Peng Yongzhen, who was already in a state of confusion, frowned even deeper when he heard this, and only said that the Shandong army sent someone to urge the warm clothes promised before, so he wanted to send a subordinate to send him away. But when the words came to his lips, he changed his mind again, and made up his mind: "Invite someone in." At this time, he didn't want to offend the Shandong army anymore.

After a while, Zhu Wu was brought into the tent, and after he bent down and sat down, Peng Yongzhen asked with concern: "Counselor Zhu, has Sun Xuan's injury improved?" To be honest, I was thinking about paying a visit just now. ”

"With Lao Peng's concern, my general has improved, but because he is injured, he can't move around for the time being." Zhu Wu smiled and said.

"Well, then, are you here for those warm clothes? I'll let people go to the camp to prepare, and send it to ...... when the time comes" Since he had agreed before, Peng Yongzhen did not hesitate or make any more difficulties this time, and without waiting for the other party to mention it, he made arrangements first.

"Thank you for your assistance, and thank you for your help on behalf of the officers and men of the Shandong Army." Zhu Wu hurriedly hugged his fists and thanked him, and then smiled and said, "But I'm not just here to get these things, in fact, there is another thing I want to discuss with the ruler." ”

"Oh, but what's the matter, let's hear it."

Zhu Wu was not in a hurry to say something, but his eyes fell on the few pro-soldiers in the tent. Peng Yongzhen immediately understood what he meant, so he waved his hand and motioned for a few people to withdraw first. It wasn't until there were only two of them left in the account that he whispered: "Regarding how to deal with Zhao Siliang, you and I must have a consensus." ”

"You ......" Peng Yong's heart suddenly trembled, and then he understood the truth of this matter, I am afraid that Zhao Siliang's death is really inseparable from the Shandong army. This made him feel a sudden fear in his heart, and even his eyes changed a little. But as soon as the words that broke everything came to his mouth, he swallowed it back, even if he was seventy or eighty percent sure that the person was killed by the Shandong army, but in the absence of evidence, the other party would never admit it, and saying it at this time would only make the harmonious scene stiff.

After his mind turned quickly, he looked at the other party and said, "I don't know what Sun Chen's plan is?" ”

"Zhao Siliang's wolf ambition actually wants to disturb the hearts of our two armies, which is really a crime that cannot be punished. Therefore, in the eyes of our general, this person must have colluded with the anti-thief Fang La gang early on, so he made this series of things, and this matter must be reported to the imperial court as soon as possible, and he will be punished properly. I don't know what Peng Chan thinks? Zhu Wu said, a pair of eyes were already fixed on the other party's face, and Peng Yong's heart was furious.

After a while, he said slowly: "You mean that you and I will sign and report the truth of this matter to Zhu Shuai?" He deliberately emphasized the word truth.

"It's not just Zhu Shuai, but also Bianjing. After all, the stakes are high, and you can't be cautious. I don't know what you think? Zhu Wu said a bolder and more decisive way.

This time Peng Yongzhen could no longer keep calm, and the surprise on his face was completely expressed: "You...... You are so bold...... "As a ruler all the way, the official is in the fourth grade, and they are indeed qualified to bypass Zhu Mian and go to the court alone, but this is something that has never happened in the army in the past, after all, in terms of rules, Zhu Mian is their top boss, and they can report anything to Zhu Mian first, and then report it to the court after his ruling. And bypassing him and playing directly to the court, if you say that it is light, you will despise your boss, and if you say it is heavy, you will turn your face against it!

If it was another time, even if he borrowed a few courages from Peng Yongzhen, he would not dare to agree to do such an outrageous thing with Sun Tu. But in this situation, Zhao Siliang has already died in his own camp, and he also promised to give winter clothes to the Shandong army free of charge, which is enough to make Zhu Mian believe that he is going to be an enemy with him. So if you think about it carefully, there is actually no difference whether you can get on this trick or not.

No, there are still differences. If you don't play this way, you will be very passive, but if you do, at least there is an alliance of Sun Tu, and it occupies a certain initiative. If the imperial court really investigates this matter strictly, it will also be a big trouble for Zhu Mian, maybe the other party will settle the matter and endure this breath!

The more he thought about it, the more Peng Yongzhen felt that the benefits of doing this would outweigh the disadvantages for him, and it also made him change from resistance and fear at the beginning to recognition. Although he is a military general, his mind is definitely not stupid, otherwise it would be impossible to dominate such a high-ranking official all the way.

So after being entangled and silent for a long time, he finally nodded: "It's not that this matter can't be done." However, there is one thing that the official has to make clear, just last night, Zhao Siliang died of his injuries and died in the tent, so it is impossible to take his confession or punish him canonically. ”

Zhu Wu smiled secretly in his heart, this should be the condition proposed by the other party - that is, the Shandong army testified that Zhao Siliang was killed because of the attack on Sun Tu, and finally died, but it has nothing to do with the Huainan army. As long as the Shandong army and them make a unified confession, the two sides can reach an agreement and report together.

Sun Tu had already guessed about this, so Zhu Wu nodded without hesitation: "Of course, it was cheaper for him to let him die so happily." In this case, let's write a complete military report, and jointly play it, and send it to Jinling and Bianliang at the same time, how about it? ”

Peng Yongzhen was still a little entangled in his heart, because he knew very well that in this way, he would have no way back and would become Zhu Mian's enemy. But soon, he still gritted his teeth and nodded: "According to what you said, we will report it jointly!" "Zhao Siliang's death has cut off his back road, and there is indeed only one way left at this time, as for life or death, it can only depend on luck.

Zhu Wu immediately took out a military report that had been written long ago from his arms and went over, Peng Yongzhen didn't ask, he took it and read it directly, and nodded after a while: "It seems that Sun Qizhi has indeed made all the preparations, and he also guessed the fate of Zhao Siliang's own fault, so according to what you said, let's play it together." So saying, he had lifted a stroke, signed his name, and stamped his stamp on paper, so that there was no possibility of changing it.

Zhu Wu took it carefully, and said with a smile after reading it: "I believe this is the best result for you and my two armies." Now that the internal troubles are eliminated, it must be possible to sweep away the anti-thieves in Jiangnan soon and achieve a great achievement! ”

"I hope so." Peng Yongzhen said in a low voice with some unconfidence. He knew very well that from now on, his Huainan Army would also be the same as Sun Tu's Shandong Army, becoming a thorn in Zhu Mian's side, but he didn't know what would be waiting for him next......

No matter what he thought, Sun Tu would not have any delay this time, and on the same day, he sent someone to send two joint military reports to Jinling and Bianliang on a fast horse. And five days later, he sent it to Zhu Mian's desk.

After seeing this military report, Zhu Mian, who was not in a very good mood, was even more furious, and directly overturned the coffee table in front of him, and shouted angrily: "Waste, Zhao Siliang, this waste!" Sun Tu, Peng Yongzhen, you are so bold, you actually dare to kill my people, and you still splash such a big basin of dirty water on my head, do you really dare not kill you! ”

He was really angry, because he had never been framed like this. In the past, only he, Zhu Mian, used all kinds of conspiracies to frame his opponent, and no one dared to use such means to deal with him. And what made him even more unacceptable was that it was clearly written in this military newspaper that another military report with the same content had been sent to Bianliang, which made him unable to hide it if he wanted to!

Seeing that Zhu Mian was angry, all the people in the hall were silent, and those slaves knelt directly on the ground, not even daring to breathe too hard, for fear of provoking Zhu Shuai's anger and becoming the target of anger. Only Xue Xian, a close confidant, dared to step forward at this time, picked up the military report from the ground, and read it carefully.

"Xue Xian, do you think there is any room for redemption in this matter? Is there a way I can refute them? That Zhao Siliang is my person, once he is really identified as colluding with Fang La, even I can't get out of it. After snorting and angry for a while, Zhu Mian finally calmed down a little and thought about what to do to remedy it.

Xue Xian shook his head helplessly after thinking for a moment: "Zhu Shuai, I'm afraid this matter is embarrassing." Fang La was originally a problem that the imperial court would like to eradicate, and now they forcibly pulled it together with Zhao Siliang, which would inevitably make the Son of Heaven angry, and even Taishi Cai might not be willing to excuse him. ”

"But after all, he is a child of the clan, how can he collude with the thief?"

"This is the key, although Zhao Siliang is a side branch of the clan, he is the ...... of Taizu's lineage."

Just this sentence made the anger on Zhu Mian's face quickly turn into horror, he had already understood, this matter was really more serious than he thought. Now the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is a descendant of Taizong, and Taizong's means of succeeding to the throne back then were not so open, which made Taizu's lineage have always been a taboo in the court. Now some people say that the descendants of Taizu have colluded with the anti-thief Fang La, I am afraid that it will be deeply in line with the hearts of some people, and maybe there are still people who want to make a big fuss about this!

Thinking about it like this, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Zhu Mian's body, and he suddenly realized what a huge mistake he had made before, and it could even be said to be fatal.

"So Zhu Shuai, what we have to do now is not to excuse him, but to quickly think of drawing a clear line with Zhao Siliang, otherwise if someone is used, the consequences will be really hard to say." Xue Xian proposed with a solemn expression.

After another silence, Zhu Mian finally nodded helplessly, admitting that he was defeated in this battle, defeated by generals like Sun Tu who were not in his eyes before. After a while, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes: "Sun Tu, and Peng Yongzhen, I will make you pay the greatest price this time, so that you will be ruined and have no place to die!" ”