Kai Fu Han

Chapter 183 The Way Is Not The Same
"To be worthy of Brother Xu's praise, I'm about to try it." After the man finished speaking, he swallowed the wine in the glass in one gulp.

His face turned red immediately, he held his breath, swallowed hard, and then coughed violently.

"Hey, I'm old and my memory is too bad. I forgot to remind you that this wine is too strong. You should drink it slowly." Xu Han saw the man coughing and patted his back to relieve it, while laughing and saying.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"I think it's not because you have a bad memory that you forgot. Ahem... you just did it on purpose. You wanted to see my joke." The man said while coughing.

The other three naturally sipped their wine slowly because someone had checked Lei first.

"It's such a good wine. It's like drinking nectar with an endless aftertaste. It's worthy of the name of 'fairy wine'. And this wine glass is also unusual. It looks like it's made from a single piece of polished glass. The quality of this glass is really good." , it’s so transparent that you can see what’s behind the cup.” Someone took a sip of wine.

"Brother Xu, you really spent too much money today. I can't even think about it. You don't want us to jump into the sea of ​​fire." Someone joked, but there was also a question in the words.

"Ah hahahaha! How dare you? It's actually very simple. I just want you to help me talk to Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan, saying that I, Xu Han, plan to make a deal with them, and I want you to be a witness when the time comes. "After Xu Han finished speaking, he gestured to Zhao Liang.

Zhao Liang went out immediately, and after a while, four soldiers walked in holding mirrors covered by black cloth.

After entering the door, stand by the wall and take off the black cloth covering:
"As long as Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan agree to go to the banquet to discuss the deal with me, these four glazed mirrors will belong to four people."

Xu Hancai didn't believe that these four people were really "rewarding" people, and they couldn't afford to leave early without benefit. The fact that the four of them came to meet him today, the loser of the court struggle, was already a way of repaying their kindness.

In the end, those who were able to impress the four people to help Xinghan League contact and trade could still be lured.

As for why four people were needed to communicate in the middle and serve as witnesses, they were worried that Wang Boyan and Huang Qian would become harmful after seeing the benefits, and might take measures such as robbery, murder and silence.

To be able to gain a position and become Emperor Zhao's favorite by following others' influence, he must be full of scheming and ruthless people, otherwise he would have died in the party struggle long ago.

Zhao Liang and others were not afraid of the measures taken by these two people, but they just didn't want things to develop into that extreme confrontation.

In the next two days, Xu Han visited his friends in Yangzhou while waiting for news from the four of them.

It was not until August 23 that we received the news that Wang Boyan agreed to meet, but Huang Qianshan did not agree.Although the two belong to the same faction, they are also competing with each other, so it is not surprising that their responses are different.

Huang Qianshan passed the Jinshi exam three years earlier than Wang Boyan and had higher qualifications than Wang Boyan. He is now the left prime minister and Wang Boyan is the right prime minister.

Huang Qianshan has become a highly respected minister, and his desires have become much smaller, so he did not agree to meet Xu Han because he did not want to cause more trouble.

And Wang Boyan is the right prime minister, and there is still room for improvement, so he wants to see what the "opportunity" is for Xu Han to lead someone to spread the word.

The Holy Heart has been unpredictable since ancient times. If there is an opportunity to flatter people in front of officials, they will naturally seize every opportunity.

At noon on August 23, Zhao Liang, Zhou Xinyuan, Xu Han and five soldiers escorted Wanyan Zongjun to Wang Boyan's residence.

Wang Boyan, as the No. [-] figure in the Southern Zhao Empire, naturally couldn't go out to meet Xu Han, the defeated general, and grassroots people like Zhao Liang, so Zhao Liang and others could only come to visit.

Arriving at the gate of Wang Mansion, after reporting to the gatekeeper, he waited for more than an hour before he was taken in by the servants. He was searched before entering the gate, and all weapons were unloaded and temporarily placed in the gatehouse, waiting to come out. Pick it up later.

After entering the gate, the courtyard of Wang Boyan's mansion is very large, a typical Jiangnan courtyard, with small paths turning left and right in the courtyard, water pavilions, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water.

Zhao Liang counted silently and passed through four doorways before arriving at the door of Wang Boyan's guest room.

"What a beautiful yard." Zhao Liang praised.

"This is nothing, because the capital was moved to Yangzhou for a short period of time, and these traitorous ministers have not had time to build mansions for themselves. Otherwise, you will probably get lost the first time you come in." Xu Han said, his tone full of contempt.

This Wang Boyan once again refreshed Zhao Liang's understanding of the eunuch's wealth.

"Grand Master Xu, please come in." After the servant came in to announce, he came out and invited.Xu Han and others planned to enter the room, but Zhou Xinyuan, Zhao Liang and others were blocked by servants.

"The servants will wait outside."

"These two are not servants, they are the ones in charge of this discussion." Xu Han explained, pointing to Zhou Xinyuan and Zhao Liang.

"Then please invite the three of you in."

Xu Han, Zhou Xinyuan and Zhao Liang entered the room immediately.

After entering, you can see that the decoration inside is very unique. It does not look luxurious, but it makes people feel very noble. The paintings embroidered on the screen are the work of everyone at first glance.

After a few people entered the door, an old man about 60 years old came out from behind the screen. He looked like he had just woken up.

After approaching, he greeted Xu Han:
"Grand Bachelor Xu, long time no see."

"Ms. Wang, you're fine," Xu Han replied.

"Let's all sit down and talk."

Everyone sat down one after another, and the servants poured tea and then left.

"Is Bachelor Xu still blaming me?" Wang Boyan asked.

"How dare!" Xu Han replied.

"You still have such a tough temper and say 'How dare you', but everyone can see that you are still blaming me." Wang Boyan took a sip of tea and continued: "I have already told you that killing the imperial student Chen Donghe Ouyang Che’s person is Huang Qianshan, and I was not involved in this matter."

Previously, Emperor Jingyan dismissed Li Gang and replaced Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan and others.

Chen Dong wrote a letter to retain Li Gang, dismiss Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan and others, and said, "If you want to restore the Central Plains and make great plans, you must Li Gang."

This declaration attracted a large number of Taipei students and patriotic citizens, with tens of thousands of followers at one time.

Then Ouyang Che wrote a letter accusing Emperor Gaozong of "banning pampering in the palace", which made Huang Qianshan furious and made greedy remarks to Emperor Jingyan.Chen Dong and Ouyang Che were killed together in Yingtian Mansion, and their heads were hung on the city gate.

Xu Han was completely disappointed with the government at that time and insisted on resigning.

"I don't mean to blame Mr. Wang. It's just that we have different political views and it is difficult to conspire."

Xu Han said that people with different paths do not seek each other.

Wang Boyan stopped trembling. After all, Xu Han was also a defeated general who failed in his political battle.

It has been a tradition since the founding of the Zhao Dynasty that "the official cannot be punished", so Li Gang, Xu Han and his like just saved their lives, otherwise Xu Han would not be sitting here talking to him today.

"Then why are you here?"

Xu Han replied:

"The anti-Jin warriors in Dengzhou defeated the Jin navy at sea and captured Wanyan Zongjun, the six sons of the former Jin Dynasty emperor Wanyan Aguda."

After a short pause, Wang Boyan waited for all the information in this sentence to be received before continuing:

"We plan to make a deal with you after taking Yan Zongjun."

(End of this chapter)