Chapter 127, Alliance with it

"Then who do you think should be sent?" Zu Zhao asked.

Chen Gong said, "Lord, I think it's better for me to go."

"No." Zu Zhao rejected Chen Gong's words and said, "How can you go? If Xin Ainu's revenge is unreasonable, aren't you very dangerous? I absolutely can't let you go."

Chen Gong smiled and said, "Lord, at this time, no military general can leave, and we must prevent Yuan Shao from sneaking. And sending others, it's not me, Chen Gong, who is arrogant. It's true that they are not sincere enough to go. I know that the lord values me, and Xin Ainu naturally knows it, so if I go, she may be able to listen to something. In short, she won't kill a messenger.

Zu Zhao thought twice, and this was the only way. Now the rear is still fighting with Gongsun Zan, and Liu Bei always wants to attack every place that can be captured. Cao Cao has been busy with the battle of the Central Plains, but he can use the emperor to mobilize other princes. If he also wants to get rid of himself, there will be some trouble. Nowadays, it is true that we can only not feud with the Xin family first. It is best to form an alliance to let the Xin family know that it was Yuan Shao who murdered Xin Changdao, so as to unite to kill Yuan Shao in one fell swoop. This is the best strategy. Therefore, he agreed to let Chen Gong go to mourn alone.

However, it was said that after Xin Changdao's death, Chen Gong went to mourn alone on behalf of Zu Zhao. At this moment, the whole family of the Xin family is in extreme grief. Xin Chang said that he is their most respected person. Unexpectedly, he was stabbed like this. How could he not be sad and angry? Now the whole family is shouting that they must avenge him. At this moment, when everyone heard that Chen Gong was coming, everyone was shocked, and then they all said that Zu Zhao was really arrogant. Chen Gong thought he was a little talented, so he thought that the world was invincible. He dared to come alone. It was really a weasel to pay New Year's greeting to the chicken. He simply killed him directly at the gate.

Xin Ainu didn't agree to do this. She wanted revenge the most, but it was really unusual for Chen Gong to dare to come, and she also heard that Chen Gong was extraordinary, but she also wanted to see what he said and let people take Chen Gong in.

Chen Gong entered Xin's house and found that everyone looked at him with a group of resentment. His angry eyes seemed to eat him. Seeing their pain, Chen Gong also felt a pain in his heart. Xin Changdao was also a very righteous person. Unexpectedly, he died like this.

Xin Ainu ordered someone to take Chen Gong to a room and meet him alone, but his men were worried about Xin Ainu's safety and did not agree with her. They also wanted to ambush the knife and axe in it, and then they rushed out directly to cut him into mud. Xin Ainu said, "If Chen Gong is a timid person who is afraid of death, he will not come. If we plot against him now, it seems that we are not benevolent. If they really killed their father, I would also kill them on the battlefield, instead of killing them at home. Besides, Chen Gong is a Confucian general who knows something about concurrency, but everyone's force is not very strong. Can't I still deal with him?

So, Xin Ainu went to see Chen Gong alone. After the two met, Chen Gong took the initiative to salute: "Do you dare to ask Miss Xin Ainu, the daughter of the county guard?"

Xin Ainu said, "It's me, Miss Ben. Now that our two armies are fighting, and now we have such a great hatred, how dare you come, Chen Gongtai, you are really not afraid of death.

Chen Gong said, "I'm afraid of death. But there is a death. Now that your father has passed away, I have come here to mourn. I hope you can express my condolences. After all, people can't come back to life.

Xin Ainu said coldly, "I know that people can't come back to life after death, but the hatred of killing my father is irrecongionate and I have to repay it. You are the first military under Zu Zhao. How dare you come? Aren't you afraid that I will kill you? You know, all our people hope to kill you directly to sacrifice your father.

Chen Gong said, "I dare to come. Naturally, I know that Miss Xin will not do this. Because you don't believe that this will be what we did."

"Why do you say that? That's your messenger, your messenger who killed my father, but now you come here to pretend and want to shirk your responsibility. Believe it or not, I'll kill you now. Xin Ainu said and directly pulled out the long sword around his waist and pointed to Chen Gong.

Chen Gong did not panic at all and said quietly, "The Xin family attacked us, and we were criticized for emergency, but this was not our intention at all. We have never wanted to involve the Xin family. But you listened to Yuan Shao's words and went out to the army. There is no criticism that you sent troops to attack us for your benefit, but we are tantamount to fighting against you, so we have always treated your father with courtesy. But who knows how to encounter such a tragic thing? Miss Xin, think about it, if our army wants to hurt your father, does it need to be so sneaky? In fact, you know that I have many opportunities to do that, but we have never had it.

Xin Ainu roared, "That's because you want to be a good person. If you do so, it seems that you tolerate our Xin family, but in fact you are killing my father."

Chen Gong said, "My lord acted openly and has not done anything despicable and shameless. Miss Xin, I hope you can believe me. We really didn't hurt your father.

"Why do I believe you?" Xin Ainu asked angrily.

Chen Gong said unhurriedly, "Because we will catch the person who killed your father, then we will prove that this must be Yuan Shao's strangeness. Think about it, the Xin family has sent troops, but Yuan Shao has nothing to do. Why is that? Because when our two armies go to war, no matter who wins or loses, it is the most beneficial to him. However, our army is always only defensive resistance and does not make a devastating blow to the Xin army, which is enough to prove that we don't want to feud with the Xin family. However, Yuan Shao was not happy to see this. It is likely that he sent someone to pretend that the messenger of our army murdered his father.

"You shirked your responsibility. Why do you say it must be Yuan Shao's conspiracy?" Xin Ainu asked.

Chen Gong said, "There is no evidence yet, but I believe it will be soon. I just hope that Miss can cooperate with us in a play, so that we can know whether Yuan Shao is the murderer behind the scenes or not."

"What drama?" Xin Ainu asked.

Chen Gong looked around and seemed to be some private words, and he didn't want others to know. When Xin Ainu saw Chen Gong like this, he said that there was her and him, and there was absolutely no third party. If he had anything to say, he would say it directly. If it was reasonable, then he could bypass him. If he talked nonsense, there was only one way to die.

Chen Gong heard Xin Ainu say this and whispered in her ear. Xin Ainu's eyebrows moved slightly. Finally, she looked at Chen Gong coldly for a while and agreed with his opinion, but she also said that she must leave Chen Gong in Xin's house to avoid letting the Xin family be framed again. . Chen Gong naturally had no opinion, saying that he wanted to stay in order to make the Xin family believe that they were innocent.

It is said that Yuan Shao found out that Zu Zhao and Xin Changdao had already started a war, and refused to use Ju and Tian Feng's advice, but did not attack. The detective reported that Zu Zhaojun and Xin Jiajun were in a normal confrontation, but there was no fear of death. For this reason, Yuan Shao's fellow village counselor proposed to send people to secretly shoot cold arrows during the battle between the two generals, so that no matter which side they were injured, they would fight. Yuan Shao adopted this plan, but the assassination failed.

Fortunately, Zu Zhao and Xin Changdao really fought in the end, but after Zu Zhao arrested Xin Changdao many times, he was released, and even the soldiers he caught were released. After these several times, Xin Changdao had the intention of retreating. Yuan Shao's counselor also suggested that if it goes on like this, the Xin family may form an alliance with Zu Zhao. Even if there is no alliance, it is not good for the Xin family to remain neutral. It is better to make them hate more.

"How to increase their hatred?" Yuan Shao asked.

The counselor said, "As long as Xin Changdao dies, the Xin family must choose to take revenge and fight back. Now that Xin Changdao has a good impression on Zu Zhao's army and has planned to retreat, it is better to let a group of elite soldiers pretend to be Zu Zhao's messengers, send the wine and cans made by Zu Zhao, and then murder Xin Changdao, so that the Xin family will definitely fight to the death.

As soon as this proposal came out, Ju Shu and Tian Fengju immediately objected, saying that it was absolutely impossible. If the matter was exposed, the Xin family would definitely form an alliance with Zu Zhao. At that time, it would really be unfavorable to Yuan Shao's army. If it could keep the Xin family neutral, it would not be a bad thing for Yuan Shao's army, at least only required Cao The rescue of others can break through. If you offend the Xin family, you really can't do it.

The counselor quarreled with Tian Feng, if that plan was feasible. As long as the confidentiality work is done well, there is nothing terrible about it. After the final debate, Ju Shu and Tian Feng argued, but Yuan Shao believed that the two had been hindering their plan and especially listened to his fellow villagers, and directly locked up Ju Shu and Tian Feng. Although they were not put in prison, their treatment was no different from that in prison. The two couldn't help sighing for a while, secretly sighing that Yuan Shao listened to the man's plan and eventually only pushed the Xin family to Zu Zhao, leaving Yuan Shao's army in a more embarrassing situation.

Besides, the plan was going well, and Yuan Shao was also very happy. He rewarded the counselor and released Ju Shu and Tian Feng to show them their success. Ju Shu and Tian Feng also learned from the detective that the Xin family did blame Zu Zhao for the death of Xin Changdao. The Xin family's female general had exhausted the Xin family's army to launch a fierce attack on Zu Zhao, and Chen Gong was detained by the Xin family's army for going to fake mourning.

Both Ju Shu and Tian Feng thought that there must be something strange about this. It's really unusual for Chen Gong to go to the Xin family. Theoretically, he went to die at this time. Looking at Yuan Shao's army, although it is now an alliance with the Xin family, Xin Changdao died, and Yuan Shao's army did not send a person to comfort him, which is really unreasonable, so he suggested that Yuan Shao should also send someone to mourn immediately.

This time, Yuan Shao listened to the advice of the two of them and wanted to send someone to mourn, but as for who to send, he was a little entangled. After some discussion, he still decided to let Tian Feng go. On the one hand, he was honest enough, and on the other hand, he could see what Chen Gong was doing there. However, Tian Feng refused to go. He thought that since the counselor had come up with this matter, it should be left to him. In the end, the counselor had to go for the center of the table.

After arriving at the Xin family, he was also treated well by the Xin family. He expressed his condolences to the Xin family and asked about Chen Gong. Xin Ainu told him that Chen Gong and other visitors had been detained. Just wait for Zu Zhao to exchange his head. If he has no statement by the deadline, he will kill Chen Gong and others. After receiving the news, the counselor was very happy and complacent about his plans. It was really good to get rid of Chen Gong.

Who knew that at night, he heard a soldier from the Xin family whispering that Zu Zhao had found the murderer and found that it was a conspiracy in the army. It was Yuan Shao's army that killed Xin Changdao. Hearing this conversation, the counselor was surprised and carefully came up to listen. The soldier also seemed to not know that he was eavesdropping and continued the discussion. It is said that Zu Zhao has bought several cronies around Yuan Shao in order to save Chen Gong. They know the whole murder process, especially Yuan Jiang, a popular person beside Yuan Shao, who has been confirmed to be bought, and will come to Xin's house to testify against Yuan Shao's scheme at a later date.

A soldier said, "I heard that this is actually just the scheme of one of the counselors, and Yuan Shao did not agree. If the counselor is confessed this time, as long as Yuan Shao hands over the murderer, then our Xin family will not be the enemy of Yuan Shao.

"Exactly, Yuan Shao is the third prince of the fourth generation. How could he have a grudge against our Xin family? He must have been tricked by the counselor. As soon as Yuan Jiang comes, we will know who the counselor is. At that time, Yuan Shao will definitely call him out to pay tribute to the spirit of the county guard in heaven.

After listening to the soldier's conversation, the counselor was very surprised, so that his plan would be exposed by Yuan Jiang. He knew that Yuan Jiang was a relative of Yuan Shao. He didn't have much ability, but he was very good at flattery and was very loved by Yuan Shao. Moreover, Yuan Shao's character is difficult to guess. Sometimes he can hurt anyone in order to protect himself. Previously, for his own power, he didn't even care about the life or death of his brother Yuan Shu.

So the counselor ordered his cronies to quietly run back to Yuan Shao's camp in the middle of the night and kill the Yuan Jiang directly. Yuan Shao was furious when he saw that Yuan Jiang had been killed, but he didn't know who did it. After investigation, he couldn't find out. Finally, he could only order Yuan Jiang to be buried.

And this action was immediately discovered by Xin Ainu's people. This is actually a conspiracy of Chen Gong. He knew that Yuan Shao should send someone to mourn, but he did not know who would come, but no matter who came, this plan was feasible. In order to protect the planner, Yuan Jiang would definitely be killed. If Yuan Shao is innocent, then Yuan Jiang will naturally not be killed. However, Yuan Shao's army had 300 taels of silver and directly killed Yuan Jiang, which showed that there were always ghosts in their hearts.

When Xin Ainu learned about this, he was furious and immediately detained the counselor sent by Yuan Shao, and then came to press him into the big cell for interrogation. In order to survive, the counselor admitted that it was indeed done by Yuan Shao's soldiers, and this plan was Yuan Shao's plan. Shi Ju gave birth to Tian Feng, and he naturally put the blame.

Everything understood. Xin Ainu knew that it was not Zu Zhao's army that killed his father, but Yuan Shao's army, so he immediately announced that he formed an alliance with Zu Zhao's army to fight against Yuan Shao's army, and at the same time let Zu Zhao's army enter Di Dao City. After Zu Zhao's army entered the city, it did nothing against the citizens, and even took out their dry food to give it to others. This made Xin Ainu very excited, and at the same time, after the initial contact, he had a deep affection for Zu Zhao. She fell in love with Zu Zhao for the first time, but his father had just died, and he couldn't say that he would marry Zu Zhao like this.

Zu Zhao also appreciates Xin Ainu's courage to hate. If she holds that as long as her filial piety expires, she will marry her immediately. This made Xin Ainu even more excited. At the same time, she also confirmed that the Xin family would jointly encircle and suppress Yuan Shao and start a war against Yuan Shao.

After Yuan Shao learned that his plan had been exposed, and the Xin family also formed an alliance with Zu Zhao to fight against him, he was shocked and angry, regretting that he did not listen to Ju Shu and Tian Feng's words at the beginning, which led to today's situation. He was dedicated to asking Cao Cao for help, but Cao Cao had long been waiting for the two big tigers Yuan Shao and Zu Zhao to fight. For him, Zu Zhao and Yuan Shao felt that he had lost an opponent. However, in order to limit the endless development of his opponents, he recruited the Black Army in the name of the emperor and ordered the Black Mountain army to attack Zu Zhao's rear camp. However, Zu Zhao had known the Black Mountain Army for a long time, so he had already sent Han Dang and Zhang Ju to block the Black Mountain Army. The Black Mountain Army had just started and was directly beaten back. The casualties were heavy. Han Dang and Zhang Ju were also shocked. The Black Mountain Army and other people were afraid when they heard their names, but they were in turmoil.

After persisting for half a year, Yuan Shao still couldn't break through. Seeing that the army was already nervous and the reinforcements had not come, Yuan Shao was very impetuous. Ju Shu advised him to attack separately and attack in all directions at the same time. No matter who rushed out, it was good, which could contain Zu Zhao's elite power.

However, Yuan Shao was furious and said that Ju Shu only cared about himself and wanted to escape. He was really a villain and ordered someone to drag Ju Shu out and kill him. Fortunately, under the plea of the generals, he was forgiven, beating him with a military stick, beating him to death.

Tian Feng was also heartbroken when he saw that Ju Shu's good words came to an end. At the same time, he learned that Zu Zhao's rear had defeated Gongsun Zan and was gathering a large army to help Zu Zhao. Cao Cao's Black Mountain army had also been killed by Han Dang and Zhang, and there was no hope for reinforcements.

In his own safety considerations, Tian Feng left Yuan Shao with Ju Shu's regret and went to Zu Zhao. Zu Zhao got these two people, and he didn't know how happy he was. He treated them as guests, and immediately worshipped them as Zhong Sima and defeated Tian Feng as the big Sichen, which made them flattered.