Xu Huang and Pang De set up two camps in the southwest and northwest corners of Yecheng, formed a horn with the west gate of Yecheng, and surrounded them with fences and antlers, and connected the empty space between the camp and the city wall, sent people to garrison, and sent many sentry horses to closely monitor the movements of the Jin army, and did not let go of any clues.

Xin Bi, Xiao Ji and other generals went to take up their posts, except for more than ten personal soldiers, the rest of the troops were handed over to Han Meng's commander to assist the people of Yecheng to evacuate to Xindu City together.

In the next day and a half, the people of Yecheng brought their families with their families, took all the things they could bring at home, and quickly evacuated Yecheng under the cover of Tai Shici and Han Meng with soldiers, and rushed to the direction of Wangxin Capital.

On this day, Lin Nan also asked people to pack up his belongings, and when he was about to leave Zhaohou Mansion, he saw Liao Hua rushing over with a panicked face.

"What's so flustered?" Lin Nan asked softly.

Liao Hua bowed to Lin Nan and said, "Lord, Lu Bu sent someone to send a message to invite the lord to the banquet. ”

"To a feast?" Lin Nan sneered, "When you invite me to the banquet at this time, you must be testing whether I have been poisoned." ”

"There is no good banquet, and the lord of this banquet must not go." Jia Xu walked in at this time, heard the conversation between Liao Hua and Lin Nan, and interjected.

"No, I still have to go to this banquet!" Lin Nan is categorical.

"Lord, this is the Hongmen Banquet, don't go!" Liao Hua hurriedly said.

Lin Nan smiled: "Hongmen Banquet? Do you know who is entertaining at the Hongmen banquet? ”

"It's Xiang Yu who invited Liu Bang to the banquet, if the lord goes to the banquet, then Lu Bu is like Xiang Yu, and the lord is like Liu Bang." Liao Hua made trouble with the yellow scarf, and in his heart, the big man no longer exists. Although it is taboo to call Han Gaozu by his name, it is bullshit for him.

"Then let me ask you, what did Xiang Yu do after the Hongmen banquet, and what did Liu Bang go to do?" Lin Nan smiled and patted Liao Hua's shoulder. The harmony is softly spoken.

Liao Hua pondered for a moment, then showed a hint of a smile and asked, "Then if you want to go to this Hongmen banquet, you should bring General Zhao and General Huang......"

"Hahaha! Not really. Lu Bu is not Xiang Yu, and I am not Liu Bang, although this banquet is not a good banquet, it will not be dangerous, not to mention that there are still people in Lu Bu's army, if I don't go. How do you know how things are going for him? ”

Jia Xu said: "In this case, let the subordinates go with the lord, and arrange some other soldiers in case of accidents." Although Lu Bu is not Xiang Yu, but Chen Gong is Fan Zeng, it is better to be careful. ”

Lin Nan said: "Well, then the military advisor will look at the arrangement." Yuan Jian, when was Lu Buding's banquet? ”

"It's not timely!" Liao Hua replied.

"Alright. You all go down, and the military advisor and I will go to the Jin army camp with me in the future. I want to see what Lu Bu is doing with this banquet. ”

"No! Subordinates retire! ”

The sun was in the west, and in a blink of an eye, Lin Nan wore a light suit, rode a dark cloud snow horse and Jia Xu rode out of the west gate together, and went to the Jin army camp.

In the Jin army camp, the Jin soldiers were waiting for them. They are all in good spirits.

In front of the gate of the camp, Lu Bu led Chen Gong, Wen Chou, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao to wait there, looking at Lin Nan and Jia Xu who came out of Yecheng, he turned his head and said to Chen Gong: "This Lin Nan is not small, but there are only two people here?" ”

Chen Gong sneered: "The fewer people who come, the better." Too much is easy to do bad things, as long as he dares to come, he will be taught to go and never return. ”

Zhang Liao's face was full of melancholy, and he watched Lin Nan slowly riding his horse approaching, so he said to Lu Bu: "Lord, is it too immoral for us to do this, no matter what, there are only a few hours, and when it dawns tomorrow, Yecheng will be our army's, so why do you have to do this?" ”

Chen Gong turned his head and glared at Zhang Liao angrily, and shouted: "Ridiculous! Do you know that this man's existence is the greatest threat to the lord? Now the world is in turmoil, the princes are busy fighting for territory, as the so-called mountain is difficult to accommodate two tigers, Yuan's defeat, Jizhou is only left with the lord and Lin Nan, and that Lin Nan is also the male lord of the world, at this time, if Bu gets rid of him as soon as possible, it will become a big disaster in the future. ”

Zhang Liao was silent, only sighed softly.

Gao Shun patted Zhang Liao's shoulder at the right time, and whispered: "Wenyuan, we are also our own masters, don't bring your personal feelings to the table, otherwise you will suffer a big loss in the future." The word of the lord is an order, and as long as you are a subordinate, you just need to obey it. ”

Zhang Liao nodded and said to Gao Shun: "Brother Gao...... Thank you for the reminder, Zhang Liao kept it in mind. ”

Wen Chou seemed very calm, since he joined the Jin army, he has been very careful in his behavior and deeds, after all, he has not made any contributions in the Jin army, although his official position is high, it is difficult to convince the public, and he also understands that except for the soldiers who surrendered under his leadership, the soldiers of the Jin army only obey the orders of Yu Gaoshun, Zhang Liao, and Wei Xu, so he is afraid of saying the wrong thing.

Lu Bu was silent, he knew Zhang Liao's personality very well, although he would say this, but in his heart he would definitely not betray him, this is a good young man who knows how to repay his kindness, and he is also a good right-hand man.

When everyone was talking, no one would notice that behind them, there would be a soldier in Jin army clothes listening carefully. This man stood behind everyone and listened silently, but his heart was up and down, and he secretly thought, "The lord is in danger, I must think of a good way." ”

This person is none other than Guo Jia, who successfully infiltrated the Jin Army, Guo Jia has a wide range of friends, and there is no one who does not make friends, and he has tried his best to become famous. When I was in Luoyang, I wandered for a long time, and I knew more people, and people from all over the world had seen them, and over time, I also learned a lot of dialects. It was with this advantage that he successfully blended into the Jin army.

After only a few moments, Lin Nan and Jia Xu arrived, the two of them turned over and dismounted, and when they saw Lu Bu leading all the soldiers to greet them, they hurriedly arched their hands and said, "Don't come to the Marquis of Jin?" ”

Lu Bu greeted: "One qiē is fine." I see that Yan Hou has a good complexion, and it seems that this snake venom has been lifted. But Yan Hou was so careless, he was bitten by a small poisonous snake, in case he couldn't wake up, wouldn't Yan Hou be dying? ”

Lin Nan smiled: "My life is big, I can't die." Oh, I don't know what the Marquis of Jin is inviting me to today's banquet? ”

Lu Bu said: "It's not a big deal. I just want to catch up with you. Yan Hou, please! ”

Lin Nan's gaze quickly swept over everyone's faces, and when he saw a familiar face standing among the soldiers, his heart settled down a little.

"Marquis Jin, please!"

As the words fell, Lin Nan and Lu Bu walked into the camp side by side.

After entering the Jin army camp, Lin Nan and Jia Xu both sensed the extremely tense atmosphere, and everywhere they passed, every Jin army soldier they met was looking at them with strange eyes. That gaze was not a salute, but full of a hint of inexplicable excitement. Lu Bu led Lin Nan and Jia Xu into the big tent of the Chinese army, and a banquet had already been arranged in the big tent, and some wine and meat were placed on several small tables.

"Yan Hou, please take a seat!" Chen Gong walked into the big tent one step ahead of Lu Bu, lifted the curtain of the big tent, and said to Lin Nandao with a smile.

Lin Nan gave Chen Gong a confident smile and strode into the big tent. Directly to the top of the big tent.

Seeing that Lin Nan was calm, Chen Gong secretly thought in his heart: "This person should have already seen that this is not an ordinary banquet. It can be seen that this person is not simple, if you don't get rid of him today, he will inevitably become a big trouble in the future......"

As soon as he thought of this, he squinted at Wei Xu, who was standing in the distance, and nodded at Wei Xu. Wei Xu turned around and left.

Jia Xu followed behind Lin Nan, he was silent, but he saw Chen Gong's every move very clearly. He caught a glimpse of Guo Jia glancing at him in the crowd, so he arched his hand to Zhang Liao who was walking beside him and said, "General Zhang, people have three urgencies." I wonder if there is a convenient place in this barracks? ”

Zhang Liao let out an "oh", pointed to a corner in the east and said, "Sir, it's convenient to go there." ”

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "Thank you General Zhang for your advice, I will return when I am convenient." ”

Zhang Liao smiled at Jia Xu, didn't speak again, turned around and walked into the big tent. Chen Gong, Gao Shun, and Wen Chou didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that Jia Xu was just alone, and he was trapped in the camp of the Jin army, how could he run away, so they walked into the big tent one after another and let Jia Xu move freely.

As soon as Jia Xu left, Guo Jia hurriedly threw the halberd he was holding to a soldier beside him, spoke fluently in the Jinzhong dialect, and shouted in a low voice: "Oh, I don't know what to eat in the morning, I actually ate my stomach, no, I can't hold it back, you will do it for me first, I'll go for convenience." ”

After saying this, Guo Jia also didn't care what the soldier thought, pretended to be in a hurry to go to the toilet, covered his stomach and ran after Jia Xu.

"There are many eyeliners in the army, please come with me." When Guo Jia passed by Jia Xu's side, he muttered to Jia Xu......

Jia Xu heard it sincerely, and saw that Guo Jia was running faster than a rabbit, and at first glance, he was really anxious. He hurriedly followed, and the whole person also pretended to be very anxious, and thought to himself: "Fengxiao, this kid, is a big ghost, but he is quite clever, as long as he is tempered, he will inevitably become a powerful adviser under the lord's account in the future." ”

Turning around a tent, Jia Xu was dragged by Guo Jia and pulled directly into a tent.

"Strategist, with your ingenuity, don't you know that this is a Hongmen banquet?" As soon as Guo Jia entered the tent, there was a trace of hideousness on his face, and he asked in a low voice.

The tent was empty, there was no one in it, Jia Xu saw Guo Jia asking like this, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, Lu Bu is not Xiang Yu, and the lord is not Liu Bang, although there are murderous intentions hidden everywhere in this military camp, it is also full of vitality......"

Guo Jia said: "How do you say this? ”

Jia Xu pointed at Guo Jia and said: "Because you are here, you will definitely try your best to get the lord out of trouble, you are the vitality!" ”

Guo Jia frowned and asked, "Is it the meaning of the lord to come here?" ”

"Do you think I can sway the mind of the lord? Although I have the trust of my lord, my lord has his own ideas, and I cannot control them. Guo Jia nodded, dragged his chin, and pondered quietly: "I understand, please ask the military advisor to see the lord, Chen Gong is bent on putting the lord to death." Although Lu Bu trusts Chen Gong, he often changes his orders, and if a military advisor can confuse Lu Bu with words, he may be able to stop Chen Gong's bad words...... As for me, you don't have to worry. I have my own way to get the lord out of trouble, and by the way, let Lu Bu occupy the division, and after the matter is done, I will return to the camp. ”

Jia Xu saw that Guo Jia was confident, so he said, "Okay, you should be more careful yourself." I just saw Chen Gong give Wei Xu a look, I don't know if I let Wei Xu do something bad. ”

Guo Jia arched his hand and said: "I know, let's not go for the time being, when I successfully guide Lu Bu to Sili, I will come back." ”

Jia Xu immediately said goodbye to Guo Jia, and in order to arouse suspicion, he really went to a convenient place, and after leaving a bubble of urine there, he returned to the big tent of the Chinese army.

In the big tent. Lu Bu held his wine glass high and said to Lin Nan with a smile on his face: "Yanhou, the Yuan family is defeated, and we alone account for half of Jizhou, this is great news, let's not get drunk and don't return......

Lin Nan smiled: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

After Jia Xu entered the big tent, he immediately sat down and saw Chen Gong, Wen Chou, and Gao Shun all showing fierce eyes. His eyes stared straight at Lu Bu's hand holding the wine glass, and he already understood in his heart. This is waiting for Lu Bu to drop the cup. "Qi Qi Jin Marquis, in Xia Jia Xu, admiring the prestige of Jin Hou, I have only seen it in a hurry before, and today I can see the dignity of Jin Hou for a long time, which is really impressive. A cup of toast to the Marquis of Jin. I hope that the Marquis of Jin will not shirk! Jia Xu suddenly stood up, raised the wine glass in his hand, and everyone appreciated it.

Lu Bu listened to Jia Xu's words, and his heart was happy, he knew it very well. Jia Xu is Lin Nan's confidant, if Jia Xu is refuted in public, Lin Nan's face will not be bright...... Besides, he was also inexplicably excited in his heart, and when he thought that he could hold Lin Nan's head in his hand for a while, he replied happily: "Okay, then let's do it." ”

After drinking a glass of wine, Jia Xu quickly poured another glass of wine, picked up the wine glass and said to Lu Bu: "I have long heard that the Marquis of Jin is brave and invincible, known as the 'Flying General', there is no such person as the Marquis of Jin in the world, so I think that the Marquis of Jin is unique, and Jia Xu respects the Marquis of Jin again." ”

Lu Bu still drank it all, and was just about to put down the wine glass, but was persuaded by Jia Xu to drink several glasses of wine in a row.

This is not the end, Jia Xu praised Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Wen Chou again, and after toasting one by one, a long time has passed.

Subsequently, Jia Xu began to praise Chen Gong, and when he toasted Chen Gong's wine, the wine glass in his hand suddenly couldn't hold it and fell heavily to the ground......

The wine glass was immediately shattered, and at this moment, the four generals Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and Cao Xing suddenly rushed in from the outside, each holding a sword and wearing armor, all of them fierce and vicious.

At this moment, I don't know who shouted loudly outside the camp: "Oh no, the water is gone, the granary is water......"

The sharp voice instantly entered the Jin army camp, and after Lu Bu heard it, he stood up and shouted to Wei Xu and the others: "You four, what are you still doing here, why don't you go and put out the fire!" ”

Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and Cao Xing said "promise" in unison, and then they came out of the big tent one after another.

Lin Nan sat in his position silently, and even Jia Xu was unusually calm......

However, Lu Bu, Jia Xu, Wen Chou, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao were all surprised, no one expected that what had been planned would be broken in an instant, and why the granary caught fire made them feel very curious.

Lin Nan suddenly sneered and said, "It turns out that the Marquis of Jin is setting up a Hongmen banquet, since this is the case, you can take my head." ”

Lu Bu's face was embarrassed, and he immediately shouted: "This is a misunderstanding, please don't take it to heart." ”

Lin Nan saw that Lu Bu even lied so far-fetched, so he didn't say anything more, stood up, and arched his hand towards Lu Bu and said: "Marquis of Jin, tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, I will personally hand over Yecheng to your hands, our army has been out for a long time, and it is time for the class to return to Youzhou, I hope that Marquis Jin will not be provoked by traitors and affect the friendship between us...... If I really die, I'm afraid that the nearly 400,000 Wuhuan people will take the opportunity to make trouble, even if the Marquis of Jin can become the overlord of Jizhou, but there are Wuhuan people, I'm afraid that the Marquis of Jin may not be able to stay in Jizhou safely, right? ”

Before Lu Bu could speak in a hurry, he saw a scout running in, hugged his fists and said: "My lord, Yan Jun Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Pang De, Chen Dao, Lu Heng, Liao Hua and others each led their troops to surround our army, and asked the lord to return the bus to their lord." ”

"Nonsense!" Lin Nan took advantage of the topic and scolded loudly, "Marquis Jin, I will leave here, if I don't show up in front of everyone." It will inevitably lead to a fight between the two armies, and when the time comes, both halves will be injured, that's not what the Marquis of Jin wants to see, right? ”

Lu Bu frowned, and immediately arched his hand: "Yan Hou take care all the way, tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, I will wait for you to hand over Yecheng on time." ”

"Definitely!"

Lin Nan replied casually. took Jia Xu and left the big tent quickly.

"Lord, you can't let Lin Nan go, now is the time to get rid of him!" Chen Gong immediately stood up and shouted loudly.

Lu Bu glared at Chen Gong angrily and shouted, "It's all you!" If I really want to kill Lin Nan, I only need to wave Fang Tian's halberd, why use a rotten trick like yours? I don't know that Lin Nan is not a fuel-efficient lamp, but if I really kill him. The more than 100,000 soldiers and horses he stationed in Yecheng will all be slaughtered. The Yan army is ten times stronger than the Zhao army, if our army is completely annihilated, can you afford it? ”

Chen Gong retorted: "As long as Lin Nan dies, the Yan army will be leaderless, and those shrimp soldiers and crab generals who surrendered to the Zhao army will definitely fight back, and our army will ......."

When Wen Chou heard Chen Gong say that Zhao Jun was a shrimp soldier and crab general, the boss was unhappy in his heart, and immediately interrupted Chen Gong's words. Lang Sheng said: "Strategist, please pay attention to what you say." Among the Zhao army, not all of them are shrimp soldiers and crab generals. If I am a crab general, then you are a shrimp soldier. ”

"Wen Chou, you ......"

"Enough!" Lu Bu slammed the table and shouted, "All stand down." It's important to fight fires! There must be a spy of the Yan army in the army, otherwise the granary will not be a good misfire, and the details of each must be thoroughly investigated, and the spy will be caught for me. ”

"No!"

Lin Nan took Jia Xu out of the Jin army camp quickly and came to the front of the walled gate. Turning his head and glancing at the billowing smoke in the rear camp of the Jin army, he didn't even have to think about it, he knew that this was a good thing that Guo Jia did, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he secretly shouted in his heart: "Fengxiao, please take care!" ”

Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, and Pang De rushed over on horseback, and when they saw that Lin Nan was safe and sound, and saw the chaos in the camp of the Jin army, they said in unison: "Lord, please return to the city quickly, there will be changes later!" ”

Lin Nan nodded, turned around and jumped on the dark cloud snow horse, snorted lightly, and rode away. Jia Xu, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others followed closely, and withdrew the soldiers surrounding the Jin army camp and began to retreat towards Yecheng.

Thick smoke billowed from the back of the Jin army's camp, and Wei Xu took Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Cao Xing, and the soldiers to fight the fire, and ran into a soldier with a blackened face head-on, knocking him almost over.

Wei Xu's temper was not very good, he raised his hand and slapped the soldier, and scolded loudly: "What doesn't have long eyes, get out of my way!" ”

The soldiers hurriedly dodged, not daring to stop them, but with grievances on their faces......

When Wei Xu arrived at the back camp where the grain and grass were stored, he saw that the fire was a little fierce, so he immediately ordered to put it out.

Song Xian, Hou Cheng, and Cao Xing each brought their own subordinates to fight the fire, while Wei Xu stayed in place to command.

At this time, Guo Jia, who was wearing Jin army clothes, rushed over from the side, and when he arrived in front of Wei Xu, he arched his hand and said, "See the general for the little one!" ”

Wei Xu didn't even look at Guo Jia, so he shouted casually: "Don't fuck nonsense, hurry up and put out the fire!" ”

Guo Jia didn't move, and when he saw the soldiers carrying buckets from a cistern in the distance to put out the fire, he shook his head, hugged his fists and said: "General, if you put out the fire like this, it's too slow, and the small ones have a faster way." ”

Wei Xu became interested, turned his head and glanced at Guo Jia, but he didn't know each other. However, he was not surprised, after all, there were too many soldiers in the Jin army, how could he recognize them. He squinted at the ferocious fire, let out an "oh", and then asked, "Do you really have a way to extinguish this fire in a while?" ”

Guo Jia nodded confidently, and then said: "The water source is too far, and it is a drop in the bucket, before the soldiers bring the water, most of the grain in the granary will be burned, and then the lord will blame it, I'm afraid it is not for the general to bear." Wei Xu felt that what Guo Jia said was very reasonable, so he said: "Quickly say a way!" ”

Guo Jia said: "Use soil!" Let the soldiers take off their coats, dig up the dirt on the spot, then wrap the dirt in their coats, and sprinkle the dirt in the fire to extinguish the fire in a short time. ”

Wei Xu did not hesitate, and hurriedly said to the soldiers behind him: "Go and give the order, do what this kid says!" ”

A few of the pro-soldiers turned around and left, leaving only Wei Xu and Guo Jia to stay where they were.

"Where are you from?" Wei Xu looked at Guo Jia carefully, and asked if he was interested in Guo Jia.

Guo Jiadao: "The small one is from Xiangyuan, Shangdang County. ”

"What's your name?"

"The youngest surname is Guo, the third in the family, and everyone calls me Guo San......"

Wei Xu turned his head. Seeing that the soldiers in front of him were busy digging the soil, and then using the excavated soil to extinguish the fire, it only took a short time for the fire to be brought under control. He continued to be happy, squinted at Guo Jia beside him, and said, "You kid is a little smart." Do you want to be my personal soldier? ”

Guo Jia knelt on the ground happily and said loudly: "The general is above, please accept the little one!" ”

Wei Xu said "um" and said with a smile: "Get up, follow me from now on, I like a clever person like you." ”

Guo Jia stood up and bowed to Wei Xu resignedly, but thought silently in his heart: "I didn't expect it to be so easy, I have taken advantage of the time and place." The rest is human, and it is necessary to gain the trust of Wen Chou, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao in a short period of time. Lord, you have some time to rest in Xindu City, give me half a month, and after half a month, I will definitely succeed in seducing Lu Bu to go south. ”

The fire was quickly extinguished, and the damaged grain and grass was only a very small part, and Lu Bu personally came to see the granary. I didn't feel much to lose, and I didn't blame it...... But. However, the camp of the Jin army was not calm, and all generals and officials below the rank of lieutenant had to thoroughly check their subordinates, and if they found that they were of unknown origin, they would be killed. Guo Jia had the foresight to gain Wei Xu's trust in him first, and no one would ask behind Wei Xu. Kind of escaped a catastrophe.

After nightfall, the investigation of the spy has been completely completed, but no suspicious person has been found, and the matter of tracking down the spy is over. After all, it was just Lu Bu's speculation.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the cold moonlight shines on the earth, Guo Jia followed Wei Xu out of the camp to inspect, and when passing through a small forest, a soldier accidentally found a headless corpse, and immediately flew over to tell Wei Xu.

Wei Xu galloped to the place where the body was found, turned over and dismounted, glanced at the headless corpse on the ground, and was wearing the clothes of the Jin army, and asked, "Who found this corpse first?" ”

"General Qiyu, it's me!" A soldier stepped forward and replied loudly......

Wei Xu saw that he was the captain of the personal army who had followed him for many years, so he asked: "It's been almost a day or two since this corpse died, why are there few people in the army, but no one can notice it?" ”

Just when everyone was in a moment of confusion, Guo Jia, who was standing behind Wei Xu, suddenly pointed to the corpse and said loudly: "General, please look, there is something pressed under this corpse!" ”

Wei Xu looked at the ground, and sure enough, he saw that an item was pressed by the corpse, he asked the corpse to be removed, and saw that the thing pressed under the corpse turned out to be a delicate and transparent jade pendant, and the jade pendant was also stained with blood.

After Wei Xu's personal captain glanced at it, his pupils suddenly dilated, and he pointed to the jade pendant on the ground and said, "General, I know this jade pendant, it seems to be Zhang Mazi." ”

"Zhang Mazi?" Wei Xu turned his head and glanced at a pockmarked soldier behind him, and asked, "Is this your jade pendant?" ”

The soldier named Zhang Mazi had a panic on his face, and suddenly touched his whole body, but unexpectedly found that the jade pendant on his body was gone, and then took a closer look at the jade pendant with blood, the more he looked at it, the more it looked like his family heirloom, he squeaked and said: "This jade pendant...... It seems to be ...... It's my jade pendant......"

"What do you mean, it seems to be, this jade pendant is originally yours...... Didn't you say that this is your family heirloom, and you often wear it close to your body, and you usually don't let us see it, the baby is amazing, why did you come here in a good way? "The captain of the pro-soldier Lang Lang said. Zhang Mazi said: "I...... I don't know, I remember wearing it in the morning, why did I come here now, and I was still lying next to the dead man, who was this dead man? ”

Wei Xu stared at his two eyes and asked loudly, "I still want to ask you, why did your jade pendant come here, and who is this headless corpse?" You didn't fucking lose money gambling and kill your creditor, right? ”

"No, no, no...... General, you know me, how could I do such a thing? Zhang Mazi hurriedly explained.

Wei Xu looked at Zhang Mazi, who had been following him for almost a year, and he didn't believe that this naturally timid person would kill people, and he didn't dare to kill chickens in normal times...... If it weren't for Zhang Mazi's father being rich, he always took a lot of money from Zhang Mazi every time he gambled, he wouldn't have asked for this useless personal soldier.

Guo Jia saw the opportunity and whispered to Wei Xu: "General, there is something strange about this matter. ”

"I also know there's something wrong. But I haven't figured it out yet. Wei continued.

Guo Jia further said: "General, please think about it, how could the granary catch fire during the day? And as soon as there was a fire here, we found this corpse at night, and there were no fewer people in the army, and the jade pendant worn by Zhang Mazi would be under this corpse. These kinds of things are linked, and the small ones are sure that there must be spies in the army. ”

Wei Xu also felt that this matter was very simple, he frowned, and asked, "I also think that Yu is a spy, not only me, but even the lord and all the generals feel that there is a spy." But after an afternoon of thorough investigation, I still didn't find any suspicious people? ”

Guo Jia said: "Actually, it's not people who are suspicious. It's the heart! ”

"Heart?" Wei Xu said curiously......

Guo Jia whispered: "General, please take a step to speak." ”

Wei Xu nodded, pulled Guo Jia to a no-man's land, and said to Guo Jia: "If you have anything to say, please say it." ”

Guo Jia saw that Wei Xu had already been whetted by him, so he continued: "Does the general think that Zhang Mazi may be a spy? ”

"He? Impossible, he is so cowardly, how can he be a spy? Wei Xu smiled.

Guo Jia has been in the Jin army's barracks for three days. In three days, he did not come in vain, he investigated Wen Chou, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Wei Xu one by one. Later, it was found that Wei Xu was the least vigilant and easily deceived, so he decided to start with him. So he began to secretly investigate the people around Wei Xu, accidentally discovered Zhang Mazi, and found Zhang Mazi's situation clearly, so he decided to let Zhang Mazi achieve his trust position in Wei Xu's mind.

He smiled and said, "General." Knowing people and faces but not knowing their hearts, the little one thinks Zhang Mazi is very suspicious......"

"Oh?" Wei Xu looked at Zhang Mazi suspiciously, and saw that Zhang Mazi picked up the bloody jade pendant from the ground, wiped off the blood on the jade pendant, and held it in his hand with great care. He asked, "What's suspicious?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Zhang Mazi cherishes the jade pendant so much, he usually carries it with him, if he loses it, he will definitely know, and he will not be unaware for so long." Moreover, I heard that Zhang Mazi lost nine out of ten gambles as soon as he gambled with the general, but as soon as he gambled with others, he won nine out of ten bets, didn't the general think that he was doing this with a very purposeful approach to you? ”

Wei Xu frowned and said, "When you say that, I really think Zhang Mazi is a little suspicious......

That's right, Zhang Mazi must have used money to confuse the general, ostensibly to be courteous to the general, but in fact to gain the general's trust. Today I heard that there is Zhang Mazi among the people in charge of guarding the granary, general, please think about it, this granary is a heavy land, and there will always be heavy guards, if it is not for someone familiar with the way to set fire, it will definitely be discovered. ”

"You mean, Zhang Mazi is a spy?"

"Highly likely!"

Wei Xu had a gloomy face, looked at Zhang Mazi in the distance, and looked at his cherished jade pendant, so he said suspiciously: "No, if Zhang Mazi is really a spy, how could he leave such an important thing here, and it is still something that can represent his identity?" ”

Guo Jia hurriedly said: "General, there are only two possibilities for such a thing to happen......

"Which two?"

"One is that Zhang Mazi killed the person who found his identity, and in the scuffle, the jade pendant accidentally fell off and fell under the deceased, but Zhang Mazi didn't notice it."

"What about two?"

"The second is that Zhang Mazi did this deliberately, and then excused himself on the grounds that others framed him."

Wei continued: "Your analysis is quite in place, I really regret not finding you earlier, otherwise, with you by my side, I will definitely be the most trusted person of the lord." ”

Guo Jia said: "General, it's not too late. The general first extinguished the fire in the granary, and now if he catches the spy again, the general will be a big celebrity in front of the lord. ”

Wei continued: "Now it's just speculation, what if Zhang Mazi is caught in front of the lord, he is not a spy?" Isn't it true that I can't steal chickens and rice? ”

"The general doesn't have to worry, yes or no, you can see it as soon as you search Zhang Mazi's body. If a spy kills someone, he will inevitably ** himself, usually in this case, there is only one possibility, that is, he wants to send a letter outside. As long as Zhang Mazi's body is searched, if there is anything suspicious, it can be concluded that he is a spy, if not, he would rather kill by mistake than let go, the general will insist that this Zhang Mazi is a spy, and after dedicating it to the lord, the lord will definitely be very happy. ”

Wei Xu's heart was surging when he heard this, and he walked straight over, and immediately ordered: "Tie up Zhang Mazi for me and search his body." ”

Before Zhang Mazi could react, he was immediately tied up by Wuhuada, and the soldiers began to search him.

Guo Jia walked leisurely behind Wei Xu, and secretly thought in his heart: "Brother Mazi, I'm sorry, your death can be exchanged for the entire merger, you should be proud." ”

Not long after, the soldier searched for a wax pill from the corner of Zhang Mazi's clothes and handed it to Wei Xu.

Zhang Mazi was also stunned, he didn't know what this was at all, how could it be on him, and hurriedly shouted: "General, I was wronged, I was wronged, someone is framing me, if it is really me, how could I leave such an important thing as a jade pendant here?" ”

Wei Xu heard that Zhang Mazi's answer was said by Guo Jia, so he snorted coldly and said, "Is it not, I will know at a glance." ”

As soon as the words fell, Wei Xu opened the wax pill, which contained a small note with a line of small characters, and saw that it read, "Lu Bu's army is in Jizhou, and the army in Jizhou is empty, please take it from Xiliang Tieqi", and immediately said angrily: "You spy, I have long thought that you have a problem, what else do you have to say!" Come! Pull Zhang Mazi out and cut it! ”

Zhang Mazi's face was terrified, and before he could react, he was slashed over by Wei Xu's personal captain Mali's personal soldier, and a human head rolled down, and he didn't even scream. Guo Jia saw that Zhang Mazi was dead, so he hurriedly said to Wei Xu: "General, the spy has been caught, but the information that this spy wants to pass on is not trivial, and it must be reported to the lord quickly." ”

When Wei Xu saw the note, he already knew the seriousness of this matter, and the note had the words "Xiliang Iron Ride" written on it, even if he was stupid, he knew that it was written to Lianghou Ma Teng. He clutched the note in his hand and said to the captain of his own soldiers: "Bury the body, take the head back to the camp and hang it, and let everyone else see what it will be like to be a spy." ”

Saying this, Wei Xu turned to Guo Jia and said, "You come with me and go to see the lord......"

Guo Jia said "promise", followed behind Wei Xu, and went straight to the Jin army camp.

When he arrived at the gate of the Jin army camp, Guo Jia said to Wei Xu again: "General, if the lord wants to ask about this treacherous matter in a while, how should the general answer?" ”

Wei continued: "Naturally, I told the truth......

"No, no, no, the general must not tell the truth." Guo Jia comforted.

"Why?" Wei Xu turned his head and looked at Guo Jia in confusion.

Guo Jiadao: "The general can imagine that a person died in the army, but the whole army has no way of knowing, and Zhang Mazi is a personal soldier who follows the general, for so long, Zhang Mazi doesn't know how many secrets he has revealed to the Liang army, if the lord investigates it, won't the general also be implicated?" ”

Wei Xu frowned, his face was blue for a while, and he hurriedly reined in the horse and hurriedly asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Although Zhang Mazi is a personal soldier next to the general, he is also an extremely ordinary soldier, and the only people who know Zhang Mazi are these personal soldiers around the general...... In addition, after the general entered the big tent, he must say that the general himself took it when he was patrolling the camp, so that the lord would naturally not blame the general. (To be continued......)