In the twelfth year of Kuangyuan, October tenth.

The two young heroes who have attracted much attention in the court, the pillars of the Fu Dynasty, the general of the town army Xi'an and the general of Jianwei Yuehui, rebelled on the princess's wedding day, which was supposed to be celebrated by the whole country.

In an instant, the whole capital city was shocked by this, and no one could believe it for a long time, until they saw Xi An and Yue Hui riding side by side on horseback, with heavily armed soldiers walking through the streets and alleys behind them, then they completely believed it.

On that day, Yuehui and Xi'an split into two groups. Yuehui led troops to block the gate of the capital, while Xi'an attacked the gate of the palace.

The gate of the palace was closed tightly, and the imperial army guarded on the city wall. For a while, the cannon fire was so intense that it couldn't be handed over.

And Xi An Bukui was the one who led troops to attack the Chiyan tribe when he was young.

As far as anyone can see, that day Xi An was standing under the palace gate with a longbow in his hand. Even though the cannon fire was pouring into the sky above the city wall, he would not retreat half a step.If someone on the city wall dared to stand up and throw gunpowder, he could shoot an arrow between the eyebrows of this person by raising his hand.

Within half a day, Xi'an's silver armor was covered with flesh and blood blown away by the soldiers. Even though he was at a disadvantage, the imperial guards on the city wall were afraid of him and did not dare to probe.

On the night of the 11th, the reinforcements from the West Camp rushed to the gate of the city first.

The two sides fought for several rounds, and there was a truce with Xushi.

After dinner, Xi An was sitting in the tent of the military camp, discussing with Yue Hui and others about the deployment of the battle force for tomorrow.

Suddenly a soldier came to report that a traitor had been caught outside the barracks.

As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes were on Xi An.

Everyone knows that what Xi An hates the most is the traitors in the army. Among the four camps before, the military law used by the South Camp to deal with traitors was the cruelest among all the camps.

As a result, everyone in Nanying was afraid of the cruelty of Xi'an's methods, but the military discipline was strict and no one dared to rebel.

Xi An paused when he was about to write on the military defense map, then changed his hand and put the brush on the inkstone, propped the table with both hands, and said slowly: "Please come in."

Not long after, several soldiers dragged a person in.

The man was wearing a military uniform of the Eastern Daying Camp, his face was covered with blood from the beating, and he was extremely weak. As soon as he came in, he lost his strength and knelt on the ground, with trembling hands propped by his side, with his head hanging down, not even daring to look at Xi.An eye.

A lieutenant next to him recounted what had happened.

"General, we found out that this person was before dinner today. He lied that his mother was critically ill and that he had a certificate from General Yue in his hand.General's handwriting, and found a secret letter from him."

After speaking, the deputy general presented the secret letter in front of Xi An.

Xi An turned around and sat on the tiger-skin chair behind him, took the letter, lowered his eyes and looked at it twice.

It just wrote some military defenses of the Southeast Battalion.

Xi An didn't even finish reading the letter. He held the letter in his hand, looked at the man kneeling on the ground and said, "Look up and let me have a look."

The traitor was already trembling with fright, not daring to raise his head.

Xi An clicked his tongue impatiently.

Seeing this, the soldiers beside him hurried forward, two of them pinched the traitor's arms, and one of them forcibly lifted his chin.

The man raised his head to meet Xi An's eyes, and was even more frightened. He broke free from the crowd, crawled to the desk, and begged Xi An repeatedly for mercy.

"General! General! I was forced, I was really forced!"

"The lieutenant-general of Xiying is my cousin. My sick and weak mother is really in his hands. He threatened me...he threatened that if I didn't send him a letter, he would bury my old mother alive. …”

"General Xi, I really can't help it! I really have no other way to do this kind of thing, please spare my life, General! Please spare my life, General!"

The sound of the man crying and begging for mercy lingered in the camp, causing everyone around to frown, and Xi An was even more impatient.

He rubbed his ears, threw the secret letter between his fingertips and threw it in front of Yue Hui, and said, "What about your soldiers?"

Yue Hui lowered his eyes, glanced at the letter, and then he pulled out the saber by his side expressionlessly, and walked around the case a few steps forward.

The man was so frightened that he stepped back step by step, yelling and begging for mercy.

The surrounding soldiers immediately pressed his shoulders.

Just as Yue Hui raised his sword to cut off his head, Xi An suddenly said slowly: "A traitor is just killed with a single blow?"

"..."

"It's not fun at all, General Yue."

Yue Hui immediately understood what Xi An meant, he put away his sword, stepped back and stood aside.

Xi An patted the dust on the hem of his clothes, stood up from the tiger leather seat, and walked slowly to the traitor, tilting his head and looking down at him.

The man knelt on the ground, saw Xi An's face was peaceful, and he didn't wear a sword, he thought General Xi wanted to spare his life.

He hastened to kowtow to Xi An even harder and begged for mercy: "General Xi, I really know I was wrong. In the future, you can ask me to be your cow or horse. I beg you to spare my life......"

Suddenly, the man's begging for mercy stopped abruptly and turned into a cry of pain.

Xi An picked up his hair with one hand, and dragged him to the outside of the tent.

Xi An used a lot of strength, the man lay on the ground, feeling that his scalp was about to be ripped off, he pressed his hands on the scalp, kept struggling and screaming, but the strength in Xi An's hands was not half as loose.

Just like that, like a fish jumping on the chopping board, Xi An dragged him all the way out of the tent and walked to the training ground in front of the tent.

Many soldiers were training on the training ground. When they saw General Xi coming, they all stopped their movements, bowed to Xi An, and looked curiously at the man dragging behind him.

There is a bonfire burning in the training ground, and the light is very bright.

Xi An dragged the traitor to the middle of the field before stopping. Before everyone could react, he squatted down and pressed the man's head hard into the mud in front of thousands of soldiers.

The soil on the mud floor was sticky, and the soldiers in the training ground were not particular about it. During the training, they took off their pants and went to the toilet anywhere. The ground was stained with some kind of water, and it exuded a foul smell.

Xi An's hands were pressed tightly, the man couldn't breathe, his head was buried in the mud and he struggled crazily, his hands scratched the ground, fingernails were scratched off, and there were bloodstains on the ground, it was very scary to watch.

Xi An, on the other hand, had a gloomy face and did not let go.

The people around were dumbfounded, even the soldiers who had fought for a long time had never seen such a cruel way of torture.

It wasn't until the man's hand was so weak that it was almost motionless that Xi An let go of the strength in his hand and pulled his head out of the mud.

The man's nose suddenly breathed in the fresh air, he climbed up on all fours like crazy, broke free from Xi'an's hand, and ran forward frantically in the crowd.

His eyes, nose and mouth were filled with mud, and he was running around like a madman.

Xi An didn't chase after him, just smiled and watched him run in a panic.

Xi An thought it was interesting.

What's the fun in killing with a knife?Death is not terrible at all, the most terrible thing is the terror of death.

It's like catching a mouse, grab him first, let him run, give him a little hope, and grab him again, making him suffer every minute and every second, not knowing when the sharp claws behind him will stabinto his heart, a little torture...

That's how it gets interesting.

The mud got into the man's mouth, and he opened his mouth and made a whining sound, waving his hands and scurrying around like a fool.

The soldiers around were also happy to watch the excitement, laughing, you kicked, I pushed, the traitor's eyes were covered with mud, he cried, and was kicked around like a ball, hesitating in his throat: "Forgive me...forgive me..."

Xi An squatted on the ground with one knee, laughed, stood up and approached quickly, and kicked the man on the waist.

"ah-"

Accompanied by screams, the man was violently crushed

Xi An kicked to the ground, and the mud splashed all around, Xi An's face remained unchanged, but he stepped on the man's head even harder, and stomped his head into the mud.

The soldiers were delighted to see it, and found it exciting, bursts of exclamations and cheers resounded from the crowd.

After going back and forth like this for a few rounds, the man Xi An tortured wet his pants, half of his pants fell on his buttocks, his voice was so hoarse that he could no longer utter a single howl, his face was rubbed bloody and bloody on the ground, and he couldn't tell the difference.Qing people.

Xi An was still playing, when suddenly a soldier came to look for him, walked beside him respectfully and said: "General Xi, there is something to report at the frontline post."

Xi An kicked the man a few more times, and suddenly felt that it was boring, so he raised his foot high, only to hear a crackling sound, the man's head was crushed into half by Xi An.

Brain mixed with blood splattered on the soil, emitting a pungent and sticky smell of blood. The man's hands and feet were still thumping on the ground, and gradually softened to the ground.

Xi An was not in a hurry to hear any information, he stepped on the ground and rubbed the blood from his boots, lowered his head, and said to the soldiers in a low voice: "If you are loyal to me, I will definitely not treat you badly.", but if you betray me, this is the end."

"Yes!" The field echoed in unison.

Xi An took the handkerchief from the person behind him, wiped the dirt and blood on his hands, and then asked, "What happened?"

The soldiers who came to report came closer, lowered their voices and said to Xi An: "General, the soldiers in front have caught someone secretly sending a message outside the city."

Xi An stopped wiping his hands, and said with a sneer, "Here comes another one. Where is the messenger?"

The soldiers behind him were silent for a moment and said: "It was the carrier pigeon of Fangsan Pavilion in Jingmen that sent the letter.Fang San Pavilion seized it, according to Fang San Pavilion, they also took people's money and were entrusted by others...they don't know who the specific trustee is...."

"Is it innocent to be entrusted?" Xi An asked back.

The soldiers immediately lowered their heads and said, "It's the general. I'm going to put them in prison, torture them, and force them to find out who is behind the scenes!"

Xi An didn't say anything, just raised his hand to the soldier.

The soldiers understood and put a carrier pigeon in Xi'an's palm.

Xi An took the carrier pigeon and put it under his eyes.

A piece of white cloth was tied around one palm of the carrier pigeon, Xi An untied the white cloth and looked at it.

The writing on the white cloth is blood red.

The more Xi An looked, the more gloomy his face became, and finally he held the white cloth tightly, wishing he could crush the cloth.

The person next to him carefully looked at Xi An's face, thinking that Xi An was annoyed and failed to catch the messenger, so he quickly assured him: "General, let's go and check the person who wrote this letter, and we will definitely be able to...... will definitely find out the truth!"

But Xi An didn't say a word, he said in a gloomy voice for a while, "There's no need to investigate."

The soldiers behind couldn't believe it, and said ah: "What's the matter, General?"

Xi An was suddenly annoyed, he grabbed the soldier by the collar, dragged him to the front, and said angrily, "I said no need to check, don't you understand?!"

Frightened by Xi An's sudden fury, the soldiers trembled, lowered their heads and said yes repeatedly.

Xi An let go of his hand, closed his eyes heavily, and asked in a hoarse voice for a while, "According to the route, where is Beiying now?"

"Go back... Go back to the general, tens of thousands of soldiers from the Northern Camp are now resting outside Lingshan, and have not entered Lingshan for a long time..."

Xi An's eyes sank and he said, "They're suspicious."

Xi An held the white cloth tightly with his hands, and after a while he said in a deep voice: "Send this letter..."

The soldier was startled and didn't understand what Xi An meant.

But Xi An threw the white cloth and the carrier pigeon into his hands and said: "Send this letter out immediately without any changes, and then order the five thousand soldiers currently in Lingshan to leave their original places and lie in ambush at Chuling Mountain."every other way!"

The soldier suddenly realized, holding the white cloth in his hand, nodded vigorously and said: "

yes!General!"

That night, Lin Qingbai sat in front of the desk, listening to the screaming and fighting of the common people outside the window.

In this battle, Xi'an took advantage of the right time, place and people.

Now the only hope lies in whether Lin Qingbai's letter has been passed on.

When it was dawn, Xi An came back...

He still pushed open the door unceremoniously. As soon as he entered the door, his body smelled of blood, and the armor was dripping with blood, as if he had just returned from fighting on the battlefield.

He walked up to Lin Qingbai by the dim candlelight, and the blood dripped all the way.

Lin Qingbai didn't look at him as usual.

This time Xi An didn't care anymore, he raised his hand and threw a piece of white cloth on the table, and asked coldly, "Why did you do this?"

Lin Qingbai looked down at the white cloth, and his chest heaved more and more.

The words on the white cloth were written by him with blood.

He jumped from the tower, and in the end he couldn't even deliver a letter...

Lin Qingbai's heart was ashamed, and he closed his eyes unwilling to see her again.

Xi An narrowed his eyes and asked him word by word: "So, did you choose the emperor? Even though he doubted you and never treated you sincerely, you still chose your elder brother, right?!"

"right."

Lin Qingbai opened his eyes, and simply ignored everything.

His eyes were red, he looked up at Xi'an, and said clearly: "You are full of hatred now, I can't just sit and watch the great country, countless lives are ruined in your hands!"

Xi'an didn't listen to these, he overturned the case table between the two of them.

Xi An leaned over, grabbed Lin Qingbai's wrist, dragged Lin Qingbai to him, glared at him with blood red eyes and said, "Master, do you know that if your letter is not intercepted, I will send it to you?"Your plan will be exposed. When you set off the smoke that day, reinforcements from outside the city have already rushed towards the capital. When things have come to this point, there is a bloody hatred between me and the royal family. If I don’t kill the emperor, he will kill him backhand.Killed me! Do you know!!!"

Lin Qingbai said, "I know."

"So you're between your royal family and me...choosing me to die right?"

"..."

"Answer me! Really?!"

Lin Qingbai raised his head and looked at Xi An, he bit his lower lip tightly, but there was unprecedented indifference and hatred in his eyes.

Xi An knew the answer from Lin Qingbai's gaze, he laughed and said, "Master taught me another lesson now..."

"..."

"It's a pity that Master's calculations are still wrong...Master, do you know that I have already sent your letter to General An Yuan, and General An Yuan has also read it."

When Xi An said this, he stood up, sneered, and threw a blood-stained soldier talisman in his arms on the ground.

Xi An looked down at Lin Qingbai, but the smile on his face became more and more cruel: "Master did not disappoint me...General An Yuan really listened to Master's words., Immediately sent troops to divide into three groups and walked the mountain road beyond Lingshan."

Lin Qingbai suddenly realized something, his face was pale, and he stared at the soldier talisman on the ground.

The dimness in the room made it difficult for him to see what the soldier talisman on the ground looked like, and whether there was a word "North" on it.

Lin Qingbai stood up and wanted to step forward to look more carefully, and more carefully...

So he walked forward quickly, but when he was still a step away, the handcuffs around his wrists yanked him back.

The force was so strong that Lin Qingbai staggered back a couple of times, and barely stabilized his body with his hands on the bedpost.

His wrist was in pain from being pulled, and red marks were drawn on his fair skin.

But he couldn't feel any of this anymore, he stood there, his head was dizzy, his hands and feet were trembling with cold, he didn't know what to do.

In the darkness, Xi An bent down to pick up the soldier talisman, his face was reflected in the candlelight, he approached Lin Qingbai step by step, and asked in a low voice: "Master, what do you think?"

How many soldiers did General Anyuan take with him when he set off?"

Lin Qingbai was forced by him to retreat step by step, his legs softened and he fell to sit on the bed, he looked up at Xi An tremblingly with his head up, his throat was so constricted that he couldn't even utter a word.

Xi An bent down, put his hands on Lin Qingbai's legs, and put his face on the position a finger away from the tip of Lin Qingbai's nose.

His dark and lonely eyes looked at Lin Qingbai motionlessly, carefully observed Lin Qingbai's reaction, and continued in a leisurely voice: "He has brought 90% of the troops in the northern camp, and the entire northern camp is almostOut in force—"

"..."

Xi An looked at Lin Qingbai's red eyes, tears in his eyes, and trembling red lips, and the pleasure of revenge and sadism suddenly ignited in his heart.

He moved closer, put his mouth next to Lin Qingbai's ear, and said softly with a smile: "Master, do you know...... In fact, General Anyuan has already led his troops to Lingshan at Xushi today.However, I haven't entered Lingshan for a long time... I was worrying about how to catch them all, but Master's letter really helped me..."

Xi An's voice was soft and pleasant. If he had spoken like this in Lin Qingbai's ear before, Lin Qingbai's ears would have turned red and his heart would have fluctuated, but now Lin Qingbai felt that it was a wolf, a tiger, and a leopard whispering in his ear.

Lin Qingbai already understood what Xi An had done, his hands were propped behind his back, his fingertips were grasping the sheet, and he squeezed so hard that his fingers were almost embedded in his palms.

He tried his best to suppress the sweet smell rising from his chest, and asked hoarsely, "...how do you plan to deal with the soldiers of the Northern Camp?"

Xi An gave a low laugh and said, "Naturally—to destroy them all."

Lin Qingbai clenched his teeth, raised his hand in an instant, and placed a sharp dagger on Xi An's neck. The blade cut into Xi An's flesh, leaving a bloodstain.

At this moment, all hope and luck of Lin Qingbai were gone.

He thought that he might as well die together with Xi An.

As long as he is killed, the world will be harmonious and the war will stop.

It is the most cost-effective to die one Xi'an in exchange for the lives of tens of millions of people.

But when Xi An turned his head, Lin Qingbai looked into his eyes, his arms were trembling, and he couldn't move his hands no matter what.

Xi An's eyes were filled with daze, bewilderment, and shock.

Lin Qingbai has lived two lifetimes, even though he has been advocating justice all the time.

But his hands were not clean.

He used to kill anyone who threatened justice in his heart without mercy.

Even the Demon Emperor back then was only fifteen years old.

But now he was facing Xi'an, he couldn't do anything.

His hands were shaking.

He looked at the blood on Xi'an's neck, and the knife couldn't even use a little more force.

Xi An's eyes moved slowly, he looked at Lin Qingbai's eyes little by little from the dagger in Lin Qingbai's hand, his eyes were full of disbelief.

No matter how far the two of them fought before, even if he knew that Lin Qingbai hated him and wanted him to die, his master had never taken out a knife in a real way, and would cut him in the next second.The throat is more real, more heartache......

He took a few breaths and asked, "Master, you want to kill me? Master, why..."

With red eyes like a child who has lost his favor, he asked unwillingly and in pain: "They killed my whole family! They killed my whole family first!!! I was just taking revenge, why did you kill me?"?!!!"

Lin Qingbai felt like his heart was about to be torn apart.

He was in so much pain that he couldn't stop breathing, but he still clenched his teeth as if he was digging his heart, and said every word with tears of blood: "...Your family feud, your great cause will come to an end."I can't tolerate you laying the foundation with many bones."

I can't tolerate you...

I can't stand you...

I can't tolerate you.......

Xi An's expression paused, Lin Qingbai's words lingered in his mind for a long time, and suddenly the words that hadn't appeared in his mind for a long, long time

The voice in my head, that voice that seemed to come out of the abyss of hell, that symbolic voice of killing, cruelty and bloodthirsty came out again.

——Yan Qiusi, he wants to kill you...

——At the beginning, you promised me that one day you would cut him into pieces, why don't you do it now?

——You are so nice to him, but what about him?!

——He would rather save those irrelevant people than kill you with his own hands. Why are you still hesitating?!

—Kill him, quick!kill him!!!

Xi An's eyes suddenly burst with blood, his headache was about to split, and the veins on his arms bulged.

Driven by that voice, he couldn't help but want to pinch his hands on Lin Qingbai's tender and alluring neck, and couldn't help but want to see the bright and bright colors of the blood gushing out.

He raised his hand slowly...

A little closer to Lin Qingbai's neck...

Finally, when he closed his eyes, he grasped the blade in Lin Qingbai's hand.

Blood flowed down his palm in big streams, and he hugged Lin Qingbai into his arms.

He hugged Lin Qingbai very tightly, desperately trying to embed Lin Qingbai into his bone marrow, hugging Lin Qingbai so tightly that he couldn't move, and neither could he.

The blood in his hands stained his sleeves and Lin Qingbai's white clothes red.

Xi An is like a tiger about to go into a rage, and like a volcano about to erupt. He is afraid that if he can't restrain himself, he will do something that will hurt Lin Qingbai, so he holds his hand even harder.The blade, the blade cut into his flesh and blood, and cut into his bones. The wound was so deep that it seemed to split his entire arm.

After a long time, the poisonous voice in his head gradually dissipated. Xi An was sweating profusely, and his tense arms relaxed for a long time.

The blood-stained knife slipped from his hand and fell on Lin Qingbai's bed, leaving behind dazzling bloodstains.

Xi An was still hugging Lin Qingbai, with his chin resting on Lin Qingbai's shoulder, he laughed a few times in a hoarse voice next to Lin Qingbai's ear, and said: "Everyone in the world wants me to die, and I will die.I thought Master was the only one who wasn't... It turned out that even Master was no exception."

Lin Qingbai couldn't see Xi'an's face, couldn't see Xi'an's expression clearly at this time, wondered if it was his hallucination, but he could hear helplessness in Xi'an's voice.

There is no way out, the helplessness of life cannot be changed.

Lin Qingbai looked at the blood red eyes, he didn't know whether Xi An's hands were hurting or his heart was hurting now, but he was in so much pain that he almost couldn't live anymore.

He was in so much pain that he didn't know what to do.

"Xi An, the person you should kill the most is me..."

Lin Qingbai suddenly opened his mouth heavily.

He got the sharp knife from behind, handed the knife to Xi'an's hand, held Xi'an's hands firmly, pressed the bloody hands to his heart, and said to him: "You want toTo avenge the destruction of the family back then, I am the son of the Supreme Emperor, the direct line of the royal family, Xi An, you kill me..."

"You kill me, let them go..."

"Stop hating."

When Xi An heard Lin Qingbai's words, his expression froze suddenly. Like throwing off a hot potato, he slammed the knife in his hand, grabbed Lin Qingbai's neck with his backhand, and pulled Lin Qingbai away.Qing Bai was pushed down on the bed, nailed to him so tightly that he couldn't move.

Xi An pressed on Lin Qingbai's body, glaring at him angrily.

Xi An was like a hedgehog that had been poked into a sore spot, and suddenly smiled angrily and said, "...I'm using your life for them to live, why?!"

"Bai Xu, why are you so fearless?!"

"who do you think You Are?!"

"How valuable do you think your life is?!"

"You are just my prisoner now, and your life is nothing but a thing in my palm. It is dead or alive, what is the difference?!"

"If I don't allow you to die, you don't even have the right to die!"

"If you die, I will take revenge on your father, your elder brother, and everyone in the entire Fu Dynasty! You will remember it for me!!!"

After finishing speaking, Xi An flicked his sleeves, not wanting to take another look at Lin Qingbai, and strode out of the palace room.

The door of the palace was slammed shut with a bang, and the wooden door was about to be smashed by Xi An.

Lin Qingbai just lay on his back on the bed, motionless.

He stared at the ceiling for a long, long time, his hands and feet were soft and his heart was numb.

He suddenly felt no pain, just wanted to laugh.

Lin Qingbai's eyes were bent, and he laughed out loud. Tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, and his mouth was full of blood.

He raised his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth, the blood on his sleeve.