A Clash of Gods

Wei Shu agreed with his expression, and immediately said: "Hou Ye is assured that the military power of Chengdu is still in the hands of Xiaguan. He Li Hongxin can't turn the sky. From today, Xiaguan will send heavy soldiers to guard the safety of Hou Ye until Hou Ye leaves In Xichuan. "

Qi Ning smiled faintly and asked, "Master Wei, if Li Hongxin is rebellious now, how do you deal with it?"

"Treason?" Wei Shutong snorted, "Hou Ye, Shu Xiaguan bluntly, although Li Hongxin holds the handle of the Xiaguan, but he also knows the bottom line of Xiaguan, he dare not force too much, and Xiaguan He could not be tolerated the slightest treason. At that time, Li Hongxin returned to the court, and Ma Fangnanshan, the court disbanded most of the soldiers and horses under his command. Nowadays, except for the soldiers and horses sent by the court to guard Xichuan, most of them It was re-recruited later. Li Hongxin only kept a thousand-member Jin Guanwei under his hands. The money and food of these Jin Guanwei were all borne by Li Hongxin himself, but their armored weapons were always allocated by the court, every three Replace armor equipment once a year. "

Qi Ning said: "In this way, the equipment in Li Hongxin's hands is in Master Wei's heart?"

"Exactly." Wei Shu said the same way: "The Shu army was disbanded, all the armor was collected, and the severance payment was compensated by the court. Most of these people went home to farm, and they were exempted from these three years of taxation. Many of them were forcibly recruited into the army, and the court did not let them continue to bleed, but also let them remove their armor and return to the field. They are naturally grateful to Dade. It has been 20 years. Those soldiers had already been naturalized in the village. Li Hongxin wanted to let them It is also impossible to pick up weapons. "

Qi Ning laughed: "Without weapons, those veterans cannot be recalled, so Master Wei feels that Li Hongxin has no possibility of rebellion."

Wei Shutong seemed very confident about this, saying: "Do not hide Hou Ye, Xichuan guards the soldiers and horses everywhere, and there are more than 40,000 people in total. These soldiers and horses eat the royalties of the court, and the generals also Most of them were transferred from the court to be appointed, and belonged to the subordinate officials. "After a pause, he said:" In order to prevent the Xichuan from happening, all the soldiers and horses that mobilize more than 1,000 people must play the Ming court, and the military department signs the transfer. The order can be mobilized. Even the xiaguan can only mobilize the 4,000 soldiers and horses of Chengdu to calm the turmoil at any time. "

Qi Ning nodded slightly and said, "That is to say, Li Hongxin has no possibility of mobilizing soldiers and horses?"

"Naturally is impossible." Wei Shutong said with a sneer: "The Emperor Xianyi sent Jinyi old man to calm down Bashu, and he knew that Li Hongxin was not good. After Xichuan calmed down, although he greatly rewarded Li Hongxin, he was given a large block of land to let him He enjoys glory and wealth, and retains a thousand Jin officials and guards, but Xiandi is very guarded against this person and will never allow this person to have the right to transfer troops. Although Li Hongxin originally proposed to place his next tiger and wolf general, the court did The group of people was placed, but they were scattered everywhere, and they were all deputy posts and under surveillance. Over the years, these people have not had much power among the various troops. "

Qi Ning thought deeply, Wei Shutong asked cautiously: "Is Lord Hou worried?"

Qi Ning shook his head and said with a smile: "I was just thinking, Jian Jianguan did not stabb the prince, Li Hongxin will use what means next."

"Xiaguan will definitely send someone to investigate this matter." Wei Shutong said: "If evidence can be found to prove that Jian Houguan's assassination of Hou Ye was instructed by Li Hongxin in the back, there is evidence of Li Hongxin's rebellion. It is considered a major scourge except when people arrest it. "

"Since Li Hongxin arranged this way, it will not be easy to find a handle." Qi Ning said lightly: "Several assassins have no life, no evidence and no evidence. Li Hongxin is not worried that he will find his criminal evidence." Suddenly said, "Master Wei, I still want to ask you about the temple."

"Hou Ye wonders what is wrong with the temple donated by Li Hongxin?" Wei Shutong asked.

Qi Ning said: "You said he has donated more than a dozen temples, but can you know the specific location?" After a slight meal, without waiting for Wei Shu to speak, he continued: "Can you have a map of Xichuan?"

"Yes." Wei Shutong immediately got up, went out, and sent someone a map of Xichuan to return to the house. Qi Ning took the map and laid it on the table.

This era is different from later generations. Maps are extremely rare things, and maps are rarely circulated among the people.

However, Wei Shu is also the history of Xichuan, and Fuchu naturally has an extremely accurate topographic map of Xichuan.

On the map, the sixteen counties of Xichuan are described in detail, especially the topography of the Shu county where the Chengdu government is located. The mountains, rivers and rivers are clearly outlined, and the cities of each county are clearly marked.

"Master Wei, the place where Li Hongxin built the temple, can you mark them on the map one by one?" Qi Ning stared at Wei Shutong.

Wei Shutong saw Qi Ning's serious expression and knew that things were not easy. After thinking for a while, he said: "Hou Ye, Xiaguan knows that Li Hongxin donated more than ten temples and remembers some, but ... not all Remember the location of the temple. "

"You mark the location of the temple you know." Qi Ning's voice was serious: "If Li Hongxin donated to build three or two temples, it may be to hide people's eyes and ears, and show that he has no desire to fight the Buddha. Hehe, his Li family For a hundred years in Xichuan, Li Hongxin is a generation of owls, and his hands are full of blood, how could it be so easy to put down the butcher knife. "

Wei Shutong raised his eyebrows tightly, took the brush, dipped it in ink, and thought about it carefully. He tapped a few places on the map and applied ink.

When Qi Ning saw him take some ink spots, he was obviously very familiar with the geographical environment of Xichuan. He thought that Wei Shutong was not a mediocre and incompetent person after all. Just looking at his understanding of the terrain of Xichuan, he knew that this person was indeed in Xichuan A lot of effort.

Wei Shutong placed eight ink dots very cautiously, but the ninth one did not fall. He finally put down the brush and said, "Hou Ye, there is nothing wrong with these eight places. I ca n’t be sure of the remaining ones. There are still a few places where the cadres ca n’t remember. "

Wei Shutong is the history of Xichuan. He manages the 16 counties of Xichuan, and all things are complicated. Li Hongxin repaired temples and other things. Wei Shutong obviously did not care too much before, but it is really not easy to remember eight places.

Qi Ning nodded slightly, looked carefully, and flicked his fingers gently, and suddenly looked up, said: "Master Wei, you look carefully, what are the strange places chosen by these temples?"

At this time, Wei Shutong carried his hands on his back, bent over and observed carefully, frowning and said, "Six of the eight temples known to the Xiaguan are near Chengdu, and the remaining two are one, one in Brazil and the other in Jiang. Yangjun ...! "Narrowed his eyes and suddenly raised his head, said:" Yes, Xiaguan remembered. The remaining temples, although the exact location of Xiaguan is uncertain, but it seems to be in Brazil. And Jiangyang County. "

"Not to mention Brazil County and Jiangyang County." Qi Ning pointed to the temples in the Shu County on the map. "Six temples surround the Chengdu Prefecture, and almost all are built against the mountain. Hey, Master Wei, you do n’t Feeling that these six temples seem to surround Chengdu? "

Wei Shutong took a closer look, his body shook, and lost his voice: "Hou Ye's good eyesight, it really is like this, Xiaguan ... Xiaguan has never found this before."

"That's no wonder." Qi Ning said: "Master Wei, when did Li Hongxin start donating the first temple?"

"The first temple donated by Li Hongxin is here." Wei Shutong pointed to an ink spot near Chengdu. "This is Mount Qingcheng and the first temple donated by Li Hongxin." After thinking about it, I said: "That should have been four years ago."

"Four years?" Qi Ning sneered: "In just four years, Li Hongxin donated more than ten temples, which is really generous."

Wei Shutong said: "He returned to Shun court at that time, the court left him a large area of ​​land, and also rewarded countless gold and silver, let him enjoy the glory and wealth. As far as I know, Li Hongxin privately sent someone to do something Business, there are a large number of entries every year. After all, he still has thousands of Jinguanwei, and he also has some mentors. Although the number is not large, they are very expensive ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ If not Enter, this group of people will only drink northwest wind. "

"No wonder he has so much money to donate."

Wei Shutong frowned: "Li Hongxin always had a magnificent shot, and then he fought against the court to dispose of his wealth, so he spent a lot of money, and he was not to blame. The death of Li Hongxin's official room a few years ago, the funeral, invited Hundreds of monks surpassed each other. Since then, Li Hongxin has asked the monks to go to the palace after saying that the monks have met a few times. They are indeed monks with profound Dharma laws, so he began to donate to build temples, and Xiaguan did not care too much. Moreover, the Xiaguan sent people to see, there is nothing wrong with it, so ...! "

Qi Ning thought that this Li Hongxin was really clever, but before doing anything, he was doing things step by step, confusing his opponent, and then doing things logically, making people careless.

"Master Wei, what do you think are the intentions of these six temples surrounding Chengdu?" Qi Ning thought about it. "He chose such a place, it will never be a rage, it must have been planned."

Wei Shutong nodded and said: "Hou Ye said it was good, Xiaguan didn't think it before, but now looking at the map above, there are a lot of strange things in it." Can't help but raise his hand to caress, "But six temples can do What? "

"Look at Brazil County and Jiangyang County ...!" Qi Ning raised his hand: "Chengdu is in Shu County, Brazil County is in the northeast direction of Shu County, and Jiangyang County is in the southeast direction." , Reaching for the brush and connecting the three counties on the map. When Wei Shutong stood up, he saw a triangle leaping on the paper and couldn't help saying: "This is ... this is the trend of triangles!"

"This triangle suddenly included Shu County, Qianwei County, Zitong County, Jiangyang County and Brazil County." Qi Ning said: "These five counties are the core area of ​​Xichuan, Master Wei, we are now Understand, how much misfortune it contains. "