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Tang Yin and Zhang Zhihong had a long secret conversation. Through Tang Yin's explanation, Zhang Zhihong also completely understood why their Feng Army were defeated in a battle with the Shaoling County, and why they were so scared by a mere several tens of thousands of locals.
Feng Army's strategy could be said to be brilliant, and it did give him enough of an excuse to advise Yan Chu, and could even use this to incite the other officials to create pressure, and force Yan Chu to accept the advice.
When the conversation came to the end, Zhang Zhihong grinned, nodded and said: "Feng King is wise, I admire you ?." Pausing, he looked straight into Tang Yin's eyes, and said with a smile: "I can cooperate with Feng King, but, after this is completed, I wonder if Feng King will fulfill her promise?"
The calm smile on Tang Yin's face stiffened, his face became gloomy and cold, and he asked a question in reply: "Is Prime Minister Zhang questioning the position of this king?"
He did not expect him to suddenly ask that question, so Zhang Zhihong anxiously shook his head: "I had no intention of doing that ?."
Tang Yin interrupted: "Jun Wu You is lying. As the ruler of a nation, you think This King will go back on his word and go back on his word? "
Zhang Zhihong immediately realized that his question was asking too much. The sincerity of a king meant the integrity of a country. To question a king's words would undoubtedly be a humiliation to the entire country. Zhang Zhihong was stunned for a moment before he hastily stood up. He deeply bowed to Tang Yin and said, "This old servant has spoken wrongly. I hope that His Royal Highness will not take offense to this matter.
Tang Yin waved his hands, and his expression eased down. He said indifferently: "If Prime Minister Zhang doesn't trust this king, then you can trust the Son of Heaven, right? This king will then send a secret message to Prime Minister Zhang, stating that as long as Prime Minister Zhang can help me integrate Feng Army, I will establish you as the new King Ning. "
After hearing this, Zhang Zhihong no longer had any doubts in his heart. If the Son of Heaven could issue such a secret, then this matter would become a foregone conclusion. Tang Yin might be able to lie to him, but the Son of Heaven would definitely not. Zhang Zhihong once again bowed to the ground, the fat on his face was so excited that it trembled, and he said: "This old one thanks Feng King very much!"
"Ha ha!" Tang Yin smiled and said: "The next time we meet, Prime Minister Zhang will not have to call herself this old subject. You and I can call each other Royal Brother and Royal Brother."
"Haha ? ?" Zhang Zhihong couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and also laughed with his head facing the sky. His round face that was completely red was now covered in a layer of glory. He had initially thought that his Ning Country would not hold up and that he would not be able to protect his own position. He never thought that this would instead turn into an opportunity for him to ascend to the throne of the King Ning.
After finishing the discussion, Tang Yin said: "It is not appropriate for Prime Minister Zhang to stay at this duke's place for long. If anything happens in the future, this duke will send someone to contact Prime Minister Zhang."
"Alright!" Zhang Zhihong also realized that he had stayed here for too long, he cupped his hands and said: "Feng King, this old official will take her leave." After he finished speaking, he saw that Tang Yin had no intention to leave, and could not help but ask: "Are Feng King not leaving?"
Tang Yin lowered his head to look at the dishes on the table, and laughed: "This king has yet to taste the delicious wine and delicacies of Ning Country, how can you be in such a hurry to leave?"
Zhang Zhihong was secretly surprised, Tang Yin's guts was really huge, he actually dared to eat and drink beside the Liangzhou as if there was no one around. He rolled his eyes and laughed: "Feng King, aren't you afraid that this old servant will snitch on you after I leave and capture you?"
Hearing that, Cheng Jin's eyes flashed, his killing intent leaking out.
Tang Yin, on the other hand, did not care at all. He picked up his chopsticks, stuck it into one of the Red Braised Pig's elbows, and laughed: "Prime Minister Zhang, would you be stupid enough to come here? This king is the benefactor who helped you achieve great things in life, and is also the stepping stone for you to ascend to the throne. Only idiots would do something like destroying their own future, Prime Minister Zhang is obviously not that kind of person. "
Zhang Zhihong laughed again, and did not speak anymore. He brought along her servant Zhang Yuan, said "Be careful" to Tang Yin, and then walked out of the private room. Cheng Jin gave it out for Tang Yin. When they were about to part, Cheng Jin took out a jade pendant and broke it in half, passing the other half to Zhang Zhihong: "In the future, the person who meets Prime Minister Zhang will use the other half as proof."
Receiving the jade ornament, Zhang Zhihong nodded his head, and only replied yes, he did not ask who the person who contacted him would be in the future. Tang Yin saw that he had already taken a huge risk on his own, and now that the matter had been settled, he would definitely not take the risk to meet again.
After Zhang Zhihong left, Cheng Jin returned to his room. Seeing that Tang Yin was really enjoying his meal, he asked worriedly, "Big Brother, will Zhang Zhihong really not inform us?"
"Of course not. As I said, only a fool would do that. " Tang Yin chewed on his pig elbow.
"Zhang Zhihong actually believes that Big Brother will let him become the King Ning?!" Cheng Jin sneered.
Tang Yin shrugged and said, "Don't underestimate the temptation of the throne. A crown could allow a subject to kill a king or a son to kill his father. In a state of greed, people tend to be blinded. "
Cheng Jin nodded his head, feeling that Tang Yin's words made sense. In front of the throne, the darkest side of human nature could be fully displayed.
Tang Yin smiled at him, and said as if he was joking: "That's why, Cheng Jin, you have to keep a close eye on the people around me, I don't want to be the second Zhan Hua."
Cheng Jin gasped, and anxiously said: "To protect the King's safety, this subordinate does not dare to delay for a moment. Furthermore, the King's brilliance and brilliance is far from what the Former King can compare to. "
"Well said." Tang Yin chuckled, and waved: "Sit down, let's eat together."
"Yes sir!"
After this, he would complete the main mission of this trip of the Liangzhou, and wait for the Mo Army from the south to continue its journey northwards, creating pressure for the imperial government. At the same time, he had also sent a message to via Sky Eye and Earth Web scout, telling him to immediately find Yin Zhun and write down the secret plan that had established Zhang Zhihong as the King Ning, and bring him to the Liangzhou as soon as possible, in order to dispel all of Zhang Zhihong's doubts, so that he could do his best to help himself.
In Tang Yin's opinion, a penny's worth of honesty was not worth it. Although he had spoken nicely in front of Zhang Zhihong and promised sincerely, he had already made up his mind that on the day of breaking the Liangzhou, the first person he would kill would be Zhang Zhihong. As for the Son of Heaven's secret command, he would take it back from Zhang Zhihong and destroy it in secret.
In his heart, it was simply impossible for him to have Ning Country anymore, and it was even less likely for him to have King Ning s anymore.1
In the next few days, Tang Yin found the few main leaders of Sky Eye and Earth Web. He explained everything to them one by one, especially the matter of contacting Zhang Zhihong.
Two days later, the gold that Tang Yin had sent people to transport secretly arrived in Liangzhou.
Tang Yin gave the gold to the leader of the Sky Eye and Earth Web for safekeeping and took out ten thousand silver from them. He wanted Cheng Jin to hand it over to Zhang Zhihong's residence, no matter what he did, it would be good to keep it for himself, or to bribe the other officials. In short, he hoped that Zhang Zhihong could settle the two matters that he proposed for him as soon as possible.
Cheng Jin accepted the orders and left. Tang Yin himself had nothing to do in the tavern, so he went to a nearby teahouse.
This teahouse was not big, and its foot was relatively remote. However, there were quite a few people who came to drink tea, including many people who were well-dressed and influential.
At first, Tang Yin thought that it was weird, but after drinking the tea sent up by the waiter, he immediately understood why the teahouse business was so booming. The tea in this teahouse was very authentic and its taste was mellow and rich. It was fragrant and sweet. After drinking a cup of tea, it gave off a refreshing feeling.
If this teahouse was in Yan City, Tang Yin reckoned that he would visit frequently. Thinking about it here, he was happy. He had the confidence that he could quickly move this teahouse into Yan City.
Just as he was happily sipping his tea, a few customers had arrived from outside. This was nothing, but one of them was the person Tang Yin did not want to meet the most.
A woman.
How could it be her? Tang Yin secretly frowned. If he dodged at this time, it would instead attract attention. He sat there without moving, and only lowered his head slightly, pretending to taste the tea seriously.
He thought that the other party wouldn't be able to see him, but he was wrong.
Due to the fact that they were familiar with each other, the waiter came up and led them to their usual seats upstairs. But just as they were about to go upstairs, the leader, a beautiful lady in her twenties, looked around at the customers instinctively, and when her gaze swept across Tang Yin, her eyes revealed a look of shock, and her slender and delicate body trembled.
She originally wanted to climb the stairs, but she withdrew her delicate feet and turned around, staring straight at Tang Yin without blinking her beautiful eyes.
Since Tang Yin had lowered his head slightly, she could only see half of his face clearly and could not see his full appearance. Other than that, she truly did not believe that he would appear here, but the person in front of her had touched upon a memory that she was most reluctant to bring up.
The lady walked towards Tang Yin step by step with an expression of disbelief.
Seeing that she didn't go upstairs but instead went to the first floor's window, the people behind her were all startled and spoke in unison, "Miss ?"
Towards their questions, the young lady turned a deaf ear to them. She walked all the way to Tang Yin's table and stood there.
At this time, Tang Yin had already seen everything from the corner of his eyes, and sighed inwardly. The sins of the heavens could still be ignored. He deserved to die! He really had some bad karma with her.
The girl sat down across from him, her face pale and her body trembling.
Tang Yin could no longer pretend to be confused, rather than letting others ask, he might as well take the initiative to greet them.
He slowly and elegantly put down his teacup and calmly raised his head. He met the girl's gaze without any warning, and a brilliant smile appeared on his face. His eyes were curved, revealing two neat rows of small white teeth as he elegantly and pleasantly said, "Miss Ling, we meet again." It was simply adding the wrong place at the wrong time.
Boom!
The lady opposite of him stared at the smiling face for a good three seconds before her head buzzed and she regained her senses. For a moment, even she was fascinated by his warm and charming smile, but she knew better than anyone that it was an illusion.
She would never forget him, never. Even if he turned into ashes, she would never forget the pain and humiliation he had inflicted on her.
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