At this moment, Xiang Yan suddenly recalled the conversation he had with Zhao Kuo not long ago.

Zhao Kuo is so amazing?

Or is this Zhao Kuo’s plan?

No, right? Xiong Zheng is the uncle of the King of Chu, the serious Chu royal family. It would be fine if others hope that Chu State would be destroyed. Xiong Zheng is absolutely impossible to hope that Chu State would be destroyed.

So, is Xiong really suspicious of Xiang Yan?

Xiang Yan was confused.

But the King of Chu was not confused at all.

On the contrary, the King of Chu's opinion was actually similar to that of Xiong.

The King of Chu also doubted Xiang Yan! Why?

Just as Xiong Zheng said, the story that Xiang Yan told was really too deliberate and a coincidence.

Zhao Kuo conquered Juyang City, and no one could escape from the entire city, but Xiang Yan fled.

Zhao Kuo's troops were all cavalrymen, and they were definitely good at chasing them. The two days from Juyang City to Shouchun City, the cavalry chased them at any rate, but they couldn't catch up with Xiang Yan.

After Xiang Yan entered the city, he was actually kidnapped by the people of Zhao in the capital of Chu. How dare you believe this?

Has the capital of the great Chu been leaked to this extent?

Also, the bet between Xiang Yan and Zhao Kuo in the end is hard to describe.

Who is Zhao Kuo?

That is an existence that even the King of Chu would tremble when he said the name.

Who is Xiang Yan?

He was the heir to a second-rate family in Chu. Before he inherited the position of the head of the Xiang family, he could not even be ranked in the top 100 in Chu.

Zhao Kuo actually likes Xiang Yan, and can he attach so much importance to Xiang Yan's bet?

In short, there are too many coincidences, too many doubts, and too many flaws.

It would be fine if you say it was one or two. So many coincidences, doubts and flaws were gathered together, which was really hard to believe.

The head of the Xiang family was still arguing with Xiong Zheng: "This is the truth. There are so many coincidences in this world. Why does the coincidences my son encounter have ulterior motives?

That’s all I said, I can guarantee the lives of the Xiang family. My son has absolutely no problems!"

After hearing this, many people in the hall, including the King of Chu, were moved.

The lives of the Xiang family are not for jokes.

Xiong Zheng was also pushed by the words of the Xiang family head, and for a moment he had no way to refute it.

But Xiong Zheng still insisted on his own opinion: "Anyway, I think Xiang Yan must have a good review.

Until he can prove his innocence, he must not be allowed to participate in any major military event!"

After Xiong Zheng finished speaking, many ministers of Chu also agreed.

"That's right, Xiang Yan needs to avoid suspicion."

"At this time, Shouchun was surrounded and Dachu was in danger. We cannot take such risks."

"Yes, yes, Xiang Yan must be confined to his home and wait until the investigation is clear."

The controversy was raging, and for a moment they were all targeting Xiang Yan.

When Xiang Yan heard this, he became anxious and couldn't help but say, "Did the king forget the bet between Chen and Zhao Kuo?

If the king does not allow me to participate in defending the city, this time the bet will be lost!”

Xiang Yan was really anxious. He was not the kind of person who did not keep his promises. He originally thought that returning to Shouchun City would be a sure victory, but he never expected that he would become like this.

When the King of Chu heard this, he was also a little confused.

This bet sounds really serious.

Upon hearing this, Xiong Zheng immediately sneered: "Xiang Yan, Xiang Yan, don't continue to deceive the king here! I want me to say, you have made up your mind to surrender to Zhao Kuo, so I want to be this spy and offer Shouchun City to Zhao Kuo! What kind of explosives is nonsense, just something to scare the king and us.

You just want to control the military power, then open the city gate and let Zhao Kuo enter the city!"

Xiong Zheng no longer hesitated and directly issued the strictest accusation against Xiang Yan, believing that Xiang Yan had betrayed the State of Chu! Xiang Yan was furious and shouted at Xiong Zheng: "You old man! I have already said that I am determined to fight for the Great Chu to the end. Even Zhao Kuo surrendered me, I would rather die than surrender. How come I became a traitor to the Great Chu?

Come on, if you don’t accept it, come and have a life-and-death duel with me today!”

This duel between life and death is also a bet on life and honor, and is often used in the State of Chu to prove glory.

However, Xiong Zheng was unmoved and continued to sneer: "You guy is a good plan. You know that my husband is old and weak, but he is not your opponent, but he deliberately issued a life-and-death duel. Doesn't this even more that you have a ghost in your heart that is revealed by me, so you want to kill someone to silence me?"

When Xiang Yan heard this, she almost fainted.

This is a big deal, nothing can be done, what should I do? At this moment, the King of Chu finally spoke.

"Okay, okay, don't even argue, let me think about it!"

Everyone calmed down one after another, waiting for the final ruling of the King of Chu.

The King of Chu was actually quite hesitant. He always felt that Xiang Yan's statement was really suspicious, but Xiang Yan's performance made people feel that he was indeed very loyal.

What to do?

After a long period of entanglement, the King of Chu finally made up his mind: "Xiang Yan, it's not that I don't believe you. It's really a big deal about this matter. Shouchun City is the capital of Great Chu, and there is no need to lose it.

In this way, you go home and wait for two days first. After you find out the truth and confirm your innocence, you can continue to participate in the defensive battle. How about it?"

When Xiang Yan heard this, he felt as if he was poured by a basin of cold water, and he was stunned.

Xiang Yan also wanted to make his final efforts: "King, Zhao Kuo really has explosives. If he doesn't take precautions, Shouchun will be conquered in only one or two days at most.

Da Chu really can't wait for so much time, king!"

Xiang Yan knelt on the ground with a loud voice, with an extremely sincere expression: "Please also ask the king to see the loyalty of the Xiang clan for hundreds of years, and for the sake of the millions of people in the Great Chu, I believe me once!"

After saying that, Xiang Yan kowtowed continuously.

Seeing this, the King of Chu was moved.

However, the King of Chu had made up his mind after all, and no matter how moved Xiang Yan moved him, he could not change it.

The King of Chu still felt that even if Xiang Yan was really loyal, he was exaggerating! The King of Chu really didn't believe that there would be explosives in the world that could break through the city in a short period of time.

This is the embarrassing point where Shouchun City is located in the rear, and there is a lack of scouts! Like Chunshenjun on Chencheng, because Chu army scouts have been following Zhao Kuo's troops, every move of Zhao Kuo can be known by Chunshenjun.

However, Shouchun City itself is located in the rear, so it is naturally impossible for Shouchun City to send scouts to understand the situation of war in other places. They all report the news through messengers from Chunshenjun.

However, the location of Zhao Kuo's army divided Chencheng and Shouchun City where Chunshenjun was located. In addition, Zhao Kuo's pure cavalry lineup was originally very fast, and he conquered the city one after another in just a few days at lightning speed. This led to the Chu army messenger who set out from Chencheng still trying to bypass Zhao Kuo's army, but Zhao Kuo's troops were already at Shouchun City! Everything was because Zhao Kuo was too fast, so fast that even the people of Chu didn't have time to react, convey information, or even think and deal with it.

The King of Chu took a deep breath and still insisted on his original opinion: "Okay, no need to say more, Xiang Yan, you go down!"

This sentence is the final decision of the King of Chu.

Xiang Yan's body stiffened.

After a moment, Xiang Yan suddenly looked up and burst into laughter.

"I didn't expect that Xiang Yan was loyal, but he was considered a traitor! Wu Xinjun, you Wu Xinjun, you really have a complete plan, a complete plan!"

After saying this, Xiang Yan stood up and strode away without looking back.

Looking at Xiang Yan's leaving figure, the King of Chu suddenly felt a little regretful for some reason.

I always feel that I have done something wrong in this matter! But soon, the King of Chu had calmed down.

Who is Xiang Yan?

He was just an unknown second-generation official from the State of Chu.

If it weren't for the future successor of Xiang's family, he wouldn't even be qualified to stand in front of the King of Chu today to speak.

Now the King of Chu is still facing a life-and-death enemy like Zhao Kuo outside the city. How could he be in the mood to take care of a small person like Xiang Yan?

The King of Chu calmed down and spoke to the many ministers of Chu in front of him: "My dear friends, let us discuss how to consolidate the city defense!"

Xiong Zheng was the first person to speak: "Please rest assured, the reason why Zhao Kuo was able to arrive at Shouchun City in just over ten days was probably around the city, and it was absolutely impossible to fight Chunshenjun and the others.

Now we only need to defend Shouchun City, wait until Chunshenjun leads the main force of the army back, and then attacks inside and outside, the people of Zhao will undoubtedly be defeated!"

Xiong Zheng's opinion was also approved by other ministers of Chu.

The main reason is that all the people who fought in the Chu State Council had left, and the rest were either they didn't understand anything or they were just half-hearted. So at this time, everyone naturally agreed with Xiong Zheng's well-known analysis.

Even after listening to Xiong Zheng's analysis, the King of Chu felt that it made sense. The haze in his heart caused by Xiang Yan's incident was diluted a lot.

The King of Chu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Since that's the case, then take Xiong Zheng as the head general of the entire Shouchun City and be responsible for the city defense of Shouchun City!"

Xiong Zheng was naturally overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly said, "Please rest assured, the old minister will definitely live up to the king's high expectations!"

The head of the Xiang family stood aside and watched all this quietly, with a very complicated expression.

Later that day, the head of the Xiang family returned home and went to see Xiang Yan as soon as possible.

Although it was already very late, according to the report of the Xiang family's servant, Xiang Yan was very silent after returning to the house and locked herself up and said nothing.

The head of the Xiang family opened the door and sat in front of Xiang Yan.
To be continued...