Chapter 201 Game within a game
Suffering can always make a person grow quickly.
If you meet the right person at the right time and in the right place, the speed at which this person will grow will be incredible to you.
Zhang Qingyun is such a typical example.
Thousands of miles of journey from Chang'an to outside the customs. Although this woman showed her tenacity, her talent, and her agility along the way, she was still just a simple-minded girl after all.
But after arriving outside the customs, less than a year later, after entering Zhiqiuyuan, she quickly transformed these characteristics of hers and presented them in another way.
Looking at her appearance, it seems that she has not changed at all.
It is even more beautiful and sunny than that time.
But people like Wu De, who have been through the sea, know that this person has become different from the inside out.
What is revealed in those eyes is no longer the fear and uneasiness that is forced to be calm, but the wisdom and cunning of having everything under control.
Wu De prefers the Zhang Qingyun from before.
Now this one is more like a partner or an opponent.
Seeing that Zhang Qingyun and his party walked away through the city gate without any inspection under the guidance of Mr. Zhou, and without paying a penny to enter the city, Wu Dewei shook his head invisibly, He led the horse and continued forward along with the flow of people.
There were a few jingle bells, and ten copper coins were dropped into the money cabinet, and then he led the horse and stepped into the city gate.
If you are just a person, you only need to pay two cents, but if you bring a large livestock such as a horse, you have to pay ten cents.
Chang'an is still like this.
In Wu De's memory, it seems that Chang'an was like this ten years ago, as if it has not changed over the years.
The other places I have traveled to in the past two years have changed a lot.
The thing that impressed him the most was the city of Jinyang that he had just left.
Jinyang City was the focus of Heibingtai after the defeat of Xiangcheng. Wu De went there several times and made many arrangements. At that time, Jinyang was more prosperous and lively. It's not much different from Chang'an.
But this time, Wu De couldn't think of anything else except red in his mind.
The black Star Reaching Tower became more and more majestic in front of Wu De’s eyes.
Standing downstairs, Wu De looked up at this majestic building, and suddenly remembered Dayong's Dengxian Tower hundreds of years ago.
The Star-Zhaing Tower was rebuilt on the original site of the Dengxian Tower, which was destroyed in the battle for the title.
Wu De really does not hope that Zhaixinglou will follow the footsteps of Dengxian Tower at some time in the future and become a record in history books and a memory in poets' works.
On the fifth floor underground, Wu De raised his head and looked at Da Yin Kou Zhong on the black stone bed. In front of this old man, Wu De never dared to raise his head and look directly at him like this, but now, he is holding his neck, like a He stared at Kou Zhong as if he was stunned. He Bing stabbed him several times, but he didn't seem to notice it.
Kou Zhong laughed.
"Good boy, my martial arts cultivation has reached the ninth level of Xuanyuan, and my temper seems to have also increased. What's wrong? Do you think I can't do anything to you, old man?"
He Bing said with a smile. : "Da Yin is not as familiar with this kid. He was greatly stimulated during the trip to Jinyang!"
Kou Zhong sneered, "Tell me, what's uncomfortable about you?"
"Many people died in Jinyang. When I left, there were tens of thousands of people. I'm afraid there will be more dead now. Dayin, the leader of the Liu family is dead, and even Liu Chengdong was killed by He Zudao !" Kou Zhong said angrily: "He Zudao has completely changed, but do you know why he became like this?"
Kou Zhong looked at Wu De with a smile, "What has he become? Can I manage it across thousands of mountains and rivers?"
"Dayin, you know!" Wu De said firmly. "Are you and Prime Minister Wei really just taking advantage of He Zudao?"
Kou Zhong smiled, nodded, and said calmly: "Exactly!" "Why?" Wu De shouted: "Shouldn't we win over talents with both civil and military talents like him? Dayin, if he sincerely works for us, he will become our most effective helper. People like him should not be used once and then be eliminated. Abandoned abandoned son!”
"Do you think that just an individual can be exploited?" Kou Zhong exhaled: "Especially those who can be exploited by me and Wei Zhengdao. If they are not extremely talented, how can they be qualified to be exploited by us? As for what you said Is there a shortage of talented people in this world? Without this one, there will be that one."
"But He Zudao is different!"
"Wu De, One thing you should remember is that no matter how great a person's talent is, if there is no good platform for him to dance, he will not be able to make much waves. As you said, He Zudao, I won't let him go to Nanfang Town. If the army goes to select men and does not clear the obstacles on the way north, can he reach Hedong so smoothly? Can he destroy the Liu family so quickly when he arrives in Hedong? "
Waiting for Wu? De retorted, and Kou Zhong continued: "If it weren't for He Zudao, another person could still do what He Zudao is doing now!"
"Dayin, the intentions of you and Prime Minister Wei have been overturned. He Zudao found out, so he killed the Liu family in Hedong, and he would kill more people. When I left, he was already preparing to attack Taiyuan."
"The Wang family in Taiyuan has been destroyed!" He Bing on the side took out a file from his sleeve and said: "Wu De, the information arrived at Heibingtai almost at the same time as you, and He Zudao killed the Wang family again. "
"Dayin, do you still think your strategy is successful? That is a tiger, but now you not only let him out of the cage, but also aroused his animal nature, and he lost control. Next, he will become a disaster in this world!"
Kou Zhong and He Bing looked at each other and laughed.
He Bing shook his head and sighed: "Wu De, Wu De, you still need training. What kind of person is Dayin and what kind of person is the Prime Minister of Wei? How can their thoughts be so easy? Was it discovered by He Zudao?”
Wu De was stunned: “Vice Yin, what do you mean?”
Kou Zhong lay down comfortably and said: "Now Zhang Quanyi should coordinate the local garrison and local wealthy families in the Hedong area to form a coalition, and start a counterattack against He Zudao."
"So fast?" Wu De Surprised. "I sent someone to tell Zhang Quanyi, but it will take a long time to convince those families in Hedong to let go. Why so fast?"
"Because before that, many things have already happened. "The arrangement is in progress." He Bing said: "No matter who wins in this battle between the Hedong wealthy family and He Zudao, we will only reap the benefits in the end."
"I don't understand!" "Wu De shook his head.
“There has been an army lurking in the Taihang Mountains for three months!” He Bing said: “A total of 20,000 people are recharging their strength, just waiting for them to fight to the death. This battle After that, Hedong and Hexi will truly fall into the hands of the imperial court and will no longer be controlled by wealthy families.”
"Twenty thousand people have been hiding in the Taihang Mountains for three months!" Wu De couldn't believe his ears. "Where did this army come from?"
"Wu De, do you think that we, Kou Zhong and Wei Zhengdao, are just eating and not working? The Chang'an Forbidden Army is corrupt and has been eaten away by wealthy families. It's so bad, don't we know that the Southern Town Army has the tendency to become He's private army? So we have been secretly training the new army in the past few years, and the money for training the new army is naturally not from We went through the normal channels. Many of them came from us through corruption, fraud, and cheating."
Wu De swallowed hard.
"Zhang Ruo, that lengtouqing, checked the accounts and found out that I and Wei Zhengdao were responsible. He thought that all the money went outside the customs. In fact, most of it went to the new army. It really made him If the investigation continues like this, this big secret will no longer be able to be kept secret, and it will be revealed by him. At that time, it will really ruin things, so he has to be taken down."
"The Zhang family. Many people died!”
"According to my original idea, all his family should be killed, but Wei Zhengdao couldn't bear it, so he sent him to serve in the Guanwai Army, and secretly asked someone to save his life. Speaking of which, Zhang Ruo has some abilities. Yes, he actually got mixed up again when he arrived outside the customs. If he can come back alive from outside the customs in the future, he will definitely leave an important position in the court. After what happened, he will never be like that again. All I can do is rush forward with my head in a panic!"
Wu De blinked and looked at Kou Zhong, feeling that there was something in his words.
He Bing also said meaningfully: "Wu De, it is not difficult to be an upright official, and it is not difficult to be a corrupt official, but it is difficult to be an official who can really do things. Yes. At that time, you can basically tell whether this person is a good person or a bad person, whether he is an honest official or a corrupt official, whether he is a competent official or a mediocre person. For most of these people, time can only tell the difference, and history can judge. So, we are the only ones who can. What we have to do is to live up to our original aspirations, not forgetting our true intentions, and being worthy of the world and the country. We can’t care about so much other things. If you use the same set of moral standards that are required of ordinary people to ask people like us, then Daqin The country will be destroyed forever."
"So, whether it is He Zudao or those wealthy families, we will kill them all this time?" Wu De looked a little dazed.
“If everything goes well, this is how it should be!”
"Let's not talk about those wealthy and aristocratic families. They can run away, but monks can't run away from the temple. But what if He Zudao escapes from this hunt? That person is not an ordinary person."
" If you really want to run away, just run away. Without a platform, you are just a bandit. It may disturb one party, but as long as it does not shake the overall situation, it doesn't matter!" Kou Zhong said: "The world will be so big by then, will there be any place for him? ? The court wants to arrest him, and the wealthy family wants to hunt him down. Either he dies, or he stays anonymous and never shows his face again. Is such a person worthy of our attention? "
Wu Dedian? He nodded, or this was a good ending for He Zudao.
(End of this chapter)