In the clouds, the sunset is engulfing the sky.

The human voices were accompanied by the raging flames, which looked chaotic and miserable under the canopy of the night just now, and the figures in the flames ran and cried, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt flesh.

Yinanfang, a slum area where Han people gather in Yunzhong Fu, a large number of shacks gather here. At this moment, a fire is raging and spreading, and the fire fighting water dragon truck rushed over from a distance, but the setting of Yinanfang was chaotic, there was no order, and after the flames came up, some water dragons could not do anything about this fire.

Standing at the corner of the street near and watching all this, he heard the voices of people from far and near, and some people rushed out of the flames, and their bodies were already charred and black, and they fell into the sewage outside the market, and finally the terrible shouts were incomparable. It is a place where some of the southerners who have been redeemed live together, and many gold people in the nearby market are lively and discuss.

Mandu Daru came to talk to the nearby gang, this is a gang that mainly mocks people, and when they saw the raging fire, the gang went out to save people and fight the fire and find out the news. He looked at the side of the road for a while, and the deputy and a few city catchers had already come over, and asked in a low voice, "Head, what's going on?" That's a big deal......"

Mandu Daru is one of the chief arresters in the city, and the management is a matter that is widely implicated and has a great impact, and I don't know how many people will be burned to death in this raging fire in front of me - although they are all southerners - but after all, the impact is bad, if you want to manage and investigate, you should do it now.

"Go and help, stop by and ask."

Mandu Daru said this, and several of his catchers quickly dispersed around, but the deputy could see that the look on his face was wrong, and the two walked to the side, and said, "Head, this is ......"

"The fire started from three courtyards at the same time, and before many people could react, they were blocked at both ends, and not many people noticed it at the moment. You should pay attention first, and you may have to arrange a confession in the future......"

The deputy turned his head to look at the flames: "This time there are at least hundreds of burns and injuries, such a big thing, let's ......"

"Don't worry, no one will care about it in two days."

"......" Mandu Daru's words had a complex meaning, neither sad nor joyful, and the deputy's mind spun for a moment, remembering the rumors he had heard today, "Head...... The rumor that came from the south...... It can't be true......"

Mandu Daru was silent for a long time: "...... It seems to be true. ”

"How is that possible!"

The deputy shouted, and someone from the street next to him looked over, and the deputy glared back with a vicious look, and only when the man turned his gaze did he hurriedly say to Mandu Daru: "Head, such a thing...... How can it be true, Sticky Han is handsome and he ......"

Mandu Daru's hand slapped on his shoulder: "Whether it's true or not, we'll know in two days!" ”

“…… How can such things be concealed? ”

"It's not ...... Isn't there a cover-up. ”

Mandu Daru's eyes looked at the sea of fire, and the wooden archway in front of the Nanfang had also been burned and dumped in the fire, and he said: "If it is true, what will happen next, you should think about it." ”

"If it's true...... "The deputy swallowed a mouthful of saliva, grinding his teeth in his mouth, "then these southerners...... Not a single one will survive. ”

The flames were raging, and the sparks rising into the night sky were like countless flying butterflies, and Mandu Daru remembered the several figures he had seen before—they were several noble sons of the city, full of wine, and after seeing the fire burning, they hurriedly left—and his heart was not without compassion for the southerners in the fire, but considering the recent rumors and the possibility that this situation was faintly revealed, there was no time to put compassion on the slaves.

Thinking back to the siege that took place only last month, and the war that was still going on in the west, he sighed in his heart that Daikin has been really full of disasters and hardships recently......

By the time the fire was brought under control, the wooden huts and houses that should have been burned were all burned down, and most of the street was reduced to embers in the flames, and points of light flew into the sky, and the cries and moans spread in the night.

Tang Minjie, whose hair was burned and his face was black, sat slumped on the side of the street for a moment, surrounded by the smell of burnt meat. Seeing that there was a catcher coming from the other side of the road, the number of people in the yamen gradually increased, and he got up from the ground and staggered away into the distance.

He went to a nearby hospital to get the scald medicine, he went to the restaurant where he was hiding to bandage it a little, and at one moment, Lu Mingfang came over, saw his injury, and said, "I heard...... The fire in Nanfang, you ......"

"I'm fine, there were two informants, burned to death."

"What's the matter, I heard that the fire was very big, and I saw it on the other side of the city."

"What was said yesterday...... On the Jurchen side, the wind is not right......"

"Maybe it's really in the south, and the Jurchens have been completely defeated......"

"It's time to do the math......"

Tang Minjie sat down on the chair, and Lu Mingfang saw that his injuries were fine, so he also sat down, all speculating about the possibility of some things.

Since the beginning of April, the situation in Yunzhong Province has become tense, and the flow of information has been extremely difficult. After the Mongols broke through the Yanmen Pass, the communication between the north and the south was temporarily cut off, and then the Mongols besieged the city and imposed martial law in Yunzhongfu. This stalemate lasted until early May, when the Mongol cavalry went on a rampage and retreated to the northwest. The curfew in Yunzhong Mansion was not lifted until a few days, and Lu Mingfang, Tang Minjie and others were constantly piecing together information, if it weren't for that, they wouldn't have come to meet today when they met yesterday.

"The news from the steppe people is confirmed." After thinking for a moment, Lu Mingfang spoke, "On the third day of the fifth month, 27,000 people of Gaomulang were defeated in the southeast of Fengzhou (later Hohhot), and the purpose of the grassland people was not in the clouds, but in Fengzhou. They looted the armory of Toyoshu. Right now, it's still fighting over there, Takagi is going crazy, and I heard that Shi Liai is also very anxious. ”

“…… No wonder. Tang Minjie blinked.

The Jin people had a conflict with this group of steppe people a few years ago, when they led the troops with Shuliesu, and even suffered a slight loss in the attack of the steppe cavalry in the early stage of the battle, but they recovered the field soon after. The steppe people did not dare to easily offend the border, and later took advantage of the defeat of the Tangut people in front of the black flag, these people took Yinchuan with strange soldiers, and then destroyed the entire Western Xia.

Before the fourth southern expedition of the Jin Kingdom, the national strength was at its peak, and more than 200,000 troops were waved south, and the troops of the Western Imperial Court actually had more than enough to defend, and the main force used to prevent the west at this time was the Fengzhou army led by the general Gao Muga. This time, the grassland cavalry raided through Yanmen and surrounded Yunzhong, and all the troops came to relieve the siege, but they were defeated by a siege point to send reinforcements, and at the end of April, Gaomulang in Fengzhou finally couldn't hold it back, and waved his army to rescue Yunzhong.

In the face of this constant temptation, at the beginning of May, Gao Mu finally fell for it, sent too many troops so that the air defense of Fengzhou City was weak, and the grassland people saw the opportunity to seize the city, his army hurried back, and was defeated by the main force of the Mongols on the way, and at this time he was still sorting out the army, trying to recapture the important town of Fengzhou.

“…… If this is the case, these steppe people covet the Jin Kingdom very deeply, and they broke through the Yanmen, surrounded the clouds, and surrounded the points to lure out Gao Mugang, and after taking Fengzhou, they turned their heads and defeated him...... This set of eliminations and fights, I can't do it without a few years of deliberate preparations......"

Hearing Lu Mingfang's finished speaking, Tang Minjie frowned and thought for a moment, and then said: "Such a hero can cooperate......

"I'm thinking about it too." Lu Mingfang nodded, and then said, "I will repair the book and ask the southwest for instructions on this matter, but the most important thing at the moment is probably the news from the southwest, the fire in Nanfang is so big tonight, I don't think it's normal, in addition, I heard that the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion killed three Han people for no reason today." ”

“…… Hannu? ”

“…… What else can it be, there is no such thing as a Han master in the north. ”

“…… Then he would have to lose a lot of money. ”

Tang Minjie muttered in a low voice, they had some guesses about some things, but at this moment, they didn't even dare to guess, and the atmosphere in Yunzhong Mansion was even more complicated. Both were silent for a few moments.

Tang Minjie said: "If the southwest really wins, the news in the past two days can be confirmed, and such a thing cannot be sealed...... When the time comes, you'll have to go back, and you don't have to write back to the idea of forming an alliance with the steppe people. ”

He paused, then added, "...... Actually, I think you can ask the lady of the Ceres family first, if such news is really confirmed, I don't know what the situation in Yunzhong Mansion will become, if you want to go south, it may be safer to leave earlier. ”

Lu Mingfang smiled: "This kind of thing is not arranged in a day or two. ”

They didn't talk about it afterwards.

Almost at the same moment, Chen Wenjun was meeting the old man at Shi Liai's mansion. Her face was haggard, even if she had been carefully dressed, she couldn't hide the tiredness that appeared between her eyebrows, but despite this, she still took out an old list and put it in front of Shi Liai.

"I came here today, because I really can't wait, this group of people, last winter, the boss promised to give it to me, they were delayed on the road, the spring arrived, there is no way, but February and March, March and April, and now in May, many of the people on the list have been ...... Without. Boss, you have to give me the two hundred people you promised. ”

She was referring to the Han captives who had been escorted from the south around the beginning of winter last year. In order to highlight the exploits of the Western Route Army on the southern expedition, these 500 people were either soldiers of the resistance army in Xiangfan and other places, or the families of southern officials and defeated generals. The winter in the north is cold, the road is difficult, the escort of 500 people took a lot of time, this year in the spring of the official delivery in the clouds, after a parade display, and torture, of which 200 people at the end of March should have been handed over to Chen Wenjun, but Shi Liai temporarily changed the hexagram, never said anything about the matter, to this day, Chen Wenjun finally couldn't help it, came to the door.

Shi Liai stretched out his hand and pressed it on the list, his eyes were low, as if he was thinking, and after a while, it seemed that he had fallen asleep because of old age. The silence in the hall lasted for a long time......