The sun was rising, and I took a quick glance last night. Duan Ling couldn't see it clearly, but now I can see the scenery of Runan City clearly - the bridge where I once stayed is now covered with bones, the streets are all tattered, the paper is flying with the autumn wind, and the crows gather in the backyard , making a wild cry.
Duan Ling subconsciously wanted to turn his head, but Wu Du blocked his eyes with one hand and pushed him forward.
It's not that Duanling has never killed anyone, but this is his hometown. The tea shop, the noodle stand, the oil shop, the carriage post, and even the Liao people's official residence. Where he hangs out.
"Come this way." Changpin turned his head and said to the two of them.
"What happened to Runan?" Duan Ling asked.
"Two years ago, the Yuan people came to attack, connecting Runan, several places, all the way to attack the city and pull out the village. This city was destroyed and was looted by the Yuan people. The people died and fled." Said, "It became what it is now."
Duan Ling remembered that when he went south from the Xianbei Mountains and fled into Xichuan, there were so many people with mixed accents, maybe there were people in Runan.
Wu Du gestured to Duan Ling not to ask more questions with his eyes, lest he felt inappropriate for being hired for a long time. Although Duan Ling really wanted to further inquire about Runan's affairs, he knew that he had to stop here, otherwise it would be very troublesome if the long-term employee had any thoughts.
Changpin took the two of them into a large mansion, stood in the courtyard, and said, "The shepherd sent me to Xunbei to find someone, and I first found it in Anxi, but the old man was too old, and in summer If it's hot, take him on the road back to Jiangzhou if you don't dare."
Duan Ling and Wu Du didn't say a word, they just listened to Changpin.
Changpin said: "In June, I wrote a letter and took a personal servant who called Jin'er back to Jiangzhou. Unexpectedly, Jin'er didn't know where she went, and the letter was never delivered. On July 18th, at first I don’t know what happened to the Yuan people, they came from the south, passed through Anxi, raped, looted, killed, looted, and most of the villages in Liao were burned to white ground along the way.”
Duan Ling's heart froze, and he replied, "We drove Bu'er, Chijinba, and all across the Xunshui. I think they went north along the way and left along the border of Liaoyuan and Yuan."
"Exactly." Changpin replied, "The Yuan army that went north from the south and the Yuan army that went south from the north, the two armies joined together and burned Anxi to the ground. Now they are downing Yancheng."
Duan Ling: "!!!"
Changpin said: "The person I was looking for was in Anxi at first. That night, when the soldiers were in chaos, I asked someone to send him to Luoyan City. He was attacked on the way. Fortunately, he hid under the car and escaped with his life. But when he came out again, No one could be found. I still held out a glimmer of hope. I hope that the old man is still alive and followed the fleeing people to Luoyan City. I searched outside for a few days, but no body was found. I wanted to go into Luoyan City to find out the news, but There are all the Yuan troops outside, so I don’t dare to enter the city rashly, in case my life is lost, it is unwise.”
Duan Ling became more and more puzzled. What does Mu Kuangda mean by asking Changpin to find an old man? Since you can't find it, why don't you go back to Jiangzhou? Why did he appear in Runan City again
"Then you'd better go back." Wu Du said, "We are now officials of the imperial court. It is beyond the norm to appear here. I wanted to go back in a month. There are many things that have not been sorted out yet."
Changpin replied: "You, Yecheng, Master Xiang is very clear in his heart, Wang Shan, Wu Du, Yuxiong has been with Mu Xiang for a few years, so he has the audacity to call himself 'brother'. This person is of great importance. There are other people looking for him..." Having said that, Changpin pondered for a moment, and withdrew the second half of his sentence.
Duan Ling frowned deeply, knowing that Changpin said that "it is very important", it should be really very important.
"As long as you go into Luoyan City for me to find out what's going on and find this person." Changpin said, "The affairs of Yecheng are covered by me."
"The rations are enough." Duan Ling replied, "There's no need to help, Mr. Changpin, everyone understands, and you also watched me enter the palace. Since it was ordered by the shepherd, you should do your best. But you have to Tell me the inside story, not for anything else, just to facilitate my entry into the city."
After speaking, Duan Ling glanced at Wu Du. Wu Du was silent, also frowned deeply, and nodded after a while, meaning to listen to you.
Changpin was hesitant for a long time, and Duan Ling suddenly thought of an idea. Could it be that someone from the Duan family went to Anxi, and Mu Kuangda found out the background of the "Prince". He wanted to find someone from the Duan family and return to the court Prove that this prince is fake
"I won't tell you." Changpin thought about it for a long time, and then seriously said, "I'm thinking about you, Wang Shan, you have a bright future. You can do it as soon as you do it. The future is bright, you are no better than Mr. Changpin. , Mr. is a scholar, you are Tanhua Lang."
Having said this, Duan Ling's conjecture was confirmed, and even his blood seemed to have frozen.
The permanent hire gestured to Lord Changliu, and Lord Changliu pushed open the door on the side of the corridor in the courtyard.
Changpin said: "Let me go on and on. If you can't enter the city, and things are not done yet, whether people live or die, there must always be an explanation. Wait, I think the minister will send someone to runan to find me."
This once again confirmed Duan Ling's conjecture that since Mu Kuangda sent a long-term hire to Runan to find someone and lost contact, he would definitely send someone to find a long-term hire. The first destination of the permanent hire is Runan, and those who come to him will definitely go to Runan first.
Sure enough, Changpin continued: "The one who didn't expect to come was Lord Changliu, but it was not convenient for Lord Changliu to go to Luoyan City. First, the city was heavily fortified, and the Liao and Yuan troops were fighting. Second, Changliu came to Changliu. You don’t… it’s not easy to find someone anyway.”
"Secondly, I don't know how to read." Changliu-jun said impatiently, "I can only kill people, but I can't read the characters on the roster. It is not convenient to inquire about the people. Thirdly, the defense in Luoyan City is really very strict, I guess Such a siege will last until the spring of next year. I'm afraid that a few snows will come, and many people will freeze to death. We must find someone as soon as possible, and we can't inquire slowly. "
Duan Ling: "..."
Wu Du said, "You want us to sneak into Luoyan City, don't you?"
Changpin nodded and said, "As soon as we made up our minds, we thought whether we should go to Yecheng to find you first, and see if there was anything we could do. As soon as we left the city, we found a father and son from Dangxiang outside."
Duan Ling: "..."
He had a premonition of what was in the room, and the house was very quiet, not like someone was imprisoned at all. He hated such a scene the most, and there was fear in his eyes immediately. Wu Du also reacted instantly and frowned.
Duan Ling took a step back, and Changpin opened the door to the end. The smell of blood was coming from inside. Wu Duchao gave way to the side. Through the window pane, he saw the dark room, one large and one small sitting side by side in the corner, dressed in clothes. The two corpses with white single clothes and disheveled hair had apparently just died.
Changliu-jun took something out, it was two party members' clothes, a burden, and a long-term employee was holding a letter,
"This father and son are fur traders. They passed through the territory of the Liao Kingdom and went to the Yuan people's place. They wanted to cross the border along Anxi and go to Luoyan City to do some business... but they didn't want to die in the city, and their burdens were thrown aside. When the person died, I was moved, or pretended to be a party member and sneaked into Luoyan City, but this person had a seal on his body, and the father and son were written in it, and now I don't know where to find a son... "
Changpin said these words, but scenes appeared in front of Duan Ling—
- A father and son from Dangxiang came from Xiliang, passed Runan City, and were planning to turn to the north, rest for a night, and make a fire and eat dry food in this abandoned city.
Changliu-jun hid outside the courtyard, went to the father and son for a long time, and spoke to them in Dangxiang language. Knowing that their destination was Luoyan City, he asked the two of them to help find someone.
Perhaps the father and son heard that the two kingdoms of Yuan and Liao were fighting and did not intend to take risks, so they rejected the request for permanent employment, and instead went south to the territory of Chen State.
In order to keep this "important" secret, he asked Changliu-Jun to do it and killed two people by the way.
"You can speak Dangxiang language." Changpin said, "I heard that you are in Tongguan, you know the Prince of Xiliang, and you are friends."
"Yes." Duan Ling said, "but you are not like a party member, sir."
"I'm not going." Changpin pointed at Wu Du and said, "You two bring Guan Wen. Wu Du is your adoptive father... Righteous brother, you guys look alike."
"I don't speak party language." Wu Du replied.
"Pretend to be dumb." Changpin said, "Although the Yuan army is besieging the city, it is difficult to pass, but if you really want to go in, there is a way. I will arrange it. After entering the city, you must try to find a roster, and Anxi will move to the city. People in Luoyan City should be registered in the booklet, and then find someone else. I thought about it, either write the name on a slip of paper, hand it over to Lord Changliu, and look for it after entering the city, but he You can't tell the difference between an ordinary soldier's roster and a roster, and it's dazzling when there are too many names."
"I understand." Duan Ling said, "It should be in the hands of the subordinate officials in charge of the refugees."
The person Changpin is looking for is looking for needles in a haystack in Luoyan City. It’s impossible to look at them one by one. There are too many old people. Even if you give Zhang a portrait, you can’t compare them. Changpin doesn’t want to reveal who it is. secret.
You have to find the subordinate who is in charge of the refugees in Anxi, and then steal the roster from him, first confirm whether he is still alive, and then find the person.
Duan Ling was very curious about who this person was. If he had lived in the Duan family, he should have been able to recognize it.
But it's also possible that he just guessed in the wrong direction - the person Mu Kuangda was looking for had nothing to do with the "Prince". Although this may be trivial, Duan Ling decided to give it a try.
However, there is no old man in the Duan family, and in the entire Duan family, is there only one person alive
Wu Du and Duan Ling took over the clothes. Duan Ling didn't want to see the scene in the room, so he and Wu Du went to an abandoned house across the street to change into party clothes.
Duan Ling had a lot of thoughts on his mind, but he was afraid that Changliu-Jun, who was waiting outside, would hear him, so he didn't dare to say more.
"Remember your father?" Wu Du asked.
This sentence is not afraid of being overheard. After all, everyone knows the identity of "Wang Shan" in the shepherd's house. Externally, his background is that of a drug dealer's child. When his father died, he was entrusted to Wu Du to raise him.
"Yeah." Duan Ling's eyes turned red.
Wu Du was dressed in a single white shirt and looked at the robe of a party member.
"It's not like that." Duan Ling also wore a single shirt and put on a robe for Wu Du. The party member is Zuo Ren, and there is a belt inside the chest first, and then around the back waist.
After the inner lining ring waist is tied, put on the men's trousers.
Next came the knee-length animal velvet robe. Wu Du put on his clothes, and Duan Ling put on a wild goose feather hat for him. This party man was not a high-ranking man before his death, and the brown goose feather was inserted into the hat.
Duan Ling looked at Wu Du, Wu Du sat on the couch, hugged Duan Ling's waist in a snow-white single-clothed shirt, let him ride on his lap, and looked up into his eyes.