The Central Plains envoy surnamed Ma, named Ma Lian, was in his forties, and served as an idle post such as a doctor in Guanglu in the Central Plains, so that he could come to the Western Regions to investigate military exploits, which was somewhat unreasonable, Wei Song's explanation for this was: "King Xiao and the general are slightly incompatible, so the imperial court sent civil officials to labor the army, which is the trust of King Xiao." ”

Wei Song's introduction was very brief, not much different from King Xiao's previous statement, and then he asked puzzledly: "The Dragon King suspects Ma Lian, this is unlikely, right?" In my impression, he has no grudges with Lord Gu, and he even has very little interaction. ”

"I have a conjecture. Gu Shenwei paid attention to observing Wei Song's every expression, but he didn't get anything, the old fox covered it up very appropriately, and did not show the slightest flaw, "The person who hired the Jinpeng killer to kill my whole family must be the powerful people of the Central Plains, I pretended that Yang Zheng's son avenged the Gu family, and the news should also reach the Central Plains, the mastermind behind the scenes will not be indifferent, and he will definitely send someone to check." Who else is more suitable to undertake this task than an envoy? Lord Wei also said that Ma Lian's appointment was a bit unreasonable, and even if the imperial court trusted King Xiao, he should send a high-ranking civil official to the Western Regions. ”

Wei Song frowned slightly, pondering and weighing, "What the Dragon King said is not unreasonable, but ...... It's all speculation, and there is a lack of corroboration, so I suggest that the dragon king should not act rashly. At present, the situation is very good, the court will soon officially canonize the Dragon King, and then the Dragon King will show his identity with military merits and complain to the emperor. ”

"I think there is only this way, after all, my hand can't reach the Central Plains. ”

"Haha, the Dragon King has turned Beiting upside down with his own strength, and the real murderer behind the scenes, even if he is at the top, will probably be terrified. ”

When the two broke up, the atmosphere was quite harmonious, and Wei Song even shed two tears, "Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and the Dragon King can have today's achievements, which is enough to comfort Lord Gu's spirit in the sky." ”

Returning to the Dragon Army camp and sitting alone in the tent, Gu Shenwei's thoughts of revenge gushed out, and he had to work hard to control the ** who assassinated Wei Song.

The guards outside announced: "The prime minister has arrived." ”

Gu Shenwei got up immediately, his demeanor returned to calm, the prime minister came just in time, he urgently needed a staff officer and military advisor.

Zhong Heng knew the true identity of the Dragon King, and he was also enemies with Wei Song, so of course he unconditionally supported the Dragon King's revenge.

"Biyu City, Xiaoyao Sea, Wei Song escaped twice, I can't let him slip away from me again. The two didn't say a few words, and Gu Shenwei said immediately.

Zhong Heng rushed over, his face was tired, and he had already come up with a plan on the way, "There is a good opportunity now." ”

"Hmm. ”

"Ma Lian, the envoy of the Central Plains, I am not very familiar with this person, but with my understanding of the Central Plains court, although the Guanglu doctor is an idle position, he directly obeys the emperor's will, and there are not a few people who have received real officials. ”

Gu Shenwei began to understand Zhong Heng's intentions, "The greater Ma Lian's contribution in the Western Regions, the greater the official he will become after returning to the Central Plains." ”

"Exactly. ”

"But he is just a labor army, and by the way, if you check the military merits, it is really not a great merit. ”

"Well, the envoy's visit, as long as everything goes well, it will be considered a credit, but the Dragon King is right, this is not a great achievement, if Ma Lian is ambitious, he will definitely not be satisfied with this. ”

"As long as the opportunity is in front of us, everyone has ambitions. It's a great achievement to verify King Xiao's fake military exploits, right?"

"Of course, but I suspect that Ma Lian will not dare to do this, King Xiao is quite trusted by the emperor, and it is not easy to bring down King Xiao, and it may also provoke the wrath of the saint, so he can be encouraged to make meritorious contributions to another person with a lower status. ”

Zhong Heng is a native of the Central Plains, and he is still full of respect when he mentions the emperor.

Gu Shenwei felt that he had found the right person, "Ma Lian, Ma Lian, which faction does he belong to?"

"Didn't King Xiao say anything?"

"King Xiao said that Ma Lian had always been above the party and had little contact with the various forces, but I suspect that it is not so simple, and I doubt that he knows my true identity. ”

Zhong Heng understood the Dragon King's worries, thought for a while, and said, "I'm afraid this will have to be tested by the Dragon King, if Ma Lian's position can be determined, it will be much easier to separate the relationship between him and Wei Song." ”

Gu Shenwei thought so, and found that Zhong Heng smiled inexplicably, and was a little surprised, "What?"

"The conversation with the Dragon King reminded me of that iron cripple. "Zhong Heng knew that Tie Hanfeng died under the Dragon King's sword, so he didn't show respect for him.

"Before you kill someone, you must cut off the relationship with the other person. Gu Shenwei always remembered this sentence, and even integrated it into the strategy of fighting for hegemony.

"Wei Song's biggest backer is the Central Plains, and the direct relationship is the general Pang Ning, as long as these two items are eliminated, other details are not important. Zhong Heng paused, "Let's assume that Ma Lian is indeed a transcendent person, and he is very willing to catch the annihilators who collude with foreign enemies." The Dragon King could ask the military advisor to write a few letters to Wei Song in the name of the Khan King, and with these letters as evidence, things were much simpler. ”

The matter is simple to say, but in fact it is very complicated, why did Wei Song collude with the split Beiting? Why is there only a letter written by the King of Khan, but no reply from Wei Song? Many details need to be reasonably explained, if Ma Lian and Wei Song were both insiders and participants in the slaughter of the Gu clan back then, it would have become more troublesome, but after all, the plan has taken shape, Gu Shenwei nodded and said: "That's it, tomorrow I will comfort the soldiers of the battle of Qianqi Pass with the envoys of the Central Plains, I will try my best to find out his position, and the prime minister will go with me." ”

"Yes. There is another question, if we want to kill Wei Song, Wei Song must also want to avenge the murder of his son......"

Recalling the scene and every sentence when talking to Wei Song, Gu Shenwei said: "That's right, Wei Song also has a plan, and he is confident. ”

"If we could see through Wei Song's plan in advance, we might not need the Khan's letter. ”

Gu Shenwei said as if talking to himself: "Wei Song will not use the Central Plains army, just like I will not use the Dragon Army, if he participated in the conspiracy of the year, he will definitely ask Dubu King for help again." ”

Zhong Heng felt that the Dragon King's speculation was very reasonable, "Jinpeng Castle hasn't tried to assassinate the Dragon King for a long time, right?"

"Well, I'm worried that this is a delaying tactic and wants me to let my guard down. ”

Zhong Heng also began to worry, the Dragon Army has only been established for more than a year, and it is far from having a deep foundation like the Central Plains and Beiting, and it is not even as stable as the small countries in the Western Regions, as soon as the Dragon King dies, no one can take over this army with complex sources, and he will lose his meaning as a prime minister, "Fortunately, the Dragon King is familiar with the methods of Jinpeng killers and knows his confidants." ”

Gu Shenwei didn't break the fact that there were still elite forces in Jinpeng Castle that he knew very little.

Ma Lian always remembered his identity as an envoy of the Central Plains, and the next morning, he was neither humble nor arrogant to the dragon king in the tent, and when he went outside, in front of the soldiers, he looked extremely arrogant, and he personally held the scepter, as if he was one with it.

The first stop of the itinerary is the Dragon Army camp, the Dragon King's direct army is a participant in the battle of Qianqi Pass, the casualties are huge, just replenished, Ma Lian announced the Central Plains Emperor's labor army holy decree, extremely literary, even Gu Shenwei can't understand it, let alone ordinary soldiers, in comparison, the subsequent gold and silver cloth still seems more realistic.

Ma Lian personally ordered more than a dozen soldiers to ask about the details of the battlefield, and the bookkeeper recorded them one by one, and the taciturn swordsman of the Great Snow Mountain did not leave much impression on him.

Next, under the escort of the direct army and another thousand Central Plains soldiers, Ma Lian and the Dragon King crossed the northern city, entered the east gate and exited the west gate, and went to the Shule [***] camp.

A total of 2,000 soldiers, which is not too many, but this passage caused a sensation throughout Biyu City, and this was the first time in decades that a regular army had entered Beicheng.

Gu Shenwei was fortunate to witness the enthusiasm of the residents of Biyu City once again.

The last time the coffin of the big-headed god entered the city, the residents were shocked by the first public appearance of Ronin tea, and the crowd was crowded, blocking the road for a while, and they all forgot about the horror of the big-headed god.

The last time was the marriage of Luo Ning tea, and the marriage of the king of killers and robbers was blessed by everyone along the way, flowers were scattered, and the crowd continued from the west gate to the stone bridge in front of Jinpeng Castle.

This time, there were more onlookers, a large number of residents of the southern city poured into the northern city at dawn, and had been waiting for nearly two hours, the scene was a little quiet at first, most people quickly looked up at the dragon king and the envoy of the Central Plains, and immediately lowered their heads again, not long after, I don't know where someone shouted "God bless the dragon king", which ignited the excitement of the onlookers.

"God bless the Dragon King" was originally the congratulatory message of the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain to the Dragon King, and at this time it became the mantra of tens of thousands of people, and many people shouted desperately before they could see the shadow of the Dragon King.

Among the many "relationships" of Dubu Wang, his hometown Biyucheng is the easiest to cut off, and it is also the most worthless.

Gu Shen held his head high and cheered, as if he had become the master of Biyu City in advance.

Ma Lian, who went to Biyu City for the first time, was deeply impressed by this, and after leaving the city from the West Gate, he was much more polite to the Dragon King, and even used the word "His Highness", Zhong Heng kindly reminded him that the Dragon King never let people call him "His Royal Highness".

It was from this time that Ma Lian's interest in the Dragon King became stronger and stronger.

Shule [***] has a total of 10,000 people, more than half of them have participated in the battle of Qianqiguan, they have followed the dragon king for a short time, but their loyalty is higher than some soldiers in the sea, under their infection, the whole Shule [***] is full of respect for the dragon king, has long been lined up neatly, chanting "dragon king" in unison, a long time to rest.

Prince Shule personally went out of the camp to greet him, and he was even more humble than ordinary generals in front of the Dragon King.

Ma Lian was not only interested, but began to show obvious surprise and surprise, he could never have imagined that the young Dragon King could receive such extensive support.

The labor army lasted for a long time, and Ma Lian stayed in the Shule [***] camp that night to rest, and still selected soldiers to ask, this time the question was more detailed, but the answer was much the same, "I just followed the banner of the dragon king." ”

Zhong Heng was in charge of communicating with Ma Lian, and the two were already as close as friends in private, Zhong Heng felt that things were going well, so he suggested to the Dragon King that he could test the attitude of the Central Plains envoy towards Wei Song.

(Ask for subscription, ask for recommendation) (To be continued.) )