When an adult understands the pros and cons of something and still makes a choice that is unfavorable to him without hesitation, the pros and cons of this matter are no longer important to him. What is important is good and evil and right and wrong.

After Gu Qing ordered a round of arrows to be fired in the desert, only more than 800 people were left, all of whom were tied up and escorted back to the camp with their hands hanging down.

Chen Shufeng, who was walking in front, looked decadent and lost completely with Gu Qing's will in the desert. For Gu Qing, he no longer had the courage to speculate on Gu Qing's next actions, but he vaguely foreshadowed his life and his future were slowly moving towards despair that would never be restored.

Pei Zhounan rushed to Gu Qing with a panic look on his face, looked at Chen Shufeng, and then looked at the cavalry team behind him that were also tied. Pei Zhounan stomped his feet heavily and said, "Marty, please think twice. The matter can be restored at this point. The subordinate will definitely eliminate this matter in Anxi. Martyr must not be impulsive, otherwise the Martyr's future will be complete!"

Gu Qing looked cold and calm, and said lightly: "Civil Pei, look at what I look like now. Do you look impulsive? Every decision I make has been carefully considered. As for the consequences, I can bear it."

Pei Zhounan said nervously: "How does the Marquis want to deal with Chen Shufeng?"

"You ask Chen Shufeng how he dealt with my Anxi soldiers. I will drink and peck at everything, and I will do it as usual."

Pei Zhounan shook his head and sighed: "Mr. Marquis, the lower official has come to Anxi for a long time. Although many local officials do not like it, the lower official believes that the marquis is the lord of Anxi and is still the wisest Majesty who knows people. You have not let your Majesty down. The lower official really does not want the lord of Anxi to replace people..."

Gu Qing smiled: "What do you mean is that I, the Lord of Anxi, are qualified?"

Pei Zhounan nodded dejectedly.

Gu Qing smiled again and said, "I am the Lord of Anxi because I love soldiers as my sons, I have clear rewards and punishments, I do things fairly and strictly, and I also protect my sons. Together, the Anxi Army submisses me and recognizes me only. But yesterday Chen Shufeng harmed the lives of my soldiers. If I pretend to be stupid and let them go, how will the soldiers of Anxi look at me? Am I still the qualified Lord of Anxi?"

Pei Zhounan's speech is stagnant.

This is a typical logical paradox. The Lord of Anxi should recognize the pros and cons and know how to choose. He should be patient when he should be patient and be willing to give in. But on the other hand, the soldier was murdered, but the coach pretended to be deaf and dumb. Although the choice between pros and cons is reasonable, who will be convinced by the soldiers in the future?

Humans are contradictory and selfish animals. They hope that justice in the world will always stand on their own side, but they never thought that if justice is always on one side, can it still be called "justice"?

However, where does justice be needed in the army? What the soldiers need is a commander who protects his son without asking about it.

Pei Zhounan stood outside the gate of the camp, listening to the shouts of killing like a mountain collapsed and cracked in the ground. Tens of thousands of people were roaring and demanding to kill Chen Shufeng at the utmost silence.

Pei Zhounan's heart fell to the bottom. He knew that it would be difficult to make a good decision today. No matter what choice he made, it would cause great trouble.

If the emperor of Chang'an kills Chen Shufeng, the emperor will not let Gu Qing go. If Chen Shufeng is not killed, the Anxi army will be in a state of anger, which may lead to a mutiny.

Looking at Pei Zhounan, whose face was getting paler, Gu Qing sighed and said, "Civil Pei, you should know my difficulties now, right? If you and I were in a different place, how would you choose?"

Pei Zhounan shook his head bitterly.

Gu Qing ignored him and turned around and stared at Chen Shufeng, who was tied up with cold eyes.

"Chen Shufeng, do you and I have had any hatred in the past?" Gu Qing asked coldly.

Chen Shufeng sighed: "There is no hatred."

"Have I accidentally offended you after you came to Anxi?" Gu Qing asked again.

"No."

"The last question..." Gu Qing leaned closer to Chen Shufeng's ear and whispered: "Is it the emperor instructing you to do this?"

Chen Shufeng was silent for a moment and said, "No, but the emperor does not trust you, and there are other people who don't want you to continue to be the governor of Anxi."

"Other people..." Gu Qing curled his lips and smiled: "I understand."

"So you broke into the camp and took my generals and tortured him to the point of tidying up my crime and push me down from the position of the Anxi Jiedushi?"

Chen Shufeng said very alone: ​​"Yes."

Gu Qing's smile became colder and colder: "So, have you succeeded? Have you obtained my evidence of guilt?"

Chen Shufeng shook his head: "If you get your evidence of your crime, you should be the one tied up at this moment."

"The generals under my command are all strong men. This is Anxi, and I am the lord of Anxi. You want to overthrow me on my territory. Chen Shufeng, your weight is not enough, far from enough..."

The camp that had been continuously for several miles still echoed the angry roars of the soldiers. The generals and battalions scolded and tried to restrain the soldiers, but they still could not resist the soldiers' roars.

"Kill Chen Shufeng!"

"Kill Chen Shufeng!"

"Avenge your robes!"

The roar of huge waves hit the shore reached Chen Shufeng's ears, his face became paler and his shoulders couldn't help but shrank.

Gu Qing looked at him with a smile: "What should I do with you?"

Chen Shufeng gritted his teeth and said, "I will take responsibility for the evil I have committed! Let the marquis take care of it. But the soldiers of the cavalry team under my command are innocent, please let them go."

"The first and then the trial will be heard. If you have attacked our three generals in everything, you will be executed."

Gu Qing stared at Chen Shufeng and said slowly: "You said you could let me deal with it, then I'm not polite... Chen Shufeng, Anxi under my rule is a fair place. Killing people will pay for your life. No matter what your background or identity you are, if you kill my generals, you will use your own life to pay for it."

Chen Shufeng's whole body trembled, and at this moment he was finally scared.

From the desert to the camp, Chen Shufeng still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. He only hoped that Gu Qing could see the situation clearly and choose the pros and cons. He still couldn't believe that Gu Qing would be so irrational and dared to kill the people sent by the emperor to monitor him.

How could a person who does things without regard for consequences and only acts on impulse to reach his current high position? Is it really just because he saved the emperor's life?

"Marty Gu, I...sented by the Emperor, and I have the emperor's will..." Chen Shufeng said in a trembling voice.

Gu Qing glanced at the direction of the camp indifferently and said, "You should have seen that if I don't kill you, the Anxi army may mutiny immediately. Only by killing you can we calm the morale of the army."

Before Chen Shufeng could show off his only remaining pitiful chips again, Gu Qing suddenly shouted: "Send an order to take Chen Shufeng to the school ground and behead him!"

The guards ran away and spread Gu Qing's general order to each camp. After a brief silence, the camp suddenly burst into a shocking cheer.

Pei Zhounan grabbed Gu Qing's sleeve and said with a tragic expression: "Marty, if Chen Shufeng dies, the Marquis, the Marquis, may..."

Gu Qing's expression remained unchanged and said lightly: "There are some things in the world that weighing the pros and cons is useless. There are more important things in addition to the pros and cons, such as good and evil, grudges, and...the thoughts are clear."

"How should I write the memorial of the Xiaguan? How should I deal with it in Anxi?" Pei Zhounan sighed weakly.

"Write it as much as you should, just write it as it is true. I gave justice to the soldiers of the Anxi Army. I hope Your Majesty can also give me justice."

Amid the soldiers' cheers, Chen Shufeng was cut off his head with one knife, and his cavalry team was detained for interrogation. Not long after, five more cavalry generals were taken to the school grounds and their heads were cut off like Chen Shufeng. These five people were also one of the accomplices involved in the torture of the Modao camp. Gu Qing kept his word and immediately ordered beheading and showed his public.

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While Chen Shufeng and the cavalry generals were hung high on the flagpole of the Anxi Army camp for public display, a cavalry quickly rushed out of Kucha City and headed straight for Chang'an.

The knight immediately put two memorials from Pei Zhounan and Bian Lingcheng, but the contents of the two memorials were different.

After this incident, Gu Qing's prestige in the Anxi Army became even higher. All the soldiers knew that no matter what injustice they encountered or were bullied, perhaps their parents and elders could not help them, but the commander of the Anxi Army could definitely give them justice.

The morale of the army was tilting towards Gu Qing irresistibly, and Gu Qing completely conquered the Anxi army.

Chen Shufeng died, Pei Zhounan locked himself in the Jie Mansion for several days without seeing anyone. Bian Lingcheng was more excited than usual. Recently, he often jumped up and down and frequently invited generals of the Anxi Army to have a banquet, but they were all rejected by the generals.

After Gu Qing killed Chen Shufeng, Bian Lingcheng had a premonition that Anxi was about to change. He had been suppressed by Gu Qing for a long time and was so breathless. Now that Gu Qing was about to be in trouble, he naturally wanted to celebrate and win over the generals of Anxi's army.

But Gu Qing has been locking himself in the tent of the coach these days, without seeing anyone.

He tried and tested the parts made by Juan again and again. After more than 100 pieces were scrapped, Gu Qing finally found a suitable one through the experiment.

It was installed on a flintlock rifle, and the machine parts were connected to the trigger and flint. After several layers of impurities were screened, the purity of the black gunpowder was higher than before.

So on a sunny afternoon, Gu Qing finally walked out of the handsome tent and asked Han Jie to go out with his personal guards.

More than twenty miles away from the camp, he came to the deserted desert and was forced to set up a target on the sand, then stuffed the black gunpowder into the barrel of the gun with his own hands, and finally loaded the iron ball.

Han Jie was both anxious and helpless when he watched Gu Qing tinker with all this.

Killing Chen Shufeng and causing such a big disaster, the Marquis did not rush to put out the fire and submitted a memorial to defend themselves, but instead was busy with this broken weapon. It was not enough that the last test failed, and he still tried it over and over again. How powerful is the Marquis so concerned about it?

"How amazing? Haha, open your dog's eyes and see clearly..." Gu Qing seemed in a good mood. He didn't take the trouble he caused a few days ago at all. At this moment, he focused all his attention on the new weapons.

Still following the previous practice, the trigger was connected to the long rope. After Gu Qing adjusted the sight and distance, he pulled the long rope to hide at a safe distance. Under the confusing gaze of Han Jie and his personal guards, Gu Qing pulled the long rope hard.

With a loud bang, Han Jie and his guards were so scared that they almost fell to their heads. Then they subconsciously stopped Gu Qing to protect him, but they did not find any danger. Only shimmering smoke emerged from the broken weapon not far away.
Chapter completed!