Chen Shu looked at Ziyou with an awkward smile on his face.
"My lord, are you joking?"
But Ziyou didn't give him a chance to explain, and said directly
"It's not up to you whether to hide it or not. If the Chen family didn't hide the armor, just let someone search for it. If it's really not there, I will definitely apologize to the head of the Chen family." Ziyou said with a smile.
"Since your Excellency has spoken to this extent, if the Chen Mansion doesn't allow the search to be carried out, it will appear to be a conspiracy. Sir, please!" Chen Shu stepped out of the way to persuade Zi You. He was not afraid of Zi You's investigation, because the Chen Mansion really He has no armor. Although he is engaged in rebellion, apart from conclusive evidence, all he needs to do is deny it. As for the armor, no matter how much he, Chen Shu, risked his life, he could not hide something like this that had been discovered and killed in the Chen Mansion.
"Then I would like to ask Master Chen to put down his weapons and wait until the soldiers have finished searching before helping the county guard to defend the city." Ziyou stood up and said.
"No!" Chen Shu said.
After hearing the master's response, the servants and guards of the Chen family put down their swords one after another. Ziyou waved his hand, and the soldiers rushed into the Chen Mansion and began to search for armor. The remaining people collected the weapons used to protect the servants.
Chen Shu looked at the leisurely Ziyou and felt uneasy in his heart. Since Ziyou dared to attack him, he must have been well prepared. Looking at the unarmed guard servants who were being guarded, Chen Shu's heart sank. Now I can only hope that nothing will be found out.
Soon, three soldiers came out carrying a wooden frame. On the wooden frame was a set of the latest Qin army armor. Chen Shu looked at the armor with his mouth wide open, his face full of surprise, and his eyes revealed confusion. But then his eyes were full of unwillingness.
Chen Shu gritted his teeth and looked at Ziyou. He did not expect that Ziyou would do such a thing as framing him. He asked the guards to put down their weapons and undergo inspection. Firstly, because the rebellion had obviously failed, it was better to give up and follow the defenders. The city can be exchanged for a chance of survival, and the second is that he really did not hide the armor. If he had a way to get the armor, the five thousand people on the mountain would not be wearing coarse linen clothes and fighting with the fully armed army.
There is also the last point, which Chen Shu did not expect at all, that is, Ziyou would actually frame him.
"As a son of a man, are you worthy of your disciple and reputation?" Chen Shu gritted his teeth and rushed towards Ziyou.
In Chen Shu's opinion, Ziyou was also a disciple of Xunzi, a great Confucian sage, and a world-famous sage. It was absolutely impossible for him to do such a thing as false accusation. But reality told him that the man in front of him was an unscrupulous villain, and Ziyou had failed him. of trust.
Before Chen Shu could touch Ziyou, he was kicked over by Mo Crow who was standing beside him. The short blade in Mo Crow's hand was placed on Chen Shu's neck. Mo Crow looked coldly at the agitated guards and servants. When Chen Shu rushed towards Ziyou, the servants and guards thought that the master was going to take action and started to stir up chaos. However, before they could remember to take action, Chen Shu was knocked down by Mo Crow.
Seeing the short blade on Chen Shu's neck and the crossbows and long guns in the hands of the soldiers around him, these people calmed down instantly, lowered their heads and did not dare to move anymore.
Chen Shu stared at Ziyou with his eyes fixed on him, as if he was about to spurt out substantial flames, and said through gritted teeth
"Shameless villain, I treated you as a wise man in vain, but you actually used such despicable methods!"
When Chen Shu insulted Ziyou, Mo Ya stepped on his face, causing his teeth to come into close contact with the ground. Mo Ya said coldly
"If you don't want to die now, just shut up."
The king worries about his ministers' labor, and the king humiliates his ministers to death. As Ziyou's coachman, how could Mo Crow let Chen Shu insult Ziyou? If it weren't for keeping Chen Shu, it would be useful. When Chen Shu said the first word just now, Mo Crow Kill him.
Looking at Chen Shu who was struggling, Ziyou said calmly
"I never said that I am a gentleman. It's just what you made up in your own minds. Now that the armor has been found, does Patriarch Chen have anything else to say?"
"Uh-huh. Uh-huh." Chen Shu struggled to say something, but under Mo Crow's feet he could only make a sound of "uh-huh", and saliva flowed from his mouth to the ground.
"What did you say? You said that Zhang Changyang Chamber of Commerce and the Fu family were all your accomplices." Ziyou said with sudden realization.
Hearing that Ziyou had betrayed all the families and chambers of commerce that had taken refuge with him, Chen Shu no longer struggled, his eyes filled with despair. He understood at this moment that he had been part of Ziyou's plan from beginning to end, just to wait until this day. , eradicate them completely. At this moment, Chen Shu understood why the world gave Zi You the title of unparalleled resourcefulness and unrivaled strategy.
"Master Chen is really a man of righteousness, have you all heard that? Who are the allies that Master Chen has confessed?" Ziyou said to the soldiers in a deep voice.
"I heard it!" the soldiers shouted in unison.
"When you hear this, hurry up and arrest them. Leave some people here to control them, and the rest will set off." Ziyou said.
"No!" The soldiers immediately spread out to catch people.
"Mo Crow, take people to the top of the city." Ziyou said.
"Yes, sir."
After two soldiers trapped Chen Shu with a long piece of wood, they lifted Chen Shu up with all their strength. Mo Ya and the soldiers followed Ziyou to the top of the city. Chen Shu looked like a domestic animal waiting to be slaughtered. , his hands and feet were constantly struggling, his eyes were blood red, and he kept making moaning sounds from his mouth.
Ziyou led Chen Shu toward the city head with great fanfare. Along the way, the people in the houses on the roadside secretly watched the situation outside. Seeing Chen Shu tied up like this, their eyes showed disdain.
This method of binding is a very humiliating behavior. Ordinary people who are bound like this would want to bite their tongues and commit suicide on the spot, not to mention the head of the family like Chen Shu who is well-read in poetry and books, not to mention the special selection of Ziyou. We took a road with the most people and took him on a parade.
For Chen Shu, the failure of his rebellion was nothing more than being killed. He was not afraid of death because he was mentally prepared for failure before doing this. He didn't care whether it was divided into pieces or cut in half, but he didn't expect that his son would be killed. You Hui treated him in this extremely humiliating way. The reputation he had accumulated during his lifetime was completely destroyed at this moment. Even after his death, people will use today's events as a talking point. He can die, but he cannot die in such a humiliating way.
Chen Shu kept struggling, perhaps out of desperation. Chen Shu burst out with a huge force and knocked the wooden stick out of the hands of the two soldiers. Chen Shu fell heavily to the ground. Shu immediately struggled and crawled towards the butcher shop on the side. His goal was not to resist, but the butcher's knife in front of the butcher shop. Chen Shu staggered to the butcher's shop and looked at the butcher's knife close at hand, with a look of relief in his eyes.
Just when Chen Shu was about to get the pig-killing knife, Mo Crow reached out and grabbed his wrist, preventing him from making any further progress. Chen Shu struggled to pull his wrist back, but Mo Crow's hand was like an iron Locking his hand tightly like a vice.
"Why humiliate yourself again?" Ziyou said calmly.
Chen Shu looked at Ziyou with blood-red eyes.
"A scholar cannot be killed but cannot be humiliated. If you hadn't humiliated me like this, why would I seek death?"
"Kill you? How can it be so cheap? You colluded with bandits and contacted the Chu State in an attempt to plunge the entire Shu region into the quagmire of war. For your own ambitions, you and the King of Shu on the Shu Mountain are the remnants of the Chu State. Lord Changping, you don't care at all about the life and death of the people in Shu County, and you don't care about the hard-won peace between Bashu and Bashu. It would be too easy for you to kill you. Since you don't care about the life and death of the people, then I don't have to care about your dignity." Ziyou said coldly.
He originally thought that Chen Shu was just providing supplies such as food to the Shushan bandits, but he did not expect that the other party actually wanted to rebel in the city. This touched Ziyou's bottom line. The rebellion in the city would directly harm the people. Once the city was in In the rebellion, I don’t know how many ghosts and snakes are about to come out. By then, Chengdu may be reduced to a hell on earth, so Ziyou is not prepared to leave any dignity to them.
Ziyou also wanted to scare the monkeys, and used Chen Shu as a warning to those who were hiding in the dark with some chaos, not to touch his bottom line, otherwise Ziyou would make them lose even the last bit of face, and would make them lose their last dignity. They will forever be engraved on the pillar of shame in history.
"You are simply a devil!" Chen Shu roared loudly.
Ziyou just glanced at Chen Shu coldly without saying anything. Mo Ya stepped forward and kicked Chen Shu on the head, causing Chen Shu to faint on the spot. The two soldiers quickly stepped forward to tie Chen Shu up again and said to Zi Xing:
"My lord, forgive me. It was us who allowed the prisoner to break free. Please punish him!"
"It's okay, I don't blame you, just keep walking." Ziyou shook his head and said.
"Thank you, sir." The two soldiers said with a sigh of relief. They would have to be given a military stick if they were guilty of neglecting their duties, but Ziyou was fine, so they were spared the military stick service.
The two men lifted Chen Shu up again and followed Ziyou and Mo Ya toward the city wall. The people living around also heard Ziyou's words, and each of them looked at Chen Shu with even more disgust. If not It was forbidden to travel in the city, and they now wanted to go out with vegetables, leaves, and rotten eggs, so that Chen Shu could see what the anger of the common people was.
But there is no doubt that Chen Shu's reputation has been completely ruined. There is no place for him in Shu. Even if he is buried in the soil after death, he will be dug up and thrown into the wild. Because the people of Shu You will think that Chen Shu is not worthy to be buried in the land of Shu County.
When Ziyou and his men came to the city wall, Qu Yi was commanding the soldiers to resist the attack of Yu Yuan's guards. They occupied the top of the city and had strong bows and crossbows, but Yu Yuan's guards and the warriors from various tribes were not incompetent. They did lose some people in the first wave of arrows, but with their shields and agility, they still rushed to the Chengdu city wall.
They relied on simple ladders and ropes to attack the city.
(End of chapter)
