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Jing Wen, Sima Rui's nickname. He and Director Wang had a childhood friendship. They were born in the same year. When their love was strong and they were drunk, they made a wish to die on the same day. After they moved south, Director Wang no longer called him by his nickname. They all call you the king.

But at this time, Sima Rui could no longer notice his disrespect. He grabbed his hand and asked, "Do you want to go back to Langya?"

Tears rolled down Director Wang's eyes, and he sobbed: "I would rather be a stranger to the king than become an enemy of Jing Wen. Returning to my hometown and living in seclusion is the best way to go."

Historically, Director Wang would not have stayed in Jiankang all this time if the war in the north had not left him homeless and he was jealous of King Langya and forced by Wang Dun. In the end, his best friend and confidant became an enemy. As strangers, King Langya died in depression. Although he supported King Langya's son to ascend to the throne and realized the future he and King Langya had envisioned to a certain extent, when he finally died, he did not regret it.

Sima Rui is an emotional person. Seeing Director Wang crying like this, he couldn't help crying. He held Director Wang's hand tightly and choked up: "Why is this? Why is this?"

The two of them cried at each other for a long time.

Director Wang wiped away his tears and said: "Your Majesty, I dare not hide it from you. It is impossible to counterattack Jiangbei from the south of the Yangtze River. It is better to take the initiative and return to Luoyang to unify the world."

King Langya looked embarrassed and asked: "What if I don't attack Jiangbei, but instead divide the river with Zhao Hanzhang and rule it?"

Director Wang shook his head, "Zhao Hanzhang won't allow it. Now she has a ready excuse. Although the Jingzhou grain tax case was committed by Chu Zhong, you can't ask him about his crime. Everyone in the world will think that you ordered him to do it. She can use the name of the imperial court to send troops to Jiangnan."

King Langya gritted his teeth and said: "Then if I respect Luoyang as my master, can I take over Jiangnan alone like Chengguo?"

Director Wang was silent for a while but still shook his head.

King Langya was puzzled, "Why not?"

At this time, Jiangnan was not yet a land of plenty for later generations. Its development lagged behind, and its craftsmanship and cultural economy were far inferior to those of the Central Plains during peacetime. In the eyes of the Central Plains people, the land of Wu and Yue was only one point behind the barbarians.

At least in King Langya's mind, Yangzhou's status was far inferior to that of Xuzhou, but Xuzhou had already been passed over by Zhao Hanzhang. When he returned, he could only occupy a fiefdom in Langya County at most.

He wanted to use the entire Yangzhou as a fiefdom. If possible, he could eventually rely on Yangzhou to look at Guangzhou and realize his wish to rule across the river.

Director Wang said: "In the past, maybe we could talk about it or delay it for a few years, but that's not possible now."

King Langya looked confused.

Director Wang told the story about Yuan Li's activities in the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, his private residence in the south of the Yangtze River was broken into and he was captured by Wang Dun.

"Zhao Hanzhang is kind, but he also protects his shortcomings. If he learns about this, he will not let it go."

King Langya was stunned and stammered: "Chilong has always been in contact with Xizuo from Jiangbei?"

Director Wang did not hide anything and nodded: "I want to use their help to return home. They are also happy to separate me from the king and make the king lose my arm, so even if I don't want to work for Zhao Hanzhang, they are willing to help me. "

King Langya:......

Director Wang urged him, "Your Majesty, you need to make a decision early. Zhao Hanzhang has a skill that can transmit messages thousands of miles away. She will know what happened in Jiankang City today at the latest tomorrow."

Zhao Hanzhang has been strictly protecting the radio station and keeping its secrets secret, but with so many people knowing about it and so many using it, it is impossible for all the news to leak out.

Therefore, although Director Wang and King Langya had never seen the so-called artifact, they knew that they did have a method of rapid communication.

Occasionally, I will wonder if there really is such a thing in the world. The suspicion is that Zhao Hanzhang is here to spread the doubt.

At this time, King Langya couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, but he quickly suppressed such doubts and thought seriously, "Wang Dun did this. If I hand over Wang Dun..."

Director Wang: "Can your Majesty win the first prize?"

King Langya choked and paused before saying: "I am willing to take him down with General Zhao."

Director Wang: "In this way, the Zhao Jiajun will have an excuse to enter Yangzhou. When the time comes, can you still stop the Zhao Jiajun? If you can't stop it, the current situation in Jiangnan will change. Since they are all returning, why don't you take the initiative and save face? It looks better up there too.”

Jiangnan cannot be saved anyway.

But this was such a failure.

King Langya felt very uncomfortable in his heart

Director Wang couldn't persuade him, so he had to stand up and say goodbye.

King Langya stopped him and said, "It's getting late. Mao Hong should stay in the palace first."

Director Wang raised his head and glanced at the bright sunlight, his lips trembled slightly, and he bowed in silence.

Director Wang was left in the palace, and Wang Gong was still imprisoned. Wang Bin then sent Wang Dun's men away. Seeing this, he quietly left Jiankang with the interested tribesmen and went to Wang Dun.

But most of the Wang clan members were unwilling to leave, let alone join Wang Dun.

Director Wang's cousin Wang Can led the remaining twenty or so nephews to kneel outside the palace gate to plead guilty, hoping that King Langya would release Director Wang, and also asked Zhou Wei for help in interceding.

Zhou Wei did not answer him, but let him leave with an indifferent expression, then hurried into the palace and said to King Langya: "Your Majesty, Director Wang has always been loyal and will never rebel. He is not an arrogant and disrespectful person like Wang Dun. "

King Langya sighed: "I know, I kept him in the palace to tell Zhao Hanzhang that I have no intention of becoming an enemy of Jiangbei, and I have no knowledge of Yuan Li's case."

Zhou Wei said: "Then you should not alienate Director Wang. Yuan Li had close contacts with Director Wang when he was in Jiankang. If you do this, won't Zhao Hanzhang be suspicious?"

King Langya looked at Zhou Yi with resentment, "So, does Boren know that Yuan Li is active in Jiankang City?"

Zhou Wei said: "Except for Liu Wei and a few people, who in the city doesn't know?"

King Langya was heartbroken when he heard this.

Does this mean the situation is over?

Before he could hesitate to come up with a result, Liu Kun arrived.

They were separated by a river, and if it wasn't for the purpose of bringing a gift to King Langya, he would have arrived long ago.

Lu Yushi and others received Liu Kun earlier than Langya King's people. As soon as the two sides met, Lu Yushi immediately said: "General Yuan was captured by Wang Dun. Please ask Liu Jushi to urge Langya King to bring the general back alive." Yes, no matter what means he uses, he must get the person back."

If he didn't push hard, King Langya would be undecided.

As for what will happen to Yuan Li after the persecution, Lu Yushi can't care about it for the time being, but this is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Liu Kun was shocked at first, "Why is Yuan Li here?"

Then he got angry and said, "What is Wang Dun going to do? Although Yuan Li is a villain, he is also an official of the imperial court. He has already acted recklessly once, is he going to murder officials this time?"

Lu Yushi: "...King Langya is a gentle man. I would like to ask Governor Liu to advise King Langya. If he does not have enough troops and cannot capture Wang Dun, the general can help him."

Quickly agree with them to send troops to capture Wang Dun.

Liu Kun didn't understand the deeper meaning for a moment, so he thought his proposal was okay, nodded in agreement, and then immediately followed the officials from Jiankang City into the palace, oh, no, into the palace to see King Langya.

When he walked to the gate, he looked up at the plaque and said to the officials around him, "I heard people outside calling this palace, which shows that this is a false rumor. The plaque reads "Prince's Palace", which shows that the king has never forgotten his duty."

What else could the receptionist say besides nodding?

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