At this time, towards the inner part of the city.

In an ordinary inn, a boy of seven or eight years old stood at the door, anxiously looking at the street at the gate of the city. His lips squirmed, and he didn't know what he was muttering.

The streets were crowded with people, gathering in twos and threes to discuss the recent border situation.

"I heard that the bandits of Qiyang Mountain burned four villages last night!"

"Yes, there are a lot of dead and wounded."

"The soldiers of the City Guard Mansion have been dispatched, and I heard that they are going to suppress the bandits."

"Tsk, I'm afraid this world is going to be chaotic again."

Zhao Erer was standing at the door of the inn, these words floated into his ears as if they were nothing, and as soon as he heard the words death and injury, bandits, the whole person began to get excited. His face was pale, his eyes were frightened, and his feet were a little unsteady, so he simply sat on the ground.

Zhao Lin came down from the inn and saw Zhao Er'er sitting on the ground and lost his mind, and hurriedly ran over, helped him up, and got closer, only to hear the child keep saying: It's going to be okay, it's going to be okay!

"We're waiting at the gates, they'll come for us before sunset." Zhao Lin looked resolute and looked at Zhao Er'er, "What are you like now!" Surely they will feel like they can't come back? ”

When Zhao Er'er heard this, he hurriedly raised his head, "No" After saying that, he stood up and wiped the tears from his eyes, "I will definitely come back, aunt, we will go to the city gate!" ”

Zhao Lin looked at him like this, and his nose was also sour.

Towards the city, at the city gate.

A few soldiers were guarding the gate, and a large group of people were trying to get through the city gate, most of them wanted to get out of the city gate, and a tall soldier stood in front of him, shouting loudly: "I said that the city gate was closed for three days, are you deaf?!" ”

Someone in the crowd immediately appeared, "Master Jun, don't you dare to do this, the family is in the village, I have to go back to see if they are okay!" ”

"That is, the city gate is closed, how is this business good?"

Seeing that this situation was not good, the tall soldier immediately put on a straight face and said loudly: "Less nonsense! The military order is like a mountain, if you are not allowed to go out of the city, you are not allowed to go out of the city, and those who violate it will be killed! ”

The last killing word was shouted with great momentum, and the two people who were close were directly frightened and took a step back.

Zhao Lin and Zhao Er'er stood on the periphery, and when they heard the news, their faces were not much better, and they were not allowed to go out of the city? This order is really strange, isn't it afraid that the bandits of Qiyang Mountain will attack Chaocheng?

No, it is impossible, there are 50,000 soldiers stationed in Chaocheng, and there are only a few bandits in Qiyang Mountain, who doesn't know how to settle accounts, and this person dares to rush to the city?

What's going on here?

Zhao Lin couldn't imagine that at this time, the border pass had already been played a game of chess, the three parties were in charge, the situation was complicated, and some people had some things that they didn't see clearly until many years later.

"Auntie, I'm going out of town! I'm going back to see my father and sister. Zhao Erer looked up, his eyes exuding a strong brilliance, tenacious and persistent.

Zhao Lin shook his head, "No, there is chaos outside, and it won't help if we go, what if they come back and can't find us?" ”

Zhao Erer frowned.

"Besides, you are not allowed to leave the city now."

Daylight is in full swing.

The crowd at the gate of the city gradually dissipated a lot, Zhao Er'er looked at the street outside the city with wide eyes, and when he met a person who entered the city, he pulled and asked if he had seen a man with a child, most of them shook their heads and waved their hands, but there was no substantial effect

The tall soldier guarding the side looked at Zhao Er'er, his eyes couldn't bear it, and he beckoned, "Hey, that kid, come here"

Zhao Er'er ignored him and looked out of the city gate.

The tall man snorted, walked over, and grabbed him.

"You're looking for someone?"

Zhao Er'er glanced up at him and nodded, if it was usual, he would definitely answer this person's question politely, but now, he was so anxious, how could he pay attention to him.

The tall man coughed dryly, embarrassed by this inexplicable accosting, "What, what's your family's name, in the afternoon, I'm going to go out of the city, and I'll find someone for you by the way." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Er'er's eyes were sheng, and he looked at the tall man gratefully, "Thank you!" Can you take me with you, though? ”

The tall man felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment at this time, but then he was a little unhappy, "Little brat, what do you know, I went out of the city to suppress bandits." ”

Zhao Er'er groaned slightly and bowed to him, "Then there is labor, my father's name is Zhao Kuo, please ask the little brother to find it on his behalf, Er'er will be grateful!" ”

The tall man nodded uncomfortably.

………

Afternoon.

The soldiers marched out of the city gates in dozens of groups and began patrolling the surrounding villages.

By this time, twelve hours had passed since last night.

Zhao Kuo took Zhao District and Wang Damiang to hide on the mountain, looking from a distance, you can also see the unusual scenery on the path, all over the yellow, as if there was a major drought that has not been encountered in ten years, Zhao Kuo sighed slightly every time he looked at it, and then looked at the unconscious Zhao District with a complicated look at the scorched Zhao District, I don't know what I was thinking.

In the morning, no less than four columns of troops wandered before his eyes, but their eyes were drawn to the yellow, and the rest began to clean up the devastation of the surrounding villages.

Zhao Kuo didn't open his mouth to ask for help because he didn't trust the soldiers. In other words, there were people among the soldiers of Asahi who he did not believe. Many years ago, he was also a well-known figure in the army, some admired, some disdained, some jealous, and there were many hatreds, and when he lost power, there were many people who wanted to step on his shoulders and make a name for themselves.

He has been hidden in the border for a long time, but there are still many people's eyes on it, and last night, he smashed the jade plate, which is equivalent to breaking a barrier to protect him, and most importantly, that formation is enough to make those people's eyes become hot.

Zhao Kuo looked at the soldiers with a little sadness, thinking that there might be some trouble.

By this time, the soldiers who had changed shifts had already arrived.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, Zhao Kuo quietly watched the soldiers, and then... His eyes were cold.

Coming so soon?

He frowned, put the branch next to him on Zhao District's body, completely hid the petite body, and then carefully moved Aunt Wang aside and placed it on the side of the mountain road, so as to ensure that those soldiers could see her as soon as possible, and then send her to the city for treatment.

He closed his eyes and sat next to Zhao District, as if he was waiting for something.

"There's someone here!" The patrol soldiers finally found the traces of Aunt Wang.

"Wounded, not dead!" Someone said

"No matter, we have another business to do."

These people glanced at each other, and then tacitly looked away, looking from Zhao Kuo, they could just see the faces of some of them.