Qiao Chong hesitated for a moment before saying: "Vice General Xu doesn't know what has happened in the past few days, the anger is very big, not only those of us who are guarding the outer courtyard, but also the brothers inside have been sent down, especially Daxiang, he has been reprimanded by the deputy general for several days." But these of us are all from the Chu State who came with the general, and even if the deputy general is higher than us, he shouldn't make fire on our brothers. ”

Zhao Jie frowned slightly, "Daxiang? What did he do to provoke Vice General Xu? ”

Daxiang is Zhao Jie's confidant, he is not familiar with Qiao Chong, but he is very familiar with him.

Qiao Chong shook his head and said, "No, he listened to your orders and guarded the study, and even the inner courtyard was missing, how could he provoke Vice General Xu?" It's because I don't know where to provoke Vice General Xu that I won't be convinced. ”

Zhao Jie's face tightened, yes, Da Xiang was guarding his study.

Zhao Jie lowered his eyes and asked, "What has Vice General Xu been doing recently?" Aren't you guarding the outer court, you should know? ”

Qiao Chong smiled innocently, "This little one really knows, Vice General Xu always talks to his brothers when he is at home, and when he goes out, he follows General Chen everywhere, and I don't know where the little one goes." ”

"Is Vice General Xu often with General Chen?" Zhao Jie asked angrily.

"Yes, they are familiar, didn't the general tell Vice General Xu to have a good relationship with General Chen?"

Zhao Jie sneered, that was before, they had to do business, and he naturally wanted Vice General Xu to have a good relationship with Chen Xiang, but now that he has defected to him, what is the matter with Xu Man contacting Chen Xiang in private?

No wonder he said that he wanted to flee to Chu State at that time, and the other party would agree without thinking about it, and he didn't know how many things he secretly conspired with Chen Xiang.

Zhao Jie was very suspicious at this time, and he saw that everyone didn't trust him.

Especially those with whom he has opposing interests.

Zhao Jie didn't ask again, and Qiao Chong didn't dare to say more, so he waited for him to take a bath, and then carried the dirty water down.

Daxiang was bored guarding the study, Qiao Chong sighed slightly when he passed by him, and said in a low voice: "The general was annoyed just now." ”

Daxiang hurriedly retracted his legs and stood up, and asked in a low voice, "What are you annoyed about?" ”

"Vice General Xu went to see General Chen again this morning, and the general was angry when he found out."

Daxiang frowned, a little worried, "Isn't it okay to fight infighting at this time?" ”

"Who said it wasn't, but Vice President Xu didn't know what was going on in the near future, his temper was getting bigger and bigger, and he was even more majestic than the general, I think the general was annoyed because of this," Qiao Chong said in a low voice: "Brother Daxiang, didn't Vice General Xu scold you last time?" ”

Daxiang's face was a little unsightly, but he still said: "It's also my fault, I shouldn't drink when I'm on duty." ”

"But you're guarding the study, and there are a bunch of our brothers outside, who dares to come here to make a mistake?" Qiao Chong said: "Now that the days are getting longer and longer, and the general won't let us go out, what else can we do besides eating and drinking?" ”

Daxiang thought so, and patted Qiao Chong's shoulder like a confidant.

Qiao Chong gave him a look and said, "The general is in a bad mood, if he asks you to question, you should be careful." ”

Daxiang nodded and said in a low voice, "Thank you, brother, I'll invite you to drink when I go back." ”

"A brother who crawled out of the trenches, what's polite?"

Qiao Chong left with the dirty water, and after a while, Zhao Jie called Daxiang to ask questions, and when he came out of the main room, he had a relaxed smile on his face.

Zhao Jie in the house was as heavy as water.

Zhao An stood aside nervously and asked in a low voice, "Master, are we still leaving?" ”

"Can we still go now?" Zhao Jie asked bitterly.

Zhao An was silent.

There are not only soldiers guarding openly, but also people secretly guarding it, this is the territory of Chu State, and it is tantamount to a fool's dream if they want to leave.

Zhao Jie sighed slightly, stretched out his hand to open the burden on the table, pinched the longevity lock inside and did not speak.

Zhao Anxin was even more uneasy, but he didn't dare to speak.

Zhao Jie is not a person who can sacrifice himself for others, even his own wife and children, but he is very sensible and will weigh the pros and cons.

For example, he obviously relied on the eldest son the most and loved the youngest son the most, but he chose to leave the back road to the second son because he was the most suitable.

The eldest son is old, and he is in the army, and he is always watched, and it is difficult to escape, and Xiao Wu is too young, and he may not be able to live if he escapes, so he was also abandoned.

It's the same now, he doesn't want to die, but when the road ahead is blocked, he has to consider the benefits and losses of his life and death.

If he lived, he would be willing to live even if it was only a tenth of what he would get after death.

But now, after careful analysis, it is clear that the conclusion he has come to is impossible.

Emperor Chu didn't trust him, and the state of Chu would also be wary of him, so he followed the prince of Chu back to the Chu capital, but he was afraid that he would be tortured before he took power, and when they got the defense map of Jiangling, Lingzhou and Guangnan County, I was afraid that it would be his death.

As soon as he died, the Zhao family was truly all dead.

But if he died......

Zhao Jie covered his face, Emperor Liang's promise was still very believable.

Zhao Jie stared at the burden on the table with red eyes, and didn't move for a long time.

At this time, Prince Chu was also asking Xu Man, "Will Zhao Jie commit suicide?" ”

Xu Man said confidently: "No, but if there is a slightest possibility, he will not commit suicide." ”

The prince of Chu also felt that it was impossible for him to commit suicide, so he turned around and looked at Changshi and smiled: "That's good, General Zhao is a good material for my Chu country, and nothing can happen." ”

Xu Man smiled and said, "If Your Highness is worried, why don't you go to the mansion tomorrow to appease you?" ”

Prince Chu thought about it, nodded and smiled: "It's okay, then I'll come to the door after noon tomorrow, and you go back and talk to General Zhao." ”

Xu Manying went back and reported to Zhao Jie.

Zhao Jie nodded, tugged at the corners of his mouth and said, "Your Highness, I will naturally sweep the couch to greet you." ”

I didn't ask him why he knew that Prince Chu would come tomorrow.

When he left, Zhao Jie closed his eyes, sighed, and then put away the burden on the table and handed it to Zhao An, "Put it away, take me back with you then." ”

Zhao An knelt on the ground with a "plop", and shouted with a big change in his face: "Master! ”

"You are a slave, the Great Liang will not ask you about your sin, with Your Majesty's mercy, you will be resold at most, maybe they will remember that you brought back my corpse for the sake of letting you be good."

"Master, will the Chu State release people?"

"Yes," Zhao Jie said in a low voice: "I am only worth living in, and when I die, the State of Chu will not offend the State of Liang for a corpse." ”

"Go down and bring a brazier."

Zhao An's face turned pale, and after a while, he came up with a brazier.

Zhao Jie took off the coat on his body, took out a dagger to pick the thread, pulled out a long ribbon from the corner of his clothes, and opened the ribbon little by little.

Zhao Jie ** took this ribbon and sighed: "This is a baby, I wanted to make a comeback through him, but I voted in the wrong place." ”

Zhao An's face turned pale.

Zhao Jie had deep remorse and hatred in his eyes, "I should have killed Wang Yan immediately, and there would be no such disaster today." ”

If you don't point out some things, you won't think much about them, but once you point them out, you can't do it if you want to pretend that nothing happens.

Originally, his relationship with the State of Chu was not like this, but the choice given by Da Liang and Wang Yan's words forced him to retreat to the blade of the State of Chu.

Zhao Jie's eyes closed, and he threw the ribbon into the brazier ruthlessly, and then slowly opened his eyes and watched it burn out little by little.

Zhao Jie sneered, this is what Xu Man wanted, and now that he burned it, it depends on what else he can do to curry favor with Chu State.

For his sake, spare his life as he fled with him.

Zhao Jie burned the things, and he couldn't regret it if he wanted to, and the next day he received the prince of Chu with a calm face, and he was false and wronged with the other party for a while.

Then he personally sent the relieved Prince Chu away, and then turned around and went back to the house.

Zhao An wiped his tears and went to the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous dinner for Zhao Jie, no one doubted it, because everyone knew that tomorrow was the deadline.

The Zhao family is about to be beheaded by the whole family, Zhao An is a slave of the Zhao family, and it is understandable to be sad.

Even Qiao Chong and the other guards on duty in the outer courtyard felt uneasy and didn't sleep well all night.

Zhao Jie didn't sleep all night, he sat at the table in a daze until the sky broke, he glanced out, then picked up the wine that had long been cold on the table, shook it, stared at it, and raised his head to drink.

He suppressed the dull pain in his heart, walked to the edge of the bed and lay down, his eyes slowly closed.

Zhao An, who had been guarding the side, cried, knelt down and kowtowed to him three times before getting up to leave.

The guards outside the door stopped him, and Zhao An said with red eyes: "My general asked me to send a message to Lord Wang of Liang State. ”

The guards glanced at each other, because they only ordered Zhao Jie to be watched, and there was no restriction on the freedom of others, so after thinking about it, they still let them go.

Zhao An went to the West City Gate and shouted to Wang Yan, who had been there early in the morning: "Lord Wang, my general is willing to exchange himself for a way for the Zhao family, my general committed suicide last night, you can send someone to collect the corpse." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and Wang Yan was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

laughed in his heart, but said solemnly on his face, "Okay, I will negotiate with Chu State, you go back to your general first." ”

Zhao An wiped his tears and walked back.

Chen Xiang, who heard the news, strode down from the city tower, pinched him and asked, "What did you say, Zhao Jie committed suicide?" ”

Zhao An nodded with a white face, "My master is reluctant to let the little young master lose his life at a young age, so he ......"

"You're lying!" Chen Xiang threw him down and said angrily: "Zhao Jie is ruthless, how can he be a person who can compromise for others?" ”

After saying that, he quickly got on the horse, beat the horse and rushed to Zhao Jie's mansion.

Before he reached the gate, he heard a commotion from a distance, his face was slightly pale, and he rode directly in, and saw that there was chaos inside, and there were two teams of men and horses holding weapons facing each other, and the knives were even stained with blood.

Chen Xiang shouted, "What are you guys doing?" ”

Qiao Chong was the first to put away his knife, but he turned around and stood in front of the confrontation and said, "General Chen, my general—it's gone." ”

Chen Xiang asked with a pale face, "He was killed by you?" ”

"Of course not, the general committed suicide."

"Then what are you doing with the knife, and what is the matter with the blood on the knife?"

Qiao Chong said with red eyes: "We were ordered by the general to kill Vice General Xu. ”

Chen Xiang's face changed drastically, "Xu Man is also dead?" ”

Qiao Chong stopped talking.

Chen Xiang was furious, and he was about to cut it with a knife, but the guards behind him hurriedly stopped, "General, it's a big deal, you have to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince before making a decision." ”

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