All the way through the heavily guarded General's Mansion to Lu Chao's study, Xu Yahua was a little nervous, and in the winter, there was a layer of fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

"General!" Xu Yahua clenched his fists.

Lu Chao stood up, looked at Xu Yahua's appearance, and couldn't help but be stunned, "General Xu, are you very hot?" ”

Xu Yahua wiped the beads of sweat on his head, his face was embarrassed, "It's not hot, it's a little nervous, a little scared!" ”

Listening to Xu Yahua's calm words, Lu Chao couldn't help laughing, "What's wrong?" Are you afraid that there are still knife and axe men in ambush in my study, and they will rush out when I throw a cup? ”

Lu Chao's joke made Xu Yahua laugh too, and his nervous mood relaxed slightly, "If the general wants to kill the last general, he can just give an order, why bother so much?" I was just worried about what the general was going to say to me next, and I couldn't answer it, so I was in a dilemma, so I was nervous and scared. ”

There was a crackling sound, Lu Chao applauded gently, "General Xu is worthy of being a favorite general under General Meng Tian, he has courage and knowledge, sit down, I do have something to talk to you about today, you and I are the deputy commander of more than 100,000 troops in Hanguguan, if my heart is not aligned, naturally everything is not appropriate." ”

Xu Yahua sat down silently, although he was the deputy general of this Hangu Pass, he was afraid that his actual power would not be much greater than that of other generals. If you really have something special about yourself, it is Meng Tian's favorite general back then, and about one-third of the troops in this army came from the rest of Meng Tian's army back then, but after many years, how many people still remember General Meng Tian, it's really uncertain.

The two sat on the edge of the charcoal basin, Lu Chao poured a cup of hot tea from the small copper kettle and handed it to Xu Yahua, "The tea is not good, I don't know if you are used to drinking it?" You are different from me, I come from a humble background. You're from everyone's background. ”

"Men in the army, so much attention is there?" Xu Yahua took the cup with a smile.

"That's right, my wife can often turn over countless tricks in drinking tea, and she never gets tired of it, I look really boring, women are so bad, if a man is also indulged in this all day long, it is really despicable." Lu Chao high-fived and laughed.

"Mrs. Lu comes from a wealthy family, so she is naturally very particular." Xu Yahua said with a smile, Gongsun Yan is the daughter of the former Korean Gongsun family. Naturally, his life experience is not comparable to ordinary people. Drinking all the hot tea in the cup in one go, putting the teacup on the edge of the basin, Xu Yahua was sitting on his lap, his hands on his knees, and his eyes looked directly at Lu Chao.

Lu Chao held the tongs in one hand and turned the charcoal fire to make the fire burn more vigorously, but it was also the sparks splashing in front of the two of them, "When General Meng Tian was there. 200,000 troops guarded the border of Qin and Chu, and General Meng Lao also worked hard, but he was not trusted by Lao Wang in his life, General Xu knows why? ”

Xu Yahua was slightly shocked. I don't know what Lu Chao meant by mentioning this matter at this time, so he could only say: "Mr.'s matter, the last general will not dare to say anything!" ”

"Just now you said that the men in the army are the most bold, but at this time, you can't help it." Lu Chao glanced at him with a smile. "When you were in the army, you were angry when you talked about it. Why are you silent now, is it possible that you are still worried that the first king will crawl out of the tomb and then punish you? ”

This was said extremely disrespectfully, and Xu Yahua glanced at Lu Chao in some surprise.

"Don't be surprised, in this matter, the former king did something wrong."

"There are indeed some reasons for this, General Meng actually supported the eldest prince back then, because the eldest prince's mother was surnamed Meng." Xu Yahua said.

"The Great Prince!" Lu Chao couldn't help but think of the old guard beside King Qin Wulie, who was the one who entered the Great Prince's Mansion, and then the eldest prince joined the mansion, and all of them committed suicide. "Actually, the eldest prince is also a talent, but the first king doesn't like him."

"The general has always had a close relationship with the king?" Xu Yahua suddenly asked.

"This is natural, I have stayed in a big camp with the king for many years, and naturally there will be a lot of feelings, but now the king makes me very disappointed, Daqin has fallen to the point where it is today, the king should pay him the responsibility, I am entrusted with a heavy responsibility for the first king, naturally I can't let the Qin country fall like this, so, there are some things, I have to do it, even if I am infamous for this and leave a stench for 10,000 years, I will do it without hesitation." Lu Chao's face was a little blank.

Xu Yahua's body shook slightly, is this going to be a showdown? My mind was spinning rapidly, what position should I hold? Don't look at Lu Chao who was still joking when he came in before, but as he said, Lu Chao wanted to kill himself, which can be said to be effortless. And after he was called, although he hesitated, he finally had to be called, and it was precisely because he knew very well that he had no strength to compete with him, and now he was completely loyal to his troops, and in front of Lu Chao, he was simply a mantis arm blocking the car, and he was vulnerable.

In the past two days, the sudden deployment of troops around Hangu Pass was too obvious, and the general did not avoid himself at all, so he mobilized his troops in a grand manner, and vaguely surrounded his descendants.

"How did General Meng Tian die, do you know?" To his surprise, Lu Chao suddenly asked another question.

"I heard that when I returned from the front line, I accidentally suffered from the wind and cold, and the old general Meng had been fighting for many years, and he had a dark disease, and finally a small illness caused a big disaster." Xu Yahua said in a low voice.

"Do you believe it?" Lu Chao laughed.

Of course Xu Yahua didn't believe it, but he forced himself to believe it.

"General Meng Lao was given death by the first king, and the first king gave him two paths, one was to be ruined and his whole clan was destroyed, and the other was that General Meng returned to the underworld with him, and General Meng's two sons will be crowned as Hou, and in the end, General Meng Lao chose the second way." Lu Chao said lightly.

Xu Yahua was silent, he had known this result for a long time, and today he just got confirmation from Lu Chao.

"This is General Meng's choice, and the last general can't say anything." After a while, Xu Yahua said in a muffled voice, and in the drooping head, there was a spark of anger flashing in his eyes.

"Yes, this is General Meng's choice, we can't say anything more." Lu Chao stood up, walked to his big case, and took a stack of files, "After the death of the old general, your subordinates and the army began to be dismantled, but do you think this is the end?" ”

Xu Yahua took the stack of files from Lu Chao's hands, looked at him suspiciously, and then lowered his head to open the file in his hand, just after a few glances, his hands shook uncontrollably.

This is an order, and it was issued by the former king during his lifetime, in this order, the generals of the five armies under Meng Tian's command are impressively listed, of course, this is not for their promotion, but an execution order.

With a snap, the file in his hand fell to the ground, Xu Yahua now understands, how did those colleagues die? What embezzlement of military salaries, reselling of military rations, what complaints, plotting against others, those colleagues were arrested and killed, although the reasons are varied, but the real result is here, the first king has already sentenced them to death before his death.

Picking up the file on the ground, Lu Chao threw it into the charcoal fire, making the fire burn a little stronger, "I should only have one order to execute you in my hand, you wonder how the other ones are in my hands, right?" These are the genuine pieces I took out of the palace archives, and now the ones archived in the palace are fakes. ”

Xu Yahua stood up, hugged his fist towards Lu Chao, and slammed it to the ground: "The last general, General Xie, will not kill." ”

Lu Chao waved his hand, "I didn't kill you at that time, one is because I am a little angry in my heart, you have made great contributions to the country, if you kill you on such a trumped-up charge, it will be too unfair, and second, you have outstanding military talents, and I also borrowed from you at that time, in fact, in the past few years, I have wanted to find an excuse to kill you many times, because you exist for a day, and the king's suspicion of me will be repeated." ”

Xu Yahua sat down dejectedly.

"General Xu, you don't need to thank me, in fact, from another aspect, or you should still resent me, if I killed you back then, it would only be a crime against you, but now, it will harm your family." Lu Chao said, "The current king must think that the two of us have long been in cahoots, and the snakes and rats are in a nest." ”

Xu Yahua smiled miserably, "It's also a knife to stretch out your head, and it's also a knife to shrink your head, how can the Xu family survive without me, it's the family members of several colleagues, now they are missing, I sent someone to look for it, but I didn't find it." ”

"You can't find them, but I found them a year ago, and now they live in a safe place." Lu Chao said lightly.

"Really?"

"Naturally, it's true, am I guilty of lying to you on this?" Lu Chao smiled.

"General, do you want to rebel?" Xu Yahua asked suddenly.

"Rebellion?" Lu Chao laughed, "I really don't have this idea now, but it doesn't mean that I will never have this idea." General Xu, I respect your character, but also value your talent, so I left you, over the years, I have never bothered you, to tell the truth, the rest of the old general Meng Tian into my command a total of more than 50,000 people, most of the generals have been loyal to me, but there are still some people who only look at you, this is your ability, so, I invite you today, I want you to make a choice. If the king can't make a decisive change, I can't say that one day, I will play a big banner, clear the king's side, eliminate the villain, and revitalize the dynasty again. ”

Xu Yahua took a deep breath: "If there is really such a day, then Xu dares to be a pioneer." ”

Lu Chao stood up and stretched out his hand to Xu Yahua, "Okay, just wait for your words, since you have made a decision, then I won't let you worry about your family, I have sent someone to secretly bring your family to Hanguguan to reunite with you, I think it will be here in the next few days, and you will be able to see them soon." (To be continued......)