Chapter 196 Chapter 5 Uncanny and Changeable

After Kou Zhong untied the horse tied to the tree, he rode to Song Jingang's date. The situation on the street is still the same, but he already feels a little bit dispirited. In the end, Wang Shichong can't become a great weapon, but can only be a local overlord, unlike Li Mi and Li Shimin, who are fighting for the world.Compared with Du Fuwei, he is far behind.Although he has no plans to spare, it is always difficult for him to express his ambitions because of his uselessness. Li Mi now has thousands of reasons to attack Luoyang, but with his forbearance, as long as he knows that Wang Shichong can still control the overall situation, he will not take the risk.

Otherwise, even if he wins, when Li Shimin's army comes from Kansai, it will be the moment when Li Mi's death knell will be sounded.Therefore, Li Mi would rather let Wang Shichong have more glory for a while, so as to block Li Shimin for him, and the army under him will try his best to gain time to recuperate, and replenish the army, so as to recover. Could it be that the plan to deal with Li Mi fell short?The feeling of gain and loss is as regrettable as if the opponent suddenly throws the cards and refuses to gamble when he knows that the cards in his hand are sure to win. The current situation in Luoyang is changing every moment, and no one knows what magic changes will happen in the next moment.

With the retreat of the Tiele people and the killing of Dugu Ba, what new arrangements will the Dugu Clan have? Suddenly, a flash of light flashed in Kou Zhong's mind, and he realized it. With Shen Luoyan's loyalty to Li Mi, he would never kill Duguba because of personal grudges. Just looking at Dugu Ba personally going to the Tiele people's lair, one knows that Dugu Ba Zong is not a pro-Tiele faction in the Dugu clan, at least he should be the connector responsible for threading the needle. Shen Luoyan killed him precisely to destroy the relationship between the Dugu Clan and the Tie Le people.

Ba Fenghan did Li Mi a great favor by forcing Qu Ao away. Assuming that the people of the Dugu Clan can know who the real murderer of Dugu Ba is, what will be the consequences?Thinking about this.Xuan felt overwhelmed, knowing that the Dugu family would never believe his words. Ma'er came to the highest point of Tianjin Bridge at this time and walked down. Although the streets were full of pedestrians and horses, Kou Zhong felt extremely lonely, as if they were living in different worlds.His thoughts turned to Li Shimin. His strength is indeed unexpectedly strong, the masters of the Tiance Mansion are all wise and courageous, and if you order a few of them casually, you will be unable to finish them.

Now that Ba Fenghan is gone, the strength of the two of them has been greatly reduced. Although they have solved Shi Feixuan's problem, they have replaced Li Shimin who also caused him headaches, making him feel that he will be killed at any time. In this case, should we evacuate immediately, and get out of the "Yanggong Treasure House" before Li Shimin returns to Guanzhong. After arriving in Luoyang, it was the first time he wanted to quit. Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth, turned his horse's head, and made up his mind to go to the imperial city first to try to find Xu Xingzhi, even forgetting about Song Jingang's date.

"Xu Ziling!" Xu Ziling closed the secret book, put it in his arms, and said coldly without turning his head: "How will you harm us this time?" Shen Luoyan came to him, sat down Yingying, and sighed: "Why did the sky play tricks on people and put you and me in a hostile position?" She was all in white, and her emaciated jade face carried a kind of indescribable charming charm in her clear beauty. Xu Ziling's anger suddenly disappeared. She was right, when the world is in turmoil, people from different standpoints are fighting their wits and doing everything they can, as if everyone at the gambling table is trying their best to win all the money into their own pockets go.This is nothing to blame others.

Shen Luoyan said lightly: "Let's go! Wang Shi has exhausted all his energy, so you won't even be able to leave later." Xu Ziling was still reminiscing about the astronomical knowledge he had just obtained from Lu Miaozi's great book, his heart was peaceful and his thoughts were clear. He said calmly, "Tell me, how can I tell whether your proposal is malicious or kind?" Shen Luoyan said quietly: "Let me tell you something, Duguba's body has been found, and from the scars on his body, it is almost certain that you and Ba Fenghan did it." Xu Ziling was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and said with a wry smile: "What a clever plan to set blame!"

Shen Luoyan was very surprised that he didn't get angry, and it took a long time before he lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Every time I want to hurt you, the pain in my heart is really not humane, do you understand? You should go!" Xu Ziling felt something was wrong, but he didn't know where the problem was. If Shen Luoyan hadn't been sure of winning the battle for the eastern capital, she wouldn't have spoken to herself with this tone of voice. He intuitively felt that she had persuaded him to leave after some inner struggles, and revealed a conspiracy that he should never have known.

If the Dugu Clan is desperate to avenge Dugu Ba, and if they are completely unprepared, his and Kou Zhong's lives are indeed in jeopardy. Shen Luoyan looked up at him with beautiful eyes and said: "I have said what I want to say! Even say what should not be said, a man can bend and stretch. Ziling take care!" The last sentence was as thin as a gnat, and after saying that, Shen Luoyan seemed to run away for her life. Xu Ziling stood up abruptly and took a deep breath. The only thing he should do now is to find Kou Zhong and see how he should deal with the furious Dugu Clan.

Kou Zhong was thinking about how to find Xu Xingzhi without attracting attention, Song Mengqiu called him from behind and said: "Brother Kou, Master Shangshu is looking for you." Kou Zhong stopped on the entrance steps of Shangshu Mansion, turned around and saluted, "General Song must be very busy these two days, otherwise how could I feel like I haven't seen General Song for a long time?" Song Mengqiu came to him, took his hand and walked inward, stopped after entering the door and said: "We don't even have time to sleep these days, so even Master Shangshu has to find something to relax."

Kou Zhong didn't have a good impression of this man from the very beginning, he always felt that he was smooth and hypocritical, and his words didn't match his heart.But in order to find the truth, I thought it would be better to start with him than to ask Wang Shichong directly, so I had to say perfunctorily: "I really can't think of anything that can make those of us who don't sleep well can forget our worries." Song Mengqiu pretended to be mysterious and leaned into his ear and said: "Of course it's a woman, but it has to be the most beautiful beauty, with a full range of sensuality, beauty and art, so beautiful that people can forget even the father's last name." Kou Zhong almost forgot Xu Xingzhi, Da Qi said: "Which beauty has such charm and power." Song Mengqiu said happily: "Of course it is Shang Xiufang who is known as the world's number one prostitute. Who else deserves the title, beauty, and art?" Kou Zhong thought that it was her. When Fu Qian made an appointment with Qu Aoyu Manqing Court for the first time, Wang Bo originally invited her to perform in public, but he, Xu Ziling and Ba Fenghan ruined it.And because they want to take Shang Guanlong away, they have a close relationship with her, and they don't know whether she has performed before, and they think it's funny when they think about it. Song Mengqiu proudly said: "Master Wang knows that she will enter Guanzhong after singing Rong Fengxiang's play tomorrow night, so he tried every means to invite her here, and even set up two banquets, so he asked us to find you to take advantage of the excitement." Kou Zhong rubbed his stomach and said, "What time is it now? I just got drunk and drunk, and I can't do anything even if I want to stuff half a bun." Song Mengqiu didn't know that he wanted to find Xu Xingzhi when Wang Shichong had no time to separate himself, so he said with a dumbfounded smile: "Brother Kou, are you joking? The drunkard's intention is not to drink and eat? Shangmei is famous for taking a nap, so if you want to ask her out, just Can be in the future, come on!" Kou Zhong walked two steps with him, stopped and said: "I want to go first to make it easier. It would be so bad if I want to leave when I have a wonderful view after entering the table. Ha!" Song Mengqiu could only nod his head and said: "Then see you later!" Kou Zhong secretly called God to help me, and escaped. Xu Ziling came to the side of the horse, fondled the horse's neck affectionately, and thought about how to go about finding Kou Zhong. To find Kou Zhong, the first thing to do is to find out where Song Jingang is currently staying in Luoyang. The only way to do this is to contact Ren En from the Green Snake Gang. He is better than himself in Luoyang. Just as he was about to fly on his horse, someone quickly approached. Xu Ziling turned his head and saw a young and thin boy dressed as a servant walking towards him from a distance. He was pretty and familiar, but he couldn't forget that he had seen him there before. The young man showed a friendly smile, and when he came to his side, he said, "Master Xu, don't you recognize Tongtong? When Master Xu met Liu Shuai that day, he even poured tea for you!" It was only then that Xu Ziling remembered that it was the handsome girl Tongtong whom he had seen at his residence after reuniting with Liu Heikai. She was now wearing men's clothing, so he couldn't remember it for a while, otherwise with his photographic memory, how could he forget it. In terms of beauty, she is of course not as good as Shen Luoyan and Song Yuzhi's beauties with overwhelming beauty, but she is better than pure beauty, hearty and pleasant, making people feel easy to get close to.There is also a unique temperament. He smiled and said: "Is your dressing technique passed down by Zhuge Dewei? There is no flaw in a woman disguised as a man. I still remember that Brother Liu praised your throwing knife very well." Tongtong's bright and beautiful eyes lit up, and she said happily: "Unexpectedly, Mr. Xu is so unassuming. When I first met you, he was a little afraid of you!" Xu Ziling was stunned and said, "I have nothing to fear." Tongtong said excitedly: "I'm not really afraid, I just think Master Xu is the kind of person who doesn't like to talk and always keeps a distance from others. You know! Master Xu's reputation is so big." Seeing her innocent expression, Xu Ziling aroused his childlike innocence, and said with a smile, "I just pretended to fool the little girl." Then he frowned and said, "Didn't you go north with Brother Liu? It's too dangerous to keep you here." At this time, Tongtong seemed to remember something, glanced around, and said: "It's too revealing here, can Master Xu follow Tongtong to talk elsewhere?" Xu Ziling couldn't bear to reject this delicate beauty at first, but thought that maybe he could find out Song Jingang's residence from her, so he nodded and said, "No problem, but I have something important to deal with, so I can't spend too much time on it." .” Tong Tong said happily: "It will only happen in a while. Ma'er can stay here, we have someone to take care of you." Hearing what she said, Xu Ziling immediately knew that she was not staying in Luoyang alone, so he happily went with her. Kou Zhong came to the entrance of the main hall where the banquet was held in the Shangshu Mansion, sighed inwardly, and then stepped through the door to enter. The guard saluted solemnly. After that, he ran around here and there, almost asking all the people he met, and finally learned from a pretty maid that Xu Xingzhi was also a guest of the belated luncheon. In the past, he would have been delighted by Wang Shichong's attention because of the benefits of his false deeds, but now that he has retreated in his heart, this situation can only add to his troubles. Even if there is a way to inform Xu Xingzhi of the decision he has made, it is not very appropriate for the two to leave the meeting at the same time or successively with excuses. As a result, there were two banquet seats in the hall, which were almost full at this time, and they were lined up at the south end of the hall. On the east side of this gorgeous hall, more than a dozen men and women who looked like musicians were sitting and waiting, obviously they were the accompaniment team for Shang Xiufang. Including the serving maids and servants, although there are nearly fifty people in the hall, most of them are strictly quiet, and even if there are people talking and laughing during the banquet, they are cautious, and there is a sense of official entertainment. The arrival of Kou Zhong immediately attracted everyone's attention. Wang Shichong, who lives in the chairman, laughed and said, "Mr. Kou, please come here!" It seems that Kou Zhong is being called Mr. for the first time by someone, and he immediately feels goosebumps all over his body.When Zhuo Zuo greeted everyone, his eyes quickly conveyed a message to Xu Xingzhi who was in the other seat, and then he walked towards Wang Shichong's seat. Most of the people sitting in the chair are acquaintances, only two men they don't know, but they don't see Shang Xiufang, nor Dong Shuni. Wang Shichong ordered his servants to pull away the empty seat across from him, and jokingly said: "I thought you would miss this grand event. Seeing that you are so destined, I will give you the dragon seat next to the phoenix seat, near the water tower, after the fight." It depends on your fortune!" Except for Linglongjiao, all the men at the table laughed ambiguously, even Ouyang Xiyi was no exception. Wang Shichong's move can be said to give Kou Zhong face.However, because of his repeated achievements, his status as a guest minister, and his recent rise in popularity in Luoyang, no one would think that Wang Shichong's arrangement was inappropriate. Kou Zhongfu sat down and complained deliberately: "It seems that the prince is still not that good of a friend, if the prince is willing to tell me about Miss Deshang this morning, even if Dugufeng and his family stop at the entrance of the imperial city, I will call in! " His words immediately caused a burst of laughter, breaking the previous serious atmosphere. Wang Shichong was in a good mood for some reason, and deliberately sighed: "Xiao Zhong, you don't know something. Miss Xiufang didn't inform me that she was willing to come to the banquet until a few hours ago. What do you think I can inform you this morning?" Under everyone's echoing laughter, Wang Xuanying, who was sitting opposite Kou Zhong, said happily: "Father's face is bigger than the sky now. Originally, when Miss Xiufang came to Dongdu today, she was only willing to sing two sets, and refused all others. Today Making an exception this time will definitely attract the envy of many people!" Only then did Kou Zhong realize that Shang Xiufang was so arrogant, and he couldn't help being curious to see her face. Wang Shichong felt relieved when he heard his son's flattery, and said: "I was so busy talking, I almost forgot to introduce Mr. Kou." Under his introduction, it turned out that the two men were Tian Zan, the general manager of Xianzhou, and Yang Qing, the general manager of Guanzhou, and they were Wang Shichong's capable men stationed in the outer city of Luoyang. Of course, these two people didn't come here just to listen to the music. It can be seen that Wang Shichong is constantly calling back his subordinates and making arrangements. Other people at the table were Wang Xuanshu, Wang Honglie, Wang Xingben, Linglongjiao, Yang Gongqing and Lang Feng.Including Shang Xiufang who has not yet arrived, it happens to be twelve people. But Daoist Kefeng and Zhang Zhenzhou were nowhere to be seen. The former is probably unwilling to attend such sensual occasions, while the latter may leave the Eastern Capital to take charge of a certain military operation somewhere. The other seat is for lower-ranking officials and aides like Xu Xingzhi, and Kou Zhong nodded his head to several of them. Ouyang Xiyi, who was sitting next to Kou Zhong, saw Wang Shichong whispering to Yang Gongqing who was sitting next to him, and leaned closer and said, "How should Brother Zhong thank me?" Kou Zhong was stunned and said, "What good deed did Senior do for the boy?" Ouyang Xiyi smiled and said, "Your seat was specially given up for you by the old man, do you think you should thank me?" Kou Zhong was grateful for a burst of gratitude, this senior master really took good care of him, so he quickly thanked him. The band suddenly played strings and pipes together, and the melodious rhythm echoed around the beams. Shang Xiufang finally came. Xu Ziling and Tongtong walked through the outer shop and returned to the house where they met Liu Heita that day. After sitting down, Tongtong offered tea, sat beside him and said, "Did Dugu Ba be the one who killed Master Xu?" Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said: "I wanted to like him, but someone else did it, but now I can't get rid of it." Tong Tong said as if nothing had happened: "Dugu Ba is notorious, and the news of his death will only make people happy. But the strangest thing about this matter is that I don't feel that Dugu Feng seems to have any obvious actions, which makes me even more worried about Master Xu." The feeling of inappropriateness in Xu Ziling's heart became stronger. What is the reason that can make the fiery and violent You Chuhong under control?If he can't see through the enemy's deployment, he and Kou Zhong may be defeated. Shen Sheng said: "When did they find Dugu Ba's body?" Tong Tong replied: "It should have been at midnight yesterday. His body was found by patrolmen and hung on the Tianjin Bridge." Xu Ziling's heart was shocked, Shen Luoyan's method of assigning blame was indeed very vicious, anyone would have thought that they deliberately hung their corpses here to avenge their hatred of being besieged on the bridge earlier. Tong Tong continued: "There is a saying that either you die or I die. Master Xu and Master Kou had better strike first, otherwise they will suffer." Xu Ziling smiled bitterly and said, "I'm going to discuss this with Kou Zhong, do you know where Song Jingang is staying?" Tongtong nodded, and readily stated the location. Xu Ziling said in surprise, "You are well informed." Tongtong happily said: "This is exactly the task we stay here. There is also a very important news to inform Mr. Xu. According to our guess, there should be a traitor in Wang Shichong's camp who secretly colluded with Dugufeng. " Xu Ziling was stunned and said, "Why do you say that?" Tongtong said solemnly: "This is deduced from some clues. Frankly speaking, there are also our eyeliners in the palace city. For example, Yang Tong's minister Yuan Wendu has always been greedy for life and afraid of death, but even though Wang Shichong has a heavy army in the imperial city, he It's still the same, not only did he appear to be unscrupulous during the conversation, but he also said he knew Wang Shichong's overall plan." After a pause, he continued: "Just looking at the fact that the Dugu Clan is going to use all means to deal with Kou Ye, you know that Dugu Feng knows that Kou Ye is planning a plan for Wang Shichong!" Xu Ziling's expression finally changed. If this is the case, then not only he and Kou Zhong are in danger, but also Zhai Jiao and others will be killed at any time, and Song Lu, Song Yuzhi and others may even be implicated. Xu Ziling stood up abruptly, and said decisively, "I'm going to find Kou Zhong immediately."