Astral Apostle

Astral Apostles Set Sail 242 Alienation and Suspicion In the next few days, a gust of rumors spread in Longwangzhai,

According to legend, because the battle in Tianwangzhai was so tight, and consciously there was no hope of winning, some leaders had abandoned the secret and surrendered to Chen Feng secretly, quietly passing on the military situation, so they have won many battles recently.

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

There are not all generals in Longwangzhai, but also leaders who are in charge of various daily affairs, generally belonging to the supervision hall.

Among them, there is a leader in the lower ranks, called Niu Qi, who is sparse in martial arts and proficient in animal husbandry.

This person likes what's in the cup, and it can be adjusted that he doesn't like alcohol, but he is a drunkard, easy-going, and has a good relationship with his subordinates. He often drinks together for fun.

On this day, the two chiefs who supervise the building of the church held a banquet at their home, claiming to have moved out the good wine that has been passed down in the family for many years, to honor the chief and entertain Niu Qi.

Niu Qi did not suspect him, and Pi Dian Dian came to the banquet.

The three of them exchanged cups, drank and ate meat, and were hooked.

After the two little leaders kept persuading him to drink, Niu Qi drank happily, and after a while, he drank two jars.

Seeing that Niu Qi was seven or eight points drunk, the two little leaders looked at each other, deliberately chatted with each other, and sang double reeds.

"Speaking of which, there has been a mad rumour in the Shanzhai recently that someone from the enemy army has defected. I don't know if it's true or not."

"Hmph, in my opinion, it's mostly just rumors, you think, that day, Wangzhai was recruited, and you have an official status, why do you still have to return to the green forest? Isn't this a waste of previous achievements, not advancing but retreating?"

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

The two chatted sentence by sentence, their tone became more and more aggressive, almost quarreling,

Niu Qi quickly pulled the two of them and said with a big tongue:

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

One of the little bosses turned his head and looked curious: "Boss Niu, do you think this is reliable? Could it be that the boss of Tianwangzhai really switched to me?"

"This is what the Zhai Master himself said.

He also said that there are letters as evidence, whether it can be false or not"

Niu Qi replied without hesitation.

"It really happened, and I don't know which enemy leader did it or what."

"Hey, a person like Niu Leader is qualified to participate in the discussion. I must know it. I don't know if I can give some advice or two to satisfy our curiosity."

The two little leaders agreed with each other, looking at Niu Qi eagerly.

Niu Qi drank too much wine, showing off, and said carelessly:

"Who else is there? Of course it is Xiang Tianjie, who is rumored to be making trouble with the village owner in Anlin Mansion. He has an old relationship with the village owner and has long been convinced."

"It was him."

"That makes sense."

The two little heads looked surprised and secretly looked at each other.

The three of them drank for a while, Niu Qi was completely drunk, and the two little leaders watched him go home and helped him to sleep on the couch.

Niu Qi slept soundly, snoring,

The two little leaders didn't bother, they quietly took the token of the supervisor's building, and then went back to their house, took out the baggage that had been packed up, and went out.

Longwangzhai took over most of the centaurs of the Huyang Sanjiao. Among them, there were naturally mixed fish and dragons, and there were many people who were bought by the court early. After changing the door, they lurked in Longwangzhai as the eyes and ears of the court.

These two little leaders are such meticulous works. They learned that someone in Tianwangzhai was collaborating with the enemy and was eager to make contributions, so they took aim at Niu Qi and lured this man to blunder after drinking, so as to obtain information.

Today's Longwangzhai, many of which are inherited soldiers and horses, are so numerous that it is unrealistic to distinguish one by one, and it is inevitable that there will be fine works.

Moreover, with the style of Longwangzhai's wide-open courtyard, it is too simple for others to set up 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, and can only ensure that there is no meticulous work in the core senior management.

However, only a moldy society has no spies. There is no monolithic force in the world. Everyone is the same and just takes advantage of it.

Tianwangzhai army.

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

At this time, a messenger suddenly came running

"Report! The patrolling soldiers found two suspicious persons, claiming to be the meticulous works placed in the Dragon King Village by the imperial court, and deliberately betrayed the Dragon King Village, claiming that there is a secret important thing to report to the commander!"

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

"Bring them here."

Not long after, the soldiers led two small leaders to the central army tent.

When the two saw Lu Longchuan, they hurriedly bowed and saluted, straight to the point:

"I have seen Commander Lu. The two of us were once under Tan Peng's department, and then transferred to Longwangzhai. In fact, we were under the command of the patrolling division, acting as a meticulous work among the bandits, and have been lurking. Recently, we have inquired about a piece of important news. I made a special trip to inform Commander Lu."

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

"Recently, there are rumors in the Dragon King Village that there are enemy generals who are collaborating with the enemy, so I deliberately inquired about it..."

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

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

"Good thieves, you dare to provoke the question here, and you will spoil my brother's loyalty. Take these two to me, push them out and chop them up!"

The two little leaders were so frightened that they quickly fell to their knees and swore with their fingers:

"I have absolutely no falsehood, and every sentence is true! We also have records of famous cases in the Patrol Division. Commander Lu can find it in the Hongzhou government office. The two of us really served the court!"

"If you dare to talk nonsense, tie me up and put me in jail!"

Lu Longchuan couldn't help but give an order.

The left and right personal soldiers immediately set up two small leaders, covered their mouths, and dragged them out all the way.

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

Soon, Sun Rong arrived.

Lu Longchuan did not hide it, and told everything about what happened just now.

"...that's the way it is, I don't know what the military advisor thinks"

After Sun Rong listened quietly, he stroked his beard under his jaw, and pondered:

"There is something strange about this matter. Xiang Tianjie is a veteran of the cottage. How could he easily surrender to the enemy? This is mostly the opponent's tactic. If he wants 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 true, maybe it's just bewildered." Sun Rong rolled his eyes and said, "These two people claim to be the fine work of the patrolling division, so it would be better to send someone to the Hongzhou government to confirm the list. If they were killed by mistake, Instead, witnesses were cut off."

Lu Longchuan nodded. They are now representing the imperial court, and the Huyang prefectures need to cooperate with each other. It is very simple to confirm with the government office.

Sun Rong paused and continued:

"Then Chen Feng wants to frame Xiang Tianjie, and naturally he has a backer. Maybe there are spies of the other party in our army. I will keep a close watch on the fourth master for a while, and the spies will always reveal their tricks."

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

The ten-day scene passed by in a flash.

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

I don't know if it was an illusion, he always felt that someone was watching him secretly, but when he looked around to look for it, he found nothing, which made him suspicious recently.

He thought that he was dealing with the enemy for days, and the pressure was too great, 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 in bed with his clothes on, and he was 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 suddenly woke up, suddenly turned over and sat up, took out the sword from under the pillow, drew it and looked around.

However, there was no one else in the tent, only the faint candlelight was beating, casting his shadow on the tent, showing a grotesque posture

Xiang Tianjie glanced vigilantly, then got up and opened the curtain with his sword, looked out with his probe, and found that the personal soldiers were still guarding outside the account.

He asked his personal soldiers and learned that no one was approaching, so he put away the sword and returned to the tent, only thinking that it was because of his dream of singing that he had an illusion.

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 had cleaned up the desk before going to bed, and there should be nothing else on it.

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

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

As an old green forest who licks blood at the knife's edge, he doesn't particularly believe in ghosts and gods, but he is still subconsciously frightened when he encounters strange things at this time.

"Who is making fun of me..."

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

But only halfway through, his face changed drastically, as if being helped by a bee, he shook his hands and threw the letter away.

"It's a blame! This letter cannot be kept!"

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

However, at this moment, there was a sudden sound of rapid footsteps outside.

wow!

Xiang Tianjie and Chen Feng moved back into the tent with their personal companions, and at a glance they saw Lu Longchuan who was planning to burn the letters.

"Stop! Stop him!"

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

The pros next to him swarmed 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, how could Xiang Tianjie come here so coincidentally, wearing armor and armor... If he hadn't been prepared, why would he suddenly show up?

Xiang Tianjie ignored it and read the letter with a calm face, his chest gradually heaving, his face was ashen with anger,

"How dare!" Bang!

He kicked over the table with one kick, burning with rage,

Chen Feng took the letter and read it again, with a shocked expression on his face,

This is a reply from Niu Qi, thanking Lu Longchuan for the military information he provided last time, and asking him to continue to pass on the information next time.

At the same time, the letter also mentioned that Lu Longchuan should be calm and not impatient. Even if some leaders of the anti-advocacy faction were gathered, they should not rashly cause civil strife and wait until the critical moment.

In addition, the letter also agrees with the statement of the anti-advocacy faction headed by Lu Longchuan, thinking that Huang Yayi was once a hero, but now he has become a hawk dog of the court, and it is indeed not worth serving. If you continue to follow him, it can only be reduced to the other party's use to gain glory. A wealthy tool. But at any rate, your brothers will have a fight. After the event is completed, it will not ruin Xiang Tianjie's life.

"How is this going"

Xiang Tianjie calmed down his anger, pointed to 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 put the blame on me!"

"But I have just asked your guardsmen, and no one came near you just now!"

Lu Longchuan was speechless, then frowned and asked:

"Why did you suddenly show up? This letter appeared so coincidentally, and you came just in time. This is clearly a bureau against me! Please command Mingcha!"

Xiang Tianjie was unmoved and said solemnly:

"In the past few days, I have been letting my personal soldiers monitor you. Every day is a different person. If I hadn't been more careful, I would have been deceived by you!"

Lu Longchuan suddenly widened his eyes and said incredulously, "You monitor me"

"That's right, there was a court detail who told me that you were secretly collaborating with the enemy. I didn't believe it, but now what else do you have to say?"

Xiang Tianjie shouted

Hearing the words, Lu Longchuan immediately burst into grief and indignation.

Unexpectedly, for many years, the owner of his own village did not trust him, so he sent someone to monitor him.

No wonder I have been restless these past few days, it turns out that I was really being followed.

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

"

"Commander, listen to me, this is the enemy's trick to frame the blame and provoke them. From the beginning to the end, I have never collaborated with the enemy! The commander must not fall for the enemy's trick!"

"There is evidence here, even if you say it's shattering, you can't avoid it. Come on, tie him up, put him in jail, and even interrogate him!"

Xiang Tianjie ordered

The soldiers on both sides said they were offended and detained Lu Longchuan, who was full of injustices.

Seeing everyone leave, the anger on Xiang Tianjie's face subsided, turning into a sad look:

"Master, I really want to do this"

Huang Ya shook his head: "If you want to let him go, you can't let him go. To be on the safe side, you can only lock him up first."

Although they got the evidence from the letter, the two did not completely doubt the authenticity of the thing, and they still felt that this might be the blame.

But no matter whether Lu Longchuan was framed or not, since this letter appears here, it proves that there are really spies inside!

Moreover, the status of spies will never be low, otherwise how could the insider of the military situation mentioned in the letter be so detailed.

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

The two had no choice but to settle for a plan, locking up Lu Longchuan first, and then carefully checking who was the traitor.

However, although the two did not believe it subconsciously, they still couldn't control their suspicion of Lu Longchuan in their hearts.

Is there any possibility, in fact, there is no other inside information, as the current evidence shows, it is really him who is collaborating with the enemy

"Who will it be..."

Xiang Tianjie frowned, faces flashing in his mind.

Which old brother betrayed him

His heart was in a mess, he only felt that many people were possible, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.

From Xiang Tianjie's point of view, most of what was said in the letter was true or false. Regarding his views on him, I am afraid it was the heartfelt words of the person who wrote the letter.

Although this letter cannot be fully believed, after thinking about it, it seems that the only person with a motive for betrayal is the leader of the Anti-Zhaoan faction.

Is it really unpopular for me to choose the path of Zhao'an?

Xiang Tianjie's face changed.

Thinking of Niu Qi's heroic appearance, a haze clouded his heart.

Although he is not a self-pity person, compared to this invincible macho man, he sincerely feels ashamed of himself and knows that his charm is far inferior to the other party.

If it wasn't for the fact that he and the leaders had gathered together for many years, I'm afraid they would have long wanted to switch to Niu Qimo.

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

At the same time, on the other side of the Tianwangzhai military camp, Yufeng Zhenren lived.

Inside the tent, Zhou Jing slowly opened his eyes.

"The unity of a gang often ends with suspicion, and people's hearts are volatile. 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 the ability to calm everyone under his command. Heh, it probably won't work, he's already an old man, his youthful ambitions have long since been worn out, his style has become more and more sloppy, very greasy, and he's not handsome enough."

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