In the hall of the Qin Mansion, the lights turned on.

The tables and chairs have been removed, and the hall is spacious, and the reflective ground is as clear as a mirror, lining the four corners dimly, and the pillars and shadows overlapping.

Qin Langchuan sat in the center of the position, only Qin Juexiang stood beside him, and the entire hall was empty and silent.

A samurai leader stepped into the hall under the porch.

Qin Langchuan asked calmly, "Are they all in place?"

The leader of the samurai said: "There are three hundred and seventeen people left in the helm, according to the old lady's orders, they have entered the palace and eaten a full meal, and all of them are on standby. ”

Qin Langchuan said: "Take a few people to the backyard arsenal, take a hundred hard bows, arrange for those who are good at shooting to go up to the four-corner attic, and pay attention to the movement on the palace wall." The man answered. Qin Juexiang pondered: "Although Juhao Pavilion has picked a few rudders from us, it will not be killed here, grandpa is old, he is cautious, and he wants to be prepared, but he doesn't need to be so solemn." Qin Langchuan closed his eyes and said, "Jue Xiang, you bring enough food and hide in your secret room in the tree hole." ”

Qin Juexiang was stunned: "Grandpa, do you know that I have that secret room?" Qin Langchuan snorted and glanced at him from the corner of his eye: "Your project is not small, the servants came up and down, and put all the excavated soil on the practice ground behind the building, when I don't know?" Qin Juexiang smiled awkwardly: "It turns out that you already knew." Qin Langchuan said: "Your child's trick, An Neng can hide it from me, but I moved a thought at the time, and I didn't stop you, this idea has become a reality today, Jue Xiang, you dug a hole by yourself to save yourself!" Qin Jue Xiang said strangely: "What to save yourself?"

Qin Langchuan said: "You go to the cave to hide, and after Juhao Pavilion kills the people in my mansion, then come out to escape, isn't this saving yourself?"

Qin Juexiang was shocked: "Grandpa, what do you mean by this?"

Qin Langchuan's expression was quite indifferent: "Juhao Pavilion is coming to attack tonight, let's rely on the towering momentum of the wall and the pavilion, although we can fight for a while, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape in the end, you hide in the secret room, you must not come out, keep a little blood incense of my Qin family, even if it is your great achievement." ”

Qin Juexiang couldn't help but feel sad when he heard his words. Said: "Although Juhao Pavilion has picked a few big rudders for us, but it is still far from Taiyuan, why did Grandpa say this?"

Qin Langchuan smiled hesitantly: "You still haven't understood, that's just a ploy of Juhao Pavilion, it's fake." ”

This remark was like thunder on the ground, which made Qin Juexiang stunned on the spot, and only after half a sound did he say: "How can that be? What is Yuan's injury is definitely not a fake...... What do you mean...... This person originally killed the traitor Teng Furen, who sold tea to the people privately, and Taiyuan City caused a sensation, and I know all about this. The government sentenced him to death, and when the old mother heard that her son had killed the traitor, she shouted three times, good son! You have a loyal heart and a hero's heart and gall! Your mother will die before you, so you will not be considered unfilial! After speaking, you will meet and die. You love him as a man, his mother died and was buried, all of which were silver taels from our Qin family, and then he was replaced by a death row prisoner, bought him out of the prison, and arranged to serve in the Qin County rudder, four or five years of conscientiousness, loyalty, and never did anything wrong. ”

Qin Langchuan's eye sockets in the shadow of the lamp looked deep and mysterious, and he said slowly: "He is indeed not a traitor, but this is where the enemy calculates the mutual aid of fiction and reality. ”

Qin Juexiang thought for a long time, shook his head and expressed doubt: "The carrier pigeons are all from our house, and the note has handwriting to be recognized, how can it be fake?" Qin Langchuan smiled: "Juexiang, how can I teach you to come?" When people only see one result, it is difficult to imagine the various reasons that lead to this result. Needless to say, the handwriting can be imitated, and there is no doubt that the carrier pigeon is indeed ours, but the enemy, although cleverly conceived, still leaves a flaw. ”

Qin Juexiang asked, "What flaw?"

Qin Langchuan said slowly: "The heart of a pigeon." ”

"What?" Qin Juexiang was puzzled, only to feel that what Grandpa said today was really incredible, to the extreme.

Qin Langchuan explained: "Ordinary carrier pigeons, 1,600 miles away can return to the nest is not bad, but the pigeons used by our Qin family for communication are all specially raised, 6,000 miles away, and the healthy pigeons do not stop halfway. Take the pigeon in Jincheng as an example, if it really flies back from afar, to cross the Taiyue Mountain, all the way, it will be heartbeat, the body is tired, and at that time I held it in my hand, but I felt that its heartbeat was relatively peaceful, and then look at the eyes, it does not look like a tired appearance, and the other pigeons, also a glance, so I conclude that these carrier pigeons, must be nearby, was released home. ”

Qin Juexiang was dumbfounded and stunned, his mind kept spinning, thinking and analyzing what happened before and after.

Qin Langchuan said: "The pigeon released in the near distance will bring the news that the rudder is surrounded and destroyed in the distance, so there is naturally a fraud in it." As for the source of the carrier pigeons, the Qinxian rudder was destroyed, and everything fell into the hands of the enemy. Juhao Pavilion has always been careful in doing things, Qin County is only more than 200 people, and it is surrounded and annihilated, how can there be fish that slip through the net, so although He Shiyuan escapes back, it must be the line deliberately left by Juhao Pavilion. The purpose is only to allow us to judge from the time after receiving the carrier pigeons one after another, and to draw the illusion that the rudders of various parts were destroyed at the same time. ”

Qin Jue said: "In this way, the destruction of the rudder is fake, and the siege of Linfen is also fake, the letter says that it was surrounded rather than destroyed, is it to attract the Qin family's troops to come to the rescue, and then intercept and kill halfway?" He remembered that Chang Sihao might be surrounded by people at this moment, and he couldn't help but feel nervous.

"That's right. Qin Langchuan glanced at him approvingly, but his expression flashed for a moment, and then his face became serious again: "However, the reinforcements are all elite new forces, and it will take a lot of trouble to intercept and kill them. He doesn't like to do loss-making business. ”

Qin Juexiang high-fived and said, "If you want to lose the least, there is nothing better than capturing the thief and capturing the king." - Ah, grandpa, I didn't mean you were a thief. In this way, they must take advantage of the weakness to go straight up from Qin County to attack our Qin Mansion!"

Qin Langchuan smiled: "You are only half right. If the enemy comes from Qin County, tired and detracts from his combat strength, and the Qin Mansion has high walls and deep courtyards, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, no matter how stupid they are, they will not attack with hard work. ”

Qin Juexiang thought for a moment, and immediately reacted: "Could it be that you mean to say that the enemy is divided into two groups, one is to surround and provoke the rudder of Qinxian County, and then send a letter to create a false impression, and the other is not far from the outside of Taiyuan City, when the carrier pigeon enters the mansion and our reinforcements are dispatched to leave the city, they will come at the right time?"

Qin Langchuan nodded: "Not bad." The enemy who encircled and suppressed Qin County was just a small force, and our brothers were not given in vain, I expected that after a battle, although they won a complete victory, they would also suffer heavy casualties, and this road was no longer enough to worry about, even if they followed up to help the war, Gu Weixin and Mo Ruzhi intercepted and helped defend in Yuci and Taigu, which was enough to resist. The enemy lurking on the left side of Taiyuan is the main force. ”

Qin Juexiang hesitated for a long time and said, "Our Qin family's eyeliner is all over the Jin Realm, and a large number of their elites can sneak near Taiyuan without alarming a single grass or tree, how is this possible!"

Qin Langchuan smiled: "It's also easy, no matter how extensive our Qin family's intelligence network is, it is also a bit wired, and it is possible to set up sentry guards on the barren mountains?" They only need to go over the mountains and mountains, go to no man's land, and bring good food and dry food, and do not go to the town to live in a store, which is naturally difficult for people to detect, but their target is too big and difficult to act, so I estimate that the number of the main force coming this time will not be too much, at most about two thousand, but they must all be absolutely elite." ”

Qin Juexiang suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, you asked the uncle to lead the crowd to Huozhou, I guessed this trick." ”

Qin Langchuan was quite expectant, but he didn't show it, and only said lightly: "Then you can talk about it." Qin Juexiang said: "You must be in the bamboo tube book to tell them to come back to rescue, Juhao Pavilion surrounds us, but Uncle they are surrounded by Juhao Pavilion people, so that the inside and outside should be combined, and they can be attacked from both sides." It's just that if you tell them to go out of the city fifty miles away and then open a bamboo tube to read the letter, it will be a little late. Qin Langchuan said with a smile: "How can the people of Juhao Pavilion be easy to deceive? Along the way, the people of Dingfu listened to the news, and our reinforcements were not far away, and it was difficult for them to believe in my Qin family's plan." ”

The sound of footsteps came from the corridor, and Qi Beishan entered the hall and said: "Old lady, the surroundings have been properly arranged, and the maids, cooks, and other miscellaneous people in the house have been ordered to take shelter in the backyard, flower room, arsenal, etc. Qin Juexiang was displeased: "Uncle Qi, you already know what's going on, but together with your grandfather, you play dumb riddles with me." Qi Beishan smiled bitterly: "I'm ashamed, in fact, I also heard the old lady talk about the word today, and I thought of the metaphor of throwing chess pieces into the pool, so I completely figured it out." Qin Juexiang said whimfully, "Your mind is much better than mine. ”

Qin Langchuan snorted: "Listening to these depressing words, I know that you will not be able to do anything in the future!"

Qin Juexiang heard him use the word "also", and when he thought of his father, his heart ached. Qin Langchuan wanted to say something, but at this time, Qin Ziyin was stepping into the hall with a sword in his hand, so he said to her: "Yin'er, you came just in time, take your brother to his place for refuge, watch him, and don't come out." Qin Ziyin said: "Let the little brother go by himself, there are Yin'er who died in battle in the world, but there is no eldest lady of the Qin family who lives secretly!"

Qin Juexiang squinted with a smile, and said coldly: "Sister, if there is no Qin Ziyin who is reluctant to give birth, is there Qin Juexiang who is reluctant to live secretly?

Qin Ziyin's eyes softened, and he came over and took his hand and said softly: "Little brother, you are the only bone and blood of the Qin family, if there is a mistake, what hope does the Qin family have in the future? ”

Qin Juexiang shook his hand and took two steps back, and said hatefully: "Sister, you take a break from the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige! How capable is the Juhao Pavilion, can you say that if you destroy my Qin family, you will destroy the door? Even if they have this strength, my Qin Juexiang will never have the reason to live alone, even if the Qin family loses its children and grandchildren today, it is a hundred times stronger than leaving a lewd pus!"

"——! sonor" With a crisp sound like the collision of gold and stone with both palms, Qin Langchuan Huo Ran stood up and laughed: "Good boy! This is the man of the Qin family! Okay, let's join hands to kill it side by side, live with all its joy, and die without regrets!"

The two siblings nodded in response, their eyes as resolute as iron. Qi Beishan was on the side, and in the face of this situation, he couldn't help but wet his eyes with tears.

Qin Langchuan laughed, put his hands on the shoulders of the two children, and strode out of the hall.

Looking up, the moon is colorful, the stars are bright, the night is as quiet as a deep sea, the bell rings at the corner of the temple, the night wind is cold and strong, it is very refreshing.

Suddenly, there was a sound of the piano in the east, accompanied by the woman's singing, the tune was sometimes agitated, sometimes poignant, extremely moving, singing: "Life and death together, and lingering, the red candle is speechless, a drunk dream of Loulan! Chu Song is exhausted, the tears are not dry, the three-foot Qingfeng on the small bridge has cut the red face, there is a way, what is the regret of death, what is the joy of life? The hero immediately stood on the bank of the Wujiang River, looked up to the sky, the tiger's eyes were round, and he could not break this empty and clear eternal blue ......."

Qin Juexiang said unhappily: "What is the fourth aunt singing nonsense?"

Qin Ziyin stared lightly and said: "She wrote this song, called 'Tears and Tears', and sang the story of the overlord and Yu Ji. Suddenly, there was another string sound, and the sound of the song was raised, as if it came from a very far away place outside the house, which coincided with the sound of Qin Menghuan's piano, and after a few key changes, the sound of the two pianos merged into one, and it was difficult to distinguish each other. Qin Juexiang said in surprise: "Someone is playing with the fourth aunt?" Qin Ziyin said: "Hmm." Qin Jue said: "This tone is sad and not good. I'm going to tell her to play something else. Qin smiled to himself: "The fourth aunt doesn't sing small songs, she will sing you whatever you want to hear." Qin Langchuan said: "Don't care, just let her go!"

Qin Juexiang was disobedient, took a breath, pulled out his feet and ran, and before he took a few steps, he suddenly heard someone shouting: "It's water!"