The envoy sent by Yingbu to contact Peng Yue is called Zong Teon, who is the absolute confidant of Yingbu who has followed Yingbu for many years, and is currently appointed to the position of Langzhong in Linjiang, waiting for several days, and finally after getting a positive answer in Peng Yue's mouth, the overjoyed Zong Teon quickly said goodbye and left Chen County, and hurriedly returned to Linjiang to return to Yingbu.

When Zong Teon returned to Linjiang Mainland, Yingbu had already left the Jiangling National Capital with the honor guard of the princes and kings, and went north to the vicinity of Deng County. What is Peng Yue's reply? ”

"Congratulations to the king, Peng Yue's puppet agreed, he is willing to take a risk and use this opportunity to assassinate Xiang Kang, the tyrant."

Zong Teon's answer made Yingbu overjoyed, and when Yingbu hurriedly asked for details, he also learned that Peng Yue began to have an ambiguous attitude, or after repeatedly thinking about it for several days, Peng Yue met Zong Teon alone, and secretly agreed to use the opportunity to assassinate Xiang Kang, and the condition proposed was that if it came to fruition, Yingbu must help Peng Yue send troops to capture the old land of Chu such as Dangjun and Surabaya, and help Peng Yue establish himself as the king of Chu on the old land of Chu; If the situation fails, Yingbu must help Peng Yue escape to Linjiang to hide and provide safety for Peng Yue's family.

"Not excessive, these conditions are not excessive." Yingbu Daxi said: "As long as he Peng Yue dares to do it, even if the matter fails, the widow will definitely ensure the safety of his whole family." ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has the courage to agree to Peng Yue's request for you." Zong Yue hurriedly said: "However, Peng Yue is not willing to believe the promise of his subordinate Langzhong, and asks the king to give him something before he can do it." ”

"What's that?" Yingbu hurriedly asked.

"Your handwriting, my lord." Zong Yue immediately said: "Peng Yue wants the king to give you white silk and black letters, personally make a letter to promise to help him become king in Chu after the matter is completed, and protect the safety of his family after the defeat, and ask the king to stamp your Linjiang King seal on the paperwork, and then he dares to take the risk." ”

Of course, no matter how reckless Yingbu was, he didn't dare to be careless in this kind of thing, so after listening to Peng Yue's request conveyed by Zong Jiu, Yingbu's heart suddenly beat a little drum, and said secretly: "This thing is not a joke, if the widow writes this document, Peng Yue's puppet suddenly turns back, and this king will have to lose his head immediately." And even if this puppet didn't sell the king, if the assassination failed and the document fell into the hands of the thieves, the king would still be a dead end. ”

With such worries in his heart, Yingbu of course didn't dare to write easily, but just thought about it and asked about the details of the time, and Zong Jiu replied truthfully, saying that when Peng Yue secretly summoned him, he hesitated for a long time before quietly making a promise, and he had doubts about Zong's unfounded words, so he put forward a request for Yingbu to leave a written promise.

After asking carefully, he didn't find any flaws, but Yingbu still refused to rest assured, and after thinking about it for a while, Yingbu came up with an idea and said: "Don't give Peng Yue a reply to this matter first, we still have enough time, so let the guards speed up their advance, rush to Chen County in front of Xiang Kang's shaft, and personally meet Peng Yue's puppet for a while, see what kind of person he is, and then make a decision." ”

After making up his mind, Yingbu decisively ordered his guards to speed up their advance, first along the Chi Road to Wancheng, and then went north to Kunyang and then directly changed the route to the east, through Zhaoling straight to Chen County, and then relied on the hard work of the guards, Yingbu and his party of more than 800 people arrived at the destination ten days in advance, becoming the first to arrive in Chen County, and was immediately warmly welcomed by Peng Yue.

This is also the first meeting between the Yangtze River water bandit Yingbu and the giant Yeze water thief Peng Yue, and then don't say, because they are both bandits, Peng Yue's first impression on Yingbu is quite good, and the bold temperament of the gestures makes Yingbu feel more cordial, and after talking about their respective experiences of gathering people to be thieves, Yingbu can't help but have a feeling of finding a confidant and a soulmate, and soon formed a friend with Peng Yue who talks about everything.

At the banquet to welcome Yingbu, Peng Yue's relatives led by Hu Yue gave a few cups of yellow soup to his belly, and soon it was Weng Ruyuan's swear words flying, which was completely the same as the bandits who had followed Yingbu for many years, and when they were happy, Peng Yue's relatives and henchmen were not only disrespectful to Xiang Kang's words, but also some people pulled out their swords and shouted while chopping the pillars, completely turning a good hall of the Marquis' Mansion into a bandit den.

Seeing this scene, Peng Yue not only did not blame at all, but also said to Yingbu with a smile: "Don't mind, the king is a puppet who has followed me for many years, and he has always been like this, and he is used to it." ”

"Don't mind, don't mind, it's also a virtue for the widow's gang of puppets to drink too much." Yingbu said something in his heart with a smile, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: "Okay, only such a puppet can dare to really follow Peng Yue to do great things." ”

Of course, the matter is not over, when they are almost drunk, they are indeed a virtuous Peng Yue and Yingbu's henchmen and relatives also played money directly in the lobby, Yingbu and Peng Yue not only did not stop them, but also each took out some money to reward their subordinates, so that they could rest assured that they could gamble, Peng Yue also asked the slaves to add wine and food to these bandits and thieves, so that they could have more fun, and then said to Yingbu: "King, if you are not interested in participating, how about going out for a walk together?" ”

Of course, Yingbu agreed, and immediately left the lobby with Peng Yue and came to Peng Yue's back garden for a walk, and then Yingbu and Peng Yue tacitly quickly put aside their respective entourage, leaving no outsiders to walk under the moon. Then it was at this time that Peng Yue suddenly said: "It seems that the king still can't trust me Peng Yue, otherwise, the king wouldn't have to come to Chen County in such a hurry to see with his own eyes what kind of person Peng Yue is." ”

"Chen Hou misunderstood." Yingbu smiled and said: "The widow is in such a hurry to come to Chen County, I really want to get together with the world-famous Chen Hou as soon as possible, there is absolutely no meaning." ”

Peng Yue smiled, too lazy to break Yingbu still didn't believe himself, just lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "It's all ready, my family's retreat has been arranged, and a sandwich wall has been built in the thatched toilet where he lived, no matter where he goes, there will be guards to protect him, but there will definitely be no one in the thatched toilet." As for the person who did it, the name of this person is Xu Chang Zhang He, I don't know if you have heard of the king? ”

"Xu Chang Zhang He?" Yingbu was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Could it be the famous strong man Xu Chang Zhang He who assassinated the Xiayi County Commander and tried to assassinate Zhong Liwu, and was wanted by the imperial court with a reward of 3,000 gold?" ”

"That's him." Peng Yue looked at the night, and replied without looking back: "When his younger brother served the Western Chu Army, he died in the hands of Zhong Liwu on the battlefield of sour dates, and he has been looking for an opportunity to avenge his younger brother all these years. I met him when I was a bandit in Junozawa, and he fled here to join me, and I took him in and had someone quietly send him a sum of money to his mother and sister, and he promised to repay me with his life. ”

At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the ranger atmosphere was still very popular, and the so-called rangers were commonplace to kill people for a little thing, and outlaws like Zhang He Yingbu also took in a lot, so after listening to Peng Yue's words, Yingbu not only did not have any surprise, but on the contrary, he was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly whispered: "Chen Hou is really worthy of being a hero, no wonder even Zhang He is such a famous strong man is willing to be used by Chen Hou." ”

"It's easy to do, but it's hard to deal with the aftermath." Peng Yue ignored Yingbu's compliment, and just said to himself: "No matter whether Zhang He can succeed or not, as long as the wall in the latrine is exposed, everyone knows that I am the most suspicious, so even if Zhang He succeeds, I can only die at the first time, and I must first pass the limelight before I can do other things." Also, everyone knows that I am most likely to go to Junozawa, so if I go northeast, I am doomed to a dead end. ”

"Chen Hou rest assured, Linjiang is in the southwest." Yingbu smiled and said, "No one would have thought that Chen Hou would go southwest in the opposite direction. ”

"Then the king can give me what I want, right?" Peng Yue smiled and whispered: "With the king's personal guarantee, that person will arrive in Chen County in ten days, and that night should be his death." But if the king still looks forward and thinks backwards, and just wants to hide on the shore and watch the ship capsize, it will definitely be too late to fill in the wall in ten days. ”

Yingbu blinked his eyes and calculated, still a little unassured, Peng Yue understood his thoughts, so he said again: "If the king is still not at ease with Peng Yue, then we will treat this matter as if this incident never happened, everyone will go their own way, in the future, the king, you will continue to be your king of Linjiang, and continue to be my Chen Hou in the future, as for our children's family affairs, the king can also decide whether to renegotiate." ”

Considering that this is his best opportunity, and Peng Yue is an outlaw who initiates madness like himself, and is still a so-called heroic warrior who regards righteousness and face as more important than life, Yingbu completely made up his mind and said in a low voice: "Since Chen Hou has said it to the point, the widow has no scruples, please Chen Hou arrange a place, and the widow will write to you now." ”

Peng Yue showed a satisfied smile, and then immediately invited Yingbu to his study to sit, Yingbu smiled and agreed, as Peng Yue came to his study, he immediately picked up the brush that Peng Yue personally gave him in front of him, and wrote on a white silk the guarantee document that Peng Yue requested, promising to help Peng Yue establish himself as king in Chu after the assassination of Xiang Kang succeeded, and also promised to take in Peng Yue and his children after the assassination of Xiang Kang failed, and protect their safety.

Then, after signing his name on the document and stamping his Linjiang King seal, Yingbu presented the document to Peng Yue with both hands, and said very solemnly: "Chen Hou, how the overall situation of the world develops depends on yours." Please rest assured that the widow will definitely fulfill his promise, and he will definitely not be as treacherous and untrustworthy as Xiang Kang. ”

"King Linjiang rest assured, if I can't trust you King Linjiang, I will never dare to join forces with you to do such a big thing."

Peng Yue replied more solemnly, and then took Yingbu's handwritten guarantee document with both hands, and carefully saw that the content was correct, Peng Yue first folded the document and put it away carefully, and then said with a smile: "It's okay, let's do it." ”

Saying this, Peng Yue suddenly grabbed the ceramic pen holder on the desk in front of him, and fell heavily to the ground, the pen holder was shattered, and before Yingbu could understand what was happening, more than a dozen Peng Yue guards rushed in the back room and outside the door at the same time, pointing at Yingbu with a spear, Yingbu was shocked and roared: "Peng Yue, what are you doing?" ”

"What for?" Peng Yue's expression was surprised, and he said with a smile: "What? King Linjiang, you haven't seen it yet? Ben Hou is capturing the rebel for His Majesty, and is ready to exchange you, a thief, for a heavy reward in front of His Majesty? ”

"You ——!" Yingbu completely woke up, and immediately jumped up to draw his sword, and roared: "Piff! How dare you lie to me?! ”

Of course, it was too late to get up and draw his sword, and before Yingbu could jump up, several strong guards had already rushed up to hold him down, and then took out the rope that had been prepared long ago to tie him up, Yingbu struggled and roared, "Peng Yue Pifu!" Have you forgotten what happened to Xiang Kang's little vertical to you? He promised to make you Chu Xiang, did he fulfill his promise? Did you keep your promise? ”

"King Linjiang, who told you that His Majesty promised to make me the Prime Minister of Chu?" Peng Yue asked very strangely, and said: "My Chu Xiang was sealed by myself, the Chu King Jingjia I supported is dead, and my self-appointed Chu Xiang should also leave his post and go into hiding, Your Majesty read on my previous merits, not only gave me the famous city of Chen County, the Central Plains, but also gave me four other counties of food, which is already extraordinarily generous to me, what else can I not be satisfied with?" ”

After that, Peng Yue smiled again and said: "Thanks to your blessing, how can the fiefdom of the prince be bigger now, please rest assured that the king will definitely let my children and grandchildren remember you in the future, they can enjoy so much glory and wealth rewarded by His Majesty, and many of them are stained with the light of the king." ”

"Piff! Shameless villain! Despicable rats! Shaft! Piff ......! ”

Yingbu's struggle and scolding, only in exchange for a piece of sackcloth gag, after tying up Yingbu's five flowers, Peng Yue immediately sent someone to his henchman Luan Bu to give an order, let him lead the guards into the lobby, take down all the Yingbu henchmen and cronies who were already drunk, and then urgently dispatched troops to surround the post house where Yingbu was staying, and capture the entourage guards brought by Yingbu.

It was still at this time that Luan Bu's plan for Peng Yue to invite the gentleman into the urn was a little off, and some of Yingbu's guards not only refused to obediently lay down their arms and surrender, but also resisted by force and rushed out of the post house to kill people and set fire everywhere, causing a lot of losses to Chen County. However, after the situation was reported to Peng Yue, Peng Yue not only did not feel a little distressed, but on the contrary, he said with a smile: "It's okay to have a little loss, when Your Majesty's car arrives in Chen County, and you see with your own eyes the losses suffered by Ben Hou to capture the rebellion for him, you will definitely compensate Ben Hou more." ”