Li Yi looked at the weak man in front of him and asked, "Is there something wrong with Mr. Shuwen?" ”

Gongsun Zhang sighed and said, "The general should not leave Fang County for the time being, wait another day." If there is no news tomorrow, I will personally send you across the Great Liaoshui the day after tomorrow. ”

Li Yi shook his hand again and again, and said with a smile: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Mr. Shuwen, don't be, your body is ......"

Gongsun Zhang interrupted Li Yi's words and said, "General, you are a bloody man, I admire you, so I'll tell the truth." General, you have been fooled. ”

Li Yi was a little inexplicable, but when he saw Gongsun Zhang's solemn look, it didn't look like he was joking, and his heart suddenly became nervous.

Gongsun Zhang sighed again and said helplessly: "Actually, the situation in Liaodong has developed to this point, what other choice do we have but to surrender?" Do you jump into the sea? Therefore, the general did not need to come on his own at all. ”

He looked at Li Yi and said with a wry smile: "What are you doing here?" Can this be done when you come? Yang is the Taishou of Liaodong after all, he can talk on your behalf. So Yang Zhenli wants you to come to Fang County to appease, and my eldest brother also insists that you come to negotiate in person, why? ”

Li Yi was frightened and silent.

Gongsun Zhang shook his head painfully and said, "The general is just like me back then, with strong blood and courage, but when he died, he realized that he had done wrong. ”

"In this world, there are thousands of ways to do anything. I used the same method as you do now, using the most costly method. Although he won a lifetime of fame, he returned a lifetime of pain and remorse, and what he lost could never be recovered. ”

The general resolutely waved his troops to Liaodong, made a bold move, and was quick to enmity and revenge, but unexpectedly it had already endangered the forces of all factions in the DPRK and China, and completely broke the balance of power between the government and the opposition. How could the gate valve clan, who regarded themselves as the pillars of the country, see the crumbling Han Kingdom making waves again. Do you know what this wave is? It's not that you are a general, you are marching into Liaodong, and you want to bring the small land of Liaodong under the rule of the imperial court. It's because of another huge force you have formed in Youzhou. ”

Li Yi suddenly looked up at Gongsun Zhang and asked in surprise, "Force? What power do I have? ”

Gongsun Zhang's face was solemn, and he raised his voice slightly and said: "A mediocre and incompetent son of heaven, a minister with a heavy army, if these two forces are very skillfully combined, what does it mean to the entire court and to the various forces above the court?" General, you know what? ”

Gongsun Zhang clenched his fists violently, his face showing surprise. He said loudly: "The powerful ministers are in charge of the country, and there is the disaster of slaughtering the people in the past, and the hatred of the country in the back, which abounds in history. ”

Li Yi's eyes widened, and he pointed to his nose in disbelief and asked, "Me?" ”

Gongsun Zhang stared at him fiercely, a smile suddenly appeared on his thin face, nodded, and said, "Yes, it's you." The first great scourge of this dynasty. ”

"Am I a scourge?" Li Yi asked with a look of surprise, "Or is it the first disaster?" ”

Gongsun Zhang nodded, and said with great certainty: "After the general exterminated the Yellow Turban, he will be powerful in the world. And your origins. Qualifications and prestige are not comparable to few in the entire Han Dynasty. Coupled with the fact that you are young, you have the trust of today. You talk about it. Which one doesn't prove that you have the capital to become a powerful minister? ”

Li Yi was silent, these are indeed the capital to become a powerful minister.

"If you are very wise, be smart enough to stop. If you see the opportunity to avoid trouble, you will not be regarded as a thorn in the side and a person who must be killed. Gongsun Zhang looked at Li Yi and continued, "But now look at you, look at you in Youzhou, and go around to conquest, I know that the worries of the ministers of the DPRK and China are completely correct, and people like you really can't exist." ”

"The Son of Heaven decreed, you relied on heavy troops, and immediately began to eradicate the decades-old secession of Liaodong. You don't have a protégé, and you don't have the power to rely on, what you have is military merit, loyalty, and blood, and as a result, Liaodong's criticism was struck by your thunder and fell apart, which broke the balance of power above the court, forcing the various factions above the court to join forces to counterattack and attack you. ”

What does this mean? It shows that today's Son of Heaven and a powerful minister on the border have joined forces to develop into a huge new force, which is used in the hands of the Son of Heaven, he can seize the imperial power and wantonly deprive the traitors, relatives and gate lords of the power of the eunuchs, relatives and gate lords in the court; If this power is used by you, you can dominate one side and even directly threaten the safety of the Han Dynasty. ”

"This kind of situation, if it were a smart person, must have been carefully avoided; And you? But you put it on display to the fullest, and you use its power to the fullest, and the world knows it. ”

"If you don't die, they will die in the future."

Li Yi smiled bitterly: "How is it possible? I'm here to save myself, to save the subordinates who follow me, where do I think of these questions? Who knew things would turn out like this? ”

Gongsun Zhang sighed: "Before the matter is over, who knows which one the future of things will be flying towards?" Everyone who is not going to take one step at a time. ”

Gongsun Zhang shook his head weakly and said: "I asked the general to come back, originally I wanted to discuss with the general a way to live, because this is not only the general's way of life, but also the way of life for me and the Gongsun family of the subject country." It's just that now that the general has seen my situation, I don't know what the next step is, just like I didn't know that my eldest brother would go back on his word and refuse to appease him. What I can do is to accompany you to the Liao team. If you die, I won't live. ”

Li Yi lowered his head and asked tentatively: "What Mr. Shuwen means is that this matter is all designed in advance, including Mr. Boming's refusal to appease me, all to kill me." ”

Gongsun Zhang nodded, and said very sadly: "Their design is flawless, if it weren't for my eldest brother's abnormal behavior, I wouldn't have found out." ”

"Mr. Birming's unusual behavior?" Li Yi was stunned.

Gongsun Zhang nodded and explained the matter to Li Yi.

Li Yi stared at Bian Zhang and said with admiration: "Mr. Shuwen has launched so many things with such a small mistake, you are really amazing, no wonder you are so famous in Liaodong." Served, served. ”

Gongsun Zhang did not speak, and shook his hand modestly.

"Mr. Shuwen, can you guess what method and where they killed me?" Li Yi asked

Gongsun Zhang smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said, "Take a step at a time, I have to talk to my eldest brother first." I want to know, who persuaded Big Brother to come and deal with you? What benefits did that person promise to give to the eldest brother? Doing so would damage the reputation of the eldest brother too much. ”

"I'll try to convince him to agree to be appeased, and besides, I'm going to find a way to save your life. But I hope to get a promise from the general, that is, to let my subordinate Gongsun family live. ”

Li Yi pondered for a moment, and finally nodded.

Although everything was under his control, and even everyone was in his calculations, he felt that the man in front of him, who had reached the end of his life, really wanted to help him. Although he didn't really need his help, his sincerity moved Li Yi.

………………

Gongsun Han held the flute in his hand and slowly walked to Gongsun Zhang's bedside.

"The Third ......"

Gongsun Zhang smiled lightly and asked, "What happened outside just now?" Why is it so noisy? Who's blowing the trumpet? ”

Gongsun Han smiled and said, "Someone killed Li Yi." ”

………………

As soon as Li Yi walked out of the alley where Gongsun Zhang's family lived, he was attacked by the assassins. Although Gongsun Qiu and a group of soldiers fought hard to resist, Li Yi was still seriously injured.

This group of extremely high martial arts assassins were very strong, and they fought fiercely, tearing through the blockade of the army of the Gongsun family of the subordinate country, killing a bloody way from the crowd, and rushing towards the former general's personal soldiers who tightly surrounded Li Yi.

At this time, several assassins disguised as the army of the Sun family of the vassal state took advantage of the chaos to approach Li Yi, and they shot Li Yi at close range with sharp crossbow arrows.

Dian Wei immediately commanded his soldiers to swarm up, kill the assassin, and quickly run back to Fangxian County with the unconscious Li Yi.

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After listening to Gongsun Han's narration, Gongsun Zhang asked in a low voice, "How is General Li's injury?" ”

"The crossbow arrows on his body have been removed, but the wound has been bleeding non-stop, and General Li is still in a coma." Gongsun Han said hatefully, "Assassins are all dead soldiers, and we would rather die than surrender, and none of us have been caught." ”

Gongsun Zhang said worriedly: "The people behind this are very vicious, and they are bent on putting General Li to death. This assassination failed, and there will definitely be a next time. Let's send troops to protect the county government, and we can't make any mistakes. ”

Gongsun Han bowed his head slightly, and said with a faint smile: "I was going to open my mouth to keep General Li later and continue to negotiate the conditions for appeasement, but this kind of thing happened. That's fine, don't let me say, he can't leave now if he wants to, we can talk for a while. ”

Gongsun Zhang glanced at him sideways, and said slowly: "Big brother, I heard General Li say that the conditions you proposed are difficult for the imperial court to accept, what conditions have you proposed?" ”

Gongsun Han said it succinctly.

Gongsun Zhang was silent for a long time and said, "This condition is indeed difficult to accept. Are you planning to revise the conditions for retaining General Li? ”

Gongsun Han shook his head and said, "I want to ask what the conditions he gave us?" ”

Gongsun Zhang looked at him and said, "Big brother, do you have other ideas?" ”

Gongsun Han bowed his head and did not make a sound.

Gongsun Zhang shook his head and said to Gongsun Han: "You promised me that as long as the opportunity is right, we will surrender, why did you suddenly regret it?" These demands you put forward are obviously territorial separation, and it is clear that you are unwilling to negotiate with General Li. ”

Gongsun Zhang stared at him, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Could it be...... Big brother, do you really want to cut off and dominate? (To be continued.) )