A traitor

After leaving the state city, the team walked slowly towards the direction of the rebels.

Because the attack on Qinzhou could not go on for a long time, it took too much time, the rebels had to gather more soldiers and horses, and they were afraid that the soldiers defending the city would take advantage of this opportunity to sneak attack, so they camped a little far away.

Su Qinglang rode on his horse and walked along the official road of the city gate for a while before arriving at the rebellion's barracks. He saw that the open space in the distance was full of tents, surrounded by guarding peasants and soldiers.

Since the people who participated in the rebellion were all the people of the nearby state government, they were not as good as the generals trained in the barracks all the year round, so the team looked a little chaotic and scattered, more like a mess of loose sand.

Seeing this, Su Qinglang couldn't help sighing, if it weren't for the fact that they were all innocent villagers, with Qinzhou's current military strength, the civil strife would have been quelled long ago, how could it have been delayed until now?

It's a pity that these people are in a dangerous situation but don't know it. They dream of subverting the imperial court all day long, turning themselves into emperors, opening dyeing workshops after giving some color, and they don't know who they are bewitched by.

He dismounted in front of the camp, and immediately militiamen rushed over and surrounded them in the center.

Fortunately, the general who escorted Su Qinglang over quickly raised his sword and confronted the militiamen on the opposite side, protecting Su Qinglang behind him.

Let's listen to one of the leaders saying: "Who is coming? Only after unloading your weapons can you see our commander in chief."

The guards looked at each other in dismay, but the swords in their hands did not relax. Compared with the tens of thousands of militiamen here, they were already weak.

If you give up the sword at this time, it means that you don't even have the basic ability to protect yourself, and only a fool would do such a thing.

Seeing their refusal, the other party said again: "The two armies are fighting, and we don't want to beheaded. Besides, if we want to attack, with your strength, even with swords, we can't stop it."

Hearing this, the soldiers began to hesitate, and were about to put down their swords, when Su Qinglang suddenly said: "Wait a minute!"

He pushed aside the guarding generals in front, stood in the middle of the team, and smiled at the man: "As a general, if you have no weapons, what is the difference between defeat and defeat? We are here to discuss peace, not to surrender .”

He said, looked at the guards around, and said: "The peace talks between the two armies should have chosen a place that is beneficial and harmless to both parties, and everyone can talk on an equal footing. However, the reason why we came here on this trip represents The sincerity of the imperial court, the determination to negotiate peace with us, and your military strength are tens of thousands of times mine.

Even if we want to make a mistake, I'm afraid it will not be so easy. Your camp boasts of a thousand troops, so are you still afraid of our mere swords? "

"This……"

The other party hesitated for a moment, called the people around him, and asked him to go in and inform the coach.

Seeing this, Su Qinglang's eyes moved slightly, and he stood on the spot holding the folding fan, looked at them for a moment, and then restrained his expression again.

After a while, the little soldier came back again and whispered a few words into the man's ear, and the man let go, and said with a sideways hand: "Go in..."

Holding the folding fan, Su Qinglang was about to go in, but was stopped by the soldiers around him, one of them said: "Lord Su, let's go first."

Su Qinglang smiled slightly, and pushed the man away with his folding fan: "If you lose, you don't lose. With your blood and loyalty, I'm absolutely fine."

The other party blushed when he said that, after all, before they followed Su Qinglang out of the city, they all planned to let him die here.

However, what Su Qinglang said at the gate of the city woke them up completely.

A man is a man with responsibility and responsibility. Even if he wants to take revenge, he should be aboveboard. How can he delay the real big event for his own selfishness?

They just didn't expect that Su Qinglang would say that after the rebellion was pacified, if there is a grudge against a grudge, a revenge for a revenge, whether or not he can be killed depends on his ability, even a treacherous sycophant is like this, how can they claim to be teachers of justice? Do something small?

So everyone was thinking in their hearts, let Su Qinglang be proud for a while, and then settle the old and new scores together when they return to Qinzhou.

Stepping into the camp, the surrounding militiamen still did not retreat, each holding a sword and pointing at them in full force.

There were even a few who walked backwards on the road with an unstable foot, accidentally tripped over a rock under their feet, and fell directly.

Surrounded by the crowd, he quickly walked to the center of the tent, and saw a huge oil pan standing on the open space by the roadside, with a raging fire burning underneath.

Su Qinglang acted as if he hadn't seen him yet, still with a calm expression, walked up to him, and heard the person sitting in the first place say, "Who is here?"

Su Qinglang looked up, and saw a dazzling array of wine, meat and delicacies on the table opposite. A 50-[-]-year-old man was sitting, with a strong body and a rude manner, and the imperial court's punishment for criminals was engraved on his face. To say it is the coach, it is better to say that it is a bandit who robbed and murdered somewhere.

Then look at the people around him, all of them are weird, with knives on their shoulders, they look like the second uncle at the entrance of West Street Village, full of hooligans.

Thinking secretly in his heart, it seems that the news that the nearby people were bewitched by the bandits, so they took the initiative to do something, is true.

Thinking of this, he was neither humble nor overbearing, holding his folding fan and cupping his fists, he said: "Chang'an Su Qinglang, I have met all the heroes."

The leader looked at him for a moment, and then said: "Five years ago, you were the one who betrayed your friends in the court in exchange for today's glory?"

Su Qinglang's expression remained unchanged, and he replied: "Five years ago, I did a lot of things, but I never did what your Excellency said."

Knowing that the other party was intentionally humiliating and making things difficult, and trying to undermine his morale, without waiting for a response from the other party, Su Qinglang said again: "I came here today to discuss peace. General Cheng is sympathetic to the people of several prefectures and is eager to end the dispute. , In my opinion, let's get straight to the point and discuss the results quickly, so that we can report back to General Cheng as soon as possible."

The other party said again: "The two armies are at war. Since you are here as an envoy, you should call me general."

Su Qinglang smiled, and replied: "The position of general is determined by the imperial court, and it is also selected by the imperial court. You need to hold the official seal and military amulet. I wonder if you have these two things?"

Seeing him humiliating his own coach in this way, the surrounding guards became angry and were about to attack him, but the man stretched out his hand to stop him.

He had a sneer on his face: "Master Su is really quick-witted and courageous, I admire you."

Su Qinglang lowered his head slightly: "Your Excellency, I am here today to represent General Cheng to propose a peace agreement to your camp. If you are willing to withdraw your troops and stop rebelling, the imperial court will not investigate anything in the past. I don't know what you think. How about next?"

The other party thought for a moment, stood up, pointed to the huge oil pan not far away and said, "Master Su, do you know what that is?"

Su Qinglang glanced sideways and nodded: "I know..."

The other party said again: "Master Su, do you know, what's the use of putting that thing there?"

Su Qinglang held the folding fan in his hand, and said slowly: "In the past, Deng Zhi from the Three Kingdoms went to the frying pan, and joined forces with Wu Kangwei to leave his name through the ages. You don't think you want to imitate Sun Quan and set up a frying pan to test your sincerity?"

The man laughed loudly, and replied: "Master Su has read poetry and books, and is familiar with allusions. He lives in the mountains and grass, but he has never heard of such a story."

He paused, and then said: "The oil pan was indeed prepared for Mr. Su. Since you came to persuade us to surrender and negotiate a peace, I asked you to talk about it. If you can't impress us, you are talking nonsense and fooling us. Then next time In order to appease the public anger, I had no choice but to throw Mr. Su into the frying pan and give everyone an explanation."

After saying this, even the generals in Qinzhou couldn't help saying that they were too deceitful.

After all, it all depends on what they said, if Su Qinglang said something well, but they just pretended not to be moved, wouldn't Su Qinglang still be blamed?

They drew their swords and were about to make a move, but Su Qinglang raised his hand to stop them. One of the soldiers said: "Lord Su, you absolutely cannot agree to his conditions."

Look at the oil pan again, there is a raging fire underneath, and green smoke is floating above, once this person goes down, even his bones will be cooked to pieces, how can he survive?

Even when they saw them, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Su Qinglang, a scholar with no strength to restrain himself, what skills could he have to escape this calamity?

Seeing their timidity, some bandits laughed loudly: "Brother, let's change it. Look at that boy's skin is white and tender. It's best to eat it steamed, and he can also serve wine for our brothers."

Among the group of mountain wild men, there are also a few female bandits, with greedy eyes, sizing up Su Qinglang with all sorts of charms, and then teasingly said: "Brother, I think this kid is quite handsome, it would be a pity if he boiled it." , it’s better to keep him and be a husband to our sisters, and it’s not too late to kill him after we’ve had enough fun.”

Hearing what they said, the previous bandit laughed even more: "I said, Sanniang, you want men. We have plenty of men in our camp. Why do you need this boy? He's as thin as bean sprouts. He's as thin as a bean sprout. He's skilled in that area." Definitely not, I don’t have much meat, if you toss about it again, can I still eat it?”

Some people even clamored, saying that they have only met women in their life and have never met men, and they wonder how it feels to lie in bed as the Minister of Rites of the imperial court.

Everyone laughed wantonly. Seeing Su Qinglang being insulted like this, the generals in Qinzhou gritted their teeth and endured it.

Su Qinglang stood tall, and when they had had enough laughs, he said calmly: "If I say, listen, it would be too boring, but I have a way, I wonder if you would like it?"

The bandit in the head let out an oh, seemed very interested, and heard Su Qinglang say again: "I have a few questions, I want to ask you, if I finish asking and you think it doesn't make sense, then kill me, I have no complaints."

He paused for a moment, then continued: "If you think what I said is reasonable, please calm down and discuss with me a solution that satisfies both sides, and stop rebellion and trouble, how about it?"

The guard who led them the way before knew how eloquent Su Qinglang was, and seeing him playing tricks again, he couldn't help but feel a little worried, and stepped forward: "Brother, this kid is full of tricks..."

But the leader of the bandits stretched out his hand, and then looked at Su Qinglang and said, "Okay, Master Su is eloquent, and today we will learn from him."