Chapter 354

When Fang Xie heard the name Cui Zhongzhen, he suddenly felt sad. In his mind, he immediately recalled the bleak figure of Cui lueshang when he left Chang'an. He finished his trip to Chang'an ahead of time because one of the answers would not be true.

Even without that answer, he may not be admitted to the martial arts academy.

But this kind of sadness can help us feel it.

Medium vibration, cheer up again. The sadness and will in this name are more touching.

Fang Xie immediately changed his clothes and hurried out. Cui Zhongzhen was already waiting for him in the living room. Fang Xie couldn't help but be stunned when he entered the door, because the man with dark face and strong body in front of him was not the same person as the elegant scholar who joked about the wind and moon in his impression.

"Are you..."

Fang Xie's footsteps stopped. I don't know how to say the following words.

"Junior Cui Zhongzhen, I've seen the imperial envoy!"

Cui Zhongzhen saluted solemnly and meticulously.

Fang Xie hurriedly came forward and helped him up: "brother Cui, where are you from?"

Cui Zhongzhen looked at the people around Fang Xie. Fang Xie immediately understood what he meant. He turned to the black boy and others: "brother Cui and I are old friends. Go out first."

Chen Xiaoru and others left. Fang Xie took Cui Zhongzhen's hand and sat down in the chair: "how long haven't you seen him? You look like a changed person."

He can feel that the man in front of him is much stronger than the Cui lueshang in his impression. It's not just that the body becomes stronger, but the perseverance on the face can't be pretended. Only those who have experienced ups and downs will have this germplasm change.

"I downhearted filled with wisdom from my return to Changan, and I was a teacher, but I was so badly scolded by my father. This scolding woke me up like a dreading. When I saw my decadence, my father gave me the name of the registered residence, and sent tens of thousands of two dollars to the Northwest Li Yuanshan's army to put me in. I have a captain. "

Hearing this, Fang Xie's face suddenly changed.

Knowing that he had misunderstood, Cui Zhongzhen quickly explained: "It didn't take long to get to the northwest. Li Yuanshan turned against him before he could make any achievements. Li Xiaozong and I took people and horses out of Youxiao guard, saved the king of Xujun and the Shang Shumou of the Ministry of military affairs, and then fled all the way to langru mountain. Later, we summoned the remnant to fight with Mongolian Tartars and rebels. Recently, we have reorganized tens of thousands of people and horses and launched attacks one after another The rebel rear made a mess... But after all, the troops were limited, so the king of Xujun sent me to Yongzhou. I didn't expect to see you here! "

Fang Jie was still unhappy when he heard the name of Li Xiaozong. It sounded that this man did not rebel with Li Yuanshan, but became a fierce general under the king of Xujun. It was not difficult to get ahead with Li Xiaozong's strength and military skills. Fang Jie just said that unexpectedly, this man would choose to stand against Li Yuanshan.

Cui Zhongzhen saw Fang Xie's face ease down and continued: "The Lord has sent someone to report to the imperial capital. As soon as the imperial counter insurgency army arrives, our people will cooperate with the army inside and outside, and the counter insurgency is just around the corner. But the Lord also knows that it is not a short time for the imperial court to mobilize people. A while ago, Li Yuanshan sent heavy troops to try to encircle and suppress us, so the Lord asked me to come to Yongzhou for help. It is closer to the northwest than to the imperial capital. If you can ask for help Even if only Chen Bing is on Huangyang Road, he can relieve our pressure. "

"Have you gone to see Luo Yao?"

Fang Xie asked.

"Not yet"

Cui Zhongzhen smiled and said, "before I went to the city, I heard that the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to Yongzhou. After I went to the city, I found out it was you! I asked my men to find a place to settle down, and then hurried to find you."

Fang Xie knew that Cui Zhongzhen really took himself as a friend, so he was very excited: "I never thought you would run to the northwest to join the army, let alone see you in Yongzhou. Don't find a place to settle down. Just live here. After settling down, I'll go to see Luo Yao with you..."

Speaking of this, Fang Xie suddenly tightened his heart: "do you know Luo Yao when you enter the city?"

"Before I come, send someone to find out about general Luo Da's residence and other things. After all, it's impolite to go to the door, so I'm going to start with the steward of his house first. My people should still be buying gifts and looking for an inn."

"Don't let Luo Yao know."

Fang Xie said eagerly, looked outside and pulled Cui Zhongzhen up: "let's talk inside."

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When he reached the inner hall, Cui Zhongzhen asked, "what's the matter?"

Fang Xie poured Cui Zhongzhen a cup of tea and then sat down and said briefly about his visit to Yongzhou: "Your Majesty is worried that Luo Yao will not move north, and Luo Yao is still pretending not to know about the defeat in the northwest. If he was willing to send troops, he would have asked to lead the troops to put an end to the rebellion. If you find him so rashly, I'm afraid he would..."

"Kill people?"

Cui Zhongzhen's face changed.

"I don't know."

Fang Xie shook his head.

Cui Zhongzhen understood Fang Xie's meaning. If Luo Yao really didn't plan to send troops, he rushed to find it. In order to cover up his mind, Luo Yao can't guarantee that he won't kill people. At that time, even if the imperial court wins a big victory, the king of Xujun returns to Chang'an and asks again. Luo Yao can prevaricate by saying that he has not seen himself. If Luo Yao admitted that he had seen him, the court would naturally investigate his refusal to send troops.

Thinking of this, Cui Zhongzhen was in a cold sweat.

"If you hadn't reminded me, I might have called on him early tomorrow morning."

Fang Xie thought for a moment and said: "Sheriff Xu is kind to me in Chang'an, and Lord Mou is kind to me. And since I've taken this job, I won't do anything. You and your people will stay with me first. When someone asks me, I say you came to me from Chang'an. I have a shop in Chang'an City, which can also be covered up. Wait until I try Luo Yao's words first, and then you decide not to see him."

"What if he won't send troops?"

Cui Zhongzhen asked.

Fang Xie pondered for a moment and said, "if he refuses to send troops, I will summon the left avant-garde general and peace business officials as an imperial envoy and ask him face to face. If he is determined, he will turn against..."

Cui Zhongzhen said, "you and I will die!"

Fang Xie sighed, "don't worry. I'll visit Luo Yao tomorrow. Just stay with me until I get some news tomorrow."

After a pause, he couldn't help asking, "Li Xiaozong is Li Yuanshan's nephew. Why didn't he follow Li Yuanshan, but by the king of Xujun?"

Cui Zhongzhen said: "When I came to the Northwest youxiaowei, I was to be the personal colonel of Li Xiaozong. Later, when Li Yuanshan conspired against him and led the Mongolian Yuan cavalry to raid the Imperial Army, I wanted to escape by myself. Unexpectedly, Li Xiaozong found me and negotiated with me. After that, he killed him with his trusted followers and burned Li Yuanshan's baggage camp. We fled all the way to the West When he met the besieged Prince Xu and Lord Mou, Li Xiaozong asked someone to tie a branch to his horse's tail, bluff and scare away the Mengyuan people, and rescued the prince Xu. "

"Maybe... He just felt that Li Yuanshan's rebellion would not succeed."

After seeing Fang Xie, Cui Zhongzhen couldn't help asking, "how could you ask him?"

Fang Xie smiled coldly and said, "this man and Li Yuanshan are carrying 3000 human life debts. I'll get them back sooner or later. Although you know him well now, I don't intend to hide it from you. The court has found out that more than 800 people and more than 2000 people of fan gubian army were slaughtered by Li Yuanshan and him, but it was reported to the court that they were killed by Mengyuan people."

"This..."

Cui Zhongzhen was surprised and said, "why!"

Fang Xie explained Li Yuanshan's plan to kill Wu Peisheng. Cui Zhongzhen's face had become as ugly as paper: "do you mean that Li Xiaozong knew Li Yuanshan was going to rebel a long time ago?"

Fang Xie nodded.

A flash of panic flashed in Cui Zhongzhen's eyes: "If he had known that Li Yuanshan was going to rebel, why did he have to wait until Li Yuanshan's rebellion had become a fact? If he really just wanted to protect himself, it would be safer to expose Li Yuanshan in advance than to run away at the risk of being killed later. If he told Princess Xu and Mou Da people about it in advance, the 700000 troops in the West might not be destroyed!"

Fang Xie understood Cui Zhongzhen's meaning.

"No."

Cui Zhongzhen stood up and said eagerly: "According to what you said, it's not a dirty idea for Li Xiaozong to follow Prince Xu. After Prince Xu gathers all the disabled soldiers in the west, he will hook up Li Yuanshan to send troops... If so, Prince Xu and Lord MOU will be in danger. I have to send someone back immediately. Before I come, Prince Xu is discussing attacking the important rear area of Li Yuanshan."

"OK, send someone back first."

Fang Xie got up, patted Cui Zhongzhen on the shoulder and said, "you don't have to be too anxious. Li Xiaozong didn't collude with Li Yuanshan to harm the king of Xujun for more than a year. Maybe I guessed wrong."

"In any case, this is a hidden danger."

After Cui Zhongzhen said a word, he left in a hurry. Fang Xie looked at his back and murmured, "Li Xiaozong... If you really collude with Li Yuanshan and wait until the king of Xujun gathers up the disabled soldiers, you will have done more evil than slaughtering Fangu people. How can you continue to live?"

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After Cui Zhongzhen left, Fang Xie's heart was hard to calm down. After he wrote the secret letter, he sent someone secretly to the jubaozhai shop to send the people of jubaozhai to Chang'an City as soon as possible. Cui Zhongzhen came before he could sort out his own affairs, which made Fang Xie's heart more and more impatient.

Waiting for his men to come back and say that the people in jubaozhai had sent out the secret letter, he breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that he had to change his strategy. If he pretended to spend time in Yongzhou as before, the war in the northwest would be even more dangerous. But when he came, the Emperor didn't let him urge Luo Yao to send troops. If he did so rashly... If Luo Yao didn't send troops, the emperor would be surprised because of him Angry at making claims.

This seemingly easy job is getting harder and harder.

The problems encountered now have completely nullified Fang Xie's initial intention to travel for a few months.

"Do you care or don't care about the northwest?"

Fang Xie asked himself.

If he really wore the imperial official uniform, summoned all the officials and generals of Pingshang road and Zuo Qianwei to question Luo Yao in front of them, is there any way back?

He was lost in thought and his eyebrows were tangled into two ridges.