In a dilapidated small temple more than 20 miles away from the official road, Gao Qiqian and his party were sitting in the small temple and preparing to rest for the night.

This is a small temple that seems to be rarely frequented, and the statues in the small temple are already damaged, and the statues that are missing half of the head can no longer see which gods are offered, and the statues are full of dense cobwebs.

Gao Qiqian sat on a stone that the guards found out of nowhere, at this time, Gao Qiqian had already lost the look of the commander-in-chief of the world's Qinwang soldiers and horses, and his originally well-maintained white face had lost half a circle at this time, and his round chin had become sharp, the only thing that remained unchanged was his still sharp voice.

"You all take good care of our family, and when you return to Beijing, our family will arrange a good future for you, not to mention being promoted to three levels in a row, but at least it's okay to mix up and be rich." Xiao Anzi, this time you have served our family meritoriously, and when you go back, our family will immediately give you two levels. ”

"Slave and maid, thank you for the reward." Xiao Anzi's voice immediately rang out, and he hurriedly offered the water bladder in his hand.

Gao Qiqian took the water bladder, took a sip of it, patted Xiao Anzi on the shoulder and said, "Do a good job, our family will not treat you badly." ”

"Yes, yes, it's all up to my father-in-law!" Xiao Anzi smiled so much that his eyebrows narrowed, what did these people desperately protect Gao Qiqian to return to Beijing for, wasn't it for the glory and wealth in the future, and now they have received Gao Qiqian's personal reply, how can there be any reason to be unhappy.

At this moment, although Gao Qiqian sitting on the stone is still the appearance of a big horse golden knife, he still can't help but be frightened in his heart, after coming out of the camp, only a few days later, the original more than 100 guards around him scattered and scattered, and those who ran away, now there are only these thirty or so people left, he knows very well that if he does not grasp these people, he will not be able to get to the capital by himself, so he immediately wrote a blank check to win people's hearts as soon as he has time.

At this time, an entourage handed Gao Qiqian a piece of dry food, "Father-in-law, now we only have these things, you can just wait until you get to Baoding." ”

Gao Qiqian frowned slightly after seeing the dry food, when did he eat this kind of coarse grain, he has eaten these dry food these days and almost vomited, and now when he saw these hard dry food, he suddenly felt sick to his stomach at first glance, but he also knew that this time was different, and he didn't hold the shelf of the prison army anymore, took the dry food and gnawed it slowly.

Seeing Gao Qiqian start to eat, all the entourages also took out dry food from the package and gnawed on it, and for a while, the small temple was full of chewing sounds.

The night soon darkened, Gao Qiqian lay on the blanket laid by Xiao Anzi and couldn't sleep, his eyes were as big as copper bells, at this moment he was thinking about what to think about Chongzhen after he went back to explain Lu Xiangsheng's death in battle.

Although he usually wanted to dismantle Lu Xiangsheng into eight pieces, but when Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, he suddenly felt that without Lu Xiangsheng, he was like a vine without a big tree to rely on, and he would be in danger of capsizing at any time.

"When our family goes back, we will immediately shift the blame for the defeat on Lu Xiangsheng, and none of the general soldiers of Xuanda, Shanxi and Qingzhou will be able to escape." Gao Qi slowly thought about the strategy in his heart, and his eyelids slowly closed, ready to fall asleep in a daze.

Just as Gao Qiqian closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep, there were a few muffled cheers outside, and a few dull sounds like sacks falling to the ground.

"Bang Bang ......"

Gao Qiqian was about to turn his head to look over to observe what was going on, when the temple door that had been concealed was kicked open and made a loud noise.

Immediately, dozens of black shadows rushed in, and as soon as they entered, they pounced on the people who were lying on the ground with lightning speed, the blades in their hands still flashing with cold light in the dark night, and with a series of muffled snorts, one after another followers fell in a pool of blood.

Suddenly, a scream sounded beside Gao Qiqian, and this scream was so melodious and sharp that it hit Gao Qiqian's eardrum a little painfully.

"Someone, there's an assassin!"

This is Xiao Anzi's voice, before Gao Qiqian has time to drink this stupid guy, Xiao Anzi's scream is like a little rooster that has been choked by the neck, and the voice is quickly swallowed back into his neck, and half of his head has been cut off, and he will never be able to scream in the future.

With the half-pulled head flying, a hot liquid also splashed on Gao Qiqian's face, Gao Qiqian didn't have time to scream, a cold steel knife was on his neck, and a dull voice sounded in his ears, "Don't move, if you move again, your dog will die!" ”

When the barefoot Gao Qiqian was rudely dragged out of the broken temple and came to the open space in front of the temple, he found that there were torches lit outside, and countless torches illuminated the surroundings, and hundreds of soldiers had surrounded the place.

In the red firelight, Gao Qiqian, who was dragged out like a dead dog, had already seen the faces of the soldiers standing around him at this time, and when he saw the armor worn by these people, Gao Qiqian's heart suddenly despaired, because he had already recognized that there was only one army that Quan Daming could distribute these expensive chain mails to the soldiers, and that was the Qingzhou Army led by Pang Gang.

A tall figure walked up to Gao Qiqian's body and slowly stood still, staring at Gao Qiqian who had collapsed to the ground with sharp eyes.

"Father-in-law Gao, it's really a place in life where we don't meet, let's meet again, you make it easy to find this official for a while!" Pang Gang's cold voice sounded before he dived high.

Gao Qiqian barely squeezed out a smile, "Ah...... It's a huge man, Pang ...... Huge man, do you have something to do with our family? ”

Pang Gang smiled, but this smile made Gao Qiqian feel a chill on his body.

Pang Gang's lips moved, and he said with a smile: "It's nothing, Gonggong Gao is the chief army of the king of Qinwang in the world, why did he run back to the capital in such a gray manner." You know, how much Lutudo misses you and wants you to be with him. ”

Looking at the murderous soldiers around him and Pang Gang's cold gaze, Gao Qiqian could no longer withstand this invisible pressure, and collapsed all of a sudden, he knelt on the ground all of a sudden, and kowtowed desperately to Pang Gang: "Huge man, I didn't know that Lu Dudu would die in battle, it's none of my business, it's all Tartar's doing!" ”

"Oh, really?" Pang Gang asked expressionlessly: "Then not giving food to the army and refusing to send reinforcements is also what the Tartars let you do?" ”

"This ......" Gao Qiqian was dumbfounded for a while, but then quibbled: "I originally just wanted to teach Lu Xiangsheng a lesson, but I never thought of letting him die, and I also made an unintentional mistake." ”

Pang Gang shouted with a pale face: "What a rat who is as clever as a snake, you have an army of 50,000 but you sit on the rooster and stand still, sit back and watch the robe fight with the Tartars in front, and ignore the request for help sent by Lu Dudu, this is what you said about an unintentional mistake?" I really don't understand, is the emperor's eyes blind, and he would shoot a wretch like you to supervise the army. ”

As soon as the emperor was mentioned, the originally sluggish Gao Qiqian jumped up like a shot in the arm, and shouted wildly: "Pang Gang, since you know that our family represents the face of the emperor, you should know that dealing with Lu Dudu is the emperor's meaning. ”

"Hmph...... Don't worry, I will ask Zhu Youzhen, I want to ask him, what does he think, even a waste like you can be a prisoner. ”

Hearing this, Gao Qiqian couldn't believe his ears, pointed at Pang Gang and said, "You...... You...... You are so rebellious that you dare to call the emperor by his name, are you going to rebel? ”

"Rebellion?" Pang Gang sneered, "What, what's wrong with rebellion?" Lao Tzu tells you, from now on, Lao Tzu is really fucking reversed! When the hour comes, this official will send you to the Netherworld Mansion to make amends to Lu Dudu! ”

"......"

With a soft sound, a cold light flashed, and a bloody light flew up into the air along with the head of Gao Qidun, and then fell heavily to the ground.

A bead of blood swept over the armor on Pang Gang's body, as if he didn't notice it, Pang Gang bent down and lifted the head that was still staring at the north and said in a high voice: "Lu Dudu, the last general has avenged you, you are good ......to go."

The news of Lu Xiangsheng's death in Julu quickly spread throughout Daming like a gust of wind, and also reached Chongzhen's desk.

"Bang ......"

A loud bang sounded in the Nuanxiang Pavilion, Chongzhen stood tremblingly behind the dragon case, the ground was sprinkled with broken porcelain pieces, and in front of the dragon case, Yang Sichang and Wen Tiren, the two first assistants, lay on the ground and didn't even dare to lift their faces.

"Good...... Okay, Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, Gao Qiqian disappeared, and tens of thousands of Qinwang's army dispersed in a hurry, this is the good thing you did. ”

Chongzhen's body was trembling, his originally pale face was also turned blue with anger, and his fingers were almost pointed in front of the two of them.

"I handed over the 100,000 army to you, I was expecting Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qi to have a long face for me, but I didn't expect to wait for this news, one of you is the first assistant, and the other is the secretary of the military department, you tell me what is going on!"

Chongzhen roared, and even saliva sprayed on the faces of the two, and the two not only did not dare to wipe it, but lowered their heads and remained silent.

Seeing such a situation, Chongzhen became even more angry, "Say, make it clear to me, if you don't make this matter clear today, you won't go back, Yang Sichang, as the secretary of the military department, you say it first!" ”

Hearing Chongzhen's angry words, Yang Sichang's elegance and majesty were all gone, and he knew that if he didn't give the emperor an explanation, he would really have to go home and farm.

(To be continued)