As a trace of wind chimes rang on the black tower, it was actually on the banks of the river across the Mangshan Mountain to the north of the Eastern Capital. In the night wind, Cao Lin suddenly raised his head, and his gray hair fluttered in the wind under the reflection of the fire.

Dozens of military generals, masters of cultivation, and more than a dozen adopted sons gathered around them, all looking at each other nervously and silently.

Li Qingchen was not here, Duan Wei was not interested, and none of these people seemed to dare to speak.

"Zhongcheng, what's wrong?" After a while, a voice sounded in the night, but it was Qin Bao with a gray face. "Is there someone else who fell into the trap?"

He was not found by Li Qingchen, but he fell into the trap himself. As soon as he crossed the river in the evening, he was discovered by Cao Lin, who had arrived here in advance, and stopped him personally and then included in the army.

"It's nothing. I thought I would catch a giant whale, but it was just a mouse." Cao Lin laughed, but could not hide his obvious loss. Then he looked at Qin Bao. "Qin Erlang, what did you just say?"

"I said, this river is a little sad." Qin Bao responded seriously. "Zhongcheng, do you know why my mouse crosses the river today?"

"Because although the ice age is a little later this year, the ice is about to melt as the southeast wind comes, and there will be an ice flood soon. You can't continue to watch Zhang Sanlang release food in Hebei, right?" Cao Lin asked seriously.

"Yes." Qin Bao's expression changed slightly and he told him frankly.

"The weather is like this, there is nothing to do, so there is no need to worry about it. Let's look at Bingqing. If you can't get through, go to Xingyang." Cao Lin smiled, as if he didn't agree. "It's Qin Erlang, you are willing to follow the army and attack the gang."

Qin Bao was silent for a moment, looked around and gave the answer: "I don't want to."

Luo Fang was furious on the side and immediately stood up and wanted to take action, but was pressed back to the spot out of thin air with a huge force, and then immediately became honest.

"Why?" Cao Lin asked seriously.

"Although I am a descendant of an official, I am also a farmer. I would not have been in this way and I was in Taichung that day... I could deceive myself in front of me, but after I released the food, the people of Hebei were constantly crying and laughing in the wilderness. How could I pretend that I couldn't see who was right or wrong?" Qin Bao lowered his head and replied, but only looked up at this time. "Zhongcheng, I am no longer willing to be perfunctory to you. If you let me be a general, I will only fight against you in the face of battle."

Silence was left beside the fire for a moment.

After a while, Cao Lin sighed: "I have thought you would turn against you many times before, but you didn't expect anything from you, but you haven't moved. Now you have finally had a little expectation, but you are going to turn against you... Is it changing so fast?"

Qin Bao thought about it, looked at Qu Tuda next to him, and shook his head: "When I was under General Qu Tu, General Qu Tu always said that I had ambition and had a self-reliance in the future, but I knew... I only knew now... I have always been a cowardly farmer's son, but I have a few acres of land to guard the family, and I can tolerate anything. I never dare to take the initiative to do anything big, let alone deviate from the classics. Think about it carefully, even after all, I came to Dongdu with Bai Changjian that day. This thing that was actually completely in line with my mother's expectations for my future almost exhausted my initiative. It was the only time that I didn't get pushed away. I was disappointed by Zhongcheng, sorry."

"Then do you know... no matter what, can I deal with you easily when you say this to me?" Cao Lin paused and continued to ask. "Why don't you just deal with it in vain and then escape in the battle?"

"So what if my old mother and wife?" Qin Bao was frustrated, but sighed unbearable. "Since entering Taichung five years ago, it is nonsense to say that everything is followed by laws, but I asked myself that I have never embezzled, never treated my subordinates, and did my duty in everything... At this moment, I came into such a situation. Is it Sanhui and Siyu punishing me that I have no courage to distinguish right from wrong?"

"Why is this? Why don't you do your duty and get out of your mind after you finish your gang again?" Cao Lin couldn't ask.

Many people around were surprised to look up, but realized that Cao Lin, who had always been tough, was giving this young man a step to be forgiven.

Of course, Qin Bao understood it, but after a moment of silence, he slowly shook his head: "I forgot, I don't know that after Zhang San Ge had rebelled before he rebelled, I asked me, if one day the court asked me to do military force to massacre women and children all over the city, would I rebell? I also forgot how I answered at that time, but if I come to answer now, it would be like a thief. I asked myself that he was a thief who guarded the Tao and naturally wanted to kill the thief. Today's matter is probably like the people who will obviously have famine this year. Because I can only connect with the Ministry of War, I was targeted by the Minister of War because of my origin, and I could not express my feelings at all, so I could only ask Li Shierlang to ask Zhongcheng to release grain on behalf of the Central Chief, but Zhongcheng was still unmoved. As a result, the gang, even though he knew that it would attract revenge from the Grand Master, he still came to attack Li Yangcang and release grain. Then from now on, attacking the gang will be like killing women and children, acting for the Violent Wei, and it is rampant of goodness."

Duan Wei was also on the side. He raised his eyebrows several times when he heard this, but he was obviously controlled by the huge force and could not move. He knew that someone was unwilling to speak on his own, so he was too lazy to speak.

"If this is the case," Cao Lin sighed. "We have nothing to say, but you have made up your mind since you have repeated it to this level and hit me in my hand, but you can't help but deal with it."

As he said that, the great master stood up, and the true energy in his hand winded around, and it seemed that a golden solid circle had appeared out of thin air, and then he was about to tie it up on the other person's head.

At this moment, Qu Tuda suddenly knelt down: "Zhongcheng! The soldiers of Ji County can bring back six or seven thousand, all of which are Qin Erlang's contributions. Moreover, Qin Erlang has always loved the soldiers in the army, and the rewards and punishments are clear, fair and selfless. These are all recognized by everyone... Today, Zhongcheng dealt with him simply, but when he was discovered by the army, it was spread. Even if I couldn't control the thousands of soldiers who returned from Ji County, they would be in trouble when they arrived on the formation!"

Duan Wei's eyes hopped for a moment and turned his head.

Cao Lin hesitated for a moment when he heard this. The next moment, he spread the golden ring in his hand and turned into a golden rope and headed towards Qin Bao.

Qin Bao was unable to move at first, but when he saw Jinsuo coming, he was helpless. He felt as if the two pipa bones were pierced under the two pipa bones. Then the same was true for the same knees, but he only gritted his teeth and said nothing, allowing beads of sweat to penetrate his forehead.

Soon, as the suppression of his body was removed, he immediately realized that it was difficult for him to move.

Because as soon as he tried to run the true qi, 80% of them were cut off, whether up or down, whether it was a strange meridian or a regular meridian, it seemed that he had easily moved his hands and feet by this great master... However, the elixir in the Dantian seemed to be still there, and then a strange meridian around his waist could still run, which seemed to be slightly resistant to impact obstacles.

"General Qu Tu knelt down and begged, I can't help but let you live... Take it back, be held under the black tower, and wait until you come back to do something." As he said that, Cao Lin waved his hand and turned around.

Qu Tuda knew the pros and cons, so he immediately kowtowed, then personally grabbed the other party and dragged it out, handed it to his close guards, and asked the other party to take it back to Dongdu.

On the other side, Cao Lin finished disposing of Qin Bao, spoke to the others, and gathered everyone to the riverside.

The man stood on the dam, opening his mouth to speak, but suddenly his eyelids twitched and he inexplicably pressed the position of his chest.

Back to the incense stick of time, at the black tower, Wu Jingfeng flew out of the highest level in a hurry with a small pothole seal, showing surprise, and then fled wildly, but it was just a spin. After a moment, the guy inexplicably rolled back and stood back on the open space in front of the black tower, with a strange expression.

The old-time thief looked at the old and quiet black tower in the night, especially staring at one of the broken tower corners, looking at the direction of Xiyuan, and then feeling the wind direction in the air. Suddenly, he tried his best to use all his cultivation, transforming the true energy that he could use in his life into a tornado with a light yellow light, and then sent it to the tower ahead.

Then, regardless of the movement behind, he walked straight to the north without looking back.

At the same time, on the river bank, Xue Liang, the second-class guard, had a numb scalp and asked carefully: "Is the adoptive father unwell?"

Cao Lin waved his hand and said nothing.

Duan Wei finally had the opportunity to speak, but he couldn't help but sneer: "In addition to the three battles, this is the first time I have seen the power of the Grand Master's battlefield, let's take a look... It's midnight, Cao Zhongcheng, don't let everyone wait too long."

Cao Lin let out a long sigh, continued to look at the wrinkled ice surface of the river, and then turned around and told him lightly: "Let me find someone with the highest true qi cultivation in the army, don't let Duan Shangshu wait too long."

Duan Wei immediately restrained his expression.

()

.
Chapter completed!