Just as the lords of this era generally have many heirs, Zhong Chuan also has many heirs, among which Zhong Kuangshi is the eldest son, and Zhong Xiuning, who married Yang Wu, is Zhong Chuan's eighth daughter and the youngest daughter, so she is extremely favored in the Zhong family. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Zhong Chuan was forced to marry Yang Wu under pressure from Huainan, her heart was full of panic, and she had to be cautious after arriving in Guangling, for fear of causing trouble.

Fortunately, after a period of understanding, Zhong Xiuning also knew that Yang Wu was not a difficult person to get along with, so she had a much easier life.

This time when she returned to Hongzhou, her purpose was to see her father for the last time, but after Zhong Chuan's funeral was over, she did not return to Guangling immediately.

The reason why this is so is just that she feels that the war between Huainan and Jiangxi is about to break out, and she wants to stay in Hongzhou to persuade her brother to surrender as soon as possible.

After living in Guangling for a period of time, she naturally has a better understanding of the strength of Huainan than Zhong Kuangshi and others, plus her father's purpose in marrying her to Yang Wu was to befriend Huainan, but now Zhong Kuangshi has to ignore the huge strength gap between the two sides and insist on fighting with the Huainan army, which is contrary to Zhong Chuan's original intention of marrying her to Yang Wu.

It's a pity that no matter how she persuaded her, Zhong Kuangshi never listened to her, and even detained Diao Yanneng and others, who were responsible for protecting her.

At this time, sitting in his former boudoir, Zhong Xiuning was full of sorrow.

One side is her husband, and the other side is her own mother's family, and it is not easy for her to be caught in the middle. His brother didn't have much assertiveness, and he was even more obsessed with the illusory power in his hands.

In order to keep his rights, he had to collude with Liu Chu and Chen Xiang, on the surface, it seemed that he was deciding everything in Hongzhou, but in fact, it was Liu Chu and Chen Xiang who had the final say, which made Zhong Xiuning anxious in his eyes.

At this time, the maid came to report that Zhong Kuangshi had come.

"My brother came to visit at this time, didn't he change his mind?" Zhong Xiuning's heart moved, and he hurriedly got up and went out to greet him.

During this time, in addition to being very enthusiastic at the beginning, Zhong Kuangshi's attitude towards her was much colder later, and he rarely came to her side.

Now that she heard that the defenders in the city had taken the initiative to go out of the city to fight with the Huainan army, he didn't go to be with his subordinates at this critical time, but ran to find her, which made her a little puzzled.

After welcoming Zhong Kuangshi in and asking him about his intentions, Zhong Xiuning immediately complained.

"Brother, since you think you are the lord of Jiangxi, you must at least have your own opinions. Then Chen Xiang and Liu Chu casually said, you changed your mind, where is the slightest bit of the Lord of Jiangxi? ”

Zhong Kuangshi was a little embarrassed by her, and then asked with hope: "So, my sister thinks that if I take refuge in King Wu, King Wu will not kill me in the future?" ”

If he has not decided to take refuge in Huainan, one is that he is still a little unwilling in his heart, and the other is that he was frightened by the words of Liu Chu and Chen Xiang, for fear that he would really be killed by Yang Wu after surrendering to Huainan to prevent future troubles.

Zhong Xiuning laughed, "Put an end to future troubles? It's not that the little sister looks down on her brother, with the brother's skills and prestige, there is no need for King Wu to come to the future trouble! ”

If someone else or someone else was ridiculed like this at another time, Zhong Kuangshi would definitely be furious, but being ridiculed by his sister like this, Zhong Kuangshi just blushed.

Zhong Xiuning continued: "Brother, think about it, now that my brother is the envoy of Zhennan Jiedu, the nominal lord of Jiangxi, except for this Hongzhou City, can there be people in other states who obey my brother's orders? ”

"Of course not, if there is, how can my brother end up where he is now!" Zhong Kuangshi sighed.

"So not to mention other states in Jiangxi, let's just say that in Hongzhou City today, can my brother really control it?"

"Of course......" Zhong Kuangshi was ready to say yes without thinking about it, but when the words came to his mouth, he remembered that the officials in Hongzhou City at this time were all his subordinates on the surface, but secretly he didn't know how many people had taken refuge in Huainan, thinking of this fact, the next two words were unspeakable.

"Yes, even Brother Hongzhou can't control it, so why is it necessary for King Wu to put an end to his brother? Unless it's possible while my father is still around. Zhong Xiuning said with a smile.

Just has a false name, but no corresponding ability and prestige, Zhong Kuangshi silently thought back and found that he really had nothing to be afraid of Yang Wu, this discovery made him not know whether he should be happy or sad for a while.

Zhong Xiuning continued to persuade: "Besides, don't talk about others, only about the descendants of Qian Biao, the king of Yue; Qian Biao and Wu Wang have been old rivals for more than ten years, and the Qian family's foundation in Zhejiang is also stronger than that of his brother in Jiangxi, and Qian Biao held on to Hangzhou at the beginning, causing great casualties to the Huainan army, and was not willing to surrender until the mountains and rivers were exhausted; In this way, his children and grandchildren are now living well in Guangling. ”

"If the elder brother can recognize the situation as soon as possible, and take advantage of the fact that the two families have not yet formed a deep feud, he will immediately surrender to King Wu, King Wu only has the reason to treat his brother preferentially, how can he kill his brother?"

Zhong Kuangshi nodded again and again when he heard this, if he talked about the grudge with Huainan, Qian Di's feud with Huainan was much deeper than Jiangxi's, and the foundation of the Qian family was deeper than that of the Zhong family, since Yang Wu could even tolerate the Qian family, he would naturally not attack Zhong Kuangshi.

However, Zhong Kuangshi still whispered: "The Qian family? How did I hear that the Qian family was not doing well in Guangling? Even those little officials dare to oppress them at will? ”

"Brother doesn't know, with King Wu's mind, how can he deliberately target the Qian family? That's just the people below doing their own thing! And don't look at King Wu turning a blind eye to these things, but he may not be protecting the Qian family by doing this! ”

"Protect the Qian family? How is this possible? Zhong Kuangshi was puzzled.

In his opinion, since it is to protect the Qian family, it should be good to them and give them preferential treatment, how can there be such a preservation as now.

"For preservation, of course! The Qian family and Huainan have been against each other for more than ten years, the two have been at war for many years, and the grudge is very deep. And now that the Qian family is living a bleak life in Guangling, the grievances of the officials in Huainan have been vented, and the sister of King Wu is married to the Qian family after all, with this relationship, the officials below dare not go too far; In this way, the Qian family can continue, isn't this a kind of protection? ”

Zhong Xiuning was just a noble daughter who didn't know anything about the world before she got married, but after marrying to Guangling in the past few years, she actually saw these things more thoroughly.

Zhong Yangui obviously didn't expect things to be seen like this, and couldn't help but be a little speechless.

After a while, he continued to ask, "Since my sister thinks that King Wu will not kill me, then why would Chen Xiang and Liu Chu say that?" Don't they see the truth in this? ”

Zhong Xiuning sneered: "That's because they have selfish intentions!" The elder brother takes refuge in Huainan, and he may have nothing to do, and he will even be treated preferentially; And if they fall into the hands of Huainan, not only will the current wealth be gone, but it is difficult to say whether they can even save their lives, of course they are unwilling to surrender! Brother, don't forget, King Wu used Chen Xiang and his brother to kidnap his brother's name in this attack on Hongzhou, and if the Huainan army captures Chen Xiang and Liu Chu and does not punish them heavily, wouldn't it be difficult to justify himself? ”

After Zhong Xiuning's persuasion, Zhong Kuangshi understood a little.

"It turns out that these two people are bewitching me for their own interests, no wonder the two of them changed their faces as soon as I mentioned surrendering!"

However, in his heart, although after the persuasion of his sister, the fear that Yang Wu would kill him to prevent future troubles has been reduced a lot, but the unwillingness in his heart still exists, and it is still difficult for him to make the decision to surrender immediately without really fighting with the Huainan army.

However, it didn't take long for news to come that Liu Chu's camp had been broken by the Huainan Army before the early hours of this morning, and Liu Chu himself was also arrested by the Huainan Army!

"It's... Is the Huainan Army really that strong? Our army didn't even have a day to go out of the city, and it was over in just one night? Zhong Kuangshi's heart was cold.

At this time, he had also seen the strength of the Huainan Army, and there was no other way out for the rest except to surrender.

"Surrender to the Huainan Army immediately, and you can't delay for a moment!" At this time, Zhong Kuangshi immediately made a decision.

"Wait!" Just as Zhong Kuangshi was about to go back immediately to gather and deploy to surrender, he was stopped by his sister.

"You are in such a hurry to prepare to surrender, what if Chen Xiang sees that the general trend has gone, and the dog jumps under the wall in a hurry and it is not good for my brother?" Zhong Xiuning asked.

"He shouldn't have that much guts, right?" Zhong Kuangshi said with some uncertainty.

"Should?" Zhong Xiuning sighed: "How can my brother be so casual about such an important matter? ”

At her suggestion, Zhong Kuangshi first sent someone to summon Diao Yanneng and asked him to try to bring his five hundred Huainan troops to the Zhennan Jiedu Embassy immediately.

At this moment, except for Diao Yanneng, the other generals in Jiangxi are not credible, and no one can guarantee that there are no people who have been bought by Chen Xiang.

After Diao Yan was able to arrive and his own safety was guaranteed, Zhong Kuangshi announced his decision to surrender.

For this decision, the people who did not want to fight anymore accepted it without any objection.

Although Chen Xiang is still a little dissatisfied, now that the overall situation has been decided, he can't help making trouble anymore.

In the afternoon of the same day, when the Huainan army completely wiped out Liu Chu's troops and approached the city of Hongzhou, they were faced with the open city gate and Zhong Kuangshi personally led people to greet him outside the city gate.