When an adult understands the pros and cons of a thing, and still makes a choice that is unfavorable to him without hesitation, then the pros and cons of this matter are no longer important to him, what matters is good and evil.

After the thousand-man cavalry was ordered by Gu Qing to release a round of arrows in the desert, there were only more than 800 people left, all of whom were escorted back to the camp with their hands tied behind their backs and their heads hung down.

Chen Shufeng, who was walking in front, looked decadent, he lost completely in the battle with Gu Qing's will in the desert, for Gu Qing, he no longer had the courage to speculate about Gu Qing's next move, but he vaguely felt that his life, his future, was slowly moving towards despair.

Pei Zhounan rushed to Gu Qing with a panicked face, looked at Chen Shufeng, who was tied up with five flowers, and then looked at the cavalry team behind him who was also tied, Pei Zhounan stomped his feet heavily, and said: "Hou Ye, please think twice, the matter can still be redeemed so far, the next official will eliminate this matter in Anxi, Hou Ye must not be impulsive again, otherwise Hou Ye's future is all over!" ”

Gu Qing's expression was cold and calm, and he said lightly: "Pei Yushi, look at my current appearance, is it an impulsive look?" Every decision I make is well thought out, and as for the consequences, I can bear them. ”

Pei Zhounan said worriedly: "What does Master Hou want to do with Chen Shufeng?" ”

"You ask Chen Shufeng, how did he deal with my Anxi soldiers. Everything is drunk and pecked, and I will concoct it in the same way. ”

Pei Zhounan shook his head and sighed: "Hou Ye, the lower officials have been coming to Anxi for a long time, although the Hou Ye is not used to the lower officials in many places, but the lower officials think that the Hou Ye is still the lord of Anxi, and he is still a wise person, you have lived up to His Majesty's trust, and the lower officials really don't want the lord of Anxi to be replaced......"

Gu Qing smiled: "You mean, I, the Lord of Anxi, am qualified?" ”

Pei Zhounan nodded gloomily.

Gu Qing smiled again: "I, the lord of Anxi, am qualified, because I love soldiers like sons, I have clear rewards and punishments, I do things fairly and strictly, and I also protect calves, everything adds up, the Anxi army only obeys me, and only recognizes me, but yesterday Chen Shufeng harmed the lives of my soldiers, if I pretend to be stupid and let it go gently, how will the Anxi soldiers think of me?" Am I still the qualified Lord of Anthy? ”

Pei Zhounan was sluggish.

This is a classic logical paradox. The lord of Anxi should know the pros and cons, understand the trade-offs, endure when he should endure, and be open-minded when he should give it a go, but on the other hand, the soldiers were murdered, but the coach pretended to be deaf and dumb, the trade-offs are reasonable, but who will obey him in the future?

Human beings are contradictory and selfish creatures, they want justice in the world to always be on their side, but they never think that if justice is always on one side, can it still be called "justice"?

However, where justice is needed in the army, what the soldiers need is a commander who does not care about the calves.

Pei Zhounan stood outside the gate of the big camp, listening to the shouts of killing like a landslide inside, tens of thousands of people were roaring angrily, and they were desperately demanding to kill Chen Shufeng.

Pei Zhounan's heart fell to the bottom, he knew that today's matter was difficult to get right, and no matter what choice he made, he would cause great trouble.

Kill Chen Shufeng, the Son of Heaven in Chang'an will not let go of Gu Qing, and if he doesn't kill Chen Shufeng, the Anxi army will be furious, and it may cause a mutiny.

Looking at Pei Zhounan, whose face was getting paler and paler, Gu Qing sighed and said, "Pei Yushi, you should know my hardships now, right?" If you and I were to change places, what would you choose? ”

Pei Zhounan shook his head bitterly.

Gu Qing ignored him anymore, turned to stare at Chen Shufeng, who was tied up with five flowers, and his cold gaze pierced the depths of his eyes.

"Chen Shufeng, you and I have a grudge against each other in the past?" Gu Qing asked coldly.

Chen Shufeng sighed: "There is no grudge. ”

"Have I inadvertently offended you since you came to Anthy?" Gu Qing asked again.

"Nope."

"Last question......" Gu Qing leaned closer to Chen Shufeng's ear and whispered, "Did the Son of Heaven instruct you to do this?" ”

Chen Shufeng was silent for a moment and said, "No, but the Son of Heaven doesn't trust you, and there are other people who don't want you to continue to be the envoy of the Anxi Festival." ”

"Someone else......" The corners of Gu Qing's mouth hooked and smiled: "I understand." ”

"So you broke into the camp lock and took my subordinate generals and tortured them, just to fabricate my guilt and push me down from the position of the envoy of the Anxi Jiedu?"

Chen Shufeng said very straightforwardly: "Yes." ”

Gu Qing's smile became colder and colder: "So, have you succeeded?" Did you get my incriminating evidence? ”

Chen Shufeng shook his head: "If you get evidence of your crime, the person who is tied up at this moment should be you." ”

"The generals under my command are all iron-clad men, this is Anxi, I am the lord of Anxi, you want to overthrow me on my territory, Chen Shufeng, your little bit is not enough, far from enough......"

The battalion, which stretched for several miles, still echoed with the angry roars of the soldiers at this moment, and the generals and camp officers scolded and scolded, trying to restrain the soldiers, but they still couldn't resist the roars of the soldiers.

"Kill Chen Shufeng!"

"Kill Chen Shufeng!"

"Avenge the robe!"

The roar of the huge waves crashing on the shore reached Chen Shufeng's ears, his face became more and more pale, and his shoulders couldn't help but shrink.

Gu Qing looked at him with a smile: "What do you think I should do with you?" ”

Chen Shufeng gritted his teeth and said: "I will bear the sin I created!" Let the Hou Ye dispose of it. But the soldiers of the cavalry under my command are innocent, please let them go. ”

"Shut down first and then tried, and all those who have done anything to my three generals will be executed."

Gu Qing stared at Chen Shufeng and said slowly: "You just said that you left it to me to deal with, then I'm welcome...... Chen Shufeng, Anxi under my rule is a fair place, killing people is to pay for your life, no matter what your origin is, what your identity is, if you kill my generals, you will use your own life to resist. ”

Chen Shufeng trembled, he was finally scared at this moment.

From being escorted back to the camp in the desert, until just now, Chen Shufeng still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, he only hoped that Gu Qing could see the situation clearly and be able to choose the pros and cons, he still couldn't believe that Gu Qing would be so irrational and dare to kill the person sent by the Son of Heaven to spy on him.

How could a person who acted recklessly and only on the spur of the moment sit in the high position he is today? Is it really just because he once saved the life of the Son of Heaven?

"Gu Houye, I'm ...... It was sent by the Son of Heaven, and there was an imperial order,......" Chen Shufeng said in a trembling voice.

Gu Qing glanced lightly in the direction of the camp and said, "You should have seen it, if I don't kill you, the Anxi army may mutiniate immediately, and only by killing you can the army be appeased." ”

Before Chen Shufeng showed his remaining pitiful chips again, Gu Qing suddenly shouted: "Order, escort Chen Shufeng to the school and behead him!" ”

The guards ran away, loudly conveying Gu Qing's orders to every camp tent, and after a short silence, the camp suddenly erupted in earth-shattering cheers.

Pei Zhounan grabbed Gu Qing's sleeve and said with a miserable expression: "Master Hou, if Chen Shufeng dies, Master Hou is afraid that this festival will make me ......."

Gu Qing's expression remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "There are some things in the world, it is useless to weigh the pros and cons, there are more important things besides the pros and cons, such as good and evil, enmity and hatred, and ...... Thoughts. ”

"How should the recital of the lower official be written, and how should the lower official deal with himself in Anxi?" Pei Zhounan hung his head weakly and sighed.

"Write how you want, just write it truthfully, I gave justice to the soldiers of the Anxi Army, and I hope Your Majesty can also give me justice."

In the earth-shattering cheers of the soldiers, Chen Shufeng was beheaded with a knife, and his cavalry team was imprisoned for interrogation. These five people were also one of the accomplices who participated in the torture of the Modao battalion general, Gu Qing was a man of his word, and immediately ordered to be beheaded to show the public.

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At the same time that the heads of Chen Shufeng and the cavalry generals were hung on the flagpole of the Anxi Army camp for public display, they rode out of Qiuzi City and went straight to Chang'an.

Immediately, the knight carried two notes from Pei Zhounan and Bian Lingcheng, but the content of the two notes was different.

After this incident, Gu Qing's prestige in the Anxi army has increased, and all the soldiers know that no matter what injustice they encounter or any bullying they receive, maybe their parents and elders can't help them, but the commander of the Anxi army will definitely be able to give them justice.

The army's heart was irrepressibly tilting towards Gu Qing, and Gu Qing completely subdued the Anxi army in this way.

Chen Shufeng died, Pei Zhounan locked himself in the festival mansion for a few days and did not see anyone, Bian Lingcheng was more excited than usual, and recently he often jumped up and down, frequently inviting the generals of the Anxi Army to have a banquet, but they were all rejected by the generals.

After Gu Qing killed Chen Shufeng, Bian Lingcheng had a premonition that Anxi was going to change, and he had been suppressed by Gu Qing for a long time, but now that Gu Qing was about to be unlucky, he naturally wanted to celebrate and win over the generals of the Anxi Army by the way.

Gu Qing has been locked in the handsome tent for the past few days, and he has not seen anyone.

The machine parts built by Juan were tried and tested by him, and after scrapping more than a hundred pieces, Gu Qing finally found a suitable one through experiments.

Mounted on a flintlock pistol, the trigger and flint were connected to the mechanism, and the purity of the black powder was also higher than before after several layers of impurities were screened.

So on a sunny afternoon, Gu Qing finally walked out of the tent and ordered Han Jie to go out of the camp with his personal guards.

More than twenty miles away from the camp, he came to a no-man's land in the vast desert, Gu Qingming personally set up a target on the sand, and then stuffed the black powder into the barrel of the gun with his own hands, and finally loaded it with iron pellets.

Han Jie watched Gu Qing tinker with all this, feeling anxious and helpless.

Killed Chen Shufeng, caused such a big disaster, Hou Ye was not in a hurry to extinguish the fire and defend himself, but was busy with this broken weapon, it was not enough to fail in the last test, he still tried again and again, how powerful the weapon made Hou Ye so concerned about it?

"How powerful? Hehe, open your dog's eyes wide and see clearly......" Gu Qing seemed to be in a good mood, he didn't seem to pay attention to the trouble he had made a few days ago, and at this moment all his attention was on the new weapon.

Still according to the previous practice, the trigger was connected to the long rope, and after Gu Qing adjusted the crosshair and distance, he pulled the long rope to hide at a safe distance, and under the confused gaze of Han Jie and the guards, Gu Qing pulled the long rope fiercely.

With a loud bang, Han Jie and his guards were so frightened that they almost fell headlong, and then subconsciously stopped in front of Gu Qing to prepare to escort him, but they didn't find any danger, only green smoke came out of the broken weapon not far away.

Gu Qing laughed, his expression was excited and excited, Han Jie had followed Gu Qing for several years, and it had been a long time since he had seen Gu Qing so excited.