Your majesty, your queen has run away again

Chapter 327 Are You Threatening Me?

Mao Tingfang did not get up, still sipping his tea.

"Heizi, you are not their opponent, let them all come in!"

Heizi stopped carrying it hard when he heard the words, and stepped aside to let Wei Hu and Wei Bao in, but the two stood still, waiting for Xia Shize's instructions.

"Mr. Mao, I want to talk to you about something alone. Is it convenient?"

Xia Shize spoke first.

"What if it's inconvenient?"

Mao Tingfang seemed to be a bit angry in it, regardless of the risk of ruining his reputation, he hid in this brothel or was found by Xia Shize.

"I don't think there should be such an if!"

Xia Shize smiled, picked up a chair and came up to Mao Tingfang.

"It's a bit like Xia Guogong, that's all, Heizi, you and the two of them stay outside!"

Mao Tingfang knew that Xia Shize wasn't that easy to fool, so it's better to make it clear as soon as possible.

When only Xia Shize and him were left in the room, Mao Tingfang said without raising his head, "I heard that General Xia broke his leg and passed out as soon as General Xia arrived at the general's mansion?"

"That's right! He disobeyed the orders and disrespected His Majesty, and I just punished him a little. Why does the military adviser think that I have acted recklessly?"

If Mao Tingfang didn't know about this, Xia Shize would still find it strange.

"Reckless? That's not true. The old man has long disliked that He Zhang. Even if you kill him, I won't think it's reckless!"

Mao Tingfang snorted with his nose, which showed how much he and He Zhang were at odds.

"What the military adviser said was beyond my expectation. It seems that Vice General He has caused trouble for the military adviser a lot!"

Xia Shize never expected Mao Tingfang to express his dislike for He Zhang so bluntly.

"Let's gossip less, let's talk, what's the matter with you looking for the old man so hard?"

He didn't care at all whether He Zhang died or not.

"I want to get the help of the military adviser, and cooperate with the general to take over the military affairs of this southern border smoothly!"

They all understand that people naturally don't need to cover up their purpose, Xia Shize said directly.

"The general is flattering the old man. The old man is half buried in the ground. Before that, he just relied on General Zhao's care to spend his days in the general's mansion. He couldn't help the general if he thought about it. Besides, with the general's ability and Xia Guogong's mansion His prestige, it must not be a problem to take over the southern border military affairs!"

Mao Tingfang was a little uncomfortable with Xia Shize being so straightforward, but he quickly returned to his look of wanting nothing.

"Taking over is naturally not a problem, but there is no time to delay. Presumably the military division does not want to see the garrison in southern Xinjiang being in chaos, and Nanluo takes the opportunity to enter and eventually the people suffer, right?"

If he can't even do this, then he won't be here anymore, and will live in Licheng directly under the name of Lord Xia.

"What do I have to do with the suffering of the common people? Heizi and I left here early..."

The corner of Mao Tingfang's mouth was mocking and authentic, which made people feel that he really was the kind of person who didn't care about other people's life or death.

"Why should the military commander speak out in anger? If the military commander really thinks so, why bother to stay here for so many years?"

Xia Shize pressed on step by step, and for a moment he saw a flash of pain in Mao Tingfang's eyes, and knew that he had walked into his heart step by step.

Seeming to have seen Xia Shize's purpose, Mao Tingfang quickly concealed his emotions, and smiled indifferently: "I don't understand what the general is talking about, the reason why I didn't leave is because I lived in the general's mansion more comfortably. It's hard to think about going to other places to make a living at such a worthless age..."

This Mao Tingfang tried his best to explain that he was a useless person, so that Xia Shize gave up the idea of ​​pulling him as soon as possible.

"But the information about the military division that this general has received is not like this. The reason why General Zhao Shimeng was able to stand in southern Xinjiang is mostly due to the military division. Even three years ago, Nanluo almost went to war with the southern Xinjiang garrison. It was also resolved by the military adviser. At that time, His Majesty rewarded General Zhao heavily, and even He Zhang was promoted to the deputy general at that time, but the name of the military adviser was not mentioned in the memorandum to His Majesty..."

Xia Shize also took a lot of effort to find out about this matter. It can be said that even Emperor Hengchang didn't know that the Zhao Shimeng he rewarded was just an empty shell.

"Who did you listen to, General? It's too flattering! Besides, General Zhao is not a person who likes to take credit for himself!"

It's not that he mentioned Zhao Shimeng, but that Zhao Shimeng treats the people around him really well.

"Of course it's not that Zhao Shimeng wants to take the credit for himself, but the military adviser has repeatedly begged him to erase your name on the performance list. This general has a question. Why did the military adviser do this? Is it because he is afraid that others will know you?"

Xia Shize stood up from the chair, sat on Mao Tingfang's couch, looked directly at him, trying to see something strange on his face.

"I don't understand what the general said. If there is such a great contribution, I will definitely not let it go!"

Although his heart was turbulent, he remained calm on the surface, but his slightly trembling hands betrayed his heart.

"It doesn't matter if the military adviser doesn't understand, this general will slowly say that you understand!"

Xia Shize looked at Mao Tingfang who still had no intention of speaking, sighed deeply, and continued: "The reason why the military division insists on not leaving this southern border is just for one person, in order to find out some things about him, he would rather trap himself in the This general's mansion has been here for more than ten years. You think his death is not what everyone agrees on. It is not easy for you to do such a thing alone, so you thought of using the power of the Southern Border General Zhao Shimeng to advise him, At the same time, I am also inquiring about what you want to know in the open and in the dark. Military division, don’t you know what I said clearly enough?”

Xia Shize was full of admiration for such a person, if not for the current situation, he would never have persecuted Mao Tingfang like this.

Sure enough, Xia Shize's words made Mao Tingfang's face turn livid, veins broke out in the hand that was tightly holding the tea bowl, and he said something after a long while:

"Are you threatening me?"

"The military adviser misunderstood, because the matter you want to investigate is also one of the purposes of coming down to Southern Border!"

Xia Shize knew that Mao Tingfang would not cooperate with him unless he made it clear today.

"You are for him?"

This time Mao Tingfang was really surprised. He didn't expect that there are people in this world who have the same thoughts as him.

"That's right, the military advisor didn't expect that there would be people who thought the same as you, right? Naturally, he wanted to achieve his ambition to fight for the southern border with His Majesty, but the more important thing is to find out what happened back then..."

(End of this chapter)