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"Xun Anhou's son Tang Ling...?"

Han Chaosheng had heard about Tang Ling, the son of the Marquis of Xun'an. It was said that Zhou Guo begged for peace with Chen Guo during the Taihua River war last year, and sent the son of Marquis of Xun'an to Yuanjing as a proton. How could he appear in Bashan?And became the military adviser of the ninth prince of Chen Guo?

Where did the Ninth Prince Chen come from?Unheard of.

"The excitement is over, please let General Han come in and talk about it."

Tang Ling looked at Han Chaosheng and smiled, as if he was the master of Bashan, and Han Chaosheng was invited by him.

Han Chaosheng was supported by Qi Xiao's personal guards back into the house. Chen Jun was disciplined and orderly along the way, without any chaos or fatigue from leaking, as if they didn't enter the city yesterday at all, but here Bashan has stood on the tower for decades, patrolling, guarding, and guarding. Even if he is not wearing armor, the murderous aura on his body has told everyone that they have been battle-hardened.

Han Chaosheng couldn't help squinting at Qi Xiao who was walking in front of him. He didn't look younger than double ten, how could he know how to lead an army?Just because of his status as a prince?How could these veterans be willing to sacrifice their lives for a brat?Could it be... is it the method of Tang Ling, the son of Marquis Xun'an?But Tang Ling was from Zhou after all, and to Chen Jun, he was an enemy rather than a friend, let alone obeying him.

Qi Xiao and Tang Ling were sitting in high positions, Qi Xiao gave Han Chaosheng a look and was pushed to sit under Qi Xiao, the guards also thoughtfully turned the chair a little bit so that Han Chaosheng could face Qi Xiao and Tang Ling.

"Seeing that noon is approaching, I'm still waiting for General Han's answer."

Han Chaosheng sneered: "You can kill or cut whatever you want.

Down is impossible. "

Han Chaosheng is not one of those ignorant people, and he will not forget his duty as a soldier just because of Tang Ling's eloquent talk. If the city is alive, he will die if the city is broken.

Qi Xiao sighed silently, and looked at Tang Ling: "Sure enough, as you said, General Han is a bloody man with strong bones, and he doesn't bother to be with you and me."

Tang Ling couldn't help laughing: "It's just that he disdains to be with us because he has a different stand from us. If you insist on praising him for his toughness, you have to wait until he has endured the torture of Tiance Camp."

Han Chaosheng glared at Tang Ling angrily. He seemed to be a kind and gentle person just now. No matter how black and white he said, it was a merit to prevent Bashan from bleeding into rivers.

Why did he turn his face away and use harsh punishments on him, or did he say such vicious words in a calm and gentle manner?

Is Tang Ling a modest gentleman, or an evil hypocrite? !

"No matter what the criminal law is, I won't tell you anything!"

Tang Ling got up and walked in front of Han Chaosheng, and asked, "General Han knows what we are going to ask?"

"It's nothing more than important military secrets, city gate defenses, etc."

Tang Ling lowered her eyes slightly, looked at Qi Xiao with a smile, then turned back to Han Chaosheng, and said, "It's up to you whether General Han says it or not, and it's up to us whether to ask or not.

Let's do our best.

However, General Han reminded me that General Han was born as the commander-in-chief of an army, and he was already ready to sacrifice his life for the country and shroud his body in horse leather. I am afraid that torture will not make you surrender. "

Han Chaosheng stared at Tang Ling, seeing his eyes rolling, the expression in his brows and eyes was clearly a scheming prey.

"General Han is not afraid of being physically strong, but Mrs. Han and the two young masters are not necessarily afraid."

"you!!"

Qi Xiao couldn't help looking at Tang Ling in surprise, he thought Tang Ling would definitely not agree to use Han Chaosheng's family as a threat.

"I heard that General Han and his wife are deeply in love with each other. For many years, General Han has loved his wife alone, and it will be the eldest son's 12th birthday in half a month, right?"

"You have such a vicious heart! Pooh! My son of the Han family, Lang, would rather die than surrender!"

Tang Ling smiled, turned her head to ponder, and said slowly: "General Han, although you and I have different positions and today's situation is inevitable, I still want to advise you, don't sacrifice your affection for the sake of the righteousness of the country. Ruthless, the last one who suffers is himself.

The overthrow of a country cannot be changed by you alone. If your dearest and most loved person dies because of this, it will be painful, and it is more difficult than any torture. "

"Hmph! No need to talk nonsense!"

Tang Ling lowered her eyes: "Why don't you listen..."

Looking at Tang Ling, Qi Xiao already sensed his abnormality. Tang Ling is not a person for dialogue, especially not to say "persuasion" words to strangers, let alone "sincere" persuasion.

Tang Ling only showed her downcast eyes at that moment when she was alone with him, and she would never show it to outsiders for no reason.

Tang Ling sighed, and continued: "General Han, don't be too forceful. If you really can't hold on, please send me a message, and I will come to rescue you."

"Pooh!"

Tang Ling waved her hand, and Han Chaosheng was taken down.

Seeing that the melancholy in Tang Ling's eyes had calmed down, Qi Xiao opened his mouth, but first asked about Tang Ling's plan: "Why does Ziyi insist on keeping Han Chaosheng? We don't need any military secrets or city gate defenses.

Chi Yue's disguise technique is enough to confuse the fake with the real one, why should we leave him as a disobedient Han Chaosheng? "

It would be best if Han Chaosheng could be persuaded to surrender. Nothing can shake the hearts of Qi's army more than the surrender of the commander-in-chief of the first army.

But if he dies and refuses to surrender, it will be troublesome.

"Keep it, I will be useful in the future.

No matter how clever Chi Yue's disguise technique is, he can't wear that mask day and night. It might be okay for two or three days. After a long time, the human skin won't stick and peel off, otherwise Chi Yue wouldn't be able to use it back then. The real appearance is mixed into the Metropolitan Government. "

"Then ask Chi Yue to stay and help you."

Tang Ling smiled lightly: "He is now inseparable from Zong Sheng."

Qi Xiao also smiled, but in that smile he gave Tang Ling a deep look.

Chi Yue is a member of Tiance Camp. Before leaving Yuanjing, he didn't know if His Majesty gave him other tasks. Qi Xiao couldn't rest assured that he was left by Tang Ling's side. Chi Yue's loyalty was to His Majesty, and he could divide Qi Yue Even if half of Xiao Xiao is not bad, it is better to bring it with you.

"Be tired, go to sleep for a while after lunch."

Tang Ling nodded.

It is very quiet when eating, the house is very quiet, the tower is very quiet, it seems that the whole Bashan City is very quiet.

Tang Ling ate very little, Qi Xiao didn't force him, and led him to the back room: "Come and take a nap with me."

Qi Xiao wrapped Tang Ling in his arms, wrapped it tightly with a quilt, and rubbed his hands together: "It's too cold.

Did you catch the wind and cold last night? "

"I am okay.

I have been afraid of the cold since I was a child.

Fortunately, Xiao'er is warm. "

Tang Ling leaned against Qi Xiao's chest.

Qi Xiao laughed. Tang Ling occasionally acted like a baby with him, but rarely called him Xiao'er.

Qi Xiao stroked Tang Ling's hair, and said softly, "You only ordered Han Chaosheng to be detained and guarded, but you didn't give him the punishment, let alone Chi Yue.

Did you say those words to Han Chaosheng knowing that I imprisoned his wife and children?Is it to scare him, or to tell me? "

Tang Ling smiled: "During the war, I don't have so much kindness to share with others.

Use the means that should be used.

He may not be afraid of physical pain, so it can only make him worry about his wife and children, and he can't live too comfortably. "

"But your words of admonition to him are not bluffing, are you?"

Tang Ling didn't speak for a long while.

"Should I not ask?"

Tang Ling took Qi Xiao's arm, and said softly, like a whisper, "There is nothing that you cannot know.

It's just that I haven't told anyone else about my mother..."

Qi Xiao kissed Tang Ling's forehead without interrupting him.

"When my mother died, I was under one year old, and I didn't know or remember anything. My father never allowed me to ask, or even mention it.

When I was young, I didn't understand. The nanny said that my father loved my mother so much, so she was sad and didn't want to mention it. Later I realized that there is sadness, but it is far less than guilt.

My mother was poisoned instead of dying of illness.

The purpose of the person who poisoned him was also very simple, he wanted my father to retreat from the Liujiang River. "

Liujiang... the state of Qi.

The person who poisoned him could only be from the state of Qi, and nine out of ten such means came from the accounting department.

Judging from the results, Xun Anhou was not threatened by them.

"I have Xing Luowei by my side since I was a child...my father wants to protect me...but..."

However, when the war resumed, Marquis Xun An chose to send his only son to Dachen as a hostage.

Qi Xiao hugged Tang Ling tightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "I choose you, and it will always be you."

Tang Ling sighed softly: "I hated my father, I hated him very much, and he knew it, so he brought me by his side and into the barracks, and let me see his home, country, and world, as well as his sorrow and guilt. , What he couldn't say to me...I gradually understood."

Qi Xiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this moment. He felt sorry for Tang Ling, and he was glad that he was sent to Dachen, so that they could meet and have a chance to love each other, instead of one day, they would meet in front of the two armies. Fight to the death.

"You are willing to work for His Majesty, because of your mother?"

"The hatred of the country and the family is simple to say, but it is complicated. If I want to hate, I should hate too many people."

Tang Ling turned around and embraced Qi Xiao: "Do you know why my father and mother have no reunion after death, not even a concubine?"

"He really loves your mother."

"My father does love my mother very much, but in the final analysis, the first emperor did not want my father to have children, and did not want my Tang family to be too powerful.

But I survived because I was born sick and weak. "

"...Aya...Ziyi."

Qi Xiao didn't know what to say, his heart was so hurt that he couldn't speak.

Just now Tang Ling threatened Han Chaosheng like that. After all, he still had a grudge against Xun Anhou, or he had a grudge against himself. He clearly should resent, but he forgave Xun Anhou's choice back then, and even acted like his father when he became an adult. choice, and he knew that Han Chaosheng would also make such a choice.

As the saying goes, for the country and the king, you can give up everything and sacrifice everything. Even if you have to bear a lifetime of guilt and pain, you still have to forge ahead on this road, or you should say that you will go all the way to the dark.

For that country and one monarch, they are nothing more than pawns. They may be useful or important, so what, how many people have achieved it through the ages?After a game of chess, there is always another game, not to mention the chess pieces, the people who hold the chess may not be the same two.

At this time, Qi Xiao suddenly felt that going south this time was not worth it.

If you can't even guard the one you love, even if you leave a name in history, it will only leave a piece of loneliness and sadness.

"Qi Xiao, you have never led the army, so you will naturally choose me. After a while..." Tang Ling was stuffy in Qi Xiao's arms. He wanted to say something, but he was afraid that Qi Xiao would hear it. Afraid that he would answer, he spoke very lightly.

Qi Xiao hugged him. This time, he didn't interrupt or respond. It didn't matter what he said or how he responded. He knew his choice in his heart. After a while, Tang Ling would know it too, and he would make it happen. .

***

Half a month later, the news of Qi Xiao's capture of Bashan came back to Yuanjing, only Zhang Suian was serving in the Chengming Hall, and His Majesty was studying at the front of a portrait.

The portrait was made by Tang Ling, and the person depicted on it is His Majesty.

At the beginning Tang Ling agreed to draw a portrait of His Majesty, but His Majesty thought it was a farce and didn't take it to heart. Unexpectedly, Tang Ling was impeccable and sent the portrait to the palace before leaving Yuanjing. The painting was very good, so it can be seen Carefully.

"Zhang Suian, take a look, how about it?"

"Your Majesty is embarrassing the old slave again. How can the old slave understand this?"

"You can't tell whether it looks like or not? I don't think you can't understand it, but you can't see it at all."

"The old slave is blind and dare not speak nonsense, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

His Majesty waved his hand: "Old slippery man."

"Your Majesty taught me."

"This Tang Ling..." His Majesty sighed and did not say a word for a long time.

Zhang Suian quietly glanced at His Majesty's face, his head sank a little lower.

Successive news came from the Qi territory. Jialin Pass, Xingtian Pass, Bashan, and Qi Xiao took only a few days to go down to the three cities. Carefully, Tang Ling recruited the people of Bashan City with only a word of mouth. The 6000 people Qi Xiao brought to Qi State were lost in the snow of Fenglin Mountain for a few days, and they fought three battles in Qi State. It's unbelievable that only a few people were slightly injured.

"This old nine..." His Majesty paused before saying, "I hope he won't disappoint me.

Zhang Suian sent an order to the cabinet to draft an imperial edict, ordering Chen Heng to lead the Dingyuan army to march. "

"Yes."