Back in the hospital.
"Did you think you were going to play?" Wu Du frowned.
"I want to be with you." Duan Ling said immediately, "I won't go anywhere except by your side."
Wu Du's words were blocked by Duan Ling. After a while, he put his hand on his forehead, waved his hand, and went in without saying anything.
Duan Ling looked at Wu Du's back curiously, and Wu Du had no choice but to take him.
"Don't you want to climb up?" Wu Du couldn't help laughing and crying, "I don't cherish such a good opportunity to accompany the young master to study in the house. What are you going to do in Tongguan at this time?!"
"I... This is also a kind of climbing." Duan Ling said.
Wu Du always felt that Duan Ling was hiding something from him. Sitting in the hall, he looked at him strangely, as if there was something unusual, surging beneath the surface, vaguely like a veil. .
"What are you hiding from me?" Wu Du asked.
He always felt that something was not right, but he couldn't say it. This was the closest he was to the truth.
At that moment, Duan Ling suddenly had an impulse and almost blurted out.
"I want to find my father." Duan Ling finally used this reason.
It was only then that Wu Du understood, his frown slightly stretched out, and he nodded.
Duan Ling said: "The last time I saw him was outside Tongguan. Although I don't think I can find it, I still want to give it a try."
"Then you must obey my orders when you travel." Wu Du said, "You must not act without authorization."
Duan Ling nodded, but Wu Du calmed down and ordered, "Pack up."
Duan Ling went to simply pack the luggage of the two of them, and thought that he escaped once again. As long as he ran away, this time the sky was really high and the emperor was far away. Even if Lang Junxia wanted to kill himself again, he would not be able to find anyone. As for how to come back, come back and talk about it.
Wu Du, however, watched Duan Ling pack his things, and suddenly said, "No matter what the outcome is, you can't look for shortcoming again, you know?"
Duan Ling turned around and smiled at Chao Wu: "No way, with you here, I will definitely live well."
In the secluded courtyard, in the flowerbed under the care of Duan Ling, the flowers were bright, like a painting. The picture of the boy turning around with a smile suddenly made Wu Du startled for no reason.
In the afternoon, the reward came again, this time it was the robes for the trip, the fine fabrics, and the gold and silver used for the flowers on the road, and also gave Duan Ling a self-defense dagger.
At night, when Wu Du and Duan Ling planned to travel, Duan Ling was very excited for the first time to go out seriously.
"You must talk less outside." Wu Du said, "If there is no accident, I will disguise as your servant, and the young master does not have to do everything by himself."
Duan Ling just nodded, and finally asked, "What is Zhenshan River?"
When Duan Ling heard that the Sword of Inheritance was lost, he knew that the sword was no longer there when the capital city was broken. If you can find Zhenshanhe, will you be able to command four assassins
"A weapon to suffocate the country." Wu Du replied, "The prince is also looking for it."
"In Bian Lingbai's hands?" Duan Ling asked again.
"Not necessarily." Wu Du said, "but he was the one who came to the rescue in the end."
Duan Ling even suspected that it fell into the hands of the Yuan people or the Liao people, but since the whereabouts were unknown, he also checked it by the way.
The two discussed for a while at night, and when they were about to fall asleep, Mu Kuangda sent someone to summon them, and when they arrived in the study, they still handed over their tasks in the form of a secret meeting.
"Chenpin is in Jiangzhou, and it's too late to ask him for advice." Mu Kuangda said, "I made a plan in a hurry, and I don't know if it's appropriate or not. Originally, he should make up his mind on this matter. We work together. Discuss, what's wrong, you all talk about it."
Speaking of which, Mu Kuangda explained to Duan Ling and Wu Du that the specific process was nothing more than gaining Bian Lingbai's trust first, pretending to be Zhao Kui's nephew, and wanting to call on his old division to cede the land and take revenge for his uncle. Wu Du will no longer need to be easy, reducing the chance of revealing the secret.
Duan Ling's task was to first gain Bian Lingbai's trust, then spy on intelligence, and try to steal the correspondence between Bian Lingbai and Xiliang. On the one hand, as evidence, he could be presented to the emperor after killing him; on the other hand, Mu Kuangda needed to Know what Bian Lingbai is planning.
After all, the Dangxiang clan had many interests in the state of Chen. Xiliang was first a country, and then it was annexed by Liao. It always swayed between Liao and Chen. If nothing else, Mu Kuangda meant to try to win the support of Xiliang.
The interior of Xiliang is also divided into factions. Since Helianbo and his mother returned to the country, the DPRK has split into two factions. One faction supports the Helian family to break away from Liao’s control and establish itself as a portal.
Duan Ling had a bit of a headache when he heard it. Before, he offered himself up to save his life, but now he remembered that he was going to a general he didn't know, and he was still at the general level. It was not easy to deceive him. Although it was not exposed in Mu Mansion, but in front of Mu Kuangda, there was no need to explain his origins, and his life experience was limited. In front of Bian Lingbai, he had to make up a whole set of lies, which was incomparably difficult.
"I'm afraid that I won't get his trust, but it's easy to make mistakes." Duan Ling said.
"It doesn't matter." Mu Kuangda laughed and said, "We have something he has to see you in exchange."
Speaking of which, Mu Kuangda handed out a small wooden box, Duan Ling opened it, and saw that inside was a roll of yellow silk, with mountains, rivers and terrain painted on the roll.
Duan Ling: "!!"
Mu Kuangda said: "This is a treasure map found in the treasury when Zhao Kui's house was copied."
Duan Ling opened his mouth and saw that the treasure map was as thin as a cicada's wings, with clear veins.
"Bian Lingbai coveted it for a long time, but after Zhao Kui's house was raided, he couldn't find it, and there is no news even today. I had expected this to happen, so I hid it first, and there was a fake Zhao Kui. You can take a handwritten letter with you during your lifetime."
Duan Ling looked at the treasure map and asked, "What's buried?"
"Gold and silver jewels are enough for an enemy country." Mu Kuangda drank his tea calmly and said, "I think Zhao Kui has already prepared a way out for his rebellion. Getting a small place in the Western Regions, raising 108,000 private soldiers, and being the head of a small country can be a livelihood."
Duan Ling had no doubts, put away the treasure map, and Mu Kuangda warned him again: "Bian Lingbai will naturally not believe you, and it is impossible for you to come into contact with his core secrets, his ambitions. It's very big, but with your current conditions, it's not difficult to bring Wu Du into his army with you."
Duan Ling understood in an instant that his background and treasure map were irrelevant at all. All he had to do was to buy time for Wu Du.
"I understand." Duan Ling said, "It must not disgrace the mission."
Mu Kuangda nodded in satisfaction and said, "Next, you will be the gentleman on the beam by Wu Du."
"I know." Wu Du replied.
"The first is to steal secrets." Mu Kuangda said, "It is best to steal his accounts and letters together. The specific value, the two of you discuss, what to keep and what not to tamper with, and then get rid of him before leaving. , With the evidence, we can arrange negotiations with Xiliang, Bian Lingbai has always been against his will, after Zhao Kui's death, no one can control him, and if he stays, it will be a long dream, and it must be resolved as soon as possible."
Wu Du nodded, knowing that Mu Kuangda would not treat him lightly when he accomplished this task. He responded to Duan Ling's "climbing up", but climbing up is not easy. The first assassination mission after Kuangda was also a letter of honor, but he had no choice.
"What if he's innocent?" Duan Ling asked suddenly.
Wu Du suddenly changed.
Mu Kuangda laughed and looked at Duan Ling.
Duan Ling knew that he shouldn't have asked this sentence anyway, but he still asked.
"Very good." Mu Kuangda nodded slowly and said, "If he is innocent, will you kill him or not?"
Mu Kuangda actually kicked the ball back again, with a shrewd look in his eyes.
Duan Ling took a deep breath, and when he was about to answer, Mu Kuangda said calmly, "If he is innocent, then you can act as appropriate."
"Yes." Duan Ling dropped a big stone in his heart.
Mu Kuangda always looked at Duan Ling, as if to see through his heart.
"Come back as soon as possible." Mu Kuangda said again, "After moving the capital, it will be the imperial examination, so don't waste your studies."
Only then did Duan Ling and Wu Du get up and retire.
On the way back to Duan Ling, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Mu Kuangda had no intention of doing anything. In the end, he emphasized several times that he must create the illusion of Bian Lingbai's natural death, so that the imperial court could send military generals to take over the army under Tongguan. As for the riots again.
"Even if he is innocent, he has to be killed." Wu Du whispered.
"I know." Duan Ling said, "But you won't do it, right? I won't do it either. There are not many generals who can guard the border. As long as he doesn't betray, he shouldn't kill him indiscriminately."
After closing the courtyard gate and returning to the room, Duan Ling said to Wu Du in a very low voice: "First use this sentence to block him, if you can't find anything, you don't have to pay this vote again. Killing Zhongliang will be counted on your head in the end."
Wu Du frowned deeply, and looked sideways at Duan Ling. Duan Ling happened to be looking at him, and there was an inexplicable tacit understanding in their eyes.
"Go to sleep." Wu Du said, "I have to hurry in the morning, don't think about it any more."
Duan Ling returned to the front of the bunk, but Wu Du said, "You sleep in my bed. It has been raining for days, and the ground is too wet."
Duan Ling was not polite, and climbed onto the bunk to sleep, but Wu Du was in front of the case, looking at the treasure map in the dim light. In the middle of the night, Ling was in a daze, woke up once, and Chao Wu Du said, "Aren't you going to sleep yet?"
Wu Du said "um", with the light shining through, holding the treasure map between his two fingers, he looked at the roll of silk over and over again, and after a while, he went to bed and lay down beside Duan Ling, lying beside Duan Ling. sleep together.
Duan Ling fell into a daze, turned over, put one foot on Wu Du's waist, hugged him sideways, leaned up automatically, rested on his arm, and almost wrapped himself around him.
Wu Du: "..."
Wu Du couldn't push him away. It was even more strange to hug him. Being held by a young man like this made him feel strange, and his whole body froze immediately.