Wang Deren and the guards pretended to be Tang Jun, and when they entered the city, they went straight to Zuo Liangyu's mansion.

The horse's hooves rumbled, all the way to the smoke and dust, and soon, Wang Deren and others came to the outside of the Ningnan Marquis's mansion. There was a word inside, and only Wang Deren was allowed to enter the room to speak, and the rest of the people waited in the courtyard.

The main general, Wang Deren, silently accepted the order, and then he glanced at Weng Zhiqi, the deputy mayor of the Tang Army, who was pretending to be the leader of the guards, and Weng Zhiqi nodded to him encouragingly, signaling that he didn't have to panic, and he could go with confidence.

Wang Deren nodded slightly in response, and then followed the servant who ordered him to enter the mansion together.

Wang Deren, who was expressionless, walked through the hall all the way, and soon followed the servant to the reception hall in the house, and as soon as he arrived here, he suddenly gasped.

He saw that in the whole hall, there were two rows of fully armed soldiers of the Left Army, and Zuo Liangyu, Marquis of Ningnan, was sitting on the tiger head chair on the high steps with a gloomy face, only in the middle of the two rows of soldiers, a narrow passage was left for him to pass alone.

In the entire reception hall, there was silence, and even a pin could be heard falling on the ground. But it is a sword and a sword, murderous, and full of an extremely depressing atmosphere.

Wang Deren took a long breath, tried to control the excitement and uneasiness in his heart, and pretended to calmly walk slowly from this dangerous aisle to Zuo Liangyu, who was sitting on a high chair.

About ten steps away from Zuo Liangyu, a soldier of the Left Army in front of him stretched out his right hand, stopped him, signaled that he was here, and spoke to Zuo Liangyu, who was high above.

Wang Deren stopped, and bowed his fist to Zuo Liangyu on the tiger head chair: "Marquis of Ningnan, Weichen led his troops to return late, and he was ashamed, and I hope that Marquis Ningnan will forgive his sins." ”

Zuo Liangyu on the chair looked at him for a long time, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "General Wang, now that the situation is so difficult, you can still lead your troops back to Wuchang in time regardless of the hardships and dangers, which is really a rare achievement, and Ben Hou is also very pleased in his heart." The reason why I summoned you into the city today is that there are some small things that I need to ask you about first. After the Hou Hou asked, he would let the whole army enter the city from the north gate, and then the Hou would hold a feast in the city to vigorously reward the loyal and brave soldiers who returned from hard work. ”

Wang Deren smiled faintly, thanked him, and said: "Ning Nanhou, although he is dull and talented, he has also followed Ning Nanhou for many years. Ning Nanhou's approach is also for the sake of safety, and he understands and knows it very well. It's just that I want to tell Ningnanhou that since our army withdrew from Macheng, although the Tang army has been chasing after each other along the way, our army has been traveling day and night, rushing south, and finally arrived at the city of Wuchang before they caught up with our army. How Ning Nanhou wants to check it, there is no other thing to say. It's just that I hope that the Marquis of Ningnan can give a clear explanation as soon as possible, so that the soldiers of the whole army, who have suffered from the hardships of the journey, are hungry and tired, can enter the city to rest as soon as possible. ”

Zuo Liangyu laughed, stood up from the chair, and said loudly to Wang Deren: "General Wang, what you said is obvious. Ben Hou was also killed from the pile of dead people, how could he not believe that he had followed his old subordinates for many years. Moreover, it is difficult to have evidence for this kind of thing, and it is really difficult to verify. You don't have to worry too much, and stay in this living room for a while, and after Ben Hou investigates a little, he will give you a satisfactory answer. ”

Wang Deren sighed, a smile appeared on his face, but he was nervously calculating in his heart, this Zuo Liangyu said such a thing, so what kind of medicine was he selling in his heart. Now, how can he start to check and understand himself?

When he was hesitating, he suddenly saw a servant walking in from outside the living room, passing by himself, until he came to Zuo Liangyu's side.

Wang Deren saw that this servant put his mouth to Zuo Liangyu's ear and whispered a few words to him urgently, Zuo Liangyu's face changed greatly, and his brows were furrowed tightly.

After the servant stepped back, Zuo Liangyu turned his head with a brush, and his two eyes were like two sharp knives, stabbing straight at Wang Deren's face.

Wang Deren's heart was beating like a drum, and his brain was like a spinning screw disk at an accelerated pace, and he kept guessing in his heart what the servant had said to Zuo Liangyu, which made Zuo Liangyu's expression change so suddenly.

Could it be that his surrender to the Tang Army had been secretly told to Zuo Liangyu by that servant? Could it be that now Zuo Liangyu knows his plan? If so, what should I do......

When Wang Deren thought of this, he felt that it was a little difficult to breathe, he subconsciously clenched his fists, and for a while, his mind was in chaos.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu on the chair got up slowly, then came down from the high steps, and walked a few steps closer to Wang Deren before standing silently.

In an extremely calm tone, he said slowly to Wang Deren: "General Wang, just now the servants came to report, saying that the twenty guards in the courtyard now are all unfamiliar faces, and no one has seen them, and they are not the guards who followed you in the past, but why?" ”

When Wang Deren heard this, his heart was like being hit by a sledgehammer, he looked at Zuo Liangyu's suddenly cold eyes, and for a while, his mouth moved, but he couldn't say anything.

"What's the matter, General Wang, why don't you speak, you explain to Ben Hou well, these people, what's going on?!" Zuo Liangyu's eyes were like knives, and his expression became more and more solemn.

Wang Deren tried to squeeze out a smile on his face, but his voice was a little stumbling, and he replied in a trembling voice: "Ning Nanhou, this group of people is indeed not my previous group of guards. Because in the past half a year in Macheng, Zai Qin led his troops to fight repeatedly with the Tang army, and the guards around him were killed or wounded, and they were almost completely lost. As a last resort, the new personal guards were re-promoted, so these people, Ning Nanhou and everyone have never seen each other. If Ning Nanhou doesn't believe it, he can go and interrogate these people in person, and he will know what the situation is. ”

"Oh, really?" Zuo Liangyu's eyes rolled, and he shouted to the soldiers next to him: "Pass on the order of Ben Hou, quickly come to the court, and Ben Hou will personally interrogate." ”

"Order!"

Soon, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps in the corridor outside the living room, and Wang Deren turned his head to look, only to see Weng Zhiqi and nineteen other guards pretended by the Tang Army being taken into the living room by dozens of heavily armed soldiers of the Left Army.

The moment Wang Deren and Weng Zhiqi looked at each other, the corners of his mouth subconsciously moved, and the tension in his expression was quite obvious.

Wang Deren's subtle change in expression was firmly seen in the eyes of Zuo Liangyu, who had been staring at him all the time, and Zuo Liangyu, who was already hesitant, frowned even tighter.

He took two steps forward and shouted at Wang Deren: "Wang Deren, you tell you the truth, what is the relationship between you and these guards, why are you so nervous when you see them, how can you hide it from Ben Hou with such a change in expression!" Say, what's going on, you quickly tell Ben Hou from now on! ”

When Wang Deren heard this question, cold sweat trickled out from his forehead, and his lips trembled inexplicably.

Just when Wang Deren didn't know how to reply, Weng Zhiqi, the deputy mayor of the Tang Army, shouted loudly: "Ning Nanhou, it is General Wang's newly promoted escort below, Ning Nanhou doesn't know him, it's really natural, today we also see Ning Nanhou for the first time, it's really a great honor." ”

Zuo Liangyu took his eyes off Wang Deren's face and stabbed it straight on Weng Zhiqi's face, he sneered: "So, you are really his newly recruited guards?" I would like to know, is there any evidence for your statement? ”

"Absolutely." Weng Zhiqi untied the waist card from his waist, took two steps forward, and respectfully handed it to Zuo Liangyu: "Ning Nanhou, please see, this is the waist card engraved by General Wang himself, please check it by Zuo Shuai." ”

Zuo Liangyu heard this, was slightly stunned, and subconsciously stretched out his hand, wanting to pick up the waist card to check, saying that it was late, it was fast, Weng Zhiqi brushed the ground with his right hand, and took out a sharp head knife from the underwear on his chest, like a violent beast, and pounced on Zuo Liangyu in front.

Weng Zhiqi's change, Wang Deren and the soldiers of the left army in the living room didn't have time to react at all, they opened their eyes wide, opened their mouths wide to look at Weng Zhiqi who swooped in, and stood as blankly as a log, for a while, they didn't know how to react.

It was Zuo Liangyu, worthy of being killed from the pile of dead people, seeing this sudden change, he secretly said a bad word in his heart, and immediately dodged sideways, and the sharp blade, with a slight scream, passed through Zuo Liangyu's left face.

The direction of Zuo Liangyu's dodge was the side where Wang Deren was standing, and he was lucky enough to dodge this blow, and before he could let out a shout, the cold and sharp blade of another sharp head knife was tightly attached to his neck.

The person who made the shot was Wang Deren.

"Don't move! If you move again, blame me for being ruthless! Wang Deren's voice, like his expression, was as calm as water, but it was faintly murderous.

Seeing Wang Deren's quick move, the remaining twenty Tang army guards pretending to be guards also drew their heads from their chests and guarded Wang Deren in the center of the circle in an arc.

It was only at this time that the soldiers of the Left Army in the entire room reacted from the great shock, and they shouted and cursed from all directions, surrounding Wang Deren and a group of pretended guards.

Zuo Liangyu gasped, cold sweat flowed down his forehead, he turned his head slightly with difficulty, and looked at Wang Deren who was holding him hostage behind him with the corner of his eye, with a look of shock and disbelief in his eyes.

"Wang Deren! I don't expect that you have already betrayed your lord and are ungrateful, and you actually colluded with the Tang Army, and now you are still holding Benhou hostage here! Ben Hou is really blind, how could he promote you to such a ruthless and unrighteous wolf-hearted dog in the first place! Now it seems that you are more shameless, more shameless, more despicable and indecent than Jin Shenghuan, who led the army to surrender to the Tang army! Zuo Liangyu scolded sharply, and the horizontal flesh on his face trembled.

"Humph! Ning Nanhou, this change, I also have a lot of hardships in my heart, and it is difficult to describe them all here. So far, I have done this only for self-protection, and more importantly, for the whole army to not continue to die in vain. Therefore, although Ning Nanhou has the grace of supporting us, he also blames me for being ruthless. ”

When Wang Deren said this, the head knife in his right hand became more and more powerful, and it was tightly attached to Zuo Liangyu's neck.

"Oh, then, are you planning to take Benhou's life here?" Zuo Liangyu was still violent, but his voice trembled slightly.

"No, Marquis Ningnan, the general doesn't want to kill you yet, I just want to advise you, immediately surrender to the Tang army, open the door and surrender, if this is the case, it should save the lives of you, the soldiers in the city, and even the people in the city. If you really do this, I believe that Li Xiao, the king of Tang, can still be promoted and reused for people like me, and for Ning Nanhou, who returns anyway, he will be even more trustworthy and rewarded. You have to understand ......"

"Shut up! Ben Hou Sheng is a person of the Ming Dynasty, and death is a ghost of the Ming Dynasty! Encore works for that anti-thief Li Xiao! Do you think that Ben Hou is a disloyal, unfilial, ruthless and unrighteous person like you? Zuo Liangyu gritted his teeth and said this, but a sneer flashed on his face: "Tell you, Wang Deren, you are going to take Ben Hou's life today, and Ben Hou will not surrender to you and other thieves, you will die of this heart!" ”

"Yo, huh? It seems that Ning Nanhou is really a rare loyal person. Weng Zhiqi, who had not spoken, interjected with a sneer from the side: "It's just that although I am not talented, I have heard a lot about Ning Nanhou's past. You got up from a low-ranking officer, and with the capital of killing a few thieves and shedding a few drops of blood along the way, you deceived the trust of Emperor Chongzhen, and you kept being promoted, until you finally became the head of the snake army in this vast land. If you really want to talk about such an experience, there is nothing to boast about. ”

Weng Zhiqi paused slightly, and then said: "You keep saying that you are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, well, let me ask you, when the Liukou besieged the capital, Emperor Chongzhen urgently issued an order to summon soldiers and horses from all walks of life into the king of Jingqin, why did you go against the yang and yin, and sit back and watch the first emperor Chongzhen be slaughtered by thieves in the capital?" And I, Li Xiao, the king of Tang, was on an expedition to Liaodong and was fighting to the death with that Tartar, when he heard the sudden change in Beijing, but regardless of the distance of thousands of miles, he immediately led his troops to rescue. In contrast, your troops and horses were in the south of Henan at that time, and the distance between you and the Beijing division was not too far, even if you had all kinds of rhetoric, it was difficult to escape the blame! To put it bluntly, you are obviously disloyal and unjust, and you are a high-ranking rat, but you still say that you are so high-sounding, as if you are a loyal minister through the ages, it is really ridiculous and contemptible! Hmph, if I were as shameless as you and put gold on my face, I would have been ashamed to kill myself with a piece of tofu! How can you still have the face to live in the world! ”

Weng Zhiqi's words made Zuo Liangyu's face pale and his expression was very complicated, and he waited for Weng Zhiqi to finish speaking before he trembled and replied: "Hmph! Ben Hou also had a lot of hardships in the original matter, how can he explain it clearly to you thieves! Now, Ben Hou has fallen into the hands of you, and it is also fate, if you want to kill or chop, you will listen to it. However, if you want to force Benhou to surrender, you can't! ”

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