Chapter Twenty-Three: Jingguan

Generally speaking, pheasant slaves have darker complexions, and walk outside on weekdays, which is not much different from those women who work in the fields all day, and do not need to cover up their faces with plaster, as Yue'e did.

But this time, she had to do it, because of the blood loss, even the red lips became transparent, and her face was even paler, which was shocking.

All the way back, the route chosen by the pheasant slave is not the most recent, it is almost the reverse version of the Song people's mission to the capital, why did she go like this, the sergeant who accompanied her was because of the intact traffic stations set up along the way, so that she did not have to stop, and traveled day and night, but in her own heart, she had another plan.

"Where?"

Because of the pain of the wound, she didn't dare to sleep too deeply, afraid that she would never wake up again, holding a big burden in her hand, no one was allowed to touch it, and the entourage dressed as a Han sergeant persuaded her several times to no avail, so she went with her.

This is a double-headed carriage, which will be inserted with the sign of the Xie family when needed, plus the hundreds of Han soldiers riding horses in front, as long as the signboard is displayed, who dares to touch the family members of the Xie family in the north?

Even the Mongolians listened politely, the little lady in the car was the person who had just been added to the second son of Xie Fu who had recently made up for the timidity, no, it should be the only son of Xie Fu now, and there is no sophomore.

"It's almost Ezhou City, can you still hold it? Do you want to go into the city to find Lang Zhongzai?"

The sergeant who was driving the car replied through the curtain, and after a while he didn't hear a sound, he understood that the mention had been vetoed.

The pheasant slave didn't want to speak, not because of the pain, but because there was too much pressure in her heart, which made her too heavy to speak.

Sitting up slightly from lying down, she lifted the curtains on the carriage, and the familiar and unfamiliar scenery in her head, a pair of smart big eyes lost their former looks, and only the heart was as desolate as water.

This area only exists in the memories of her childhood, in those memories the entire Han water is soaked with blood and tears, all the way from her hometown Xiangyang Mansion begging down, if it weren't for Wang Lixin's founding of the new army to recruit troops outside the city, she and her brother are afraid that they have died on the side of the road like those starvations, maybe it would be better?

There was no aftermath, the three siblings had been reunited in heaven.

But can you still meet Brother Yu in that way?

The pheasant slave didn't dare to think about this problem, it was more painful to die than to live, the big burden in her hand was full of relics, including Yang Lei and those palace straighteners, as well as the old dog and his companions left in the inn, and Brother Yu asked her to hand it over to Jing Niang, which was the only reason why she could still breathe.

The sergeant who drove the car and the hundred households who accompanied him were all left-behind in Xiangyang, and when they arrived in Ezhou, they had to contact their local companions, hand over the pheasant slaves to them intact, and then the latter would send them to the next station, which was a relay process that did not need to rest for twelve hours, and it was also the fastest and safest way to make her come to the border land in just over ten days.

When they came, they had already notified this side with a microphone, so when they arrived at the city of Ezhou, three men in Han military uniforms were already waiting on the side of the road, and they were also followed by a carriage, and the man led by him was tall and long-legged, and he took his halter from Baihu on horseback.

"Black Bull! How did you get it, the handsome man is willing to let go? ”

Like him, the hundred households of the Han army who were in charge of intelligence affairs in the Xiangyang area were the survivors of the fifty people who followed Liu Yu at the earliest, and the two had not seen each other for a long time, so this time, they were naturally overjoyed.

"There are some things to do, how is Sister Pheasant? But it's okay. ”

Someone came down after the car, and Hei Niu asked anxiously, he was not from this side, but he only inquired about it when he heard about Sister Pheasant.

Baihu shook his head and didn't know what to say, and when they stepped forward together to help people down from the carriage, Hei Niu couldn't believe that this girl with a thin face and dull eyes was the command girl who was bad everywhere in the barracks, looking at the whole person like a walking corpse, let go and let sit and sit, where was there still a little anger.

"It's poisonous outside, let's get in the car and rest first."

Helping her to the side of the carriage he brought, the black bull had given up the idea of asking about the situation at that time, and it was estimated that it was the last thing Sister Pheasant wanted to recall.

"You're a black bull, I know you."

The pheasant slave didn't go inside, but just sat on the back of the carriage, and just when the black bull was about to let her rest, she was unexpectedly stopped, but fortunately she still recognized herself, indicating that her brain was not bad, and he turned around and waited for the other party's orders.

"I want to find someone, it should be in this city, can you think of a way, let my eyes, as long as I remember his appearance, I will never do it."

The pheasant slave slowly said her plan, she detoured here to want to know what the murderer who killed her sister directly looked like.

The three-month period she set for Brother Yu actually included this person.

As long as Liu Yu does not appear within two months, she will spend the rest of her time here to fulfill her last wish in this world, for herself and for Brother Yu, of course, she will not implicate anyone again, whether she succeeds or not, she will go to the underworld and ask why the enemy refuses to tell the truth when she is dying.

Hearing what she said, the black bull and his men looked at each other, they were not the permanent personnel here, they were not familiar with it at all, and the reason why they came to greet them was because they were also going back to the Great Song Dynasty, just by the way.

"Is this person's name a post?"

The hundred households who escorted her here interjected on the side, and the pheasant slave only vaguely remembered that it was a Mongolian hundred households, and the name had been heard once, but how could he still remember it so clearly, and when he was reminded by this person, he remembered that it was indeed such a name.

"If it is this person, I know that when the waiter took people across the border, he and his subordinates had found his traces, and then the shopkeeper sent a special message, asking this side to pay attention to this person's whereabouts, but he is not stationed here, but not far from Yangluo Fort, there are also brothers watching over there, and they will know when they are asked."

It's good to know who it is, the pheasant slave leaned weakly on the carriage door, let them contact, just such a toss, she was indeed a little tired, she didn't want to pay attention to anything at this time, and when she completed her wish, there was still a long way to go, and she had to save her body and persist until the moment she went back.

The city of Ezhou has become a mess, and the news reported by the defenders is of course not that the Song army is attacking, but the actual situation is more difficult than that of the Song people, because the matter has caused panic among the people and the defenders, and this panic is spreading in the city, and it has reached a situation where they have to come forward.

"Where?"

As the supreme governor of the province, Lian Xixian naturally has to figure it out.

"On the official road not far from the city gate, as soon as the city gate was opened in the morning, some people came to report, saying that a tall tower suddenly appeared outside the city, and the subordinates brought people to investigate, and the result was that they really found the thing they said, and they didn't dare to hide it, so they hurried to report to the prime minister."

The new annex Qianhu was still trembling a little in his words when he spoke, which showed how much that thing had affected his senses.

"Lead the way."

Lian Xixian didn't ask what it was, the scene was definitely going to go, it was his responsibility.

"So-and-so is going too."

Ali Hague certainly won't be left behind, and he also wants to know what happened.

As soon as they walked out of the gate of the palace, the group felt the strangeness in the city, the people on the street were in a hurry, and they were also cautious when talking to each other, looking around from time to time, for fear of being heard, especially after these officers and soldiers, they were busy and quickly avoided, as if they had an insoluble plague on them.

"Drive!"

As soon as he got on the horse, he whipped away, Ali Hague couldn't catch up, and he saw a team of guards coming with him, and commanded a big man at the head.

"Catch up and protect Prime Minister Lian."

The big man didn't care to turn the horse's head, and with a greeting he led someone to follow, and Ali Hague got on his horse and fell behind.

Passing through the city gate that the guard said, crossing the suspension bridge and jumping over the moat, on the wide official road, countless people gathered together, and the innermost layer was the Han army, they formed a circle, blocking the tall tower that the people could only describe from a distance by thousands of households, which had been truly displayed in front of Lian Xixian, and in an instant, his face became extremely pale, and he almost couldn't control it and fell off the horse.

It is indeed a tall tower, as tall as two adults stacked on top of each other, and shaped a bit like an Egyptian pyramid, but not as regular.

Layer by layer, you can do anything, but those that make up the base of the tower are not bricks, stones, wood, or copper, iron and gold, but human heads!

The bloodless skin is brushed with quicklime, which is even more terrifying, and some of them are still open, and their pupils without focus are just looking at the people around them, transmitting the horror to the hearts of every people, and of course, the new soldiers of the attached army.

"Who did it?"

Ali Hague arrived the latest, and as soon as he jumped off his horse, he ordered people to start dispersing the crowd, but he immediately reacted that he was asking a nonsense, such a large number of heads, it could not be the behavior of a certain person, but only an organized plan of the country behind the border.

"I didn't find anyone, but the number of subordinates has passed, a total of 379, except for more than 30 on the top two layers, the rest are Han, and there is a piece of paper left by them, so I was in a hurry, and my subordinates forgot to take it out."

Lian Xixian didn't speak with a blue face, he didn't need to be reminded by the man, the top two layers were all bald and braided Mongols, and the bottom were Han people with scattered hair, to be precise, it should be the Han army, but I am afraid that the level is not low.

Sure enough, the piece of paper that Ali Hague held in his hand, densely recorded their names and positions, each of them was an officer of more than 100 households, according to the peace agreement, the Yuan people exchanged Jiangzhou for more than 1,000 generals, and these 100-level colonels were forgotten in Jiankang's prisoner camp, in order to eliminate hidden dangers, they were all executed as early as when the mission went south, and the heads left behind were originally used for sacrificial flags, and were used here by Li Shiyi's order.

The last line of the paper is written a few sentences indicating the cause and effect of this incident, "Wash blood with blood, tooth for tooth, and the shame of today will be repaid tenfold." ”

Ali Hague's hands trembled a little, and he was shocked not by these mountains of human heads, but by the efficiency of the Song people, you must know that it was less than a quarter of an hour after they received the urgent report from the capital, and the Song people were planning this at least last night, how did they know about it, how did it pass it on, and how did they organize it?

"The matter here is handed over to the prime minister, and I want to rush back to Yangluo Fort immediately."

This cognition made Ali Hague vigilant, and the attitude of the Song people was very clear, this is just a war letter, so what will they do next?

"What, you're afraid they'll go to war?"

Lian Xixian immediately understood his worries, if things went in the worst direction, Ezhou City would be the first to bear the brunt, where would the Song people come from?

For a while, he was a little flustered, and he only felt that his eyes were full of enemies.

"Be prepared, if there are soldiers and horses coming, you will first settle outside the city, and then go back and let the cavalry expand the patrol area to this area, and you can't let the Song people act so unscrupulously."

"Okay, I will do my best to raise the grain and grass you want, and you can't have any more accidents there."

At this point, everything must be put aside first, Lian Xixian of course understands the truth of being in the same boat, once the war is carried out in advance, victory is the only pursuit, which is no different from Ali The Hague.

"Well, it's the man next to the tartar, the tallest one."

In the lens of the pheasant slave, the faces of those Tartars in the distance came into view clearly, and following the sergeant's reminder, she found the location of the hundred households smoothly.

The moment the person looked back, her whole face was deeply imprinted in her mind, and there was no need to deliberately remember it, and the pheasant slave believed that she would not forget it, unless she stopped breathing.

"I'm sorry for you, send me back as much as I can."

When the Tartars left, the pheasant slave put down the clairvoyant mirror, and his eyes were flat again.

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