With a pot of wine in his left hand and a roasted chicken in his right hand, Xiao Cheng came to Cen Zhong's door, touched it lightly with his foot, and with a squeak, the door opened.

Xiao Cheng looked inside with some surprise, only to see Cen Zhong sitting at the table with a book in his hand, his eyes looking at him at the moment.

Obviously, this person guessed that Xiao Cheng would come, so he left the door open for him.

"Elder brother!" Xiao Cheng stepped into the door with a smile, closed the door with his back kick, walked to the table, and put the wine and roast chicken on the table: "I never thought of you.

It’s actually here too!”

Cen Zhong smiled and said: "If Wei Wu hadn't told me about it, I wouldn't have known you were holding this conference! Junior brother, you are so unloyal, why don't you call me for such a thing?"

Xiao Cheng turned over the tea cup that was upside down on the table, and while drinking wine inside, he said: "It's true that the official hat on the senior brother's head is a bit scary. The things we do here are always not big.

The rules are that some deviant people don’t dare to harm senior brother! I really want to scream, senior brother is coming, maybe you will be criticized, if you don’t come, I feel that I have hurt the feelings of you and my senior brother, isn’t it?

Are you in a dilemma? If I had known that Senior Brother had this idea, I would have definitely been the first one to invite you."

Picking up the wine glass, Cen Zhong tilted his neck and drank it all in one gulp.

"Ever before King Jing burned himself in the inner palace, I felt that the Song Dynasty might need to change its way of life."

Xiao Cheng was startled: "Elder brother is actually a member of His Royal Highness King Jing, I have never heard of this!"

"A gentleman is not a party member!" Cen Zhong glared at Xiao Cheng: "It's just that I pity King Jing and pity the Song Dynasty. Of course, I also hate the officials. What a good card. I was beaten by him abruptly.

It's really unimaginable to be like this. This time, I really saw what it means to feel pain when you are close and happy when your enemies are enemies."

Xiao Cheng smiled and tore off a chicken leg and handed it to the other party, saying: "Elder brother, I'm not afraid of your jokes. Now, I'm forming a party!"

"Gentlemen are a group, not party members!" Cen Zhongzheng'er said: "We can be called a group of like-minded people."

Xiao Cheng raised his glass, took a sip and nodded.

From the very beginning, he knew that his senior brother was not a rigid scholar, but a serious person with a flexible mind and sharp methods.

Otherwise, he would not have come to him as soon as he took office and borrowed generals and soldiers, without being at all shy about his current status.

Obviously, what he values ​​more is the results.

Moreover, on Guangnan West Road, the reputation of his senior brother is almost as good as that of beheading a horse.

Such a reputation is obtained by killing countless people.

"Eldest Brother, are you really ready to join the Federation?" Xiao Cheng poured wine for the Eldest Brother.

Cen Zhong looked at Xiao Cheng with a half-smile but not a smile: "Junior brother, if I don't join, won't you reach out to me?"

Xiao Cheng laughed a few times: "Actually, there is no need for me to reach out. Hasn't Senior Brother already invited me to join the game from the beginning?"

"So, if I don't join, I may be in an embarrassing situation in the future. I also want to be the pacifier of Guangxi Road!" Cen Zhong said calmly: "And I see that you, Qianzhou, have been quite impressive in the past few years, and you have great skills.

There are soldiers and money here, so I would be a fool if I didn't lend you a spring breeze."

"Elder brother is willing to join, which is an unexpected joy for me!" Xiao Cheng said.

"I want to join the Standing Committee. I don't want any other seat!" Cen Zhong looked directly at Xiao Cheng: "Don't try to fool me. I have already seen your plan at Jia Gui's place."

"Of course!" Xiao Cheng said: "With you, I will be more confident in the future battles with Bozhou Yang and Sizhou Tian."

"Aren't they your allies?" Cen Zhong was startled.

"They are allies, but they are also opponents in some aspects!" Xiao Cheng said: "They turned the place into their own home. This is not in line with my philosophy. I have to slowly turn them around. During this period, naturally

They need both cooperation and struggle. They will gain something, but at the same time they will lose a lot. But in general, you can’t do whatever you want in the future, not anywhere! Everything must be based on rules

It will be implemented within.”

"You made the rules?"

"The rules of the federation!" Xiao Cheng said.

"Understood!" Cen Dian nodded: "One more thing, I came here specially this time, firstly, for your conference, and secondly, I received information that there is something strange happening in Jiaozhi."

"Is there such a thing? Is the information accurate?" Xiao Cheng sat up straight. Guangnan West Road was already regarded by him as part of the federation, so naturally he could not allow anyone to reach out to him.

"The information is accurate." Cen Zhong said: "I killed too hard on Guangnan West Road, and now I am preparing to poke my hands and feet to the side, so I touched the painful feet of some people. This time, it is not the Jiaozhi people who are brave.

Come and touch my butt, it’s true that someone inside has taken advantage of someone’s heart and courage, and under the instigation of others, they actually colluded with outsiders to plot against me.”

"I have an idea!" Xiao Cheng said: "The best thing is to kill you, senior brother. This is really a once and for all solution. The next step is to put an end to the situation that has just settled down on Guangnan West Road. When the time comes,

If you are slapped on the head by an incompetent, mediocre, mean-spirited, unkind and righteous official, you will probably have to go back to Bianliangtai Temple. The Zhao Song official family still hates you. You are really going to fall.

In their hands, taking off the official robe is considered a good result."

"These people underestimate my methods!" Cen Zhong sneered: "I killed some and kept some. Is there any reason why I shouldn't use some methods to those who were left behind? They are very good now, let them

I grabbed the sore foot, and I learned to follow the clues and stretched my hand towards the east road. Who told them to interfere this time? Will they bow to me obediently, or will I publish the evidence and make them lose their heads?

, it’s up to them to choose.”

"What should Senior Brother do?" Xiao Cheng asked, twirling his wine glass.

"They have clearly figured out the power in my hands now." Cen Zhong said: "If I had arranged it in advance, I would have definitely alerted the enemy. So this time, I will ask you to borrow troops."

"Hasn't Wei Wu already expanded his army by three thousand? Isn't it enough?" Xiao Cheng was a little surprised.

"Although I have three thousand soldiers there, can they compare with yours? The combat effectiveness is far behind, and the equipment is even more rudimentary. More importantly, there are some people inside who I cannot completely trust." Cen Zhong narrowed his eyes.

, said: "And junior brother, there are not many opportunities like this. Once you pass this village, there will be no such store. Once you scare your opponents, it will be impossible to find such opportunities in the future.

So, don’t you think we should get a big one?”

Seeing Cen Zhong smiling like an old fox, Xiao Cheng couldn't help but touch his chin.

"Let's lure the snake out of its hole first?"

"Another diversion of trouble to the east?"

"Then drive the tiger to devour the wolf?"

"The last two birds with one stone?"

The two of them said something to each other, but they all understood the meaning of each other's words in an instant, and burst out laughing in unison.

"In this way, senior brother, your Guangxi Road comfort envoy is not too far away." Xiao Cheng said.

"I am a standing member of the federation!" Cen Zhong shook his head and said: "And we can also take this opportunity to drive a few nails in Jiaozhi. This is because they are causing trouble for nothing, but we are not here to provoke them. You think so?

no?"

"This is exactly the reason." Xiao Cheng nodded repeatedly: "When we take care of the Dali Kingdom, we will teach him a lesson when we come back. Speaking of which, Jiaozhi has been our Chinese territory since the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the powerful powers in those places have actually been divided.

The country is intolerable and must be taken back."

"It must be taken back." Cen Zhong said: "When I become the pacifier of the Liang-Guang Road, this matter will be a top priority."

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

The wine glasses in their hands collided heavily.

Xiao Cheng walked away in a puff of smoke.

However, Old Master Cen came to his son's room.

"Fundamentally speaking, what Chongwen did was to dig into the corners of Zhao and Song Dynasties. In fact, he was not just digging into the corners of Zhao Song Dynasty. He was digging into the corners and cornerstones of all dynasties since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Are you sure you want to do this?

Join us? Thousands of miles away, if you do this, your reputation will be ruined and your reputation will be infamy for thousands of years!" Old Master Cen was worried.

He has been staying in Bangzhou these days. With his experience, he can naturally see many things clearly.

Cen Zhongchi smiled: "My father is serious. Aren't we just trying to enshrine the emperor as a Bodhisattva? We are not trying to change dynasties and usurp the throne to commit rebellion! Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, there have been very few cases where the emperor has been enshrined as a clay or wood sculpture."

"You know this is different!" Master Cen stared.

"Of course it's different." Cen Zhong said calmly: "In the past, those were treacherous ministers, powerful ministers who tried to evade the emperor, changing the soup without changing the medicine. No matter how arrogant the treacherous minister or powerful minister was during his lifetime, as soon as he died, he would be immediately counterattacked.

, and then the world returned to the old way of the Mingjun ruling the world. He spoke of the Constitution and followed the law. Hum, whoever became the emperor didn’t want to live such a life? But what Chongwen does now is

We need to set rules for the emperor, and we also need to set rules for future generations. There is no reason why my son should not be involved in such a grand undertaking. Once it is completed, my son will be remembered in history."

"Were you defeated?" Master Cen asked coldly.

"If a man is born in this world, he cannot leave a good name for eternity. It is a good choice to remain infamy for eternity. Live as a five-pot meal, or die and die as a five-pot cooker!" Cen Chong said with a smile.

Old Master Cen walked away with a puff of his sleeves.

Looking at his father's back, Cen Zhong shrugged his shoulders. His father was old and no longer had the energy he had when he was young. He still remembered that the last time his father took the Jinshi Examination was with him. He passed the exam, but he still failed. At that time,

My father was so angry that he complained about current affairs to the court. From that time on, my father never set foot in the examination room again.

Nowadays, my father no longer has the high spirits of the past, but he only thinks about entertaining his grandchildren and enjoying his family relationship.

Is it a big sin to set up the emperor?

Ah bah!

Cen Zhong sneered.

Aren’t you called the Son of Heaven? Don’t you say that the power of kings is divinely authorized?

Then just be your god.
To be continued...