Yu Shuinan and Wei Su, who returned from the north, are people who know righteousness.

Among them, Yu Shuinan was originally a man who liked to kill people in the Heshuo area, and Wei Su was a martial artist in the imperial court during the Jinghan period, and he was called both martial and military. The two grew up when the Wu Dynasty was prosperous, and later the Jurchens went south, and the fate of countless people was involved in the turmoil.

In the eyes of the Jurchens in the north, Chen Wenjun may just be a vassal of the god Ceres, Wanyan Xiyin, but for the Han people trapped here, the name "Lady Han" has its own special and profound meaning. Some people will privately see her as a shameless woman who has betrayed her family, while others see her as the only hope in hell.

For more than ten years, the Jurchens took millions of Han slaves from the south, and in the clouds, Chen Wenjun secretly sent thousands of Han Chinese back to the south, and thousands of Han Chinese were bought by her and put on farms for shelter. Although these behaviors are more like some small pastimes under the wings of the gods of Ceres, and Chen Wenjun also tries to choose not to arouse the principle of excessive vigilance of others, but in the lower strata of society, the energy of this poor force should not be underestimated.

Of course, under the watchful eye of all parties, the "Han Lady" group focused more on the redemption, rescue, and transportation of Han slaves, and its ability to act in intelligence or to carry out sabotage and assassination of high-level Jurchen leaders was relatively insufficient.

Especially after Wu Qiuhe's rescue of Shi Jin was exposed, Xi Yin carried out a seemingly quiet but actually drastic cleanup of Chen Wenjun's forces, and many Han Chinese backbones with radical personalities died in this cleanup. Since then, Chen Wenjun can only focus on simple actions to save people. This can be regarded as a tacit understanding that she has always maintained with Xi Yin, Xi Yin and the Jurchen high-level.

Until Tang Minjie's sudden action.

After Chen Wenjun reacted from the initial pain, she quickly arranged an escape plan for some important people around her: it was impossible for her to continue to shelter the thousands of Han slaves in the farm, but the few Han people who had skills and insight and helped her could only be dismissed as much as possible.

These people were divided into different squads and chose different paths to leave, some of them would return to the Central Plains, some would go to the Wu Dynasty, and some would be arranged to go to the southwest. In the process of making these arrangements, Chen Wenjun even reminded them several times that leaving this time might be very difficult.

"This time is different from before, after leaving the clouds, you may be intercepted." Chen Wenjun told them, "...... The people will be Ceres. When the time comes...... Just improvise and fight your way out. ”

Yu Shuinan and Wei Su participated in this dismissal, and the two of them were Chen Wenjun's quite trustworthy executors, and they knew more inside information than others. So after letting Tang Minjie go, Chen Wenjun asked the two of them to hide in the dark, and privately escorted Tang Minjie back to the southwest.

When Tang Minjie was released, this hasty dismissal had lasted for several days, and after learning the clues of the incident, the Cereals Mansion really sent a guard to chase down the Han slaves who were arranged by Chen Wenjun to go south all the way, and it is likely that there have been several fights during this period. Some fled, some died.

In order to avoid further troubles in Dongfu caused by the big trouble, Wanyan Xiyin did not launch a large-scale search and arrest from the surface. But at the last moment when he was about to lose power, this big man who had allowed Mrs. Han to act countless times in the past intercepted and killed these Han elites sent away by his wife for the first time.

This is perhaps the most peculiar couple in the Northland, or even in the whole world, they love each other on the one hand, and on the other hand, they finally show their horses at the last moment of losing power, and each of them has launched a round of reciprocal fighting for their own people. Mixed with this battle was the sinking of the behemoth of the Ceres' Mansion and even the entire Jurchen West Mansion.

In the chaotic situation in the northland, escorting Tang Minjie to the south is the safest and most painful road in the whole situation. This was Mrs. Han's last gift to them, but in the process of going south, both of them had more than once moved to kill Tang Minjie and simply got rid of it. Among them, Wei Su, who has a relatively strong personality, even tried to put it into practice, but was discovered and stopped by Yu Shuinan in time.

"The people of the Black Flag have to give Mrs. Chen an explanation-"

"It was Mrs. Chen who kept him alive!" Wei Su said.

"Even so, they have to give an explanation!"

In this way, Tang Minjie took Luo Ye's sister all the way south, while Yu and Wei followed in private, secretly blocking several dangers for him. When he arrived in Jindi, he appeared in a banditry, and after arriving in Hanzhong, he was interrogated, and then divided into two groups to enter Chengdu, and went through interrogation. Huaxia Jun treated the two of them politely, and only temporarily put them under house arrest.

On July 13, they met the world-famous Mr. Ning.

This is a legendary figure among the Han Chinese, and even in the Northland, people often talk about him. "Mrs. Han" will occasionally talk about him, it is said that in the Gushen Mansion, Wanyan Xiyin will also talk to his wife from time to time about this monarch-killer, especially after the defeat of the Jurchen army, he will often look at a pair of ink treasures written by Ning Yi in the mansion, and sigh that he has never met with him in the southwest. The poems written on the Mobao are written before the Jurchens first cut down the Xiaocang River.

- "If the people are here, who Yunhan is dead!" ”

In the Central Plains, in Jiangnan and other places, there may be people from the Wu Dynasty who talk about this Mr. Ning and are not ashamed of his act of killing the king, but in the north, after encountering so much suffering, there are few Han people who do not revere this name. Yu Shuinan and Wei Su were the same in the past, if it weren't for Mrs. Han's betrayal this time, their mood when they saw this Mr. Ning would definitely be very different.

Mr. Ning, who is in his forties, has a calm appearance, and his conversation is gentle but imposing. Because of the origin of the two, his attitude was extremely kind, and the three of them sat down in the small courtyard by the Maha Pond to entertain VIPs. Ning Yi inquired about the situation in the north, Yu Shuinan and Wei Su explained them one by one, and then retold these things of Chen Wenjun and Wanyan Xiyin.

"Mr. Ning, I respect you, so if there is any offense next, please bear with me." After talking like this for a while, Wei Su finally couldn't help it first and got up to speak.

Ning Yi nodded: "Please speak." ”

"Mrs. Chen has been in the north for more than ten years, and she has been saving people, and she has great kindness and virtue for the Han people in the world. In addition to saving people, we all know that she has passed important information to the Wu Dynasty and the Huaxia Army many times at critical times, and countless people have been favored by her. But this time...... She was betrayed by your people like this. The truth of the world should not be like this......"

Wei Su looked at Ning Yi, and Ning Yi also looked at him calmly, after a while, Wei Su stretched out his hand and pointed to the no-man's land on the side: "Then Tang Minjie, he has to have an explanation...... You Huaxia Army, you have to have an explanation...... Mr. Ning, if this is not the case, the people of the world will not be convinced! ”

The sun falls on the lake, and a light breeze blows through the treetops. The courtyard was quiet on an autumn afternoon. Yu Shuinan was sitting precariously, Ning Yi's eyes looked into nothingness, his brows frowned slightly and he was silent for a long time.

Perhaps because the silence lasted too long, Yu Shuinan spoke: "Mr. Ning, I know that Tang Minjie is your disciple, but ......"

"We'll do something about it." Ning Yi opened his mouth slowly, "But as far as I know, Mrs. Chen's idea is to let him live......"

Yu Shuinan and Wei Su looked at him.

"On the other hand, Tang Minjie himself doesn't want to live, and you must know about it." Ning Yi looked at them, "The two are distinguished guests sent by Mrs. Chen, and this request is indeed ...... Deserved. So I'm going to tell you about this possibility for the time being, first of all, we probably won't be able to kill him, and secondly, we won't be able to torture him for this. So I was thinking just now, maybe it will be difficult for me to make a very satisfactory deal for the two of you, and you don't know what specific thoughts you have about this matter. ”

Yu and Wei originally thought that Ning Yi wanted to play tricks, but his words were slow, and he was really thinking about and discussing things, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. They were full of anger all the way, but they were very entangled in how to deal with Tang Minjie specifically, and looked at each other at this time. Wei Su said: "We ...... Want him to ...... Regret ......" He slurred his words, and after saying it, his emotions became more complicated and hesitant.

Ning Yi nodded.

"We'll do something about it." He repeated, "Some can be said, some can't be said, please bear with you." But for Tang Minjie himself, could it be that his conscience is the greatest torture for him...... This is not to say that we have to evade responsibility, but I have been thinking about this matter for the past two days, and some of the most severe punishments may not be given by us, maybe Mrs. Chen will let him live and let him come back, which is the greatest torture for him...... Could it be, too? ”

His words were slow and earnest: "Of course, if you two have any specific ideas, you can always put them forward with the people on our side. Tang Minjie's own position will be cleared to the end, but considering Mrs. Chen's entrustment, the specific arrangements for the future will be made after careful consideration, and we should tell the two of you at that time. ”

With Ning Yi's current identity, his words were extremely detailed, and Yu Shuinan and Wei Su each nodded. After a while, Yu Shuinan said, "Mr. Ning, I don't know ...... When can I go out for a walk. ”

"Today." Ning Yi said.

The three of them then chatted for a while, and when Ning Yi left, the mood of the two was not high. Although it is a general emotion that they hope that Huaxia Jun will give an "explanation" on the road, they also know in their hearts that for a person who wants to commit suicide, no punishment is powerless. Ning Yi just broke this point, and in order not to conflict, there was even a meaning of explanation in his words. But such an explanation, of course, will not make people very happy.

In the afternoon of that day, a young man named Hou Yuan, who claimed to be "the best joke teller in the Huaxia Army", came over and accompanied the two to start a tour inside and outside the city. The young man, nicknamed "The Great Sage", had a soft and amiable figure, and first accompanied the two to visit various memorial sites about the previous Southwest Campaign, described in detail the great battle and the outline of the Huaxia Army, and the next day accompanied the two to see various achievements in Gewuxue, popularizing all aspects of enlightenment concepts to them.

On the 15th of July, I had a general understanding of various concepts such as newsprint and factories, and went to see two more plays, and after nightfall, I followed Hou Yuanqian and even found a relationship to attend a literary meeting, listening to the great Confucians and important figures from all sides discussing various trendy concepts such as "the Bianliang War", "the Fair Party", and "the internal problems of the Huaxia Army" in a restaurant.

“…… The disaster of the Wu Dynasty's demise originated from Wen Tian and Wu Huan back then, and the Jurchens who were finally defeated by the Huaxia army had to make such a scene! ”

Wei Su lowered his voice to speak, and Hou Yuanyan also looked serious, nodding again and again: "That's right, yes, I don't like this kind of literary meeting either, most of them here are not our people." ”

"Wouldn't it be okay to arrest them and drive them out, they just said that the Huaxia Army is bad."

"That's right, yes, I think we should be arrested......"

During the two-day trip, Yu Shuinan and Wei Su were actually carefully observing the situation of the Huaxia Army - they were entrusted by Chen Wenjun to come to the southwest, and they actually already had a very heavy worship post, as long as they wanted to stay in the Huaxia Army in the future, they would definitely give them a good starting step, which was actually not Chen Wenjun's last intention to leave them. However, in addition to carefully observing and being shocked, there are many things that conflict with their three views, which they cannot understand, especially the many beautiful and glamorous things in Chengdu, which can make them feel more and more painfully the hardships of the north and the mistakes of the Wu Dynasty.

In this way, after a short stay at the meeting, they expressed their dissatisfaction with Hou Yuanqi, and then left at this meeting with the presence of "Liu Guang's spokesman for generations" Yu Hezhong and Li Shishi, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Huaxia Army.

In the middle of the night that day, Hou Yuanqi led people into the small courtyard where they were temporarily living and separated the two.

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In Bianliang City more than ten years ago, teachers and teachers were often key figures or organizers of various cultural meetings.

Now she rarely shows up.

Recently, because Liu Guangshi, Dai Mengwei, and Zou Xu have started the first round of conflicts north of the Yangtze River, Yu Hezhong, who is in Chengdu, has risen to a new level of prominence. Because it is obvious that the alliance between Liu Guangshi and Dai Mengwei has a huge advantage in the next conflict, and once he captures Bianliang and returns to the old capital, his prestige in the world will reach a peak, and even the scholars and Confucians in Chengdu who don't like Liu Guangshi very much are willing to make friends with him at this time and inquire about some plans and arrangements for Liu Guangshi in the future.

Yu Hezhong enjoyed this feeling very much - in the past, in Bianliang City, he could occasionally go to some top-level literary meetings by rubbing the name of Master Li, and now he is ......

To this day, he is still rubbing on Master Li's fame, but at least, when he participates in the literary meeting, he no longer needs to be accompanied, and he will not be left out in any way.

After staying in Chengdu for a year, surrounded by various halos, he has also understood the gap between himself and Li Shishi's side, and the complexity of reality has made him put away his past delusions - and other realities make up for his regrets, relying on the prominent status brought by Liu Guangshi and Huaxia Jun's transactions, he is now no short of women. And after letting go of the delusion, he and his teacher probably maintained a friendship of friends who met once a month.

He already knew in his heart that this friendship had brought him everything.

July 15 is the Midyear Festival, Chengdu inside and outside is very lively, his carriage and the teacher's carriage met on the road, because there is nothing for the time being, so the teacher also went to the Wenhui to sit for a while, and a Chinese army boy saw the teacher, ran over to say hello and then brought two friends over.

Yu Hezhong was originally a little concerned about this, and wanted to take the time to chat with these three people, who knew that the three of them sat in the corner and left for a short time, and not long after that, the master also said goodbye and left.

……

The carriage passed through the city, went to the vicinity of the Maha Pond, and after entering the courtyard that was already very familiar, the master saw Ning Yi sitting on a chair frowning in a daze.

She knew that Ning Yi was thinking about something, so she didn't make a sound, sat down lightly on the bench under the side eaves, and sat for a while, ready to leave.

"I'll tell you a story." Ning Yi looked ahead and slowly opened his mouth.

"Hmm." The master answered, then walked over, poured him a glass of water, and sat down on the side.

"It's about the Han lady from the north."

They sat in the courtyard, Ning Yi talked about the events of many years ago, talked about Qin Siyuan, talked about Chen Wenjun, talked about Lu Yannian, Lu Mingfang, and talked about Tang Minjie, and talked about the conflict between the Jurchen and the East and the West this time - this is the most lively topic in Chengdu recently.

After all this, it took a lot of time. After listening quietly, the master picked up the teacup and took a big sip, holding the teacup in his hand.

"I just came up from the cultural meeting on Square Street." She said softly.

"Huh?" Ning Yi turned his head, "What about Wenhui?" ”

"I'm just now realizing how superficial what they're saying."

"Huh." Ning Yi smiled.

The teacher said: "These must be kept secret, right?" ”

"Sooner or later, there will have to be an explanation for Mrs. Han's affairs. Even if you don't hype it up for the time being, you have to leave a record about her. ”

Shi Shi nodded and was silent for a moment.

"For that Mrs. Han...... That Tang Minjie ...... Is there really no way to give more? ”

"There will be some more things to do." Ning Yi said, "For the time being, you need to keep it secret. ”

When he said this, he said, "You'd better not know," and the teacher said, "Well." ”

The two of them sat for a while, and said something private, and after a while, someone came in to report the arrival of a man who had been summoned earlier. The master got up to leave, and when he walked out of the gate outside, he saw Hou Yuanqi coming from a distance, probably also to see Ning Yi. The two smiled and said hello.

At this time, Ning Yi was in the study inside to meet an intelligence officer named Xu Xiaolin, and soon after, he met Hou Yuanqian again and listened to his report on his preliminary views on Yu and Wei.

Late in the night, Hou Yuanqi led people to the courtyard on the other side, separated Yu and Wei, and the clerk prepared notes, which was the attitude of interrogation again.

Wei Su took the case: "You don't fucking believe me!" What is this for-"

Hou Yuanqi came in from outside, sat down, smiled and pressed his hands: "Mr. Wei, don't be impatient, listen to my explanation." ”

"You don't believe I have anything to explain."

"We decided to send people north to rescue Mrs. Chen."

Wei Su was stunned.

Hou Yuanqian said: "If we want to do this well, we must first prepare the intelligence of the north, and if possible, we need to have a guide." ”

"Then let me go." Wei Su shouted.

"Mr. Ning said that you have done so many things for the Han people in the Northland, and Mrs. Chen sent you back to the south, and she has her hard work, which is also the reward you deserve. Things going north are very complicated, first of all, Mrs. Chen is unwilling to leave, out of moral considerations, we have to save her, maybe after Yan Xiyin's death, she will change her mind, but this is an adventure after all, you are qualified to live in a better place, this is to give the two of you the right to choose. ”

"I choose to go over."

Hou Yuanqi pulled over a few pieces of paper: "At the same time, please understand that before doing this, we must make sure that the two are not the shadows sent by Wanyan Xiyin." ”

"You ......" Wei Su opened his mouth to scold, but the next moment he realized something, and his whole face turned red.

"Through these two days of observation, we preliminarily believe that the two of them did not have a very complicated purpose in their views on the Wu Dynasty and the Huaxia Army. But at the same time, we still have to ask some questions, and it is important to know everything you know about the details of the north and all kinds of information that will benefit this operation...... I'm offended today, so bear with me. ”

Wei Su sat down.

After a while, Hou Yuanyan went to another room and repeated this statement to Yu Shuinan, who thought for a moment and nodded.

"Makes sense, you ask."

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When he noticed that when Ning Yi arrived, it was already late at night.

Midyear Festival, it's very lively outside. Tang Minjie sat in the courtyard, sketching the scene outside in his mind, when Ning Yi came in, he got up and saluted, and Ning Yi asked him to sit down. The master and apprentice were sitting in the courtyard when they heard the sound of firecrackers outside.

"Want to go out and have a look?" Ning Yi said.

"If I could, I would like to see what Chengdu is like......"

"There's a chance, there's already a deal for you."

“……”

"There is a farm on the edge of Liangshan......"

“…… Why...... There is no trial ......"

With a bang, Ning Yi's palm slapped on the small table in the courtyard.

"Judge your mother, how to judge! Do you do a little more about how you betrayed Chen Wenjun!? ”

"If the Huaxia Army doesn't try me, how can I rule the law and ......?"

"Chen Wenjun let you live! The man you betrayed kept you alive—"

"The Huaxia Army should shoot me, so Xi Yin ...... There is no more explanation for the Jurchens......"

"There is no saying on the Jurchen side! It never happened! What is there to say about the enemy splashing dirty water! I can print ten or eight versions of the story of how the with pigs at any time, and they can be distributed all over the world. Are you brainbroken? Hee-yin's statement......"

Tang Minjie's small eyes stared in the dimly lit courtyard, and he subconsciously shook his head.

"There is a farm on the edge of Liangshan, which has been doing the selection and cultivation of improved seeds, do you know the selection and cultivation of improved seeds? When it comes to eating, you know more about the specific principle, there is no new chemical fertilizer experimented there, and stool compost is used, isn't your ability to move very strong? Chen Wenjun said that if you want to live and do something useful to the Han people, you must also deal with you if you poke out this kind of basket...... So remove everything from your ranks, and roll me into the mountains to pick up dung. Look at your body, the mountains and rivers over there are beautiful, it's a vacation......"

Tang Minjie's lips trembled: "I...... I don't have to...... Holiday......

Ning Yi grabbed the water cup next to him and splashed it on Tang Minjie's face with the lid, and he was extremely angry: "The mountain and the water show are adjectives!" Vacation is an adjective! Vacation is an adjective! ”

He waved his teacup, grabbed the edge of the table with his other hand, and flipped it into the courtyard.

Tang Minjie didn't speak again, Ning Yi was angry for a while, and sat there looking at him: "Go pick up the dung first, and I'll talk about what I want to do in the future, but there is another thing before that......"

He paused: "Xu Xiaolin will come to you later, he has been to Yunzhong to contact you before, and then he will take another team of people to Yunzhong to clean up the mess you left behind, and at the same time prepare to rescue Chen Wenjun, you will hand over everything that can be handed over to him in the next two days." This is a risk that you don't have to take, but if you poke this basket, we have to make up for it morally...... You give me a little more heart......"

Tang Minjie looked at the teacher who was rarely angry on the other side, and at this time he showed a trace of fatigue, he was quiet for a long time, and in the end, he shook his head with difficulty, and said in a hoarse voice:

"I ...... ...... who can't live"

“…… But Chen Wenjun wants you to live. ”

Ning Yi said.

"You'll just have to see."

(End of chapter)