The Huns came to show off again. They annihilated a Chu army that came to rescue the horse, dragged the body back and forth outside the city with their horses, making a series of howlings in their mouths.

This move has no practical significance, it is purely to show its cruelty to the prey that has no way to go.

The Chu soldiers guarding the city couldn't bear it and turned around one after another. Several generals went to inform General Cheqi and Cavalry. Deng Cui was wearing casual clothes to receive them and said, "The reinforcements should come, it's okay. They were reckless at the beginning, but they became honest after suffering a few more losses."

The generals were stunned, and Fan Chuanshan couldn't help but say, "Are we just watching and doing nothing?"

"What can I do?" Deng Cui asked, signaling the maid behind him to beat his shoulders.

"This is another sneak attack?"

"The Huns are not fools, how could they be attacked every time? They retreated ten miles behind the camp just to deal with such things."

The retreat of the camp means that the Chu army will travel longer after leaving the city, and it will be easier to be cut off by the Huns around. The generals all understand this truth, but it is difficult to accept that they will just hold on to the army.

"Your Majesty has entrusted the important task of defending the city to the general, but the general's strategy is to sit back and wait for death?" Although he fought a victory with Deng Cui, Fan Chuanshan still did not trust this person very much.

Deng Cui thought about it carefully for a while and nodded, "Yes, that's it."

Fan Chishan was furious and turned his head to look at the other generals. Everyone else bowed their heads and said nothing. Only he dared to speak, "Since that's the case, it's not all the same for who is the general of the chariot and cavalry, why do you have to choose?"

Deng Cui didn't mean to get angry, and still thought about it for a while, pointed at the maid at the other side of the shoulder, and then said, "It's different, I'm sitting and waiting for death. I'm more calm. Even if I die, my posture will be a little better. If you are all, you will inevitably have to go back and forth, and you still can't break through. The death is still ugly. You have also seen that the Huns do not respect the dead."

Deng Cui actually laughed, Fan Chishan was furious. If it weren't for the difference between superiors and inferiors, he could even strangle the young man on the opposite side to death with bare hands and empty fists. "You are a general, I'll go to meet Your Majesty now."

Fan Chuanshan remembered that the emperor was sick and shouldn't have disturbed him with such a thing.

Deng Cui yawned indifferently, "I advise General Fan to have trouble. The matter is obvious. Jincheng has not been compromised. It is not up to you and me, not thousands of Chu troops, nor the people in the city. The Huns weighed the pros and cons, and felt that it was more cost-effective to use the emperor to lure reinforcements from all over the Chu area. Now that reinforcements have taken the bait, it means that Jincheng can support more. It is a pity that the reinforcements are annihilated. The Huns are cruel to drag their bodies, but for Jincheng, this is a good thing."

Fan Chishan was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but he could not refute the other party's words, so he had to turn around and leave without even saying goodbye.

Deng Cui closed his eyes and rested, disdaining the other generals' farewell.

Fan Chuanshan walked around the city for a long time. The streets were very deserted. The people hid at home and dared not come out. Most of the soldiers were guarding the city. Even this arrangement was the result of the generals' own affairs. General Deng Cui, the chariot and cavalry, had never issued any orders.

Fan Chuanshan wanted to lead his troops out to fight a battle, but without the permission of the emperor or Deng Cui, the city gate would not be opened. Moreover, he also knew that this battle would definitely be defeated and could not be lifted.

Deng Cui was right. The reason why Jincheng was still there was because the Huns did not seriously attack the city, and Fan Chushan just couldn't stand the indifferent attitude of the general of the chariot and cavalry towards the entire situation.

"As a general, shouldn't you share your worries with Your Majesty wholeheartedly?" Fan Chishan asked loudly, and the guards behind him nodded, not understanding why.

Fan Chuanshan still came to the royal palace, but the person he wanted to meet was not the sick emperor.

Cui Teng was not there, and the follower received the guests. Fan Chishan sat in the living room waiting. No matter how the follower hinted, he just refused to leave.

It was not until the darkness that Cui Teng came back. When he saw Fan Chushan, he was stunned, "General Fan? What a rare guest."

One of the two was a powerful general trusted by the emperor, and the other was a confidant around the emperor. They had often met before but had no relationship in private.

Fan Chishan stood up, and without hesitation, bowed: "I have something to discuss with Mr. Cui."

"Me?" Cui Teng was even more surprised. Although he usually had a high opinion of himself, he was somewhat self-aware in front of the real general. "If it were war, I wouldn't be able to help."

"It's related, but not a war." Fan Chuanshan stepped forward, "Your Majesty trusts you very much, right?"

"Uh, that's right."

"You are Your Majesty's brother-in-law. I heard that when General Cui supported others to be emperor, you would rather be unfilial than surrender to Your Majesty."

These are all facts, but no normal official would say it in front of the Cui family. Cui Teng seemed even more embarrassed and said stiffly: "General Fan said something if he has something to say, there is no need to beat around the bush."

"Your Majesty is lying in bed, and the military and civilians in Jincheng have lost their backbone"

"Isn't there a general of the chariot and cavalry, Deng Cui?"

"The problem lies with him." Fan Chishan said angrily, "I can't speak. You have to tell Your Majesty to be careful. Deng Cui didn't have the heart to defend the city."

Cui Teng was surprised, "What? Deng Cui wants to surrender to the enemy?"

Fan Chishan was stunned and felt that he didn't say such words, but after a change of thought, he felt it was reasonable, "It is possible that he was at home and did not patrol the city walls or arrange for guards. A reinforcement outside was annihilated by the Huns, and he was indifferent, and he clearly found a way out!"

"Okay, Deng Cui dares to do such a thing! I'll go to see His Majesty now, I just came back from there."

These two men were reckless and violent, and in a few words, they charged Deng Cui with surrendering to the enemy and were about to set off in a fierce manner. Fan Chuanshan finally remembered the reason why he came to find Cui Teng and reminded him: "You have to speak carefully, don't make Your Majesty angry, but it will aggravate your condition. I came to you because I think you can speak."

"General Fan thinks I can talk?" There are many flatterers around Cui Teng, and no one has ever praised him for being "talking".

Fan Chuanshan nodded. He actually didn't know much about Cui Teng. He only knew that this was a playboy from the Cui family and was deeply trusted by the emperor. "A favorite minister should be able to speak, otherwise why would you win the favor of Your Majesty?"

If someone else said this, Cui Teng would immediately be furious, but Fan Chushan was heartless. Cui Teng thought about it and decided to regard this sentence as a pure praise, but he calmed down because of this, "You shouldn't look for me if you can speak, you should look for Donghai King."

"He? The King of Donghai and His Majesty have fought for the throne, isn't it trustworthy?"

"That was the past, he is very well-behaved now. Let's go find him together. He will definitely not make His Majesty angry and make the matter clear."

King Donghai lives in the yard next to Cui Teng. After hearing the two of them’s “accusation” against Deng Cui, he asked: “What have you heard of? Or have you seen something?”

Fan Chishan was stunned, "Isn't this obvious? It's not just me, but other generals have also seen the things I said just now, and they will know it as soon as they ask."

"Yes, who would obviously betray the emperor? Deng Cui is also a general of Chu. He wants to betray, or sneak out of Jincheng, or contact everyone to raise trouble in the city, stay at home every day with his wives, concubines and maids, so what are he betrayed?"

The two of them were speechless, and Cui Teng said dissatisfiedly: "It's all your fault, and you can talk nonsense without figuring it out."

Fan Chushan scratched his forehead, remembering that he just wanted to remind the emperor to be wary of Deng Cui through Cui Teng, or to replace people to rectify the city defense. Why did it suddenly become accusation of Deng Cui of rebellion? Even he himself did not believe this.

"Uh, sorry" Fan Chishan left in a panic.

"Who made him a brave but not a resourceful person?" Donghai King looked at Cui Teng, "You are also confused, why did you listen to him talking nonsense?"

"You can rest, I'll go back to sleep." Cui Teng turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait, I'm about to look for you."

"What's up?"

"Don't pretend to be confused. Yesterday you went to see Sister Cui Zhao. After you came back, you kept hiding from me. Today, you are distracted in front of His Majesty. There must be something wrong. You always claim to be a loyal minister. Let me show you now."

Cui Teng blushed and thought for a while, "Then you have to promise not to talk nonsense."

"Am I that kind of person?" Donghai Neptune thought to himself that he would not talk nonsense, he would only say purposefully.

"The Zhang father and daughter are aphrodisiacs."

"Yeah, I know."

Cui Teng was shocked and dared not hide it. "They were bribed by Mrs. Ping'en and wanted to present the third sister to His Majesty."

"Hey." Tokai Neptune sneered, "and then said."

"But Master Zhang Qin said that Your Majesty seems to be practicing some special martial arts and is resistant to the sound of the piano, so he will get sick."

"Your Majesty is obviously poisoned!" King Donghai didn't believe that Qinyin could have such a magical effect.

"Mrs. Ping'en Hou didn't know that His Majesty was poisoned. I told her that she was surprised and would ask Master Zhang Qin to explain to me tonight."

"That Master Zhang Qin? Father or daughter?"

"Mrs. Ping'en did not say it."

"I know who you are looking forward to, you are not going to invite me, are you?"

"Uh, I will tell you after meeting."

"Idiot, Qin Nu can't speak, how can I explain to you? It must be Zhang Zhuohe who came."

Cui Teng was disappointed. He only paid attention to the look of Qinnv's eyes. He had long forgotten that she could not speak. "You can also make gestures, I can understand."

"Then you go back and wait, control yourself, and don't scare the old man."

Cui Teng laughed twice, turned around and left, still having a glimmer of hope in his heart, thinking that the person who came would be Zhang Qinyan.

King Donghai had dinner at the emperor's place, called a servant, washed up and prepared to rest. No matter who the person who went to see Cui Teng was, he probably wouldn't come to tell King Donghai tonight.

The emperor's illness seemed to be getting worse and worse. King Donghai couldn't help but think that if he could go back to the capital now

He dispelled this unrealistic fantasy and went to bed.

After more than an hour of tossing and turning, King Donghai was awakened by the sound outside.

Fan Chushan left and returned, and had to see King Donghai.

King Donghai walked to the door in his coat and said unhappily: "Is there anything wrong with General Fan?"

Fan Chuanshan pushed the servant away and walked a few steps to the King of Donghai, "I have found the evidence."

"What evidence?" Donghai Neptune was not too awake yet.

"Evidence of Deng Cui's rebellion." Fan Changshan said affirmatively, "He will send someone out of the city to contact the Huns tonight. I will arrest people later and get personal stolen goods."

Donghai King was deeply surprised. Just as he was about to say that things would not be so simple, Cui Teng actually came too. He walked in a hurry and ran to the door, panting and said, "It's Meng'e, Zhang Zhuohe said it must be Meng'e poisoning."

Cui Teng and Fan Chushan looked at each other, but they didn't expect to see each other at this time.

King Donghai raised his eyebrows, which was a rare situation: he had two conspiracies, but the emperor was kept in the dark. To be continued.

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