Chapter 136 Chapter Four: Flying Daggers

Chapter 4: Ambush from Ten Sides, Part Five If Long Tingfei was in a clear state of mind, he would definitely see that Shishi had difficulties in his heart, but these days, he had already become suspicious of the generals in his heart, Shishi attacked Duan Wudi, and put him in a dilemma again, Qiu Yufei, Ling Duan His words convinced him again, so when he saw Shi Shi in such a state of mind, he felt that this person was hypocritical and extremely hateful.The other two in the hall, Xiao Tong was originally in charge of monitoring the lieutenant soldiers, he was always suspicious when things happened, in his mind, people were divided into two categories, those who had already rebelled, and those who would rebel in the future, so they didn't notice it. Quartz mind.On the contrary, although Duan Wudi encountered such a difficult situation, he was not hindered in his heart and saw the suffering of quartz.Hastily stepped forward and said: "General, General Shi may have some difficulties, please allow him to appeal, if these two letters are sent by Yongren, General Shi will burn him, how can they be kept as evidence?"

Although what Duan Wudi said was reasonable, both Long Tingfei and Xiao Tong's expressions were moved, but the resentment in Shishi's heart was already deep. He already held a grudge against Duan Wudi. Maybe it was Xiao Tong who planted the blame, so he was furious, not only did not take advantage of the situation to explain, but instead said angrily: "Duan Wudi, you don't need to pretend to be kind." Hearing this, Long Tingfei was even angrier, and said sharply: "Put Shishi in death row, Xiao Tong, immediately detain Shishi's trusted generals, and check them one by one to see if anyone has been bribed and rebelled by him." Duan Wudi and Xiao Tong also dared not say much.Quartz felt disheartened, looked at Long Tingfei and Duan Wudi, and thought, although I reported on Duan Wudi out of selfishness, but after all, Duan Wudi's smuggling and corruption are the truth, the general didn't ask about this, but instead asked me what to do. Knowing that, now he is bringing these two unclear letters to me to accuse me, that's all, since the general is biased, why should I have to argue.Shi Shi is a person who regards life and death very lightly. Thinking of this, he did not bid farewell to Long Tingfei, turned around and went down the hall, regardless of the guards who followed behind him, his heart was full of pain and anger.

Long Tingfei felt more and more annoyed when he saw Shishi like this, but he was still a generation of famous generals after all. Although he had already fallen into Jiang Zhe's trap, he still felt that Shishi might have some difficulties in his heart, so he asked Xiao Tong: "Xiao Tong, we still have to be careful. Check it out, you should pay attention to Quartz during this period of time, but if you know someone who is close to him, maybe those two letters were really planted by someone." Duan Wudi was overjoyed, although he also resented Shishi for attacking him for no reason, but he did not believe that Shishi really turned to the enemy.

Xiao Tong pondered for a moment and said: "This matter is also very strange for my subordinates. There is no doubt about the people who communicated with General Shi. Only if someone of his subordinates is in collusion with the enemy can he communicate information for General Shi and Dayong. It's impossible, because this kind of thing will inevitably require many secret deals, and the person who delivers the news will have to go out frequently, and his appearance will definitely fall into the eyes of people, but there is no such suspicious person under General Shi. It is absolutely impossible for people to send letters separately. Even if he has objections, he will only let one or two cronies know, and he will never be so careless. Therefore, it is still difficult to speculate how these two letters got into the hands of General Shi. Thinking about it, why not invite Miss Qingdai from Feiyan Tower for questioning, everyone knows that General Shi is obsessed with Miss Qingdai today, although his subordinates didn't find anything wrong with her, but calling her to ask questions should also be rewarding. "

Long Tingfei nodded lightly, she was just a singing girl, he would not care about her innocence or not, just as she was about to agree, Duan Wudi knelt down in a panic and said, "General, Qingdai will not have anything to do with this matter , and please don’t embarrass her, General.” Both Long Tingfei and Xiao Tong were startled, how could Duan Wudi plead for Qing Dai, they both had doubts in their hearts, they looked at Duan Wudi together, Long Tingfei asked coldly: "Wudi, why did you plead for her, Could it be that you have something to do with this woman, isn't she the one Quartz loves?"

Duan Wudi hesitated again and again, and finally said: "The general did not dare to hide from the general. In the seventeenth year of Rongsheng, the general was exiled from the capital and transferred to Daizhou, but the dignitaries who offended him on the way were chased and killed, and the general was seriously injured. She fell into the water and her life was in danger. Fortunately, Miss Qingdai rescued her. She did not avoid suspicion and served day and night. The last general was able to save her life. This kind of kindness will never be forgotten. It is not her fault that General Shi loves Qingdai. I beg the general not to add It's her fault."

Long Tingfei and Xiao Tong looked at each other, and Xiao Tong said with a half-smile: "General Duan, Rongsheng was seventeen years old, you were only twenty-five years old, and Miss Qingdai was only seventeen years old at that time, could it be that you have an affair?" Is it?" Duan Wudi blushed, he knew that Xiao Tong was not interrogating his personal matters, because Qing Dai had already been involved in the quartz case, and now he had something to do with himself, Xiao Tong must get to the bottom of it, it was just the relationship between him and Qing Dai. The matter was a secret in his heart, and he was worried that Qingdai would be harmed if he told it, so he couldn't help hesitating and couldn't say it.

Long Tingfei said indifferently: "Don't worry, I won't incriminate others at will, as long as Miss Qingdai is not a spy of Dayong, even if she suffers a little bit, her life won't be in danger." Duan Wudi became more and more worried, but this situation did not allow him to keep talking, so he could only say: "The general and Qing Dai met in trouble and fell in love with each other for a long time. At that time, the general was discouraged in his official career. We had a marriage contract. Dissatisfied, so I asked the general to live in seclusion with her. It is best to leave the Northern Han Dynasty and never look back. But after the general recovered from his injury, he met a friend in the army. No, I explained my intentions to Qing Dai, and then we had a dispute. I hope that Qing Dai will go to Daizhou with me. Although Daizhou is difficult, I will definitely not let Qing Dai suffer, and Qing Dai is not a weak woman. She would not be able to bear the suffering of the wind and sand. But she was rejected by Qing Dai's words. She said that she had no favor with the court. Even if she was not an enemy, she could not serve the court instead. She parted ways, and Qing Dai left without hesitation. From then on, the two of us broke up our relationship. Although Qing Dai is involved in it now, the last general will be the first to accept kindness, and the last will be the last. It has nothing to do, please understand that she is alone and wandering, and don't blame her."

Long Tingfei sighed and said: "It's no wonder, I have heard a little about this woman, her family is ruined, it's no wonder she is dissatisfied with the court, if she has nothing to do with Shi Shi's rebellion, I will not embarrass her .” Xiao Tong said with a strange expression: "General, General Duan, I see that General Shi has a deep hatred for General Duan, and recently General Shi fell in love with Miss Qingdai again, could it be that General Shi knew about the past of the two, so he hated General, if so, General Shi may not have really betrayed, the subordinates feel that there seems to be something wrong with Miss Qingdai, and I ask General Duan to forgive me, I am afraid that my subordinates will severely question Miss Qingdai."

Duan Wudi's heart was as cold as ice at his words like frost, but Long Tingfei's heart was moved. After thinking about it carefully, the evidence of Quartz's betrayal was only two letters besides many suspicious signs. If it wasn't for Qiu Yufei and others See, with Quartz attacking Duan Wudi, I'm afraid I won't be so sure of Quartz's betrayal.But this thought flashed by, and Long Tingfei already believed in his heart that there was a general betraying him. If it wasn't for Shishi, he would still be Duan Wudi, so he just said coldly: "You can ask, but don't use punishment. If you are famous, then you must not like to cover up, ask her if she was instructed by someone to send any letters to Quartz."

Xiao Tong promised and was about to go out to do some errands when suddenly the two guards escorting Shishi rushed in and said loudly: "The general is not well. General Shi shot us suddenly and stunned us, and he escaped." The three people in the hall were dumbfounded, and no one expected that Shishi would leave at this time. Although Long Tingfei ordered Shishi to be detained, after all, his charges have not been made public. Even if Shishi really rebelled, it may not be true. There is no chance to restore Long Tingfei's trust. If he left so suddenly, even if Long Tingfei originally believed that he was innocent, he would not have other thoughts at this moment, not to mention that Long Tingfei already believed in the quartz rebellion. Long Tingfei took a deep breath and said, "Give me an order that the four gates will be closed, and the big rope in the city must capture the quartz alive." Xiao Tong said coldly: "General, don't worry, this subordinate will fight with Junior Brother Qiu, and he will definitely not let him escape." Xiao Tong hurried down the hall, and after a short while, horns sounded outside. This was an order to the four gates, and it also represented that Qinzhou City was under military control from now on, and all civilians had to stay behind closed doors. For three or four years, Qinzhou There has never been such a situation, and the soldiers and civilians in the city are unavoidably panicked.But in the General's Mansion, Long Tingfei's expression was cold and indifferent, he really felt very tired, all these years of fighting in the army, he had never felt so lonely and empty like now. Su Dingluan's death in Yongdu and Tan Ji's death in Zezhou had already caused him to lose his arm. Shishi's betrayal and Duan Wudi's imprisonment made him feel that his wings were broken and he lost his capable confidant general, Long Tingfei's first... For once, I felt that I was no longer sure of killing the enemy to win.He was silent for a moment, and said to Duan Wudi: "I have decided that after Shishi is captured, I will say that he framed you for a crime, so that this matter can be covered up. Now is the time for employing people. Zhong Zhongchen should also know the priorities, and besides, I acquiesce in your actions. For my sake, no one will pursue this matter. Now you are the only four generals around me. Invincible, don’t let me down. Do not die before me." Duan Wudi only felt sour in his heart, and burst into tears like springs. Although he didn't care about reputation, he did the smuggling and corruption for the sake of the Northern Han Dynasty, but he also knew that if the matter leaked out, he would inevitably bear the stigma. If you don't die, you will lose your military position. Unexpectedly, Long Tingfei decided to take the responsibility for the crime himself. Such protection and love are so heavy that he can't repay it even if he dies.He knelt down on both knees and said in a sobbing voice: "The general will obey the order, the general will swear to serve the country and defend the country, even if he is smashed to pieces, he will not regret it." Tears flashed in Long Tingfei's eyes, he held back forcibly, and said: "Now the situation is critical, and in troubled times we see loyal ministers, and Tingfei has received the grace of the country. The Long family was originally a general of the Liu family. Yang Tianxia is bestowed by the ruler of the country. This kindness and virtue will never be forgotten. Although Dayong is powerful, the Long family has absolutely no reason to surrender. Moreover, I have fought with Dayong for many years in the Northern Han Dynasty. Both sides have suffered countless casualties. Several clan generals of Yong also died under the city of Jinyang. Once the Northern Han Dynasty is defeated, I am afraid that the people of our country will never be able to stand up for generations and become captives. Invincible, although you came from a humble background, you have suffered repeated setbacks , but the lord, General Lin and I are all very kind to you. Don't let me down. If one day I die in battle, there will be no one in the Northern Han Dynasty who can support the overall situation except Princess Jiaping. Help Her Royal Highness with all my strength, turn the tide, and never let my people of the Northern Han Dynasty die under the Da Yong Butcher Knife." Duan Wudi felt a pain in his heart, and said: "General, don't say that. Although our country is in danger, there may not be a turning point. General, you can't talk about life and death lightly. The only thing in the heart of a general is loyalty. Only invincible can last a day, and he will never let you down." home country." Long Tingfei sighed, and said: "You also go to assist Xiao Tong, and you must capture Shishi back. I want to know how many military planes he leaked out." exhausted. In Feiyan Tower, Qing Dai is sitting on a chair in the hall, holding a pipa in her hand, and plucking the strings from time to time, but it is always intermittent, unable to make a tune, and the maid does not dare to come to disturb her, she just thinks that she is composing the music, but she doesn't know that Qing Dai has nothing in her heart Music score, in her heart she was only thinking of Shishi. Suddenly there was a noise outside, and the maid said eagerly: "General Shi, the girl is composing music, and she said she can't see any guests." Before she finished speaking, there were already hurried footsteps outside the door, and then the door was pushed open, Shi Shi looked calm stood outside, but Qingdai could see the frustration and despair hidden in his eyes. Shi Shi looked at Qing Dai who looked suspicious, and said loudly: "Qing Dai, can I go in?" Qing Dai wanted to refuse at first, but when she saw his gaze, her heart softened for some reason, and she said softly: "General, please come in." Shishi walked into the room and looked at Qingdai without fear. The room was as warm as spring. At this moment, she was only wearing a blue thin shirt, her graceful and slender body was looming, and her glossy black hair was scattered on her shoulders, making her look even more beautiful. Delicate and charming, it may be because of being alone, her original aloof expression has also become gentle and gentle, making her now lose the indifference and arrogance of the past.Shi Shi's heart is sad, how many nights she has thought hard in her heart, just wanting to see Qing Dai's mood, but now she can see it, but things are different. Qingdai raised her eyebrows lightly, Shi Shi's fiery and sad eyes made her feel uneasy, she put down the pipa in her hand, and she went to get the cloak hanging beside her, but just as she moved, Shi Shi had already arrived in front of her, and then her delicate body was tightly held by Shi Shi. Hugging tightly in her arms, Qing Dai panicked and was about to fight back, but she just raised her plain hand, but then put it down again, because she could feel that Shi Shi had no lust in her heart, Shi Shi just hugged her tightly in her arms, She could feel tears streaming down her hair.Qing Dai has always guarded herself like a jade, although she once said that she lost her virginity to Duan Wudi, but in fact she is still a virgin. After the initial nervousness and panic, Qing Dai actually felt that she was also indulging in that strong manly aura, but a flash of inspiration flashed in her heart, Qing Dai stretched out her hand and pushed the quartz away, since the two of them are separated by an abyss, why should she let herself be tempted?This time, Shi Shi was pushed away by her without any resistance. He turned around, and when he looked back, he couldn't see that he had shed tears just now.Shi Shi chuckled lightly: "Qing Dai, I'm going on a long journey, I wonder if you can play a pipa for me." Qing Dai said lightly: "What does the general want to hear?" However, Shishi's heart was clearer than ever before. After he left the Jietang, he suddenly wanted to understand many things. He glanced at the woman he would never bear to hurt, and said calmly: "Qingdai, I don't know why you kissed me. How could your poems be replaced by others, and I don’t understand the grievances between you and Wudi, and I don’t even know who you are, but I know that I am just wishful thinking for you, and now I have no way to refute, so you just How about sympathizing with me and playing a song for me?" Qing Dai's expression froze, she gently picked up the pipa, but she didn't speak, her face was cold, her slender fingers were already pressing on the cloud head of the pipa, where there was a hidden mechanism that could shoot out poisonous needles.Shishi smiled heartily, and said: "Don't worry too much, if I intended to hurt you, I would have done it just now, I don't blame you, I made the decision to deal with Duan Wudi, no matter what, his smuggling and bribery is always the truth, It's a pity that I didn't expect the general to be partial to him. Two letters can make him doubt my loyalty. Qingdai, I'm already disheartened. Before I die, I just want to hear you play one more song, so you won't agree? ?” A sad look flashed in Qing Dai's eyes, she said lightly: "Qing Dai is ashamed of the general, and is willing to play a song for the general." Shi Shi stared intently, Qing Dai's expression was cold and unfeeling, he felt a pain in his heart, knowing that this woman had no affection for him, but just looking at her face as clear as ice and snow, he was already intoxicated by it. Sitting on the chair, Qing Dai gently plucked the pipa, and with the use of "lunfu" fingering, sonorous, powerful, passionate and high-pitched music filled the world and moved people's hearts.Shi Shi sighed softly, he knew the song "Ambush from Ten Sides", when he first met Qing Dai, Qing Dai played this song and that side, which made him fall in love with him from now on, unable to extricate himself, Qing Dai once explained this song to him , so Shishi knew in his heart that this was the first episode of "Reaching the Battalion", and it really described the scene of the camping with the roar of people, the three-way drum beating, the firing of military guns, and the galloping cavalry. Then the melody became melodious and magnificent, making people seem to see the scene of a mighty march with neat military appearance.Afterwards, the rhythm became lively and jumpy. Although Quartz had only heard it a few times, he knew that he had entered the third chapter of "Point General". Indulging in the heart-shattering music, Shishi seems to be unaware of the day and night. After two twists and turns with "Little War", Qingdai finally reached the essence of the song. The screams and the earth-shattering fierce battle of swords and swords were vividly displayed. Quartz sat upright. This is his favorite fold. Every time he heard this, he would get a big white face. He couldn't help but look around. He strode over to the jug, and without pouring the wine, he picked up the jug and drank heavily.Pushing open the window casually, he saw a few figures flashing behind the green pine, he smiled lightly, at these times, the people who came to chase him should have already gone outside, and he wondered if he could finish listening to this song.At this moment, the sound of the tune changed, becoming gloomy and sad, Shi Shi's heart was shocked, he had never heard this fold before, but in an instant he knew that this fold was the "Wujiang Zizhu" that Qing Dai never wanted to play. Qing Dai's temperament is strange, this song is in ambush from all sides, Qing Dai has never played the part "The Battle of Jiuli Mountain", but Qing Dai has never played the next part "Wujiang Zizhu", she always said "Wujiang River" The third part of "Self-Cut" is too cumbersome, she doesn't like to play it, "Wujiang Self-Cut" is too sad and unlucky, so she doesn't want to play it.Unexpectedly, today Qingdai played this song for him, Wujiang slayed herself, Qingdai was too flattering herself, Shishi smiled wryly and drank the strong wine in the pot.At this time, Shi Shi had already seen Xiao Tong's figure in his eyes, and the young man in black standing behind him with his hands behind his back, knew that he must be a master just by looking at his demeanor, he didn't need Chu Ge, he already knew he was in a desperate situation. The music stopped abruptly, Qing Dai raised her head, her eyes were like ice and snow, she looked at the quartz, she thought it was a hypocrisy, but this rude and hearty man really moved her heart, she once hated that heartbroken person very much, this time Don't people also resent their own indifference?Shi Shi was originally a reckless person, but at this moment his heart was like a mirror, seeing through Qing Dai's thoughts, he walked up to Qing Dai's side, held her slender hand, and said with a smile: "It's not your fault, the general has already woken up. Suspicious, otherwise I wouldn’t have made a decision so quickly.” Qing Dai whispered: "You are strong and easy to break, why are you bothering?" Shi Shi's heart warmed up, knowing that Qing Dai was persuading him to give in to Long Tingfei, and explained clearly, although he knew very well Qing Dai's ruthlessness, but such a soft heart already satisfied him.Quartz is straightforward and strong by nature. For him, Long Tingfei's doubts are enough to destroy all his beliefs, and Qingdai's ruthlessness makes him no longer have the will to live. At this time, Xiao Tong's gloomy voice came from outside the door and said: "General Shi, the general sent you to meet him, if you don't want to hurt Miss Qingdai, you should come out on your own." Qingdai's heart trembled, and she pressed her hand on the cloud head of the pipa again. If Shishi changed her mind and decided to bow down to Long Tingfei, the consequences of changing her plan without authorization would be too serious. The only way is to assassinate Shishi on the spot. In order to save the overall situation.Shi Shi smiled slightly, and said loudly: "My matter has nothing to do with Qing Dai, Mr. Xiao, please come in and talk." Xiao Tong frowned slightly. It was not difficult to find the quartz. He and Ben didn't hide their whereabouts, and came directly to Feiyan Tower. Suddenly there was a woman's exclamation, Xiao Tong was startled, and was about to step forward when Qiu Yufei, the younger brother behind him, had already passed him and jumped into Qingdai's boudoir.When Xiao Tong entered, he saw Shi Shi sitting on the chair, a dagger pierced deeply into the lower abdomen, Shi Shi's right hand was pressed on the handle of the dagger.Seeing Xiao Tong enter, Shi Shi smiled slightly, and pulled the dagger forcefully, Xiao Tong couldn't bear to turn his head away, he knew that Shi Shi's lungs would be in chaos, and there would be no more vitality.Blood flowed horizontally, Shi Shi's blood-stained left finger pointed to Qing Dai, and said: "Don't drag her down." After saying that, he passed away forever. Qingdai's complexion was pale. She never thought that the death of this man would make her ruthless and loveless self feel a little heartbroken and sad. She picked up the pipa and moved her fingers lightly. , Qing Dai wiped away her tears, and her complexion returned to ice-like calm.At this time, Xiao Tong walked up to her side and said politely: "Miss Qingdai, the matter of General Shi involves the girl, please ask the girl to go back with us temporarily, if the girl is not involved, we will return the girl to freedom soon." Qing Dai said lightly: "I dare not obey orders, please allow me to change clothes."