Damba Wangjie lowered his head, not daring to raise his head to look at the Zanpu and Galqin Tombs.
Gal Qinling was calm and said calmly: "It seems that we have overestimated Li Ke."
"Yes." Qi Zong Nong praised and sighed, nodded helplessly, "I thought that Li Ke, on behalf of the Imperial Supervisory Army, would think about the issue of war and peace from the standpoint of the Tang Empire's public conscience, and would make certain decisions. right."
"Indeed!" Danba Wangjie said angrily, "I never thought that Li Ke was just a puppet and decoration in front of Qin Mubai. Qin Mubai made the decision without consulting him at all. He also said, "The Han Dynasty is not necessarily weak! Anyone who violates the majesty of the Celestial Empire will be punished no matter how far away it is!" - Zan Pu, Marshal, we may not be afraid of him even though he has an army of 400,000. But we have the right time and the right place. Faced with the danger of annihilation, we rise up with the enemy and resist as a whole, so that they can never come back on the plateau!"
"General Dege is right." Gal Qinling's face darkened slightly and he said, "Since Qin Mubai's oil and salt cannot enter... Then Zanpu, please send troops to resist the enemy!"
"It seems that Qin Mubai has done everything right, leaving us with no room for maneuver." Qizong Nongzan narrowed his eyes slightly, with a hint of anger and murderous intent on his face. He raised his hand, waiting for the order to let Gar Qin mausoleum. After sending troops, a loud noise suddenly came from outside the royal city.
The Garqin Mausoleum sent a mission to Danbawang Jiecheng to inspect the city, and reported back that it turned out that tribal leaders, noble leaders, and representatives of civilian families swarmed in front of the royal city to "demonstrate" and threatened to burn the murderer Hou. Junji!
"The quarrel has been going on for nearly ten days." Qizong Nongzan said, "Qinling, it is impossible to make an alliance now, and Hou Junji has also lost his value. How to deal with it, I leave it to you."
"Yes." Garqinling responded and said to Danba Wangjie, "Go out of the city and tell those people that Hou Junji will be executed openly within three days!"
In the evening, Garqin Ling came outside the room where Junji was guarding.
Only the woman's tragic screams and Hou Junji's wild laughter were heard coming from the room.
Gar Qinling opened the door and the sound in the room suddenly stopped.
In the room, Hou Junji and the two women were naked. Looking at this situation, the two girls were severely abused by Hou Junji, and their bodies were covered with scars.
"Get out." Gar Qinling shouted coldly. The two women picked up the scattered clothes on the ground and threw them over their bodies, then hurriedly walked out.
"Go away, go away!" Hou Junji waved his hand and said with a smile, "Just in time, I'm tired of playing with these two women, so I'll bring in two fresh ones. Also, I only have feelings for you Zanpu women. Interested! Stop using slave girls to pretend to be Zanpu’s concubines, or I’ll kill them all!”
"You have no chance." Gal Qinling looked at Hou Junji and said, "Today, I come to see you for the last time."
Hou Junji was startled for a moment, then laughed loudly: "Well, my good brothers have waited long enough, and it's time to accompany them. When will we do it?"
"Any time." Gal Qinling said coldly, "I feel pity that you are a rare military master, and now I will give you one last chance. Either surrender immediately, we will forget the past, and ask Zanpu to make you General Weiru, you can Continue to live a good life with endless fun with women, or you will be burned to death at the Futu Gate of Luoche City!"
Hou Junji lazily pulled on a piece of clothing and put it on his body. He walked up to Galqin Ling, looked directly at his face and said, "Do me a favor first, and I will answer you later."
"explain."
"When you captured me, you should have seized my belongings from my saddle. Among them were a sword, a book, and a jug of wine." Hou Junji said, "Send someone to get it. Give me."
Gal Qinling didn't say anything and called a guard to get something. Not long after the things were fetched, Galqinling threw him in front of Hou Junji.
Hou Junji bent down, picked up the sword first, turned back and sneered at Gar Qinling: "Aren't you afraid that I will draw my sword and kill you?"
"You won't." Gal Qinling said calmly, "If you draw your sword, you are not Hou Junji. Furthermore, even if you draw your sword, you are not my opponent."
Hou Junji raised his eyebrows, nodded and smiled: "Gaer Qinling, you are still a figure. In fact, if we were not natural enemies, I might make you a friend. However, natural enemies are natural enemies, and we cannot become friends. ”
"Is this your answer?" Gal Qinling said in a low voice, a little annoyed.
"That's right!" Hou Junji took a long breath, with a rare relieved and gentle smile on his face. He slowly pulled out the sword and said, "Do you want to know the origin of this sword?"
"Not interested." Gar Qinling looked at Hou Junji, "If you have anything to say, please tell me quickly. My patience is quite limited."
"This is an ancient sword, and its name is 'Long Yuan'. It was renamed Longquan because I avoided the name of the great ancestor of the Tang Dynasty." Hou Junji said, "When I followed the King of Qin in the palace and made military exploits, the King of Qin personally Give this sword to me. It is his sword that he has always loved."
"If you are willing, we can give you a tribe." Gar Qinling said, "Wanhuhou, is it as good as a sword?"
Hou Junji smiled without comment, opened his bag and took out a broken book from his bag.
Gal Qinling laughed and said: "It's just a copy of the Tao Te Ching, half of which was burned. Why is it so valuable that you should carry it with you even if you travel thousands of miles away?"
"You must have heard of the person who gave me this book." Hou Junji slowly picked up the book and touched it gently.
"who?"
"I am the military god of the Tang Dynasty, Lord Wei, Li Yaoshi. He is also my teacher." Hou Junji slowly opened the pages page by page and said, "Can't you think of it? What Li Yaoshi taught me was not a book on war, but "Morality". through"?"
"It's a bit funny." Gar Qinling laughed.
"It's not funny at all." Hou Junji said with his eyebrows slightly lowered in thought, "Back then, His Majesty the Emperor introduced me to Duke Wei to learn the art of war. After half of the study, Duke Wei refused to teach me the art of war anymore. , but asked me to read the "Tao Te Ching". I was very angry and had a huge quarrel with Duke Wei on the spot. I even went to the Emperor to complain. When I got home, I set fire to the "Tao Te Ching". "The Tao Te Ching. It was my wife who snatched this book out of the brazier and kept it secretly until I was deposed and exiled."
Gal Qinling raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Then what special meaning does this book have to you?"
"Actually, Duke Wei wanted to warn me back then that my temperament, Hou Junji, was too fierce and my mind was too ruthless, so he wanted me to cultivate my moral character. Now facts have proven that my ability, Hou Junji, is no worse than anyone else. If you lose, you will lose. In terms of temperament. Now I can understand that the reason why he didn't teach me all the military skills was because he was worried that if I led the troops and rebelled, who would be able to control me?" Hou Junji sighed, Said, "It's a pity that Mr. Hou woke up too late."
"This is what you Han people say, is it good to speak well when a person is about to die?" Gar Qinling said.
"Hey, whatever you think." Hou Junji smiled nonchalantly and picked up the last item in the package, a very ordinary-looking wooden wine bottle.
Pick it up and shake it, a full jug of wine. Hou Junji laughed on the spot, "Garqinling, have you heard of 'Qin Xianjiu'?"
"I've heard something." Gar Qinling said, "I heard that it is the strongest wine in the world and was invented by Qin Mubai."
"Yes, it seems you have some knowledge." Hou Junji opened the lid of the pot and smelled it, then laughed loudly again, "Do you dare to have a few drinks with me?"
"Come here, prepare a banquet."
"Haha, Gar Qin Ling, you do have some heroic spirit." Hou Junji said with a smile, "Aren't you afraid that this is a pot of poisonous wine that I, Hou Junji, used to kill myself?"
"Suicide? This is not something you, Hou Junji, can do. Otherwise, why wait until today?" Gar Qinling said lightly, "Once, I had a drink with Qin Mubai in front of the two armies. That time, there was nothing. Not happy. Today, I want to have a drink with my mortal enemy again. As the saying goes, a thousand cups of wine are too short for a close friend, but I, Gar Qinling, prefer to drink with my enemies. There is something in this that ordinary people cannot understand. The taste of the situation.”
"You do have a bit of a heroic spirit, but you were born in the wrong place." Hou Junji said with a smile, "If you were born in the Tang Dynasty, Qin Mubai would definitely be far behind you. It's a pity that the sky is playing tricks on you. First, I gave you amazing abilities, and then I made you live in a country that was doomed to fail and perish.”
"Who wins and who loses is not determined by your words, Hou Junji." Gal Qinling said calmly, "I will accompany you to have the last meal and drink the last bottle of wine. Hou Junji, you A lifetime is worth it.”
"Indeed." Hou Junji did not deny it, shook the wine pot and said, "At the beheading banquet, the world's most powerful man accompanied the banquet, and he drank the world's best wine! Haha, Mr. Hou, this life is really worth it. !”
"Is this wine given to you by Qin Mubai?"
"That's right." Hou Junji nodded and said, "After Qin Mubai became an official, he no longer brewed wine himself. All the Qinxian wines in the world came from Wu's winery. But this pot of wine is different. It was brewed and preserved by Qin Mubai himself in his early years, and was specially reserved for his father to drink. When Qin Shubao passed away, there were only three pots left. He used one pot to sacrifice his late father, and drank another pot alone with me. Give me the last pot."
"Then you were bribed by him like this?" Gar Qinling sneered.
"Garqin Ling, even though you are rich in knowledge and knowledge, there are some things that you, a foreigner, may never understand." Hou Junji said, "Everyone in the world loves the icing on the cake, but how many people will provide help in the snow?... In my Hou Junji It seems that the sword, the broken book, and the strong wine came from the hands of three people. These three people have determined or changed my life, Hou Junji. To this day, Hou has no complaints about everything he has done. No regrets; the only regret is that I cannot say thank you to these three people before I die!"
Gal Qinling raised his eyebrows and fell into silence.
"So I want to ask you to do me a favor." Hou Junji said seriously, "Please send someone to send the Longquan Sword, the Tao Te Ching and this wine flask to Qin Mubai after my death, and Ask him to take the book and sword and return them to His Majesty the Emperor and Duke Wei."
Gal Qinling frowned slightly but remained silent. After a moment, he said, "Is this your only wish before you die?"
"Yes." Hou Junji looked directly at the Garqin Mausoleum and said, "Garqin Mausoleum, I, Hou Junji, have never begged for help in my life. This time... I am begging you!"
Gal Qinling nodded slowly, "I promise you!"
When the banquet was served, Hou Junji and Gar Qinling raised their glasses and drank heavily, becoming drunk together.
In the early morning two days later, a large pile of firewood was piled up in the Buddha Gate Square of King Luoche City, with a pillar for binding people erected in the middle. Over ten thousand people gathered in the square early in the morning, and the crowd was buzzing.
Hou Junji was transported in a prison car and put on a pyre. When the sergeants on the left and right wanted to tie him up, Hou Junji pushed him away and said, "Don't bother! Mr. Hou will sit here in the pyre and let you burn him! If he struggles even for a while, he is a son of a bitch!"
Gal Qinling, who came on horseback, waved his hand and motioned for the sergeant to retreat.
"Hou Junji, at the last moment, please think about it again." Gal Qinling frowned, "In public and private matters, we are sworn enemies. But, I really don't want you to die. Because there has never been any You can have such a good time drinking with me!"
"It turns out that Gar Qinling would also say such things." Hou Junji smiled.
Gal Qinling also laughed, "Even a demon king like Hou Junji can have moments where his humanity is revealed, why can't I tell a few truths?"
"Perhaps, you are the fourth person I should thank." Hou Junji smiled and said, "But don't waste time, burn it quickly! My brothers can't wait!"
Gar Qinling sighed, adjusted his horse and prepared to leave. Suddenly he stopped again, took out a large jug of wine from the saddle and threw it to Hou Junji, "I almost forgot - it's for you!"
"Thank you!!!" Hou Junji shouted, pulled out the stopper and took a swig.
The milky white milk wine spread and wet his chest.
"ignition!"
…
The fire was raging and the smoke was billowing.
A group of lamas sitting around in cassocks closed their eyes and chanted sutras. A ferocious-looking wizard performed a witch dance, and the Tubo people watching cheered loudly.
Hou Junji sat in the fire, his eyes wide open and staring at the distant east. He raised his head to the sky and roared hysterically: "Heaven! If there is an afterlife, let Hou Junji - be born in Datang!”
Gal Qinling stood on his horse far away, closed his eyes, shook his head and sighed, "Why don't I have such a general beside me?... Qin Mubai, your life is really good!"