At dawn the next day, when the sky was just white, and the morning light had not yet risen, Wang Xu had already led Xu Shu and Zhao Yu's female soldier escorts, with Dian Wei and more than 20 elite guards, as well as Zhang Liao, Fu Zhu and Yang Feng on the way back to Xiangyang. Before leaving, he refused to untie the rope, Wang Xu was annoyed, and directly cut it with a sword, got the war horse and left.

In order to be in a hurry, they were all lightly armed and fast, galloping at full speed along the main road in the direction of Xiangyang in the east. It's just that unlike Yang Feng who changed horses and rode all the way to the front line, he only caught up with the mediocre in one day and stopped here.

Late at night, Wang Xu quietly summoned Yang Feng and came to the Shangyong city wall.

The cool night breeze dissipated the scorching heat of the day, the black and oppressive mountains in the distance remained silent forever, and in the middle of the city were thousands of lights, dotted with stars, and the cheeks of the soldiers on duty at the head of the city looked distant and resolute under the light of the torches.

Walking slowly for a long time, Yang Feng, who followed behind, felt even more depressed, he couldn't face Wang Xu, so the more silent he was, the more scared he became. Fortunately, Wang Xu didn't embarrass him, and after a while, he asked leisurely: "Yang Feng, how many years have you been fighting with me?" ”

"If you count from the time of the Yellow Turban, it has been nearly eleven years!" Yang Feng replied nervously, raised his head and looked at Wang Xu's side face, a little unclear.

"Yes! Eleven years, a whole eleven years, how many eleven years are there in life! When I was thirteen or fourteen years old, you followed me, one of the first people. Wang Xu sighed, remembering the years of the Yellow Turban in the past, and the years of hard development in Jingnan.

Wang Xu's eyes were cast into a distant place, and he didn't know what he was looking at. "Yang Feng, many of the old people who fought together at the beginning went their separate ways. Conquer all corners of this great man. But nowadays. A lot of people died. But we survived, and you know why? ”

"This ......" Yang Feng was apprehensive, not knowing how to answer.

Wang Xuwan smiled: "Don't be so restrained, I'm talking to you as a brother now." ”

Yang Feng felt a burst of warmth in his heart, thought about it, and replied, "It should be because of the wise leadership and decision-making of the lord!" ”

"No, you were wrong, that's why you made this mistake."

Wang Xu shook his head. Retracted his gaze from afar, looked at Yang Feng's weathered cheeks, and said softly: "Leadership and decision-making are important, but they are not the most important. The most important thing is that our many brothers work together, trust each other, fight in unity, and we have come together to form an invincible force, invincible, invincible, even in the most difficult moments, we firmly believe in victory. We all fought a bloody path for the people around us, and this is what we have come through step by step. The reason for getting to where it is today.

The prosperity of Jingzhou is not the credit of me alone, the credit of our unity, this land is the result of our blood and sweat together, so it can be so strong and so luxuriant! ”

Yang Feng's pupils shrank, and he was stunned by these words, it had been a long, long time, he hadn't thought about these questions, he hadn't thought about them.

"But now......" Wang Xu's eyes gradually sharpened, and he looked at Yang Feng squarely, and said word by word: "How did you protect this land that countless brothers have watered with blood and sweat?" ”

Yang Feng was speechless for a long time, tears moistened his eyes again, and the years of the past battles were vivid, as if he had seen the scene of good subordinates and good brothers bleeding all over the land when they fell.

Wang Xu's voice still didn't stop, and he continued to ask: "You say, what are you afraid of?" Afraid of power? Scruples about power? Wise self-preservation? But the power, wealth and power in this land were all created by us together, what are you afraid of? Let their lives be worth it, let Jingzhou be rich, let their families have food and clothing in the future, and not suffer from war, so that their children can grow up healthily, so that more people can live a peaceful life, and make the country rich and strong, this seems to be what you should be afraid of, and you will fight for it for life! ”

Saying that, Wang Xu sighed deeply and said sadly: "Even if these are not said for the time being, but you have been with me for many years, and you and I have rolled together in the sea of corpses and blood, hand in arm. I trust you, but what about you, do you trust me? You think I'm that unwise? Do you think I'm so easily deceived? Do you think I don't care about you that much? I rarely ask about your affairs, you think it's estrangement? So you're afraid? Are you afraid that those juniors, the so-called rising stars, will persecute you? Are you afraid that all the civil and military ministers in Jingzhou are greedy for power and power? Where have you left us? ”

"But I ask, because I trust you and believe in you! Every time the army goes on the first march, I never ask you what you are responsible for, why? Want to know why? Because I have been like a fool for a long time, I don't worry about Yang Feng, I don't have to think about it, he will do it! But what about now? I'm in the wounded barracks, facing our bloody soldiers, you sue me, what should I say? ”

Yang Feng cried bitterly and fell to his knees with a "poof". "My lord, the sinner knows that he is wrong!"

Wang Xu's eyes were also blurred with tears, and he was silent for a long time, and then said: "Don't kneel to me, after this matter is dealt with, you will go to the front line with me, and then you can kneel in front of the fallen brothers and say!" I don't know how many people were killed because they went into battle with wounds that were painful and Yan zhòng infected, you can say it yourself! ”

Seeing that Yang Feng really understood what was wrong this time, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly grabbed the two thick arms and helped them up. "Well, there's no point in regretting it now, I have a lot of questions for you."

"My lord, please ask, Yang Feng must know everything, and he will say everything!" Yang Fenglang replied.

"Hmm!" Wang Xu took a deep breath, and didn't say much about Yang Feng's faults, and asked instead: "You sue me, when did you find out about this matter?" ”

"After our army unified Jingzhou last autumn." Yang Feng said slowly. "But drug embezzlement is by no means recent, and I guess it started a long time ago."

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Wang Xu frowned and asked.

Yang Feng replied: "Because when I went out to Jiangzhou, the amount of medicinal materials allocated to me by the treasury was not enough, so I was very strange at that time and asked a few words. But the reply given over there was because it was too urgent and too late to dispatch. Send so many to the front line first. And last year's fighting in Jiangzhou was very successful. So there was not much consumption, and later Nanyang was pacified, and the medicine also kept up in time, so there was no chaos. ”

"But at that time, I was a little concerned about this medicine, so I was very concerned, and it wasn't until last year when the lord took over the battle of Huyang that I found out the clues, because at that time, the medicinal materials that were urgently transferred to Huyang, even I didn't know beforehand. When the medicines were delivered, Liu Qian reported that I had received a notice from the treasury to escort the medicinal materials. I was extremely puzzled at the time, because according to the rules, once the treasury transferred out the medicinal materials, they should notify me first, and then I arranged for manual transportation, how could they find Liu Qian directly? ”

Wang Xu already understood a little at this moment: "Did you launch an investigation?" ”

"Hmm!" Yang Feng nodded. "I went to the group of soldiers who Liu Qian was transporting supplies and asked, but at first they didn't say anything, and they said that there was no problem. But I was even more puzzled, for I had never seen an ordinary sergeant explain a mission so clearly, and everyone said the same thing. You know, most of the time, the sergeant simply doesn't know the cause and effect of the mission. ”

"Fortunately, among the escorts, there is a military Sima who was my old subordinate. I talked to him personally and did a lot of work before he finally told me the truth quietly. It turned out that the batch of medicine was not transferred from the Xiangyang Treasury at all, but was transported to the front line from a farm outside Xiangyang City. At that time, I was surprised, knowing that this matter must be widely implicated, so I did not dare to make a noise, and quietly followed this line to investigate. Later, it turned out that the farm was actually the first stronghold they transported out of Xiangyang after the self-theft from the prison guards, and they didn't steal much each time, so they all transported there first, and then transported out, and the specific route I don't know very well. And the more I investigated, the more people involved I found and the deeper the background. ”

"Why didn't you report it to me directly?" The more Wang Xu listened, the more surprised he became, he didn't expect this group of people to be so bold.

"My lord, in fact, I wanted to report it immediately, but I was discovered." Yang Feng smiled bitterly: "When I personally touched the manor that night, I was discovered by many masters they recruited, and at that time, the six leading people all appeared, threatening the lives of my whole family, and revealing that there were other people behind them to support, I couldn't resist the pressure, and finally compromised." Not only did they sign a conspiracy agreement, but even my beloved young son was in their hands before. ”

"I really ate the gall of a leopard, and I dared to blackmail the lieutenant general of our army so blatantly!" Wang Xu was dumbfounded, he didn't expect this group of young people to be so bold and reckless, it was almost to the point of lawlessness.

Yang Feng didn't answer directly, but shook his head helplessly: "Later, they gave me a large amount of gold, silver and silk, but I didn't confiscate it, but I didn't say anything about it." ”

After speaking, Yang Feng looked at Wang Xu frankly, and said firmly: "Lord, the cause and effect are like this, if there is half a lie, I Yang Feng will cut off my children and grandchildren!" ”

At this moment, he probably understood the ins and outs of the matter, Wang Xu was shocked and angry, looked at Yang Feng and said apologetically: "This matter is far more complicated than I imagined, so is there anyone behind them, and is Huan Su involved in this matter?" ”

"Probably not!" Yang Feng shook his head. "Later, as I learned more, I also understood that they were deceiving me at the beginning, and it was just these six people who conspired, but I had already come to this point, so I didn't dare to expose it. Huan Su knew that this matter was later than me, and he should have found out that he couldn't allocate the medicine this time, because he had been restless some time ago, and came to visit, not only personally sent my young son back, but also begged me not to tell this matter for the time being, he would find a way to make up for the missing medicinal materials. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Feng sighed a little: "Huan Su loves his younger brother the most, I'm afraid this move is to save his life!" ”

"Does Huan Jie know? Does anyone else in Xiangyang know? Wang Xu continued to ask.

"I don't know, everything was suppressed at Huan Su's place! He doesn't care about suing the sù Huan step, the Huan step is upright, and he can't enter the sand, if he says it, I'm afraid he will personally arrest it! Yang Feng said.

"Hey!" Hearing the cause and effect, Wang Xu couldn't help but sigh, and pondered for a long time before he leisurely blamed: "Yang Feng, you are confused!" As I said before, if you believe me, why make such a big mistake, if I know, no one in Jingzhou will dare to touch your young son, and it will be okay to raid your house and destroy your family! You're ......."

"Lord......" Yang Feng didn't know what to say, so he made a wrong step and made a wrong step.

"Because you are coerced, this matter can be big or small, for the sake of more than ten years of brothers, I also try to protect you this time, and you will never commit this big crime again in the future, otherwise even if I am the lord of Jingzhou, for the sake of the law, I will not be able to protect you!" (To be continued......)