Xue Shao was a little speechless.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Wuting, a professional soldier who kills for a living, still has such simple romantic feelings in his heart.

This kind of feeling may be numb or touching, but in the face of major events, it is absolutely fatal!

"Evil, you are confused!" Xue Shao shouted, "When is it, are you still emotional?" ――Do you know how selfish you are? ”

"Selfish?" Cheng Wuting turned around when he heard this word, and looked at Xue Shao with a sullen face, "How am I selfish?!" ”

"You let Pei Shaoye and those people go, saying that you don't want to drag them into the water. But there are still 100,000 soldiers here in Daizhou, can you bear to take them to death? Xue Shao took a step closer, almost face to face with him, and said in a deep voice: "Besides, Pei Shaoye already knows about me and you." If he goes to Chang'an to expose it to the imperial court, saying that I have gone to Daizhou and blindly tolerated and connived at you, can I escape the guilt? ”

“……！” Cheng Wuting's expression changed significantly, but he didn't speak.

"You don't care about life and death, but it's actually a cowardly escape." Xue Shao said, "Because in your situation, it is actually easy to die, and it takes real courage to survive with some responsibility." You can die and everything will be gone, but your living relatives, friends, and robes will face the calamity you have brought upon them. Evil, think about it yourself, am I right? ”

"......" Cheng Wuting still looked at Xue Shao silently, and his expression slowly became more and more solemn.

"You're a man of temperament." Xue Shao took a long breath and slowly exhaled, "People like you are sometimes very respectable. Sometimes, it's also very hateful! ”

With that, Xue Shao turned around and left.

"You! ......" Cheng Wu raised his hand violently and wanted to call out the sentence "You wait", but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed half of them.

Xue Shao strode out of Cheng Wuting's Governor's Mansion without looking back, one bloody footprint at a time.

Guo An and the others were stunned when they saw Xue Shao coming back covered in blood.

"Mess up!" Xue Shao didn't have time to explain to them, and said angrily while changing his clothes, "I really underestimated the evil, he is even more emotional than I imagined!" ”

"What's wrong?" Guo An and the others asked in surprise.

"He took the initiative to let Pei Shaoye and others go to Chang'an!"

"Huh?!" Guo An was stunned for a moment, and immediately thought, "Isn't that it, and it will also affect the young marshal?" ”

Xue Shao's brows were furrowed, and he was upset, tired? Who's to say it isn't! …… said that Cheng Wu is very emotional, why not myself?

"Young marshal, now that the matter has come to this, I'm afraid there is no other choice." Guo An's expression was very stern, "If you continue like this, not only will you not be able to save Cheng Wuting, but you will also suffer from it, young marshal." ”

Xue Shao frowned, how could he not understand what Guo An meant? At this time, if you can ruthlessly use the privilege of the Qincha in your hand to directly take down or execute Cheng Wuting, it will definitely be a hundred. No matter how bad it is, it's not difficult to send an assassin to kill him!

- But how can I, Xue Shao, do such a thing?

Guo An saw that Xue Shao was silent, and hurriedly said: "The subordinates have lost their words, the young marshal forgives his sins!" “

"You're not wrong. I know, you're looking out for me. Xue Shaoran smiled and comforted him, and then said, "Cheng Wuting let Pei Shaoye go, in addition to taking care of the feelings of the robe, the main thing is to cut off his own back road." It can be seen that his heart is also quite hesitant and struggling. What we have to do now is to settle the matter before Pei Shaoye arrives in Chang'an. ”

Guo An took a deep breath and said seriously: "Young marshal, then there are only two ways!" ”

"Say!"

"First, Cheng Wuting promised the young marshal to leave immediately and return to Chang'an with you. We went to catch up with Pei Shaoye along the way and stop his journey. Guo Andao, "Second, take Cheng Wuting's head and set off back to Chang'an immediately!" ”

Xue Shao's brows furrowed fiercely...... Is this really the only way to go?

At this moment, the scout outside quickly came in and reported, "Young Marshal, Cheng Wuting is here!" ”

Everyone was shocked at the same time, and Guo An hurriedly asked, "How many people?" ”

"I brought only one retinue."

Xue Shao sighed lightly, "Don't be impatient, everyone is here!" ”

"Yes!"

Cheng Wu advanced into the house, carrying two large packages wrapped in blue cloth in his hands. The only retinue remained outside the courtyard to look after the horses.

The two looked at each other, and both were silent.

Cheng Wuting took a few steps forward, put the two large packages in front of Xue Shao, and then opened them all with his own hands.

Two wooden boxes, Xue Shao had just seen. One of them bears some old bloodstains and contains the head of a Turkic lobbyist.

"What do you want to do?" Xue Shao felt a little bad in his heart, and asked vigilantly.

"It's all my fault when it gets to this point. A qiē is irretrievable, and Cheng Wuting must die. Cheng Wu said calmly, "It's because I didn't think it through, I let Pei Shaoye and those people live, but I never thought that it would involve the young marshal - now, please ask the young marshal to bring two heads back to Beijing to die!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Cheng Wuting quickly pulled out the knife and wiped it directly on his neck!

Xue Shao had expected it, and the arrow stepped forward and slashed Cheng Wuting's right wrist with a palm.

Cheng Wuting subconsciously screamed and staggered back, looking at Xue Shao in surprise. The sharp pain in his wrist barely made him hold the hilt of the knife, and he kept shaking.

"Cutting wrists" is a killer weapon of Xue Shao, which has been used to deal with a lot of enemies, and most of the people who are hit by it are wrists that are broken and only a layer of skin is left, and most of their combat effectiveness is lost in an instant. With this blow between the lightning and flint just now, Xue Shao can be regarded as using all his strength. It's also a loss that Cheng Wuting has been practicing martial arts all year round and his hand bones are hard enough, otherwise he will definitely be crippled!

"Sizzle......" Cheng Wuting finally threw the knife and inhaled the cool air.

――It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!!

Xue Shao glared at him with an angry face, "I'm not afraid of death, are you still afraid of pain?!" ”

Cheng Wuting's face rose red and sizzled cold, his eyes flashed left and right with embarrassment, and he barely squeezed out a few words, "These are two different things!" ”

Seeing that he was so embarrassed, Xue Shao originally wanted to scold him, but after all, he couldn't bear it in his heart. After taking a deep breath to calm down, Xue Shao stepped forward and picked up the knife on the ground and inserted it back into Cheng Wuting's scabbard, and said to him: "Evil, I believe you have no intention of harming me; I believe that you are truly willing to use your own head in exchange for my safety. ”

"Although Cheng is not a hero, he is by no means a hypocrite who deceives the world and steals his name!" Cheng Wuting's voice was loud.

Xue Shao nodded and said seriously: "Since you are willing to die for me, then why don't you listen to my persuasion and follow me to Chang'an?" ”

"......" Cheng Wuting's expression froze, and he fell silent in an instant.

Xue Shao waved his hand and signaled everyone on the left and right to retreat, closed the door, and then pulled Cheng Wuting to sit down, and said patiently: "Sue me, what kind of concerns do you have in your heart?" ”

"I'm not afraid of death." Cheng Wuting frowned and his expression was silent, and said: "But I'm afraid of dying in a nest, dying unjustly, and dying meaninglessly!" ”

Xue Shao nodded, and he understood what Cheng Wuting meant-he was afraid that after he went to Chang'an, he would be persecuted, suppressed, and liquidated by Wu Zetian. Pei Yan, who was ruined and discredited, was punished, isn't it a lesson from the past?

"Do you think that the Queen Mother will definitely not let you go, and will use the same method as Pei Yan to deal with you, right?" Xue Shao asked.

"Yes." Cheng Wuting nodded, "This woman is not ordinary vicious. She would never let go of anyone who had been her enemy, or who might pose a threat to her. Sooner or later, I will be condemned by her as a traitor or other heinous crime, and I will end up as miserable as Pei Yan. Rather than this, I might as well have a good fight with her - in this way, it is still unknown who will kill the deer! ”

Xue Shao couldn't help but sigh lightly, "Evil, you're wrong!" ”

"What was wrong with me?"

Xue Shao said: "Above the court, the Queen Mother and Pei Yan are the same as fire and water, and the two are destined to only survive one of them. Pei Yan used to be very good, but in recent years, with the rise of his official position, his desire for power has continued to expand and his temperament has begun to be lost. Not to mention anything else, after the Northern Expedition, Fu Nian was killed and Pei Gong was excluded, this is his handiwork, right? He handled all the ensuing series of militaristic crises very badly. It can even be said that because of his own selfishness, he has brought huge irreparable losses to Datang. Evil, you only saw the Queen Mother beheading Pei Yan in half, but you didn't think about it deeply. A prime minister like Pei Yan is no longer worthy to stay in the court to hold power, and his defeat is inevitable. Even if there is no queen mother's shot, someone else will definitely kill him! - This person could be me! ”

Cheng Wuting was slightly stunned and looked at Xue Shao in surprise.

"You heard it right." Xue Shao said seriously, "When a person's preservation is in danger of national interests, no matter who he is, no matter how noble he has been, and how great feats he has established, he will definitely go to ruin." It may be one of his enemies who kills him, but what really wants to destroy him is the hearts of the people and the history of continuous progress! ”

"......" Cheng Wuting was silent for a long time and said, "I don't understand about half of what you said. But I probably understand what you mean - you mean that Pei Yan went against the sky and took the blame on himself? ”

Xue Shao smiled slightly, "Yes." ”

"What about me?" Cheng Wuting said, "Pei Yan and I are sons and daughters. For this level of relationship, the Queen Mother will not let me go. Otherwise, how could my son and daughter-in-law die unjustly? ”

"I know a lot about Ling Lang. I have already given you a detailed description, but you have strong suspicions and prejudices against the Queen Mother, so you don't believe it. This even makes you, and loses trust in me. Xue Shao said, "But I still want to sue you, what I said is really the truth." Maybe the Queen Mother is indeed wary of your Cheng family, but she really didn't make any moves, I can guarantee that. Pei Yan was frightened by the beheading Cheng Qizhi, and he finally killed himself in a big mess. If you can't believe me, you can go back and ask your family if that's the case. ”

"Qi Zhi ......" Cheng Wuting covered his face with his hands in pain and rubbed his face back and forth.

"Over the years, the Queen Mother has killed a lot of people, and if someone wants someone to say that she is ruthless, I don't deny it. But one thing I am sure of is that in her heart, the national security and social tranquility of Datang must be higher than personal grievances. If she couldn't even do this, she wouldn't be able to rule the Tang Dynasty for decades. Xue Shao said again, "I'm not arguing or opening my eyes for the Queen Mother, but I want to remind you that evil is coming, you are a meritorious general of the Tang Dynasty and a feudal official, don't take personal grievances too seriously...... Isn't your vision and heart as good as that of a woman? ”

As soon as Xue Shao said this, Cheng Wuting immediately took the case, "At most, it's just a death, and I'll go to Chang'an with you!" ”