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The Chu soldiers looked at their commander hesitantly, the general frowned, and Wang Yan smiled: "Why, the Chu State still prevents Zhao Jie from reading the family letter?" Could it be that he is afraid that he will return to our beam? Don't worry, even if he is willing to come back, my Liang will not dare to use him again. ”

The general thought for a moment and said, "Let him come in and send a few people to follow." ”

Anyway, he will definitely not see Zhao Jie, and Zhao Jie's henchmen will come out to pick him up at that time.

No, it should be said that before handing it over to Zhao Jie's henchmen, this thing has to pass through the hands of several people first.

The man was quickly invited into Jiangling City, but instead of going directly to Zhao Jie's mansion, he was first taken to the gatehouse of a small building to sit and rest.

The soldier said, "We have to check this baggage to make sure that there is no murder weapon before you can take it to Zhao's mansion." ”

The man gave him the burden and said curiously: "I heard that the prince of Chu rewarded Zhao Jie with a mansion?" Isn't it even better than General Chen's? Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also too kind to General Zhao. ”

The soldier stiffened his face and did not speak, and went directly to the back of his head with his baggage.

Chen Xiang took the burden and opened it for Prince Chu to see.

After checking it, there was no entrainment, so Prince Chu opened the letter and read it.

The envelope was not sealed, and it was obviously inspected when he was in the Liang Kingdom, so Prince Chu did not have a little psychological burden on it.

The letter is a farewell letter written by Mrs. Zhao to Zhao Jie, and the whole article is reluctant, and there is nothing special.

Prince Chu frowned, "Bitter meat scheme? Want Zhao Jie to be reluctant and then return to Liang? ”

Chen Xiang snorted: "How can my Da Chu be the place where he said he would come and go?" ”

Changshi, who was beside Prince Chu, shook his head and said, "No, Zhao Jie is ruthless, he will only die when he returns to Liang, how can he go back?" ”

Prince Chu put down the letter, "Then will this letter be given to him?" ”

"Wang Yan is making a lot of noise at the city gate, Zhao Jie can't be unaware," Changshi said: "Send it to him, but you can't let Wang Yan hand things in in the future." ”

Since they don't know what they want to do, block their way and let them do what they want to do.

The things were delivered to Zhao Jie's mansion.

The man didn't see Zhao Jie, and the thing was taken in by Zhao Jie's henchmen.

The people who fled with Zhao Jie are now living in this mansion with Zhao Jie, waiting for the prince of Chu to go together when he returns to the Chu capital, and when the time comes, the Chu State will give Zhao Jie a team of soldiers and horses, and they will continue to follow Zhao Jie.

This is also what Prince Chu personally promised before.

It's just that the four princes have left, and the prince of Chu can obviously send Chen Xiang and Changshi to stay and negotiate with Lu Shilang, but for some reason, he has to stay in person and refuses to leave.

Of course, Zhao Jie couldn't go to Chu Capital by himself, so his worth was too low, and he had to go back with Prince Chu, so it was delayed.

In order to avoid being assassinated, he has hardly left the mansion lately. He doesn't go out, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't know anything about the outside world.

In fact, news was constantly being sent to him, and what happened in the two countries, especially on the side of Liang State, he knew no less than Prince Chu.

Yesterday, when Wang Yan shouted under the city gate, he naturally knew everything word for word.

So overnight, Zhao Jie's hair was half white, even if he had expected it, he was still heartbroken when he actually received the news.

Forget about the eldest and second, when he decided to escape, he guessed that they might not be able to escape from Lu Zhen's hands, but he didn't expect the third and fourth children to also get in.

That's the back road he specially left for his two children, and it is also the back road left for the Zhao family.

Shang Ping!

Zhao Jie gritted his teeth with hatred, and shook his hand to open the burden in front of him.

Seeing the longevity lock and silver hairpin on the clothes, his eyes couldn't help but be hot, he hugged the small clothes, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding.

His little five, counting, he hasn't seen him for more than a year.

Because he wanted to bring troops to Jiangling, it was impossible for him to take his wife and children with him, and Chen was not used to the climate of Lingzhou, so before he left with his troops, she took Xiao Wu back first.

Among the three sons, Zhao Jie's favorite is this young son, who is middle-aged, well-behaved and cute, and was almost raised in the palm of his hand.

Now that's all he has left.

Zhao Jie's eyes were red to open the letter, and after reading the letter, his heart hurt even more, his throat was fishy, he suppressed the blood, and stared at the burden with red eyes.

Zhao Jie, who has never regretted the incident, regretted it at this moment, he shouldn't have taken such a risk with luck.

To make money, to raise soldiers, to make military merits, and there are still ways, why did he choose such a path in the first place?

Zhao Jie covered his face, tears sliding down his fingers.

"Sir?" Chang followed Zhao An to kneel on the ground and looked at him worriedly.

Zhao Jie wiped a handful of tears, lowered his eyes and ordered: "You personally go to the West City Gate to keep an eye and see what Wang Yan is going to do." ”

"Master," Zhao An was about to say something, when he heard a sound of footsteps, he heard Xu Man's footsteps, immediately stopped his voice, got up and stood aside.

Zhao Jie also left to clean up his mood and looked at the door with a calm face.

"General, the last general heard that Wang Yan's family is going to engage in conspiracy again?"

Zhao Jie said indifferently: "It's just a letter to my family, don't worry, it won't shake me." ”

Xu Man's face breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "I said that the general is powerful, even Wang Yan can't do anything, they still don't believe it, so they have to let the last general come to see it." ”

Zhao Jie tugged at the corners of his mouth, looking at the burden on the table and was silent.

The matter was not over, and the next day Wang Yan continued to stand on the carriage and shouted at the city gate, "Zhao Jie, how do you feel after seeing the burden?" That letter was a farewell letter from your wife, and when she wrote the letter, His Royal Highness Si happened to be in Jiangnan and told her that all the Manchus of the Zhao clan should be beheaded, including your five-year-old son and six-year-old niece! ”

Zhao An squatted at the gate of the city, gritting his teeth and glaring at Wang Yan.

Wang Yan shook his head after taking a sip of water and said: "How else to say that you are lucky, Mrs. Zhao is worthy of being Chen Shangshu's daughter, and the family letter she wrote moved the four princes, so the four highnesses are willing to give them a chance, a chance to live!" ”

Zhao An's eyes widened, and the soldiers on both sides inside and outside the city also widened, no, there is still a chance to collaborate with the enemy and treason.

Wang Yan suddenly straightened his back, let go of his momentum, and said with a righteous and awe-inspiring face: "Your Highness said, as long as Zhao Jie commits suicide, Daliang will let the Zhao family have a way to live, and the female dependents and underage men will not be beheaded." Zhao Jie, for your wife and children, do you dare to commit suicide? ”

Prince Chu, who was sitting on the tower of the city gate drinking tea and watching the play, was so angry that he dropped the cup in his hand, stood up and stared at Wang Yan with a dignified gaze.

But the other party is outside the city gate, which is the land of Liang State, what can he do?

"Don't be silent, I know you know what I'm talking about, I'll wait for you for half an hour today, isn't it, for your family, you don't even have the courage to talk to me across the wall?"

Zhao An's face turned pale, turned around and ran into the city.

Prince Chu directly turned his head to Changshi and said: "Send someone to Zhao Mansion and ask Zhao Jie not to go to the king's banquet, who knows if there are archers waiting on the other side?" ”

Changshi answered and ordered someone to stop Zhao Jie.

Zhao An took the first step back to the Zhao Mansion to report, Zhao Jie's face turned pale, and after turning around twice, he said, "Is he scolding me?" ”

"No, sir, many people heard it at the time, and the little one also noticed that there were many students from Liang Guo who came to watch, and he dared to make a promise in public, unless Da Liang wanted to break his word, otherwise he would ......" Zhao An's face turned pale, and he hurriedly said: "Master, don't come nonsense, Madame will be sad if she knows." ”

Zhao Jie lowered his eyes and said, "She may not know." ”

Zhao An was shocked when he heard this, and he was in a dilemma.

Zhao Jie took out yesterday's letter again, and finally crumpled it up, his face turned pale.

can see the small dress and the longevity lock, Zhao Jie's eyes darkened again, and he stretched out his hand to the clothes without speaking.

Halfway through, he withdrew his hand and said, "I'll take a look." ”

"Sir, watch out for the archers."

Zhao Jie bowed his head and said with a pause: "The prince is on the city tower?" ”

"I don't know about this little one, but there are a lot of people on the city tower today."

More and more people gathered at the city gate, and most of them came to see the excitement after hearing the news.

At this time, they were not afraid that the two countries would fight, and they all watched with great interest, and the prince of Chu was so angry when he saw this scene that he was about to order the expulsion, when he saw a group of people who looked like students standing in front of the city gate with great interest and looking out.

He was speechless, knowing that it would be difficult to drive people away if there were students mixed in.

Changshi had learned the benefits of Wang Yan's tongue, frowned slightly, and wrinkled even more tightly when he saw Zhao Jie walking up to the city tower.

"Why is General Zhao here?"

Zhao Jie smiled bitterly: "Because of Zhao, the prince bothered, so I will solve it." ”

Changshi frowned and said, "How are you going to solve it?" ”

Zhao Jie sighed, "Let me hear what he has to say?" ”

"General Zhao might as well not come, Wang Yan has a very powerful mouth, I'm afraid he will make you unable to come to the stage."

Zhao Jie said: "If I just don't come, he can make me not come down." ”

And it is undeniable that there is a trace of hesitation in his heart, although this hesitation is not enough for him to commit suicide, but he just wants to hear what Wang Yan wants to say.

Even if he knew it was impossible, he wanted to try to keep his family alive – without sacrificing himself.

Zhao Jie appeared on the tower under heavy protection, and there were soldiers taller than him in front and behind, Wang Yan laughed when he saw it, and opened his arms and said: "Zhao Jie, you don't have to be so defensive against me, I know that it is impossible to kill you here, so I didn't arrange any archers, you can talk to me with confidence." ”

The crossbowman hiding in the shadows whispered to General Lu Xiao, "No, he is too tightly protected to shoot him." ”

"Wait, maybe there will be loopholes, you pay attention to it, once he shows his figure, shoot and kill him, even Prince Chu won't dare to say anything."

The crossbowman smashed his mouth and said, "But Lord Wang just said that he didn't prepare archers......"

General Lu slapped him on the head, "Are you stupid, you don't have any intrigues and tricks in the war." ”

"Isn't this a lot of people watching, it's not good to worry about making Lord Wang lose his trust."

"Don't worry, this plan was arranged by him, he doesn't care about it, you're quite worried, hurry up and show me."

Wang Yan was already sitting on the chair, leaning his neck and Zhao Jie on the city tower and said, "Zhao Jie, are you willing to commit suicide?" “

Zhao Jie said in a deep voice: "The eldest husband does things alone, my family doesn't know about my defection to the Chu State, since Emperor Liang is benevolent, why should he implicate innocent people?" ”

"Whether it is the Great Liang, the Chu State, the Min State, or even the Liao State, collaborating with the enemy and treason is the crime of punishing the three clans," Wang Yan said: "Could it be that if the military generals of the Chu State collaborate with the enemy and commit treason, won't the Chu State implicate their families?" And it is precisely because His Majesty is benevolent that he is willing to give you this opportunity to choose, otherwise, no matter where you flee, my Liang people will kill you when they see it, and your Zhao family does not even have a chance to choose. ”

"Zhao Jie!" Wang Yan said sharply: "It wasn't my Daliang who killed them, but you!" ”

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