Chapter 294: You don’t have to worry about holding a knife around your neck!

The sword on the ground reflects the orange-red firelight, like a pool of autumn water under the sunset, not only not cold, but also has a refreshing warmth.

Chang Yunqu had not said anything yet, but the same restricted follower shouted loudly: "The prince cannot repay his grudges! If it weren't for our lieutenant's intention to let the water go, the remaining 200 people would not be able to escape and die."

The other man also said angrily: "At that time, the captain found that he was deceived, and our army was only two or three hours apart. Your army was armored cavalry, while our Polu Army was light cavalry. If we insisted on chasing, we could catch up in one day and a half. If Lord Chang had not stopped us, we would have to turn around and chase him."

"Stop!" A force arises from somewhere. Chang Yunqu suddenly shook the black guard who was pressing his head, looked up at the calm-looking Prince Longwei, and whispered loudly: "All orders are issued by the criminals. They are just verbal insects who are ordered to act. Please let them go." "Sir..." The two companions behind him were still talking, but a bundle of them was stuffed into the mouth of the black guard, and they were sobbing and unable to speak.

"Where are you?" Qin Lei's expression was elusive.

"As long as the prince lets go of my brothers, the criminals are willing to die..." Chang Yi bowed his head.

"If you don't want to kill me, can't the Lone King kill them?" Qin Lei sneered.

"This..." Chang Yunqu was speechless for a moment, and then begged: "They are all loyal and brave men of my Great Qin. Even if they die, they should die on the battlefield. They should not die in the ruined temple in the mountains with such an unfair reputation..." As he said, he choked and said: "The prince is the son of the emperor, the lord of the Great Qin, and he should be more sympathetic to the spirit of the country..."

Qin Lei's expression suddenly became gloomy, and he kicked him on the shoulder, and roared in a low voice: "Do you still know that I am the son of the emperor and the lord of the Qin Dynasty? Then you dare to chase him and attack him to death?" You were puzzled and kicked him on the other side of his shoulder. The black-clad guard pressed Chang Yunqu's shoulders, and he had no way to avoid it. He actually ate Qin Lei's feet, which made him pale in his face, but he couldn't say a word.

Qin Lei continued to irritate and said, "If I hadn't seen the Lone King, I wouldn't be as bullied as you imagined, could you be kind enough to retreat? I'd turn around and catch up and kill me and get my face back! Do you dare say no?"

"Yes!" Chang Yi replied unexpectedly: "If the prince is really weak and can be bullied, the criminals will definitely implement the orders of the Taiwei Mansion without fail and encircle your team on the red soil!"

Qin Lei's eyes were burning with anger. He pulled out the sword of the guard beside him, waved his hand to put it on Chang Yi's barely raised neck, and gritted his teeth and said, "Do you really think the Lone King won't kill people?" As he said that, he shook his wrist slightly, and a half-inch deep hole was cut on Chang Yi's neck. Blood immediately poured out and flowed to the ground along the back of the knife.

As if stimulated by his own blood, Chang Yi faced Qin Lei's terrifying eyes without fear and shouted: "What Qin needs is a strong man! An extremely powerful giant! You can take the millions of powerful troops of Da Qin to sweep away the strong man from all directions! Instead of a weak prince who can be bullied! The prime minister who is fucking! The selfish Grand Marshal!"

Qin Lei's hand holding the knife was as steady as Mount Tai. He looked at Cai Chang Yunqu with a cold expression, and a word popped out from his teeth and said, "Speak!"

"The criminal minister thought at that time that if the prince could not even escape my chasing, how could he avoid open and hidden arrows from all directions? How could he be qualified to be a strong man? In this chaotic world where weak meat and strong survivors will eventually be swallowed by beasts from all directions. What's wrong with dying at the hands of the criminal minister?" The wine that had just drunken into his stomach obviously had entered Chang Yunqu's blood, causing his whole body to burn, and his mind was as if he was burned by karma fire. He didn't know what it was to cover up, as if he would not sniff the words in his heart and would be suffocated to death.

Those who were tied up and blocked their mouths closed their eyes in despair and prayed secretly: ‘Give us good fun…’

Qin Lei unexpectedly calmed down. Because of the word "the strong prey of the weak", Le Buyi also said not long ago. Qin Lei suddenly remembered that Le Buyi said at that time: "Etiquette and rules are the laws of governance of the world; while the laws of troubled times are the laws of the weak." Even earlier, he himself said: "All rules, after all, follow a fundamental rule: the strongest violence has the final say, this is a rule that can break any rules."

After confirming the two, Qin Lei finally understood what a chaotic world is - all rules were broken by that fundamental rule, either in name only or disappear directly. Tore away any disguise of loyalty to the emperor and righteousness, you will see the worship and obedience to the strongest violent person, and you will see the indifference and despise of the losers...

Qin Lei's face changed, and the sharp blade in his hand trembled slightly, cutting Chang Yifang's wound that had stopped bleeding again, and blood with a strong smell of alcohol flowed out again... The poor Chief Chang's face became paler - on the one hand, he lost too much blood, on the other hand, his alcoholism passed, and the threat to death was no longer as insensitized as before.

I don’t know how long it took—for Chang Yunqu, who was bleeding intermittently under the knife, it seemed that he had been so long for a lifetime—Qin Lei asked slowly: “Why didn’t you chase after me later?”

"Because the Sin Chen was convinced that the prince was a strong man, who was enough to challenge the Li family and could bring us hope, so the Sin Chen retreated." As Qin Lei was lying, Chang Yi had already thought of the words and answered loudly.

Qin Lei thought that this kid was still so fierce and fearless, so he didn't doubt how much water was added to this sentence, and it sounded comfortable. Of course, the main reason was that Qin Lei figured it out, because he let go...

The Tang Dao fell down Chang Yi's shoulder. Hearing a "ding" sound, Chang Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He wanted to lower his head and relax, but found that the muscles in his neck were already stiff, and he seemed to have some cramps and could not move at all.

Seeing him like this, Qin Lei's anger that had just gone down showed signs of rekindling, and he said in a deep voice: "What's the point of doing with his neck straight? Are you crazy about beheading your head?"

Chang Yi said with a grievance: "The criminal... seems to be a stiff sleeper."

Qin Lei couldn't help laughing, and waved his hand. The guard behind Chang Yi pressed his head down and made a few crisp crackling sounds, which made him cry and his eyes were filled with stars, but he also cured his "stiff pillow" disease.

Without caring about comforting the injured neck, Chang Yunqu leaned over and kowtowed, "Your Majesty Xie is generous, you are grateful to you for not killing me!"

Qin Lei snorted coldly and said, "If it weren't for your passion, even if you were a lotus, the lonely king would be able to kill him." Le Buyi was teaching Qin Lei a new course called "The Emperor's Mind". Although Qin Lei had not figured out Ding Mao yet, he vaguely understood that he should not be as real as usual, with joy, anger, sorrow and happiness on his face, and joy and sorrow in his mouth. Although this would not cause illness, it would easily cause his subordinates to be slouched or flattered, and would also allow the enemy to catch flaws and design frames.

Chang Yunqu really didn't understand whether Qin Lei pardoned him because of his fearless spirit or the theory of "weak meat and strong food".

Fortunately, whether he understood or not, he finally became less intimate with the God of Death. Before he recovered, he heard Qin Lei say: "But the death penalty is avoided, and the life penalty cannot be escaped. You must pay the price for your own efforts, otherwise you will not be able to explain to your dead brother."

Now Chang Yi is as long as he is not dead, he can do anything. He hurriedly kowtowed and said, "As long as we can go to the battlefield in the future, these thirty men will be dealt with by the prince."

Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, the Lone King will not harm your body, so it's better to kill you. This way, the Lone's new recruit division has been reduced, so you can go and count it."

Only then did Chang Yi realize that Qin Leiguai was so big that he was so embarrassed to keep them. Among the imperial guards, the four armies of the Li family camp and the four armies of the Qin family lineup... are now barely five armies, and they are clearly divided, with the momentum being like water and fire, and there has never been any generals moving between them.

Although it was the Polu Army who swept Chang Yi and the others out, if these guys dared to defect to the Five Army of the Qin family, they would immediately arouse the hatred of their former comrades and would be among the top on the blacklist of the Taiwei Mansion. From then on, there will be no peace, and even the whole family will suffer.

But now he has become a fish meat and has just vowed to let it slaughter, but the word "no" cannot be expressed, which makes Chang Yunqu feel embarrassed.

Qin Lei knew this bad habit and snorted: "Looking out his identity, the Lone King did not discuss with you, but ordered his subordinates to escort you to Jingshan Camp."

Chang Yi knew that the prince was waived their responsibility, and being captured to Jingshan Camp and taking the initiative to surrender to the Prince's Mansion of Longwei County were two completely different concepts. He couldn't help but relax and turned around and asked loudly: "What do you think, brothers?" He actually had no disgust for the prince, and even had a vague expectation for the future. However, the scene must be said, otherwise he would bear the charge of rebel against the Li family alone.

The officers under his command were not as far as he thought. He kept shouting "Woooooo" when he heard this. Qin Lei nodded, and the black guards pulled off the gag group. The former officers of the Poseidon gasped and said, "We all listen to you."

Chang Yunqu thought to himself: 'Don't listen to me, isn't it my responsibility alone?' He asked loudly: "You said you surrender to the prince or..." Although he didn't say the second half, the officers all knew that it was 'to be loyal to the Grand Marshal'.

The officers were in a commotion and someone shouted: "The old Li family is in power, ruthless and unrighteous. We have nothing to do, but we are going to be punished to death by the young lieutenant. Even the soldiers can't be regarded as a soldier. What else can I miss?"

Some people also murmured in a low voice: "The Little Taiwei is just a distant family in the Li family, which cannot represent the attitude of the Taiwei's Mansion, right?"

"What about the new commander Che Yinguo? Why did he avoid us, get blocked and get angry, and want to beat and kill? The strategies of the two generals in the past and after are exactly the same. Can you say that they are not the Taiwei Mansion? "This is said sharply and irrefutable.

Qin Lei heard this and thought to himself: "This matter is probably not what the old bastard Li means. Maybe the old guy doesn't know what's going on. I guess the old guy Che Yinguo is afraid that I will blame him, so he won't let these people return to the team."

But no matter what, this sentence finally shattered the officers' final hesitation, causing the balance in their hearts to begin to fall towards Qin Lei.

"Submit to the prince!" An officer shouted: "We are soldiers of the Qin Dynasty. Following the prince is considered correct. This is called making trouble, and no one can say anything." This was so talented that the shame aroused by betrayal in the hearts of the generals was greatly alleviated.

Qin Leiwang glanced at the officer who had helped a lot and said warmly: "Don't worry, I will try my best to avoid civil war. Even if I can't avoid it, I will make every effort to narrow it down, at least I won't let you fight against your former colleagues."

Hearing the prince was so polite, the officers kowtowed and said, "It depends on the prince's instructions, and we are willing to atone for our sins for the rest of our lives."

Qin Lei laughed and said, "It's fine if we keep the door closed and say this, but it's unnecessary to the outside world."

"Thank you, Prince." Chang Yi led the officers to kowtow and said, "I will definitely go through fire and water, and I will never refuse."

Qin Lei laughed and helped Chang Yi up, and asked in a warm voice: "Do you have any requirements? Even if you say that, the Lone King will try to satisfy it."

This kind of forced surrender will naturally make the officers without choice worry. Chang Yi bowed and said, "It's nothing else, I'm afraid the other party will kill our family and make them innocently suffer."

Qin Lei smiled and said, "It's easy to say. You can hide your identity for a while. Then tell the Gu Wang the address of your family. Gu Wang sent them to the south. There is Gu's territory, which is very safe and life will be better." The officers then calmed down.

No words all night.

Early the next morning, it was snowing heavily, but the sky was still gloomy. After the guards cut the firewood, Qin Lei instructed a small team to lead Chang Yi and the others back to Jingshan Camp, and he led the other 300 black guards to continue to rush to Aijiadu to the east.

The snow along the way stopped and stopped, sometimes the fine snowflakes and sometimes the heavy snow rolled in the sky and the earth turned white. Qin Lei led his team to move forward on the snow half a foot deep. Although he was anxious and kept urging the war horses, his speed could not be raised.

It was only after walking for a whole day that he finally arrived twenty miles downstream of Aijiadu and got on the ice bar that had been waiting for for a long time.

If Jingshui River and Xiaoqing River form a bow, Xiaoqing River is the bow string of this bow, and Aijiadu, which is directly east of Jingshan Mountain, is the midpoint of the bow string, which is an extremely important hub for Jingshanying.

Therefore, Qin Lei set up a secret military station at this ferry with only a few hundred families. Even in the valley a few miles away, there is a department-level liaison point that can be directly connected to the three places of Jingshanying, Zhongdu and Jingzhou Prefecture, which shows the importance of this place.

The person in charge of the army was a former black-clothed guard named Male, who was in his thirties and was smart. He received an order from Jingshan Camp a day ago and prepared the eighty ice steaks requested in the letter overnight.

The so-called "ice pad" is also called an ice bed. The upper part is a rectangular wooden frame with wooden boards on it, which looks like a bed board. The lower part is two square wooden sticks wrapped in iron bars, called feet. The board is covered with felt quilts, which can keep warm and can be carried up to four people. In the winter of the north, because of thick ice on the river, the ice bed completely replaces boats and becomes a means of transportation on the river. If the strong man is skillfully operated, the speed will be faster than the war horses in the snow.

Qin Lei got on the 'king platoon' prepared by Male for him, sat on the throne chair on the platoon, and asked in a deep voice: "What's going on in Beijing?"

Ma Lei said with a serious look on his face: "It's very bad." As he said that, he took out a booklet from his arms and respectfully handed it to Qin Lei: "This is the only message Mr. Guantao sent."

Qin Lei didn't answer and said softly: "Remember."

"Please refer to the prince: On the evening of November 17, the Imperial Guard suddenly surrounded our Government Affairs Temple and cut off all contacts with the outside world. Although it was surrounded but not attacked, it was also very dangerous. Five pigeons and one harrier eagle were sent out. Please judge the danger of air communication based on the number of receipts. If there is no reply within one day, the Government Affairs Temple will be prepared to repay the prince at any time. The word "Guandu" was sent by the Zhongdu Bureau." Male's voice echoed in the night sky, causing the listener to feel a chill from the bottom of his heart.

"How many have you received?" Qin Lei asked expressionlessly.

"There is only one, following the principle of communication confidentiality, and the contact department did not reply." Male Xiaoyi replied.

Nodded, Qin Lei ordered in a deep voice: "Go to Beijing overnight!"

"It's not possible, it's too dangerous, prince!" Ma Lei said in panic.
Chapter completed!