He is a man with a family and career. The Xu family is a famous aristocratic family in southern Chu. If he surrenders to the enemy, not only his parents, wife and children, but also the whole Xu family will have to bear the crime of treason.
In southern Chu, treason and rebellion are the most serious crimes. Once verified, it will directly destroy the nine nationalities!
After reading the criminal law of Southern Chu, King Huoluo naturally knew Xu Ji's scruples.
"I know you're worried about your family. You Nanchu have a good saying that if you don't do it for yourself, heaven will kill you. You would rather die than surrender for your family, but your family will not appreciate you. They will even resent you and think you have affected the reputation of the family. Instead of doing such thankless things, you might as well stay in Xisha and serve me. I won't treat you badly. Whether it is gold and silver treasure, or beauty power, you are indispensable. When you have a firm foothold in Xisha in the future, you can have a lot of wives and concubines, give birth to many children, open branches and leaves, and have a new big family that only belongs to you. "
It has to be said that King Huoluo has a strong ability to guess people's hearts.
He scratched Xu Ji's itch accurately.
Although Xu Ji is an envoy of three grades, he is still just a small shrimp in front of his family brother Xu Yizhi. The whole Xu family follows Xu Yizhi's lead, and there is nothing wrong with Xu Ji at all.
Even if he is loyal to his country here today, he will still be cursed as a prisoner after his death.
In the eyes of the aristocratic families who value fame most, fame is more important than anything. If the Xu family knew that his command error led to the destruction of 300000 Southern Chu soldiers and was captured by the enemy, they would directly remove him from the Xu family tree!
King Huoluo's words kept playing back in his ears.
Instead of doing such thankless things, it's better to stay in Xisha.
At least, he has a chance to make a comeback!
King Huoluo has been watching Xu Ji. He has a panoramic view of the changes in Xu Ji's expression. He knows that Xu Ji has been moved.
Now just one last push can make Xu Ji throw at Xisha.
King Huoluo asked someone to bring a plate of roast mutton and put it in front of Xu Ji.
Xu Ji, who hadn't eaten for three days, was already hungry. A strong sense of hunger constantly burned his intestines and stomach and tortured his nerves. At this time, he smelled the strong smell of barbecue, his mouth was crazy secreting saliva, and his eyes were green.
For a hungry man, as long as he is given food, he will be willing to do whatever he is asked to do.
At this time, Xu Ji is in such a state.
The king of Huoluo said, "as long as you are loyal to me in the future, you can fill your stomach immediately."
Xu Ji swallowed hard: "I promise you, I promise you everything, give me meat, I want to eat meat!"
King Huoluo glanced at Qi mude.
Qi mude understood and bent down to put the barbecue in front of Xu Ji.
Xu Ji's hands and feet are still tied and can't move. He is like a caterpillar. He moves forward hard, stretches his neck and opens his mouth to bite the barbecue on the plate.
A plate of barbecue was soon eaten up by him.
He smashed his mouth, savoring the taste of barbecue, and his face was still full of meaning.
His appetite is not small. In addition, he has been hungry for three days and nights. A plate of barbecue can't satisfy his stomach at all. He still wants to eat!
King Huoluo asked, "do you remember what you promised me just now?"
Xu Jigan admitted: "don't worry, I mean what I say. Since I promised to take refuge in you, I won't go back."
He paused and added.
"I can stay, but I have a condition."
King Huoluo: "you say."
"I hope you will publicize that I have been loyal to my country, so that people in southern Chu think I'm dead."
Xu Ji is not completely devoid of human nature. He has parents, wives and children in southern Chu. If the news of his treason goes back, his parents, wives and children will certainly die, so he wants to make up an illusion of "dead". In this way, his parents, wife and children can avoid death. Xu Jineng can't control whether they will be criticized in the Xu family in the future.
King Huoluo replied, "yes."
Qi mude came forward to untie Xu Ji.
Xu Ji got up from the ground and stood up. Zhong Fu was still lying on the ground with a cloth ball in his mouth. He could neither move nor speak.
Qi mude kicked Zhong Fu and said with a smile, "look at your general Xu. They have surrendered. Are you going to surrender, too?"
Perhaps in order to reduce his guilt of defecting to the enemy and treason, Xu Ji squatted down and began to persuade Zhong Fu.
"Master Zhong, this is it. Even if we go back, we won't have good fruit to eat. Why don't you stay with me and work for the king of Huoluo. I think King Huoluo is a reasonable man. As long as we really take refuge in him, he won't embarrass us. "
Zhong Fu stared at him, his eyes full of blood, as if he wanted to stare out his eyes.
Anyone with eyes can see Zhong Fu's anger at this time.
If you give him a knife, he will kill the traitor in front of him without hesitation!
Xu Ji was a little guilty when he stared, but he was still muttering.
"What are you staring at me for? I did it for our good. Why are you so desperate? "
The king of Huoluo can see that Zhong Fu is different from Xu Ji. Xu Ji is a villain who can give up everything in order to save himself, but Zhong Fu won't. for Zhong Fu, a great scholar who has read the books of sages, surrender is even more humiliating than killing him.
In fact, King Huoluo hoped to persuade Zhong Fu to surrender. Obviously, Zhong Fu was better in both character and intelligence, but he knew very well that the probability of success in persuading Zhong Fu to surrender was basically zero.
The king of Huoluo sighed in his heart. Unfortunately, such talents can't be used by him.
He asked people to bring food and water, and Xu Ji ate a round belly on the spot.
Xu Ji seduces Zhong Fu with food while eating, trying to make Zhong Fu succumb to hunger.
But Zhong Fu remained unmoved.
He waited for Xu Ji fiercely. His eyes looked like he wanted to eat his meat raw. Please express his hatred.
He is also a southern Chu man. He can forget the Revenge of Xisha people killing 300000 Southern Chu soldiers. Now he can accept the food given by Xisha people with peace of mind. He is a wolf in the heart and doesn't deserve to be a man!
When Xu Ji ate almost fast, the king of Huoluo spoke slowly.
"Nan Chu sent someone to save you."
In a short sentence, Xu Ji and Zhong Fu were surprised.
Xu Ji was like a frightened bird: "who is the person coming? How many people are here? Where are they? "
He was very afraid that his surrender to the enemy would be known by the southern Chu soldiers.
Zhong Fu was worried that after the previous war in crow ridge, he knew the strength of 400000 Xisha soldiers. If the southern Chu soldiers raided here, they might never come back.
All the captives of Nan Chu were killed. Only he and Xu Ji are still alive. Xu Ji has defected to the enemy. He doesn't have to care about his life or death. As for himself
From the moment he was captured, he was ready to die.
It's not worth trading tens of thousands of good Southern Chu men for the life of a dying man!
Zhong Fu felt guilty and blamed himself. He hit his head on the ground and banged loudly. He wanted to be killed on the spot.
Qi mude grabbed him by the back collar and picked him up.
"Want to die? Not yet. We have to use you as bait to lure those Southern Chu people. "
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