The next day, Zhou Ji first wrote a letter to report Lu Qing's deliberate sabotage to Ji Xin, and then took Zou Qi and Dou Long to escort Lu Qing's body and his men to Pingnan Wangfu to see Ji Wen.

Knowing that Zhou Ji asked to see him, Ji Wen immediately called Yang Xue, and the two summoned Zhou Ji together.

But what Ji Wen didn't expect was that Zhou Ji actually came over directly with Lu Qing's corpse, and he suddenly felt uneasy in his heart: Zhou Ji shouldn't be making trouble this time, right?

Zhou Ji ordered someone to put Lu Qing's body aside, and then knelt on one knee: "Lord Qiqi, Lu Qing deliberately destroyed the siege equipment, causing our army to be defeated and suffered heavy losses. The minister beheaded him according to military regulations and reported the matter to the king. But before Lu Qing died, he slandered the prince, saying that you instructed him to do this, so the minister specially handed over his body and 16 of his subordinates to the prince for disposal! ”

Ji Wen was shocked when he heard this passage, but fortunately, in the end, Zhou Ji chose to believe in himself, which was not too bad. So Ji Wen pretended to be angry and slapped the table fiercely: "Bold Lu Qing, you actually dare to slander this king, if it weren't for Prime Minister Sun Cheng's face, this king would punish his nine clans!" As for his comrades, they will be dragged out and cut down, and the province will harm others again. ”

Yang Xue narrowed her eyes, and then said to Ji Wen: "Lord Wang, don't be angry." Now that the siege equipment is damaged, I'm afraid it needs to be repaired, didn't the prince gather a group of craftsmen to build the garden? Why don't you send them all to the barracks to repair the equipment? ”

Ji Wen nodded: "Hmm! Concubine Ai's words are exactly what I want! Hao Yang, I ordered you to send all the craftsmen who built the garden to the barracks, no, it would be better for this king to go there himself! ”

Zhou Ji knew that Yang Xue wanted to help him, so he would take the initiative to borrow a craftsman, but he didn't expect Ji Wen to agree without hesitation, and he inevitably guessed in his heart: What does Ji Wen want to do? Was he just worried about being suspected?

Thinking about it, Zhou Ji immediately thanked him: "Thank you, Lord Wang!" ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Ji Wen personally sent the craftsmen to the barracks, accompanied by Yang Xue and Hao Yang.

Ji Wen didn't plan to leave when he came to the barracks, which made Zhou Ji even more worried, thinking that he must be holding back some bad moves.

And Ji Wen summoned the generals of Zhou Ji's army from time to time to discuss the strategy of attacking Huaiguo, as if he regarded himself as the commander in the army, which made Zhou Ji's subordinates very dissatisfied. Fortunately, Ji Wen didn't cause any trouble during this time, so Zhou Ji went to him.

Time passed little by little, and more than 20 days had passed in a blink of an eye, and all the damaged equipment had been repaired. Seeing that he was about to attack Huaiguo, Zhou Ji was worried about what tricks Ji Wen was playing, so he took the initiative to find Ji Wen.

"Lord Wang, the craftsmen have successfully completed their mission under your tireless supervision, and the prince has worked hard these days, so the minister has the courage to ask the prince to go back to the city to rest, so as not to tire out his body!" Zhou Ji took the initiative to say.

Of course, Ji Wen wants to go back to rest, but once he goes back, there is no reason to come again, and when the time comes, the credit for attacking Huaiguo will be gone, how can Ji Wen do a loss-making business. So he said: "Lord Zhou is very hard, and this king is very pleased. The body of this king knows best, and now that the war is imminent, this king, as the king of Pingnan, has to make a contribution since he is here. Of course, if Lord Zhou felt that this king was in the way, this king would immediately set off to return to the palace. ”

Although Zhou Ji was reluctant in his heart, he had no choice but to pretend to be unresponsive and thank Ji Wen for his willingness to stay.

Since he couldn't get rid of Ji Wen, Zhou Ji had no choice but to retire, and as soon as he got out of Ji Wen's tent, he met Yang Xue who came to ask for peace.

Zhou Ji wanted to ask something when he saw Yang Xue, but the current environment was not easy to talk about, so Zhou Ji had no choice but to leave without saying anything.

Yang Xue naturally saw Zhou Ji's thoughts, so she thought about how to meet Zhou Ji alone. So, as soon as Yang Xue entered the tent, she wanted Ji Wen to ask Zhou Ji about the purpose of coming, Ji Wen proudly said that he rejected Zhou Ji, Yang Xue hurriedly applauded and asked: "Does the prince think that Zhou Ji seems to be a little strange?" ”

"Is there one? This king just thinks that he has been treating this king a lot more recently! ”

Yang Xue twisted her eyebrows and thought for a moment, and then suddenly shouted: "Oops, Zhou Ji won't have discovered anything, so he deliberately acted in front of the prince!"

Ji Wen also frowned: "What can he find?" ”

"Naturally, it's Zhou Gang's business!"

"Impossible!" Ji Wen directly denied Yang Xue's words: "How could he find out about this kind of thing? Ai Concubine is too worried. ”

Yang Xue shook her head: "No! Possibly, don't forget that the prince once wrote a letter to Zhang Shumo! ”

Ji Wen gasped when he heard this: "Oops, Zhou Ji should have met Zhang Shumo when he attacked Dieling Pass, if Zhang Shumo said something, it is not impossible!" ”

"That's right!" Yang Xue nodded and continued: "Maybe Zhou Ji was just suspicious after Zhang Shumo raised Zhou Gang's matter, but then when Zhou Ji attacked the city, there was a problem with the siege equipment, and it was a coincidence that Lu Qing confessed to the prince again, Zhou Ji must have thought that the prince dealt with him because of Zhou Gang's affairs, so Zhou Ji probably regarded the prince as an enemy!" ”

Ji Wen's scalp was numb for a while after hearing this, and he quickly stretched out his hands and scratched his head: "It's going to be difficult now!" If so, would it be dangerous for King Ben to live in Zhou Ji's military camp now? Do you want to leave quickly? ”

"Lord Wang, have you forgotten how you rejected Zhou Ji just now?"

Ji Wen was even more depressed when he heard this: "Oops! Careless, concubine, what can you do now? ”

Yang Xue pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Lord Wang, do you want the concubine to go and find out Zhou Ji's tone, those are just your and my speculations just now, what if Zhang Shumo didn't mention Zhou Gang's matter?" ”

Ji Wen hurriedly nodded: "Okay, you find a chance to try him!" ”

With Ji Wen's permission, Yang Xue left alone. The more Ji Wen thought about it, the more panicked he felt, and immediately summoned Hao Yang, asked him to strengthen his guards, and wrote a secret order for people to send to Ma Hua, asking him to lead troops to be stationed around Zhou Ji on the grounds of support to protect his own safety.

After Yang Xue left, she took some snacks from the tent, pretended to send pastries to Zhou Ji and went directly to Zhou Ji.

When Zhou Ji learned of Yang Xue's arrival, he hurriedly invited him into the account and ordered people to guard it strictly to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

"General Zhou, I saw that you wanted to talk today, but what do you want to say to me?"

Zhou Ji nodded: "There are some things I want to ask Madame, does Madame know if there is any correspondence between Ji Wen and the capital?" ”。

Yang Xue glanced at Zhou Ji suspiciously, and then shook her head: "This is not very clear, why did General Zhou suddenly ask this?" ”

"It's nothing, I'm just thinking that Lu Qing shouldn't be qualified to join forces with Ji Wen, there should be someone else behind him!"