Chapter 135 Chapter Three

Chapter 3 of the fifth part of the vertical and horizontal struggle Ying won the favor of the general, traveled thousands of miles, and made outstanding military exploits. In the 24th year of his prosperity, Ying accused Duan Wudi of corruption and collusion with the enemy's business travelers with his personal enmity.Ying Nai offended. ——"History of the Northern Han Dynasty.Quartz Biography In the General's Mansion, Long Tingfei stood in the hall with his hands behind his back, furious in his heart. These days, while he was training the soldiers and rectifying the armor, he did not forget to monitor the generals under his command. In his heart, Duan Wudi and Quartz were the most suspicious , these two are his trusted generals, Quartz is good at fighting, but not good at intrigue, Duan Wudi is good at defense, although he is the most trustworthy backing of the Northern Han Army, but it is inevitable that there will be fewer opportunities to kill generals and make meritorious deeds. Come on, Duan Wudi's rewards and promotions will be a little behind, and Duan Wudi's temperament is deep and cautious. Long Tingfei was a little suspicious of him, but Xiao Tong monitored the generals, but there was no evidence to prove that the two had reconciled with the generals. Yong colluded.

Since he returned to Qinzhou, Duan Wudi has been busy adjusting his defenses everywhere, and Long Tingfei has paid close attention to all his actions. The defense deployed by Duan Wudi is solid and flawless.Quartz didn't bother to care about anything other than the war. Apart from being infatuated with a famous singer recently, there was nothing special about it. The singing girl Xiao Tong checked carefully, and she was the daughter of Su E, a famous scholar in Jinyang.The Su family was originally a loyal minister in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and refused to change his official position in the Northern Han Dynasty. After the First Lord ascended the throne, there were many ironic remarks. In the end, the First Lord confiscated the Su family in anger. Su E died in prison. year thing.And Qingdai is Su E's only beloved daughter. After her father's death, her family property was confiscated, and she was helpless and living in prostitution. Even so, this woman was proud, innocent, and respected by the world.It can be said that this woman has hatred for the Northern Han court, which can be seen from her daily behavior. She almost never pretends to the nobles and wealthy families of the Northern Han Dynasty. Fortunately, there are many people who respect this woman's demeanor, otherwise She can't be a performer in peace.Shi Shi fell in love with this woman, although it was a bit inappropriate, but just looking at her behavior, she knew that she would not seek refuge with Dayong, otherwise she would never give up the opportunity to get close to the powerful and powerful to get information, so Long Tingfei did not interfere with the relationship between Shi Shi and Qingdai. What's more, in Long Tingfei's view, quartz may not be able to impress this woman's heart.

The two most suspected generals did not turn their backs. Long Tingfei had already doubted whether he had fallen for the enemy's plan to alienate him. It's quite tricky, to be honest, although Duan Wudi's smuggling is secret, if Long Tingfei doesn't know anything about it, he would be too incompetent, but what Duan Wudi did is exactly what Long Tingfei is inconvenient to do. What's more, all the proceeds were used by Duan Wudi to supplement the military salary, so Long Tingfei not only did not question the crime, but arranged for the quartermaster to cooperate with Duan Wudi, so that the money was quietly used for food and pensions.It's just that Long Tingfei absolutely cannot admit this matter, otherwise, the general guarding one side would openly violate the law.Most of the generals under Long Tingfei knew something, only Quartz, firstly, because of his blunt temper, everyone was worried that he would accidentally leak it, and secondly, Quartz didn't care about these things, so many people knew things, but only Quartz was ignorant Understand.So Quartz suddenly made an attack on Duan Wudi, and Long Tingfei couldn't react for a while, so he had no choice but to order Duan Wudi to be detained.Of course, Long Tingfei also has a little selfishness. He doesn't mind temporarily suppressing Duan Wudi before the traitor is revealed. After all, if Duan Wudi rebels, the blow to the Northern Han Army will be too great.Even so, Long Tingfei was still very angry, because if Duan Wudi's incident was revealed, it would be difficult to clear him of his charges. In this way, no matter whether Duan Wudi betrayed or not, Long Tingfei would face the possibility of losing a general. Because of this predicament, he was very annoyed with Shishi, and he couldn't help but regret that he had favored Shishi too much in the past, and indulged him so much that he didn't know the heights of heaven and earth.

Xiao Tong walked in, looked at Long Tingfei's straight back, hesitated for a moment, stepped forward and said: "General, Yufei is back, he wants to see you right away." Long Tingfei was startled. During this period of time, Dayong was heavily guarded and it was difficult to spread information. He still didn't know the result of Qiuyu's flying assassination. He heard from Xiao Tong's tone that the assassination was not successful. He sighed and said: "Forget it, it is difficult to assassinate a dignified supervising army. As long as Yufei comes back safely, let him come in. Does he have any urgent matters to see me?"

Xiao Tong said: "Let's ask him to tell the general. This matter concerns the general of our army. Yu Fei has never had any entanglements with the generals. His words should be more fair." Long Tingfei was startled, and said: "Hurry up Let him in." He was full of ominous premonition. Qiu Yufei walked into the lobby with Ling Duan. When Ling Duan saw Long Tingfei, his expression immediately became agitated. He looked at Long Tingfei with excited and admiring eyes. All the gods.He respectfully bowed down and said: "The villain Ling Duan kowtowed to the general."

A trace of doubt flashed in Long Tingfei's eyes, and he asked, "Who are you?" Ling Duan knew that Long Tingfei would not recognize him. After all, he was always wearing a mask when he appeared in front of Long Tingfei. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of Tan Ji again, couldn't help but burst into tears, and said: "Little man They are the ghost cavalry guards under General Tan's command." Long Tingfei looked at Ling Duan in surprise for a while, stepped forward to help him up, and said, "I never thought that General Tan still had his guards alive, Ling Duan, your name is Ling Duan, alas, I have sent someone to take the ashes of your general." Send him back to his hometown for burial, and the imperial court will give him a reward, but it's a pity that he can't fight the enemy." Later, Long Tingfei's tone was also sad, but he calmed down quickly, and asked again: "How did you escape back? of."

Ling Duan looked at Qiu Yufei, and Qiu Yufei said indifferently: "You tell the general everything." Ling Duan nodded, and told what he had seen and heard, and then Qiu Yufei added his own words. The scene on the day of the assassination.Long Tingfei frowned when he heard it, he was suspicious in his heart, although what Qiu Yufei and Ling Duan said seemed to be nothing special, but after listening to him and Xiao Tong's ears, they revealed the truth But it shocked the two of them.After all, compared to Duan Wudi, Long Tingfei believed more in the quartz he personally promoted, while Xiao Tong was more suspicious of the shrewd and cautious Duan Wudi.

They naturally had no doubts about Qiu Yufei, but they had no doubts about Ling Duan. Long Tingfei looked at Xiao Tong, Xiao Tong understood, coughed and said: "Ling Duan, what do you think these things can prove?" Ling Duan said blankly: "The villain doesn't know either. Although General Shi has always been at odds with our general and often satirizes the general, but if General Shi is said to have a rebellious heart, the villain really can't believe it. But if it wasn't so, why would Li Hu and the others were all beheaded. Compared to them, the villain followed General Tan and killed people like hemp in Zezhou. Even if he wanted to confess to the people of Zezhou, he should have beheaded the villain. And although Master Jiang is not the coach, the villain sees the army The generals of the Zhongzhong respected Lord Jiang Hou very much. He said that if he wanted to keep the two of us by his side, no one would dare to object. Even King Qi only warned us a few words after he knew about it, so that we should not be ungrateful. But All of a sudden, Li Hu was forcibly taken away and beheaded, and Master Jiang didn't stop him. I thought that if I didn't know anything, I would have been killed that day. Moreover, Lord Jiang was so magnanimous that even Li Hu almost killed him without blaming him, if it wasn't for the seriousness, the villain really doesn't understand why he did it."

Long Tingfei and Xiao Tong exchanged glances. From Ling Duan's words, they couldn't hear a trace of falsehood, and Ling Duan's thoughts were a little messy, not like a pre-made lie. This shows that Ling Duan did not surrender to the Yong army. , came back to deliver false information.Qiu Yufei saw the two people's thoughts, and said coldly: "When I met Ling Duan, he was already dying. If he hadn't met me, I'm afraid he would have come back dead." Long Tingfei and Xiao Tong knew what he meant, if Ling Duan had betrayed Bei Han, it would be absolutely impossible to fall into that situation.Even bitter tricks must have a limit. Since Qiu Yufei said that Ling Duan almost died, it is absolutely true. If Ling Duan can hide it from Qiu Yufei's eyes, Qiu Yufei is not qualified to be Jing Wuji's direct disciple. .

At this time, a guard came to report that Quartz was already waiting outside to hear him. Long Tingfei hesitated in his heart. Originally, he recruited Quartz to find out why Quartz suddenly attacked Duan Wudi, but now he had something in his heart. Suspicious, but worried about scaring the snake, he glanced at Xiao Tong, Xiao Tong's eyes flashed and said: "Let him come in, he always has to ask, junior brother, you take Ling Duan and retreat to the back first." Qiu Yufei nodded, but he said indifferently: "I met General Duan on the road, the great general, and senior brother. Although General Duan violated the military law, it is a painstaking effort to miss him. Please give him a chance."

Long Tingfei frowned lightly, sighed and said, "Why don't I know, but I'm afraid this matter is not so simple. Although Quartz is reckless, but such a big matter is announced without asking me for instructions. I originally thought he was unintentional." , but now I feel that he is intentional, Yufei, I will deal with it properly, Ling Duan, Yufei, do you have an arrangement?" He could see that Qiu Yufei was very kind to Ling Duan, so he asked a special question. Qiu Yufei said: "I like this kid's aptitude and character very much. I am going to take him back to meet the master and the senior brother. If the senior brother is also interested, I want him to worship under the senior brother. If not, I will reluctantly accept it." disciple." Hearing his answer, both Long and Xiao's expressions changed. Xiao Tong stepped forward and looked at Ling Duan carefully for a while, and said with a smile: "Although the aptitude is only above average, this child has a persevering and indomitable character. It's not that you are too upright and ignorant of flexibility, you have become a ghost rider who is one in a thousand at a young age, and senior brother should be satisfied, okay, junior brother has good eyesight." Qiu Yufei smiled slightly, called Ling Duan, and led him back. Only then did Long Tingfei order Shishi to come in. Not long after, Shishi strode in. He had already forced out the smell of alcohol on his body. After entering, he respectfully performed a military salute and said, "The great general Chuanshi, the last general, is here. But what are your orders?" Long Tingfei took a deep look at Shishi, and said: "Shishi, there is one thing I haven't asked you for a long time. Now that Duan Wudi is about to be brought here, let me ask you, how did you know that Duan Wudi was the one who smuggled you?" For such a big matter, why didn't you discuss it with me in advance, but said it in public when the generals were discussing matters, fortunately Duan Wudi didn't abscond in fear of crime, if something went wrong, wouldn't it be your fault?" Quartz hesitated for a moment, and said, "It was Shi Jun, the deputy general of the last general, who found out by accident and told the general that he was so angry that he didn't have time to think about it, so he said it during the discussion. This is the general's guilt." Speaking of this, he showed a slight shame on his face. In order to avenge Duan Wudi, he never thought of reporting to Long Tingfei in private. Although he is straightforward, he is not stupid. Such a large-scale smuggling, his own His subordinates could find out, it would be strange if Long Tingfei didn't know anything about it, only by doing so could he force Long Tingfei to kill Duan Wudi.Quartz knows well, although the general has always been very fond of him, but he relies more on Tan Ji and Duan Wudi. Besides, in the past, Long Tingfei might have severely punished Duan Wudi. However, if Duan Wudi lives one more day, Qingdai will not be happy for a day. These days, seeing her look more and more haggard, Shishi is already heartbroken. Although his expression changed slightly, Long Tingfei and Xiao Tong were both caring people, both of them could see clearly, Long Tingfei sighed in his heart, and said: "You wait in the hall for Duan Wudi's confrontation." Quartz Promise to back down.Long Tingfei's expression turned cold, and he said: "Xiao Tong, Shishi has ghosts in his heart, you go to his house and search for anything that shouldn't be there." Xiao Tong responded in a low voice, turned and went out.Long Tingfei felt great hatred in his heart, and he slapped the table with his palm. The teacups and other objects on the table jumped up, and the tea splashed. Immediately, personal guards poured in from the hall. For a moment, after Duan Wudi is escorted, you go to his shackles, bring him to me, and bring all his soldiers to the back, and don't allow them to walk around indiscriminately. Shi Jun is the officer who escorted him. Bring it together." After half an hour, Duan Wudi was finally escorted.When Long Tingfei saw Duan Wudi, who looked calm but was a bit embarrassed, he didn't know what to say for a while, no matter what Duan Wudi was smuggling for, no matter whether he acquiesced or not, this matter has been exposed.If the truth is told, everyone will know the predicament the Northern Han Dynasty faced. I am afraid that the morale of the army will not be stable, and the crime of violating the national law will not be easily forgiven by the government and the opposition. There are many forces that are dissatisfied with him, Long Tingfei knows that he may be called back for questioning at that time.In the past, Long Tingfei would not mind being questioned, as long as he can lead the army in battle, title and official position are not important, but at what time now, although Dayong may make trouble, he cannot leave Qinzhou for a moment.If the king obviously favors him, he may lose popular support and have a great impact on his reputation.The only solution is to ask Duan Wudi to take the blame. Although Duan Wudi will definitely obey as long as he says a word, even if he dies, he will not implicate himself. Ting Fei couldn't do such a thing anyway. Duan Wudi understood Long Tingfei's thoughts in his heart, went forward and bowed down and said: "The guilty general kowtowed to the general, and asked the general to deal with the criminal general in accordance with the laws and military regulations of the country. No matter what kind of punishment, the criminal general is willing to do so, but now the country is When employing people, I beg the general to leave the guilty general alive, and let the guilty general die on the battlefield instead of dying on the execution ground." Long Tingfei's body trembled slightly, it took a long time before he stepped forward to help Duan Wudi up, bowed deeply and said: "General Duan, this is Ting Fei's fault, but it is a great crime for Ting Fei to let the general bear this stigma." A look of excitement flashed in Duan Wudi's eyes, and he said solemnly: "Why did the general make such a statement? This is because the general's desire for profit is blinding his heart, so what have you to do with the general?" Long Tingfei understands Duan Wudi's intentions, since Duan Wudi has assumed the responsibility for this matter, it cannot involve Long Tingfei.He straightened up sadly, and said: "Wudi, you wait at the side now, there is one more important thing now, you listen at the side. Come, pass on Shi Jun." Shi Jun who walked in looked very disturbed, he was quite shrewd, since he met Qiu Yufei on the road, he didn't dare to embarrass Duan Wudi again, on the last part of the road, his heart kept beating.Shi Jun was originally a younger brother of the Shishi clan, and he was brave and ruthless when he was young. , but the employers are somewhat cronyistic, but at last Shi Jun knew that his ability was insufficient, so he relied on the trust of Quartz and used small favors to make good friends with the warriors in the army, and he barely responded to everyone. A few days ago, Quartz told him to investigate Duan Wudi's weaknesses. Shi Jun was really embarrassed, not because of Duan Wudi's prestige status, but because Duan Wudi was always strict and Shi Jun had no way to start, but Shi Jun had to obey Quartz's orders.It just so happened that a general under Duan Wudi's command was demoted by Duan Wudi for violating the military law. That general was resentful and looked for opportunities to stay in Qinzhou City. After Shi Jun learned about it, he got acquainted with him and took him to drink and have fun. The general was dissatisfied with Duan Wudi, and after being bribed by Shi Jun, he revealed a hint of Duan Wudi's smuggling.After Shi Jun learned about it, he reported the news to Quartz as if he had found a treasure.Quartz is also a famous general. Now that he knew about such a thing, he discovered the evidence shortly after careful consideration. After all, Duan Wudi had the support and acquiescence of the senior generals in the army, so he did not keep the secret too much. The thief takes the stolen goods.The whole thing went very smoothly, but there was one thing that Shi Jun kept from Quartz. During this process, Shi Jun "discovered" many clues and information, but these information were not actually found by Shi Jun, but from Some mysterious people got it. Without this information, Quartz would not have been able to catch Duan Wudi so smoothly. But now Shi Jun regrets his short-sightedness very much. He thinks that those mysterious people came to the door with gold and silver, saying that the merchants who colluded with Duan Wudi in smuggling were at odds with them. , so as to eradicate the backstage of those businessmen, this is a very reasonable reason, and he also needs the information, so Shi Jun is not respectful.But what happened on the road made Shi Jun realize that his boss might have poked a hornet's nest. If there was something wrong with the quartz, his glory and wealth would be emptied, but no matter how much he regretted it, it would be useless.When Shi Jun escorted Duan Wudi to the General's Mansion, Duan Wudi was immediately let go of the shackles and invited in. Instead, Shi Jun himself and the sergeants were detained.It didn't take long for Shi Jun to be sent for questioning. Naturally, he had no way to refuse, so he could only bite the bullet and walk into the Baihu Festival Hall where Long Tingfei summoned the general.As soon as he saw Long Tingfei, whose face was ashen and full of murderous anger, Shi Jun felt that he could hardly breathe, stepped forward a few steps and fell to his knees, his body trembling uncontrollably. Seeing this situation, Long Tingfei became more suspicious, and asked coldly: "Shi Jun, did you find out about Duan Wudi's smuggling?" Shi Jun said cautiously: "It is the last general." Long Tingfei said bitterly: "How did you find out? Could it be that you dare to spy on the general?" Shi Jun opened his mouth to speak, but he couldn't say it. Buying Duan Wudi's generals and accepting bribes from businessmen are not things that can be said clearly. .Thinking of this, cold sweat dripped down his forehead, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, but he didn't dare to speak. Long Tingfei said angrily: "You still don't tell the truth, if there is half a lie, I will ask you for the crime of lying to the commander, and I will cut you into pieces." Shi Jun paled with fright, and quickly told how he got clues from the general, and how he got bribes and information from the mysterious man. Long Tingfei was furious, kicked Shi Jun aside, Shi Jun vomited blood, but he didn't dare to wipe it, got up and knelt down, and said repeatedly: "The general will be convicted, I beg the general Spare me." Long Tingfei said coldly: "Take him down and hand him over to Xiao Tong for interrogation." Several guards dragged Shi Jun down. Long Tingfei sat back in the commander's seat, closed his eyes tiredly, and carefully thought about Shi Jun's confession. Those who provided information were very suspicious. He asked Duan Wudi: "Wudi, do you know who would hold a grudge against you? And we can get detailed information about your smuggling.” Duan Wudi frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "The merchants who collude with the general are all big middle-school merchants, and there are only two or three who are qualified to do this kind of business. The general will reach an agreement with them to cooperate according to a certain ratio. Even if merchants from other countries are greedy, they don't have the financial resources to participate, and they have no way to get information about the shipment. Only the East China Sea merchants who trade with those merchants may know the information about our shipment, but how can they participate in it? Northern Han military affairs?" Long Tingfei smiled wryly for a moment, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and said: "How can we be capable? We all forgot that that person has been in the East China Sea for nearly three years. I'm afraid this matter has already been under his control." Duan Wudi's face changed, he naturally understood who Long Tingfei said "that person", but he asked cautiously: "General, this matter may not be the case, the businessmen we cooperate with have checked it out, it should not be People from Dayong, and we also excluded Haishi on purpose because Haishi and Donghai are too close. There is no problem with the identities of those businessmen, most of them are people from Nanchu. Behind the scenes should be the most mysterious Tianji Pavilion in Nanchu. No matter how clever that person is, he still has no way to extend his hand so far. Moreover, the information we got from Nanchu should not be a problem. The Tianji Pavilion has damaged Dayong's interests many times over the years. We once suspected that the Tianji Pavilion The backstage is the Nanchu family, and now we and Nanchu share the same hatred, and they will not make trouble at this time." Long Tingfei was quite convinced of Duan Wudi's judgment, but he still believed that Dayong must have intervened in this incident, and who would want the Northern Han army to be in chaos except Dayong.After thinking for a while, he said: "You also said that Haishi and Donghai are very close. According to Princess Bi, Haishi and Jiang Zhe also colluded, and the smuggled goods have to pass through Binzhou. To escape their eyes, if you have the heart, you may not be able to collect this information, alas." Duan Wudi was also silent this time, Long Tingfei's judgment was very reasonable, the in and out of the goods really couldn't be hidden from Haishi's eyes and ears, could it be that Jiang Zhe had already laid a chess piece in Binzhou, Duan Wudi suddenly had an absurd idea, could it be that Jiang Zhe Zhe lived in seclusion in the East China Sea, supported the Jiang family and Hai family in the East China Sea to develop Binzhou into a center of Yuanyang trade, and also intended to lure us to smuggle. If this route is cut off now, I am afraid that my Northern Han Dynasty will immediately fall into the plight of insufficient supplies. Thinking of this, Duan Wudi suddenly felt cold all over his body, but he didn't dare to speak out his thoughts. He could only comfort himself by saying that no matter how shrewd Jiang Zhe was, he couldn't have thought so far-reaching. , he can't do it like a finger. At this time, Xiao Tong came in with a solemn expression, he handed over a brocade box, opened the box, and there were two letters in it.Long Tingfei took a look, and suddenly felt all hope was lost. Neither letter was addressed or signed. The first letter reads, "Your old ministries have all been wiped out. You have repaid the kindness of your subordinates. Long's Zezhou suffered a disastrous defeat. Don't you realize that if you wait until the army marches northward, it will be too late for you to regret. Abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, you can assume the position of marquis, the general thinks deeply about it." The second letter said, "Knowing the current situation, it is a blessing to follow the sky. Please get rid of Duan Wudi first to show your sincerity. I will secretly assist the general in his actions." Long Tingfei said sadly: "Have you asked his personal guards, but someone framed him?" Xiao Tong said bitterly: "My subordinates questioned carefully, and no one knew how Shishi got in touch with Dayong, but this brocade box was placed in a cabinet in Shishi's dormitory, and only Shishi had a key for this cabinet. And someone noticed that Shishi was in contact with Dayong every night. Before going to bed, I would check the letters in the brocade box. If someone framed it, at least those letters would not be in there before last night." Long Tingfei stroked his forehead and said nothing, his expression was cold and gloomy. After a while, he said, "Cherish Shishi to see me." When Shi Shi walked into the hall, Long Tingfei couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, and threw the brocade box and two letters on the quartz surface, Shi Shi's eyes flashed, his face turned red when he saw the letter, and said: "The last general How could your personal letter be in the hands of the general?" Long Tingfei, who had an emergency in his heart, was completely disappointed. He said coldly: "Then you admit that these two letters are yours?" Shi Shi blushed, and said, "It's exactly what the last general has." Long Tingfei laughed loudly, the laughter was full of sadness, and said: "I have always attached great importance to you, are you going to repay me like this, you are worthy of the king and the soldiers of the three armies." Shi Shi was puzzled and thought, why is it that the poems that Qing Dai wrote to me are any hindrances?He subconsciously picked up the letter and looked at it. After looking at it, he was dumbfounded and couldn't speak anymore. Long Tingfei said coldly: "At first, I believed that it was not an accident that you intercepted and killed King Qi. I also thought that you attacked Wudi because you couldn't get used to such greedy things, but now how do you explain it? Fail to you, you will treason to the enemy." Shishi was anxious and wanted to explain, but the more anxious he became, the more difficult it was to distinguish. Holding those two letters, he couldn't speak. His injuries were not completely healed. Under his eagerness, he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. out.