"Your Highness, tomorrow is the Chinese Valentine's Day, and the elders in the city have sent the things for the army, and ask for instructions if the curfew can be suspended?" Yan Chengning, who temporarily took over the post of Khotanese assassin, cautiously spoke out and asked for instructions.

"Oh? Is it Tanabata? Li Zhen raised her head from the stacked official documents on the desk, glanced at Yan Chengning, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Heh, look at the life of this king, it doesn't matter, the left and right cities are also peaceful, then suspend the curfew, pass on the king's order, the army in the city should keep enough manpower in case of accidents, and the assassination of the assassin should also make relevant preparations, don't be careless." ”

Yan Chengning, the word Mingyuan, the Yan family is a descendant, the age is thirty and five, is one of the heads of the "Rising Sun" Gyeonggi Department, because of the outstanding literary talent, was called into the palace by Li Zhen, commissioned to join the army as a secretary, specifically responsible for the work of recruiting scribes, this time Li Zhen out of the plug, successively with the caravan of hundreds of poor students in the Thai half from this person's invitation, although it is not up to the core of the Yue Wangfu high-level personnel, but has always won the trust of Li Zhen, this time Li Zhen pacified Khotan, Shule, because the civil official is too short, Yan Chengning had to be sent out of the house, temporarily appointed in the temporary position of the assassin of Khotan, although this person has no experience in managing a state, but he is careful and hardworking, and he is very fast to get started, and he has been in order in Khotan after the war in only half a month or so, and he can be regarded as one of Li Zhen's excellent talents.

"Your subordinates understand, your Highness can rest assured." Yan Chengning bowed down in a proper manner, and then asked tentatively: "Your Highness, you have also worked hard for a long time, and your subordinates have discussed it with Xiao Zhen's envoy, and plan to set up a banquet, and want to invite His Highness to have fun, I wonder if Your Highness can spare a line?" ”

Tired? That is an inevitable thing, since the Southern Expedition, Li Zhen has never been able to sleep well, although the body bones boiled out of martial arts since childhood are not comparable to ordinary people, however, after working hard for nearly half a year without a day of rest, even the iron beaten people are afraid that they will turn into water, but Li Zhen can not stop, whether it is the war in front or the government affairs in the rear, all concerned about Li Zhen's heart, whether it is mental or physical exertion, Li Zhen has a feeling of unbearable, and I really want to relax. Then he smiled and said: "Well, it's rare to wait for a heart, and this king will talk about it......" As soon as Li Zhen's words were said here, he suddenly saw the eagle hurrying in, stopped immediately, frowned quickly and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"Your Highness, General Chen Wu is in a hurry." The eagle strode up to Li Zhen and handed over a small copper pipe.

Damn it! These bastards! Damn, how did this kid Chen Wu do it, he can't do this little thing! Li Zhen unfolded the small note in the brass pipe, only to look at it, and suddenly his heart was on fire, and he wanted to fly to the front line of Qiuzi and scold all those bastards, there is no doubt that what the letter said was the dispute between the generals and factions at the military conference before the war.

"Your Highness, are you ......" Ying Da saw that Li Zhen's face was wrong, and hurriedly asked tentatively.

Li Zhen didn't answer, Huo Ran got up, paced back and forth in the study for a few steps, suddenly glanced at Yan Chengning, who was standing aside with his hands down, and said: "Mingyuan, thank you for the kindness of General Xiao and General Xiao, I'm afraid that this king won't have time to go to a good time today, so let's accompany General Xiao to drink a few more cups for this king." ”

Yan Chengning has been in the "Rising Sun" for a long time, he understands the rules, although he is also curious about what happened on the front line of Qiuzi, but he doesn't dare to ask more, at this time, seeing that Li Zhen's words have clearly expressed the meaning of expelling customers, he didn't dare to stay longer, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Yes, the subordinates are retiring." ”

"Hmm." Li Zhen was very satisfied with Yan Chengning's knowledge of advance and retreat, and didn't say much, nodded with a smile, and then, after Yan Chengning retreated, Li Zhen's face immediately collapsed, so gloomy that he could almost drip water - there are parties in the party, and there are factions in the faction, this is an ordinary thing, no matter what time it is, Li Zhen has long been surprised by this, and he didn't expect his subordinates to become a monolith, for the four factions in the army, Li Zhen has also heard about it, but he has never paid much attention to it, After all, in terms of Li Zhen's status in the minds of the generals and his own strong hand, there is really no need to worry that his factions will rise up to rebel, in fact, Li Zhen still welcomes this kind of faction in private, if there is really no faction under his subordinates, then Li Zhen will have a headache, without him, this is just the emperor's trick.

There can be factions, and the secret fighting of the factions is not a big deal, hiding in his nest and making trouble twice is not a big deal in Li Zhen's opinion, but the problem is that it is now wartime, and when the war is about to break out, there is a dispute in the army that even Chen Wu, the main general, can't suppress, that is really fatal, and what is more troublesome is that Li Zhen is thousands of miles away at this time, even if he puts on his wings, it is impossible to rush to the army before the outbreak of the war. It really made Li Zhen so angry that the roots of her teeth itched.

This Chen Wu, alas, is still too tender, and he knew that it would be better to send Lin Chenghe there. Li Zhen regretted a little in his heart - Chen Wu was the first general to follow Li Zhen, he has always been loyal, this time to attack Qiuzi, Li Zhen has already arranged the relevant battle plan, originally intended to give Chen Wu a chance to make great contributions, but Chen Wu failed to suppress a group of fierce generals, now the situation in the army is delicate, whether it can be implemented according to the original plan is difficult to say, once the flaw is revealed, it is the result of stealing chickens and not eating a handful of rice, but the matter has come to this, Li Zhen is anxious and helpless, pacing back and forth in the study for a few steps, He sighed and said: "Pass on the king's order, give Chen Wu the right to attack, and those who dare not listen to his general's order will be killed!" ”

"Your Highness, I'm afraid this is not good, right?" When Ying Da heard this, he was immediately stunned, and hurriedly asked, without him, the power of dictatorship is not an ordinary power, it is the power of the generals under him to cut first and then play, in the three-way Tang army that attacked this time, Liu Qi and Liu Whirlwind did not have such power - the general who held the power of dictatorship was very likely to rely on this authority to exclude dissidents, so as to establish his absolute prestige in the army, that was the sign of the emergence of warlords, Ying Da has been through various conspiracies for a long time, and he understands the importance of this authority.

"It's not a big deal, the general will not be subject to the orders of the king, and the enemy will engage in battle, and the right to be random should be there." Li Zhen didn't plan to explain more, just waved her hand and said indifferently.

"Yes, my subordinates will do it." Although Yingda didn't know what was happening at the front, it could be seen that Li Zhen had made up his mind, and he didn't dare to ask more, and after answering, he hurriedly went to prepare the carrier pigeon without mentioning it.

"Tanabata, it's only these two days, I hope everything goes well." After the eagle retreated, Li Zhen let out a sigh, muttered a word, paced to the large sand table in the corner of the study, squatted down, stared at the direction of the turtle country on the sand table, and fell into contemplation silently......

The Tang army pressed the border, and the country of Qiuci fell into a panic, especially the location of its royal city, which was even more noisy, a tense atmosphere, and the pedestrians on the street crowded with people in the past were significantly reduced, and the various versions of the rumors were a lot more, and the people in the city were panicked, and the people in the city quietly began to hoard food, so that the prices in the city rose rapidly, and many foreign caravans hurriedly left the Qiuci Wang City and hid in the direction of the Tianshan Mountains, and the prosperous Qiuci Wang City was full of gloomy atmosphere, This kind of decaying aura made Sha Feiluo, who was slowly walking on the street, feel a lot of emotion in his heart, and his already cold face was even colder at this time.

"General, it's here." Just when Sha Feiluo was silently thinking about his thoughts, a guard beside him gently reminded him.

"Oh." Sha Feiluo raised his head and looked at the independent house not far away, replied noncommittally, rode on the back of the horse and thought silently, then turned over and dismounted, and walked towards the gate where dozens of heavily armed soldiers stood with a solemn face.

"See General Sha." An officer in the costume of a hundred households saw Sha Fei dismount, hurriedly stepped forward, nodded to the ground on one knee, and saluted.

"Excuse me." Sha Feiluo waved his hand with a heavy heart, raised his foot and was about to go inside, but stopped again, glanced at the head of the hundred households who bowed to the side, and asked seemingly casually: "These days, they haven't made trouble, right?" ”

"General Huiyu, it's okay, it's just that General Sha Er ......is there" The head of the hundred households hesitated, but he still didn't dare to finish his words.

"That's it, open the door, go and scold yourself." Sha Feiluo waved his hand disapprerovingly, and no longer continued to ask, leading a few personal guards to stride towards the gate, the head of the hundred households hurriedly ran over, commanded his subordinates to open the closed door, and welcomed Sha Feiluo into the gate with a smiling face, but did not follow Sha Feiluo into the gate, without him, the so-called Sha Er General locked up in this big mansion is Sha Feiluo's second brother Sha Kui, in addition, more than 100 captured Tang officers and soldiers are also locked up inside, every time Sha Feiluo comes to visit Sha Kui, he must be scolded by Sha Kui angrily, The Qiuzi officers and soldiers who followed Sha Kui into the pond were also affected by the pond fish, and every time they were scolded by Sha Kui to a bloody dog's head, the class of the partial Qiuzi King gave a death order, not to abuse the captured Tang officers and soldiers, the big guy had already had enough of the bird anger of the Tang officers and soldiers, and no one refused to accompany Sha Feiluo to go in and be scolded.

This house is not small, three into the courtyard, there are dozens of acres of square area, stationed in a hundred-person army, the Tang officers and soldiers imprisoned in the house to supervise, the captured more than 100 Tang soldiers are scattered in the front and back of the two courtyards, food and clothing are worry-free, in addition to not being able to go out of the courtyard, there are no other restrictions, as for Sha Kui, the captured senior general of the Tang Army, is confined in the middle courtyard, in addition to having a servant to wait, there are many maids for him to enjoy, however, Sha Kui is very angry, and he is locked alone in the main room, He didn't accept the servants sent by the king of Guizi at all, and he never stepped out of the main room, he just sat in the room in a daze every day, that is, he didn't move much in food, and his original strong figure lost a lot of weight because of this, and after a short period of imprisonment, his black hair turned a lot whiter, which made Sha Feiluo secretly sad when he saw it.

"Second brother, you have suffered." Sha Feiluo walked into the main room of the middle courtyard alone, looked at Sha Kui who was sitting on the couch, and said with a guilty face.

When Sha Kui heard the sound, he looked up and saw Sha Feihuo, his face immediately showed anger, and he scolded unceremoniously: "Get out!" A certain and you have already cut off your robe and broken righteousness, why are you still cheeky to do here? If you want to kill or chop casually, if you want to take refuge in your master, delusional! ”

"Second brother, why are you suffering, my brother has never suffered a loss, and His Majesty loves you even more, why are you so stubborn?" Sha Feiluo smiled bitterly as he approached Sha Kui's side, and with a shake of his hand, a small bag appeared in his palm, and his eyes kept making secret signals.

"Fart!" Sha Kui didn't understand the purpose of Sha Feiluo's move, and he didn't reach out to pick up the bag, but scolded at the top of his voice: "You are a fool, just wait for my Royal Highness to cut off the head of the dog, and you and other weak small countries dare to resist my Tang Tianwei, that fat pig will be the meat on the knife board sooner or later, and it seems that a traitor like Er is a thousand knives." ”

"Open, this is His Highness's secret order!" Sha Kui lowered his voice and said, and immediately raised his voice and said: "Second brother, you are also a native of my Qiuzi country, why bother to work for the Tang people, now that the Tang people are committing, even if you don't see it as a brother, you can't watch your hometown parents suffer from the pain of losing the country, second brother, with Er's talent, if you are willing to help your brother, you can ensure that I have no worries, I hope the second brother thinks twice." ”

As soon as Sha Kui heard the word "Your Highness", he was immediately stunned for a moment, and hurriedly reached out and snatched the bag from Sha Feiluo's hand, and took advantage of Sha Feiluo's loud persuasion, ripped open the secret line on the bag, and took out a small note from it, and it was Li Zhen's familiar font - everything is done according to Brother Er's orders, and there must be no mistakes! There is also Li Zhen's signature and seal underneath. Sha Kui has been in the army for a long time, and he is a high-ranking general, so he recognized Li Zhen's signature and seal, and when he saw that this order was not fake, he was stunned, and raised his head in disbelief, looking at Sha Feiluo suspiciously, and couldn't understand what was going on.

"Second brother, you have to think clearly, you can't make a mistake, now that the Tang thief is pressing, Your Majesty will give the second brother one last chance for the sake of his brother's face, if the second brother is so stubborn again, then the brother has no choice but to take Er's head to sacrifice the flag." Sha Feiluo's mouth was still in that sincere tone, but his eyes were full of smiles.

"Don't think! If it is going to fall, unless it is sunrise in the west, you don't have to waste your time! Sha Kui nodded knowingly, but his mouth was still very tough.

"Alas, everyone has their own aspirations, it seems that they can't be forced, come on!" Sha Feiluo raised his voice and shouted loudly, and a man who looked like a captain of the guards who was already guarding the door led the two guards to rush in, and bowed to Sha Feiluo in unison and said, "What does the general command?" ”

"Go, tidy up a banquet, I will accompany the second brother to drink a send-off wine." Sha Feiluo commanded with a gloomy face.

"This ......" The man in the costume of the captain of the guard hesitated, and it didn't seem like leaving.

"Bastard, the general's order is not obeyed!" Seeing that the captain of the personal guard did not listen to the order, Sha Feiluo immediately widened his eyes, a cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his murderous aura overflowed, which frightened the captain of the personal guard to shout his orders, and hurriedly retreated without mentioning it.

"Big brother, what are you ......?" said Sha Kui, suspiciously, tentatively.

When Sha Feiluo heard that Sha Kui finally called himself the eldest brother again, his heart suddenly soured, and tears almost flowed down, but fortunately, Sha Feiluo had strong control, and soon came back to his senses, lowered his voice and said: "It's okay, that guy was sent by that group of children to monitor the eldest brother." Second brother, you have suffered, the eldest brother was ordered by His Royal Highness to pretend to descend to Qiuzi, and taking the second brother as a meeting gift was also arranged by His Royal Highness, I hope the second brother will forgive me. ”

Sha Kui was a smart person, and he connected the cause and effect of the whole thing, and immediately understood what was going on, and his heart suddenly burst into ecstasy, and he forced himself to lower his voice and said: "In this way, His Highness's army has returned in triumph, is this to destroy the turtle?" Great, big brother, you can give orders to what the younger brother should do. ”

In order to stage this deceptive drama, Sha Feicamel himself suffered fifty military sticks, not to mention, and made his second brother become a prisoner of the order, so that he was haggard, and the pain in his heart had nowhere to say to others, at this time, seeing Sha Kui so excited, his heart was sore and painful, and he couldn't help crying for a while, and he waved his sleeves to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and lowered his voice and said: "The second brother is not bad, although His Royal Highness has not arrived, but the triumphant division has returned, and the brother has designed to transfer the army of the royal city out of the royal city, at this time the army in the city is empty, and the army is coming, When you can go down in a fight, then, because the brother is alone, he still needs the help of the second brother. ”

"Good!" Sha Kui nodded without hesitation and said, "Big brother, please command, little brother listens to big brother in everything." ”

"Hmm." Sha Feiluo nodded with satisfaction, leaned into Sha Kui's ear and whispered, hearing Sha Kui nodded uncontrollably, his face showed surprise and joy, at this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Sha Feiluo immediately straightened up, raised his voice and said: "Second brother, you don't want to surrender, brother no longer insist, you and I are always compatriots of the same mother, let my brother accompany the second brother to drink one last time, after drinking, my brother will personally send you on the road." ”

"Hahaha......" Sha Kui laughed loudly and said: "Okay, bring the wine, today I will definitely get drunk, even if I am a ghost, I have to be a ghost who is full of death, serve wine, serve food!" ”

"General Sha, the wine and food have been prepared, but it's getting late, this wine ......" Before Sha Kui's laughter stopped, the captain of the personal guard had already poked in from outside the room, and said cautiously with a smiling face.

"Why, do you need to worry about the things that should have been done? Well? Sha Feiluo waved his hand dissatisfied.

"The subordinates don't dare, it's just that His Majesty will hand over the city defense to the general, if so, if it is......" The captain of the personal guard was so frightened that he shuddered in the face of Sha Feihuo's fire-breathing eyes, and he couldn't speak anymore.

"Ben will have his own measure, if you can't make a mistake, go, tell the brothers outside, today Ben will have a treat, the food is enough, drink less wine, turn around and follow Ben will patrol the city, go down!" Sha Feiluo waved his hand and said impatiently.

Seeing that the sand flying camel was on the verge of attack, the captain of the personal guard didn't dare to say anything more, so he went to arrange for the food and drink of the soldiers on duty outside......

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