readx;?readx; Chapter 294 The knife holder is not afraid of the neck! Is it?

The sword on the ground reflected the orange firelight, like a pool of autumn water in the sunset, not only not cold, but also a little refreshing warmth. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Chang Yunqu hadn't said anything yet, but the entourage on the side, who was also restricted, shouted loudly: "The prince can't take revenge!" If it weren't for the deliberate release of the water by our captain, the remaining 200 people would have been killed. ”

The other person also said indignantly: "At that time, the captain found out that he was deceived, and our two armies were only two or three hours apart. Your army is armored cavalry, and our army is light cavalry, if we insist on pursuit, we can catch up in a day and a half, if it is not for Chang Daren to stop us, we will definitely turn around and chase after us. ”

"Shut up!" Out of nowhere, a force was born, Chang Yunqu suddenly shook off the black-clothed guard who pressed his head, looked up at the calm expression of the King of Longwei County, and said in a loud voice: "All orders are given by the criminal ministers, they are just some echo worms who act under orders, please let them go." The two companions behind the "Adult ......" were about to speak, but they were stuffed with a cloth ball in the mouth of the black-clothed guard, whimpering and unable to speak.

"What about you?" Qin Lei's expression was elusive.

"As long as the prince lets my brothers go, the guilty minister is willing to lead the ......," Chang Yi bowed his head and said.

"If you don't want to lead the death, won't the Lone King kill them?" Qin Lei laughed.

"This ......" Chang Yunqu was speechless for a while, paused for a moment, and then begged: "They are all loyal and brave men of my Great Qin, even if they die, they should die on the battlefield, and they shouldn't die in this broken temple in the mountains so dishonorably......" He choked up and said: "The prince is the son of the Son of Heaven and the lord of Great Qin, and he should be more sympathetic to the spirit of the country......"

Qin Lei's face suddenly became gloomy, he kicked him on the shoulder, and roared in a low voice: "Do you still know that I am the son of the Son of Heaven and the Lord of Great Qin?" Then you still dare to chase after you and kill yourself? He didn't understand the hatred, and kicked him on the other shoulder. The black-clothed guard pressed Chang Yunqu's shoulders, he had no way to dodge at all, he really ate Qin Lei's feet, and the pain made him pale, but he gritted his teeth and couldn't make a sound.

I only heard Qin Lei continue to be annoyed: "If it weren't for seeing the Lonely King, it wouldn't be as deceitful as you imagined, would you be kind enough to retreat?" I've turned around and chased after me, and I've got my face back! Do you dare to say otherwise? ”

"Yes!" Chang Yi replied unexpectedly loudly: "If the prince is really weak and can be bullied, the criminal minister will definitely carry out the orders of the Taiwei Mansion to the letter and annihilate your team on the red earth!" ”

The anger in Qin Lei's eyes was blazing, he took out the saber of the guards beside him, waved his hand on Chang Yi's barely raised neck, gritted his teeth and said, "Do you really think that the Lone King will not kill?" With a slight flick of his wrist, a half-inch-deep cut was made on Chang Yi's neck, and blood immediately gushed out, flowing down the back of the knife to the ground.

As if stimulated by his own blood, Chang Yi met Qin Lei's terrifying eyes without fear and roared, "What Great Qin needs is a strong man!" Mighty giants! A strong man who can sweep the eight directions with the million-strong division of Great Qin! And not some weak and deceitful prince! The prime minister of the fly camp dog! Selfish Captain! ”

Qin Lei's hand holding the knife was as steady as Mount Tai, he looked at Cai Chang Yunqu with a cold face, and a word popped out from between his teeth: "Speak!" ”

"The criminal minister thought at the time, if the prince couldn't even dodge my upright pursuit, how could he dodge the open guns and arrows in all directions? And how can you qualify to be a strong man? In this troubled world where the flesh of the weak and the food of the strong will eventually be devoured by the beasts of the four directions, so why not die at the hands of the criminals? The wine dew that he had just drunk into his stomach had obviously entered Chang Yunqu's whole body blood, making him feel like he was on fire, and his mind was as if he was burned by karmic fire, and he didn't know what a cover-up was, as if he would be suffocated to death if he didn't spit out the words in his heart.

The companions, whose hands and feet were bound and their mouths gagged, closed their eyes in despair and prayed secretly: 'Give us adults a good time......

Qin Lei unexpectedly calmed down, because the word 'the weak eat the strong', Le Buyi also said it not long ago. Qin Lei also suddenly remembered that at that time, Le Buyi said: 'Etiquette rules are the laws governing the world; And the law of troubled times is the law of the jungle. And even earlier, he himself said: "All rules are set up, in the final analysis, according to a fundamental rule: the most violent person has the final say, and this is a rule that can break arbitrary rules." ’

Under the confirmation of the two phases, Qin Lei finally understood what the troubled times were-all the rules were broken by that fundamental rule, either in name only, or disappear directly. Tear off any pretense of loyalty and righteousness, and you will see the worship and obedience to the most violent people, and you will see the indifference and spitting on the losers......

Qin Lei's complexion changed, and the sharp blade in his hand trembled slightly, cutting open Chang Yifang's wounds that had stopped bleeding again, and the blood with a strong smell of wine flowed out again...... Poor Lieutenant Chang's face grew paler and paler—on the one hand, from the loss of blood, and on the other hand, his strength had passed, and his threat of death was no longer as dull as that of Fang Cai.

I don't know how long it took - for Chang Yunqu, who was bleeding intermittently under the knife, it seemed like a lifetime had passed all over again - Qin Lei slowly asked, "Why didn't you chase after it later?" ”

"Because the criminal minister was convinced that the prince was a strong man, a strong man who could challenge the Li family and bring us hope through a night of observation, the criminal minister retreated." In Qin Lei's hesitation, Chang Yi had already thought of the wording and replied loudly.

Qin Lei thought that this kid was still as fierce as Fang Cai, so he didn't doubt how much water was mixed with these words, and these words sounded comfortable. Of course, the main reason is that Qin Lei figured it out, and he let go......

The Tang knife fell down Chang Yi's shoulder. Hearing the sound of 'ding', Chang Yi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and wanted to lower his head to relax, but found that his neck muscles had already stiffened, and he seemed to have some cramps, and he couldn't move at all.

Seeing him like this, Qin Lei's anger just now showed signs of rekindling, and he said angrily in a deep voice: "What are you doing with your neck up? Want to cut off your head and want to go crazy? ”

Chang Yi said with a look of grievance: "The sinner...... It seems to be stiff. ”

Qin Lei couldn't help laughing, and with a wave of his hand, the guards behind Chang Yi pressed his head down, making a few crisp rattling sounds, which made him burst into tears and his eyes were full of stars, but they also cured his 'stiff neck' disease.

Unable to comfort his injured neck, Chang Yunqu leaned over and kowtowed: "Lord Xie is magnanimous, thank Lord Xie for not killing him!" ”

Qin Lei snorted coldly and said, "If it weren't for the fact that you still have a warm blood, even if you have a lotus flower, the Lone King will be able to cut it right." Le Buyi is teaching Qin Lei a new course, called "Emperor's Heart Technique", although Qin Lei has not yet figured out Ding Mao, but he also vaguely understands that he should not be as real as usual, joy, anger and sorrow are all on his face, joy and sorrow in his mouth. Although this will not hold back the illness, it is easy to cause contempt or welcome from subordinates, and it will also allow the enemy to catch the flaw and design a frame-up.

Chang Yunqu really didn't understand whether Qin Lei pardoned him because of his fearless spirit, or the theory of 'the weak flesh and the strong eat'.

Fortunately, whether he understands it or not, he and Death are finally less intimatable. Before he could slow down, he heard Qin Lei say: "But the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, you must pay the price for what you have done, otherwise you will not be able to explain to your dead brother." ”

Now Chang Yi is as long as he doesn't die, he can do anything, and he is busy kowtowing and saying: "As long as we can go to the battlefield in the future, these thirty men are at the disposal of the prince." ”

Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, the Lone King won't mutilate your limbs, so it's better to kill you." In this way, the lone recruit division has been reduced, so you can go and make up for it. ”

Only then did Chang Yi know that Qin Lei turned such a big bend in order to keep them, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed. Among the forbidden armies, the four armies of the Li family's camp and the four armies of the Qin family's lineup ...... Now it is barely five branches, and there is a clear distinction between them, and there has never been a flow of soldiers between each other.

Although it was the Broken Army that swept Chang Yi and them out of the house, if these guys dared to defect to the Qin Family's Fifth Army, they would immediately incur the bitter hatred of their former comrades, and they would also be among the best on the blacklist of the Taiwei Mansion. Since then, there will never be peace, and even the whole family will suffer with it.

But now that he has been reduced to fish and meat, he has just sworn to let it be slaughtered, but the word 'no' cannot be exported, which makes Chang Yunqu embarrassed.

Qin Lei knew about this bad habit, and snorted: "Find out your identity, the Lone King is not discussing with you, but ordering his subordinates to escort you to the Jingshan camp. ”

Chang Yi knew that this was the prince exonerating them from responsibility, and being taken captive to Jingshan Camp and taking the initiative to take refuge in the Longwei County Mansion were two completely different concepts. I couldn't help but feel relieved, turned my head and asked loudly, "What do you think, brothers?" In fact, he has no ill feelings towards this prince, and even faintly looks forward to the future. But the scene must be said, otherwise the crime of betraying the Li family will be borne by him alone.

The officers under him were not as far as he thought, and they kept screaming when they heard the words. Qin Lei nodded, and the black-clothed guard tore off the gagged cloth, and these former broken officers gasped and said, "We all listen to adults." ”

Chang Yunqu said in his heart: 'Don't listen to me, isn't that still my responsibility?' He asked loudly: "Do you say that you are sincere to the prince, or are you ......?" Although he did not say the second half of the sentence, the officers knew that it was 'loyal to the captain'.

There was a commotion among the officers, and someone shouted: "The villain of the old Li family is in charge, ruthless and unjust, we have nothing wrong, but we have to be killed and brought back to life by the little captain, and we can't even be soldiers, what else is there to be nostalgic for?" ”

Some people also muttered in a low voice: "The little Taiwei is just a distant relative of the Li family, and it can't represent the attitude of the Taiwei Mansion, right?" ”

"What about the new commander, Che Yinguo? Why did he avoid us, and he was angry when he was blocked, and he wanted to fight and kill? The strategies of the two generals before and after are the same, can it be said that it is not the meaning of the Taiwei Mansion? This is a sharp and irrefutable statement.

Qin Lei heard this, and said in his heart: "This matter is not the meaning of Old Bastard Li, maybe the old guy doesn't know what's going on." It is estimated that the old boy Che Yinguo was afraid that I would blame him, so he didn't let these people return to the team. ’

But in any case, these words finally shattered the last hesitation of the officers, and the balance in their hearts began to fall in favor of Qin Lei.

"Surrender to the prince!" An officer shouted: "We are the soldiers of Daqin, and only after following the prince can we be considered right, this is called setting things right, and no one can say anything." These words were so brilliant that they immediately alleviated the shame of betrayal in the hearts of the officers.

Qin Lei glanced at the officer who had done a lot of help, and said softly: "Don't worry, everyone will try to avoid fighting a civil war, even if there is no way to avoid it, it will do its best to narrow its scope, at least it will not let you fight against your former colleagues." ”

Hearing that the prince was so compassionate, the officers kowtowed and said: "It is all according to the king's orders, and we are willing to atone for our sins with our lives." ”

Qin Lei said with a smile: "Let's just talk about this behind closed doors, but it is not necessary to the outside world." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Chang Yi led the officers to kowtow and said: "The subordinates will definitely go to the soup and fight the fire, and they will not give up." ”

Qin Lei laughed and helped Chang Yi up, and asked softly, "Do you have any requirements, just say it, the Lone King will try his best to meet it." ”

This kind of compulsive surrender will naturally worry the officers who have no choice. Chang Yi arched his hand and said: "It's nothing else, I'm just afraid that the other party will harm my family and other family members and let them suffer innocently." ”

Qin Lei smiled: "It's easy to say, you should stay incognito for a period of time." Then tell the Lone King the address of your home, and the Lone King will send them to the south, where it is Lone's territory, it is very safe, and life will be better. Only then did the officers settle down.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, the snow began to clear heavily, but the sky was still gloomy. After the guards finished cutting firewood, Qin Lei instructed a team to lead Chang Yi and them back to the Jingshan camp, while he took the remaining three hundred black-clothed guards to continue to rush to the east in the direction of Aijiadu.

The snow stopped falling and stopping along the way, sometimes dotted with fine snowflakes, sometimes rolling clouds of goose feather snow, dyeing the sky and earth white. Qin Lei led the team and walked forward on the snow half a foot deep, although he was anxious and kept urging the war horses, but the speed could not be improved.

It was only at the end of Shen Shi that he finally arrived twenty miles downstream of Aijiadu and got on the ice platoon that had been waiting for a long time.

If the Jingshui River and the Xiaoqing River form a bow, the Xiaoqing River is the bowstring of this bow, and the Aijiadu directly east of Jingshan is the midpoint of the bowstring, which is an extremely important hub for the Jingshan camp.

Therefore, Qin Lei set up a secret military station at this ferry port with only a few hundred households, and even in the valley a few miles away, there is a section-level contact point, which can be directly connected with the three places of Jingshan Ying, Zhongdu, and Jingzhou Mansion, which shows the importance of this place.

In charge of the station was a former black-clad guard named Malé, in his thirties, and he was quite smart. A day earlier, I had received an order from the Jingshan Battalion to prepare the eighty ice chops requested in the letter overnight.

The so-called 'ice row' is also called the ice bed, the upper part of which is a rectangular wooden frame, the upper part is laid with a wooden plank, which resembles a bed board, and the lower part is two square wooden sticks wrapped in iron bars, which are called feet. The board is covered with felt mattresses to keep you warm and can seat up to four people. In the northern winter, because of the thick ice on the river, the ice bed completely replaced the boat and became the means of transportation on the river, and if it was skillfully operated by a strong man, the speed was faster than that of a war horse in the snow.

Qin Lei got on the 'Wang Pai' prepared for him by Male, sat on the Taishi chair on the row, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the situation in Beijing?" ”

Male said with a serious face: "It's not good. As he spoke, he took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Qin Lei respectfully: "This is the only message sent by Mr. Guantao." ”

Qin Lei didn't answer, and said softly: "Read." ”

"The person who asked to see it was forwarded to the prince: On the evening of November 17, the Imperial Forest Army suddenly surrounded our government affairs temple and cut off all contact with the outside world. Now send five pigeons and a harrier eagle, please judge the danger of air communication according to the number received, if there is no reply within a day, the government temple will be ready, at any time jade broken to report to the prince. The word of the museum, the Central Capital Bureau issued Aijiadu Branch. Male's voice echoed through the night sky, sending chills through the listener's heart.

"How many did you receive?" Qin Lei asked expressionlessly.

"There is only one, and in accordance with the principle of confidentiality of communications, there is no reply from the Liaison Section." Male replied with a small smile.

Nodding, Qin Lei commanded in a deep voice: "Enter Beijing overnight!" ”

"It's too dangerous, my lord!" Male panicked.

"Be careful, let's go." Qin Lei said without questioning.