Chen Ping was still very careful, and before he was completely sure of the matter, he didn't dare or wanted to take risks personally. He assigned Dahonglu Hongtian and Prime Minister Shi Yuting to infiltrate Surabaya County and contact Peng Cheng.

This time, he sent out no one, Da Honglu and Prime Minister have a long history, one is from the first grade, and the other is the third grade, both of which can be regarded as high-ranking officials.

After the two of them met Peng Cheng, the latter's attitude had changed significantly, and they treated the two as guests and treated them warmly.

During the banquet, through conversation, Hong Tian felt that Peng Cheng did have the intention of defecting, but he still had a lot of concerns, which made it difficult for him to make up his mind.

As a great Honglu, Hong Tian is specialized in diplomacy, good at observing words and feelings, and good at words, he said: "If Lord Peng has any conditions, he can put it forward, if the official can agree, he will definitely satisfy Lord Peng." ”

Hearing this, Peng Cheng's eyes lit up, and then he slowly asked, "If I say that I want to be a general, can Lord Ye also agree?"

Hong Tian gasped when he heard this, looked at each other with Yu Ting, and then said with an embarrassed face: "This...... This official still needs to go back to the capital to meet the king, and ask the king to decide!"

Peng Cheng nodded, such an important matter, of course, is not something that can be decided by a big man, he asked with a smile: "I don't know who Lord Ye wants to ask for instructions?"

"Of course, it's my family's king, His Royal Highness the New Red King!" Hong Tian said as a matter of course.

Peng Cheng shook his head and said, "That's not good! I want to see General Lin's will! Actually, it doesn't matter who will take me down, as long as he is a golden man, no matter how high or low the official position is, even if it is just a petty official who is not in the stream, as long as he has General Lin's will." I surrendered. ”

He also saw the New Red Country very thoroughly, and knew that Song Hao was just a disguise, his will, no fart was used, and what was really useful had to be Lin Haotian's will, as long as General Lin agreed to him as the general of the New Red Kingdom. That's pretty much a sure thing, and no one wants to change it.

For this matter, Hong Tian and Yu Ting couldn't do this, so they could only return in vain and return to Cangping to return to Chen Ping.

After listening to Peng Cheng's conditions, Chen Ping also frowned, he was just the head of a district, and he turned to his side to be a general, it was really a lion's mouth!

But. The adults also explained that the conditions proposed by Peng Cheng will be met as long as they can be met, and they will be won over first, as long as Peng Cheng is lowered, the decision will be in his own hands.

In Chen Ping's opinion, his condition can be agreed, but it must be the will of the adult. But it's a little difficult. It's not that Lin Haotian's side won't make this will, but the delay will be too long. Wancheng is thousands of miles away from Cangping, even if someone is sent to ride a fast horse day and night, it will take more than half a month for Lin Haotian's will to reach Cangping, and if it is delayed for so long, whether Peng Cheng's mind will change is two words.

Chen Ping thought about it and thought twice. I still don't think it's realistic to ask an adult to give an order.

He asked Hong Tian and Yu Ting whether his defection was true or false through contact with Peng Cheng, and whether the conditions he put forward were sincere or intentionally difficult.

As soon as Hong Tian and Yu Ting's opinions arrived, they all believed that Peng Cheng's intention to take refuge and the conditions proposed were sincere.

Hong Tian is a red man. Chen Ping may still be suspicious of his words, but Yu Ting is a golden man and his direct subordinate, so his words cannot be false. Since Hong Tian and Yu Ting both believe that Peng Cheng's surrender is true, then there should be nothing wrong with this matter.

After repeated consideration, Chen Ping decided to take a risk and personally went to Surabaya County to recruit Peng Cheng.

Chen Ping is a Jin man and a confidant of General Lin Haotian, in a sense, he can represent Lin Haotian. He personally went to surrender, even if there was no Lin Haotian's will, it could show Jin Guo's attitude on this matter, and he believed that his sincerity would definitely impress Peng Cheng.

Chen Ping was careless, but this time he was still too careless.

Knowing that Chen Ping was going to Surabaya County in person, all the ministers of the Jin Kingdom came together to persuade him not to take risks easily, and it was safest to send others to surrender.

If it was useful to send someone else, Chen Ping would not have to take risks himself, he meandered to refuse the kindness of everyone, and confidently comforted the two, asking them not to worry about themselves.

To make a long story short, Chen Ping took more than 20 outstanding doormen and guards, disguised himself as a merchant of the Red Kingdom, and quietly left Cangping and went to Surabaya County.

But during his trip to Surabaya County, there was chaos on Peng Cheng's side.

It was not that Peng Cheng repented, but that the northwest patrol envoy sent by Shi Huai quietly arrived in Surabaya County. Surabaya County is an important place in the Red Kingdom, how can it not have the eyeliner of the imperial court?

Peng Cheng had the intention of defecting to the New Red Kingdom, and had frequent contact with the envoys sent by the New Red Kingdom, and the news also spread to the Red Kingdom court.

The stakes were so high that the Red Imperial Court hurriedly sent a letter to Shi Huai, who was in Youdi, asking him to decide.

When Shi Huai received this news, he was furious, and immediately wrote back to Yu Jiankang, appointing his confidant Wei Wuji as the northwest inspection envoy, and went to Surabaya County to investigate whether Peng Cheng had any rebellion.

Wei Wuji's background is the same as Ji Wei, who is also Shi Huai's confidant, and he used to be his protégé, but Wei Wuji's ability is far above Ji Wei. This person is scheming, strategic, and seems easy-going on the surface, but in fact, he hides a knife in his smile and hurts people invisibly.

After he arrived in Tongxia, the county seat of Surabaya County, he did not investigate Peng Cheng with great fanfare, he was completely in the style of an official master, living in the county government, and pulling Peng Cheng to eat, drink, and have fun every day, so that he was negligent in his precautions, and in secret, Wei Wuji sent people to secretly investigate Peng Cheng, and at the same time began to take over the command of the Tongxia defenders.

He is an envoy to the northwest, which is equivalent to a messenger sent by the imperial court, and with a secret order given to him by Shi Huai, it is too easy to let those non-Peng Cheng's cronies and generals in the defending army obey him.

It can be said that Wei Wuji has unknowingly taken over most of the defenders of the county town in his daily eating, drinking, and merrymaking, and Peng Cheng is unaware of this, and Chen Ping, who is rushing to Tongxia, has no way of knowing.

A few days later, Chen Ping arrived in Tongxia, and after blending into the city, he went straight to the county capital. Arrived outside the gate of the county hall. He let the guard at the gate go in, and said that the merchant from the north had asked to see the lord.

There were a lot of 'merchants' from the north this time, and the guards were not surprised, but after listening to it, they didn't take it seriously, and swaggered back to the house to report to Peng Cheng.

At this time. Peng Cheng was accompanying Wei Wuji in the lobby while drinking and dancing, when he suddenly heard that a businessman from the north asked to see him, his heart trembled, the smile on his face stiffened for a few seconds, and then he smiled at Wei Wuji, who was sitting in the upper position: "Lord Wei, the lower official has to leave in advance, and go back when you go!"

Wei Wuji held the wine glass, looked at him with a smile, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter, Lord Peng, is there anything else that can't be known to this official?"

Hear this. Peng Cheng's face changed suddenly, and before he could answer, Wei Wuji looked up and laughed again, waved his hand, and said, "This official is just joking, Master Peng, don't take it seriously, if there is something important, hurry up and do it, this official is not a three-year-old child." It's long past the age of asking for someone to accompany you, Haluha-"

Phew! Peng Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Wei Wuji is a wine bag and rice bag, otherwise, it would be dangerous today. He also laughed with Da Lu, shook his head and said, "Lord Wei is too good at laughing, the lower official will be absent first, and then I will have a good drink with the adult later!"

"Okay, good, good! go about your business!" Wei Wuji gulped down. Bian Se squinted at the dancing girls below.

Peng Cheng sneered in his heart, got up and left the table, and when he left the lobby, he immediately ordered his subordinates to bring the visitor to his study, where he waited.

It didn't take long. Chen Ping took two of his most powerful cronies to the door of the study, and was guided by the subordinates of the county government to knock on the door.

Peng Cheng in the room looked Chen Ping who walked in up and down, feeling that his eyes were very angry, he put his hands behind his back, and asked in a deep voice: "Your Excellency claims to be a merchant from the north?"

"To be precise......" Chen Ping smiled and said leisurely: "It's from the north of Cangping." ”

Peng Cheng's heart moved, sure enough, it was someone from Song Hao's side! He narrowed his eyes, waved his hand at Chen Ping, and said, "Sir, please take a seat!"

Chen Ping was not polite, he picked a random position and sat down calmly. Two of his cronies stood on the left and right.

Peng Cheng said: "Last time, the official and Brother Ye and Brother Yu have already made it very clear, presumably, what the official wants, Mr. has also brought, right?"

"No!" Chen Ping shook his head with a smile and said bluntly: "My lord should know very well that Wancheng is thousands of miles away from Cangping, and once you go back, the delay on the road will be close to two months, how can the things that adults want be delivered so quickly?"

Hearing this, Peng Cheng's face immediately sank, and he said coldly: "Since you didn't bring what the official wanted, then what are you doing here? The official doesn't have so much time to talk nonsense, forgive the official for being missed!" As he spoke, he got up to leave.

Now it's not as good as before, because Wei Wuji is in the house, Peng Cheng has to take a great risk when he meets the people of Xinchiguo privately, but the other party regards contact with him as commonplace and does it casually, how can he not be angry in his heart?

Seeing that he was leaving, Chen Ping raised his hand to stop him, and said quietly: "Master Peng doesn't have to worry, although I didn't bring what Lord Peng wanted, but coming here is the greatest sincerity of my family to Lord Peng." ”

Peng Cheng had already taken the steps to take it back again, looked at the middle-aged man in front of him again, and looked at it for a while before he asked suspiciously: "Excuse me, ...... Your Excellency?"

Chen Ping straightened his body and said word by word: "Jinguo University Scholar, Right Prime Minister of the Chibei Imperial Court, Chen Ping." ”

Hearing the name Chen Ping, Peng Cheng gasped, looked at him with straight eyes, and stood in place, not coming back to his senses for a long time.

Of course, he had heard of Chen Ping's name, he was the right minister of the New Red Kingdom, and at the same time, he was also a bachelor from the first rank in the Jin Kingdom, and the confidant minister of Lin Haotian's side of General Lin. Chen Ping was right, although he did not bring General Lin's will, his personal arrival could fully show General Lin's sincerity to him.

I don't know how long it took, Peng Cheng woke up in shock, he hurriedly took two steps forward, bowed to Chen Pingshen, and said in a trembling voice: "I don't know it's Chen Da......"

Before he could finish his sentence, all of a sudden, he heard a loud bang on the door, and someone kicked it open from the outside, and then Wei Wuji walked in from the outside under the stars of the guards.

Seeing that Chen Ping and Peng Cheng in the room had a look of horror on their faces, Wei Wuji looked up and smiled, and said: "Who is the person who came to the county government today, it turned out to be Lord Chen Ping Chen, and the northwest patrol of the Xiaguan Chiguo made Wei Wuji miss the distance. ”

Wasn't he drinking? How did he get here? Peng Cheng's head buzzed, and he almost fainted on the spot. He sat down on the ground involuntarily with weak legs, his eyes widened, he looked at Wei Wuji in disbelief, and stammered, "Wei, Lord Wei." You...... Don't get me wrong, your lord...... The lower official is...... It's ......"

He was so incoherent that he couldn't even speak.

Wei Wuji walked up to him with a smile, gently helped him up, and said with a pleasant face: "Lord Peng has been wronged, in order to catch the big fish of the enemy country, Lord Peng endured humiliation and humiliation, and he can be called the pillar of our dynasty. When I return to Jiankang, the official will also report the merits of the adults to the adults, and please reward the adults!"

Unexpectedly, Wei Wuji would say this, Peng Cheng was dumbfounded, and after a while, he came back to his senses and subconsciously turned his head to look at Chen Ping.

At this time, the latter was also looking at him, and his eyes were almost bursting with fire. And the two attendants beside him had drawn their swords, as if they would pounce on him at any moment. Tear yourself to shreds.

Wei Wuji sneered and waved his hand to the guards around him, saying, "Take down Chen Ping!"

As soon as he gave the order, many Red Kingdom guards swarmed forward, and in an instant, they surrounded Chen Ping and his two retinues.

"Roar!" shouted as the guards shouted, and everyone stepped forward in unison.

Chen Ping doesn't know how to be a martial artist, but two of his retinues are masters of martial arts. I saw the guards around me rushing towards me. The two of them covered their armor, and at the same time turned the saber in their hands into a ghost, and between shaking their hands, they each threw out a flowing wave.

Several of the guards who surrounded him couldn't dodge and were slashed by the flowing waves. In a series of screams, the six guards were cut off by the waist, and blood splattered on the spot.

"Kill-" Chen Ping's two henchmen both roared, protecting Chen Ping and breaking through to the outside of the study.

The two of them slashed and stabbed in one go, killing more than a dozen guards in one go, and at this moment, they suddenly heard a sharp sound of breaking wind, and before the two doormen could react to what was going on, one of them was hit by a long arrow that flew over.

This arrow, right in the door of the doorman's face, heard a crisp sound, the armor on the doorman's face shattered in response, he nailed the arrow in the center of his eyebrows, fell to the ground on his back, and died on the spot.

Another doorman watched his companion die tragically under the enemy's cold arrows, he was filled with grief and anger, and he screamed like crazy, and the long sword in his hand flashed with a thousand rays of light, and at the same time, the light god extinguished and released the light.

Before the whistling air flow swept into the crowd of guards in front of him, I saw one of the guards step forward, this person was holding a spear, but not wearing armor, facing the light released by the doorman, his face did not change, and when the air was about to fly in front of him, the spear in his hand swung horizontally.

It was also the light god extinguished, but when it was released by him, the power was much greater than that released by the doorman.

In just an instant, the airflow released by the doorman was shattered, and the airflow of the other party continued to fly forward.

Poor Chen Ping, the doorman, his body was stirred up by the air flow of the light god extinguished, and he didn't even save the whole corpse, and only a pool of terrifying and vague flesh was left at the end.

Seeing this, Chen Ping's heart was cold, his two disciples were so strong in the dark martial arts, they were easily killed by the other party, and how could he, a person who didn't know the dark martial arts, rush out?

It was no longer possible to break through today, Chen Ping turned his heart sideways, held his sword, and rushed straight towards Peng Cheng.

He didn't know what Peng Cheng thought in his heart, and what his relationship was with Wei Wuji, but today's events were a trap set by Peng Cheng, even if he was going to die, he would pull Peng Cheng as a backstop.

Peng Cheng, who was stunned in place, suddenly saw Chen Ping's facial features twisted and rushed towards him like a ghost, he was so frightened that he screamed, he couldn't stand anymore, and he hit the ground with his ass.

Seeing that Chen Ping's sword was about to stab Peng Cheng's body, suddenly, Wei Wuji stepped forward and slammed a punch into Chen Ping's cheek, who screamed in pain, and his body flew out sideways, and the sword flew out of his hand.

"Plop!"

Chen Ping fell to the ground, and before he could stand up, the guards around him had already swarmed up, and the tips of more than a dozen spears were pressed against his body, forcing him to death.

Chen Ping still wanted to struggle, but a guard picked up the barrel of the gun and smashed it on his head, and in an instant, Chen Ping's head was bleeding and he lay on the ground, unable to get up again.

The guards on the left and right took the opportunity to take out the rope, pull their shoulders, pull their backs, and tie them up in a strong knot.

Wei Wuji flicked his wrist, snorted, then looked at Peng Cheng and asked, "Master Peng, what do you say we should do with Chen Ping, the golden thief?"

Now, Peng Cheng's head was already muddy, he subconsciously shook his head and muttered, "Everything...... It's up to Lord Wei to decide......"

Wei Wuji nodded, and said in a cold voice: "The golden thief doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, he dares to openly sneak into the county town and bewitch me Da Chi's loyalty, the crime is unforgivable, and it is not a pity to die, according to the opinion of this official, he should be beheaded in half and beheaded to show the public, so as to set an example!"

Speaking of this, he asked with a smile, "Master Peng, what do you think?"

Where did Peng Cheng dare to have the slightest objection, he nodded again and again, and replied tremblingly: "Yes, yes, yes! The lower officials think that what Lord Wei said is reasonable, so he ...... You should do what Master Wei wants!"

Wei Wuji smiled and said, "Since Master Peng doesn't object either, then...... Pull Chen Ping out of the gang and put him to death!"

"Yes!" the surrounding guards agreed, grabbed Chen Ping's clothes, and strode out.

Chen Ping didn't expect to be alive at this time, he looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, and shouted loudly: "Peng Cheng, you traitor, although you can harm me today, tomorrow, my family will lead a large army to take the heads of your whole family, you just wash your neck and wait, hahahaha-"

Listening to his heart-rending shout, Peng Cheng sweated like rain, his face was bloodless, he wanted to explain it clearly to Chen Ping, but what if he explained it clearly at this time?

Chen Ping, one of the most important advisers under Tang Yin, did not die vigorously on the battlefield, but died in Tongxia in Surabaya County.

Chen Ping's death was not because his mind was not shrewd enough, nor was he too careless, but it could only be said that he was too unlucky and did not grasp the best opportunity.

His death was undoubtedly a great loss for the Jin State, but it also gave the Jin State the best excuse to send troops to the Red Kingdom, and this matter also became the most direct fuse of the Second Jin-Chi War. (To be continued......)