"Big Brother is happy today, and I was going to invite Brother Yang to drink a bowl of wine together, but the wind is tight these days, hey, I'll just say, what kind of person is Brother Yang, how can he miss this big day? Wait a while to drink a few more glasses of wine, and we brothers will pay tribute to Brother Yang together!" the strong man laughed.

Gao Changgong smiled and asked, "Aren't you drinking together?"

"I do. However, the eldest brother said that these days are not peaceful, so we have to watch the door. Brother, when we change our guards, we will drink him again!"

Gao Changgong nodded and chuckled, "No need." There shouldn't be a chance. ”

The strong man was slightly stunned: "Brother, are you in a hurry to leave?" Don't mind, you should always drink a few more bowls of ......."

However, while the strong man was still talking, he strangely found that he seemed to be getting farther and farther away from the overly handsome "brother" in front of him, and then, his gaze involuntarily moved up, and he saw the gloomy night and the crumbling dark clouds.

What's the matter?, the strong man thought strangely.

Then he felt a pain in his neck and reached out to touch his neck, only to find that he seemed to have completely lost control of his body.

Gao Changgong's expression was calm, watching the strong man's head slowly fall to the ground, and the headless corpse also fell down, he took out a handkerchief from his arms, and slowly wiped the palm of his right hand.

Qin Ke and Abu were so frightened that they couldn't speak, they never thought that Gao Changgong would suddenly make a move, and he actually cut off the head of this strong man with a hand knife!

"You...... What are you doing?" Qin Ke almost forgot to breathe for a moment just now, and only then did he breathe a heavy sigh of relief, but his heart was still overturned, and the headless corpse was so close to him, thinking that the strong man who was still talking to him just now died so simply, he couldn't help but bow his head and retched a few times.

"What are you doing? Of course it's killing people......

The smile on the corner of Gao Changgong's mouth had disappeared, replaced by a compelling coldness, "The distance between here and Jianye City is only a dozen miles, even if the forests are lush and the mountain roads are complicated, if the government is really determined to clean it up, how can there be trouble?"

Abu patted Qin Ke on the back, raised his head and said sadly: "Doesn't it mean that the imperial court hasn't focused on suppressing bandits over the years?"

"Suppress bandits?" Gao Changgong said coldly, "How do you think these are bandits?"

Qin Ke didn't actually vomit anything, but after retching together, his chest was a little more comfortable, he spat and raised his head and asked, "Isn't it a bandit?"

"Since I took charge of the military, although I have also used many people from the noble clan as generals, after all, the Jingwu Army is different from what it was back then, and the current Jingwu Army is not a place where they can easily interfere. One of the reasons why the scholars have been safe with Wanling all these years is that they have no soldiers in their hands, even if they control half of the court, this waist pole still can't be stiffened. So, they had to think of something else......"

Gao Changgong's eyes showed mockery, "This is the hinterland of Jingwu, even if there are rogues, it is impossible to gather into a group." But that's what happened...... These bandits are not so much bandits, but rather private soldiers raised here by people with ulterior motives......"

Qin Ke's eyes widened: "You mean, these bandits are actually supported by the people in the court, but what do they want these bandits for?"

Gao Changgong sneered: "What's the use? Of course, it's useless now, after all, these bandits lack sufficient training, in front of Jing Wujun, it can be regarded as a lift, a group of stinky fish and rotten shrimp, but ......" he changed his words, "If there is the right time, these people are only half a day's journey away from Jianye City, as long as they master the defense of the city, and the inside and outside should be combined, these bandits will be their new force, plus the elite private army they have retained, it will ...... It's enough to storm the palace gate, and it's a different day. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Changgong lowered his head and looked at Qin Ke with a playful smile, since Zhuge Wanling said that he wanted to gamble, he had to leave Jianye Dadu, but even if he left, he would have to do something "interesting".

"Do you know why I want to get in?" Gao Changgong casually threw away the blood-stained silk handkerchief and asked Qin Ke.

"Huh?" Qin Ke was a little inexplicable when he was asked, and he was also a little inexplicable by his act of beheading people with his bare hands just now, so he could only let out a strange question.

Gao Changgong blinked and said, "This is my bet with General Mulan." It's just that I don't know which side will win, you or Su Dingfang of the Great Wall. ”

With that, he bent down to pick up the torch that had fallen to the ground, and threw it on the roof of a thatched house, and the fire suddenly spread to the sky.

Jian Ye City, the old residence of the Sun family.

"You have avoided me for so many days, don't you want to see grandpa?" Sun Zhong did not get up, but his originally closed eyes were completely open, looking at the most beloved grandchild standing opposite, with kind eyes.

Sun Qing shook his head and said softly, "It's faceless...... I don't have the face to see my grandfather. ”

Sun Zhong smiled and said, "Are you still worried about letting go of those two Taixue children?"

Sun Qing bit his lip, knelt down abruptly in front of Sun Zhong, lowered his head and said, "If I had known that Qin Ke had such an important list, I wouldn't have let him go." But this is my own stupidity after all, so many warriors were slaughtered, this is all my sin, grandpa, you punish me. ”

"Get up, get up......" Sun Zhong said lightly.

Sun Qing didn't get up, but raised his head.

Sun Zhong was still lying down, and he didn't get up and support him in a hurry like those old people who spoiled his grandson, in his opinion, Sun Qing was like a good knife, but it was too fast and sharp, but it was easy to break, let him kneel, it was not without benefit, he said slowly: "Punishment, there is no need, but do you know, why I won't punish you?"

"Yes...... Grandpa loves me. ”

Sun Zhong shook his head: "No, you don't understand ......" The old man's voice was like a dull bell by the river in the evening, it seemed distant and quiet, and he said: "That list, whether there is it or not...... We have been fighting with Zhuge Wanling for all these years, what is it like to each other, can we not be clear? There are as many as 10,000 people affected by the disaster, just a few officials under the bottom, who dares? Then, there must be people in the scholar clan behind this, Zhuge Wanling is not a fool, and even, he is the most unfathomable person I have ever seen in my life, even if there is no list, he can still silently recite the names of those people in his heart. ”

"But this time, not only those officials who participated, but also some people who were not involved, but were just affected, were also imprisoned......

"You, you're still too young...... Sun Zhong sighed: "If you only see one person and one thing, it is a leopard in the tube, and a leaf is blind." You have to take a long-term view, ...... long-term" The old man's eyes suddenly deepened, as if he wanted to penetrate Sun Qing with his sharp gaze.

"You have to see the court of this Jingwu country, and even ...... World. ”

"The world?" Sun Qing raised his head and looked at Sun Zhong, only to feel that the heart in his chest stopped inexplicably for a moment.

Of course, it is not just the officials who want to deal with the case of destroying the embankment and flooding the fields, but ...... Weaken the power of the nobles. Sun Zhongdao.

Although Jing Wu has now been governed, the power in the hands of Zhuge Wanling is still constrained by the scholars everywhere. He used Gao Changgong to support those new generation of generals, and he built the Taixue Hall in Ye City, all in order to prevent the scholar clan from continuing to grow and eventually affecting the power in his hands.

Whether there is a case of destroying the embankment and flooding the fields this time, or whether there is an assassination in the court, what he should do, or whether he will do it as always, is only a matter of time.

Sun Zhong's voice gradually cooled, and the chill in his words seemed to be completely unsuitable for an old man of his age, and he said, "I don't think Zhuge Wanling's actions are wrong, although these days are ...... He has indeed crossed the bottom line of the scholars. But in the final analysis, if the scholar clan is not rotten and unscrupulous, how can they expose this bottom line to Zhuge Wanling? If there is a mistake in the affairs of his family, it is no wonder that others take advantage of the situation. ”

Sun Qing's heart trembled, and he said with tears: "Uncle...... He also ...... I'm dead, too!"

"Heh, that idiot......" Sun Zhong's words were not mixed with any emotion, as if he was not talking about his own family, but just a wild dog on the side of the road, "I told him in the early years that he should settle down and only do his part well. He didn't listen to persuasion, he had to send his neck to Zhuge Wanling's knife, in this case, it was better to die in the hands of his own family than to die at the hands of outsiders...... It was I who sent someone to finish him. ”