Zhizhou Mansion, located in the center of Jidan City, covers an area of eight acres, although it is not as exquisite as Yundu, but it has its own rough beauty. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Yuan Shanjia sat in the study, his face solemn, listening to Mr. Lin talk about the causes and consequences of the disappearance of his father and Yun Niang.

It turned out that a month and a half ago, the Van Dan Kingdom suddenly tore up the peace treaty, declared war with the Yun State, and its crown prince led troops to attack Qingcheng Pass.

Lu Jian, the general of Qingcheng Pass, seemed to have been injured and infected with the epidemic, and in order not to affect others, he actually committed suicide.

The person guarding the pass was Lu Jian's deputy general Xiao Yi, who felt that he could not resist and asked Yuan Tian for help.

Yuan Tian can't sit idly by, not to mention that there are still some people in Qingchengguan who are also infected with the epidemic, although they were strictly controlled by Lu Jian, the original guard, and there was no large-scale outbreak, but who knows if those people will riot after Lu Jian dies.

When Yuan Tian got the news, he decided to go to Qingcheng Pass to stop the army of the Van Dan Kingdom from moving east.

He was going to support Qingcheng Pass, and he was not prepared to go empty-handed, the two armies went to war, and the grain and grass went first.

He was able to determine that there was definitely not much food in Qingchengguan. Without enough food, it was difficult for Qingchengguan to win the battle.

And after he arrived in Jidan City, he got acquainted with Yun Niang, and felt that she was helping the people in Jidan City in such a time of crisis, and she was extremely nationally righteous and admired her very much.

Therefore, after receiving Qingchengguan's request for help, he asked Yun Niang for help, hoping that she could help herself and allocate some grain and grass.

Yun Niang agreed. She has a natural sympathy for these weakling. Especially what she has experienced, she cherishes life very much and is willing to use her own strength to help others.

In fact, the reason why Yuan Tian successfully settled in Jidan City and Xiayang City was not only his own deterrence and ability, but also Yun Niang's help.

Yun Niang controls one-third of the forces behind Yuan Shanjia, which is not as good as the Red Mansion or the Qingyutang, but it is not small.

Especially when it comes to grain and grass. This force is not only owned by Yuan Shanjia himself, but also mainly deals in groceries such as grain, medicinal materials, and cloth. It has a great effect on logistics support.

What's more, because Yuan Shanjia knew that there was a great drought, when he established this force from the beginning, he took the reserve of grain and grass as a focus.

In every state, there are one, two, or even three or four granaries dedicated to Xihefang. When the epidemic broke out, in order to save some people, Yuan Shanjia let Yun Niang control this part of the force and try to let the people in the west survive.

And in Jidan City, Xiayang City, and even Linqin City, the three cities have two granaries. If there is no accident in these granaries, they can ensure that the common people will not starve to death for half a year.

After the epidemic began, those who had money fled north or south, and some people left because of the drought before the epidemic began, but there were still a large number of people who remained.

And most of the people who stayed behind survived, and the main reason for surviving was Yun Niang's daily soup kitchen.

After Yun Niang arrived in Jidan City, she found that the drought in Jidan City was far more serious than expected, in order to prevent the people from dying in a large area, Yun Niang chose to cooperate with the local government to open a warehouse to release grain.

But I didn't expect that after opening the warehouse and releasing grain, the people from the government would take out some of the grain she took out, and some of the grain ran away.

If it weren't for Ran Zhu's help to pacify, Jidan City would probably have fallen into death like Linqin City.

So she would rather work harder and cook the porridge after cooking, rather than open a warehouse to release grain, just for fear that something similar would happen again.

Even if there is more grain in Xihefang, it can't withstand such a trumpet.

Moreover, some people will repeatedly queue up to receive more in order to receive more, and even some frail people will be snatched away after taking them back.

These are not what Yun Niang wants to see.

Moreover, although Yun Niang did not know how to treat the epidemic, she put a large number of medicinal materials that are beneficial to the body into the porridge, which greatly improved people's immunity, so that most people were not infected with the epidemic, and most of the people infected with the epidemic disease successfully persevered until Yuan Tianlai.

As a result, most of the people who survived were grateful to Yun Niang, not only in Jidan City, but also in Xiayang City. For a while, Yun Niang's reputation in Jidan City Box Xiayang City became extremely high, and even people in some places were at home with her immortal card.

After Yuan Tian came, Yun Niang helped stabilize the situation, and several riots were successfully suppressed, also because Yun Niang supported her behind.

But who knows, when everything starts to improve, there is a battle training from Qingcheng Pass, and the Van Dan Kingdom is gathering troops!

As a last resort, Yuan Tian took Dong Changle and Le Hongwei and a small team of soldiers and horses to escort more than a dozen carts of grain and grass to Qingcheng Pass.

But no one expected that soon after, the news of his disappearance came halfway.

In fact, it was not only Yuan Tian and Yun Niang who were missing. There were also nearly a hundred soldiers, and thirteen carts of grain and grass.

These people disappeared seemingly overnight, without a trace.

"Has Uncle Lin ever investigated? What's the clue? Yuan Shanjia played with the jade pendant hanging from his waist, and his heart was turned upside down.

Mr. Lin is the younger brother of the Yalun family, and he is also equivalent to her junior brother, who is Yuan Shanjia's uncle.

"I looked down that road and didn't find any leads. And...... There were no traces of a fight at all, and there were still some traces left after cooking in the camp where they rested. It was as if they had just disappeared suddenly. Mr. Lin was puzzled, and his mind was a little heavy.

If someone takes them away, it must not be an ordinary person, the biggest possibility is that it is a person in the rivers and lakes, or even a strange thing that is a reclusive person.

"Could it be that they went on their own?" Yuan Shanjia asked, but after asking, she felt that it was impossible.

Daddy is dedicated to the country and the people, and it is impossible to ignore the common people at the border and suddenly disappear.

What's more, it's really weird that so many people disappeared together.

Mr. Lin was silent, in fact, he had also thought about this possibility, but if the general left by himself, why didn't he go to Qingcheng Pass?

If there is really something, he will definitely send him a message, and as a general, the general will not make such a basic mistake.

Yuan Shanjia kept copying the lines of the jade pendant with his hand, and his mind was a little anxious, "There is no news after that?" There is no news from Qingcheng Pass? No news for help? ”

"Yes. There is no news. That's what I don't understand. Who is so capable that he can catch the general. There was a letter from Qingcheng Pass, but it was a letter asking for help again. If it weren't for this letter, I wouldn't have heard the news that the general had disappeared halfway. Mr. Lin frowned in thought, his eyes showing concern.

He had already checked all the places around him that could be checked, and if he really had any clues, he could only say that the camp where he had rested halfway through. Once there, all traces were gone. It looked like it had disappeared from the camp.

But the campfires in the camp were all processed, so it can be seen that no one was in a hurry and took them away.

Then there is only one possibility, and the traces behind it have been cleaned up for some reason.

Or the generals, who disappeared shortly after leaving the camp.

Yuan Shanjia lowered her head, she thought that it was just her father and Yun Niang who were also missing, but she didn't expect that there were nearly a hundred soldiers who also disappeared, and the most important thing was that there was so much food, and they also disappeared together.

She couldn't help but wonder, "Uncle Shi, could there be spies in the team led by my father?" ”

Mr. Lin squinted, obviously thinking about this possibility. He shook his head slightly, "This is not clear, everything is unknown at the moment." ”

But he also understood that if there were no spies among those people, it would be impossible for so many people to disappear all of a sudden.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The drums on the city tower suddenly sounded, and the sound resounded through the sky, shaking the governor's mansion.

"What's going on?" Yuan Shanjia stood up suddenly, and his face changed.

It is the sound of drums that only sounds when an enemy is attacking the city, and the penetrating power of the sound can reach the entire city.

She also grew up in the border area, and of course she knew that it was the sound of war drums. Jidan City is close to Qingcheng Pass, and it is not surprising that there are war drums, but the strange thing is, why do war drums sound at this time?

Could it be that the Van Dan Kingdom is so powerful that it has successfully broken through the Qingcheng Pass? Arrived at Zidan City?

Wrong! Yuan Shanjia touched his chin and thought deeply, this direction is not right. If you come from Qingyun Pass, you should come from the West Gate. But the sound was clearly coming from the direction of the North Gate.

"It's the Red Turbans!" Fei Wen immediately gritted his teeth, very angry about this.

He slammed the helmet he was holding on, ready to rush out.

"Is it the Red Turbans?" Yuan Shanjia frowned, those people on the road said that they were from the Red Turban Army. Didn't expect to chase it?

"What? Have you heard of it? Mr. Lin listened to Yuan Shanjia's tone and sensed that there was something familiar inside.

How could the niece know about the existence of the Red Turban Army, he hadn't sent a message back to Yundu, and the news of the emperor's death came from Yundu, so the news of the appearance of the Red Turban Army should only be known to the people in the west, and the people in Liancheng may know a little bit.

But the meaning of the niece of the teacher seems to have been encountered.

"Well, on the way here, I met a wave of bandits who claimed to be the Red Turban Army and wanted to rob our food." Yuan Shanjia nodded, and recounted the events of the Red Turban Army encountered on the road one by one.

"They actually set up an ambush to rob passers-by?" Mr. Lin walked a few steps around the room, very dissatisfied.

Originally, Yuan Tian stabilized Jidan City and Xiayang City, but he didn't want to, not long after Yuan Tian's disappearance, Xiayang City was occupied by bandits, claiming to be the Red Turban Army.

Because Yuan Tian did not have many soldiers, only Mr. Lin could lead, but no one was available except for the city defenders, no matter how strong his ability was, he could not fight these bandits, not to mention that they still had thousands of ordinary people in their hands as hostages.

And this so-called Red Turban Army would come to Jidan City every once in a while in an attempt to break through and occupy Jidan City.

A wave of anger rose in Mr. Lin's heart. This group of people, just taking the people of Xiayang City as hostages, even robbed everywhere, and wanted to break through Jidan City.

If it weren't for the general's absence, after he left, there would be no one to preside over the overall situation, and he would definitely lead someone to beat the Red Turban Army back to his lair.

"Let's go! Check it out! Mr. Lin's face was stern.

"Yes." Fei Wen nodded.

Yuan Shanjia followed, galloping through the city on horseback, and after half an hour, he reached the north gate.

When he went up to the city tower, Yuan Shanjia could see a tall man with a scar on his face, shouting at the city gate, "Hand over the people who have just entered the city!" Otherwise, we will break down your gates today." ”

(To be continued.) )