Chapter 174 Chapter 7 Still Looking at the Present

Song Jingang looked at Kou Zhong intently and said, "Brother Kou, do you know that you are in danger?" Kou Zhong secretly wondered if this sentence was superfluous, but on the surface he pretended to be humbly asking for advice, and said: "Brother Song, please advise." Song Jingang said in a deep voice: "You don't need to say it out loud, Brother Kou should know that we have a close relationship with the Turkic people, so we can get precious news through them." Kou Zhong felt Song Jingang's persuasive charm more and more. In fact, until now, Song Jingang was still going around, without getting to the point.But all these branches and leaves add up to produce a strong sense of oppression, making Kou Zhong feel the need to be close and cooperate with him.

It was obvious that the other party had seen through his intention to fight for world domination, so every sentence could hit this crucial point, making him unable to help but be moved. He frowned and said, "One thing I still don't understand. I heard that the Li family and the Turks have a good relationship. If you and the Li family make a move, which side will the Turks help?" Song Jingang replied in a leisurely manner: "The one who is weak will help the other, brother Kou understand?" The two looked at each other and laughed knowingly at the same time. Song Jingang suppressed his smile, and said solemnly: "Brother Kou has already offended Li Shimin because of his affair with Shibi. With his resolute character, he will never let this matter go easily."

Kou Zhong said: "Why does he think that He's Bi is in my hands? One must know that even the concubine Xuan of the person concerned is not sure about this." Song Jingang said: "This matter is very strange. But Li Shimin revealed to Tuli that he can guarantee that He's Bi is in your hands. And he is very jealous of you, brother Kou, and expressly expresses that if you can't accept your two brothers as For my own use, I have no choice but to cut off the favor and destroy you. Others don't know the strength in his hands, but they can't hide it from me, so I know that Brother Kou's current situation is extremely dangerous."

Kou Zhong knew that Song Jingang was telling the truth, because if he wanted to make it up, he couldn't make it up. I think it was Li Jing's and indeed betrayed them, otherwise, how dare Li Shimin insist that they stole He's Bi. Kou Zhong's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he said in a deep voice, "Will there be fewer people who want my head, Kou Zhong's head? Why not have him one more." Song Jingang said indifferently: "Brother Kou is a man of wisdom, but how much do you know about Li Shimin?" Kou Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "I am going to ask brother Song for advice."

Both Yun Yuzhen and Bu Tianzhi showed admiration, and they were willing to ask humbly, which is one of the great advantages of this son. Song Jingang said: "I have never met Li Shimin, but I have inquired and studied his travels and possessions since the incident in Taiyuan. , and good at using strange soldiers, every time we can eliminate the strong with the weak, and win in danger, it is really a rare and rare military talent." Then he took a deep look at Kou Zhong and said: "He has never tried to make mistakes, and this time he will not make an exception for Brother Kou."

Bu Tianzhi changed his face and said, "How is Li Shimin's strength in Luoyang's hands at the moment?" Kou Zhong looked at Bu Tianzhi in surprise, it seems that this person's concern for him is not fake. Song Jingang said: "I don't know how many entourages he has in Luoyang at the moment. However, the Tiance Mansion established by him can indeed be regarded as a strong general like a cloud, and a counselor like a rain, which shows that this man is very charming. , can turn people’s hearts.” He paused and said: "In terms of Wen, I will only talk about one person who has the most influence on him. He is Fang Xuanling. This person does not know martial arts, but he has seen people. When Li Shimin led the army into Guanzhong, Fang Xuanling When Xuanling came to Ye'er in Weibei, he was appointed by Li Shimin to join the army. All the documents and military orders were arranged by him. Moreover, this person is best at planning the work needed for combat. , are all in order, although I can't kill the enemy on the battlefield to win, but it plays a key role in success or failure, if I go to war with Li Shimin, I will definitely plan to assassinate this person first."

Kou Zhong thought to himself that if he wants to confront Song Jingang in the future, he must first save Xu Xingzhi.Otherwise, it would be a big loss to him if he was assassinated. Although Song Jingang didn't directly say why he met Kou Zhong until now, Kou Zhong has probably guessed a pattern. He wanted to use his familiarity with Du Fuwei to help Li Zitong deal with Du Fuwei, while he could calmly march into Taiyuan and attack Guanzhong. Of course Song Jingang also knew that he, Kou Zhong, would not be easily ordered by others, otherwise why bother to talk. Bu Tianzhi asked: "Who is Wu?"

Song Jingang smiled bitterly and said: "Then I can't finish talking with my fingers and toes. As far as the Li clan itself is concerned, the three brothers Li Shentong and Li Shimin are the most brilliant. But the real strength comes from the masters who are attached to the Li family , there are about a dozen people among them, why can they be said to be first-class outstanding masters, and the Jianghu call it General Cefu. The leader of this group of general-level figures is actually a woman, and no one knows her Because her weapon is a red whisk, she is called the red whisk girl, but she is not named."

Kou Zhong was surprised: "Is she stronger than Yang Xuyan? Why is she ranked first?" Song Jingang obviously didn't know that Yang Xuyan belonged to Li Shimin, so he said emotionally, "Where did Brother Kou know that Yang Xuyan joined the Guanzhong Army?" Kou Zhong thought to himself that you must know everything, so he explained a few sentences and said: "Can you make an appointment with Brother Song to discuss important matters, I must go to the palace to see Wang Shichong immediately, otherwise he will have doubts in his heart." Song Jingang knew that he had been moved, so he stopped fighting each other, and let Kou Zhong leave after an appointment.

Ba Fenghan jumped up in the air, landed on Xu Ziling's boat easily, sat on the bow of the boat, and said indifferently: "It's time to return the boat to others." Xu Ziling said in embarrassment: "How do you know I'm following you? You obviously never look back." Ba Fenghan opened his palm, it turned out that there was a round mirror hidden in the palm. Xu Ziling suddenly realized, Ba Fenghan asked: "Did you hear everything?" Xu Ziling blushed slightly, and said while rowing: "I thought you could talk in your own dialect, but you actually speak Chinese, hey! I'm sorry!"

Ba Fenghan nodded and said: "I speak Chinese for you, why not worry about it. A woman who loves to hate is sometimes more terrifying than a scourge. The biggest problem is that you can't bear to hurt her. I thought she was At such a young age, I don't take anything too seriously. Now I know that I was very wrong. Oh! Be careful!" Xu Ziling had already heard the sound of breaking waves, so he hurriedly rowed the boat aside. A speedboat passed by quickly, and the operator of the boat was a man who was not significantly different from any authentic Luoyang people. The eyes of the two lit up at the same time. Ba Fenghan said: "Did you smell it?" Xu Ziling said with certainty, "It's the smell of raw herbs." The two thought of Shangguan Long at the same time. The boat has sunk into the depths of the vast rain powder. Xu Ziling's oars hit the water, and he secretly apologized to the original owner of the boat, because he had to borrow the boat for a while. Kou Zhong and Yun Yuzhen returned to the carriage, and Bu Tianzhi was still in charge of driving, heading towards the imperial city. Yun Yuzhen asked in a low voice: "What do you think of Song Jingang?" Kou Zhong frowned and said, "You introduced him, but he came to ask me." Yunyu said angrily, "I'm just following Master Xiao's orders!" Kou Zhong smiled and said: "Master, beauty, don't be serious. According to me, Song Jingang will be Li Shimin's strong enemy. This game of fighting for the world is getting more and more interesting. Hmph! Liu Wu Zhou Ding once had a great promise to the Turkic people Otherwise, the Turkic people would not give up Li Xiaozi and help them." Yun Yuzhen said: "This may be the reason why those who are close are close and those who are far away are estranged. Liu Wuzhou and other rebel armies in northern Xinjiang were all enfeoffed by the Turkic people. Li Yuan was always a little far away, so the Turkic people didn't Trust him too much." Kou Zhong thought about it: "Why didn't Song Jingang mention Liang Shidu at all? He is Liu Wuzhou's senior brother, and he is also a master of the Yingyang faction. He should be closely related and advance and retreat together." Yun Yuzhen said: "Even brothers can turn against each other. Aren't Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou close friends? They are not jealous of each other now. I heard that Li Shimin and Prince Li Jiancheng are also brothers. When it comes to the throne, all morals and relationships will be worthless." Kou Zhong recalled that when Du Fuwei wanted to recognize himself as his son, he did not mention Fu Gongyou, and seemed to ignore him at all. Thinking of Yun Yuzhen's reputation for being well-informed, she smiled and said, "If I do something wrong in the future, will Master Beauty be willing to help me with all my strength?" Yun Yuzhen glanced at him, and sighed: "Is it okay to talk about it at that time? I don't know how troubled my heart is now!" Kou Zhong intuitively felt that she was upset about the relationship between men and women, so he didn't dare to ask further, and said casually: "A few masters of the Dugu family have not shown up at all, for example, that Dugu Ba seems to have disappeared, do you know where they are?" went?" Yunyu said listlessly: "How do I know. We're here! Get out of the car!" The small boat carrying Xu Ba and two people was moored under a small bridge.Under the shroud of mist and rain, unless someone crosses the bottom of the bridge in a boat, or deliberately checks, they will not be found. If this is the main waterway like Luoshui, their small boats are of course quite an eyesore.But what they are currently in is only a small tributary of Xiangluo Canal, located in Yirenfang in the southwest of the city. The small boat was moored near a small pier behind a courtyard by the water, and there were three other covered speedboats moored at the pier. In Luoyang, waterways run through the whole city, which is more convenient and quicker than traveling by horses and horses on land. Ba Fenghan looked at the closed back door of the courtyard, and said in a deep voice: "I am sure to kill Tuli." Xu Ziling said in astonishment: "How do you say that? From what I've seen just now, the two of you are at most evenly matched, evenly divided." Ba Fenghan shook his head and said, "This is just a superficial appearance. Did you feel that you performed far beyond your usual level when facing Master Feixuan last night?" Xu Ziling was startled and said, "I haven't really thought about this issue, but now that you're talking about it, it seems to be the case." Ba Fenghan's eyes sparkled, and he said in a voice full of longing and hope: "This is the wonderful function of He's Bi, which enables us to break through and surpass the previous physical limitations. What we need now are challenges and tempering, so that we can master The unlocked potential is brought out and becomes our own. Now Luoyang is Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and we are surrounded by enemies, is there a better place to practice martial arts than this in the world?" Xu Ziling looked down at the scene where the raindrops fell into the river and became part of the river. He nodded and said: "We are like an open river. Every time we fight with people, if there is a storm, the river will be more abundant. Thinking about it is exciting." Ba Fenghan said: "Someone has come out!" Xu Ziling was alert early on, quickly concealed his figure, and looked towards the back wall of the courtyard. Two figures came out over the wall, landed on one of the speedboats, and quickly untied the rope and sailed in the other direction. This is exactly where Xu Ziling carefully parked the boat at the other end leading to Luoshui, otherwise he would be discovered by the enemy at this moment, because the chance of the enemy going to the city center is of course the greatest. Ba Fenghan watched the speedboat go far away, and smiled happily: "This trip we stumbled upon Qu Ao's temporary lair, no wonder I smelled the ignorance of the snow lotus just now, it is the holy medicine for the Tiele people to heal their wounds." Xu Ziling also recognized that the couple just now were Qu Ao's second disciple Hua Lingzi, who was beautiful, and third disciple Geng Hu'er, thinking it would be such a coincidence, he wondered, "Which one of them was injured?" Ba Fenghan said: "You don't need to get hurt to do the goods! This is called planning for a rainy day, be prepared." Xu Ziling saw Ba Fenghan's eyes flashing with divine light, and asked: "Brother Fenghan is not going to force his way in and kill him!" Ba Fenghan smiled and said: "Zi Ling really knows my intentions, just think about it, who is there in the courtyard? How strong are they? We don't know anything about it. The thrill of rushing into the dragon's lake and tiger's lair is already inexplicably exciting. We Whether you can become a master of the same level as Ning Daoqi, Bi Xuan, and Fu Cailin depends on the present!" At the same time, the two felt a warning sign in their hearts, and looked towards the direction of the river leading to Luoshui. A speedboat sailed quickly under the wind and rain. Except for one person steering the boat at the stern, the tall man standing upright on the bow with long hair scattered, his face was ferocious, his shoulders were broad, his waist was thin and his legs were long, and his appearance was terrifying. Xu Ziling hurriedly withdrew his gaze, although the distance was nearly thirty feet, he was still afraid of arousing the other party's vigilance, and said in a low voice, "It's Dugu Ba, a first-class expert of the Dugu Clan, Dugu Feng's younger brother." Ba Fenghan was surprised and said: "Didn't the Dugu clan cooperate with Li Mi? Why did they secretly collude with the Tiele people? Go!" Xu Ziling was recalling the scene when Dugu Ba took advantage of Shen Luoyan's distraction and hid in the snowdrifts when he left Xingyang City that day, and succeeded in a surprise attack. what?" Ba Fenghan had already slapped the water surface with his palm, hitting a jet of water that splashed everywhere. The small boat broke through the river like an arrow, slid out of the bottom of the bridge, and headed towards Duguba's speedboat. When Kou Zhong jumped off the carriage and said goodbye to Bu Tianzhi, the latter shot out a ball of paper. Kou Zhong took it in astonishment, and the carriage turned around and left. As he walked towards the central gate of the imperial city, he read the ball of paper that Bu Tianzhi gave him. Apart from writing the place and time of the secret meeting on it, there was nothing else to say, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart. Bu Tianzhi clearly wanted to hide the news from Yun Yuzhen and him, what exactly is it? But he vaguely felt that Bu Tianzhi had no malicious intentions. After entering the imperial city, the general guarding the gate took him to the Shangshu Mansion, and after waiting for a while, someone led him to the hall, and he was astonished when he entered the door. I saw Wang Shichong sitting at the main seat at the south end of the hall, with more than a dozen seats evenly distributed on both sides, all of which were full of people. Kou Zhong from the six seats on the right knew Ling Longjiao, the "beautiful Hu Ji", Taoist Ke Feng, and Chen Changlin, the "iron hand". Ouyang Xiyi, Lang Feng and Song Mengqiu, who lived on Wang Shichong's right, were the chiefs at the last seat. The six people on the other side were all meeting for the first time, and the last two looked like Wang Shichong, so it seemed that they were his sons. Kou Zhongna expected that when he suddenly encountered such a battle, Wang Shichong stood up and said with a big smile: "Kou Zhong, you came just in time, we are discussing big plans. Come! Sit down and have a cup of hot tea before we talk." Everyone clasped their fists to him as a salute, only the frosty beard girl Linglongjiao gave him a slight nod, which was regarded as a greeting. Ouyang Xiyi seemed to have a special affection for Kou Zhong, he waved his hand and said, "No extra seats, come and sit with me!" An attendant set up a grand teacher's chair next to the senior expert, let Kou Zhong sit down, and offered tea. After some commotion, Wang Shichong introduced to Kou Zhong two men wearing general uniforms on the left for the first time. One was Zhang Zhenzhou, and the other was Yang Gongqing. To be tall, he has been stationed in foreign defenses, fighting for Wang Shichong and the rebels from all sides. Kou Zhong knew that this was Wang Shichong's real team, so he paid special attention to those two people. Zhang Zhenzhou has a long chin, a thin face that looks shrewd and confident, calm and composed, rarely smiles, and his high forehead is slightly raised, as if there is infinite wisdom in it.At the age of thirty-five or six, he seems to be a meticulous person. Yang Gongqing was a little older, with a medium build, and always had a gentle smile on his face. His slender eyes made Kou Zhong feel that he was a man of deep affluence.He has a high-pitched voice, and speaks slowly, giving people a sense of discontinuity. The last two are Wang Xuanying and Wang Xuanshu, the eldest son and the second son of Wang Shichong. The former has scars on his face, his speech is a bit rough and reckless, and his eyes have a kind of viciousness. His body was a bit fat, which made Kou Zhong guess that he was a person who indulged in drinking and sex. Otherwise, such a situation would not have happened at such a young age. On the contrary, Naidi is physically strong, radiant and full of heroism. Although he is not as tall as Kou Zhong, he is still tall, but his childishness has not been eliminated, and he still needs some experience to be able to stand on his own. The other two are Wang Honglie and Wang Xingben, both belong to Wang Shichong's relatives, and they are not extraordinary people just by their appearance. Half of the eight core figures of Wang Shichong's army here are people who are related to Wang Shichong. Except for Wang Xuanshu who looks a little like, the rest are not talents. Such appointment of private individuals should have a certain impact on the morale of the army. After drinking the tea, Wang Shichong smiled at Kou Zhong: "I am very happy to see my little brother come back safe and sound." Kou Zhong cursed inwardly, without mentioning last night's curfew, he said with a smile: "What happened to alarm Lord Shang Shu and everyone here to discuss big plans?" Wang Shichong said: "Huang Gongcuo has just arrived here, we are going to preemptively strike, and we must wipe out the entire army of the Nanhai faction and never turn around." Kou Zhong said in astonishment: "Absolutely not!" Everyone, including Wang Shichong, was stunned.