Wang Zongbi
Later in the year, Emperor Zhaozong was set to make Gu Yanhui full military governor of Dongchuan, and he sent the eunuch Song Daobi (宋道弼) to deliver the staff and banner that showed imperial sanction to Gu. Yang Shouliang, who had by that point turned against the imperial government along with his adoptive father, the once-powerful eunuch Yang Fugong, had his adoptive brother Yang Shouhou (楊守厚) the prefect of Mian Prefecture (綿州, in modern Mianyang) intercept and detain Song, and then attacked Zi Prefecture. Gu sought aid from Wang Jian, who, despite his prior friendship with Gu Yanlang, was not as endeared to Gu Yanhui and was secretly considering seizing Dongchuan. To that end, Wang sent his officers Hua Hong, Li Jian (李簡), Wang Zongkan (王宗侃), and Wang Zongbi to aid Dongchuan, but secretly instructed them that if they defeated the Shannan West troops and Gu held a feast to thank them, they should seize Gu at the feast and take over Dongchuan. After Wang Zongkan defeated Yang Shouhou and forced Yang Shouhou to withdraw, Gu was indeed ready to hold such a feast. For reasons lost to history, Wang Zongbi revealed Wang Jian's instructions to Gu, and Gu cancelled the feast under excuse that he was ill.