"Your Highness, the imperial court has sent troops. Not only did the Right Yulin Army be dispatched, but the Longwu Army stationed in Xiangzhou also made a move and was allocating grain and grass. ”

Bianzhou, Dongping Palace.

With Zhang Hui's death, Zhu Wen's private life became more and more chaotic, first occupying the concubine of his righteous son Zhu Yourang, and then becoming Zhang Yan's daughter-in-law. If it weren't for the frequent Xuanwu wars now, he would have wanted to go to Luoyang again.

But even so, he took concubines aggressively.

When Zhang Hui was there, there were only a few concubines in the house, but now there are dozens of people, many of whom were given to him by his righteous sons.

Even Zhu Yourang found a few beauties from the Western Regions to give to Zhu Wen, satisfying Zhu Wen's lust. You must know that Zhu Wen learned that Li Ye had accepted a beauty from the Sage Department as a concubine, and Zhu Wen had the meaning of comparison.

Now that Li Keyong has been eliminated, he has become the largest feudal town, with an army of more than 200,000 and occupying the hinterland of the Central Plains.

In his opinion, the court of Chang'an is a small court in a corner, if he didn't know that his current strength is not good, he even has the idea of becoming the emperor.

"Is the imperial court planning to do something to Cheng Xiao?"

Hearing Jing Xiang's report, Zhu Wen not only did not drive away the beautiful concubine in his arms, but instead went up and down, which made the beautiful woman in his arms angry.

Jing Xiang glanced up, then quickly lowered his head, not daring to look again.

"Back to Your Highness, it should be."

"Cheng Wei had already asked this king for help before, but at that time we were at war with Shi Pu, and we didn't pay attention to Cheng Wei.

Now that the imperial court has the intention of calming Jingnan in one go, Shi Pu now has more than 10,000 troops in his hands, and he is probably not the opponent of the imperial army.

If you continue to sit and watch the imperial court pacify Jingnan, it will be even more unfavorable to this king. ”

"Your Highness, we shouldn't meet with the swords of the imperial court at this time." Jing Xiang hurriedly persuaded.

"Sir, that's a mistake. You can't let the imperial court pacify Jingnan so easily. Send someone to tell Cheng Wei to make him tougher, and say that this king will send an army to support him. Zhu Wen showed an indescribable smile.

"Your Highness!" Jing Xiang hurriedly persuaded, "Now the Xuanwu army is attacking Xuzhou. Zhu Jin is also harassing my Xuanwu army on the side, and at this time, when he meets the swords and soldiers of the imperial court, it is very likely that the imperial court will deal with His Royal Highness like it did with Li Keyong. ”

"The court doesn't have that courage." Zhu Wen sneered, "Sir, don't worry, this king doesn't plan to really send troops, make a show, give Cheng Wei a little confidence, and let him raise troops against the court." ”

Jing Xiang relieved his heart at this time, "Your Highness is wise, but the lower officials are too worried." ”

"But you're right, this Zhu Jin and Zhu Xuan brothers are really hateful. By the way, let Youyu take an army of 30,000 to crusade against Zhu Jin and teach this guy a lesson. Zhu Wen commanded.

Thinking of the news he heard during this period of time about the close relationship between his eldest son Zhu Youyu and Ge Congzhou, the envoy of the Zhongwu Army, although Zhu Wen felt that someone was deliberately slandered, he had to guard against it.

The former is his eldest son, brave and resourceful; The latter is a general under his command, a loyal military envoy, and holds a heavy army.

Moreover, Ge Congzhou is not an old man who follows him, the other party surrendered to him after the defeat of Huangchao.

It is better to believe that it is there than to believe that it is not.

Although you can't doubt your eldest son because of this, it is necessary to separate the two.

I have to say that Zhu Wen is indeed enough to deceive people.

If there was no support from Zhu Wen, maybe Cheng Wei would not have the courage to rebel against the imperial court, but when he raised the anti-flag, Zhu Wen would not admit it.

Not to mention that Pan Zhang and Lei Man immediately found excuses to deal with him, and the garrisons in other states in Jingnan would not let go of this opportunity to make meritorious contributions to the counterinsurgency.

。。。。。。

"Traitor, this traitor. and Zhu Wen, who actually didn't believe his words, and he was still the king of Dongping. ”

Seeing the army outside the city, Cheng Xiao was so angry that he was furious at the Jiedu Embassy, but what was the use of this?

If he was willing to cooperate before, the imperial court might let him continue to serve as a festival envoy. Even if he doesn't serve as a festival envoy, he will be assigned a relatively good idle position.

But now he has become a rebel, and the only way to wait for him is death.

"Jie Shuai, it's useless to say this now. If it drags on any longer, I'm afraid we will have internal problems. Liu Changmei said anxiously.

It turned out that when the imperial army surrounded Jiangling, it was said that if someone abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, he could not be blamed for the past, of course, this did not include Cheng Wei.

This is also the reason why the army outside the city has not attacked the city.

"Damn, a bunch of traitors. General Zhao, you send me an army to patrol strictly, as long as someone betrays the commander, no matter who it is, he will be killed on the spot, I want to see who dares to betray! Cheng Wei commanded his subordinate general Zhao Wu.

"Yes, Jie Shuai!" Zhao Wu clenched his fists and took the order.

"And Jinyiwei's Qian Ruoyu hasn't been caught yet?" Cheng Xiao asked suddenly.

Qian Ruoyu was the person in charge of the Jingnan Jinyi Guard, and two days before Cheng Wei decided to resist the imperial army with the support of Zhu Wen, the Jinyi Guard had disappeared. Most of the Jinyi guards, including those in Jiangling Mansion, have disappeared, and there are only three or two kittens left in the yamen of the Jinyi Guard.

Unlike other places, Jingnan's Jinyiwei is a righteous and bright existence, with a yamen.

However, Jingnan's Jinyi Wei doesn't care about local government affairs or military affairs, anyway, he is mysterious and secretive.

Cheng Wei knew that Jinyiwei was the eyes and ears of the saint, and the local feudal towns could not control Jinyiwei, and its existence made Cheng Wei like a fish in his throat. So when he decided to raise troops, he immediately ordered the arrest of the Jinyi Guards in Jiangling City and those officials loyal to the imperial court, but who would have thought that all the high-ranking officials of Jingnan Jinyi Guards were gone.

Liu Changmei's face was embarrassed, "Jie Shuai, Jinyiwei should have noticed it in advance, so he hid it early." They could only be caught unless they were searched all over the city, but this was a bit difficult. ”

"Then patrol strictly, if there are suspicious people, they will be arrested, and Ben Shuai will not believe that he will not be able to catch these rats."

"Yes, Jie Shuai!"

That night, as one of Cheng Xi's two generals, Xu Zheng came to his mansion at the invitation of Yin Liu Changmei of Jiangling Mansion.

Seeing that Liu Changmei invited herself at this time, although Xu Cun had some guesses, he didn't dare to make a decision without permission.

"Liu Fuyin, what are you doing with this general?" Xu Cun said impatiently.

"General Xu, don't worry, in fact, it's not that the official wants to see you, the official is also entrusted by someone to invite General Xu to come to the mansion for a gathering." Liu Changmei said.

"Who wants to see the general? I don't know where to come to the general's house. Before Xu Cun finished speaking, he was startled by the man who came out of the inner room, "You, you... Why are you here? ”

"Where does General Xu think the capital should be?" Qian Ruo smiled foolishly.

It turned out that the person who came out of the inner room was Qian Ruoyu, the head of the Jingnan branch of Jinyi Wei, who had been missing for many days.

Xu Cun now understands why Liu Changmei has arrested Jinyiwei for so many days, but he has not caught any valuable people, and he has been hiding in Liu Changmei's mansion for a long time.

So Liu Changmei himself is a person from Jinyiwei, or he has been rebelled by Jinyiwei.

But he felt that the other party should be the latter, because Liu Changmei was an old man who followed Cheng Wei, and many plans were planned by Liu Changmei.