"Only Mr. Cui called me over?" When he walked out of the tent, the sky became darker, and the rustling snow fell, making him tremble. Su Ziji looked at the sky and asked the soldiers directly.
The soldier did not dare to say anything more this time and only replied with one word: "Yes."
"Okay, I understand." It seemed that Cui Zhaoquan had something to ask himself alone and needed to avoid Eunuch Zhao.
Although the two imperial envoys were in the same camp when dealing with the generals of the Southwest Army such as Fu Zhidong and Qin Fengliang, in private, Cui Zhaoquan was the Minister of the Ministry of War and a serious first-grade Jinshi. How could he think so highly of a eunuch like Inspector Zhao?
Between two people, they must not talk too much.
However, Su Ziji was not interested in the private lawsuit between the two people, but when he passed by a tent that was camping closer to the village, his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Whose camp is this? When I came here just now, there didn't seem to be so many tents." Su Ziji asked.
The soldier was much calmer about this attitude: "It's Marshal Qian's Pioneer Battalion stationed here. When you passed by, the Pioneer Battalion had just set up camp, so naturally there wouldn't be so many tents."
"It turns out to be the vanguard camp of Qian Zhidong's army..." Su Ziji thought to himself: "Pitching the tent outside the mountain stronghold seems to be to make up for the previous mistakes and to strengthen the protection of the two imperial envoys. After all, it is connected to Qian Zhidong's big tent. It’s also located here, but in fact, isn’t it a kind of subtle control?”
"Qian Zhidong seems to be courteous, but in fact he is ruthless, arrogant and suspicious. Even if he believes the words of the two imperial envoys for a while, he will be more cautious afterwards."
"Such caution is of no use to Wen Xin Diao Long."
Thinking about it in his mind, Su Ziji was passing by the big tent.
"Is he Su Ziji?" Only Qian Zhidong, who had briefly seen this imperial student before, took a few steps and just opened the curtain and looked outside. By chance, he saw Sui Qin not far away. The boy who passed by the soldiers.
There was a lot of chaos in the army, and Su Ziji's unhurried and leisurely pace was very conspicuous, which immediately attracted Qian Zhidong's attention.
"It should be that although he has changed his attire, the scholar's sour personality cannot be concealed by changing his clothes."
There were generals discussing matters in the big tent, and a general also glanced outside, then grinned and answered.
Su Ziji led two thousand people from the Qin tribe to the mountain stronghold first and rescued the two imperial envoys, which directly compromised Qian Zhidong's rescue efforts. Qian Zhidong's generals did not have a good impression of Su Ziji.
Therefore, even Shao Sisen is rarely pedantic, and Su Ziji looks even more outstanding, but the person who speaks still slanders him.
Except for Jian Qu, there is no scholar in the whole account. He is prone to conflicts in civil and military affairs, and he has a grudge against Su Ziji for taking power. Naturally, he will not give up because he is worried about Jian Qu, a scholar among his "own people". Humiliate Su Ziji.
When it comes to the fundamentals, I just don’t accept it. We have worked hard to get the official status. Why do scholars only read a few books?
A trace of dissatisfaction flashed in Jian Qu's eyes, but because the commander didn't stop him, he could only lower his head and take a step back.
Qian Zhidong's eagle-like eyes were locked on the figure. When he was far away, he retracted his gaze, put down the curtain, walked back to the top position and sat down.
Seeing him like this, a general lowered his voice and suggested: "Commander, this Su Ziji is just an attaché, he doesn't even have a rank, is it okay..."
Then he made a gesture of wiping his neck.
Qian Zhidong glanced at it without saying whether he agreed or disagreed. He passed a few people and his eyes fell directly on Jian Qu, who had been in contact with Su Ziji.
"Mr. Jian, what do you think?" Qian Zhidong's voice was low: "You said before that Su Ziji could be roped in as an insider. You probably didn't expect that he would achieve such great achievements in such a short time, right?"
The word "Great Gong" almost came out of Qian Zhidong's teeth.
Jian Qu's heart trembled, he lowered his eyes and said, "Commander, it's my fault that I didn't realize this man's ambition earlier, but..."
He then said: "Su Ziji is just a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old. He comes from a poor family and has never been on the battlefield. How can he surrender to the Qin tribe and scare away the enemy chieftains as the rumors say?"
"Although Su Ziji was the vanguard, Qin Fengliang's son Qin Mao was the main general. However, the Minister of War was a first-class Jinshi and he naturally preferred scholars to generals. Presumably it was because of this that Su Ziji took the first credit. "
"And Qin Fengliang was dissatisfied, so he spread the rumors."
"If we target Su Ziji because of this, we will fall into the trap of the Qin thieves. Commander, even if it is for the rescue, the two imperial envoys must be concerned about Su Ziji at this moment. If we kill him now, the imperial envoys will easily think It was the commander-in-chief who sent someone to take action, which offends the imperial envoy even more."
"If you really don't like this person, you can wait for a while until the matter subsides, and then you can kill him."
Several deputy generals and generals were originally hostile to Su Ziji, but after listening to Jian Qu's words, they felt that what Jian Qu said made sense.
Yes, Su Ziji was just a scholar who came to the southwest with two imperial envoys. He was a scholar from a poor family. He had neither seen the big world nor been on the battlefield. How could he take away their credit on the battlefield? ?
They said it was Qin Fengliang who was behind the scenes and immediately believed it. This was their own idea.
The commander-in-chief and Qin Fengliang were in tit-for-tat confrontation. The two had a hostile relationship. Qin Fengliang commanded an army, and the Qin tribe also had power in the southwest. Only such a cunning and evil-hearted guy could compete with the commander-in-chief for credit.
Qian Zhidong, who was sitting at the top, saw the expressions of the people in the tent and nodded.
"Mr. Jian, what you said makes sense." He said slowly: "Qin Fengliang was probably behind this rescue, trying to trick me and make his son meritorious. Oh, this is a big deal for him. It is indeed a good thing to kill two birds with one stone."
The look on his face became even more gloomy when he thought that the golden rooster mouth had fallen into Qin Fengliang's hands and he had no reason to ask for it back.
His eyes fell back on Jian Qu again. Qian Zhidong waved his hand lightly and said, "Okay, I'm tired too. You all can go down. Mr. Jian, you go back first. If anything happens, I'll have someone call you."
"Yes." Jian Qu cupped his hands and withdrew.
But after he walked for a while, he looked back and saw that several generals had not come out. He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat that had been gradually drying out. A cloud of cold wind came in with snowflakes, making Jian Qu shiver and feel all over his body. Cold.
"Is it because the commander is suspicious of me? He asked me to go out before he continued to plan things?"
"No, it's just that I am a scholar, I have a reputation, and there is something wrong with my nature."
Jian Qu withdrew his gaze and walked towards his tent, but he remembered the commander's expression when he passed the examination and was ecstatic that day.
"I didn't think so at the time, but now that I think about it, the handsome man's expression is chilling."
"That's true. Before I won the election, the commander-in-chief was very close to me. After I won the election, the commander-in-chief was very close to me, but there was an invisible barrier."
"Yes, I don't blame the commander. I just heard the conversation between the commander and the imperial envoy. I obviously immediately thought of the commander-in-chief who is a fan of the authorities. The words of the imperial envoy are familiar at first glance and alienated at closer inspection. It is chilling when you think about it. Scholars must To kill someone, this is usually the first step to break your guard."
"But I dare not say it. If I say it, not only the imperial envoy will kill me, but also the commander-in-chief will kill me."
"That's a little far away. Qian Zhidong is a ruthless person. If he loses trust, even if he just has doubts in his heart, there will be no hidden dangers."
I thought about a colleague who had an accident soon after losing the commander's trust. Because he was a staff member and not a person on the stage, even if his face was disfigured and later died of illness, it did not cause any waves. But someone with the same status Jian Qu, at this time, the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, and he already had the intention to leave.
"It seems I can't stay here for long."
