Xiao Feng sighed slightly, "Everyone in the world can say that the King of Chu is not sincere, but the general cannot say that. If the general also thinks that the King of Chu is not sincere, it is called ungrateful."

Du Fuwei was stunned, "What did Mr. Xiao say this? Where did I be ungrateful?"

"Let me ask you, can the General's Lingzun and Lingtang be alive?"

"They have passed away for many years. At that time, I was still young and killed by officers and soldiers!" Du Fuwei also sighed. He was unable to protect his parents, so his parents died tragically. This was a pain for him throughout his life.

"It's in Qi County, right? Your father was killed for the interests of the Guanlong nobles. You jumped into the river to escape. After you came back, your mother was alive and dead, right?"

Du Fuwei narrowed his eyes and flashed with a terrifying light. He stared at Xiao Feng, "How could you know this?"

"Don't worry about how I know for now. I'll just ask you, is your mother dead?"

After Du Fuwei jumped into the river and escaped, he sneaked back at night and found that there were a lot of blood in the yard. His mother's rice-bag was still at the wellhead. He thought his mother was dead and then left sadly.

But at this moment, Xiao Feng's words obviously had a deep meaning. Du Fuwei's heart thumped violently. He was a little unbelievable and asked in a trembling voice: "Is my mother not dead?"

Xiao Feng nodded, "Your mother is not dead. She was rescued by the concubine of the King of Chu at that time and escaped her life."

Du Fuwei stood up, his eyes widened, and his eyes shot extremely shocked gazes. Suddenly his legs became weak and he could no longer stand. He knelt in front of Xiao Feng and shouted sadly: "My mother...where?"

Xiao Feng quickly helped him up and sat down, "General, don't worry, your mother is still alive, and you are living well now."

Du Fuwei grabbed his arm and in a nearly begging tone, "Please tell me where is my mother?"

Xiao Feng sighed, "Your mother is now in Hengshan, living with the mother of the concubine of the King of Chu. She lives a very peaceful life, or I will tell you again that she is a semi-monk now and is practicing with hair. This is why she knows you, but she has not come to find you, but she has always cared about you."

As he said that, Xiao Feng took out a silver bracelet from his arms and handed it to Du Fuwei. Du Fuwei held the bracelet in both hands. He recognized that it was his mother's bracelet, and his mother's name was engraved inside. "Wan Niang", these are the two words he first knew.

Du Fuwei's hands trembled violently, and tears flashed in his eyes. His mother was really still alive. This was a dream he had more than once. He dreamed that his mother was not dead and was washing rice by the well, so he was not allowed to go out to play with it.

Every time he woke up, he was crying. He once prayed that if he could resurrect his mother, he would rather give up everything and be a farmer with a hoe.

Du Fuwei didn't want Xiao Feng to see his sadness. He walked to the window and turned his back to Xiao Feng. At this time, tears finally burst out from his eyes and flowed all over his face.

Xiao Feng did not disturb him, letting him vent his sadness quietly. After a long time, Du Fuwei finally calmed down. He wiped away his tears and asked, "Can you tell me where my mother is in Hengshan?"

Xiao Feng smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not sure, because this involves the safety of the mother of the concubine of the King of Chu, that is, the adoptive mother of the King of Chu. It is an extremely confidential matter."

Du Fuwei walked back to his seat and sat down for a while. He said in a deep voice: "Your Highness the King of Chu has no words to Du Fuwei's great kindness. I have no conditions. Even if the King of Chu asks Du Fuwei to be a soldier, I am willing to be loyal to the Sui Dynasty and His Highness the King of Chu to repay his great kindness to save his mother!"

.........

Because Du Fuwei was uneasy, he could only temporarily set the general direction and negotiated the specific details later. Xiao Feng left and Du Fuwei immediately ordered people to treat the Sui envoy well.

The room was quiet again. Du Fuwei sat at the table and stared at the silver bracelet in his palm for a long time. He had been waiting for too long at this moment. The slightly black silver bracelet contained too many and too deep thoughts. He held the bracelet tightly, afraid that it would be a dream. After waking up, the bracelet would disappear.

At this time, a man in his thirties quickly walked into the room, but Du Fuwei did not notice it. The man was Du Fuwei's close comrade-in-arms Fu Gongyou. He heard that Du Fuwei was receiving the Sui envoy, so he hurried over. Unexpectedly, the Sui envoy had left. What was Du Fuwei watching with all his attention?

Fu Gongyou hesitated for a moment and quietly retreated. He felt that Du Fuwei seemed to have something, and he could not be too abrupt.

Fu Gongyou knocked on the door and coughed heavily, then woke Du Fuwei who was thinking. Du Fuwei put the bracelet in his arms casually. He didn't want to tell anyone that his mother was still alive, including Fu Gongyou in front of him.

"Is there anything wrong with my brother?"

Du Fuwei usually calls Fu Gongyou the eldest brother when there is no one, but when there are outsiders, he will change his words and call him the second general like everyone else. Although the two have a personal relationship with brothers, in terms of power division, Du Fuwei is the main and Fu Gongyou is the deputy, which cannot be vague.

Fu Gongyou walked into the room and smiled, "I heard that the Sui envoy is here, why did the talks be over so soon?"

"Actually, there is nothing to talk about, so I talked about the conditions. I said I need to consider it." Du Fuwei tried his best to hide his inner feelings. He was used to not showing emotions in front of his subordinates, and even in front of Fu Gongyou.

Despite this, the careful Fu Gongyou found tears on Du Fuwei's face, which shocked him. In his memory, since Du Fuwei lost his parents, he has been no longer sad and always as strong as steel. Today he actually cried. What did the Sui Envoy say to him?

Fu Gongyou sat down and asked, "What conditions did the Sui envoy give?"

Fu Gongyou and Du Fuwei had great differences in the future of the army. Fu Gongyou opposed seeking back to anyone. He advocated proclaiming himself king, ascending the throne to emperor when the time was right, and establishing a foundation.

So he did not agree with Du Fuwei's surrender to Emperor Tai, but if it was a nameless surrender, he would not object. After all, Luoyang was too weak and could not control them at all.

But the Sui and Tang dynasties were different. They were both powerful and once they surrendered, they would be controlled immediately. If they regretted it, they would give the other party a complaint. So Fu Gongyou was very cautious. He hoped that Du Fuwei could refuse the surrender of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Du Fuwei also understood Fu Gongyou's attitude. He smiled and handed Yang Yuanqing to Fu Gongyou, "Brother, let's take a look!"

Fu Gongyou took the letter and read it in a hurry. He didn't know much about literacy, and he could only understand roughly one or two of the contents in the letter. Fu Gongyou frowned slightly and asked, "What official is Yang Yuanqing who was named you?"

"In the Sui Dynasty, the general of military commanders of the five counties in Huainan, the Shangzhu Kingdom, the General of the Cavalry, and the title of Duke of Liyang County."

Fu Gongyou was stunned and said for a while: "Tai Liyang County Duke, this is too low! The Tang Dynasty was granted the title of King of Wu and the Southeast Xingtai Shangshu Ling. It seems that the Sui Dynasty is not sincere enough!"

Du Fuwei shook his head, "Actually, I think the Tang Dynasty is not sincere. Li Yuan has appointed me as a prince. You must know that only his son is qualified. Even Li Xiaogong and Li Shentong can only be named Prince. Why do I, a foreigner, become a prince? How long can I live after I surrender to him in the future? This is obviously just a temporary perfunctory strategy. I will not be fooled by tempting me with high interests."

"What about the Sui Dynasty?" Fu Gongyou continued to ask.

"I think Yang Yuanqing is very sincere. He acts according to the rules and grants me the title of Duke of the County. This is the greatest official they can achieve. As far as I know, there is no Duke of the Sui Dynasty, and the highest is Duke of the County. He can be ranked alongside Luo Shixin, Qin Qiong and others, which is enough to show the sincerity of the King of Chu."

When Fu Gongyou heard that he called Yang Yuanqing the King of Chu, his heart skipped a beat, and he could hear Du Fuwei's thoughts from his tone.

"So you finally decided to surrender to the Sui Dynasty?" Fu Gongyou's eyes became very strict, and he was ready to object strongly.

Du Fuwei's sharp eyes pointed at Fu Gongyou, but his tone said lightly: "Yes, I have decided to surrender to the Sui Dynasty and be loyal to the King of Chu. I have decided that no one's objection will change my decision!"

"you!"

Fu Gongyou stood up, his anger in his heart was uncontrollable. Du Fuwei was obviously pointing at him. He said angrily: "Okay! Since you said that, I have nothing to say. I will go back to Danyang tomorrow, the army's food and grass, I will only take my personal soldiers away."

After saying that, Fu Gongyou turned around and walked quickly outside the door. The anger in his heart had already made him lose his mind. As soon as he reached the door, Du Fuwei said in a deep voice: "Brother, the kindness of the King of Chu to me is hard for me even if I treat him as a front pawn. Why should I force me to the point of being a tough guy?"

"What did you say?"

Fu Gongyou suddenly turned around and stared at Du Fuwei in surprise. He suddenly realized that this was the fundamental reason why Du Fuwei agreed to surrender.

He walked back slowly and knelt in front of Du Fuwei, "Second brother, tell me, what happened? There is nothing that can't be said between us brothers."

Du Fuwei's eyes turned red and he choked and said in a choking voice: "Brother, my mother is still alive!"

"What? Master's wife is still alive!" Fu Gongyou's eyes also widened.

Du Fuwei took out the bracelet and told Fu Gongyou what Xiao Feng said. Fu Gongyou's heart also became extremely weak. He sighed secretly, "This favor is really hard to repay."

After pondering for a long time, Fu Gongyou sighed and said, "Okay! Since this is the case, I will no longer object, but we will still leave a way out. Starting tomorrow, I will lead 30,000 troops to station in Danyang County. If there is any change, I can still accept you."

"Yes, I agree with my brother's plan!"

Du Fuwei stood up and resolutely said, "In order to show my sincerity to the Sui Dynasty, I decided to present the heads of the envoy Wang Shichong and the envoy of Tang to the envoy of the Sui Dynasty."

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[In history, Du Fuwei was still a little bit tender and got into the high interest trap set by the Tang Dynasty. His status in the Tang Dynasty even surpassed that of the King of Qi, and eventually died suddenly. Fu Gongyou was very clear, but because Du Fuwei's surrender dispersed his power and was eventually defeated and killed.

In addition, I would like to ask you an interesting question, and suddenly thought of it.
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