The world is like the autumn wind, and life is like fallen leaves.
During the few months in Datong, Shi Jin often felt a sense of desolation that had no foundation. This feeling is not because of himself, but because of what he sees from time to time, the lives of Han slaves.
After the second assassination of Nianhan, Shi Jin was rescued in the subsequent pursuit, and when he woke up, he was already in a slave cave outside Datong City.
In the decades since the rise of the Jurchen clan, they successively destroyed the Liao Dynasty and cut down the martial arts. In this war, it was not only the Han people who became slaves. However, the expeditions were carried out successively. With the gradual stabilization of the Jin Kingdom’s regime, those who were previously enslaved were either dead or gradually naturalized as part of the Jin Kingdom. In the past ten years, the largest slave group in the Jin Kingdom has been mostly The Han people of the former Central Plains.
From the initial Jurchen southwards to Soshan Jianhai a few years ago, in a few years, millions of Han people were successively taken captive into the Jin Kingdom. Living a life where people are not ghosts or ghosts, there have been revolts, but most of them have ushered in more cruel treatment. In recent years, the policy towards Han slaves in the Jin Kingdom has also begun to soften. If the slaves are killed at will, the master will lose money. In addition, even if you raise a group of animals, it is impossible to keep the high-pressure whipping and beating for ten years. A stick, and a sweet jujube as a reward, some Han slaves gradually have a little living space of their own.
In the Jin Kingdom, there are many private slaves today, but the most important thing is that they belong to the Jin Kingdom's court, mining, working, and serving as slaves. This settlement outside Datong City gathers slaves from nearby mines and workshops, messy shacks, and muddy roads. There is a circle of fences around the settlement, and soldiers occasionally come to guard them, but they are perfunctory. Over time, the bottom-level settlement ecology has finally formed. Working during the day, obtaining a few things to make a living, and finally having a little freedom at night, it is not easy to escape, even if the slaves with tattoos and skinny can escape this settlement, it is extremely difficult to cross the thousands of miles. Jurchen earth. It was here that Shi Jin woke up.
Who rescued him, I didn't know at first.
In the dark shack, he was taken in by a thin old man. It was only after a few exchanges that Shi Jin realized that under the dead water of despair such as the Slave Cave, the undercurrent of resistance had always existed.
The millions of Han Chinese who were kidnapped by the Jurchen from the Central Plains once lived a relatively stable life after all, not just pigs and dogs accustomed to inhuman life. Under the initial pressure and slaughtering knives, the spirit of resistance was killed over and over again. However, when the surrounding environment was a little more relaxed, there were Confucian scholars, officials, and gentry among these Han people. More or less, some ideas of resistance. This kind of life is not like a human being, but as long as we unite, there is not no hope of going back.
It's like those "knights" who have been secretly fighting against the Jurchens, like some "good people" who are secretly active, these powers may not be large, but there are always some people who, through such and such channels, get away with it or are right. The Jurchen did some damage. The old man belongs to such a small organization. It is said that he also has some connections with the people of the Wu Dynasty. On the one hand, he is struggling to survive in this inhuman environment. They can take another look at the land of the South in their lifetime.
As for who rescued him, the old man couldn't tell.
Shi Jin's injuries were not serious, and he was quietly carried in the shack for more than half a month, during which he also heard about the massacre of the Han people because of him. The old man was a scholar before he was arrested, and he probably guessed Shi Jin's identity, but he didn't care about the massacre outside: "You don't live long, you die early, you don't need to care about strong men." Despair.
There were a lot of people gathered in the shanty area. Even if the old man belonged to a small force, it was inevitable that someone would know where Shi Jin was and choose to inform him. For more than half a month, Shi Jin hid and did not dare to go out. During the period, Jurchen's steward also searched outside. One day after more than half a month, the old man had already gone to work, and someone suddenly broke in. Shi Jin's injury was almost healed, so he was about to start, but the man obviously knew Shi Jin's origin: "I saved you, if something goes wrong, come with me." Shi Jin followed the man out of the shanty area. Only escaped a major search.
The man who rescued him was young, wearing a mask with a stiff expression, looking at the way he acted, like a "knight" who was active at the bottom of Datong. After leaving the shanty area, the man gave Shi Jin a place to hide, and then briefly explained some things to him: "The big change caused by Wu Qimai's stroke has already occurred, Zongfu Zongbi's deployment of troops has become a fact, Jin The situation in the country is getting tighter, and the war is imminent..." At the end, it seemed like: "You want to kill Zonghan and go quickly."
Shi Jin got his pointers, remembered another woman who had pointed him to a hiding place, and started talking about that day. When Shi Jin came to think about it, he was surrounded by Jurchen that day, probably because the woman told the secret, so he asked the other party for a little confirmation. Convenience also nodded: "In a place like Jin Guo, Han people want to live a good life, but they can't do anything. Since you can see the face of that slut, you should know that there is no warmth to say here, slut. Dog thief, next time kill them together!"
The man's words were fierce and extreme, but Shi Jin could understand it when he thought about it. It would be strange to be against the Jurchen in such a place without such ferocity and extremeness.
According to the other party's statement, he hid in the vicinity, but after all, the injury was almost healed at this time, and with his skills, few people in the world could catch him. Shi Jin faintly felt in his heart that even if he killed Nianhan twice without dying, even if it was God's favor, it is estimated that he would die the third time. . Then I observed and inquired about the news near Datong.
Between April and May, the temperature gradually increased, and the situation near Datong seemed to be tense. Shi Jin took a break to find the old man. During the chat, the other party's small organization seemed to have noticed the change in the general trend and seemed to be in touch. The spies of the Wu Dynasty want to do something big. In this chat, there was another piece of information that made him stunned for a while: "That girl Wu Qiuhe, because she came forward to save you, was killed by a sword from the goddess Wanyan Xiyin, alas, over the years, girl Wu and the others, in private Saved a lot of people, they didn't deserve to die, they died..."
In this hellish life, people have become numb to life and death, and even if they talk about this kind of thing, there is not much emotion. Shi Jin asked again and again, only to know that the other party was being followed, not that he betrayed him. He returned to the hiding place, and two days later, when the man wearing the mask came back, he was restrained with one hand and asked sternly.
The opponent's martial arts skills are not high, but his smile is sarcastic: "Why lie to you, tell you what's the use. You are here to kill Nianhan, the way of assassins is going forward, what do you think so much about? It's good for you? Two assassinations will not succeed. , the Jurchen couldn't find you, so they dragged the Han people out and killed three hundred people, and killed more in private. They were cruel, so you won't assassinate Nianhan? Why should I tell you the truth? You heroes like to think wildly, it's easier to make you feel that the world is full of bad people, anyway, the woman surnamed Wu is dead, she won't blame you, you go and avenge her."
"I thought about it, this kind of assassination has no result after all..."
"What result do you want? Kill Nianhan alone, then kill Wu Qimai? Save the world? You assassinate Nianhan twice and kill Nianhan a third time. This is the best result. Speaking of which, It's the Han people's heart that doesn't let up! If the Jurchen wants to kill, kill it, you haven't seen the period when they started killing at will."
Shi Jin looked at him: "Then what are you doing?"
"Do something that I find interesting." The other party said it well, and his mood slowed down. The two walked through the woods and looked at the shanty area from a distance, "What do you think this place is? Do you think there is really something? You can save the world by doing it? No one can do it. That woman, Wu Qiuhe, just wanted to buy one or two of them in private and sell them back to the south. It's going to be a war. People like that want to make trouble for Zong Han. Those who want to blow up the Dazaoyuan... The old man who took you in, they pointed to a big riot, and then they fled to the south together. They may have been deceived by the meticulous work of the Wu Dynasty, but... they are all right, they can do something. Things are better than not doing well.”
"You came here and killed Nianhan twice, and you can't think about it. It doesn't matter, you go and kill your Nianhan, I will do my thing, do my best, and obey the destiny, maybe you will really kill him. Well. If you have hatred in your heart, keep hating it!"
The other party was really a Han Chinese who was messing around in the north, and he gave up on himself in a mess. On the contrary, Shi Jin trusted this person a little in his heart. After that, he had contact with the other party twice. From the other party's mouth, the old man's mouth, Shi Jin gradually learned more news, the old man's side , seems to be instigated by the spies of the Wu Dynasty, and is about to prepare for a big uprising, and most of the other underground forces are already ready to move. There are many people who are interested. At this time, there seems to be a lot of things happening in the Central Plains, such as Liu Yu's anyway, Ruwu Chao is ready to face the Jurchen...
As for the masked young man, after some understanding, Shi Jin probably guessed his identity as the wanted man nicknamed "The Clown" near Datong. This person is not very skilled in martial arts, and his reputation is not comparable to that of most of the Jin Guo "random bandits" on the list, but at least in Shi Jin's view, the other party does have a lot of skills and means, but his temperament is extreme and ghostly, Shi Jin also I can't quite guess the other person's mind.
"The battle is about to start, these guys from the Wu Dynasty are pointing at these Han slaves to make a big riot, causing chaos in the Jin Kingdom... It really has no ambition..."
"That old man, they didn't think of this in their hearts, but it's better to die horizontally and vertically. Even if a lot of people die, maybe they can run a few, and the run counts as a few..."
"I... I want to do something to the Dazaoyuan. Most of the craftsmen in the Dazaoyuan are Han people. Mother, if they were all killed at once, Wanyan Xiyin would really cry, hahahaha..."
Hearing what the other party said, Shi Jin raised his eyes: "You... they are all Han after all."
"What's the difference between being dead?"
"You!" Shi Jin, bearing the mantle of Zhou Dong, was considered to be upright in his heart. Hearing this, he slammed his hand and grabbed the opponent's neck. The "clown" also looked at him without the slightest fluctuation in his eyes: "Yeah, kill me. I got it."
"You...you shouldn't be like this, there is always...there is always another way..."
"You assassinated Nianhan, I didn't point fingers at you, and you don't point fingers at me, or kill me, or... I'm your senior, this place in Jin Country, what do you know? In order to save you, now Mandu Daru is checking me all day long, and I'm the one who's invincible..."
He murmured, but Shi Jin couldn't make a move after all. He heard the name of Mandu Daru and said, "It's amazing. I'll find a time to kill him." But he knew in his heart that if he wanted to kill Mandu Daru, it would be It wasted an opportunity to assassinate, and to make a shot, after all, it was necessary to kill a more valuable target.
Time gradually passed, and the atmosphere in the dark became more tense day by day. The weather grew sultry, and then in late June, a major riot broke out.
That day, Shi Jin witnessed and participated in that huge defeat...
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The sudden outbreak of the riot was on the night of June 21st. Defection and fighting rang out in the city and outside the city. Someone lit a fire. The Han warriors in Datong City went to the direction of Dazaoyuan, causing a burst of fire. The commotion.
Due to the disconnection of the entire intelligence system, Shi Jin did not get the first-hand information, but before that, he had already decided that once the incident happened, he would start the third assassination.
The goal this time is not Wanyan Zonghan, but Wanyan Xiyin, a think tank that may be simpler and may be more important within the Jurchen.
Shi Jin rushed to Gushen's mansion, looking for Wanyan Xiyin's whereabouts, but before he arrived there, a high-pitched trumpet, gongs and drums were already heard from the other end of the Dazaoyuan. The people who were rioting inside and outside Datong fell into the preparations of Zong Han, Xi Yin and others waiting for the rabbit.
A massacre and pursuit is unfolding.
Shi Jin remembered what the clown said, and didn't know if the other party was really involved, but until he quietly entered Gushen's mansion, at least a flame was ignited in the Dazaoyuan, and it seemed that the scope of the damage was not too large.
The whole city was in serious turmoil. Shi Jin observed it a little in Gushen's mansion, and knew that the other party was not there at this time. He wanted to find a place to hide in secret, and when the other party returned home, he would strike violently. Afterwards, Jurchen masters were still aware of the clues. After some fighting and chasing, Shi Jin crashed into a room in the Gushen Mansion and saw the things displayed on the opposite side.
In this huge room, the loot that Wanyan Xiyin had collected during the battles of his life was placed and stored. A thick and ancient spear was placed in front of him. Seeing it, Shi Jin vaguely seemed to be like it. I saw the moonlight more than ten years ago.
It was Zhou Tong's spear.
The name on the rivers and lakes is Canglongfu.
It spanned more than ten years and quietly came to Shi Jin...
…
The rabble that was suddenly launched was no match for Wanyan Xiyin's intentional arrangement. This night, the riot gradually turned into a one-sided massacre. In the history of the Jurchen regime, such repression is far from once or twice, and it has only gradually decreased in the past two years. Just get up.
Shi Jin carried a long spear and fought and fled all the way. When he passed the slave den outside the city, the army had already surrounded it, the flames were burning, and the blood was spreading. In such chaos, Shi Jin finally got rid of the enemy who was chasing him. He tried to find the old man who had taken him in, but he couldn't find it. After going all the way to a more remote mountain, when he came to the small thatched hut where he temporarily hid, someone had already come over.
It was the blood-stained "clown" who came over and couldn't find Shi Jin, knocked around, then found a stone and collapsed.
When Shi Jin went out, the "clown" glanced at him: "I have something to ask you."
"You didn't blow up the Dazaoyuan." Shi Jin said, then looked around, "Is there anyone following you?"
The other party shook his head: "I didn't plan to bomb it at first. The construction of the Dazao Institute starts every day, and a pile of military funds was bombed today. What does it mean to the Jurchen army?"
"… whats the matter?"
"The Liu Yu regime's surrender to the Wu Dynasty will awaken the last group of unwilling people in the Central Plains to resist, but after all, the Puppet Qi and the Jin Kingdom have controlled the Central Plains for nearly ten years, and there are as many people who give up as there are people who are unwilling. Last year, the Tian Hu regime In the event, the newly ascended Tian Shi, Lou Shuwan and others joined forces with Wang Juyun to rebel against the Jin Kingdom, but of course there are many people in the middle who will surrender to the Jurchen as soon as the Jin Kingdom goes south."
The clown reached into his arms and took out something: "Wanyan Xiyin has such a list in his hand, it belongs to the Han people who have the handle, have many contacts in the past, and are willing to surrender. The idea for it has been around for a while, cobbled together, checked, it should be true…”
Shi Jin opened his mouth, but was unable to speak, and the other party handed out the item: "Once the Central Plains war starts, you can't let someone just start a fight and be stabbed in the back immediately. This thing is very important, I am not good at martial arts, very It's hard to take it south, so I can only ask you to bring it to Tian Shi, Lou Shuwan, Yu Yulin and the like, there is evidence attached to the list, you can read more, don't cross people."
"...Okay." Shi Jin took the item, "You..."
"You don't want to live anyway, even if you want to die, please hand over your things before you die." The other party staggered to his feet, took out a small bag and shook it, "I have medicine, it's not a big problem, I'll go back later, Some people need to be rescued. Don't need mother-in-law or mother-in-law, Wanyan Xiyin will soon realize what I have done, you are carrying this thing, and it will not be only Jurchen who will hunt you down along the way, go, just send it to it, It's the little things here."
Shi Jin nodded: "Don't worry, I'll be delivered when I die." When he turned to leave, he turned around and asked, "By the way, are you from the Black Flag?"
"Huaxia Army, codenamed Joker... Thank you." In the darkness, the figure reached out and saluted.
Shi Jin stood there for a moment, turned around, and ran to the south.
In the sky, there are falcons flying.
The world is like the autumn wind blowing, but life is like fallen leaves. The wind is blowing at this moment, and no one knows where he will drift to in the next moment, but at least at the moment, feeling the wind blowing, Shi Jin's heart is a little calmer.
The long spear behind his back seems to still carry the cry of Zhou Tong ten years ago, and he is accompanying him, moving forward! (., Your support is my biggest motivation.) 17-03-11 02:10:44