The bodies of Zhao Jie and Xu Man were carried to the courtyard side by side, and there were three corpses belonging to Xu Man's own soldiers.

Chen Xiang looked at it with a pale face, his eyes glared at Qiao Chong and the others like knives, and he wanted to tear them apart.

He is not smart, but he also knows the value of Zhao Jie and Xu Man's life.

When Prince Chu heard the news, he hurried as fast as he could, and when he saw the corpse on the ground, his face suddenly turned pale.

At this time, Zhao An rushed back, and the fall was quite miserable, so he came back slowly, and when he saw that Xu Man was also dead, his eyes widened in surprise, but he didn't take it to heart.

Now he doesn't care who lives or dies, as long as he can return to Daliang alive, he still has to go back to see the young lady and tell them that the master chose to commit suicide in order to save them.

Then help the old man's coffin back.

He quickly examined the body, nodded with the prince, and said, "General Zhao died of poison, and Vice General Xu was stabbed to death by a knife in the heart." ”

Prince Chu looked at Zhao An with gloomy eyes, "Did your general commit suicide?" ”

Zhao An knelt on the ground, answered "yes" in a low voice, and whispered: "The little one stayed by the master's side last night and personally served the master." ”

Prince Chu took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and did not speak with a pale face.

Changshi sighed and said: "It seems that what Wang Yan said still worked, and General Zhao chose to commit suicide in order to protect his family." ”

Prince Chu snorted coldly in his heart, if Zhao Jie really wanted to protect his family, he would not go to the city tower to confront Wang Yan at that time.

He didn't commit suicide to save his family, but he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to reuse it in Chudu. His father and country were so speculated, of course Prince Chu was in a bad mood.

So he didn't even ask about Xu Man's death, and left with a wave of his hand.

Chen Xiang was also irritable, afraid that he would not be able to help but cut people if he stayed here, so he dropped his sleeves to keep up with Prince Chu, and Changshi could only stay and deal with the follow-up.

As for why Xu Man was killed, several people really didn't want to pursue it, they were preconceived, they thought it was Qiao Chong who said it and Zhao Jie ordered him to be killed.

They can all understand, after all, he is going to commit suicide, so naturally it is impossible to let Xu Man take things and defect to the Chu State, which can be regarded as a kind of transaction with Daliang.

Those present, except for Zhao An and Qiao Chong and others, I am afraid that no one knows the truth.

Qiao Chong had been secretly paying attention to Zhao An, and seeing that he hadn't noticed, he breathed a sigh of relief, made eye contact with his companions, and decided that he must send someone to follow Zhao An every step of the way for a while, and he must not be allowed to be with others, as long as he can return to Daliang, he will not be afraid.

Changshi knew that Da Liang would definitely ask for the corpses of the two of them, and even these soldiers who followed Zhao Jie would have to go back.

Zhao Jie and Xu Man are dead, and these pro-soldiers are useless to them, on the contrary, keeping them will offend Liang Guo.

This time it was really a waste of rice, just like last year's battle of Hongzhou, it seemed that he wanted to make a profit, but in the end he got nothing, and he offended the other party because of it.

The luck of this girder is too good, right?

Changshi sent people to take care of these soldiers, and then led people to start searching the mansion, and Zhao Jie's burden was not let go.

Instead of finding what he was looking for, he found some ashes in the brazier.

Changshi twisted it, and sighed faintly in his heart, the weather is hot at this time, who will burn the brazier?

He summoned Zhao An and asked, "What are you generals burning?" ”

Zhao An said honestly: "It's a piece of silk cloth, the small one can't understand it, I see some lines drawn on it." ”

Changshi hurriedly asked, "Do you remember how those lines were drawn?" ”

Zhao An shook his head, "The little one just took a look, and the master burned it, and the small one recognized two words, where do you know how to look at the picture?" ”

Well, the thing they wanted to know most was definitely burned.

Also, Zhao Jie didn't even let go of Xu Man, how could he leave that kind of deadly thing?

Changshi waved his hand and said, "Drag the people down and close them with those soldiers." ”

Zhao An hurriedly said: "Can the adult give the burden of the master to the small one?" The old man said that he would take the burden back to the young master. ”

Changshi's eyes froze, and he said, "I'll hand it over to you after we check it." ”

As soon as the others were taken down, Changshi said: "Check again, cut the clothes, and open the hairpin and longevity lock to see if there is entrainment inside." ”

Zhao An didn't know that these things were going to become unrecognizable, at this time he was taken to a big house, and as soon as he pushed in, he saw that there were two groups of people standing inside, a very large house, and at this time, more than forty people were also crowded.

As soon as Zhao An came in, he was caught by two people, he was startled and exclaimed, "What are you going to do?" ”

The person on his left stared at Qiao Chong, who was also grabbing Zhao An's arm, and said, "Qiao Chong, I'll just ask him a word." ”

"If you want to ask here, who knows if you want to take revenge on him?"

The man sneered, "I really can't see that Qiao Chong is really loyal to the general." ”

Qiao Chong sneered: "It's not as loyal as you are to Vice General Xu. ”

"Okay, okay, don't argue," one person stood up and said to the mud: "Tao Gan, Vice General Xu is dead, and now we can't protect ourselves, do you still have to fight with your brothers?" ”

Tao Gan gritted his teeth and said, "Who is the one who harmed us?" ”

He pointed at Qiao Chong and said, "It's not him, if Deputy General Xu lives, will we end up here?" Now we are going to be sent back to Liang, but we are treason with the general, and if we go back, we will die. ”

He glared at Qiao Chong and Zhao An viciously: "But I have to die to understand, the general only saw Zhao An last night, you said that the general ordered you to kill Vice General Xu, then I ask you, when did he give the order?" ”

"What?" Zhao An was taken aback, and was about to scream when Qiao Chong covered his mouth, he looked at Tao Gan with a sneer and said, "That's right, the order is not given by the general, Vice General Xu is what we want to kill." ”

"Sure enough," Tao Gan jumped up and was about to scream, Qiao Chong sneered, "You want to tell the Chu people? That also depends on whether the Chu people believe it or not. ”

After that, he bowed his head and said to Zhao An: "Zhao An, your purpose is to take the general back to his hometown, and our purpose is also to go back, as long as you tell the Chu people that killing Xu Man is the order of the general, I will keep you safe all the way, otherwise I will kill you first now, anyway, the brothers are also cheap, and early death and late death are deaths!" ”

"Qiao is a king at you," Tao Gan lowered his voice and scolded angrily, "If you want to die, we won't stop you, but why do you take us with you?" We are rebels, and if we return to Daliang, we will die. ”

Qiao Chong's face turned red, and he glared at him angrily: "You just want to die, who doesn't want to live if you can live?" ”

He said excitedly: "His grandmother's, Lao Tzu was afraid of death when he charged into battle to kill the enemy, and he was afraid that he would not be able to return home if he died, and he would not be able to see his father and brother, but the Liao thief Chu people did not kill me, but they were taken into the tiger's den by you." ”

"If you want to rebel, what are you going to do with us?" Qiao Chong glared at him with red eyes and said, "Have you asked the brothers?" Did we ask if we would like to go with you? ”

The soldier behind him took a step forward with clenched fists and glared at Tao Gan with red eyes.

Tao Gan and the others were stunned for a moment, and then said, "You, what are you talking about, you don't want to follow the general?" ”

Qiao Chong sneered, "General? That's just Shangguan, more important than the father and mother and brother in the family? ”

He wiped his eyes, and said with red eyes: "Tell you, if we hadn't been too close to the general and Vice General Xu at that time, and Vice General Xu killed the brother who wanted to get off the horse and surrender with another knife, we would have dismounted and confessed with the others." ”

Tao Gan's face turned pale.

At that time, they fled with the generals, and the officers above the rank of lieutenant knew the truth, but the soldiers below did not know anything, and basically did whatever they were told to do by the superiors.

Because of this, Deputy General Li brought people to catch up with them, and when they stopped them from defecting, the two sides fought in a daze, and then their side surrendered on a large scale.

They thought that those who could escape with them were willing, but now that they think about it, they are not.

The two sides confronted each other in silence, and after half a sound, Tao Gancai stomped his feet angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "But even if you kill Vice General Xu now, your return to Liang will still be a death." ”

"You are, we are not!" Qiao Chong said, seeing their round eyes, he sneered and said, "Of course, if you want to live, we can also help." Even if we don't care about the friendship of our comrades, we are willing to help each other well. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Originally, we wanted to wait until we arrived in Chudu and then secretly escaped," Qiao Chong said: "We are different from you, you have no father or mother in Liang, and you have no support to come and go, but we still have family ties." ”

"I didn't think that Lord Wang was so powerful that he could force the general to hesitate, so we temporarily changed our strategy, thinking that if the general didn't commit suicide today, then we would find a way to kill the general, and then kill Vice General Xu, so that we could be sent back."

"Send them back to death?"

"We secretly found someone to send a letter to Lord Wang the day before yesterday, he should have received the letter last night, and now as soon as Vice General Xu dies, he knows our sincerity," Qiao Chong said: "I think we don't have to die after we go back, even if it is a soldier for a lifetime, I admit it." ”

Tao Gan and the others moved in their hearts, and hesitated but did not move.

Qiao Chong lowered his voice and said, "I didn't write the specific names and numbers when I wrote the letter, and we can bring you all with us when the time comes." ”

"Can you really avoid death?"

"Villains like us know that Your Majesty is merciful, don't Captain Tao know?"

Tao Gan pondered for a long time, and only then did he grit his teeth and say, "Okay, let's give it a try, it's a big deal." ”

Qiao Chong breathed a sigh of relief, pushed Zhao An to him, and said softly: "Let him be honest and don't say things that shouldn't be said." ”

Zhao An's face turned pale, and he said that he would not talk too much.

Qiao Chong sat in the corner of the room, reached out and touched the letter in his arms, I don't know what happened to his mother's illness, his father was sold into slavery, who will take care of her now? and his father, I don't know if he has been wronged, and his younger brother......

He was fine before he left, why did he die of illness?

Qiao Chong lowered his eyes, with tears in his eyes, he had to go back, even if he died, he had to go back to see his father.