When Wang Dun'er, who was ordered to come to the Qiantang River with the escort of the captives, opened his mouth wide for a while, like many people.

What surprised him was not only the rolling river he saw for the first time in his life, but also the pontoon bridge under construction on the river that was being built between boats and boats.

The outline of the bridge, which is still preliminarily formed, has been extended from the north bank of the river; And on the river, there are still many strange ships with overturned water wheels that keep coming and going.

On the temporary trestle that extends the shore road, a lot of building materials and materials are piled up and lifted onto the ship like a bird with a simple pulley wooden frame.

Then, like a bird weaving a nest, it was transported and approached near several straight iron cables running through the river; At this time, other vehicles and boats towed large and small ferries captured in battle, and fixed them under the iron cable by means of bundling and nailing, and became part of the bridge piers floating on the river.

Therefore, after such an extension, it looks like a miracle on the rushing river, and in a short time, a flat road and bridge connecting the north and south can be laid out of thin air.

But how can you not let Wang Dun'er, a local native family, be dizzy and unable to move at all, and become more and more determined in his heart that this Taiping thief is not said to be in the future, even in the current land of eastern Zhejiang, it will definitely be able to achieve the great climate.

The ones he assisted in escorting were actually those that circulated everywhere after the defeat and were captured by the local coalition forces in eastern Zhejiang. Although when they get together, they are menacing and seemingly unmatched; But after the defeat and fled, they were like lost dogs, and most of them were in panic and hiding.

Therefore, for example, Wang Dun'er caught at least three with his own hands, and when he assisted others in searching the mountains, forests and grasses in the township, he caught seven or eight, which also made him realize one thing, these people who are usually high-spirited, invincible, and united in the township are actually nothing more than this in front of the Taiping banner.

And these captives in the countryside, after being sent to the corresponding camping fields, will be stripped naked, simply inspected and washed, and then simply classified by body type and age, and scattered and assigned to the riverside to participate in the labor of cutting trees, digging sand, and moving stones.

And Wang Dun'er, who had performed and contributed to the local area, continued to change to the role of guarding and supervising their captured labor, so that the Taiping army unit operating along the river snowballed more soldiers and garrison personnel.

This is also the way in which the Taiping Army has been able to continuously expand its momentum and obtain resources and manpower. Although there will inevitably be some waste and additional wear and tear due to the relatively simple and crude propulsion mode, it is also acceptable to the extent that the overall large-scale is acceptable.

And in the dark room in the corner of the former government of Qiantang City.

The woman who was held in special shackles was still wearing a long gauze dress of the singer, and her long hair was hanging down to cover her face, looking weak and pitiful, and she was filled with a kind of unspeakable atmosphere of being imprisoned in a secret room and about to happen without misery or dancing.

Of course, Zhou Huaian will not easily leave the opportunity to give the other party a head. All the details have been carefully checked, and ingredients extracted from grass aconitum and mandala flowers are used in the drinking water, which can relax the muscles and relieve the spirit.

In this way, even if she is trained, she can't generate explosive power to do something, but she has enough sanity to answer and respond to Zhou Huai'an's means.

Despite this, Zhou Huaian still tried his best to carefully scan the other party again; It seems that her physical characteristics have weakened and dimmed a lot compared to when they met in Guangfu before, like a night blade.

In addition to being deliberately denied food, Zhou Huai'an also found several hidden injuries that were not very obvious, which looked like old injuries and sequelae that had not been treated in time for a long time.

"You... Is there anything else you can say? ”

Zhou Huai'an finally pulled the cloth in her mouth, anyway, with the relaxation of her muscles now, at least she couldn't bite off her tongue.

"I think I have nothing to say. It is not a good gift to enter the king's hand. It's just that since the noble man has made me stay here, I'm afraid there is something I still want to know. ”

The woman with long hair hanging down said in a dumb voice, sounding like she had a strange sense of rhythm.

"Nature is all about the smallest things."

The road that is unmoved by the anniversary

"The slave only asks for one thing."

The woman paused and said.

"Do you think it's possible? In the past, would the imperial court and government easily let go of a den owner who harbored and accommodated the assassins? ”

Zhou Huai'an asked undeniably.

"Slave understands, please don't involve more people in the extraneous branches, also...

The woman whispered.

"Do you think you have the qualifications to make this qualification? As an assassin, you don't think it's too much to talk about. ”

Zhou Huai'an interrupted her again.

"The slave understands, the noble man wants to know what the slave knows. I just want to give a clean and neat pleasure.,Don't suffer more humiliation is a reward.。。 ”

The woman sighed.

"The first question, why. Since he is a person who decides to die, shouldn't he swear to the mastermind behind the scenes, and complete the task at the cost of breaking his bones. ”

Zhou Huai'an continued to ask rhetorically.

"Because the people who were able to instruct my generation are no longer there. The court is gone, and the former home of the Assassins has been destroyed. Whether it is the Gongsun clan, the Jing clan, the Cao clan or the Yu clan and the Nie clan handed down in ancient times, they are no longer seen. ”

She said in a faint voice.

"In addition to the military horses that were ordered to be exterminated, there were still people who stayed in place and cut off the people of my generation everywhere, although they had to get out of it only after they fought to the death, and now the descendants of the Nie family in the assassin family may only have one slave left."

"However, whoever is an assassin and fails to complete his mission is an outcast who will not survive. The slave only fled to Jiangdong, where the other party was not yet in touch.,It's just that someone was kind enough to take it in when he was injured.,So I temporarily lived here to repay it.。。 ”

"In this way, this is just a coincidence, and it has nothing to do with those assassins at the banquet." Zhou Huai'an asked expressionlessly.

“。。 At least the other generation,Can't afford to pay the price of inviting slaves.。。 ”

The woman responded by falling silent again.

"Then tell me about the Assassin family. Maybe I will be satisfied, and I won't be angry and spread to other people. ”

Zhou Huai'an, who wanted to turn his head and leave, only then did he become a little interested.

“。 Of course, whether you believe it or not, isn't it the result of having no choice? The difference is that you say it yourself, or I use means to make you say it. ”

"That noble person can know that the famous sword masters in the Kaiyuan period, Aunt Gongsun and General Pei; and later the eunuch Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen died violently. ”

The woman groaned for a moment before she raised her pale and somewhat thrilling chin and said quietly.