Chapter 538: Son as Hostage

royal palace, royal study

Zuo Anmin was brought in by Liang An, and he saluted and said hello. He stood up only after hearing the emperor's call to excuse himself.

Song Mo asked directly without politeness, "What is Xie Zhan's advice?"

Zuo Anmin silently sent a letter.

After Song Mo read the letter, he felt very uncomfortable. At the same time, there is also a sense of frustration.

He finally made up his mind, prepared to cede his interests, and joined forces with King Cheng of Jin to plan to destroy Xie Zhan in the south first, then Lu Songli in Pingzhou, and finally deal with Xianbei. In the end, it was the decisive battle between the three brothers.

Song Mo paced back and forth in the imperial study room irritably. How wise and almost demonic! As expected, Xie Zhan had anticipated his methods, which was why he had the reminder just now.

Things are accomplished through secrets, and failures are revealed through words.

Now Xie Zhan has guessed his plan, so if he insists on going his own way, he may really lose his wife and lose his troops.

"Your Majesty, what Sir Xie said in this letter is from the bottom of his heart." Zuo Anmin persuaded in a low voice.

Song Mo stopped and asked, "Why should I believe him?"

He trusted Xie Zhan so much and even planned to promote him, but in the end he rebelled?

Zuo Anmin saw that his eyes were full of anger, and he was obviously remembering what happened in the past.

Zuo Anmin took a deep breath and said, "Thank you, Master, for sending your only son and only child to Chang'an."

Hearing this, Song Mo looked at him intently.

"If the emperor doesn't believe it, he can send someone to Wei Chen's house to confirm."

Of course Song Mo wanted to confirm. He looked at Liang An.

Liang An bowed and went out.

Not long after, Liang An came in and nodded to Song Mo.

Song Mo understood that Xie Zhan had indeed sent his only son to Chang'an.

The head of the family really endured the humiliation and sent his son to Chang'an as a pledge to gain the emperor's trust, Zuo Anmin thought bitterly.

Liang An stood behind the emperor again. He said to himself, Xie Zhan is really cruel as a father. The child must be over a year old and quite thin. He must have been given medicine and then sent to Chang'an day and night. He is still very sleepy. very.

Finally, Song Mo said to Zuo Anmin, "Please step back first. I need to think about it again."

Zuo Anmin agreed. The letter has been delivered. The head of the family said that as long as the emperor reads the letter and meets the young master, there is a nine out of ten possibility that it will come true.

Song Mo told Liang An, "You arrange for someone to take him out of the palace, and be careful to avoid people."

"Here!"

After going out, Liang An's attitude towards Zuo Anmin changed and became polite. Firstly, Zuo Anmin might be about to turn over, and secondly, with Zuo Anmin's arrival, the emperor would be happy and would probably stop taking that medicine.

After both of them went out, Song Mo was the only one left in the entire imperial study.

Song Mo picked up Xie Zhan's letter again and read it.

The letter said: "...The emperor was deceived by traitors, so that the Qin and Lu families in Pingzhou rebelled...Wei Chen is really heartbroken...Wei Chen has always been interested in Dali, and Qingjun has no choice but to do so...Now The treacherous minister has been executed, but the humble minister has always wanted to return to the court..."

After reading it, Song Mo snorted lightly.

But there was one thing in the letter that made him very concerned.

Xie Zhan said in the letter that he was willing to be a knife in his hand to wipe out all the disobedience in Yunei.

At this time, Song Mo realized that he really needed such a knife, a smart knife.

Southland, Xie Mansion

"I wonder how Lin'er is doing at his maternal grandfather's house?" Zhao Yutan asked worriedly while taking the hairpin from his head.

Xie Zhan responded absently.

Zhao Yutan remembered that a big event happened in the clan a few days ago, and she, the clan leader's wife, needed to handle it personally. It happened that at that time, my mother-in-law was recuperating in Zhuangzi and asked her personal nanny to come back and say that she missed her grandson and planned to take him to Zhuangzi to stay for a few days.

The child was still young. After being told that he was three years old, he was actually only over one year old. Zhao Yutan was not at ease.

But the child's grandmother missed the child, and she happened to be busy with something, so she thought it would be okay to send the child to Zhuangzi to stay with his grandmother for a few days.

My husband was there at that time and said that he could send the child to Zhuangzi himself. He also went to see his mother-in-law.

Zhao Yutan didn't think much and handed the child over to her husband.

Xie Zhan was immersed in his own thoughts.

I have to admit that the path Lu Songli took is not suitable for him, nor is it suitable for the Xie family.

Therefore, he re-planned a new path for his family - grafting flowers and trees onto others, absorbing nutrients from others, and strengthening himself.

When he was in trouble before, he deliberately used the name "Qingjunzi", firstly to make himself look better, and at the same time to leave himself some room. Now this room can be used as he likes.

In his letter to Song Mo, he expressed sincerely that it was never the emperor Song Mo who he wanted to rebel against.

In fact, it has nothing to do with Song Mo’s belief or disbelief.

As long as Song Mo still has a shred of reason, he will agree to his suggestions and suggestions.

Song Mo needed him, and he also needed Song Mo.

The two of them only need one step. Now that he has given him this step, Song Mo will definitely use it to get off the slope.

Removing King Jin and King Cheng, Yu Song Mo also has additional benefits. At least removing the two alternatives, King Jin and King Cheng, can prevent the diversion of talents loyal to Dali.

Xie Zhan sighed. At this time, Song Mo was very worried. If he acted like this, it would be difficult for him to have such an opportunity again in the future.

As for the next situation, as long as Xianbei is not eliminated and Pingzhou is not destroyed, Xie Zhan believes that he will be safe.

At this time, Zhao Yutan had finished washing and got on the bed.

Xie Zhan came back to his senses. He looked at his wife and slowly extended his hand to her. After sending their son away, they needed another child. The direct branch of the Xie family needed it, and the Zhao family also needed it.

Moreover, after having a child, when Zhao knew the news, the arrival of the new child would comfort her and make her less sad.

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As Xie Zhan expected, the court soon took action.

Two waves of angels led by Lin Ran and Xu Junfan set out from Chang'an with the imperial edict, heading to the southwest and the East China Sea respectively.

East China Sea, Prince Jin's Mansion

Wu Ren was at the Prince Jin's Mansion in East China Sea at this time.

Today, Wu Ren, in addition to being the general manager of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, also has another identity - Pingzhou's messenger.

The so-called messenger is responsible for the diplomacy of a country and a force. His duty is to receive envoys from various vassal states and forces, and also to go to various vassal states and forces to convey the intentions of the master of the force.

His first task after receiving the appointment and becoming a Pingzhou envoy was to represent Pingzhou and go to Donghai to discuss the alliance with King Jin.

After reading the letter from his master, Wu Ren understood that the success or failure of this alliance was not forced, and the most important thing was to express the attitude of Pingzhou. At the same time, his master also pointed out the opportunity for him to leave in the letter.