Chapter 758: Decision
Wu Chengen was furious, and Li Dingguo once again got too close to the Dongjiang army, which made him feel full of threat. Li Dingguo is a rare general, there is no doubt about this, and it is precisely because of this that Chongzhen attaches so much importance to it.
But the current situation is that Li Dingguo is very likely to defect to Mao Wenlong's side, and Chongzhen is naturally anxious. Losing Li Dingguo is a fatal loss, if he is allowed to defect to Mao Wenlong's side, it means that Chongzhen not only loses a great help, but also has a powerful enemy.
Wu Chengen, as Chongzhen's spokesperson, had the need to prevent such a thing from happening, so he hurriedly came over.
"Why did Grandpa Wu come back?" Seeing Wu Chengen's appearance, Li Dingguo was very surprised?
"Li Dingguo, our family asks you, did you get together with Mao Wenlong again?" Wu Chengen was so angry that he directly questioned Li Dingguo.
Wu Chengen escaped first when he saw danger, and Li Dingguo was originally unhappy. This will be good, Li Jiajun paid a heavy price, and finally got away with it with the help of the Dongjiang Army. And Wu Chengen didn't help or say anything, and now he still has the face to blame himself.
Li Dingguo's face sank on the spot, and he snorted coldly: "Father-in-law Wu, can Li understand that you are questioning me?" ”
Li Dingguo's tone was very unkind, Wu Chengen immediately felt full of killing intent, and he only reacted at this moment, his own tone seemed to be a little too much just now. Recognizing his own inappropriateness, Wu Chengen immediately put on a smiling face: "General Li, don't get me wrong, isn't this our family in a hurry?" If there's anything wrong, I hope you don't take it to heart. ”
Wu Chengen's attitude of apology is very good, Li Dingguo is still wavering in his heart about Mao Wenlong's kindness, so naturally he can't turn his face directly with Wu Chengen at this time. After some thinking in his heart, Li Dingguo's face immediately softened.
"Gonggong Wu should know that Li alone will not be able to resist the attack of the Japanese army. And turning to Mao Wenlong for help was also a last resort, is Gonggong Wu willing to watch Li and many loyal subordinates die under the butcher's knife of the Japanese Kou? Li Dingguo immediately made a reasonable explanation.
After hearing this, Wu Chengen also understood that he was indeed making too much fuss, and Li Dingguo was trying to survive no matter what he said. On the other hand, it seems that he should be scolded by Li Dingguo the most. After all, it was when Li Dingguo was most in danger that he fled regardless of his life and death!
Thinking of what he had done, Wu Chengen suddenly felt a little weak, and he quickly put away the domineering attitude just now, and said with a smiling face: "As long as General Li does not betray the emperor, our family naturally does not want to see you have an accident." After all, the princess is still waiting to be married, and General Li will also be a concubine in the future, and they are all a family. ”
Knowing that he was at a loss, Wu Chengen was not stupid, and immediately brought out the princess to talk about things. implies that if Li Dingguo wants to defect to Mao Wenlong, then the princess's marriage with him will be yellow.
With such an obvious hint, Li Dingguo immediately knew that Li Dingguo was very unhappy that Wu Chengen actually threatened him with a woman. He Li Dingguo loves beauties well, but it is not to the extent that he will not marry a woman other than a princess.
He likes the princess and wants to marry her, except that the princess's beauty and temperament attract him. It is nothing more than to eliminate Chongzhen's concerns about himself, so as to lay a good foundation for the growth of his power in the future.
But now it seems that Chongzhen doesn't seem to be sincere to Li Dingguo, and actually began to use the princess to blackmail him. Regardless of whether this matter came from Wu Chengen's idea or from Chongzhen's instructions, Li Dingguo was a dignified man, so he naturally couldn't stand such a bird's spirit.
After sending away Wu Chengen, who came to 'rejuvenate the teacher and ask for guilt', Li Dingguo suddenly felt that he should defect to Mao Wenlong to have a better future. At least Mao Wenlong would never use such shameless means to contain him.
The experience of seeing the truth in adversity has begun to linger in Li Dingguo's heart, Mao Wenlong's boldness and sincerity are compared with Chongzhen's calculations, and he is like a thief.
Li Dingguo pondered alone at night, the choice is always the most difficult, but Li Dingguo, who has seen Chongzhen clearly, gradually has his own plans. The choice can be unnerving, and once you've made up your mind, there's nothing to hesitate about.
Turning over to bed and covering the quilt, Li Dingguo fell asleep with peace of mind, he had made a decision, and he was no longer confused and hesitant.
Early the next morning, Li Dingguo got up early, wrote a letter quickly, and then called his confidants and ordered him to leave the city immediately and hand over the letter to Mao Wenlong in person.
After the cronies gave up the order, they hurriedly withdrew from Li Dingguo's room, but the cronies did not immediately prepare horses to leave the palace. Instead, he took the letter handed to him by Li Dingguo and found Wu Chengen!
"Gonggong Wu, this is the letter that the general just ordered me to send to Mao Wenlong." The cronies smiled and handed the letter to Wu Chengen.
Wu Chengen's face changed greatly, and then without saying a word, he directly took out a gold ingot in his arms and put it in the hands of his cronies, and said coldly: "Bring the letter." ”
The cronies didn't follow Wu Chengen's words, he suddenly pulled back the letter, and said with a smile: "Gonggong Wu, this is an important secret, just with the little wealth just now, is it a little less?" ”
A hint of displeasure flashed on Wu Chengen's face, but he didn't say anything, but took out two quick gold from his arms. With a look of pain, Wu Chengen threw it to his cronies again.
Ma Li caught the two pieces of gold, and his cronies identified the authenticity, and after finding that there was no problem, he laughed and said: "The father-in-law should not read the letter for too long, and the small one has to do something." ”
Wu Chengen nodded in understanding, then grabbed the letter paper, opened it and watched it. After a while, his face turned blue and purple, and he trembled with anger.
Obviously, there must be something in Li Dingguo's letter that Wu Chengen can't accept. The cronies who were waiting to get the letter back, seeing that Wu Chengen was so angry, he didn't dare to be careless, he always stared at Wu Chengen's hands, once he found that Wu Chengen had any action to destroy the letter, he would not hesitate to take it back.
After all, his task still has to be completed, otherwise he can't explain it to Li Dingguo, so he will show it to Wu Chengen, just to make a little extra money by the way. But the cronie in front of him obviously didn't realize that this time his life was going to be planted here.
Wu Chengen suddenly roared, and more than two dozen guards immediately rushed out from around the courtyard. Without waiting for any reaction from the cronies, more than 20 people rushed up, pressed the cronies to the ground on the spot, and then tied them up.