The book continues from the previous chapter.

Ba Ping'an opened the letter, but before he finished reading it, he was speechless, and ordered Chengtu to be dragged out to take care of it, and the miscellaneous people avoided it.

Eren felt that things were serious from Ba Ping'an's rapidly changing expression, blinked his eyes, and said, "What is said in the book, Gongzi is so out of shape?"

Ping'an handed the letter to Eren, who saw the gist as follows: "His Royal Highness Xi'an, the second prince of Baguo: The matter of the prince's secret discussion has been conveyed to my king for a few months. My king was very pleased when he heard it. Today, General Chengtu and Gongzi are negotiated. A wise person does not need to speak in detail, listen to the good news. "Look at the end again, it is the name of General Chu Yangming.

After reading it, E Ren said: "What does the son think?"

"This is a divisive letter. ”

Eren said: "I didn't think it was necessary. The Chu general raised the salt water of the Mingtun army, and the soldiers did not move for a long time, and there must be hidden secrets in it. It must be reviewed in detail. ”

"Please ask the doctor to interrogate me. ”

After a while, the henchman guard brought up the picture, and Eren said, "Who are you?

Chengtu, who was wet by cold water, said: "I am a Yushui person." ”

E Ren sneered: "It's so not fine, how to do it carefully, I see that you are from the Chu State, and you are recruited from the truth, and you will be exempt from punishment." ”

Cheng Tu said: "I am really from Pakistan. ”

Eren snorted and said, "What is the explanation of the letter on your body?"

"I don't know how to read. A few days ago, in Xiaotian Creek, I met a small hair. He invited me to drink, and when I went out after eating, he accidentally planted himself in the gutter and quickly rescued him, bleeding from his skull, and breaking his legs and feet. He said to me: He has an important letter to be delivered to the second son's house, and the time is urgent, but he cannot walk, and must find a place to recuperate, and begs me to send it, and says that there will be a great reward, and he has given me a lot of benefits. ”

Eren said angrily: "There are many lies! You think I am a three-year-old child!

The guards dragged Chengtu down, tortured him in every way, and beat Chengtu to the point that he didn't want to die, Chengtu begged: "I can't survive it, I want to die quickly!"

The guard said: "If you want to die quickly, you can only confess first." ”

Cheng Tu sighed: "Willing to confess." "Ti will come back.

Chengtu said to Ba Ping'an and Eren: "I am willing to confess, but I want to die quickly." ”

Eren said: "But, move quickly!"

Cheng Tu said: "I have one condition, if I don't agree, I'd rather die than recruit." ”

Eren said: "You speak." ”

"Please take off my head and give it to General Yangming. ”

Eren said: "If you confess and don't plan to kill you, why do you want to send your head back?"

"I'm here to deliver a book to the second son, if there is an omission, there is only one death. If something happens to the second son, and I don't die, General Yangming will definitely suspect that I have collaborated with the enemy or been arrested, so not only my life will not be guaranteed, but even my family will be implicated. ”

Ba Ping'an nodded and said, "You sacrifice yourself as a family, it's rare, as long as you tell the truth, I agreed." ”

Chengtu cried: "I don't want to die either, but the matter has come to this point, and there is no choice." I actually made a map for the general of Chu, and I was ordered by the lord to send a book to the capital and discuss it in detail. I don't want to be greedy for alcohol and miss a big thing. Xi'an, the second son of Ba, went to discuss with the general a few months ago, to the effect that Ba is weak and Chu is strong, and its situation is clear, but the great enemies of Chu are Qin, Wei, Han, and Qi. Now that the lord of Ba is old and the son is seriously injured, if the king of Chu can let him recover Yicheng, with this great achievement, he can get the position of the son of the world, and he will be the king in the future. At that time, the Pakistani army is willing to retreat to Yushui, cut the land for Xie, respect the Chu country as the upper country, and always repair the alliance to resist Qin, Shu and other countries. ”

Ping'an exclaimed: "You are the general of the Chu State?"

"Death is coming, why lie again, I really think Chu will make a plan, like a fake. ”

Ping'an said: "Who was the secret envoy sent by the second brother at that time?"

Cheng Tu said: "I really don't know, this kind of thing will not be known to a third party, only General Yangming and the second son, Basian and the two people." ”

Ping'an said: "In this way, how can a person who has no testimony believe it?"

Cheng Tu said: "Believe it or not, it's your own business." ”

Eren said: "I don't want to believe it, but the hearts of the people are separated from the belly, and the second son did such a thing as collaborating with the enemy because he lost Yancheng and fell out of favor, and it is not known." ”

Ping'an said: "What should I do now?"

Eren said: "Locked this person in the house, drew a confession, healed his wounds, and treated him with good food and meat, and it was still useful." Today's events are kept strictly confidential. ”

Ping'an said: "If there is a leak, I will be beaten to death with a stick!" The guard carried Cheng Tu out.

Ba Ping'an also ordered the three to be fearless, but to the three of them said that they had caught a drunkard, but even so, their loyalty was commendable, and they were still rewarded. Chi Wuxing and the others applaud as long as they have a reward, and they don't care about anything else.

That night, Ba Ping'an and Eren discussed until the ugly time passed. Ping'an said: "This matter is strange, Cheng Tu is not dead, I can't believe that the second brother would do such a rebellious thing." But if it was a fake letter, why would Yang Ming send a general to do the detailed work? Just send a pawn who can speak well and do things well. It's just puzzling. ”

E Ren said: "It has been carefully examined, and there is no doubt that Chu will become a map." I had my doubts at first, and I was a little unsure if someone else came, but the fact that a general came in disguise was enough to prove it to be true, indicating that the matter they were secretly discussing was very important. Letters can be forged, living people can't be forged, and the picture is a great gift from Yangming to his son. ”

"When to dispose of it. ”

Eren said: "Although there is evidence and witnesses now, it is not enough to put that person to death. ”

"How about sending the second brother, Chengtu and the secret book to Jiangzhou?"

Eren glanced at Xi'an and said, "Does Childe want to do it once and for all, or do you want to avoid the edge for the time being?"

"What do you mean?"

"If you want to do it once and for all, you can't send people to Jiangzhou. If it is sent to Jiangzhou, although the king has suspicions, he must also suspect that it is a plan of the people of Chu, and the second prince is likely to escape. "Peacefully shut.

Eren adjusted his posture and said, "The minister has a word, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"The two of us are the same person, so what should I say or not. ”

"It is better to believe that it is there than to believe that it is not, the truth of this matter, if it is important, it is important, and if it is not important, it is not important. The important thing is, does the sixth prince dare to take drastic measures to prevent future troubles?" said as he made a gesture to wipe his neck.

"I'll think again. Ping An said with some uneasiness in his heart.

Seeing Ba Ping'an's hesitation, Eren said: "The two tigers are fighting, either you die or I die." In totalitarian disputes, fathers, sons, and brothers have never killed each other. Qi Huan Gong Xiaobai and Jin Wen Gong Chong'er have done it, and when they later achieve hegemony, who will say irresponsible things? When the judgment continues, but suffers from it, the son must not have the kindness of a woman. ”

Ping An still didn't make a clear statement, and only said after a while: "Is it Zheng Zheng re-occupying a hexagram?"

Eren Zhiba Ping'an had a soft-hearted problem, and he was worried that the divination result would not be as good as people wanted, so he said: "One year, King Wu of Chu sent Qu Bin and Dou Lian to attack the Yun people, and the Yun people deployed troops in Pusao, and planned to contact Sui, Hang, Zhou, and Tateguo to attack the Chu division. Qu Fang was worried about the lack of troops and wanted to ask for reinforcements, but Dou Lian advocated attacking Pusao at night with a sharp division. Qu Bin hesitated, wanting to divinate the good fortune and evil before deciding, but Dou Lian said: 'Bu is to decide, do not doubt what Bu?' to persuade Qu Bin and defeat Yun Shi in one fell swoop. Do not hesitate in today's affairs, why do you need divination? ”

Ping An still didn't say anything, and Eren said again: "It's up to people to do things." I'm afraid that the sixth prince has forgotten about Zheng Meiren?"

As soon as these words came out, Ba Ping'an was like being stabbed directly by a needle in the most painful heart in his memory, and said: "How can I forget!"

Eren obviously felt that his old scar had been revealed, and he needed to sprinkle some salt on the wound again, and said, "Does the sixth prince know the reason?"

"Back then, I was young, ignorant, and behaved absurdly, killing Zheng Meiren. ”

E Ren smiled and said, "No, that's a trap." ”

Ping An exclaimed, "What did you say?"

Eren looked very calm and said, "I mean, someone designed to frame it. ”

"Do you mean to say that it was the second brother who did it?" Ping An pondered the last two words.

"Back then, the prince went from Jiangzhou to Shicheng for about a year, and the second prince was afraid that you would be in charge of the military power in Shicheng and Yushui, so he would compete with him for merit and favor, and bribed the favored Chi Mei and the eunuch in the Jiangzhou palace with a lot of money, and slandered that you had an affair with Zheng Meiren during your time in Jiangzhou; The king was furious because of this, gave Zheng Meiren to death, and recalled you back to Jiangzhou, almost deposing you as a concubine. Fortunately, Yu Hou personally went to Jiangzhou and spent a lot of money to avoid a catastrophe. ”

Ping'an sighed and said: "Back then, Lu Guo's doctor Ji Yu's father persuaded Lu Yingong to kill his son Ji Rail, but Lu Yingong didn't listen, Ji Yu's father was afraid that Ji Rail would know about it, so he persuaded Ji Rail to kill Lu Yingong. Zheng Meiren's matter, you know it so clearly, is it your idea?"

Eren didn't expect Ba Ping'an to say this, and he was surprised in his heart, so he didn't dare to show his face, but he quickly assessed that with Ba Ping'an's intelligence and trust in himself, he must have suddenly thought of this story and said with a smile: "No matter how stupid Weichen is, he will not slap himself in the face." However, to be honest, I knew about it at the time, but the idea was made by the second son himself. When it is, does the second son still have your half-brother in his heart?"