Changningfang is an inconspicuous area in Taiyuan City. Because it is neither rich nor poor, it is very common, but there are also people of all kinds.
Dongxi Restaurant is an inconspicuous restaurant in Changning Square. It is not located in a remote location, but it is not located at the intersection of a busy street.
After nightfall, Dongxi Restaurant closed early as usual, and the lights in the backyard were not bright, dim and dim. It is conceivable that the inferior kerosene that burns must have a peculiar smell. This kind of kerosene has no other advantages, but it is cheap enough.
But the guys in the store who prepared the ingredients for the next day obviously didn't care about these, because they couldn't even afford this kind of lamp oil on weekdays. In this era when the sun rises and the sun sets and rests, those who are able to light lamps at night are at least wealthy families in Taiyuan City.
There is a small square stone table under the lush locust tree in the backyard. The table top has been incomplete, and its surface has been polished smooth by the years. It was very small, and there were only two small stools in front of the table. They were not stone stools, but wooden stools that the guys would carry around and use on weekdays.
At this moment, the night is just right, the stars are shining on the branches of the tall pagoda tree, the clear light is sprinkled from the treetops, and the shadows of the trees are whirling.
A woman in a purple robe with a graceful figure and a coquettish appearance is sitting at a small stone table with her legs folded, drinking tea. Her eyebrows and eyes are soft and calm, with a kind of detachment that does not disturb the dust, which forms a contradictory beauty with her mature and charming temperament.
Zhou Chuanwen, who was willing to bow his head and listen to Zhou Chuanwen, was willing to bow his head and listen to him understatement, but at this moment he was standing a few steps away from the table, his eyes fell three inches in front of his feet, motionless, and he did not dare to look up at the other party.
"Zhong Meili's task of instigating rebellion, you have done a good job. Although he hasn't fully served us yet, he can already help us with a lot of things, at least he will do a lot on the issue of Li Cunxiao. Taiyuan Prefecture Shao Yin , the opinions of the representatives of the aristocratic family are worthy of Li Keyong's attention anyway."
The purple-robed woman was naturally the Chief of the Tsing Yi Yamen. She put down the tea bowl in her hand and glanced at Zhou Chuanwen in front of her.
The other party is a confidant whom she single-handedly promoted, and her talent and character are all top choices. During the operation and development of Tsingyi Yamen, there are as many people like Zhou Chuanwen who have emerged as crucian carp crossing the river.
Song Jiao intends to test the other party, and continued: "Tell me, what is the cause and effect of our Tsingyi yamen's comeback to implement divorce schemes."
Zhou Chuanwen thought for a while, and responded with confidence: "The key to the divorce plan is to make Li Keyong suspicious of Li Cunxiao, from trust to distrust. His Highness's actions in Yizhou are just appetizers. The main part of the plan is Let us Tsingyi Yamen carry it out."
"His Royal Highness's persuasion in Yizhou has already laid the foundation for the divorce plan. The next step is to guide Li Keyong to become suspicious. It is an essential part for Li Keyong to speak for us with his confidantes."
"Li Keyong's three confidantes, Fang Halal has the highest status, but after our investigation, we found that he is a decent man, he is not greedy for money, he has almost no weaknesses, and he is basically impossible to bribe. So if you want him to give advice to Li Keyong , you can only make him believe that Li Cunxiao will really rebel."
"If you want to convince Fang Halal, you must know who he trusts. We investigated him for a long time and repeatedly checked his relatives and friends, including his children, but we couldn't find a breakthrough. Until we found Xu Maoda."
"Xu Maoda himself doesn't know how to do things for us. If we want to make him submit, it's a good choice to start with people around him. After investigation, we found that his only son is uneducated and unmarried in his twenties. He can accomplish everything. Said that he still owed gambling debts in the gambling house."
"A person like Xu Maoda's only son can be easily controlled. If you give him any sweetness, he will become our loyal dog, and he can do whatever he wants."
"By controlling Xu Maoda's only son, let Xu Maoda persuade Fang Qingzhen for us, and then let Fang Qingzhen influence Li Keyong." People who are greedy for money will like beautiful women, and it is easier to control such people, just buy them directly. As long as the price is right, there will be no business that cannot be negotiated, and there will be no master that cannot be betrayed."
Speaking of this, Zhou Chuanwen paused for a moment, and then continued: "Bring Li Keyong's cronies and confidants, and let them say that Li Cunxiao will rebel. He couldn't help but not believe the response from Zhong Meili and the group of 'talented and insightful people who are not directly descended from the direct line'."
Song Jiao clapped her hands lightly, "That's right, being able to see these things clearly shows that you are capable of being on your own and in charge of the affairs of a town in Tsingyi Yamen. But if you want to go further, this is not enough."
Zhou Chuanwen lowered his head a little: "Please give instructions from the commander-in-chief."
Song Jiao said indifferently: "If you want to separate Li Keyong and Li Cunxiao, what you have done before can only be counted as one aspect, and there are still a few hard things to do next."
Having said that, she didn't continue talking, and fell into deep thought without warning. Zhou Chuanwen didn't dare to ask, so he just stood there waiting for instructions.
Not long after, a woman in her twenties, with a beautiful face and sharp features, entered the courtyard and reported to Song Jiao: "Commander, the manpower has been arranged, and they are ready to act at any time."
Song Jiao nodded: "Then act. Zhou Chuanwen will follow."
"Yes, Commander."
Leaving the restaurant, Zhou Chuanwen followed the woman and turned left and right, and finally entered an ordinary three-entry house. In this house, Zhou Chuanwen saw Song Jiao's second arrangement.
The room and yard were full of people, all kinds of people, including handsome scholars, potbellied officials, sallow and emaciated peddlers, down-and-out emaciated storytellers, gorgeous brothel ladies, elegant and refined ladies, well-dressed Vulgar gossips, even dwarfs who look like children.
There are many people of all kinds from all walks of life, and there are nearly a hundred of them in total.
Seeing so many people, Zhou Chuanwen was a little taken aback.
"This is just one church. There are fifteen churches like ours in Taiyuan City!" The woman glanced at Zhou Chuanwen proudly and said proudly.
Zhou Chuanwen sighed and said, "As expected of the Grand Commander himself, this skill is indeed extraordinary."
It can be seen from this that in order to cooperate with the army to deal with Hedong, the Tsingyi Yamen had a deep layout in advance.
Within a few days, rumors suddenly spread in Taiyuan City. There were people whispering and discussing in countless restaurants, teahouses, brothels, and even in the streets and alleys.
There was only one issue they discussed, and that was that Li Cunxiao, who was newly promoted to a military general and was widely exaggerated by Li Keyong as a magic needle to stabilize the morale of the army and the people, actually had close contacts with King An, and wanted to abandon Li Keyong and seek refuge with King An!
Rumors started to spread from nowhere, almost overnight, Taiyuan City was full of such remarks, and the words were convincing.
Their reasons are very good. Wang An, who puts the country and the country as the most important thing and aims to rejuvenate the Tang Dynasty, attaches great importance to Li Cunxiao's talents. He wants to let him be used by the court and make contributions to the country, instead of being buried with the rebellious Li Keyong.
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The most widely circulated and most convincing evidence is that King An promised Li Cunxiao that as long as Hedong is pacified, the imperial court will let Li Cunxiao replace Li Keyong as the governor of Hedong!
King An's conditions are very attractive, will Li Cunxiao agree
will agree.
First, King An fought successively, attacked cities and plundered land, lost troops and generals in Hedong, lost ground and lost power. Seeing that Li Keyong was not far from defeat, if Li Cunxiao didn't want to die, he had to find another way out.
Second, Li Cunxiao is already a military general, but Li Keyong is just a military general. Why should Li Cunxiao be Li Keyong's pawn? The only one who can make him a minion is the imperial court!
Rumors spread everywhere, making people in Taiyuan panic and restless day and night. Although there are some arbitrary and unreasonable aspects of rumors, wise men are only a very small number after all, and there is no way to stop the rumors from spreading.
If Li Cunxiao defected, then Hedong, which was already at a disadvantage in combat, would surely be defeated. Those officials and generals in Hedong who were not directly related to Li Keyong had to find another way out if they wanted not to be questioned after the war.
The way out is naturally to seek refuge in the imperial court.
Taiyuan Mansion and Jiedu Shi Mansion quickly responded and sent many people to refute the rumors, saying that Li Cunxiao was loyal and would not betray, and that Hedong would win a big victory. However, Li Ye is a sinner of the country and will be destroyed by heaven and earth.
But many people don't believe it.
There is a reason for not believing it. If Li Cunxiao will not betray, then he must do something to prove his loyalty, such as fighting bloody day and night with Yizhou officials and soldiers without stopping to die. It is said that Hedong will win a big victory, then at least the Hedong Army will have to win a few battles and regain some lost ground.
But it does neither.
Soon, there were new rumors that Li Cunxiao would surrender the whole city in the near future and dedicate Yizhou to King An as a token of allegiance to the imperial court. Then he will join forces with King An and turn around to attack Taiyuan City!
The source of the news is said to be from the Pinglu army camp, which is highly credible.
But at this time, a defected soldier appeared in Yizhou City!
Although the number is small, the nature is bad.
This time, Taiyuan exploded.
The common people have ideas, they want to avoid military disasters, non-Li Keyong direct line officials have ideas, they have to consider the future, Li Keyong direct line officials also have their own ideas, they have to seek victory in the war.
At this time, Li Cunxiao and An Wang met in front of the city, talked happily, drank happily, introduced each other as confidantes, met each other and hated each other, and the details of their private correspondence were exaggerated.
All the spearheads were focused on Li Cunxiao.
Li Ke sat cross-legged on the main seat in the Zhengshi Hall of the Jiedushi's mansion, with his chin resting on his hands, his face stern and deep in thought. In the hall, the staff officers and generals had already quarreled together, and it was as lively as a vegetable market.
Taibao Li Sien blushed with excitement: "Li Cunxiao must be withdrawn from Yizhou! He has been promoted to a military general and has been in Yizhou for so long, but he has almost no battles and victories. He has not even pulled out the barracks of the bandits! Being passive and idle is not because of collusion with Li Ye, I'm the first one not to believe it!"
As Li Ke's absolute direct descendant, Li Si'en will not allow this battle to be lost.
The secretary in charge of the Jiedushi's mansion retorted: "Li Cunxiao used 70,000 people to hold back nearly 300,000 bandit troops. If it were someone else, who could do it? Surrounded, at this time, how will the Thirteenth Taibao make a surprise attack? Being able to defend the city is a victory in itself!"
The two began to quarrel again. Both sides had their own reasons, and neither could convince the other.
"Enough!" Li Keyong suddenly shouted, "Sit down."
At such a time, there was surprisingly no anger on his face, but he remained absolutely calm. For a Shatuo person who is used to killing and charging, this is not easy. It can be seen that he has not stopped growing, "You don't have to fight any more. In any case, I trust the Thirteenth Taibao, and I believe he will never take refuge in Li Ye That fellow!"
When everyone heard this, no matter what their thoughts were, they could only bow their heads in silence.
Of course, Li Keyong cannot say that he doubts Li Cunxiao, unless he has already controlled Li Cunxiao and is ready to kill him. Otherwise, if this word reaches Li Cunxiao's ears, Li Cunxiao can only choose to join the army and rebel.
However, Li Keyong immediately continued: "However, the situation in Yizhou cannot be stalemate like this. Rumors are spreading in Taiyuan City, causing panic and instability in the people, and they cannot be ignored. There must be a solution to these matters."
When a discerning person heard this, he already guessed in his heart that Li Keyong still wanted to touch Li Cunxiao.