Shi Hu's attitude, no matter what everyone thinks, how dare they say it.

Today, they first witnessed Shi Xuan, the former favored prince, being brutally tortured and killed, and then saw Zhang Jackal, an old senior and powerful minister, who was severely punished like a chicken just because he disagreed.

What's more, whether it is now or before, where is this lord who is humble and benevolent? But if there is any decision, they have to prostrate and be commanded.

But even if he didn't speak, Shi Hu didn't let them go, and almost all the people present in the tent were scolded to the point of blood, and were denounced as a group of wastes for empty consumption of rice.

In short, this rally eventually became only a place for Shi Hu to vent his anger and vent, but he did not reach any meaningful decision.

And this is just the beginning, in the next trip, Shi Hu has to convene a meeting of the ministers almost every day, sometimes several times a day, which also makes the civil and military ministers of the accompanying state miserable, because they don't know what kind of consensus Shi Hu wants to reach, Shi Hu just didn't say anything, not even a slightly obvious hint, just let them guess.

Such a meeting is even more torturous than a cruel punishment. Previously, the ministers may have sympathized with Zhang Jackal for being blamed for a small mistake, but soon they lost this mood, and even some envied Zhang Jackal for being able to avoid this kind of torture later.

After that, the ministers of the state lost the good luck of Zhang Jackal, and several people were convicted and directly killed in the ranks.

Cui Yu, who entered Qinghe Zhuang, was beheaded in the camp because he was late in the discussion and had no king, and all the in-service attendants of the Qinghe Cui clan were all seized and imprisoned. Wang Bo, the superintendent of the book, sent Yahan Zhao to seek luck and brought humiliation on himself in the old year, and now as a minister of the edict, he could not set the outline, so he was incompetent and was sentenced to be beheaded, and sent an envoy to Xiangguo to confiscate his family and blood relatives.

The other victims may not be as prominent as these two, but it is unusual to be able to travel with them. But under the wrath of the lord Shi Hu, no matter what their position and reputation are, once they disobey him, it will only be a knife.

In addition, Taiyuan Guo Yin, the founder of the country and the veteran of the two dynasties, although he was not directly convicted, was also reprimanded because of his old age, and he was humiliated and died violently at night. Shi Hu, the lord of the caramel, thought that it was not suitable to discuss the funeral in the ranks, forbade all the funeral rites of the Guo clan, and ordered Guo Yin to be buried on the spot, and because the Guo clan was too sad and wept, he disobeyed the lord's order and was convicted and beheaded more than a dozen people!

The distance between Xindu and Xiangguo is not far, and it can be reached in two or three days by fast horse, but because the master of the ceremony is already extremely prosperous, the speed is not fast, and there are all kinds of accidents on the piles, so that after walking for more than half a month, the trip can only be more than half.

During this period of time, from the high-ranking officials and nobles to the camp guards, it can be said that no one lived comfortably, and everyone was worried and worried, lest disaster befall them.

What is the intention of Shi Hu's toss this time, and what kind of harvest he has, perhaps only he knows it.

But in fact, even Shi Hu himself was really at a loss and didn't know what to do next. Every day, envoys from Xiangguo came to inquire diligently to estimate the return date. And Ye Di's report on the peace talks, Shi Hu never gave an accurate answer.

For Shi Hu, he really wants to brainstorm and work together to gather wisdom and brainstorm, hoping to be inspired and find a plan that can cope with the current situation.

But even he himself had no opinion, and no matter what these courtiers said, he felt that it was inappropriate, that he was inadequate, and that he could not tolerate the slightest disobedience, and that only when he was angry and murderous could he feel that the situation was still under control, but it was also difficult to alleviate the real danger.

Shi Hu was still a little at a loss about the road ahead, but some people had actually quietly made up their minds.

Now the people who are driving with the civil and military are all complaining because they don't know how to deal with the daily recital, and Zhang Jackal, who was the first to suffer, was spared because he was forbidden to participate in the meeting again, and was released back into his own army after a few days of torture.

However, the current situation is like this, Zhang Jackal naturally does not dare to feel that it is none of his business and relax, he has actually been guessing what the Lord is thinking about during this time, and what he should do in order to make a return.

"The southern kingdom is getting stronger and stronger, tired of battles and defeats, this time even the national capital has suffered misfortune, but the Lord has lost his old ambitions, and since his career, he has never faced such a great evil situation......

Unlike others, who are frightened by the fact that the Lord has become more and more ferocious and silent recently, Zhang Jackal has been following Shi Hu for a long time, and he has a deep understanding of the temperament of this Lord, he knows that Shi Hu has always been cunning under tyranny, even if there are any cruel methods, they must have their purpose, and it is not just as simple as blindly venting anger.

However, what Shi Hu did during this time, such as prohibiting the Guo clan from mourning, was completely unreasonable and meaningless tyranny, which shows that in fact, the lord himself has already lost every inch, and he no longer knows what to do to effectively save the bad situation.

However, Zhang Jackal didn't dare to talk about this kind of discourse outside, but the small discussion in the dark room of the second and third henchmen was only superficial.

As a veteran of the country, Zhang Jackal's status is not lacking in detachment, but it is not just talking. As early as before the ancestor Shi Le was fully developed, Zhang Jackal and fellow villager You Lun gathered tens of thousands of people to obey the orders of Wang Jun, the assassin of Youzhou at that time, and their attachment to the road also indirectly doomed Wang Jun's defeat, laying the foundation for Shi Le to defeat one of the strongest opponents in Hebei.

After that, Zhang Jackal made meritorious contributions in the war to defeat Han and Zhao, and it can be said that he has both strength and merit, and there are few remaining founding fathers of the Liang Kingdom.

Although in the process of following Shi Hu's southern expedition, Zhang Jackal's private troops also suffered a lot of losses, and even his brother Zhang Xiong died in Huaishang, but without his unwavering support for Shi Hu, it would be difficult for Shi Hu to successfully enter Xiangguo.

Of course, the old love is one thing, and Shi Hu himself is not a benevolent lord who takes care of the old love, and now he is to blame, in fact, Shi Hu is using him to make a decision. If it weren't for the strength of Zhang Jackal's own clan and tribe or the strength that Shi Hu needed to borrow, Zhang Jackal's situation might not be a little better than others.

"Then, according to what Brother Ace saw, what was the outcome of the battle with the Nanren? How should my family manage to do it for themselves? ”

Hearing Zhang Jackal say this, his brother Zhang Li couldn't help but ask.

After Zhang Jackal heard this, a slightly exaggerated sneer appeared on his face: "War? How can you still fight? Do you not know how the Lord acted in the past? If he really had the courage to fight to the death with the Jin army in the south, why would he still be on the way home? ”

Shi Hu is already timid, maybe his current fierce posture can scare others, but for those who have followed him all year round such as Zhang Jackal, they can figure out the changes in Shi Hu's heart like watching palm prints.

Of course, people's hearts are separated from their bellies, who can say that they understand the nuances of what others think? Zhang Jackal suffered a secret loss not long ago, when the Lord threw out this topic of peace talks for advice, he realized that Shi Hu no longer had the courage to continue the war, otherwise there was no need to talk about this kind of thing, and he directly sent troops to attack the south!

However, when he thought he could perceive the Lord's mind and suggested that he might as well talk about it, he was reprimanded and punished by the Lord in fierce terms, not because he was wrong, but because he did not take into account the Lord's pride.

The war can't go on, not to mention that because of Shi Xuan's assertions, southern Hebei is already a piece of erosion, even if the situation between the north and the south returns to the beginning of the year, as the attitude of the Xianbei country becomes ambiguous and the backyard of the country is unstable, this war is destined to go deeper.

Not to mention the current situation, if the fight continues, it will only drag the country into a deeper quagmire, and the Jin army does not even need to rush to war, it only needs to stabilize the current gain and hold the front to the death, and the Jin country will be consumed to death because the north and the south cannot take care of each other and are exhausted.

In Zhang Jackal's view, the reason why the lord has not expressed his position so far is mainly because of his self-esteem and fear of being ridiculed. In the past few years, Shi Hu has been flaunting that he must take revenge, but he was forced to make an alliance under the city, which is a humiliation that ordinary people can't bear, let alone Shi Hu, who is strong for half his life.

Previously, Zhang Jackal proposed that peace could be negotiated, and hinted that Ma Qiu could be used as a scapegoat to gain some respite first, and then put all the faults and blame on Ma Qiu's head, and also save the lord's face a little.

This proposal is actually a good choice, but Zhang Jackal's identity situation may make Shi Hu feel that he is taking the opportunity to suppress his descendant power, and even ridicule himself for not knowing how to use people.

Of course, the more important thing is that Zhang Jackal added a sentence after the difficulty of state affairs is not in the southern soil, in other words, the biggest danger is that the lord's house is not quiet, which violates Shi Hu's taboo, and it is inevitable that he will be reprimanded and punished.

Of course, there are all kinds of things, and Zhang Jackal gradually recalled it later, but at that time, he was suddenly asked by the lord by name, how could he have thought of so much.

Moreover, it is not that the Lord did not hear his words, otherwise he would not have added a sentence in addition to the punishment that he would not be allowed to participate in the subsequent meeting. This is the preparation to face up to and start dealing with household affairs, but he is unwilling to let a deep-rooted minister like Zhang Jackal participate in it.

"The war with the south can be over, of course, provided that the Jin army will not continue to advance."

Although everyone in the current kingdom, including Shi Hu, is fascinated by the authorities, Zhang Jackal has already said this, and it can even be said that even if the lord wants to go south, a real and powerful general like him will never invest too much of his own strength in this kind of war with unwonderful prospects.

As for how to plan for his own family, Zhang Jackal also sighed in an unquestionable tone: "The male lord is old, and the heir is suspicious, is there any doubt about this?" At the moment, my family is only waiting for strange goods. ”

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