When Su Ling walked into Scholar Bai's home, candles were burning in the house. Scholar Bai was facing the door and talking loudly with another person in the room. The person's back was turned to him and he was dressed in official uniform. Su Ling thought it must be the marching Cao Cao's subordinate Li
Return.
When Scholar Bai saw Su Ling coming, he quickly stood up and laughed and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days. I thought you were sick again."
Li Gui turned around and looked at Su Ling with a smile.
This was the first time Su Ling saw this person, but he saw that this person was of average height and seemed to be a little shorter than Scholar Bai. However, he was really thin and tight, with sunken eye sockets and bloodshot eyes.
The man seemed to be quite familiar with Su Ling. He walked over to Su Ling and said with a smile: "When I came back this time, I heard from the Bai family scholar that your boy has changed his gender and actually likes literary things. Is that right?"
If it hadn’t been for that time when I fell into the river, would there have been any adventures?”
Su Ling thought to himself that this was another master who recognized him, but she did not recognize him. Although he thought this in his heart, he looked very close to him on the surface. He laughed, came over and hugged Li Gui's shoulders and said:
"Brother Li never comes back, which makes us look forward to him every day."
Li Gui's expression was a bit incomprehensible, and he said in surprise: "Su Ling, you have really changed your gender. You used to avoid me and say that I talk nonsense every day, but now you actually say that you are looking forward to my coming back.
The sun didn’t rise today either…”
Su Ling hugged him, sat down on the same side, and said with a smile: "Although I said that, it was just a joke, but in my heart I am quite close to a person with a promising future like Brother Li."
The flattery struck the right spot. Although Li Gui felt that it was a bit false, it was very useful.
The three chatted for a while, and Su Ling asked curiously: "We are in the fishing village every day, and we want to go to Wanyang to see the world. But the mountain at the entrance of the village is really a chasm. Brother Li, please don't laugh at me, but I am curious about the subordinates of Marching Cao Yu."
What do you do on a daily basis?"
Li Gui wanted to express himself, straightened his body, and then said: "To understand what a vassal does, you have to understand what a marching cao is."
Scholar Bai was also a little curious and said: "Although I have read some books, I know nothing about the official system. Brother Li, please tell me."
Li Gui seemed to clear his throat intentionally and said: "General Zhendong is an important military attache of the imperial court. I believe you all know that our military attache system in the Jin Dynasty is headed by a general, who is General Yuan Jizhou of our Jin Dynasty. Hussar
The general is next, but it is not permanent. Now in our Jin Dynasty, this position has been vacant. Next down are the four generals, front, rear, left and right, and further down are the four towns and four expeditions. The town is above the expedition, and the east general is Zhendong.
It is the leader of the four towns and the four expeditions. The positions I mentioned can all be used to manage the government. In other words, they have their own team. Except for these positions, the rest are all generals. Those generals
The general has no right to open his own government. And our General Zhang Xiao of Wanyang City is the Zhendong General, so he has already established the government and set up officials. There are three major officials under General Zhendong, one of which is Jing'an.
The Cao Cao is mainly in charge of arresting thieves, public security, punishments and other matters within the administration. The second one is the Wenyuan Cao, who is mainly in charge of the archives of the administration office, the correspondence of documents and other matters. The third one is the marching army.
Cao Lao, the so-called marching, marching, is naturally responsible for those military affairs, war training, and military defense affairs. Due to the current war-torn times, General Zhang Xiao only has three marching cao offices under his account. One of them is General Zhang Xiao.
The first one under his command is the fierce general Hu Chi, and the other two are under the control of General Liu Jin and General Chang He. Although all three are military cavalry officers, the autonomous armies all listen to General Hu Chi's instructions during normal times and in war."
Scholar Bai nodded and said a little puzzled: "But since Brother Li belongs to the Marching Army, he also has to march and fight, charge and kill the enemy?"
Li Gui laughed and said: "Brother Bai is joking. You, Brother Li, don't have any martial arts skills, so you charge and fight? Isn't it a dead end? My position is a subordinate of the Marching Cao Cao, and the so-called subordinate is a civilian, delivering some wartime information
It’s just a matter of collecting news, drafting some march plans and instructions, classifying and summarizing some intelligence, and I never have to go to the front line.”
Only then did Scholar Bai suddenly realize: "That's it."
Su Ling's eyes wandered, as if he was thinking about something else. He raised his head and asked, "I wonder where Brother Li is a member of the marching Cao Cao."
Li Gui seemed to deliberately expose himself, raising his eyebrows and saying: "Of course he is the military commander under General Hu Chi. We brothers don't serve him elsewhere, right?"
Su Ling seemed to be thinking, and then asked: "Now that our Wanyang City is under the protection of General Zhang, it is not very peaceful and there is no war, but I see that Brother Li seems to be very tired, and his eyes are bloodshot."
Hearing this, Li Gui looked at the door pretending to be mysterious, stood up again, closed the door of the main room, and then lowered his voice and said: "Although you are also under Wanyang's rule, after all, the news
Shu, this time is different from the past. Didn’t you know that the imperial court sent a large army to Wanyang, led by the powerful Cao Mengwu and Cao Sikong! They will arrive in the next day. I heard that there are a total of 250,000 troops.
.”
Su Ling and Bai Shusheng stood up at the same time and exclaimed in surprise: "What, this is going to be a big war?... Then our Sujia Village will suffer along with it!"
Li Gui sat there, looking as stable as Mount Tai. He looked at the two of them with a look of disgust in his eyes that they had never seen the world. He waved his hands and said: "You guys, don't even think about it, how can we fight a big war? If this is the case,
, these military intelligence and military orders are flying all over the sky, how can I have time to come back?"
Su Ling and the two of them sat down, and Su Ling asked: "What about Cao Cao... Cao Sikong didn't come here, didn't he just want to capture Wanyang City?"
Li Gui nodded and said: "It's true that we want Wanyang City, but it's not about capturing it, but about surrendering on behalf of the emperor."
"Surrender? How can General Zhang Xiao agree?" Scholar Bai asked doubtfully.
Li Gui said unhurriedly: "I didn't agree at first, but it depends on manpower. General Zhang has only 60,000 to 70,000 generals, and the imperial army has more than 200,000. Although it may be a bit of a bluff, more than 100,000 is expected to be enough."
Yes, although General Zhang is personally brave, there are only a few people who can be beaten by the imperial court. After all, his small arms cannot twist his thighs. And, as far as I know, Jia Wenxu and Jia Military Advisor advocate surrender. Who is Jia Military Advisor? That is in front of General Zhang
Speaking of the existence of Yibuer, General Zhang followed the trend and agreed to surrender, so this battle cannot be fought."
After hearing this, Scholar Bai felt relieved and prayed to the Buddha for blessing. Now he was safe.
Su Ling said calmly
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: "I wonder how Brother Li knew about these confidential information?"
Li Gui was a little unhappy and said: "You kid, are you doubting me? We are also people close to General Hu Chi. How many times have the secrets of our dealings with Sikong not passed through the hands of the subordinates of my marching Cao Li?" After that, he
Said: "So, because of the surrender in the past few days, these confidential documents have been as numerous as snow flakes, and they are core secrets. General Hu only asked me to be responsible for it, but I was busy to death. Now I have some time. I
I’m going back to find Lao Bai, and I’m going to hide out and be clean.”
Su Ling seemed fine on the surface, but he had some concerns in his heart. He smiled at Li Gui and said: "Now that we have said this, I have something to ask Brother Li for a small favor."
Li Gui heard this and said, "What's the matter? Tell me."
There was a look of envy in Su Ling's eyes, and she looked at Li Gui and said: "Brother Li is a prosperous person. He sees those influential people every day, so naturally he is not very curious. As for me, I have lived in the Su family in the mountains for a long time.
In the village, we have long heard that General Zhang Xiao is wise and mighty, and that Military Advisor Jia has all his plans. We have long wanted to see him, but it’s a pity that we can’t enter the general’s camp. Besides, in a few days, everyone in the world will call him a legend.
Lord Sikong is coming, and I also want to see the power of the imperial army and the grace of Lord Sikong. Could you please take me to the camp of General Zhang?"
When Li Gui heard this, he shook his head like a rattle and said: "You kid has been wishing all day long. What's good about them? They all have one nose and two eyes. Besides, how can I take you in that important military camp?"
Su Ling expected what Li Gui would say and said with a smile: "Brother Li, what kind of person is he? He is a man of great ability, isn't it? If you bring me, a little commoner, you can do whatever you want...
..." He took out 20 taels of silver from his arms, handed it to Li Gui, and said with a smile: "Brother Li can buy some wine with these scraps of silver..."
Li Gui glanced at him and didn't speak first. He just touched the silver with his sleeve and put it into his arms. Then he said: "Well, since you said so, I will take you in once. It's no big deal."
, but you kid must be obedient and follow me at all times. You are not allowed to run around, you know? Also, this money is not mine. Before noon tomorrow, two of my soldiers will come to pick me up. I
It’s used to treat them.”
Su Ling nodded quickly and said, "That's natural. I promise to listen to Brother Li."
Su Ling turned to Shusheng Bai and said, "Brother Bai, you have nothing to do anyway, why don't we go for a walk together."
Scholar Bai thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I won't go. I'm going to Wanyang. It's a long walk over the mountains. It takes at least two days to go back and forth. If I go, what will happen to Xiaolan? You go ahead.
"
When Su Ling heard this, he lowered his head, his eyes filled with sadness.
Scholar Bai only said that he was sorry because he couldn't go, and he laughed loudly and said: "It's not the same if you go and I go. When you come back, just tell me what you saw and heard!"
Su Ling felt a little sad in her heart, but she tried her best to control her expression and forced a smile: "That's fine..."
With a "bang" sound, the door was pushed open, and a voice came: "You are going to Wanyang to play, take me with you!"
The three of them looked intently and saw that it was the dark and strong young man - Du Heng.
It turned out that Du Heng had nothing to do after the rain and was wandering here. As soon as he entered the door, he heard this conversation and was very curious in his heart. He must know that people in Sujia Village look forward to the Chinese New Year once they enter Wanyang City.
Su Ling hurriedly pulled Du Heng to his side and said to Li Gui: "Brother Li, 10 taels of silver per person, the two of us are exactly 20 taels!"
Li Gui was furious and could not resist, so he had to frown and agree.
Li Gui told the two of them several times what they should pay attention to, and then agreed to meet at Bai Shusheng's house before noon tomorrow, then opened the door and left.
After Li Gui left, Scholar Bai looked at Su Ling and said: "Su Ling, you are a little abnormal today. Normally you would never go to Wanyang Military Camp out of curiosity, but today you took out 20 taels of silver.
Why do you want Li Gui to agree to take you there?"
Su Ling was speechless for a moment, and suddenly sighed, covering up his lonely look, and said slowly: "Brother Bai, the reason why I did this is naturally justified, but now I have no way to say it, I just hope everything is the same.
I worry too much. When I come back, I will definitely explain everything to Brother Bai."
Scholar Bai nodded, already full of doubts in his heart, but since Su Ling didn't tell him, he couldn't ask more questions.
The three of them chatted for a while. Both Scholar Bai and Du Heng felt that Su Ling was absent-minded. He was dealing with things here and there, and was lost in thought from time to time. When Scholar Bai saw this, he stood up and said: "Su Ling, Du Heng, time is too late."
It's getting late, you go back and get ready, you have to drive up the mountain road to Wanyang tomorrow."
Su Ling and Du Heng stood up to say goodbye. Su Ling turned around and left Xiaolan standing there, looking like he was hesitant to speak.
Su Ling felt a little sad in her heart. She walked up to Xiao Lan, bent down and pinched her little face, and said softly: "Lan'er, good boy, it's time to go to bed. It's too late today. I won't tell the story. I'll wait for Brother Su."
When I come back from Wanyang, I will tell you two things, okay?"
Xiaolan nodded sensibly and said, "Brother Su, go back carefully. The rain has just stopped outside and the road is not going to be easy."
"good!......"
Su Ling suddenly pulled Du Heng hard, strode out of Bai Shusheng's house without looking back, and then plunged into the dark night, never looking back at the lights there again.
It wasn't that Su Ling didn't want to stay there for a while, but the other was that he clearly felt tears welling up in his eyes, and he wasn't sure if he would lose control if he said another word.
After all, I am a mortal and do not have the ability to save everyone.
The two of them walked like this for a while, with Su Ling walking very fast and breathing loudly.
Finally, Du Heng grabbed Su Ling hard, looked at him for a while and said, "Su Ling, what happened to you today? Do you know what is going to happen? We have been playing together since childhood, you can't hide it from me!
"
Su Ling waited for a while and then looked at Du Heng, with an unprecedented seriousness on his face and said: "Du Heng, Uncle Du Jing listens to you the most, right?"
Du Heng didn't know why he asked this, so he nodded.
Su Ling spoke carefully, and the solemn look on his face became more serious: "Since we were little, we played together, and you know everything."
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Listen to me, then you must remember every word of what I say now, don’t forget it, and you must do what I say, do you understand?”
Du Heng had never seen Su Ling like this before, and he couldn't help feeling nervous. He clenched his fists and said, "Okay, whatever you say, I will listen to you!"
"Okay, after you go back, tell Uncle Du Jing that Li Gui came back today and said that something big is going to happen recently. He asked us to take valuable things and hide in the mountains. You will go with them tomorrow and ask them to leave.
I took my father and my mother with me when I left. Of course, when they leave, you don’t want to follow them. Find a reason to sneak to Bai Shusheng’s place and we will go to Wanyang together. Do you remember?” Su Ling said word by word.
Du Heng was puzzled: "Why did you go out to hide? And you also said that something big happened? Is there going to be a war? But Li Guihe!..."
"Don't ask so many questions! Do you remember it?" Su Ling suddenly shouted at Du Heng in a low voice.
Du Heng was startled, and finally nodded, with a firm look in his eyes: "Okay, I'll listen to you, I'll remember it!"
"Repeat it after me!"
Du Heng repeated it. "Repeat it again!"
After doing this three times, Su Ling nodded and breathed a long sigh of relief.
The two separated at a fork in the road. Su Ling was walking home, looking a little lost.
It was already dark, and the figure felt extremely lonely.
Su Ling originally thought that this world might be different from the world he lived in in the past. After all, even the dynasties and people's names were different, and their destinies would naturally be different. Until Li Gui's first appearance and those words, he felt that
There were hundreds of thousands of thoughts flashing around, but he was sober as never before. Maybe what will happen in this era and the future direction will be exactly the same as that era. Su Ling didn't know how to explain this, parallel time and space?
Mirror world?
Su Ling knew that he was just a commoner, a pawn in the world. He could not change the wheel of fate. Just like how he came to this strange world, it was not something he could control. But he understood that if this era really
According to the general trend of history that he has learned in his past era, what awaits those unarmed people next will be a monstrous disaster.
However, there was nothing he could do. He was helpless. He was so humble that even Bai Shusheng couldn't care about him.
However, he still wanted to give it a try, his parents, Uncle Du Jing and his family. There must be quite a few of them!
In Wanyang City, it would be best if nothing happened. If something did happen, he would be the first to know and come back to take them away in time, right?
Su Ling didn't know how he got home. Su Ji and Aunt Su had already gone to bed. When they heard the news of Su Ling's return, Aunt Su scolded her face again in her room. Su Ling suddenly laughed softly.
.
He suddenly felt that such scolding was the most real moment of a human being!
It was daylight. Su Ling packed some money and some clothes into a small bag in the house, tucked it around his waist, and covered it with his own clothes. He finally stayed there until almost noon, and then walked out as usual, seemingly bored.
Go to the door.
He turned back and took a deep look at the familiar large courtyard, the big blue stone, the wandering chickens, and the smoke floating in the kitchen. Then he turned his head and walked towards Scholar Bai's home without hesitation.
When Su Ling arrived at Bai Shusheng's house, Du Heng, Li Gui, Bai Shusheng and Xiao Lan were all waiting for him in the courtyard. There were two soldiers in armor and a carriage at the door.
Su Ling pulled Du Heng close to him and whispered: "You did what I told you."
Du Heng nodded and whispered: "Don't worry, my father and the others should be on their way to find your parents at this moment."
Scholar Bai brought the two of them here and hurriedly gave some instructions. When Li Gui saw everyone had arrived, he said, "Okay, there is still a long way to go. Let's get on the road quickly."
Su Ling and Du Heng nodded towards Scholar Bai, turned around and left.
But Scholar Bai took two steps forward and said with concern: "Su Ling, you have just recovered from a serious illness. It's been a hard journey on the road. Du Heng, please take care of him." Then he turned back to Xiaolan and said: "Lan'er, give Brother Su something you made.
Bar."
Xiao Lan walked up to Su Ling, blinked at Su Ling with a pair of big blinking eyes, smiled softly, and said in a sweet voice: "Brother Su, you can eat this on the way, this is Lan'er's fault."
I made pancakes early in the morning." He said and handed over the small bag in his hand.
Just as Su Ling was about to bend down to take it, Xiaolan whispered in his ear: "White flour pancake, Xiaolan is not willing to eat it!"
Su Ling could not help but feel sad and dejected again. He held Xiaolan in his arms, tried his best to control himself, scratched the tip of Xiaolan's nose lovingly and said: "Okay, Brother Su
Eat when you are hungry."
"Go big!" Xiaolan said happily.
"Well...eat a big bite!"
When Su Ling and Du Heng were about to get into the carriage with Li Gui, Xiaolan suddenly ran out and shouted loudly: "Brother Su! Brother Su!"
Su Ling turned to look at Xiaolan, but couldn't say a word.
Xiaolan's innocent eyes are as bright as stars.
"Don't forget to tell Xiaolan a story when you come back, two of them!"
"I won't forget it!" Su Ling promised hurriedly.
"Hook!——"
The innocent girl stood in front of the dilapidated thatched house and stretched out her little hand towards the blue sky.
Su Ling gently stretched out her hand, which was clearly trembling slightly.
Two hands, one big and one small, slowly hooked in the air.
The carriage turned and the wheels hit the ground, letting out a heavy sigh.
The car has gone far.
But Su Ling could clearly hear that immature child's voice still calling him————
"Brother Su... come back soon! Lan'er will miss you."