The first snow in the winter of Daye in the seventh year was overwhelming.

Xu Shiji entered Pengcheng and met the Twelve Lady and Cui Jiu. He told Li Fengyun in detail what he said, and summed up in one sentence: Your Cui family is in trouble, and the most urgent task is to try to save yourself.

I have seen a rampant thief, but I have never seen such a rampant thief. The Twelve Lady and Cui Jiu both have a sense of ridicule and cry. This is not absurd, but a ridiculous world. A thief like a stray dog ​​dares to threaten Cui with a lot of nonsense?

To interpret Li Fengyun's words from another perspective, it means that since someone knows that your Cui family is in trouble, there is certainly a way to rescue him. Since someone can save your Cui family's danger, in equivalent exchange, you, Cui, naturally, have to repay someone, and the reward he requests is to form an alliance of interests on the basis of equal status.

The absurdity is like a fox falling into a trap, saying to a tiger wandering outside the trap, "You are in danger of your life, I can save your life, but the condition is that we want to be brothers, and we will share the joys and sorrows in the future. If the tiger is stupid and agrees foolishly, and saves the fox from the trap, the fox will be the power of the tiger, and the fox will act rampant and domineering with the power of the tiger.

Is Cui a stupid tiger? Will Cui be stupid and believe Li Fengyun's alarmist nonsense?

The answer is self-evident, but the key to the question is that Li Fengyun is not only a cunning fox, but also a demon who kills people like a dog. Now he has even formed a team to occupy the mountains as king, posing a threat to Qilu and Xuzhou areas south of the river. What such a person says is really "nonsense"? Another more important point is that since Li Fengyun took the initiative to seek help from Cui, and did not have much hope at the beginning, now there is hope, Cui responded, but Li Fengyun was so arrogant that he lost his mind and shouted at Cui like a madman, threatening Cui, and deliberately cutting off the Cui road. How big is this possible?

After calming down, the Twelve Lady and Cui Jiu decided to observe patiently for a while and give out some "bait" first to see what Li Fengyun will do next. After all, he is valuable now, so he doesn't need to use it in vain. As for his nonsense, he will just be a madman and ignore it.

Xu Shiji hurried to Mengshan again.

This time, Xu Shiji brought some confidential information. The most important ones were the confidential information of the Weifu, Zhuyingyang Mansion, Zhuduwei Mansion and the officials of various counties in Qilu and Xuzhou, as well as the military deployment of Zhou Fashang to encircle Mengshan and the imperial edict of the Eastern Capital to suppress rebellion and suppress the thieves. Knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy, one will never be defeated in a hundred battles. The rebel army learned the secrets of the opponent through Cui, but the opponent knew nothing about the rebel army, which gave the rebel army the opportunity to defeat the opponent.

Cui’s “bait” has been spread out. Will Li Fengyun “take the bait”?

"Analysis of the information you sent, you are most sure of fighting Langya." Li Fengyun smiled, "The governor of Langya County is Dou Xuan, and the Dou family is the Guanlong Lu surname. Langya County is located on the transportation channel connecting Donglai and Jianghuai. Beating Langya can not only play a role in attacking the Guanlong people, but also pose a threat to the navy's crossing the sea to the east."

"Brother wants to fight Langya?" Xu Shiji asked, "Let's fight now?"

Li Fengyun shook his head, "Meng Rang and Changbai Mountain Rebel Army have already fought Langya, but due to his lack of strength, he did not dare to attack Linyi, the capital, so he had to attack Ju County. As a result, Ju County did not conquer, and led the officials from the eastern Lu area. Now he has gone up to Yishan along the Yi River and hid, but the official army has rush to the foot of Mengshan Mountain. Under the current circumstances, even if he wants to attack Langya County, Zhou Fashang's reinforcements have arrived, and he is still powerless."

Xu Shiji knew very well that Li Fengyun had no intention of attacking Langya County. He had a high vision and ambitions, and he would definitely be earth-shaking when he took action.

"If you don't fight now, Kaichun will be even more unable to fight." Xu Shiji tentatively said, "What are your plans?"

"I must win the cooperation of Cui." Li Fengyun said seriously, "I have said that if the rebel army wants to survive, its own strength alone is far from enough. Even if I have ten thousand elite soldiers now, it cannot resist the encirclement of the official army on all sides. Therefore, whether there is external assistance is crucial."

Xu Shiji smiled bitterly and made a helpless gesture. Your crazy words angered Cui, and Cui treated you as a madman and ignored you at all.

"Cui's attitude is clear. For them, you only have the value of use, no cooperation. What do you use to cooperate with them? What do you want? You just have a beggar, but you want to be brothers and brothers with the rich." Xu Shiji couldn't help but advised him with great thoughts, "Brother, can you be more serious and say something useful, don't let me go? It's a cold day, ice and snow, I'm going back and forth, thank you for your hard work."

Li Fengyun laughed and patted Xu Shiji on the shoulder hard, "Good brother, thank you for your hard work. I will serve you with delicacies in the mountains and seas tonight, and I will reward you."

Xu Shiji looked sad and didn't know what to say.

"Okay, it's not difficult for you." Li Fengyun's face turned aside and said seriously, "Go and tell the twelve ladies of the Cui family, Cui Hongsheng, that they only have one year's birthday, so ask her to prepare for her funeral."

Xu Shiji was shocked and stared at Li Fengyun with wide eyes, wishing he could slap him, do you want me to die?

Li Fengyun ignored him and continued, "If she wants to see Cui Hongsheng who is alive, then take advantage of the opportunity that the Eastern Expedition has not yet begun and Cui Hongsheng is still the prefect of Zhuo County and go and meet him."

"Brother, I want to make a fuss." Xu Shiji said with a strong anger, "Cui Jun is the prefect of Xindu, not in Zhuo County."

"You go and ask her and you will know if someone is right."

"I'll go and ask her?" Xu Shiji shouted angrily, "Brother, once I open my mouth, I can't save my head."

"No." Li Fengyun smiled, "You can not only save the head, but also go into the mountain again to have fun with someone."

"I'm not here!" Xu Shijizhang shouted angrily, "Brother is crazy and nonsense. If I come again, I will seek death."

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious." Li Fengyun laughed, "Cui Hongsheng can live for a year at least, but some people are about to ascend to heaven."

"Who?" Xu Shiji rolled his eyes and looked at Li Fengyun. Quan thought he was a lunatic. I wouldn't believe anything you said.

"The current internal historian, General of the Left Guard and Yuanshou of Yilong, will die in the first month. In February, the General of the Right Guard, Yang Xiong of Guan, will also die in the King of Guan. In March, the Minister of War, Duan Wenzhen of the Marshal of Xiang of Beiping, died on the way to the Eastern Expedition, while General Maitaibang of the Left Guard died in the first battle of the Eastern Expedition. In May, Na Yan, General of the Right Guard, Yang Da, the younger brother of Guan, died in the front line of the Eastern Expedition."

Li Fengyun is really a shocking word.

Xu Shiji smiled bitterly and speechless. Yuanshou, Yang Xiong, Yang Da, Duan Wenzhen are all famous ministers in the Middle Earth, and they are all central ministers. Although they are all very old and are in their sixties or seventies, they may leave the world at any time. But at this critical moment of the Eastern Expedition, one death per month, one after another, is this possible? If this is true, it can only be said to be an ominous sign. Before the Eastern Expedition army could enter Goguryeo, the veteran ministers in the Middle Earth died one after another, which would surely give the Eastern Expedition a shadow. But this is absolutely impossible.

In Xu Shiji's eyes, Li Fengyun is like a white-haired charlatan, cheating and exaggerating.

Brother, you always have to see the partner when you lie? If you have to cheat Cui, the most wealthy family in Zhongtu, then you should be smarter. Don’t be so naive, okay? In order to prove that you are a charlatan that is just like a fake, you predict that Cui Hongsheng will have one year of life. In order to make Cui believe you, you make amazing predictions and verify. Brother, don’t be so stupid? Although people will die when they are old, the three central ministers will die one after another within three months. Do you think you are the king of hell that will kill people’s life and death?

"Do you think someone is lying to you?"

Li Fengyun finally said a normal thing.

Xu Shiji was silent. Fortunately, my brother's mind was still a little clear.

"You are the messenger, and your task is to bring a certain word to Cui without missing a word. If you take it out of context or even deliberately conceal it based on your subjective likes and dislikes, you will deceive Cui and let Cui down. "Li Fengyun's tone became serious. "Every word that someone said now not only affects the lives of thousands of soldiers under his command, but also affects the honor, disgrace, rise and fall of Cui. So don't make wrong judgments just because of the absurdity of a certain word."

Xu Shiji was very angry. Brother, do you know that your words are absurd? Since they are absurd, things will inevitably be ruined, so you should say something serious.

Xu Shiji wanted to refute, but Li Fengyun raised his hand to stop him, "I tried my best to get you up the mountain, so that you could believe in someone wholeheartedly and do this big thing for someone. You must know that Cui's status in Middle Earth is very important, and Cui's family is even more popular in the court. If we can win cooperation with Cui, the development and growth of the rebel army will become possible, and we will have the opportunity to achieve great achievements in the future."

Xu Shiji's resistance was destroyed by Li Fengyun's words. Li Fengyun has lofty ambitions and great talents, and his man is even more unfathomable. Every plan contained profound meaning. Perhaps, the shocking words he asked him to convey to Cui were not as simple as it seemed on the surface. He could not understand and thought it was absurd, which did not mean that Cui could not understand either, and he also thought it was nonsense.

However, Cui couldn't understand either.

Cui would never be able to put Li Fengyun in the same position to discuss cooperation. Regardless of whether the current situation allows cooperation between the two parties, with Li Fengyun's current strength, he has no qualifications to discuss cooperation at all. Even if he takes the initiative to defect, Cui is unwilling to accept him as a servant. At present, Li Fengyun's only value for Cui is that his rebellion can disrupt the situation in Middle Earth. The more chaotic the situation in Middle Earth, the more beneficial it will be to Cui.

Therefore, Cui made a positive and positive response to Li Fengyun's careful side "test" and made a positive response. However, beyond Cui's expectations, Li Fengyun not only did not cry out for gratitude, but instead cursed Cui, saying that Cui Hongsheng had only one year's life.

Cui Hongsheng is the head of the Choi family of Boling. The former head of the family was Cui Hongdu. He just died of illness a few years ago. If Cui Hongsheng also passed away and suddenly left when Cui was facing a severe crisis, who would inherit the huge political legacy left by Cui Hongdu and the brothers of Cui Hongsheng? Who would be the head of the family to support Cui's family in turmoil?

People will die, and they will die at any time. When the head of a wealthy family like the Cui family, they will choose a suitable heir when they are alive. The most basic condition for the heir is that he has considerable political weight, in other words, he has power and power. Without power, what kind of head of the family are? How can you support a huge family? If the heir is a brother or descendant, the turmoil caused in the family will not be too great. On the contrary, if the heir is a branch of his house, the turmoil will be great.

Li Fengyun is not a crazy person, and he will not openly offend Cui in such a despicable way. So, what is the purpose of his incredible message at this moment?

The Twelve Lady was very calm. She decided to remain silent for the time being and wait and see. Li Fengyun said that the inner historian Ling Yuanshou would die of illness in the first month of the next year, so it would be less than two months. If he did, the problem would be serious. It is not that he could confirm that Li Fengyun was a charlatan. Instead, this series of changes not only affected the Eastern Expedition, but also broke the political balance of the Eastern Capital.

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