Chapter 726

Tang Yin and Zhang Zhihong talked secretly for a long time. Through Tang Yin's narration, Zhang Zhihong also completely understood why the Feng Army was defeated in Xiaoling County and why it was intimidated by tens of thousands of local troops. Read the full text.

Feng Jun's strategy was not unwise, and it did give him enough excuses to remonstrate with Yan Chu. He could even use this to incite the ministers to create pressure and force Yan Chu to accept the remonstrance.

When the conversation came to an end, Zhang Zhihong grinned, nodded and said: "His Royal Highness Feng Wang is very resourceful, I admire you..." After a pause, he looked directly into Tang Yin's eyes and said with a smile: "I can cooperate with Feng Wang, but, no After the governor succeeds, will King Feng fulfill his promise? "

The calm smile on Tang Yin's face froze, and with a cold look on his face, he asked: "Is Prime Minister Zhang questioning my status?"

Unexpectedly, he would ask this question suddenly. Zhang Zhihong shook his head hurriedly and said: "I have no such intention..."

Tang Yin interrupted: "You are not joking. As the king of a country, do you think I will go back on my words and break my words?"

Zhang Zhihong immediately realized that his questioning was a bit excessive. The integrity of the monarch represents the integrity of a country. Questioning the monarch of a country is undoubtedly an insult to the entire country. Zhang Zhihong was stunned for a moment, stood up quickly, bowed deeply to Tang Yin, and said, "I made a mistake, I hope His Highness the Wind King will not take offense."

Tang Yin waved his hand, his expression softened, and he said calmly: "Zhang can't trust me, but he can always trust the emperor, right? I will report to the emperor at the meeting and pass the secret message to Prime Minister Zhang, stating that as long as Mr. Zhang helps my Fengjun enter Liangzhou, I will make you the king of Xinning.”

After hearing this, Zhang Zhihong no longer had any doubts in his heart. If the emperor could really send out such a secret message, then the matter would be a sure thing. Tang Yin might be able to deceive people, but the emperor would definitely not. Zhang Zhihong bowed to the ground again, with the fat on his face trembling with excitement, and said: "Thank you, Sir, His Highness, King Feng!"

"Haha!" Tang Yin laughed and said, "Next time we meet again, Prime Minister Zhang doesn't have to call himself Lao Chen. You and I can call each other Brother Wang and Brother Wang."

"Haha——" Zhang Zhihong couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and he also looked up and smiled, adding another layer of glory to his round and red face. In the past few days, he had been overwhelmed by the joint invasion of Feng and Mo. He thought that the Ning Kingdom was in danger and his position was not guaranteed. Unexpectedly, this turned into an opportunity for him to ascend to the throne of Ning King.

After everything that needed to be discussed, Tang Yin said: "It is not appropriate for Prime Minister Zhang to stay here for a long time. If something happens in the future, I will send someone to contact Prime Minister Zhang."

"Okay!" Zhang Zhihong also realized that he had stayed here for too long. He raised his hands and said, "Your Highness, King Feng, I am retiring." After saying that, seeing that Tang Yin had no intention of leaving, he couldn't help but ask: " Your Highness, King Feng, won’t you leave?”

Tang Yin lowered his head and looked at the dishes on the table, and said with a smile: "I haven't tasted Ningguo's fine wine and food, how can I leave in such a hurry?"

Zhang Zhihong secretly commented that Tang Yin was so courageous that he dared to eat and drink in Liangzhou like no one else was around. He rolled his eyes and asked with a smile: "Your Highness, King Feng, is not afraid that the old minister will inform you and arrest King Feng after he leaves?"

Hearing this, Cheng Jin's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

Tang Yin didn't care at all. He picked up his chopsticks, inserted a braised pork knuckle, and said with a smile: "Is Zhang Xianghui stupid enough to do this? This king is the benefactor who helped you rise to the top, and is also the step for you to ascend to the throne. Only fools Only then will he do something that will destroy his future. Mr. Zhang is obviously not this kind of person.”

Zhang Zhihong laughed again, said no more, took his retainer Zhang Yuan with him, expressed his respect to Tang Yin, and then walked out of the private room. Cheng Jin sent it off on behalf of Tang Yin. When they were about to leave, Cheng Jin took out a jade pendant, broke it in half, handed one half to Zhang Zhihong, and said, "Anyone who meets Zhang Zhihong in the future will use the other half of the jade pendant as a certificate."

After taking the jade pendant, Zhang Zhihong nodded and just said "Hello" without asking more about who would contact him in the future. He understood that Feng Guo had no fewer spies in Liangzhou than Ning Guo had in Yancheng. Tang Yin had already taken a huge risk to meet him. Now that the matter was settled, he would never take the risk to meet him again. .

After Zhang Zhihong left, Cheng Jin returned to the private room and saw Tang Yinzhen eating and drinking. He asked worriedly: "Brother, is Zhang Zhihong really not going to inform?"

"Of course not. As I said just now, only fools would do that." Tang Yin gnawed on the pork knuckle, not looking elegant.

"Zhang Zhihong actually believes that his eldest brother will make him Prince Ning?!" Cheng Jin sneered.

Tang Yin shrugged and said, "Don't underestimate the temptation of the throne. A crown can allow ministers to kill the king and sons to kill their fathers, risking the disapproval of the world. People's eyes are often blinded by the desire for gain."

Cheng Jin nodded, feeling that Tang Yin was right. In front of the throne, the darkest side of human nature can be fully displayed.

Tang Yin smiled at him and said jokingly: "So, Cheng Jin, you should also keep an eye on the people around me. I don't want to be the second Zhanhua."

Cheng Jin took a breath and said hurriedly: "To protect the safety of the king, my subordinates will not dare to neglect it for a moment. Moreover, the king's talents and strategies are far beyond those of the previous kings."

"That's good." Tang Yin chuckled and waved, "Sit down and eat together."

"yes!"

Winning over Zhang Zhihong was smoother than Tang Yin expected. After completing this task, he also completed the main task of this trip to Liangzhou. The next step was to wait for the southern Mo army to continue to advance northward and put pressure on the Ningguo court. At the same time, he sent a pigeon to Yancheng through the Sky Eye and the ground network spies, asking Shangguan Yuanji to find Yin Zhun immediately, write a secret edict to establish Zhang Zhihong as the King of Ning, and bring it to Liangzhou as quickly as possible, so as to completely dispel Zhang Zhihong's doubts and enable him to work for himself wholeheartedly.

In Tang Yin's concept, integrity is worthless. Don't look at what he said in front of Zhang Zhihong, and don't look at his promises, but he has already made up his mind. On the day of breaking Liangzhou, the first person he wants to kill is Zhang Zhihong. As for the secret edict of the emperor, it will also be taken back from Zhang Zhihong and secretly destroyed.

In his heart, there will be no Ningguo at all in the future, let alone the existence of the King of Ning.

In the next few days, Tang Yin found several main leaders of Tianyan and Diwang in Liangzhou and explained to them one by one, especially the contact with Zhang Zhihong. He specifically ordered several leaders to do it in person to prevent accidents.

Two days later, the gold that Tang Yin had previously sent secretly arrived in Liangzhou.

Tang Yin gave the gold to the leaders of Tianyan and Diwang for safekeeping, and took out 10,000 taels from it and asked Cheng Jin to hand it over to Zhang Zhihong's house. No matter how he used it, whether it was for his own use or to bribe other ministers, in short, he hoped that Zhang Zhihong could get the two things he proposed done as soon as possible.

Cheng Jin took the order and left. Tang Yin himself had nothing to do in the inn, so he went to a nearby teahouse and drank tea while watching the street scene.

This teahouse was not big and the location was relatively remote, but there were many people who came to drink tea, including many dignitaries in gorgeous clothes.

Tang Yin felt very strange at first, but after drinking the tea served by the waiter, he immediately understood why the teahouse business was so hot. The tea in this teahouse is very authentic, with a mellow taste, fragrant and sweet. After drinking a cup, people feel refreshed.

If this teahouse is in Yancheng, Tang Yin estimates that he will come here often. Thinking of this, he was happy. He was confident that he could move this teahouse to Yancheng soon.

Just as he was enjoying his tea, several tea drinkers came in from outside. This was nothing, but one of them was the person Tang Yin least wanted to meet at this time.

A woman.

How could it be her? Tang Yin frowned. If he avoided it at this time, it would attract attention. He sat there without moving, just lowered his head slightly, pretending to taste tea seriously.

He thought the other party couldn't see him, but he was wrong.

Since they were acquaintances, the waiter came forward and led the group to their usual seats upstairs. However, just as they were about to go upstairs, the beautiful girl in her twenties instinctively looked around at the tea drinkers around her. When her eyes swept over Tang Yin, her eyes suddenly showed surprise, and her slender and delicate body was also shocked.

The slender foot that was about to step onto the stairs was retracted, and she turned around, staring at Tang Yin with a pair of beautiful eyes without blinking.

Because Tang Yin lowered his head slightly, she could only see half of his face clearly, not his whole face. In addition, she didn't believe that he would appear here from the bottom of her heart, but the person in front of her did touch the memory that she didn't want to mention the most in her heart.

The girl walked towards Tang Yin step by step with an unbelievable expression.

Seeing that she didn't go upstairs, but went to the window on the first floor, the people behind her were all stunned and said in unison: "Miss..."

The girl ignored their questions and walked to Tang Yin's table and stood still.

At this time, Tang Yin had seen everything clearly with the corner of his eyes, and sighed in his heart. Heaven's will can be avoided. But self-inflicted will cannot be survived! He and she are really destined to be in trouble.

The girl sat down opposite him, her face had turned pale, and her body was shaking.

Tang Yin could no longer pretend to be confused. Instead of letting others ask, he might as well take the initiative to say hello.

He put down the teacup slowly and elegantly, raised his head calmly, and met the girl's eyes. Without warning, a bright smile climbed onto his face, his eyes curved, revealing two rows of neat little white teeth, and said in a gentle and pleasant voice: "Miss Youling, we meet again." It's just the wrong time and the wrong place.

Boom!

The girl opposite looked at the beautiful smiling face in front of her, and was stunned for three seconds. Only then did her head buzz and she regained her rationality. For a moment, even she was almost deceived by his warm and charming smile, but she knew better than anyone that it was an illusion. Behind his smile was cruelty and cold-bloodedness that was cold to the bone.

She would never forget him, never, even if he turned into ashes, she would never forget the harm and humiliation he inflicted on her.