laughing soul

After returning to the Northwest Army barracks to meet Dong Qi, the misunderstanding about Qiu Sheng's identity was finally resolved.Except for Gao Li who was seriously injured, the rest gathered in the commander's tent to discuss the pros and cons of today's battle.

Speaking of which, Fang Jiu and Wang Deng also found it miraculous that the Northwest Army welcomed the emperor in person after two rounds of undefeated battles. Although no one knew about it, it was really It was a beautiful victory.It is said that it is not superstitious that the emperor is rich in the spirit of heaven and earth, but he has to attribute this hard-won victory to Qiu Sheng.In this way, even the domineering Wang Deng respected Qiu Sheng more, which flattered the little emperor.

"Your Majesty came to Weizhou to participate in the war, and the final general had nowhere to get news, but on the battlefield today, Kesner's desperate arrow was aimed at His Majesty. His Majesty's hiding place is very hidden. The final general thought that it was the army. A traitor was found to give wind to the northern bandits." Wang Deng said.

Fang Jiu frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head and denied: "General Wang, Fang doesn't think so. Just think about it, General Wang, even you and I don't even know that His Majesty is here, let alone the soldiers and generals below. Come to inform me?" He hesitated to speak, glanced at Qiu Sheng quietly, and silently swallowed the rest of the words.

Qiu Sheng naturally knew the reason, so he continued: "The Northwest Army should be clean, but there are villains among the important officials in the court. I have ordered Mr. Jiang to investigate." The bloody stool tore off the bandaged cloth, and raised the corners of his lips to show a wicked smile, "It's not a bad thing... Now that your identity has been exposed, you don't have to bother to arrange me in other safe places. The northern thief If you lose this battle, you will definitely use all your strength to fight for the last time, I see that the position of lieutenant general of the third battalion of the Northwest Army is still vacant, so it is better for the Royal Commander to fight in person."

Hearing this, the always silent Mengua Qimo raised his head and showed his whole face to Qiu Sheng for the first time. Wang Deng was shocked by the little emperor's spirit of treating the battlefield as a joke. Among the three, only Fang Jiu came back to his senses, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this is impossible..."

"What can't be done?" Qiu Sheng interrupted sharply, "It may be difficult to protect the people beside me, but it is more than enough to protect myself. You don't have to worry."

Fang Jiu wanted to say something, but was suppressed by Qiu Sheng with a wave of his hand.

Qiu Sheng pressed Fang Jiu's shoulder proudly, a child can be taught, thinking that this person must be a talent and will be reused in the future.He didn't wait for Wang Deng to express his opinion on this, so he straightened up: "You guys continue to make arrangements for the battle. I will take a look at Kex and pry his mouth... The battle in Weizhou must be resolved quickly. Jiang Chen wrote me a letter saying Nanman The other side does not accept the negotiation and reconciliation, the two little things just negotiated and took advantage of the fact that my throne is not yet secure, and they are deliberately trying to find something unpleasant. Once Weizhou settles down, half of the Northwest Army will be transferred to support General Han. "

Several generals knelt on the ground and said yes with their mouths, but in fact they were like a mirror in their hearts.Pacifying the Northern Territory and repelling Beili is just a few words, but it is really the ending that no one dares to dream of now.

Beili's red blood, this alone is enough for the Northwest Army to drink a pot, not to mention that the aliens are always tall and mighty, a Beili officer can single-handedly pick up two Northwest Army soldiers, the Northwest Army was originally proud At this time, the number advantage has become a great laughing stock.

Qiu Sheng walked to the door of the handsome tent, looked back suddenly, and saw three stinky faces that looked like they had been sprayed with feces and urine. He couldn't help feeling that the task was arduous, but he still showed a young man with a dandy smile: "You guys It's really frustrating, the matter of red blood, I will go to tease Kex now and there will be a result. Don't worry, everyone, and wait...a meal, I will give you an explanation." After finishing speaking, before the explosion Mao's Wang Deng rushed forward to refute with all his teeth and claws. He only brought a small package with him, and disappeared without a trace.

Crazy, silly, this is the first impression of the three Northwest Army leaders about the new emperor.

"Don't tell me," Fang Jiu scratched his head, "If Mr. Dong hadn't testified for His Majesty, I really wouldn't believe that he is the Emperor."

There are no serious prisons on the border of Weizhou near Beili. Usually, even if they get a few prisoners of war for the first time, they will swallow poison and die before they are detained and tried.Now the Lord Long Live issued an imperial decree to imprison people, so Wang Deng had no choice but to make an iron cage out of it. It didn't look like a place to confine people, but a broken cage for raising livestock.Max was tied up and locked inside, the bloody smell all over his body combined with the rusty smell of the rusty cage, it was like a living gas bomb, so that the guarding soldiers around him stared at him from afar, not daring to take half a step, lest His own nose suffered.

But Qiu Sheng stuck to the iron pillar and looked at Kex as if she lost her sense of smell, her eyes didn't look like she was looking at a living person.

With a rag stuffed in his mouth and serious injuries, Max's swearing became powerless.He struggled a few times, but seeing that Qiu Sheng was unmoved at all, he could only sit slumped on the ground, staring at him angrily.

The soldier stepped forward, covering his nose with one hand: "This thing smells very bad. Long live Lord Jingui, please don't get this bad luck on your body. Just tell your subordinates about everything."

"It's okay, come here," Qiu Sheng ignored the little soldier's reluctance, pulled him over with his arms, looked at the embroidered words on the military uniform, "Jiang Yu, open this iron cage for me , tell the brothers to turn around, and don’t look back no matter what noise you hear.”

"Long...Long Live Lord, this can't be done. This man is very capable, I don't know how many people have killed our Northwest Army! Long Live Lord, open the cage door, if you can't do it..."

Qiu Sheng turned her head and stared at Jiang Yu quietly with no expression on her face.

The majestic king didn't mean to say nice things, the weather was cold, Jiang Yu broke out in a cold sweat, and nodded quickly: "Zunzhi, this subordinate will do it."

Kesi stared at Qiu Sheng, the two black pupils who were originally small and big were almost invisible due to such a white eye, and his pale face due to excessive blood loss, it was as if he was asking for it from the underworld. Fate of the ghost.

Jiang Yu's cold sweat hadn't dried completely yet, so she accidentally raised her head, facing Shangkes' big white eyes, a new round of cold sweat immediately covered her body.He quietly glanced at Qiu Sheng, and saw that the pampered emperor was looking back at Kes coldly, his eyes were more sinister than Kes's, and he seemed to be a sophisticated look who was used to this scene .

Qiu Sheng raised her chin, signaled Jiang Yu to leave, and stepped into the iron cage.Jiang Yu was eager to leave as soon as possible, and ran away after handing over the keys.

"Wait," looking back, Qiu Sheng didn't look at him, those naked eyes were like a pair of sharp hooks, invisibly gouging out pieces of Kex's flesh and bones, chewing and grinding them, "This land It's very cold, don't freeze the commander-in-chief. You go and get a charcoal stove."

On the battlefield, food, grass and clothing are scarce, not to mention the charcoal stove. This precious thing is usually not enjoyed by themselves, but now it is cheaper than a dying prisoner of war.Just as Jiang Yu was about to protest, she caught a glimpse of Qiu Sheng's sharp-edged side face shrouded in a shadow, so she could only bow her head and say "yes", before leaving wisely.

As soon as Jiang Yu walked away, Qiu Sheng threw the small package to the ground, and without looking at it, she precisely grabbed a small paper package and took a few steps forward, twisted Kesi's shoulder, and unwrapped it. He took out the paper bag, and sprinkled all the sallow powder inside on his bloody wound. Before Kex could recover and resist, he wrapped his hands around the wound tightly.

After a series of movements, it was as smooth and clean as when he unloaded his chin on the battlefield and robbed him of his suicide power. Kex couldn't figure out what kind of monster the emperor was trying to be, so he could only stare at him fixedly, feeling a little dazed for a while. .

After applying the medicine for him, Qiu Sheng drew a small saber from his waist and slashed at Cosby a few times, but never looked at him again: "I've used the best cotton and gold powder for you, this is considered dead." It can't be done. You recover by yourself first, I'm still very human." He deliberately didn't call himself Zhen, and he really couldn't say it.

What he was going to do next was very common for Qiu Sheng, who grew up in the bandit's lair in the mountains, but the king of a country couldn't do such a thing anyway.

Cotton gold powder was applied, and there was a slight pain in the wound. Kesi knew that the pain proved that the medicine was effective. He endured his temper and concentrated on fighting the itching pain, but he didn't dare to relax - he really couldn't understand Qiu Sheng What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd.

Qiu Sheng avoided his eyes on purpose since he took the medicine. When the charcoal stove was brought up, he waved Jiang Yu away with a wave of his hand. Seeing that the surrounding soldiers turned their backs and could no longer see his movements, he squatted down. , The saber broke open along the stitches of the clothes little by little.Kesi struggled a little, his eyes flashed fiercely, and he twisted the opponent's wrist fiercely, pinching him behind his back and making him unable to move.

As the head coach of the Northern Litian Wolf Army, Max has seen all kinds of bloody and brutal scenes, but now the young man is holding a saber and slowly cutting open his military uniform with gentle movements, which makes his brain tense up. Forced a layer of cold sweat.

"If you want me to join you, Emperor Dog, don't even think about it!"

Qiu Sheng was keenly aware of the uncontrollable tremor in the voice of this strong general, and he gave a low laugh. With his empty left hand, he pulled the charcoal stove closer, and casually cut from the collarbone to the waist and abdomen: "You surrender!" ? Don’t talk about Gao Li and them, I don’t even believe it. Mr. Commander, let’s talk about these conditions when you can’t hold it anymore.”

The icy blade slashed down against the flesh, hard to toss the goosebumps of this iron-blooded general who is used to the cold weather in the north.Kesi struggled lightly, and suddenly there was a huge pain from his wrist, he couldn't help but groaned, probably the wrist bone was crushed by Qiu Sheng.

"Stop... less nonsense! What can't hold on? Except for Master Latu, I will not bow to anyone in my life! What are you doing here, you little boy!"

"Hey, I still have the strength to talk," Qiu Sheng finished cutting off his coat, and pulled the small package over. Inside was an iron rack that people in Weizhou used to eat barbecue on weekdays, and a small paper package containing medicine powder. Carefully put the iron frame on the stove to heat it up, and put on a posture of concentrating on burning the iron frame, as if forgetting the existence of Kex for a short time.

Kesi watched him burn the air with his shirt on, and gradually understood what was going on, his eyes were twice as big as usual: "You, you, you, you, you are going to..."

"Don't worry, there is medicine, but if I don't want you to die, I guarantee you won't die." Turning the shelf to make it evenly heated, the man who turned into a Shura finally turned his head to meet his pale face, and slowly pulled The corners of her lips parted, and she smiled at him.

The tip of the knife licked his chest, and the voice of the devil exploded in his ears: "Master, you must have been hungry for a long time, I will roast some meat for you."

...

"General Han sent a letter saying that the situation in Jiangnan is under control for the time being. The strength of the Nanman is not as strong as that of the Beili. If the other side does not send reinforcements, General Han can still handle it. Lord Lu, the current situation in Weizhou is tense, and the situation is more serious than Jiangnan. Many, General Gao came to Beijing a few days ago to bring reinforcements back. In your opinion, how many soldiers and horses should be dispatched from the South Camp to support the Northwest Army?"

In the Yizheng Hall, six or seven ministers sat in it.This is usually a place where the emperor and his courtiers discuss important political affairs. In the absence of Qiu Sheng for the past two days, they organized themselves and arrived at their posts on time. They were more active than going to court on weekdays.

The one who was called Master Lu was Lu Yun, Prime Minister of the Left, who was short and solemn. If one didn't look at the wrinkled old face, he was wearing a majestic and unrestrained purple-gold official uniform. Children in adult clothes are ridiculous.

"In my opinion, the Weizhou northern bandits are really difficult to deal with. What's more, His Majesty is in danger when he goes to Weizhou. As the ministers of Dayue, we should take your majesty's safety into consideration. Besides, wait for the snow to fall in winter. I don't know what will happen. It's better to end the Weizhou war earlier and send more troops from the Southern Camp to support General Gao."

Everyone responded and agreed, and Cai Du asked: "I wonder how many people Master Lu thinks it is appropriate to dispatch this time?"

Lu Yun thought for a while, and said: "There are 15 soldiers from the Southern Camp, and [-] were transferred."

Jiang Chen was startled: "I'm afraid it's too much? Although Nanman is far behind Beili, they are not vegetarians. If 15 people can draw with them, and withdraw 3 people at once, can General Han bear it?" ?”

Lu Yun didn't answer, and secretly glanced at Wang Jiusi. The Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs agreed: "Master Jiang is too worried. General Han won the battle. With the withdrawal of [-], it was a tie. Besides, this group of people aided the Northwest Army than the Northwest Army. The queen of the thief can return to the south of the Yangtze River to join the war. The war in the south is not in a hurry, but the real imminent one is Weizhou, which is about to be covered by heavy snow!"

Jiang Chen frowned. Although he was a civil servant, he had never been involved in the formation of troops during his career as an official for more than 50 years, but he instinctively realized that such a decision on this matter was too hasty. It is really ill-considered to mend the Western Wall.The most horrific ending is that the Northwest Army was dragged into a long tug-of-war by Beili, and the more than [-] people in the south of the Yangtze River couldn't last that long.

Cai Du also realized the problem, so he supported Jiang Chen: "Master Jiang is so thoughtful because he is worried that both the north and the south will fall, and the two sides will invade and wipe out the Central Plains. The number of troops should be reduced to ensure that the current dominant Jiangnan battle situation can be preserved. The status quo, there is nothing wrong with it.”

According to the inspector Zhao Yan: "This statement is reasonable."

Lu Yun: "Then how about reducing the number to [-]? I don't think it will have any major impact on the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, but it will help the Northwest Army. What do you think?"

Since the opponent has already made concessions, it is not good to be too fussy in the court situation.Besides, the situation in Jiangnan is really good, [-] should not harm the overall situation, Jiang Chen nodded in agreement: "[-] is just right. I will draft a document and pass it on to His Majesty and Lord Dong."

A document was sent from Kyoto in early November, and it was delivered to Qiu Sheng before the middle of November.

The Beilijing battle was traumatized, and it took half a month to recuperate. Although the Northwest Army was victorious, it also suffered huge losses. In the past ten days, both sides have been busy recovering their vitality so that they can fight again.If [-] elite soldiers come from the South Camp at this time, it is tantamount to the Northwest Army's victory in the current situation.Qiu Sheng devoted himself to torturing Kes for a whole day and night, almost driving himself crazy. This letter was a powerful reassurance, and instantly called back his wandering soul.

Qiu Sheng personally ran to Shuai Zhang to deliver the letter.In the past two days, Gao Li's injury has healed a bit, and he can get out of bed to exercise his muscles and bones, so Qiu Sheng came to taunt him non-stop: "General Gao! Reinforcements are coming!"

Gao Lizheng was limping to soothe his numb leg bones. Hearing this, his legs didn't hurt anymore and his wounds didn't hurt anymore. He almost snatched the letter: "Really?"

"I'm still lying to you?" Gao Li was only in his early 20s, and Qiu Sheng was overjoyed when he saw the elder brother browse through it in a hurry. , "[-] troops, if there is no problem, give Dong Qi a military seal and transfer the soldiers, it's a fool. I won't make trouble with you, and I will take care of the commander-in-chief."

Gao Li was taken aback: "Return to trial?"

"It's almost there, as expected he is the head of the Sirius Army, his bones are really hard... But it's okay," Qiu Sheng shrugged and grabbed the small cloth bag and shook it out, "I'll smash his steel and iron bones into pieces That’s right, as far as today and tomorrow are concerned, the word is absolutely lax.”

Gao Li has never seen Qiu Sheng "take care" of Kex with his own eyes—to be precise, no one has seen it with his own eyes. He just heard Jiang Yu and a few other soldiers standing guard describe the stubborn and overbearing Sirius coach after he was sentenced. It was a frothing scene, and the cage was full of a mixture of dirty blood and vomit. The smell from the day before yesterday was nothing compared to this one.He himself had heard Kex's screams at that time, it was not like a personal voice at all, and it made the whole army feel hairy.

Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice should really learn from His Majesty the Emperor and learn how to completely destroy a person's will and body from the inside out, turning a living person into a pile of rotten meat that can only talk nonsense.

But Qiu Sheng didn't plan to turn Kex into rotten meat. It would be of great use for him to keep this kid's head.

The sound of unlocking the lock clearly reached Kex's ears. The general, who had vowed a day ago that he would not be defeated by anything or anyone, shrank tremblingly into a corner like a frightened child, trying his best to stay away from him. The man who quietly approached him.Not long ago, the eyes that were proud and fearless were full of naked fear, his teeth were chattering, and he involuntarily grabbed the clothes on his body.

For a whole day and night, the demon kept playing with him in different ways. He cut up the meat, roasted it, and fed it to him.After the meat was cut, the medicine was applied without waiting for a moment, for fear that he would accidentally get infected. If he fainted from the pain, he would put ice cubes on the wound to wake him up... Round after round of inhuman torture was carried out on him with regularity and precision. , The interval between each round is about an hour, the demon claimed that he was worried that he would be numb in pain and no longer feel, wasting this set of fine props.During this period, the man didn't allow him to sleep, and a snakeskin whip bit his back, saying whether it hurts or itches, and he felt uncomfortable, not to mention scratching his heart and liver.

As always, for 24 hours, it was forged by Qiu Sheng at Kesi's place and turned into a purgatory on earth.

He shrank in the corner, and finally had no way to retreat, he could only scream in despair.His voice had already become hoarse due to the torment of reincarnation, and he screamed again at this time, like a beast with its throat cut, whining helplessly before dying.

"Stop shouting, it's ugly enough," Qiu Sheng slowly squatted down. In this iron cage, he always deliberately slowed down all his movements, in order to prolong the time for the other party to be afraid and further destroy the psychological defense line.

"What should we eat today? The ribs are very brittle, how about prying off two plates dipped in sesame oil and chewing on them?" He took out a pair of pliers from a small cloth bag, and opened his hands to the maximum angle pretentiously. Under normal circumstances, it would be regarded as epilepsy, but Kex's spirit was on the verge of collapse, and any action of pulling this thin thread would cause him to fall into great pain.

Most of the time, I can't bear to slash once with a real knife and a gun. The most terrifying thing is that I imagine a dozen ghosts and ghosts in my mind based on the memories that I don't know which life. up.

"You...don't...you you you..."

Qiu Sheng put down the vise obediently, leaned closer to Dinks' eyes, and gave a mean smile in the sight of the other party: "Okay, don't eat the ribs. Do you want to scrape the meat? ... Look at your body , the meat is almost scraped off, what can I eat here?"

As soon as the word "scratch the meat" was mentioned, Kex shook like a sieve and sweated profusely.He struggled for a long time, and finally whimpered as if resigned to his fate: "I...I'll tell you, I'll tell you..."

The smile on Qiu Sheng's face disappeared in an instant, and her fingers tightly clenched the corner of her clothes: "What did you tell me?"

"...Red blood, the prescription of red blood..."