"How dare you be so rude! I want to see the Lord, I want to ...... Liu Gong save me! Zhang Gong ......"

In the camp where Zhang Jackal and the others were, they suddenly rushed into dozens of wolf-like soldiers, led the captain to quickly circle the camp tent, and then raised his hand to point at a middle-aged man in the seat.

The middle-aged man struggled fiercely, but to no avail, and was soon escorted out of the tent with his arms cut back. The lieutenant clasped his fists and saluted, and then withdrew with his head held high, leaving the entourage stunned.

It wasn't until the soldiers withdrew for a long time that there was a discussion and complaint in the camp tent: "First Xu Shangshu, then Li Shizhong." Exactly, exactly...... Punish ...... without teaching"

Zhang Jackal just opened his eyes and looked at them the moment the soldiers rushed in, and then closed his eyes again, as if everything that happened in the tent had nothing to do with him. Although some colleagues approached him and wanted to discuss it with him for a while, Zhang Jackal just kept silent, and the others stopped approaching him after seeing this.

After Yu Jue was sent, Zhang Jackal's mood was also not much easier, especially after seeing that the lord had begun to officially eradicate the important ministers, his heartstrings were even tighter to the extreme.

Previously, when he decided to intercept Ma Qiu and conceal the military situation of Xiangguo, he didn't think about the reaction and counterattack of the Lord Shi Hu, and therefore made some preparations, confident that even if the Lord was held accountable, he would have the confidence to protect himself. After all, he is not alone in this matter, and it has been reached by a considerable number of people in the country.

has followed Shi Hu for many years, and Zhang Jackal's understanding of Shi Hu is also extremely profound. If he had such thoughts before, he would not have dared to challenge the authority of the Lord without permission.

But after giving up Xiangguo and going to Xindu, he was confident that he had seen Shi Hu's fierce face, this fierce and domineering lord who had more than half his life, and the southern kingdom was repeatedly defeated, and the country's strength was declining day by day, and the original strength had long been exhausted.

The tiger is old and has long been unable to devour people. It was precisely because of this realization that Zhang Jackal decided to take the risk and give it a try.

But what happened today made him realize that he had underestimated the ferocity of the Lord and his own faith. If it weren't for the fact that he was not free and could not see the Lord now, perhaps he would have bowed to his throne and wept and begged for mercy.

Previously, taking the risk of entrusting people to interrogate was already the limit of what Zhang Jackal could do at the moment when he was worried and afraid. Zhang Jackal never doubted the Lord's ability, otherwise he would not have made up his mind to choose to follow Shi Hu when the situation was still unclear in the early years.

It was precisely because of this that Zhang Jackal knew that the lord was secretly gathering momentum and suddenly attacking, and it was impossible to leave such an obvious loophole for these courtiers to give them the opportunity to contact the respective forces that were isolated and make a counterattack.

But the reason why I still did it, on the one hand, was naturally unwilling to die, and there was still a bit of luck in my heart; On the other hand, it is also a dangerous temptation, if the true news is intercepted, it is also to show the Lord that he has the resoluteness of his will to live, and has the courage to survive in death.

Although he had already made a decision in his heart, Zhang Jackal's fear continued unabated, in addition to the shock brought by years of accumulation, and because the counterattack measures adopted by the Lord exceeded his imagination from the beginning, some of his arrangements became completely useless.

A fake assassination to launch a real bloody purge, the tiger is old, but still has a desire to devour people, and although the minions are blunt, the residual power can still be terrifying.

Zhang Jackal also knew that there were definitely not only these two killings he had seen this night. The Lord has not seen him so far, probably to let him see clearly that even if there is such a great turmoil in the country, the situation is still under control, and the strength he thinks he has grown is just a joke in the eyes of the Lord. And his so-called threat, under this absolute control, also pales in comparison.

As soon as the lord made a move, all of Zhang Jackal's arrangements were in vain, although the butcher's knife had not yet fallen on his head, but just this torment tortured him to death.

After that, some people in the tent were taken away one after another, and in the process, some people could not stand this torment and broke out, and even scolded the Lord, and then a large number of soldiers poured in, and took the rest of the people out of it, and put them into small tents and imprisoned them separately.

This night is even longer than a lifetime for Zhang Jackal, and he has recalled more than once in the first half of his life. It's just about what will happen next, but I don't dare to imagine it at all.

It wasn't until noon the next day that there were new visitors to Zhang Jackal's small tent.

Zu Qing put on a new armor, and at the same time had a new identity, originally he was just a thousand-person master in the Chinese army, but now he has become one of the generals of the Chinese army. The original general of the Chinese army, Wuyi Wang Shijian, had a new appointment after last night's turmoil, and he had already left the Longteng military camp early in the morning, and the military power of the Chinese army was divided into three, and Zu Qing was fortunate to be one of them.

Hearing the sound of slight footsteps in the tent, Zhang Jackal, who was originally on the couch and pretending to sleep, opened his eyes and sat up, and when he saw Zu Qing, he was stunned for a moment, and then he bowed his hand slightly: "Congratulations to General Zu, grab the humerus." ”

Hearing Zhang Jackal's congratulations, Zu Qing only bowed slightly in response. He didn't sleep for the rest of last night, and after thinking about everything, he was also afraid.

Especially after accepting the new appointment today, he found that some familiar faces of the Chinese army commanders had disappeared, and the long string of bloody human heads outside the big tent made him realize how dangerous he was last night.

Zu Qing has always remembered his family feuds, and even has no shortage of people who are willing to die to wash away the shame of his family with his life, and his heart can never be called pure and flawless. He didn't use his identity as a general of the Chinese army to do some secret schemes, but a real veteran minister like Zhang Jackal would not take him, the remnant of the ancestral clan, in his eyes, and he was usually too lazy to contact him.

As for those Hebei clans with different aspirations, because they knew that the Zu clan was the rebellious gateway to the south, and Zu Qing's father, Zu Yue, was originally an enemy of the Yu clan in Jiangdong, and the Yu clan was an important power in the south, so he naturally did not want to get too close to Zu Qing.

At the same time, Zu Qing had a bottom line in his heart, and he didn't want to really be in cahoots with the generals of the Qiang Kingdom. In this way, the purge that originally covered the entire Inner Sixth Army allowed him to survive without danger, and became a loyal and lonely young general in the eyes of Shi Hu, the lord of the army, and used it as a confidant.

As for Shi Hu handing over Zhang Jackal's token to himself, and at the same time telling him that he wanted to give him a fortune, Zu Qing didn't have any specific ideas after thinking about it in the middle of the night.

Today, he was ordered to see Zhang Jackal, which made Zu Qing have some vague guesses in his heart, but he really didn't dare to be sure and act rashly. He saw that Zhang Jackal's beard was messy, his eyes were bloodshot, and it was only a night, but compared to yesterday, he seemed to be a few years older, and he couldn't help but feel the ruthlessness of Shi Hu's methods.

After entering the account, Zu Qing did not directly announce Shi Hu's order, but signaled the attaché to send water and food, while he stood quietly in the tent, watching Zhang Jackal wash and eat.

"Let the juniors laugh."

Although he was tortured all night, Zhang Jackal didn't want to lose his temperament in front of the backward advancement of these countries, so he stood up after calmly washing and eating, looked at Zu Qing and smiled: "What is the Lord's order, Zhang is waiting for the training." ”

Zu Qing took a step forward, held down the saber with one hand, took out Zhang Jackal's jade jue from his arms with the other, and gently placed it on the small case in front of Zhang Jackal.

Zhang Jackal saw the jade jue that returned to him after it was sent, his pupils shrank, and he sighed with a complicated expression, but before he could speak, he heard Zu Qing say: "The Lord gave me this token, and he said yes and gave me a fortune." The last general is stupid, and I haven't gained anything at night, I don't know if Zhang Gong can teach me? ”

"This, this ......"

When Zhang Jackal heard this, his shoulders trembled, his face changed violently, and his eyes were fixed on Zu Qing, wanting to see a hint from his face, but all he saw was a calm and puzzled face.

"Lord, Lord, is it really accusing you of this?"

When it came to the safety of his own life, Zhang Jackal no longer had a superficial calmness, and asked with a worried face.

Zu Qing bowed slightly, and then said: "Yesterday's day and night were disturbed, and the Lord was angry. Today, the general will tell Zhang Gong that he no longer needs to serve the emperor, and he will return home to recuperate for the time being. In addition, the lord intends to summon King Zhang Wu to return to the country as an assistant, may I ask if Zhang Gong can recommend the selection of envoys? ”

Although Zu Qing didn't say much, there were so many meanings in them that Zhang Jackal couldn't digest them for a while. He took a deep breath, then turned his back and closed his eyes in deep thought.

First of all, he was naturally relieved, things finally did not have the worst result, and Zhang Jackal's fate was saved. But obviously, it is impossible for him to survive this crisis without danger or injury. King Zhang Wu's return to the country was also a result that Zhang Jackal wanted to promote, but he specifically asked if he had any recommended messengers?

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Jackal's face was uncertain again, and there was a hint of coldness.

After more than a quarter of an hour, Zhang Jackal slowly turned around, looked Zu Qing up and down a few times, and then showed some appreciation: "General Zu is worthy of his fame, and he is heroic and far from his peers. I'm an old fellow, and I didn't see such a handsome and young man in the country. I don't know if the general has a marriage match? ”

"No, no...... I, the last general, have a few inferior families, can not re-enforce the family style, and have not been able to repay the king, even if there is a good match, I dare not take humiliation, it is useless and tiring. ”

Hearing Zhang Jackal's question, Zu Qing's heartstrings trembled for a while, and then he was even more ashamed and angry. He finally understood what this so-called wealth was, it turned out that Shi Hu had such an idea, first took him as a confidant, and then arranged for him to be embedded in Zhang Jackal's sphere of influence as a pawn.

However, although his family is corrupt and he is inactive, he is really ashamed of having a close relationship with Zhang Jackal, a portal that can be called a thief and rebel against the Martial Sect in the north and south. Once he has an intimate connection with a person like Zhang Jackal, not to mention what kind of treacherous power struggle he will be involved in, he will not be able to get out and there are countless dangers, he wants to wash away the old sins and infamy of his family, but he is afraid that there is even more little hope.

But if this is what Shi Hu meant, and Zhang Jackal has already understood, is it possible for him to refuse?

It is obvious that Shi Hu has no intention of completely eradicating the Zhang family, but he will no longer trust and indulge, so he needs a henchman who can be trusted and manipulated to serve as his eyes and ears and a channel of communication with Zhang Jackal. And in order to keep his position alive, Zhang Jackal also needs such a person to appease the lord.

Once Zu Qing refuses such an arrangement, he is afraid that a catastrophe will come immediately, not to mention revenge!