When Gongnan returned, it was known that it was inevitable, and he sent his heart and abdomen, and he still wanted to settle the hearts of the soldiers, so he was rarely implicated, but the eldest son of the Gong, Yun, was ordered to abandon the city, and he was registered in the public family and migrated to Southern Fujian. When the public died, the snow was flying all over the sky, like the lonely loyalty of the prince, still afraid of each other, led a heavy army to surround Qiao's Garden, there were righteous people to kill, wanted to save the public and escaped, the public refused to die, loyalty and righteousness if this, and annihilation, this sincerity and heaven and earth are not allowed. When the public was dead and still uneasy, he ordered Tiqi to cut the clouds in prison, and the messenger went to the prison, and saw that the prison officials and sergeants were all dazed like a dream, and they were shocked to look at the prison, and the clouds were gone. The father's beloved wife and young son, and the servant family will have a total of forty-six people, and the next time it is said that they will migrate south.

- History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties; The Legend of Chungmu

In the fourteenth year of Tongtai, Zhongwu Gong died in Jianye, the main Huaidong military, Yang Xiu, who joined the army, heard the news of the murder, and set up a sacrificial tent in the army. When he heard this, he was overwhelmed with grief and said, "All my sins are also." "It is wearing plain clothes, crossing the Huai water to sacrifice, all the generals know that its design kills the loyal martial arts, wants to kill it, and the philosopher wants to sacrifice and then dies, the generals are allowed. In front of Zhe's qinling, all the generals wept when they heard it, and they couldn't raise their knives, and Zhe Nai returned to Chuzhou.

- History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties; The Legend of Jiang Suiyun

Ding Ming and others left Qiao's Garden, someone had already secretly helped escape from the city, and when they arrived a few miles outside the city, a line of figures appeared in the wind and snow, but it was more than 100 knights guarding a carriage, these knights were wearing unmarked armor, fierce and mighty, obviously a warrior who had survived a hundred battles, led by a blue-robed general, covered with green yarn on his face, seeing Ding Ming's figure, his eyes flashed with joy first, but when he turned his eyes, he didn't see the familiar figure, and the joy turned into disappointment.

Ding Ming stepped forward quickly, waved at his blue-robed general, and said sadly: "The general refuses to go out of the city with me, but I am afraid that it is ...... now" The words did not stop, and he was already in tears.

The blue-robed general was silent when he heard this, and said after a long time: "I have always known the general's surname, but I can't help but think of what if, now that the matter has come to this, you have done your best, I can't leave the army for too long, I can only rush back immediately." ”

Ding Ming leaned over and said: "Brother Shi is noble, Ding admires, Huaixi Shanglai Brother is guarding, or please Brother Shi to move quickly, if there is an order in the future, Ding will never shirk, even if the general is martyred, the Southern Chu River and Mountain cannot allow the Yong army to rage." ”

The blue-robed general sighed: "Brother Ding's loyal heart, Shi is deeply inscribed in the five, I have the love of the general, but I can't save his surname, I am already extremely ashamed, if I can't hold Huaixi again, there is no other way to atone for my sins except to die." ”

Ding Ming looked at the vigorous back of the blue-robed general, and sadness surged in his heart, because of Lu Can, he has also known each other for a long time, and the two fell in love at first sight, and they were even more confidants of each other. Originally, he also hated this person for being unrighteous, just for his own status and official position, he actually gave up all his beloved sons and sons-in-law, but this person sent him to Jianye to rescue Lu Can, and he did everything to answer in person, Ding Ming still had doubts in his heart, but after meeting outside Jianye City, Ding Ming believed that this person was not hypocritical. Leaving the Chinese army without permission is not a small crime, if Shang Weijun knows, the best result is to be dismissed from the military, but this person doesn't care about it, and he has no choice but to say that he should act unjustly.

Shiguan rode in the snow, I don't know when, tears have fallen, even if he said that he ruthlessly abandoned his daughter, he did not shed tears, Lu Can was not recalled to Jianye, he and Lu Yun already knew that the situation was not good, the two secretly discussed how to deal with it, Shiguan had worried about this situation a few years ago, and gave advice to Lu Can, at that time Lu Can asked him that even if there was any change, he could not mess up the overall situation of the army for personal friendship, and Lu Yun did not hesitate to die, nor did he want to ruin the name of his father's loyalty, the two had the same mind, But they are all the most worried about stone embroidery. With the fierceness of stone embroidery, even if Shiguan can keep her safe, she will not hesitate to die. In desperation, Shi Guan discussed with Lu Yun, Shi Guan deliberately forced Shi Xiu to protect Lu Mei to escape, and then let Lu Yun trust Lu Yun with a weak sister and an unborn child, so that Shi Xiu could only live and could not be martyred easily. In this way, you can keep Lu's cigarettes, and you can also let Shiguan gain Shang Weijun's trust. Unexpectedly, Shi Xiu disappeared on the way to Zhongli, his life and death were unknown, and Shi Guan secretly asked people to look for him, but he never saw his daughter, which made Shi Guan heartbroken. Now that he went against Lu Can's wishes, he united with Ding Ming to save Lu Can from danger, but he also failed, and then he thought that his beloved son-in-law would never be able to save his surname, how could he not make Shi Guan sad and indignant.

A group of people rode horses and galloped, the sight was blocked by the wind and snow, and they were all bad news at first sight, their hearts were oscillating, and they couldn't help but lose a little vigilance, just when Shiguan rode the horse through a bend, the road was narrow, the front and rear guards were staggered, and the well-defended cavalry array exposed the gap, at this moment, the snow piled up into the mound suddenly scattered and flyed, a white figure rose in the air, and the cold light in his hand appeared, and the cold light that was like a train was like a galaxy in the sky, and it pierced into the heart of Shiguan alive, and Shiguan shouted angrily, Punch to go, the palm wind is like thunder, the man took a hard palm, but he didn't say a word, took advantage of the situation to sweep into the snow, the guards behind were frightened and shouted loudly, almost at the same time shot out of the deadly arrows, the figure just fell to the ground, then rushed into the distance, the body was very fast, the dozens of arrows as fast as meteor lightning shot deep into the ground behind the man, the second round, the third round of arrows almost chased the figure of the person, but they were missed by a fraction of a millimeter, in an instant, the figure of the person has disappeared without a trace. At this time, Shiguan's body slowly fell, and was hugged by two guards who threw off the saddle and rolled off the horse, one of them trembled and stretched out his hand to look, sweat and tears trickled down, and couldn't help but cry out loudly: "The general is dead, the general is dead." ”

These sergeants all felt like five thunderbolts, the general died here, not to mention that he couldn't explain to his comrades in the army, even to the imperial court, after all, Shiguan shouldn't have appeared outside Jianye City. With murderous eyes full of murderous intent, he looked in the direction where the assassin had fled, and one of the leading guards said: "Half of the people sent the general back to Shouchun, and immediately sent a letter to Yang Senjun, asking him to try to go to Huaixi to preside over the overall situation, and the other half of the people followed me to hunt down and kill the assassin, and if we don't take revenge, we will never return to Shouchun." The guards brazenly agreed, quickly divided into two groups, and even separated two people and went straight to Huaidong, in an instant, their pillars had collapsed, and at this moment in their hearts, it was themselves who wanted to die.

At this moment, Shiguan's body was lying quietly in the arms of the guards, and the flying snow fell on his angry and angry face, as if mourning the sudden death of the chief general of the Huaixi Army, and also like mourning the loss of another general in Nanchu.

After breaking up with Ding Ming and others, the "master of Tianji Pavilion" in Ding Ming's mind did not go out of the city, but returned to the secret residence of Tianji Pavilion in Jianye City, which was a mansion of a wealthy merchant, but the last one to enter was opened out alone to be the secret rudder of Tianji Pavilion. Walking into the warm pavilion, the man in white sighed softly, changed his already embarrassed clothes, and walked into the screen, where there was already bathing fragrant soup and brand new clothes and shoes. After a while, the man in white had already changed into a light black brocade robe, with a faint tiredness on his handsome and depressed face, leaning on the soft couch and picking up a book of piano scores and looking at it slowly, but his eyes were a little sloppy, and he didn't seem to be paying attention to the piano score. This man in white, the so-called Heavenly Machine Pavilion Master, is none other than Qiu Yufei, a disciple of the Demon Sect.

When he got Jiang Zhe's message and invited him to Jingxiang for a while, Qiu Yufei knew that Jiang Zhe must have something to ask for, although he could agree or not to Jiang Zhe's request, but thinking of the friendship between the two, Qiu Yufei naturally would not refuse, not to mention that when he went to meet Jing Wuji on the way and asked him for advice, Jing Wuji also intended to let him go to Jiangnan, so Qiu Yufei came happily. After meeting in Gucheng, Qiu Yufei learned that Jiang Zhe actually asked him to pretend to be the master of Tianji Pavilion, which made Qiu Yufei suddenly enlightened, and immediately understood why Jiang Zhe would find out his identity in the first place, and couldn't help but be secretly shocked by the great potential power of Jiang Zhe. In order to explore the depth of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion, Qiu Yufei was willing to be Jiang Zhe's stand-in and killer once.

However, it is a pity that the first thing entrusted by Jiang Zhe did not succeed, Lu Can still died generously, and his dignified disciple of the Demon Sect actually fell in front of Lu Can, which made Qiu Yufei very depressed, not to mention seeing the fall of a famous general like Lu Can, Qiu Yufei felt uncomfortable in his heart, thinking of what he saw in the Northern Han Dynasty in the past, he felt more and more deeply emotional. Putting down the piano score, I couldn't help but sigh lightly, Jiang Zhe's methods were too vicious, I don't know what method he used, let the martial arts people in Jiangnan kill each other, I think that Tianji Pavilion will definitely add fuel to the fire from now on, making Jiangnan more and more chaotic.

I don't know how long it took, Ling Duan broke in, his face was full of joy, and as soon as he saw Qiu Yufei, he said: "Fourth master, you have succeeded, probably all the masters have gone to Qiao's Garden, there is almost no prevention in the prison, and we also use 'Dream', this kind of drug is really powerful, those jailers and sergeants are obviously still conscious, but they are ignorant, just like sleepwalking." ”

Qiu Yufei said lightly: "Then did Lu Yun embarrass you?" You won't and don't want to leave the prison, will you? ”

Ling Duan grinned and said, "I forgot to ask him, anyway, he was also drugged, and Bai Yi and I took him out directly." ”

Qiu Yufei smiled slightly bitterly and said, "I see that you still tell Bai Yi to directly stun him, and it is not too late to save him in the hands of Suiyun, so as not to have many lives." ”

Ling Duan said in surprise: "The fourth master is really prescient, when I came, I heard Bai Yi ask people to get the prepared 'Thousand Drunk', which is a good thing that can make people sleep for three years, I think Bai Yi will not let that kid wake up and make noise." Then he asked with some doubts: "But how can the fourth master know that this kid will not obey, could it be that he already has experience, oops, didn't the fourth master rescue Lu Can?" Didn't the fourth master say that if he didn't agree, he would be knocked unconscious directly? ”

Qiu Yufei glared at Ling Duan and sneered: "Your current martial arts are not bad, if you see your General Tan now, do you have the courage to knock him out in order to save him?" ”

Ling Duan shuddered and said, "How dare I, as long as General Tan's eyes look at you, he will feel a chill from his heart out." ”

Qiu Yufei didn't bother to say more to him, and said: "It is said that loyal people and ghosts and gods dare not approach, I am just an ordinary Jianghu person, but there is no power of ghosts and gods, General Lu is loyal to the whole festival, this sincerity is admired by the people of the world, but if Suiyun learns this news, I am afraid that it will still be sad and unbearable." ”

Ling Duan saw Qiu Yufei sighing like this, but he sneered in his heart, although his resentment towards Jiang Zhe had dissipated a lot, it didn't mean that he had forgiven that person for everything he had done in the past.

Perhaps feeling upset in her heart, Qiu Yu got up suddenly, dropped the piano score and said, "I'll go out for a walk, don't go outside to make trouble." At this time, the night was dark, the snow was getting bigger and bigger, but the streets were full of forbidden soldiers, Qiu Yufei was dressed luxuriously, walking slowly in the snow, and he was even more intentional about avoiding those forbidden troops, with his martial arts, it was naturally easy, and the chaotic situation in Jianye City was seen by him, and he couldn't help but marvel at Jiang Zhe's means, although he failed to rescue Lu Can as he wished, but the hatred of Ding Ming and the others and Shang Weijun and Fengyimen could not be resolved. At night, the snow gradually became much smaller, and the figure could already be seen clearly from a few feet, Qiu Yufei was a little tired, and was about to go back to rest, his eyes flashed, but he saw a light and graceful figure flying in the snow in the night sky, and he couldn't help but move in his heart and quietly followed. Almost half of Jianye City, he saw that the figure had disappeared into a gorgeous courtyard with brilliant lights, and heard the music and singing from the courtyard, the bustling voices of people and the busy scene in front of the door, Qiu Yufei frowned, and guessed the identity of this figure. But there was no need for him to do anything extra, and he was about to turn away when a wisp of piano sound came from a pavilion.

Qiu Yufei's footsteps condensed, and it was common for women in the wind and dust to touch the qin and enjoy the guests, but the sound of the piano was very unusual, it was actually a song "Yilanyi", which was noble and noble. Qiu Yufei savored it, the person who played the piano was gentle, and the meaning of self-pity in the song was like pandan born in the wilderness, and at no time, whether it was fingering or mood, this song was interpreted perfectly. Qiu Yufei was originally the person who loved music and rhythm the most, and he could hear the strange light, and regardless of the fact that this place was an enemy's land, he walked into the gate of Moon Shadow Pavilion like a stranger.

There is no need to spend more lip and tongue, with Qiu Yufei's appearance and heavy money, he easily walked into the boudoir of Lingyu of Moon Shadow Xuan, and just performed in the front hall, Lingyu who needs to entertain guests has a soft expression, a beautiful and moving appearance, and a pitiful temperament, all of which are dizzying, and will never regret spending a lot of money, but can only drink a cup of tea and say a few words. But Qiu Yufei could feel the indifference and tiredness hidden in Lingyu's eyes, this woman was not as domineering as the power represented by her identity, the sound of the piano was comfortable, maybe she was also a white lotus in the sludge.

With such a thought in his heart, Qiu Yufei completely abandoned the information about this woman that he saw before coming to Jianye, and said with a smile: "Miss Lingyu can be said to be one of the best pianists in the world, I wonder if I can listen to the girl play another song in the future?" ”

A trace of surprise flashed in Ling Yu's eyes, and his face became vivid almost immediately, and he really looked at Qiu Yufei carefully, and his heart moved, and said: "The fourth prince must have heard everyone play the qin, I don't know what are the shortcomings of the little girl's piano skills?" ”

Qiu Yufei saw that Lingyu opened his mouth to ask about the rhythm, and felt more and more that this woman was not good, if it was said that the rhythm, no one in the world could beat him, although Lingyu's piano skills were outstanding, in his opinion, there were also places that could be scrutinized, so he immediately took the Lingyu guqin and played the song "Yilanyi".

Together with the sound of the piano, Lingyu is spirit was greatly lifted, listening intently to the changes in the sound of the piano, not knowing at all, Qiu Yufei had already used his true qi to isolate the sound of the piano, except for her, no one up and down the Moon Shadow Xuan could hear the sound of the piano, after all, Qiu Yufei didn't want to attract the attention of Fengyimen.

At the end of the song, Lingyu was already ecstatic in her heart, so she took back the guqin and played it again, Qiu Yufei saw that she was so obsessed, and her heart was even more happy, and the surname Suo stood behind her, pointing out her fingering and skills from time to time.

After Lingyu was completely penetrated, it was already close to the time, if it was normal, someone would have come to urge the driver, but Lingyu did not hint at evicting customers, and Fengyimen was busy with the painful loss, so no one came to disturb, of course, later, Qiu Yufei did not need to isolate the sound, anyway, only Lingyu was practicing, if he did that, it would be easy to arouse the suspicion of others.

Lingyu was still unfinished, and was about to continue to ask for advice, when he suddenly saw Qiu Yufei's smile, he remembered that he had completely forgotten that this person was his guest, and he couldn't help but blush, and bowed down and said: "Lingyu has neglected the fourth son, the son is proficient in music and rhythm, Lingyu really wants to learn the piano with the son, but it's a pity that he can't help himself, I don't know if the son will come tomorrow?" ”

Qiu Yufei's eyes were like torches, and he saw that this Lingyu girl was purely seeking advice, and couldn't help but sigh lightly: "The girl is so painstakingly and lonely, no wonder she can have such piano skills, but she is about to leave Jianye, and it is a pity to think about it, and I can't discuss the piano skills with the girl again." ”

When Lingyu heard this, her eyes flashed with a sparkle of light, thinking that she was a young lady from a scholarly family, but her family was ruined, she fell into the dust, and unfortunately became a disciple of Fengyimen, and she didn't even have the freedom to redeem herself, she had a rough life, and she had no other ideas except for the love and rhythm, that is, the master taught her martial arts, in addition to practicing her internal skills diligently, in order to enhance the power of playing the piano, she was not very attentive to light swordsmanship, if it weren't for her talent and outstanding piano skills, I was afraid that the master would not continue to keep herself under the door, right? Originally, I was glad that I could get rid of the bad luck of being innocent, but now Lingyu is an ordinary woman, and she can ask for redemption, and with the departure of the fourth son who is better than herself, she can learn the piano and stroke the piano freely. couldn't help the tears falling, she pulled Qiu Yufei's sleeve with one hand, choked up and couldn't speak, and said after a long time: "Since the fourth prince is leaving, let Lingyu play another song for the son." ”

After that, Lingyu wiped away the tears, stroked the strings again, this time it was a song "Mountains and Flowing Water", this song was originally a bosom friend sympathy, Lingyu played, but it was a little more sad and sad, and the bosom friend left in a hurry, but he couldn't follow the hatred, Lingyu was engrossed in playing a song, and when he looked up, he saw that the handsome and talented young man had disappeared, only a jade pendant on the piano platform.

Lingyu picked up the jade pendant, but it was a piece of mutton fat jade carved into the shape of a guqin, his heart hurt slightly, he pressed the jade pendant to his heart, closed his eyes lightly, and tears rolled down. He didn't know that when Qiu Yufei left, he secretly said in his heart, just for this Lingyu girl, I will stay a few more days. Originally, Qiu Yufei was ready to leave to return to the East China Sea immediately, but at this moment, he was determined to help Jiang Zhe complete the plan to eradicate Fengyimen, with his cleverness, he could naturally see that Lingyu was forced to stay in Fengyimen, and there was no choice.

I sat in front of the chess floor, looked at the black and white chess game, and said lightly: "Shiguan is actually dead?" Who's the hand? Who took over the Huaixi Army? ”

Huo Cong's heart was cold when he heard this, since Mr. learned of Lu Can's death, he has always been so indifferent, it seems that the person who died is just an unknown outsider, and there is not even a trace of sadness, but somehow, Huo Cong feels more and more strange, Mr. is by no means a cold person, it stands to reason that he will never be unmoved, Jiang Zhe's appearance is more worrying to Huo Cong than crying loudly. At this time, Jiang Zhe's eyes had already looked at him, as if urging him to answer, looking at those dark and indifferent eyes, Huo Cong couldn't help but lower his head, and said in a low voice: "Mr. has expected that Shiguan is not a righteous person in advance, so he asked Si Wencao to pay attention to Shiguan's whereabouts, but it was not Dayong Assassin who attacked, but Yan Wushuang of Fengyimen, Si Wencao borrowed a knife to kill, Fengyimen's reaction was also very fast, and it was not sure whether Yan Wushuang set up an ambush in advance, or followed Ding Ming to find Shiguan, but Yan Wushuang actually stabbed on the way back from Shiguan, In one fell swoop, Shiguan's personal guards gave up their lives to chase and kill, and the forty people were wiped out and broken by Yan Wushuang one by one, but Yan Wushuang was also seriously injured and was bedridden after returning to Jianye City. As for the new commander of the Huaixi Army, it is Cai Qun, the brother of the queen of Southern Chu, this person is a national relative, and he has the trust of Shang Weijun, and most importantly, he has a close relationship with Fengyimen, and this person has coveted Ji Xia's first disciple Lingyu for a long time, and it is said that Ji Xia has promised that after Cai Qun has gained a foothold in Huaixi, he will give his disciple Lingyu to Cai Qun as a concubine. ”

I said thoughtfully: "What is Cai Qun's talent, has he ever led the army to fight?" ”

Huo Cong said: "Although Cai Qun is a child of a family, he can barely be regarded as both civil and military, Cai's family does have a few good children, this person is quite arrogant, in Yuhang as a general, the ability is middle-class, quite competent, but the surname is arrogant, and the surname is also Fengliu into the surname, after Zhao Long was in power, he was ordered back to Jianye as the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard because he was the uncle of the country. This person is the chief general of Huaixi, and if there is no big war, he is also competent. ”

I asked again, "Shang Weijun didn't take this opportunity to purge the Huaixi Army?" ”

Huo Cong said: "Shang Weijun must not know about the assassination of Shiguan, according to the news that Si Wencao got, after Shiguan's body was brought back to Huaixi by the guards, Yang Xiu's messenger arrived in Huaixi, according to his meaning, the Huaixi army reported to the Southern Chu court in the name of Shiguan's serious illness and death, Shang Weijun did not want to disturb the army's heart, and there were many lives of right and wrong, for him, it was best for General Shi to die, so as not to leave trouble. ”

I sighed: "That's good, if General Shi dies at the hands of Si Wencao's secret spy, if he sees Yun'er and his wife in the future, it will not be easy to explain, but Yan Wushuang is really ruthless, back then she was the best assassin among the disciples of Fengyi Sect except for smelling purple smoke, now it seems that her martial arts have advanced and retreated, fortunately now she has been seriously injured, so it will be much easier for us to eradicate Fengyi Sect." By the way, what were the casualties in the first battle of Qiao's Garden? ”

Huo Cong secretly glanced at Jiang Zhe, and saw that Mr. was still indifferent, but Xiao Shunzi, who was standing on the side, had a rare dignified expression, hesitated, and said: "Qiao Shiyuan rescued the general, according to Mr., except for the fourth prince, our people are only secretly assisting, which has been understood by Ding Ming and others, so we have no casualties, Shang Weijun's henchman No. 1 master Euro Ning was hanged by the fourth prince, Fengyimen Xiao Lan and Xie Xiaotong were killed, and more than half of the swordsmen who participated in the battle were killed and wounded, Shang Weijun's forces also suffered heavy losses, and only thirty percent of Wu Gao's hands brought by Ding Ming survived, and Senior Brother Bai Yi took the opportunity to rescue Lu Yun, and this time Mr. 's goal has been fully achieved. Afterwards, Shang Weijun was furious, and Fengyimen really took the opportunity to persuade Shang Weijun to take advantage of the opportunity of Mrs. Lu, Lu Ting and others to migrate south, and deliberately let out the rumors, wanting to kill Lu's Manmen on the way, preparing to lure the people in the rivers and lakes who sympathize with the Lu family into the net, and then catch them all, but Senior Brother Bai Yi originally wanted Senior Brother Chaolun to make suggestions to Shang Chengye, but Senior Brother Chaolun refused. ”

Jiang Zhe nodded and said: "When you don't save the Lu family, firstly, there are too many people, it is difficult to save each other, and secondly, I am afraid that Mrs. Lu and Lu Can will be as loyal as Lu Can, but it will make our people fall into the quagmire, and thirdly, I am also sure that Fengyimen will do this, this time Fengyimen has lost three masters, it will be painful, if you don't take advantage of the opportunity to weaken Jiangnan martial arts, it will not be Fengyimen, I said in advance that I must kill one or two masters of Fengyimen, but they did more than I expected." By the way, let them leak this news to Wei Ying, whether he continues to be in the same league with Fengyimen, or changes his course and continues to be loyal to the Lu family, he can't be kept out of the matter. ”

Huo Cong asked suspiciously: "Sir, the disciple doesn't understand why he has to deal with Fengyimen at this time, Fengyimen is not enough to succeed, and there are more than failures, and the disciple thinks that if he is left to do what he wants, it will be beneficial for our army to march south." ”

I said coldly: "In the past, there was Lu Can in Southern Chu to support the overall situation, so the existence of Fengyimen is naturally the best help for our army, now that Lu Can has passed away, Shang Weijun holds the power with one hand, if he has the help of Fengyimen, he can control the generals and eliminate dissidents, although Lu Can is dead, but he is leaving, Yu Wei is there, the generals respect his loyalty, and dare not rebel, Shang Weijun can smoothly grasp the authority." If the Fengyi Gate is destroyed, Shang Weijun's strength will be greatly reduced, and he will not be able to threaten the safety of the generals of Southern Chu, Lu Can's old department and other generals will retain their own strength in order to protect themselves, so that our army can sweep across the south of the Yangtze River, so the Fengyi Gate should no longer exist in this world. Ordered Chen Zhi to try to make the cannibalism of Jiangnan Wulin more and more intense, and then united with Si Wencao to kill them all, Fengyimen especially can't let go, but those Jianghu forces who uphold loyalty may wish to leave a way for them to survive, so as not to collapse Jiangnan Wulin, which is contrary to my intention to retain Jiangnan's vitality, after all, there are many talented people in the recklessness. By the way, hasn't Mingjian Si already put his hand into Jiangnan, although it is under the jurisdiction of Si Wencao to operate in the enemy country, but don't take advantage of Xiahou Yuanfeng, pull him into the water together, dare to take the lead in impeaching me, and don't think about standing idly by. ”

Huo Cong only agreed, and asked: "Chief Manager Dong has summoned me to ask Mr. for instructions on the affairs of Huaixi, and the Lu family can be brought back to Dayong for resettlement?" ”

I thought for a while and said: "Huaixi is still safe, Shi Yujin is about to give birth, let her wait for delivery in Huaixi, don't tell her about the outside first, let Dong Que take good care of her and Lu Mei." When our army goes down to Huaixi, let Jing Chi send them to me, the matter of the Lu clan depends on their meaning, if Mrs. Lu insists on migrating south, let the Yue clan settle them well, otherwise they will be sent to Dayonglai. There is also Lu Feng, his whereabouts are unknown now, he should be under the protection of Wei Ying, this matter cannot be relaxed, he must be found, I have killed Lu Can, and I must not let his family have any mistakes. ”

Huo Cong's heart was shocked, this was the only time that Mr. said his feelings after hearing the news of Lu Can's death, peeking at it, Jiang Zhe's expression was still so calm and indifferent, as if these words were not what he said, seeing that his words were fine, his thinking was clear, and his strategy was as ruthless as before, he should have been relieved, but Huo Cong's heart suddenly swelled with strong uneasiness. Then, Jiang Zhe's unequivocal voice came from his ears: "I heard that Yang Xiu was not afraid of the reproach of the Southern Chu Imperial Court and set up a sacrifice tent for Lu Can in Guangling, but is there such a thing?" ”

Huo Cong was shocked in his heart, and just wanted to say no, but he found that Jiang Zhe's eyes were cold and piercing, and he glanced at Xiao Shunzi, who looked blank, and finally said helplessly: "This, I heard that yes, Si Wencao reported, Bajun, Jiangxia, Jiujiang, Shouchun, Guangling, Yuhang, all the armies have set up sacrificial tents, even the Southern Chu court did not dare to stop it explicitly, and the Huaidong Army was even more industrious, and every day was a cry that shook the sky." ”

I was relieved when I heard this: "That's right, if these people don't even dare to set up a sacrifice tent, it will be in vain for Lu Can's lonely loyalty and good intentions." Xiao Shunzi, I said that I want to go to Guangling to worship Can'er, what do you think? ”

Huo Cong was shocked, and hurriedly looked at Xiao Shunzi, hoping that he would stop Mr. from doing inappropriate actions as before, but Xiao Shunzi's eyes flashed a look of struggle, and he said after a long time: "Yes, I will protect Gongzi to go to Guangling, and absolutely no one can stop Mr. on his way." ”

Hearing Xiao Shunzi's affirmative answer, I smiled heartily and said, "Yes, how can I not go to worship Can'er, it's a pity that his body is in Jianye, how good it would be if I could see him." ”

Xiao Shunzi said without hesitation: "Don't worry, after the capture of Southern Chu, I will accompany Gongzi to Jianye and rebuild the tomb for the general, and then Gongzi can pay tribute to the general's coffin." ”

I nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, you go and arrange it, Hu Yanshou is definitely going to follow, and others can avoid it, by the way, I like the Du Lingfeng next to Pei Yun very much, if he is interested, let him go with him." ”

Xiao Shunzi promised: "Yes, I will arrange it, Childe might as well take a good rest, Ming said that he has to hurry, Childe can't be tired." ”

I nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go lie down." ”

Xiao Shunzi carefully helped me to the bed, I couldn't help but laugh at him so much, as if I was a porcelain man who was easy to break, lying on the bed, I almost immediately fell asleep, as if I saw the long-lost Lu Can in the dream, alas, what is this kid anxious about, don't I have to worship you soon? You don't have to give me your dreams so soon, don't worry, I will take good care of your family.

I didn't know at all, after walking out of the door, Huo Cong grabbed Xiao Shunzi with a pale face, and said: "Mr. is wrong, Uncle Shun, you can't go to Guangling, Mr.'s plan to divide can't hide from the people of Southern Chu for so long, Yang Xiu is only afraid that he will sacrifice Mr. in front of General Lu's spirit." ”

Xiao Shunzi's eyes showed rare panic and grief, and he said after a long time: "Gongzi wants to go, no one can stop him, go, follow me to see His Royal Highness the Prince and General Pei, when Gongzi goes to Guangling, let General Pei's army wait in Huaishui, if Gongzi has any three longs and two shortcomings, let General Pei cross Huaishui, slaughter all the Huaidong army, and avenge Gongzi, but even if Gongzi will die in Guangling, this time he can't stop him from going, no one can." There is one more thing you have to remember, if you dare to betray your son, I will break your body into thousands of pieces, so that you will die without a place to be buried. After that, Xiao Shunzi showed a cool and cold look, shook off Huo Cong, and walked away, Huo Cong only felt a chill surging from the bottom of his heart, he suddenly understood everything, understood why Xiao Shunzi disregarded the safety of Mr. and agreed to put him in danger, but after understanding, the weight of his heart almost made him unable to breathe, unable to think, Xiao Shunzi's threat made him understand that no matter what, Mr. would not hurt himself for no reason, just because for Mr., if he hurt his beloved disciple, it would be as painful as hurting himself, Unable to hold back his tears, Huo Cong moved his steps with difficulty, walked to Jiang Zhe's bedroom, knelt on the ground, and Jiang Zhe's even breathing sound came from the room, obviously he was sleeping soundly, but Huo Cong was getting more and more sad, and he couldn't cry in an instant.

After learning of Lu Can's death, even if Yang Xiu was ordered by Lu Can, he could no longer suppress the grief in his heart, not to mention that the army was full of grief, so he set up a sacrificial tent in Guangling despite Shang Weijun's suspicions, thinking that the law would not blame the public, and Shang Weijun could not use this reason to embarrass the Huaidong Army. The officers and soldiers in the army are all dressed in white and wearing filial piety, and the black gauze is wrapped around their arms, and everyone is sad and indignant. But at this time, there was a scout report suddenly, the Yongjun army gathered on the north bank of Huaishui, in front of Sizhou City, sharpening the knife Huohuo, it seemed to take the opportunity to attack, Yang Xiu couldn't help but be furious, taking advantage of the mourning of people to attack it, since ancient times it was an unrighteous act, the soldiers were also furious, they raised their arms and shouted, wanting to fight with the Yongjun blood. Unexpectedly, the Yongjun army was sent to cross the water to pass the news, Jiang Zhe, the marquis of Dayong Chu Township, wanted to go to Guangling to pay homage, and the generals looked at each other, although the generals may not be able to see through Dayong's divisive plan, but Lu Can was given death on the charge of colluding with Dayong to intend to stand on his own, this Jiang Zhe is really the culprit who killed the general, and the crowd was angry at the moment, and they all claimed to kill Jiang Zhe in the mourning hall to sacrifice Lu Can's soul.

The generals can be happy to enmity and hatred, but Yang Xiu can not easily decide, if Jiang Zhe really comes to worship the spirit, it is reasonable and reasonable, and he can't kill the messenger of the Dayong Hanging Sacrifice, but if Jiang Zhe is allowed to come and go freely, he is afraid that the resentment in the army will be concentrated on himself, the army has already complained, just because he has never raised troops to save the general, he is a Shu person, if there is no Lu Can support, it is difficult to gain a foothold in the army, and now he can command the Huaidong Army, and most of Lu Can Yuwei and his own business in the past few years, if it hurts the heart of the army, I'm afraid that even if Shang Weijun doesn't do it, he can't control the Huaidong army. What's more, the Yongjun army supports the north bank of Huaishui, so why did they come, you don't need to ask to know that once Jiang Zhe is killed in Guangling, then the Yongjun army will inevitably cross the water to fight, and now is not a good time to fight with the Yongjun. So after thinking about it again and again, Yang Xiuwan refused Jiang Zhe's request to come to pay tribute.

But the young envoy said solemnly: "Yang joins the army, although you and I are hostile, but the loyal ministers and righteous people respect, General Lu and the Marquis of Chu Township are even more young friends, they belong to the master and apprentice, and they are like brothers and sisters. ”

Yang Xiu thought about it again and again, and finally sighed: "Marquis Jiang actually has this intention, if I refuse, it will make the people of the world think that I am a narrow-minded soldier of Nanchu, but I might as well say bluntly, if Marquis Jiang comes here lightly, what will happen Yang is not sure, but Yang will definitely try his best to stop the revenge of the Huaidong soldiers." ”

The young envoy said solemnly: "I Dayong all believe that the soldiers of Southern Chu will not be angry with my marquis, if there is an accident, it must have nothing to do with the general, but my Royal Highness Prince Dayong is also in the Chuzhou army, His Royal Highness has an order, if the Hou Ye has any shortcomings, it is necessary to wash Huaidong in blood, in order to explain to His Majesty, please Yang join the army to remember this matter, don't wait until the sword soldiers together, thinking that our army will not be punished." ”

Yang Xiu's eyes flashed, and he said coldly: "Is the envoy threatening Yang?" ”

The young envoy said calmly: "Even if I don't explain it below, can't General Fei think of why our army supports the city of Sizhou?" My Dayong has always acted above board, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered to make this matter clear to the army members, but it was not intended to threaten, the dispute between our two countries is already an endless situation, even if there is no war today, it will be fought in the future, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not think that supporting the army and Huaishui can threaten the general. ”

Yang Xiu's eyes flashed with a different color when he heard this, and said: "What a Dayong prince, I have heard that His Royal Highness the Prince of your country has a reputation for virtuous and filial piety since he was a child, and he didn't expect to act so resolutely, okay, Yang Mou waited for the Marquis of Chu to come to worship the spirit, but it didn't guarantee his safety." ”

The envoy didn't look angry, he just saluted and wanted to leave, but Yang Xiu stopped him, his eyes fixed on the ordinary-looking young envoy for a moment, and asked, "Haven't you asked your envoy yet?" ”

The messenger's expression was still cold and indifferent, and he said, "In Xia Huo Cong." ”

Yang Xiu's eyes were cold, and he said after a long time: "It turned out to be you, okay, send off." ”

After Huo Cong left the big tent, he walked out of Wei Ying from the inner tent, although it was only a few months, Wei Ying's description was much haggard, especially after Lu Can's death, he even had star frost on both temples in just a few days, which made Wei Ying, who was originally very good at maintenance, seem to be a few years older. He said with a cold gaze: "Yang joins the army, do you want to avenge the general?" ”

Yang Xiu knew his intentions and said lightly: "The eldest husband just wants revenge, and he can't use this means." ”

Wei Ying sneered: "Do you think that person will really come to pay tribute, I'm afraid that when he leaves, it will be when Shang Weijun makes a move, aren't you afraid that Shang Weijun will use this as an excuse to embarrass you?" ”

Yang Xiu said calmly: "The two armies are fighting, and they still don't kill the envoys, let alone the envoys who come to pay tribute?" I am like this to the Ming court, I pay attention to etiquette, and I can't use this as an excuse to come to Shang Xiang, Brother Wei, I am grateful to the general for your intentions, but this time I can't let you do it. ”

Wei Ying heard the meaning of Yang Xiu's words, but he suspected that he wanted to take revenge, in fact, although he may not have taken the opportunity to take revenge, but he really wanted to avenge Jiang Zhe's framing for Lu Can, but looking at Yang Xiu's indifferent expression, he didn't say anything more, turned around and left the tent gloomily, and said in his heart, only the general in this world dares to believe me, he is dead now, and the Southern Chu army is not a place for me to stay for a long time.

Not far from the big tent, Li Ming hurriedly walked over, his eyes were full of disbelief, Wei Ying saw that he looked strange, and was about to ask, he had already walked to Wei Ying's side, whispered a few words to him, Wei Ying's eyes also flashed with a look of disbelief, Li Ming saw this and said in a low voice: "Cui Zhen has sent news, the door master has agreed to attack the Lu family, and the door master promises not to blame the past." Wei Ying's eyes sank, and he said after a long time: "After I see Jiang Zhe, we will go back." After that, he sneered: "How can you not watch this good show of cats crying rats?" ”

The next day, the chariots and horses of Dayong who came to pay tribute crossed the Huaishui, and the group was dressed in plain clothes, and came to the Guangling camp under the watchful eye of the Southern Chu soldiers.

I sat in the carriage and thought about it quietly, except for Xiao Shunzi and Hu Yanshou who accompanied me this time, Hu Benwei came with all of them, I didn't want to take them, so many master warriors, isn't it a provocation, but it's a pity that they actually said that if they can't protect me and go against the emperor's will, I have no choice but to admit it. In addition, there are also Huo Cong and Du Lingfeng accompanying him, Huo Cong invited himself to be an envoy yesterday, and this time he will come with me, just let him follow, if this kid is not afraid of death, let him follow, as for Du Lingfeng, I really think that his appearance in front of me is very interesting, originally just a mention, and I didn't plan to let him follow, who knew that this kid actually gritted his teeth and followed, and it was funny to think about it. But I don't know how Xiao Shunzi persuaded Li Jun and Pei Yun, I was originally worried that Xiao Shunzi would have to run to Guangling with me on my back.

The carriage stopped, Xiao Shunzi asked me to get off outside, I stretched a lazy waist, this road is really a toss, the road is not easy to walk, years of war, the road is damaged, and after taking Huaidong, the road should be corrected and rectified. When I got out of the carriage, I felt that the sunlight outside was a little strong, and I couldn't help but lose my eyes, and there was a lot of light in front of me, whether it was the snow on the ground or the blade in the hands of the Southern Chu sergeant, it reflected a bright light, so that I could hardly open my eyes.

Huo Cong had already stood beside me, pulled my sleeve, and stepped forward to introduce: "Sir, this is Lord Yang of the Army." ”

I glanced at Yang Xiu, I still remember this person, so I stepped forward and saluted: "Yang joined the army, I haven't seen him for many years, but his demeanor is the same as before, I don't know if I remember Jiang?" ”

Yang Xiu stared at Jiang Zhe for a long time, the last time they met, Jiang Zhe was seriously injured and just recovered, his expression was haggard, and there was no brilliance at all, he actually didn't see anything strange about this person, he hadn't seen him for more than ten years, this time, Yang Xiu only felt that this person had a calm expression, deep eyes, gray hair and frosty sideburns, the passage of time made this person more and more calm, but there was always a little distraction between his eyebrows, what made Yang Xiu wonder in his heart was that Jiang Zhe had no sadness on his face, in Yang Xiu's mind, whether this person was true or false, he should have a look on his face.

After hesitating for a moment, feeling the dissatisfaction of the generals behind him, Yang Xiu said coldly: "The Marquis of Chu Township came to pay tribute, but I know that our army hates Your Excellency deeply, and Your Excellency may not be able to come and go!" ”

Hearing his threatening words, Hu Yanshou, Du Lingfeng, and Hu Benwei all looked angry, and Hu Yanshou took a step forward and said, "If you want to hurt the life of Master Hou, it depends on whether we agree or not." ”

Huo Cong was silent, there was only a little more worry in his eyes, and Xiao Shunzi's face was like frost, even the angry Nanchu sergeant could feel a little more chill in the air, and before he could hang the sacrifice, he froze in front of the tent.

Yang Xiu looked at Jiang Zhe, wanting to see how he could deal with this situation, if he could let this great Yongchu townsman be frustrated here, the most uplifting thing for the army would be to not lose his reason if he didn't kill him.

I frowned in annoyance, what's going on with these people, what are you making noise here, delaying my time, thinking that Can'er has been waiting for me for a long time, and said coldly: "Even if you want to do it, you have to wait for Jiang Mou to worship." But I paid no attention to the crowd and went to the tent.

Yang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and secretly made a gesture, and the two rows of white-clothed and white-armored sergeants standing in front of the sacrificial tent shouted in unison: "The Marquis of Chu Township entered the tent to worship the general!" And he drew his sword out of its sheath at the same time, and held it above his head, and set up a sword array in front of the tent to welcome the guests. The snow-bright single knife reflected the light and snow, and the plain silk tied to the hilt fluttered in the wind, and every sergeant's eyes showed a dazzling murderous intent.

I saw that these Nanchu soldiers who were blocking the way finally gave way to the passage, smiled with satisfaction, and walked towards the sacrificial tent, but why there was always some snow-colored silk brushing around on the face in front of me, frowning impatiently, too lazy to reach out to remove these plain silks, walked straight to the tent, walked into the snow-colored sacrificial tent, and saw the coffin containing Lu Can's clothes and the spirit card placed on it at a glance, I only felt that the strength of my body seemed to disappear, and before I walked to the coffin, my legs were already a little weak, and I didn't care about any etiquette, He sat on his knees in front of the coffin and used as a futon for kneeling.

After staring at the spirit card for a long time, I groaned loudly:

"Remember to meet with a smile, cut candles and talk at night in the west window.

The depth of grace is better than flesh and bones, and the guests are not bullied because of loneliness.

Helplessly, the frost destroyed Tinglan, and the detention brigade was restrained and idle.

There are many divergent paths in the north and south of life, Jun to Xiaoxiang and I to Qin. ”

After reciting a poem, I felt that it was insufficient, and without thinking, I chanted again:

"Twenty years of dust is like a dream, and the north of the Central Plains is like a mountain.

There is no surplus of talent and civil and military affairs, and the merit is a crime.

Tai Xi turned his eyes into hatred, and cut his robe and violated the righteousness.

Jun returns to Huangquan and has nothing to hate, who can he sue if he sheds tears? ”

After chanting two poems, I felt a lot happier in my heart, I seemed to see Lu Can's voice and smile in front of me, and remembered Qiu Yufei and the biography of Yu Lun, he still wanted to thank me before he died, we had already broken off our righteousness, even though I knew that if he could kill me, he would not let it go gently, but I knew that he had never forgotten the old love, but the personal friendship could not withstand the hatred between the two countries, so there was an ending today.

But how long did I stay, I caught a glimpse of the guqin held in Huo Cong's arms, and with a wave of his hand, Huo Cong handed the qin over, I sat down cross-legged, flicked the strings, and remembered the time I spent in Jiangxia when I was young, and now I think about it, it was the happiest time in my life, the sound of the piano sounded unconsciously, I only thought about that peaceful and happy day in my heart, I thought of sleeping with Lu Can, I remembered that he practiced archery in the school field, and forced me to sweat under the lieming, I remembered that I forged homework for him, and I remembered that I sneaked out with him to visit the spring, But he was embarrassed to be caught by Lu Houye, thinking about it, he couldn't help but smile on his lips, and the sound of the piano became more and more lively and smart.

Yang Xiu stood outside the sacrificial tent, looking solemnly at the thin figure behind the white tent that was almost transparent by the sunlight, and set up a knife array to welcome the guests, originally just wanted to break Jiang Zhe's courage, but this weak scholar walked into the sacrificial tent without blinking his eyes, and several times the steel knife on his head moved downward, and he didn't pay any attention to it, at this moment, Yang Xiu really believed the rumors that this person was bold.

Hearing the two eulogies recited by that person, even though Yang Xiu felt that this person must be hypocritical, he couldn't help but be devastated when he heard it, thinking of the general's great achievements and loyalty, but he died in internal strife instead of the battlefield, and he couldn't even shroud him in horse leather, and he couldn't help but feel sad secretly.

But when the sound of the piano together, Yang Xiu's face changed greatly, there was no trace of sadness in the sound of the piano, but it was full of joy, not to mention Yang Xiu's general rhythm, that is, those soldiers who were originally looking at the tiger, they were also annoyed at first, but after only listening to it for a while, the murderous spirit gradually subsided, but they invariably recalled the playmates they made when they were young, and remembered the friendship that was engraved in their hearts and had no interests. The sound of the piano became more and more peaceful and joyful, but at some point, Yang Xiu felt that his cheeks had been moistened, as if he was trapped in a dream that he did not want to wake up, and when Yang Xiu woke up, there was already a cry around him, which was obviously the sound of the piano with great joy, but no one felt sad from his heart, at this moment, Yang Xiu really believed that Jiang Zhe was sincerely coming to worship.

When the sound of the piano stopped, Jiang Zhe still walked out of the sacrificial tent with an indifferent expression, and hurriedly bowed and left, at this time, no one in the Huaidong army wanted to keep him, they had forgotten the identity of this person, only remembered that he was a young friend of the general, and that's it.

Xiao Shunzi and everyone escorted Jiang Zhe's carriage and horses, and crossed the Huaishui almost without stopping, and it was so easy to come back, many people couldn't imagine that when they saw the banner of the Yongjun Army, even if they were the tiger guards who were not afraid of death, they couldn't help but cheer in a low voice, only Xiao Shunzi, Hu Yanshou and Huo Cong were all worried, and paid attention to Jiang Zhe's look from time to time.

I saw Li Jun riding a horse to greet him, for some reason, there seemed to be something broken in my heart, I stretched out my hand to pull Xiao Shunzi, and asked with difficulty: "Xiao Shunzi, Lu Can he is dead?" ”

Xiao Shunzi ignored the surprised gazes of everyone, showed a resolute look in his eyes, and said ruthlessly: "Yes, Lu Can is dead." "I feel that the sky is dark, these days, although the news of Lu Can's death has entered my ears, but has not entered my heart, until this moment, I suddenly understood, Lu Can is really dead, died in my hands, a heart-rending pain hit out of thin air, only to feel a sweet throat, a mouthful of blood has been spit on the sleeve of Xiao Shunzi, plain blood, more and more dazzling, looking up at Xiao Shunzi's worried eyes, I only felt that my eyes were dark, and I fell down, only to feel that someone held me, shouting in my ear, I didn't want to hear anything, I just let the tears slip down and my consciousness sank into darkness.

In the exclamations of everyone, Li Jun had already rushed to Jiang Zhe's side, only to see that Jiang Zhe had passed out, there was no trace of blood on his pale face, but his closed eyes were tears, and the tears were faint red, Li Jun exclaimed: "What's wrong with Mr.?" ”

Xiao Shunzi, who had been depressed for the past few days, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, okay, I'm finally crying, now you can rest assured, Your Highness, immediately send the son back to Chuzhou and call the military doctor for treatment." In his heart, he was afraid for a while, thinking of Jiang Zhe's abnormal calmness after hearing the murderous news, he was worried that Jiang Zhe was too sad, although Jiang Zhe seemed to be very sober after that, but Xiao Shunzi noticed the abnormality from the clues, in order to let Jiang Zhe release his heartache, he desperately connived at Jiang Zhe to go to Guangling to worship, and finally made Jiang Zhe sober up, even if he was injured and sick, but he might as well do it.

Huo Cong was stunned there, seeing Xiao Shunzi's relieved look, the two emotions of joy and sadness hit at the same time, and he didn't feel tears for a while, and hurriedly wiped it with the sleeves of his robe, and hurriedly followed the footsteps of everyone towards Chuzhou.

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