The crescent moon dragged the thick rope that had been placed on the cliff wall in advance, clinging to the cliff wall closely, and pedaling a stone protruding from the cliff with both feet, and when she heard Lu Xun's low call, she responded: "General Lu! I'm here. ”

The echo of the crescent moon came from under the cliff, and Lu Xun breathed a sigh of relief, so he and the three or four elite guards around him pulled the thick rope and pulled the crescent up.

The first thing the young man at the bottom of the head asked when he came up: "General Lu, Fang Cai's drama... Is King Huai's spy credible? ”

Lu Xun paused, glanced in the direction where the spy left, and took a deep breath and said, "I want to come... I should have believed it. This cliff is not very high, the lord has ordered someone to drag an unclaimed body out of the mass grave two days ago, disguised as falling from the cliff, scratched the person's face, and changed into Chen Xu's clothes and ornaments, and placed it under this cliff. And you're dancing so realistically just now, you think it's done. ”

Crescent Moon nodded, tore off the human skin mask that was sticking to his face, gasped with a fine sweat, then took off the coat that Chen Xu often wore, and quickly changed into the Jingdu Guard uniform handed over by Lu Xun.

The group sneaked down another path leading from the cliff to the plain.

In Linhezhi, Ning Zheng and Ning Nanqing's convoy arrived at the post house. The head of the Linhe Post House had not yet set up the grandest banquet to entertain the Huai Wang father and son, and saw them hurriedly put down their bags and went out.

When Ning Zheng left from the inn, his gloomy face frightened the head of the inn.

Ning Nanqing persuaded on the side, but Fan Li was silent, lowered his head and followed cautiously, not daring to make a sound. A group of forty or fifty people pressed towards the command mansion with great momentum.

Ning Nan was worried about learning that Ning Zheng and his party had come to the command mansion from the mouth of the little guy who came in a hurry, and a chill rose slightly in his heart, and he sat in the main hall with his eyes closed, ready to meet the coming of a storm.

When Ning Zheng and the others stepped on the steps of the command mansion and rudely knocked on the dilapidated door, he suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were stained with red bloodshots, his eyes were bloodshot, his face was also two points pale, and he looked very tired and hasty.

The porter didn't have time to report to the front hall, so Ning Zheng rushed in with Ning Nanqing to the front hall.

Looking at the familiar figure in front of the courtyard who was rushing towards him angrily, Ning Nan got up worried, and pretended to be surprised and panicked.

"Father? How did you get here? He asked, surprised.

Ning Zheng's cold eyes swept over him, and he sneered: "Whether I come or not, don't you know?" ”

Ning Nan was worried twice, and immediately knelt in front of him.

Ning Zheng walked into the main seat of the front hall in twos and threes, and Ning Nanqing's attendant was silent, looking at the kneeling young man in the hall with a mocking expression.

"Father, son made a big mistake."

Unexpectedly, Ning Nan admitted his mistake as soon as he came up. This surprised Ning Zheng a little.

He was silent, and after a moment asked, "What are you doing wrong?" ”

Ning Nan bowed to Ning Zheng three times, kowtowed his head in a real way, and said in a trembling voice: "Son... The matter was unfavorable, and the betrayal of his master Chen Xuzhi caused his father's hard work in Jingzhou and Guangzhou over the years to fall short. ”

When Ning Nanqing heard him say this, he suddenly chuckled in his heart, and gave birth to an ominous premonition.

The young man kneeling in front of the hall leaned down again and bowed, "Please also ask my father to punish the crime!" ”

Ning Zheng frowned and asked, "Chen Xu... Treachery? What's going on? ”

"Father, half a year ago, in accordance with my father's instructions, my son met with Meng Disaster, the king of Wuhu, in Lengquanzhuang. Er and the two of them discussed the countermeasures to capture Linhe, and they attacked according to the plan, and as expected, successfully captured the Jiang clan. But when the son was helping the Wuhu King Meng Disaster to deal with the Linhe matter... However, he unexpectedly found that Gu An and Jiang Taigong, who had already died in the war, were safe and sound, and quietly moved on the Jingzhou border, trying to summon the Jiang family's Su Ling army stationed on the Jingzhou border to take Linhe back.

The son never dared to forget his father's instructions, and this time he came to congratulate him in order to uproot Gu An and the Jiang clan with the hands of the Chinese Dynasty and the Wuhu, and destroy the entire clan, and then take advantage of the discord between Meng Disaster and the leader of the clan under his command, Huang Man, to turn the Wuhu into a line of King Huai. There was such a big mistake, and the son was so anxious that he hurriedly ordered someone to investigate the cause of the incident. Let's do it

Only then did I realize that it was my master Chen Xu who secretly stole the beams and changed the pillars and saved the Jiang family and Gu An, although we did not inform them of our plan, but gave them a chance to breathe. The son is really incompetent, and the development of things after that is more and more difficult to control... That's what we are today.

Except that my son didn't do it... The son also feels sorry for his father, and even more so for his third brother. ”

He explained in detail what happened, and his sincere words were true everywhere, as if there was really such a thing, which made Ning Zheng a little suspicious of his guess. He didn't answer.

Ning Nanwu kowtowed again, bowed and said, "Son... I never found out in advance that my master Chen Xu had a feud with my third brother.... This made a big mistake, and afterwards I was afraid of my father's scolding, so I hid in Linhe, thinking about finding out the truth and then revealing my father. Can... Now it's too late. ”

"What is the deep hatred between Master Chen and your third brother?" Ning Zheng had never heard such rumors, his eyebrows were covered with a layer of frost, and his eyes were sharply staring at the young people in the hall.

Ning Nanwei continued to joke: "Master Chen's only beloved daughter once fell in love with a Chinese and North Korean spy and agreed to elope. The matter was suddenly discovered by the third brother and severely punished. Unexpectedly, the daughter of Master Chen couldn't bear the torture of her reputation being damaged and scolded by thousands of people... fled with the Chinese and North Korean spies, and finally died of martyrdom on the cliff.

Chen Shigong believed that the third brother forced his daughter to death, so he held a grudge and used the battle between his son and the third brother in Kunling... He actually described the Kunling incident in detail according to his son's notes, and handed it to Emperor Wei on a note. Immediately afterwards, he ordered Lu Xun to buy a large number of silk silks in the tone of his son, wrote a large number of letters of condemnation, sent people to quietly send them into the capital, spread them all over the streets and alleys, and secretly sabotaged his son's plan with the Chinese Dynasty and Meng Disaster. ”

He made up the details of the matter without loopholes, and even took out evidence that Chen Xu had secretly reported to Jiang Taigong and Gu An, and those letters were all written by Zhou Yuanmo in advance in imitation of Chen Xu's notes.

Zhou Yuan's imitation writing is unique in the world, but I am afraid that now Chen Xu can come back to life, standing in front of the hall, looking at these letters, he will also be confused.

Fan Li took the letter from Ning Nan's hands and handed it to Ning Zheng.

He glanced at it a few times and determined that this was indeed written by Chen Xu himself.

Ning Zheng had already believed half of Ning Nan's words in his heart, but he still maintained a skeptical attitude and said: "That is the case... You tell the widow, where is Chen Xu? The widow went to interrogate him. ”

Ning Nan trembled, hung his head, his face turned pale, he bit his lip and didn't say a word.

Ning Zheng made a calm face and snorted coldly: "What? If you want to call Chen Xu over, you can't do it? ”

The young man in the hall shook his head and said, "That's not the case... It's just that... It's just that after the son investigated clearly, he immediately pressed Chen Xu into the Jing Governor's Guard. I plan to press him into the capital after the year and explain everything to my father, but... Unexpectedly, just today, Chen Xu unexpectedly escaped from the custody of Jing Duwei. Before the father arrived at the mansion, the son sent Lu Xun to chase him, but he had not returned at the moment. ”

Ning Nanqing, looking at the middle-aged man sitting on the side as if he believed Ning Nan's words, his indifferent and angry expression seemed to be shaken a little, and his heart involuntarily trembled, and he immediately asked: "With the strength of the Jing Guard, how can a powerless soldier like Chen Xu escape?" Second brother Mo is not joking? Or was it lax control that let the culprit go? ”

On the one hand, this is to remind Ning Zheng that things are not so simple, and on the other hand, he also uses this incident to satirize Ning Nan's unfavorable handling and incompetent control. He always wanted to get some benefits from Ning Nanwei's Jing Inspector Guard, and even wanted to take away the seal of his Jing Du Wei from him, so he continued to plant spies and dead soldiers around Ning Nan Wei over the years.

Ning Nan's dark eyes looked at the young man sitting in front of him, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked, and replied, "Even if it is the Jing Inspector... can't fight a strategist like Chen Xu. Brother don't believe it. The emperor's grandfather handed over the Jing Du Wei to his younger brother, but the younger brother mismanaged it, resulting in frequent infighting between the Jing Du Wei... It's a shame to say that my brother is so incompetent, which can be regarded as living up to the expectations of the imperial grandfather. It's just that Jing Duwei got the edict of the emperor's grandfather, and he only obeyed his younger brother in this life. Even if the seal was hidden by others. Jing Douwei also only recognizes people, not seals. ”

He talked about his incompetence, and also secretly reminded Ning Nanqing that if he wanted to take away the Jing Du Wei from him, it would never be possible.

Ning Zheng squinted at Ning Nan, who was kneeling in the hall, and said unexpectedly: "In this case, the widow will believe you once." ”

Ning Nan looked at him in surprise and asked, "Father, didn't you wait for Lu Xun to bring Chen Xu back... After an interrogation, make a decision? ”

Ning Zheng said expressionlessly: "I don't have to wait any longer if I want to come, Chen Xu is afraid that he has fallen to pieces at this time." ”

The young man in the hall pretended to be frightened and said, "What does my father mean by this? Lu Xun didn't return at this time, how could he say that Chen Xu was at this moment... He? ”

Ning Zheng carefully observed his reaction, and saw that he really looked like he didn't know, so he touched his smooth chin thoughtfully, and then asked tentatively: "Lu Xun chased Chen Xu, out of Linhe, which way to go?" ”

Ning Nan was stunned for a moment, and hesitated: "This... The son didn't know that Chen Xu fled from Jing Duwei, and Lu Xun took Linhe's men and horses to chase around, and there was no specific direction. Linhe City also sent people to search carefully, for fear of missing the opportunity to arrest Chen Xu. ”