Su Qifan looked at Xun Zhi with a shocked expression: "Mr. Xun Zhi, what does this mean?" ”

Xun Zhi handed the knife to Su Qifan: "Mr. Liu is my friend and my senior, I have a good relationship with him, I sent him on the road, I don't want to watch him be tortured by you anymore, besides, in five years, his value has been squeezed clean by you, why let him suffer." ”

Su Qifan looked at the blood on the knife: "Mr. Xun Zhi is really ruthless when he kills people." ”

Xun said expressionlessly: "It's the first time to kill someone." ”

Su Qifan looked at Xun Zhi's eyes, as if he wanted to see through this person's heart.

Xun Zhi stretched out his hand: "I know that you people who are lurking in Daning have poison on you, give me a copy, if I am unfortunately captured by the border army of Ningguo, I don't want to be tortured." ”

He glanced at Liu Qingyan, who fell to the ground: "At least, I don't want to be like him." ”

Su Qifan laughed: "Mr. is also benevolent and righteous, since Mr. wants it, then I will give you a copy." ”

He took out a vial from his arms and handed it to Xun Zhi: "There are three poisons in here, one of which will die." ”

Xun Zhi stretched out his hand and took the medicine bottle and put it close to him: "Let's go." ”

Su Qifan snorted and waved his hand: "Dispose of Liu Qingyan's corpse, I want to send Mr. away, you will wait for me here." ”

A group of people leaned over with their fists clenched and watched Su Qifan and Xun Zhi leave.

The two of them turned sideways out of the crack, and there was a team of extremely fierce looking martial artists waiting outside, about twenty or thirty of them, and after Su Qifan came out, he said, "Sir, wait a moment." ”

He glanced at the group of warriors led by the people, the man nodded, beckoned, and his subordinates followed him into the cave one by one, and after a while, there were bursts of wails in the cave, and Xun Zhi stood so quietly, it seemed that he didn't hear it at all.

Su Qifan said in a flat tone: "Sir, you should understand." ”

Xun Zhi nodded: "You want to test whether I really want to submit to Heiwu, so I brought me to this place, and deliberately let me see Liu Qingyan, which can be regarded as a warning or a temptation, and then kill all the people here at this time, I am still afraid that even if I go to Heiwu, I may find a way to spread the news here, I don't care, what does the dead have to do with me, you kill you, kill it quickly, hurry up." ”

Su Qifan smiled: "Mr. is open-minded. ”

Xun Zhi closed his eyes and stopped talking.

After a while, those warriors came out of the cracks one by one, and the swords on their bodies were covered with blood.

Su Qifan looked at the person in the lead and ordered: "Send Mr. out of the customs, I still have to go back to Chang'an, there are some things that have not been done...... After seeing His Majesty the Emperor Khan, he told the Emperor Khan on my behalf, saying that I would respond in Chang'an City, and I would never let the Ning people's family be stable. ”

The man lowered his head: "Mr. Yi, don't worry, we will send Mr. Xun Zhi to the inner courtyard safely to meet Your Majesty, and we will also bring Mr. Yi's words." ”

Su Qifan snorted, and looked at Xun Zhi again: "I wish Mr. a safe journey, and I hope you and I will have a period in the future." ”

He hugged his fists and went down the mountain alone.

Ten days later, Chishui.

In recent years, in order to allow the naval division to support the northern expedition army in a timely manner, Liaobei Province recruited hundreds of thousands of migrant workers to open up Chishui and Daliu River, open the waterway, it took four years, so that the fleet can go directly to Hanhai City, in the past four years, hundreds of thousands of Daning craftsmen took turns to dredge the most important waterway of the army's northern expedition, so far, Daning's sailors can reach the north and south in the inland river, and there is no hindrance.

The emperor stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the scenery on both sides of the river, it seemed that he was in a good mood, it was already in March, the people on both sides of the Chishui River were busy farming, a group of prosperity, the emperor led the troops when he was young, and he had led the team several times on the official road on the bank of the Chishui River, more than 30 years later, the emperor looked at the two sides of the Chishui River now, and his heart was inevitably a little uneasy.

Shen Leng came out of the cabin and handed the cloak in his hand to Dai Fangzhou, who reacted, and the light-hearted country went to give the cloak to the emperor and draped it on his shoulders.

The emperor raised his hand and pointed to the distance: "I used to rest in that place, and I still remember that there is a small Taoist temple behind the high slope, I went in to ask for water to drink, and I talked with the Taoist in the small Taoist temple, and in the blink of an eye, decades have passed, and the hillside has not changed, but the Taoist temple has been broken." ”

Shen Leng said: "The Taoists should have changed places. ”

The emperor shook his head: "Those Taoists are upright, they don't open the incense burner, they don't collect incense, and their lives are naturally uncomfortable." ”

Shen Leng said: "So the Taoist sect is respected, the minister heard that the sword gate of Heiwu, there are temples in all parts of Heiwu, every county, and there are many villages and towns in larger places, these people of the Jianmen sect occupy the land, and there is no need to pay taxes to Heiwu, the land belongs to them, and the people dare not speak out, such a sect, on the surface, everyone is in awe, but in fact, it is just afraid, the privileges of the sect are still above the law of the imperial court, and the civil strife in Heiwu is a matter of time sooner or later." ”

The emperor snorted: "So I respect Lao Zhang Zhenren very much." ”

He glanced at Shen Leng: "You should remember one thing, the people's belief in religion is often because they are disappointed in the country and the court, if the country is enough to make the people safe, the country is the faith of the people." ”

Shen Leng lowered his head: "The minister remembers." ”

The emperor said, "But the people's hearts are fickle...... During the Chu period, the three expeditions to the Bohai Sea, so that the national strength withered and the people's hearts were floating, and the Chu emperor did not want to repent, and the three levies could not be lowered, and he had to levy the fourth levy, and the taxes on grain and grass were raised, which provoked the people's revolt...... Therefore, for the battle of Heiwu, the military department deduced that it would take three years, and I didn't dare to fight for three years, even if the material reserves needed for the battle of Heiwu were not from the treasury, I didn't dare. ”

Shen Leng said: "The minister knows. ”

The emperor looked at Shen Leng: "You have many strengths, and you are also smart, you can draw inferences, but I know that you have no ambitions, and if you have no great ambitions, you are short-sighted, I hope you can see farther." ”

He wanted to finish the rest of the story, but he held back.

The second prince Li Changye is still young, and he needs someone like Shen Leng to help him see farther, Shen Leng's biggest advantage is that he is not greedy for power, and this is precisely his biggest shortcoming.

The emperor took a deep breath and seemed to smell the fragrance of the fields.

"I hope that the people can always be so comfortable."

At the same time, northern Xinjiang, Hanhai City.

Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in Hanhai City, and the battle with the Black Martial Arts was about to break out, and the army of the Black Martial Southern Courtyard was also ready for this battle, and both sides had prepared everything they could.

Wu Xinyu, the general of Northern Xinjiang, returned from an inspection outside, pushed open the door, and the sword hanging in his study immediately came into view, which was left to him when Tang ruthless left, Tang ruthless was ordered to go south, and now he is the first female general of the army since the founding of Daning, Wu Xinyu was very happy for her, but Tang ruthless asked him a word before leaving, this sentence still lingered in Wu Xinyu's mind, and it did not go away for a long time.

"If you let me stay, I can go to the armor and unload the army and be an ordinary woman."

Wu Xinyu let out a long breath and looked at the sword, as if he saw Tang Lu who left with some resentment.

"There is no judgment in this battle, you might as well leave if you stay."

Wu Xinyu went over and took off the long sword, took out a handkerchief and wiped the sword, not long after he sat down, a tall man outside ran in, and began to tremble as soon as he entered the door, Wu Xinyu looked up at him, and asked helplessly: "Why are you shaking?" ”

The bearded man who came in looked puzzled: "It's all snow, how can I do it without shaking?" ”

As he spoke, he trembled, and the flesh on his shaky face was about to be thrown out.

Wu Xinyu said: "Why don't you take off your coat and shake it, but people shake?" ”

The bearded man paused for a moment and thought for a moment: "That makes sense." ”

Wu Xinyu sighed: "Except for being smart when you make firearms, you are stupid at other times." ”

The bearded man took off his coat, grabbed it and began to shake it, people were shaking up and down, he was shaking it horizontally, throwing the clothes out and pulling them back, with a snap, the clothes were thrown on his own face, half of his face soon turned red, and the bearded man looked unhappy: "This method is not good at all." ”

He put on his clothes and walked in front of Wu Xinyu: "Is General Shen coming?" ”

"General Shen doesn't come to Hanhai City, he wants to go to Xifengkou."

Wu Xinyu said: "What, something?" ”

"Yes!"

The bearded man said seriously: "If General Shen wants to come to Hanhai City, then I will wait for him here, if General Shen does not come, then I will go to Xifengkou to find him." ”

Wu Xinyu smiled and asked, "I treat you badly?" Why do you want to go to Shen Leng so much. ”

"He still owes me wages."

The bearded man said: "I owe it for so many years......"

Wu Xinyu was silent for a moment and then said: "Shen Leng left you in Daning, I know that you think he is your benefactor, you want to go to Xifengkou, I am approved, you go back to pack your things, I will send someone to escort you, but there is one thing, you have to arrange everything before leaving, the big battle is imminent, and your crossbow array car must not be lost." ”

The beard slapped his chest, slapped too hard, and rubbed it again in pain.

"Don't worry, the general, the crossbow array vehicles are ready and ready to be used, and several of my apprentices have also been released, so it's no problem to have them."

He looked at Wu Xinyu and smiled wryly: "General, I haven't received my salary in the past few years, and I can't spend money on food and clothing anyway, but I'm going to Xifengkou, and I have to take the money with me." ”

Wu Xinyu asked with a smile: "The Xifengkou camp also has food and clothing, and it can't be spent, what are you doing with the money?" ”

"Please drink coldly."

The bearded man said, "Have a good drink, and then ask him when he will be able to do what he promised me." ”

Wu Xinyu was stunned: "What did Shen Leng promise you?" ”

The bearded man lowered his head and was silent for a long time, and said in a somewhat sad tone: "I want the people in my hometown to live like the Ning people, Shen Leng said that he will lead the troops to kill those damned nobles, so that the people in my hometown can live a peaceful life." ”

Wu Xinyu's heart moved.

The bearded man looked at Wu Xinyu and said seriously: "This is what Shen Leng promised me, I want to ask him if he has forgotten." ”

Wu Xinyu nodded: "I'll have someone send your salary to you and save it for you." ”

He got up, took off his saber and handed it to the bearded man, who subconsciously took it: "What does the general mean by this?" ”

Wu Xinyu stood solemnly and saluted: "On behalf of the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang, thank you." ”

The bearded man also hurriedly stood up straight and saluted, snapped, forgot the knife in his hand, the handle of the knife knocked on his nose, he shouted, and when he touched the blood, his eyes widened: "See red!" ”

This voice shouted like a ghost crying wolf.

The soldiers outside the general's door were stunned, and their hearts said that why is this still red?