Chapter 149: The Gift
"That's right, I'm really here for the sake of the general!" Li Qingshan ignored Du Zishan's stunned and emphasized this sentence again.
After getting through the initial anger and surprise, Du Zishan quickly calmed down.
He stared at Li Qingshan without saying a word, as if he wanted to see through how crazy and unreasonable this person's heart was.
At this time, he felt a little ridiculous, he actually ignored a lot of military affairs, but here he heard a madman say so much. I really don't know if he's crazy, or if he's crazy?
Thinking of this, he said to Li Qingshan: "Listen, I don't know what kind of medicine you sell in your gourd, but I don't have time to listen to your nonsense here." So, please go back! ”
Du Zishan unceremoniously gave him an eviction order, but Li Qingshan did not move his footsteps. Instead, he replied to Du Zishan: "I haven't even opened my mouth yet, why did the general rush people so early, doesn't the general want to hear the reason why I said this?" ”
Du Zishan shook his head: "No, I've heard someone say something like this: The best way to be persuaded by a lobbyist is not to give him a chance to speak." ”
Li Qingshan was stunned when he said this, because Du Zishan's reaction was something he didn't expect.
But he won't keep his mouth shut just because of this, or people will seem that he is too incompetent as a lobbyist.
Whether Du Zishan wanted to listen or not, he said: "If my prediction is correct, the general is reluctant to talk, because the general thinks that your reinforcements are about to arrive, and then the army will be able to turn defeat into victory, so there is no need to negotiate, right?" ”
Du Zishan was not surprised at the news that the official army knew that reinforcements were coming. With Lin Fan's style on the other side, if he didn't know the news until now, it would be a strange thing.
He didn't answer Li Qingshan's question, but his expression at this time proved it.
Seeing that although Du Zishan said that he didn't want to listen, he didn't mean to stop himself.
No matter what the reason is, whether it is simply because Du Zishan is curious, or whether he wants to get information from Li Qingshan's official army, even if he just regards Li Qingshan's current performance as a kind of amusement, this is exactly what Li Qingshan needs.
Li Qingshan hurriedly seized the opportunity, and then said: "Although the general is now in a weak position, but the reinforcements are coming, and the victory is already in hand, naturally he does not take these thousands of imperial court officers and soldiers on the opposite side in his eyes. As long as there are reinforcements to replenish the troops, it will be another battle like the one a few days ago, and the general is confident that he will be able to defeat or even defeat the officers and troops who have suffered a lot of losses head-on. I don't know if I'm right? ”
Du Zishan did not deny this: "Yes, since you know this, you should also understand how ridiculous what you just said, right?" You should also know that no matter what Lin Fan sent you to do, whether it was confusing the public or disrupting the line of sight, it was impossible for me to relax my vigilance and want to take the opportunity to do something. ”
"Not necessarily!" Listening to what Du Zishan said, Li Qingshan suddenly said something meaningful.
Du Zishan didn't know where Li Qingshan's self-confidence came from, and he was not interested in knowing.
The reason why he was willing to talk so much to Li Qingshan was not to make the other party die and give up the purpose of coming here, but just out of a little respect for this person's courage.
He is a warrior and a soldier. After many years of military career, he has seen too many shouts that are earth-shattering
The man who peed his pants on the battlefield; I also know how many so-called people who are not afraid of death show ugliness when faced with life and death choices. Therefore, for those who are really not afraid of death, he will have some respect.
Otherwise, even if he didn't want to kill the officials and soldiers, he would have let them beat them out of the way a long time ago, and how could he let Li Qingshan talk nonsense here.
You must know that the people below will inevitably think a lot when they see the officers and soldiers coming to the camp, and it is very likely to shake the morale of the army.
Even if he won this battle, if any gossip about his contact and negotiation with the official army today reached King Xing's ears one day, it would not be a good thing for Du Zishan.
Li Qingshan saw that Du Zishan didn't ask, so he wouldn't sell Guanzi.
He said directly: "I don't know how long the general hasn't heard from reinforcements?" But I guess it's not a short time, right? ”
"Isn't it strange that the two armies are in wartime, and that the communication between you has been suddenly cut off for so long, and that the interval between them is unreasonable?"
This remark made Du Zishan's heart sink, this was what he was most worried about, and he had sent three groups of scouts to investigate. But until now, no news has come back.
At the moment, combined with Li Qingshan's words, this made him have some bad thoughts.
He finally couldn't stop it, and for the first time looked at the person in front of him: "What do you mean by this?" ”
Li Qingshan did not directly answer Du Zishan's question, but shouted at the official guards waiting outside: "Bring in the gift we brought to General Du!" ”
Hearing Li Qingshan's shout, a guard holding a square box raised his leg and was about to enter the tent, but was stopped by the leader of the pro-soldiers outside the door.
He reached out and asked for the box: "Give me this thing, and I'll deliver it." You're still waiting here! ”
The guard hesitated, wondering if he should pass the object.
And Li Qingshan, who was inside, also heard the words of the leader of the pro-soldiers, and he said indifferently: "Since this is the case, then give it to him, anyway, whoever takes it in will be the same!" ”
With the order, the guard no longer hesitated, and he happily handed the things into the hands of the leader of his own soldiers.
While handing it over, he muttered in a low voice: "This thing is also going to be robbed?" It's like anyone wants to hold it, and I'm sorry to give it to me. ”
Because his voice was too quiet, the leader of the pro-soldiers did not hear what was really in his mouth.
But the business was important, and he didn't ask much. Thinking about it, it was nothing more than that the person was unhappy because the box was robbed, and he said some cursed words, but he didn't dare to speak loudly, but only dared to mumble a few words in a low voice.
Du Zishan's pro-soldier leader despised the cowardice of the officers and soldiers in his heart, and carefully checked the box.
Because the box was for Du Zishan, it was difficult for him to open it, so he could only carefully check the periphery of the box.
After confirming that there was no mechanism on the box, she held the box and prepared to enter the account.
Before entering the tent, he didn't forget to glance at a few officers and soldiers, and then said murderously to those personal soldiers under him: "You keep an eye on them, if anyone dares to move, don't care about the others, just kill them!" ”
The leader of the pro-soldiers entered the camp tent and first confirmed to Li Qingshan: "Is this it?" ”
Li Qingshan nodded: "That's right!" ”
Only then did he come to Du Zishan with the box and carefully put it on Du Zishan's handsome case.
Because he didn't know what was in the box, Du Zishan might be in danger when he opened the box, and he was also worried that Li Qingshan would take advantage of Du Zishan's distraction to do something that would endanger the general. Therefore, the leader of the pro-soldiers did not go out after putting down the box, but stood behind Du Zishan, ready to deal with possible emergencies at any time.
Du Zishan didn't say much about this, he also didn't believe in the official army, and it was always good to have multiple people.
He looked at the wooden square box in front of him, the wooden box was a very ordinary style, and the material was not a precious wood. Such wooden boxes can be found everywhere on the streets, and you can buy one for a few dollars of silver.
At this time, he glanced at Li Qingshan again and asked him with his eyes if he would open it like this.
Li Qingshan made a gesture of please to him, signaling that he could open it now.
Du Zishan no longer hesitated, and slowly opened the square box.
When the lid of the box was removed and Du Zishan saw the contents clearly, his pupils suddenly dilated. He only felt that his scalp was numb, his eyes were dark, and then the sky was spinning, and he almost couldn't stand and fell to the ground.
The box contained a human head, the head of someone he knew.
"It's Luo Feng! No way? How could he? Du Zishan said softly.
The head of the leader of the reinforcements he had pinned his hopes on was quietly placed in the box, and the fate of the reinforcements could be imagined.
From the moment he saw the human head, Du Zishan knew that it was all over.
The ominous premonition in his heart became a reality, and he could no longer hold on, and collapsed in his chair.
The lid of the box in his hand also fell to the ground with a dull sound, and the sound was like a sledgehammer slamming into people's hearts.
The leader of the pro-soldiers also saw what was in the box at this time, but because he didn't have much contact with Luo Feng, he didn't recognize who it was.
He also thought that the officers and soldiers were using such indiscriminate means to provoke and frighten them.
So he drew his knife with a swipe and shouted to Li Qingshan: "Dog thief, how dare you tease your ancestors? ”
"Go down!" Without waiting for the leader of the pro-soldiers to make a move, Du Zishan said.
The leader of the pro-soldiers wanted to say something more, but before he could speak, Du Zishan scolded loudly: "I said, you go down for me!" Hear me! ”
"Yes!" Seeing that the general was angry, the leader of the personal army disobeyed the order, so he could only reluctantly withdraw his knife and leave the camp.
When the leader of the pro-soldiers walked out of the camp, Du Zishan seemed to be out of control. He let out a suppressed roar, and with his arms he pushed everything on the table down, letting it spill on the floor, including the box and the human head inside.
The human skull rolled on the ground until it reached Li Qingshan's feet.
After following Lin Fan for so long, Li Qingshan had long been surprised by dead people, human heads, and other objects on people's bodies, or similar things.
He picked up the head, carefully dusted it off with his sleeve, and then put him back in the box, gently closed the lid, and put it back in its place.
After doing all this, and waiting for Du Zishan to calm down, Li Qingshan said, "General, can we talk now?" ”