Chapter 125: There are pursuers behind

Mi Zhu's rich face was full of smiles, and he clasped his hands into fists and said to Lei Xu with a smile: "Thank you brother Yucheng for today's events." If he has a place to find his brother in the future! Just let people bring a word, and the brothers will not give up when they go to the soup and fire! ”

Lei Xu smiled and patted Mi Zhu's shoulder and said, "What else do you and my brothers say thank you for?" If my brother can't mix it up one day! Be sure to go to you, brother! When the time comes, my brother can't do without my brother! Hahaha! ”

"Definitely!" Mi Zhu held Lei Xu's hand tightly, and had mixed feelings in his heart. It is often said that there is no regret in life if you have a confidant! It is only today that Mi Zhu really understands the meaning of this sentence.

"General Lei! This trip to Hefei is under the care of the general, and if he is useful to Sun's place in the future, just open his mouth! Sun will never give up! Sun Gan hugged a young master Zhuge who was fighting vigorously, and also came over to thank Lei Xu.

Lei Xu nodded and smiled in thanks. Then he turned his face to the sleepy Young Master Zhuge and asked with a smile, "Little boy!" Lei has something unclear, and please ask the little boy to solve Lei's doubts! ”

Young Master Zhuge bothered his spirits, gave him a sweet smile, and said, "If Uncle Lei has any questions, just ask!" If Zhan'er knows the Tao, he will tell you! ”

Lei Xu has been getting along with Young Master Zhuge for the past few days, and every time he talks to him, this kid always has unexpected insights into people and things, which makes Lei Xu amazed. Lei Xu once said to Mi Zhu that this child is a good talent given by God to Liu Envoy Jun'an to stabilize the country! If this son grows up, he will be great in the world. More than ten years later, there will be no one in the world who is the opponent of this son! Mi Zhu heard this, but laughed but didn't say anything!

Lei Xu looked at Zhuge Zhan very seriously and asked, "How did the little prince know that Cao Hong would set up an ambush at the south gate to wait for us, and let me change the soldiers guarding the city in advance?" ”

"Hehehe, in fact, this is nothing! Because on the way to Hefei, we annihilated a group of officers and soldiers of Yangzhou Wei who were disguised as bandits. Uncle Mi found a waist card to prove his identity on the body of the bandit! And I picked it up on the side! Zhuge Zhan took out a bamboo tube containing intelligence from his arms and handed it to Lei Xu.

Lei Xu took out the silk silk in the bamboo tube, took a closer look, and couldn't help but be angry, "It's them!" ”

"What's wrong with my brother?" Mi Zhu couldn't help but wonder when he saw Lei Xu's face suddenly change. walked over in two steps, took the silk silk from Lei Xu's hand and took a closer look, shook his head with a solemn face, and sighed: "What a trick and a poisonous plan to kill two birds with one stone, and draw wages from the bottom of the kettle!" ”

It turned out that at the scene of the annihilation of the bandits that day, Young Master Zhuge who followed Mi Zhu behind him inadvertently picked up this bamboo tube containing information next to the bandit leader, and put it in his arms directly without telling anyone. Later, when I took out the silk silk in the bamboo tube, I was surprised to find that it was a secret letter written by Cao Hong, the general of the capital guard, to his subordinate Ma Zhong. The letter said that Lei Xu was unruly and had ill intentions, and had to be eliminated as soon as possible. It's just that this person has a lot of popularity in Lianghuai, and if he starts rashly, I'm afraid it will provoke a popular uprising. Therefore, he instructed his subordinates to pretend to be Lei Xu's subordinates to rob the passing merchants and loot nearby villages and towns. Then leave false evidence of what Lei Xu's subordinates are doing, so as to ruin Lei Xu's reputation in the Lianghuai area and hit Lei Xu's prestige. laid the groundwork for getting rid of Lei Xu, Chen Lan, and Mei Cheng.

It's no wonder that Lei Xu was so angry when he saw this letter. In the past, the people of the nearby states and counties and the merchants were often attacked by bandits. What's even more odious is that this group of bandits is actually all under their own banners. made Lei Xu's reputation in this area bad for a while. You must know that the Lei family is a local family for many generations, and many people in the surrounding counties are related to the Lei family. At first, everyone didn't believe that Lei Xu would do this, after all, "rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest"! But this time, when there are more counts, the people around them will inevitably become suspicious. Even some local surnames who were originally in-laws with the Lei family couldn't help but deliberately keep a distance from Lei Xu, so as not to fall into the notoriety of "bandit relatives"! This incident made Lei Xu very angry.

But the people who pretended to be themselves were very cunning, and they disappeared as soon as they were done. With the power of the Lei family in Lianghuai, it was impossible to find the traces of this group of bandits. This annoyed Lei Xu very much.

It was only at this time that Lei Xu realized what he had done, and he had spent so much effort to find this gang of impostors, murder and goods. It turned out that they were hidden in the military camp of the Yangzhou Wei Cao Army. I don't think anyone would have thought of it. Those vicious bandits would actually be officers and soldiers.

"No wonder when we first arrived in Hefei, even Su Weng was wary of the general. I didn't expect it to be like this! It seems that the general has long been regarded as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh by the high-level generals of the Cao army, and he will want to get rid of him soon! Mi Zhu sighed deeply, worried about his brother's current situation.

"General, it looks like you can't stay any longer! Why don't you come with us! Sun Qian persuaded him.

Lei Xu had already woken up from the anger just now, and when he heard that Sun Qian persuaded him to cross south with them, he shook his head with a smile, "Mr. is kind, Lei has a heart!" It's just that Lei still has important things to do in Hefei that have not been completed! At this time, it is categorically impossible to go! What's more, my Lei family has lived here for generations, although it is not a powerful clan, but there are tens of thousands of people in this clan, relatives, and tribes together, how easy is it to move the family south? If it was, Lei went south to Jiangdong with Sun Qiuyu back then, where would he wait until today? Well, you don't have to worry about us! Lei has been in Hefei for many years, and Liu Fu and Cao Hong regard Lei as a thorn in their eyes. But as long as Lei doesn't rebel openly, they can't help but consider it if they want to move Lao Tzu! Come on! Don't stay in the land of right and wrong for long! If Cao Hong sees through our plan and goes and returns, it will be a big deal! Hurry up and go! ”

Mi Zhu and the others saw that Lei Xu had made up his mind, so they stopped persuading.

"Brother, the green mountains do not change, and the green water flows forever! We'll see you again! Mi Zhu hugged his fists and said goodbye.

Lei Xu stepped forward to hold Mi Zhu's hand and nodded heavily.

The convoy slowly walked out of the city gate, and Young Master Zhuge poked his head out of the car window, waved his hand to Lei Xu, and muttered, "We will meet again!" ”

Mi Zhu slowly walked out of the South City Gate with the convoy, and took the trail to go straight to the direction of Xiakou at night. Before he had gone a few miles out of the city, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and a group of men and horses roared from the thick night, and by the moonlight, he saw that the leader was burly and abnormal, and the spear in his hand was shining with cold light under the moonlight.

"It's not good, it's Cao Hong!" Sun Qian exclaimed. Liu Bei was defeated by LΓΌ Bu that year, and once had a period of service under Cao Cao. At that time, Sun Qian had been following Liu Bei, so he knew Cao Hong.

"Sir, go away! I'll break it off! Guan Ping took the lead, and he was about to rush forward with his subordinates as he spoke.

"Brother Guan, slow down!" I heard that Guan Ping was going to take these dozens of guards to attack Cao Hong's hundreds of pursuers. Young Master Zhuge hurriedly rushed out of the carriage and shouted.