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Chapter 401 Forced by the times

When Gu Qing and his personal guards returned to the camp, Chen Tian’s troops who were ordered to pursue Chen Shufeng had not yet returned.

However, Li Siye's general was locked and was well known to everyone in the camp. As soon as Gu Qing entered the gate, he heard the tents everywhere, countless noisy scoldings, smashing sounds, and harsh scoldings from the generals.

Gu Qing stopped and said with a cold expression: "Han Jie, send someone to ask why it is noisy in the camp? Are these killers not afraid of military law?"

Han Jie took the order and left, and soon came back. He was not the only one who came back, followed by many angry Anxi soldiers.

Han Jie looked at Gu Qing helplessly and said, "Marty, they insist on talking to the Martyr in person..."

Gu Qing nodded and looked around at the hundreds of soldiers in front of him. He also saw that there were still many soldiers rushing towards him in the distance.

Gu Qing lowered his face and shouted loudly: "Do you want to rebel?"

The soldiers in front of them were frightened by Gu Qing and took a few steps back, but they did not leave. The general who looked like a brigade coach clasped his fists and said, "Marquis Pei, the Censor Pei, was too damned. The last general and his brothers were so angry that they were a little too extreme. The Marquis forgive him."

Gu Qing said coldly: "This is the above matter and has nothing to do with you. I will explain it to you."

In the crowd, some people muttered in a low voice: "We are all soldiers who have been born and died for the court, why did Censor Pei treat us as enemies?"

The person who spoke was unknown, but obviously he hit everyone's thoughts and immediately echoed.

"Yes, we never complain about fighting on the battlefield for the court. Why is the court so careless?"

"It would be fine if there was an enemy in front, but someone stabbed him in the back, which was heartbreaking."

"If Censor Pei doesn't return the robes he has been locked, we will never give up when the Anxi Army!"

Gu Qing's eyelids twitched. If these ignorant people heard these words and were spread out, the killings in front of him would be at least a crime of wandering thousands of miles away.

"Stop talking! You guys don't want to die?" Gu Qing shouted violently.

The soldiers in front of him gathered more and more, and they were scared by Gu Qing's loud shout, but everyone's expression was still unconvinced.

Gu Qing took a deep breath and said slowly: "I have sent troops to rescue the robes locked up. Please be calm and there will be news soon. As for the robes locked up for no reason, I will explain them to you, but you must also take care of your mouth. Do you have no idea why those robes were taken? "

"It is a death sentence for the emperor to slander you. If you can't control your words, others will come to ask your head. The Anxi Army is the Anxi Army of the court, not me, Gu Qing. The emperor's thunder, rain and dew are all the kindness of heaven. Why do you need to talk too much for me?"

The more Gu Qing spoke, the more he became stern. The soldiers bowed their heads and unconsciously took a few steps back together.

A brave soldier couldn't help but say, "Marty, can you still save the robes you took down?"

Gu Qing said coldly: "I have to see people alive, and I have to see corpses when I die."

"If Paoze was killed by the Censor Pei, what should we do?"

"I will explain to you that you don't need to do anything. Remember, you are soldiers who guard the border for the country, and the territory of the Tang Dynasty is guarding you all. The border is for the king and the Tang Dynasty! How can you slander the king if you eat the king's fortune?"

After saying that, Gu Qing looked around and shouted: "Generals from all departments immediately took charge of the generals and returned to Jian. If you dare to gather people to talk nonsense again, don't blame the ruthless military law, and sit with the generals."

The soldiers looked at each other in all directions, and the generals who were watching from afar immediately rushed to the front, punched and kicked the soldiers back to the tent.

Gu Qing let out a sigh of relief, a small storm was suppressed, but Gu Qing knew that he had just forced the soldiers to block the mouths of the soldiers, but could not calm their anger. Chen Shufeng's act of locking the soldiers for no reason had already laid a thorn in the hearts of the soldiers of the Anxi Army.

This thorn may not hurt, but it cannot be pulled out in the short term.

Back at the coach's tent, Gu Qing sat upright in the main seat, waiting for news from Chen Tian's troops with a cold face.

Duan Wuji walked in quietly in a Confucian shirt, stood in front of Gu Qing and lowered his head and said, "Mr. Marquis, the student has a word of advice, please accept it."

Gu Qing said calmly: "You said."

"If Chentian's troops intercepted Chen Shufeng and took them all back to the camp, the students thought that the marquis must not attack Chen Shufeng."

“Why?”

Duan Wuji said slowly: "Killing Chen Shufeng is an act of intent, just to vent his anger for a moment. If he kills him, the future of the marquis will be complete. The emperor of Chang'an will be punished for the marquis. The marquis holds tens of thousands of soldiers and guards the Western Regions for the Tang Dynasty. If he is questioned for the crime, he may be imprisoned after returning to Chang'an. Even if he is exempted from prison, he may not be reused for his whole life. From then on, he will be idle in Chang'an. Such consequences are all caused by momentary intent. Isn't it wise?"

Gu Qing smiled: "Wuji, it's rare that you are so clear and rational about the pros and cons now. It seems that you have grown a lot by my side."

Duan Wuji said respectfully: "It is because the Marquis teaches well on weekdays, and the students gain a lot, and they will make progress a little bit after all."

Gu Qing shook his head and said, "If you only know the pros and cons when encountering things, but do not know the good or evil, even if you are at the top of a minister, it would be too sad to live. Wuji, seek good or bad luck. It is important to weigh the pros and cons, but you are not living to avoid danger. There are many people in the world who know that there is a dead end in front of you, and they will rush forward without hesitation. Do you think they are stupid?"

Duan Wuji was stunned for a moment and said, "They..."

Gu Qing said in a deep voice: "More than two years ago, something happened in Qingcheng County. Song Gensheng caused the trouble. You should know that I summoned many heroes from the world to Qingcheng County. In order to protect Song Gensheng, those heroes sacrificed their lives to fight against the enemy. The enemy was too numerous to be few, and they did not hesitate to know that they were dead. In the end, only a few people survived, and all the other heroes died in battle..."

"They are buried on the hillside of our Shiqiao Village. Every year, Feng Aweng will bring all the old and young villages up the mountain to worship them. Every New Year's Day, each family will offer offerings and incense. From the moment they can remember, the elders will tell them the stories of the heroes, what a great thing they have done, how tragic and great their deaths..."

"Wuji, these heroes are the monuments of my life in my heart. They should also be your monuments. Tell you that you are born in the world, some things are more important than life and death, pros and cons, and they are worthy of sacrifice to protect it. In addition to wealth, officials and titles, there is still justice and justice."

Duan Wuji was sweating coldly when he heard this, bowed and said, "Marty, the student is wrong, the student is taught."

Gu Qing smiled and said, "The people from our Shiqiao Village will not seek wealth and honor in their lives, but will only seek to be ashamed. After several years, lying in bed and closing their eyes before their death, they can say with confidence that there is something wrong in this life, but that has never harmed anyone, and this life will be considered complete."

"Yes, Marquis, the students keep it in mind."

Duan Wuji looked up and asked again, "Then Marquis, have you decided to kill Chen Shufeng?"

Gu Qing's face became gloomy again, and he rubbed his forehead with great anger and sighed: "I really don't want to cause this big disaster, but the soldiers of the Anxi Army are waiting for justice. If I don't give it, the military will be completely lost. In the past, I heard many big men say helplessly, "forced by the times." I used to ridicule them for being pretentious and hypocritical. Now I can really taste the taste of "forced by the times"..."

"If the few generals who were taken down were not in hindrance, or had only suffered a little injury, the matter would be abandoned. If the soldiers of each battalion were not convinced, let the generals suppress it. If those generals were tortured and seriously injured, or had their lives lost..."

Duan Wuji's eyelids twitched and he stared at Gu Qing's eyes.

Gu Qing's gloomy face was as harsh as ice, and he said coldly: "If the general loses his life, I will not blame me for paying back the blood debt."

The words came out like a knife, and a cold wind seemed to blow through the blade, piercing into Duan Wuji's heart, and instantly the hair stood up.

…………

In the vast desert, Chen Shufeng rode his horse wildly, with a rope tied behind the saddle. The other end of the rope was firmly tied to an Anxi military general who looked like a brigade coach. The general had been tortured to the point of being out of human form. The man was tied behind the saddle and was covered with scars. The horse ran wildly, but the man was lying on the ground and dragged for several miles. The man had fallen into a coma.

Around Chen Shufeng were a thousand cavalry teams he brought out from Chang'an.

He broke into the Anxi Army camp this morning, and took Li Siye's three generals without saying a word and left. In order to prevent the Anxi Army from rescuing people, Chen Shufeng did not return to his camp, but led his army northward and rode his horse and ran a hundred miles away from Kucha City before stopping.

Next was the process of severe torture. The process was very cruel. Chen Shufeng tortured Li Siye's three generals seriously injured as if he had a grudge against the Anxi Army.

Torturing is just a process, not an end. What Chen Shufeng wants is their confession. It is best to have a confession that can bite Gu Qingpan and get this confession. What he does today is a perfect merit and can receive a reward.

What you receive is not the emperor's reward.

After running for a few miles, the brigade coach who was dragged behind him was no longer conscious. Chen Shufeng ordered the team to stop, dismount and squat in front of the brigade coach for a while, and then nodded with satisfaction.

A general came up and pulled Chen Shufeng aside, whispering: "Person Chen, is the work done today a little too much? Gu Qing has a bad temper. If we kill his people, Gu Qing will probably not let us go..."

Chen Shufeng sneered: "I'm afraid of him? No matter how brave Gu Qing is, will he dare to kill me? When we come to Anxi, we will supervise the Anxi army, and Gu Qing also depends on our expressions. Last time we merged with the Hexi army, the emperor was already very angry. How could Gu Qing dare to move? If he attacked us again, he would have finished his life. Do you really think he is a life-deserving character?"
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