Zhong Jinwei heard the sound and looked over, and found that Lu Xiangsheng's shirt was full of blood and that there were bandages on many places on his body. He quickly said: "Get up quickly, Jiutai, come here, sit here and talk."
Although the battle damage has not yet been calculated, it can still be roughly seen. Lu Xiangsheng remembered that he had fallen into the Jianlu's conspiracy and had killed so many soldiers in vain, with tears in his eyes. Still kneeling, he raised his head and said to Zhong Jinwei: "I am guilty of the crime."
I have no face to receive the courtesy of the Marquis anymore. When I returned home, I wrote a memorandum of apology and asked the emperor to punish me, without any complaints."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Jinwei put away his smile and said seriously: "Yes, you are responsible for the defeat, but the biggest responsibility for this battle is not you. Get up first, sit down and talk."
Lu Xiangsheng was startled when he heard this. He was the highest officer in Denglai, and he personally directed the war. How could he not be the biggest responsible for the defeat of the battle?
"Do you want me to come down and ask you to sit down? Why don't you get up quickly?"
Zhong Jinwei's words forced Lu Xiangsheng to stand up. He was exhausted, had multiple injuries on his body, and was agitated just now. He couldn't stand firm when he stood up, and his body swayed before he regained his balance.
When Zhong Jinwei saw it, he hurriedly said to Gu Baichuan beside him: "Go and sit down at Fujiutai."
"Yes, Lord Marquis." Gu Baichuan agreed and took a few steps forward to support Lu Xiangsheng.
Lu Xiangsheng relied on his bravery, so he had the nerve to let the stall owner of Dongchang help him. He quickly thanked him, gently shook off Gu Baichuan's hand, and walked to his seat in a few steps to sit down.
Gu Baichuan didn't care either, he still stood back beside Zhong Jinwei.
At this time, a soldier from outside came in and reported: "Master Marquis, everyone has boarded the boat."
"Then let's sail the boat." Zhong Jinwei ordered.
When the sergeant who had delivered the order left, he asked Lu Xiangsheng with concern: "How are your injuries?"
"They are all minor injuries, nothing serious." Upon hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng replied quickly.
When he goes to the battlefield, he always wears three layers of armor and wields the 72-pound Qinglong Yanyue Sword. To use an inappropriate analogy, Lu Xiangsheng, fully armed, is a humanoid tank on the cold weapon battlefield.
After Lu Xiangsheng answered his injury, he was thinking about what Zhong Jinwei had just said. He thought that Zhongxing Hou valued him and wanted to absolve himself of the blame, so he said that the biggest responsibility for the failure of this battle was not his.
He was a little ashamed, and clasped his fists towards Zhong Jinwei and said: "Xiaoguan has failed to recommend me to the Marquis, and I don't want to implicate the Marquis anymore. Please don't worry about me anymore. It is my fault, and I will never escape."
.The lower official will definitely state the truth in his apology memorial to the emperor."
Zhong Jinwei was stunned after hearing this, and it took him a while to understand the meaning of Lu Xiangsheng's words.
He burst out laughing immediately, how could he lie to the emperor to absolve Lu Xiangsheng of his guilt? He didn't even look at who was in his bodyguards. Dongchang officers, maybe there were people from the Independent Commission Against Corruption among them. He wanted to
If they did this, the people here might immediately give the real information to Emperor Chongzhen.
Lu Xiangsheng was puzzled by Zhong Jinwei's laughter. He didn't know what he said wrong. Not only was Zhongxing Hou laughing, but his guards were also smiling. He vaguely felt that he had understood it wrong, and he didn't know what was going on.
, is the truth of the matter.
Zhong Jinwei had laughed enough and said to Wang Peng: "Go and bring that man over to Jiutai, and he will understand."
"Yes." Wang Peng clasped his fists in agreement and walked out of the hatch.
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng confirmed that there must be something unknown to him, and looked at Zhong Jinwei with some curiosity, expecting Zhong Jinwei to answer his questions first.
But Zhong Jinwei picked up the tea that Li Dingguo had just brought and drank it slowly.
Li Dingguo then brought a cup of tea and placed it on the table next to Lu Xiangsheng, and then said: "Please have some tea, Mr. Zhongcheng."
Lu Xiangsheng looked at Li Dingguo, and then at the other three older children standing behind Zhong Jinwei. He wondered, could they be Zhang Xianzhong's four adopted sons?
Li Dingguo originally wanted to take the opportunity to ask about his adoptive father. He was about to speak, but he remembered that it was his uncle's time to discuss matters and it was not convenient to inquire about personal matters, so he suppressed it.
At this time, two people came in from the hatch. The person in front had his hands cut behind his back and was escorted in by Wang Peng from behind.
After entering the cabin, Wang Peng kicked the man in the leg socket and shouted: "Kneel down."
Lu Xiangsheng stared at this man, feeling familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment. This man had been beaten into a pig's head, and his face was red and swollen and difficult to distinguish.
"Master Marquis, have mercy on me, Master Marquis, have mercy on me..." As soon as the man knelt on the ground, he kowtowed and begged for mercy.
The voice sounded familiar to Lu Xiangsheng, and he suddenly remembered a person, but still asked suspiciously: "Is this General Zu Shen?"
When Zu Dale heard that Lu Xiangsheng recognized him, he kowtowed to Lu Xiangsheng: "Zhongcheng, help me, Zhongcheng, help me..."
Wang Peng, who was behind him, got tired of hearing this. He glanced at Zhong Jinwei, then kicked Zu Dale on the back, knocking him to the ground, and shouted: "Shut your mouth."
Lu Xiangsheng couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment, so he raised his head and looked at Zhong Jinwei.
"Jiutai, this man is the main culprit for the defeat in this war." Zhong Jinwei pointed at Zu Dale and said to Lu Xiangsheng.
"This?" Lu Xiangsheng was still confused and didn't understand why Zu Dale became the culprit.
Could it be that he escaped? But even if he escaped, it did not cause the whole army to retreat. And even if Zu Dale did not escape, it would be difficult to change the situation.
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he knew that if he didn't elaborate, Lu Xiangsheng might not understand. So he explained to Lu Xiangsheng: "This person has secretly defected to Jianlu a long time ago. He has set a trap from the beginning to lead you into the trap."
Jump in."
"What?!" Lu Xiangsheng screamed when he heard this, and he suddenly stood up from his chair.
Because the movements were too violent, several of the bandaged wounds on Lu Xiangsheng's body showed signs of oozing blood. The wounds burst, which was not painless, but Lu Xiangsheng didn't feel it at all.
What Zhong Jinwei said really surprised him. It was as surprising as when he found out that Hou Zhongxing suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
Seeing Zhong Jinwei nodding to him, Lu Xiangsheng still didn't believe it. How could this happen?
He took a few steps forward and came to Zu Dale, who had just struggled to kneel down again, and shouted in a deep voice: "Is the Marquis telling the truth?"
Zu Dale looked up at the tall Lu Xiangsheng, who was glaring at him angrily, waiting for a reply.
"Zhongcheng, I will be obsessed with ghosts. I will..." Before Zu Dale could finish his words, he noticed that Lu Xiangsheng was raising his legs and quickly rolled to the side regardless of his own safety. If Lu Xiangsheng kicked him, he would be like this
A small life was given.
Lu Xiangsheng thought of the lives of so many soldiers who had lost their lives in the hands of this thief. If it hadn't been for the sudden appearance of Marquis Zhongxing, the Denglai Ming army would have been completely wiped out. When he thought of this, he was filled with rage, and his whole body was like a murderous man.
Like a god, he would chase after him again to vent his anger.
But Wang Peng dodged and blocked his way. Without the order of Marquis Zhongxing, Zu Dalue would not have died.
"Jiutai, come and sit down. It's not too late to deal with him later." Zhong Jinwei's voice also rang.
Lu Xiangsheng did not lose his mind. He returned to his seat bitterly. At the same time, he suddenly remembered that he didn't even know that this thief would defect to Jianlu. How did Marquis Zhongxing know?