Chapter 117 Entering Beijing

"Sit down, drink tea."

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

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

"The Longjing produced in Qian Kingdom is top quality."

Zheng Fan shook his head and said:

"Master Hou, it is easy to drink tea right after dinner." It hurts the stomach."

"Oh, really?"

Jingnan Hou put down the teacup in his hand and said:

"Since you have joined the army, you still care about maintaining your health?"

"Returning to the Marquis, I joined the army to expand the territory of Yan, and to maintain health is to expand the territory and expand the territory. Can you see more of the prosperity of my country?"

"I will grind it for you."

"I will obey my orders."

"I will do it for you. Wei Zhonghe wrote a letter, the Director of Ceremonies lacks talents like you."

"..." Zheng Fan.

Looking at Zheng Fan’s embarrassment, Marquis Jingnan waved his hand and said:

“Sit down, it’s okay. Being able to speak nice words is also a skill. Besides, In terms of your horsemanship and your ability to lead troops, you, Zheng Shoubei, are no worse than anyone else."

"I'm so impressed. I still have a lot to learn from you, Mr. Hou."

"Chen Daxia, a knight-errant swordsman in the Qian Kingdom. It is rumored in the world that he was born with a sword. He taught himself how to practice swordsmanship. When he became an adult, he visited the Jin Kingdom Sword Pavilion and visited the Chu Kingdom Daze Sword Tomb.

His own cultivation level is probably above the sixth level. After taking you hostage, this person went straight to Cuiliu Fort, but was repulsed by the barbarian cavalry in your fort.

I am very curious about him. , why do I want to go to Cuiliu Fort with you?"

"Master Hou, my subordinates have investigated this matter clearly and reported it to the Secret Intelligence Department yesterday."

"This is the case. After reading it, I am puzzled that he actually accompanied you to Cuiliu Castle without killing you."

Zheng Fan hesitated,

answered. Said:

"As for the Marquis, he is stupid."

"What's the explanation?"

Zheng Fan pointed at his forehead,

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Tao:

"That hero, there is a problem here."

"You don't understand the world, are you naive?"

"Master Hou Hit the nail on the head."

Zheng Fan, who learns the art of flattery from the blind man and the others every day, is often so familiar with it when he really needs to use it.

"It seems that he is really a swordsman."

"Yes, Lord Marquis, otherwise I would not be able to see Lord Marquis today."

"I know, the Sixth Prince has arranged a contact in Beizubao Village."

Jingnan Hou He wasn't very sensitive about this, so Zheng Fan said it openly, and Marquis Jingnan listened as if it was nothing.

"You and Xu WenzuIsn’t the relationship between the two in Hutou City the same as that of fire and water? ”

“We are strangers in a foreign land. When someone comes from my hometown, I want to welcome them. "

"We are strangers in a foreign land. This sounds good, but I don't believe it. "

"The Marquis is wise. When I heard that Mr. Xu had become my immediate boss, I was so frightened that I hurried to the inn in advance to wait to apologize. "

"Haha, okay, I will go to Beijing with you in three days. You can go back and cultivate yourself. ”

“I humbly obey my orders!” ”

“By the way, I’ll give Xu Wenzu another message. Three days later, on the day I enter Beijing, the Jingnan Army will withdraw from Nanwang City. ”

“I understand. "

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

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

"Thank you, Sister Dujuan, for reminding me. "

Cuckoo returned to the house,

"He left? ”

“Let’s go, Lord Marquis. ”

“Yeah. "

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

"Are you giving him eye drops? "

"Sir, although the slave family has followed you, the slave family cannot be a female celebrity. What the slave family can do is only the skills learned from the secret agent. "

Jingnanhou picked up the teacup,

took a sip of tea,

slowly said:

"A pool of stagnant water. Naturally pure and clear; big rivers do not reject sediment. ”

……

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

General The military mansion is still the same as the general military mansion. Many people died just over a month ago, but Xu Wenzu still named him to move in.

Perhaps, what Xu Wenzu wanted was to convey his love in this way. Attitude, but it is clear from the deserted entrance of the General Military Mansion that the real talker in this city now is the Marquis.

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

After Zheng Fan arrived, Xu Wenzu immediately invited Zheng Fan to come in.

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

Xu Wenzu didn’t call for tea, but closed the door hard, and then put the table down. He lifted up the inkstone and other objects on the table and smashed them to the ground.

He shouted three times:

“This is unreasonable! How unreasonable! How unreasonable! ”

Zheng Fan stood aside silently, watching Xu Wenzu act.

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

“Eat, I brought this from the north. ”

The persimmon cake is also covered with honey.sugar.

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

"The Marquis of Jingnan asked me to bring you a message, Your Excellency."

"Tell me, Jingnan Marquis, what are your orders?"

"Ahem..."

Zheng Fan coughed a few times, but without being polite, he asked Zhang The chair sat down. Xu Wenzu knew that he was injured, so he took the initiative to pull a chair over and sat down next to Zheng Fan.

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

"Huh..." Xu Wenzu said Breathe a sigh of relief.

Obviously, this sentence relieved him of a lot of pressure.

The previous one died inexplicably, and there was an assassination incident at the funeral. He was also robbed and killed on his way to his post. After entering Nanwang City, everything in the city was decided by the Marquis of Jingnan. He The commander-in-chief is just a decoration.

Now, after the Jingnan Army withdraws from Nanwang City, he can finally take back part of his own authority.

"In addition, the Marquis said he would take me to Beijing with him."

"Take you to Beijing with me?"

"Yes."

"Beijing is a place of right and wrong right now. Above the court, there is war and peace. There is a lot of trouble. You are just a guard, but you have caused so many troubles. After entering the capital, someone will definitely look for you. You're in trouble."

Zaifu's alma mater was destroyed by him, so how could this be such a big trouble?

"It's alright. Since Marquis Jingnan wants to take me to Beijing with him, there's no way he can watch me get killed by them."

"You kid."

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

Yesterday, after Xu Wenzu learned about Zheng Fan's awakening, he went to Cuiliu Fort and knelt down to Zheng Fan. After kneeling down, the two agreed to call each other "brothers" from now on.

So, Zheng Fan can now relax a little in front of Comrade Shenhai.

This is Nanwang City, not Hutou City after all.

To put it nicely, my revolutionary friendship with Comrade Shenhai has been further deepened. To put it more realistically, Xu Wenzu is no longer the one who can defeat the county magistrate in Hutou City with one word. After asking for help, although the official position is greater, the right to speak is much smaller.

Furthermore, he, Zheng Fan, also boarded the Marquis of Jingnan’s boat.

“Because the Marquis of Jingnan is not hereditary, his background is indeed much different from that of our Zhenbei Marquis Mansion. However, this generation of Marquis of Jingnan is the younger brother of the Queen and the relative of the future Crown Prince. Uncle, I am more appreciated by His Majesty. The favor you can gain from him now is limitless."

"Brother, are you testing me?"

"Hey, this is not a 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, thisSome, and these. ”

“Are they all official documents for building a fortress?” "

"Yes, the Ministry of Works sent me the official documents from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War below. "

"Oh. "

"It seems that I already knew this? "

Zheng Fan really wanted to ask what he knew, but he still responded thoughtfully.

"That's right. You must have come to the inn early to wait for me that day, just to Tell me this. "

Zheng Fan continued to ponder and nodded slightly.

Comrade Shenhai, please continue your thoughts.

"Yesterday it was my brother who came and went in a hurry. Seeing that you have just woken up, I am too embarrassed to talk to you about official matters. In fact, I was originally wondering about the sudden transfer to the south as the chief military officer. I thought for a while that the imperial court saw through my disguise and deliberately transferred me away from Beifeng County.

But it wasn’t until I saw these official documents that I realized that this battle would probably not be fought. ”

Because there was no reason why the imperial court was preparing to go to war with the Zhenbei Army, but it began to waste materials and energy on its southern border and began to build a new city in Xinbaozhai.

Even if it is worried about Yan After the civil war broke out, it was completely unreasonable for the Qian people to take precautions in advance when they wanted to make a profit, because the fortresses and cities of the Yan people were not originally used for defense.

The theme of the Yan army. , has always been offensive, relying on the iron cavalry that the Yan people are most proud of, overwhelming the enemy on the battlefield, instead of huddled in the fort and playing a war of attrition with the Qian people.

To be more realistic, The State of Yan really cannot afford this kind of war of attrition.

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

"Yes, this is to prepare for more armies and to reserve more grain, grass, weapons and other supplies. ”

Actually, when Qin Shihuang first built things like the Great Wall, he wanted to use it as an outpost to actively attack the Xiongnu. Slowly, I turned into a tortoise shell.

"The official documents from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War promised me ten garrison positions, and I will be appointed as a civil servant by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs after the beginning of spring. come over.

These cannot be faked, and they are not really done perfunctorily. The only problem is that these official documents are not clearly written. ”

The lack of explicit intent means that these official documents seem to be issued by the Ministry of War and Household Affairs and other ministries and yamen, but in fact, these ministries and yamen may not know about this at all.

However, the official documents are signed with the official seal of the Director of Ceremonies and the Yan Emperor’s seal. In addition, the delivery channel is also the secret spy department. This proves that these official documents and instructions come from the Yan Emperor. It is not the result of discussions with the court ministers.

This is not a civil war posture.

This guy is clearly preparing to go south!

Zheng Fan took a deep breath, and Blind Beihe's guess was finally verified.

Zhenbei Hou and Yan Huang are indeed acting.

Zheng Fan turned to look at Xu Wenzu and said:

"Brother, make preparations first, and then get down to business after spring starts."

"Do you still need to teach me? Although I, Xu Wenzu, love Zhenbei Hou Mansion, I am also a Yan person."

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

Internally, he must be on the side of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.

But externally,

he is definitely on the side of Yan.

This is the difference between political stance and national stance, and the former should be inherently subordinate to the latter.

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

"Yes, at first I thought The princess wants to leave a way out for the Marquis Mansion and let you run it first." "Oh, I didn't expect it," Zheng Fan shook his head and sighed, "Our Lord Marquis is really broad-minded. ."

"That's natural. By the way, is it because you approached Marquis Jingnan?"

"It was our Lord Marquis who said hello to Marquis Jingnan. ”

“No wonder, no wonder”

Zheng Fan really felt that it was so easy to chat with Xu Pangpang. Make up any reason and he can offer it to you.

"Then you took the initiative to go to Qian Country a month ago?"

"It was to explore the road." Zheng Fan said seriously, "It was also to feel out the reality of Qian Country. Just like what you are doing, brother, we are also preparing to go south.

We are both from the north, and now we have been sent to the south. This is a signal that it may not take long. , in at least half a year, our Zhenbei Army will probably be here."

"Haha, that will be a great boost."

No matter how mature a bureaucrat or politician is, they cannot avoid the temptation to expand their territories.

Everyone wants to leave a mark in history, and everyone wants to be born in a pioneering era.

If given the choice, who would be willing to play office politics with a sullen face all day long? Woolen cloth?

"By the way, that day when I was assassinated...oh no, you know some details about the assassination of you, right?"

"I know, but I still want to I don’t know who wants to kill me.”

“This is Xiang Zhuang’s sword dance aimed at Pei Gong. You are just a chess piece, or just a target to fight against.”

"I don't like this metaphor very much."

"I can't guess who wants to target you. I'm sure that those assassins really don't want to kill me."< /p>

"Yes."

"However, I still cooperate with the Marquis of Jingnan to take usThe feeling of disharmony came to light. After entering Nanwang City, I had not yet seen the Marquis. ”

“Jingnan Marquis should be aware of it. ”

“I hope so, but many times, people’s minds will actually change, and Marquis Jingnan’s position is naturally different from ours. "

"Why? ”

“Jingnan Houtian Wujing is from the Tian family. Although the Tian family is not among the top families in our country, it can be regarded as the leader among the second-rate families, ranking among the five top families. It is estimated that there is no place for the Tian family, but if there are ten people, then the Tian family will definitely have a seat. Moreover, the current queen is originally a daughter of the Tian family, and the future prince also has half of the Tian family blood. It can be said that in terms of nobleness, the Tian family , it is definitely the first one.

Our town, the Beihou Mansion, is not very populated, and we, the Marquis, only have one son and one daughter. But the Tian family is a big family and a real powerful family.

You said, His Majesty and our Marquis have engaged in such a big battle, but it doesn’t look like they will really fight. So who is their target? ”

Xu Pangpang’s political acumen shocked Zheng Fan.

Firstly, there were spoilers about the Sixth Prince in advance, and secondly, there was a blind man analyzing the bug. , but Xu Wenzu had already begun to see clearly the future development direction.

At this time, it seemed that the wind was 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 moved in, I wanted to tear it down. "

"Sir, I don't think these things need to be thought about. "

I used to call me brother, but now I call you sir.

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

But you are different.

Jingnan Hou comes to Beijing this time. He really has to..."

Zheng Fan suddenly felt that the weather The temperature has cooled down a bit, probably because I was too weak after being injured.

“It was the Tian family’s 70th birthday a while ago, and the Marquis of Jingnan didn’t even go back to Beijing to celebrate his birthday with him. This time. It was the Queen's birthday, but the imperial court issued a decree allowing the Marquis of Jingnan to come to Beijing to celebrate her birthday.

Although the empress has a noble status, in terms of human ethics, is there any saying that instead of congratulating one’s own father on his birthday, one should specifically congratulate one’s own sister on her birthday? ”

“Well...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 much trouble he makes with the Marquis of Jingnan and the Tian family, it will still be the same as the Marquis of Jingnan and the Tian family. Our Zhenbei Hou Mansion has nothing to do with it. We, the Marquis, are the ones who protect our shortcomings the most. ”

“That is, that is. "

The Marquis of Zhenbei has never seen me, how can he protect me?

"But the Marquis of Jingnan is really good at running the army. I checked the files and found no evidence of the Jingnan Army. After entering the cityRecords of harassing the people in the city. "

"Maybe it was erased? "

"The words can be erased, but the military discipline of the Jingnan Army is undoubtedly the best among the military disciplines I have seen in half my life. "

"Can't even compare to our Zhenbei Army? ”

“Our Zhenbei Army ranks first in the discipline of fighting in battle formations. As for the rest, it’s not like you haven’t seen how ruthlessly our Zhenbei Army plundered the desert barbarian tribes.”

This Jingnan Army has seen less blood after all. ”

“Yes. ”

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 on the carriage and left the General Military Mansion.

The reaction was different from what Zheng Fan expected.

Si Niang. My mother didn’t seem to care about the risks of entering Beijing at all.

Women’s interests are always so strange.

My mother actually asked directly:

“So Said, Your Majesty, you will soon be able to see your beloved Xiaoliuzi again. ”