Outside Chang'an City, in the camp of the rebels.

In the tent, Zhu Wen sat by the wooden desk with cigarettes, rubbing the wine glass in his hand in a daze. In the cup is warm human blood, from those soldiers who disobeyed military orders.

He frowned, took a sip of the blood in the cup, and thought: "What kind of goods is he Shang Jun Chang and Shang Rang, dare to be presumptuous in front of me, and he must teach them a good lesson today! ”

It turned out that when he was patrolling the camp last night, he happened to meet tens of thousands of horses under his command moving together, surrounding a group of four men and women in the center. Unexpectedly, the four of them were extremely brave, and they supported for a long time under the strong attack of the tide-like army.

He was puzzled, so he rode his horse closer to see where the four men came from. When he saw that the leader of the four was actually his junior brother Liu Yu, he couldn't help but be surprised.

He looked at the flickering figure of Liu Yu in his heart from afar, and anger rose sharply in his heart. Whenever he thought of Liu Yu's bad deeds in Yongzhou and made his own army wander for several days, he felt itchy for a while, and he couldn't wait to immediately slash this junior brother who didn't recognize his six relatives.

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But now, when he really had this opportunity to start, he couldn't help but hesitate in his heart.

He couldn't help but think of the scene when he was caught and humiliated by Tang Feng and Xue Hongmei outside the broken temple in Wugou Village, when he thought he was going to die, but his junior brother desperately saved his life.

Such kindness, he Zhu Wen has nothing to repay in his life. He Zhu Wen has always promised himself to be gracious, how can he do something ungrateful!?

He tapped his forehead with his fist and thought angrily, "Zhu Xun, Zhu Xun, how can you still have a soft heart like a woman. Liu Yu is the person you should kill the most, although he is your junior brother, he refuses to be considerate of you everywhere. If you keep him, it will definitely become an endless trouble for you in the future!"

He wanted to order his soldiers and Quanzhong's disciples to rush up and cut Liu Yu with a thousand knives, but as soon as the words reached his mouth, he swallowed them back.

Another long series of sighs rang from the depths of his throat.

He looked up at the moon in the night sky and sighed: "Senior brother, although you are against me everywhere, I, Zhu Xun, will never be ungrateful!

He immediately ordered the army to open the net, leaving the four of them a way to live.

When he was done, he went back to the camp to rest, saying that the incident had happened in his own camp and that no one else would know what was going on. When the time comes, if the two generals Huang and Wang ask, he can just find a reason to prevaricate.

But just one night after the incident, the two brothers, who let the monk and the elder brother get the news from nowhere, actually sent someone to question him about the deliberate arson of the enemy last night.

He and the Shang brothers have always been at odds, and they are both jealous. Since he joined the Righteous Army, he has risen very quickly by virtue of his military exploits, and until recent years, he has been ranked above the Shang brothers, and has faintly become the fourth person in the Righteous Army in addition to the two generals Huang and Wang and the military advisor Wang Dao.

And the Shang brothers were already the backbone of the army when Huang and Wang first revolted, and they often boasted of being meritorious veterans on weekdays, so how could they tolerate a rising star to surpass themselves. Therefore, as soon as they heard that Zhu Wen was suspected of arsoning with the enemy's departure, they sent people to question them, trying to take the opportunity to suppress them, and at the same time to facilitate the future to sue in front of the two generals, Huang and Wang.

"Report!" a tooth general broke into Zhu Wen's tent in a rage.

"What's the matter?" asked Zhu Wen, suppressing the anger in his heart.

The tooth general bowed to the ground and asked for an order, "Commander Qiqi, the two envoys sent by General Shang have arrived outside the gate, do you see it or not?"

"Let him in!" Zhu Wen snorted coldly.

He called his own soldiers, who followed him on weekdays, arranged for the knife and axe men behind the tent, and ordered, "Whoever dares to make the slightest sound, I want his head!"

The soldiers were so frightened that their legs went limp, and they hurriedly replied in unison: "No!"

Rather than having their heads cut off by the manager, they are more afraid that they will become a vessel for the manager to eat blood.

Seeing this, Zhu Wen smiled, "You don't have to worry, Ben Shuai never kills innocent people!"

He threw up his head and drank the blood from the cup, and threw it to the servant maid who was waiting beside him. The maidservant took the cup and trembled so much that she almost didn't let it fall to the ground.

Zhu Wen lifted the curtain of the tent and prepared to go out of the tent to meet the envoy sent by the Shang brothers.

He had already made a plan in his heart, if the envoy had no eyes and dared to talk nonsense in front of him, then he ordered the knife and axe men to chop him into pulp, and then personally complained to the two generals Huang and Wang of the Shang brothers, accusing them of relying on their old qualifications, bullying people too much on weekdays, and often suppressing him, a rising star in the army.

"With my dazzling military exploits in recent years, the two generals Huang and Wang will inevitably favor my side. Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a sneer.

"See General Zhu!" The envoy didn't bother at all, ignoring the dust on the ground, and knelt down to him and bowed.

It turned out that this envoy was actually a smart man, and when he was sent by the two generals to send this dangerous messenger today, he secretly said that it was not good, and he complained bitterly in his heart. He knew that if he was not careful, he would fall victim to the infighting among the generals.

The envoy knew in his heart that the General Zhu in front of him was only higher than his own commander, and if he really wanted to kill himself, he was afraid that it would be easier than killing a sheep.

"This man is quite interesting, and he will be left alive for the time being. Zhu Wen smiled secretly in his heart.

With a smile on his face, he stepped forward to lift the messenger up and invite him into his account.

He summoned out the Youling and Meiji that he had secretly collected on weekdays, put out a banquet of the best delicacies from the mountains and seas, and invited the envoy into the seat.

The envoy was flattered when he saw this, and knelt on the ground by the side of the case, "The general treats him so kindly, it's really a villain!"

Zhu Wen laughed, stretched out his big hand and gently patted the messenger's back, and said with relief: "Although you and I are meeting for the first time today, we have a very happy chat, why don't we drink him today and not get drunk?"

"Don't you dare to be happy!" replied the messenger by nodding his head like a peck of rice.

Zhu Wen smiled and clapped his hands, and a group of excellent singers hurriedly walked to the center of the venue.

The music and dance are not enough!

The envoy was very cautious, and did not say a word about the instructions of the two generals when they were leaving.

Just when the envoy was drunk, Zhu Wen glanced to the side.

After a while, two soldiers came to the messenger with several gold and silver treasures.

The messenger's eyes were hazy, and he rubbed his eyes fiercely. He had never seen so many treasures in his life, and he was dazzled for a while.

He knew in his heart that there must be a high price behind such a valuable reward, so he jumped up from his seat in fright and knelt down in front of Zhu Wen, "General Zhu, the villain is useless and does not dare to accept it, please take these treasures back quickly!"

Zhu Wen laughed, and all the soldiers on the side laughed.

Zhu Wen stood up, walked to the envoy, and helped him up, "Brother Tai don't panic, this small gift is just a little bit of heart I gave Brother Tai, not for anything else, just because you and I hit it off at first sight! ”

Only then did the envoy understand his intentions, calmed down, and said secretly: "This Zhu Wen, if he just wants me to say a few good words for him in front of the Shang brothers, it will be easy to do, and it seems that this gift can be accepted." ”

He looked at the sparkling gold, silver and jewelry in front of him, and said, "General Zhu, you are so affectionate and righteous, and the villain admires you very much. Now that you have been instructed this time, how dare that villain not do his best? After I go back, I will explain the misunderstanding between you to the two generals so that you can clear up your old suspicions. ”

Zhu Wen smiled and waved his hand, and the two soldiers put away the gold, silver and jewelry, put them into a wooden box, and solemnly placed the wooden box in front of the envoy.

After the feast, Zhu Wen personally sent the messenger who had drunk all kinds of meat and vegetables out of the tent and helped him on horseback, while not forgetting to order the box of jewels to be firmly tied to the man's saddle.

Shortly after the envoy left, Juwen called a scout general to his side.

"What does the boss command, the humble general will never give up!" said the tooth general.

Zhu Wen picked up the blood cup, took a heavy sip, and instructed: "When the messenger goes farther away, you will lead someone to chase him and tie him up." Remember, let as many people see it, the better! When you escorted him to the two generals, Huang and Wang, you said that Shang Rang and the monk Jun had insulted me too much, and that they often oppressed me on weekdays, and even sent their subordinates to find me to loot gold, silver, and jewelry. In order not to offend the two Shang generals, I put the overall situation first, so I could only endure the humiliation and obediently hand over my belongings, including the jade Ruyi that King Huang personally rewarded me. You subordinates felt indignant in their hearts when they saw the commander being humiliated, so at the risk of offending the two Shang generals, you caught this greedy messenger and asked the two generals Huang and Wang to send them down!"

"Boss, what if the messenger jumps over the wall in a hurry and talks nonsense in front of the two generals, Huang and Wang?"

"Well, you have a point. Zhu Wen nodded, "Then kill him, and then give the head to the two generals, Huang and Wang." Dead people can't speak, and I'd like to see what the Shang brothers can do to clear themselves. ”

"No!" the tooth general said goodbye and hurriedly pulled out the curtain.

Zhu Wen looked at the half cup of blood in his hand and grinned.