The envoys of the Western Chu army came one day earlier than Chen Hui had expected. Just the day after Chen Hui met Yingbu, the envoys of the Western Chu army came to Jiangling with thirty entourages and moved into the official inn in Linjiang.

According to the rules, after entering the city, the envoy of the Western Chu army ran to the gate of the Linjiang Palace to ask for a meeting, hoping to meet Ying Bu and submit the letter to the country. Ying Bu knew very well that the envoy of the Western Chu army must have come to force him to send troops to serve as cannon fodder for Xiang Yu, so he asked the Taizai Linjiang, who was in charge of internal affairs, to come forward, and on the excuse that he was feeling a little uncomfortable, he would meet the envoy of the Western Chu army in a few days, and asked the envoys sent by Xiang Yu to rest first and wait for his summons.

After a moment, Dazai returned to Ying Bu's presence and reported that he had sent someone to arrange the envoys of the Western Chu army to the inn to rest and wait. Ying Bu nodded and remembered Chen Hui's reminder when he said goodbye, and he became more cautious and ordered: "Be careful to block the news, and never let them know that the King of Han has also sent an envoy to contact us. Also, send more people to secretly keep an eye on the every move of the envoys of the Western Chu and his followers. If there is any abnormality, report to me immediately."

It turns out that Chen Hui's reminder was definitely not Wu Wu's reluctance. Just the next night, Dazai ran to Ying Bu to report and said, "King, the situation of the envoy of Western Chu is wrong. His entourage is moving around in Jiangling City today, asking about the information about our contact with the Han King's army, as well as the recent mobilization and assembly of our army."

"Xiang Yu's man, it turns out that he can't trust me!" Ying Bu was furious when he heard this. He knew that the envoy of the Western Chu army must have been Xiang Yu's secret instruction. He clearly could not trust him, and was worried that he would secretly collude with the Han army and do something unfavorable to the Western Chu army.

"The king, there is another strange thing." Dazai reported again: "The official in charge of the inn also reported to the Wei minister, saying that it was the envoy of the Western Chu army asking him and asked the king if there is a Zhongjuan named Fu Yue by your side?" (See Chapter 311 of this book.)

"I'm asking if there is a Zhongjuan named Fu Yue next to me?" Ying Bu was puzzled and thought to himself that there was no such person by my side. Weirdly, Ying Bu hurriedly asked again: "How did our people answer?"

"Our people said they didn't know the situation because they didn't know it." Dazai answered truthfully. Yingbu pondered, but couldn't understand why the envoys of the Western Chu army cared about the officials nearby. He could only instruct Dazai to continue to closely monitor the envoys of the Western Chu army to see what tricks they could do.

In the next two days, there was no new report from the envoy of the Western Chu army. On the third day, the envoy of the Han army, Chen Hui, suddenly ran to Yingbu's palace gate again for a visit. Yingbu had no idea at all. He was afraid that the envoy of the Western Chu army would know that there were also contacts with the Han army, so of course he flatly refused. He also ordered his guards to take Chen Hui back to the inn to house arrest and prevent Chen Hui from going out at will.

Ying Bu was surprised again. After a while, Dianke, who went to reject Chen Hui, came to him again and said tremblingly: "Great King, forgive me, the envoy of the King of Han still refuses to leave. I must bring you a word, saying that he not only has important matters today, but also wants you to report them in person, but this important matter is also related to your life. Please be sure to meet him. You also said that after hearing his words after meeting, if you think he is exaggerating, he would rather apologize for death."

"It has something to do with my life?" Ying Bu was a little surprised. After a little calculation, Ying Bu made up his mind and said to himself: "See you again. If the Han thief envoy is really an alarmist and intimidate me, I will make up my mind to send troops to help the King of Western Chu."

It was only after this decision that Ying Bu ordered the convening. Then after a little while, Chen Hui was taken to Ying Bu again. As soon as he met, he bowed to Ying Bu and said in a very sincere tone: "The sinner Chen Hui, come specially to ask King Linjiang to die."

"What do you mean by sir? Why do you ask me to die when you meet?" Ying Bu asked in surprise.

"Because the sinner deceived the king, he did not explain the truth to the king before." Chen Hui bowed and answered, and took the initiative to say, "Master, you probably should know now, right? After the envoy of the King of Western Chu came to Jiangling, he immediately sent his followers to inquire about the secret contact between the king and our Han army. It is obvious that he no longer trusted the king. The sinner dared not continue to deceive the king. In fact, these things were all caused by our Han army. It was us who arranged a plan of disagreement that made the King of Western Chu suspicious of you, so that what we are doing now is."

"Is it because of the divisive plan you arranged? How did you arrange the divisive plan?" Ying Bu asked in shock.

Chen Hui did not continue to conceal Ying Bu, and told Ying Bu the details truthfully, admitting that it was the decision-maker of the Han army who sent someone to impersonate Ying Bu's envoy to the Han army, deliberately attracting Xiang Yu's attention. When Xiang Yu sent someone to pretend to negotiate to find out the news at the Han army camp, the envoy claimed that Ying Bu had abandoned Chu and returned to Han and turned to the Han army, so the envoy of the Western Chu army arrived in Jiangling only asked about the news and investigated the truth.

Needless to say, after learning the truth of the matter, Ying Bu was so angry that he roared out loud. Before Chen Hui could continue to apologize, Ying Bu kicked him in the chest, kicked him four-legged, and then roared: "Come on, take this man off!"

The left and right guards sang promised, and immediately stepped forward to arrest Chen Hui. Chen Hui, who had long been determined to die, did not struggle, but just said loudly: "King, please listen to the sinners finish their words. It is indeed wrong for our Han army to harm you with a plan! But have you considered a problem? If the King of Western Chu really trusts you, how could he fall into our plan? How could he ask his messenger to inquire about the news everywhere, so as to prevent you from stabbing him in the back?!"

"It's not your bad guys!" Ying Bu roared and replied.

"We did not deny that we framed you, King?" Chen Hui said quickly: "How can the sinner confess now? Not only did he take the initiative to tell you the truth, but he also came to you to ask for death. It is already very open and honest? On the contrary, how did the Western Chu envoy treat you, King? Why haven't he come to you and explain the truth to you until now, and is still drilling mountains and holes to find out the news, so as to prevent the king, you are just pretending to be with them, and you are ready to suddenly stab them in the back?"

"The King Mingjian, the King of Western Chu is like this to you. Doesn't it mean that he has never trusted you? He is always guarding against you for betraying him at any time? The King of Western Chu is so suspicious of the King of Western Chu that he has reached this point. Do you dare to entrust your life and army to him with confidence and send troops to help him attack our Han army?"

Ying Bu was stunned, and then he realized that the Western Chu army was inquiring about the truth about the secret collusion between them and the Han army. Although it was just a normal reaction, it also meant that Xiang Yu had never trusted him and was always on guard against him suddenly stabbing him in the back. Since Xiang Yu had doubted that he had reached this point, if he still sent troops to help him and obeyed his orders, wouldn't he send his head to Xiang Yu's knife and let him chop him if he wanted to?

Seeing that his words had touched Ying Bu, Chen Hui hurriedly said, "Also, the king, the sinner also heard an important news. This time, the envoy of the Western Chu army originally brought only twenty followers to the south, but when he arrived in Yingchuan, the King of Western Chu sent another ten followers to catch up with him and went south with him! For no reason, why did the King of Western Chu send him additional followers? What were these ten followers going south with the envoy of Western Chu?”

"What are you going to do?" Yingbu asked subconsciously.

"King, you must have heard of the story of Jing Ke and Zhu Hai, right?"

Chen Hui used only one sentence to make Yingbu completely change his face. After a little calculation, Yingbu immediately shouted and ordered to send someone to the inn to inquire about the news and find out whether there were ten entourages among the envoys of the Western Chu army envoys who joined later? The guards sang their promise and left. Chen Hui took the opportunity to say, "King, now you should know who the King of Western Chu is, right? Not only has he never trusted you, he also made up his mind early. As long as you find that you have a slight rebellion, you will immediately take off your head! For such a person, do you still dare to continue to entrust your life to him? You charge for him, have been born and died for so many years, and you have ended up like this. King, are you willing?"

Ying Bu's face turned pale, he gritted his teeth and thought for a long time, and then ordered the guards: "Take him down and lock him in the palace for the time being. When I make up my mind, I will give him a ban on what I have done today, and no one is allowed to disclose a word to the outside world."

The matter was related to Chen Hui's own life, so Chen Hui certainly did not dare to lie to Ying Bu. In the afternoon, the guards who went to inquire about the news came back to report and confirmed that Chen Hui's informant was true. Among the envoys of the Western Chu army, there were indeed ten entourages who were the Western Chu army envoys who joined later. Of course, they were all extremely heroic, with thick arms and round waists. At a glance, they knew they were carefully selected warriors in the army.

After confirming this situation, Ying Bu was extremely angry, but still did not make up his mind immediately. After repeated thinking, Ying Bu summoned the envoy of the Western Chu army in the evening of the same day to understand Xiang Yu's attitude towards winning over him. However, what made Ying Bu angry was that after meeting, the envoy of the Western Chu army did not explain the truth to him, but instead kept urging him to send troops north and directly join the battlefield of Sanchuan County. At the same time, what made Ying Bu sneered was that the conditions for the envoy of the Western Chu army, which represented Xiang Yu, were indeed only two remote mountainous areas, Ba County and Shu County.

Thinking of the past relationship, Ying Bu gave Xiang Yu the last chance and asked deliberately: "Why did the King of Western Chu have to send troops to Sanchuan? If I send troops to attack the Han thieves, it would be more convenient to directly advance to Bashu from Nanjun? Also, if the King of Western Chu in Hanzhong County is destroyed, what will the King of Western Chu in Hanzhong County do to deal with it?"

"King, it is our decision to take that route to attack the Han thieves. Foreign ministers have no right to ask for the king to follow the order." The envoy of the Western Chu army was very arrogant and said, "As for the ownership of Hanzhong County, it can only be decided by our Western Chu King Gan Gang, and foreign ministers dare not ask for it."

After saying that, the envoy of the Western Chu army added another sentence, "But the little envoy thinks, you should also think about your allies. The King of Nanyang is also a righteous army to fight against the Han thieves. Of course, our King of Western Chu will not let him work in vain. Geographically, Hanzhong County should belong to the King of Nanyang."

Ying Bu's face became a little gloomy, and after a while, he said, "Sir, go back to the inn and rest first. I will discuss with the ministers and give you a satisfactory reply as soon as possible."

The envoy of the Western Chu army agreed and left with a proud look with the guards. Ying Bu looked gloomy again and thought for a long time, and suddenly ordered: "Come the envoy of the King of Han."

Chen Hui is a smart man. As soon as he saw the guards politely, he invited him back to Ying Bu. Chen Hui guessed that Ying Bu must have found the accurate information. So when he saw Ying Bu, Chen Hui immediately saluted respectfully and said sincerely: "King, you must also know that the foreign ministers have not lie to you. The foreign ministers deceived the king first, and did not dare to force the king to obey the foreign ministers' persuasion. If the king must continue to attack the Han Dynasty from Chu, the foreign ministers would not dare to object. He would rather let the king immediately push the foreign ministers out of the palace and behead them, and use the foreign ministers' heads to prove the king's determination to attack the Han Dynasty from Chu."

The answer to Chen Hui was Ying Bu's long silence, or after a long time, Ying Bu suddenly said: "Come..."

Even though Chen Hui had already decided to die, at this critical moment when he decided whether he would fall to the ground, Chen Hui still raised his heart to his throat. Fortunately, Ying Bu's next words were, "set a seat for the envoy of the King of Han."

He breathed a long sigh of relief and put his heart back in his stomach. Chen Hui first thanked Yingbu for his seat, and then immediately said, "King, when things come to this point, you must make up your mind. The King of Western Chu ordered you to send troops to attack our Han army north. If you don't obey the order, it is a betrayal. The King of Western Chu will never let you go! If you obey the order and lead the army to the front line, the King of Western Chu will inevitably force you and your army to charge forward, use your hands to weaken our Han army, and use our Han army to get rid of you! Sending troops is dead, and not sending troops is dead. Since that is the case, why don't you immediately make up your mind to abandon Chu and return to Han and help us attack the Western Chu army?"

"Please rest assured, our King of Han will never ask you to fight the main force of the Western Chu thief Army in a head-on battle. You just need to attack Nanyang and help us eliminate Liu Ji, a member of the Western Chu thief Army, as the king! As for the reward, the envoy can promise you for the King of Han now. In addition to enfeoffing Nanyang County, we will also enfeoff the land of Yingchuan, which is now unowned, so that you can establish the capital of the Central Plains, and you will no longer have to live in this masturbation land of Nanjun!"

After saying this quickly, Chen Hui bowed and said, "King, no one knows the credibility of our King of Han better than you. When we King of Han personally laid down the Huaisi foundation, we gave it to others. You are both a party involved and you have seen it with your own eyes! Our King of Han values ​​morality and reputation. What else do you have to worry about?"

The stupid things that Xiang Kang did at the beginning played a crucial role at this moment. Considering Xiang Kang's reputation and the price offered to him, Ying Bu suddenly slapped the table in front of him and shouted: "Come here, go to the inn immediately, take down all the envoys of Western Chu and his entourage, and behead them immediately!"

Ying Bu's order not only killed the heads of the Western Chu envoys, but also killed many Ying Bu soldiers. They had been quietly guarding against Ying Bu. When they found that something was wrong, the Western Chu envoys immediately responded and resisted with force, and tried to escape from Jiangling City to report the message. What made Ying Bu even more angry was that afterwards, his guards also found an edict with a seal of Xiang Yu from the luggage of the Western Chu envoys - the edict that Li Ting, an important general of the Ying Bu army, took over as King Linjiang!
Chapter completed!