When the dinner parted, Kublai Khan left Zong Zheng alone, as if he had something to ask about, Zong Zheng knew it and was prepared for it.

Kublai Khan stood up from the chair and came to Zong Zheng, "Young Master Mei, can you go out to enjoy the moon with me?"

Zong Zheng stood up and replied, "What's wrong? I may not have enjoyed the moon for a long time!"

The two of them walked leisurely to the open and open place outside the tent. Kublai Khan did not have the aura of a prince, but sat anywhere without any particularity.

Zong Zheng felt that Kublai Khan was not as awesome as his appearance, but had a kind and kind side.

The moonlight at midnight was the coldest, but also the brightest. Kublai Khan looked at the bright moon in the sky and thought of Brother Meng and Brother Alibu, and felt a sense of sadness and coldness in his heart.

"Master Mei misses your relatives?" Kublai Khan asked,

Zong Zheng looked at the cold moon in the sky and was asked by Kublai Khan to be sad.

"I lost my father when I was born. When I was ten years old, my mother passed away. From then on, I was lonely. I naturally missed my relatives, but gradually became fainter." Zong Zheng's tone was deep, his face was solemn, and his eyes were a little wet.

"Do you have brothers?" Kublai Khan asked again,

"I heard from my mother that I have a brother, but I died with my father shortly after I was born." Zong Zheng replied, feeling sad.

If Kublai Khan didn't ask about these things, Zong Zheng would feel faint and had no feelings. Now that Kublai Khan mentioned them, Zong Zheng couldn't help but start to think deeply about how his father and brother died back then. A fire in his heart that pursued the truth of that year was slightly ignited from then on.

When Kublai Khan asked about Zong Zheng’s relatives, he naturally knew that the interception of his own people was sent by Ali Buge. He remembered the scene of his brothers being united in the past. Compared with the current situation, when his elder brother passed away, Hulagu was far away in the West, Ali Buge was even more tragic with his brothers. Kublai Khan’s heart was gloomy and gloomy, and he was quite moved.

Zong Zheng asked, "The prince asked me to come out, probably not only to enjoy the moon, right?"

When Kublai Khan saw Zong Zhengzheng's question, he also made a point, "I'm not sure what to do with you."

"The prince must have a question in his heart. Why do I know you will be assassinated near Xijiao Mountain?" Zong Zheng had not waited for Kublai Khan to speak, but he first told Kublai Khan about his doubts, which made Kublai Khan feel that Zong Zheng had some wisdom to understand people.

"That's right, General Zhang Rou said that you wrote an anonymous letter and asked him to send troops to follow after half an hour of entering the mountain. Then, you must have known in advance that someone was ambushing around there, right?" Kublai Khan asked back.

"That's right!" Zong Zheng did not hesitate to hide it, and continued, "The prince also saw that there was an ambush, didn't he? He knew that there was a tiger in the mountain, but he was determined to go to Tiger Mountain, but the prince was very brave!"

When Kublai Khan heard this, he was shocked, "How did you know I saw an ambush?"

Zong Zheng recalled the scene of General Zhang’s father and son saving Kublai Khan that day, and replied to Kublai Khan: “With the wisdom of the king, how could he not see the hidden disasters around him? He just wanted him to show his true form. On that day, the two generals came to rescue more than I expected. If you hadn’t made arrangements, how could reinforcements arrive so quickly.”

Kublai Khan did not react after hearing this, but was curious about Zong Zheng's identity. "My Young Master still didn't answer my question, "How did you know I would be assassinated?"

Zong Zheng felt that Kublai Khan's thoughts were far deeper than he thought. If he made up some lies, it would cause more speculation. He would rather tell him frankly. He replied,

"To be honest, my task is to protect you secretly, so I naturally know that someone is going to kill you."

Kublai Khan looked suspicious, "Task? Who sent you?"

"The prince doesn't need to know, please don't force him. In short, the killer's martial arts are very powerful, so the prince is more careful. As for who wants to be unfavorable to you, I believe the prince must know what he is doing." Zong Zheng subconsciously bypassed the topic.

Kublai Khan sighed lightly, a trace of sadness flashed across his eyes, and his emotions were a little excited, "I didn't expect that I was kind to him, but he ignored his brotherly feelings and actually used such despicable means to kill me. However, I had never seen the person who assassinated me that day when I was in Lin, and I don't know where he found such a powerful person. This made me miscalculate for a while. Fortunately, Young Master Mei appeared in time, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable."

Zong Zheng didn't care about these things. What he was concerned about was how to ensure Kublai Khan's safety in the near future. Thinking that they would not give up, Zong Zheng still felt uneasy. Fortunately, no matter how powerful their martial arts were, they would not dare to break into the army. Therefore, as long as Kublai Khan stayed in the military camp, it was relatively safe, but this was not a long-term solution.

Although Zong Zheng saved Kublai Khan, he did not really save him. In his eyes, Beauty Valley was nothing more than a place for the Mongols. If the Mongolian prince around him ascends to the throne of Khan in the future, he will be the master of this place of filth. Therefore, Zong Zheng has no good feelings for Kublai Khan.

However, Kublai Khan did not know the existence of the Beauty Valley. According to the ancestors' regulations on the Beauty Valley, the Beauty Valley had relatively independent rights. Only the Great Khan of Mongolia was qualified to know and command the Beauty Valley. In the current situation, if the Beauty Valley does not take the initiative to inform it, then no one in Mongolia knows the actual existence of the Beauty Valley, so how can we let the Beauty Valley obey the orders?

Seeing that Zong Zheng was silent and seemed to be thinking, Kublai Khan asked, "What are Young Master Mei thinking?"

Zong Zheng came back to his senses and replied: "I am thinking of a plan to completely give up those who want to assassinate the king."

When Kublai Khan heard what Zong Zheng said, he couldn't help but be curious and wanted to listen to Zong Zheng's brilliant plan with anticipation.

Zong Zheng said to Kublai Khan: "Only dead people will make the killer give up. If you want the killer to give up completely, you can only let them see with your own eyes that the prince is dead, otherwise they will never give up!" Zong Zheng said this, for fear that Kublai Khan would have a grudge.

Kublai Khan naturally understood the meaning of Zong Zheng. The situation has changed a little now. If Ali Buge is really cruel enough, then he will kill himself at all costs. If he is allowed to gain a foothold in advance, and then send troops from the north to put pressure on the Song army in the south, his situation will be really dangerous.

Zong Zheng's plan was obviously to let himself die. This way, he could not only avoid the pursuit, but also to prevent Ali Bu Ge from being careless, and he could also catch him off guard. However, if this plan was implemented, there were pros and cons. Moreover, this principle is indeed a good plan. The key is how to use tricks to deceive a group of killers?

Zong Zheng saw what Kublai Khan was worried about and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, don't worry. I have planned this plan and I will definitely deceive those killers."

Kublai Khan was still worried and seemed to have something else to worry about. Zong Zheng thought about it carefully. At first, he thought that Kublai Khan was suspicious of him and could not believe him, so he had some concerns. After thinking carefully, how could he really harm him if he saved his life twice? Putting his heart in his favor, he should believe in himself. So what was he worried about? Zong Zheng saw that Kublai Khan looked at the direction of Ezhou City where the Song army was stationed, with deep eyes and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Since Kublai Khan heard what Mo Ge said, especially after being assassinated, he decided to divide some of his troops to return to the north. He took advantage of the fact that Ali Buge's troops were not stable and he would seize the position of standing up first to wait for the future to compete for power. However, he is now confronting the Song army and the war is in a stalemate. If some of the troops are removed, he will pretend to die at this moment, and he is still afraid that the Song army will take advantage of the situation to attack, and there will be no sufficient troops to deploy defenses by then.

In addition, there is another thing that has always made Kublai Khan worry and many concerns. This morning, the spy came to report that recently, most of the major sects of the Central Plains martial arts gathered in Ezhou, with unclear intentions. Kublai Khan knew very well that although the Central Plains martial arts world had no alliance with the imperial court, the family and country of those martial arts people were very deep, especially when facing foreign invasions, although the two did not agree to fight together, they played a role in defending the enemy indirectly. The collapse of the Tianyi Guard back then was the most profound lesson.

For this reason, Kublai Khan wanted to divide his troops, but he did not dare to make this decision easily due to many concerns. Now, Zong Zheng proposed a plan to cheat his death. Although he could deceive the killer of Juxian Pavilion, it brought a lot of trouble. Therefore, Kublai Khan was hesitant and seemed to have concerns.

"What are the concerns about the prince?" Zong Zheng looked at Kublai Khan and asked,

Although Zong Zheng saved Kublai Khan twice, as the commander of the first army, Kublai Khan was still extremely cautious in his future ruler. Kublai Khan still refused to reveal this strategic plan to Zong Zheng easily. When he heard Zong Zheng's inquiry, he was still thinking deeply and did not reply.

Seeing that Kublai Khan had been looking at the direction of Ezhou City where the Song army was stationed, he recalled the scene of Zhang Rou and Dong Wenbing entering and leaving Kublai Khan's camp. He realized that Kublai Khan must have had a major military move recently. If he attacked the city, he would not have to be sick and be in bed and was so concerned. It must be a very urgent matter, not to mention that he was just summoning two veterans, Zhang Rou and Dong Wenbing, and other important generals did not involve it. In this way, the military operations of siege could be ruled out.

Zong Zheng secretly thought about it, remembering the day and night of visiting the Mongolian camp, Kublai Khan's other brother said that Alibuge secretly deployed troops in Kaiping and Yanjing. Mo Ge advised Kublai Khan to take advantage of Alibuge's troops not being stable and to kill him first. Kublai Khan seemed not worried, as if he was confident. Zong Zheng had a premonition that Kublai Khan's major military operations must be related to this matter. Judging from his expression and conversation today, the assassination that day should be very exciting to him.

After analyzing it, Zong Zheng boldly speculated that Kublai Khan must have divided his troops to go north. Zhang Rou took the overall situation into consideration and experienced many battles. He was the best at decisive decisions. Dong Wenbing was in charge of the elite cavalry. Kublai Khan must have wanted to mobilize troops to let Zhang Rou and Dong Wenbing return to Mongolia to attack Kaiping, disrupting Ali Buge's position, and then immediately returned to Ezhou to deal with the situation against Song. The current situation is already very risky to divide his troops to go north. If Zhang Rou and Dong Wenbing were disbanding his troops and were attacked by the Song army, Kublai Khan might be unable to resist, so he was worried.

"Your Majesty wants to divide his troops north?" Zong Zheng asked tentatively, without any certainty in his heart.

"How do you know?" Kublai Khan asked naturally, looking at Zong Zheng curiously, looking quite surprised.

When Zong Zheng heard Kublai Khan's retort, he knew that he had guessed Kublai Khan's thoughts. He thought that if he could help Kublai Khan through this difficult situation, he would gain further appreciation and trust from Kublai Khan, so he decided to help Kublai Khan.

"How do I know that it doesn't make much sense. What's important is that the situation I set up can kill three birds with one stone and relieve all the concerns and problems in the king's mind." Zong Zheng's answer was so sophisticated that he directly changed the topic with Kublai Khan's most concerned thing. Kublai Khan did not ask, but just asked curiously.

"How to win three goals at one go?"
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