Chapter 345: Peng Cheng insists on becoming a general, and must have the will of the Wind King Tang Yin. Ye Xiang and Yu Ting cannot be the masters, so they can only return without success and return to Cangping to return their orders to Lu She.
After hearing Peng Cheng's conditions, Lu She also frowned. He was just a mere county, and he turned to his own side and wanted to be a general. What a big deal!
However, the king also explained that as long as he can meet the conditions proposed by Peng Cheng, he will satisfy them. He must first win him over. As long as Peng Cheng surrenders, the decision-making power will be in his own hands.
From Lu She's point of view, his condition can be agreed to, but it is a bit difficult to get the king's decree. It's not that Tang Yin won't make this decree, but the delay will be too long. Yancheng is only far away from Cangping.
Thousands of miles, even if someone rides a fast horse and travels day and night, it will take more than half a month for Tang Yin's decree to reach Cangping. After such a long delay, it is impossible to say whether Peng Cheng's mind will change.
Lu She thought about it over and over again, but still felt that it was unrealistic to ask the king to issue an edict.
He asked Ye Xiang and Yu Ting whether, through their contact with Peng Cheng, they could confirm whether his defection was true or false, and whether the conditions he proposed were sincere or intended to make things difficult.
Ye Xiang and Yu Ting agreed, and both believed that Peng Cheng's intention to surrender and the conditions he proposed were sincere. Ye Xiang was a Mo man, and Lu She might still be suspicious of his words, but Yu Ting was a Feng man.
He was also his direct subordinate, so his words could not be false. Since both Ye Xiang and Yu Ting believed that Peng Cheng's surrender was true, there should be nothing wrong with this matter.
After repeated deliberation, Lu She decided to take the risk and go to Sishui County in person to recruit Peng Cheng to surrender. Lu She was a Feng man and a close minister of Feng King Tang Yin. In a sense, he could represent Tang Yin.
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For him to personally go to recruit people to surrender, even without Tang Yin's order, could show Feng Guo's attitude on this matter. He believed that his sincerity would surely impress Peng Cheng.
Lu She was not careless when doing things, but this time he was too careless.
When he learned that Lu She was going to Surabaya County in person, Left Prime Minister Fan Shan and Imperial Censor Feng Yuandong came to persuade him that he should not take risks easily and that it would be safest to send someone else to surrender.
If sending someone else was useful, Lu She wouldn't have to take the risk himself. He meanderingly rejected Fan Shan and Feng Yuandong's good intentions, and confidently comforted them, telling them not to worry about him.
To make a long story short, Lu She took more than 20 outstanding retainers and guards, disguised themselves as Mo merchants, quietly left Cangping and went to Surabaya County. But while he was going to Surabaya County, something happened to Peng Cheng.
There was trouble.
It was not that Peng Cheng had gone back on his word, but that the northwest inspection envoy sent by Shao Fang had quietly arrived in Sishui County. Sishui County was an important place in the Mo Kingdom, so how could there be no spy from the imperial court?
Peng Cheng had the intention of defecting to the New Mo Kingdom and had frequent contacts with the envoys sent by the New Mo Kingdom. The news also spread to the Mo Kingdom. The matter was of great importance, and the Mo Kingdom hurriedly sent a letter to Shao Fang who was in Zhendi.
Ask him to decide.
Shao Fang was furious when he received the news. He immediately wrote back to Zhenjiang and appointed his confidant Wei Bo as the northwest inspection envoy. He went to Sishui County to investigate whether Peng Cheng had any intention to rebel. If he really wanted to defect, he could kill him first and report later.
, executed immediately.
Wei Bo's background is the same as that of Ji Wei, who is also Shao Fang's confidant. He used to be his disciple, but Wei Bo's ability is far superior to Ji Wei. He is thoughtful, good at strategy, and looks easy-going on the surface.
, in fact, there is a knife hidden in the smile, which can hurt people invisible.
After he arrived at Tongxia, the capital of Sishui County, he did not investigate Peng Cheng with great fanfare. He behaved exactly like an official. He lived in the county mansion and took Peng Cheng to eat, drink and have fun every day, making him neglect his precautions.
Secretly, Wei Bo sent people to secretly investigate Peng Cheng, and at the same time began to take over the command of the Tongxia garrison.
He was the northwest patrol envoy, equivalent to an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court. He also carried the secret orders given to him by Shao Fang. It was too easy for the garrison generals who were not Peng Cheng's confidants to obey his orders.
It can be said that Wei Bo had unknowingly taken over most of the defenders in the county while eating, drinking and having fun every day. Peng Cheng was not aware of this, and Lu She, who was rushing towards Tongxia, even more
There is no way of knowing.
Not long ago, Lu She arrived in Tongxia. After sneaking into the city, he went straight to the county government. When he arrived at the gate of the county government, he asked the guard at the door to go in and report that it was a businessman from the north who wanted to see the county master.
There were so many 'merchants' coming from the north these days, and the guards were not surprised. After hearing this, they didn't take it seriously and went back to the house to report to Peng Cheng.
At this time, Peng Cheng was drinking and enjoying the dance with Uncle Wei in the lobby. Suddenly he heard that a businessman from the north was asking for an audience. His heart trembled. The smile on his face froze for a few seconds, and then he sat down opposite
Uncle Wei cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Master Wei, I have to leave for a while, then come back!"
Wei Bo held the wine glass, looked at him with a smile, and asked with a smile: "What? Is there anything else Mr. Peng cannot let me know?"
Hearing this, Peng Cheng's expression suddenly changed. Before he could answer, Wei Bo laughed again, waved his hands and said, "I'm just joking. Don't take it seriously, Mr. Peng. If it's important, just tell me."
Hurry up and do it, I am not a three-year-old child, I am already past the age of needing someone to accompany me, haha——"
Huh! Peng Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Uncle Wei was a drunkard. Otherwise, today would have been in danger. He also laughed, cupped his hands and shook his head and said: "Master Wei is very good at joking. I'll excuse you now. Wait.
I will have a good drink with you again!"
"Okay, okay, okay! Go and do your business!" Uncle Wei drank heavily while squinting at the dancers dancing below.
Peng Cheng sneered in his heart, stood up and left the table. When he left the lobby, he immediately ordered his men to take the visitor to his study, where he waited.
Not long after, Lu She took his two most capable cronies to the door of the study. Under the guidance of the county servants, they knocked on the door and entered.
Peng Cheng, who was in the room, looked up and down at Lu She who walked in. He felt that he looked strange. He put his hands behind his back and asked in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, you claim to be a businessman from the north?"
"To be precise..." Lu She smiled and said leisurely: "I am from Cangping in the north."
Peng Cheng's heart moved, and it turned out to be the person from Shao Jun's side. He narrowed his eyes, waved his hand towards Lu She, and said, "Sir, please sit down!"
Lu She was not polite, he chose a seat at random and sat down calmly. His two cronies stood on the left and right.
Peng Cheng said: "Last time, I made it very clear to Brother Ye and Brother Yu. I must have brought what I want, right?"
"No." Lu She smiled and shook her head, and said bluntly: "You should know very well that Yancheng is thousands of miles away from Cangping. Every time you go there, you will be delayed on the road for nearly two months. How can the things you want be delivered so quickly?"
Hearing this, Peng Cheng's face immediately darkened and he said coldly: "Since you didn't bring me what I wanted, what are you doing here? I don't have that much time to talk nonsense like this. I'm sorry. I'm sorry to be with you!" As he spoke, he stood up to leave.
Now it is no better than before. Because Uncle Wei is in the house, Peng Cheng's private meetings with people from the New Mo Kingdom are also taking great risks. However, the other party regards contact with him as a commonplace and does it casually. How can he not gas?
Seeing that he was about to leave, Lu She raised his hand to stop him and said quietly: "Master Peng, don't be anxious. Although I didn't bring you what Master Peng wanted, my coming here is the greatest sincerity of my king to Master Peng." ."
Peng Cheng took back his steps and looked at the unremarkable middle-aged man in front of him again. After looking at him for a long time, he asked suspiciously: "Excuse me, your Excellency..."
Lu She straightened his body and said seriously: "Grand Bachelor of Feng Kingdom, right prime minister of the Mobei court, Lu She."
Hearing the name Lu She, Peng Cheng took a deep breath and looked at him straight in the eyes. He stood there blankly and did not recover for a long time. Of course he had heard of Lu She's name. He was Xin Mo The right prime minister of the country, he was also a first-class bachelor in the Feng Kingdom, and a confidant of the Feng King Tang Yin. Lu She was right. Although he did not bring the Feng King's will, his personal arrival was complete. It can show the Wind King's sincerity to him.
I don't know how long it took for Peng Cheng to wake up from the shock. He hurriedly took two steps forward, bowed deeply to Lu She, and said in a trembling voice: "I wonder if it's Lu Da..."
Before he could finish speaking, suddenly, he heard a loud bang and someone kicked the door open from the outside. Immediately afterwards, Wei Bo walked in from the outside under the gaze of a group of guards. .
Seeing the looks of horror on the faces of Lu She and Peng Cheng in the room, Wei Bo looked up and laughed loudly and said, "Who is the person who came to the county mansion today? It turns out to be Mr. Lu Shelu. Wei Bo, the envoy who inspected the northwest of the country of Mo State, met him at a distance."
Isn't he drinking? Why are he here? At this time, Peng Cheng's head buzzed and he almost fainted on the spot.
His legs were weak and he couldn't help but slump to the ground. He stared at Uncle Wei in disbelief and stammered: "Wei, Mr. Wei, you... you must not misunderstand, I am... ...The lower official is...is..."
He was incoherent and couldn't even talk anymore. Wei Bo walked up to him with a smile, gently helped him up, and said kindly: "Master Peng has been wronged. In order to catch this big fish from the enemy's country, Master Peng He has endured humiliation and endured heavy hardships, and he has become the pillar of our dynasty. When I return to Zhenjiang, I will report your merits to your Majesty and ask your Majesty to reward you generously!"
Unexpectedly, Wei Bo would say this. Peng Cheng was dumbfounded. After a while, he came back to his senses and subconsciously turned his head to look at Lu She. At this time, the latter was also looking at him, his eyes almost bursting with fire. , and the two followers beside him have also drawn their swords, as if they will rush towards him at any time and tear him to pieces.