and friends, looking around, no one knows him, he sighed, and walked alone.

"Brother Zeping!"

Zhao Pu suddenly heard someone calling him, turned his head and saw that it was Dou Yi.

Feeling in his heart, Zhao Pu stepped forward quickly.

When old friends meet each other, I am filled with emotion.

"Brother Xiang! How are you!"

Dou Yi also looked sad when she remembered how she was hiding in Tibet back then, and briefly explained her situation.

Zhao Pu had little news in prison, but after he was released from prison, he had already heard about the battle from the officials and attendants of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Everyone has a certain understanding of Luo Youdu's deeds and achievements.

Zhao Pu was originally narrow-minded, now seeing his good friend got a blessing in disguise, he felt uncomfortable for a while, is this also called suffering?
They have all become Luo Youdu's right-hand man. The hardship is ten times that of me, and I can bear it.

Dou Yi didn't have that much thought, she pulled Zhao Pu and said, "Let's go, sir is here too, but it's not suitable to appear in this place, so I will take you to see him!"

Seeing that Dou Yi actually introduced herself to Luo Youdu, Zhao Pu felt ashamed, and said: "Brother Xiang has a great kindness, and Pu will never forget it for the rest of his life."

Having said that, he was excited and overtook Dou Yi in footsteps.

That's Luo Youdu!
Who cares about the brothers of the Zhao family who can follow Luo Youdu.

After walking about two hundred steps, Zhao Pu saw a group of people waiting in the distance.

Zhao Pu strode forward with excitement, walked closer, and said with a big salute, "Zhao Pu has met Mr. Luo."

Luo Youdu looked at the future founder of the Song Dynasty in front of him, nodded his head and said: "Don't be too polite, I heard that you have been mentioned. It is said that you are full of strategy, and the only shortcoming is that you have read less books. Haha, follow me Likewise, I don’t read much.”

Zhao Pu said humbly: "How can I compare with Mr.?"

Luo Youdu opened his mouth, hesitant to speak, and then said: "Do you have any suspicions with the Zhao brothers?"

Zhao Pu was surprised and said: "No! Why did you say that, sir? Although I am a military judge in Chuzhou, I have only met the Zhao family brothers once."

"Oh, it's okay, I was too worried." Luo Youdu resolutely did not continue on this matter, but asked: "What do you think next? I and Qin Chuan Wang Jing are brothers to each other, why don't I write a book, Would it be good to recommend you to serve under his command? With your talent, you will definitely be reused by Brother Wang."

Zhao Pu looked normal, but there was a huge wave in his heart.

What do you mean sir?
Why did you transfer me away, and it was Qin Chuan, so far away?
Have a quarrel with the Zhao brothers?

What's the problem?
I only met once or twice, and didn't say a few words...

Suddenly, Zhao Pu figured it out.

He naturally knew that Zhao Kuangyin was specially targeted by Li Jingda, and mobilized four times his strength to force him back.

Could it be that they shifted the responsibility for the defeat to themselves?
The more Zhao Pu thought about it, the more he felt that there was such a possibility.

The fall of Chuzhou was the beginning of Zhao Kuangyin's retreat.

But what does this have to do with me?
It was obviously the result of their Zhao brothers' failure to handle the relationship between gentry and gentry.

The more I think about Zhao Pu, the more I hate him, and the more I think about it, the more wronged I feel. This is so bullying.

I was bullied in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but now I am back, I will be bullied again.

Zhao Pu bowed deeply to Luo Youdu, and understood his reminder.

Mr. is an upright gentleman, and he will not speak ill of others behind others, remind himself in this way, and prepare a way out for himself, the kindness is as heavy as a mountain.

Luo Youdu was not worried that people would expose his words, Zhao Kuangyin was responsible, but Zhao Kuangyi was young and energetic, he did say something similar, and he didn't want to be stained by a fiasco.

Zhao Pu was at a loss, this offended the brothers of the Zhao family, does Da Zhou still have his own way out?
Are you really going to develop in Qinchuan?
Dou Yi on the side didn't understand the reason at all, and said: "Didn't you say that you are short of people, why don't you keep Brother Zeping?"

A gleam of hope flashed in Zhao Pu's eyes, and he said loudly: "Pu Yuan will join Mr.'s school and lead the horse and whip for him."

Luo Youdu hesitated for a while, as if he had some scruples, and finally said: "Forget it, let Zeping be so big that I don't need it, I will regret it in the future, so let's keep it."

Zhao Puna bowed his head, thinking of the names of two people!

"Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyi!!!"

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