Hearing Cao Zhang's order, a soldier immediately stepped forward to hold down Brother Xiahou.

Xiahou Shang was shocked, and hurriedly shouted loudly: "I am wronged, we have no collaborator!" ”

Xiahou Ru also eagerly defended: "Boss, there must be a misunderstanding here, we are wronged!" ”

Cao Zhang didn't say a word with a cold face, and the soldiers dragged the two of them out.

Xiahou Ba was also startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop: "Ziwen ......"

Cao Zhang's eyes immediately widened: "What do you call me?" On the battlefield, there are only generals, no brothers! ”

Seeing Cao Zhang's anger, Xiahou Ba hurriedly changed his words and knelt down in front of him: "Boss." The two who joined the army will never cooperate with the enemy, there must be a misunderstanding here, and please ask the coach to be clear! ”

Cao Zhang snorted: "Okay, I'll let them die and understand!" ”

He shouted: "Escort the people back first!" ”

The soldiers escorted the Xiahou brothers back to Cao Zhang's knees.

Xiahou Shang anxiously defended: "Boss, our brothers only want to break the enemy, share the worries of the boss, and have no intention of collaborating with the enemy. ”

Xiahou Ru also eagerly defended: "Yes, please also ask the coach to investigate and return our brother's innocence!" ”

"Innocence?!" Cao Zhang sneered, and then asked sharply, "If it weren't for your collaboration with the enemy, how would Li Dao know that I was going to go to Tianshui with the holy envoy to see Ma Teng alone, how would he arrange a heavy army to intercept and kill?" ”

"If I hadn't arranged it earlier, Zhong Shizhong and I would have been killed last night, do you know?!" The more Cao Zhang spoke, the more angry he became, pointing at the two and reprimanding angrily.

Xiahou Shang remembered the experience of the previous night, it was indeed very dangerous, but he still didn't understand what this matter had to do with their brothers, and how could it be related to collaborating with the enemy.

"Boss, how can Li Wei know your itinerary, I really don't know, how can we be blamed for collaborating with the enemy?" Xiahou Ru had already preemptively raised questions.

"You don't admit it, do you? Okay, then let me ask you, have you ever been with your entourage now? But who's missing? Cao Zhang slowly walked up to the two and asked coldly.

"This ......" Xiahou Shang was speechless for a while, he was struggling with whether to tell Shi A's matter.

"What's the matter, on the night I assigned the mission, someone saw your retinue leading their horses out of the camp and still not returning. Say, where did he go? Cao Zhang didn't give Xiahou Shang a chance to breathe at all, and continued to question.

When Xiahou Ru saw Cao Zhang ask Shi A, he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he hurriedly admitted: "Boss, we did have an entourage who left the camp, but we sent him out, not to collaborate with the enemy, but to let him return to Xudu to report the news!" ”

"Back to Xudu?" Cao Zhang looked at the two of them with a somewhat skeptical expression, judging the truth of their words.

Xiahou Ba looked at the two of them stumbling, got anxious, and stepped forward to urge: "Oh, the two of you have something to say quickly, what is going on, why do you send someone back to Xu Du to report the news?!" ”

Xiahou Shang looked at Cao Zhang, and before leaving, Cao Pi asked them to explain everything truthfully.

'Boss, what we're saying is true. Brother Zihuan is really worried about you, so he arranged for us to report the military situation at any time, and he is kind-hearted. After Xiahou Shang finished speaking, lest Cao Zhang misunderstand, he said good things for Cao Pi.

"Yes, boss, we also saw that we couldn't attack Chang'an for a long time, and we were afraid that Sikong would blame us, so we thought of writing to Brother Zihuan, hoping that he could help intercede in front of Sikong and buy time, which has absolutely nothing to do with collaborating with the enemy." Xiahou Ru also vigorously defended.

After listening to the explanations of the two, Xiahou Ba also stepped forward to help them say good things: "Boss, the two of them have pure temperaments and will definitely not do anything to collaborate with the enemy, I believe what they say is the truth!" ”

"The truth?!" Cao Zhang scolded angrily, "Do you know where the messenger you sent out left the camp and went?" He went directly to Chang'an! This is what Ji saw with his own eyes, and he can't be wrong with the enemy! ”

"How is this possible?" Xiahou Shang's eyes widened in disbelief.

Xiahou Ru also couldn't believe it: "He was specially arranged for us by Brother Zihuan, how could he go to Chang'an to report to Li Dao!?" ”

Xiahou Ba now understands everything, and suddenly said to Cao Zhang: "Boss, I understand, it is not Bo Yan and Junlin who collaborate with the enemy, it is Cao Pi, it is he who deliberately arranged for a person to be by Bo Yan's side, pretending to care about you, in fact, it is to pass on our military information to Li Dao!" ”

Xu Shu, who had been silent beside him, also stroked his beard and stepped forward slowly, nodding slightly: "Boss, Zhongquan's analysis makes some sense, it should be the truth of the matter." The two Xiahou sons were coaxed and used by him, but they were by no means his accomplices. ”

Xiahou Shang had already reacted at this time, and echoed continuously: "Boss, it must be like this, we were coaxed and used, we really don't know!" ”

Cao Zhang kept looking at the two of them, his expression slowly softened, he waved his hand to signal the soldiers to stand down, and then beckoned the Xiahou brothers to get up: "Get up!" ”

Xiahou Shang and Xiahou Ru got up from the ground.

Xiahou Ba stepped forward and blamed the two: "You two fools, you have been used in such a daze!" If it weren't for Ziwen's clever calculation and clever arrangement this time, not only him, but all of us would have finished together! ”

Xiahou Shang came back to his senses and hurriedly saluted Cao Zhang: "Boss, we were confused before, and we were used by Zihuan, and we almost made a big mistake, thank you for your mercy and forgiveness, I will follow you wholeheartedly in the future, and I will never be used by others again." ”

Xiahou Ru also hurriedly followed Xiahou Shang to express his gratitude and follow-up to Cao Zhang.

Cao Zhang helped the two of them up: "The two brothers are also being used, this matter should be regarded as a lesson, and you must not easily trust people in the future, and you must not leak military information at will." Otherwise, even if they are brothers, I will not tolerate them anymore! ”

The Xiahou brothers bowed their heads together and said yes.

Cao Zhang looked at the expressions of the two and knew that his move had an effect.

In fact, he had already judged that the Xiahou brothers were not really helping Cao Pi, and being an undercover agent by his side should be used.

But if you don't beat them in this way this time, they will never understand what's at stake, and they won't really surrender to themselves.

Cao Zhang's purpose in doing this is also to establish authority in front of the three of them, so that these clan subordinates who talk about "brothers" all day long can understand the subordinate relationship between them and obey themselves from the bottom of their hearts!

Xiahou Ru was stunned, and he hadn't fully figured it out, and muttered in his mouth: "But, why did Ke Zihuan do this, why did he help the enemy deal with his own people?" ”

"Ouch, Junlin, you are really my stupid brother, why haven't you understood it yet? From the very beginning, Cao Pi recommended Ziwen to be ordered to fight, it was a conspiracy! He just wanted to kill Ziwen, you know!? Xiahou Ba saw that Xiahou Ru was still confused, and said anxiously.

After all, Xiahou Ru is also a talented person, and after being reminded by Xiahou Ba like this, after a little pondering, he understood the deep meaning behind it.

"In order to fight for the son of the world, Zihuan did not hesitate to kill each other, and disregarded the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, which is simply a destruction of human nature and a heinous crime! When we return to Xudu, we must go to Sikong to report his collaborator! Xiahou didn't expect Cao Pi to be generous on the surface, but behind the scenes, he was so insidious and vicious, shouting angrily.

"That's right, we must report to Sikong and ask Sikong to convict him!" Xiahou Ru was also unwilling to be teased by Cao Pi, and echoed angrily.

"This time, we must clean him up well, and get out of this evil breath in my heart!" Xiahou Ba also vented the anger in his heart together.

At this time, Cao Zhang had completely calmed down and shook his head gently: "I'm afraid you have to continue to hold your breath." Since he dared to do this, he must have already thought of a way out for himself. We don't have real evidence in our hands, so even if we sue our father, what can we do? ”

As soon as Cao Zhang said this, the three of them were silent. They also realized that now they don't have any human or physical evidence in their hands, and relying only on the Xiahou brothers to report it is obviously not enough to win the trust of others, let alone convince the public.

"Then we're cheaper for him like this!?" Xiahou Ba said unwillingly.

"Do you think I'm a submissive person? If you think about it, we defeated Li Dao last night, and taking Chang'an is just around the corner. As long as we work harder to eradicate Li Dao, we will have made a great achievement! ”

"When we return to Xudu, the release of Cao Gong Paper and "Thousand Character Text" will definitely have a scale, I can continue to expand my prestige and status, and I will slowly fight for everything I want with my real skills!"

"I also want Cao Pi to watch, I can't be harmed by conspiracy, and I can't win me! I'm going to show him how I'm stepping him under my feet. This kind of psychological crushing is far more relieving than killing him directly! Cao Zhang confidently and proudly said his way of fighting back against Cao Pi......