In the first year of Longsheng, on March 24, Li Xian, the king of Qi, reorganized his army to Anze, and the Northern Han army retreated to Qinyuan.

-- "Information Governance Guide; Yongji III

Soaking comfortably in the hot springs, I was squinting and enjoying a rare leisure time, when suddenly a desolate song came from the shore: "The birds are not flocked, from the previous life; Where can the circle be around, and the husband and wife will be at peace with each other; bend the heart and suppress the ambition, endure and criticize; Fu is innocent and straight to death, and the former holy place is thick. "I was so shocked that I almost stumbled down in the water, this Ji Xuan, it's really too much, when I debated the scriptures with him two days ago, he was refuted by him and had no full skin, after all, he is a master of scriptures, and I am willing to bow down. But this old gentleman has a good temper in the past two days, and he is there to sing poems and praises if he has nothing to do, that's all, the scribe is elegant, and there is nothing to blame, but he can't always chant Qu Zi's resignation there, what "long too much to hide his tears, mourn the difficulties of the people's livelihood", what "I also have the good heart of, although I have not regretted it even if I have died nine times", it is clearly a satire on my betrayal of Chu Touyong. Well, I'll bear with it, when I join the army, I don't have to stay with him, and I will send him to the emperor in the future, and I will be careful to avoid him. glaring at the old man viciously, I had no interest in bathing anymore, and said to the little shunzi on the shore: "Help me up, I'm going to change my clothes." ”

Xiao Shunzi is also quite poetic under my influence, and he is also well aware of Ji Xuan's ridicule and sarcasm, but I have no choice, he can only watch from the side, after all, this old gentleman is not a fierce enemy, just a good-looking old man, with Zhao Liang here, how can this old man not do too much, so I am a little wronged, and Xiao Shunzi is just a joke.

Seeing Xiao Shunzi snickering secretly, I could only be depressed, after going ashore, I put on the clothes handed over by Xiao Shunzi, I wiped the water droplets on my hair with a square towel, and said: "Today is already twenty-three, the King of Qi should have regrouped, Su Qing went to investigate the military situation, I think these two should be able to meet with the army, and then let the King of Qi send someone to send their master and apprentice to Zezhou, out of sight and out of mind, what do you think?" ”

Xiao Shunzi's eyes flashed, he looked at Ji Xuan, who was walking not far away, and Zhao Liang, who looked embarrassed beside Ji Xuan, and sneered: "Childe is asking for trouble, Mr. Ji is stubborn, if it weren't for Zhao Liang also in our hands, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so polite, if such a person gets the emperor's trust in the future, this old gentleman is so open-mouthed, I'm afraid that it will damage the reputation of the son, if it is according to my will, kill them, why bother so much?" ”

My heart trembled, peeked in, and saw that the old and young should not be able to hear Xiao Shunzi's voice, so he whispered: "How can this be done, if I kill them, I am afraid that my reputation in the minds of the Northern Han scholars will be stinky, as long as they can be used by my Dayong, I have nothing to be wronged, and this Ji Xuan adheres to the principle of 'Da Ze helps the world, The belief that the poor are good for themselves', he was dissatisfied with Liu Sheng's establishment of the country, and he neither wrote a direct admonition, nor did he have a vegetarian meal in the corpse, but abandoned the official and went into hiding, which shows that he is not a foolish and loyal person. Now he is mocking me, which is not only to vent his dissatisfaction, but also to test my personality, if I care about this matter, will he not let him look down on the Dayong monarch and ministers, so I can't care about it. ”

Xiao Shunzi nodded silently, and did not continue to persuade me to kill, in fact, Xiao Shunzi may not understand the reason, but he regards me as a father and brother, and he doesn't want to see people bully me. I secretly smiled bitterly in my heart, there is one more thing I didn't say much, in the hearts of those foolish and filial scholars, I am afraid that my reputation is already stinky, that is, what does it matter if I add a Ji Xuan.

Seeing the banner of King Qi from afar, Su Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and stepped forward to say to the guards at the camp gate: "The last general, Su Qing, on the order of the Lord of the Prison Army, came to meet His Royal Highness the King of Qi." ”

The guard general recognized Su Qing, as soon as he heard that Jiang Zhe sent him, he immediately smiled, these few days the King of Qi was busy with the army, although he was not angry, but he always had a gloomy face, which made people frightened when he saw it, and His Royal Highness the King of Qi respected the Lord of the Prison Army, as long as the Lord of the Prison Army was safe, the King of Qi would be happy, and their words would be much better. The guard general sent someone to report to the handsome tent, and at the same time sent the deputy general to lead Su Qing in.

Su Qing walked in the camp, with his eyes, although the Yongjun army was newly defeated, but the big camp set up by the king of Qi was strict, and there was no frustration in the camp, the king of Qi was really the famous general at that time, Su Qing praised in his heart, but his face was calm and waveless, this was the first time she officially met the king of Qi after her identity was leaked, she was still uneasy in her heart, although the princess of Qi was a disciple of Fengyimen, but the king of Qi and Fengyimen were not harmonious, she knew this, although the king of Qi did not look at her differently because of the prison army, But Su Qing was still uneasy in his heart.

Walking into the big tent, Su Qing's originally anxious mind finally calmed down, and saw the King of Qi standing with his hands in the tent and looking at him with a smile, Su Qing somehow, his heart was wide, and he stepped forward and bowed down and said: "The last general knocked on the prince, and the overseer is safe and sound, this is the letter that the adult will bring at the end." ”

Li Xian looked at Su Qing, although he smiled calmly on his face, his heart was turbulent, his henchmen and guards had advised him to put Su Qing aside, and even detain him, so as not to make the court suspicious of him again, but Li Xian refused without thinking about it, when did he Li Xian need to use other people's life and death honor to wash away his innocence. Su Qing's existence reminded him of many past events, Qin Zheng when he was a teenager, smart and beautiful, let him devote himself wholeheartedly for the first time, and Wen Ziyan, who was as cold as frost, but was the only person he respected in Fengyi Sect, Li Xian didn't want Su Qing to be treated unfairly. But Li Xian also knew that his situation was not much better, and what he had done in the past was enough for Li Zhen to send himself to prison without any excuse to ask for his guilt, and he really had to protect Su Qing, and the damage to him was definitely not small.

Fortunately, in addition to himself, there is also the existence of Jiang Zhe in the Zezhou camp, at the beginning, Li Xian was a little worried after knowing about Su Qing, Jiang Zhe seemed to hate Fengyimen, Su Qing is a disciple of Wen Ziyan, it is equivalent to the descendant of Fengyimen, Jiang Zhe will not let Su Qing go, Li Xian is not sure, and to his surprise, what he expected is that Jiang Zhe kept Su Qing, which made Li Xian more respectful and trusting Jiang Zhe. Of course, for Li Xian, who is the prince of the clan, if Jiang Zhe's decision is accepted by the imperial court, it will be an obvious message, that is, the imperial court will no longer investigate the guilt of those related to Fengyimen, which will make many people feel at ease, although I don't know how Li Zhen will decide, but Li Xian can feel the meaning, and he also believes that Li Zhen will make a wise decision.

Hiding what he was thinking in his heart, Li Xian took the letter in Su Qing's hand, saying that it was a letter, but it was actually a white wax pill the size of a dragon's eye, Li Xian casually picked up a piece of cotton paper from the handsome case, wrapped the wax pill in cotton paper, and then picked up a paper cutting knife placed on the bookcase and skillfully scratched the surface of the wax pill, after the wax pill was cut, the residual green liquid oozed from it, and soon penetrated the cotton paper, Li Xian took out a small circle of honey-colored wax pills, wiped off the green liquid on it with cotton paper, and then crushed the honey-colored wax pills through the cotton paper. He took out a silk silk that was as thin as a cicada's wings, and during this time, Li Xian's movements were very cautious, never letting the green liquid get on his hands. Su Qing could see it, his eyes were full of doubts, and he couldn't help asking, "Your Highness, what's going on?" ”

Li Xian didn't raise his head and said: "This is designed by Chu Xianghou, there are two layers inside and outside the wax pill, and the middle is full of venom, if someone who doesn't know it directly pinches it with his hands, he can't help but be invaded by the venom, and it will also soak the letter inside, Chu Xianghou is cautious, presumably this letter is very important, he is worried that someone will take away the letter halfway." ”

Su Qing's heart froze, Chu Xianghou is really powerful, let him send this letter I am afraid that there is also a temptation, if he has the heart to spy on secrets, then he must be poisoned to death, but Su Qing is not dissatisfied in his heart, he has learned from Ziyan, and he can also be paid by Jiang Zhe with a heavy responsibility, this kind of trust is already rare and valuable, Su Qing will only admire Jiang Zhe's methods, but will not be resentful.

Li Xian looked at the dense handwriting on the thin silk, frowned for a while, thoughtful for a while, shook his head lightly for a while, sighed, and put the thin silk on the handsome case, this defeat, in fact, Li Xian did not take it to heart, since he joined the army, he did not know how many times he had been defeated, and he had also cleaned up the more tragic defeat than this, so after the defeat, he was busy reorganizing the soldiers and preparing to fight again, he didn't expect Jiang Zhe to think deeper and farther than him, it was obviously a defeat, but he thought of a strategy to take advantage of the defeat, The letter written on it made Li Xian feel a chill in his heart, he could make such a person loyal, no wonder the second brother was able to win the throne, Li Xian was really convinced at the moment.

He looked at Su Qing, who was waiting for his order with a cold expression, and said with a smile: "General Su, you rest for a while, go to see the Marquis of Chu tomorrow, lead him back to the Chinese army, and tell him that I will definitely do what he entrusts." ”

Su Qing was at a loss in her heart, but she had been in the army for many years, so she naturally knew what it was to act on orders, so she agreed awe-inspiringly. There was nothing to do overnight, of course, Su Qing didn't know that that that night the King of Qi 800 li hurriedly delivered a letter.

The next day, Su Qinggu went on the road, according to her thoughts, in fact, it was best to bring more than a thousand cavalry and then pick up Jiang Zhe, but the king of Qi said that the secret spies of the Northern Han army had retreated, and this place was already under the control of the Yong army, so there was no need to be so troublesome, and Jiang Zhe also had a tiger guard around him to protect him, so he was afraid that Jiang Zhe would be reluctant. Su Qing naturally didn't have any objections, she tried tricks with Xiao Shunzi, it was certain that Xiao Shunzi's martial arts should be between Duan Lingxiao, and the Northern Han Dynasty had assassins left, would it be higher than Duan Lingxiao, so Su Qing was not worried, but for the sake of safety, Su Qing was still cautious along the way, and only returned to Jiang Zhe's hiding place after going around a few circles.

Greeting the Tiger Guards who were on guard outside, she walked into Jiang Zhe's residence and saw a square table and two wooden chairs in the courtyard, where Jiang Zhe and Ji Xuan were playing chess, although the medicine was insufficient, Ji Xuan's body was gradually improving. He likes to play chess, and he usually pulls Zhao Liang to play against him when he is sick, but now he can't help it. Especially Jiang Zhe's chess skills are not ordinary, often it is Ji Xuan who allows his four sons to be able to kill Jiang Zhe to the ground, since he can't resist by force, Ji Xuan likes to fight this junior who he doesn't like under the chessboard, but Jiang Zhe is still embarrassed to refuse, so he has to look at the chessboard with a bitter face.

After throwing in the towel, I looked at Ji Xuan's triumphant old face and muttered a few words unwillingly, but he came over with a cold eye, and I immediately started to clean up the chess pieces with a smile, but to be honest, I was not annoyed in my heart. Although this old man had a strange temper and often embarrassed me, but after the initial annoyance, now I like this feeling, for a long time, the people around me have either respected me like a god, or feared me like a snake and scorpion, although there are a few close people who love me and value me, but there is no such friend who treats me as an ordinary person. Although this old man always puts on a face, I think he is close and approachable, and although he looks at me unpleasantly, he has no strong hostility, or Xiao Shunzi will not allow him to stay by my side, this old man is a good old friend, so I am willing to be bullied by him.

When Su Qing walked into the courtyard, she saw such a scene, she couldn't help but smile in her heart, and stepped forward to report: "My lord, the last general has already met the marshal, and the prince said that please return to the camp quickly, and said that everything will be done according to the adult's plan." ”

I smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Ji, please let my nephew help you pack your bags, we will be on our way after lunch." ”

Ji Xuan's hand shook, the hand that was picking up the chess pieces shook, and a chess piece fell on the chessboard, with a soft sound, his expression became gloomy, and he said, "The old man obeys." ”

I know that he is unhappy, but I can't say anything to him at this time, give Zhao Liang, who was standing and waiting on the side, a look, he stepped forward to help Ji Xuan down, I smiled: "Xiao Shunzi, go and tidy up your bags, remember to bring Mr. Ji Xuan's lonely book, the old gentleman promised to lend me a few days." By the way, go tell Hu Yanshou and prepare to leave here. ”

Xiao Shunzi smiled slightly, waved his hand to summon two tiger guards, let them protect me, his figure just disappeared in the wing room, I stood up, said: "Let's go, go for a walk by the lake, this is really a good place, but unfortunately there is no chance to come in the future." ”

A tiger guard said loudly: "My lord, Master Li is not here, it's better to be careful." ”

I said impatiently: "There is no enemy here, what are you worried about, can't you protect me, General Su, you have worked hard all the way, go down and rest first." ”

Somehow, Su Qing always had a feeling of uneasiness in her heart, and she subconsciously refused: "My lord, it's better to let the last general follow." As soon as these words came out, she clearly saw a cold glint in Jiang Zhe's eyes, revealing a rather interesting look.

I looked at Su Qing, and I couldn't help but wonder if she had guessed something, but it was not appropriate to have her by my side, so I still refused: "No need, General Su will go down and rest first." Su Qing saw that I had a commanding tone in my words, so he had to take the order to retreat.

I walked to the side of the hot spring lake, looking at the crystal clear, like a piece of clear jasper lake, in this poor country, there is a lake of hot springs to gather the clear water, created this peach paradise, it is really shocking this creation, I can take refuge here after the defeat, this is probably a gift from God to me, the more I think about it, the more I love this place where I have lived for several days, leaning down and reaching out to gently pluck the warm lake, the blue waves ripple, stirring my figure to smash, I can't help but whisper: "The blue spring gushes out half of the lake temperature, I want to wash the dust of the world. Just chanted two sentences, but heard someone behind him clapping his hands and said: "Good poetry, I heard that the poetry of the Marquis of Chu Township is the best in the world, and now I see that it is really worthy of its reputation, such a beautiful scenery, Jiang Hou Ye should have no regrets even if he dies here!" ”

I smiled slightly, and said to myself, "You're finally here." Knowing that the person should not do it immediately, I stood up and turned around, only to see that the two Tiger Guards who were originally following me were standing still, and behind them, a mighty man wearing the armor of the Tiger Guard, but the appearance was very unfamiliar, stood with his hands in his hands, his expression was outstanding, and his courage was even more powerful in the sky with a smile and pride, I laughed loudly: "It turned out that Duan Lingxiao Duan Dagongzi was in person, and Zhe had never greeted him from afar, which was really rude." At this time, the figure in the distance flickered, and those guards who found out that I was in danger were hurrying over, and a cyan figure was the fastest, and in an instant, it was twenty zhang away, and when he was about to move forward, Duan Lingxiao said sharply: "If anyone dares to cross this line, I should immediately kill the Marquis of Chu." Without saying anything, he turned around and flicked it, and a strong energy came out of his body, drawing a horizontal line on the ground fifteen zhang away, Xiao Shunzi stopped outside the line, his eyes revealed a cold killing intention, but he never crossed this line. At this time, Hu Yanshou and Su Qing had also arrived, and they were all anxious and flustered after falling behind the horizontal line.

I was calm, and said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that the first disciple of the Demon Sect has an extraordinary bearing, the last time the eldest prince killed many of my Dayong soldiers, Zhe is still engraved in my heart, and now the eldest prince must have come to take Jiang Zhe's surname." ”

Duan Lingxiao was not in a hurry at the moment, he had already known that no matter what, as long as he killed Jiang Zhe, he would definitely alarm everyone, so he was not in a hurry to get out, with his martial arts, as long as he didn't fight hard, he didn't fall into the battle formation, and there were a few of his fellow disciples outside, it was not difficult to escape, and he was only one zhang away from Jiang Zhe, and the evil shadow with the highest martial arts was fifteen zhang away from him, such a distance, even if the master personally took action, he didn't want to stop himself from killing this weak scholar, so he was not in a hurry to start, After all, he is also a little curious about this Jiang Zhe.

I saw that he didn't make a move for the time being, but his heart was a little relieved, if he fought for a while, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to speak so calmly, looking at the two guards standing stiffly on the side, seeing that both of them were full of anger and sweating, but they couldn't move, so he asked: "Duan Dagongzi, why didn't Your Excellency poison these two guards?" Although Tetsu was grateful, he also felt a little strange. ”

Duan Lingxiao said with a smile: "I am not soft-hearted, but I heard that the Marquis of Chu Township is good at using poison, and in the past, he used to use this to restrain the people of Fengyi Sect, and I wanted to talk to Hou Ye, so I left these two surnames for their lives, hoping to make Chu Township Marquis restrain him and not dare to use poison without authorization, so as not to harm the lives of these two people." ”

My eyes flashed, and I said: "Have you forgotten that Grand Prince Duan is my guard, and they stayed by my side to protect my safety, and I just killed them together, and no one can blame me if I think of it, even they themselves, and Jiuquan will think the same way." ”

The eyes of the two guards flashed with a warm light, and it seemed that they agreed with my words very much, although Duan Lingxiao couldn't see their expressions, but just by the change in their breathing, he already knew that these two guards were really brave and loyal people, but he didn't have the slightest worry, and said: "If it is someone else, it may do this, but Duan feels that with the surname of Marquis Jiang, he is naturally ruthless and unrighteous to the enemy, but he is merciful to his own people, this is the conclusion that Duan Mou came to after reading the information related to Hou Ye, and if it is not so, I'm afraid Yu Fei won't be able to escape from Hou Ye's hands, but now if it is said that Hou Ye will secretly poison these two people regardless of their surnames, Duan will never believe it. ”

I was speechless for a while, although he said that Qiu Yufei's incident was just a coincidence, but if I think about it carefully, I really don't like to poison the people around me, not to mention anything else, if I hadn't arranged it in advance, I could have poisoned such a situation today, and it would have been difficult to start, after all, these two guards were old people who followed me when they were in the cold garden, and this time they put them in danger, I was already uneasy.

Duan Lingxiao saw that my expression changed several times, and knew that I was the key to it, so he said unhurriedly: "Marquis Jiang assisted His Royal Highness King Yong to ascend the throne, and then abandoned his power to live in seclusion in the East China Sea, Duan Mou was very admired, but it is a pity that Hou Ye can't leave behind the kindness of the monarch and ministers after all, and leave behind the secluded life to help the King of Qi attack my Northern Han, although I admire Mr. talent, now I can only see each other in life and death, but if Hou Ye is willing to agree to return to Linquan from now on, and no longer give advice to Dayong, Duan can let Mr. go once." ”

I sighed lightly and said: "Glory and wealth are just a passing glance for me, but Jiang Mou's life is the most greedy for life and fear of death, if Dayong can't dominate the world, Jiang can't live and work in peace and contentment in this life, I can only understand the kindness of Duan Dagongzi." However, the eldest prince pretended to say this, do you want to weaken the fighting spirit of my subordinates, in fact, he is powerless, and the eldest prince doesn't have to bother so much. ”

Duan Lingxiao sighed and said: "Hou Ye is too worried, Duan just can't bear the sadness of the fourth brother, he once sent a book to me before he left for the East China Sea, talking about the relationship with Hou Ye, although he said that he was going to put Hou Ye to death, but he admired Hou Ye very much." I know that Yu Fei is widowed and has few friends in his life, so I can't bear to hurt Hou Ye's surname, but although your army was defeated this time, it was still not injured, and Hou Ye's escape from the protection of the army at this time is the only opportunity for our army to weaken your army. Originally, if Hou Ye was willing to agree to go into hiding, Duan wanted to invite Hou Ye to Jinyang to recuperate, but unfortunately my kindness was not accepted by Hou Ye, and now it can only be life and death. ”

I don't laugh angrily, if I am greedy for life and afraid of death, and agree to go into hiding, this Ling Xiao will definitely go on to propose to let me go to Jinyang with him, and even swear in the name of the sect master of the Demon Sect not to hurt my surname, but I am a dignified Dayong Supervisor, the Captain of the Horse, and the Marquis of Chu Township was really coerced to the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty, what face do I have to meet Princess Changle and the emperor? This Demon Sect is really a big breath, but it's a pity that although I, Jiang Zhe, am greedy for life and afraid of death, I am not a person who steals life, when I can risk my life to drink King Yong's wine, how can I let myself fall into the situation of life and death, even if I didn't set up a net in advance, and when Duan Lingxiao surrendered himself, I would never be willing to be captured.

I regained my cold and ruthless state of mind and said, "Grand Master Duan, have you ever wondered why Su Qing came to answer alone?" ”

Duan Lingxiao's heart froze, the thin body of the young man in front of him suddenly exuded infinite majesty and murderous aura, which was impressive, he paid attention to the movements around him, and said, "Presumably, your army thinks that our army's scout spies have all retreated, right?" ”

I shook my head and said: "That's not the case, Zhe Ping's life is the most accustomed to falling into the well, so he can't help but spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and he is also the pride of Zhexin's surname, I expect that your army will inevitably take the opportunity to assassinate in the next, rather than waiting for your army to assassinate, it is better to lead the snake out of the hole, I expect that it will be Duan Dagongzi who will assassinate below, Xiao Tong's martial arts are not as good as Xiaoshunzi, he is the person in charge of the scouts in the army, and he can't easily make mistakes, so it must be the eldest prince to shoot, but the four fields are vast, and our hidden places are difficult to find, if I am the eldest prince, I will also stare at our army camp, Because I am bound to get in touch with the Chinese army. So I sent Su Qing back to report the news, first, Your Excellency recognized Su Qing, and secondly, there is an invincible in Anze, it should be possible to know that Su Qing is on my side, as I expected, the eldest prince followed Su Qing here, I ordered the Tiger Guards to focus on the periphery, if you want to succeed in the assassination, you must wait until the time when the guards around me are the least, so I sent Xiao Shunzi away, and only brought two guards to the lake, sure enough, Your Excellency is not as I expected, after changing into the clothes of the guards around me, I mixed into the lake to try to assassinate, I don't know the guards who were restrained by Your Excellency, Is it life or death? ”

Duan Lingxiao felt a chill in his heart, he even said what he had done, this Jiang Zhe was as if he had seen it, he looked at it carefully, and still didn't realize that there were people within two feet of his side, he thought to himself secretly, and said in a rambling voice: "Naturally, he is dead, but the Tiger Guard is really powerful, I personally took action, and there was still one person who almost shouted, but in order to avoid alarming everyone, I only killed three people, I don't think Hou Ye will be heartbroken." ”

I really felt a pain in my heart, although I knew that there would be sacrifices, it still made me feel guilty, and I couldn't help but hide my face and say, "That's it, you guys can do it." ”

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