Qin Cha Xingyuan, in the Yingting Pavilion.

In order to protect himself, Chu Yan sold the two colleagues cleanly. He told Wang Xian that Du Sima Zhong was a sworn friend of the King of Han, and he had fought with the King of Han in the south and the north, although after the King of Han became a vassal, Ma Zhong tried his best to clear up the relationship with the King of Han, but in his opinion, this was a deliberate superficial effort. In private, Ma Zhong still obeyed the orders of the King of Han, otherwise the power of the King of Han in Shandong would not have developed so fast!

Chu Yan also told Wang Xian that although there was only one guard and horse on the register of the Han Palace, judging from the military rations supplied to him by Shandong, the soldiers and horses of the Han King were at least more than 20,000! Moreover, it is still unknown how many of the sixty or seventy thousand soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the Shandong Metropolitan Division were loyal to the Han king.

Wang Xian was convinced of this, just looking at the soldiers and horses that were ready to move last time, it had already shown the extent to which the Han King had infiltrated the Shandong army.

"Let's talk about Liu Ben again, right?" After talking about King Han and Ma Zhong, Wang Xian's question turned to Liu Ben again.

"Liu Ben is very gloomy, he is quite upright as an official, and his official reputation is the best among the three of us." Chu Yan said in a low voice: "But after getting along for a long time, you can also find his abnormalities." For example, as a platform, it should be his duty to investigate and arrest the White Lotus Sect. However, over the past few years, he has been very protective of the White Lotus Sect, and he has never caught any of the real backbones. Most of the people he caught and picked up by the White Lotus Sect were bandits, local tyrants and the like! These powerful and gangsters are actually in competition with the White Lotus Sect, and if these entrenched forces are defeated, the development of the White Lotus Sect will be much smoother! ”

"You mean, Liu Ben is the protector of the White Lotus Sect?" Wang Xian asked softly.

"The subordinates thought that he was not just a protector," Chu Yan said in a low voice, "He is likely to be the backbone of the White Lotus Sect!" His father used to be a Red Turban Army, and then King Xiaoming died, so he followed Emperor Taizu, who knows if there is something else! ”

"Do you have proof?" Wang Xian said slowly: "If there is, this seat can consider saving you!" ”

"Yes! There must be! Chu Yan said without hesitation: "No matter the human and physical evidence, what adults want, there is what they want!" ”

"Hehe......" Wang Xian naturally understood that Chu Yan was referring to fabricating evidence, so he pursed his lips and smiled: "Then bother the lord of the fantai to bother to report and expose Liu Ben, and then the official should be invited by the lord to temporarily detain Liu Ben, and in order to prevent the destruction of evidence, he had to seal the Yamen of Zhentai." Master Chu, do you think this is good? ”

"This ......" Chu Yan scolded in his heart, you are Wang Xian, let Lao Tzu give you a top bag! Now it's all Lao Tzu's responsibility, and you have become cooperative. But the situation is stronger than people, and he has to count on Wang Xian to save his life, and he can't bargain at all. I had to break my teeth and swallow the blood in my stomach, and nodded in response.

"Good!" Wang Xian smiled happily at this time, helped Chu Yan up and said: "Lord Chu really understands the righteousness, and he will be in the same boat with this seat in the future." ”

"Yes, yes," Chu Yan nodded vigorously: "The subordinates must be willing to be the pawns of the adults and horses, and they will not give up." ”

"Hey, don't be emotional." Wang Xian patted Chu Yan's back with a smile: "It's all for the sake of the bandits." ”

"No emotion, no ......" Chu Yan was depressed in his heart, this Wang Xian was too domineering, and he even had to care what Lao Tzu thought.

The two also agreed on how to frame Liu Ben, so that the crime of this guy could be conclusive, and he would definitely die. This is really a familiar thing for a brocade-clothed guard head and an old fritter in the officialdom who has been up and down for many years.

After Liu Ben left, Wang Xian slowly closed his eyes, he felt a little tired and uncomfortable. Gu Xiaolian stood behind him, gently rubbing the top of his head for him, her technique was very superb, which greatly relieved Wang Xian's discomfort. The two stayed quietly in the pavilion for a while, and Wang Xiancai opened his eyes and asked softly, "Are you worried?" But I don't know what to say. He knew that if Gu Xiaolian thought about how to persuade herself, she would definitely not just massage herself silently.

"Yes." Gu Xiaolian nodded, she was happy that Wang Xian could understand herself, so she no longer had scruples, and told her worries: "Officials have always been very particular about doing things, why ...... this time" After a pause, Gu Xiaolian thought about the wording and said: "But a little reckless?" So since Liu Ben is clearly in collusion with the White Lotus Sect, he will investigate carefully and find the evidence of the crime? Why should the officials fabricate it? ”

"I didn't know it was risky, but I didn't have time to look it up!" Wang Xian sighed and said: "Liu Ben was born as an envoy, cautious and meticulous, and if he wants to confirm his charges step by step, it is impossible to do it for a year and a half. can't wait for that time, Shandong will be in chaos! I must kill him immediately, even if it is a fabricated crime, I must also hold the judge in my hands, otherwise in the face of this chaos in Shandong, I will always be separated by a layer, and I will not know where to start! ”

"I see, but in this case, is just one judge enough?" Gu Xiaolian asked softly.

"Of course it's not enough, but it's unrealistic to remove the three divisions at the same time. I can only treat them separately, the political secretary is of little use in this matter, and Chu Yan is a greedy person who is afraid of death, so try to accept it as much as possible and make do with it. Wang Xian sighed lightly and paused: "As for Ma Zhong, his position is too critical, I must take it down!" ”

"Does the official want to impeach both the envoy and the commander at the same time?" Gu Xiaolian was a little surprised.

"No, I'm going to let Ma Zhong take the initiative to resign." Wang Xian said lightly.

"That's not realistic, is it?" Gu Xiaolian couldn't believe it.

"It's man-made."

In the afternoon of the same day, Ma Zhong was invited by Wang Xian to Xingyuan, which was still on the shore of the lake, but it was not the pavilion in the center of the lake, but on a small boat on the shore of the lake.

Wang Xian personally operated the boat and invited Ma Zhong to get on the boat, Ma Zhong had already noticed some signs and looked a little worried, but he still sat on the boat as he said. Wang Xian rowed the oars and boated on the lake with Ma Zhong.

In early summer, the little lotus shows its sharp corners, and there are dragonflies standing on its heads. Wang Xian was rowing a boat while humming a small tune, and he was wearing a straw hat on his head, looking very comfortable.

The more he was like this, the more uncertain Ma Zhong became, he was really frightened by this elusive guy. Finally, I couldn't help but ask: "Adults are definitely not looking for me just for rowing, if you have something to say, just say it." ”

"How can you be sure?" Wang Xian asked with a smile.

"Needless to say, if you really want to row a boat, then you have to find a beautiful woman to accompany you, and against a rough man with a scruffy beard like me, what Yaxing is ruined." Ma Zhong also laughed, and said in his heart that I would fall for you again, and I would be an idiot.

"Clever!" Wang Xian stopped the oars, let the boat wander around the middle of the lake at will, picked up the wine jug he carried, took a sip comfortably, and said with a smile: "I really have something to say, I want to talk to Lord Dusi alone." ”

Looking at the misty blue lake, Ma Zhong smiled and said, "Adults are really good at picking places, and you don't have to worry about being listened to when you talk here." ”

"Then I'll open the skylight and say something," Wang Xian handed the wine jug to Ma Zhong and said with a smile: "Old Ma, you have to be honest too." ”

"Good!" Ma Zhong took the wine jug, took a sip, and nodded heavily: "My lord, please speak!" ”

"Lao Ma, what do you think of the next situation in Shandong?" Wang Xian said slowly.

"I'm afraid chaos is coming." Ma Zhong also said slowly: "The White Lotus Sect has been overwhelming, and if you don't suppress it, it will be countered sooner or later." Suppression, it will be reversed earlier. ”

"Sure enough, the hero sees the same thing." Wang Xian nodded and said, "Then do you think we have any hope of exterminating them?" ”

"Difficult!" Ma Zhong said hesitantly: "Whoever wins, it is nothing more than the right time, place and people, these three are all on the head of the White Lotus Sect, although we are official soldiers, in fact, we have little help, once the fight starts, I am afraid that it will fall into the water......

"So you mean, we're in a dangerous situation?" Wang Xian asked softly.

"Yes." Ma Zhong took another sip of the liquor in the pot, looked at Wang Xian with a sympathetic expression, and said, "To tell the truth, when you come to Shandong at this time, you jumped into the fire pit. ”

"Then don't you stay in the fire pit for a long time?" Wang Xianwaner.

"Hehe, who's to say it's not." Ma Zhong grinned and said, "Don't tell you what you want, I want to leave this hellish place in my dreams!" ”

"Oh, Lao Ma really has this idea," Wang Xian said with a smile: "It's just that your prince is afraid that he won't let you go." ”

"Uh......" Ma Zhong was stunned for a moment, looked at Wang Xian with an unfathomable expression, and laughed out loud for a while, "My lord, you use your words to earn me." ”

"Old Ma, didn't we say that we would confess to each other?" Wang Xian said lightly: "This official is also a military general, and he has a good relationship with the Duke of Chengguo and the Duke of England, and it seems that it is not so difficult to inquire about your friendship with His Royal Highness the King of Han." ”

"Yes, the last general and His Royal Highness the King of Han had some old friendships during the Jingjing," Ma Zhong said angrily: "But it is all the old yellow calendar, and when I arrived in the Yongle Dynasty, I broke off contact with the prince, and now it is even more on the side of the road!" ”

"Then why did you ask someone to send a letter to King Han last night?" Wang Xian asked quietly.

"Uh......" Ma Zhongxin chuckled, knowing that Wang Xian had intercepted his messenger, poured a sip of spirits, wiped his mouth violently, and said with a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water: "Okay, I just want to ventilate with King Han, such a big matter, I want to ask the prince to take an idea." The adults felt that I had done something wrong, so they just had to impeach me. ”

Wang Xian frowned slightly, he was really right, this seemingly rough Ma Zhong was actually the most difficult one of the three to deal with! This is not difficult to understand, because Ma Zhong has military power in his hands, and King Han is his backer, his situation is far better than Chu Yan, and the room for maneuver is much larger, so he will not be frightened by Wang Xian at all!

"Old Ma, it's boring for you to talk like this, you just said that it has nothing to do with King Han." Wang Xian sighed.

"Hehe, Lord Qincha," Ma Zhong stopped dealing with Wang Xian, pulled his face, and said in a deep voice: "I know your idea of beating me, the capital of Shandong, sorry, no way!" ”

"Didn't you want to jump out of the fire pit a long time ago?" Wang Xian said bitterly: "The imperial court wants to add the post of Nanjing garrison of Zhengyipin, I am ready to recommend you to go, why bother to wait for death in Shandong?" ”

"Thank you for your kindness!" Ma Zhong said with a straight face: "But I have already made up my mind in the morning, even if I die, I have to die in the post of Shandong Metropolitan Division!" ”