Chapter 65: A slap in the face
may have been forced too much by himself, An Lushan actually rebounded after being frightened. In addition, although he killed people just now, he was very measured, An Lushan was an extremely smart person, and he immediately saw the connection, and his mood calmed down a lot.
An Lushan quickly put on his usual honest and smiling face, got off the war horse with the support of Zhang Xiancheng, and said with a puzzled face like a child without any scheming: "Lushan is loyal to Your Majesty and the Tang Dynasty, but Zhao Sun and Moon, how can it be opposed?" There must be a despicable villain who is jealous and frames me. I wonder who the general is? Why did you kill my soldiers? ”
Xiao Quzhi sneered: "You don't want to rebel, why did you order the soldiers under your command to put up an offensive formation?" You don't want to rebel, why did you order your soldiers to shoot and injure His Majesty's own soldiers, the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army? Well? ”
Xiao Quai's illness is a scoundrel, the soldiers under An Lushan's command clearly put up a defensive formation, and An Lushan did not order the arrows. But Xiao Qu's illness wronged him An Lushan like this, what can you do with An Lushan? Anyway, this matter can only rely on two mouths, since Xiao Quzhi dares to do this, he is not afraid of him arguing, nor is he afraid of suing Li Longji.
An Lushan was also stunned, and said in his heart that he was talking nonsense when he opened his eyes, and there was even more shameless than me, his face was red and white for a while, and he didn't turn his face in the end, but became more and more innocent and stupid, pointing to the sentinel who reported the news, and said:
"This is really a big misunderstanding, it's all this guy, and the military information is spread that there are bandits coming. Lushan put on a defensive formation. General, this is a defensive formation. I didn't give the order to release the arrows, they accidentally let go of the bowstring! ”
Xiao Quzhi also pretended to be stupid and said: "It seems that it is really a misunderstanding, the king of Dongping is strange, I often hear people say that you want to rebel, and you have made an official uniform or something, so I have this question." ”
An Lushan swore an oath: "There is no such thing, Your Majesty and the concubine Niangniang treat me like a mountain, I am a cow and a horse, and I can't repay Your Majesty's kindness, I am loyal to Your Majesty, I hate to die for Your Majesty, how can I do such a thing that is inferior to a beast." ”
An Lushan said it easily, but he was so frightened in his heart that he was scared, only Sun Xiaozhe, Yan Zhuang, Gao Shang and a few other henchmen knew about his private official uniforms, how could he know about this Xiao Quai, he said that he often heard people say it, and who did he listen to?
Xiao Quzhi said: "You really aren't ready to rebel? ”
An Lushan said seriously: "There really isn't!" ”
Xiao Quzhi laughed and said: "Now I will rest assured, I will use your words to hit that person in the mouth when I go back, so that he can know how loyal the king of Dongping County is to His Majesty and to the Tang Dynasty."
That's right, Your Majesty asked you to be the envoy of the Three Towns Festival and named you king; Niangniang thinks you are your godson, she is so good to you, if you still want to rebel, are you still human? Even brutes like crows and foxes know how to repay their kindness, if you are the king of Dongping, you will take revenge and plot to rebel, then isn't it even as good as livestock, pigs and dogs? You say yes, right? King Dongping? ”
An Lushan smiled awkwardly: "What you said is true, what you said is true." Then quickly diverted the topic: "The general is the general of Shouchang County, who has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty in the river, and is General Xiao sick?" Your Majesty sent you to pick me up? ”
Xiao Quzhi laughed and said, "It's me." Your Majesty asked me to greet King Dongping, and by the way, let King Dongping see His Majesty's newly trained tiger ben, how about it? Is it majestic? ”
Before An Lushan could answer, the noble on the side jumped out. At the beginning, he thought that the rebellion had been leaked, and this army was here to arrest people, and then Xiao Qu's illness and asked about the rebellion made him even more nervous and didn't dare to come out.
Where did you think that His Majesty just asked Xiao Qubing to meet the king of Dongping County, but Xiao Qubing put on such a terrifying posture, without saying a word, he directly led the troops to press over, and after asking a word, he directly started to kill. Is there such a pick-up? This is clearly a provocation and finding fault!
Why, you Xiao Qubing is just a champion general of the three grades, the founding county marquis of the three grades; However, An Lushan is a hussar general of Yipin, a county king of Yipin, and an envoy of the Three Towns Festival. As soon as he thought that they were no longer in danger, his noble courage suddenly strengthened, and he loudly reprimanded Xiao Qu's illness:
"Dare Xiao to get sick, since Your Majesty only asked you to greet King Dongping, how dare you commit murder for no reason, aren't you afraid that Your Majesty will blame?"
Xiao Quzhi tilted his head, looked at him with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said coldly: "Who are you?" "Who is it that said in such a hurry to jump out to find a fight?
Gao Shang said: "The secretary of Pinglu is in charge, and the Tuntian member is noble." ”
Xiao Quzhi knows this person, noble, his real name is not dangerous, he is a Han near Youzhou, born in extreme poverty, has no father since he was a child, and was raised by his widowed mother with hard work.
He has been blinded and bullied since he was a child, so he studied hard to get ahead; He hollowed out his mind and tried his best to climb up. He vowed that one day, when he gained power, he would take revenge on all those who looked down on him and bullied him.
For this "noble" purpose, he can not support his old mother, take all the only money in the family to go out to study, and let his mother beg on the street to live; To this end, he did not hesitate to incite riots and cause chaos in the world.
He once famously said: "Gao is not in danger and would rather die in rebellion, and never bite the grass roots in order to live his ears!" It was he who was the first to persuade An Lushan to rebel, because if he succeeded, he would be the first to advocate and be a hero from the dragon.
He regarded An Lushan as a reliance that could realize his life ideals, so he did his best to curry favor with An Lushan. It can be said that Gao Shang is the most loyal and eager dog around An Lushan. The outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, he and An Lushan are as guilty as they can escape!
Xiao Qu's illness drove the horse two steps forward, and An Lushan and the Hebei soldiers were all so frightened that their hearts were raised. This guy is so strong in force, and he kills people without warning, who knows if he will suddenly go crazy and be detrimental to King Dongping?
Several guards couldn't help but stand in front of An Lushan, and Zhang Xiancheng stared at Xiao Qu's illness without blinking, and the knuckles of his left fingers holding the sword were already white.
Li Qize stood behind him, his face was serious, but he was shouting in his heart, Master is so majestic, too powerful! This dead fat man used to be very majestic every time he entered the court, and he often bullied my father, but now he was trembling with fear in front of his master.
Seeing An Lushan's sweaty and embarrassed appearance, Li Qi felt indescribable happiness in his heart.
Xiao Quzhi stared at An Lushan and sneered: "King Dongping, this is your way of the emperor?" The two of us are talking, when did he have a little secretary of Pinglu and Tuntian Wailang to interject? ”
Then his tone changed, and he said to Gao Shang: "I am a founding marquis, a champion general, Jin Wuwei, Long Wu, and Yulin generals, you are a little secretary, and you dare to question me face to face, saying that I am bold, you really dare to kill people again?" ”
An Lushan was so frightened that he hurriedly pushed away several guards who were in front of him, and said loudly: "General Xiao forgives the crime, Secretary Gao was dizzy for a while, offended General Xiao, and asked General Xiao to ......"
"I will not forgive! Since he's going to hold me accountable for the murder, let's talk about it! Xiao Qubing interrupted An Lushan and said loudly:
"An Lushan, I came to pick you up with good intentions, what do you mean by being fully armed and waiting in formation? What does it mean to order his subordinates to release arrows to injure the Son of Heaven's own soldiers, the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army? There is also the fact that you are doing official uniforms in private with the intention of rebelling, and I am also ready to send someone to investigate by His Majesty. Let's go, let's go and meet Your Majesty now, and make it clear! ”
Xiao Quai's words are clear and clear, if you investigate my murder, I will investigate the matter of you first firing an arrow and injuring the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army, and then Emperor Ming will investigate your private official uniform.
If it was someone else, An Lushan would naturally not be afraid to argue in front of the emperor, but An Lushan did not have this confidence in Xiao Quai.
This Xiao Qu's illness is too weird, he is so fearless, who knows what killer features he is hiding? At the beginning, Wang Ji did not believe in evil, but in just a few days, he was killed by Xiao Quai.
Moreover, he said conclusively that he was privately making official uniforms, and he knew about this kind of confidential matter, which made An Lushan feel even more frightened.
With the support of Zhang Xiancheng, An Lushan walked quickly to Xiao Quai's horse, raised his head and said urgently: "General Xiao is angry, didn't you say it just now, this incident is purely accidental, their words and deeds are incorrect, and they accidentally let go of the bowstring so that General Xiao misunderstood, it is they who deserve to die, and it has nothing to do with General Xiao." General Xiao is angry, for the sake of you and me, this matter is over, okay? ”
Xiao Quzhi said: "King Dongping doesn't hold me accountable for killing your subordinates?" ”
An Lushan nodded hurriedly: "Don't investigate, don't investigate!" ”
Xiao Quzhi said: "But what if Gao Shang is rude to me? ”
"Ah...... How can General Xiao give up? An Lushan was stunned, and said in his heart, I won't pursue it, why are you still holding on, and I hate Xiao Quai's illness more and more.
Xiao Quzhi sneered: "Ten slaps of the mouth, I will let him go!" ”
The corners of An Lushan's mouth twitched twice: "......" noble is to be loyal to the Lord and stand up for himself, isn't beating noble to beating himself?
Xiao Quzhi snorted and said, "What? Don't want to? Then I'll do it myself, Xiao Qi, go up and hit him ten mouths, who dares to stop it, just kill it, the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army is ready! ”
Li Qi was about to step forward when he received the order, and the thousand flying dragon forbidden army filled the bowstring at once, and An Lushan hurriedly said: "Don't dare to bother King Jianning to do it, we will come by ourselves." ”
An Lushan gestured back, and immediately two guards walked up to Gao Shang, made a look, and then began to hit Gao Shang in the face. Xiao Quai's face was pale, and he shouted while watching: "It's too light...... Who are you fooling...... Re-played ......"
An Lushan's brows were already furrowed, his face trembled slightly, and he glanced at them twice, and the two guards immediately slapped a red handprint, hitting the corner of Gao Shang's mouth with blood, Gao Shang Qiang endured it and did not hum, but his eyes were red, as if he was about to burst into flames.
Since he joined An Lushan, he has not been bullied for a long time, and the soldiers and civilians of Fan Yang also respect him very much, and they must call Mr. Gao, who knew that he would be so insulted again today.
He remembered when he was very young, when he was beaten on his knees at the corner of the street by the neighbor's children, and when he was fourteen years old, he was beaten in the face by a Turkic man on horseback while walking on the road.
Three years ago, after he became the secretary of Pinglu and gained the trust of An Lushan, he immediately led dozens of people to kill the neighbor's whole family, robbed his wife, and humiliated him every night; And the Turk, who was also secretly killed by him.
After doing these things, Gao Shang raised his eyebrows for a long time, and he enjoyed the feeling of being able to bully people and do whatever he wanted. Over the years, he has been subservient in front of An Lushan, respectful like a dog raised by An Lushan, but outside, especially in his hometown, he is rampant and domineering, bullying people every day.
He thought that if he relied on An Lushan, he would not be bullied in the future, but where would he have thought that he would suffer such a shame again today! And the person who bullied him this time was so powerful that even An Lushan had to endure him.
Gao Shang couldn't feel the pain on his face at all, and he swore in his heart that today's humiliation would be repaid a hundred times in the future! He must knock Xiao Qu down, trample on his feet, and humiliate him to the fullest! He swears!
Gao Shang thought about it with hatred, and in his mind he seemed to see An Lushan's successful rebellion, becoming the prime minister of the dynasty, sending troops to catch Xiao Quai, and proudly humiliating and torturing him. A pair of eyes became more and more red, a green light appeared, and a hideous smile appeared on his face.
Then Gao Shang suddenly saw a cold light flash in front of him, and then a sharp pain came, and he felt blood splash on his face, and then he saw an ear fall from the sky with blood in front of him.
"Ah......h
Two feet away, another voice sounded at the same time: "Dare to stare at me with red eyes, leave you a souvenir!" ”