() For several days in a row, the city of Huizhou was shrouded in terrifying clouds. The officers and soldiers turned the city upside down, and the figures of Xia army soldiers searching and running around could be seen everywhere in the city.
The fire at the city gate affected Chiyu, and the Han people in Huizhou City became the number one suspects. Both the private merchants from the Song Dynasty who used to come and go often, and the Han people who had lived here for generations and had become residents of Daxia, were all affected; everyone was affected;
shape.
But even so, Song Guoxizuo, who burned the grain, was still not caught and brought to justice. The leader of the crime seemed to have disappeared from the world without a trace. Although a group of unidentified Han people had been found to have stayed at the Tongfu Inn in Nancheng, on the day of the accident,
At night, the shopkeeper and the waiters hid, and they never saw when the group left the inn and where they went. The officers and soldiers of the Yamen could only learn about the dozen or so people from the mouths of the innkeeper and the waiter.
The general appearance and age can only be captured with these tiny clues, hoping to gain something.
There was a lot of commotion outside, but everything was peaceful inside Chenxing Tower. After three days of nursing, the injury on Su Jin's leg had gradually stabilized, and the wound had become scarred, with fresh flesh and buds slowly growing out.
, Dynasty helped Su Jin make a crutch, and Su Jin was gradually able to walk in the yard with the crutch...
In the past few days, Yeli Duanyun and Li Ahli had taken good care of Su Jin, but when they saw Su Jin, Yeli Duanyun still had an expression of disgust and hatred, but Li Ahli was still treating Su Jin.
He's pretty good, and he speaks kindly.
After taking a nap in the afternoon, Su Jin used crutches and was supported by the little maid Mingyue'er, and went to sit under the big tree in the yard. Mingyue'er helped Su Jin sit on the stone bench, poured Su Jin a cup of tea, and bowed his head.
Stand aside.
Su Jin took a few sips of tea and looked at the beautiful flowers in the garden and the fluttering butterflies and dragonflies in a daze. There has been no news from Ma Han, Zhao Hu and others in the past few days. Yesterday, Wang Chao secretly went to the street to inquire about news, but found nothing.
, considering that the intensity of the search in the city is still very high, we cannot inquire too openly, so we can only ask lightly.
Su Jin understood that in fact, no news is the best news. The more rigorous the search by Xia Bing was, it meant that the three of them had not fallen into the hands of the Xia people, but Su Jin was still worried; especially Zhang Long, who had a gun on his shoulder.
Arrow wounds, in this era when colds and colds can even kill one's life, if one is injured by an arrow and cannot be treated in time, the consequences will be serious. Another thing Su Jin is worried about is the situation in Weizhou.
Damn it, it stands to reason that the army's food and grass were burned, and Li Yuanhao's army will return to Weizhou City, but there seems to be no sign of the army's return. Could it be that Li Yuanhao made a desperate move, and the burning of the food aroused his wildness, and finally took the
Have you landed in Weizhou City?
Su Jin couldn't let go of all kinds of worries. She stayed here and did nothing, and she didn't know anything about the outside world. She was like a beast in a cage, calm on the outside but restless on the inside.
"Young Master... Young Master?" Mingyue'er called softly.
Su Jin came back to his senses in shock, and suddenly found that there were several more figures in front of him. Yeli Duanyun, dressed in red, was looking at him coldly, with a very strange expression on his face.
"It turns out to be Miss Yeli. I'm rude. I apologize for not being able to stand up and salute." Su Jin quickly clasped his fists and saluted.
Yeli Duanyun seemed to have just come back from outside, with slight beads of sweat on his nose and forehead: "How is your injury?"
Su Jin smiled and said: "Thanks to the rescue, the wound is recovering well."
Yeli Duanyun snorted and said, "It's good for you, but I have become Daxia's eternal sinner."
Su Jin smiled and said, "How do you say this?"
Yeli Duanyun said: "Stop pretending, don't you understand what I mean?"
Su Jin sighed and said sternly: "No matter what, Miss Yeli helped me save my life, and I don't want to deny it; yes, I led the people to build the military grain warehouse in Huizhou. This is why I came here this time."
Your country’s sole purpose.”
Yeli Duanyun gritted his teeth and said angrily: "You thief, do you know that our country of Great Xia will fall into chaos, and how many people will die this time? The officials in the city are not well guarded, and they will at least be killed by the emperor.
Hundreds, even hundreds of Han people in this city died because of your actions, and these lives should be counted on you."
Su Jin raised his eyebrows and said: "Miss Yeli, these are all what I expected. I knew that such a result would happen, so I am not surprised at all."
"Aren't you surprised? So many people died because of you, and you don't even care?"
Su Jin said: "Of course I care, but there is no other way. If I want to save more people, I can only sacrifice some people."
Yeli Duanyun said: "Save people? Who are you saving?"
Su Jin squinted his eyes and said, "Miss, you probably don't know who I am yet, so let me tell you that I am the acting envoy of Jingyuan Road in the Song Dynasty and the magistrate of Weizhou. My name is Su Jin."
Yeli Duanyun was stunned, stood up suddenly, and said in a confused tone: "Are you Su Jin who guards Weizhou?"
Su Jin said: "Exactly!"
Yeli Duanyun sneered and said: "God's will, I was planning to go to you to settle the score, but I didn't expect you to come to my door yourself. Don't blame Aunt Nainai for being rude to you." After saying that, he turned around and said: "Here comes someone.
, go and call someone to tie up the culprit who killed the two great kings of my Yeli family, and take him to the memorial tablets of my two uncles and behead him."
A maidservant hurriedly ran outside the garden. This was the inner house, and the nursing staff could not come in without instructions. The little maidservant Ming Yue'er turned pale with fright. The young master she had carefully taken care of for several days turned out to be the eldest son of the Yeli family.
enemy.
Su Jin looked up to the sky and laughed so hard that tears almost came out.
"I am about to die, but you still managed to laugh." Yeli Duanyun said coldly.
"Why can't I laugh? I naturally laugh when I see something funny." Su Jin said.
"What do you find funny about me?"
"I laugh at you for not discerning the obvious. You look like a smart person, but in fact you are not very smart."
"Shut up, it's not up to you, a Song pig, to judge whether Nainai is smart or not."
Su Jin smiled and said: "Don't be unconvinced. Since you knew that I was the prefect of Weizhou, you didn't even ask me the whole story, so you decided that I was the murderer of your two uncles. Fortunately, you are a woman. If you were a man,
If you become an official, a lot of people will be killed unjustly in your hands."
Yeli Duanyun said: "Have I wronged you? My two uncles were attacked and killed by you on the way back to Huizhou. How can you cover up this fact even if you don't admit it?"
Su Jin sneered and said: "First of all, I have heard of the names of the two wild kings, but to tell you what you don't like to hear, I have never taken any king seriously, even though I have the skills of the Song Dynasty's Art of War
It is said that 'capture the thief first, capture the king', but I have never had any thoughts about your two uncles."
Yeli Duanyun looked at Su Jin with a sneer on his face, as if he was mocking his insincerity.
"Secondly, your Xia army is attacking Weizhou with 120,000 troops. We, Weizhou defenders, only have less than 40,000 troops. The entire city of Weizhou is surrounded by your Xixia army like an iron barrel. How can I send troops to sneak attack again?
Tell me, I am the prefect of Weizhou, and the sneak attack cannot be carried out without my consent.
,Whether you believe it or not, I have never given such an order, because no matter how capable the two wild kings are, they are just generals under Li Yuanhao. In a huge battle involving hundreds of thousands of troops, they killed one person.
What will two generals do to the situation? I will not send anyone to take this risk."
Yeli Duanyun sneered and said: "I don't believe you no matter what your excuses are. My two uncles have experienced hundreds of battles, and nearly half of the army are warriors from my Yeli tribe. Killing them will shake the morale of my Daxia army.
It's beneficial for you to defend the city, so why don't you do it?"
Su Jindao: "It turns out that nearly half of the army are warriors from the Yeli tribe. If I had known this, maybe I would have taken the risk. However, I have only been in the northwest for a month or two, and I know nothing about the personnel of your Xia Kingdom. I would like to ask you a question.
, since we killed two wild and powerful kings,
It will shake the morale of the army, so why did your Xia army show no signs of panic, but continued to attack Weizhou City? Could it be that killing King Yeli actually aroused the hatred of your Xia army's common enemy? If that were the case, wouldn't I have moved?
Are you going to hit yourself in the foot with a stone?"
Yeli Duanyun said: "Who do you ask me about military and national affairs? No matter what the consequences are, your original intention of attacking and killing my two uncles must be to repel my troops who besieged the city in Daxia; I might as well make it clear to you.
, I have never cared about the disputes and grievances between Song and Xia, otherwise I would not know that you were a spy who burned military rations.
Zuo has come to save you. Don't think that I am forced to do it by you. The women in our party are all strong and will not be coerced even if they die. My hatred for the Song people began when my two uncles were killed.
Now, whether you set the fire or do the fine work, I have nothing to do with it, but if you kill my two uncles, I can't spare you."
Su Jin scratched his head and said: "After talking for a long time, you still believe that I am the murderer who ordered the attack. Then what else can I tell? If you don't believe me no matter what, then I will have no choice but to be killed. It's useless to say more, but you
There is no need to send me to the Yamen, it is up to you to avenge me, just take a knife and chop my head off."
Yeli Duanyun said: "Okay, then I'll help you. Although I haven't even killed a lamb or a chicken, I can't care less about revenge."
Yeli Duanyun slowly pulled out the delicate scimitar inlaid with gems from his waist and pointed it at Su Jin step by step. Suddenly the sword flashed and he slashed it down with his hand.