The ability of people in crisis to act is unimaginably high.

So from the afternoon of the same day, strange rumors suddenly spread in Shouchun City.

It is said that Lu Mian, the general of the dynasty, had different ambitions and wanted to surrender in Kaicheng, and offered Yuan Shu's family to Guo Peng, exchanging the lives of Yuan Shu's family for his own glory and wealth.

The content is simple and crude, and there is nothing else, that is, Lu Mian wants to surrender.

Then a group of officials heard about these rumors, and were shocked, and immediately wrote a recital to be played to Yuan Shu, and also bribed the officials of the DPRK and China to make the recital be sent to Yuan Shu as quickly as possible.

Yuan Shu looked at five or six recitals, and all the things he said were things that Lu Mian had different intentions.

He didn't take it seriously at all at first, and directly ordered to reprimand the officials who spread the rumors.

If you don't talk about their good or bad ones, you will know that you will slander his most important general, and if you dare to say it, be careful that your head is not protected.

But that didn't stop the officials from talking.

There are too many people offended by Lu Mian in order to defend the city, everyone sees that Lu Mian is going to be unlucky, whether they are a member of the planning group or not, as long as they are dissatisfied with Lu Mian, they all follow suit.

A group of people asked Yuan Shu to remove Lu Mian from military power and choose another good general.

They completely ignored that Lu Mian was doing his best to defend Yuan Shu and defend Chen Guo.

Perhaps, in their opinion, it would be better for dynasties and emperors who could not defend their interests to perish.

If one's own interests are harmed, all national interests can be pushed aside and one's best efforts can be made to defend one's own interests.

Yuan Shu was furious, ordered the ministers to reprimand, ordered them not to talk about this matter again, and then sent someone to comfort Lu Mian, reassure him, and reward him with food and wine to express his attitude.

But if you want to overturn Lu Mian's trend, it will be difficult to contain it, only blame Lu Mian for offending too many people, once he gets the opportunity, many people will not spare no effort to retaliate against him.

As soon as the ministers saw that Yuan Shu didn't want to hear it, they told Yuan Yao the news, asked Yuan Yao to persuade his father, and added fuel to the fire to say something about Lu Mian usurping the throne and the like, which made Yuan Yao very frightened.

So Yuan Yao stupidly ran to find Yuan Shu and asked Yuan Shu about it.

Yuan Shu was very angry at first, scolding Yuan Yao for being stupid and actually listening to such rumors, but Yuan Yao said a word, and Yuan Shu was silent.

"Father, what if it's true? If it's true, Lu Mian holds military power and wants to betray, isn't it also very easy? As long as you give an order, you can immediately lead the troops to the palace, and when it really comes, what should you do? ”

Yuan Yao looked at Yuan Shu with a worried face, and Yuan Shu just wanted to open his mouth to refute, but he thought of what Yuan Yao said, "what if".

Is Lu Mian really not going to betray me?

At this moment, Yuan Shu thought of this question, and inevitably thought of Guo Peng.

Guo Peng, whom he trusted immensely, betrayed him, and as soon as he became emperor, he led the army to attack without saying a word, looking like he would never die, and wanted to put him to death.

After so many years of friendship, betrayal is betrayal, which made Yuan Shu heartbroken, hated Guo Peng, and wanted to fry him in an oil pot, and then eat his flesh and drink his blood.

Now that it was Lu Mian's turn, Yuan Shu's heart began to drum.

Will he follow in Guo Peng's footsteps and betray me?

I am weak now, there is only a lonely city in Shouchun, the emperor's throne is crumbling, and I can't do it now, will Lu Mian be loyal to me until the last moment?

Or will they betray me and betray me in exchange for their own glory and wealth, as the rumors say?

With Guo Peng's "Jewel and Jade in Front", Yuan Shu couldn't help but think of this possibility.

Don't say it's impossible, it's a very possibility!

It's not your own family, it's not surnamed Yuan, is it credible?

And not to mention your own family, your own family will be hostile if you want to, and you will betray if you want to, and you will betray it, and you will not leave any room at all, and you will not talk about face at all.

Is there anyone in this world who can make Yuan Shu completely trust?

Yes, it is his own son in front of him, Yuan Yao.

Yuan Shu walked back and forth a few steps, then reached out and patted Yuan Yao's shoulder.

"Wu'er, you are the crown prince of Chen State, the heir of your father, and your father's most trusted is you, your father sent you to see General Lu, and then ask General Lu what he needs, what he wants, as long as he says it, as long as his father can be satisfied, he will definitely promise him."

Yuan Yao didn't quite understand what Yuan Shu meant, and his face was full of doubts.

"You just go and ask General Lu like this, ask General Lu what he wants, as long as it's not too much, I can give it to him, you just ask."

Although Yuan Yao didn't understand, this did not prevent him from doing what Yuan Shu commanded.

Yuan Shu made his choice, even though it seemed so reasonable.

And for Lu Mian, the choice he made was also reasonable in his opinion.

He loyally worked for Yuan Shu, not hesitating to risk offending everyone, just to repay Yuan Shu's kindness to him.

When I heard the rumors spread before, Lu Mian was writing hard at the desk to deliver the military order.

There are too many things to do and too many things to deal with, and Lu Mian can't afford to relax or slack off at all.

Guo Peng's offensive was too fierce, the morale of Guo's army was very high, and the trebuchet was even more incomprehensible.

The two city walls were handed over to Ji Ling, and the two city walls were handed over to Qiao Rui, he was responsible for the overall command in the center, and the three of them worked together to barely maintain the city without losing the city and the position, despite this, it was already the limit.

So before Yuan Shu wanted to go out of the city to fight, under Lu Mian's hard persuasion, Yuan Shu finally dispelled this idea.

At present, the city is firmly defended, not to mention that it is very smooth, at least it can make Guo Peng pay the price, consume his reserves, and make him feel difficult and embarrassed.

The purpose of this is just to force him to withdraw from the army as soon as possible.

Lu Mian really didn't believe that Guo Peng had a logistical reserve of grain that could last up to three months.

After working hard and working hard, Lu Mian felt that he would definitely not live long.

Then he heard that rumors were spreading about him throughout Shouchun City, saying that he was going to raise troops to rebel and rebel, and he was going to betray Yuan Shu or something.

His subordinates were very surprised and hoped that he would immediately go and explain to Yuan Shu, but Lu Mian believed that Yuan Shu would not believe this rumor, and at the moment of crisis, his loyalty should have been completely known by Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu must have trusted him very much.

Some subordinates don't think so.

"The general has the power of the army, if Your Majesty has doubts, it is not good, doesn't the general need to explain to Your Majesty? Since ancient times, there has not been an emperor who has not doubted the general who leads the army, and now that such rumors have spread, I am upset for the general. ”

Lu Mian shook his head with confidence.

"I have known Your Majesty for decades, Your Majesty and I have no suspicions, our monarchs and ministers get along, Your Majesty trusts me, I also trust Your Majesty, the enemy is at present, it is the time for me to repay Your Majesty's kindness, Your Majesty also knows that changing commanders in battle is a taboo for soldiers, how can you suspect me at such a time?"

Lu Mian's admonition from his subordinates completely ignored what to do.

Not an hour after hearing the rumors, the condolence messenger sent by Yuan Shu came to comfort him with food and wine, telling him not to worry, those rumors Yuan Shu didn't take it seriously at all, and Yuan Shu still trusted Lu Mian so much.

Lu Mian was immediately very proud to show his subordinates the food and wine rewarded by Yuan Shu.

"How can the relationship between me and Your Majesty be understood by those villains who like to hurt people secretly? They're just bringing shame on themselves! ”

Lu Mian was naïve at that time and thought that Yuan Shu really trusted him very much.