Zhang Yuan didn't want to admit it on his lips, and he didn't want to admit it in his heart.

But the words in Ko Ji's mouth were no different from what he did.

He knew very well that he had the ability to make the horse thieves loyal to him, and he knew that he had the ability to make the horse thieves die for him willingly.

But he never sincerely recruited those horse thieves, and he never thought of using those horse thieves to help him fulfill the orders given by Kou Ji.

He felt that he was helping Koji, and that Koji was capable of helping him with a steady stream of manpower, so he didn't need to bother recruiting horse thieves.

Kou Ji stared at Zhang Yuan coldly, "Do you think, I have been letting the fish swim and patrol the horse guards to guard against you." But have you ever thought that I am also guarding against fish swimming and guarding against horse guards.

Fish swimmers and horse patrol guards work together to guard against you.

You and Yuyu join hands to guard against the patrol guards.

You and the Horse Guards can work together to prevent fish from swimming. ”

Zhang Yuan's eyes widened in astonishment, staring at Kou Ji in disbelief.

Kou Ji sneered, "Surprised? ”

Although Zhang Yuan didn't want to admit it, he still nodded stiffly.

Kou Ji continued, "Nothing surprising. I am a superior person, and if I want to use you, I naturally have to guard against you. It has nothing to do with trust, but simply a means in the field of power.

This is an upright conspiracy, and it is also a means that everyone who has been tempered in the field of power must master.

Yuyou knows it in his heart, and the guards also know it in his heart.

Only you don't know. ”

Zhang Yuan's face turned pale, he groaned for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "The guards of the patrol horse are obviously so loyal to you......"

Kou Ji stared at Zhang Yuan with a smile and said, "I will press the biggest secret on you, and give you strong power, and then let you out, without any restraint or defense, what will you do?" ”

Zhang Yuan said with almost no hesitation: "Either it's hard to rest day and night, or you can lead the troops to rebel." ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and for the first time showed a satisfied look in front of Zhang Yuan.

"It's good that you didn't say anything like loyalty, otherwise I would have looked down on you."

Kou Ji stared at Zhang Yuan and continued, "I never doubted the loyalty of the guards on the patrol, so I let people guard against them, not to prevent them from rebelling. Instead, I am afraid that they will be cranky and uneasy day and night.

They grew up in the Great Song Dynasty, and they have become accustomed to the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, where you guard against me and I guard against you.

If there are no rules, they will not fit in.

If you don't adapt to it, you will think crankily and wear out your will.

They are warriors, and warriors should fight on the battlefield, not be strained by those intrigues. ”

Kou Ji stared at Zhang Yuan and asked, "You wouldn't be naïve enough to think that without you and Yuyou, the guards would not be able to gain a foothold in the Western Regions, right?" ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head decisively.

Those horse patrol guards who crawled out of the mountain of corpses and sea of blood were a little more straightforward, but they were definitely not stupid.

It is impossible for a stupid person to survive the fight again and again.

Without him and Yuyou, the Horse Patrol Guards would still be able to gain a foothold in the Western Regions.

They will do the errands that Kou Ji has given them simpler and purer.

Seeing Zhang Yuan nodding, Kou Ji continued: "I arranged for you and Yuyou to enter the Western Regions, which is to openly and honestly tell all the horse guards that you two are my people, and you will keep an eye on them. ”

After a pause, Kou Ji said faintly: "The same principle applies to you and Yuyou. ”

"This ......"

Zhang Yuan opened his mouth in disbelief, but he couldn't speak.

Kou Ji sighed, "Yuyou understands my thoughts, and the guards also understand my thoughts. So even though they knew that someone was restraining them, they still didn't show any resentment, and they never mentioned it.

Because they know in their hearts that these are the rules they are familiar with, and they are still living within the rules they are familiar with.

So they can live together in peace and joy, and even fellowship with their lives.

As long as it doesn't go against their respective missions, both of them can do whatever they want. ”

"But you, Zhang Yuan, are different. In your eyes, the righteous and bright conspiracy becomes a conspiracy, a suspicion, and a distrust. You've always felt like I'm guarding against you, you've always felt like I'm deliberately targeting you.

You have always thought from your own point of view, but you have never thought from my point of view, nor from the perspective of patrolling horses and guards, or swimming fish.

So you've always felt that under me, you've always been an outsider. ”

"You've always regarded the horse guards and fish swimmers as outsiders, so you never thought of blending in with them. If you don't want to treat them as a friend of life and don't trust them, how can they be willing to treat you as a friend of life and death and trust you? ”

Kou Ji babbled a lot.

Zhang Yuan seemed to have been struck by lightning and stood in place in a daze.

There was nothing wrong with Koji's accusations against him.

The tripartite checks and balances, the upright conspiracy, and the rules that Kou Ji said all came to his mind in an instant.

He began to think carefully about the days he spent with the fish swimmers and the horse guards.

Everything seems to be exactly the same as what Kou Ji said.

From the beginning.

Kou Ji didn't use any intrigues against him, and he always used an upright plan.

It's that he's thinking too much.

It was he who felt that Kou Ji would deliberately target him at the beginning, so he often speculated on Kou Ji's mind with a malicious mind.

When Kou Ji was stunned by Zhang Yuan, he slowly got up, walked to Zhang Yuan's side, patted Zhang Yuan on the shoulder and said, "You are very smart, but unfortunately your mind is too narrow, so being smart is mistaken by being smart."

It's a very simple thing, but it's very complicated for you to think.

Chen and Kou were sent to you by me.

Do you know what I told them when I first met them? ”

Zhang Yuan slowly came back to his senses, and said a little stunned: "You let them guard against me, once I have a heart of disobedience, get rid of me at any time." ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "I haven't said anything like that. I just told them to follow you. What they want to do and how they treat you depends on the minds of the guards and fish.

It was you who took the initiative to go to the opposite side of the patrol guards and the fish swimmers, and you were always unwilling to blend in with them, making them think that you had different intentions.

So they develop hostility towards you.

Chen and Kou, because of this, became hostile to you. ”

Zhang Yuan's mouth opened wide in shock.

Kou Ji put his hands behind his back and walked out, saying as he walked: "Zhang Yuan, you are very smart and talented, but I don't have to use you."

There are thousands of talents in the Great Song Dynasty, and there are countless people who are willing to be used by me.

It is not for nothing that someone has the ability to replace you.

If I were really afraid that you would endanger me when you grow up, you wouldn't be alive until now.

I wasn't going to tell you that, and I wasn't going to tell anyone else.

But the soldiers who patrol the horse guards have suffered too many losses in the Western Regions, and I don't want to see them make any more senseless sacrifices.

In the past, we didn't have strong troops, so we had to use human lives to get out of the pile.

Now that we have a strong army, we don't need to take human lives anymore.

You also have a chance to integrate into them, and you also have a chance to return to Da Song.

Don't let me down. ”

Kou Ji's words landed, and the figure had disappeared into the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion.

Zhang Yuan was left alone, standing in the main hall of the city lord's mansion in a daze.

Kou Ji's words had a great impact on Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan never thought that the original appearance of things was very different from what he thought.

He always felt that Kou Ji was guarding against him, and he didn't trust him.

But he never thought that Kou Ji should guard against him.

A powerful minister, risking a huge relationship, sent people to collect wealth, rob horses, kill people, and tear up the territory in the Western Regions, shouldn't he guard against it?

If the news leaks, or something goes wrong.

Who was the first to suffer?

He?

Fish swimming?

Horse Patrol Guard?!

Neither.

The first to suffer was Koji.

As the mastermind behind Kou Ji, once it is known that he sent people to do mischief in the Western Regions, tear up the territory and impeach him, he can fill the palace in Bianjing City.

Although Kou Ji and the official Zhao Zhen have a lot of friendship.

Under the general trend, the official Zhao Zhen may be able to save Kou Ji's life, but he may not be able to save Kou Ji's official title.

In the affairs of the Western Regions, Kou Ji can be said to have gambled on all his official careers.

Compared to Kou Ji's career, what are they?

People like them, who have died more than a dozen times in the Western Regions, are not as good as a step on Kou Ji's career.

As long as it is an individual, as long as you understand the situation in the Great Song Dynasty, you will understand how brilliant Kou Ji's career will be in the future.

With such a brilliant career, shouldn't you be on guard against them?

The fact that he didn't kill someone without saying a word already shows that Koji is very merciful.

If Cao, Gao, Pan and other people replaced Kou Ji, I am afraid that his Zhang Yuan's head would have already been hung on the flagpole at the head of the city.

"It's because I'm too narrow-minded......"

"I've always felt that I'm far smarter than others, but I didn't expect to be able to see through such a simple truth......"

"Those fools know the truth, but I don't understand ......"

“……”

"Puff ......"

"Hahaha......"

Zhang Yuan sat down on the ground and laughed loudly, but there were tears on his face.

He had always felt that Koji was a wicked man, a wicked man who had been deliberately targeting him.

Only now did I realize that Kou Ji was not a villain.

Not only is he not a wicked person, but he is much more merciful than ordinary wicked people.

He felt that Cang Tian had played a big joke on him.

Kou Zhong held a weakness in his hand.

But that is a weakness in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of Zhang Yuan, it is not a weakness.

Zhang Yuan was sure that Kou Ji never regarded it as a weakness.

Koji had threatened him with that weakness.

But that's just lip service.

Because Kou Ji never threatened him with that weakness to do what he didn't want to do.

It's more of a scare, and maybe a little bit of a bad taste.

……

When Kou Ji left the City Lord's Mansion, he saw the leader of the Horse Patrol Guard arrive at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, and he was telling the other horse guards about his feat of punishing his unfilial nephew.

As soon as I saw Kou Ji appear.

The leader of the patrol horse guard took the initiative to step forward, glanced at the city lord's mansion behind Kou Ji, and said to Kou Ji suspiciously: "Little young master, what did you say to Zhang Yuan, why is he so happy?" ”

Kou Ji did not answer the question of the leader of the patrol guard, but ordered: "Don't deliberately target Zhang Yuan in the future, he is just a little gloomy." ”

The leader of the patrol horse guard laughed dryly and said, "Little master, don't embarrass the villains. Although Zhang Yuan has some ability, he is unwilling to communicate with his brothers, like those prison soldiers in the previous army.

In order to avoid being stabbed in the back by him, the brothers still have to guard against him. ”

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "I was a little unsure about this person before, but now I can more or less handle it." ”

The leader of the patrol guard hesitated for a moment, "The villain went back and told the other brothers. But the villain can't guarantee that the other brothers will accept him. The hearts of the brothers are open, and no one can deceive them. ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly and said no more.

As the leader of the Horse Patrol said, the Horse Patrol Guards are very smart, and it is rare for them to be fooled.

If Zhang Yuan is unwilling to communicate with them, it will be difficult for them to accept Zhang Yuan.

This matter cannot be forced.

I hope that Zhang Yuan will be able to repent under his reminder.

"Let's get out of town...... The people outside the city should be in a hurry......"

Kou Ji commanded.

The leader of the patrol guards stepped on his horse, took the other guards with him, and walked out of the city with Kou Ji.

What Kou Ji said to Zhang Yuan today is very different from what he and Liu Heng have said.

Kou Ji told Zhang Yuan the truth, and what he told Liu Heng was half-truth.

It's not that he deliberately deceived Liu Heng.

is unwilling to let Liu Heng learn his own way of doing things.

From a long time ago, Kou Ji found that some of Liu Heng's ways of doing things were learned from him.

Liu Heng's father, Liu Mei, is a half-hung politician.

There wasn't much he could teach Liu Heng.

There is only one means to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

If Liu Heng takes a serious career, the means taught to him by Liu Mei are enough for him to protect himself.

But now Liu Heng is not taking a serious career.

Liu Heng is now following the path of an eagle dog.

The means that Liu Mei taught him were obviously not enough.

The way of the eagle dog is not suitable for the means of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, nor is it suitable for using yang schemes.

Otherwise, you will die a miserable death.

Kou Ji didn't want Liu Heng to die early.

Liu Heng learned the layout from him, and learned how to use intrigue and trickery to survive among many eagles and dogs, which is the most correct.

Liu Heng's opponent is different from Kou Ji's opponent.

Kou Ji's opponents are all on the surface, they can be seen and touched, and they can be used for conspiracy and conspiracy.

Liu Heng's opponents are all guys who are hidden in secret, and they are all gloomy people.

For example, Chen Lin, such as the official business of Wu Desi, who has never met.

Chen Lin, the old thing, can pit people to death in a calm manner between talking and laughing.

Wu Desi's official affairs, although Kou Ji has never seen it, but Wu Desi's official affairs have not shown his true face since he took office, which is enough to show that he is a guy who is good at using conspiracy and tricks.

Neither is an easy character to deal with.

If Liu Heng doesn't know some intrigues and tricks and the like, he can be played to death by Chen Lin and Wu Desi.

(End of chapter)