Of course, Li Zhipeng's infidelity does not mean that he was caught in an extramarital affair, or that he fell into a trap jumped by an immortal, these are not a problem for a chief military officer, and his disloyalty refers to the imperial court, which is a major crime of rebellion.

For the imperial court, disloyalty is rebellion, and there is no middle way.

However, many generals follow the middle route, neither loyal nor rebellious, at least not very loyal, but definitely not rebellious.

This incident was many years ago, when he was just a lieutenant general, the same identity as Liao Bingxun now.

That year, the Tatar iron cavalry entered the pass, and he was defending a pass, when a Jin merchant secretly came to his military camp and discussed a matter with him.

Jin Shang told him that if he did not retreat, he would be doomed to the destruction of the whole army, but Li Zhipeng knew very well in his heart that as long as he dragged the Tatar iron cavalry for a few more days, the imperial court would mobilize more reinforcements to intercept the Tatar iron cavalry.

The Jin merchant said that the Tatar chieftain King Altan appreciated Li Zhipeng's loyalty and extraordinary courage, and could not bear to see such a good general destroyed in front of the two armies, so he wanted him to get out of the way, and the king was willing to pay 50,000 taels of silver to buy the road.

Li Zhipeng resolutely refused at first, this has exceeded his bottom line, and he absolutely can't do it.

In the battle of the Tatar attack, many generals fled without a fight, even defeated the enemy, and some fled in despair, but none of these generals had any fornication with the Tatars, at least there is no evidence that they defected.

The Jin merchant told Li Zhipeng that in fact, many generals accepted the money from the king of Alta, so that they could not only get money, but also preserve their strength. If you really want to run out of your subordinates, you may be transferred to other battalions as ordinary generals, and you may even be in danger of retiring home.

Li Zhipeng didn't believe the words of this Jin merchant, and he didn't know whether this Jin merchant's words were true or false until now, that is, many of his colleagues took the money from the king of Alta to buy the road, but he really took it in the end, and sold his loyalty for 50,000 taels of silver.

Of course, he was not willing to sell himself completely, but only made way for the king of Alta, and only this time, the next time he encountered it, it was still an enemy.

Jin Shang smiled and praised him as the resurrection of Gu Liang, loyal and righteous, and this time he had to act aggrieved only for the lives of his subordinates.

Li Zhipeng was afraid that the king of Alta would deceive him, and the Tatars were notoriously untrustworthy, and the king of Alta was definitely not known for his trustworthiness, but it was normal to tear up the treaty.

Jin Shang showed a letter of guarantee written by the king of Alta, and at the same time took out a silver ticket of 50,000 taels, saying that he could pay first, even if Li Zhipeng took the money or resisted, it didn't matter, the king of Alta was confident enough to destroy him and then take the silver ticket back.

Li Zhipeng was very puzzled at the time, and said to this Jin merchant, you are also Han, why do you do such a thing of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country?

Jin Shang said very proudly, he is not collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, just doing business as an intermediary, his business is all over the inside and outside the Guan, as long as there are people, there is his business, so he doesn't care about anyone's business, as long as he can make money.

Li Zhipeng's inner heaven and man have been at war for a long time, and he understands that if he doesn't escape, the whole army will be wiped out, which is certain, but he can win a certain amount of time for the imperial court, and he can also cause great casualties to the Tatars, but let him pay thousands of subordinates and his own lives for this, but he is unwilling, because many colleagues have already fled first, only he is still stupidly resisting desperately in the back.

Escape is necessary, and the preservation of the power is the first priority, but whether or not to take the money from the king of Altan has given him a headache for a long time.

In the end, he gritted his teeth, and if he didn't take it for nothing, why didn't he take the money sent to the door?

So he accepted the money, and he also wrote a receipt very carefully, and at the same time wrote a letter of guarantee, promising to give up the pass at a certain time. However, when they met again, they were still enemies, as if they really had the style of Gu Liangjiang, and they comforted themselves.

At that time, he had a premonition that this guarantee would leave trouble, so he demanded that the king of Altan must return it to him after he withdrew from the army, and he also returned the letter of guarantee to the king of Alta.

The Jin merchant agreed without hesitation on behalf of King Alta, and said that King Alta had expected Li Zhipeng to have this request, which was a completely reasonable request, and of course King Alta would agree.

So the business between the two sides was very successful, after Li Zhipeng gave up the pass, the Tatar iron cavalry passed through the pass, and Li Zhipeng's troops were like friendly troops, and the merchant came to Li Zhipeng's barracks again, and really returned the guarantee written by him himself, Li Zhipeng's heart fell into his stomach, and he felt that he could sit back and relax.

He accepted the silver, and let out the pass can be said to be invincible, so he can only retreat, and the court can't pursue it, after all, there are too many deserters to escape, and the punishment will not win.

At that time, he was only a lieutenant general, and 50,000 taels of silver was still a huge amount of money for him, and it is still a huge amount of money now.

He thought he had done a very good job, leaving no one with any tricks, and slowly forgot about it.

A few months ago, this Jin merchant appeared again, and it was still the business of the king of Alta, and this time he still wanted to buy the road in his hands, and the price was raised to 200,000 taels of silver.

This time, Li Zhipeng hasn't figured out what to do, and he has to think about whether he can accept this business or not, after all, he is now the chief military officer, not a deputy general, and he is guarding not a small pass, but the gate of the border pass.

The other party did not force him to answer immediately, but left enough time for him to weigh the importance of this business, perhaps also to make him have to do this business when the Tatar army was overwhelmed.

Of course, 200,000 taels of silver is a huge amount of money, but for this huge amount of money to give up the gate of the border gate, this sin is too great, and he really can't bear it psychologically.

But he also didn't completely refuse, just said that he had to think about it carefully, and another reason is that the current subordinates are not all brought out by himself, he has five commanders, only one of them has been working hard with him, and only this one commander's team is his old team, if he wants to make the decision to give up the border, the four commanders may not be willing to obey orders.

According to the meaning of the Jin Shang relayed by the king of Alta, the four commanders were not a problem, and the king of Alta had enough money to buy them off, as long as General Li cooperated.

Li Zhipeng didn't dare to believe it completely, and of course he couldn't ask the four commanders for confirmation on this matter.

If you are here, you will believe the words of this Jin merchant.

He already knew that the king of Altan and Zhao Quan negotiated with some powerful families in the capital, saying that they had bought off a lot of border generals, and when the time came, they could let the border pass out, and they could gallop all the way to the capital, and give the emperor a soldier to the city, and then the powerful families agitated from the inside, carried out military advice to the emperor, forced the emperor to sign an alliance under the city, and reached a humiliating agreement with the king of Alta.

This agreement may not be very harsh on the imperial court, mainly because of the legitimate missionary rights of the White Lotus Sect in the interior, and this condition has always been resolutely rejected by the imperial court.

Yesterday, that Jin merchant appeared again, and he asked Li Zhipeng to do a favor immediately, that is, to get Liao Bingxun back, or snatch it back, or even if he can't do both, then kill him.

Of course, Li Zhipeng wouldn't listen to him, but when Jin Shang took out a piece of paper, which happened to be the guarantee he gave to King Alta and the receipt of the payment, he was dumbfounded.

He clearly took these two things back at that time, and destroyed them on the spot, how could this Jin merchant still have them?

Soon he understood, knowing that he had fallen into a trap, and the guarantee that Jin Shang was showing him now might also be a counterfeit, and the real original was still in the hands of King Alta.

Of course, it is also possible that he has destroyed the original, and the current ones are all imitations, but he doesn't dare to bet on this, in case these two things are sent to the imperial court, he is really a great crime of rebellion, and he wants to destroy the nine clans.

So he went to the governor's yamen, forcibly asked for people, and made substantial threats, but was pushed back by Wang Chonggu softly and hardly.

He was depressed when he came back, what should I do about this?

If he can't do it well, he will have the possibility of the East Window incident, and the king of Alta will definitely not protect him, and will definitely hand him over to the court for disposal.

He thought about it, but he was a little puzzled about Liao Bingxun's identity, why did King Alta value this person so much?

Could it be that this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes has also rebelled? Or was he bought by the king of Alta, just like he was back then?

Although Liao Bingxun's official position is not high, he does have thick eyebrows and big eyes, dignified appearance, full of military appearance, and he is also a good hand at fighting, Li Zhipeng never expected that Liao Bingxun would collude with King I in private.

In this way, the problem is big, and he is in a dilemma and at a loss.

If you want someone to come back, you can't grab it and you can't grab it, what else can you do?

You can't just wait for the king of Altan to betray him, can you?

No, we must act immediately, find a way to get rid of Liao Bingxun, kill people, so that at least for the time being, we can hide and avoid trouble.

He found his most trusted Chinese army and then consulted with him.

"Do you think Xiao Liao can survive the three trials?" He asked.

"Dashuai, have you heard of anyone who can survive the eighteen tortures of Jinyiwei, his recruitment is inevitable, but it is two days earlier and two days later." The Chinese army is telling the truth.

"But this is not the Pacification Division, and Jinyiwei doesn't have eighteen kinds of torture." Li Zhipeng said.

Zhongjun smiled coldly: "Marshal, if you want a person to speak, you don't have to have eighteen kinds of torture, even the torture that you think of casually is not something that a person can bear." ”

"What kind of torture, tell me?" Li Zhipeng asked.

"For example, you cut a lot of wounds on a person's body and sprinkle salt on them." Zhongjun said.

Li Zhipeng felt uncomfortable when he boarded, and sprinkling salt on the wound was naturally painful.

"It's the easiest way, and ah, put honey and sugar on the wound and get a bunch of ants." Zhongjun laughed.

This trick hides a knife in a smile, and it is even more damaged!