Devil’s Advent

"Sit down and drink tea."

"Yes, my lord."

Zheng Fan sat down on the chair, but did not pick up the teacup.

"Longjing produced in Qianguo, Pinpin."

Zheng Fan shook his head and said:

"Master Hou, drinking tea right after a meal can hurt your stomach."

"Oh, is it?"

Jingnanhou put down the teacup in his hand,

road:

"Since you joined the army, you still care about keeping yourself healthy?"

"If you go back to Lord Hou, joining the army is for my Dayan to expand the territory and keep in good health. After expanding the territory, I can see more of my Dayan's prosperity."

"Study ink for Ben Hou."

"Humble post obeys orders."

"This Marquis wants to write a letter to Wei Zhonghe, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies lacks talents like you."

"..." Zheng Fan.

Looking at Zheng Fan's embarrassing appearance, Jingnanhou waved his hand and said:

"Sit down, it's nothing serious, speaking beautiful words is also a skill. Besides, in terms of horsemanship and commanding skills, you, Zheng Shoubei, are no worse than others."

"Master Hou is amazing. There is still a lot to learn from you, Lord Hou."

"Chen Daxia, a knight-errant swordsman in the Qian Kingdom, rumors in the rivers and lakes that he was a born sword embryo, taught himself how to practice swords, visited the Jiange of the Jin Kingdom as an adult, and knocked on the Daze Sword Tomb of the Chu Kingdom.

His own cultivation is probably above the sixth rank. After he kidnapped you, he went straight to Green Willow Fort, but was repelled by the barbarian cavalry in your fortress.

Ben Hou is very curious, why did he go to Green Willow Castle with you? "

"Master Hou, this matter has been investigated clearly by my subordinates, and I also notified the secret spy department yesterday."

"Benhou has seen it. What I don't understand is that he actually didn't kill you and accompanied you to Green Willow Castle."

Zheng Fan hesitated for a moment.

replied:

"If you go back to Master Hou, he is stupid."

"Why?"

Zheng Fan pointed to his forehead,

road:

"That hero, there is a problem here."

"Don't understand the world, simple?"

"Master Hou hit the nail on the head."

Zheng Fan, who learns and comprehends flattering techniques from practice with the blind people every day, is often so familiar with the occasions that really need to be used by himself.

"It seems that he is really a sword idiot."

"Yes, Lord Hou, otherwise I won't be able to see Lord Hou today."

"Presumably you know the identities of the other two groups of assassins?"

"Understood, the sixth prince has arranged a connector in the humble fortress."

Jingnanhou was not very sensitive about this, Zheng Fan said it openly, and Jingnanhou listened as if nothing happened.

"Isn't the relationship between you and Xu Wenzu the same in Hutou City?"

"We are strangers in a foreign land, and when people come from our hometown, we want to greet them."

"It sounds good to be a stranger in a foreign land, but this Marquis doesn't believe it."

"Hou Ye is wise, when I heard that Mr. Xu became the immediate boss, I was so frightened that I hurried to the post station in advance and waited to take the blame."

"Hehe, that's fine, I will go to Beijing with Ben Hou in three days, and you can go back and cultivate yourself."

"Humble post obeys!"

"By the way, I will give Xu Wenzu another word. Three days later, on the day Benhou enters the capital, the Jingnan Army will withdraw from Nanwang City."

"The humble job knows."

Zheng Fan walked out of the house, Du Juan followed, and said to Zheng Fan:

"Master Zheng, just come at noon in three days."

"Thank you, Sister Du Juan, for reminding me."

The cuckoo returned to the house again,

"he's gone?"

"Let's go, Lord Hou."

"Um."

"Master Hou, Mr. Zheng Shoubei is really interesting and thoughtful."

"Are you giving him eye drops?"

"Master, although the slave family has followed you, the slave family can't be a female celebrity, the slave family can, it's just the skills learned by the secret agent."

Jingnanhou raised his teacup,

took a sip of tea,

Slowly said:

"A pool of stagnant water is naturally pure; great rivers do not reject sediment."

...

After leaving the house where the Marquis of Jingnan lived, Zheng Fan and A Ming walked towards the General Military Mansion together.

The General Military Mansion is still the same General Military Mansion. Many people died just over a month ago, but Xu Wenzu still moved in by name.

Perhaps, what Xu Wenzu wanted was to convey his attitude in this way, but obviously, it can be clearly seen from the desertedness at the gate of the General Military Mansion that

In this city, the real talker now is the Lord Hou.

Xu Wenzu had been waiting for Zheng Fan for a long time, and he also learned from Liang Cheng that Zheng Fan had come to see him today at the request of the Marquis of Jingnan.

After Zheng Fan came, Xu Wenzu immediately invited Zheng Fan into his study.

The study looked a little empty, and the table and case looked a little messy.

Xu Wenzu didn't go to call for tea, but closed the door heavily, then lifted the inkstone and other objects on the table, and slammed them on the ground,

Roared three times:

"It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable!"

Zheng Fan stood aside silently, watching Xu Wenzu act.

After smashing things, Xu Wenzu went to the bookshelf and took down a box, opened it, took a piece of persimmon cake from it, and handed it to Zheng Fan.

"Eat, I brought this from the north."

Honey is also spread on the persimmon cake.

Zheng Fan reached out to take it, took a bite, and said while chewing:

"The Marquis of Jingnan asked me to give you a word, my lord."

"Tell me, what orders does the old man Jingnan Hou have?"

"Ahem..."

Zheng Fan coughed a few times, but he was not polite, found a chair and sat down. Xu Wenzu knew that he was injured, so he took the initiative to pull a chair over and sat down beside Zheng Fan.

"The Marquis of Jingnan said that he will enter Beijing in three days. On that day, the Jingnan Army will also withdraw from Nanwang City."

"Huh..." Xu Wenzu breathed a sigh of relief.

Obviously, these words relieved him of a lot of pressure.

The predecessor died inexplicably, there was an assassination incident at the funeral, and he was also robbed and murdered on the way to his post. After entering Nanwang City, everything in the city was dictated by the Marquis of Jingnan. He, the chief soldier, was just a decoration .

Now, after the Jingnan Army withdraws from Nanwang City, he will be able to take back part of his authority.

"Also, Master Hou said he would take me to Beijing with him."

"Take you to Beijing together?"

"yes."

"Currently Beijing is a place of right and wrong. Above the court, there is war and peace. There are so many troubles. You are just a guard, but you have caused so many troubles. After entering Beijing, someone will definitely trouble you."

Zaifu's alma mater was smashed by himself, so can this not be a big trouble?

"It's okay, since the Marquis of Jingnan wants to bring me to Beijing together, it's impossible to watch me being killed by them, isn't it?"

"You boy."

Xu Wenzu reached out and patted Zheng Fan on the shoulder.

Yesterday Xu Wenzu went to Green Willow Fort after hearing the news of Zheng Fan's awakening, and knelt down for Zheng Fan. After that kneeling, the two agreed to address each other as "brothers" in the future.

Therefore, in front of Comrade Shen Hai, Zheng Fan can relax a little now.

This is Nanwang City, not Hutou City after all.

To put it bluntly, the revolutionary friendship between myself and Comrade Shenhai has been further deepened. To be more realistic, Xu Wenzu is no longer the recruiter who overwhelmed the county magistrate in Hutou City. , but the right to speak is much smaller.

Furthermore, he, Zheng Fan, also boarded Jingnanhou's boat.

"Because Jingnanhou is not a hereditary successor, in terms of background, it is indeed very different from our Zhenbeihoufu, but this generation of Jingnanhou is the queen's younger brother and the future heir's uncle, and he is even more appreciated by His Majesty. , you can get his favor now, and the future is limitless."

"Brother, are you testing me?"

"Hey, where is the temptation, I have nothing to hide from you, come and see these."

Xu Wenzu took the initiative to pull Zheng Fan up to his desk,

"Look at these, these, and these."

"They are all official documents from Xiubaozhai?"

"That's right, the Ministry of Industry sent it to me, and the official documents of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War are below."

"oh."

"Brother seems to have known already?"

Zheng Fan really wanted to ask what he knew, but he still answered in a pretentious way.

"That's right, you must have waited for me at the station in advance that day, just to tell me this."

Zheng Fan continued to ponder and nodded slightly.

Comrade Shenhai, please continue to make up your mind.

"Brother, I came and went in a hurry yesterday. I also saw that you had just woken up, so I didn't have the nerve to talk to you about business. In fact, I was puzzled by the sudden transfer of me to the south to serve as the commander-in-chief. I once thought that the court saw through my disguise and deliberately Transfer me away from Beifeng County.

But it wasn't until I saw these official documents that I realized that this battle might not be won. "

Because there was no reason why the imperial court was preparing to start a war with the Zhenbei Army, but instead began to throw materials and energy into their southern borders and began to build new castles and new cities.

It doesn't make sense to be on guard in advance even if you are worried that the Qian people will make another northern expedition after the outbreak of the Yan civil war, because the Yan people's fortresses and cities were not used for defense in the first place.

The theme of the Yan army has always been to attack, relying on the iron cavalry that the Yan people are most proud of, to crush the enemy on the battlefield, instead of hiding in the fortress and playing a war of attrition with the Qian people.

To put it more realistically, Yan Guo really can't afford this kind of war of attrition.

"The construction of these fortresses and cities is in preparation." Zheng Fan said.

"Yes, this is to prepare for more troops, and to store more food, grass, weapons and other materials."

In fact, when Qin Shihuang first built the Great Wall, he wanted to use it as an outpost to actively attack the Huns, but later generations were a bit useless, and slowly played the Great Wall into a turtle shell. .

"In the official documents of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, I was promised ten garrison positions, and the money and civil servants from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households will also be recruited after the beginning of spring.

These cannot be faked, and they are not really perfunctory. The only thing wrong is that these official documents are not clear. "

It means that these official documents seem to be issued by the Ministry of Military Affairs and other ministries, but in fact, these ministries may not know about it at all.

However, the official documents were signed with the official seal of the Rites Supervisor and Yanhuang's seal, and the channel for sending them was also the way of the secret spy department. This proves that these official documents and instructions came from the Yanhuang, rather than discussing with the court ministers. after the result.

How is this a posture of fighting a civil war?

This **** is clearly preparing to go south!

Zheng Fan took a deep breath, Blind Bei and his guess were finally verified.

Zhenbeihou and Yanhuang are indeed acting.

Zheng Fan turned his head to look at Xu Wenzu, and said:

"Brother, you should do the preparatory work first, and after the beginning of spring, just do things in a down-to-earth manner."

"Is it up to you to teach me? Although I, Xu Wenzu, have a heart for the Zhenbeihou Mansion, I am also a Yan."

Xu Wenzu was obviously dissatisfied with Zheng Fan's reminder.

Internally, he must be on the side of the Zhenbeihou Mansion.

But externally,

He must be on the side of Yan Guo.

This is the difference between a political standpoint and a national standpoint, and the former is inherently subordinate to the latter.

"Actually, to tell you the truth, brother, when the princess sent me to the south, I was actually a little confused."

"Yeah, at first I thought it was the princess who wanted to leave a way out for the Hou Mansion and let you run it first."

"Oh, I didn't expect that." Zheng Fan shook his head and sighed, "Our Marquis really has a broad mind."

"That's natural. By the way, is it because you are close to Jingnanhou?"

"It was our Lord Hou who greeted Jingnan Hou."

"No wonder, no wonder."

Zheng Fan really feels that chatting with Xu Pangpang is so f*cking easy, Xu Pangpang's brain power completely saves him from having to think about making up any reason, he can take the initiative to send it to you.

"Then you took the initiative to go to the country a month ago, too?"

"It's to explore the way." Zheng Fan said seriously, "It's also to find out the reality of the country, and it's the same as what you are doing, brother, and you are also preparing for going south.

Both of us are from the north, and now we have been dispatched to the south. This is a signal. It may not take long, at most half a year, and we will come here to suppress the northern army. "

"Hehe, that must be a matter of raising your spirits."

Xu Wenzu looked very excited after being beaten to the blood of his family's nationalism.

No matter how mature bureaucrats or politicians are, they cannot avoid the temptation to expand their territories.

Everyone wants to be famous in history, everyone wants to be born in a pioneering era,

Who wants to play office politics with a dark face all day long if there is a choice?

"By the way, you assassinated me that day... Oh no, you know the details of your assassination, right?"

"Got it, but I still can't figure out who is going to kill me."

"It's very likely that you are just a pawn, or just a target to fight against another mountain."

"I don't really like that metaphor."

"I can't guess who is going to take you as a target. I can be sure that those assassins really didn't want to kill me."

"Um."

"However, I still cooperated with that Marquis of Jingnan to show our disharmony. After entering Nanwang City, I haven't met that Marquis yet."

"The Marquis of Jingnan should know it well in his heart."

"I hope so, but many times, people's minds actually change, and the position of Marquis Jingnan is actually naturally different from ours."

"Why?"

"Jingnan Hou Tian Wujing, who lives in the Tian family, although the Tian family is not considered the top families in my Dayan, but it can be regarded as the leader among the second-rate families, ranking among the top five families, it may not be in the Tian family's position, but if If there are ten people in line, then the Tian family will definitely be able to secure a seat. Furthermore, the current empress is originally a daughter of the Tian family, and half of the blood of the Tian family will flow through the future prince. It can be said that in terms of Qinggui, the Tian family is undoubtedly the number one family. .

The Beihou Mansion in our town is not very populated, so our Lord Hou only has one son and one daughter. But the Tian family has a big family and a big business, and they are the real big family.

You said, Your Majesty and our Marquis have engaged in such a big battle, but it seems that there will be no real fight in the end, so who is their target? "

Xu Pangpang's political sense shocked Zheng Fan.

On my side, firstly, there are advance spoilers from the Sixth Prince, and secondly, there is a blind man who is analyzing the bug, so I can come to this conclusion, but Xu Wenzu has already begun to see clearly the general trend of the future.

At this time, there seemed to be a wind blowing outside, and the door of the study room began to make a slight friction sound.

Xu Wenzu sighed and said:

"The door of my study is too broken. On the first day I lived in, I wanted to tear it down."

"My lord, I think these things are not something we need to think about."

I used to call my elder brother, but now I call you an adult.

"Brother, I don't need to worry about anything, anyway, I am in the south, and my family has already cut ties with this sect for three generations.

But you are different,

The Marquis of Jingnan is going to Beijing this time, so he really has to..."

Zheng Fan suddenly felt that the weather had cooled down a bit, probably because his body was too weak after being injured.

"A while ago, the Tian family's old man had his 70th birthday, and Jingnan Hou didn't go back to Beijing to celebrate his old man's birthday. This time, it's the empress's birthday, but the imperial court issued a decree to allow Jingnan Hou to come to Beijing to celebrate his birthday.

Although the queen empress has a noble status, in this way of human relations, is there any saying that instead of celebrating the birthday of her own father, she specially celebrates the birthday of her own sister? "

"um, yes."

"But it's okay. Our Marquis is also in the capital. No matter what happens, our Marquis will protect his family. No matter how hard he Jingnanhou and his Tian family make troubles, it has nothing to do with our Zhenbeihoufu. We Lord Hou, it's the best way to protect your weaknesses."

"That is, that is."

Zhenbeihou has never seen me, how can he protect me?

"However, the Jingnan Marquis Zhijun is really up to the task. I searched the file and found no record of the Jingnan army harassing the people in the city after entering the city."

"Maybe it was erased?"

"Words can be erased, but the military discipline of the Jingnan Army is the first among the military troops I have seen in half my life."

"Even our Zhenbei Army can't compare?"

"The Northern Suppressing Army is number one in the discipline of fighting in battle. As for the others, it's not like you haven't seen how ruthlessly our Suppressing Northern Army looted the barbarian tribes in the desert.

The Jingnan Army, after all, saw less blood. "

"Too."

After chatting with Xu Wenzu, Zheng Fan walked out of his study with a box of persimmon cakes in his arms. After meeting Siniang and the others in the backyard, he got into a carriage and left the General Military Mansion.

On the way back, Zheng Fan told Si Niang and the others about his going to Beijing with the Marquis of Jingnan.

Different from Zheng Fan's expected reaction,

Siniang doesn't seem to care about the risk of entering Beijing at all.

Women's interests are always so strange,

Si Niang actually asked directly:

"So, the lord will soon be able to see the little six you miss so much again."