If Long Tingfei was in a clear state of mind, he would inevitably see that Quartz had a hard time, but these days, he had already been suspicious of his subordinates in his heart, Quartz made trouble to Duan Wuving, and put him in a dilemma, Qiu Yufei and Ling Duan's words made him convinced, so seeing Quartz in such a situation, he felt more and more that this person was hypocritical and hateful. The other two people in the hall, Xiao Tong was in charge of supervising the lieutenant generals of the army, and he was always suspicious when he encountered trouble, and in his heart, people were only divided into two categories, those who had rebelled, and those who were going to rebel in the future, so he didn't notice Quartz's intentions. On the contrary, although Duan Wushu encountered this situation that was difficult to turn over, he did not suffocate in his heart and saw the suffering of quartz. Hurriedly stepped forward and said: "General, General Shi may have some hardships, and ask the general to allow him to appeal, if these two letters are sent by Yongren, General Shi will burn him, how can he leave them as evidence?" ”

Although Duan Wuyi said it was reasonable, Long Tingfei and Xiao Tong both looked moved, but Quartz had a deep resentment in his heart, he already had a grudge against Duan Wuving, and now Long Tingfei clearly favored Duan Wuving, and those two letters may have been planted by Xiao Tong, so under the anger in his heart, not only did he not take advantage of the situation to explain, but said angrily: "Duan Wuving, you don't need to pretend to be kind." ”

Long Tingfei was even more angry when he heard this, and said sharply: "Put Quartz on death row, Xiao Tong, immediately detain all the generals who are close to Quartz, and check them one by one to see if anyone has been bribed by him to betray." His voice was fierce, and Duan Wushu and Xiao Tong were also awe-inspiring and didn't dare to say much. Quartz only felt disheartened, looked at Long Tingfei and Duan Wuving, and said in his heart, although I reported Duan Wuving with selfish intentions, but after all, Duan Wuving's smuggling and corruption is the truth, the general did not ask about it, but asked me how I knew, and now he took these two unclear letters to ask me about the guilt, that's it, since the general is biased, why should I have to confess. Quartz was a person who took life and death very lightly, and when he thought of this, he didn't say goodbye to Long Tingfei, turned around and went down the hall, regardless of the guards who followed behind him, his heart was full of pain and grief.

Long Tingfei saw Quartz like this, and his heart became more and more annoyed, but after all, he was still a generation of famous generals, although he had already fallen into Jiang Zheyan, he still faintly felt that Quartz might be a little bitter in his heart, so he asked Xiao Tong: "Xiao Tong, you still have to check carefully, you should pay attention to Quartz during this time, but you know that there are people who are closer to him, maybe those two letters are really planted by someone and it is not necessarily." ”

Duan Wuving's expression was overjoyed, although he also resented Quartz for attacking him for no reason, but he didn't believe that Quartz really betrayed and defected to the enemy.

Xiao Tong pondered for a moment and said: "This matter is also very strange, the people who come and go with General Shi are not suspicious, unless it is his subordinates and cronies who have collaborated with the enemy, they can communicate the news for General Shi and Dayong, but this is also very impossible, because this kind of thing will inevitably require many secret discussions, and the person who delivers the news must go out often, and the traces will inevitably fall into the eyes of people, but General Shi's subordinates do not have such suspicious people, if General Shi sent several people to pass the letter separately, it is absolutely impossible, even if he has the opposite intention, It must only be known to one or two cronies, and it will never be so imprudent. Therefore, it is difficult to speculate how these two letters got into the hands of General Shi. The subordinates want to come, you might as well invite the girl Qingdai in Feiyanlou to ask, today General Shi's infatuation with the girl Qingdai is well known, although the subordinates did not find any problems with her, but calling her to ask should also be rewarding. ”

Long Tingfei nodded lightly, just a singer, he naturally wouldn't care if he was innocent or not, and just as he was about to agree, Duan Wudi had already knelt on the ground with a panicked expression and said: "General, Qingdai will not be related to this matter, please don't embarrass her." ”

Long Tingfei and Xiao Tong were both shocked, how could Duan Wushu intercede for Qing Dai, the two of them had doubts in their hearts, and looked at Duan Wudi together, Long Tingfei asked with a cold expression: "Invincible, why are you interceding for her, could it be that you have something to do with this woman, isn't she the one Quartz loves?" ”

Duan Wushu hesitated again and again, and finally said: "The last general did not dare to hide the general, the last general was demoted out of the capital in the seventeenth year of Rongsheng, and transferred to Daizhou, but on the way, the last general offended the magnates sent people to chase and kill, and the last general was seriously injured and fell into the water, and his life was in danger. Such kindness will not dare to forget that General Shi's love for Qingdai is not her sin, and he begs the general not to blame her. ”

Long Tingfei and Xiao Tong glanced at each other, Xiao Tong said with a smile: "General Duan, in the seventeenth year of Rongsheng, you are only twenty-five years old, and Miss Qingdai is only seventeen years old at the time, do you have a personal relationship?" ”

Duan Wudi's face turned red, he knew that Xiao Tong was not interrogating him about his private affairs, just because Qing Dai had been involved in the quartz case, and now he was involved with himself, Xiao Tong must get to the bottom of it, but the matter between him and Qing Dai was a secret in his heart, and he was worried that he would harm Qing Dai after saying it, so he couldn't help but hesitate and couldn't export.

Long Tingfei said lightly: "Don't worry, I won't offend others at will, as long as Miss Qingdai is not a spy of Dayong, even if she suffers some hardships, she will not be in danger of life." ”

Duan Wudi became more and more worried in his heart, but he was not allowed to say anything about such a scene, so he had to say: "The last general and Qing Dai intersected in adversity and fell in love for a long time, at that time, the last general was discouraged, we had a marriage contract, Qing Dai was dissatisfied with the court because of family feuds, so he asked the last general to live in seclusion with her, and it was best to leave the Northern Han Dynasty and never look back." However, after the last general recovered from his injury, he met a friend in the army, and he severely blamed the last general for failing his family and country for his personal feelings and hatred. The last general hopes that Qingdai will go to Daizhou with me, although Daizhou is hard, but the last general will definitely not let Qingdai suffer, and Qingdai is not a weak woman, and she will not be unable to stand the pain of wind and sand. But she was sternly rejected by Qing Dai, she said that she had no grace with the court, even if she was not an enemy, she could not serve the court instead, and resolutely asked the last general to leave with her, but also the last general was ungrateful, and finally parted ways with her, Qing Dai went away, and since then the two of us have broken off their righteousness. Now although Qingdai is involved, but the last general Chengen is in front, and the negative feelings are behind, please also ask the general to look at the face of the last general, if Qingdai has nothing to do with Dayong, please also be considerate of her floating alone, don't blame her. ”

Long Tingfei sighed and said: "It's no wonder, I have also heard a little about this woman, her family is ruined, no wonder she is dissatisfied with the court, if she has nothing to do with quartz, I will not embarrass her." ”

Xiao Tong said with a strange expression: "General, General Duan, I see that General Shi has a deep hatred for General Duan, and recently General Shi has a love for Miss Qingdai, could it be that General Shi knows about the two old things, so he hates the general, if so, General Shi may not be a real betrayal, his subordinates feel that Miss Qingdai seems to be a little inappropriate, and ask General Duan to forgive me, I am afraid that his subordinates will interrogate Miss Qingdai strictly." ”

His words were like frost that made Duan Wuyi's heart immediately cold as ice, but Long Tingfei was moved in his heart, thinking about it carefully, the evidence of Quartz's betrayal was only two letters in addition to many suspicious signs, if it weren't for Qiu Yufei and the others to see, plus Quartz attacked Duan Wuving, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so sure of Quartz's betrayal. But this thought flashed, Long Tingfei already believed in his heart that there was a general around him who betrayed, if it wasn't for Quartz, would he still be Duan Invincible, so he just said coldly: "You go and ask, but don't use punishment, since Qingdai is known for her arrogance, she must not like to cover up, and ask if she was instructed to send any letters to Quartz." ”

Xiao Tong promised, and was about to go out to run errands, when suddenly the two guards escorting Quartz rushed in and said in a loud voice: "The general is not good, General Shi suddenly made a move and knocked us out, and he fled." ”

The three people in the hall were dumbfounded, no one expected that Quartz would take off at this time, although Long Tingfei ordered Quartz to be detained, but after all, his charges have not been made public, even if Quartz really rebelled, it may not have a chance to win back Long Tingfei's trust, so suddenly taking it off, that is, Long Tingfei originally believed that he was innocent, and he would not have any other thoughts at this moment, not to mention that Long Tingfei already believed in Quartz's rebellion.

Long Tingfei took a deep breath and said: "Pass on my order, the four gates are closed, and the big rope in the city must capture the quartz alive." ”

Xiao Tong said coldly: "Don't worry, the general, his subordinates and Senior Brother Qiu will not let him escape together." ”

Xiao Tong hurriedly walked down the hall, and after a while, there was a horn sound outside, which was an order to the four gates, and it also meant that Qinzhou City entered the military management from this moment on, and all civilians must be closed. And in the Great General's Mansion, Long Tingfei's expression was cold and indifferent, he really felt very tired, all these years of fighting in the army, he had never felt so lonely and empty as now.

Su Dingluan died in Yongdu, Tan Ji died in Zezhou, which had already made him lose his arm, Quartz betrayed, Duan Wushu was in bondage, and he felt that his wings were broken, and he lost his powerful henchman, Long Tingfei felt for the first time that he had no chance of killing the enemy and winning. He was silent for a moment, and said to Duan Wuving: "I have decided, after Quartz is captured, I will say that he framed you for the crime, so that this matter can be covered up, now is the time to employ people, the king and the important ministers of the court should also know the priorities, and then your actions are also my acquiescence, for my sake, no one will pursue this matter, and now the four generals around me are the only ones left with you, invincible, you don't let down my hard work, don't die in front of me." ”

Duan Wushu only felt a sour feeling in his heart, tears like a fountain, although he didn't care about ruining his reputation, and doing that smuggling and corruption was all for the sake of the Northern Han Dynasty, but he also knew that once the matter leaked, he would inevitably bear the stigma, even if he didn't die, he would lose his military position, and he didn't expect Long Tingfei to decide to personally bear the responsibility, so he would be able to repay him even if he died. He knelt down on his knees and cried: "The last general obeys the order, and the last general swears to sacrifice his life to serve the country and defend the country, even if he is broken, he will not regret it." ”

Long Tingfei's eyes couldn't help flashing tears, he forcibly held back, and said: "Now the situation is critical, see loyal ministers in troubled times, Tingfei is favored by the country, the Long family is the general of the Liu family, and now the general is the marquis, famous all over the world, all of which are given by the lord of the country, this grace and virtue will never be forgotten." Although Dayong is strong, the Long family has no reason to give in. And my Northern Han and Dayong have been fighting for many years, and there have been countless casualties on both sides, even several clan generals of Dayong have also died under the city of Jinyang. Invincible, although you come from a humble background, and have suffered repeated setbacks, but the lord of the country, General Lin and I are not thin to you, you don't live up to my expectations, if one day, I die on the battlefield, except for Princess Jiaping, no one in the Northern Han can support the overall situation, when the time comes, you have to do your best to help Her Royal Highness the princess, turn the tide, and must not let my Northern Han people die under the Dayong butcher's knife. ”

Duan Wuving's heart ached, and said: "The general can't say this, although our country is in danger, but it may not be that there is no turnaround, the general can't talk about life and death lightly, the last general only has the word loyalty in his heart, only invincible in one day, and he will definitely not disappoint his family and country." ”

Long Tingfei let out a long sigh and said, "You also go to assist Xiao Tong, you must capture the quartz back, I want to know how many military planes he leaked out." Duan Wushu promised to retreat, and Long Tingfei stroked his forehead with his hand, only feeling physically and mentally exhausted.

In the Flying Goose Building, Qing Dai sat on a chair in the hall, holding a pipa, plucking the strings from time to time, but it was always intermittent, not a tune, and the maid did not dare to come over to disturb, only when she was composing music, but she didn't know that Qing Dai had no music in her heart, and she was just reading Quartz in her heart.

Suddenly, there was a noise outside, and the maid said eagerly: "General Shi, the girl is composing music, and she said that she will not see any guests." Before he could finish speaking, there was already the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and then the door was pushed open, and Quartz stood outside with a calm expression, but Qing Dai could see the deep discouragement and despair in his eyes.

Quartz looked at Qing Dai, who looked a little surprised, and said loudly, "Qing Dai, can I go in?" ”

Qing Dai wanted to refuse, but when she saw his gaze, her heart softened somehow, and she said softly: "General, please come in." ”

Quartz walked into the room, looked at Qing Dai without fear, the room was as warm as spring, at this moment she was only wearing a blue thin shirt, her graceful and slender body was looming, her black and shiny hair was scattered over her shoulders, and she looked more and more delicate and moving, probably because of being alone, her original arrogant expression also became gentle and softened, making her lose her indifference and arrogance in the past. Quartz was sad in his heart, and he meditated hard in his heart for many nights, just to see Qingdai like this, but now he can see it, but it is already a thing.

Qing Dai raised her eyebrows slightly, Quartz's hot and sad gaze made her heart uneasy, put down the pipa in her hand, she went to get the cloak hanging next to her, but as soon as she moved, Quartz had already arrived in front of her, and then her delicate body was tightly held in her arms by Quartz, Qing Dai panicked, and was about to fight back, but her bare hand just raised, but put it down, because she could detect that Quartz had no lust in her heart, Quartz just held her tightly in her arms, and she could feel tears flowing down her hair. Qing Dai has always been as guarded as jade, although he once said that he was invincible in Duan, but in fact he was still a virgin, after the initial nervousness and panic, Qing Dai actually felt that he was also addicted to that strong masculine atmosphere, but his heart flashed, Qing Dai stretched out his hand and pushed away the quartz, since the two are like the abyss sea, why let yourself be tempted? This time, Quartz was pushed away by her without resistance, and when he turned around, he could no longer see that Fang had shed tears. Quartz chuckled, "Qingdai, I'm about to travel far away, I don't know if you can play a pipa for me." ”

Qing Dai said lightly: "What does the general want to hear?" ”

Quartz's heart was unprecedentedly clear, after leaving the festival hall, he suddenly figured out a lot of things, glanced at the woman he would never be willing to hurt, he said calmly: "Qing Dai, I don't know why the poems you wrote were replaced, and I don't understand what grievances there are between you and Invincible, and I don't even know what your identity is, but I know that I am just wishful thinking for you, and now I have no way to argue, you should sympathize with me and play a song for me?" ”

Qing Dai's expression froze, and she gently picked up the pipa, but she didn't speak, her face was cold, and her slender fingers had been pressed on the cloud head of the pipa, where there was a hidden mechanism that could shoot a poisonous needle. Quartz smiled heartily and said: "Don't be careful, if I intend to hurt you, I will do it, I don't blame you, I made my own decision to deal with Duan Wuving, no matter what, his smuggling and bribery are always the truth, but unfortunately I didn't think that the general would favor him, two letters can make him doubt my loyalty, Qingdai, I am already disheartened, before I die, I just want to hear you play another song, so you refuse to agree?" ”

A sad look flashed in Qing Dai's eyes, and she said lightly: "Qing Dai is ashamed of the general, and I am willing to play a song for the general." ”

Quartz stared at it, Qing Dai's expression was cold and ruthless, he felt a pain in his heart, knowing that this woman was not merciful to him, but as long as he looked at the face as bright as ice and snow and cold plums, he was already intoxicated.

Qing Dai sat on the chair, gently plucked the pipa, with the use of the "wheel whisk" fingering, sonorous and powerful, passionate and high-pitched music overflowed the world, touching the heartstrings. Quartz sighed softly, he knew this song "Ambush on All Sides", when he first saw Qing Dai, Qing Dai is to play this song, but also that side, let him love it from then on, can not extricate himself, Qing Dai once explained this song for him, so Quartz knew in his heart that this is the first fold of "Camp", and it is really a description of the scene of the camp with full voices, drum three links, military artillery, and iron galloping.

Then the melody becomes melodious and magnificent, making people seem to see the neat appearance of the army and the scene of the mighty march. After that, the rhythm became lively and jumpy, and although Quartz had only heard it a few times, he also knew that he had entered the third fold of "Point General".

Intoxicated in the shocking music, quartz seems to not know what day and night, after experiencing the two folds of "ambush" and "small war", finally arrived at the essence of this song, Qingdai's ten fingers are like flying, the skills are fully displayed, the hoarse shouts of thousands of troops and horses and the earth-shattering fierce battle of swords and swords are vividly displayed, quartz sits upright, this is his favorite fold, every time he hears this, he has to float a big white, can't help but look around, see the wine jug on the table in front of the window, he strode over, and did not pour wine, Pick up the flask and drink it. Pushing open the window casually, he saw several figures flashing behind Qingsong, he smiled faintly, at this time, the people who came to hunt him should have been outside, I don't know if I can listen to this song. At this time, the sound of the song changed, becoming gloomy and sad, Quartz's heart was shocked, he had never heard of this fold, but in an instant he knew that this fold was the "Wujiang Self-Slaughter" that Qing Dai never refused to play.

Qing Dai's temperament is eccentric, this song is ambushed on all sides, Qing Dai has never played until the fold of "The Battle of Nine Mile Mountain", and the following fold of "Wujiang Self-Killing", but Qingdai has never played it, she always says that the three folds behind "Wujiang Self-Killing" are too cumbersome, she doesn't like to play, "Wujiang Self-Killing" is too sad and unlucky, so she refuses to play. Unexpectedly, Qing Dai played this fold for him today, Wu Jiang killed himself, Qing Dai couldn't help but exalt himself too much, Quartz smiled bitterly and drank the spirits in the pot. At this time, Quartz had already seen Xiao Tong's figure in his eyes, and the black-clothed young man standing behind him knew that he must be a master just by looking at his bearing, and he didn't need Chu Ge, he already knew that he was in a desperate situation.

The music stopped abruptly, Qing Dai raised her head, her eyes were like ice and snow, looking at Quartz, I thought it was hypocrisy, but this rude and hearty man actually made himself really moved, and he used to resent the negative person very much, will this person also resent his negative feelings? Quartz was originally a reckless person, but at this moment, his heart was like a mirror, seeing through Qing Dai's thoughts, he walked to Qing Dai's side, held her slender hand, and said with a smile: "It's not your fault, the general was already suspicious, otherwise he wouldn't have made a decision so quickly." ”

Qing Dai said in a low voice: "Strong and easy to break, why are you suffering?" ”

Quartz's heart warmed, knowing that Qing Dai was persuading himself to give in to Long Tingfei and explain clearly, although he was very aware of Qing Dai's ruthlessness, but having such a trace of soft-heartedness already made him satisfied. Quartz is straightforward and strong by nature, for him, Long Tingfei's doubts are enough to destroy all his beliefs, and Qing Dai's ruthlessness also makes him have no will to live.

At this time, Xiao Tong's gloomy voice came from outside the door: "General Shi, the general has sent you to see him, if you don't want to involve Miss Qingdai, you might as well come out by yourself." ”

Qing Dai's heart trembled, her hand pressed on the pipa cloud head again, if Quartz changed her mind and decided to bend her knees to Long Tingfei, then the consequences of changing her plan without authorization would be too serious, then the only way was to assassinate Quartz on the spot to save the overall situation. Quartz smiled slightly, and said loudly: "My business has nothing to do with Qingdai, Lord Xiao, please come in and speak." ”

Xiao Tong frowned slightly, it was not difficult to find Quartz, he and Ben did not hide his whereabouts, and came directly to Feiyan Tower, if this person resisted stubbornly, it was not good for him, he didn't want to take risks lightly, at this time, a woman's exclamation suddenly came from the room, Xiao Tong was startled, and was about to step forward, but the junior brother Qiu Yufei behind him had already crossed him and entered the Qingdai boudoir. When Xiao Tong entered, he saw Quartz sitting on a chair, a dagger pierced deeply into the lower abdomen, and Quartz's right hand was pressed on the handle of the dagger. Seeing Xiao Tong enter, Quartz smiled slightly, and pulled the dagger hard, Xiao Tong couldn't bear to turn his head, he knew that in this way, Quartz's heart would inevitably be a mess, and there would be no trace of life. Blood flowed everywhere, and Quartz's blood-stained left hand pointed at Qing Dai and said, "Don't get involved with her." "After that, he passed away for a long time.

Qing Dai's face was pale, she never thought that this man's death would make her already ruthless and loveless self, and she also felt a little heartache and sadness, she picked up the pipa, ten fingers moved lightly, and the room sounded a sad and melancholy song, at the end of the song, Qing Dai wiped away her tears, and her face returned to the calm of ice and snow. At this time, Xiao Tong walked up to her and said politely: "Miss Qingdai, General Shi's matter involves the girl, and I ask the girl to go back with us temporarily, if the girl is not implicated, we will soon return the girl's freedom." Qing Dai said lightly: "If the concubine dares to disobey her fate, please allow the concubine to change her clothes." ”