Nine idlers

Chapter 83 The Devil's Heart

As Xu Changqing muttered to himself, Cao Kun's face became extremely pale, and sweat continued to emerge from his forehead, which soon soaked his collar.At this time Xu Changqing suddenly stopped talking to himself, leaned down, looked at Cao Kun indifferently and said: "If I guessed correctly, you want to use the method of mutiny to rescue Yuan Shikai, and then use the Qing emperor's side to cut off Zao Kun. Feng!"

"Cao doesn't understand what Mr. Xu is talking about!" Cao Kun's face now has no trace of blood, and he closed his eyes slightly, denying it to death.

Xu Changqing ignored Cao Kun's reaction, stood up again, and said to himself: "Yuan Shikai is really extraordinary. Back then, he was able to deceive Mr. Zhuang Fei and others' trust with just a few words. Now even if he has stepped down, there are still a group of subordinates like you." Working hard for it. Feng Duan and Feng Duan have always been at odds. Now that Yuan Shikai has stepped down, there are only two people who have the ability and courage to integrate the two of them together. One is military adviser Xu Shichang, and the other is Wang Shizhen, the leader of the three heroes. I don't know if I'm wrong?"

Cao Kun took a deep breath, opened his eyes, looked at Xu Changqing with a gloomy face, and said in a slightly awed tone: "I heard about Mr.'s name earlier, and I saw him today. It's really extraordinary. Cao has no eyes, and he offended Mr., please don't blame Mr. It's just that this matter is related to Wei Shuai's life and death, and it is even more related to the future of our Chinese nation. I hope that you can hold your hand high and not 'intervene' in this matter!"

"Fart! Yuan Shikai is a shameless person, how can he represent the future of the entire Chinese nation!" Xu Changqing saw that Cao Kun, such a reckless person, bowed his head for Yuan Shikai's safety, and then remembered that he would have a thousand ways to accept an apprentice Calculation, the gap between the two is so big, I can't help feeling a little jealous, I can't help shouting out, but after shouting, I immediately calmed down, and murmured: "At least the future does not belong to Yuan Shikai!"

Cao Kun didn't understand Xu Changqing's words, but he just saw from Xu Changqing's performance that he was extremely dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai, and he couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and said: "Currently, the Chen family has a close relationship with my Wei Shuai family. When Wei Shuai was put under house arrest, the Chen family also turned to others to take care of him, presumably Mr. Xu, who is an aide of the Chen family, must have heard of it?"

"You want to use the Chen family to suppress me, although it is a bit stupid, but it is still a way." Xu Changqing said with a sneer: "Did Duan Qirui not tell Cao Tongzhi that I, Xu Changqing, was the one who made the Chen family support Yuan Shikai? "

"This bastard!" Cao Kun couldn't help cursing in a low voice when he heard Xu Changqing's words, and then said: "Since Mr. Xu supports my family's comfort, why do you want to stop me from helping him?"

"Save Yuan Shikai?" Xu Changqing looked at Cao Kun with disdain, and said with a sneer, "I think it's true that you want to kill Yuan Shikai!"

As soon as Xu Changqing's words fell, Cao Kun angrily retorted: "Although I, Cao Kun, have never read any books, I still know how to write the word loyalty. Even if you look down on me, Cao Kun, Master Feng's loyalty to Wei Shuai is a But Zhao Sunyue, how could you allow such slander."

Facing Cao Kun who was full of anger, Xu Changqing looked at him for a long time, the sarcasm on his face disappeared, he became very solemn, and said slowly: "It seems that there is no problem in using mutiny to save Yuan Shikai at this time. But in fact, it is completely a bad idea that will destroy Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang New Army in one fell swoop! Xu Shichang is the head of Xiaoguo affairs. Although he has no ability to see through the fate of the world, he is able to see through the direction of the fate of the country. It is definitely not the time to turn against him, so he cannot be the leader of this plan. Although Wang Shizhen is Yuan Shikai's subordinate, it is known that he is still loyal to the Qing court, which can be regarded as the Qing court's restraint on Yuan Shikai." As he said that, he asked Cao Kun, "Did Wang Shizhen come up with this plan?"

"Sir, don't you always say you know the affairs of the world? Why don't you even know who cares most about Wei Shuai's life and death?" Cao Kun was still angry, and sneered: "Wang Shizhen is now the admiral of Jiangbei. Rebellion, but won the appreciation of the Qing court, and the holy family is upright, how could they care about the safety of the commander-in-chief! It was Master Xu Shichang who went to Master Feng's mansion in person and urged Master Feng to make this happen."

"What? It's Xu Shichang!" Obviously, the answer exceeded Xu Changqing's expectations. He was taken aback for a moment, then stood up involuntarily, walked around the room a few times, and suddenly showed a hint of bewilderment on his face. color', and asked anxiously: "Then since Xu Shichang contacted Mr. Feng that time, has he still mentioned this plan?"

Cao Kun was obviously confused by Xu Changqing's actions, shook his head involuntarily, and said, "Master Xu said that this matter is all rotten in his heart, so don't mention it again, in case it leaks. Afterwards, he seemed to have forgotten everything It seems that even Master Feng said that Xu Shichang is very good at disguising."

"What kind of pretense? He doesn't know anything at all!" Xu Changqing snorted coldly, and said to himself: "Xie Yangzi, Xie Yangzi, you hide really deep! No wonder you can so easily You wiped out all the masters of * who did not make a fuss. It seems that the world said that you did not learn the ancient transformation technique of the ten-change demon king. It is false. In my opinion, at least you have mastered the human transformation technique. Fa." As he spoke, his expression relaxed a lot, and he looked at Cao Kun and said, "Cao Tongzhi, is the time for the mutiny that Xu Shichang set to be the fifth day of May?"

Cao Kun stared wide-eyed, and stammered, "You...how...how did you know?"

"Okay! What a way to kill two birds with one stone! You can use the spirit of soldiers to increase the power of magic spells, and use this as an opportunity to solve the troubles of the Beiyang New Army and Yuan Shikai. As long as Yuan Shikai rebels, his energy will be destroyed." Breaking away from the dragon veins of the Qing Dynasty, even if you kill him at that time, it will not damage the luck of the Qing Dynasty. It’s a good plan! It’s a good plan!” Xu Changqing admired to himself, then raised his true essence, and stretched out his hand towards Cao Kun’s forehead He patted him up, released his restraint, and clasped his fists to Cao Kun and said: "Just now Xu was offended, I hope Cao will control it!"

Cao Kun, who was freed from the shackles, felt that he could control his hands and feet again, and he had already listed Xu Changqing as someone who should not be offended, so he dared to blame him, not to mention that being able to make friends with such strange people was also a kind of protection for himself.So he restrained his arrogance, looked respectful, and clasped his fists in return: "Where? Where? Mr. Xu is too polite. It was me, Cao Kun, who was confused just now, and I didn't know Taishan, so I offended you. It should be me, Cao Kun." Kun is right to make amends to Mister."

"Cao Tongzhi's mind is like a valley, and I admire it!" Xu Changqing said a few words politely, and then stepped into the topic: "The Chen family and the Beiyang New Army have cooperated closely this year. It can be said that both prosperity and loss, we will naturally not I would like to see Mr. Yuan fall down, so Cao Tongzhi must carefully remember the next words." As he spoke, his expression became extremely serious, and he said: "No matter what method you use, you must inform Duan Feng My lords, you must not mobilize any soldiers without authorization, let alone implement any mutiny strategy, just treat this matter as if it did not exist, and disband all the troops that violated the regulations and expand their recruitment before, or restore them to militias. After that, do it quietly He is an official of the Qing Dynasty, waiting for the right time to assist Lord Yuan to take power again."

"What? Quietly be an official of the Qing Dynasty?" If he hadn't already tasted Xu Changqing's power, Cao Kun would have jumped up and given Xu Changqing a good beating. Although he didn't dare to act rashly, his expression was extremely hesitant , said coldly: "Don't we just watch Wei Shuai suffering like this?"

"Suffering is better than dying! Although he is suffering now, he will not die, but if you make any rash moves, it will inevitably involve him, and I'm afraid his life will be lost!" Xu Changqing doesn't like too much Explain, and said: "You don't need to understand what I said, you just need to take my words to the two adults Duan Feng, as for whether you are willing to stop, that is your business! But you have to think about one thing, Now the Qing government has begun to drastically reduce the military expenditure of your Beiyang new army, and it is the Chen family that really supports your huge military expenditure. If you lose the support of the Chen family, I think even if you succeed in raising an army, it will not last long. I hope you will not Seek your own death." After speaking, he made a gesture of invitation to the outside of the house, and said, "That's all I've said, Cao Tongzhi please!"

Seeing Xu Changqing issued the order to drive away guests, Cao Kun stood up and was about to go out, but when he reached the door, he turned back and saluted Xu Changqing: "I often hear Wei Shuai and Master Feng say that Mr. I don't know if you can give me a commandment when Cao leaves?"

Xu Changqing looked at Cao Kun, didn't say anything, and raised his hand to count. Although the luck of the world in the north is already 'disordered' at the moment, he can vaguely calculate something, and said bluntly: "People's wealth has long been determined. When the status of life reaches the extreme, the next moment will be the time of decline, don't be greedy in everything, and do what you can!"

Cao Kun chewed this sentence repeatedly, didn't understand what it meant, but still nodded gratefully and said: "Thank you sir for your words, I will definitely take what you said before. It's decided."

After finishing speaking, Cao Kun turned around and opened the door and walked out, took the coat from the men who had been waiting outside the Accord, put on fake beards and sunglasses and other disguises, and walked towards the door of Xingwulou.

Not long after Cao Kun left, Long Jinbao came in, bowed to Xu Changqing, thought for a while and said, "Master, this disciple has already decided to seek refuge with the Prince Regent's Palace, and secretly establish a good relationship with the Beiyang New Army." , stepping on two boats! Master, what do you think?"

"You don't want to offend both sides!" Xu Changqing smiled and said: "This is also a way, but you have to grasp the balance in it, otherwise it will not please both sides, but it will be counterproductive."

"This disciple will be careful." Long Jinbao nodded in agreement.

"In this case, I should get on the train too, and I won't stay any longer!" Xu Changqing stood up, raised his hand to stop Long Jinbao from staying, then took out the last two mahogany figures from the universe in his sleeve, and cut through Long Jinbao. On Bao's middle finger, two drops of hard work were dripped on it, and the real yuan was circulated, drawing the blood of the mahogany man to draw a stand-in puppet charm. look.He handed the two stand-in mahogany figures to Long Jinbao, and said, "You are going straight, and you are fishing at the side door. The tree is big and attracts the wind. Sooner or later, trouble will come to you. These two mahogany puppet figures can be at the critical moment. Two catastrophes for you, you must keep them close to you."

Long Jinbao quickly took the two mahogany figurines, thanked him with a smile, "Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"

After coming out of Xingwuhou with Guan Zheng, Xu Changqing didn't stay in Bazhou any more, went straight back to the train, asked the supervisor for a basin of water, closed the door of the compartment, and asked Guan Zheng, "Guan Zheng?" Brother, can you lend me some cinnabar?"

Guan Zheng didn't understand what Xu Changqing was going to do, so he just took out the cinnabar in the treasure chest and handed it to Xu Changqing, and then saw Xu Changqing drawing two Qi-gathering hidden spirit talismans on the door of the bedroom, and then saw him holding a sword Jue, pointing at the Dao Fu anxiously, said in a deep voice: "Chi!"

I saw that the Taoist talisman immediately disappeared in the door of the bedroom, followed by a stream of pure Dao power emanating from the door, which can wrap up the carriage. If other practitioners outside the bedroom spy on it, they can only spy into the carriage. dead things, but unable to spy on the living.Guan Zheng can also perform this method of gathering energy and concealing spirits, but it is beyond the reach of ordinary people to be able to control the range of the spell so delicately, even among the elders of the Guan family. There are only a few who are hot.Recalling the name that Long Jinbao said when he introduced Cao Kun, he couldn't help but recall that when he left home, his mother mentioned one of the few masters in the spiritual world who needed attention, so he tried "sex" He said: "I didn't expect the master to be the No. 1 idler from heretic sect. Guan is really disrespectful."

Xu Changqing smiled lightly, and said: "It's not that Changqing deliberately concealed it, it's just because my reputation as a low-level idler outside is not very good, and I was listed as a low-level sect that I don't want to make friends with, and Brother Guan is from a famous family. Zhengzong, I was afraid that if I revealed my identity, I would lose a worthy friend, so I deliberately concealed it, I hope Brother Guan is not to blame!"

Guan Zheng didn't mind, and said with a smile: "I once said that our friendship lies in heart-to-heart communication, and other identities have nothing to do with me, but in the future, should I call you Master or Mr. Xu better?"

"Brother Guan, you made fun of me!" Xu Changqing said indifferently: "It doesn't matter what you call me, it's just a false name for a foreigner, but compared to Mr. Xu, I still like Brother Guan calling me Master!"

Guan Zheng nodded and said, "It's just right, that's what I mean too."

After solving Guan Zheng's matter, Xu Changqing put the basin on the table, then took out a pen and paper from the compartment next to the wall, and wrote something.Afterwards, Xu Changqing calmed down, gathered his true energy with his fingers, and quickly drew a dao talisman exuding a faint silver light on the water basin, followed by the finger that gathered his true energy, passed through the dao talisman and tapped it on the water basin's center. On the surface of the water, together with the power of the true essence and the Taoist talisman, it was sent into the water basin.I saw that the water basin immediately rotated as if being vigorously stirred by someone, and when all the water gathered around and bottomed out in the middle, the middle of the water basin turned into nothingness, and a phantom of a water mirror appeared, the phantom Among them was Sheng Lao who had left Bazhou before.

When Xu Changqing saw the phantom of Sheng Lao sitting in the carriage appearing in the water basin, he immediately picked up the note he had just written, threw it into the phantom, and at the same time said in a deep voice: "The world is boundless, the water mirror sends messages, deliver!"

As Xu Changqing's Taoism was performed, the water around the basin suddenly jumped up and surrounded the center together, covering the paper strip and phantom. As the water calmed down, the phantom and paper strips all disappeared, and the water The basin is back to its original shape.