Chapter 97 Chapter 9: Everywhere

After hearing what Xiang Shaolong said without hiding anything, Zhao Mu stood up excitedly, looked up to the sky and said with a long smile, "God has helped me this time, if I sit on the throne one day, you will be the commander in chief of my armed forces." Xiang Shaolong laughed in his heart and said: "It's not too late, we have to make arrangements to deal with King Xiaocheng immediately, otherwise if Li Mu really leads his troops back to the court, it will be a big disaster." Zhao Mu pondered for a while, then asked: "It's not surprising that Zhao Ya tamed you, why does Queen Jing speak for you? She and Cheng Xu have already had a hand in hand, so there is no reason to help you, an outsider, for nothing. .”

Xiang Shaolong smiled and revealed a little bit about Han Chuang, Zhao Mu laughed even more, relieved his worries, sat back beside him and said, "I need to reveal something about your relationship with me, and Tian Dan knows about it. his heart." Xiang Shaolong's expression changed: "It's absolutely impossible, unless Master Hou is willing to reveal his true identity, otherwise, with his shrewdness, how can he trust him. If I don't pretend to be enticed by him, maybe I will be able to attract surprise soldiers Effective. Working with this person is like seeking skin from a tiger, so we must guard against him."

Zhao Mu nodded and said, "You are very thoughtful, so let's do this. Li Mu doesn't come back just because he said he would, we still have plenty of time." Xiang Shaolong said: "Master Hou, it's better to find some people so that I can deal with that stupid king Xiaocheng, so that I can gain his favor and trust." Zhao Mu smiled and said, "So what if we let everyone know about it? But let me think about it again. After we have settled on the whole strategy, we can push forward step by step. As long as we can pretend that it was Xiang Shaolong who assassinated him." King Xiaocheng, the military power is in our hands again, even if Queen Jing and the slut don’t cooperate with us. Li Mu and Lian Po don’t even want to have their lives to be domineering again. Hmph! It’s good that Le Cheng is dead, I always treat him a little bit Suspect."

Xiang Shaolong took the opportunity to ask, "What is the relationship between Tian Dan and Li Yuan?" Zhao Mu said: "I don't think they are using each other!" Xiang Shaolong secretly thought that Tian Dan was obviously hiding Zhao Mu in this regard, so he stopped asking, "Before I was formally appointed, I will try to meet Shang Tian Dan so as to win his trust. What instructions does the Marquis have? ?” Zhao Mu said happily: "The Marquis has full confidence in you, so I am bold to adapt to the situation. After I figure out some links, I will discuss with you." After a pause, he said: "Tian Dan will go to Guo Zong's place for a banquet at dusk. See if you can stop him on the way and say a few words."

Xiang Shaolong felt a sense of absurdity and went happily. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Xiang Shaolong was in a good mood, so he slipped to meet Ji Yanran, and told her the development of the matter, and after some intimacy, he rode his horse to intercept Tian Dan's convoy at dusk, and boarded the car to have a secret conversation with him. Tian Dan was indeed very careful, the two masters, Liu Zhongxia and Liu Zhongshi, were still protecting him in the car. Xiang Shaolong cut to the chase and said, "I have made up my mind, and I am determined to serve Xiang Tian, ​​and I will never change my life or death."

Tian Dan was overjoyed, and Xuan wondered: "Brother Dong, didn't you say that you would think about it for a few days? Why did you suddenly make a decision in a hurry?" Xiang Shaolong said solemnly: "Because I have just met King Xiaocheng, he decided to make an exception and entrust me as the city guard to replace Le Cheng, so I was forced to make a choice. I decided to lead the crowd to leave tonight, and another Then send someone to intercept the livestock of the relatives who came to Zhao and transfer them to the noble land to show their loyalty to Xiang Tian." Given Tian Dan's strength, he had to stay for a while before he came to his senses, and said in surprise, "Is it true that Handan is so untalented? Why would King Xiaocheng appoint you, a person with no qualifications? I don't believe in King Xiaocheng." With this heart and vision."

Xiang Shaolong said: "Maybe it's because of your relationship with Mrs. Ya, she knows that I'm very dissatisfied with King Xiaocheng, so she wants to use this position to keep me so that I can live with her." While talking, he paid attention to the expression of the other party, and saw that when Tian Dan heard about his relationship with Zhao Ya, his eyes couldn't help flickering coldly, obviously thinking that if he could control Zhao Ya through Dong Kuang, he would wait for the "secret" "Record" is in hand. Tian Dan suddenly stretched out a strong hand, grabbed Xiang Shaolong's shoulder, and said solemnly: "Brother Dong, don't just slip away like this. If you really sit on the city guard, it will be even more beneficial to me. Harm, do you understand?"

Xiang Shaolong hesitated and said, "But..." Tian Dan said emphatically, "From today onwards, Dong Kuang is Tian Dan's good brother. He will share weal and woe, and he will never break his promise. You can be the city guard of Handan at ease! I will naturally explain to you further in two days." Xiang Shaolong sighed secretly in his heart, people in this era are really lying with their eyes open, Tian Dan sent someone to kill him on the one hand, but when he saw that his use value had greatly increased, he called him a brother again, if not for his special status, it would be a shame He lied to death without realizing it.

At this time the motorcade was about to drive up the mountain road to Guo's mansion, Xiang Shaolong hurriedly bid farewell and got off the car, and went back to the mansion. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ The next morning, before dawn, Xiang Shaolong and Teng Yi entered the palace to attend the morning court. King Xiaocheng became a civil and military official, formally entrusted Xiang Shaolong as the chief general of the city, and Teng Yi as the deputy general. He also gave Xiang Shaolong a military talisman, a sword and a letter of appointment. Guo Kai knew that the matter was a foregone conclusion, so of course he didn't dare to speak out against it.And other officials who were close to Zhao Mu, or those who belonged to Queen Jing or Zhao Ya's system even echoed in unison.It was not possible at first, so it was decided.

Afterwards, all the officials congratulated the two of them one after another, deliberately flattering them, making them sigh that they are not what they used to be. After the early court, King Xiaocheng personally accompanied Xiang Teng to inspect the city soldiers, so that everyone in the three armies knew that the two were favored by him with all their strength, and they dared not refuse to accept it. King Xiaocheng talked with the two of them about the way of defending the city, Teng Yigu is an excellent performer, Xiang Shaolong also relied on the knowledge he had acquired before, coupled with the art of war of Mo Zi, the great master of city defense, to deal with them one by one, so that King Xiaocheng was completely at ease Come on, Shen Qing didn't appoint non-human beings.

The other generals who accompanied them were all amazed, because many of the defensive tactics that the two of them casually mentioned were unheard of and unheard of by anyone before them. After King Xiaocheng returned to the palace after the incident, Xiang Teng and his two men, accompanied by another deputy general Zhao Mingxiong, returned to the East Gate Military Command Post. When the generals, generals, lieutenants, and captains lined up on both sides and knelt down to salute, Xiang Shaolong felt like he was in a dream, unable to believe the facts in front of him. In the next few days, the two were extremely busy, determined to rectify the defenders of the city, strengthen their military equipment and training, and at the same time put their elite soldiers in as their guards.He also promoted four of his own people, including Pu Bu, who had served in the city soldiers, among a group of people, to be promoted to lieutenant generals, so as to be as effective as his arm. When everything was settled, Xiang Shaolong heaved a sigh of relief and went to see Zhao Mu. The traitor called him into the secret room, sat down and said with a smile: "General Dong, do you think Guo Kai has any means to deal with you? It turns out that this ungrateful guy used another person to inform this Marquis, saying that you are King Xiaocheng The spies used to deal with me, told me to be careful against you, taught me to laugh out loud." Xiang Shaolong was furious in his heart, a villain like Guo Kai, for his own self-interest, disregarded the overall situation to frame him, so that he could accomplish nothing, it was indeed extremely insidious and despicable.He said coldly: "Can we use this matter to bring Guo Kai down?" Zhao Mudao: "Small intolerance will lead to chaos and big schemes. When Zhao Guo falls into our hands in the future, we will teach his family to be ruined and his family to be destroyed, and he will be tortured to death. For now, let him be proud for a while!" Only at this time did Xiang Shaolong have the opportunity to speak out about the secret discussion with Tian Dan in the carriage that day. Zhao Mu sighed: "Wang Zhuo, your move is really powerful. No wonder Tian Dan has been active in the past two days, and frequently consulted with Ben Hou to discuss the matter of capturing Zhao Zheng. Now everything is ready, and all he owes is a chance to assassinate King Xiaocheng. Alas! I'm really in a hurry." Xiang Shaolong said: "Don't rush this matter. I still have only a short time to guard the city, and I haven't been able to really control the overall situation. But every day I pass, I will be more confident. The most important thing at the moment is to win the trust of Xiao Chengwang, do it Come out and show him some results." Zhao Mu said: "That's easy, now let's reveal some arrangements to King Xiaocheng, even if he still treats you like a jewel or a treasure?" The two carefully deliberated, and it took a long time for Zhao Mu to name a bunch of names, all of which were from Zhao Guo. The city guards or generals of some towns outside Handan. Xiang Shaolong saw his eyes flickering, and he knew that these people might have nothing to do with Zhao Mu, but Zhao Mu wanted to use him to frame them, so he cursed inwardly, and frowned: "Why is a person in Handan City None?" Zhao Mu hesitated for a long while before he was willing to reveal the names of the two senior officers and four generals. The latter four were all guards in charge of the outskirts of Handan or the Great Wall. on the list. At this time, Xiang Shaolong had no doubt that the traitor was using a knife to kill people, of course he would not tell the truth, nodded and said: "Master Hou will never be without his own people in the imperial guards in the palace, it is best to disclose two, so that those Hun Jun firmly believes in it." Zhao Mu hastily invited two people to come out this time, one of them was Zha Yuanyu, the battalion officer who accompanied Xiang Shaolong to Daliang. Yuan Yu knew his character better than Zhao Mu.Deliberately teasing him, he said, "Oh! It's a bit inappropriate to expose our people in this way. Why don't I avoid these people and find a few dead ghosts to sacrifice temporarily, so that it will be more effective against the forces that will resist us in the future. .” Zhao Mu's face immediately changed, but he knew it bitterly. If he changed his words at this time, wouldn't he be lying to his "confidant" clearly, and hurriedly said: "I think it's better to talk about it in a few days! If you get so soon How accurate the information is, it is unreasonable.” Xiang Shaolong laughed secretly in his heart, and agreed: "I will obey the orders of Lord Hou in everything. Lord Hou thinks the time has come, so I will order you to do it!" Zhao Mu heaved a sigh of relief, and seeing that Xiang Shaolong was still so obedient after he became the city guard, he said happily: "This Marquis knows that you have promoted a group of people recently, and I also have a few names, you can reuse them as you see fit. It can make you more able to control the city guard." Xiang Shaolong knew that Zhao Mu trusted him more and more, so he began to reveal some real information to him, and patted his chest to assure him: "This is on me, and tomorrow I will immediately put these people in important positions." Zhao Mu was overjoyed and told the names of the four generals. In the city guard system, the highest rank is of course the chief general of the city guard, followed by two lieutenant generals, eight side generals and twenty assistant generals, all of whom have the power to lead the troops.The city guard is divided into ten armies, each with about 3,000 soldiers, and the army is below the corps, schools, departments, teams and corps.The smallest military unit, "Wu", has five people for each "Wu", and one of them is chosen as the team leader.The "team" at the upper level is fifty people, led by the captain.A "pi" means 1,000 people, led by a general who is already a top general in the military. The partial general has a higher status and has the right to lead the "army". position, let them command the more elite city army, and then wait for Zhao Mu to indirectly control the city guard. Xiang Shaolong has his own strategy of checks and balances, and is not afraid of his arrangement. Xiang Shaolong knew that Zhao Mu would never let him know all about the treacherous party that colluded with him like a few treasures, so he came up with a plan: "People's hearts are unpredictable, is there anything Hou Ye can do to ensure that the people below will have troubles?" How about giving full support to Lord Hou without hesitation?" Zhao Mu smiled wryly, "Who can guarantee this kind of thing!" At this time, Xiang Shaolong thought of the contract of the 21st century, and said with a smile: "I have a humble opinion, which is the letter of allegiance, Lord Hou can teach those people to swear the words of loyalty, and hand it over to Lord Hou In the future, if Lord Hou is in trouble, these oaths of allegiance will surely fall into the hands of King Xiaocheng, so they can't do it if they don't want to share misfortune, so they have to fight against Lord Hou wholeheartedly." Zhao Mu didn't know that it was a trick, he beat the case and shouted: "With your ingenious plan, why don't you worry about the big thing failing." Xiang Shaolong voluntarily dedicated himself and said, "I, Dong Kuang, wrote the first letter of allegiance to Lord Hou, to show my gratitude to Your Majesty and my loyalty to Lord Hou." Zhao Mu was so happy that he almost hugged Xiang Shaolong and kissed him, and hurriedly asked someone to fetch a pen, ink and silk book. Xiang Shaolong thought to himself that apart from a signature that could barely handle it, how could his handwriting be good, but the matter has come to an end, so he can only bite the bullet and write "Dong Kuang is loyal to Zhao Mu" with six crooked characters and draw a monogram . Zhao Mu didn't care about it, and he was even more convinced that he was from a "barbarian". The relationship between the two is so close that there is no doubt about it. After leaving Prince Hou's mansion, Xiang Shaolong rushed into the palace to meet King Xiaocheng. When Xiang Shaolong reported a secret, King Xiaocheng led him into his study to talk. It was the first time that Xiang Shaolong faced the Lord of the Zhao Kingdom alone in the room, knowing that the other party really regarded him as his confidant, he respectfully said: "The final general has successfully entered Zhao Mu's group." King Xiaocheng was surprised and said, "How could Zhao Mu trust you so easily?" Xiang Shaolong said: "Firstly, because we have always had a good relationship, and because I wrote the letter of loyalty." He told the situation immediately, and said at the same time: "As long as we can get these letters of loyalty, who is the traitor?" party, you can be clear about it, and you won’t be afraid of killing the wrong person.” This time it was King Xiaocheng's turn to laugh, and said: "General Dong's move is really a good plan for the world, I am completely relieved that I am here today. When the time comes, General Dong will search Zhao Mu's house for me. When these letters of loyalty come out, let’s see who dares to rebel.” Xiang Shaolong said: "This is still not the best strategy. If one is not good, there will be civil strife. What's more, Huan Tian Dan is watching from the sidelines, I think it's up to the general to get these letters of loyalty to check first, and remove the guards. The thieves in the army, after they have no internal worries, will deal with the rest of the army, even if Zhao Mu has three heads and six arms, he will have to bow his head and punish him." King Xiaocheng nodded excitedly and said, "Let's figure it out, General! I'll leave this to you." Xiang Shaolong explained his relationship with Tian Dan again, and King Xiaocheng's eyes shone coldly, and he said through gritted teeth, "If you really want to seek my great Zhao, give the general a try and you'll find out." Xiang Shaolong discussed with him again, and then he resigned. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ As soon as Xiang Shaolong left the study, he was intercepted by a palace lady, saying that Queen Jing had an invitation. He had heard that King Xiaocheng didn't care much about Queen Jing because of his own "problems". He still didn't expect her to be so blatant. Go to the inner palace. Just like last time, Yingying and Yanyan who met on the road all cast hunger and thirsty looks at him and gave him a big look. These days, before dawn, he has to go to the palace early, and he is too busy with city affairs, not only has no time to see Zhao Ya and Ji Yanran, but after returning to the mansion, all the girls have already rested, although the Tian sisters insisted on waiting for him to come back, But he couldn't bear the heart of this lovely couple to stay up all night, so he resolutely didn't want them to serve him, and he didn't say a few words to the girls. Today I have a little free time, I wanted to visit Talented Lady Ji, or meet Zhao Ya, but I hated that Queen Jing would take the lead, so I couldn't help but feel very distressed, but there was nothing I could do. Until now, he still hasn't really understood the extent of the ambiguous relationship between Queen Jing and Zhao Mu, so it's good to take this opportunity to find out! Gong'e took him straight to a quiet small building in the east of the imperial garden, and all the imperial guards saluted him solemnly along the way, allowing him to enjoy unprecedented vanity and glory. The other two maids opened the door and said with winking smiles, "The queen is waiting for the general upstairs!" Before he had a chance to react, two pretty ladies were already kneeling on both sides, waiting for him to take off his boots. Xiang Shaolong's heart skipped a beat, he thought to himself that there is only one person and one thing, and he was living in this ancient Warring States era, if he could join hands with the empress of a country to find happiness, it would be a rare and wonderful encounter.Recalling the coquettish attitude she had when she tried to refuse but still refused him that day, her heart couldn't help but warm up.But he was not without scruples, if King Xiaocheng knew about it, how would he deal with himself? In this contradictory mood, he climbed up the small building, and every step seemed to weigh a thousand catties. Queen Jing was wearing a fine attire, leaning on a long table alone, with her back leaning on the soft cushion, seeing him appearing at the end of the stairs, she happily said: "The general is here, please sit beside me." Xiang Shaolong bit the bullet, sat on the edge of the other side of the bench, let out a breath and said, "Why is the queen calling?" Queen Jing's slender phoenix eyes flashed into her temples, and she sighed faintly: "Has General Dong met Your Majesty just now? Alas! Your Majesty's health has deteriorated in recent years, and he refuses to take more rest. I'm really afraid that he will be ill next time." Once you do that, you won’t be able to get up from the couch again.” Xiang Shaolong's lustful heart stopped, and he learned her methods again.Although her tone sounded like she cared about King Xiaocheng, in her heart she was implying that if King Xiaocheng died and the crown prince ascended the throne, since she was only about the same age as Xiao Pan, naturally she was the only one to follow her orders, and then she would become Xiang Shaolong's master, Therefore, if Xiang Shaolong understands the current affairs, he must behave according to her face. " With just a few words, both kindness and majesty, together with intimacy and seduction, are hard to resist. Before Xiang Shaolong had a chance to speak, Queen Jing clapped her palms lightly, walked upstairs to the two maids, put the hot white wine and wine glass on the small table between the two of them, and stepped back. Queen Jing personally poured two cups from the cup, held up her slender hands that had never done any rough work, looked like spring onions and smeared with red fat, handed a cup to Xiang Shaolong, took another cup herself, and offered Xiang Shaolong Said respectfully: "I would like to take this cup to congratulate you, General, for being promoted to the position of city guard!" Xiang Shaolong hurriedly said: "Thank you for the queen's promotion!" "when!" The two glasses collided in the air, Queen Jing covered it with her sleeve, and drank the glass of wine in one breath. When she put down the glass, two red clouds rose on her jade cheeks, making her even more glamorous. Xiang Shaolong assured: "Dong Kuang will never forget the queen's kindness, the queen can rest assured." Queen Jing gave him a coquettish look, and said softly: "I naturally know that the general is not the kind of ungrateful person, ah! Your performance that day was really brilliant, and now people are more and more at ease with you. Hey! Look at you People! You look restless, are you afraid that the king will know that you are here?" Xiang Shaolong sighed, and said calmly: "I know that the queen is very kind to me, but it seems a bit inappropriate to get along with the same room like this. If the king misunderstands the queen, I will not be able to absolve myself of the blame." Queen Jing smiled coquettishly and said: "You speak in a gentle manner, unlike your usual style. You were obviously called here, but you made it sound like you caused the matter. Don't worry! Your Majesty ignores the empress's words." I won't be dissatisfied with you because of this, are you relieved?" Xiang Shaolong became more and more unable to understand the affairs in the palace, and everything seemed to be not following common sense. When he was thinking about how to find out about her relationship with Zhao Mu, Queen Jing stared at him and said, "Is Zhao Mu here?" Did you mention me before?" Xiang Shaolong said calmly: "Queen, don't blame me for speaking bluntly. Although Zhao Mu didn't say it clearly, he hinted that the queen is from his side. I dare not tell the king about this matter. The queen can rest assured." Queen Jing's eyes flashed a cold look, she gritted her teeth and said, "So what if I tell him? This is all caused by him." In this way, Xiang Shaolong naturally knew that it was related to the sex games between King Xiaocheng and Zhao Mu. He didn't expect that even the queen would not be spared, so we know how licentious and immoral King Xiaocheng is. Queen Jing sighed faintly, and said: "Fortunately, Dong Kuang reminded us that Zhao Mu was so stupid that he would lure wolves into the house, even an ambitious man like Tian Dan." Xiang Shaolong almost cheered loudly, this was intentional calculation and unintentional, Queen Jing's words, even though he knew that Queen Jing had indeed conspired with Zhao Mu, now he was only afraid of Tian Dan's intervention, so he flinched and tried to be himself Save. The relationship between these people is constantly changing with the conflict of interests. If Zhao Mu really gains power, maybe Queen Jing will fall into his arms again. Queen Jing glanced at him, frowned and said, "Why don't you speak!" Xiang Shaolong heard her tone becoming more and more friendly, and he said in his heart: "I am thinking in my heart, if there is anything to make the queen happy, even if I go through fire and water, I will not hesitate." Queen Jing laughed coquettishly, and after a while, she glanced at him coquettishly, and said softly: "You are rough but delicate, and you know how to please women, no wonder Zhao Yan's flamboyant hoofs fascinate you Upside down, Qi Yu, Han Chuang, and Li Yuan were all shut out, and they were still in high spirits, even Xiang Shaolong forgot. People also want to try that kind of taste, okay! I'm busy, I won't stay with you anymore." Xiang Shaolong was elated when he heard it, and he secretly rejoiced that he could finally taste the high-ranking empress of Zhao, but he didn't know that the other party suddenly issued an order to chase away guests at the climax, knowing that this cunning empress was playing tricks that seemed to welcome the truth, and hated him so much , but there is nothing to do, only to salute and leave. Before leaving the palace, there was an impulse, wanting to see Mrs. Ya to visit Xiao Zhao's daughters, but finally suppressed this unwise desire, and went back to the command post.