After the hustle and bustle of the day, Jinghu County City gradually became quiet. The defeat on the front line was no longer news. After the initial panic, the current Jinghu County City has calmed down. The arrival of Cheng Wuben and his tens of thousands of troops gave the people of Jinghu County a reassurance. With the iron wall of Chu, Jinghu County can naturally be defended. This is the simplest idea of ​​the most ordinary people.

In the past so many years, Cheng Wuben was in charge of Kunling Pass, and the 200,000 Chu troops were like chains, locking the entire six eastern counties into a rock, making the Qi people do nothing. If the emperor had not replaced an eastern commander, how could the six eastern counties be lost? Naturally, the people were not aware of the high-level struggle. They just knew that when Cheng Wuben was the commander, everyone was very safe. Later, Cheng Wuben was not good enough. If another person was replaced, the Chu State would have suffered many years of defeat. Now even the six eastern counties could not be saved.

Now the six eastern counties are no longer protected. Jinghu County, which was originally the hinterland of Chu, was immediately exposed to the sword of the Qi army. The people of Jinghu were extremely panicked at the beginning. Fortunately, a respected county magistrate, after receiving the warning, immediately stood up and organized the county soldiers and were young and strong, began to strengthen the city walls, build one checkpoint after another, and fortresses. Zeng Lin, who was confident, greatly stabilized the military and people's hearts of Jinghu County, and did not show a large-scale escape wave. Now, Cheng Wuben and his tens of thousands of troops arrived in Jinghu County, which made everyone feel relieved.

When the door closed with a bang, Zeng Lin, who had always been calm in front of everyone, looked furious in front of Cheng Wuben, and pointed his finger at Cheng Wuben's nose: "My surname is Cheng, do you do this is the way to die. Do you know?"

Faced with Zeng Lin's accusations, Cheng Wuben looked clear and sat on the chair by the window. He reached out and pushed open the window, admiring the light waves of pond outside the window, with a few small lotus leaves spread on the water surface. In a few months, the pond outside the window will inevitably be covered with lotus leaves. At that time, the pink and white lotus flowers will bloom on the green lotus leaves.

"Brother Zeng, you really know how to enjoy happiness! I am sitting alone by the window, drinking, and enjoying the flowers, moon and lotus leaves, which is so happy!" Cheng Wuben pointed outside and said with a smile.

Zeng Lin stood in front of Cheng Wuben with a dark face and closed the window with a slam. "Do you know what you are doing? Retreat without permission, abandon the emperor's safety, and watch the Qi army occupy Kunling Pass and rage the six eastern counties. Each one is enough to kill you ten thousand times."

Looking at the closed window, Cheng Wuben's smile slowly faded away and stared at Zeng Lin: "Brother Zeng, then what should I do? Go and save the emperor and destroy these tens of thousands of troops in the bottomless cave in Luzhou? I'm afraid that Cao Tiancheng and Cao Yun and others will laugh so hard that they can't close their teeth. Without hundreds of thousands of eastern border troops, what can I use to defend Kunling Pass and the six eastern counties? Just by my tens of thousands of troops, the six eastern counties will not be able to stop at that time, and they will be killed in vain."

"This is a question of attitude." Zeng Lin snorted coldly and said, "You don't know what the emperor is. You ignore his life and death. Even if you block the subsequent intrusion of Qi people in Jinghu, will he remember your love? Even if he knows that you are doing the right thing, just by ignoring his safety, you will be dead."

"I will choose the latter compared to the emperor and the great Chu." Cheng Wuben raised his head: "Even if the emperor is gone, as long as he guards Jinghu, he can defend half of the Chu country. If the emperor has a descendant, the Chu country can establish another emperor."

Listening to Cheng Wuben saying these words casually, Zeng Lin couldn't help but smile bitterly, and sat opposite Cheng Wuben with a loud voice: "You know everything, but you still did it."

"If it is beneficial to the country's life and death, how can we avoid it because of misfortune and good fortune!" Cheng Wuben whispered: "Brother Zeng, I have nothing to regret. I just ask Brother Zeng to help me, rebuild the iron wall of defense of our Chu State in Jinghu, and keep Qi from the outside. Only in this way can Chu State win some time to recuperate, or as long as a generation, Chu State can stand up again."

"A generation?" Zeng Lin stood up, pushed open the window with a bang, staring at the cold moonlight outside the window, and after a while, he turned around, "Brother Cheng, the emperor is not the late emperor now. When my Great Chu was facing a life-and-death crisis decades ago, Wen has Yang Yihe, Wu has you Cheng Wuben, An Ruhai, the whole country is united, the king and the ministers have their own destiny, and that crisis has been overcome. Now, is there Yang Yihe? I am afraid that even your Cheng Wuben will be gone after some time."

"There are talents in the country and the country, and there are always new people to suppress the old people." Cheng Wuben laughed: "At the time, I was just an ordinary general, and An Ruhai was just a captain. Now that Chu State is in trouble again, there will always be talents coming out."

"Then we must have the wisdom of knowing people today!" Zeng Lin said coldly. "Is there any wisdom of knowing people today? If so, Luo Liang would not be allowed to serve as the commander of the Eastern Conference. Luo Liang is a general, but a disaster is a general. He is narrow-minded and vindictive. He has a weak view of the overall situation. He only knows how to plan for a moment but does not know how to plan forever. A little advantage is enough to blind his eyes. He is a bit arrogant but has a higher heart. He is determined to be famous in history, which is perfect for our emperor."

"Emperor, it's not as unbearable as you said!" Cheng Wuben smiled bitterly.

Zeng Lin sat down again, looked at Cheng Wuben, lowered her voice and said, "Brother Cheng, I have something to say, I wonder if you would like to listen?"

"Brother Zeng, but it's okay!" Cheng Wuben looked at the solemn Zeng Lin and sat upright.

"The emperor doesn't know if he can come back this time. As for me, I really hope that he will die in Qi like this, and it will be over. He died, but he will only establish a new emperor. Now that the crown prince is young, he will only rely on Brother Cheng at that time. Da Chu seems to be very dangerous, but he can be reborn from Nirvana. Brother Cheng's actions are no longer a pity. Even if the emperor does not die and can escape back, he can only walk the Jinghu road to Jinghu, which is the easiest and safest, not as good as us..." Zeng Lin looked at Cheng Wuben and lowered his voice word by word: "It's better for us to send him a ride."

Cheng Wuben looked at Zeng Lin tightly and said for a while: "Brother Zeng, I just think you have never said it, and I have never heard of it."

Zeng Lin sighed: "If it were not forbidden, how could I say such words? Such an emperor would be better than nothing! If he returns to Shangjing City, he will have to make our Great Chu die. Brother Cheng, it is me, Zeng Lin, who must have said something depressed. As long as that person returns to Shangjing City, you and I will never die well."

Cheng Wuben stood up unhappily, "Brother Zeng, how did the late emperor treat you and me? The kindness is as heavy as a mountain. He pushes clothes and clothes, and even brothers cannot compare. Although the current emperor has shortcomings, he treats you and me well. I am the only existing duke in the dynasty. Why don't you still be good at Jinghu County Magistrate? The emperor is now defeated, and maybe he has not seen the whole form clearly. When he returns to Shangjing and calm down, he will naturally know that I am doing the right thing. Even if he takes a step back, the emperor has hatred, but he will only hate me and will not involve you. At that time, he will still rely on you. As for me, it will take several months to stabilize the Jinghu defense line. It will not matter what I will do in the future. Don't mention this matter again."

Zeng Lin looked at Cheng Wuben, without making any sound for a long time, and sat there in a dull place.

"Brother Zeng, you are in trouble, and your pen is like a knife. Even if you and I are not afraid of being infatuated for thousands of years, you will go to the nine springs in the future and have a good face to meet the king? Then tell the king that for your great Chu, we will kill your son?" Cheng Wuben pressed his hands on Zeng Lin's shoulder and said slowly.

Zeng Lin stood up helplessly: "Since Brother Cheng has made up his mind, I will sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman. Brother Cheng is tired, so I will have a good rest. I will leave first."

Walking to the door and opening the door, Zeng Lin looked back at Cheng Wuben's iron-like face, sighed again, and strode away.

At the corner, a figure flashed out like a ghost, followed Zeng Lin silently. Zeng Lin just thought that there was no such person and walked straight to his study.

With a slam, the door was closed tightly. Under the light, the person following Zeng Lin showed his original face. On his handsome face, a scar destroyed his originally handsome face, adding a lot of ruthless aura. It turned out to be the general of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Zhi, deputy general of the Pili Camp, and the grandson of Yang Yihe, the former chief assistant of the Chu State.

"Cheng Wuben refused." Zeng Lin said disappointedly: "That's a stone in a pit, smelly and hard. His brain is simply made of granite, and he is not at all enlightened."

"It doesn't matter if you don't agree." Yang Zhi chuckled. "I just wanted to try it with the hope of not being able to do so. Since Cheng Wuben refused, then there is no hope for us to assassinate Min Ruoying."

"Young Master, then just watch Min Ruoying return to Beijing." Zeng Lin said.

"What else can it be?" Yang Zhi smiled: "But it's good. One day, I will lead my troops into the capital and personally take Min Ruoying's head, so I will be happier. Grandpa Zeng, Chu State is no longer available, and the future will be from the Ming Dynasty. The sun and moon flag will eventually spread all over the world. You have defected to the Ming Dynasty now, which can be regarded as seeking wealth and honor for your descendants for several lifetimes."

Zeng Lin sat down with a wry smile, "I don't know if I can enjoy my life? Young Master, Zeng asked you for something."

"Grandpa Zeng, but said it's okay!"

"This time you leave, take my little grandson away. I will say that this little grandson died suddenly due to illness. If my Zeng family is unfortunate, the bloodline will always continue." Zeng Lin said.

Yang Zhi pondered for a moment: "Okay, if I go down, I will arrange someone to send him to the Ming Dynasty."

"In this way, I feel at ease. I will arrange what the young master wants to do. Even if I am gone in the future, the young master can still continue to do everything."

"It's my fault for Grandpa Zeng." Yang Zhi bowed.

Zeng Lin was stunned for a while before saying, "I wrote a letter to scold Yang Xiang..."

Before he could finish his words, Yang Zhi waved his hand and cut off Zeng Lin's words: "Grandpa Zeng, I am not a child, how can you not know your hard work? First of all, only by living can you take revenge. If you all seek death for a moment of pleasure, wouldn't it hurt the relatives and the enemy be happy?"
Chapter completed!