The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 447
While Tong Guan was thinking wildly, he was brought by Mu Xu to the elegant room on the boat, but he saw that the room was brightly lit, and there were already a few women in light gauze and thin clothes among them, serving delicious food and wine from time to time, and there were also musicians adjusting the strings .

The old bustard on the boat was a mature woman about forty years old, when she saw Mu Xu, the big benefactor, she hurried forward to greet her, and said with a coquettish smile, "Oh, sir, you are back. The girls have been waiting for it for a long time!"

As she said that, she looked at Tong Guan again, and asked, "This official has always been rare, presumably he is not from Tokyo?"

Tong Guan's face darkened, if he hadn't been concerned about his status, he would have wanted to yell at him, damn it, what's the matter with coming to the brothel if you think of him as a eunuch?

Although eunuchs and prostitutes have existed since ancient times, it was even more common in the Song Dynasty.But God is pitiful, Tong Guan is only interested in power and wealth, he doesn't care about women's sex at all, and he doesn't bother to play that fake trick.

The corner of Mu Xu's mouth was slightly raised, and he narrowed his mouth, "Hey, Mama Yang, you are wrong. This Mr. Tong is not only from the capital, but also a big man with a long history! If you serve him well today Get rid of him, and I promise you can run rampant in Beijing."

Yang's mother's eyes lit up, and she hurried to Tong Guan to help him, but she didn't want Tong Guan to shake off the woman's hand and said to Mu Xu,

"Master Muzhai, did you invite this old man here today just to make fun of me? If that's the case, then let's talk about it another day."

Seeing that Tong Guan was really annoyed, Mu Xu also knew why it was too late, so he immediately took out an ingot of gold from his bosom, threw it into the bosom of Mother Yang, and ordered,
"Mama Yang, please remove all the people in the room. We have important matters to discuss, so don't let outsiders disturb you. You just need to entertain a few brothers outside. All their expenses will be charged to my account .”

That Yang's mother won the gold, so naturally she would do everything she could, she winked at Mu Xu, and immediately beckoned everyone in the room to follow her.

After Mu Xu and Tong Guan were left in the room, Mu Xu waved his hand and said, "Secretary Tong, please sit down, now we can talk about business."

Tong Guan shook his sleeves, as if venting his dissatisfaction, walked to the main seat, and sat down.

Mu Xu didn't care too much. He first poured two cups of hot tea, and then pushed a cup in front of Tong Guan. Then he sat down on the second seat, and said straight to the point, "Private Tong must condescend to come here today because he is willing to cooperate with me." ?”

Tong Guan stared at Mu Xu and said bitterly, "Cooperation? That's how Mu Zhaizhu expressed his sincerity for cooperation. Why did you kill Cai Xing first and then play? Don't you know his identity?"

Mu Xu put the teacup on the table and said without giving way, "Of course I know his identity. Isn't he the eldest grandson of Cai Jing and the only son of Cai You? But so what? Who told him to marry him?" people?"

"Have you ever thought that if you let Cai Jing and his son know about this, you will not have a foothold in the entire Song Dynasty!"

Hearing Tong Guan's words, Mu Xu said flatly, "It doesn't matter. Anyway, I acted according to the wishes of Privy Tong. If they want to take revenge, they will first seek the misfortune of Privy Tong. What am I afraid of? When the sky falls, I have a tall man Hold on."

Tong Guan almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, and pointed at Mu Xu angrily, "Don't you think that you can frame this old man with your rambunctious words?"

Mu Xu replied, "Of course not, but as long as the Cai family and his son have three-point doubts about Tong Shumi, my goal will be achieved. After all, I am not walking in the court, and they want to take revenge on me. They just want to persuade Zhao Guanjia to send troops to attack.

Privy Tong doesn't think that this can do anything to me, right?I was in a hurry, Liao and Xixia, I voted for a family at will, and the high officials and generous salary were not allowed to be used by me. "

Having said that, Mu Xu paused for a moment, looked Tong Guan up and down, and said maliciously, "At that time, they will have nothing to do with me, so they can only find a scapegoat. You said that this scapegoat is Tong Guan himself, and you can't help it. Or Master Tong Kai?"

Then without waiting for Tong Guan's answer, Mu Xu patted his forehead again, and said to himself, "Look at my memory, why should I vote for Xixia? I should go to the Liao Kingdom. After all, Privy Tong intends to persuade Zhao Guan's family to have such a big conspiracy. The king and ministers of the Liao Kingdom will definitely be very interested in this matter."

Being robbed like this, Tong Guan finally realized the difficulty of the person in front of him.He knew very well in his heart that once he was allowed to submit to the Liao Kingdom as Mu Xu said, and what's more, if he led the Liao people to go south, he would die without a place to bury him.

At that time, Zhao Guan's family will definitely throw him out to calm the anger of the Liao people and the criticism of the world.

Thinking about the stakes inside, Tong Guan took a deep breath, put on a smiling face and said, "Brother Mu, what are you talking about? Speaking of which, this old man has helped you before, you can't be ungrateful!"

"Oh, I would like to hear about it."

Tong Guan immediately mentioned that when Mu Xu asked Tong Jian to buy weapons in the past, he had covered Mu Xu's whereabouts to prevent him from being discovered by Gao Lian.

Mu Xu only thought for a while and realized that Tong Guan might have noticed his identity that day, but in order to earn his money, he chose to turn a blind eye to his identity.

As for what to say, hiding it from Gao Qiu for him is completely nonsense, he still has this confidence.

However, Tong Guan was able to say this, obviously he was submissive in disguise, so he took advantage of the slope to go down the donkey path, "That's really thanks to Mr. Tong."

As he said that, he got up pretendingly, and bowed to Tong Guan.

Now that Tong Guan is asking for help from others, how could he dare to trust him, so he hurriedly supported Mu Xu, saying that this is a trivial matter.

Immediately, the two looked at each other and smiled, and sat down again, Tong Guan changed his previous attitude and said earnestly, "My younger brother said in the letter that Muzhai mainly uses the two places of Hedong and Huaixi to trade with the old man, but is it true? "

Mu Xu nodded and said, "It's true, otherwise why would I come to the capital? Wouldn't it be a waste of time?"

Tong Guan didn't ask Mu Xu how he planned to do what he said, but asked concerned, "Then what does Master Mu want the old man to do for you?"

Mu Xu stated the conditions that he had thought of long ago, "I need at least a year and a half to appease my brothers and persuade Wang Qing. During this period, I hope that the imperial court will not send troops to Hedong.

In addition, I can also promise to recruit security, but just listen to the tune and not the announcement, just follow the old practice of Fuzhou Zhejia. "

Tong Guan frowned when he heard this, and retorted, "The first condition is fine, but the second condition is really embarrassing for me. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there is one and only Zhejia family that can have such a high degree of autonomy. Which one didn't honestly come to serve in the court."

Mu Xu said disapprovingly, "Did Shumi Tong forget that I don't want an inch of land in the Song Dynasty, but will bring foreign territories to join the Song Dynasty? Can't?"

Tong Guan didn't dare to believe it, "Are you really going to attack Xixia?"

Mu Xu answered the wrong question, "No matter where I attack, it will not be the territory of the Song Dynasty, so I hope that the Zhao officials can give me an edict in advance, promising that once I accomplish this, I will be named Jiedu immediately."

Hearing what Mu Xu said so decisively, Tong Guan couldn't help believing it, thinking that Mu Xu was really going to compete with Xixia.From the beginning to the end, he didn't think about You Yun.

It's not that Tong Guan couldn't think of it, but since Zhao Guangyi failed in the Northern Expedition, the entire Song Dynasty suffered from Liaophobia.Therefore, in Tong Guan's heart, it was taken for granted that Mu Xu would not have the guts to go to the mouths of the Liao people with the help of tens of thousands of horses.

Just like he has always been, although he has the intention of persuading Zhao Guan's family to make a northern expedition, he dare not take the liberty to propose it, and can only wait for the right time.

(End of this chapter)