"You two, come here!"

In an open space north of the Xuanjia Army's Wuzi Battalion, there were more than ten people tied to the cross stake by ropes, and two sergeants with spears in their hands stood straight in the middle to guard the prisoners.

Seeing that the sergeant was extraordinary, the two couldn't help but glance at each other, then stepped forward, hugged their fists and said, "What does this brother have to say?" ”

The sergeant said lightly: "I am General Qiu's personal guard, a new batch of ordnance has arrived in the army today, and it has been sent to the B-shaped battalion, General Qiu ordered the two of you to go and help carry it!" ”

The two guards hesitated, and one of them spoke tallly: "But Li joined the army and ordered the two of us to guard the prisoners here and not leave!" This brother should go find someone else, right? ”

The sergeant frowned and reprimanded, "Presumptuous! Is it General Qiu in this Xuanjia Army, or is Li Joining's Army? At this time, the soldiers of each battalion are training, who else can you find if you don't look for them? Besides, they have their hands and feet tied, can they still run? And it won't take long to carry the ordnance, after you leave, I'll help you guard the prisoners, if you go on a business trip, just look for me, my name is Tian Cheng! ”

Seeing that what this person said was clear-sighted, and Qiu Xinggong's power in the Xuanjia Army was indeed not to be underestimated, the two guards hesitated for a moment, and then arched their hands and said, "Okay!" The two of us brothers are going to carry the ordnance, and here we are the Lao Tian brothers! ”

Tian Cheng waved his hand and said, "Go with peace of mind!" ”

The two of them left.

At this moment, on the side of a camp tent not far away, a person suddenly walked out, Tian Cheng hurriedly greeted him, and saluted: "General!" ”

The person who came was Qiu Xinggong!

"Hmmm! Stand down! Ben will ask Zhang Kangnian a few words! ”

Qiu Xinggong nodded lightly and commanded softly.

"Whoa!"

Tian Cheng turned around and left, going to "sentry" Qiu Xinggong!

Zhang Kangnian and the others have been tied up here since they were arrested last night, from last night to now, they have not drunk a sip of water, nor have they eaten a grain of rice, coupled with the binding of ropes, their blood cannot flow smoothly in their bodies, at this moment, they have almost fallen into a state of drowsiness!

It's still early in the morning, the sun is not solid, and when the sun is almost overhead in the middle of the morning, they are afraid that they will pass out directly because of the heat and lack of water!

In fact, this is almost a military practice, and generally people who are about to be executed will go through such a thing before they are executed, which is not to abuse the prisoner, but to help the prisoner!

Yes, you heard it right! This is helping the prisoners!

The condemned prisoners in the prison cells of the Dali Temple or the Criminal Department are entertained with good wine and good food before the execution, good food is not important, the important thing is good wine, after the prisoner drinks the wine, under the paralysis of alcohol, when the head is chopped, the prisoner's pain will be reduced a lot, and the prisoner will naturally have a lot less resentment after death (of course, these are feudal superstitions, but who made the ancients believe in this thing.) In ancient times, death row prisoners were generally executed at three o'clock in the afternoon, also because three o'clock in the afternoon was the heaviest time of the day)!

Death row prisoners can drink alcohol in the prison cells of the government, but in the Tang Dynasty, especially in the early Tang Dynasty, the army was extremely strict, and drinking alcohol was prohibited in the army, and violators were directly killed without mercy, so for the sergeants who were sentenced to death in the army, there was definitely no wine for them to drink, so what should I do? It's roughly like Zhang Kangnian's now, to dry, dry, not to eat, not to drink, so that they will enter a groggy state before cutting off their heads, and when it is time to cut off their heads, it won't hurt so much!

"Raise your head!"

At this time, Qiu Xinggong walked in front of Zhang Kangnian and shouted in a low voice.

Because there was still a distance between the prisoner and the prisoner, plus he hadn't slept all night and didn't get a drop of water, Zhang Kangnian, Bai Shanhai and others were in a state of half-asleep and half-awake at this moment, Qiu Xinggong deliberately lowered his voice, just because he didn't want his conversation with Zhang Kangnian to be heard by other prisoners!

Zhang Kangnian, who was in a drowsy state, heard Qiu Xinggong's voice, and his body was suddenly shocked, he hurriedly raised his head, opened his eyes, looked at Qiu Xinggong and said, "General save me!" General save me! The subordinates don't want to die...... Hmmm! ”

But it was this guy's voice that was a little loud, and Qiu Xinggong hurriedly covered his mouth.

"Be quiet!"

Qiu Xinggong glanced around, and saw that the rest of the prisoners were still motionless with their heads down, so he removed his hand from Zhang Kangnian's mouth, and asked in a low voice: "Ben will ask you, did Li Zexuan torture you to extract confessions?" ”

Zhang Kangnian lowered his voice and replied: "General Hui, Li Senjun did not torture us to extract confessions, since we were arrested last night, we have been tied up here, and neither Li Senjun nor the general has ever come!" ”

Hearing this, Qiu Xinggong's heart was a little relieved, and he asked again, "What happened last night?" Didn't you say your plan was foolproof? How could he be caught by Li Zexuan and General Duan? ”

"This subordinate doesn't know! Last night, Ding Dali and the others were about to be persuaded by their subordinates, but Li Shenjun and the general suddenly walked out of the pyre outside the house, and they seemed to have hidden in the pyre before the arrival of their subordinates, so the words that the subordinates said to Ding Dali naturally fell into the ears of the general! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Kangnian actually hasn't figured it out until now, and there is inevitably some doubt in his tone.

"Idiot! In this way, it is very likely that Li Zexuan and General Duan learned of your plan of action in advance, so they will ambush in the gang room in advance! ”

Listening to Zhang Kangnian's words, Qiu Xinggong couldn't help but scold, and at the end, he hurriedly asked: "Then what did you say in your conversation with Ding Dali last night that shouldn't be said?" ”

This should not be said, naturally referring to exposing his identity!

Zhang Kangnian hurriedly shook his head and said: "Don't worry, the subordinates have absolutely not revealed the slightest bit of information about you, because the subordinates know that the general will definitely save me!" ”

Hearing this, Qiu Xinggong was completely relieved, he stood up straight, stood with his hands in his hands, and said lightly: "Kang Nian, the general has made up his mind, and he has entered the palace at this moment to explain the crime you committed to the saint, I am afraid that the old man will not be able to save you this time!" But don't worry, your wife and children at home, the old husband will take care of them for you, so that they will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives! ”

Although he had been prepared in his heart, but hearing Qiu Xinggong say this at this moment, Zhang Kangnian couldn't help but feel a burst of despair, and after a while, he sorted out his emotions and said to Qiu Xinggong: "Thank you, General!" The next subordinate family, please ask the general! ”

"Hmmm! Go with confidence! ”

Qiu Xinggong patted Zhang Kangnian on the shoulder, then turned around and walked into the distance.

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When Duan Zhixuan arrived at the palace, he was told by the eunuch that Li Er was still in the early court, so he was taken into the side hall to wait.

What happened in the Xuanjia Army camp last night was, after all, a "family matter" belonging to the Xuanjia Army, and the so-called family ugliness should not be publicized, Duan Zhixuan didn't want to talk about what happened last night in front of hundreds of civil and military officials!

After waiting for about two quarters of an hour, an attendant walked in and said to Duan Zhixuan: "General Duan, the dynasty has already ended, and Your Majesty has summoned you to meet you in the Ganlu Palace!" ”

"Good! There is Grandpa Lao! ”

Duan Zhixuan said politely.

"General Duan is polite, please come with us!"

The chamberlain bowed, made a gesture of please, and then turned to lead the way. After a while, Duan Zhixuan came to the Manna Palace.

"Old minister, see Your Majesty!"

Duan Zhixuan bowed to Li Er.

"Excuse me!"

Li Er waved his hand, and then took a sip of tea, after all, he had just come down from the morning court, and he didn't have time to drink a sip of water, after the tea was in his stomach, Li Er was curious: "Duan Aiqing is in such a hurry to see me today, what is the matter?" ”

Seeing that in addition to Li Er in the hall, there was only Zhao Song, and Duan Zhixuan no longer hid it, and said bluntly: "Back to Your Majesty, last night in the Xuanjia Army, Zhang Kangnian, the captain of the C-shaped battalion, led people to incite the soldiers to mutiny, but fortunately, the old minister found out in time, so as not to cause a big disaster!" ”

"What? Someone instigated a mutiny? ”

Hearing this, Lao Li was not calm at once, you must know that the Xuanjia Army is the "trump card" army under him, the Xuanjia Army followed him to fight in the north and south, and made great contributions, it can be said that Li Yuan was able to sweep the world at the beginning, and this Xuanjia army under him Li Jun definitely played a vital role! Therefore, a few months ago, Li Er spent a huge amount of money (although most of the money was from Li Zexuan) to expand the Xuanjia Army, precisely because he had great expectations for the Xuanjia Army. Now from Duan Zhixuan's mouth, he heard that there were people in the Xuanjia Army who wanted to mutiny, how could he bear it?

"Where is this Kangnian now? Does he have any other accomplices? ”

Li Er's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, if Zhang Kangnian succeeded in inciting the soldiers to mutiny, then the Xuanjia Army would become a joke of the world, and all his previous efforts to expand the Xuanjia Army would also be in vain, because the purpose of expanding the Xuanjia Army was to use it to conquer the Turks, and once there was a mutiny and civil strife in the Xuanjia Army, it would greatly affect the training progress.

Therefore, at this moment, Li Er really wanted to eat the culprit who instigated the soldiers to mutiny!

"Back to Your Majesty, last night Zhang Kangnian plotted a mutiny, Lao Chen and Li Senjun arrested him, and now Zhang Kangnian and his henchmen a total of eleven people have been taken down by Lao Chen, and Lao Chen has ordered that at three o'clock in the afternoon today, they will be beheaded at the Xuanjia Army!"

Duan Zhixuan bowed and said.

"Good! Damn it! Duan Aiqing is good! ”

Hearing this, Li Er took the case and said loudly: "The national war is at the head, but these people are so ignorant of the importance and want to cause chaos within the Xuanjia Army, they really deserve to die!" It's just that why did this Kangnian incite soldiers to mutiny for no reason? Is there someone else behind him? Duan Aiqing, have you found out the reason? ”

As he spoke, Li Er suddenly realized that something was wrong, so he asked.

There is no love for no reason in this world, and there is no hate for no reason, Zhang Kangnian suddenly jumped out, there must be a reason, this is the intuition of an emperor, and it is also the intuition of a person who has risen from a palace coup!

"Back to Your Majesty, Zhang Kangnian insisted that this matter was all planned by him, and there was no one behind him! As for why he instigated the soldiers to mutiny, the old minister thought that he should have come for Li to join the army, or for Li to join the army's new training and drills! ”

Duan Zhixuan thought for a while and replied.

"Oh? Is this still related to Li Zexuan? ”

Hearing this, Li Er was immediately puzzled, after all, he had not received any relevant information about this matter before, so he said to Duan Zhixuan: "Duan Aiqing, you will tell me in detail about the causes and consequences of this matter!" ”

"The old minister obeys!"

Duan Zhixuan hesitated for a moment and began to speak: "When it was approaching last night, the old minister had already fallen asleep, but Li Shenjun suddenly asked to see him outside the old man's tent, saying that there was something very important.........

In fact, Duan Zhixuan entered the palace this time, and he just wanted to briefly tell Li Er what happened to the Xuanjia Army last night and asked Li Er to let Li Zexuan officially serve as the captain of the C-shaped battalion, and Duan Zhixuan did not plan to tell Li Er about the rest of the details, because according to the conversation between Zhang Kangnian and Ding Dali and others last night, Li Er would easily think that this matter was related to Qiu Xinggong, he didn't want to die to protect Qiu Xinggong, but now the Xuanjia Army has no captain, if Qiu Xinggong has another accident, then the Xuanjia Army will be completely messed up!

After all, Qiu Xinggong has also been in the Xuanjia Army for many years, and there are not a few generals in the Xuanjia Army who support him, so it is very inappropriate to move Qiu Xinggong at this time!

But now that Li Er has clearly told him and asked him to tell the details of last night's incident, he has to tell all the details of last night's events one by one!

In the entire Tang Dynasty, if you want to say that you are absolutely loyal to Li Er, Duan Zhixuan is definitely one of them, otherwise Li Er would not have let him be in charge of the Xuanjia Army for so many years! Therefore, for Li Er's order, Duan Zhixuan is absolutely obedient, and there will be no half to hide!

“…… Zhang Kangnian was ambushed, and the C-shaped battalion could not be without a commander, so the old minister made an argument and asked Li to join the army to temporarily take the position of captain of the C-shaped battalion, and when Your Majesty has a more suitable candidate, Li joined the army and quit the post of captain! ”

It took more than a quarter of an hour for Duan Zhixuan to tell everything he saw and heard with his own eyes last night, as well as the news he heard from Li Zexuan.

After Li Er heard this, he wrinkled his brows and was silent, because from Duan Zhixuan's narration, there was still one person hidden in it, and that was Qiu Xinggong! Because when Zhang Kangnian bewitched Ding to mutiny, he mentioned many times that once the incident happened, Qiu Xinggong would intercede for them! From this point of view, this matter must be inseparable from Qiu Xinggong!

After a while, Li Er spoke: "Duan Aiqing, you have done a good job in this matter!" Li joined the army with both ability and political integrity, and only a few days after joining the Xuanjia Army, he put the training and management of the soldiers in the battalion in an orderly manner, and let him concurrently serve as the captain of the C-shaped battalion, which is very appropriate. ”

Duan Zhixuan arched his hand and said: "The old minister thanked Your Majesty for Li to join the army!" ”

"Hmm!"

Li Er nodded, and after a moment of silence, his eyes flashed, and he said lightly: "After you return to the camp, spread my will, Zhang Kangnian and others conspired to mutiny, and the crime is not punishable, but Qiu Xinggong, the general of the Xuanjia Army, is not strict in his control, and he is guilty of negligence, let him take thirty rods by himself as a punishment!" ”

Even if there is no evidence of Qiu Xinggong's involvement, so what? Does he, Li Er, want to punish anyone, do you still need evidence? Thirty military sticks, the right should be his warning to Qiu Xinggong!

"This ...... The old minister obeys the order! ”

Duan Zhixuan was stunned when he heard this, and after reacting, he hurriedly gave his hand.

"Alright, you stand down!"

Li Er waved his hand and said.

"The old minister retires!"

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