"Your Majesty is in bed, and on the side of Tianhui, Zong Fu and Zong Bi want to gather troops and plot against Jiangnan...... According to the report, Lord Alu Bu has gone south to train his troops, and has already led the army to move to the camp in Hebei, and the new army trained by Zong Pan, Zong Jun and others in Xijin Mansion has also been prepared for war, and the military requirements handed over by Lord Wan Yanchang yesterday are twice as much as last year, and iron cannons, ammunition, and other items account for seventy percent of the stock of the Great Factory, and they are very urgent, and this matter has been sealed by His Majesty......

"How can you transport it away?"

"Someone said that Lord Ceres, the year before last, detained the refined iron used by Lord Zongbi's Iron Floating Tu......"

The rain poured down, and in the room of the Marshal's Mansion, as everyone sat down, the first thing that sounded was the sound of Wan Yan Saba's report, Gao Qingyi then sneered, and Wan Yan Saba also replied to that side. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the plan of the year lies in the spring, but the snow melts and ice in the north is late, coupled with the occurrence of Wu begging to buy a stroke, the coordination of the regimes on the east and west sides of the year is still continuing at the turn of spring and summer, on the one hand, it is the finalization of the foreign strategy, on the other hand, the old emperor's stroke means that the crown prince's ascendancy will become a major event. During this period of time, the game and standing in line are going on openly and secretly, and there is a grand strategy for going south, because it has been mentioned every year over the years, and the informal meeting at this time seems casual.

"You can't talk nonsense, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince has a strong personality, which is the blessing of my golden country. It is not a day or two to plot to face the south, and if it does happen this year, it will not be a bad thing. ”

"In this way, we should clear the road to the Central Plains for it."

"Last year in the Central Plains, the black flag was about to move, Tian Hu's big chaos, we suppressed it and didn't do it, and now it seems that it's time to make a move, and this kind of great work can't just be handed over to a few highnesses in the west."

In the room, you said everything to me, such as Yinshuke and other people in charge of military affairs, simply talked about the key points of sending troops to the south. Nanzheng discusses these ideas every year, and everyone has these ideas at their fingertips, but in this atmosphere of casual conversation and laughter, the words in everyone's mouth also hide some unclear cautious taste. Zong Han summoned everyone over, and this informal meeting was just listening with a smile, while Wanyan Xiyin on the side lowered his eyebrows, and waited until this face was a little cold, before reaching out and knocking on the table.

"Sending troops to the south, how to recover the Central Plains has never been difficult. Qi, this is my big metal country, Liu Yu is unbearable, take him back. It's just that the Central Plains is vast, and it's not easy to keep it in your hands. Your Majesty has worked hard to recuperate for more than ten years, and the number of my Jurchens has never increased much, and I once said that my Jurchens are not more than 10,000 and are invincible, but for more than 10 years, how many of the juniors have been indulged in pleasure and have fallen into the prestige of my Jurchens. You and I have these people in my family, and I have said it many times, be vigilant! ”

Xi Yin's gaze swept over everyone, and all the veterans who came out of the battlefield of the sea of blood were all sitting here, even if they were Han Chinese, they also had a lot of courage, and they nodded their heads at this. Xi Yin paused: "It is precisely because I don't have many Jurchens that the people under my rule are divided into five classes, and they are governed layer by layer, so that they can be stable." The governance of the previous Liao territory has not yet been overstretched, but if you want to swallow the Central Plains, these rules must be strictly set and used. The Central Plains is vast, and the population of the southerners is more than 10 million, and if you really want to take back the power from Liu Yu, you have to start urging people to move south in the past few years. Our Jurchens, Bohai people, Khitans, and Han people, at least hundreds of thousands, or even millions, need to pass through to have an effect. These things originally had to wait, but Zongfu Zongbi had great ambitions, and I waited for ...... It can only pave the way for it. ”

His eyes were serious, and at the end, he glanced at Zong Han, and most of the people looked at Zong Han. Gao Qingyi stood up and arched his hand: "The god of grains is reasonable. ”

The rest of the people also expressed their opinions.

Zong Han looked at Xi Yin, and then arched his hand with a smile: "Ceres, this is the words of Lao Cheng Mouguo." Looking around, "It's okay, Your Majesty is sick, the situation is uncertain, and the southern expedition ...... Labor and money, at this time, whether to do it or not, in the next few days, we will convene all the generals to discuss clearly. Today, I also want to call everyone to talk casually and see what they think. Don't leave today, there are two new chefs at home, the sheep is roasted well, and they will have a meal later. I still have military business, so I'll deal with it first. ”

He stretched out his hand to summon the steward, served refreshments, singing and dancing, and Xi Yin stood up: "I also have some things to do, so I don't need to have dinner." ”

Zong Han raised his hand: "I'll send Xi Yin." ”

Zong Han is dressed in a fashionable style, heroic and burly, and Xi Yin is also in strong shape, only slightly taller and thinner. The two went out together, and the people knew that they had something to say, and they did not follow. Coming out of this way, there was a steward in front of the people in the house, the two walked through the hall and corridor, but they seemed a little quiet, they are now two of the most powerful people in the world, but the friendship of killing from the poor and weak, and the callouse of the hands and feet, has not been diluted too much by these powers.

chatted some gossip along the way, Zong Han talked about the newly invited cook: "Bohai people, Da Yuanxi sent over, the shelf is high, the feet are big, the bed is very rough, the dishes are generally burned, I heard that I asked for them, Da Yuanxi was very happy, and hurried over to thank you." If you're interested, I'll send you one. ”

The big handsome laughed. Xi Yin shook his head, and after a while, he said: "The attitude of the generals, the marshal also saw it today." People are harmless to the tiger's heart, the tiger is hurtful, and the matter of the Central Plains, the handsome man has to be more serious. ”

"My Jurchen man, how could I have been afraid of bears and tigers." Zong Han put his hands behind his back and didn't care, he walked a few steps before he turned back slightly, "Ceres, these years of fighting in the south and the north, has Sticky Han ever been in love with power?" ”

"The handsome man has never been in love with power."

"Just because I don't have to be in the middle of power." Zong Han waved his hand, "I'm here, I'm powerful!" ”

The rain was rattling.

"Back then, you, me, Aguta and others had thousands of people, and Zongfu Zongbi was just a Huangkou child. It's been a fight for many years......" He looked serious, said this, sighed slightly, and clenched his fist again, "I promise to fight a bone, optimistic about the Jurchen clan, what do children know!" Without this Shuai Mansion, the Jin Kingdom will be in chaos, and the Central Plains will be in chaos! I gave him the Central Plains, and he couldn't eat it! ”

"I know that the marshal has this idea."

"The Central Plains is a small matter, falling in the eyes of others, fighting for power with juniors, and embarrassing!" Zong Han waved his hand violently, turned around and walked forward, "If ten years ago, I would have killed Zong Bi with big ears and melon seeds!" ”

There was anger in his voice.

Since the establishment of the Jin State, although it has been invincible, the biggest problem encountered has always been that the population of the Jurchens is too small. Many policies are also based on this premise.

The emergence of the political center of the East and the West originated from this. Huge territory, the lack of the ruling class, if only one core control, many problems can not be reflected at all, at this time, Zong Han's talent and strong attitude make up for the defects of this part, the Marshal's Mansion is not only in charge of the west of the Jin State, but also in charge of a large number of affairs to the Central Plains, it seems that the tail is not down, but if it is not so, with the original power of the Jurchens, let alone remote control of the Central Plains, I am afraid that even the territory of the Jin State will be turbulent.

In addition, the current ethnic policy of the Jin State has also been set up to make up for the scarcity of the Jurchens in recent years. In the territory of the Jin State, the first-class people are naturally the Jurchens, and the second-class people are the Bohai people who have been friendly with the Jurchens, which is the dynasty established by Da Zuorong in the Tang Dynasty, and was later destroyed by the Liao State.

The third class of people in the middle is the Khitan people who have been destroyed but are still brave. The fourth-class Han people are Han residents who used to be in the territory of Liao, but the Han people are smart, and some of them are quite good in the Jin regime, such as Gao Qingyi, Shi Liai, etc., and they can be regarded as the ministers of the humerus who are quite relied on by Zong Han. As for the Central Plains people south of Yanmen Pass, for the Jin State, they are not Han people, generally called the Nanren, this is the fifth class of people, and most of the people in the Jin Kingdom are slaves.

Divide the class, give privileges, and so on down the hierarchy, the power of the Jin State can be maintained, and once the Jurchens want to formally subjugate the Central Plains and Jiangnan, the difficulty in the middle will be doubled, even if the Jin State has been recuperating under the rule of Wu Qimai for ten years, the number of Jurchens is still insufficient after all.

Now that Wu Qimai is sick, Zong Fu and others on the one hand are talking about reducing the power of Marshal Zonghan's Mansion, and on the other hand, they are already secretly brewing a southern expedition, which is to take military merits and build momentum for themselves, thinking that they will subdue the Marshal's Mansion before Wu Begging Bintian.

The Marshal's Mansion wants to deal with it, and the method is simple, but Zong Han Rongma has been arrogant all his life, even if Ah Guda is alive, he is also the second person after the other party, and now he is provoked by several children, but he is very angry in his heart.

On the one hand, the other party spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and guesses himself with his dirty thoughts.

On the other hand, even if a few children do more, how can you help me!?

He was touched by these things, and then he was always a little silent about the reminders of his subordinates. Xi Yin and the others knocked on the side, on the one hand, they made suggestions to let him choose the most rational response, and on the other hand, only a few people closest to Xi Yin and others - were afraid that the big man would make drastic actions in anger. The change of power in the Jin State is not at least not from father to son now, and there may not be some other possibilities in the future, but the more this is the case, the more cautious it will be—of course, these are completely unspeakable things.

Now talking for a while, although Zong Han was a little angry, in front of Xi Yin, it was not a statement, Xi Yin smiled: "The handsome man knows it in his heart, the beauty is twilight, the hero will be old, and the junior is at the age of a tiger and a wolf...... If it is Zong Fu, he has a more generous temperament, and that's it, Zong Bi has been suspicious and stubborn since he was a child, and after Zong Wang, it is difficult for others to control it. Ten years ago, I beat him to a whoa, but ten years later, I have to be more careful, one day in the future, you and I will leave, and the juniors in our family may be chased and beaten by him. ”

"Xiyin, you read a lot and worry a lot, so take it yourself." Zong Han smiled and waved his hand, "Zong Bi can't set off the wind and waves, but since they have to do things, how can I not take care of them, I am old and have a bit of a big temper, so I can figure it out." ”

As he spoke, he was approaching the periphery of the Shuaifu. Xi Yin nodded, said a few words of small talk, and hesitated slightly: "Actually, when I came here today, there is still one thing to ask the marshal." ”

Zong Han turned around, and Xi Yin had already bowed down. Zong Han's eyes became serious, and he stretched out his hand to support him: "What's going on?" ”

"The family is not quiet, there are some things to deal with, and it has something to do with the handsome...... At this time, I am also about to deal with it. ”

Zong Han looked at him seriously for a moment, and then raised his hand casually: "The affairs of your family will be dealt with by yourself." How affectionate are you and I to say such things...... Something to do with me? But you have to deal with some people from the Shuai Mansion? ”

"That's not ......"

"Then you can go, this handsome man has a lot of opportunities, how can I have time to listen to your Xiyin family's parents."

He sent it to the gate of the mansion and said, "The rain is heavy, I won't send it." Seeing Xi Yin put on his cloak, hung up his long sword, got into the carriage, and said goodbye, Zong Han's gaze became serious for a moment.

Xi Yin's wife is a Han Chinese, and this matter is occasionally discussed in the upper echelons of the Jurchens, but what did he do now that the incident has happened? That's a real headache. Marshal Wanyan Zonghan shook his head, turned around and walked towards the mansion.

**************

In the dim light, the sound of heavy rain drowned out everything.

The cave was damp and rancid, and the smell of blood was also in the air, and he woke up from his slumber with the heavy rain, and by the faint light of day, he knew that he was not dead.

Since 10 years ago, dying has become more difficult than imagined.

Maybe it's because of the assassination ten years ago, everyone went, but only he survived, so those heroes have always been by his side, so he has to let himself survive like this.

But it's not just me. Over the years, I have also heard the news that the assassination of Sticky Han that day, fortunately survived, there is still the Fulu predecessor next to Grandmaster Zhou, he brought out the head of Grandmaster Zhou from that battle, and later he buried the head, and the location of the burial was later told to the heart demon Ning Yi, it is said that after the world is decided, the Black Flag Army will make the burial place of Grandmaster Zhou's bones public, so that future generations can pay tribute.

I don't know if this matter is true or not, but in the past few years, with the heart and style of that demon, he feels that the other party will not lie about these things. Even though the assassination of the king is taboo in the world, even the person who hates the demon has to admit that the other party is indeed worthy of standing up to the sky in some aspects.

I can't reach it, so I can only run over and do the things of the puppet.

I don't know where Fulu's predecessor is now, and whether he is still alive in this world after ten years.

He was entangled in injuries, tired, and thought about it for a while, and then wondered if he would not die in the future, and he assassinated Sticky Han twice, and when he was better this time, he had to kill him a third time.

Leaving his life and stabbing Sticky Han three times in a row, such a feat will have to shock everyone's jaws!

Just as he was thinking wildly, some small voices suddenly sounded in the sound of rain outside.

Shi Jin held the copper stick and struggled to stand up, but then, someone knocked outside the cave.

- Is that her? Shi Jin frowned.

Then the man slowly came in. Shi Jin leaned over and pressed his hand on the man's neck, he didn't press it, because the other party was a woman, but if the other party wanted to do anything, Shi Jin could also break the other party's neck in an instant.

“…… Heroes, Heroes...... You're really here. The woman was startled, then calmed down.

"How did you find it?"

"The little woman said that she would give medicine to the hero."

This strange woman was seen on the day of the second assassination, the other party was Han, wearing a veil, extremely familiar with the environment outside Datong City, Shi Jin killed out of the city, fled all the way, and was later found by this woman, originally wanted to kill, but the other party actually gave him some wound medicine, and also pointed out two hiding places. Shi Jinxin didn't know the identity of the other party, and after taking away the wound medicine, he was extremely cautious to distinguish it, but he didn't choose the hiding place pointed out by the other party to hide, and he didn't expect that after two days, the other party actually came over again.

"I was originally the daughter of an official eunuch of the Wu Dynasty, and I was taken captive to the north, and I was rescued by the Jurchen masters before I could live here. Over the years, we have also rescued many Han Chinese slaves and sent them back to the south. I know that heroes can't trust the living, but you're seriously wounded, and if you don't deal with it, you will not survive. These wound medicines are in good condition, the configuration is simple, the hero has been walking the rivers and lakes for a long time, and I want to have some experience, I can adjust it after watching it myself......"

The woman brought this time are all gold sore medicine raw materials, the color is good, and the identification is not difficult, Shi Jin asked the other party to eat some of the various medicinal materials, and then they matched it by themselves, and when applying the medicine, the woman couldn't help but say some news inside and outside Datong, and put forward some suggestions. Sticky Han is heavily guarded and quite difficult to kill, rather than risk assassination, it is better to help gather intelligence, help do some other things to benefit the Wu Dynasty and so on.

Shi Jin listened to her noise for a while and asked, "Black flag?" ”

"The little woman is not the one with the black flag."

The woman shook her head, and then talked about the hiding, and pointed out two new hiding places for Shi Jin: "If the hero can't trust me, I'm afraid it will be difficult to see each other in the future, if the hero can trust the little woman, we'll talk about other things in detail on the day of goodbye." The north is dangerous, and the people from the south are not easy to live, and the heroes are cherished. ”

The woman got up and left, Shi Jin took the medicine, his mind calmed down a little, and when he saw the woman gradually disappearing into the rain, Shi Jin was going to sleep again. It's just that he has been in and out of the killing field for many years, and even in the most relaxed situation, his vigilance has never been lowered, and after a while, something is faintly wrong in the forest outside.

Shi Jin put on a disguise made of leaves, left the cave, and sneaked quietly for a while, only to see searchers coming all over the mountains.

"Slut!"

He subconsciously cursed in his heart, his body was like water, and he was submerged in the heavy rain......

*************

The rain continued to fall, and in the early summer evening, it was dark early, and there was already the light of torches in the prison on the outskirts of Datong.

The torture was ongoing, the whip flew in the air, and each blow brought up a piece of flesh, and the woman tied to the rack screamed hysterically and begged for mercy. Her original clothes had been whipped into strips of cloth, and the person in charge of the torture simply tore off her clothes and pants, the woman's figure was beautiful, in this kind of torture, ** is a common thing, but at least for now, the torturer was eager to ask something, and did not put his ** in the first place.

Occasionally, they stopped the torture to ask each other, and the woman shook her head in tears and continued to beg for mercy, but later on, she did not even have the strength to beg for mercy.

The door slammed open, and the tall figure and the entourage came in, the figure wearing a black cloak, a dark gold sword at the waist, and a vigorous step, and the torturers in the cell quickly knelt down and saluted.

"The government catches the head and stays, and the irrelevant people go out!" Looking at the bloody body of the woman in front of him, Wanyan Xiyin waved his hand and sent away a large number of entourages around him. The torturers remained, as did Mandu Daru, who had previously been imprisoned in the city and was in charge of the assassination, and several other captors, half-kneeling behind to watch all this.

Wanyan Xiyin looked at the woman for a moment, and then slowly stepped forward: "Qiu He...... Wu Qiuhe, you were originally the niece of Kaifeng Mansion Yin of the Wu Dynasty, you came to the Jin Kingdom, and you were rescued by your wife, so that you can avoid the sinister things outside, Wanyan Xiyin is a Jurchen, you don't respect me in your heart, I can tolerate it, but if you still have half a conscience, I will ask you...... How is my lady treating you? Has she ever treated you badly for a minute? ”

The woman named Wu Qiuhe was originally the maid of Xi Yin's wife Chen Wenjun, and over the years, Xi Yin and Chen Wenjun have a deep relationship, and they naturally meet this Wu Qiuhe every day. At this time, Wu Qiuhe had blood dripping from his mouth and shook his head: "No...... No mistreatment ......"

"Then why did you do such a thing?" Xi Yin paused word by word, "The assassin who secretly passed the assassination of the handsome, do you know that this move will be given to me...... How much trouble is it bringing!? ”

Wu Qiuhe looked at Xi Yin in a daze, she opened her bloody mouth, and suddenly let out a hoarse laugh: "No, it's not about Madame......"

After she said this, she paused, and then said, "I, I recruited, recruited...... Be...... It's a high-aged ......"

"Shut up—" As soon as Gao Qingyi's three words came out, Xi Yin suddenly spoke, and her voice was like thunder, wanting to interrupt her.

The woman's voice was mixed in the middle: "...... He pitied me and loved me, and said that if he kills the handsome, he will become the handsome and marry ......."

"Slut—"

"Adults don't—"

At this moment, the deputy beside Mandu Daru subconsciously shouted, and Mandu Daru reached over and grabbed the other party's neck, cutting off the deputy's voice to his mouth. The fire in the cell flickered, and Xi Yinqiang pulled out his long sword with a sound and slashed it down.

The blood poured out, the fire shook for a while, and the fishy smell spread.

Then Wu Qiuhe died so much that he couldn't die anymore.

"Bury her!" Hee-yin picked up his blood-stained sword and turned to leave.

When the other party was far away from this side, Mandu Daru and the others stood up, he quietly let go of the neck of his deputy, and the group of hunters looked at the corpses in the room, each of them a little speechless.

"Big, Adult......"

"This woman is very smart, she knows that if she says the name of the tall man, she will never live again." Mandu Daru frowned and whispered, "Besides, how can you know if Lord Ceres is willing to let her live. Big shots, don't get involved too much, I'm afraid you won't die well. Alright, let's have the body collected......"

Outside, the search in the heavy rain was still going on, perhaps because the search for the net in the afternoon was unsuccessful, and there was a conflict between the several commanders who were responsible for leading the team, and there was a small quarrel. In a valley in the distance, Tang Minjie, who had already been drenched in heavy rain, squatted on the ground, looking at the figures and sticks that had fallen in the mud not far away.

Chen Wenjun, Wu Qiuhe...... Really, you are really the head snakes, you can find people here......" He muttered in a low voice, "It's a pity that I took advantage of ......"

In the early years, Black Flag's intelligence network in the Northland was established with the efforts of Lu Yannian, Lu Mingfang, father and son, and others. After Lu Yannian's death, Lu Mingfang got in touch with Chen Wenjun, and the development of the Northland Intelligence Network really went smoothly. However, Chen Wenjun was originally the most confidential and highest-level informant in the secret investigation department, Qin Siyuan died, Ning Yi killed the king, although Chen Wenjun also helped the black flag, but the interests of the two sides are actually separated, as a member of the Wu Dynasty, Chen Wenjun is inclined to the entire Han people's large group, and the exchanges between the two sides have always been a cooperation model, not a unified system.

This is also the reason why Tang Minjie called Chen Wenjun and her little minion Wu Qiuhe as "earth snakes".

"Stupid." I have a chance to turn around, and I want to laugh at Wu Qiuhe.

He thought about it.

At this time, Wu Qiuhe had been buried under the dark soil.