Astral Apostle Chapter 242: Divorce and suspicion

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It is rumored that because the battle in Tianwangzhai is tight and there is no hope of victory, some leaders have abandoned the dark and turned to the bright, secretly surrendered to Chen Feng, and quietly passed on the military information, so our side has won many battles recently,

It's just that this person's identity is a secret. Only the leaders of Longwangzhai who participated in the military affairs negotiation know who the defector is, but they keep it secret and don't mention it to the outside world.

Dragon King Village is not all generals leading troops, there are also leaders who are in charge of various daily affairs, and generally belong to Jianzao Hall

Among them, there is a lower-ranking leader called Niu Qi, who has rough martial arts skills and is proficient in animal husbandry.

This person likes what's in the glass, and it can be adjusted that there is no alcohol, but he is a drunkard, easy-going, and has a close relationship with the bosses under him, and they often drink and have fun together.

On this day, two small bosses of the supervisory hall hosted a banquet at home, claiming to bring out the good wine that had been handed down in the family for many years, to honor the boss and treat Niu Qi.

Niu Qi didn't suspect him, so Pi Dian Dian came to the banquet.

The three of them exchanged cups, drank and ate meat, enjoying themselves.

After the two little bosses continued to persuade him to drink, Niu Qi drank happily. After a while, he drank two pots, his eyes were bleary, he stared in a daze, and he talked nonsense with his tongue out.

Seeing that Niu Qi was half drunk, the two little bosses looked at each other, deliberately chatted with each other, and sang the double reed

"Speaking of which, there have been rumors that some of the enemy troops have defected to the cottage in recent days. I don't know if it's true or not."

"Hmph, in my opinion, it's mostly rumored by people who are interested in it. Think about it, Wangzhai was recruited that day, and he has an official status, why should he return to the green forest? ?"

"What do you mean by that, that I'm a fool?"

The two chatted one sentence after another, their tone became more and more aggressive, almost quarreling,

Niu Qi hurriedly grabbed the two of them, and said with his tongue out:

"What's so noisy about this, don't hurt your peace."

One of the little leaders turned his head and looked curiously: "Niutou leader, do you think this is reliable? Could it be that the leader of Tianwangzhai really switched to me?"

"This is what the owner of the village said personally, and he also said that there are letters to prove it, can it be fake?"

Niu Qi replied without thinking.

"Is there really such a thing? I don't know which enemy leader did this, what is he trying to do."

"Hey, a person like the head of the bull is qualified to participate in the discussion, so he must know. I wonder if you can give me a word or two to satisfy our curiosity."

The two little bosses agreed and looked at Niu Qi eagerly.

Niu Qi drank too much wine, and he wanted to show off, so he said carelessly:

"Who else is there? Naturally, it is Xiang Tianjie who, according to the rumors in the rivers and lakes, made troubles with the village owner in Anlin Mansion. He has an old relationship with the village owner, so he has long been convinced."

"It turned out to be him."

"That makes sense."

The two little bosses looked surprised, and secretly met their eyes

The three of them drank for a while, and Niu Qi passed out completely. The two little bosses took him home and helped him to sleep on the couch.

Niu Qi fell into a deep sleep, snoring,

The two little bosses didn't bother, quietly took away the token of Jianzaotang, then went back to their own house, took out the package they had already packed and went out, used the token to deal with the patrolling guards, and left the village overnight.

Longwangzhai took over half of the Huyang Sanjiao's people, among them there was a mixture of fish and dragons, many of whom were bribed by the court early on.

These two small bosses are such elaborators. Knowing that there is someone collaborating with the enemy in Tianwangzhai, they are eager to make contributions, so they take aim at Niu Qi and lure him to slip up after drinking, so as to obtain information.

In today's Dragon King Village, many are inherited soldiers and horses. There are so many people that it is unrealistic to distinguish one by one, and it is inevitable that there will be subtle operations.

Moreover, with Longwangzhai's open-door style, it is too easy for others to set up their eyes and ears, and it is impossible for them to check the household registration of each minion like the imperial court.

Zhou Jing is well aware of this situation, so he can only ensure that there is no careful work among the core executives.

However, only moldy associations have no spies. There is no such thing as a monolithic force in the world.

In the Tianwangzhai army.

Lu Longchuan was racking his brains on the map and thinking about how to defeat the enemy.

At this time, suddenly a messenger rushed to the scene

"Report! The patrolling soldiers found two suspicious-looking people who claimed to be spies placed by the imperial court in the Dragon King Village. They deliberately defected from the Dragon King Village, claiming that they have important confidential matters to report to the commander!"

Lu Longchuan was startled, secretly curious, nodded and said:

"Bring them here."

Not long after, the soldiers brought the two little leaders to the tent of the Chinese army.

As soon as these two people saw Lu Longchuan, they hurriedly bowed and saluted, straight to the point:

"I have met Commander Lu. We used to be under the command of Tan Peng, and then transferred to Longwangzhai. In fact, we obeyed the orders of the patrol commander and acted as a spy among the thieves. We have been lurking all the time. News, this is a special trip to inform Commander Lu."

Lu Longchuan was noncommittal, and asked solemnly: "What secret?"

"Recently there have been rumors in Dragon King Village that there are enemy generals collaborating with the enemy, so I made a special investigation..."

The two little bosses talked about the process in detail, and finally reported the name of Xiang Tianjie, the fourth leader:

Hearing this, Lu Longchuan's expression changed suddenly, he was furious, he slammed the table and stood up;

"Good thieves, how dare you provoke Liwen here, and destroy my brother's loyalty? Let me take these two people down, push them out and chop them up!"

The two little bosses were scared out of their wits, they quickly knelt down and swore with their fingers:

"We are absolutely speaking the truth, everything is true! We also have records in the Military Patrol Division. Commander Lu can find it in the Hongzhou government office. The two of us are really working for the court!"

"You still dare to talk nonsense, tie me up and put me in a prison!"

Lu Longchuan couldn't help but shout out angrily.

The left and right guards immediately set up the two little bosses, covered their mouths, and dragged them out all the way,

After the two were taken away, Lu Longchuan sat down again with a cloudy expression on his face. After thinking for a while, he asked someone to call military advisor Sun Rong over.

Not long after, Sun Rong arrived.

Lu Longchuan did not hide anything, and told all about what happened just now.

"...that's how things are, what do you think the military division thinks?"

Sun Rong listened quietly, stroked his beard under his jaw, and muttered:

"This matter is strange. Xiang Tianjie is a veteran of the cottage, how could he easily surrender to the enemy? This is probably the opponent's trick, trying to frame the blame, let us cut off our arms."

Lu Longchuan nodded: "I think so too, these two should be the dead men sent by Chen Feng."

"That's not necessarily the case, maybe it's just being confused." Sun Rong rolled his eyes and said, "These two claim to be inspectors of the Martial Arts Department, so it's better to send someone to the Hongzhou government office to confirm the list. If you kill him, you will lose your witness."

Lu Longchuan nodded, they represent the imperial court now, and the Huyang prefectures need to cooperate with each other, so it is very simple to find the government office to confirm.

Sun Rong paused, then continued:

"Then Chen Feng wants to frame Xiang Tianjie, so naturally he has a backhand. Maybe there are spies from the other party in our army. We will keep a close watch on the fourth master for a while. Spies will always show their feet." /

"I'll take care of myself." Lu Longchuan nodded

Ten days passed by in a flash.

During this time, Xiang Tianjie always felt in a trance.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but he always feels that someone is watching him secretly, but when he looks around, he finds nothing, which makes him suspicious recently.

He thought he was dealing with the enemy for days and was under too much pressure, so he didn't take it to heart,

That night, the camp was quiet, and most of the generals fell asleep,

Xiang Tianjie was lying with his clothes on, half asleep and half awake, when he suddenly heard a slight noise in the tent, as if someone was moving beside the bed.

"Who?!"

Xiang Tianjie woke up suddenly, turned over and sat up suddenly, took out the sword from under the pillow, drew it and looked around.

However, it was quiet in the tent, and there was no one else, only the faint candle flame was beating, casting his shadow on the tent, presenting a grotesque posture

Xiang Tianjie glanced vigilantly, then stood up and opened the curtain with his sword, looked out with his head, and found that the guards were still guarding outside the tent.

He asked the soldiers and learned that no one was approaching, so he put away his sword and went back to the tent, thinking that he was delusional because of his dream of singing.

However, when passing by the table, Lu Longchuan suddenly froze, turned his head stiffly, and looked at the table in shock,

He clearly remembered that he cleared the table before going to bed, there should be nothing else on it

But at this time, a letter from nowhere was lying quietly on the table, watching him silently.

Huang Yayi felt a chill in her bones, subconsciously took two steps back,

As the old green forest who licks blood with a knife edge, he does not believe in ghosts and gods, but when he encounters strange things at this time, he is still subconsciously frightened.

"Who is playing tricks on me..."

Huang Yayi took a deep breath, walked to the case, picked up the letter carefully, and read it.

But only halfway through the reading, his face changed drastically, as if he had been helped by a bee, he shook his hand and threw the letter away,

"This is blame! This letter cannot be kept!"

Huang Yayi came back to her senses, quickly picked up the letter, and wanted to burn it with a candle.

But at this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside

Wow!

Xiang Tianjie and Chen Feng moved back into the tent with their entourage, and immediately saw Lu Longchuan who was planning to burn the letter.

"Stop! Stop him!"

Xiang Tianjie stopped, flew up, and grabbed Lu Longchuan's wrist.

The relatives next to him rushed up and pressed Lu Longchuan firmly

Lu Longchuan didn't struggle hard, but looked at everyone in shock.

"Why are you here?"

He didn't understand why Xiang Tianjie came here by such a coincidence, and everyone was wearing armor... If he hadn't been prepared, how could he suddenly appear?

Xiang Tianjie ignored it, and read the letter with a calm face, his chest gradually rose and fell, his face was livid with anger,

"How dare you!" Bang!

He kicked over the table and was furious,

Chen Feng took the letter and read it again, with the same expression of shock,

This is a reply letter from Niu Qi, in which he thanked Lu Longchuan for his military information and asked him to pass on the information next time

At the same time, the letter also mentioned that Lu Longchuan should be calm and calm, and even if he gathers some leaders of the anti-recruitment faction, he should not rashly cause civil strife, and wait until the critical moment to start.

In addition, the letter also agreed with the statement of the anti-Zhao'an faction headed by Lu Longchuan, thinking that Huang Yayi was once a hero, but now he is reduced to a court eagle, and it is really not worth serving. Come to get the tools of prosperity and wealth. But at any rate, you brothers, when things are done, it won't ruin Xiang Tianjie's life and so on.

"What's going on?"

Xiang Tianjie calmed down his anger, pointed at the letter, and asked Huang Yayi.

Lu Longchuan looked aggrieved, and said: "I don't know, this letter suddenly appeared in my tent just now, someone must have sneaked into my tent just now, and set the blame on me!"

"But I have asked your gate guards just now, and no one approached at all just now!"

Lu Longchuan couldn't argue, and then frowned and asked:

"Why did you suddenly show up? This letter appeared by coincidence, and you all came at the same time. This is clearly a game against me! Please lead the investigation!"

Xiang Tianjie was unmoved, and said in a deep voice:

"In the past few days, I have been letting my personal soldiers monitor you. Every day, you are a different person. If you are not careful, you will really hide it from me!"

Lu Longchuan's eyes widened suddenly, and he asked in disbelief, "Are you spying on me?"

"That's right. I didn't believe you were secretly collaborating with the enemy, but what do you have to say now?"

Xiang Tianjie shouted

Hearing this, Lu Longchuan immediately burst into grief and indignation

Unexpectedly, the brothers have been brothers for many years, and the owner of the village doesn't trust him, so he sent someone to monitor him.

No wonder I have been restless for the past few days. It turns out that I am really being followed.

But the physical evidence is here now, like yellow mud falling off the crotch, Lu Longchuan knew that it was difficult to explain, so he could only cheer up and shout

"

"Listen to me, Commander, this is the enemy's plan to frame the blame and sow discord. From the beginning to the end, I have never colluded with the enemy! Commander, don't fall for the enemy's tricks!"

"There is evidence here, even if you say it is broken, you can't avoid it. Someone, tie him up, put him in prison, and even interrogate him!"

Xiang Tianjie ordered

The soldiers on both sides said they were offended, and took Lu Longchuan, who was full of injustice, behind bars

Watching everyone leave, the anger on Xiang Tianjie's face subsided and turned into a sad expression:

"Military division, do you really want to do this?"

Huang Ya shook her head: "I got the stolen goods together, even if I want to let him go, I can't let him go. To be on the safe side, I can only lock him up first."

Although they obtained the letter evidence, the two did not completely doubt the authenticity of the object, and still felt that it might be a blame game.

But regardless of whether Lu Longchuan was framed or not, since this letter appears here, it proves that there are really spies inside!

Moreover, the status of a spy will never be low, otherwise how could the military inside story mentioned in the letter be so detailed.

It's a pity that the real traitor didn't show his feet tonight.

The two had no choice but to use their tricks, lock up Lu Longchuan first, and then investigate carefully who is the traitor.

However, although the two subconsciously didn't believe it, they still couldn't help being suspicious of Lu Longchuan in their hearts

--Is there a chance that there is no other inside story, as the current evidence shows, that he is really collaborating with the enemy?

"Who would it be..."

Xiang Tianjie frowned, and each face flashed in his mind.

Which old brother betrayed me?

He was in a mess, and felt that many people were possible, so he couldn't help being suspicious.

From Xiang Tianjie's point of view, most of what was said in the letter was true or false. As for his views on him, it was probably the letter writer's heartfelt words.

Although this letter cannot be fully believed, after thinking about it, it seems that the only ones who have the motive of betrayal are the leaders of the anti-zhao'an faction.

Is it really unpopular for me to choose the road of recruiting security?

Xiang Tianjie's expression changed.

Thinking of Niu Qi's heroic posture ~IndoMTL.com~ his heart is covered with a layer of haze

Although he is not a self-pitying person, compared with this invincible hunk, he feels ashamed from the bottom of his heart, knowing that his charm is far inferior to his.

If I hadn't been together with the leaders for many years, I'm afraid they would have wanted to switch to Niu Qimo?

For a while, Huang Yayi was worried about gains and losses, and her expression was cloudy and uncertain.

At the same time, on the other side of the Tianwangzhai military camp, Yufeng Zhenren's residence.

In the tent, Zhou Jing slowly opened his eyes.

"The unity of a group often ends with suspicion, people's hearts are changeable, and the next step is to wait. I just need to add a few fires at the right time. I don't know if the surnamed Lu still has this ability now, calm down All the people under his command... Hee, I guess it's not good enough, he is already an old man, the ambition of his youth has long been exhausted, his style is getting more and more sloppy, he is very greasy, and he is not handsome enough."

While thinking about it, he shook his head, blew out the dragon candle that was glowing with green flames, and accepted the technique of enslaving ghosts.