evening.

The sun sets in the west, and its dim light envelopes the earth.

The tall and burly General Huwei lowered his head slightly, stretched out his hand to lift the heavy curtain, and then walked into the tent. Looking at General Hengshui who was sitting behind the table with his eyes closed in thought, General Huwei shouted loudly: "Then

What does Dou Changsheng mean?"

"What can't help?"

"Is this looking down on our brothers?"

General Huwei slapped the table with his big hand, and a loud bang was heard. The table kept vibrating, and the things placed on it kept shaking. General Hengshui reached out and pressed the table to prevent the table from shaking and the things on it falling.

Opening his closed eyes, General Hengshui showed no expression on his face and spoke in a deep voice: "Be careful what you say. Be careful that walls have ears."

"Prince Chen is an imperial envoy. He has been entrusted with an important task by the imperial court. He is here to investigate the death of Prince Xiang. He is not here to seek justice for us."

General Huwei looked ugly and said in a bad tone: "That old guy Prince Xiang died at the wrong time. If you ask me, General Big Dipper must have killed Prince Xiang."

"Only these confidants can grasp the whereabouts of King Xiang. King Xiang will not be wary of them. Otherwise, King Xiang is also the king of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He is a second-level martial arts grand master and holds one of the six seals in his hand.

, possessing first-class combat power, how could he be killed so easily."

General Hengshui nodded slowly and said: "Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, Yaoguang."

"These seven titled generals have always been controlled by the sons of the royal family. They are the cornerstone of the clan's control of the Southern Army. Only their internal disputes can make King Xiang's death unclear."

"The Great Zhou Dynasty today is no longer the Great Zhou Dynasty in the early years. Now the internal situation is very chaotic. The saints have been dead for more than a year. Counting the time when they lost their moral integrity, it has been several years. The battle for the throne is not over yet.

The new emperor has not appeared for a long time, how can the world not be in chaos?"

"I'm not surprised at all by King Xiang's death. Too many people want him dead."

"Even you and my brothers don't have a good impression of Prince Xiang. If we hadn't been unable to survive in the past, who would have been willing to come here to join the army. And with your and my brothers' military exploits, we would have been able to withdraw from the Southern Army safely and go to protect the Fifth Army.

I was offered a position in the government, but King Xiang refused to agree."

General Hengshui was talking, but he also got a little bit conceited, showing his dissatisfaction with King Xiang.

General Huwei sneered and said: "The Southern Army has a hard time getting in and out. Those powerful people are eager to have someone fight for them here so that they don't have to go to the battlefield themselves. The previous generation of General Yaoguang had insufficient military exploits, but it is not easy to transfer him back to the Fifth Army."

The military capital is protecting the mansion."

"Soon he went to Northern Xinjiang, and then made extraordinary achievements. He returned to Beijing to receive rewards, was promoted to a hussar general, and entered the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister."

"It doesn't matter, naturally we can enjoy it, but we are the ones suffering."

"I think Dou Changsheng is no exception. He doesn't want to talk to our brothers. It's not because our brothers are from a low background, and he is the head of the six sects. He is destined to join the cabinet and become the prime minister in the future. Of course, he values ​​the children of powerful people."

"Let's see, soon we will get involved with General Big Dipper. With the support of General Big Dipper, we will not only gain the support of the Southern Army, but also the support of the families behind them."

General Hengshui had no expression on his face and said calmly: "What about this matter? We can't make a conclusion yet."

"We won't know until Captain Hengling arrives."

General Huwei was stunned for a moment, and then said in confusion: "Didn't Colonel Hengling die in battle?"

General Hengshui explained: "This person was appointed by the imperial court. He went through the path of General Yang Kaitai and wanted to serve as a captain in the Southern Army. It happened that the captain of Hengling died in the battle. There was a vacancy, so he was asked to fill it.

."

"In the past few years, there has been a vacancy of General Hussars. The Protectorate of the Five Armies has been completely controlled by the General. The Confederate Army is wandering outside the Protectorate of the Five Armies. The General will definitely not be willing to accept it. If the other party extends an olive branch, I am also willing to sell it.

It’s a favor.”

"We brothers are at a disadvantage because we don't have any channels, so it would be good to have another channel."

General Huwei nodded and said: "If Dou Changsheng doesn't work here, with the support of the general, we can be more secure."

"Brother is still thoughtful."

A soldier stood outside the curtain and shouted loudly: "General, Captain Hengling is here."

"please!"

The curtain was lifted, and Colonel Hengling, who had just taken office, had already entered the camp and immediately saluted General Hengshui and General Huwei.

General Huwei said in a hurry: "Captain Chen, you are an old man in Shendu, and you are also a close friend of His Royal Highness King Chen. You have known each other for many years, shared weal and woe, solved major cases one after another, and made countless contributions. Even I, a veteran in the Southern Army,

, I’ve heard of them all too.”

"If you hadn't been determined to develop in the military, I believe you would have reached a high position and become an important minister of the country."

The newly minted Captain Chen said in a deep voice: "What's the matter with the general's invitation to tender this time? General, please tell me clearly?"

"It's true that the bidder came from the Six Gates, and he also investigated the case with King Chen, but King Chen is famous, how can he look up to the bidder, show his low status, and dare to call him brother-in-law."

"The idea of ​​being a close friend is pure nonsense."

Captain Chen's face was ugly, as gloomy as dripping water. He had just come out of the wolf's den and fell into the tiger's mouth again.

Why did he bump into Dou Changsheng again? Could it be that he and Dou are destined?

No, it is definitely against each other, Dou overcomes Chen, and restrains me.

If he had known that Dou Changsheng was going south, why would he have worked so hard and spent a lot of money to get through the path of the general? In order to get rid of it once and for all, he went directly to the Southern Army, because this place is self-contained and it is difficult for outsiders to

Intervening, if there is no serious matter, the court will not interfere, because the court wants to avoid gods and demons.

But he never expected to come to the Southern Army and hear the news that King Xiang was dead. Captain Chen's heart skipped a beat at that time, and he had a vague premonition. Sure enough, it all came true now, the lingering ghost of Dou Changsheng has arrived.

Moreover, some people said that they and Dou Changsheng were close friends. Who knew who the bastard was, but the whole world believed it to be true. The same was true for King Jin back then, and the same is true for General Huwei today.

After being rejected by Captain Chen, General Huwei became anxious. What is your relationship with Dou Changsheng? Who in the world doesn't know? You still want to keep it secret here. Have you been able to hide the past?

This is simply because there is no three hundred taels of silver here, and he is treated as an idiot. Even though this is Nanshan and a frontline battlefield, the Southern Army is not blocked from the outside world at all. On the contrary, it is extremely well-informed and knows everything that needs to be known.

General Hengshui stopped General Huwei and spoke calmly: "Captain Hengling must have heard about what happened during the day, and you also know the difficulties our brothers are facing."

"Chen Wanlong has been very kind to us brothers. If this is true, we will naturally be grateful to Chen Wanlong and repay our gratitude to Chen Wanlong in the future. But if this is false, Chen Wanlong is playing with our brothers like monkeys. The clay figurines are even more angry.

Stop talking about us brothers."

"I invited Captain Chen here today because I want to ask him, what does Prince Chen mean by his attitude during the day?"

"Do you really don't want to interfere with our brothers' affairs?"

Colonel Chen sighed in his heart, he's here, he's really here. Sure enough, that's what he's looking for. Captain Chen didn't mean to say anything, but when he thought of a ruthless guy who would eat people without spitting out their bones, he felt a chill in his heart.

Dare to mess up the other party's plan, so he had to obey and said: "I'm not very familiar with King Chen, I just heard some gossip."

"It's just hearsay. It's unconfirmed gossip."

General Hengshui listened to Captain Chen's serious tone, especially the words "heard" and "heard", and immediately responded: "It's just hearsay. We brothers just listen to it. Of course we won't believe it."

Lieutenant Chen lowered his voice and said, "I heard that someone loves to pretend to be innocent and a righteous man."

"I also heard what happened at that time, but the tone of your words was wrong."

"What does it mean to fight to the death? How can you say such words?"

"What are you doing?"

"A certain person is a high-ranking prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and will join the cabinet in the future to serve as prime minister. How could he take the initiative to poach the corner of the Great Zhou Dynasty, form a small group, take the initiative to establish a party, and start engaging in party disputes?"

"Is this what a righteous man would do?"

Colonel Chen didn't wait for them to speak, and continued to answer: "Of course not."

"So I will definitely reject you."

General Hengshui showed a look of enlightenment and suddenly realized: "Listening to your words is really better than reading ten years of books. Such a simple truth, I didn't think of it."

"We were wrong."

Lieutenant Chen looked at General Hengshui who understood and sighed in his heart. He was afraid that Dou Changsheng knew that he was in the Southern Army, so he did this deliberately in order to let himself answer and tell his true thoughts.

This seems very laborious, but in fact it is necessary to go through this process. Even if something goes wrong afterwards, it is because I misinterpreted Dou Changsheng's meaning. All the blame lies with me. How could His Highness Prince Chen be a bad person?

It was because he saw that he had gradually become Dou Changsheng's scapegoat and his white glove, so Chen Xiaowei did not want to continue to get involved with Dou Changsheng.

How can you always walk by the river without getting your shoes wet? Dou Changsheng can succeed ten times or a hundred times, but as long as he fails once, he will overturn. I don't know whether the consequences will swallow up Dou Changsheng, but it will definitely

Able to kill myself.

But all the hard work and planning came to nothing in the end, and he fell into the clutches of Dou Changsheng again.

Lieutenant Chen was silent for a while, hesitating in his heart. There was something he had not said yet. He wondered if General Hengshui could think of it. Finally, he sighed in his heart. If General Hengshui didn't see this, he would be responsible for ruining Dou Changsheng's good deeds.

Sorry.

Well, half of it has been said, so why bother hiding the other half? The result will be the same after everything happens.

Colonel Chen gritted his teeth and continued directly: "Someone will help you. You choose to follow someone, but this is just the surface. You have not seen someone's true intention at all."

"Based on my understanding of someone, to reject you openly is to ask you to submit a pledge of surrender. After all, you just want to gain someone's support by talking in vain. This was possible before someone started to gain momentum, but it is not possible now.

Already."

General Huwei thought for a moment, and now Dou Changsheng has seized the blessed land and overwhelmed all the tribes. His reputation is so great. Not long ago, he even forced the majestic Zhou Zongwang, the legitimate son of the saint, and the candidate for the throne to commit suicide. Then he nodded and said: "Understood, very

understand."

"sinus."
To be continued...