Jiang Heng thought a lot, and immediately thought of everything that happened in the meeting hall today.

"The demon happened to appear at this time...and now it happens that Dayan is confronting the plateau people...this..."

Jiang Heng's brows tightened as if he was thinking about a very complicated matter, but as time passed, the noodles on the table became slightly cold, and a terrible thing that might happen appeared in his mind.

"It seems that since I was reborn into this world, I have never seen detailed records about the countries around me. All I have is a simple name!"

Jiang Heng remembered that he had read miscellaneous books for a long time when he was in Hengjiang City. However, the descriptions in those miscellaneous books were very obscure regarding the introduction of people other than Dayan. They seemed to be just hearsay and were generally consistent.

But this is too abnormal. Since Dayan has been getting along with these countries for so many years, there is no reason why the people of Dayan have such a lack of understanding of the outside world, right?

Or is this information deliberately concealed by the court?

Only the imperial court has this ability!

Jiang Heng looked at the stall owner on the side and said softly: "Shopkeeper, you said that your distant nephew joined the army and has not returned?"

Hearing the customer talking about her nephew, the stall owner's wife also got excited and sighed: "No! No one who joins the army these days can come back. Several young people from my village have joined the army and gone north.

. But that ghost place is like the Temple of Hell. If you go there, it will be gone! I haven’t even returned the letter from the family!"

Jiang Heng on the side became more and more frightened as he listened. Now he felt more and more that the capital seemed to be hiding something.

Generally speaking, there are people in the army who are responsible for helping write letters home, but according to his understanding, the garrison in each state can write home letters. Only the garrison who went north to fight against the plateau people did not have letters home!

No matter how tragic the war is, people should leave letters before going to war so that they can be sent back to their hometown as last words.

But this...

unusual!

How abnormal!

Unless those troops heading north saw something that the court did not want exposed to the world!

what is it?

Jiang Heng had some vague guesses for a while, but there was no way to confirm them because the guesses were so terrifying!

"I hope this world will not be as terrible as imagined!"

Thinking silently, Jiang Heng also lost his appetite and put down his bowl and chopsticks. Then he saw two small figures standing beside him.

But it was the two skinny children just now.

He sat aside and listened silently to the conversation between the two children.

"Sister, I...I'm hungry!" the shorter child said. His voice was very childish, and it sounded like he was a boy.

"Be patient, it belongs to someone else." The taller girl's face was a bit bitter. Her voice was soft and weak, but also revealed a hint of tenacity.

"But I'm hungry!"

"I don't want to be hungry anymore." The little boy cried.

"Keep it up..." The sister gently patted the little boy's head and said lovingly.

"Sister, I miss my father..." The younger brother looked sad, but nodded sensibly, and then said again.

"I think too... let's go and find a warm place to sleep. Then we won't be hungry when we fall asleep!"

These two children were obviously in such a miserable state, but they looked completely different from ordinary children.

Jiang Heng was listening at the side, and an idea came to his mind. He simply stood up, picked up the few wontons on the table and walked straight to the two children.

"Looking at you, you must be an unusual family, right? Where are your parents?"

Jiang Heng suddenly spoke, and the two little guys immediately looked at him warily.

"You...you...what do you want to do? My parents are nearby!"

The elder sister was the first to speak. She stared at Jiang Heng's stubborn face with a vigilant expression, protecting her young brother behind her thin body, looking extremely nervous.

"Don't worry! I'm not a bad person!"

Jiang Heng pointed at his Xuan Yi and felt dumbfounded. This little guy was too wary, but he could come all the way from far away. If he wasn't wary, he would have been betrayed long ago.

.

"Don't be afraid! This is a noble man!" The woman naturally knew about Jiang Heng's attire, and she quickly helped him.

"Want to have a full meal? At least I can let you have a full meal every day!" He still liked the two little guys, so it was not difficult to help them.

"You didn't lie to me?" The younger boy was a little surprised.

The little girl was also a little excited, but she concealed it very well and still guarded Jiang Heng like a thief.

"I'm not lying." Jiang Heng said with a smile.

"What do you want us to do? But...but I...can't do anything..." The younger brother said with a sad face, then he thought about it and pointed to his sister: "My sister knows a lot, and she is very good at cooking.

tasty!"

However, Jiang Heng waved his hands and said with a warm smile. "I just want to ask you a few questions. Don't worry, as long as you tell me the answers, I will make sure you have enough to eat!"

"what is the problem?"

My sister didn't agree directly, but still said cautiously.

It's heartbreaking to see this little girl look so alert, and I feel a little moved in my heart.

"Don't worry, it's okay if you don't have an answer. I'll make sure you have enough to eat."

"Then...just ask!" Seeing Jiang Heng's kind look, my sister relaxed a little. Plus this was on the street, so she didn't refuse.

Jiang Heng nodded, looked at the two of them, and said, "Are you two from the north?"

"Um!"

The two little guys nodded.

"Yunzhou?" Jiang Heng asked again.

The two of them still nodded, but their little heads looked a little sad.

"Have you ever seen people from the plateau?"

Jiang Heng pondered for a moment and then asked.

Since these two people came from Yunzhou, they probably know something about the situation there.

He wanted to test his suspicions so that he could prepare in advance.

However, the two little things turned pale with fright and shook their heads, as if they had recalled something terrible.

"No... I haven't seen it. Dad said that everyone who has seen it is dead!"

The little girl tightly held her trembling little brother in her arms.

"Okay! Let's put this question aside for now. Then I would like to ask, how is the situation in Yunzhou? I mean, how is the battle situation between the border troops and the plateau people?"

Jiang Heng appeared to be very patient, always maintaining a gentle smile and speaking in a very gentle tone.

"I don't know! We don't know!" The little girl shook her head again, "It's just that I heard people who were fleeing mentioned it occasionally.

It seems to be saying that more than two months ago, the Zhenbei Army suffered a huge defeat on the border. General Zhenbei was killed in the battle and suffered losses of more than 180,000. It even lost the border fortress and dozens of cities! It has now retreated to Yun.

The heart of the state.”

The little girl looks like she is eleven or twelve years old, but she is actually very calm and speaks clearly without much stumbling.

However, Jiang Heng frowned slightly when he heard this.

"The plateau people rushed into the hinterland of Yunzhou so suddenly, but you siblings have never seen the plateau people? Then why did you escape?"

The defeat on the front line was so sudden that it was impossible to relocate the people in advance.

The little girl's eyes were slightly red, and she held back her tears as she cried: "My home is originally Yunhai Fucheng, the hinterland of Yunzhou. When the Zhenbei Army retreated to Yunhai City, they forcibly ordered all the people in the city to abandon their homes and have no way to escape! My father starved to death.

On the road to escape."

Jiang Heng was slightly silent after hearing this. The clues he got from the little girl were really limited.

But at present, it seems that the imperial court is indeed concealing some things on the border.

These Zhenbei troops drove away the people in the city seemingly for the sake of the people.

After all, if you want to force young men to defend the city, there is no need to let the father of these two little guys leave the city.

Similarly, the poorest people in the city can still carry the defense equipment, so there is no need to drive them all away and order them to move south.

"The Zhenbei Army retreated to the Sea of ​​Clouds, didn't you see the people who had escaped?"

Jiang Heng said with some doubts.

"No!"

The little girl shook her head again and said with some confusion: "At that time, only the Zhenbei Army retreated to Yunhai City, and the rest were gone."

"Not a single refugee?" Jiang Heng said with some reluctance.

"No! I didn't see anything, only the Zhenbei Army wearing armor."

Hearing this, Jiang Heng's expression became a little tense.
To be continued...