In the next few days, a gust of rumors spread in Longwangzhai.
According to legend, because the battle in Tianwangzhai was tight, and consciously there was no hope of winning, some leaders had abandoned the secret and surrendered to Chen Feng secretly, quietly passing on the military situation, so they have won many battles recently.
It's just that the identity of this person is a secret. Only the leaders of Longwangzhai who participated in the military negotiation know who the defector is, but they keep it a secret and don't mention it to the public.
In Longwangzhai, not all generals lead troops, but there are also leaders who are in charge of various daily affairs, generally belonging to the supervision hall.
Among them, there is a leader in the lower ranks, called Niu Qi, who is sparse in martial arts and proficient in animal husbandry.
This person likes everything in the cup, and it can be said that he is not happy with wine, but he is a drunkard, with an easy-going temperament, and he is familiar with the leaders of his subordinates. He often drinks together for fun.
On this day, the two little heads of the supervising hall held a banquet at home, claiming to have moved out the good wine that has been passed down in the family for many years, to honor the head and entertain Niu Qi.
Niu Qi did not suspect him, and Pi Dian Dian came to the banquet.
The three of them exchanged cups, drank and ate meat, and were hooked.
After the two little leaders kept persuading him to drink, Niu Qi drank happily, and after a while, he drank two jars.
Seeing that Niu Qi was seven or eight points drunk, the two little leaders looked at each other, deliberately chatted with each other, and sang double yellow:
"Speaking of which, there have been mad rumors of people fleeing from the enemy forces in the cottage recently. I don't know if it's true or not."
"Hmph, in my opinion, it's mostly stupid people spreading rumors. You think, that day, Wangzhai was recruited. If you have an official status, why do you have to go back to the Green Forest? Isn't this a waste of your previous achievements and a retreat if you don't advance?"
"What do you mean by saying that I'm a fool?"
The two chatted one sentence after another, and their tone became more and more aggressive, almost arguing.
Niu Qi quickly pulled the two of them and said with a big tongue:
"What's so noisy about this, don't hurt the peace."
One of the little bosses turned his head and looked curious: "Boss Niu, do you think this is reliable? Could it be that the boss of Tianwangzhai really switched to me?"
"This is what the owner of the village said, and he also said that there are letters as proof, can it be false?"
Niu Qi replied without hesitation.
"Is there really such a thing? I don't know which enemy leader did this thing, and what are the plans."
"Hey, a person like Niu Lian is qualified to participate in the discussion. I must know it. I wonder if I can give a few orders to satisfy our curiosity."
The two little leaders agreed with each other, looking at Niu Qi eagerly.
Niu Qi drank too much wine, showing off, and said carelessly:
"Who else is there? Of course it is Xiang Tianjie, who is rumored to be making trouble with the village owner in Anlin Mansion. He has an old relationship with the village owner and has long been convinced."
"It was him."
"That makes sense."
The two little bosses looked surprised and secretly looked at each other.
The three of them drank for a while, Niu Qi was completely drunk, and the two little leaders watched him go home and helped him to sleep on the couch.
Niu Qi slept soundly, snoring.
The two little leaders didn't bother, they quietly took the token of the supervisor's building, and then went back to their house, took out the baggage that had been packed up, and went out.
Longwangzhai took over most of the centaurs of the Huyang Sanjiao. Among them, there were naturally mixed fish and dragons, and there were many people who were bought by the court early. After changing the door, they lurked in Longwangzhai as the eyes and ears of the court.
These two little leaders are such meticulous works. They learned that someone in Tianwangzhai was collaborating with the enemy and was eager to make contributions, so they took aim at Niu Qi and lured this man to blunder after drinking, so as to obtain information.
Today's Longwangzhai, many of which are inherited soldiers and horses, are so numerous that it is unrealistic to distinguish one by one, and it is inevitable that fine works will appear.
Moreover, with the style of Longwangzhai's wide-open courtyard, it is too simple for others to set up eyes and ears, and it is impossible for them to check the household registration of each minion like the imperial court.
Zhou Jing is well aware of this situation, and can only ensure that there is no meticulous work in the core senior management.
However, only a moldy society has no spies. There is no monolithic force in the world. Everyone is the same and just takes advantage of it.
…
Tianwangzhai army.
Lu Longchuan was racking his brains on the map to think about how to defeat the enemy.
At this time, a messenger suddenly came running:
"Report! The patrolling soldiers found two suspicious people, claiming to be the meticulous works of the imperial court in Longwangzhai, and deliberately betrayed Longwangzhai, claiming that there is a secret important thing to report to the commander!"
Lu Longchuan was stunned for a moment, feeling secretly curious, nodded and said:
"Bring them here."
Not long after, the soldiers led two small leaders to the central army tent.
When the two saw Lu Longchuan, they hurriedly bowed and saluted, straight to the point:
"I have seen Commander Lu. The two of us were once under Tan Peng's department, and then transferred to Longwangzhai. In fact, we were under the command of the patrolling division, acting as a meticulous work among thieves and bandits, and have been lurking. Recently, we have inquired about a piece of important news. I made a special trip to inform Commander Lu."
Lu Longchuan was noncommittal and asked solemnly:
"What secret?"
"Recently, there are rumors in the Dragon King Village that there are enemy generals who are collaborating with the enemy, so I deliberately inquired about it..."
The two little leaders talked about the process in detail, and finally reported the name of the fourth master, Xiang Tianjie:
Hearing this, Lu Longchuan's face changed suddenly, he was furious, slammed the table and stood up:
"Good thief, how dare you sow discord here, and ruin my brother's loyalty? Left and right, take these two to me, push them out and chop them up!"
The two little leaders were so frightened that they quickly fell to their knees and swore with their fingers:
"I have absolutely no falsehood, and every sentence is true! We also have a famous record in the patrol military division. Commander Lu can find it in the Hongzhou government office. The two of us really serve the imperial court!"
"How dare you talk nonsense, tie me up and put me in jail!"
Lu Longchuan couldn't help but give an order.
The left and right personal soldiers immediately set up two small leaders, covered their mouths, and dragged them all the way out.
After the two were taken away, Lu Longchuan sat down again with a gloomy expression on his face. After thinking about it for a while, he asked the military advisor Sun Rong to come over.
Soon, Sun Rong arrived.
Lu Longchuan did not hide it, and told everything about what happened just now.
"... That's how it happened, I wonder what the military advisor thinks?"
Sun Rong listened quietly, stroked the beard under his jaw, and said in a deep voice:
"There is something strange about this matter. Xiang Tianjie is a veteran of the cottage, so how could he easily join the enemy? Most of this is a tactic of alienation from the opponent. If we want to frame the blame, let us break our arms."
Lu Longchuan nodded: "I think so too, these two should be the dead soldiers sent by Chen Feng."
"That's not necessarily true, maybe it's just bewildered." Sun Rong rolled his eyes and said, "These two people claim to be the fine work of the military patrol division, so it's better to send someone to the Hongzhou government to confirm the list, if they kill them by mistake, Instead, witnesses were cut off.”
Lu Longchuan nodded. They are now representing the imperial court, and the Huyang prefectures need to cooperate with each other. It is very simple to confirm with the government office.
Sun Rong paused and continued:
"Then Chen Feng is going to frame Xiang Tianjie, and naturally he has a backer. Maybe there are spies of the other party in our army. I will keep a close watch on the fourth master for a while, and the spies will always show their tricks."
"I'll take care of myself."
Lu Longchuan nodded.
…
The ten-day scene passed by in a flash.
During this period of time, Xiang Tianjie always felt confused.
I don't know if it was an illusion, he always felt that someone was watching him secretly, but when he looked around to look for it, he found nothing, which made him suspicious recently.
He thought that he was dealing with the enemy army for days, and the pressure was too great, so he didn't take it to heart.
That night, the camp was quiet, and most of the generals slept.
Xiang Tianjie was lying in bed with his clothes on, and while he was half asleep, he suddenly heard a slight noise in the tent, as if someone was moving beside the bed.
"Who?!"
Xiang Tianjie was startled, suddenly turned over and sat up, took out the sword from under the pillow, drew it and looked around.
However, there was no one else in the tent, only the faint candlelight was beating, casting his shadow on the tent, showing a grotesque posture.
Xiang Tianjie glanced vigilantly, then got up and opened the curtain with his sword, looked out with his probe, and found that his personal soldiers were still guarding outside the account.
He asked his personal soldiers and learned that no one was approaching, so he put away the sword and returned to the tent, only thinking that he had a nightmare and had an illusion.
However, when he passed by the table, Xiang Tianjie suddenly froze, turned his head stiffly, and looked at the table in shock.
He clearly remembered that he had cleaned the table before going to bed, and there should be nothing else on it.
However, at this time, a letter from nowhere was lying quietly on the table, watching him silently.
Xiang Tianjie felt a chill in his bones and subconsciously took two steps back.
As an old green forest who licks blood with a knife, he generally doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, but when he encounters strange things at this time, he is still subconsciously terrified.
"Who is playing tricks on me..."
Xiang Tianjie took a deep breath, walked to Eucalyptus, carefully picked up the letter, and read it.
But halfway through the reading, his face changed drastically, as if he had been stung by a bee, shaking his hands and throwing the letter away.
"This is a blame! This letter cannot be kept!"
Xiang Tianjie came back to his senses, quickly picked up the letter, and wanted to burn it with a candle.
However, at this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside.
Whoa!
Lu Longchuan and Sun Rong went straight into the tent with their personal attendants, and at a glance they saw Xiang Tianjie who was planning to burn the letters.
"Stop! Stop him!"
Lu Longchuan stopped drinking, flew up, and grabbed Xiang Tianjie's wrist.
The pros next to him swarmed up and held Xiang Tianjie firmly.
Xiang Tianjie did not struggle, but looked at the crowd in shock.
"Why are you here?"
He didn't understand, how could Lu Longchuan come here so coincidentally, wearing armor and armor... If he hadn't been prepared, why would he suddenly show up
Lu Longchuan ignored it and read the letter with a calm face, his chest gradually heaving and his face was ashen with anger.
"How brave!"
boom!
He kicked the table over with one kick, burning with rage.
Sun Rong took the letter and read it again, with a shocked expression on his face.
This is a reply from Chen Feng, thanking Xiang Tianjie for the detailed military information provided last time, and asking him to continue to pass on the information next time.
At the same time, the letter also mentioned that Xiang Tianjie should not be impatient, even if some leaders of the anti-advocacy faction were gathered, they should not rashly cause civil unrest, and wait until the critical moment.
In addition, the letter also agrees with the statement of the anti-advocacy group headed by Xiang Tianjie, thinking that this Lu Longchuan was once a hero, but now he has become a court eagle, and it is indeed not worth serving. If you continue to follow him, you can only be used by the other party. Get the tools of prosperity. But at any rate, your brothers will have a fight. After the event is completed, it will not ruin Lu Longchuan's life.
"How is this going?"
Lu Longchuan calmed down his anger, pointed to the letter, and asked Xiang Tianjie.
Xiang Tianjie looked aggrieved and said, "I don't know, this letter suddenly appeared in my tent just now. Someone must have sneaked into my tent just now and put the blame on me!"
"But I asked your guards just now, and no one came near you just now!"
Xiang Tianjie was speechless, then frowned and asked:
"Why did you suddenly show up? This letter appeared so coincidentally, and you came just in time. This is clearly a game against me! Please command Mingcha!"
Lu Longchuan was unmoved, and said solemnly:
"In the past few days, I have been letting my personal soldiers monitor you. Every day is a different person. If I hadn't been more careful, I would have been deceived by you!"
Xiang Tianjie suddenly widened his eyes and said incredulously, "Are you monitoring me?"
"That's right, there was a court detail telling me that you were secretly collaborating with the enemy. I didn't believe it, but what else do you have to say now?"
Lu Longchuan shouted.
Hearing this, Xiang Tianjie felt a burst of grief and anger.
Unexpectedly, for many years, the owner of his own village did not trust him, so he sent someone to monitor him.
No wonder I have been restless these past few days, it turns out that I was really being followed.
But now the physical evidence is here, like yellow mud falling off his crotch, Xiang Tianjie knows that it is difficult to explain, so he can only cheer up and shout:
"The Guard is Here"
"Commander, listen to me, this is the enemy's trick to frame the blame and sow discord. From the beginning to the end, I have never collaborated with the enemy! Commander, don't fall for the enemy's trick!"
"There is evidence here, even if you say it is shattering, you can't avoid it. Come on, tie him up, put him in jail, and interrogate him carefully!"
Lu Longchuan ordered.
The soldiers on both sides said they were offended and detained Xiang Tianjie, who was full of grievances.
Seeing everyone leave, the anger on Lu Longchuan's face subsided, turning into a sad look:
"Master, do you really want to do this?"
Sun Rong shook his head: "If you want to let him go, you can't let him go. To be on the safe side, you can only lock him up first."
Although they got the letter evidence, the two did not fully believe the authenticity of this thing, and still felt that this might be a blame.
But no matter whether Xiang Tianjie was framed or not, since this letter appears here, it proves that there are really spies inside!
Moreover, the status of spies will never be low, otherwise the insider of the military situation mentioned in the letter will be so detailed.
It's a pity that the real traitor didn't show up tonight.
The two of them had no choice but to settle for a plan, locking up Xiang Tianjie first, and then carefully checking who was the traitor.
However, although the two did not believe it subconsciously, in their hearts, they still couldn't control their suspicion of Xiang Tianjie.
—Is there any possibility that, in fact, there is no other inside information, as the current evidence shows, that he is really collaborating with the enemy
"Who will it be..."
Lu Longchuan frowned, faces flashing in his mind.
Which old brother betrayed him
His heart was in a mess, he only felt that many people were possible, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.
From Lu Longchuan's point of view, most of what was said in the letter was either true or false. Regarding his views on him, I am afraid it was the heartfelt words of the person who wrote the letter.
Although this letter cannot be fully believed, after thinking about it, it seems that there are only the leaders of the Anti-Zhaoan faction who have a motive for betrayal.
Is it really unpopular for me to choose the path of Zhao'an
Lu Longchuan's face changed.
Thinking of Chen Feng's heroic appearance, his heart was covered with a haze.
Although he is not a self-pity person, compared with this invincible Meng Nan, he sincerely feels ashamed of himself and knows that his charm is far inferior to the other party.
If it wasn't for the fact that he and the leaders had gathered together for many years, I'm afraid they would have long wanted to switch to Chen Feng's command, right
For a time, Lu Longchuan was worried about gains and losses, and his expression was uncertain.
At the same time, on the other side of the Tianwangzhai military camp, Yufeng Zhenren lived.
Inside the tent, Zhou Jing slowly opened his eyes.
"The division of a gang often starts with suspicion, people's hearts are changeable, and the next step is to wait. I just need to add a few fires at the right time. I don't know if the surnamed Lu still has the ability to calm everyone under his command. ... Well, I guess it won't work, he's already an old man, his youthful ambition has been worn out, his style is getting more and more sloppy, very greasy, and he's not handsome enough."
While thinking about it, he shook his head, blew out the candle that was burning green, and accepted the technique of slaying ghosts.