Half a month later.

The chariots, the horses Xiao Xiao, and the pedestrians' bows and arrows are all at the waist!

Outside the city of Danzhou, 30,000 officers and soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty spread out and marched forward. At the same time, in other state capitals in Qingbian Province, soldiers and horses continued to be launched.

According to rough estimates, there were 130,000 Zhou troops on this expedition. Coupled with the servant armies such as the Yan and Khitan, the total strength reached 200,000. Although it is not one against ten, it is not much worse, and it can be said that it is a sure victory.

Di Renjie and Cui Geng stood on top of the city tower, looking at the soldiers and horses below, their faces full of gloom.

"Alas, if you hurt the enemy by a thousand and lose yourself by eight hundred, no matter what the victory or defeat of this battle is, it will add countless orphans and widows, why is this really bothering?"

Cui Geng spread his hands and said, "Wu Yizong is in power, we have to send troops, what can we do?" Hmph, it's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, let him go. ”

After a pause, he smacked his teeth again, and continued: "He really did it, and he actually made the gambling contract between me and him known to everyone, and the Xi clan must have been prepared!" ”

Di Renjie sighed lightly and said, "He's afraid that Cui will repay your debts." ”

"What? Default? ”

"Of course, Wu Yizong is still a little clever." Di Renjie explained: "If he returns from a great victory, and you write a poem that is clearly praised and depreciated, won't he suffer a dumb loss in vain?" Now that he has publicized this matter early, if you play some small tricks at that time, it will inevitably be looked down upon. In addition, your Cui book is now famous all over the world, and his Wu Yizong won you, does it mean that he is more powerful than you? This benefit alone is enough for him to spare no effort to promote this matter. ”

"Oh, he doesn't want to win the battle, and he thinks about me all day." Cui Geng couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Didn't he think about it, what if he really lost?" ”

Di Renjie said curiously: "Our army is surrounded on three sides, and neither side can be resisted by the Xi people, and the Khitan people are even more familiar with the inside affairs of the Xi people. What will happen to our army to lose? ”

"This ......" Cui Geng couldn't think of it, so he had to say hatefully: "It's really cheap Wu Yizong's grandson!" ”

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In fact, don't look at Cui Geng and Di Renjie are very opposed to this battle, but for the many officials and people in Qingbian Province, this matter is really not a big deal, and they are even very happy to see it happen.

First of all, the Xi people are definitely not innocent, and when the Khitan people were raging in Qingbian Road, the Xi army was indispensable.

Secondly, this war is a sure win! No matter how poor the Xi people are, cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock are always indispensable, right? The men, women, and children of the Xi tribe can always be captured as slaves, right? This is also very beneficial to the entire Qingbian Road.

And the most critical thing, the Khitan Rebellion, hundreds of thousands of people in Qingbian Province were killed, and I don't know how many people want to take revenge. It's rare that Wu Yizong has given everyone such an opportunity, how can everyone oppose it?

Therefore, with the release of the bet between Cui Geng and Wu Yizong, Wu Yizong's image has a tendency to improve, and Cui Geng has been criticized by many people.

On this day, Cui Geng's temporary mansion, the main hall house.

"Okay, the scar forgot the pain! Despicable and shameless! Ungrateful! Radami Zhu muttered quietly as he walked into the house in hatred.

Cui Geng stepped forward and said with a smile: "Who is this who made the lady angry again?" ”

"Hmph, it's not the conscienceless ones outside." Radamizhu said hatefully: "Some people say that you and Su Yun, the king of Xi, are iron buddies, and this time you started a war, and you specially secretly reported to the Xi clan. ”

"How is that possible?" Cui Geng smiled bitterly: "I really have that thought, and there is no need for that." In order to boast of his martial arts, Wu Yizong announced the deployment of troops to the world. ”

"That's it." Radami Zhu continued to say hatefully: "Some people also say that Erlang, you have a leg with Sun Shuwen, and you are fascinated by beauty, so you helped the Xi clan." Isn't this a bad thing to take Princess Ben seriously? ”

Cui Geng nodded subconsciously and said, "It's indeed nonsense." Eh...... I am not innocent with Sun Shuwen, what does it matter to you? ”

Radami Zhu rolled her eyes and said proudly: "Hmph, with such a big beauty as Princess Ben on the side, will you be able to look at Sun Shuwen's girl?" ”

"To be precise, there is a concubine next to him, so adults won't think about Sun Shuwen."

Before Cui Geng could speak, the curtain was raised, and Mo Xiaoxing walked into the house.

These days, the relationship between the two daughters has changed a lot. It turned out that Radamizhu took the initiative to provoke, and Mo Xiaoxing begged for perfection. However, after a long time, Mo Xiaoxing found that it was completely useless for him to compromise and seek everything, so he simply started to fight directly. The two daughters kept saying goodbye, and now there is a-for-tat trend.

As soon as Cui Geng saw her coming, he knew that there would be a war today, so he quickly changed the topic and said, "What are the people outside saying about me?" ”

Radami said: "There are many, and some people even say that you raise thieves with self-respect." Princess Ben doesn't understand, what is the use of raising thieves if you are a civil official who writes Lang? ”

While explaining, she also added the word "princess", and glanced at Mo Xiaoxing provocatively, which really explained the situation and was jealous.

Mo Xiaoxing said in a strange manner: "Yo, she is worthy of being a Turkic princess, and her knowledge is much stronger than those mediocre people." However, the little woman was a little puzzled: the adult originally had the name of Cui Qingtian, coupled with the great achievement of Ping Qidan this time, why did so many people deliberately say that he was not? Is someone exaggerating? ”

"Princess Ben is exaggerating?" Radami Zhu said: "You can go to the teahouse and wine shop in Danzhou City to have a look, there are arrangers everywhere!" There are even people like monks, who have opened a popular lecture, and there are still many people who listen to it. ”

"And what's going on? That's not quite right. ”

When Cui Geng heard the news, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart - it's not surprising that someone said bad things about me, the same rice raises a hundred kinds of people. But if you say bad things about me in an organized way, that's not normal.

Thinking of the organized mobilization of the people to coerce me and Di Renjie, is it ...... Is this Wu Yizong's ghost?

No, it's not!

There is no need for Wu Yizong to do this! Whether it's for me to write a letter of recommendation or for that bet, it only makes sense that I have a good reputation.

Since it wasn't him, this behind-the-scenes commander was about to come out - Fan Guanglie.

Only Fan Guanglie hates me so much, and he will want to get rid of him quickly, which ruins my reputation and is his first move.

Yes, it must be!

Thinking of this, Cui Geng said: "Zhu'er, how about we go shopping together?" ”

"I'm going too!" Mo Xiaoxing said.

"You...... You don't have to, do you? I'm going with the princess for business......"

Then, Cui Geng briefly explained his conjecture, and deliberately stated that he wanted to see what was going on with these people who slandered him. This trip is a bit dangerous, Mo Xiaoxing is better to stay at home.

After hearing this, Mo Xiaoxing shook his head and said, "Lord Cui's words are wrong. Cui Xiaoniang is to let the concubine protect the adult, the more dangerous it is, the more the concubine must follow the adult's side. ”

"This ......" Cui Geng just said "dangerous", but it was actually a prevarication, mainly because he didn't want to make Radamizhu jealous. I really expected Mo Xiaoxing to understand what he meant, and retreated in the face of difficulties, but I didn't expect people to be serious.

Just when Cui Geng was in a dilemma, Mo Xiaoxing spoke again and said: "In addition, Lord Cui has appeared several times in Danzhou, and there are really not many people who don't know him, what should I do if I am recognized when I get to the place?" The concubine has a way to help you hide people's eyes and ears! ”

This time Cui Gengzhen was really interested, and said, "Really? ”

Mo Xiaoxing smiled and said, "Adults will know if you try it?" ”

Immediately, she went back to the room and took out some rouge gouache brushes and other things, and asked Cui Geng to sit down and sketch them one stroke at a time.

It didn't take her a quarter of an hour before she said, "It's all right." Are you satisfied with it? ”

Not to mention, Mo Xiaoxing's skills are really good. Cui Geng looked at himself in front of the bronze mirror, although the outline of his face has not changed, it is the same as before, which is enough to deceive people who are not familiar enough.

Then, Mo Xiaoxing did the same to himself and Radami Zhu, and changed his appearance slightly.

ate other people's short mouths, took other people's short hands, this time even Radami beads were embarrassed not to bring Mo Xiaoxing.

A group of three people, dressed in casual clothes, walked out of the back door of Cui's mansion, and went straight to the Liuxian Building.

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