Although Qiu Zhen is over forty years old, he still has not married a wife, and he is still alone until now. He asked Shaojun to sit down in the upper seat, ready to pour him a cup of tea, Qing Zhan signaled him not to go again, Qiu Zhen thought that Shaojun suddenly arrived, there must be something very important to say, so he was ordered to stand aside, did not dare to sit down, only bowed down and said apologetically: "I don't know what happened when Shaojun suddenly arrived here?" The last general is very ugly here, but it makes Shaojun laugh. ”

Qing Zhan looked very respectful of Qiu Zhen, he stood up, patted Qiu Zhen's shoulder meaningfully, and said: "I still have soldiers like General Qiu Shen in Xueying, but it is the blessing of the Xueying country, it is too late for this monarch to respect him, how can he laugh, all these years, let you succumb to this, but I have wronged you." ”

As soon as Qiu Zhen heard Shaojun's words, he felt even more frightened, and hurriedly knelt down, and only said: "The last general doesn't dare, the last general only hopes to be able to serve the king is enough, how dare you have other extravagant hopes." ”

As soon as Qing Zhan heard Qiu Zhen say this, he had the bottom in his heart, he helped Qiu Zhen up, and sighed: "General Qiu has never forgotten to serve the country until now, which really makes Benjun sincerely admire, seeing General Qiu like this, Benjun is really ashamed." ”

Qiu Zhen's face suddenly sank, and he looked a little uneasy, because he heard Qing Zhan call him a general, instead of calling him a general, and changing his title so quickly, something must have happened, he hurriedly said: "Shaojun must have remembered wrong, the last general is just a small staff leader, and he is no longer a general." ”

"What if Benjun makes Qiu Zhen a general? I wonder if the general can swear to serve the king to the death? "Qing Zhan went straight to the point, because he didn't have much time, and he had to seize every minute.

"I don't know what Shaojun means by this?" Qiu Zhen was confused, as if he understood his intention, but he didn't seem to understand.

"At present, I think General Qiu should be very clear about the situation in the royal city, even if this gentleman doesn't say it, I think you are also very clear in your heart that there are people in the royal city who collude with other counties to try to rebel, this matter is related to the life and death of the blood Ying country, related to the life of the current king and Princess Jielan, and even more related to this vast world, now it has reached the most critical time, this monarch wants to find a person who is not afraid of power, not afraid of life and death to serve the king, after I think about it carefully, I think of you, I know that since the incident of General Long Ke for more than ten years, You have been implicated for no reason to get to this situation, but then everything will pass, and I hope that General Qiu can help the king again regardless of his past suspicions. Qing Zhan's words were earnest, hoping that Qiu Zhen would be moved.

General Long Ke has not heard the title Qiu Zhen for a long time, and now when he hears him again, instead of resentment, his eyes are moist, and he only said: "General Long Ke treats me like a brother, he taught me martial arts, and taught me literacy, and let me learn the art of war, he is like a brother, I respect him too late, how can I resent him, when he was convicted and wanted, I can't help him, I am already very guilty, now that the king has returned to the royal city, I will protect the king even if I am broken, Because the king is the wife of General Long in the heart of the last general, and he is my brother and sister-in-law. ”

If this sentence was said in front of other people, he would definitely have committed a capital crime, but after Qing Zhan heard Qiu Zhen's heartfelt words, he was very happy, because he felt that he really didn't choose the wrong person this time, he smiled slightly, and only said: "General Qiu's words have reassured Benjun a lot, presumably General Qiu is also very clear about the rebellion in Heimu County, but now the most important thing is the matter of civil strife, there are people in the court who covet the throne, and they will definitely seize the throne by launching civil strife, but General Qiu understands in his heart, The military power in the court is in the hands of General Tong Ge, and General Tong Ge's heart belongs to King Belon, but it cannot be used by the king, so this monarch and the king think about the mountain, and feel that General Qiu Zhen will definitely be loyal to the royal family, so there are three things that need to worry about General Qiu this time. ”

"But please ask Shaojun to bring it up." As soon as Qiu Zhen heard that Shaojun would appoint him with a heavy responsibility, he came to his senses, as if he had returned to the bloody and brave time more than ten years ago.

"First of all, I want General Qiu to keep an eye on General Tongge's movements in the army, and if he makes any moves, he will be killed directly, and at the same time, you must establish the prestige of the king in the army, so that the soldiers can understand one thing, they are the king's army, not Tong Ge's army, let alone King Beron's army, they should be loyal to the king, not anyone else." When Qing Zhan said this, he summoned his Bixuan Sword from the palm of his hand, he presented the Bixuan Sword to Qiu Zhen with both hands, and said: "This sword is the law enforcement sword of the young monarch of the 'Imperial Deaf Group', symbolizing the Imperial Deaf Group, and also representing me and the king, if someone in the army dares to rebel, you will use this sword to execute him, if the situation is urgent, you can cut it first and then play, don't worry about you and me." ”

Qiu Zhen received such a major order, he was really a little scared, he felt too sudden, too incredible, but he was very excited, just like a talented man who had not been buried for many years suddenly discovered his talent one day, which made people feel excited, he quickly knelt down, took the Bixuan Sword with both hands, and then bowed his head and thanked him, and said: "The last general can be so trusted by the young monarch, and he will definitely be repaid by breaking his bones." ”

Qing Zhan thought that he put the power of life and death in his hands, which was equivalent to putting his life in his hands, if one day he also rebelled, then the loser would be himself, but Qing Zhan would rather bet on this one, gamble on human nature, "You should understand the weight of this sword, and you should also understand the meaning of this sword handed over to you, I hope you will not live up to the trust that this monarch has placed in you, this sword represents the future of the Blood Ying Kingdom, can you understand?" ”

Qiu Zhen bowed another song and said: "The last general will listen to the instructions of the young monarch, and will never dare to have the slightest dissenting heart, and will serve the king wholeheartedly." ”

Qing Zhan felt a lot more relieved when he heard his words, he helped Qiu Zhen up, and said: "Since you have promised this thing, Benjun also believes that you will definitely keep your promise, and Benjun also believes that you will definitely regain the vigor of the major general of the year, and there is one more thing at the moment, I don't know who else under General Qiu is trustworthy." ”

After thinking about it, Qiu Zhen said: "The last general has a powerful soldier under him, although this person does not have much official position, but he has always been loyal to the last general, when General Tong Ge wanted to transfer him to his side to be a deputy general, he refused, one is because he misses my kindness to him, and the other is that he does not want to be a vassal General Tong Ge, so the last general has always respected him. ”

Qing Zhan nodded, and only said: "Okay, I have another important matter, that is, I need to send someone to Chiluo County to bring the Red Demon Yandi to the royal city, Yandi is in the county capital of Chiluo County, and the county marquis has kept it by his side, this is the token of this monarch, you give this token to your subordinate, and tell him to take this token to see the county marquis of Chiluo County, this county marquis I saved his life back then, he saw my token, and naturally let the Yan Demon be taken away by your subordinates, but how about the martial arts of your subordinate?" ”

Qiu Zhen said without thinking: "It's on par with the last general." ”

When Qing Zhan heard this, he was a lot relieved, so he said: "That's good, he will come back all the way, presumably he will encounter the pursuit and interception of the people of Heimu County, and it is also a lot of hardship to go, and if he is not careful, he will lose his life, so he must be cautious, you know?" ”

Qiu Zhen didn't know why he had to bring the Red Demon back suddenly, and he asked, "Although the last general shouldn't ask, he still wants to know why he is in a hurry to bring the Red Demon back to the royal city?" ”

Qing Zhan thought to himself, since he had already put life and death in the hands of this person, then it was not necessary to tell him about taking back the Red Devil, he briefly told Qiu Zhen everything that Jielan told him, Qiu Zhen was shocked when he heard it, he didn't expect Hei Mu County to actually go to the evil sect and demon arts, and couldn't help but say angrily: "The so-called blood demon is the demon of living beings, everything in this world is the bearer of blood, and if you lose them, you will lose your life, and this Hei Mu County does not respect them, but gives birth to such evil thoughts, and really wants to destroy the family, Don't they know that they are fighting against the heavens? ”

Qing Zhan also feels quite helpless about the greed and ignorance of human nature, but sometimes once people are blinded by fame and fortune, they will become so irrational, how can they take the so-called human nature to heart, "Hei Mu County gave birth to such evil thoughts, it is also because of their human desires, but it is also the seven blood demons who should have this calamity, I hope they can avoid this calamity, don't let the power to protect the Blood Ying Country eventually become the power to destroy the Blood Ying Country, the matter of the Fire Demon has been entrusted to General Qiu, I hope you will live up to your mission." ”

Qiu Zhen said meaningfully: "Please rest assured, Shaojun, I will order my subordinates to be cautious, and do not bring the fire demon back to the royal court safely." ”

Qing Zhan nodded, he saw that it was dark outside, and it was drizzling again, thinking that he would definitely attract people's attention after returning to the palace, so he said, "This gentleman will leave here." Qing Zhan went out of the house, Qiu Zhen went out to see him off, Qing Zhan let him stay, and then Qing Zhan came out of the thatched house, and then returned to the royal court with Split Bo, on the way back, Qing Zhan's mood seemed heavier, he still couldn't rest assured that Qiu Zhen wouldn't let go, so he said to Split Bo: "This time out, it's hard to ensure that the news doesn't leak, if other people know that I went to find him, these people will definitely attack him first, Crack Bo, you don't need to protect me, you go and protect Qiu Zhen secretly, until he returns to the barracks early tomorrow morning, and you come back to report to me." ”

Although Split Bo was not worried about Shaojun alone, but when it came to this, he had to obey the order, so he took his leave and returned to the thatched house to protect Qiu Zhen secretly, while Qing Zhan returned to the royal city, and after he returned to the palace, he did not immediately go to rest, but was alone in the palace thinking about how to force King Belon to automatically expose his collusion with foreign enemies.

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And Jielan in the dormitory but also a long time sleepless, she thought that there may be a war in the next few days, she felt very worried, she has been anxious in her heart, so it is difficult to sleep peacefully, she got up and put on a single dress, heard the sound of rain outside, so she decided to get up and read a book to distract her heart, when she walked out of the inner room, came to the front room, the outside light shone in, the figure of Tan Qi reflected on the window lattice, it seems that in order to protect her, Tan Qi has not left half a step until now, when he was about to call him, he thought that there is a difference between men and women, What's more, after all, she is a monarch and minister, and she can't be as casual as before, so she stopped and didn't shout.

However, Tan Qi heard footsteps in the room, thinking that someone had sneaked in while he was not paying attention, he couldn't help but say that he immediately pushed the door and rushed in, raised his sword and asked, "Who?" How dare you break into here? ”

Jielan was startled by Tan Qi who suddenly broke in, and shouted busily: "It's me, you don't have to panic!" ”

Tan Qi heard Jielan's voice, panicked in his heart, felt that he was out of character, and was so busy that he bowed and said: "My subordinates offended the princess, please forgive me!" ”

In the past, Tan Qi thought he was a demon, so he always spoke ill of her, and sometimes he even wanted to kill her, lest she would hinder the future of Qing Zhan, but now, this stubborn man knelt down in front of her, and his words were respectful, which made Jielan feel uncomfortable, but after all, it was not as good as before, although Jielan really wanted everything to return to the previous time, but many things, she should learn to accept, she raised her right hand lightly, and said, "You get up, You are worried that Princess Ben will be attacked by the enemy, so why should you be offended? ”

"Thank you, Princess forgiveness!" Tan Qi stood up, but he never dared to look up at Jielan, but he stopped where he was, neither saying anything nor leaving, as if he had something to say but hesitated not to speak, but he thought for a while and turned around and prepared to leave the house.

"If you have something to ask me, just ask it directly, although I am a princess now, but Major General Tan Qi is a friend in the heart of this princess."

When Tan Qi heard this, he was a little frightened, he turned his head sideways, and didn't dare to look directly into Jielan's eyes, but said: "The last general doesn't dare!" ”

Hearing such a reply, Jielan smiled coldly: "In the past, that Tan Qi was never afraid of me every time, what to say, although sometimes this princess is very resentful, but I also appreciate your courage to be loyal to the character, in fact, I hope that you are the same now, and don't become another face to me that I don't know because I am a princess." ”

Tan Qi didn't know what to answer, he was always rude to Jielan before, and even almost killed her, now he feels a little guilty when he thinks about it, he only said: "The princess is magnanimous, and she doesn't care about the recklessness of the last general, she is already kind to the last general, and the last general doesn't dare to expect anything else." ”

Jielan sighed, she knew that as long as she became a princess, she would inevitably lose a lot of things, she sighed and said, "You were so hesitant just now, you actually wanted to ask me about Qixue, didn't you?" ”

Tan Qi didn't expect Jielan to guess what was on his mind, he nodded, looking a little embarrassed, and even his face was a little red, but in the night, Jielan couldn't see it. Jielan thought that Qi Xue was in danger, this man she had been tempted to still think about her, it was not in vain that Qi Xue had feelings for him, Jielan sighed and said: "She and Chengfeng are both trapped in Heimu County, but I will try to save her, so, you don't have to worry..."

Before she finished speaking, Tan Qi turned around and left, he went out of the dormitory, closed the door, and stood outside the door like just now, motionless, as if Jielan's words were unmoved to him, Jielan didn't know what he meant, but thought to himself, it didn't matter if he didn't care about Qi Xue or not, after all, a man who didn't even dare to give love, how could Jielan expect him to worry about Qi Xue?