Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 133
Fangzheng looked at his facial expressions, knew that Xu Fengzhi was already moved, he couldn't help secretly admiring Zhao Dezhao's ability to predict things, this human head as a gift was actually much better than gold, silver, jewelry and official appointments.

Xu Fengzhi paced back and forth in the room for a few steps. Although his face became brighter, he still hesitated. After pondering for a long time, he finally spoke the truth from the bottom of his heart: "Although your majesty is incompetent in politics, after all, he has never done anything. I'm sorry for Xu, if I don't shoot an arrow, I'm afraid I'll be laughed at by the people of the world."

Fang Zhengqi sneered, and said in a low voice: "General Xu should have heard about Fang, he should know how Fang became a fugitive."

Xu Fengzhi nodded slightly. In order not to be humiliated by castration, Fang Zhengqi would rather flee thousands of miles to the enemy country than refuse to be promoted to an important position. This matter was widely spread in the Southern Han Dynasty, and almost everyone knew it. It's even a joke.

"The general has the reputation of being a famous general in the south of the Five Ridges. If you don't have a big battle with Song Jun Haosheng and surrender, you won't be reconciled. Fang, who is also a warrior, is very considerate of the general's concerns."

After a pause, Fang Zhengqi's tone suddenly turned cold: "But general, you might as well think about it. If the general loses this battle, he will just die on the battlefield. As a warrior, it doesn't matter. But what if he wins? so what?"

Xu Fengzhi was stunned for a while when he asked, if he wins, he wins, and if he can repel the Song army, then he has won a great fame, what else can he do?
"If the general wins the Song army, he will definitely be appreciated by the emperor, and the emperor will promote the general to an important position in the court. But the general also knows that whenever the emperor wants to reuse a certain civilian or military general, he must be castrated first. Fang’s past experience is an example.”

Speaking of this, Fang Zhengqi showed a mocking smile on his face, and said slowly: "At that time, will the general cut off that thing obediently, and won't even be a man, or will he run away alone like Fang? At that time, the general will truly be laughed at by the people of the world!"

Xu Fengzhi was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. What Fang Zhengqi imagined was very ridiculous, but he really couldn't guarantee that it wouldn't happen, because the Liu family's court in the Southern Han Dynasty was already ridiculous.

He waved his hand as a signal, and immediately a confidant soldier standing in the room came up and untied Fang Zhengqi from the rope.

Fang Zhengqi activated the blood on his wrist. Knowing that the overall situation was settled, his face became much more relaxed. He smiled and said, "General, don't blame Fang for offending me. His Royal Highness taught me to speak like this. I didn't intend to make fun of the general."

Xu Fengzhi shook his head and smiled, indicating that he didn't mind, and then suppressed his smile, lowered his voice and told Fang Zhengqi the truth.

It turned out that although he was the guard of Anxiong Gate, he was not trusted by Liu Xuan because he was not a castrated person, so he arranged a castrated general as his deputy to monitor.

Although Xu Fengzhi has the right to lead the army in battle, it is difficult for him to control other generals except for his own dozens of personal soldiers who can command him well.Therefore, it is definitely not up to him to decide such a major event as a switch.In case of a little carelessness, you will have to bear the disaster of the opposite side!

Only then did Fang Zhengqi realize that the situation here was actually much more complicated than he had expected. It was not just by convincing Xu Fengzhi that he would be successful. There was still a lot of trouble in Guancheng.

The two were looking at each other, and when they were at a loss, a sullen voice suddenly came from outside the door:
"I heard that General Xu secretly met a distinguished guest from the south in his room. At this moment when the enemy is at hand, since there is a distinguished guest coming, as the second deputy, I should also meet with him. General Xu's move , isn’t it too far-fetched?”

Fangzheng was stunned when he heard the words, and jumped up. He knew that he, a lobbyist, had sneaked into Guancheng to talk about surrender, and he must have been completely exposed. The person who came was the eunuch military general Xu Fengzhi said had real power.

On the contrary, Xu Fengzhi was quite calm. He pressed his right hand imaginarily to signal Fang Zhengqi not to panic, then stood up slowly, and said calmly, "General Zhou, why don't you come in and talk?"

After saying this, Xu Fengzhi made a gesture, and the guard immediately pulled down the door bolt.

There was only a loud bang, and the two doors in the middle were knocked wide open, and more than 20 soldiers in armor filed in, crowding the small government office to the brim, and Fang Zheng Qi, Xu Fengzhi, and one of his confidant soldiers surrounded him.

These more than 20 fully armored soldiers with swords and guns are their personal soldiers, and Fang Zhengqi, Xu Fengzhi and his personal soldier only have two swords in total, even if the two of them No matter how brave the general is, once he makes a move, he will be cut to pieces in an instant in this narrow room.

Xu Fengzhi slowly untied the saber from his waist, and handed it to his own soldier, to show that he had no intention of drawing the sword to fight.

At this time, a man in casual clothes came in. This man had a thin face and looked about 40 years old. His brows and eyes did not have the vigor of a warrior. Instead, he showed a cold air. With a proud smile after "successfully caught the traitor", he looked at Xu Fengzhi and Fang Zhengqi with some playfulness.

When Fang Zhengqi saw this person, he couldn't help but froze, a little dumbfounded.

He had known this person as early as when he was a general in the Southern Han Dynasty, and he could be regarded as an old acquaintance. His name was Sun Delian.

Sun Delian was Fang Zhengqi's former subordinate. Because of his greed for power and position, he did not hesitate to embark on a road of seeking an official that many officials in the Southern Han Dynasty could not bear, and tried all kinds of tricks - castrated themselves.

This behavior of disregarding shame in order to gain power and position made Fang Zhengqi extremely despised. After Sun Delian made self-improvement, he broke off friendship with him. Afterwards, Fang Zhengqi fled the Southern Han Dynasty to avoid being castrated. There is no more contact.Fang Zhengqi never expected that this person would be transferred to Anxiongguan to serve as Xu Fengzhi's deputy. If he had known this earlier, he would not have dared to come forward to surrender anyway.

"Oh, isn't this General Fang? I never expected to meet again here after so many years." Sun Delian naturally recognized Fang Zhengqi, with a smirk on his face.

Fang Zhengqi was surprised at first when he saw that Sun Delian had a big beard on his chin, which was even thicker than before. Could it be that he had not been castrated?
But hearing his high-pitched voice, Fang Zhengqi immediately understood that it should be glued on, and said with a smile: "Long time no see, General Sun, this bushy beard is much better than before, and the general's majesty is even better than before. It's really rare!"

Sun Delian couldn't tell that he was sarcasm, his face suddenly became angry, his brows were raised, and he was about to order Fang Zhengqi and the other three to be beheaded to death, when he suddenly heard a hurried sound from the corridor outside the door. With the sound of footsteps, someone ran and shouted: "General, it's not good, it's not good!"

(End of this chapter)