In addition, there are also Jian's scouts, who will gallop to the vicinity of Phoenix Castle, meet with the woodcutter who pretends to chop wood, and send the news into Phoenix Castle.

Finally, on this day, there was a movement in Jianyu.

In the hall of Geng's mansion, Ao Bai was in the main position, Geng Jimao could only stand to the side, and they all looked at Chen Shaozong who was kneeling below.

Among them, Ao Bai looked down at him and said: "The date agreed with the Dongjiang Army is almost over, and you have seen the emperor's will." As long as this matter is done, the Qing Dynasty will be knighted. Think about your mother, let her live a good life, do it well, right? ”

Returning from the scouts lurking on the seashore, the Ming army seemed to be ready and assembled a large number of ships. Just waiting for news from here, they will go north along the Yalu River and officially launch an attack.

"Adult, the villain is willing to go to the soup for the Qing Dynasty, and he will never frown." Chen Shaozong kowtowed, then looked at Ao Bai and pleaded, "Now that the villain is about to set off, if the Ming army finds out, I won't be able to come back." Can you let the villain meet my mother? ”

Since the last incident, he has been under house arrest and has not been able to contact anyone, including his mother. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he made this request to meet.

Ao Bai listened, shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't want to agree, but there was an explanation in the emperor's will last time, saying that the war is about to start here, and your mother is not safe here, so she has already sent someone to Shengjing." Over there, your mother will definitely be able to eat and drink well, just waiting for you to make a contribution, and she can also enjoy Qingfu! ”

When Chen Shaozong heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. He knew that Jianyu was blackmailing his mother so that he would not have any illusions.

This means that I will never see my mother again!

Thinking like this, his mind was a little trance, and his mind was full of his mother's voice and smile.

Seeing him like this, Ao Bai still said patiently: "Don't worry, the news of Geng Zhongming's death is not a little rumor outside." You go to meet the Ming army, there will be no danger, your mother is waiting for you in Shengjing! ”

Chen Shaozong listened to it and knew that he had no choice but to respond. Then, he listened to some details explained by Aobai, and after a little preparation, he finally got permission and went home, and sure enough, there was no trace of his mother, and there was no other accident, so he had to go on the road.

In order to prevent the news from leaking, he still went on the road alone, avoiding the main road and the crowd, as he did last few times, and went to the Yalu River.

After Zhenjiang Fort, he will soon reach the Yalu River, Chen Shaozong confirmed several times, and after finding that there was no tail behind him, he suddenly turned a corner, and did not go to the Yalu River, but went to a nearby mountain col. It didn't take long for him to dig up a baggage in a hidden place.

Then, he immediately shifted the place, found a safe place, and opened the baggage.

I saw that inside this burden were two letters and a holy decree. Although he was illiterate, he knew his own name, so he found that there was a letter with his name written on it, which was supposed to be given to him. Another letter, with the word "Lu" on it, was known to him, after all, it was the banner of Governor Lu. He probably guessed that it was for Governor Lu.

Seeing this, Chen Shaozong couldn't help but feel sad, and said to himself: "My lord, did you guess something? ”

That's right, Geng Zhongming buried this burden in advance, and only Chen Shaozong knew about it. Before returning to Phoenix Castle, he had explained to him, saying that if he had any accidents, and Chen Shaozong had the opportunity, he would come to this place to take this burden.

Chen Shaozong didn't dare to stay here for a long time, and after hiding this burden closely, he returned to the Yalu River, found the boat that the Ming army met here, and then went down the river and went straight to Guanglu Island.

A few days later, on the side of Hiroka Island, a larger number of ships had been assembled, and there were also groups of Ming troops on the island, and at first glance it was the atmosphere before the outbreak of the war.

For these, Chen Shaozong didn't have the mood of the previous few times, and just hurried to meet the governor. Even on the road, he was still urging to hurry up and see the Governor.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng was not in the barracks, he was in his governor's palace, and he was also having a headache for sudden things. He really didn't expect that the emperor would do this, which made him feel very stressed.

Hearing that his guards had reported that Chen Shaozong had arrived at the door, and his expression was a little wrong, and he was still in a hurry, which made Lu Xiangsheng a little surprised, so he had to put down the matter at hand first and see the situation on Chen Shaozong's side.

It should be about the agreed date, so let's rush over there!

After a while, Chen Shaozong hurriedly stepped into the lobby, and saw Lu Xiangsheng sitting on the main seat at a glance, and suddenly, he was like a child who had been wronged and returned home, and he came to his knees at once, and said sadly: "My lord......"

His situation suddenly surprised Lu Xiangsheng, so he put down the matter in his hand, looked up at him, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" Get up and speak! ”

Chen Shaozong did not get up as he said, but took out the package from his arms, presented it with both hands, and said with a sad voice: "My lord, the matter has been leaked, and Vice General Geng has been killed by Jianyu. This is before he returned to Phoenix Castle, buried by the Yalu River, he explained in advance, if there was an accident, he dug up this thing to see the governor! ”

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned again when he heard this, this thing was completely unexpected!

Hearing him say this, Geng Zhongming really wanted to return to the Ming Dynasty, but why, what the emperor explained was that he obeyed the will of the slave chieftain, and he surrendered by fraud, just to annihilate the Dongjiang army?

Moreover, how did such a thing leak out? If you really want to return to the Ming Dynasty, it must be top secret, the less people know, the better, but now it happened before the agreed date?

Also, before he went back, he had already anticipated it, so he made preparations in advance. But why couldn't he avoid being discovered by Jianyu and killed?

There were really too many doubts, Lu Xiangsheng stood up suddenly, strode closer, and helped Chen Shaozong up first.

In this process of support, he carefully observed the changes in Chen Shaozong's expression at close range, and did not find a trace of flaw, sadness, and never faked!

His heart was full of doubts, and he didn't bother to ask, so he took back his seat and unfolded his baggage.

Two letters, one decree!

Lu Xiangsheng first picked up the holy decree and looked at its contents.

At this glance, he was suddenly taken aback again.

This is a secret decree from the slave chief puppet emperor to Geng Zhongming, saying that Geng Zhongming is ordered to run an errand secretly, and no one is allowed to interfere, and even obeys his dispatch.

From this holy decree, Lu Xiangsheng understood that the news from the emperor's side was correct, Geng Zhongming was indeed at the behest of the slave chieftain Taiji to surrender. However, if this is the case, then why was Geng Zhongming finally killed?

Seriously, after Lu Xiangsheng read this holy decree, he was even more confused, what the hell is going on?

Thinking so, he went to look at the two letters again and found that one was for himself, which said Lu Qinqi, the governor of Baoding in the Ming Dynasty. The other one is for Chen Shaozong, but looking at the seal, Chen Shaozong should not have read it.

When he thought of this, Lu Xiangsheng remembered that this Chen Shaozong was illiterate.

At this time, he didn't care about Chen Shaozong, he sealed it a priori, and then opened the letter that Geng Zhongming gave him, and immediately read it quickly.

Under this look, Lu Xiangsheng finally understood what was going on, and he couldn't help but feel very emotional.

In this letter, Geng Zhongming told what happened. said that at the beginning, he did this at the secret order of Huang Taiji, but later, he saw the firepower of the new Dongjiang Army with his own eyes, the governor's love for soldiers like a son, the emperor's blockbuster, the people and warriors of the Ming Dynasty will have a good life from now on, and Jianyu will be eliminated by the Ming Dynasty, so he decided to fake the show and return to the Ming Dynasty.

The letter also said that in fact, he and Kong Youde originally had remorse for the year, but he was a king with a different surname on Jianyu's side, so he coveted the title and did not move, and in addition, his son had completely enslaved Jianyu, which made him also very worried. This time, he decided to convince his son to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. If the son did not agree, he tied him up. If the Governor can see this letter, it means that something unexpected has happened, and he Geng Zhongming is very sorry, he can't make meritorious contributions to the Ming Dynasty and live up to the expectations of the Governor and the emperor!

It can be said that the beginning was guessed, but the ending was not guessed. I didn't expect the intermediate process to be so complicated!

When he lamented Geng Zhongming, he also had other feelings.

In this letter, Geng Zhongming did not hide it, it was because of the strength of the Ming Dynasty that these people who rebelled against the Ming Dynasty had the intention of returning to the Ming Dynasty. This means that no matter what happens outside, only Da Ming itself is strong, so it has enough deterrent power to suppress the Quartet!

And now, all this is the result of the emperor's lack of sound. Geng Zhongming praised Lu Xiangsheng in the letter, but he disagreed. If there was no wise and martial emperor, how could he have achieved these achievements of Lu Xiangsheng today!

Let these old generals return to the Ming Dynasty, after all, it is the emperor's credit!

Feeling these things, Lu Xiangsheng put down the letter in his hand, picked up another letter, and then said to Chen Shaozong, who had already stood up: "This letter is for you, and the official will read it to you?" ”

"Thank you, sir!" Chen Shaozong heard this, and hurriedly replied, "The last general is illiterate, and he can't read the letter!" ”

So, Lu Xiangsheng opened the letter and read it to Chen Shaozong.

In this letter, Geng Zhongming first apologized, saying that he actually used Chen Shaozong to do this matter in the beginning, hiding Huang Taiji's will.

Subsequently, he roughly explained that he finally decided to fake the show, and he really wanted to defect to Daming. If you read this letter, something must have happened. If it's possible, help him take care of Geng Jimao, even if he is imprisoned, just don't let him accompany Jianyu to fight against Daming.

In the end, he mentioned some past events when he was still in the Dongjiang Army, and about the two of them, he said that he missed Yunyun very much.

Listening to the content of this letter, although Chen Shaozong was a veteran of Liaodong, tears couldn't stop pouring out. He knelt down again and said very resentfully: "My lord, Vice General Geng must have died on his unfilial son. At that time, that Geng Jimao came to find the last general......"

He then talked about the situation that day, and when he heard Geng Zhongming shouting "Killing the captives and hating", and temporarily pulling a Jianyu back, he was even more sad and indignant, and when Geng Jimao obeyed Jianyu's words, and also spoke disrespectfully to Vice General Geng, and did not have the duty of being a son, he gritted his teeth even more.

Speaking of the back, he looked up at Lu Xiangsheng and asked with tears: "Jianyu is hiding in Geng's mansion, it must be Geng Jimao who lured the wolf into the room; Also, Vice General Geng has always been cautious, so Mao Dashuai was able to hand over the account books to Vice General Geng to take charge of it. If it weren't for his unfilial son, Vice General Geng would definitely not have a problem. This Geng Jimao, when he heard the news of Vice General Geng's death, even scolded him for being old and stubborn, and it was not a pity to die. Lord Governor, this kind of brute, it should be thunder and struck one day, and the last general implored the Governor to uphold justice for Vice Admiral Geng and kill this brute! ”

For the Chinese, for thousands of years, filial piety has been emphasized. In the feudal dynasty, it was even more important to rule the world with filial piety. There are not many people who can overwhelm the emperor, and filial piety is one of them.

According to Chen Shaozong's description, then Geng Jimao has committed a great taboo against the Chinese, and it can be said that there will definitely be no one who is not angry about it. And Lu Xiangsheng is a Confucian disciple, so he attaches more importance to these. Therefore, when he heard it at this time, of course, he was also very angry, and immediately said: "If Vice Admiral Geng knew about these things before writing this letter, this official believes that he will definitely not let you take care of this beast again!" ”

Speaking of this, his heart suddenly moved, and he said to Chen Shaozong: "This official promises you, I will send troops to attack Phoenix Castle and avenge Vice General Geng!" ”

After saying this, Lu Xiangsheng stared at Chen Shaozong's eyes, wanting to see what his reaction was?

If Chen Shaozong responded immediately, Lu Xiangsheng would suspect in his heart that all of this was a bureau set up by Jianyu, and the purpose was to lead the Dongjiang Army into their trap.

But it was clear that he was overthinking. Seeing that Chen Shaozong heard this, he immediately shook his head and said: "No, no, no, Lord Governor, don't go, Jianyu already knows that they must have ambushed heavy troops." They put the last general back, just to let the last general lead the Dongjiang army ashore. Your Excellency the Governor, you must not go! ”

Seeing him speak, he even looked a little anxious, as if he was afraid that he still insisted on going, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, it's good that he is not the kind of person who is a big traitor!

However, he still had some doubts in his heart, so he immediately asked Chen Shaozong: "You are dedicated to Daming, and the official is very happy." But Jianyu is not a fool, why would they believe you and let you out? ”