Feng Ye ordered Cao Yu to approach Zhou Ke intentionally. At first, the two of them did not treat each other well, but after cursing each other for several weeks, they actually developed a feeling of heroes appreciating each other and even drank together.

Zhou Ke was treated as a distinguished guest in the camp. He was given good medicine, fine wine and delicious food. This rough and upright man had never been treated with such courtesy before. What's more, the other party was the world-famous Wolf King. Naturally, he was very moved. But he was also a loyal and righteous man and did not want to be a traitor. So when he saw Feng Ye, he always showed some shyness, which was completely different from his rough appearance.

But after several times, Feng Ye and Cao Yu never mentioned Taiyuan and never said a word to persuade him to rebel, so his attitude softened.

While Zhou Ke was recovering from his injury, the spies sent by Feng Ye also got news that Luo Ruoxin's only son Luo Wen, who was 20 years old, was not doing his job properly. He spent every day in brothels and wine shops, and often spent a lot of money on women. His bad deeds were known to everyone in Taiyuan. The old general Luo of the previous dynasty had made great military achievements and won the hereditary title and endless wealth on horseback. When it came to Luo Ruoxin's generation, although he did not have the glory of his father, he was still commendable. But when it came to Luo Wen, it was a mess, which was really a pity.

After learning about Luo Wen's weakness, Yan Sikong immediately asked Ali to contact She Jun's people. She Jun's intelligence network was spread all over the world, and the easiest places to obtain intelligence were the streets, alleys, brothels and teahouses. They had to rely on She Jun to find a woman like Ye Li and win over the young master of the Luo family.

Soon, She Zhun's people got the news that they spent 1,000 taels of silver to bribe the courtesan of Yaoyue Tower. This amount was really generous, enough to support 100,000 soldiers of the three armies for one day, but if they could get rid of Shen Hexuan and end the battle one day earlier, it would be worth spending any amount of money.

The courtesan of Yaoyue Tower is none other than the great beauty Xiying who has recently bewitched Luo Wen. It is said that this woman is not only beautiful, but also very scheming and resourceful, otherwise she would not still be sitting on the throne of the courtesan at the age of 27 or 28. However, she knows that time is fleeting, and she has long wanted to leave. Only when She Jun's people promised to help her escape from Taiyuan after the matter was accomplished did she agree to take the risk.

Yan Sikong and Feng Ye only put forward conditions and didn't know what she was going to do. After all, they didn't know Luo Wen as well as she did, and they couldn't give her advice from a distance. It all depended on her intelligence.

After a month of recuperation in the Wolf King's hut, Zhou Ke's injuries were basically healed. Feng Ye kept his promise and gave him a good horse so that he could return to Taiyuan at any time.

Zhou Ke burst into tears and knelt down to thank Feng Ye for his appreciation.

Feng Ye offered to do it for him, and he readily agreed.

That night Fengye held a banquet for him, at which all the officers and soldiers praised and admired him to the utmost. They took turns toasting him and when he was almost drunk, he cleverly extracted the remaining grain and fodder in Taiyuan, which was not much different from what they had guessed.

At dawn the next day, Feng Ye personally escorted Zhou Ke to the camp gate, held his hand as he bid farewell, and watched him leave. Zhou Ke looked back every three steps with a very complicated expression.

Yan Sikong and Feng Ye could already foresee what would happen to Zhou Ke after he returned. He was only a fourth-rank lieutenant general, unwilling to be in the middle, but also not really used. In the Wolf King's camp, he received respect and appreciation that he had never enjoyed in his life. Of course, he knew that there was a play element in it, but he also knew that he was indeed important to the Wolf King, at least more important than Taiyuan. As a general, some people felt that they were not appreciated for their talents. Being favored and praised by a world-famous person was enough for him to brag about it at the wine table for half his life. How could he not be shaken?

If Zhou Ke easily defected, it would not be what they wanted. They wanted Zhou Ke to go back. Zhou Ke was only useful to them in Taiyuan. Now that Zhou Ke had gone back, he would not be able to avoid punishment if he rashly went into battle, and he would also be suspected by the officials in Taiyuan. But Zhou Ke had to go back for the sake of his loyalty, or more importantly, for the lives of his family. After he experienced the gap from being a guest of honor to being in prison, as long as he was not dead, he could really be used by them.

Yan Sikong was sure that Shen Hexuan would not kill Zhou Ke. If he went into battle rashly, Shen Hexuan would chop off his head as a warning to others. However, Zhou Ke had stayed in the Wolf King's camp for a month. Shen Hexuan knew that they wanted to use Zhou Ke, so he wanted to keep Zhou Ke and take advantage of the situation, just like he used Wang Mei's cronies to lure them.

Yan Sikong knew Shen Hexuan, a rare genius in Da Sheng who had won the top three places in the imperial examinations. He entered the officialdom at the same time as himself, was also a Hanlin, and had the same teacher. However, he, a smooth, worldly, and treacherous villain, was better than him in every way. He had been feeling resentful for ten years, and he would not let go of the opportunity to compete with himself.

Yan Sikong couldn't say for sure how Zhou Ke would be used. He wanted to see how Shen Hexuan planned to use this person. However, the drama that Feng Ye had put in this month would definitely be of great use.

After Zhou Ke returned to Taiyuan, he was immediately imprisoned by Shen Hexuan for disobeying military orders and suspected of collaborating with the enemy. He was imprisoned and interrogated in secret.

Yan Sikong waited quietly for news, but what arrived first was a secret letter from Chen Yi.

The secret letter was still mixed with the code word agreed upon by the two. Feng Ye had a quarrel with him over this, so he told Feng Ye the code word, but he also had some reservations. The original intention of using the code word was to reassure Chen Yi. The more secrets between the two, the closer they seemed to be. But he also had to be on guard against Feng Ye, especially since Chen Yi had thoughts about him that shouldn't have been there, which could provoke Feng Ye's anger at any time, so Feng Ye didn't know the code word completely.

After reading the letter, Yan Sikong broke out in a cold sweat and burned it immediately, and was unable to recover for a long time.

In the letter, Chen Yi said that Shen Hexuan had written to him to express his loyalty, saying that as the eldest prince, he should accept the mandate of heaven and that he was willing to devote his life to help him enter the capital and be promoted to an official. As long as Chen Yi led his troops to come, he would open the city gates to welcome him. However, Shen Hexuan believed that Feng Ye had ulterior motives and would never dare to let a wolf into the house.

At the end of the letter, Chen Yi implicitly questioned Yan Sikong whether Feng Ye had any other ambitions.

Yan Sikong shivered in the heart and felt a chill down his spine. This was obviously Shen Hexuan's plan to alienate him, and it was a double alienation, alienating him from Chen Yi and alienating him from Feng Ye. Shen Hexuan knew his plan, and knew that he wanted to subtly bridge the gap between Chen Yi and Feng Ye to work together for the greater cause. He could see Chen Yi's fear and suspicion of Feng Ye, so he directed this fear and suspicion onto him. At the same time, Shen Hexuan also made him suspicious of Feng Ye's "ambition".

He was determined to support Chen Yi because Chen Yi had the right to do so, but Feng Ye even turned against the Chen family. Not only did he not take the Chen family seriously, he was also full of hatred. To say that he had never doubted Feng Ye's "ambition" would be self-deception.

But he just didn't want to doubt Feng Ye. He hated his judgment being weakened by his emotions, but his emotions were beyond his control.

He had suppressed his suspicion of Feng Ye, but now because of this letter, he could no longer avoid it.

Shen Hexuan's move was truly vicious.