The group discussed for almost a night, and it was not until the second half of the night that they mingled with the gamblers who had been fighting in the restaurant all night, and they dozed off and disappeared into the night.

When the lights of the restaurant went out and the street returned to tranquility, in an alley not far from the restaurant, four or five people hurriedly jumped off the wall and disappeared into the alley.

On the second day and night, as before, after inspecting the defenses of the various gates in the city, he returned to his residence in the rear of the Yahou of Shangdang County, preparing to rest for a while and waiting for the arrival of the storm.

In recent days, he has been exhausted by a series of disturbing events in the city.

The poisoning has not been thoroughly investigated, and the clansmen of the noble Dongguo clan and the Pan clan in the city secretly opened the south gate early this morning and escaped from the city.

Due to the shortage of their own soldiers and horses, compared to the north gate facing the Qi army, the south gate and the west gate, which were not very important, have always been guarded by the nobles in the city organized and led by those armed people in these days.

This morning, because the heads of the Dongguo and Pan clans each fled with more than 1,000 armed people, he suddenly had doubts about the information he found last night.

"Could it be that it is not only myself who heard the news, even Dongguo and the Pan family and others also discovered the abnormality of the so-called pro-Qin faction in the city and fled in advance."

Zhu Lihua was extremely depressed in his heart, because the ending that was about to be bright suddenly became confusing, which made him not worry.

It's just that after some weighing, he still decided not to startle the snake first, and still implement the plan set by himself, Gao Yunce and others last night, lest the nobles who discussed and rebelled last night make trouble in advance when their nerves were tense, and a fight occurred, which would cheapen the people of Qi in vain.

Thinking about the more than 2,000 armed people who were taken away by Dong Guo and the Pan family, Lu Lihua's heart ached, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel worried.

Just as he was about to sleep, Lu Lihua suddenly heard someone from outside the door hurriedly report that Xizihui was asking to see him, which made him a little surprised.

During the day, because Dongguo and the Pan family escaped, Zhu Lihua took the initiative to hand over the responsibility of guarding the south gate to Xi Zihui, the leader of the rebellion last night, and let him be fully responsible for mobilizing manpower, while he only sent a thousand-man team of Tang Yuan to help defend the city.

It is said that Xi Zihui should contact the Qi army outside the city and prepare to attack the city secretly, why did he suddenly come to see him?

This made Zhu Lihua suddenly a little confused.

When he came to the front hall, when he saw Xi Zihui, he was startled by the appearance of Xi Zihui, who always seemed calm.

I saw that Xizihui was covered in blood, sitting behind the desk and looking at Lihua tremblingly, looking depressed. Yu Lihua was frightened and hurriedly asked, "Doctor Xizi, what happened, why did you become like this?" ”

When Xi Zihui saw the arrival of Lihua, he immediately stood up from behind the case, took a few steps and knelt in the hall and said to Lihua: "General Lili, Cao Ang, Qiao Bin, Xi Yuan, and Wang Mao teamed up with Dong Guo Sen, Pan Yu intended to rebel, and fornicated with the Qi people to open the city gate at night and let the Qi army enter the city. Xizi Hui risked death to come to pray. Please also ask the general to take down the rebel thief quickly. ”

After Xi Zihui finished speaking, he immediately fell to the ground and did not dare to raise his head.

"Oh? So, Dr. Xizi came all the way from the rebel party? ”

Zhu Lihua looked at Xi Zihui with some playfulness and said in a flat tone.

"Exactly." Xi Zihui replied with a tremor in her tone as if she didn't care about Lihua's attitude at all.

"Doctor Xizi, let's talk about what happened, I'm a little curious about what happened?"

Xizihui answered the "oh" but did not raise his head and whispered:

"Dong Guo Sen, Pan Yu and some families who are usually good friends with them have been connected with the Qi people as early as half a month ago, and after I found out last night, I wanted to report to the general immediately, who knows how they learned that the matter has been revealed, so they hurriedly escaped from the party early this morning.

According to the general's orders, I divided the armed people guarding the west gate to the south gate, but Cao Ang, Qiao Bin, Xi Yuan, and Wang Mao took advantage of my unpreparedness to attack me suddenly and imprisoned me near the south gate.

If it weren't for General Tang Yuan, who was in the dark, summoning Cao Ang, Qiao Bin, Xi Yuan, and Wang Mao to the south gate to discuss the deployment, I would have taken advantage of the slack of guards to kill people and flee for my life. I'm afraid I'll never see the general again this time. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Lihua sneered and said, "Doctor Xizi, didn't Cao Ang, Qiao Bin, Xi Yuan, and Wang Mao discuss with you for a night the day and night, and are ready to invite the people of Qi to return to the party together?" How could they suddenly attack you?

Didn't General Ben hear it wrong? ”

Zhu Lihua originally thought that after his words were finished, Xizihui would beg for mercy, defend himself, and shout grievances, but he didn't expect that the man was still lying on the ground, motionless. This made Zhu Lihua a little stunned in his heart.

"General Yuli, I did discuss this matter with the four of them overnight last night, and the general's knowledge is not false."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Zhu Lihua looked at Xizihui a little strangely, and said, "In that case, I would like to know your Xizi's mental journey."

What caused you to suddenly rebel, don't tell me that your conscience suddenly discovered. ”

With a cold light in his eyes, he stared at Xi Zihui who was crawling on the ground, ready to order him to take it down as soon as he finished speaking.

Who knew that Xi Zihui suddenly smiled bitterly, raised his head, and looked at Yu Lihua with complicated eyes and said:

"Does the general know that the Xizi family was originally from the Qi country?"

"What?"

When Li Li heard this, he couldn't help but shout, and after he finished speaking, he seemed to understand something in his heart, so he frowned and looked at Xi Zihui.

Megumi Saiko smiled bitterly and continued:

"The general didn't know that the Xizi family was originally a family of Hedong of Qi State, and the two countries of Qi and Qin had been fighting each other for more than 500 years, and whether Hedong and Hexi belonged to Qin or Qi has always been a vacillating thing, so it was concluded that after the agreement between the two countries 60 years ago was bounded by Huangshui and there was no change.

So it's not surprising why the Xizi family moved to Hexi County.

However, although we have lived here for generations, these Hexi nobles have never recognized us, they have been embarrassed with my Xizi family for generations, and it is common for them to exclude each other and dump each other during the period, and even more so they have never intermarried with my Xizi family, so the weddings and funerals of the Xizi family are all with the nobles of Hedong of Qi State. ”

"So you never thought you were from Qi, and you didn't think you were from Qin, did you? That's why you feel that you take it for granted that you help the people of Qi State, yes or no? ”

When Lihua heard this, he couldn't help but sneer and said.

It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Xizihui laugh. Zhu Lihua was surprised in her heart, and raised her head to stare at Xi Zihui by the light, but

Seeing that the middle-aged nobleman had a ruddy face, he shook his head and smiled helplessly.

"Why is Dr. Xizi laughing?"

Xi Zihui stopped laughing when he heard this, looked up and said: "General Yuli, although you are very young, I, Xi Zihui, have been in contact with you for a long time, and I have found that you are very similar to Lord Zhao Zhihai in the current court, and you are thoughtful and decisive. He is indeed a hero who can achieve great things.

And you are better at using troops than the middle and bigger people, and you are also better at perceiving people's hearts, which seems to have the characteristics of both the left and the bigger people. ”

"That's enough." Zhu Lihua stretched out his hand to interrupt Xi Zihui's words, and said with a cold face: "If you think that I will not pursue your treason because of your few compliments, then you are very wrong."

Now give you another chance to convince me, for I know that you have your reasons for doing so, and I am very interested in it, and if your explanation is not satisfactory to me, then you will not have to go out of the hall again. ”

Lu Lihua's tone was cold when he spoke, and he looked at Xi Zihui coldly, as if he was ready to order his arrest at any time.

"The general will not arrest me, let alone kill me, because Xi Zihui not only did not commit treason, but also sent two big gifts to the general and the first 50,000 of the Qi army as a letter of surrender for following the general."

Xi Zihui stood up and said loudly, without the lost soul of Fang Cai, in the eyes of Zhu Lihua, he had completely recovered the chic and bearing he should have at this time. This made Zhu Lihua slightly stunned again, but the interest between his eyebrows became stronger.

"Doctor Xizi, it seems that I do underestimate you a little, frankly speaking, at this time, I don't know which of your words is true and which is false, but with my intuition, I still think I should listen to you finish speaking. I guess there will be something that interests me. ”

Xi Zihui was not surprised when he heard this, he suddenly smiled at the corner of his mouth and said:

"General, whether Xizi's words are true or false, I must not be able to hide from the general's eyes, and the words of the general who complimented him are indeed my heartfelt words, and there is no falsehood. It is because of this that I have made my current decision and choice. ”

After Xi Zihui finished speaking, he found that Zhu Lihua made a rather intriguing expression, and he still looked at the middle-aged man covered in blood under the hall with relish, as if waiting for him to continue.

Xi Zihui breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it seems that he did make the right bet today, this Zhu Lihua is not only not a murderous and stupid general, but also more intelligent than he knows.

"General, I discussed with Cao Ang, Qiao Bin, Xi Yuan, and Wang Mao about the dedication of the city to the people of Qi, but it has not yet become a fact, so at this time, the general cannot be regarded as a traitorous minister.

But I did this for a reason that I could explain to the general, and it was the first gift I ever gave to the general.

During this time, I made some clues to let General Xu know that there was a secret casino in the city, and then asked him to reveal the matter to the general, so that the general would naturally find out where the hidden rebels were hiding.

Moreover, the night before yesterday, Xizi deliberately led Cao, Qiao and others to the teahouse, also to let the general know who the rebels in this city were.

Did the general really think that I would not know that the spies who had been arranged among the people were under the command of the general?

Did the general really think that General Xu would discover those private casinos so smoothly, and that a few of us would happen to discuss such an important matter in the casino without the slightest precautions?