Troubled times but play in the palm of your hand

After Tianquan joined forces with Tianxuan, Xunsu was indeed invincible and retreated steadily. In the end, he simply closed the city gates and declared himself exempt from fighting.

Tianxuan also took this opportunity to temporarily suspend troops and mobilize personnel.For a while, both sides appeared to be safe and sound.

This is good news for Zhong Kunyi.

When General Zhang came to the garden, Zhong Kunyi was sitting alone in the pavilion playing the piano. When he saw him coming, he got up with all his sleeves and said, "General Zhang, please sit down. I have something to look over to General Zhang."

It was the battle report between Xunsu and Tianxuan, and the record was even more detailed than the one he gave to Meng Zhang. After reading it, General Zhang was secretly shocked by Zhong Kunyi's power in Tianxuan and Xunsu.

Zhong Kunyi picked up the teapot to pour tea for General Zhang, carefully observed General Zhang's expression, and asked, "General Zhang thinks, what should we do at this time?"

General Zhang asked back, "What do you think, Mister Zhong?"

Zhong Kunyi put down her teacup: "I don't know anything about leading troops in war, but I still have some humble opinions on this matter."

"Mr. Zhong, please speak."

"I don't know if General Zhang knows about the fact that Tianji's old ministers are unbearable to pay harsh taxes and prepare to raise troops?"

"I have heard a little bit about it."

"Looking at it now, Xun Su lost to Tianquan and Tianxuan. Although Tianxuan temporarily suspended his troops, he will definitely drive Xun Su out of Tianxuan's land with all his might. If Tianji and Tianshu raise troops at the same time, Xun Su will inevitably Chaos, when the time comes we regain Tianshu, just around the corner."

General Zhang's heart moved slightly: "Mr. Zhong is trying to encourage the old ministers of Tianshu to raise troops and make trouble behind the place?"

"Exactly."

"No." General Zhang's face changed: "Xu Su's strength is extraordinary, he lost for a while, and never hurt his muscles and bones. If Tianxuan loses, Tianshu's move is playing with fire."

"General Zhang." Zhong Kunyi said seriously: "You are the leader of the army, you should know how much a fire in the rear will affect an army."

"Mr. Zhong underestimated Xu Su."

"Your Majesty was killed by the three great families of Tianshu, which caused Tianshu to fall into the hands of Yanshu. The three families are harsh on the people of Tianshu for their own prosperity. If both the three great families and Yansu can suffer, why not?"

Hearing Zhong Kunyi mention Meng Zhang, General Zhang couldn't help tightening his hand on the hilt of his sword, and he endured for a while before saying to Zhong Kunyi: "The three great aristocratic families are fighting with Xisu, and the one who suffers is Tianshu after all." people."

"The three great aristocratic families are the chief culprits of Tianshu's people's livelihood. If they are not eliminated, how can the people be happy? Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. General Zhang is the leader of the army. When did he become soft-hearted? Besides, the three aristocratic families are not good to the king. Zhong, doesn’t General Zhang want to avenge the king?”

General Zhang never expected that Zhong Kunyi would say these words, and he was furious in his heart. When he was about to reprimand Zhong Kunyi, he remembered that he didn't know that Meng Zhang was still alive, so he could only hold his breath and said: "This matter , the general will never agree. If Mr. Zhong ignores the safety of Tianshu's people and insists on going his own way..."

"General Zhang." Zhong Kunyi interrupted him: "The king entrusted Tianshu to me, I mean the king's meaning, is General Zhang going to fight against the king?"

"If it really is what the king wants, the last general will not dare." General Zhang said proudly, "I'm afraid that some people have evil intentions and take the opportunity to satisfy their own desires. If the last general helps the king to do evil, then he is against the king. "

"Mr. Zhong, farewell."

After finishing speaking, General Zhang cupped his fists and left. Seeing that General Zhang had gone far away, Ren Yuanhe turned around from behind the pavilion.

"My lord. General Zhang refuses to make a move. What should we do?"

Zhong Kunyi squinted her eyes and looked in the direction where General Zhang left, before asking after a while, "Yuanhe, do you know who General Zhang has met these days?"

"I don't know." Ren Yuanhe hesitated for a while and said, "My lord suspects that Ren Yuanhe is connected with the three great families?"

"Three great families?" Zhong Kunyi shook his head: "General Zhang is loyal to the king and will never submit to the three great families. It's just that what he said today is really weird."

"Hearing from my subordinates, it sounds like someone said this beside General Zhang."

"Yes." Zhong Kunyi frowned: "Who has such a great ability to make General Zhang obey him?"

"My lord." Ren Yuan took a few steps forward and said, "General Zhang repeatedly mentioned the people of Tianshu, my lord, is there anyone around General Zhang who has such a temper?"

"Tianshu people..." Zhong Kunyi sneered: "Right now the Quartet is fighting, except for our good king, who else..." At this point, Zhong Kunyi suddenly stopped, and the originally frowned eyebrows tightened even more .

Ren Yuanhe looked at Zhong Kunyi's appearance, and a terrible conjecture gradually emerged in his mind. If this is true... Ren Yuanhe couldn't help but said: "Master Zhong..."

"Could it be him?" Zhong Kunyi said in a low voice, he took a few steps forward, supported the pavilion pillar with his right hand, looked into the distance, and gradually tightened his five fingers: "Could it be that you..."

The ending sound floated out gently like a sigh, but no one heard it clearly.Ren Yuanhe stood respectfully behind Zhong Kunyi and lightly clenched his fists.

His hands were covered in cold sweat.

It didn't take much time for Murongli to find Zhi Ming's bedroom in Tianxuan. When he entered, Zhi Ming crumpled the quilt and hugged it to his chest, stuck his feet out of the quilt, and slept soundly.Zhi Ming never likes to be served by others when he sleeps, and he often kicks out all the servants. If not, he wouldn't have been taken advantage of so easily last time.In this sleeping position, naturally no one helped him cover the quilt again.

It didn't even feel cold.Murong Li thought to himself, stretched out his hand to pull the corner of the quilt, and pressed it down for Zhi Ming.

With such a movement, Zhi Ming turned over, opened his eyes in bewilderment, stared at him for a long time, and then murmured in a nasal voice: "A Li... Is this king dreaming?"

Seeing this, Murongli simply sat beside Zhiming's bed and said softly: "Your Majesty."

Zhiming stared at Murongli with his eyes closed, obviously he hadn't reacted yet, Murongli didn't bother him, just sat quietly on the bedside.

After a while, Zhi Ming suddenly lifted the quilt and sat up, his eyes widened: "A Li? Why are you here?"

Murong Li put his hand on Zhi Ming's lips and said, "Your Majesty is so loud, but do you want to call the guards?"

Zhiming's eyeballs rolled around a few times, and he shook his head seriously.

Only then did Murongli let go of his hand.

"A Li, why are you here?" Zhi Ming shrank back into the bed: "A Li, come on the bed, it's getting cold below."

Murong Li stood up and took Zhi Ming's robe from the side, put it on for him, said: "It's cold, the king's injury is just healed, don't catch a cold."

Zhi Ming smiled so much that his brows and eyes curled up: "Is A Li caring about me?"

Murongli glanced at Zhiming, did not answer, and asked: "Your Majesty came to Tianxuan, but you are discussing with Tianxuan how to deal with the matter?"

"That's right." Zhi Ming nodded and said, "A Li, this king discovered something very interesting. That's why I rushed to Tianxuan to discuss with Ling Guang."

"What's the matter?"

"It turns out that Tianquan and Xunsu also have secret channels to communicate with each other." Zhi Ming moved to Murongli's side, as if begging for praise. "A Li, do you think Su Su knows this way?"

Murongli nodded and said: "Sure enough, there are many capable people around the king, since the king already knows, do you have any plans?"

"It turns out that Ah Li already knew about it." Zhi Ming seemed discouraged, and said in a muffled voice, "What else can I do? Naturally, wait for Xun Su to repair the way, and then send troops to fight there."

Murongli looked at Zhiming: "Speaking of which, the king is ready."

"A Li." Zhi Ming stretched out his hand and tugged at his sleeve: "A Li, do you think Su Su knows that I already know about this?"

"I don't know." Murong Li shook his head: "If I knew, I wouldn't be rushing to build roads every night."

A bit of satisfaction appeared on Zhiming's face: "This king really wants to see what it's like to be thankful for your hard work."

"Does your lord know what Xi Su's original plan was?" Murongli looked at Zhi Ming, "If your lord doesn't act for Tianxuan, Tianxuan's city would have already been destroyed by now. I'm afraid it won't last long."

Zhi Ming narrowed his eyes slightly: "Xu Su has always been shrewd in his calculations, but now that the road has been repaired, he will be the one who suffers from the enemy. It's really interesting to shoot a stone at his own foot."

Seeing that Zhi Ming's heart was clear, Murong Li stopped talking and changed the subject: "Have you ever heard of Zhong Kunyi?"

"No." Zhi Ming honestly shook his head.

"Zhong Kunyi is an old minister of Tianshu. He came from a poor family and has a deep scheming heart." Murongli pulled out a note from his sleeve and handed it to Zhi Ming: "When Mengzhang, the former king of Tianshu, died, he sent his subordinates All power is given to this person. This person has great ambitions and wants to surrender to the Ming Lord. I think that the king should meet this person."

"A Li, do you want him to come to Tianquan?" He tilted his head and thought for a while, Zhiming said: "A Li recommended, it must be good, but if you take it back rashly, the Taifu will inevitably talk about it, the king is afraid It can't be clean." Zhi Ming frowned, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, the Taifu has always liked Liang Gen, so it's better to let Liang Gen come forward to recruit him." The more Zhi Ming thought about it, the more feasible he felt: "Let Liang Gen take him back. , Tai Tu will definitely not care too much, and this king is also happy to be at leisure."

Murong Li said softly: "Your Majesty can do whatever you want. However, although Zhong Kunyi is very useful, he has to guard against him. The death of Meng Zhang, the former king of Tianshu, has nothing to do with him."

Zhi Ming gently shook the hand hidden under the quilt, and asked, "Ah Li, what does this mean?"

"Your Majesty should know a thing or two."

"A Li." Zhi Ming stared at him and said, "This king knows a little bit, but not as much as Ah Li. Can A Li tell this king whether Meng Zhang is dead or not?"

Murongli looked at Zhiming and spit out two words: "No."