Zhang Xuan took the post and looked at it, and then swept his eyes sharply to the middle-aged man in front of him, he was actually Shen Faxing's brother, so bold, dared to show his head in Jiangdu, was he impatient?

Zhang Xuan's gaze fell on the man behind Shen Jian again, this person was about thirty years old, although he was wearing a scribe's robe, he was burly, vigorous and powerful, obviously a person who practiced martial arts, and it could be seen that this person was not Shen Jian's entourage.

"Take them to the military office!"

Zhang Xuan turned over on his horse, pointed at Zhou Meng with a horsewhip and said to Wei Chi Gong: "General Wei Chi, this person can be hired." ”

Wei Chigong hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Humble duty, obey the order!" ”

Zhang Xuan whipped the war horse, and the war horse galloped in the direction of the military office......

In the military office, the soldiers led the two guests into the inner hall, and Zhang Xuan was already standing in the hall with his hands in his hands and waiting.

"General, they're coming!"

"Bring them in!"

After a while, Shen Jian and the young man were ushered in, and the two bowed and saluted, "See the general!" ”

"Mr. Shen, this is—"

Jang Hyun's eyes fell on the young man, and his intuition told him that this young man was the protagonist who came to visit him today.

"My surname is Chen Mingxian, the word Xingguo, and I am from Jiangning." The young man smiled slightly.

"Chen Xingguo?"

Zhang Xuan thought for a moment, and then asked slowly: "What is the relationship between you and Chen Chao?" ”

"The general is really a smart man, and he is the nephew of the queen."

It turned out that this person was the nephew of Chen Shubao, the queen of Chen, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but look at him more, and saw that he had big ears and a dignified appearance, and he had a bit of royal temperament.

"You two may be seated!"

Zhang Xuan was also polite to them, Wu Xing and the Shen family were also famous scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, and Shen Jian was the second person in the Shen family. It can't be absolutely said that he is a bandit, this Chen Xingguo is a descendant of the Chen Dynasty, and he is already a forgiven person in the Great Sui, so Zhang Xuan treats him with courtesy.

The three of them sat down separately, and two personal soldiers came in and served them tea, and Chen Xingguo was silent when he drank tea. Everything is up to Shen Jian.

Shen Jian smiled tentatively and asked, "Has the general heard of the Jiangnan Society?" ”

Zhang Xuan was slightly stunned, of course he knew that the Jiangnan Society, the Wuchuan Mansion in Guanlong, the Bohai Society in Hebei, the Jinshan Palace in the Turks and the Jiangnan Society in the southeast were once known as the four major forces in the world, Wuchuan Mansion was the aristocratic power of Guanlong, the Beihai Society was the remnants of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Jinshan Palace was the Turkic power, and the Jiangnan Society was the organization of the old forces of the Southern Dynasties.

Among the four major forces, the relationship between the Turkic Jinshan Palace and the Central Plains was not close, and their main target was not entirely the Great Sui. Some of them also have to deal with the West, especially with Xiao Miao's return to the south, the power of Jinshan Palace has weakened a lot.

And Gangnam will be the most low-key, no one knows where its headquarters are? I don't know how many of them there are? However, Zhang Xuan knew that Zhang Zhongjian was originally a member of the Jiangnan Society, and was borrowed to Wuchuan Mansion and became the leader of the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix.

It's just that Jiangnan will come to himself for what to do?

Zhang Xuan had a trace of vigilance in his heart, he knew that the bandit Shen Faxing that Chen Ling was dealing with was likely to be the force of the Jiangnan Society, so he took a sip of tea. did not answer Shen Jian's temptation.

Shen Jian and Chen Xingguo glanced at each other, and they sensed Zhang Xuan's wariness.

Shen Jian smiled again: "If the general doesn't know about the Jiangnan Meeting." I can start with that. ”

Zhang Xuan knew that he would avoid the important and trivial, and he would not tell himself about the situation of the Jiangnan Society, and he didn't want to listen to this kind of meaningless introduction, so he asked frankly: "I know a little bit about the Jiangnan Society, I don't need to introduce it, I don't know that the two of you came to Zhang today." What do you have to teach you? ”

Shen Jian laughed dryly, "On the one hand, we are here today to visit General Zhang and promote understanding between the two sides, and on the other hand, we want to cooperate with General Zhang, I believe General Zhang will definitely be interested." ”

"Oh! Let's talk about it. ”

"We want to work with General Zhang. Jointly against Duvowe. ”

This was unexpected, and he asked with a puzzled smile: "Could it be that Du Fuwei and Jiangnan will have a feud?" ”

Chen Xingguo next to him finally spoke, he spoke very slowly, but he said categorically, "Jiangnan will have a common enmity with Du Fuwei!" ”

"I want to hear about it!"

Shen Jian sighed, "Don't hide it from the general, the Jiangnan Society was established in three years of the Great Cause, and it has been developing in the Jianghuai area, and we also have a lot of roots in the north of the Yangtze River, but since Du Fuwei came to Jianghuai, he used the bloodiest means to deal with the Jiangnan Society, and there were at least more than three thousand members who died in his hands, and the year before last, a fire burned down the Ciyun Temple in Liyang County, and ten of our backbones were burned to death in the temple, including the two sons of Chen Huizhu. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Jian glanced at Chen Xingguo, Chen Xingguo's eyes were full of anger, "It's my two younger brothers, who were blocked by Du Fuwei and burned alive in the temple." ”

Zhang Xuan extracted a lot of valuable information from these words, the leader of the Jiangnan Society is Chen Shubao's nephew, so the Jiangnan Society is aimed at restoring the Chen Dynasty, which is similar to the Bohai Society dedicated to restoring the Northern Qi Dynasty.

In addition, the Jiangnan Society's forces on the north bank of the Yangtze River were uprooted by Du Fuwei, so Jiangnan and Du Fuwei were incompatible, which is why Jiangnan would find himself and wanted to join forces with himself to fight Du Fuwei, but Zhang Xuan felt that their revenge was secondary, and the real goal was to use his own hands to eradicate Du Fuwei, and he would expand in Jiangbei again.

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked, "I wonder how Jiangnan will cooperate with me?" ”

"We are well aware of Duvoy's strongholds, including his garrison, and we can provide them all to the general, this is on the one hand, on the other hand, we also have undercover agents in Duvowey's army, and if the general needs it, we can give the undercover agent to the general."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and then asked, "Since it is cooperation, what do you want to get?" ”

Shen Jian hesitated for a moment and said, "We are just here for revenge, but we Jiangdu have some business that is very important to us, and we only hope that General Zhang can take proper care of it, and we will be grateful." ”

"Alright! Let me think about it, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. ”

Shen Jian left their address to Zhang Xuan, and the two got up to say goodbye, and Zhang Xuan immediately sent someone to invite Fang Xuanling, and he wanted to listen to Fang Xuanling's opinion on this matter.

Not long after, Fang Xuanling hurried over, walked up to the lobby and said with a smile: "I heard that the general has an uninvited guest here?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "It's indeed an uninvited guest, have you heard of the Jiangnan Society?" ”

"I've heard a little about it, it is said to be related to the remnants of the Southern Dynasty, could it be that the uninvited guest is a member of the Jiangnan Society?" Fang Xuanling asked curiously.

"Exactly, it's just that I was surprised by the reason they came."

Zhang Xuan told Fang Xuanling in detail about the conversation between him and Shen Chen, and finally said: "I can't see through their true purpose, on the surface, Jiang Nanhui wants to use my hand to deal with Du Fuwei, but I think they seem to have deeper intentions." ”

Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and said: "If they have a deeper intention, it is to pull the general into the Jiangnan Society, but I think they don't have such great ambitions for the time being, they just want to join forces with the general to destroy Du Fuwei first, and then they will make a choice." ”

"What choice?"

"If the general will stay in Jianghuai for a long time after destroying Du Fuwei, then they will pull the general into the association at any cost, and if the general is transferred away like when he was in Qingzhou, then it is estimated that they will not be interested, this is their choice."

"And then?" Jang Hyun walked a few steps and asked again.

"Then I need to remind the general that no matter how I deal with them, the general can't have any tricks in their hands, and the general should understand what I mean."

Zhang Xuan nodded slowly, "We coincide!" ”

Zhang Xuan handed a note to Fang Xuanling, "This is their residence in Jiangdu, so I asked the military advisor to meet them for me, and said that I promised to cooperate with them." ”

In the Ping'an Inn near Jiangdu South City, Fang Xuanling found Shen Jian, who was temporarily living here, and he smiled and said, "In Xia Fang Xuanling, I came to see Mr. Shen on the order of my general." ”

Shen Jian hadn't heard of Fang Xuanling, nor had he seen him, he glanced at Fang Xuanling vigilantly and asked, "I'm Shen Jian, but what credentials does Your Excellency have?" ”

Fang Xuanling handed the address slip to Shen Jian, "This Mr. Shen should know him!" ”

Of course, Shen Jian knew what he wrote, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Please come in!" ”

Fang Xuanling walked into the room, but he didn't see another person, so he asked with a smile: "I heard my general say that there should be another person, Chen Xian and Chen Xingguo, right?" ”

"I'm sorry! He has temporarily returned to Jiangning in advance, Mr. Fang, please take a seat. ”

Of course, Fang Xuanling knew that this was just an excuse, Chen Xingguo should have been afraid of being captured by the Sui army, so he avoided it, and it would not be possible to return to Jiangning, Fang Xuanling sat down, and said with a smile: "I am General Zhang's account to join the army, and I will deal with the Jiangnan Society on behalf of General Zhang in the future." ”

Shen Jian heard the meaning of Fang Xuanling's words, and immediately asked in surprise: "What does Fang mean when he joins the army, does General Zhang agree to cooperate with us?" ”

Fang Xuanling nodded slowly, "Exactly!" (To be continued.) )