Chapter 134 Chapter 2 The Crime of Invincibility

Chapter 2: The Crime of Invincibility Duan Wudi, his grandfather has been in the army for several generations. When Wudi was young, he had a talent for military strategy. He joined the army at fifteen and was a guard of the Imperial Army at the age of twenty.At that time, there was a wealthy He family in Jinyang, who was the first master and important minister. He was domineering and invincible.Duan was lucky to escape the catastrophe.As far as Daizhou, he was recommended by Lin Yuanting to join the Qinzhou Army. Later, he became a famous general under Long Tingfei's command, known as General Panshi, who was good at defense.

——"History of the Northern Han Dynasty.Duan Wudi Biography" Qiu Yufei looked indifferent, standing with his hands behind his back, Ling Duan's eyes flashed with admiration, Duan Wudi got out of the prison car even though the shackles were not removed, the three of them stood under the dead tree by the roadside, Shi Jun and others were driven out A hundred steps away, don't get close. Duan Wudi looked calm, as if he didn't care about the shackles, but Qiu Yufei could faintly see the pain and grievance in the depths of his eyes that he didn't want to be detected by others.He sighed softly and said: "General Duan has always been respected by everyone, and General Long also regards him as his right-hand man. Why did he order the general to be detained? The general may as well tell me frankly, and I will try to seek justice for the general."

Ling Duan hurriedly said: "Yes, General Duan, General Tan respected you very much during his lifetime. If the general was alive, he would definitely not sit back and watch you be wronged. Although the villain has no power, he will never watch you be framed .” Duan Wudi sighed softly, and said: "Duan used to treat General Tan fairly, but I didn't expect General Tan to respect him so much, Duan is ashamed." Ling Duan said seriously: "The general was assassinated and seriously injured that day, and our army was quite squeezed out. Only you, general, not only did not make trouble, but also sent extra money and food many times. The general once said, General Duan, you are someone who can be trusted with life and death. Ling Duan is fighting I don’t want to see the general suffer.”

Duan Wudi smiled wryly and said: "General Tan is absurd. To be fair, Duan deserved what he deserved this time. The crime Duan committed was colluding with business travellers, smuggling goods, and making huge profits from it. He was seized by General Flying Tiger Quartz a few days ago. , so I asked for a military order to bind me to the Chinese army for punishment." Qiu Yufei's expression changed. He never expected that Duan Wudi, who is usually upright, respectful, innocent and upright, would commit such a crime of corruption and bribery. Such a crime, at least, is a violation of military regulations, corruption and perverting the law, and more serious Call it treason.The goods that need to be smuggled through Duan Wudi must come from Dayong or the East China Sea. The ruler of the Northern Han Dynasty strictly controlled the border. Except for a few merchants, others were not allowed to do business with the East China Sea without authorization. Doing business with Dayong is the same as treason.

Qiu Yufei was annoyed in his heart, and was about to reprimand Duan Wudi a few words, but saw that his expression was calm, with no trace of guilt, he couldn't help but asked, "General Duan was framed by someone?" Duan Wudi calmly said: "No Since three years ago, Duan has smuggled 14 times and obtained 600,000 yuan in silver. The goods seized by General Shi this time are worth 300,000 yuan, and Duan can make a profit of 100,000 yuan from it. " Qiu Yufei's heart was raging with anger, but it was strange. Seeing Duan Wudi's eyes as clear as a mirror and as deep as a cold abyss, Qiu Yufei couldn't believe that this man would be a corrupt general who disregarded the laws and regulations of the country. .He took a deep breath and said: "General Duan doesn't need to test Qiumou again, Qiumou believes that what the general does must have something to do."

Duan Wudi's eyes flashed, and he smiled and said: "Since the fourth son is a disciple of the national teacher, although the national teacher's disciples are very strict, and the young master has suffered a lot, how can the young master know the difficulties of ordinary soldiers? Our army has fought with Dayong for many years. There were countless casualties in the battle. Although there were more victories and fewer losses in the past few years, Dayong Kingdom is booming, but our country is getting more and more difficult. You must not know that since six years ago, our army’s food and wages have been insufficient. It is already half of it It is rare, and it is very difficult to get compensation after a soldier is seriously injured and disabled, so there is such a saying in the army that it is better to die in the battlefield than to become a disabled person."

Qiu Yufei was shocked. Although he also came from a humble background, he was adopted by the Demon Sect since he was a child. Compared with his senior brothers, he has not experienced too much suffering. , or entered the army, only he played the piano and practiced martial arts all day long, and never got involved in these important military and political affairs. How could he know that the state affairs of the Northern Han Dynasty were already so difficult.His eyes fell on Ling Duan, and he saw a faint sadness on his face, which was an expression of sympathy. Seeing Qiu Yufei's questioning gaze, Ling Duan said in a low voice: "Fourth Master, what General Duan said is accurate. When my two elder brothers joined the army to serve the country, I was not allowed to join them. They all said that they hoped that I could Get married and start a business, don't cut off the Ling family's cigarettes, but after my two elder brothers died in battle, there was very little pension, and the family had no food left. I joined the army because I had learned martial arts. Although I joined the army to avenge my elder brothers, but It's also really powerless to make a living. If it wasn't for General Tan's pity, how could I have become the general's personal guard at a young age, and was later promoted by the general to become a member of the ghost cavalry. Fourth master, after fighting for so many years, who is not like this? So we all look forward to conquering Zezhou. Zezhou is fertile and fertile, so we can rely on the army to support our family. Paoze, who has been seriously injured and disabled, can also have a place to live. He doesn’t need to commit suicide for fear of hurting his family. Qinzhou, It's too barren."

Duan Wudi turned his head away, but when Qiu Yufei saw him looking back, tears fell to the dust, Qiu Yufei couldn't speak, he never thought that those soldiers who fought desperately and desperately endured such suffering , Compared with them, what is my freedom and loneliness.He calmed down a bit, and said, "Isn't General Duan just for these soldiers?" Duan Wudi forced a smile and said: "In order to make up for the lack of military pay, the general ordered the soldiers to plunder in Zezhou, but Duan's troops have been defending in the rear all the year round, so they can't get such benefits, and in the past two years. It’s hard to get anything, and I have no choice but to collude with big businessmen to smuggle goods, first to obtain cheap military supplies from them first, and second, to ask for huge sums of money to make up for the gap in military pay, although this matter violates the laws and regulations of the country, but Duan can’t take care of it.”

Ling Duan suddenly trembled. He followed Tan Ji, vaguely knowing that in the past two years, Tan Ji was seriously injured and could not lead the army, and the army lacked food and salary. Ling Duan remembered that the general could always get some money from unknown sources to distribute to the soldiers in time, or pay for the disabled. Could it be that the general also participated in Duan Wudi's smuggling?Duan Wudi looked suspiciously at Duan Wudi. Duan Wudi understood, but pretended not to see it. In fact, although Duan Wudi tried his best to conceal the smuggling, there were still people who knew about it. Tan Ji was one of them. He even sent his cronies to help Duan Wudi. Because Tan Ji's subordinates are always difficult to get even 30% of their military pay.Even Long Tingfei may not be ignorant of this smuggling, but they are all pretending to be deaf and dumb. Probably only the straight-hearted Quartz is ignorant of it.But the matter has come to this point, of course Duan Wudi will not implicate others, so he turns a blind eye to Ling Duan's suspicion.

Qiu Yufei also thought of this point. His senior brother Xiao Tong is in charge of military surveillance. If he doesn't know about this kind of thing, wouldn't he be extremely incompetent? If Xiao Tong knows, Long Tingfei must also know, but this time Quartz Sudden exposure of this matter, even Long Tingfei has no choice but to imprison Duan Wudi. This kind of thing can only be understood and cannot be explained. But if he wanted Long Tingfei to stay out of the matter, Duan Wudi had to be the scapegoat.After thinking about this, Qiu Yufei looked at Duan Wudi, his eyes filled with helplessness, and said, "General Duan, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to intercede with this matter, but in fact the general has no choice but to explain his difficulties to the general, and the general will agree to it." Forgive me, the general can also make meritorious deeds."

Duan Wudi understood the meaning of Qiu Yufei's words. Long Tingfei felt guilty, so naturally he would not add more crimes. My son, the last general only said this in front of you. When he was in the middle army, the last general could only admit that he was corrupt. At that time, the general had no choice but to behead Wudi or put him in prison in order to strictly enforce the military regulations. Wudi is not greedy for life and afraid of death. Over the years, General Su and General Tan have died one after another. Invincible is not self-important. If he hadn't defended Qinzhou, the pressure on the general would have been too great. Invincible will suffer some censure, but firstly, it will not hurt the integrity of the general, and secondly, it will not harm the morale of the army, even if the last general is reduced to a soldier, Invincible will never complain." Qiu Yufei felt a pain in his heart, and said: "General Duan's loyalty, Yufei appreciates it, please rest assured, General, I will not make it difficult for the general, and I will not let General Duan bear such a crime, I will go to court right now Fei, save your life first, and then ask Master to intercede, in fact, I think the general may try to forgive your sins, he is not a heartless person." Duan Wudi sighed: "The general has always been strict in military law, the final general does not want to bring him a bad name, even if he is sentenced to death, he will not complain." Qiu Yufei felt sad, but then he thought about it again, and said: "What's the matter with Quartz, this kind of thing should be tacitly understood in the army, how could he openly embarrass you and publicize this matter, even the general would never Wouldn't be happy if he did that." Duan Wudi said with a helpless wry smile: "The general doesn't understand this matter. Although General Shi and I don't have a close relationship, we have been together for many years and have no old grievances. A few days ago, I invited the general to the Feiyan Tower for a drink, but never After that, General Shi suddenly spoke sarcastically to the last general, and this time he made a sudden attack. He led his cronies to intercept the caravan, captured the last general's cronies and guards, and then directly appealed to the general. The army questioned the crime, and the general only took a few personal guards to the camp. Unexpectedly, Shi Jun came suddenly and said that the general wanted to escape privately. With such actions, although General Shi is straightforward, he is not such an unreasonable person?" Qiu Yufei could tell that when talking about Feiyan Tower, Duan Wudi's tone was a bit weird. He remembered this and said in his heart, I'll ask Senior Brother Xiao, he must understand the key points. Thinking of this, he said: " That being the case, General Duan, please hold off for now, I will take Ling Duan and take a step ahead to see if we can deal with this matter." Duan Wudi said happily: "Whether the matter is successful or not, the general will thank the Fourth Young Master for his kindness." Qiu Yufei turned around and left. After getting on his horse, he ran straight to Qinzhou City. His face was as cold as ice, and he was very confused. Why did Quartz and Duan Wudi suddenly fight each other? He faintly sensed that there must be a conspiracy, maybe it was Dayong's spies. ghost.Qiu Yufei thought a lot, recalling what he saw and heard in Zezhou carefully. At that time, he was focused on assassinating Jiang Zhe. It's not very clear, so it's just like the wind blowing through the ears, without any trace.Now that I think about it, there are some unusual things.Before his assassination that day, Qi Wang Li Xian had written a letter saying that there was an urgent military situation, but now that the two sides are confronting each other, it is icy and snowy, and it is impossible to fight, so why is there such an urgent military situation?Suddenly, a thought came to Qiu Yufei's mind. According to the calculation of time, around the day of his assassination, Quartz's attitude changed drastically. Could it be that this matter was investigated by the Yong army, or it might have something to do with the Yong army's instigating dissension. As soon as this idea came out, it was like wildfire, and it couldn't be contained. Qiu Yufei remembered what Ling Duan had said to him. Li Hu was taken away. Kill, Ling Duan once heard the saying of killing the mouth, what kind of mouth is this killing, could it be that the quartz has changed, thinking of this, Qiu Yufei could no longer hide the horror in his heart, and added another whip, he must rush to Long Tingfei Explain this matter. Although he doesn't understand this matter very well, it is related to two generals and must be handled with caution. "The wind blows away the snow in the middle of the night, and Qianhun still loves the peach blossom moon. Don't wake up from the dream, let him do it for his own benefit. Listen to the corner of the painting for no reason, and the red ice is thin beside the pillow. Saima neighs, and the remnant star blows the banner." In Qinzhou City, in Feiyan Tower, the most famous fireworks resort, there are many guests in the hall, including wealthy businessmen and nobles, as well as literati and warriors. Pipa, singing loudly, although she is only a weak woman, her voice is like gold and stone, and it is as clear as ice when it falls to the ground.Everyone was fascinated by it. Qinzhou is the place where the generals garrison troops. Naturally, there are many generals. The Feiyan Tower is the most romantic place in Qinzhou. Those who can enter this building are senior generals or other nobles. At this moment, the singer who is playing and singing in the hall Her name is Qingdai. She came to Qinzhou a few months ago and chose to sing in Feiyanlou.This Qingdai girl is already in her prime, with a clear face and long eyebrows. Even when she is singing, her expression is as cold as ice. After the song is over, she never asks for rewards from many parties, and she always chats with others. Talking about a few words, the demeanor is even more aloof and noble, making people dare not blaspheme minor offenders.She is a famous singer in the Northern Han Dynasty. She has a clear singing voice, is good at singing famous songs, and is famous all over the world for her pipa.What makes this woman different is that she is proficient in swordsmanship. She wears a long sword and carries a pipa on her back. However, the people in the official government pitied her for her nobleness, and there were many ministers under her skirts who took care of her cheeks, so she was not convicted and imprisoned.Qingdai's life experience is unknown, some people say that this girl was originally the daughter of a family, after the family collapsed she would not be a concubine, she would rather make a living by singing and singing, so people respect her a lot. At the end of the song, there was thunderous applause in the hall, Qing Dai bowed to everyone, hugged the pipa and left, as she always did, leaving the hall after the end of the song.Out of the hall, Qing Dai put the pipa in her bag, and a maid sent by Feiyan Tower to serve Qing Dai took the pipa, and said in a low voice: "Sister Dai, General Shi is waiting for you in the small hall, you can go there." Qing Dai nodded , said coldly: "I'll go there after I take off my make-up." The maid hurriedly ordered another little maid, and then helped Qing Dai back to her residence.Qing Dai has a great singing voice and a great reputation, so Feiyan Tower specially prepared a small building as her residence. Because Qing Dai is a lonely person, the location of this small building is relatively remote, so as not to be disturbed by others.After Qing Dai went upstairs, she removed her strict make-up in front of the bronze mirror. A maid had prepared hot water. After she took a bath, she changed into a blue brocade fur coat, took out a gold step rocker from the jewelry box, and put it on. Not a single adornment.She took the red cloak handed over by the maid and put it on, and walked out. The maid hurriedly followed with her pipa.Walking across a stone bridge, there is a gorgeous flower hall under the shade of green pines and cypresses.There were four men standing in front of the hall. Although they were also dressed in casual clothes, they could be seen as warriors in the army just by their posture and demeanor.Seeing Qing Dai approaching, the four of them nodded their heads in salute, Qing Dai also lightly put on her back, then opened the door and walked into the flower hall. This flower hall is about several feet square, very spacious and bright. As soon as you enter the door, you can see a warm kang covered with red felt. Stove, the chimney leads to the outside of the hall. On the stove is a copper pot of wine, and the bottom of the stove is connected to the heating kang. While warming the wine, the heating kang is heated up. The room is as warm as spring. Shishi sits on the kang and drinks wine. , two maids, one hot wine, one cloth dish, throwing a cloak and saber on the chair next to it.Probably because it was relatively hot indoors, Shi Shi had already removed his outer shirt and was only wearing his middle coat, with the smell of alcohol on his face. Qing Dai walked in and smelled the strong smell of wine, she couldn't help frowning slightly, said: "General Shi, you are still injured, you should stop drinking." As she spoke, she stepped forward to grab the wine glass, and gave the two maids a cold look , the two maids retreated knowingly, Qingdai smelled the strong smell of alcohol in the room, went to the window and opened the window, the cold wind rushed in, immediately dissipating a lot of the smell of alcohol. Shi Shi remained silent, letting Qing Dai take the flagon, his eyes were full of blazing light when he looked at Qing Dai, recalling the first time we met, when Long Tingfei was leading the army to fight in Zezhou, Duan Wudi was in charge of defense, he Because he was seriously injured and couldn't join the army, he went to Feiyan Tower to listen to the music out of boredom. He still remembers the first time he saw Qingdai, the beautiful woman sitting on the stage singing intently, with a stubborn expression in her glamorous beauty. But he is as distant and indifferent as someone from outside the world.Although he is over thirty years old, Shi Shi, who has never had a family, sinks into those clear and deep eyes.He desperately proposed to Qing Dai, willing to marry her, and vowed not to take a concubine, but Qing Dai just refused lightly, and asked him many times, Qing Dai finally told him the reason for the refusal, and after hearing the reason, the raging anger immediately destroyed her. Went to the sanity of quartz. Qing Dai just explained to him that as early as several years ago, she was taken away by a strongman and lost her virginity, and the identity of that person was extraordinary, so Qing Dai fought hard to escape from that person's hands, but even though she knew the identity of that person, But due to the fact that others would not believe her, Qing Dai never said anything about it.Shi Shi asked about the identity of that person, Qing Dai just sneered and said nothing, Shi Shi had no choice but to visit often, hoping to win Qing Dai's heart. Water dripping through stone, deeply emotional, Qingdai seems to have softened a bit, and gradually, she will have a drink with Shishi, although her expression is still aloof, but she doesn't look so repulsive.Until a few days ago, Shishi took Duan Wudi to the Feiyan Tower for a drink together, but after seeing Qing Dai, Duan Wudi's expression changed drastically, and she was uneasy, but after Qing Dai saw Duan Wudi, she was furious like never before, and walked away in a huff. Later, Shi Shi, suspicious in his heart, inquired openly and secretly, and learned from Qing Dai that Duan Wudi was the person who destroyed Qing Dai's innocence that day.Shi Shi was furious and wanted to question Duan Wudi, but Qing Dai held him tight and cried bitterly: "I am just a lowly singer, don't say that there is no witness for this matter, even if there is witness, how can I still arrest him?" How about it, others don't say that I'm obsessed with it, it's already good, even if the general is in charge, at most he can marry a concubine, although the concubine is out of morals, but I don't want to serve such a wicked person." After Shishi heard this , only felt heartbroken like death. After thinking for a long time, he finally thought that if he manages to kill Duan Wudi, then Qing Dai must be grateful. These days, he can see that Qing Dai is not ruthless to him. Please, Qingdai will definitely be willing to marry him.Of course, before that, Shishi tried Duan Wudi, but whenever he talked about Qingdai, Duan Wudi always talked about him. Enraged, Shishi made up his mind to deal with Duan Wudi, and the opportunity was quickly found. Looking at Qing Dai, Shi Shi hesitated to speak, the matter had not been settled yet, he decided to wait until Duan Wudi had subdued him before talking to Qing Dai.The two of them had just exchanged a few words, when suddenly a guard came in and reported: "General, the general invites you." After being caught and returned, he was overjoyed and said: "Qing Dai, I have something to do in the army, I'll go back first." Qing Dai smiled slightly, and said: "That's fine, but you've drank so much wine, it's not appropriate to go to see the general, I just asked the maid to fetch the hangover soup, you can drink a bowl before you leave, don't forget to scatter the wine Qi." After hearing this, Shi Shi felt warm in his heart, and promised again and again.So when he left with his head held high, he didn't see the flash of coldness in Qing Dai's eyes.The net has been closed, and the captured tiger can no longer escape. After Shishi left, Qing Dai summoned a maid, took the pipa, moved her ten fingers, and the sound was like gold and stone. It was the sixth part of the famous song "Ambush from Ten Daggers". Several people, Qingdai played for a while, the surroundings were silent, only the clear music echoed and circled.Qing Dai played the sixth fold several times, but Fang stopped playing.Sighing lightly, he got up and left. It happened that Qiu Yufei, who was flying into the city on a flying horse, passed Feiyan Tower at this time. The sound of Qingdai's pipa stopped the clouds. Showing a bright light, he said in a low voice: "It's so good, few people in the world can play the pipa, but it's just how murderous, it seems to be decisive." If you follow Qiu Yufei's heart, I really want to see the pipa player immediately But the matter of Duan Wudi has not been resolved, he hesitated for a while, and finally rode his horse to the general's mansion.