Foreword: The unfavorable situation still pretends to be dignified, and it is just sanctimonious.

Body:

"You ······" Zhang An shouted, and the male and female swords were already around his neck, making him unable to move.

"Your Excellency. "Black and white impermanence comes to the fore.

"You stand back, if you want your Lord Zhang An to be safe. Ding Xincheng said.

"Tell your men to lay down their weapons and stop fighting. Wen followed.

"Didn't you hear clearly? Please spare my life. ”

"It's not up to me to have the final say. Ding Xincheng sneered.

As soon as Ding Xincheng finished speaking, a person walked out of the shadows.

This person is more than forty years old, holding a seven-star sword, and he is the head of the Spirit Master Sect, Qinglu.

"Lord Zhang An, don't come unharmed. Someone, tie him up. At the sound of an order, the left and right were tied forward.

In this battle, the army of 10,000 suffered 3,500 dead and wounded, and the rest of the troops became prisoners.

And the four gods who were responsible for luring away the Phantom Assassin group, after luring them into the scheme, returned on time.

When the Phantom Killer chases after him again, he realizes that he has been tricked. They had to go back and report their defeat.

In this way, Zhang An was arrested and put in the prison of the Spirit Master's Gate, and at this time he was like a lost dog, without the slightest arrogance at the beginning.

"Let me go, I'm here to crusade, it's really helpless, if I don't come to crusade, the emperor won't forgive me, once the emperor is angry, my life will not be guaranteed, my life can't be saved, it means that my mother has no one to support." Aren't you spiritual masters preaching morality, don't you understand the morality of loyalty and filial piety?" Zhang An shouted in prison.

Zhang An's words were transmitted to the Golden Spirit Palace.

"Phew, Dog Officer, he is also worthy of talking about morality, a man with a heart like a snake and scorpion, I will never forgive this dog thief, now I will draw my sword and cut off his dog's head!" Wen Sheng said angrily, and was about to get up and leave to do it.

"Wait! You can't kill him. Gu said.

"Fourth brother, such a bastard that everyone hates, why does the fourth brother still protect him, doesn't he deserve to die?!" Wen Yuan opened his eyes and asked loudly.

"No, on the contrary, he is more hateful than anyone else, he is more evil than anyone else, he is the public enemy of our Spirit Master, but we can't kill him!"

"Fourth brother, do you know what you're talking about, such a bastard thing, why do you value his life more than the lives of fellow disciples of the Spirit Master Sect, give me a convincing reason!"

"How could I not know that he had harmed many members of the Spirit Master Sect, but as I said, he was our bargaining chip for peace with the imperial court. If this person dies, the imperial court will feel that our Spirit Master Sect is a rebellion in the true sense of the word! It is a big trouble for them, so that instead of agreeing to negotiate peace, they will send a larger number of men and horses to kill them. ”

"You have to know that our Spirit Master Gate is just a small hill, how can it stand up to the powerful Qing Dynasty and thousands of military horses. We may be able to withstand one or two attacks, but we can't withstand three or four repeated attacks. I'm just thinking of a way out for the Spirit Master Gate. I didn't think anything about it. ”

"If we write to the imperial court, as long as the imperial court no longer sends troops to attack the Lingshi Gate, our Lingshi Gate will release the captured army and Zhang An, and hand over 150,000 stone of grain together, the imperial court will feel that our Lingshi Gate is not only extraordinary, but also not anti-willful. And they will also consider that if they move again, they will continue to consume military rations and salaries, and the gains outweigh the losses. We gave enough steps to go down, and their faces were taken back, which was the best way to go. ”

Wen was speechless when she heard the statement.

The head Qinglu said: "Gu is right, although he can't get rid of his hatred by killing him a hundred times in prison, but he can't be killed, if you kill him, it seems to be a happy picture, but it also means that we have broken with the imperial court, he is an official of the imperial court, so the situation of the spirit master is even more dangerous." ”

"You can think about it, throughout the ages, which emperor did not desperately suppress the rebellion when he found it. Therefore, we are only drinking water to quench our thirst, which is not beneficial to the spiritual master sect, and it has no future. For the sake of the future and long-term development of the Spirit Master Sect, we need to do what Gu says. ”

In the Golden Spirit Hall of the Spirit Master's Gate, the head Qinglu prepared a peace letter and sent someone to Kyoto.

Let's say that the eight members of the Phantom Assassin Regiment escaped from the Spirit Master Gate and went to Kyoto to report back.

When Emperor Tongzhi heard that all 10,000 military horses had been taken down by the Spirit Master Gate, he was so angry and annoyed that he almost fainted.

He leaned on the dragon chair and said sadly: "I thought that I would be able to exterminate the Spirit Master Sect because of this, but I thought that 10,000 soldiers and horses were all wiped out, no matter how I thought about it, I felt pathetic! Sorry! Are all the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty so vulnerable? A small Spirit Master Sect, the troops are only 1,000, and 1,000 people have defeated 10,000 people, what does he Zhang An eat!"

All the ministers of His Royal Highness bowed down and said: "Please calm the emperor's anger, don't hurt the dragon body because of this matter." ”

"Tell me, how can this matter make me not grieve? Once such a war report spreads, how should the people of the world view the Qing Dynasty and the entire Qing Empire, the face of the Qing Empire is gone, and will I still have the dignity of a lonely person? A bunch of waste! Waste! All are waste!"

An old minister came out and said: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to be sad, Yichen's suggestion is that you should quickly assemble an army and attack the Lingshi Gate again, and you will definitely be able to win." ”

"Ge Buhaha, do you think that I have not lost enough face?!You think we have not lost enough in the Qing Dynasty, do you?!"

"Your Majesty, the minister absolutely didn't mean this, the minister just wanted to say, now that the Spirit Master Gate has won a big victory, he will definitely be holding a celebration banquet, they won't think that my Qing Dynasty will quickly gather troops and horses to attack and kill, and by the time they react, our army has already killed the Golden Spirit Palace, and they can only be captured. ”

"Your Majesty, this failure can only show that the Spirit Master Sect has prepared in advance, and it is no wonder that when Zhang An attacked, it could be described as a big fanfare, for fear that no one would know, and no one would know. The spirit masters of the Spirit Master Gate are all over the world, and they must have informed the head of the Spirit Master Sect of this news earlier, so that the Spirit Master Gate had time to think about how to deal with it, and the Spirit Master Gate set up a trick to make our army and horses fall into the enemy's trap. If you send troops this time, set off secretly and do not announce it to the outside world, the art of war is cloudy: the soldiers are noble and fast. We will definitely save face and win a big victory! Your Majesty!"

After Gebuhahu finished speaking, several more ministers played and agreed with him.

Emperor Tongzhi, who was originally angry, anxious, annoyed and sad, began to be confused, whether he needed to send another army, which made him hesitate.

"If you can't win this time, how many of you dare to give me your head?" said Emperor Tongzhi.

Ge Buha laughed and said: "Your Majesty, don't talk about my head, Ge Buha is willing to block the lives of one hundred and fifty members of the whole family and let the emperor dispose of it." ”

Several other ministers also said: "Since we are playing with all our might, there is no reason to retreat, we are willing to gamble our lives and ask the emperor to send troops." ”

"Well, since you are all trying to advise, I will listen to you this time. ”

"Come on, send me the list to the Hebei Provincial Government..."

Before Emperor Tongzhi finished speaking, a eunuch came in and reported:

"Your Majesty, the Spirit Master Sect sent a person to deliver a letter from the head of the Spirit Master Gate. ”

"What? I was about to settle accounts with him, but he sent a messenger first. ”

"Your Majesty, since his envoy is here, let's meet him, first, to show my Qing Dynasty's hospitality, and second, to see what the hell they are doing. ”

"Okay, let someone in. ”

The eunuch shouted outside the main gate: "The emperor has a decree, and the envoy of the Xuanling Master Gate will come to see you." ”

After a while, Gu entered with Qinglu's letter in his hand, and bowed respectfully:

"The four protectors of the Spirit Master Gate Guardian Spirit Palace, Du Men Gu, came to meet and congratulate my emperor long live, long live, long live. ”

When Emperor Tongzhi saw this scene, he didn't feel confused, it was obviously an opponent who was fighting each other and was invincible, why did he still kneel to him?

Not only Emperor Tongzhi was stunned, but the ministers on the left and right were also stunned.

Emperor Tongzhi reluctantly said: "Let's be flat." ”

Gu Youli stood up in an orderly manner and said:

"Gu came here this time to show the master's intention to make peace. Your Majesty the Emperor, my Spirit Master Sect has no intention of rebelling. ”

Emperor Tongzhi asked: "Since there is no intention of rebellion, why did the imperial court urge for food, but you didn't give it." It's not against what the imperial court is!"

"Your Majesty, please listen to my explanation, the head of the sect had prepared 150,000 stone of grain that day, but one of his subordinates was unwilling to obey, so he went with the head mixed with sand and soil on his back. The head of the family has already made this person (the corpse of the Qing army a stand-in for the dragon general. Rectify the Dharma on the spot and hang the spiritual master door. In order to show sincerity, the head of the family said that as long as the emperor agrees to negotiate peace, we will return the military horses of the imperial court, along with the officials. and 150,000 stone grain to be handed over for the use of the imperial court. ”

The courtiers began to talk. Emperor Tongzhi was also moved.

"Go down and let me consult with your servants. ”

Gu bowed three times and retreated.

"What do you think, Zhong Aiqing?" asked Emperor Tongzhi.

As a result, only Gebukha still insisted on his original opinion, and everyone else pleaded with Emperor Tongzhi to call off the army and make peace.

"Your Majesty, now that the defense of the Spirit Master Sect is so lax, once such a good opportunity is missed, it will be even more difficult to find another opportunity in the future. Gebukha tried his best to admonish.

"However, you are not unaware that when you use the army, you need to provide them with food and grass, and you need to take out the money to build weapons, which is a lot of money and food. I just discussed with the courtiers about moving troops with the Spirit Master, there is no way out, and now, with a way out, I have to move troops, this is the next policy. ”

After Emperor Tongzhi said this, except for Ge Buha, the rest of the people kowtowed:

"Emperor Mingjian!"

Seeing such a situation, Gebuhaha also had to agree.

Emperor Tongzhi immediately said: "Immediately the envoy of the Xuanling Master Gate will come to you." ”

Soon, Gu entered.

"I, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, are strong and strong, if I take your spiritual master, I can't just explore the bag and take things. However, I, the Qing Dynasty, am also a righteous teacher, and I will never use a sword against my subjects, and since I know that it is a misunderstanding, I will naturally welcome the submission of my subjects. I have read the proposal and letter of your master, and I am deeply moved by the sincerity and impassionedness of your proposal. It was decided to agree to peace. I immediately drew up a decree and informed me of the peace. ”

Gu knelt down and said: "Thank you for the emperor's kindness, I will report the emperor's broad-mindedness when I go back." ”

After that, Gu returned and handed over the decree of Emperor Tongzhi to Qinglu, who immediately released Zhang An and his subordinates, and delivered 150,000 stone of grain.