It was night, and the lights were flickering in the Chengdu palace.
Chen Fang put down the tea cup and spoke with a serious face, "Back then, I heard that the young Marquis Qing died in Changyang, and many people in Lizhou were grieving uncontrollably, every household Bai Ling."
Xu Mu thought for a moment, "The young Marquis' previous general was in Lizhou, and he must have done a lot of good things."
At that time, the young Marquis was probably young and had not yet become the adopted son of the late emperor. Even if he was talented, he would not be able to do too many things.
Moreover, for a long time, the young Marquis traveled around to study and rarely stayed in Lizhou.
"No." Chen Fang's voice was sad, "Did you know that there was a plague in Lizhou before? The plague lasted for several months, and the court pretended to send a sum of money for disaster relief that could not be obtained. The traitor We couldn't help each other, but later someone remembered the general of the Xu family and asked someone to write a letter and tell the young Marquis. The Marquis was going to fight the barbarians in Shuzhou, but he took advantage of the truce and rushed back to Lizhou. "
"I came out in the inner city, went to court, joined a noble family, and even mobilized the people, so I was able to collect a new round of disaster relief money and help Lizhou tide over the difficulties."
Xu Mu was silent for a while.
"Why didn't the traitorous prime minister save Lizhou?"
"The people of Lizhou are displeased with him. After all, this is where the Young Marquis' generals are. The worship of the Young Marquis makes the traitor a little afraid. King Shu, I am not here alone this time."
Xu Mu was startled, "Is there anyone else?"
"Many people have signed up to help the King of Shu. Everyone in the world knows that the King of Shu is the man chosen by the young marquis, so we will naturally believe it. It's a pity that no one took the lead before, but this time, I and two other celebrities , after a lot of effort, we got responses from many people in Lizhou."
Xu Mu suppressed the joy in his heart and remained calm on the surface.
"Sir, you know, there is a war between Dingzhou and Lizhou now. Let me put it bluntly, the war may not be as simple as you think. In other words, unless there is a lot of support, it will not be easy to do on the battlefield. It’s hard to reverse.”
The war between Dingzhou and Lizhou was extremely stalemate. Dongfang Jing and Chang Sheng were fighting back and forth. At first glance, no one had the upper hand.
"There are more than 2,000 righteous people in total."
More than two thousand people. Xu Mu was a little silent. Compared with the soldiers on both sides, this number was a drop in the bucket.
Seemingly understanding Xu Mu's concerns, Chen Fang continued to speak.
"Of course, these two thousand people are not just fighting, but people from all walks of life. They are all willing to help the King of Shu and conquer Lizhou!"
Just like the original gathering, although this opportunity is not great, it can be regarded as a good gift for Xishu now.
Chen Fang became mysterious again, "King Shu, among these two thousand people, there is actually a city gate captain."
"Captain of the City Gate?" Xu Mu was shocked.
"Indeed...it's a pity that they are not stationed at Dayuan Pass."
Xu Mu fell into deep thought. On hand, Chen Fang had already given enough information. Although it's not big, it can be useful sometimes.
If there is no problem with this kind of information, he needs to write a book and give it to Dongfang Jing as a reference before making plans. Of course, the premise of all this is that he must ensure that the Chen Fang in front of him is not a chess piece that always wins.
Otherwise, if you are not careful, you may bring the entire Dingzhou into the current situation.
Seeing Xu Mu's expression, Chen Fang, an old man, slowly understood something and his face turned red.
"Don't worry, King of Shu. I, Chen Fang, will only support the young prince in this life. Once the young prince leaves, it will naturally be your turn, King of Shu. If you don't believe it, I will also help you when you kill the traitor!"
"You also participated?"
"Exactly!" Chen Fang raised his head seriously, "I helped write the article about the gathering of the young marquis! The food and grass for the National Salvation Army were raised in Lizhou!"
The National Salvation Army was the troops gathered by the young Marquis when they attacked Changyang.
Xu Mu thought about it for a while and finally decided to leave Chen Fang in Chengdu first, and then make plans after secretly investigating.
However, regarding this opportunity in Lizhou, there is no telling when it will come in handy. According to Chen Fang, if he could help, he could first hide a group of Shu soldiers in Lizhou... then they would be able to serve as Dongfang Jing's strange army.
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"That old man Chen Fang, dared to insult me on the altar!" Nangong Hong was still cursing angrily on the bed in the post house.
The Nangong family in the inner city, who are truly world-famous scholars, had never experienced such humiliation.
"Brother Nangong, now that the debate is over, I will only go back to Beiyu, and the little military advisor will be angry." Next to him, another sharp-tongued old scholar was silent for a while before speaking.
"Don't worry, I'm familiar with the young military advisor." Nangong Hong breathed out, "For my sake, he won't be in trouble."
"But actually...the little military advisor also left me a message." The old scholar was still talking.
This time, Nangong Hong was even more unhappy. This means that he has been bullied, and his old friends are still dismissing him. Moreover, the little military advisor had a second message, but he didn't know about it.
"What did the little military counselor say?" Nangong Hong felt a little depressed, probably out of anger, and started coughing again.
The sharp-mouthed old scholar smiled and said, "The little military advisor said that if one person dies, he can be blamed on Xi Shu. It just so happened that Brother Nangong vomited blood on the altar... In this way, people in the world will say Xi Shu Those who do not respect Confucianism are traitors who bring harm to the country and bring chaos to the country."
After all, he was not a fool, Nangong Hong understood immediately. He raised his head as if asking for help and looked at the other old Confucian friends around him. But those people were all silent and did not express any opinions.
"Wei Heng, tell me, it's a joke."
"It's not a joke. Maybe you don't know that I was already a disciple of the little military counselor earlier."
The sharp-mouthed old scholar named Wei Heng slowly narrowed his eyes.
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"The entry of a great scholar into Shu is just the first step." Chang Sheng sat on the city gate and was silent for a while before speaking. He raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Dongguan.
"I'm confronting the lame man here. I can't get much advantage from him. But no matter what, I want everyone in the world to worship Beiyu as orthodox and have the heart to rebel against Shu."
"The political power in Western Shu is strong, so this plan...may be difficult to implement."
"As I said, the King of Shu's killing of the wise is only the first step. Perhaps the people of Western Shu do not have many complicated ideas. But if it is the next step, the next step, and such a thing happens again, it will slowly The taste has changed.”
Chang Sheng breathed out, "But for now, let's inform the Nangong family first, saying that the King of Shu killed Xian, and Nangong Hong died in Shuzhou, and let them go make trouble for a while."
There is another sentence that Chang Sheng did not say.
What he wants is for the entire Xi Shu to slowly enter chaos. In the chaos, as long as Western Shu loses its state and goes into exile, it will become a prairie fire after another instigation.
Chang Sheng turned his head and looked forward.
In the eight states of Western Shu, he needed a way to bypass the lame defense and enter. Since Xiangjiang doesn't work, then we have to find another one. The so-called great scholar entering Shu was just his first step.
