When the autumn sun is still falling golden and warm on the southwest land, the breath of winter has come in advance in the golden country thousands of miles away.

On the ninth day of August, in the clouds.

Lead-blue clouds shrouded the sky, the north wind had begun to blow on the earth, as one of the few big cities in the golden realm, the clouds seemed to be helplessly caught in a gray quagmire, and as far as the eye could see, the whole city seemed to be contaminated with a gloomy atmosphere.

The carriages and horses entering and exiting the city seemed to be a little less energetic than in the past, the clamor in the market sounded a little lazier than in the past, and the guests in the restaurant and tea shop spoke a little more solemnly, and they exchanged their heads and ears as if they were talking about something confidential and important.

Among the muddy streets of the city, the walking Hannu were wrapped up in tight clothes and hunched over, and they looked as if they were afraid of being noticed, but they were not cockroaches after all, and could not be turned into unobtrusive dwarfs. Some people clinged to the corner of the wall and avoided the pedestrians in front of them, but they were still knocked to the ground, and they could have been kicked or beaten even more.

In such an atmosphere, the nobles in the city still maintained a high-pitched mood. The high-pitched emotions are dyed with violence, and from time to time they will explode in the city, so that in such depression, there will be occasional bloody.

In the small courtyard on the south side of the city, Xu Xiaolin met Tang Minjie for the first time.

Xu Xiaolin is a messenger from the southwest.

The southwest and the golden realm are thousands of miles apart, and in these years, the exchange of information is extremely inconvenient, and for this reason, most of the various actions in the north are handled by the person in charge here, and only when some important nodes are encountered, the two sides will have a communication, so as to facilitate the southwest to make adjustments to the general course of action.

The results of the entire southwest battle reached the clouds in mid-May, and Lu Mingfang set off to the south to report the progress of the entire work to the southwest and provide more references to Ning Yi for the next development. He died in late May.

At almost the same moment, the southwest had further speculation about the development of the situation in the Jin country, Ning Yi and the others did not know the news of Lu Mingfang's departure at this time, considering that even if he did not go south, the actions of the Jin country also needed to be changed and understood, so Xu Xiaolin, who had some experience in living in the Jin country, was sent north soon after.

After Xu Xiaolin arrived in the Jin Kingdom, it was close to the end of July, and the process of joining the Jin Kingdom was cautious and complicated, and he only learned that the head of the Jin State operation had died, because the Jurchens had hyped it up as a merit.

Although the Huaxia Army had considered the action plan after the sacrifice of the main person in charge before this, it would take a lot of time for this plan to run in the enemy territory. The main reason is that it is prudent to verify one step at a time, connect with each other, and re-establish trust.

It is also for this reason that although Xu Xiaolin probably passed on the information of arrival at the end of July, the first contact was still a few days later, and he himself was vigilant and made two attempts. In this way, it was not until the ninth day of the eighth month that he was led here to officially meet the person in charge who took over after Lu Mingfang.

The person in charge codenamed "Clown" looked thin and thin, and his cheeks seemed to be slightly sunken, which was secretly reminded by the top before leaving, and he was a trustworthy comrade at a critical juncture, and after two temptations, Xu Xiaolin finally established trust in him. The other party probably watched him for a few days, and after meeting, he moved a few piles of dry firewood in the yard and took out a small package and handed it to him, which contained gold sore medicine.

Before joining the Huaxia Army, Xu Xiaolin had been running with caravans in the north for a while, he was quite tall, and he also knew the language of Liaodong, so he was a good candidate to carry out the communication work. He spoke a few words with a Han slave on the street, using Chinese, but was beaten by the Jurchen gangsters who happened to be finding fault on the road, together with several Han slaves, and was beaten on the head, and still wrapped in bandages.

“…… Since the news of the defeat of the Jin army in May came, most of the entire Jin country has become like this, and it is not a big deal to find fault and beat people on the road. Some big families began to kill Han people, the Golden Emperor Wu begged to buy a stipulation, killing Han people indiscriminately to fine, these big families openly killed the Han people in the family, some of the sons of the princess compared with each other, who paid more fines, who is a hero. Last month, there were two marquis who were vindictive, you killed one, I killed two, and the other family made up two, and finally each family killed eighteen people, and the government came forward to mediate, and then stopped. ”

Let Xu Xiaolin sit on the stool, Tang Minjie untied the bandage on his forehead and reapplied the medicine. In the process of taking medicine, Xu Xiaolin listened to this speech and could see the depth and calmness of the man's gaze in front of him: "Your injury is still good." Those thugs don't kill people because they are afraid of losing money, but there are also some people who are seriously injured on the spot and can't survive for a few days, but the fine can't reach them. ”

Xu Xiaolin is a warrior who has experienced the Great War in the Southwest, and at this time he clenched his fists and looked at Tang Minjie: "Sooner or later, I will find it back." ”

"Hmm." In the calm eyes of the other party, there was a slight smile, he poured a cup of tea and handed it over, and continued to speak, "There are more things here, the winter of Jinguo came early, and now it will begin to cool down, every year in the past, a group of Han people here have to die, and this year is even more troublesome, the refugee slums outside the city are full of Han slaves who have been captured in the past, and at this time in previous years, they have to start cutting trees and collecting firewood, but the barren mountains and wilderness outside the city are all the lords in the city, and now they are ......"

He paused and took a sip of water: "...... Now, it has become a custom for people to guard the wasteland and prevent Hannu from cutting wood and pulling grass, and in the past few days, it has been said that people outside the city have been killed for stealing firewood, and more people will freeze to death this winter. In addition, there are several private venues in the city, and the places where cocks and dogs were fought in the past are now taken out of the set of killing. ”

"Isn't it for labor that the golden dog catches people......" Xu Xiaolin said.

"When it comes to Xingtou, who can control so much." Tang Minjie smiled, "Speaking of this, it's not for anything else, you can't stop it, but someone has to know what it's like here." It's too chaotic in the clouds now, I'm going to try to send you out of the city in the next few days, and I'll talk about it slowly...... What are the directions to the south? ”

"In fact, there is also some speculation about the situation in the south." Xu Xiaolin said, took out a crumpled piece of paper from his sleeve, there was not much handwriting on the paper, Tang Minjie took it, it was a seemingly simple bill. Xu Xiaolin said: "The information has been memorized, that's all." ”

"You wait for me."

Tang Minjie got up and walked to the small room on the other side, Xu Xiaolin nodded, and sat there drinking hot water.

After a while, Tang Minjie came out of the room over there, and the number of words on the manifest will be less after it is interpreted, but in fact, because the whole order is not complicated and does not need to be overly confidential, Xu Xiaolin basically knew it, and handed over this manifest to Tang Minjie just to prove its credibility.

"Nan Mian has had some speculation about the current situation in the Jin Kingdom, so in order to ensure everyone's safety, it is recommended that all the espionage work here go to sleep, and do not take the initiative to investigate the news of the Jurchens, and do not carry out any sabotage work. I hope you will protect yourselves. Xu Xiaolin looked at Tang Minjie and said.

Tang Minjie's expression and eyes didn't show much emotion, he just nodded slowly: "But...... It's too far away, and the southwest doesn't know the specific situation here after all......"

Xu Xiaolin also nodded: "Generally speaking, the principle of independent action here will not be broken, and it is up to you to judge how to adjust it, but in general, I hope to save the lives of most people." You are heroes, and you should return to the south alive in the future to enjoy happiness, and all heroes who fight in such a place should have this qualification—this is what Mr. Ning said. ”

Tang Minjie was silent for a moment, and then looked at Xu Xiaolin.

"By the way, how is the southwest, can you tell me more about it? I knew that we defeated Zong Han and Xi Yin, cut down Zong Han's two sons, and then I don't know what happened next. ”

He said this, with a slight smile in his words, and walked to the table and sat down. Xu Xiaolin also laughed: "Of course, I am the Sword Pavilion that came out in early June, so the whole thing is only known until that time......

He smiled and talked about the events that happened in the south from the end of the Southwest War to the beginning of June, including the letters sent by Ning Yi to the whole world and inviting guests and friends, including some reactions of the whole world to the Southwest War, including the military parades and congresses that were already being planned and were about to appear, and Tang Minjie asked a lot with interest about the outline and process of the entire congress.

The news of the congress in June has not yet been released to the public, but there is already a specific worksheet within the Huaxia Army, so Xu Xiaolin, who works internally, can also say a lot of things, but every time Tang Minjie asks about some key points, he will also ask him. Tang Minjie didn't dwell on it, Xu Xiaolin couldn't say anything clearly, he jumped away to other places, and for a few moments, Xu Xiaolin even felt that the person in charge of the Northland had a little bit of Mr. Ning's shadow on him.

He asked the most about the congress, and when it came to places such as military parades and martial arts competitions, which others might be more interested in, Tang Minjie didn't have too many questions, just nodded from time to time, and occasionally smiled and expressed his opinions.

“…… Well, gather people in, do a big show, and during the military parade, kill a group of Jurchen prisoners with names and surnames, and then as soon as everyone disperses, the news should spread all over the world......"

Xu Xiaolin thought for a moment: "I didn't say anything about killing the Jurchen captives...... Some people outside said that the captured Jurchen captives could negotiate with the Jin State, which was a good bargaining chip. It's like fighting Western Xia, and then after fighting at Wangyuan Bridge, they all changed prisoners. Moreover, the captives in their hands may make these Jurchens throw themselves into the trap. ”

"Rat-thrower?" Tang Minjie laughed, "You mean, if you don't kill those captives and keep them, the Jurchens may be kind to the Han people here because they are afraid?" ”

Xu Xiaolin frowned and pondered. I saw the other side shaking his head and laughing: "The only way to make them cast rat traps is to kill a little more, kill a little more...... Kill a little more......"

There was silence in the room for a moment, Tang Minjie got a glass of water, took a sip, and his tone became gentle: "Of course, aside from this, my main thought is that although I open the door to welcome guests from all over the world, many of the people who come over outside still don't like us, they are good at writing splendid articles, and after they go back, they will still scold and find various reasons...... But there's only one thing they can't hide. ”

He said: "The world has been in turmoil for more than ten years, countless people have died at the hands of the Jin people, and today maybe tens of millions of people have gone to Chengdu, and they see that only our Huaxia army has killed the Jin people, and they will kill those who should be killed in front of everyone." This matter, all kinds of crooked reasoning in the splendid article can't be hidden, no matter how much truth you write, people who read the article will think of their dead relatives......"

"Of course, these are just some of my thoughts, and I can't say exactly what will happen." Tang Minjie smiled, "You go on, you go on......"

Xu Xiaolin then said a lot of things, including the tragedy that happened in the southwest, of course, more about rare comedy, whenever he talked about the news that some people had survived and reunited with their families, he could see the smile in the corner of the thin man's eyes in front of him.

After a while, he suddenly remembered that he mentioned the rebellion incident that caused indignation within the Huaxia Army during that time, and talked about Zou Xu, who colluded with the enemy near Funiu Mountain, occupied the mountain as the king, and brutalized his comrades......

The north wind whimpered outside the room, the sky and the earth were gray, in this small room, Tang Minjie sat there and quietly listened to the other party talk about many things, in his hands, the tea was a little warm. He knew that in the far south, the efforts of countless people had made the earth bloom with new shoots.

……

“…… The Jurchens' eastern and western armies have already returned here, and even if there is no help from us, they will go to war in the east and west. Let them fight, the order from the south, please pay attention to it, and do not add fearless sacrifices. Our sacrifices, after all, are too much. ”

At the end of the day, Xu Xiaolin once again made an admonition to Tang Minjie.

Tang Minjie nodded.

"I know." He said, "Thank you." ”

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