A traitor

Su Qinglang was silent for a moment, before he said: "I am here on behalf of the emperor. Miss Cheng's actions are somewhat inappropriate, right?"

Cheng Ying snorted coldly: "In our Cheng's place, don't talk about the emperor's old man. I, Cheng Ying, say one is one, and two are two. I won't bargain with you, and Mr. Su doesn't have to waste any more effort to do it. Excuse yourself. What's more, do you think that the dog emperor is not at fault for the Xie family's troubles?"

Hearing what she said, a soldier next to her couldn't help reminding: "Miss..."

But Cheng Ying gave him a cold stare, he hesitated to speak, and finally retreated.

The corners of Su Qinglang's lips hooked slightly, and he folded his hands: "What if I don't want to?"

Cheng Ying took a step back, raised her right hand, and commanded sharply, "Fire the arrow!"

Seeing the soldiers in the mansion drawing their bows one by one, the atmosphere was about to explode, Su Qinglang hurriedly said: "Wait a minute!"

He pushed aside Mei Liusheng, and took two steps forward: "A man stands up to the sky, kneels to heaven, kneels to the king, and kneels to parents. Although I, Su Qinglang, am not a gentleman, I also know that there is gold in a man's knees. Let me let you go today." It is impossible for me to kneel down, you can kill if you want, but this matter has nothing to do with Mrs Mei and the others, Miss Cheng, please let them go."

Hearing this, Cai Jun couldn't bear it: "Master Su..."

He only knew that Miss Cheng's family hated Su Qinglang deeply, but he never expected that this kind of hatred would be so serious.

After all, they represented the court of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Cheng Ying's trip was clearly aimed at embarrassing the emperor. Not to mention her, even the entire Cheng family would be implicated.

But Cheng Ying sneered: "Master Su, after seeing such a thing and hearing such a thing, do you think they can survive?"

As he spoke, he drew out the two knives at his waist, pointed at them and said, "Since you have come to my Qinzhou, none of you can go back alive!"

Seeing this, the other soldiers also drew out their long swords one after another, while the people who blocked them with their long swords besieged and cut off their retreat.

Seeing the archers all around pointing their arrows at them one by one, Cheng Ying drew out her sword and put it at Mei Liusheng's side: "My lord, you go first."

However, Mei Liusheng did not move at all. He looked at the people around him who were staring at him, and then at Su Qinglang who was not far away on the cusp of the waves.

Finally, she looked at Cheng Ying and said, "Miss Cheng, killing an imperial envoy is a serious crime. Your father spent half his life as a soldier, and finally earned his reputation as a loyal warrior. Wouldn't it be a pity if it was ruined? He killed us to vent our hatred. It's better to let us go, don't hurt the family any more, Miss Cheng thinks it through."

He paused, looked at the faces of the people around him, and saw that the soldiers and generals were embarrassed, and looked at Cheng Ying tentatively, and knew that they did not want to offend the court with this killer.

A smile appeared on the corners of Mei Liusheng's lips, and he threw out another condition: "If this is not the case, Miss Cheng will let us go, and we will pretend that nothing has happened. Otherwise, you will kill us all today, and the court will let us go in the future." When it comes down to it, it’s not something that can be fooled by a simple accident.”

Hearing this, the generals really hesitated. Although they hated Su Qinglang originally, they didn't want to go to this level and offend the court.

He followed Cheng Ying's order before, but because of Cheng Qi's affection, he was going to give Su Qinglang a blow and humiliate him casually. He never thought of killing someone.

However, what Cheng Ying did at this time would obviously harm Old General Cheng, and might implicate all the soldiers on the border of Qinzhou, so they retreated one by one.

One of them walked towards Cheng Ying: "Miss, how about we..."

"shut up!"

Before he finished speaking, he was reprimanded by Cheng Ying: "This matter is all done by me alone, and has nothing to do with others. In the future, the court will investigate it and take my life."

Hearing this, the soldier general hurriedly said: "Miss, what are you talking about? In the end, I will follow the general and the eldest lady, devote myself to death, and die. What happened today was all done by our brothers. How can I let the eldest lady worry about it?" crime?"

The others also echoed, holding up their swords and shouting: "The final general is willing to follow the eldest lady, and will never live in shambles!"

Cheng Ying didn't expect them to say these words, and was very moved for a moment: "You..."

But Su Qinglang clapped his hands slowly, and said in admiration, "I heard that old general Cheng is well-mannered, and seeing him today, it's really extraordinary."

He swept his long eyes slightly, and jokingly looked at the people around him, with a treacherous taste on the corners of his lips: "Everyone under my command only knows the general, not the king. What I know is that your brothers are weak, and your friendship is deep , I don’t know, I still think you are going to rebel.”

Cheng Ying snorted and retorted: "With Master Su's ability, even a truly loyal and brave man will be called a traitor by you. There are so many crimes in the world, but Master Su only recognizes this one and rebels all day long." Aren't you tired of rebelling?"

The surrounding soldiers also shouted: "We are loyal and willing to follow General Cheng to the death!"

"General Cheng?"

Su Qinglang raised his eyebrows, unfolded his folding fan with a whoosh, and said with a low face: "It's a good sentence to follow General Cheng to the death. Let me ask you, who is the one who pays you the military salary every month and asks you to support your family? The imperial court gave you official positions. Give you money and food, give you swords, who are you protecting?"

"Is it me, the emperor, or the General Cheng in your eyes?"

"Neither of them! It's the folks from Qinzhou, who use their hands to support you, a group of young people!"

"Now, the rebel army is approaching, and the people of Qinzhou are in dire straits. Your swords are not used to kill the enemy, nor are you used to protect anyone. You are hiding in this place, just surviving. Relying on your own strength, you want to To kill the imperial envoys sent by the imperial court to quell the chaos, you are not trying to rebel, what is it?"

He paused, looked around and glared at the people around him, folded his hands, turned his body sideways, snorted coldly, and said mockingly: "The salary of the eater does not know how to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. You are here to run a dog and avenge your private revenge. Are you ashamed to say that you are loyal?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, speechless under Su Qinglang's refutation, they looked at each other, and most of the enthusiasm that had been high just now faded away.

Mei Liusheng looked at Su Qinglang, frowned slightly, and still couldn't hide a little worry in his expression.

And Cai Jun was as astonished as the generals, never expecting that Su Qinglang could calmly say such righteous words in such a critical situation.

Back then, when the backer king Li Xi conspired against him and Xie Yu and Xu Hanwen were ordered to quell the rebellion, the little brother of the Xu family was fearless in the face of danger, and as a scholar, he walked into the camp of the rebels, threatening him with swords and axes, and finally fought with all the heroes and persuaded him. The King of the Mountain and others retreated to avoid a disaster.

This incident was passed down as a good story at that time, and even until now, some people are still impressed by its demeanor back then.

He looked at Su Qinglang, and vaguely thought of that handsome young man in white clothes in the palace examination of the imperial examination many years ago.

With a smile on his face and a leisurely folding fan, he fought against the court students by himself, easily defeating them, including his three classmates who were on the list, none of them could hold a candle to him.

Looking at the whole world, there is no one with such intelligence, no wonder even people like Song Hongru who have been praised in the clouds all regard him as a friend who has forgotten his years and a lifelong love student.

Being so smart, if it wasn't for what happened five years ago, the achievements in this life must be limitless, but it's a pity...

It's such a smart person, but by mistake, he lived his life like this in a muddleheaded way.

It's a pity, but it's better to blame the creature for fooling people, the beautiful jade fell into the mud, it's not painful, it's not hateful.

Seeing that all the generals in the mansion were restrained by Su Qinglang, and thinking of her grievances over the years, Cheng Ying burst into tears: "Su Qinglang!"

Pointing at Su Qinglang with a dagger, she gritted her teeth and said, "Even if they are innocent, how dare you say that you are innocent? I can let them go, but I can't let you go!"

"Xie Yu, the older brothers of the Xu family and the Liu family, they treat you like a brother, Uncle Xie and the others, who doesn't treat you as their own son?"

"But you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and push them to death one by one. Everyone cherishes their own reputation. Have you ever thought that they are loyal and disregarding their lives for the court, but in the end they are regarded as traitors, and they will die with their stigma? , Su Qinglang, are you really... not afraid of retribution?"

What she said was sad, and everyone was in tears. Their eyes were red and they couldn't bear to listen any more. Cai Jun looked at Su Qinglang tentatively, and couldn't help but sigh.

He also heard Cheng Ying say: "As long as you say they are guilty, as long as you say you have a clear conscience, I will not force you anymore, otherwise..."

Her voice was trembling, her cheeks were wet with tears, and she said word by word: "I will let you step by step, kneel in front of the ancestral hall and apologize to them!"

Everyone's eyes fell on Su Qinglang, but they felt in their hearts that Cheng Ying's conditions at this time were too relaxed compared to just now.

After all, Su Qinglang is despicable and shameless, and is well-known all over the world. If you ask him to say a few words against his will, but just lie, what's the difficulty?

Even Cai Jun, hearing such conditions, couldn't help feeling a little hopeful in his heart, looking at Su Qinglang, waiting for his next words.

However, in such a situation, Su Qinglang didn't say a word, he lowered his head with difficulty, turned his eyes sideways, and avoided the eyes of everyone.

Seeing this, Cheng Ying smiled coldly: "Why, Mr. Su has always been eloquent, and it was wonderful to defend himself back then, but today he can't say a word?"

"You said they were rebels, you said they were uneasy and kind. Today, I want you to repeat what you said back then in front of everyone."

She took a step forward and said loudly: "If you can't say it, you are slandering. Then, Mr. Su, your current official position and glory are just a few strands of your body, all obtained by sacrificing the lives of relatives and friends. It was I who killed you, doing justice for the heavens and eliminating harm for the people!"

Cai Jun looked at Su Qinglang anxiously, seeing that he was still speechless, he couldn't help becoming more anxious: "Master Su..."

But Su Qinglang was silent for a moment, lifted the hem of his clothes, leaned down, and knelt down slowly towards the direction of the ancestral hall.