At the time of unitary, after dinner, Yue Xiang crossed the courtyard by himself. First published in:

The courtyard of the Yue family mansion was much deserted and empty. Yue Xiang sent his subordinates away and sat in the room with Xiao Wan. Touching his chin and staring at the flickering candlelight.

"What is Xianggong thinking?" Xiao Wan gently helped him squeeze his shoulders, and her tone was very ordinary. Now the relationship between the two seems to have changed compared to before, after this series of life and death tests, Xiao Wan seems to have been stimulated with some potential, her personality has become much more bold than the previous appearance of Xiao Jia Jasper, and her gestures are no longer as careful as before. That's what she really looks like a woman. In the past, Yue Xiang always felt as if she was his slave rather than his wife.

"I've asked you to suffer with me these days, and they haven't embarrassed you, right?"

"No, with Brother Wang taking care of him, I didn't suffer any crimes, but you made me worry. Those high-ranking officials of the court are all wolves in sheep's clothing, who eat people and do not spit out bones. You ...... Gong"

"I know what I know." Yue Xiang nodded, as before, how could Xiao Wan express her opinion like this, it must be that she will listen to what Yue Xiang says. But Yue Xiang just likes her like this, but she used to make him very unaccustomed to it. Now Xiao Wan makes him feel that this is a living person.

"Now we are under the low eaves, and we have to bow our heads." Yue Xiang stood up and walked around twice on the spot. "If I don't deal with them, if they want to poison us, we won't even have the strength to parry. Gao Huai's gold collection is precious, but after all, money is something outside the body, if I really scoop my life to exchange, I still know the trade-off. If the money is gone, you can earn it again, but if your life is gone, you can't get it back. ”

"Xianggong is saying that you are delaying the army for Yang Hao, let's find a chance to get out?" Xiao Wan began to surprise Yue Xiang, but she didn't expect this daughter-in-law to be really smart at all.

"Yes, of course, looking for a chance to see if we can get out. The official that Yang Hao gave me is worthless at all, so I don't want it. Yue Xiang's eyes flashed with disdain, "Not to mention that he still has ill intentions towards me, just to see that I still have use value, so he will let me live for the time being." Even if he is sincere, there will be no future with him. With his little ability, it is strange that he can win Nurhachi. And the eunuch of the Hongyang Sect, I don't think he's a good bird. ”

"Then why did you say that you were going to make an errand in the warp strategy, if you want to get out, you should hide from him."

"I'm moving forward by retreating. With his current power, no matter how far he hides, he can see us to death. Besides, Qinghe City is so big, where can you hide? He is surrounded by strange people, and these people are very difficult to deal with. I simply sent it to the door myself, and moved right under his nose, so that I could calm his heart, and second, I could make him mistakenly think that I was a utilitarian person. ”

"I see, that's a cheap concubine who is too careful......" Xiao Wan's tone seemed to be relieved, he is a descendant of the Baiyang Sect, and later after the ups and downs of Gao Huai, he naturally will not have a good impression of those high-ranking officials and ministers of the imperial court.

Yue Xiang smiled and patted her hand, in fact, he still didn't say a word in his heart.

Although he knew that Yang Hao was unlikely to win, he really wanted to see if things had turned around, and there was this defeat in history, but he didn't know if he could avoid it. If he had intervened as a modern man, perhaps the defeat of Sahu Xu could have been avoided. Unlike what he saw in books, he was really in this era now, and he couldn't be indifferent when he knew that thousands of people were going to die in front of him. Unconsciously, I wonder what I can do.

"One more thing...... Xiaowan: How many people know your identity? I mean before these things. ”

"Well, this ...... Only Uncle Jin knows, but he's dead. "Uncle Jin in Xiaowan's mouth is the old Baiyang Sect disciple who was incognito in Weining Camp.

"Is it possible to find out from somewhere else but him?"

"This ...... This concubine doesn't know. Maybe. Xiao Wan also became not very sure, so far, Ma Sandao and Li Shoucai have already known, and Nurhachi has also found some clues, and even the courtiers of the Hongyang Sect, the Wenxiang Sect and the Ouchi Imperial Palace in the Guannai know about it, obviously her secrecy work is not as impeccable as she thought.

"There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of those who have a heart. If people keep an eye on you, and then mobilize enough manpower and material resources, no matter how deep you hide, people can dig out some clues, and there are many smart people in the world. Besides, you have a strange skill, and when you meet a master, you may notice it, and it is not without a trace. Ma Sandao and Li Shoucai, two singles, can find here, and others must be able to do the same, which is not surprising. Yue Xiang saw that Xiao Wan seemed a little frustrated, and hurriedly offered words of comfort.

"What does Xianggong care about?"

"I thought it was strange that I used to think that the last time you were robbed in Camp Weining was not accidental, but someone leaked your news. But then I thought that if that was the case, Huang Taiji would not let us go easily. But this trip to the incense burner mountain is definitely someone to ventilate the Tartars, we just arrived on the front foot, and the Tartar army on the back foot was killed. And the one who specifically named me wants to arrest me, if it is an ordinary skimming, then what will be the case? ”

"Maybe it was the last time that the Jurchen woman went back and told the king about the Xianggong, so the king sent troops to capture the Xianggong so that he could take revenge. I heard that there was a prince among the Tartars last time. Xiao Wan is obviously still haunted by the last time she met Abahai.

"It's unlikely, Nurhachi is the kind of person who can be at the mercy of a woman. He had already plundered Fushun, and he should have taken a defensive position and waited for the imperial court to attack, but he did the opposite and took the initiative to attack again, and he must have his plan. Besides, the last time we met was the white flag of Huang Taiji, but this time it was Dai Shan's red flag, the two have never been at odds, I estimate that this time it was Dai Shan who had the upper hand. Huang Taiji went to Weining Camp to arrest your Uncle Jin last time, and he came here on behalf of Shan, most likely to hide gold for Gao Huai. I thought I would meet Huang Taiji again, but I guess he messed up his errand and spared Nurhachi. ”

"The prime minister is saying that there are Tartar spies in our city to report the news."

"There are ten out of ten, Qinghe and Fushun have been the horse markets of Liaodong for many years, and there are countless business travelers from the south to the north, and it is common for the Jurchens to appear here, and it is too easy to mix in a few spies. Nurhachi was ambitious and far-sighted, and estimated that he had sent people into the city many years ago. ”

"But how do ordinary spies know our whereabouts? Is it possible to stare at the Yue family every day? Xiao Wan seemed to understand what Yue Xiang meant.

"Nature is no ordinary spy. It is impossible for ordinary spies to know such a secret as Gao Huai's hidden gold. I don't know exactly how many spies there are in this city, but I'm sure we have them at home. Only the people of the Yue family can know a little about our whereabouts. I suppose this spy was among all the people in his original household. ”

"Could it be that the people around us are ......," Xiao Wan exclaimed in a low voice.

"There are a lot of displaced people in Liaodong, and some of these people did not have official guidance at all when they first received it, and there are such people in every family in the city, and it is very easy to have people with ulterior motives to mix in. There are also those family members, there are many of them who come from the wrong way and the nine-stream grass and the reckless forest, if some people have contact with the Jurchens, it is normal. ”

"But those ...... They...... ...... all."

"I know, I started to think it was Yue Qi's dead ghost, but who knew that someone still leaked the news after his death. Later, I thought that the problem was with these family members, after all, there were too many unknown people and too many ingredients, but now they are all killed in battle...... If the spy is among them, I can't conclude that it has been cured. Besides, the people who went to the incense burner mountain with me were all people I trusted, and they were all dead, which means that there are other people. ”

Yue Xiang frowned, if this question was not clarified, he would never have peace.

"I don't know if there is still a problem with these subordinates, after all, it has been so long. When I interrogated Yue Qi's kid, he said that he had a connection with the Jurchens, but I didn't take out any other information from his mouth, and I blamed me for killing him too quickly. ”

"If the real spy is hidden among those subordinates, I don't know if I am not there now. After all, so many people have left, and when the spy saw that we had returned, he might be afraid to take the opportunity to escape. ”

"But think about it carefully, I don't think the next people necessarily have such energy, although they get along with us day and night, but during this time I stay at home for a short time, almost not at home, even if they are aware of some situations, they may not know the details, such as when we leave the city, they at most know that we are leaving, but it is impossible to know where the destination is, this is what I explained after I left the city."

"So aren't these people?"

"Not necessarily, maybe one of them is actually very smart, and it is possible that he deduced it. After all, we don't know how to be invisible, so many eyes are staring at us every day, and it's impossible not to leak a little bit of news. But I think the most likely thing is someone else, someone who should have been there but didn't. ”

"Who is Xianggong talking about? Yes! Could it be ......" Xiao Wan asked, suddenly as if she had thought of something.

"The lady is really smart, I'm talking about Li Liang's house!" Yue Xiang gritted his teeth fiercely, "Come to think of it, only he is the most qualified." He may have been to the territory of Jianzhou Jurchen when he was a merchant with my brother before, and maybe he had been bought there. And this time it was he who was acting with us, and he was the most suspicious. ”

"But he didn't know that we were going to the Incense Burner Mountain......" Xiao Wan was obviously shocked by this conclusion, and it seemed that Li Liang usually gave her a pretty good impression.

"I told him to go to Puhe City, which was not far from the incense burner mountain, and this man had always been shrewd, and perhaps deduced to him that our real destination was not far from there. If I knew exactly where I was, the Jurchen soldiers could have sent an elite army to cross the border to sneak attack, and there was no need to mobilize the crowd so much. Obviously, they only know my approximate location, so they dispatched thousands of people at a time to hunt me down. They can also disguise their true purpose under the pretext of plundering the edges. ”

"Could that be someone in the caravan......"

"He found all the coachmen and men in the caravan, and he definitely couldn't get out of it. Thinking about it, he is the most suspicious. This person has never been the same as me, hum......"

A sneer overflowed from the corners of Yue Xiang's mouth, and there was murderous aura in his eyes. After listening to Yue Xiang's analysis, Xiao Wan also felt that what she said was indeed reasonable, and now that she wants to protect herself in this situation, she can't care too much about some things. It's really better to kill by mistake than let go. After a series of bloody experiences, Xiaowan's weak character has become much stronger and more decisive than before.

"Besides, now that such a long time has passed, if he was innocent, he should have come back a long time ago, so why has there been no news of him for so long? It is estimated that he has already defected to the Jurchen, this dog crump that eats inside and out! Lao Tzu caught him and buried him alive! The more Yue Xiang spoke, the more angry he became, and he slapped the table, slapping a crack in the wooden table.

"It's also possible that he was trapped in Puhe and couldn't come back, last time he helped Xianggong buy a large number of firearms back, although he used to be the eldest brother's person, but after telling him that time, he was obedient to Xianggong."

"That's why I think there's something wrong with him. This person has always looked down on me, why did he agree so happily. I think it was to win my trust to make a deferential face. Just like I do with Yang Ho now. If it is nonsense to say that he was trapped in the Puhe River, the Jurchen soldiers plundered in the area of Songshan Chai River and did not go deep into the Puhe River, what was he trapped in? When the people who fled heard that they had run away to Shenyang, couldn't he escape? Besides, even if you are trapped, it is time to break the siege now, why is there no news? I have made up my mind, as long as I meet him in the future, I would rather kill him by mistake than let it go. ”

Yue Xiang said it categorically, Xiao Wan wisely closed her mouth and stopped talking. Now that the situation is complicated enough, Yue Xiang really doesn't have the energy to worry about both, and cutting through the mess quickly is the only effective solution. Regardless of whether Li Liang is really a Jurchen spy or not, he can only be blamed for his bad luck, and Xiao Wan is not interested in arguing with him again.

"I should have thought that Yue Qi had an adulterous affair with his sister-in-law, and Li Liang was his sister-in-law's brother, so it was reasonable for him to go all the way with Yue Qi. In vain, I trusted him, and this birdman pretended to be quite similar to me. How did I not expect that? It's a pity for my brethren......"

"Don't blame yourself, since you know that this person is a spy, you will go to Puhe to ask if he is still there, and if he is, he will send troops to scoop it."

"Well, that's the only way to do it now, it's a pity that I can't get out of Qinghe City now, otherwise I'll have to go to him in person to settle accounts! By the way, you can go back to your sister-in-law and see if you can ask you something about these two people, I'm not sure if there are any other spies hiding besides them. Yue Xiang took a deep breath, he couldn't be careless, after all, Nurhachi was too good at using spies in history......