At the beginning of the second year of Yanxi, the Qiang people, who had lived and multiplied in Liangzhou for thousands of years, finally reached the turbulent season.

In just half a year, the stubborn worries of dying to seek a glimmer of life for the clan were fulfilled.

The Qiang people ushered in an unprecedented bloody suppression, and even ushered in a killing god who was about to exterminate the Qiang and Hu tribes.

Jianyou's worries are true, even if the Han is getting twilight, but the hundred-legged insects, dead but not stiff, how can they tolerate the alien race as the party to the disaster, and become bigger and bigger?

What is even more intolerable is that most of the wealth in the world has entered the bitter cold Liangzhou and never returned, which is the fundamental reason why the imperial court is determined to put down the chaos in one fell swoop.

In the second year of Yanxi, the generals of the Liangzhou faction led by Duan Cheng, the commander of Huqiang, the general of Duliao, Huangfu Gui, and the general Zhang Huan of Zhonglang were activated.

Because of the word Ji Ming of Duan Cheng, the word Wei Ming of Huangfu Gui, and the word Ran Ming of Zhang Huan, the world calls it "Liangzhou Sanming".

As soon as he took office, war began.

Among the three of them, Huang Fugui and Zhang Huan were born in the world, cherishing their reputations, and both of them took protection as a means to protect the Qiang people, but Duan Cheng, who was born in the army and led the post of captain of the Qiang school, did the opposite, and regarded Qiang as "carbuncle and disease, stay under duress, if you don't punish it, it will grow." ”

According to rumors, when Duan Cheng was the captain of the Qiang Protector, he had an edict with Emperor Heng.

Duan Cheng said: The minister thought that the wolf's ambition was difficult to accept, and although he was poor, he went to remove; Only when the spear is coerced, the white blade is the neck and ears!

Afterwards, Duan Cheng was worshiped as the captain of the Qiang Protector, took charge of the military affairs of Liangzhou, and quelled the rebellion against Qianghu.

The princes of the government and the opposition speculated on the holy will, and a secret letter was transferred to Liangzhou within a few days.

Even in the inner court, there was a secret letter circulating, which was placed on the desk of Lord Assassin Shi at this time.

The historical position of Liangzhou Thorn, who has been removed like a marquee for many years, is now reigning Meng Tuo.

The people of Liangzhou privately called this adult a thorn in history, and this Meng Bolang was cited as a joke about Liangzhou with a peach wine.

It is rumored that the current assassin Meng Tuo scattered all his family wealth in Beijing in the early years, in order to get a relationship with Zhang Rangpan, a regular servant of the Central People's Republic, in order to get an official position.

Later, I offered a drink, and I got my wish.

It is rumored that Meng Tuo originally sent the wine to Liangzhou special brew to make me feel worried, but I didn't expect that the nobles in the court went down to rest for a whole day and a night, and finally a sweet peach wine from the Western Regions was relieved, and because this noble person was a eunuch in the court, so this matter spread to Liangzhou and became a joke among the people after dinner, and soon a ballad flowed out: "Tear your heart and sorrow, have the courage to eliminate your sorrow, and have no courage to cut your heart." ”

Hearrs.

I don't know whether Meng Tuo deliberately used spirits to lure the sweetness of peach wine, or unintentionally inserted willows, anyway, after Zhang Rang tasted the taste of peach wine, he never forgot it.

So Meng Tuo took the opportunity to say that he was willing to make wine for the life of Zhongchang and be a servant.

Zhang Rang was extremely useful, so with a stroke of his pen, he put Meng Tuo outside Liangzhou to guard one side.

The warning in Beijing is that the intricate clans and heroes in Liangzhou have all died down, and the government has tacitly agreed that everyone is guarding themselves and waiting for the Beijing to send an envoy to Liang.

On the contrary, it is the generals of all levels in Liangzhou, sharpening their knives and waiting to show their strength in order to win a wife.

Living up to the expectations of the generals, Duan Cheng bowed to the captain of the Qiang Guard, and immediately led the elite soldiers of Gyeonggi and 12,000 cavalry of the Yiqiang in Huangzhong out of the Huang Valley, broke the eight Qiang tribes such as Burning Dang, Burning He, Dangfang, and Le Sister, pursued the remnants and fought again in Luoting, and won a great victory, killing a total of 2,000 people below its leader and capturing more than 10,000 people.

Duan Cheng was shocked, and said: Go home thousands of miles today, if you enter, you will succeed, you will die, and you will work hard to make a name for yourself!

So the soldiers and horses of all departments in Liangzhou echoed it, fighting day and night, cutting meat and eating snow, in order to gain fame.

Eight years, Pingxi Qiang.

In the spring of the first year of Jianning, Duan Cheng and the Liangzhou Department carried 15 days of food, went straight from Pengyang to Gaoping, and fought with Xianling Zhuqiang in Fengyi Mountain, and returned with a great victory.

Later, after the battle of Lingwu Valley, the battle of Fanting Mountain, and the battle of Hanyang, Dongqiang was finally defeated.

Duan Cheng has fought a total of 180 battles since he set out, beheading more than 38,600 enemies, and countless mules and horses.

After the war, he sealed Duan Xinfeng County, and ate 10,000 households.

In the spring of the third year of Jianning, he summoned the capital to return to Beijing, and took 50,000 soldiers and captured more than 10,000 people.

After years of bloody suppression, the Qiang retreated to the Great and Small Elm Valley and its western region, but their strength still existed.

The Han-Qiang controversy turned into a small-scale hand-to-hand encounter.

In the past many years of war, the losses of the warring sides are not insignificant, but what is even more bitter is that the people of Liangzhou, who have been in war for many years, do not dare to engage in farming, so that Liangzhou is seriously short of grain, and the people even have a miserable situation of changing their children and eating.

A large number of people in Liangzhou fled to seek a way out, but Meng Tuo fortified the border of Liangzhou, and those who dared to flee were all beheaded, which caused public anger for a while.

So the displaced people led by Cao Mo rose up and grabbed grain on a large scale, and the people were even more miserable.

One day, Meng Tuo summoned Che Xiao, the chief general of Moze, and the generals of various departments to discuss the war in the Assassin's Mansion.

Meng Tuo sat on the chair dejectedly, rubbed his temples irritably and said: "Now that the Qiang thieves in Liangzhou have not been extinguished, and there are rogues again, Liangzhou has become a mess. ”

"Che Xiao, now the Qiang thieves can't make big waves, I order you to lead the troops to exterminate this batch of rogues from now on, there must be no mistake!"

Che Xiao wanted to speak again and again, and finally said: "Lord Assassin Shi, think twice, I'm afraid of bloody suppression......"

Before Che Xiao finished speaking, he was interrupted by Meng Tuo waving his hand, and Meng Tuo sneered: "Is General Che going to disobey the order, it seems that this huge Liangzhou is going to be taken over by you." ”

As soon as he heard this, Che Xiao hurriedly knelt down and explained: "The last general will not dare, the last general is just afraid that this will arouse public resentment." ”

"Grievances? What are the grievances of the homeless, in my eyes, these homeless people are even more damned than the Qiang thieves! ”

Che Xiao didn't dare to say more, and was about to receive his life, when a voice sounded.

"Lord Meng, think twice before you act, otherwise the rebellion will be difficult to clean up."

Meng Tuo was furious and pointed at the nose of the person who spoke and scolded: "What are you pointing fingers at here, but just a general, don't think that you will work hard to catch a good man, if it weren't for your good luck, you will be a pawn now, how dare you point fingers at me?" ”

Gan Yi said in a deep voice: "My lord, my subordinates didn't point fingers, my subordinates just felt that the rebellion of the displaced people was just the people forced to act out of desperation, they just wanted to live, and the adults only needed to open a warehouse and release grain to quell the rebellion, and there was no need to fight each other with swords, and once the war started, it would inevitably provoke greater public resentment, and the rebellion would only intensify." ”

Gan Yi fled his homeland due to the great drought and grain shortage, so he knew very well that what those displaced people needed was just food, so why not add a knife and axe?

Thinking of this, Gan Yi couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.

Meng Tuo saw that Gan Yi still dared to talk, and laughed angrily: "Okay, you kid has a lot of ability, come on, come on, it seems that my position should be given to you to sit, I want to see if you, a wild seed, dare to sit like a mustard!" ”

Gan Yi was originally a man with strong blood, and when he heard this, his blood rose, and he stood up and forced Meng Tuo to say angrily: "If Master Meng Tuo said this, I think you, the assassin, should also move your ass!" ”

Meng Tuo didn't expect Gan Yi to dare to be so bold, watching Gan Yi slowly approaching, he was so frightened that he hurriedly took a few steps back, and shouted inwardly: "Bold Gan Yi!" Are you going to rebel? Someone, someone, take down this traitor for me! ”

In an instant, the guards of the Assassin Mansion surrounded him, and the Assassin Mansion was tense for a while.

Ma Hao, who was sitting at the head of the assassin history, saw that the matter was getting bigger, so he quickly stopped Gan Yi and forcibly pressed him to sit down.

asked Yang Yan to continue to press Gan Yi, he got up and apologized to Assassin Shi: "I also hope that Lord Meng will atone for his sins, Gan Yi was originally my subordinate, and now he has collided with the adult because I am not strict in discipline, and I am willing to admit punishment, and I hope that the adult will have merit in Gan Yi to spare him once!" ”

Meng Tuo snorted coldly and said, "General Ma, please get up, this matter has nothing to do with you, Gan Yi is guilty of complicity and rebellion, and he should be beheaded according to the law!" ”

Everyone present gasped and didn't dare to make a sound.

Ma Hao pleaded: "My lord's words are serious, Gan Yi is also anxious about the war, not because he is bent on colliding with adults, please raise your noble hand!" ”

Meng Tuo waved his hand and stopped talking, turned around and walked into the inner hall.

The left and right were about to take people, Ma Hao shouted: "Who dares to take people!" ”

The guards of the Assassin Mansion didn't dare to move for a while, Ma Hao knelt down towards the inner hall and said loudly: "Lord Meng, I, Ma Hao, have never begged anyone in my life, and I don't want this old face today, I will kneel in your Assassin's Mansion today, and I can't escape the blame for Gan Yi's wrongdoing, and I will punish myself if my lord doesn't want to punish me!" ”

Ma Hao took off his armor, took off his single clothes, bare-shouldered and bare-backed, turned around and shouted: "Shen Yue, come here and execute!" ”

Shen Yue was at a loss for a while, Ma Hao glared at Shen Yue, so she had to take the military stick in the hands of the guards and go over to execute.

Ma Hao didn't move at all when he went down with a stick, and Ma Hao said angrily: "Didn't you eat, give me a hard beating!" ”

Shen Yue didn't dare to slack off, so she had to hit hard, and a stick was a blood mark, Gan Yi saw that this scene was gone, and he was about to find Meng Tuo desperately with red eyes, Yang Yan hugged him to death, but Gan Yi's strength was too great, and Yang Yan had to knock him out with a knife.

After a hundred military sticks went down, Ma Hao had already been beaten and his skin was open, and the blood was not stopping, but Meng Tuo still had no reaction, Yang Yan saw that Ma Hao would not be able to fight again, and his heart also knelt under the hall with Ma Hao, and said loudly: "Ask the adults to open the net!" ”

The rest of the generals also came over with Ma Hao, and when they saw Yang Yan taking the lead, they all hurriedly knelt down and pleaded.

After another half of the incense stick, Ma Hao saw that it couldn't be done, and Meng Tuo also felt that he couldn't wait any longer, so he sent Steward Li out to stop Shen Yue.

Tell everyone that since the generals are pleading, they will let Gan Yi go for the time being, and if they dare to commit several crimes again, they will be punished.

Everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief, and after thanking Steward Li, the generals hurriedly helped Ma Hao and Gan Yi to walk outside the mansion, and after Steward Li watched everyone walk out of the Thorn Mansion, he sneered and turned his head back to the inner hall.

In the inner hall, Meng Tuo was lying on the bed and playing with the jade pendant, watching Steward Li come in, and asked without raising his head, "Are they all gone?" ”

Steward Li replied respectfully, "It's all gone." ”

Meng Tuo suddenly clenched the jade pendant, gritted his teeth and said: "Some bastard bastards, this matter is not over, Ma Hao relies on the old man and sells the old man, I can't help it, but if you want to commit another crime, I want to see what else he Ma Hao can do to protect you!" ”

Steward Li flattered and said: "My lord is angry, he is just a mustard person, even if he ascends to the sky in one step, he has no foundation, and it is not easy to clean him up, when the official position is vacant, don't you just cultivate your own cronies." ”

Meng Tuo glanced at Steward Li, and said with a smile: "Then why don't you do it quickly?" ”

Steward Li was so frightened that he hurriedly retired.

In the Wuwei Post House, Ma Hao, who was beaten to death, was helped by Yang Yan and others to lie face down, and hurriedly let the invited doctor take a look.

The doctor is a white-haired old man, the old man trembled and took the pulse, after seeing the wound, said: "It's okay, although it looks dangerous, it is actually a skin injury, wait for me to prescribe the medicine decoction and take it, and then use the plaster externally, and it can be healed in half a month." ”

Gan Yi, who had already been sober, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and after waiting for the old man to prescribe the medicine, he hurriedly ran to grab the medicine.

Yang Yan helped the old man apply plaster to Ma Hao's wound, then wrapped it in a white cloth and covered the quilt, leaving Shen Yue to take care of it, and everyone went down to rest after being busy for a long time.

Half a day later, Ma Hao woke up.

In the end, the people in the army are strong and strong, and if they were ordinary people, they would probably have to be killed in the court.

Gan Yi, who replaced Shen Yue, hurriedly helped General Ma to sit up, Ma Hao sat up with difficulty, straightened his waist, and then let out a long breath.

Gan Yi knelt down guilty and said: "I hurt the general, and please punish the general!" ”

Ma Hao shook his head, picked up Gan Yi, whose eyes were full of tears, and said, "What are you talking about, I brought the three of you into the cruise department in the first place, I don't care who cares?" ”

Gan Yi lowered his head and held back his tears, Ma Hao sighed and said: "I originally thought that your meritorious service to become a general should be a happy event, but now it seems that this is not the case, blame me, blame me." ”

Gan Yi replied: "It has nothing to do with the general, I am willing to do things but ask for a clear conscience, and others can't get used to me!" ”

Ma Hao smiled bitterly: "Now although Meng Tingshi has been forced to spare you by our old guys in disguise, who is our Lord Tingshi, his heart and eyes are like a woman, it would be strange if this is really the case." ”

Ma Hao thought for a while, and Zhengse advised: "Although you are now a general, you have no foundation and no henchmen, and I can't do anything when it comes to Yunwu, you remember, think twice about acting in the future, don't be impulsive anymore!" ”

Gan Yi lowered his head and didn't speak, Ma Hao was anxious, grabbed Gan Yi's neck and drank lowly, Gan Yi had to obey Ma Hao.

Three days later, Ma Hao's body recovered a little, and the other generals had already returned to their stations, only Gan Yi still didn't look like he was leaving.

It's just that Ma Hao has been urging him for two days, and he smashed the medicine bowl in the morning, Gan Yi saw that Ma Hao was really angry, so he didn't dare to insist anymore, after lunch, he had to say goodbye to Ma Hao and go to Yunwu, Ma Hao stayed in Longcheng to recuperate, and Shen Yue rushed to Zhuoni first.

Three days later, Gan Yi and Shen Yue walked to Zhuoni, and after saying goodbye to each other, Gan Yi continued to rush north to Yunwu with more than ten followers.

Three or four days later, it was only ten miles away from Yunwu, Gan Yi saw that it was not easy to run all the way, so he deliberately slowed down his horse and walked slowly, and was finally stopped by the roadside teahouse shopkeeper enthusiastically, and his mouth was indeed dry all the way, so Gan Yi and his party occupied three tables in the teahouse.

The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man, greeted warmly, personally served a pot of good tea, put it in front of Gan Yi, and smiled and signaled Gan Yi to taste his own good tea.

"Big brother, I'm here to pick you up!"

Gan Yi shook his head with a smile, put down the teacup and hugged Gan Ye who rushed in.

smiled and scolded: "What came to pick me up, but I just wanted to take the opportunity to come out and walk around." ”

Gan Ye grinned and said: "The eldest brother still understands me, since you can see it, then let's find a restaurant and have a good drink, the birds are about to fade out of the mouth, what kind of tea to drink here!" ”

Gan Yi just wanted to speak, there was a sudden change in the teahouse, Gan Yi's entourage at the table next to him suddenly foamed at the mouth, convulsions, and after a while, the four men were motionless, Gan Ye was startled, and then drew a knife to knock down the teapot on the table, and shouted: "The tea is poisonous!" ”

Everyone was shocked, the store saw that the matter was revealed, the smiling face was suddenly gloomy, and with a wave of his hand, the guy who had been ambushed behind the door of the teahouse closed the doors and windows, and rushed out of the back hall A group of masked gangsters, without saying a word, raised a knife and rushed to Gan Yi and others, Gan Yi naturally would not sit still, the two groups of people drew knives and fought together, and the small teahouse was suddenly miserable and bloody.

It didn't take long for the winner to be separated, this gang of gangsters originally only had to deal with the poisoned Gan Yi and his entourage, who knew that Gan Ye was killed halfway, Gan Yi was not poisoned, and came to reinforcements, the teahouse gangsters were suddenly overstretched, and they couldn't retreat, so they had to bite the bullet, naturally they couldn't compare with the veterans of a hundred battles, the gangsters were all wiped out, Gan Ye tied up the teahouse shop that took the lead and threw it at Gan Yi's feet, moved a chair and sat down next to Gan Yi.

Gan Yi's face turned pale, and he asked in a muffled voice, "Who sent you?" ”

The shopkeeper, who was tied up in a ball and covered in blood, sneered and said, "You just need to know that someone wants you to die, as for who sent me, you should die as soon as possible!" ”

Gan Yi was not annoyed, but let go of the hand holding the dagger, and the dagger pierced straight into the chest of the bound person, the shopkeeper screamed again and again, Gan Yi was unmoved, got up and stepped on the dagger, the dagger went straight to the end of the handle, and the shopkeeper suddenly lost his sound.

Gan Ye kicked away the corpse, ordered the soldiers to search carefully, walked to Gan Yi's side and whispered: "I'm afraid this is Meng Tuo's person, I received a message from General Ma and went out of the city to pick you up as he said, I didn't expect that something really happened." ”

Gan Yi sneered and said: "You don't have to think about it to know that Meng Tuo did it, he was murderous at that time, if he hadn't been forced to do it a long time ago, this attack and killing can be regarded as a clarity, and it will not stop dying in the future." ”

Gan Ye said in a sullen voice: "Does he really dare to do this, you are now one of the five people under the assassin history, he is not afraid of chaos in the army?" ”

Gan Yi said with a smile: "Can a person who sells alcohol become an ordinary person in the history of the assassin of a state, this master of the history of the assassin will naturally stay out of the matter, and it will be just an accident to report to the court at that time." ”

Gan Ye was indignant, and said: "Damn, isn't it just not to die, since Shangqi came out alive, I didn't plan to go back alive, I originally planned to die on the battlefield and not to be in vain in the world, but now it is Liangzhou's own family who wants our lives, then come on, I want to see whose life is hard!" ”

Gan Yi didn't pay attention, but waited for his corporal to tell him.

A moment later, the soldiers returned, and as expected, the gang was nowhere to be found, and there was nothing to be done.

Gan Yi stuck the cleaned dagger behind his waist, patted Gan Ye on the shoulder and said, "Hui Yunwu." ”

Subsequently, Gan Yi and the others walked out of the teahouse and stepped on the war horse and roared away, and Gan Ye waited until the teahouse was burned to ashes before chasing Gan Yi.

In the second half of the night, Ganye returned to Yoyogo and went straight to the General's Mansion.

General Yunwu's Mansion is now occupied by Gan Yi, and Shen Tishan's family is placed in the house near the General's Mansion by Ma Hao. And Gan Yi has no family, so the originally brightly lit General's Mansion is now only a few lonely lights lit in the study of the General's Mansion.

Gan Ye handed over the reins of his horse to the guards and walked straight to the study, he walked through the cloister and walked through the courtyard to the study where only the lights were lit, pushed the door in, and Gan Yi and Ganzi were waiting for him under the lamp.

Gan Yi saw him come in, pulled over a chair and said, "Sit down." ”

After Gan Yi waited for Gan Ye to sit down, he rubbed his hands and said in a deep voice: "There's nothing to say, you all already know about it, if Meng Tuo dares to attack and kill in broad daylight today, he will never give up, and in the future, it will be a clear gun and a hidden arrow, do you two want to go to General Ma, let me have a grudge with Meng Tuo?" ”

Gan Zi and the others directly interrupted Gan Yi's words, Gan Zi stared at Gan Yi's eyes and said: "There is no reason for this, the three of us lived and died together at the beginning, which time have we not advanced and retreated together in these years, this time we want to go away, what is the reason?" ”

Gan Yi also knew the reason, avoided Gan Zi's gaze, sighed and continued: "Why don't you understand, I am now the general of the Hule Division, no matter how bold he is, he Meng Tuo will not dare to be unfavorable to me, I can always deal with it if I am cautious, but if he attacks you two, it will be impossible to prevent it!" ”

"Damn, big brother, why are you so timid now, who hasn't crawled out of the pile of corpses, they all have two noses and two eyes, he Meng Tuo is just a flatterer, how can he kill us?"

Ganno jumped up and slapped the table and shouted.

Gan Yi was a little annoyed, and said in a loud voice: "Why can't you kill, you are just a tiny pawn, Meng Tuo has the power of life and death for the assassin of a state, why can't he kill you?!" ”

Gan Ye was choked by Gan Yi speechless, his face was red and he didn't know how to answer, and he roared for a long time: "Then I'll kill him, I'll kill him and see how he kills me!" ”

Gan Yi was stunned, but he had nothing to say.

Gan Zi hurriedly pulled Gan Ye to sit down and stuffed him with a cup of tea, Gan Ye took the teacup, felt aggrieved, and poured it down.

Gan Zi saw that the two of them had calmed down for the time being, and said unhurriedly: "Big brother, do you remember how we entered the cruise department at the beginning?" ”

Gan Yi didn't think much about it and replied directly: "I was accepted by General Ma in Shangtai City." ”

Gan Zi continued to ask, "Why did General Ma want to send us?" ”

Gan Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Don't you think we are a little bold?" ”

Gan Zi ignored Gan Yi's rhetorical question, and asked again: "What was General Ma's identity at that time, and what was our identity?" ”

Gan Yi said thoughtfully: "General Ma is a general, and we are just three people who fled the famine. ”

Gan Zi accentuated his voice and said: "At the beginning, we were only three thin teenagers who dared to draw a knife against a general with elite soldiers, why don't we dare to draw a knife against the so-called stabbing history of a corpse vegetarian meal?" Isn't our life all gambling, and if we lose, we should be treated as dying under the general's sword at the age of sixteen, what's so terrible? ”

Gan Ye's eyes became brighter and brighter the more he listened, and by the end of Gan Zi's words, Gan Ye was already staring at Gan Yi with burning eyes, full of expectations.

Gan Yi smiled bitterly in the face of Gan Zi's questioning: "I don't want to kill him, I can't wait to kill him with a knife when I was in the Assassin Mansion, but General Ma has come out for me in the Assassin Mansion, if I really kill Meng Tuo, I am afraid that the court will investigate and implicate General Ma." ”

Gan Zi said: "I understand your worries, but eldest brother, you are too worried, as far as I know, two months later will be the full moon of Meng Tuo's son, when the eldest brother you go to the banquet, Gan Ye and I will do it, then who can doubt the eldest brother and General Ma?" ”

Gan Yi looked at Gan Zi and said, "It seems that you have been planning to do it a long time ago?" ”

Gan Zi said calmly: "If people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone, and I'm a person who will be revenged, to be honest, since I received the secret report of the conflict between my eldest brother and Meng Tuo, I started to find out all the circumstances of the Assassin's Mansion, no matter how big or small. ”

The three of them were speechless for a while, each thinking about it.

After a while, Gan Yi spit out the turbid breath that had been held for so long, and said fiercely: "It's just a gamble, so come on." ”

Many years later, a man is accustomed to the wind and sand, looking back on the past, a pot of spirits to the past, respect people, respect things, respect the courage of the sky, but a big case, only one person remains, and no one can talk to him.

The liquor into the throat is also three points stronger than before, a pot of belly, poured full of bitterness, full of grievances, drawing the sword and angry eyes, but the miserable helpless, the wine surged up and fell into a deep sleep in the big case, vaguely audible muttering: "I don't regret until death......"