Jingnan Hou’s lunch was a little late, and he didn’t start eating until about 2:30 in the afternoon.
The dishes are not sumptuous and extravagant, but they are also exquisite, with one meat, two vegetables and one soup.
Uncle Zheng divided the chopsticks and sat at the stone table by the pond with Marquis Jingnan to eat.
The previous conversation went too smoothly.
After a few words, it seemed that the princess’s matter had been finalized. Maybe it seemed like a big deal to me. In the eyes of Marquis Jingnan, it was nothing more than a minor conflict between two junior children.
The most important thing is that Zheng Fan’s methods are very clean, leaving no traces. As long as there are no sore feet to scratch, then whether to protect or not is a matter of one sentence, not even a word. Needless to say.
It is not appropriate to accuse Hirano of having no excuses. After all, Prince Hirano is not a soft persimmon now, not to mention that there is Marquis Jingnan standing behind him.
Zheng Fan ate two bowls of rice. When he was eating the second bowl, Tian Wujing took the initiative to put the rice into a meat dish, stirred it casually a few times, and handed it to Zheng Fan.
For his part, he poured the remaining rice into the soup bowl and then pulled in some of the remaining vegetable vegetables.
The two men didn’t lick the plate, but they ate very cleanly, with almost nothing left.
After dinner, some guards came up to clean up the dishes, because Fengxin City looked like a city, and this mansion looked like a marquis mansion, but in fact it was more like a military camp and a military tent. It is not convenient for maids to appear freely in China, so there are no maids here to deliver washbasins or handkerchiefs.
Tian Wujing took water from the pond, squatted there, washed his hands and wiped his mouth.
Uncle Zheng also followed suit, squatting next to him and washing his hands.
Walks his hand,
Tian Wujing raised his head and looked at the sky,
said:
"It's going to rain."
Zheng Fan nodded and said, "Yes."
Although it was likely to rain, Tian Wujing still walked out of the Hou Mansion, and Zheng Fan naturally followed.
Jingnan Hou walking in Fengxin City is just like Uncle Zheng walking in Snow Customs. There are soldiers loyal to him around him, so there is no need to worry too much about safety.
At the same time, Marquis Jingnan’s own strength is also displayed here. For most assassins in this world, 99% of their efforts are probably how to penetrate the peripheral vigilance and defense to reach the assassination target. ;
But in Tian Wujing's case, it's the other way around, because even if you try your best and have great luck, you can escape the Jingnan Army's patrol and finally arrive in front of Tian Wujing, Only then will you experience what true difficulty is.
Xu knew that his Marquis wanted to go alone, so there were no soldiers following him closely. However, Zheng Fan still noticed that there was still a group of personal guards moving around, but they would only keep their distance. Follow closely and will not step forward unless there are special circumstances.
The soldier at the door also gave Zheng Fan an umbrella.
Not far out of the Hou Mansion, there was a sky in the sky.It started to rain, and Zheng Fan held up an umbrella to cover himself and Tian Wujing.
The rain in summer will make people feel sticky, while the rain in early winter will make people feel chilly. Moreover, Fengxin City has experienced several wars, and there are no fireworks scenes. Walking on a street like this It's really hard to find any tranquility and flavor here.
Zheng Fan didn’t know where Tian Wujing was going, and he didn’t need to know, he just had to follow.
To take a step back,
It is not easy to see Lao Tian once,
It is appropriate to simply accompany Lao Tian for a walk.
Half of Fengxin City is a military camp, while the other half looks quite dilapidated and not crowded.
As Tian Wujing walked further and further into the countryside, Zheng Fan said:
"Master Hou, Fengxin is actually a good place here."
Although the Situ Yi brothers were expelled from Yupan City by the Chu people, they obviously chose Fengxin carefully. They would not go to a bad place in a remote area.
The implication is that it is a pity that Fengxin City is so desolate. Now that the overall situation is difficult, we should vigorously develop production to save ourselves.
Tian Wujing said calmly: "Once the Chu people start a full-scale war, Fengxin will inevitably become the front line and will probably be besieged by the Chu army."
Tian Wujing also It was explained that the State of Chu was like a centipede insect but not stiff. Although the tens of thousands of Chu troops who had been massacred in Yupan City were elite troops of the State of Chu, the State of Chu was a big country after all. This loss would not be a real loss. The Chu people will definitely send more troops and horses next time they go to war. What the Yan State is good at is cavalry warfare. Cavalry warfare also needs a strategic support point to rely on. Fengxin City will most likely be used as a A nail on the chessboard.
So even if you manage it now, it will be in vain when the Chu army besieges the city. It will even become an additional burden after absorbing too many non-military people.
"Yes, I finally understand."
"Your Snow Customs can continue to operate well. The Chu people are now in control of Zhennanguan. Once the war starts, they will take the initiative in the early stage." Among the Chu people, but with this prince in charge of Fengxin, the Chu people would not dare to send troops to attack your Xuehaiguan."
This is very confident. However, Jingnan Hou is indeed. I have the capital to say this.
As long as the head coach of the Chu army on the opposite side has not been kicked by a donkey, he will not dare to divide his troops to attack Xueguan when playing chess with the Marquis of Jingnan. Chu and Ganren have a similar problem. That is to say, the Chu people do not have many cavalry, and Xuehuan is a large pass. Especially after the renovation, according to the current strength, population, and war mobilization of Xuehuan, the Chu people cannot attack even a hundred thousand troops. it.
"Yes, the general will understand."
"The situation is not good, but it is not bad either. Anyway, the eastern half of the Situ family has been destroyed long ago. Continue If the fight continues, there won't be much loss.
It's just that Qian Chu works together.After all, you have to find a way to break the situation. "
"It would be great if we could capture Zhennanguan. "Zheng Fan said.
To capture Zhennanguan, completely restore the border line when the Situ family faced the Chu State, isolate the threat of the Chu people, defend a point and defend a face, the former is obviously The cost and difficulty are both smaller.
“If you don’t have enough confidence, it’s better not to act like this. After all, siege is different from the roundabout interspersion of cavalry. The former involves more, and it’s easy to put the chips on the table. It will be difficult to come down easily. "
Speaking of this, Tian Wujing said again:
"Besides, having Chu people calling in my ears from time to time will save me from boredom and loneliness. ”
The corners of Zheng Fan’s mouth twitched subconsciously, but he could hear the meaning of raising the bandits’ self-respect from these words.
I don’t know that this was Tian Wujing’s intention. , or because he was forced by the situation, this was just a way of comforting himself.
Tian Wujing walked to the door of an ancestral hall and stopped.
The plaque in the ancestral hall fell. On the ground, it was broken into many pieces. It was obviously destroyed on purpose. The inner mess could be seen in the dilapidated threshold.
“This was originally an ancestral hall for an official family in Fengxin City. The two Situ Yi brothers came here and removed all the spiritual offerings in this ancestral hall and replaced them with the ancestral temple of their Situ family. ”
“Ancestral temple? On the contrary, although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. "Zheng Fan teased.
"I thought you would say this was retribution. "Tian Wujing said.
"Master Hou, I don't believe this. ”
Tian Wujing nodded and walked in.
Zheng Fan didn’t know that Marquis Jingnan was going to take him here. He originally thought that Marquis Jingnan would take him here. Taking him to the princess, even if he said that he would not give her an explanation, he would still go through the motions and say that there was nothing he could do for the time being.
But it was obvious that once Jingnan Houlian decided whether to do something or not. I have no interest in covering up, otherwise two eunuchs who announced the decree would not have crashed to death at the gate of the Marquis Mansion in Litian City.
The ancestral hall was very messy, and a Buddha statue in the main hall had already disappeared. The altar table fell off and leaned against the wall.
The Buddha statue was carved from wood, but it was already cracked and there were obvious signs of mold in some places.
The Buddha statue was carved from wood. It also needs people to take care of it. After a long time, no one will clean it up, and it will "age" quickly.
Tian Wujing pointed at the wooden Buddha statue and said to Zheng Fan:
p>
“What do you think of him? "
Zheng Fan pondered for a moment,
and said:
"In the eyes of believers, he is a Buddha, in the eyes of craftsmen, he is a living person, and in the eyes of businessmen, he is a commodity. ;
In my eyes, he is just a piece of rotten wood now. ”
“Wonderful, wonderful! "
As soon as Zheng Fan finished speaking, an old man walked out from behind the ancestral hall, and behind the old man, a strong man walked out.
This strong man is as tall as Fan Li. He has two rings in his nostrils and is as strong as an ox.
The old man appears to be much shorter in stature. As the old man is older, it is easy for his figure to shrink back, and he is less than a head taller than Xue San.
"Your Majesty, is this Uncle Hirano?" The old man pointed at Zheng Fan and asked Tian Wujing.
"It's him."
"Oh, country boy, I have seen Uncle Pingye, Uncle Pingye Fukang."
The old man saluted Zheng Fan , Zheng Fan's eyes narrowed and he didn't return the greeting.
Because the magic pill was not on him and the demon kings were not around, one or two strangers suddenly appeared, and Uncle Zheng was instinctively nervous.
But soon, Zheng Fan calmed down. No matter what, Marquis Jingnan stood by his side.
The old man did not feel that Zheng Fan’s behavior was rude. Instead, he said with a complacent smile:
“Let me introduce myself, my surname is Zeng and my given name is Shulang. The head of Tianji Pavilion."
"Tianji Pavilion?"
"Oh, it seems Uncle Hirano has heard of me, hehe."
"You guys. The person who once assassinated me."
"..."Zeng Shulang.
At the inn outside Yin City, Zheng Fan was attacked and killed by the spider woman from Tianji Pavilion in Jindi. Xu Wenzu was also there at that time.
However, the head of the Tianji Pavilion was also a master who had seen the wind and waves. After a little embarrassment, he turned around and said:
"As the saying goes, there is no acquaintance without fighting. Uncle Hirano, please forgive me for my mistakes in the past. Now my Tianji Pavilion has been blown away by the rain and the wind, and there are not many people left."
The battle to destroy Jin was fierce. Among them, sects such as Tianji Pavilion, which had been standing in Jin for hundreds of years, have finally suffered great damage, and now they are just hanging on.
But what Zheng Fan didn't quite understand was why Marquis Jingnan wanted to bring him here to see this old man.
Tian Wujing found a place and sat down, seemingly not intending to participate in the conversation.
Zheng Fan’s mind began to spin rapidly.
I have to say that
Every time he stood next to Jingnan Hou, Uncle Zheng’s brain often thought faster. He was able to perform at an extraordinary level, firstly because he was under a lot of pressure around Jingnanhou, and secondly because he was indeed Jingnanhou’s student.
So,
Zheng Fan pointed at himself,
then pointed at Old Man Zeng,
and said:
"Do you want to come to me... Dayan?"
"Jin Zuo has ended, Ji Dai Yu Xing, the way of heaven is like this, how can I, Tianji Pavilion, dare to go against the trend?"
"Hey, you old man talks pretty well."
It is similar to the parallelism he used to compare with rotten wood.
It is obviously a simple nonsense, but it must be deliberately made into something serious.
Old man ZengSeeing that Zheng Fan actually dared to speak so relaxedly in front of Tian Wujing, he couldn't help but feel a little shocked, but he quickly smiled and said:
"Make my uncle laugh."
< p>Zheng Fan knew what was going on and said to the old man:"Come back to Xue Customs with me later."
The old man knelt down immediately.
p>Kowtowed to Zheng Fan:
"Thank you, Uncle Pingye, for taking me in!"
"How many people do you have under your sect?" Zheng Fan asked.
"If I return to my uncle, there are dozens of people."
"Can they all be the same as that spider woman?"
The spider woman from last time , it can be said that it left a very deep impression on Uncle Zheng.
"Uncle, that is the protector in my pavilion. However, due to the changes in the past two years, the protectors in my pavilion have been basically destroyed. Now only some craftsmen are left to pass on it."
"Okay, take your time, you can always recover in the future."
"Thank you, uncle."
Zheng Fan hesitated, trying to find something on himself As a token, he has a jade pendant on his body, but this thing is just for fun, and he usually doesn't pay attention to it. Even the devil kings don't care about it.
Simply, Zheng Fan took out his Zhonghua brand iron box, pulled out a "soft Zhonghua" stick from it, and handed it to Old Man Zeng.
Old man Zeng took the cigarette, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, and said with some confusion:
"Tobacco?"
"Take this as a token. You can gather your men and either wait outside the city for me to come over when I leave, or you can take the people to Xue Customs first."
Old man Zeng put down the cigarettes very solemnly. He cupped his hands and said:
"I understand, villain."
At this time,
Tian Wujing said:
"That's it. ."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I'm sorry."
Old man Zeng turned around and left, and the tall man followed him. Zheng Fan noticed some subtleties and guessed. This tall man should not be a living person but a puppet.
To put it bluntly, if someone else’s ambition destroys one’s own prestige, if one were to face this old man Zeng in the wild, it would be hard to say whether he could survive;
But he is here In front of Tian Wujing, he was an out-and-out grandson, his posture as low as possible.
After Old Man Zeng left the ancestral hall with his puppet,
Zheng Fan bowed to Tian Wujing very solemnly,
“Okay, don’t bother. "I'm done."
Zheng Fan hadn't said his thanks yet, so he could only smile.
Previously, when I came here, I wanted to donate my master dwarf craftsmen to Marquis Jingnan. However, Marquis Jingnan had already prepared a group of master craftsmen to send back to him. .
As for why we have to go to such a remote place to hand over, there are also considerations, such as Tianji PavilionEven if the sect has fallen into decline, it cannot be taken lightly as it was once a prestigious sect in the Jin Dynasty.
Logically speaking, if they wanted to seek refuge with the imperial court, they should also seek refuge with Emperor Yan and be absorbed by the Secret Service.
So, these things can only be handed over in the dark side. Once they see the light, it will be unfair to try to dig them out.
Even if you submit a memorial to the imperial court to apply for an application, can it still be authentic after being handled by the Secret Service or the Imperial Ministry of Industry?
Tian Wujing didn’t want to listen to Zheng Fan’s good words.
He just stretched out his hand and pointed at the Buddha statue again,
said:
"Qian and Chu are actually the same as this Buddha statue. They look solemn but are actually rotten. It's a pity that our Yan cavalry is blocked by the three sides of the Qian Kingdom and the Chu Nanguan Pass.
You I have always studied the methods of siege. I give these people to you. You can use them with confidence. Make preparations first, and then use them when the war really starts.
My country, Dayan, is indeed powerful. Weary, but it doesn’t mean we can’t fight, and it doesn’t mean we can’t afford to fight. If we can knock down Zhennanguan in one go and drive the army commander into Chu, there will be no need to say that our national strength is exhausted.”
The shorter the war lasts, the smaller the loss of logistics and national strength will be. It is not that Yan cannot fight, but it cannot afford to consume.
"The last general understands."
"When there are no outsiders, don't call yourself the last general."
"Yes, brother."
“…………”
The Marquis of Jingnan was also a little stunned for a moment.
Immediately,
Jingnan Hou nodded.
Zheng Fan is explaining what it means to be pervasive.
"Haha."
Zheng Fan laughed first and sat down facing Jingnanhou.
"On the front line of Zhennanguan, Xue Rang's troops and horses, including the royal imperial guards of the Chu people, add up to 200,000."
Zheng Fan heard this and agreed: "What a big plate of hard food."
"Zhennanguan won't be taken down for a while, and I don't plan to order other troops to be mobilized to Fengxin City this year."
"Huh?" Zheng Fan heard something in Jingnanhou's words.
"But we can't keep watching the Chu people being so noisy and coming and going without reciprocating. If you don't bring Qian Yatou this time, I also plan to call you over to talk about it. "
"Just as the Marquis ordered."
"The Wangjiang River flows southward from the Tianduan Mountains, flows along the mountains, and finally merges into the Chu Land.
p>In fact, you don’t have to go through Zhennanguan to enter Chu.”
“But other places are not suitable for large armies to enter.” Zheng Fan said.
The entire Jin region is actually like a large basin, and the plains connected to the outside are guarded by various passes.
"Take a small group of soldiers and horses, infiltrate them, and give the Chu people a little color." Tian Wujing said.
Uncle Zheng reacted immediately,
immediately said:
"My subordinates feel that Commander-in-Chief Ren Juan, who uses troops like a god, is worthy of this position!"
Tian Wujing looked at Zheng Fan.
"No, I said, Mr. Marquis, this..."
"I think back then, Uncle Zheng dared to attack Mianzhou City with three hundred barbarians. How can you do it all of a sudden now?" Are you okay?"
"Master Hou, I was barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, but now I am..."
"I have become famous?"
"I..."
"You give it a try. You don't have to do anything to lead a thousand riders in. Even if you just go in and wander around to let the Chu people calm down, that's it." Okay, it’s the same as last time. I won’t give you specific military orders. You just have to adapt to the situation.”
“Master Hou, I think this matter needs to be discussed in the long term and give your subordinates some time.” "If it doesn't work this year, then next year. If it doesn't work next year, then next year. If it doesn't work next year, then next year. At the latest, my subordinates can definitely help you capture Zhennan Pass."
Tian Wujing nodded.
Zheng Fan let out a long sigh of relief.
"Setting out in the first lunar month is a good time to pay my New Year's greetings to the regent of Chu on my behalf."
"..." Zheng Fan.