At Cai Jing's house.

In the back hall of the inner house, Cai Jing sat on the main seat, while Tong Guan and Gao Qiu sat on the left and right sides.

"Grand Master, Hua Ju relies on the emperor's favor and trust in him and doesn't take us seriously at all. If this continues, there will be no place for us in the court in the future, so we must try to get rid of him.

." Gao Qiu said.

"Get rid of him! How to get rid of him? Find someone to kill him?"

Cai Jing glanced at him and said: "He is now the commander of the guard army. He is accompanied by guards when he comes in and out. How many people do you need to send to kill him? What's more, he is now your majesty's son-in-law. If you kill him, your majesty will spare him."

Can we win? Li Bangyan is a lesson learned from the past, are we going to make his stupidity again?"

After all, the old thief has a far-sighted vision than Gao Qiu, and knows that Huazhe is no longer what he used to be. He wants power, soldiers, and Huizong to protect him. It is impossible to deal with him by killing people.

"That's what the Grand Master said."

Tong Guan said slowly: "Now that Hua Ju is the commander of the escort army and has soldiers and generals in his hands, plus Li Bangyan has already assassinated him first, he will definitely strengthen his protection. If he wants to kill him too

It’s difficult, and we might really get ourselves involved. Therefore, we must not take this step until we are in a situation where everything is dead.”

Gao Qiu thought for a while and felt that what they said was indeed reasonable, and said: "Then we have to find a way to deal with him, otherwise in the future his power will become stronger and stronger, and it will be more difficult to deal with."

Tong Guan looked at Cai Jing and said, "The Grand Master is very resourceful. Is there any good strategy?"

The old thief stood up slowly, walked a few steps forward with his hands behind his back, and said: "In the past, we would have solved the problem just by reading his book in front of His Majesty. But now His Majesty's trust in him has exceeded ours, and we

It is difficult to defeat him in front of His Majesty. Now we can only prevent him from passing the examination, so as to prevent His Majesty from continuing to appoint him to an official position. Later, we can use the fact that the consort cannot hold an important official position to force him to hand over his position as the commander of the Guards. As long as

Without real power, he can no longer threaten us."

"Wonderful!"

Tong Guan walked up to Cai Jing with a happy face and said: "The Grand Master is indeed a good strategist. In this way, we don't have to take risks to deal with him, but we can also drive him out of the court. It's wonderful, it's really wonderful, the official is right

I admire you so much, Grand Master."

This flattery was very useful to Cai Jing. Huihui smiled and said: "Master Tong, this is a great reward. Although my plan is wonderful, the success of it depends on you and Captain Gao."

As he spoke, he looked at Gao Qiu and asked, "Lieutenant Gao, tomorrow we will compete with Hua Ju's escorts. Are you sure you can beat him?"

Gao Qiu stood up and walked over, confidently saying: "Grand Master, don't worry, your subordinates have already prepared. Tomorrow, Hua Ju will be disgraced in front of His Majesty."

Cai Jing said: "It's good for Taiwei to have confidence, but he must not be careless. From what Hua Ju has done, we can see that he is an extremely cautious person and never does anything that he is not sure about. Once he takes action, there will definitely be something wrong.

Full assurance.

If nothing else, take today's encounter with Li Bangyan as an example. Every step was planned by him in advance, and Li Bangyan had absolutely no chance of making a comeback.

Similarly, since he dares to propose a competition with the Imperial Army, I think there must be a way to win, so we must make complete preparations in advance and never let him take advantage of the loopholes or use other means to win."

"That's what the Grand Master said."

Tong Guan nodded in agreement and said, "In the opinion of the Grand Master, how should we deal with him?"

Cai Jing looked at Gao Qiu and asked, "How will Taiwei compete with Hua Ju tomorrow?"

Gao Qiu said: "Last time, His Majesty only said that he would let the Guards and the Forbidden Army compete, and he did not explain what the test would be. But according to my guess, it was just to let the Guards soldiers and the Forbidden Army soldiers fight, and there was nothing else.

comparable."

Cai Jing shook his head and said: "Who said there is no comparison."

"Please give me some advice, Grand Master." Gao Qiu said, cupping his hands.

Cai Jing said: "In addition to soldiers, the Forbidden Army also has many generals with extraordinary abilities. As the saying goes, a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. Even if Hua Ju can really train one soldier to be as good as ten, so what.

No matter how well-trained the soldiers are, they must be led by capable generals. Can those useless generals in the Guards lead good soldiers?"

Cai Jing smiled treacherously and said: "Tomorrow I will suggest to Your Majesty that the generals of the two armies also compete in archery, horse riding, shooting, martial arts, and military strategy. As long as the generals of the Forbidden Army can defeat those idiots in the escort army, no matter what the final soldiers are,

No matter how the competition goes, the Imperial Army will win this competition."

"Goodbye, Grand Master,

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I admire you." Gao Qiu said, cupping his hands.

Cai Jing said: "When you go back, immediately select a few generals with outstanding martial arts skills from the Forbidden Army, and let them compete with the generals of the Guards tomorrow. You must trample the generals of the Guards under your feet, so that His Majesty knows that the Forbidden Army is

They are the most elite army of the Song Dynasty, and you are the ones who really know how to lead troops."

Gao Qiu said: "Don't worry, Grand Master, I will take care of it as soon as I get back."

After discussing with Cai Jing, Tong Guan and Gao Qiu said goodbye and left.

Washington.

After Hua Ju and his parents went to meet their ancestors, they were going to ask Yang Qi to send someone to find Wang Kui, because there would be an assessment tomorrow and it was time for Wang Kui to close the net.

"Master Hua."

When Hua Ju was walking forward, a child suddenly walked in from the round door on the opposite side and shouted crisply when he saw him.

Hua Ju took a look and found that it was Hu Cheng's son Hu Jie. After this period of recuperation, the little boy's body was much stronger than before.

"What are you doing?" Hua Ju asked with a smile.

"I want to do something for everyone, but my wife won't let me."

Although Hu Jie is still young, he is very sensible. He knows that something happened in Washington, so he also wants to do something to help everyone, but everyone thinks that he is too young and no one will let him do it.

Hua Ju smiled and asked, "How is it? Are you still used to living here during this time?"

"Habit."

"Has anyone bullied you?" Hua Ju asked again.

Hu Jie said: "No, everyone is very kind to me and my mother."

"Where's your mother?"

"Help in the kitchen."

Although the Huaju family did not let Mrs. Han work, she still often helped people in the house by doing what she could, regardless of advice.

"Okay, let's go play."

Hua Ju was about to leave when Hu Jie said, "Master Hua, can I ask you something?"

"What's the matter? Tell me."

"Can you send someone to find my father?" Hu Jie said.

"Miss your dad?"

Hu Jie nodded, then lowered his head and wiped his eyes with his hand. Hua Ju saw that the back of his hand was wet.

Hua Ju sighed, gently touched his head with his hand, and said, "I promise you, I will send someone to find your father after I have settled everything in two days."

"Really!" Hu Jie looked up at him happily and asked.

Hua Ju nodded and said, "Really."

"Thank you, Master Hua. I'm going to tell my mother the good news."

Hu Jie ran away with joy. Hua Ju thought as he walked forward: "It turns out that when we came to see Water Margin, Hu Cheng seemed to have gone to Yan'an Mansion. After these two days of busy work, he sent someone to Yan'an Mansion to look for him.

"

Arriving at the front hall, Hua Ju called Yang Qi and asked him to find Wang Kui.

Half an hour later, Wang Kui arrived. Hua Ju gave him some instructions, and Wang Kui took the order and left.

A few hours passed in the blink of an eye, and it became dark.

Hua Ju had finished eating with his parents and was about to go to the mourning hall to accompany his master when Yang Qi came to report: "Sir, Xuan Zan brought someone to see him."

Hua Ju knew that Xuanzang must have come with Guan Sheng, so he immediately went to greet him in person.

"Brother Xuan." Hua Ju called, cupping his hands.

"I humble myself to pay my respects to you, sir."

Xuanzan was about to salute Hua Ju, but Hua Ju stopped him. Xuanzan pointed to the big man beside him and introduced: "Sir, this is the Guan Sheng I told you about."

Hua Ju took a look at Guan Sheng. He had red phoenix eyes, silkworm eyebrows, a long beard floating on his chest, a tall figure, and a majestic air. He was worthy of being a descendant of Guan Yunchang, and he indeed had the charm of his ancestors.

"Brother, this is Mr. Hua, the commander of the escort army." Xuan Zan introduced Hua Ju to Guan Sheng.

Guan Sheng clasped his fists and knelt down on one leg, kowtowed and said, "I'm down to you, Guan Sheng, to pay my respects to you, sir."

"General Guan, please rise."

Hua Ju held Guan Sheng's arms to help him up, and then took them to the inner hall, where someone served them tea and asked the servants to leave.

"Brother Xuan, you have worked hard on this trip. Did you encounter anything on the way?" Hua Ju asked.

Xuanzan said: "No, it went very smoothly."

Hua Ju looked at Guan Sheng and asked, "Did General Guan resign?"

Hua Ju stood up and said, "Sir, Guan has resigned from his official position."
To be continued...