Fa Zheng looked at the letter in his hand and the person in front of him. He was finally certain.
The King of Han seemed to be on the move.
"Cai Mao, Kuai Yue!" Fa Zheng knew the name of the person who sent the letter.
These two names were well-known in both Jingzhou and Yizhou. One was a division commander in the Jingzhou Army, while the other was a special envoy in Jingzhou. However, these two people needed Fa Zheng's help.
Fa Zheng was not shocked by this. Instead, he was shocked by the fact that the King of Han had connections everywhere. Even the Cai and Kuai families in Jingzhou were under the King of Han's command.
Jingzhou was still far from Yangzhou! However, this also confirmed Fa Zheng's decision to follow a lord with a bright future. His plan was going to be successful.
"Men, follow me to Zhang Song's residence. Invite Lord Zhang Song to a banquet!" Fa Zheng said to his subordinates.
"Yes!"
Invite Zhang Song to a banquet? Wasn't Fa Zheng going to help Cai Mao and Kuai Yue escape?
That's right. Inviting Zhang Song to a banquet was the first step to helping Cai Mao and Kuai Yue escape.
Fa Zheng instructed the servants in the residence to prepare for the banquet while he himself was busy writing something in his study room.
Upon closer inspection, one would realize that it started with, "My Lord, to Emperor Liu's Left General!" After that, there was a long list of content. The last line was written by Zhang Song.
Fa Zheng was imitating Zhang Song's handwriting.
After he finished writing, Fa Zheng knocked on the table. After a long time, a man in black appeared in Fa Zheng's study room.
Fa Zheng did not panic at all. It was as if he was used to this. "Bring this letter to Zhang Song's residence and place it in the study room!"
"En!" The man in black nodded and was about to leave.
"Wait!" Fa Zheng stopped the man in black. "It's time to use our chess piece in Zhang Song's residence. Use Zhang Song's name to invite Lord Zhang Su to a banquet! We must let our Lord Zhang Su see this letter! "
"Yes!" The man in black left quickly.
Fa Zheng also stood up. Someone came to report that Zhang Song had arrived.
Fa Zheng nodded his head and waved his hand to signal his men to leave. He could not help but mutter to himself, "Brother Ziqiao, I'm sorry!!"
Fa Zheng walked out of the study room. Zhang Song had been waiting for a long time.
Fa Zheng went forward to greet Zhang Song. The two of them sat down happily, singing and dancing. Coupled with the delicious wine and food, it was a joyous occasion.
"Brother Xiaozhi, if there's anything you want to say, just say it. Is there a need for us to be like this? "Now that we're full," Zhang Song smiled and said to Fa Zheng.
Zhang Song and Fa Zheng had been good friends for so many years. How could he not know Fa Zheng's character? Just like his name, he was upright and upright. Things like singing and dancing usually would not appear in Fa Zheng's mansion. But today, there were all of them and he even specially invited himself. Zhang Song thought that Fa Zheng must have something to ask of him.
"You know me best, Brother Ziqiao!" Looking at Zhang Song's smiling face, Fa Zheng felt a sense of guilt in his heart. But he quickly calmed down. Zhang Song's plan was for his own future, so was Fa Zheng. Just this alone was not enough for Fa Zheng to make up his mind.
What really made Fa Zheng make up his mind was a sentence from the King of Han, Liu Mang. Although Jingyi was rich, it was not comparable to the past. Was there not a million people in Yi Province? If the dispute continued, how many people would be left?
So what Fa Zheng wanted was a unified Yi Province, a peaceful Yi Province.
He could not bring Liu Bei, but he could bring Liu Mang.
If he let Liu Bei obtain Yi Province, with Yi Province and Jing Province as his foundation, Liu Bei could become an overlord. But what he brought to the people of Yi Province was not benefits, but endless war.
Liu Bei and Liu Mang were bound to fight. Even if Liu Mang did not start a war, would Liu Bei be willing to hole up in Jingyi? He would have to expand. Once he did, there would be endless war.
So, Fa Zheng had to stop this. The most direct way was to eliminate Liu Bei and let the King of Han, Liu Mang, unify Jingyi.
"Brother Ziqiao, when will Imperial Uncle be able to enter our Yi Province?" Fa Zheng asked Zhang Song.
"Hmm?" Zhang Song's eyes lit up. He stopped drinking and looked at Fa Zheng on the other side.
"Brother Xiaozhi, have you thought it through?" "Zhang Song has been trying to rope Fa Zheng in, not for any other reason, but because Fa Zheng is his good friend and was also born in Yizhou. When Liu Bei took over Yi Province, he would definitely put Zhang Song in an important position. But after all, it was difficult to do it alone.
If Zhang Song wanted to stand firm in Liu Bei's camp, he would need a lot of trusted aides. Once Fa Zheng joined him, he would be his ally.
"Brother Ziqiao, Huang She is already dead, Cai Piao and Yu Yue are about to be annihilated. This Jing Province has already fallen into the hands of Imperial Uncle. In Yi Province, we have Brother Ziqiao as our spy. If I, Fa Zheng, still do not know how to appreciate favors, then wouldn't I fail to live up to Brother Xiaozhi's care?" Fa Zheng smiled and said.
"Haha, Brother Xiaozhi, what you said is right. When Imperial Uncle sweeps Jingyi, you and I will definitely be honored as Imperial Uncle's guests. With your help, I will definitely be conferred the title of Marquis!" Sure enough, Zhang Song was proud and arrogant. He wanted Liu Bei to become the Emperor so that he could become the Prime Minister and one of the Three Dukes.
Fa Zheng sighed in his heart. Zhang Song was capable, but he was blinded by ambition. However, Fa Zheng still agreed with Zhang Song. "Brother Ziqiao has such great ambition. Fa Zheng is impressed!"
Fa Zheng was deliberately flattering Zhang Song. As for Zhang Song, he was also very comfortable with Fa Zheng's praise. He felt like he was at home.
"Brother Xiaozhi, I wonder if Brother Xiaozhi can write a letter for me to recommend Imperial Uncle Liu?" Fa Zheng said to Zhang Song.
"This …" Zhang Song hesitated for a moment.
"What's wrong? Brother Xiaozhi? Is there a problem? If Brother Xiaozhi is in a difficult position, then forget it! "Fa Zheng said to Zhang Song.
Looking at Fa Zheng's expression, Zhang Song hesitated. It was not that he did not want to recommend, nor was it difficult.
It was because now was a special time. Zhang Song was now walking on thin ice. He was afraid that others would find out. A letter of recommendation was easy to write, but once it was written, it would be used against him.
Looking at Fa Zheng, Zhang Song was struggling in his heart. However, after thinking for a while, he looked at Fa Zheng again. Although Fa Zheng's face looked calm, there was a trace of resentment. If this continued, Fa Zheng would not help him much in the future even if he managed to convince him. It was just a letter. Xiaozhi would not betray him.
Gritting his teeth, Zhang Song nodded. "These are all small matters. Brother Xiaozhi, do you have a brush?" Zhang Song actually wanted to write on the spot. From this, it could be seen that Zhang Song wanted to pull Fa Zheng.
Fa Zheng was secretly happy. Even if Zhang Song did not mention it, Fa Zheng would have let Zhang Song write on the spot. But now that Zhang Song had settled it himself, there was no need for him to say anything else.
"Men, bring me a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone!" Fa Zheng clapped his hands. Very quickly, someone came over with the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
Zhang Song quickly wrote on the paper. The format of the writing was actually the same as the one that Fa Zheng imitated Zhang Song's writing. The beginning was "Your Honor, Emperor Liu's Left General Liu!" "After that, there was a lot of content, and the last one was written by Zhang Songjing.
On the paper, it was written Zhang Song's praise for Fa Zheng. It was as if Fa Zheng was a rare talent in the world. Even Fa Zheng blushed when he saw it.
Of course, Fa Zheng was definitely worthy of this title. He was a person comparable to Guo Jia. In terms of scheming, there were very few people who could be compared to him.
Compared to Zhuge Liang, he was on par.
"In that case, Fa Zheng thanks Brother Ziqiao for the recommendation! Come, let me toast to Brother Ziqiao! "
While the banquet was being held in Fa Zheng's mansion, Governor Zhang Su had also received an invitation.
"Ziqiao, you invited me to participate in the banquet?" Zhang Su looked at the invitation in his hand and felt a bit strange.
Because he, Zhang Su, was not an outsider. He was Zhang Song's elder brother. Unfortunately, this elder brother and younger brother were not born from the same mother.
Zhang Su was the eldest son while Zhang Song was the second son born from a concubine.
However, Zhang Song's talent was above Zhang Su. Slowly, Zhang Su's father gave the position of the Zhang family's head to Zhang Song and gave up on Zhang Su.
How could Zhang Su tolerate this? If Zhang Song did not have any ambition, it would be fine. However, Zhang Song was a proud person. Naturally, he would not be willing to give up the position of the family head.
Thus, the two brothers had a falling out.
That was because they were not on the same side.
However, today, Zhang Song actually sent an invitation, inviting Zhang Su to participate in the banquet.
"Father, perhaps Uncle Zhang Song wants to reconcile with you?" A young man who looked very similar to Zhang Su said. This person was not an outsider. He was Zhang Su's son, Zhang Biao.
"Reconcile?" Zhang Su's face flashed with anger. "Humph! He, Zhang Xiaozhi, has been using his prestige as the family head to suppress me over the years. He still wants me to reconcile? "
"Father, as the saying goes, it is better to squash enmity than keep it alive. What's more, Uncle is a member of the Zhang family. Now, Yi Province is in turmoil. Father, don't you want to leave a way out?" Zhang Biao tried to persuade Zhang Su.
Although Zhang Biao was young, he was already famous along with Basi Prefecture's Cheng Qi, Ba Prefecture's Yang Cui, and Jianwei Prefecture's Yang Xi.
He was a rare talent in the Zhang family. This was also Zhang Su's hope. He wanted to rely on his son to suppress Zhang Song.
Zhang Su had no choice but to carefully consider his son's words. Currently, Yi Province was indeed in turmoil. First, there was Zhang Lu and Zhao Wei's rebellion. On the other hand, there was Jing Province's army taking advantage of the situation to loot. It could be said that Yi Province was in a critical situation.
The original Zhang family could survive in this turmoil.
But since Zhang Lu and Zhang Song separated, the Zhang family was much happier. What's more, Zhang Song occupied more than half of the Zhang family's resources. Zhang Su only had a small part. This made Zhang Su more and more worried.
He was afraid that if something went wrong, the branch he was in would disappear.
Now that Zhang Song took the initiative to invite him, Zhang Su was also moved. The two Zhang's together would be more stable.
Zhang Su's previous words were just to get a way out.
After all, Zhang Su couldn't just rush over as soon as Zhang Song opened his mouth.
"Well, father will listen to Zhang Biao! Go and see Zhang Song! " Zhang Su nodded and said.
"Father is magnanimous!" Zhang Biao said with a smile.
Zhang Su tidied up his clothes and immediately got on the carriage to go to Zhang Song's mansion.
Before reaching Zhang Song's residence, Zhang Su's carriage was stopped by someone.
"Is Lord Zhang Su in the carriage?" The person on the other side asked Zhang Su.
"Yes, I am. Who are you?" Zhang Su frowned and asked.
"Greetings to First Master. I am under the order of Second Master to come and welcome First Master!" The person outside responded.
"First Master?!" Zhang Su heard this title and felt very comfortable in his heart. This Zhang Song finally had some knowledge and knew that his elder brother was the First Master of the Zhang family.
"Well, take me there!" Zhang Su said to the person on the other side.
"Yes!" Outside the carriage, the person who claimed to be sent by Zhang Song nodded and immediately made a gesture to the person in the dark. The person in the dark quickly left.
At the door of Zhang Song's mansion.
"Who is it?" At Zhang Song's mansion, two people who looked like servants and guards blocked the door to prevent a manservant from entering the mansion.
"Are your eyes blind?! Do you know who I am? "The manservant shouted arrogantly.
Zhang Song's two guards looked at each other and shook their heads. They didn't know.
"Listen carefully, our Master is Lord Zhang Su!" The manservant said to the two guards.
"Lord Zhang Su?!" These two guards naturally knew who Zhang Su was. He was Zhang Song's elder brother, and also the former master of the Zhang family. However, Zhang Song was too outstanding, so he squeezed out his own elder brother. However, everyone knew that the two of them were blood brothers.
No matter what conflict Zhang Song and Zhang Su had, they were brothers after all.
Therefore, the two guards were still very respectful. "Little brother, may I know why you are here?"
"Our master is right behind us. He's here because he has something important to discuss with Lord Zhang Song!" The servant said to the two guards of Zhang Song, pretending to be a fox pretending to be a tiger.
The two guards shook their heads. "Unfortunately, our Old Master has just left!" He went to the Law Lieutenant's mansion to attend a banquet! "
The manservant naturally knew that Zhang Song had left. If Zhang Song didn't leave, how could he enter?
"Hmph, our Master naturally knows that Lord Zhang Song went to attend the banquet! But he has already discussed with your Master Zhang Song. He will go to the study first and wait for your Master Zhang Song to arrive. “
"This!?" The two guards were in a dilemma. Their master Zhang Song was not at home, so they didn't dare to let others in.
"What's this and that! Our Master is Lord Zhang Song's elder brother. Don't tell me you dare to stop our Master from entering! If so, I will go and tell our Master! "
"Don't, don't, brother!"
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