A traitor

I saw Su Qinglang standing upright, and asked: "There is an old saying that the teacher is famous, why do you want to rebel?"

The bandit replied: "Floods in Bingzhou, those dog officials embezzled the money for disaster relief, and didn't care about the lives of the people at all."

Su Qinglang let out a sigh, and asked again: "It's those officials who don't ask about your life and death, and it's not that the imperial court ignores your life and death. As far as I know, those officials who embezzled disaster relief money have been executed by you in private. , It was the corruption of the officials that made it impossible to distribute the relief money, so how can the court be blamed?"

He paused, and then said: "After learning about the flood in Bingzhou, the emperor immediately issued an order, ordering the Ministry of Households to transfer silver taels from the treasury, and to raise grain and grass from various places for disaster relief. If you don't believe me, you can go again." Find out."

When everyone heard the words, they looked at each other, and then heard Su Qinglang say: "You are using the banner of overthrowing the imperial court because of a few corrupt officials, so we know that the people are in dire straits, and our emperor is also worried.

The whole world is governed by laws and regulations. Officials who accept bribes should have been questioned and punished by the court. However, you did not report this matter to the court. Instead, you beat officials to death with your own will. Thinking that there was a reason for the incident, the court no longer If you are held accountable for the crime of murder, even the rebellion can be forgiven, why on earth are you so reluctant to retreat? "

The bandit headed by the leader was silent for a moment before saying: "Officials accept bribes because your court is extremely corrupt, otherwise we wouldn't take the risk and go against the court."

Su Qinglang smiled coldly, and said again: "Your Excellency said so, I would like to ask, let alone the government of a country, thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, it is not easy to manage, let alone you, you can guarantee that everyone here is of one mind, never Have there been any problems?"

Hearing the words, the bandit was speechless, until then he realized that he had followed Su Qinglang's way.

Their rebellion was originally holding the banner of overthrowing the imperial court, but in this matter, the imperial court was not at fault.

Su Qinglang grasped this point very keenly, and refuted their excuses on the grounds of asking questions.For a while, they had no reason to rebel.

After thinking for a while, he calmed down and said, "The current emperor is so incompetent that the people of our prefectures are living in dire straits. Shouldn't the imperial court be responsible?"

Hearing this, Su Qinglang took a few steps forward, looked at the militiamen around him and said, "The sky never falls, and life is difficult, so you should use your own efforts to change it. The reason why you are in such a situation is because God Suffering from floods, the second is caused by wars.

If the floods are stopped in time, the war is quelled, and people return to their hometowns to work diligently, within a few years, they can resume their previous lives. "

He paused, and then said: "Think about it, since the rebellion, how is your life compared to before?"

All the militiamen nearby lowered their heads and relaxed their arms holding their weapons, obviously moved by Su Qinglang.

Most of them chose to rebel with the bandits because of the flood in their hometown and had nowhere to go. Now they have left their homes, and their relatives and friends around them died in battle one by one. , I don’t know how my relatives in my hometown are, so I am naturally concerned, and I have long thought of quitting.

If the flood can be relieved and return to the hometown to work again, who would like to leave their wives and children and live a life of licking blood with the tip of a knife?

Seeing the atmosphere in the camp, the bandits suddenly felt bad. Some of them drew their swords and shouted: "Brother, don't talk nonsense with them, just kill him!"

"Master Su!"

There was a shout, and one of the militiamen mustered up the courage to stand up and asked, "Is it true that you said that the flood can be relieved?"

Su Qinglang nodded: "These days, I have been studying the terrain near Bingzhou. It is not difficult to get rid of the flood, and it only takes a month."

Seeing what he said, hope was ignited in the eyes of the militiamen, but they heard the leader of the bandits say: "Everyone, don't be confused by him!"

Pointing at Su Qinglang, he continued: "Don't forget who this Su Qinglang is. Five years ago, he betrayed his classmates, killed his relatives and friends, and betrayed those close to him for his own life. What's the relationship, he can even betray those people, let alone us?"

Looking at Su Qinglang's expression, he became more and more complacent, and said again: "Even if what you said before is correct, but the dog emperor killed so many loyal ministers, what we are doing now is to avenge those who were killed by him!"

As he said that, he pointed at Su Qinglang with a knife: "You all remember the rebellion case back then, right? General Xie and the others were loyal and defended the people. How could they be rebels who conspired? This bastard thieves just managed to survive and killed hundreds of people. A human life, and now he is here, brothers, kill him, do a good deed for the people of the world!"

Hearing him mention what happened five years ago, the previously relaxed atmosphere really became serious. The bandits raised their weapons again, while the militiamen hesitated and looked at Su Qinglang.

Seeing this, the Qinzhou generals quickly protected Su Qinglang, and were confronting those bandits, but they heard the other side shout: "You Qinzhou people, don't you always hate this bastard? Why are you protecting him so tightly now? Your General Cheng has been so weakened by his official position that he doesn't even remember his enemies?"

Another person continued: "Yes, people die for money, birds die for food, there is a good thing to get promoted and get rich, what kind of righteousness, what kind of friendship, in front of the official position of the court, how much is it worth, I'm afraid that General Cheng In order to protect yourself, it's too late to draw a line with General Xie and the others, right?

Poor General Xie, who mistakenly regarded the dog thief as a brother, and now there is no one to take revenge when he dies, and we outsiders have to give him justice! "

After finishing speaking, the bandits burst into laughter, and the soldiers and generals all blushed, but they were all furious.

At this moment, I heard Su Qinglang applaud a few times, and he smiled: "You guys are so heroic and courageous, I really admire you, but I just have a word, and I would like to ask you all."

He could tolerate these people's insults to him, and he could also tolerate them insisting on rebellion without turning back, but he never thought of it.

At this moment, under such circumstances, these people were so frivolous and playful to use Xie Yu and the others as a shield.

His eyes were cold, and he asked: "Back when we were imprisoned in the sky prison, where we were tortured every day, where were you at that time?"

He stepped forward, step by step, and the soldiers standing in front of him, forced by his momentum, lined up to the two sides one by one involuntarily.

He also heard him say: "Xie Yu and the others were taken to the execution ground and sentenced to beheaded for the crime of treason. Now that they are innocent, where were you at that time?"

During his questioning, the original uproar finally fell silent, and even the generals in Qinzhou lowered their heads in shame.

Su Qinglang staggered, looked around the crowd, and sneered a few times, almost madly: "Yes, they have done a lot for you, you are grateful to him and feel sorry for him, so when he died, you cried twice, thinking that you After doing a lot, you can watch him die with peace of mind."

"Back then... my mentor, Mr. Song, was still able to wash his hair and wash his feet at an octogenarian age. He knelt all the way to the Golden Luan Hall to intercede for us. What did you do at that time?"

"You are robbing houses, you are killing innocent people indiscriminately, as for you..."

He pointed to the militiamen not far away, and continued: "Your wives and children are happy and live a happy life. At that time in March, the plum rain fell all over China. It was a good time for planting. You lived in the fields and in the cottages. Looking at your lives, I have never missed a bowl of rice or a bowl of porridge. Have you ever thought that one day, you will rise up in their name? Have you ever thought that in Chang'an City, they are very I want to hear you say a word for him, even if it doesn't save him at all?"

"He is strong and strong, but he is not as good as a white-haired old man. He is greedy for life and afraid of death, but he pretends to be righteous..."

Su Qinglang sneered mockingly a few times: "I'm just living on mediocrity, and you are no better than me. In this world, except for Mr. Song and the princess, none of you have the right to take my life because of this matter. Since everyone If you didn’t stand up and be a good person now, do you deserve it?”

Seeing that everyone was silent, he clasped his hands again and said: "I will leave my words here today. I, Su Qinglang, am not a good person. I can sacrifice anyone's life in order to live. I don't have time to bargain with you. I will give you courtesy first and then fight. You have to retreat, or you have to retreat if you don’t retreat.

If it's the former, I'll help you solve the flood, and you let me complete the mission, and everyone will be kind, as if nothing happened. "

"If you don't want to, compared with the imperial court, whether your soldiers and horses are hitting stones with eggs, you should think carefully. If you miss this opportunity, when General Cheng's soldiers and horses attack, you will surrender again. Poor and innocent, I'm afraid no one will listen to it anymore."

There was silence in the barracks, and a moment later, a bandit suddenly raised his knife and said sharply, "I'll kill you right now!"

Seeing that he was about to charge, the militiamen were restless, but no one stood up. Su Qinglang stood still and continued to sneer: "If you kill me, you don't want to control the flood and go home. It's easy to kill me alone, if you have the ability, go and kill General Tui Cheng's troops."

Hearing what he said, the restless militiamen became even more restless, and finally someone stood up and said, "General, let him try."

Seeing that someone came forward first, the people below all agreed: "Yes, General, if we can really control the flood, it would be great."

In their momentum, those bandits were actually suppressed. Seeing this, Su Qinglang showed a triumphant smile.

He turned around, looked at the bandit and said, "You keep saying that it's for the common people, but now even they are willing to give it a try, so you probably won't object, right?"

The leader of the bandits endured for a while, and finally said: "Okay, I will give you a month. If the flood cannot be cured, we will still send troops to Qinzhou City."