Duan Jianwei said: "I see, but in order to save our Nanzhao country, so many Han and Tubo people died, Jianwei really can't bear it..."
Pi Luo Ge frowned and said: "Mr. Duan, those who do big things cannot be restricted by small details. I use Mengshe to command small states and unify the six imperial edicts. If I don't rely on power and strategy, how can I rely on benevolence, righteousness and morality?"
Duan Jianwei said: "Master's unification of the six imperial edicts is indeed a great thing for all ethnic groups in the southwest. I think back then, the six imperial edicts were constantly attacking each other and could not resist their humiliation. The benefits of well salt were occupied by the two kingdoms of Tang and Bo, so that the common people Weak and miserable. Since the unification of Nanzhao, not only have the salt fields been recaptured, but they have also been canonized by the Tang Emperor. With the help of the Tang army to resist the Tibetan invasion, the people of Yunnan can live and work in peace and contentment."
Piluo Ge twisted his beard and said: "Mr. Duan, it's good for you to understand. Nanzhao lived in a remote corner of the southwest. For twenty years, it swung between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo in order to survive. Only when Tang and Tibet fought fiercely and both sides suffered, could Nanzhao enjoy long-term peace. .”
Duan Jianwei said: "Master taught me this."
Jiang Shuo had already prepared two rabbits, skewered them with tree branches, and roasted them on the fire. He thought to himself: It seems that Jian Wei was not convinced by Pi Luo Ge's statement.
However, Pi Luoge seemed not to notice the perfunctory tone in Duan Jianwei's tone, and continued: "Do you think I joined the Hidden Alliance just to survive the country? Hey... Pei Min, this idiot, really believes in the art of checks and balances in the world. ... If a country wants to last for a long time, it is only because we are strong and the enemy is weak. When Tang and Tibet are both defeated, we first take the city of Tubo and Yufu, and then take the two counties of Yuejun and Nanxi in the Tang Dynasty, using the heavy mountains as pass. Then it will be ten thousand years. country."
Jiang Shuo flipped two rabbits and roasted them in his hand, but he cursed in his heart: Mr. Piluo Ge, it turned out that he was secretly harboring evil intentions and wanted to use the power of the Hidden Alliance to open up territory for himself. Pei Min still wanted to end the war with war. , it's good for you, you still want to conquer the city... But how can the Jiedushi of Jiannan of the Tang Dynasty make you do what you want?
Duan Jianwei frowned slightly and said: "If master has such ambition, why did he fake his death last year and hide his name, so that Ge Luofeng became the king of Nanzhao?"
Jiang Shuo was shocked. It turned out that the current King of Nanzhao was Ge Luofeng, the son of Pi Luo Ge. He was still wondering before. Although Duan Jianwei was a disciple of Pi Luo Ge, he was also a minister of Nanzhao. Why? The two of them did not treat each other as king and minister, but as master and disciple. Only now did they understand the reason.
Pi Luoge said: "Pei Min has doubts about me. Only if I don't become the leader of the country and pretend to only focus on doing things for the Yin Alliance can I avoid his doubts. Anyway, in the war between Tang and Bo, our interests are consistent with the Yin Alliance." , but my son Ge Luofeng can wait for the opportunity to complete Nanzhao's great cause of development."
Duan Jianwei asked: "Now that the Tang army has been unable to attack Shibao City for a long time, are we going to secretly help the Tang army?"
Piluo Ge shook his head and said: "It would be better if Shibao City cannot be defeated. As long as Shibao City still exists, Tubo will continue to reinforce it, and the elite soldiers from Hexi and Longyou of the Tang Dynasty will also be dragged here. This is most beneficial to Nanzhao. , our goal for this trip is Yinglong City."
Jiang Shuo wondered in his heart: Where is this Yinglong City? But never heard of it.
Duan Jianwei Ruo realized something: "Yinglong City was built on Longju Island in the West Sea. Tubo had no navy, so Ge Shuhan stationed grain in Yinglong City. If the grain and grass in Yinglong City were burned to the ground, the Tang army would be destroyed after the autumn." Must retreat."
Pi Luoge said with a smile: "If we can't wait until autumn, the food and grass in Yinglong City will be destroyed. The Tang army will either capture Shibao City within a month, or they will have to retreat and fight again next year. The casualties in the sudden attack will be tragic. Should we retreat?" , the consumption of both parties will only increase by another year."
At this time, the two hares were roasting on the fire and were sizzling, giving off a burst of fragrance.
Pi Luoge said with a smile: "This crazy monk does have some skills in roasting game."
As he spoke, he snatched it with his hands and handed one to Duan Jianwei. He picked up the other one, took a bite, and praised: "It's fragrant and crispy. It's really delicious. Duan Lang, you can try it too."
There were only two hares in total, and Piluo Pavilion did not leave any for Jiang Shuo. Duan Jianwei felt quite sorry. He broke off the rabbit meat with both hands and tore the rabbit meat into two pieces. He handed one piece to Jiang Shuo and said, "Thank you for your hard work, master." , the two of us shared it and ate it."
Jiang Shuo thought to himself: This period of frugal Wei has a good conscience, but he said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, I brought my own dry food, senior."
Piluo Ge said, "Mr. Duan, you are still young. Eat more. Mad Monk, I will share half of it with you."
After saying this, he tore the hare in his hand into two hare pieces, but instead of passing them with his hands, he threw one hare directly to Jiang Shuo. Jiang Shuo smiled and reached out to catch it, but suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen. He yelled and fell backwards. He covered his lower abdomen with both hands, but he touched a round hard object. It turned out that Pi Luoge had just taken advantage of his hands to take the rabbit meat and suddenly shot out his air sword, not wanting to hit Jiang Shuo's chest. On top of the eight-inch bronze mirror.
Fortunately, it was stabbed on the bronze mirror, otherwise Piluoge's qi sword was not as sharp as a real sword. With this sneak attack, Jiang Shuo would really have been dead. Even if the bronze mirror blocked it, if not for Jiang Shuo's current situation, His internal strength has reached its peak. After being attacked, the internal strength in his body generates itself. This poke to the soft ribs on his side would definitely result in serious injury.
Jiang Shuo didn't know when he showed his weakness, so he simply used the trick and pretended to be stabbed by the air sword and was ejected. He fell down and lay on his side in the shadows, covering his side. Neither Pi Luoge nor Duan Jianwei could see him clearly. There was actually no blood.
Bai Yuan was stunned by this sudden turn of events, jumped to Jiang Shuo's side, and screamed. However, Bai Yuan immediately discovered that Jiang Shuo was actually not injured, and felt strange. He pushed his body with his hands to wake him up, but Jiang Shuo held his breath and pretended to be dead, motionless. In the eyes of Pi Luoge and Duan Jianwei, Bai Yuan pushed His actions became clear evidence that he was stabbed to death with one blow.
Duan Jianwei was shocked and said: "Master, what are you doing?"
Pi Luoge said: "This crazy monk is a Han Chinese. If he is not completely crazy, it will be very bad if our words spread, so we should get rid of him to avoid future troubles."
Duan Jianwei said sadly: "Master was afraid that he would leak the secret, so he kept him away. Just don't speak in front of him. Why risk his life?"
Pi Luoge said: "He has seen our faces. This place is very close to the Tang army's camp. How did you know that this man is really an ascetic and not a scout of the Tang army?"
Duan Jianwei said: "But...but he first occupied Tucheng to take shelter from the wind. How can we kill someone on suspicion..."
Pi Luoge said angrily: "Mr. Duan, are you speaking appropriately to your teacher and master?"
Duan Jianwei hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "I don't dare, but..."
Pi Luoge scolded: "That's enough! The wind outside has stopped. Let's leave here and go to Yinglong City..."
Duan Jianwei said: "Let me bury him first."
Piluoge said impatiently: "Tubo people are buried in the sky after death, but why do you bother to bury them?"
Duan Jianwei said: "But he is not a Tubo, but a Han. The Han people believe in being buried in the ground, and even monks should be cremated. How can they abandon their corpses in the wilderness and let wild beasts and eagles gnaw at them?"
Pi Luoge became furious after hearing this, and was about to explode when he suddenly heard a woman singing: "The lambs are not getting rid of the crops, so they ask for morning grazing. Childish children are afraid to go out and come into contact with tiger grazing..."
Pi Luoge was startled and shouted: "Who is it?"
But I saw a group of sheep pouring into the west gate, followed by a girl in a sheepskin coat. She drove the sheep while continuing to sing: "The plains are scattered, and the paths are narrow. The grass is white after the frost, and the mountains and rivers are green in the cold sand..." "
Duan Jianwei asked: "Where did the shepherdess come from?"
The shepherd girl was about eighteen or nineteen years old. Although she was wearing the leather jacket of an ordinary Tibetan shepherd, and her face was red from the sun, her appearance was very beautiful upon closer inspection, and her fluffy clothes could not hide her graceful figure. posture.
Pi Luo Ge sneered: "What shepherd girl? She sang a shepherd song from the Tang Dynasty. This is the land of Tubo. How can there be a Han woman shepherding sheep here?"
The girl ignored the two of them and continued to approach. Suddenly she saw Jiang Shuo lying on the ground and hurriedly shouted: "Ah... murder!"
Pi Luo Ge jumped over and grabbed her hand and said, "Young lady is pretending to be a ghost, I'll kill you too!"
Unexpectedly, before Pi Luoge's hand touched the girl's sleeve, the girl had already turned around and ran away, shouting: "Killing! Killing!"
Pi Luoge shouted: "Don't run!"
The girl was not willing to listen to him and ran straight out of the city gate. Now even Duan Jianwei could see that something was wrong. This girl's feet were flying, and she obviously had good light skills. Piroge grabbed two in a row, and actually She easily dodged them all.
Seeing that the girl had rushed out of the city gate, Piluo Pavilion hurriedly chased after her. Only then did she enter the shadow of the city gate. Suddenly, she heard a soft "chi" sound and saw a cold light coming from the dark wilderness outside the city gate. It aimed directly at his face. Piluo Ge quickly shook his head to the side, barely avoiding the arrow.
Fuqi City was originally a small fortress with a very narrow gate. As soon as Piluo Pavilion avoided it, his body hit the side earth wall heavily. However, he heard another sound and the second arrow had been shot. Piluo Pavilion avoided it. Unable to avoid it, he hurriedly raised the middle finger and index finger of his right hand a little forward, and the Shangyang point and the Zhongchong point simultaneously emitted two qi swords. The two sword qi hit the iron arrow at the same time, and only heard a soft "ding" sound. The force of the air sword actually knocked the arrow cluster to the ground.
Piluo Pavilion saw that the arrows coming from the opposite side were fast and accurate, and knew that the girl had deliberately led him into the narrow doorway. The archers hiding in the darkness outside the city suddenly took action. If they rushed out of the city gate, they would not know the darkness outside. Whether there were other good players in ambush, he didn't wait for the opponent to fire another arrow, jumped back, and retreated into the city gate.
No more cold light flashed from the opposite side, and suddenly I heard Duan Jianwei shouting from behind: "Master, be careful of the top of your head!"
Although Piluoge didn't know what was going on, he still subconsciously dodged to the side, only to see an arrow falling silently from his side, inserting into the ground at his feet with a "chi" sound, and the white tail feathers did not show any trace of it at all. The tremor seemed not to be shot from a bowstring, but to fall naturally from the sky.
This third arrow was silent. If Duan Jianwei hadn't reminded him, even a master like Pi Luoge would have almost fallen into the trap.
Pi Luo Ge hurriedly dodges to the city gate hole, making it impossible for the shooter to aim. At the same time, Lang Sheng laughed and said: "I have heard about the eight gods shooting in central and southern Hebei for a long time. These three fatal arrows are indeed amazing. I almost missed you."
There was no echo in the darkness outside the city gate, but the girl's voice was heard outside the south gate: "It's a pity, it's a pity, if no one warned me, I would have been shot..."
From the moment the girl left the city to Piluo Pavilion, she dodged three arrows in a row. In just a few seconds, the girl had already circled from the west gate to the south gate. Her movement was so fast that it was unbelievable.
Some people died, but not completely...
