Chapter 384: Exposed
"What is General Cui looking for me?" At night, Zhu Sheng, Huang Li and others were invited to the hall by Cui Geng to discuss matters.
"What?" Cui Geng motioned for everyone to sit down, shook his head and sighed: "You and I are not recruits, General Zhu, if you have any dissatisfaction with me, you can say it bluntly, it is too much to fight against me with the safety of Wancheng like this." ”
Zhu Sheng glared at several generals fiercely, he naturally knew what Cui Geng was talking about, he didn't plan to do so, and then looked at Cui Geng and said: "I will tell everyone about this matter, but General Ye Qing and Cui don't want to play these tricks that can't be put on the table, otherwise, I can't suppress this military heart!" ”
"What do you mean?" Cui Geng frowned when he heard this.
Beside Zhu Sheng, a general sneered: "General Cui, the matter has come to this, why do you have to act coyly?" ”
"Although Cui is not a hero, he has a clear conscience when he asks what he does and does!" Cui Geng said coldly.
"Really? Then what do you mean by asking Cui Quan to lobby me to join you? The general ignored Zhu Sheng's obstruction and said coldly.
"Uncle?" Cui Geng frowned when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Cui Quan beside him.
"This ......" Seeing this, Cui Quan's face changed, and he said with a dry smile: "I thought it was ...... That's what Chamberlen meant. ”
Cui Geng frowned and looked at Cui Quan, and after a moment of silence, he turned his head to look at Zhu Sheng and said: "General Zhu, this is my Cui family's family matter, can you let me deal with it, and since this incident happened, Cui has no shame to continue to take charge of Wancheng Jiangyin, so the general will temporarily guard the city, everything is based on the overall situation, as for this matter, Cui will definitely give you an explanation, how about it?" ”
Saying that, Cui Geng directly handed over his general seal, looked at Zhu Sheng, and said: "Now that the Jingzhou army is coming to the city, if there is internal strife at this time, it will make the relatives painful and the enemies happy, and Wancheng cannot afford to lose!" ”
Zhu Sheng was stunned, looking at the general seal handed over by Cui Geng, but he didn't expect Cui Geng to give up his rights so happily, he hesitated for a while, looked at Cui Geng and said, "The general doesn't have to be so ......"
"If I don't hand over the seal, the generals will have a problem after all, and in the final analysis, this matter is inseparable from the subordinates, and it is not suitable for public or private to continue to take over the seal." Cui Geng shook his head, sent the seal to Zhu Sheng, and said solemnly: "This matter started because of me, and it should end up with me, please ask the general to temporarily take charge of this seal on my behalf, I will find out about this matter, and I will give you an explanation, before that, I only ask you to abandon the previous suspicions and hold this Wancheng, Liu Bei is new to Jingzhou, the heart of the Jingzhou army is not attached, the foundation is not stable, as long as it can hold for a few days, when General Wenyuan returns, Liu Bei can only retreat." ”
Zhu Sheng looked at Cui Geng for a long time, and then nodded silently: "It's okay, the last general will temporarily take over the military affairs for the general, and ensure that Wancheng is not lost!" ”
Cui Geng nodded, looked at the rest of the generals, and said with a deep salute: "This matter is all because of me, and now, Cui has given up the seal, and I also hope that you can give up your previous suspicions and take the enemy as the priority!" ”
Cui Geng's actions have dissipated a lot of the generals' resentment against the previous events, and now seeing Cui Geng saluting them, they all hugged their fists at Cui Geng, and then they left under the leadership of Zhu Sheng.
"Geng Jin!" After the generals left, Cui Geng ignored Cui Quan, whose face was uncertain, and shouted outside the door.
"The last general!" A personal guard general came in, this person was one of the four personal guards who fled all the way back with Cui Geng after the breakthrough of Yuyang at that time, and because of his good ability, he was temporarily promoted by Cui Geng to be the general of the personal guard.
"You go ......" Cui Geng beckoned him to his side, and after whispering, he looked at him and said, "Be quick!" ”
"Whoa!" Geng Jin glanced at Cui Quan and turned to leave.
"Virtuous nephew, why are you looking at me like this?" After Geng Jin left, only Cui Geng and Cui Quan's uncle and nephew were left in the hall, Cui Geng didn't speak, just knelt on the mat, frowned and looked at Cui Quan.
"Who taught you this?" Cui Geng didn't call him Uncle anymore, just looked at him and asked lightly.
"Who taught me?" Cui Quan's face was a little unnatural.
"Now that I think about it, there are a lot of things that don't make sense." Cui Geng tapped the table with his index finger unhurriedly, looked up at Cui Quan and said: "You left Yuyang long before the Yuyang War, and when I broke through to the south to gather, you arrived later than me?" The news of the Yuyang war is that no matter how fast it is, you shouldn't have arrived at that time, unless you are nearby, and there are those strong men brought from the south, saying that they are strong men, but they are all well-trained, even if there are often bandits in this place, but there is a difference between soldiers and ordinary villagers. ”
This is also where Cui Geng is suspicious, no matter how those people look at it, they don't look like ordinary strong men, he has been suspicious in his heart since he joined Cui Quan, but there are some things, he doesn't want to think about it, he prefers to believe that Cui is really willing to help himself.
"And!" Seeing that Cui Quan wanted to argue something, he waved his hand and said: "Before the southern gathering, the Jingzhou army has been chasing me and waiting, but after the southern gathering, I rarely see the pursuers of the Jingzhou army again, uncle, I can believe that Liu Bei is not afraid of me returning to Wancheng, but these actions have been ...... since you entered the city."
"I'm helping you!" Cui Quan couldn't help but be angry.
"The city is almost broken today, this is what you help me?" Cui Geng looked at Cui Quan and sighed: "Do you know that the lord hates the most is the person who fornicates with foreign enemies, Luoyang Yushi Zhongcheng and others colluded with Cao Jun to attack Luoyang, and finally hundreds of families in Luoyang have no life overnight, if I lose this today, I believe that my two sons have no worries about food and clothing in this life, and as long as they are not too bad in the future, they will be able to enter the official career, but the Cui family, if you let the lord know about the enemy, do you know the end?" Although Liu Bei won Jingzhou, but the foundation is not stable, you will dedicate Nanyang to this person, I don't know what benefits Liu Bei will allow you, but I dare to guarantee that the Cui family, the end will never be too good, that is, the lord will remember my affection, and will not pursue the whole family, but uncle, you are a family, I am afraid you will not be so lucky. ”
His family knows his own affairs, Cui Quan, these people, through his name, eat and take cards, but help himself seize power, this kind of thing, without his own instructions, Cui Quan can't think of it, let alone do it, now that Cui Quan has done it, I'm afraid there must be someone behind it.
Who is this man? If Liu Bei is okay, if someone in Wancheng is secretly manipulating all this, then it is a bad thing, at this time, what I am most afraid of is that someone is making trouble inside, which is also the reason why Cui Geng handed over the military power so simply, Wancheng cannot be lost, let alone lost in his own hands, otherwise even if he dies in battle, he will not have the face to see Chen Mo.
When Cui Quan heard this, his face turned pale, and his eyes were even more uncertain, and he didn't dare to look at Cui Geng.
Seeing him like this, Cui Geng was already convinced in his heart that someone was helping him make a move behind his back, and it was probably Liu Bei, so he patted the table and scolded: "Confused!" You're going to roast my Cui Shi on the fire! ”
Cui Quan was also angry and scolded: "If you hadn't been unwilling to bring up the Cui family, how would I have thought of this method!?" ”
"Do you think you helped Liu Bei, and Liu Bei will carry the Cui family?" Cui Geng shouted.
"Why not? It's better than relying on you, a virtuous person! Cui Quan said instinctively.
"You really fornicated with Liu Bei!?" Cui Geng's eyes cooled and stared at him coldly.
Cui Quan's face turned pale, looked at Cui Geng, opened his mouth and said, "Bolun, the Cui family raised you and raised you, you ......"
"Brother Zhu, come in." Cui Geng sighed and shouted outside the door.
Cui Quan turned around and saw Zhu Sheng, Huang Li and other generals with gloomy faces coming in, looking at him with unkind eyes, but it was Cui Geng who ordered Geng Jin to go out and quietly invite these people back, and at the same time sent someone to control the thirty strong men who returned to the city with him.
"This is my family history, and I shouldn't know about it, but it's about the safety of Wancheng, so I make you laugh." Cui Geng hugged his fist at Zhu Sheng and the others.
"Brother Cui is selfless, I admire him." Zhu Sheng and the others nodded, frowned at Cui Quan and said, "It's just that how to deal with this person?" ”
After all, he is Cui Geng's clan, and he is also the patriarch of the Cui family, and he doesn't know Cui Geng's attitude.
"I'm not fit to handle this." Cui Geng sighed helplessly, knelt down and said, "Brother Zhu is the master of the three armies now, so let Brother Zhu decide this matter." ”
When Cui Quan heard this, his face turned pale, and he grabbed Cui Geng and said, "Bolun, you can't ignore me!" If you don't help me, it's okay for the Cui family, how can you push the Cui family into the abyss? ”
"I'm protecting the Cui clan, if you go on like this, the Cui clan will not be wiped out!" Cui Geng shook off Cui Quan and said angrily.
"So...... Offended. Zhu Sheng saluted Cui Geng.
Cui Geng nodded and knelt aside.
Zhu Sheng looked at Cui Quan, frowned, and said: "Cui Quan, you fornicated with foreign enemies, conspired against the three armies of cholera, and according to the law in our army, you should punish the three clans!" ”
Cui Quan looked at Cui Geng with a pale face: "Burn ......"
Zhu Sheng waved his hand and said: "Don't rush for help first, you will tell Liu Bei's strategy, if you can make meritorious contributions, I can exonerate you from the court, at least I will not exterminate the clan." ”
"Then Liu Bei only asked me to join up with Burren and help Burren seize power, as for the rest, he said that someone would contact me at that time." Cui Quan shook his head, Chen Gong only asked him to bring someone to join Cui Geng, find a way to get to Wancheng, and then help Cui Geng seize power, as for the next step, no one told him.
When Zhu Sheng heard this, he frowned and looked at Cui Geng: "General, what does Liu Bei mean by this plan?" ”
Cui Geng shook his head, frowned and looked at Cui Quan and said, "Uncle, if you want to save yourself, it's best to tell Liu Bei's strategy in detail now, otherwise, I won't be able to save you." ”
"It's true!" Cui Quan wailed: "Then Chen Gong told me like this, and I was also very strange. ”
Cui Geng and Zhu Sheng didn't seem to be faking him, they looked at each other, and they were a little confused, what did Liu Bei mean? Help Cui Geng seize power?
"Could it be that there are still fine works in the city?" Zhu Sheng frowned.
"Those people he brought, arrest them, interrogate them strictly, maybe they can ask something, but the top priority is to defend the city." Cui Geng shook his head and said.
"Well, what General Cui said is very true, then this will be ...... seal" Zhu Sheng took out the seal in his hand and wanted to return it to Cui Geng.
"Let's wait for General Wenyuan to come back." Cui Geng shook his head and said.