Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 69 The enemy of the enemy

When Liu Zhang and Wang Shang went to the toilet and left the banquet, the lively celebration banquet was still in progress. Those present were drinking and drinking, sitting up and making noises, and all the guests were enjoying themselves.

Liu Mao took this opportunity to greet everyone on Liu Zhang's behalf. As Liu Zhang's elder brother, he greeted the guests on behalf of his younger brother. No one could fault him for doing so.

He walked to the banquet of Zhao Wei, the general of the House of Dezhonglang. During the rebellion in Bajun, his younger brother Liu Zhang personally led troops to Bajun to quell the rebellion. Zhao Wei, who was born in Bajun, was not sent, and he did not even take Zhao Wei with him.

This made him speculate that his younger brother didn't seem to trust Zhao Wei very much, or that his younger brother Liu Zhang was a little worried about Zhao Wei's power.

After all, when Zhao Wei was working under his father Liu Yan, he was one of the four major Sima commanders. In addition, Zhao Wei recommended his younger brother Liu Zhang to serve as the shepherd of Yizhou and was awarded the title of Hede Zhonglang General. He is number one in the military.

If a figure like Zhao Wei accumulates more merit, it will be difficult to deal with it. But if his brother Liu Zhang behaves like this, he will have an opportunity to take advantage of it.

He raised his glass and complimented Zhao Wei: "General Zhao Zhonglang has a keen eye for people and recommended Ji Yu to succeed Yizhou Mu. Now he has achieved great results and will pacify Bajun's rebellion in ten days."

"Secondly, General Zhao Zhonglang is a native of Anhan in Ba County. He is familiar with the geographical situation of Ba County. He must have made some praises in it. He has made great achievements in the pacification of Ba County. He will be able to capture the position of general in the future."

These words sounded sincere, as if Liu Hao was really praising Zhao Hao's vision and congratulating Zhao Hao for his contribution to the pacification of Bajun.

"Young Master, you are so complimentary. The pacification of Ba County this time was due to Duke Ming's strategizing and sole control of the world. He has no credit for it."

Zhao Wei, who heard Liu Mao's complimentary words, immediately declined.

But after a moment, he frowned slightly and fell into deep thought for a moment. Liu Mao's words seemed not to be a simple compliment, but contained some deep meaning.

As a veteran who abandoned his official position and entered the Shu region with Liu Yan, he could basically detect the major and minor matters of the Prefectural Mufu. There had been conflicts between Liu Hao and Liu Zhang in front of him, and he also had a general understanding of the murder of deputy chief Li Da.

Zhao Wei's eyes lit up when he thought of this, he stretched his eyebrows, considered his words, and followed Liu Hao's words.

"Last time, the prince died, leaving Yizhou without an owner. It was Wang Biejia who initiated the proposal of Ming Gong to succeed Yizhou Mu, and Wei was just a winger."

"When it comes to discernment, Wang Biejia has the ability to discern people."

"Oh." Zhao Hao's humble words had a different meaning in Liu Hao's ears, and he saw that Zhao Hao was already on the line with him.

He went on to praise Zhao Wei without leaving any trace: "Even so, it is not easy to be able to give good advice."

"With General Zhao Zhonglang assisting Ji Yu, I, as the elder brother, will feel more at ease. I will stay closer to him in the future." Liu Mao lowered his voice. At the noisy banquet, this sentence came out of his mouth and could only be heard. In Zhao Wei's ears.

"That's how it should be." Zhao Wei also responded in a low voice.

The two of them had the same look on their faces, and then they drank a drink at each other. After each of them signaled that their glasses were empty, Liu Hao walked towards Yang Huai who was sitting next to him.

He did not say anything strange to Yang Huai, a rigid military commander. He exchanged a few polite words with Yang Huai, and after a drink, Liu Hao walked towards his brother-in-law Wu Yi.

He had a smile on his face. As Wu Yi was his brother-in-law, he originally thought that Wu Yi would waste his time serving in idle positions under the rule of his younger brother Liu Zhang.

Unexpectedly, Liu Zhang promoted Wu Yi to the rank of military commander, and even took Wu Yi to conquer Bajun, which surprised him.

However, Wu Yi had such an important task, and Wu Yi's younger brother Wu Ban was appointed as Liu Zhang's personal guard. This was an opportunity for him.

He raised his glass and complimented Wu Yi: "Brother-in-law assisted Ji Yu in conquering Bajun this time, and his merits are very outstanding. To think that Bajun was pacified so quickly, brother-in-law must have contributed a lot."

"I don't dare. The fact that Bajun was able to be pacified so quickly was all due to Ming Gong's bravery and prowess. It is not Yi's credit. What you said is inappropriate." Wu Yi's words of refusal were like a pool of calm stagnant water, not mixed with Any emotion.Regarding Liu Mao, he didn't even bother to deal with it. Instead of calling Liu Mao his brother-in-law, he called Liu Mao "Mr. Liu Mao" bluntly and bluntly said that Liu Mao's words were inappropriate.

When Liu Hao heard the word "Gongzi", a stern expression flashed between his eyebrows, but it quickly disappeared and he said in a humble tone: "Brother-in-law, given our relationship, the word you call me is, calling me "Gongzi" is a little bit awkward. Alien our relationship with you."

"Yi doesn't dare to overstep his bounds. It's more appropriate to call him young master." Wu Yi refused to accept hard words and showed an air of rejection towards Liu Mao.

Seeing Wu Yi's behavior, Liu Mao felt angry, but he suppressed it in the end.

At this time, Liu Zhang and Wang Shang returned hand in hand. Liu Mao took this opportunity to say goodbye to Wu Yi, so as not to intensify the conflict with Wu Yi, he greeted Liu Zhang.

The banquet didn't break up until night. Liu Zhang, smelling of alcohol, arrived at his bedroom and was greeted by Caiwei, the personal maid arranged by Aunt Wang.

Caiwei looked at Liu Zhang, who had drank a lot of wine during the day and was exuding a strong smell of alcohol. However, she saw that Liu Zhang's eyes were shining and there was no trace of drunken turbidity.

She couldn't help but sigh at Liu Zhang's drinking capacity. For this newly appointed envoy, she got to know Liu Zhang a little after serving him for a period of time. Liu Zhang was gentle, dignified and restrained, and had countless advantages.

Everything was good, just being a prefect. As Liu Zhang's personal slave, she should take on certain responsibilities when Liu Zhang had no wife, but Liu Zhang never asked for it.

After tidying up everything for Liu Zhang, Caiwei was about to turn around and leave, but she stopped for a moment. When she looked back, Liu Zhang was holding her little hand, but the gaze he cast on her was not polite at all.

Understanding what Liu Zhang meant, she stepped forward with lowered eyebrows and started doing what she should have done long ago.
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Zhao House.

It was midnight, and the lights in the study room of the Zhao Mansion were still on, showing that the owner of the Zhao Mansion, Zhao Wei, was worried and unable to sleep.

Looking at the military report in his hand, Zhao Wei felt a headache. The Jinfan thief named Gan Ning was actually better at fighting than the others, and was unparalleled in battle.

After thinking carefully for a while, he muttered a name, the name of Zhang Lu, the meritorious officer of the rice thief in Hanzhong.

"Yan Pu."

There are many large families in Anhan County of Bajun, including Chen, Fan, Yan and Zhao.

Yan Pu, the mastermind of Zhang Lu's tent, was born with the surname Yan from Anhan, Ba County, and he was born with the surname Zhao from Anhan, Ba County. He and Yan Pu were from the same county. They had a little friendship, but it was just that. It's limited to casual encounters, not close friends.

But this friendship should be enough. He thought maybe he should send a letter to Hanzhong and hand it to Yan Pu.

After Liu Zhang pacified Ba County, his prestige was increasing day by day, and he was recruiting people from Shu. He was afraid that in another year or two, Shu would be conquered.

If this continues, he will get further and further away from the goal in his heart.

Zhang Lu could forget about his mother in Chengdu, but he still wanted to separate Hanzhong and attack and kill Pang Le and Li Yi under his command.

As a person with great ambitions, why couldn't he put aside the hatred between Pang Le and Li Yi and use Yan Pu to connect with Zhang Lu, the rice thief.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Although contacting Zhang Lu is a bit like seeking skin from a tiger, it is not a bad idea to give it a try when there is a bigger tiger like Liu Zhang.

Thinking of this, Zhao Wei sighed. He was approaching old age and Pirou was resurrected, but if he didn't build his achievements and didn't do anything risky, he didn't know what year and month it would take before he could prosper the Zhao family in Anhan.

　I went to the hospital during the day, so I’m updating this late. I apologize to all the readers. There will be another update in the evening.

　　
　
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