Accompanied by more than forty riders, a dusty carriage finally entered Liangzhou.
"Military advisor, we have arrived in Liangzhou." Wei Feng put away the blood-stained sword with a solemn voice.
Along the way, I encountered many bandits and rioters, and seven or eight life-and-death gangsters who died in a foreign land. He had no choice but to burn the ashes, put them in pottery urns, and take them back to Shu one day.
"know."
Jia Zhou opened the curtain, and his face looked even more aged. He coughed twice, then put on his cloak and slowly stepped out of the carriage.
"Military advisor, does the King of Liangzhou recognize us?"
"I know." Jia Zhou said calmly, "I have had friendship with the young prince Dong Wen of Liangzhou."
When Yuan Tao borrowed the Tiger Talisman from Liangzhou to mobilize troops to flank the Qing Dynasty, Dong Wen was the one who brought the Tiger Talisman into the inner city.
He seems to be...an unlucky boy.
"Military advisor, what are we waiting for now?"
"Be careful. Once you enter Liangzhou, find a way to find Dong Wen."
"I heard that the king of Liangzhou had three sons, and the youngest prince, Dong Wen, was the least popular. But -" Jia Zhou paused and smiled.
"I thought about it. The King of Liangzhou is old and frail. Logically speaking, if he is an ignorant fool, he will not be able to survive the change of power safely."
"What do you mean, the military advisor, is he pretending to be stupid?"
Jia Zhou smiled and said, "I don't dare to say for sure, but it is possible. Wei Feng, don't enter Liangzhou City yet. Send people to look for Dong Wen."
"Military advisor, why is this? Isn't it different if we find an inn and wait?"
Jia Zhou calmly shook his head and said, "It's different. If we wait outside the city, we will be your lord's envoys, waiting to be summoned by the king of the foreign state. But if we enter the city, our envoys' duties will be unfavorable and will bring hidden dangers to your lord."
Wei Feng looked impressed and raised his hands to clasp his fists.
…
About an hour later.
The young prince of Liangzhou, dressed in a rich robe, rode an old mule and took three liang of book boys with him, and hurried to the edge of Liangzhou city.
Before saying hello, seeing Jia Zhou's old appearance, he cried "Wow".
"Mr. Jia, could it be that you are sick? Come with me into the city. I will know some good doctors."
"It's just tiring after a long journey." Jia Zhou smiled.
Dong Wen was still crying loudly. He was crying so much that several of the book boys couldn't stand it anymore and hurriedly tugged at his robe.
"My father didn't like me since I was a child, and so did my mother. Even the reading companions assigned to me were all book boys with acne."
The companions of rich families are usually beautiful little maids who can warm the bed and study ink.
"I was nine years old that year. The governor of Anding County in Liangzhou offered tangerines, but my mother refused to give them to me. I was not allowed to enter my father's study even once."
"In this huge world, only Xiaodong and Mr. Jia are the best to me. They don't like me and often scold me. Only two of them saved me from the defeated army."
Wei Feng and others, as well as several book boys, subconsciously covered their ears.
"Little prince, don't be anxious." Jia Zhou sighed.
Time was of the essence and anonymity was required. Therefore, he did not plan to send a letter to the King of Liangzhou first. Instead, he used Dong Wen's relationship to reveal his identity and then enter the palace of the King of Liangzhou.
If we want to contain Yuguan, there is no doubt that the Liangzhou Army is the best candidate. It's not far away, and there is still this relationship with Yuan Tao.
Twenty thousand border troops were borrowed as soon as they were asked. It can be seen that although he is old and sick, Dong Teng, the king of Liangzhou, is not a short-sighted person.
"Mr. Jia wants to see his father?" After sniffing a few times, Dong Wen finally spoke tremblingly.
"Yes, I am an envoy now. Please, young prince, don't let any rumors leak."
"That's not the case. It's just that I can't say whether my father wants to see me or not. After all, Mr. Jia also knows that my father has disliked me since I was a child, and my mother won't give me tangerines if she has any."
"Excuse me, my dear prince." Jia Zhou also had a headache.
After wiping away two tears and sniffling for a while, Dong Wen recovered from his negative emotions.
"Mr. Jia, why not go into the city first and wait?"
"My young prince, I'll be outside the city waiting for good news." Jia He bowed and bowed.
…
Not far from Liangzhou City, it is a town close to the yellow sands of the Gobi Desert.
The back of a scholar is holding a book in one hand, and the other hand is slowly moving down, stroking the fur of a sand fox.
As far as the eye could see, the ambush bandits suddenly sprang out, robbing and killing two or three pony traders.
The horse bandits were furious, and the young horse merchant howled and begged for mercy.
The scholar seemed not to have heard it, and was so calm that he had neither sadness nor joy. The sound of reading was suddenly blown into the yellow sand.
…
"The Five Strategies of the World."
"Cool Fox, Confucian Dragon, and Poisonous Eagle are the masters of the world, all with nine fingers."
"If you win one, you will win a hundred thousand soldiers."
The black robe stood in the small palace in Cangzhou, and his voice was solemn.
The morning court had dispersed, and in the somewhat narrow palace, only the emperor Yuan An and the black robe remained, and two or three eunuchs who served as servants, bowing their heads and not daring to move.
"So, who is the military advisor?" Yuan An's voice trembled.
"Your Majesty, stop asking questions." Heipao said calmly, "These conspirators have probably recognized their masters. I advise your Majesty to stop thinking about it."
"It is urgent. Your Majesty needs a chance."
"what chance."
Under the mask, the black-robed eyes blinked slightly, and his voice was as hoarse as ever, "I received the information earlier, and the King of Yuzhou in the inner city began to contact the various Dingbian generals."
"It must be King Qin! Help me eliminate Thief Xu!" Yuan An looked ecstatic.
The black robe sighed.
"It's not King Qin, but the emperor who killed the emperor. Although His Majesty has moved the capital to Cangzhou, no matter how weak he is, he is still the emperor of the great era. There will eventually be royalists in the world to support His Majesty."
"Your Majesty has no heirs and no kin. After his death, the Great Ji Dynasty will be completely destroyed."
"I, it's too difficult for me." Yuan An's face turned sad after hearing this, and he couldn't help covering his face and crying.
"Your Majesty, don't make me feel sorry for you. When I entered the palace, I thought I would save the dynasty."
"The military advisor is just like my little imperial uncle back then."
"I can't compare." Hei Pao said hesitantly.
Until now, not only in the inner city, but also in many places in the thirty states in the world, there are traces of the young marquis's southern and northern wars, and there are also many ancestral monuments.
"Your Majesty, you can issue an imperial edict called the Order to Punish Thieves."
"An order to punish thieves?"
The black robe smiled, his voice like a broken cowhide drum.
"It is equivalent to telling the world that no matter whether it is a Dingbian general, a king from another state, or a noble family outside Cangzhou, as long as they have the ability, they can attack neighboring lands in the name of robbing thieves. As long as there is a state , they can establish their own separate kingdoms and become kings."
"If this happens, won't the world be in chaos?"
"Your Majesty, there is already chaos." Black Robe continued, "Wait a minute, I will draw up a list, and your Majesty can designate him as a fixed border general, so that people from all walks of life can fight for this title more easily. "
"Military advisor, there is nothing in the world but the royal land!"
"In these troubled times, what your Majesty can control is called the king's land. What you can't control, let them fight among themselves. Only after the fight is bloody, your majesty will have the opportunity to regain the rivers and mountains."
"Otherwise, there are only 40,000 troops in Cangzhou. If the coalition forces to kill the dynasty really gather together, Your Majesty will definitely lose."
The black robe stood in the hall, and the wind blew out of nowhere, ruffling the corners of his robe.
"Your Majesty, let me say something unpleasant."
"These are troubled times, and your Majesty's Yuan dynasty is seriously ill. When the roots are rotten, they must be pulled out, but your Majesty remembers that no matter how they are pulled out, the newly planted tree species must still be the Yuan family's species."
"The young Marquis was forced by time and used this method. Of course, His Majesty had just ascended the throne at that time, so his judgment on many things would inevitably be wrong."
"Military advisor, it's so dangerous. If, if you don't succeed -"
"The only one who is dead." The black-robed voice was still hoarse, but very steady.
