Feng Er returned to the backyard, gathered more than a dozen of his subordinates, and told them about the matter that Hu Zhen had sent someone to monitor, and everyone couldn't help but be furious, clamoring to teach each other a lesson.

When his subordinates were almost in a commotion, Feng Er raised his hand and pressed down to calm them down, and then said: "I have already asked the general, and he said that since the other party dares to send someone to spy on us, then we should not be polite to them." Let's do it tonight and pull out all the dark posts around the mansion. ”

"Second Brother Feng," asked a young man named Hazi, "Tell me, what should we do?" ”

Feng Er took out a sketch he had drawn, put it on the table, and said to everyone: "After dark, you climb over the wall and leave the house, and then go here to ambush. He tapped his hand at a spot on the map, "I will leave the house in a hurry and lead the outpost outside the mansion to the place where you are ambushing." ”

"What should we do with them?" Hateko asked.

"Needless to say," Feng Er looked at the hater, wiped his finger on his neck, and said coldly: "None of the people who are caught will be left, and they will all be killed." ”

The hater thought for a moment and asked, "If a patrol passes by while we are doing something, what should we do?" ”

"If there are many people on the other side, send someone to deal with them, give them some benefits, and send them away." Regarding what the hater was worried about, Feng Er had already had a draft, so he said confidently: "If the other party has fewer people, kill them together." ”

That night, Feng Er, Hate Zi and others set up an ambush in the city to lure Hu Zhen's men into the trap. Overnight, the seven or eight secret sentries sent by Hu Zhen to the surroundings of Wu Xi's mansion were all cleared. There was even a patrol team, which was easily eliminated by Feng Er.

Hu Zhen waited all night, but he didn't see the spies he sent to report back, so he hurriedly ordered people to search around Wu Xi's mansion. As a result, in an alley, the corpse of his own men was found, and the corpse of a group of patrolling soldiers was lying in a group. Although it seemed to outsiders that it was the patrol soldiers who found the gang suspicious and tried to arrest them all, these people refused to be arrested, and the two sides had a bloody fight, and finally they both died. But Hu Zhen knew very well in his heart that he was calculated by Wu Xi.

Hu Zhen thought about it for a long time, and decided to report the matter to Li Wei. When Li Dao saw his arrival, he asked a little absentmindedly: "Wen Chang, you came to this great Sima early in the morning, is there anything wrong?" ”

"The last general will see the Great Sima!" Hu Zhen knelt down to greet Li Wei, and then said: "The reason why the last general came to disturb Da Sima early in the morning is that there is an important matter, and it needs to be reported to Da Sima immediately. ”

"What?" Li Wei asked casually.

Hu Zhen said in a surprising voice: "Someone in the city colluded with Jizhou soldiers and horses to try to open the city gate and let them into the city!" ”

"What, someone colluded with Jizhou soldiers and horses?" Hearing Hu Zhen say this, Li Ji immediately jumped up from where he was sitting, rushed to Hu Zhen in one arrow step, and asked nervously: "Who is so bold?" ”

"South Gate Keeper Wu Xi."

"Wu Xi?!" After Li Wei repeated the name, he smiled and said: "Wen Chang, you are joking, if you say that others collude with Jizhou soldiers and horses, this great Sima still believes it, but you say Wu Xi, this is impossible." ”

"It's true, Da Sima." Seeing that Li Wei refused to believe his words, Hu Zhen swore and said: "The last general is willing to guarantee the head of the Xiang, Wu Xi is secretly colluding with the soldiers and horses of Jizhou, intending to open the city gate and let the enemy army enter the city. ”

If it had been before, Li Dao had heard that someone was suspected of colluding with foreign enemies, and he didn't even try it at all, so he directly ordered him to be dragged out and cut down. But now that he is employing people, he has to be extra cautious. It was precisely because of this consideration that he hesitated for a moment, and then asked Hu Zhen: "Do you have real evidence?" ”

Hu Zhen could come up with any real evidence, but he was unwilling to give up such a good opportunity, so he said cautiously: "Back to Da Sima, although the last general has no real evidence, but the last general's subordinates once saw Wu Xi and his henchmen pointing in the direction of Jizhou's soldiers and horses on the city wall, as if they had the intention of colluding with the other party. ”

"Where are your men now?"

"Dead!"

"Dead?!" Li Wei asked in surprise, "How did you die?" ”

"The last general sent him to spy near Wu Xi's mansion." Hu Zhen took the opportunity to complain to Li Dao, saying: "However, early this morning, I found that he and several other secret sentinels, and a team of patrol soldiers were all dead in an alley. The killers even disguised themselves as cannibalism. ”

Seeing that Hu Zhen swore so much, Li Wei couldn't help but believe a little, he hurriedly called a personal soldier and ordered: "Go and invite General Guo here!" ”

Guo Yan had just gotten up, and when he heard that Li Dao's personal soldiers were invited, he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly came to see Li Dao. When he entered the door, he saw Hu Zhen also standing in the hall, and couldn't help but glance at the other party in disgust, and then asked Li Dao: "Childish, you hurriedly summoned me here, I don't know what is important?" ”

"Ado," Li Wei looked at Guo Yan and said, "Hu Wencai told this great Sima that Wu Xi under your command secretly colluded with the Jizhou soldiers, intending to open the city gate to welcome the enemy army into the city. ”

"This is impossible," Guo Yan immediately roared after hearing this: "Wu Xi is loyal to General Ben, how can he collude with the Jizhou army?" ”

"If the general doesn't believe it, he can recruit Wu Xi." Hu Zhen had already decided to rejoin Li Dao at this moment, so he said with a tough attitude: "The last general is willing to confront him face to face." ”

When Wu Xi saw the person sent by Guo Yan to recruit him, he couldn't help but panic for a while, but he still pretended to be casual on the surface and said: "Please go back and tell the general, the last general can go to see the general after cleaning up a little." ”

As soon as the messenger left, Wu Xi called Feng Er and asked in a bit of a panic: "Feng Er, you said that the general invited me to meet at this moment, could it be that we have contacted Jizhou in private, and the news has leaked?" ”

"General, don't worry." Feng Er comforted Wu Xi and said: "This matter is quite confidential, except for the general and me, no one knows about our private agreement with Jizhou. As for the secret sentinels that monitored the mansion, they had all been removed last night, leaving no flaws. ”

Although Feng Eryi repeatedly assured Wu Xi that there would be no mistakes, Wu Xi was still nervous when he saw Li Dao and Guo Yan. After kneeling down and kowtowing to the two, he said, "The last general will greet the great Sima and the general!" I don't know if the two recruits are here, what's the matter? ”

"Wu Xi, you are so daring, you dare to collude with the Jizhou army." Li Dao slapped the table hard, and then said in a stern tone: "Don't hurry up and recruit from the truth!" ”

"Wronged, Da Sima!" Wu Xi knew very well in his heart that once he admitted the matter, not only would he be immediately dragged out and beheaded, but even his relatives and friends in Xiliang would be killed by Li Dao and others, so he pretended to be pitiful and said: "The last general has always been loyal to the general and you, how can he collude with the Jizhou army in private?" Presumably, someone deliberately wanted to frame the last general, please ask Da Sima Ming to investigate. ”

When Guo Yan saw that Hu Zhen had rejoined Li Dao, he couldn't help but feel resentful of him, so he preconceived that the so-called Wu Xi's collusion with the Jizhou Army was all framed by Hu Zhen. Therefore, he said to Wu Xi, who was kneeling on the ground: "Wu Xi, don't be afraid, as long as you don't collude with the Jizhou army, General Ben will make decisions for you." ”

"Thank you, General, thank you!" After Wu Xi kowtowed to Guo Yan twice, "The general should know very well that the last general has always been loyal to you, how could he collude with the Jizhou army?" It must be the last general who accidentally offended the villain, and the other party will frame the last general. ”

"Then tell me," Li Wei waited for Wu Xi to finish speaking, and then asked with interest: "Who did you offend to make him so ruthless?" ”

Although Wu Xi had already guessed that it was Hu Zhen, he deliberately pretended to be confused and said: "The last general doesn't know." After a pause, he asked rhetorically: "Dare to ask Da Sima, I don't know who reported that the last general privately colluded with the Jizhou army." ”

Li Dao did not speak, but turned his gaze to Hu Zhen who was standing aside. Hu Zhen saw that all the eyes in the hall were on him, so he took a step forward and said loudly: "Wu Xi, it was someone who reported you." ”

Wu Xi turned his head to look at Hu Zhen, sneered, and then asked: "Hu Wencai, since you said that General Ben colluded with the Jizhou Army, I don't know if there is any real evidence?" ”

"A certain subordinate, seeing you and your henchmen on top of the city tower, pointed at the soldiers and horses of Jizhou besieging the city." Although Hu Zhen has no real evidence, but by now, he has been difficult to ride a tiger, so he can only bite the bullet and say: "It is obvious that he wants to sacrifice the city to the Jizhou army." ”

"Ridiculous," as soon as Hu Zhen's words were finished, Wu Xi immediately retorted: "A certain person was indeed on the city wall yesterday, watching the siege of the Jizhou army with a subordinate. But we are talking about how to break the enemy, not collude with the Jizhou army. ”

After listening to Wu Xi's self-defense, Li Wei asked with some doubts: "Wu Xi, this great Sima asks you, since you are discussing how to break the enemy, why did Hu Wen say that you tried to collude with the Jizhou army?" Did you have a grudge before? ”

"Back to Da Sima's words," Wu Xi looked at Hu Zhen and said viciously: "Although there was no grievance in the past, but recently I have inadvertently formed a grudge. ”

Wu Xi's words confused Li Wei, and he asked puzzledly: "Wu Xi, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Childish, I know what's going on." When Guo Yan heard this, he immediately understood the meaning of Wu Xi's words, and hurriedly helped him relieve the siege: "The general asked Wu Xi to be in charge of the defense of the south gate and divided the military power in Hu Wencai's hands, which made him resentful of Wu Xi. Am I right, Hu Wencai?! When he said the latter, he deliberately accentuated his tone. After Guo Yan said this, Li Wei immediately understood that it was because Wu Xi took over the military power in the south of the city, which made Hu Zhen resentful of him, so he did not hesitate to frame the other party.

Guo Yan pointed at Hu Zhen with his hand and said, "Bold dog thing, you should actually frame Wu Xi, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”

Hu Zhen was so frightened by Guo Yan's words that he knelt on the ground with a puff, kowtowed to Li Dao and said: "The last general knows that he is wrong, please have a lot of Master Sima, spare the last general's life!" ”

Although Li Dao was also very angry at Hu Zhen's approach, but now is the time to employ people, and finally someone came to join him, but within two days, he stabbed him with a knife, and will anyone rush to join him in the future? Out of this consideration, Li Wei decided to defend Hu Zhen and help him resolve the immediate crisis. So he smiled and said to Guo Yan: "Ado, Hu Wencai is also a moment of confusion, so he will do this kind of bastard thing." You see, is this matter a big thing turned into a small matter, how about revealing it? ”

Guo Yan saw the meaning of Li Dao to defend Hu Zhen, even if he insisted, it is estimated that he will not be able to kill Hu Zhen, it is better to be a favor, and he will get along with Li Dao in the future. Therefore, he set his eyes on Wu Xi and asked, "Wu Xi, this matter is related to you, tell me, how to deal with Hu Zhen?" ”

After listening to Wu Xi's self-defense, Li Wei asked with some doubts: "Wu Xi, this great Sima asks you, since you are discussing how to break the enemy, why did Hu Wen say that you tried to collude with the Jizhou army?" Did you have a grudge before? ”

"Back to Da Sima's words," Wu Xi looked at Hu Zhen and said viciously: "Although there was no grievance in the past, but recently I have inadvertently formed a grudge. ”

Wu Xi's words confused Li Wei, and he asked puzzledly: "Wu Xi, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Childish, I know what's going on." When Guo Yan heard this, he immediately understood the meaning of Wu Xi's words, and hurriedly helped him relieve the siege: "The general asked Wu Xi to be in charge of the defense of the south gate and divided the military power in Hu Wencai's hands, which made him resentful of Wu Xi. Am I right, Hu Wencai?! When he said the latter, he deliberately accentuated his tone. After Guo Yan said this, Li Wei immediately understood that it was because Wu Xi took over the military power in the south of the city, which made Hu Zhen resentful of him, so he did not hesitate to frame the other party.

Guo Yan pointed at Hu Zhen with his hand and said, "Bold dog thing, you should actually frame Wu Xi, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”

Hu Zhen was so frightened by Guo Yan's words that he knelt on the ground with a puff, kowtowed to Li Dao and said: "The last general knows that he is wrong, please have a lot of Master Sima, spare the last general's life!" ”

Although Li Dao was also very angry at Hu Zhen's approach, but now is the time to employ people, and finally someone came to join him, but within two days, he stabbed him with a knife, and will anyone rush to join him in the future? Out of this consideration, Li Wei decided to defend Hu Zhen and help him resolve the immediate crisis. So he smiled and said to Guo Yan: "Ado, Hu Wencai is also a moment of confusion, so he will do this kind of bastard thing." You see, is this matter a big thing turned into a small matter, how about revealing it? ”

Guo Yan saw the meaning of Li Dao to defend Hu Zhen, even if he insisted, it is estimated that he will not be able to kill Hu Zhen, it is better to be a favor, and he will get along with Li Dao in the future. Therefore, he set his eyes on Wu Xi and asked, "Wu Xi, this matter is related to you, tell me, how to deal with Hu Zhen?" ”