The Conqueror Isn’t Alone

Xiang Yu had a long talk with Fan Zeng by candlelight last night and didn't go to bed until the sky was full of light.

Unlike Yafu, who is getting older and cannot bear the physical burden, and does not get up until three o'clock in the morning, he is in the prime of life and full of energy.

Even though he went through a lot of ups and downs yesterday, he only took a nap for two hours before he regained his energy. He even went to the school grounds to personally accompany his generals in martial arts exercises.

He was rarely in the mood, so he called Zhongli Mei, Long Qie, and Yingbu to come forward one by one. However, with the huge power of carrying the cauldron, even though the moves he used were not sophisticated at all, he still made the generals unable to resist, and they all fell in love within ten rounds. Defeat at his hands.

Seeing with my own eyes the generals who were good at conquering and fighting, majestic and mighty, were defeated one by one by the Overlord. In the end, even three of them were no match for Xiang Yu, which made the onlookers feel their blood boiling with passion, and they couldn't help but People gathered around, watching attentively, stroking their hands and cheering loudly!

Lien Zhan spent more than half an hour, but the three generals could no longer hold on. Seeing them panting like cattle, sweating like rain, and slumped on the ground regardless of appearance, Xiang Yu, who had just warmed up, stopped his hand.

He took the towel handed to him by his personal attendant to wipe his sweat, looked around, and couldn't help but ask: Is Fengxian still hungover?

For some reason, he always had a wonderful intuition - for many years he had been trying to find someone who was qualified enough to fight with him alone. The person who completely aroused his strong desire to fight was none other than Lu Bu.

Unaware of the overlord's secret expectations, the attendant who was asked was stunned, and could not help but beat his heart, and replied nervously: General Lu left the camp this morning, riding on the king's Wuzui, saying that he was following the king's order. To chase someone...

He did not dare to think about whether it was Lu Bu, who was just appointed as a general and was destined to have a bright future, who was so bold that he pretended to be a deserter and took away the king's favorite horse, the Wuzui horse... Or maybe it was the king's record... The sex was not good, and the orders I had just given were forgotten in the blink of an eye.

Xiang Yu was startled, and there was a hint of confusion in his eyes.

...Did he ever give such an order to that drunkard?

There were so many things he experienced yesterday, and the mood swings in the day were so intense that Xiang Yu's first doubt was not that Lu Bu dared to make up the king's edict and escape after eating the bear's heart, but whether he had ever issued the king's edict and failed to do so. Accidentally forgot.

Xiang Yu pondered quietly for a moment, but before he could find an answer from his memory, he just said Huh calmly and calmly threw the veil back into the hand of his attendant, strode back to the palace, and ordered others to prepare. The water bathed.

When he was taking a bath, he was still searching for memories; when he was changing clothes, he was still searching for memories; when he was sitting in front of the case, preparing to meet with his staff to discuss matters and decide on the punishment for Xiang Bo's betrayal of Chu, he was still searching for memories... …

When others see him, they still see him as the familiar overlord with a stern face, deep eyes, and a majestic aura that makes people tremble in their hearts and not dare to offend lightly.

It wasn't until the aides explained the capital relocation matters that had been roughly decided during the two days of court discussions one by one that Xiang Yu stopped focusing on the inexplicable Lu Bu and listened carefully.

But what Xiang Yu deliberately ignored, and what his subordinates tacitly did not remind him, was Xiang Bo who was tied up by Wu Hua Da at noon, dragged to the high platform by Ying Bu himself, and had Fan Zeng read out the charges in public and beheaded Xiang Bo.

He never thought that one day he would be thrown into the Chu army's prison in his lifetime, and he never thought that Xiang Yu was really so cold-blooded and cruel and did not care about blood and family ties. In an instant, everyone was stunned.

Impossible!!! After the confusion, he screamed in despair: I don't believe it!!! It must be an old man like you who is causing trouble. I want to see the king, let me see the king!!! How can the king be so ruthless!! !”

He yelled regardless of his manners, but he knew very well in his heart that if it weren't for Xiang Yu's instruction, Fan Zeng and Ying Bu would never dare to treat him like this.

But Xiang Yu has always been affectionate, how could he be so cruel?

At the moment when he realized that he was bound to die, he who had been taking chances before truly regretted it.

I regret that I should have gone to the Han camp at night to inform Zhang Liang about Cao Wushang's informant and Xiang Yu's anger in order to repay my life-saving grace in the past. I regret that I should have listened to Zhang Liang's words by mistake and wanted to meet Liu Bang. I regret that I should have accepted it. Liu Bang bribed him with a lot of money and pearls to intercede for him; he regretted that he should not have accepted Zhang Liang's large sum of money and openly covered Liu Bang during the banquet; he regretted that he had overestimated his role as an uncle after Zhang Liang was sent to the Chu army prison. In front of Xiang Yu, he was imprisoned and released privately...

What kind of ghosts and gods had he been so obsessed with that he ended up on such a dead end despite the absence of the superior Zuo Yin?

Looking at his old rival who was facing death and who had been facing each other tit for tat for many years, Fan Zeng, who knew that everything had been settled, had cold eyes and snorted coldly.

Although he didn't care about Xiang Bo's slanderous words, seeing the other party in such miserable condition, he still couldn't feel any sympathy in his heart, let alone the sorrow of the rabbit's death and the fox's death.

Although he was neither a relative nor an acquaintance, he was loyal to King Xiang and worked hard to make suggestions for the Chu army.

But this nobleman, who was Zuo Yin, the head of the Xiang clan, and the most trusted blood relative of King Xiang, shamelessly stood in front of the poisonous insect that was eating away at the Chu army's morale. Even when he was about to die, he was still biting randomly without any shame or remorse.

If God hadn't taken pity on Chu and didn't want to see Xiang Bo's evil traitor succeed, so he sent Lu Bu, a divine general, to help him. I'm afraid that after the battle, it wouldn't be Xiang Bo who would be tied up and beheaded, but them. .

Fan Zeng sneered and said mercilessly: Anyone who has some sense of shame and makes such a big mistake has already wiped his neck with a sword and killed himself. How can he still have the face to see the king? Besides, if you are not a blood relative of the king, with your There are so many evil crimes, and if you cook them alive and it’s not enough to satisfy your hatred, how can you happily chop them down?

Cut off your head and give you a quick death?

Xiang Bo's face turned red and white, and finally he roared in unbearable humiliation, tears streaming down his eyes.

But he lowered his head from then on, and even though his whole body was shivering, he no longer begged for his life.

Fan Zeng kept a straight face and watched the executioner's hands shaking for a long time. Finally, under his eager gaze, with a cruel heart and a fierce exertion, he swung the big ax and killed Xiang Bo with tears streaming down his face. The head was chopped off.

As soon as the man's head rolled to the ground, Ting Bu quickly picked up a package of cloth he had prepared in advance, held it in his chest, and politely said to Fan Zeng: Your Majesty has an order, let the cloth go to the general. He paused and swallowed The word 'Zuo Yin' came to my lips out of habit, but because I didn't know how to call it, I simply passed by: Looking for a place to bury.

Now that the person is dead and the harm has been eliminated, Fan Zeng will not be aggressive. He nodded to Ying Bu and walked to the main hall where Xiang Yu was, wondering whether he should appease him.

However, he had done many things to reprimand Xiang Yu, but he had never done such delicate things as comforting him. The more he thought about it, the more difficult it became for Fan Zeng.

When he walked to the main hall and was let in by the guards, he had not yet finished considering his words.

At this moment, he raised his eyes and saw Xiang Yu sitting on the main seat as if nothing had happened, listening intently to what his staff was saying.

...

Seems like nothing's wrong?

Fan Zeng thought to himself and involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief. Then, under the guidance of the halberd master, he took a seat at the second seat reserved for him by Xiang Yu.

As soon as he sat down, he was keenly aware of something. He couldn't help but glance at the halberd men standing behind Xiang Yu. He lowered his voice and asked, It seems... there is one person missing?

He learned from Xiang Yu last night that Lu Bu Yuege was going to be promoted to general.

In his opinion, whether it was Lu Bu's talents or his actual achievements, even being granted a prince title was enough.

Since Xiang Yu has this intention, he will naturally not object.

It would not be too aggrieved to give him the position of general now and lead an army alone one day.

He did not count Lu Bu among the halberd-wielding men, but he could still see that there was definitely one missing person in this group.

Xiang Yu glanced at it nonchalantly and said casually: Oh?

When Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng asked one after another, the halberd-wielding men looked at each other, pushed one of them out of the queue, and stiffly replied: Your Majesty, Yafu, there has been no trace of Han Xin since early this morning... He must have escaped from camp.

As soon as these words came out, Fan Zeng only nodded slightly to show his understanding, but like a thunderbolt, he instantly split open the cloud of doubt that shrouded Xiang Yu's heart!

It turned out that Han Xin ran away.

Xiang Yu frowned slightly and changed his sitting posture slightly.

No wonder Fengxian wanted to chase him - wait, are you really going to chase him? Could it be that he ran away with you?

Xiang Yu frowned a little more and changed his sitting position again.

If he followed Han Xin's temptation and ran away, Han Xin who kidnapped his most valued general and beloved horse would be extremely hateful and would be caught and cooked.

If Fengxian only wanted to get his friend back, it's not like he couldn't help complete the lie and cover up the past.

However, after that, Fengxian must be reprimanded a few words to prevent him from being arrogant and acting on his own in the future just because he is young and energetic.

Especially since he is the commander of an army, if he always acts impulsively, even if he has a strategy, he will easily get into trouble.

Xiang Yu thought silently.

Because he had kept a tight face all year round, he was currently thinking a lot, and his expression had not changed at all.

From the beginning to the end, no one in the room noticed the change in his thoughts.

Seeing that it was night and there was still no news from Lu Bu, Xiang Yu couldn't help but frown again.

It stands to reason that Han Xin fled the camp privately with only a few luggage and no horse to ride on. No matter how fast he walked, he couldn't go any faster.

Why did Fengxian ride on Wu Zui, who travels thousands of miles a day, to chase someone, but he chased him for a whole day, but there was still no trace?

When Xiang Yu was in a daze, wondering whether he should send more manpower to look for his missing General Lu, there was finally a sound outside, and then the guard announced: Your Majesty, General Lu is riding Wu Zhui and is back with Han Xin. !”

Hearing this, Xiang Yu said indifferently: Bring them here immediately.

Here!

The guard accompanying him in the main hall actually guessed the truth to some extent.

He couldn't help but think, this General Lu was really audacious. He made up the king's order and dared to ride on the king's beloved horse Wu Zui to leave the camp privately. The most incredible thing was that he actually dared to come back carelessly!

Even if General Lu is favored now, he will definitely be punished. But the king's face has been ugly all day?

He quickly accepted the order and was about to summon the two of them. Unexpectedly, the king suddenly stopped him: Wait a minute.

With a serious look on his face, he leaned over and responded.

The overlord inside was silent for a moment, and then Fang slowly gave the order: ...Send two more dinners.

guard:……

He was stunned for a long time before he recovered from the shock, responded stiffly, and left in a daze.