Duan is invincible, his grandfather has been from Rong for several generations, and when he was invincible, he had a talent for military strategy, he joined the army at the age of fifteen, and was a guard of the forbidden army at the age of twenty. At that time, there was a wealthy family in Jinyang, He Shi, who was the first lord and important minister, domineering, invincible and unwilling to offend his family, and degraded to the border of Daizhou, He Shi especially did not give up, and sent assassins to kill him. Duan was fortunate to get out of trouble. To Daizhou, Lin Yuanting was important, recommended to the Qinzhou Army, and then became a famous general under Long Tingfei, a general named Panshi, long in garrison, Long Tingfei every time he went out, he was invincible and guarded.

――"History of the Northern Han Dynasty - Duan Invincible Biography"

Qiu Yufei's expression was indifferent, he stood with his hands in his hands, Ling Duan's eyes flashed with admiration, although Duan Wuving's shackles had not been removed, he got out of the prisoner car, and the three of them stood under the dead trees on the side of the road, Shi Jun and the others were driven out of a hundred steps and were not allowed to get close.

Duan Wuxian's expression was calm, as if he didn't care about this shackle, but Qiu Yufei could faintly see the pain and grievances from the depths of his eyes that he didn't want to be explored. He sighed softly and said: "General Duan has always been respected by everyone, and General Long also regards the general as his right-hand man, why did he order the general to be detained, the general might as well speak to me bluntly, and wait for me to try to get justice for the general." ”

Ling Duan hurriedly said: "Yes, General Duan, General Tan respected you very much during his lifetime, if the general was alive, he would definitely not sit back and watch you be wronged, although the villain has no strength, but he will never watch you being framed." ”

Duan Wushu sighed lightly and said, "Duan used to treat General Tan fairly, I didn't expect General Tan to be so heavy-handed, Duan didn't dare to be ashamed." ”

Ling Duan said: "The general was seriously injured in the assassination that day, and our army was quite excluded, only the general, not only did you not fall into the ground, but also repeatedly sent extra money and food, the general once said, General Duan, you are a person who can be entrusted with life and death, Ling Duan is desperate for his life, and he does not want to see the general suffer." ”

Duan Wushu smiled bitterly and said: "General Tan praised it falsely, to be fair, this time Duan Mou deserved it, Duan Mou committed the crime of colluding with business travelers, smuggling goods, and making huge profits from it, and was seized by General Quartz of the Flying Tiger a few days ago, so he asked the military order to bind me to the Chinese army for punishment." ”

Qiu Yufei's expression changed, he never expected that Duan Wudi, who was usually upright and respectful, innocent and upright, would commit such a crime of bribery, such a crime, at least it is a violation of military regulations, corruption and perversion of the law, and at worst, it is a major crime of rebellion. The goods that need to be smuggled through Duan Invincible must come from Dayong or the East China Sea, and the lord of the Northern Han Dynasty has a strict order to control the border passes, except for a few merchants, others are not allowed to trade with the East China Sea without authorization, and trade with Dayong, the crime is the same as treason.

Qiu Yufei was angry in his heart, and was about to reprimand Duan Wushu for a few words, but seeing that his expression was calm and without guilt, he couldn't help but move in his heart, and asked, "General Duan was framed?" Duan Wushu said calmly: "No one has framed him, Duan doesn't have to say anything, since three years ago, Duan has handled fourteen smuggling and obtained 600,000 silver coins, and the goods seized by General Shi this time are worth 300,000, and Duan can make a profit of 100,000 yuan." ”

Qiu Yufei's heart was full of anger, but it was strange, when he saw Duan Wuyi's eyes that were as clear as a mirror and as deep as a cold abyss, Qiu Yufei couldn't believe that this person would be a greedy general who disregarded the laws and regulations of the country. He took a deep breath and said, "General Duan doesn't have to test Qiu again, Qiu believes that there must be something last resort in what the general does. ”

Duan Wudi's eyes flashed, and he smiled: "The fourth prince is a disciple of the national teacher, although the national teacher is very strict, and the son has also suffered a lot, but how can the prince know the difficulties of ordinary soldiers, our army has fought with Dayong for many years, and there have been countless casualties, although there have been many victories and defeats in recent years, but Dayong's country is thriving, and our country is becoming more and more difficult, Gongzi must not know that since six years ago, our army's food and salary have been insufficient, and it is already rare to be able to get half of it, and after the soldiers are seriously injured and disabled, it is also difficult to get pensions, Therefore, such a saying is spread in the army, it is better to die on the battlefield than to become a waste. ”

Qiu Yufei's heart was shocked, although he was also from a humble background, but he was adopted by the Demon Sect since he was a child, compared to a few senior brothers, he can be said to have not suffered too much, and later several senior brothers either presided over the affairs of the Demon Sect, or entered the military, only he played the piano and practiced martial arts all day long, never involved in these important military and political affairs, how do you know that the state affairs of the Northern Han Dynasty have been difficult to this point. His gaze fell on Ling Duan, and he saw that his face was faintly sad, which was a look of empathy.

Ling Duan saw Qiu Yufei's inquiring gaze, and said in a low voice: "Fourth master, what General Duan said is word for word, when my two brothers joined the army to serve the country, I was not allowed to be with them, they all said that they hoped that I could start a family and start a business, and not cut off the Ling family's cigarettes, but after my two brothers died in battle, the pension was very small, and the family had no food to spare, I relied on the martial arts and also entered the army, although I joined the army to kill the enemy to avenge my brother, but I was really unable to make a living, if it were not for General Tan's mercy, how could I become a general's personal guard at a young age, Later, he was promoted by the general and became a member of the ghost rider. Fourth master, after so many years of fighting, no one is like this, so we are all looking forward to taking Zezhou, Zezhou has fertile soil, and we can rely on the military camp to support our families. Paoze, who was seriously injured and disabled, can also have a place to live, and there is no need to commit suicide for fear of affecting his family, Qinzhou is too barren. ”

Duan Wushu didn't look over, but when Qiu Yufei saw him turn around, tears fell into the dust, Qiu Yufei couldn't speak, he never thought that those sergeants who fought desperately and desperately were actually suffering like this, compared to them, their own freedom and loneliness were nothing. He calmed down and said, "Isn't what General Duan is doing for these soldiers?" ”

Duan Wushu forced a smile and said: "In order to make up for the shortage of military salaries, the general ordered that the soldiers be allowed to loot in Zezhou, but Duan's department has been defending in the rear all the year round and cannot get such benefits, and in the past two years, King Qi has been strong and clear, and it is difficult for our army to make any gains, as a last resort, I colluded with giant businessmen to smuggle goods, first, to give priority to obtaining cheap military supplies, and secondly, to ask for heavy money to make up for the gap in military salaries. ”

Ling Duan's body trembled suddenly, he followed Tan Ji's side, vaguely knowing that in the past two years, Tan Ji was seriously injured and could not lead the army, and there was a lack of food and salary in the army, which was also an important reason why Tan Ji's subordinates and the quartz subordinates who replaced Tan Ji on the expedition had a disagreement, Ling Duan remembered that the general could always get some unknown money in time to distribute to the soldiers, or to compensate for the disabled, could it be that the general was also involved in Duan Invincible's smuggling? looked at Duan Invincible with puzzled eyes, Duan Invincible understood, but pretended not to see it, in fact, although Duan Invincible tried his best to conceal the smuggling, there were still people who knew that Tan Ji was one of them, and he once sent cronies to help Duan Invincible, because it was always difficult for Tan Ji's subordinates to get even three percent of their salaries. This smuggling matter, even Long Tingfei may not be unaware, but they are all pretending to be deaf and dumb, probably only Quartz, a rectum, does not know about it. However, the matter has come to this point, of course, Duan Wushu will not implicate others, so he turns a blind eye to Ling Duan's suspicions.

Qiu Yufei also thought of this, his senior brother Xiao Tong is in charge of the responsibility of supervision in the army, if this kind of thing is not known at all, wouldn't it be extremely incompetent, if Xiao Tong knows, Long Tingfei must also know, but this time Quartz suddenly exposed this matter, even Long Tingfei is helpless, Duan Wuyi must be detained, this kind of thing can only be understood and unspeakable, if it is spread out that Long Tingfei supports smuggling, the upright ministers of the DPRK will inevitably impeach and reprimand, but if Long Tingfei wants to stay out of the matter, Duan Wuyi needs to be this scapegoat. After thinking about this, Qiu Yufei looked at Duan Wuving, his eyes were full of helplessness, and said: "General Duan, I am afraid that this matter will be difficult to intercede, in fact, the general is also a last resort, if you explain your hardships to the general, the general will also understand, and the general can also make meritorious contributions." ”

The meaning of Qiu Yufei's words, Duan Wudi understood in his heart that Long Tingfei felt guilty, so he naturally would not renew the crime, but since then, Long Tingfei's reputation has been damaged, and the heart of the Northern Han Army will inevitably be shaken, he shook his head and said: "Fourth prince, the last general only said this in front of you, when he arrived in the Chinese army, the last general could only admit that he was corrupt, and when the time came, the general could only behead the invincible or go to prison for the sake of serious military regulations." Invincible is not greedy for life and fear of death, in the past few years, General Su and General Tan have been martyred one after another, invincible is not arrogant, if there is no defense of Qinzhou, the pressure of the general is too great, if the son is a national teacher, ask the general to forgive the invincible life, in this way, although the invincible has to suffer some blame, but one does not hurt the general's justice and integrity, and the other is harmless to the army's heart, that is, the last general is demoted to a soldier, and the invincible has no complaints. ”

Qiu Yufei felt a pain in his heart, and said: "General Duan's loyalty and righteousness, Yufei admires, please rest assured, I will not embarrass the general, nor will I let General Duan bear such a crime, I will go to see Tingfei, save your life first, and then ask the master to intercede, in fact, I think the general may also try to forgive your sins, he is not a ruthless and unrighteous person." ”

Duan Wushu sighed: "The general has always been strict with military law, and the last general doesn't want to stigmatize him, even if he is tortured to death, he has no complaints." ”

Qiu Yufei was sad in his heart, but he thought about it again, and said: "What's going on with Quartz, this kind of thing should be tacitly understood in the army, how can he openly embarrass you and publicize this matter, even the general will never be happy for him to do this." ”

Duan Wushu smiled helplessly: "The last general doesn't understand this matter, although I don't have a deep friendship with General Shi, I have been robed for many years, and there are no old grudges, a few days ago, I also invited the last general to Feiyan Tower to drink, but since then, General Shi suddenly spoke coldly to the last general, this time he suddenly made a difficulty, led his cronies to intercept the caravan, captured the last general's cronies' guards, and then complained directly to the general, the general passed down an order, summoned me to the Chinese army to ask for guilt, the last general only took a few personal guards to the camp, who knew that Shi Jun came suddenly, said that the last general intended to escape, put the last general in chains, and put him in the prisoner car, and the last general didn't understand why General Shi acted like this, although General Shi was straightforward, but he was not such an unreasonable person? ”

Qiu Yufei could hear that when talking about Feiyan Tower, Duan Wuyi's tone was a little strange, he wrote down this matter, and said in his heart, I will ask Senior Brother Xiao, he must understand the joints, thinking of this, he said: "In this case, General Duan, you can hold off for the time being, and I will take Ling Duan to take a step forward to see if I can deal with this matter." ”

Duan Wushu said happily: "Whether it is successful or not, the last general will thank the fourth prince for his kindness." ”

Qiu Yufei turned around and left, and after getting on the horse, he ran directly to Qinzhou City, his face was as cold as ice, and he was very confused in his heart, why did Quartz and Duan Wushu suddenly fight among themselves, and faintly realized that there must be a conspiracy in it, maybe it was the Dayong spy who made the ghost. Qiu Yufei thought about it carefully, carefully recalled what he saw and heard in Zezhou, at that time he was focused on assassinating Jiang Zhe, although he heard some things, but first, Jiang Zhe and others were vague in their words, and secondly, he didn't know much about the military situation in Qinzhou, so it was just like the wind blowing through his ears, and there was no trace. Now that I think about it, there is something unusual. Before his assassination that day, Li Xian, the king of Qi, had written a letter, saying that there was an urgent military situation, but now that the two sides are facing each other, it is cold and snowy, and it is impossible to fight, what military situation will be so urgent? Suddenly, Qiu Yufei had a thought in his heart, according to the time calculation, around the date of his assassination, it was the time when Quartz's attitude changed greatly, either this matter was detected by Yongjun, or it was related to Yongjun's sowing discord.

This idea was born, and suddenly it was like a wildfire, and it could not be contained, Qiu Yufei remembered what Ling Duan had said to him, Li Hu was taken away, and it is said that all the captured sergeants who went with Quartz to intercept and kill King Qi and Jiang Zhe were killed, Ling Duan had heard the extermination of the mouth, what kind of mouth is this, could it be that Quartz has changed, thinking of this, Qiu Yufei can no longer hide the horror in his heart, and added another whip, he must rush to explain this matter to Long Tingfei, although he does not understand this matter, but it is related to the two generals, and he can't handle it carefully.

"The wind blows away the snow of the three watches, and the soul is still in love with the peach blossom moon. Don't wake up from a dream, let him do it. Listen to the painting corner for no reason, and the red ice on the pillow is thin. Saima hissed, and the remnant star swept the flag. ”

In the city of Qinzhou, the most famous fireworks resort Feiyan Tower, in the hall, there are many guests, there are rich businessmen and nobles, there are also literati and warriors, the most is still the military general in civilian clothes, a young woman with a tall beard like a cloud strokes the pipa, singing loudly, although it is only a weak woman, but the sound is like a golden stone, there is a sound of falling to the ground, clear as ice. Everyone was fascinated by the listen.

Qinzhou is the place where the general is stationed, naturally there are many generals, Feiyan Tower is the place where Qinzhou is the first wind and moon, those who can enter this building are senior generals or other nobles, and at this moment the singer who plays and sings in the hall is named Qingdai, who came to Qinzhou a few months ago and chose Feiyanlou to sing. This Qingdai girl is already in the prime of her life, her appearance is beautiful, her long eyebrows are in her temples, even when she sings, her expression is as cold as ice, after the end of the song, she never asks for rewards, talks to people, and always chats a few words, and her temperament is even more arrogant and noble, so that people dare not blaspheme it. She is a famous singer in the Northern Han Dynasty, with a clear singing voice, good at singing famous songs, and a pipa in one hand, famous all over the world. This woman is different from the other is proficient in swordsmanship, wearing a long sword, carrying a pipa, alone, selling art without selling her body, if there is a prodigal or powerful person who wants to be light, this woman is also proud and unyielding, she has been injured by this sword, and the people in the government pity her noble, and there are many ministers under the skirt who relieve their cheeks, so they were not convicted and imprisoned. Qing Dai's life experience is unknown, some people say that this woman was originally the daughter of a family, and after the defeat of the family, she did not want to be a concubine, and would rather sing to make a living, so people respect her.

At the end of the song, the applause in the hall was thunderous, Qingdai saluted everyone, hugged the pipa and left, she has always been like this, and left the hall at the end of the song. Out of the hall, Qing Dai put the pipa in her bag, and a maid sent by Feiyan Lou to serve Qing Dai took the pipa and said in a low voice: "Sister Dai, General Shi is waiting for you in the small hall, you can go over." Qing Dai nodded and said coldly: "I'll go over after removing my makeup." The maid hurriedly ordered another little maid, and then served Qingdai back to the residence. Qingdai has an outstanding singing voice and a loud reputation, so Feiyanlou specially prepared a small building as her residence, because Qingdai is a lonely person, so this small building is located in a relatively remote location, so as not to be disturbed. After Qingdai went upstairs, she took off her makeup in front of the bronze mirror, and the maid had already prepared hot water, and after she bathed, she put on a cyan brocade fur, and took out a golden step from the jewelry box to put it on, and there was no makeup around her body for the first time. She took the red coat handed over by the maid and put it on, and walked out, and the maid hurriedly held the pipa and followed. Walking across a stone bridge, there is a gorgeous flower hall under the shade of pine and cypress. There were four men standing in front of the hall, although they were also wearing civilian clothes, but just by looking at their posture and bearing, they knew that they were warriors in the army. Seeing Qing Dai coming, the four of them all bowed their heads, and Qing Dai also lightly bowed, and then pushed the door and walked into the flower hall.

This flower hall is about a few zhang square, very spacious and bright, as soon as you enter the door, you can see a warm kang, covered with red felt, there is a mahogany kang table on the warm kang, there is wine and food on the table, there is a big stove on the ground, the chimney leads to the outside of the hall, there is a copper kettle containing wine on the stove, and the stove is connected with the warm kang below, the warm kang is warmed while warming the wine, the room is warm like spring, quartz sits on the kang and drinks, the two maids are hot wine, a cloth dish, and the chair next to them is thrown with a big sword and a saber. Probably because it was hot indoors, Quartz had already removed his outer shirt and was only wearing a middle coat, with the smell of alcohol on his face.

Qing Dai walked in and smelled the strong aroma of wine, couldn't help frowning slightly, and said, "General Shi, your injuries have not healed, so don't drink." Saying that, he stepped forward and grabbed the wine glass, and glanced at the two maids coldly, and the two maids retreated with interest, Qing Dai smelled the strong smell of wine in the house, walked to the window and pushed the window open, and the cold wind blew in, and immediately dispersed a lot of wine.

Quartz was silent, let Qing Dai take the wine jug, he looked at Qing Dai's eyes full of blazing light, remembering the scene of the first meeting, when Long Tingfei was leading the army to fight in Zezhou, Duan Invincible was in charge of defense, he couldn't follow the army because of his serious injury, and he went to Feiyan Tower to listen to music because of his serious injuries, he still remembers the first time he saw Qing Dai, the beautiful woman who sat on the stage and sang music, with a stubborn look in her beauty, although she was in a splendid and prosperous city, she was alienated and cold like a person outside the world. Although he is over thirty years old, the quartz who has never had a home has sunk into those clear and deep eyes. He desperately proposed to Qing Dai, willing to marry her, and vowed not to take a concubine, but Qing Dai just lightly refused, and asked many times, Qing Dai finally told him the reason for the refusal, and after hearing the reason, the anger immediately destroyed Quartz's reason.

Qing Dai just explained to him that as early as a few years ago, she was kidnapped by a strong man and lost her chastity, and that person's identity was extraordinary, Qing Dai fought to the death to escape from that person's hands, but although she knew the identity of that person, she was afraid that she would not be believed by others, so Qing Dai never said this. Quartz asked about the identity of the person, Qingdai just sneered and said nothing, Quartz had no choice but to visit often, hoping to get Qingdai's heart.

The water drops are worn by stones, deep affection for the sky, and Qingdai also seems to have softened a little, gradually, it will get together with quartz for a drink, although the expression is still arrogant, but it seems less repulsive to people thousands of miles away. It wasn't until a few days ago that Quartz took Duan Wuving to Feiyan Tower to drink, who knew that after seeing Qing Dai, Duan Wudi's expression changed drastically, and he was uneasy, but Qing Dai saw Duan Wuving's anger that he had never had, and he brushed his sleeves away, and the suspicious Quartz secretly inquired, only to learn from Qing Dai's mouth that Duan Wuving was the person who destroyed Qing Dai's innocence that day. Quartz was furious and was about to question Duan Wushu, but Qing Dai grabbed him and cried bitterly: "The concubine is just a lowly singer, don't say that there is no witness for this matter, even if there is a witness, what can he do, if others don't say that I am entangled with foxes, it is already good, even if the general is the master, at most he will marry a concubine, although the concubine is out of moderation, but he is not willing to serve such a wicked person." After hearing this, Quartz only felt like death, he thought for a long time, and finally thought that if he managed to kill Duan Invincible, then Qing Dai must be grateful, these days, he can see that Qing Dai is not ruthless to him, and when the time comes, he will sincerely ask for it, and Qing Dai will definitely be willing to marry him. Of course, before this, Quartz had tested Duan Wuving, but whenever he talked about Qing Dai, Duan Wuving always talked about him left and right, Quartz was angry, and he made up his mind to deal with Duan Wuving, and the opportunity was quickly found.

Looking at Qing Dai, Quartz wanted to speak and stopped, the matter had not yet settled, he decided to wait until Duan was invincible and subdued the law before talking to Qing Dai. As soon as the two of them had spoken a few words, a guard suddenly came in and reported: "General, the general has summoned you to go." This guard didn't explain what he said, he secretly made a look, Quartz's heart moved, knowing that Duan Wushu had really been arrested, he was overjoyed, and said: "Qingdai, there is something in the army, I'll go back first." ”

Qing Dai smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, but you drank so much wine, it's a little inappropriate to go to see the general, I have just asked the maid to fetch the sobering soup, you drink a bowl and then leave, don't forget to disperse the wine." After hearing this, Quartz's heart warmed and he promised again and again. So when he left with his head held high, he didn't see the cold light that flashed in Qing Dai's eyes. The net has been closed, and the tiger that has been caught in the net can no longer escape.

After the quartz left, Qing Dai summoned the maid, took the pipa, ten fingers moved, the sound was like a golden stone, but it was the sixth fold in the famous song "Ambush on All Sides", although this song was rumored in the market, but only a few people could be played, Qing Dai played for a while, the silence around the ten thousand sounds, only to hear the clear music echoing and circling. Qing Dai played the sixth fold several times, and then stopped playing. With a soft sigh, he got up and left.

Coincidentally, Qiu Yufei, who entered the city of Pegasus, passed by Feiyan Tower at this time, the sound of Qingdai's pipa sounded to curb the clouds, Qiu Yufei couldn't help but listen carefully, he was unparalleled in the rhythm, listened for a moment, his eyes showed a divine light, and said in a low voice: "It's a good fold of "Ambush", a few people in the world can play, but how to kill faintly, it seems to have a decisive intention. "According to Qiu Yufei's heart, he really wanted to see the master who played the pipa immediately, but Duan Wuyi's matter had not been resolved, he hesitated for a moment, and finally rode his horse towards the general's mansion.